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'iu,EA:l - 2.17, I.OIAL, tYn' , the Manage neat Mr. Tt. Webster, solL Leasa 'THIS EVENING Comedy, called FAMILY Will be produced a hewsisd original PRIDE. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury ; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Farrell ; Arthur Cotwtnay, Mr. Henry Farren ; Captain killangenah, Mr. Hud son; Blandish. Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtnay, Mrs. W. Cliff or d ; sophis Chapman. Mrs. Nisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds: Grace. Mrs. Humby. After which, a sew Comic Drama, mired THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden hog; Mrs. Keels 3 ", Kiss ItaY1101(18, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS THAN OR M. slags manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxer. ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at HalAiNtst Six, Performance to sommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be preeentod a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI; or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marquez di Minclo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal *z Yaldarne, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrfelli, Madame Celeste ; Sigaera D'Oesuna, Miss Brooks. Atter which, a'New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD Cain property of the late Wil liam Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed flifrd. Mrs. Laws, &e., &c. Te be fellowed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE 4CCOUNTs Trim YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetta, r. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond siyan ; Mary White, Woe Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss lianas Harding. ¶ candle* with A NABOB I.llt AN HOUR. • Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. POWS Open et Half-past Six, Performance to commence at SeTel. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRR. Wader the Management of Madame Testris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented USED UP. After which, a new Coml e Drama enlled PEGGY GREEN. jsZT o Dl o wea by a Cowie Drama, called A ROUdHnaiiiiND. -to conclude with s Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX NIII/uOpel ehaaseSers by Mr. Harley, Mr. Ruckstone, and Mrs. MAO. MOW* Drees Boxes, is. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No balf-priee to any part of the house. _ Tie New Box-odlee. No. 2, Wellington-street, Is opea te the Nablie every day, from Tea till Six. Mae Intextor of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. iradwell of the Colosseum. PRIXCESS'STHEATRE. Madame ANNA TtIILLON. THIS EVENING A sew Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de Valberg, Mr. Bedda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fertunatus, Mr. Lef ler ; Counteua de Fiersohomberg, Miss Villars ; Madame Barneck, Mrs. Selby ; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer ; Henrietta, Madame Anna Thillon.. After whist% SIMPSON and CO. 'So satneinde with the Parse of TILE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Drees Circle, Is.: Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ROYAL SUItREY THEATRE. Legge., Mn. F. DsTidge, Davidge-terrace,Kensington-read, Surrey THIS MTEICING, the performances will commence with the First ant Sellout Acts of the celebrated Opera of LA SONNAMBULA, To be followed by the celebrated PAS DR FOLIE, from the Opera of Gustavus. Toeoneltde with the Farce of LOVE, LAW, and PHYSIC. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the srinelpal Librarians ; and at the Boz-oftize of the Theatre, which is open daily frees Ten until Four. Boxes, is. ; Pit, le. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMI'ILITHEATRE, Prtvrtetor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS E VEN !NG The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. F.ntire.y new Sconce In the Arena, by the talented Artistes of tbe Eatahlirtment, In Ite carious modes or equestratioa. T. conclude Frith a new Domestic Drama. called THE WHITE Box-office open from 11 till 5 Attin4 and Stage Alan:4;er, Mr. W West. MEETIAG of PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS “THE SUN” CONTAIN, AS USUAL, TILE LATEST PARLIAMENTAIIY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. *.* Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, lit, Strand. TILE WEATHER.--Strx Olncß, Dxc. 4. Tasaitoarrss, lawest, 40; Highest. 54 ; Noon, 46 8./atom:wring, 29.94.—W1ND S.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATE2 AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Iforal l l.. 43 mistier aft* 11. 1 Evening .. 0 ignites after 0, Sir R. PEEL was certainly mote candid in admit ting the failure of the Act of 1844 t h an the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose faith in: its excellence ap pears to be wholly unshaken, arid. who asserts that it is to its operation we owe the preservation of the national credit.,The ex-Premier does not deny " that one of the objects contemplated by the Act was the prevention of the convulsions than had heretofore occurred in consequence of the negiect of the Bank of England to take early precautions• against the issue of its treasure," and he acknowledle s that he is bound to say, " that in that object with respect to the Bill he has been disappointed." He says, "I am bound to admit that the object of the Bill was to im press a legal and moral obligation upon the Bank to prevent the neoesr ity of stringent measures by taking timely pretautions, and that therefore that object was not c =clad out, otherwise the pressure would not have been so great." He therefore cannot say " that the m nisure was crclusively in fault." Was it not, howev. au , loudly proclaimed that it would prevent the possibi tit y of those errors of Judgment on the part of the directors, to which former evils were ascribed, in plat a of imputing them to their real source, the fountain a nd origin of all our difficulties—the Act of 1819? Accounts from Switzerland stet 3 that the Diet had deferred the consideration of the mote of the King of PRUSSIA to the 30th ult., but the 4 on the 29th orders had been given for the troops tor azrch on Neufchatel, any attempt on which would be c Dusidered by Prussia as a au= belli. We have received the Paris pa Ex3rs of Thursday. Sir STRATFORD CANNING had a long conference with M. GulaoT on the previoun. day. The Prince DE JOINTILLB had 'returned to Toulon, and, disgusted with the conduct of the Government in the affairs of Italy, had resit ed the command of the fleet. Indisposition is, hoN ve• ver, alleged as the cause of his resignation. The following diplomatic so 'ointments are an nounced by the Conslitutionnel —M. PISCATORY to Madrid; M. DE BARANTE froze St. Peterburgh to Naples; the Marquis DE DALMiII TIE, son of Marshal SOULT, from Berlin to St. etersburgh ;M. DE BUSSIERES from the Hague to Berlin ; M. DE GLUCILSEERG to Lisbon ; and M. DE Escouit to Turin. Two Madrid mails were due i in Paris on Thursday. The Three per Cents. closed . •on the Paris Bourse, on Thursday, at 77f. 20c. ; 3 relit Loan, 76E 90c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 90 c.. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,217 f. 50c.; / 3.ouen, 915 E; Havre, 500 f.; Great Northern, 567 f. 50c.; Avignon, 572 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 560 E; Bordeaux, , 493 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 385 E; Basle, 170 E; Paris and k ;trasburg, 422 f. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 405 f. ; ris and Lyons, 422 f. s Oc• ; Spanish Three per Cents . , , 29. BUSINESS DONE IN FORI4.:IGN: RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIi ANGE, DEC. 3. ... 1 :6 0 . 149gn e and Amiens, 15%—cf itral of France (Orleans F.`ll%,__'''rpls9, 16—Namur and 7 Liege, s%—Northern of 1.2 , 8--Paris and Lyons, 1 , -; t 4 —Sambre and Meuse, ors and Nantes, 4%—West Flanders, 114. _ Bn has nE...riez zpi3Joie inzitedNy ...OLIND•__T t:e was nominated cem Ben c h , trial of this cause Court of Qu e ,„ , „ B i en r i a ondeY . the 20th instant, at the plaintiff. Sir F. Kelly, 111,,i3rrsd ly on the part of the jury 14 13, London. A special c3tt, will conduct the plaintiff's ocl burn, and Mr• Pres air* 43 ; and the Attorney- General, Sir P. Thesiger, and n I ~rellet!e_ remembered, n ect breach of her for the defendant. Th e act i an l t • noggins will appear is to recover compensation for ii . engagement ; and in the dedavati,-% the damages had been laid at 10,0001. Dispatches were sent off yeeti ?rday evening fro m the Colonial-office for the Gov ern ,or of Canada; and also for the Governors of the a 4 1 1ur North American provinces. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., departure of its conqueror. Still, notwithstanding the MRS. TROLLOP E' S NEW NOVEL. adverse rumours which „appear to have been subse " TOWN AND COUNTRY." Henry Colburn, publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. f quently in circulation at Kurrachee, this conflict agt.inst the Booghtees hns proved +he end of all the anxieties hitherto experienced in that direction. Peace in Sinde, as well as elsewhere, is preparing the way for the new Governor-General. This must be to Lord DALHOUSIE a source of no inconsiderable gra tification, though it must be remembered by the Noble Earl that the more general the quietude of Hindostan, on his reaching his official residence at Calcutta, the greater will be his individual responsi bilities for its maintenance. The debate in the House of Commons on the ap pointment of the Committee moved for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been brought to a conclusion. The House having negatived by a large majority the demand for an adjournment, and the amendment having been withdrawn, the original motion has heen carried without a division. The great authorities appeared to have reserved their strength for last night, two ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer (Mr. F. T. BAKING and Mr. HERRIES), and the present and the late Premier, participated in the discussion, the last word having been ac corded to Sir ROBERT PEEL, the legislative author of the Bill of 1844, although it is well known that Mr. JONES Loin is entitled to credit or discredit as its real parent. The extensive inquiries to which we have already alluded are accordingly to be proceeded with, and the investigation will probably be con tinued, not only for the remainder of the present session, but during the entire existence of the present Parliament. The manufacturing, commercial, and trading interests must still remain in that state of doubt and incertitude that is so deeply injurious, and every mercantile speculation, that in a sounder state of affairs would be perfectly legitimate, must degenerate into mere gambling, from which large profits may be derived or inevitable ruin entailed on the party entering into it. But all this must be encountered that the House may not be subjected to the reproach of having legislated with undue preci pitation. The Act whose' temporary suspension involved its utter condemnation—the Act that occa sioned such wide-spread ruin: and universal dis tress, is still to be continued, without the slightest modification, pending the investigation. The numerous advantages which (despite the condition of an exorbitant rate of interest with which it was coupled) attended its relaxation, advantages which are acknowledged on every side, are apparently forgotten, and a power is not even to be conceded to the Government again to interfere in the event of a recurrence of the panic. We should have thought with Sir R. PEEL, that inquiry on the subject of currency and Bank issue had been exhausted. We find, according to the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet, that five Committees had been appointed in 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, and 1841, that the closest investigation had taken place, and upwards of 14,000 questions had been asked of persons supposed to be must competent, and upwards of 14,000 answers returned and that there was no practical result, and yet we are again to have every description of legislation delayed until a new Committee shall come to a decision, not only on the much-contro verted questions submitted to their predecessors, but also on the many other topics which legitimately fall within the scope of their inquiries. The Protec tionists insist that free trade has been one of the chief causes of the national calamity. IT there are any Protectionist Members on the Committee, of course there must be an investigation into► that important subject, which we had hoped had been finally settled by the wisdom of the Legislaturf?. Another class of politicians assign the expenditure which has taken place in the creation of railways, as the mon ster grievance that has crippled the resources of the country, and led to the fearful depreciation of pro perty we hare so recently witnessed, and which, unfortunately, still exists. We believe both opinions to be equally unfounded, but still much time must necessarily be consumed in the inquiry. The general question of taxation must also be taken into the consideration of the Committee. The taxes that unduly press upon industry, imp xle production, and are injurious to our commer, dal relations with other lands have had no trifling share in occasioning the mischief. It; has been an nounced that it is not the intention of Govern ment to institute any inquiry into the nature of these taxes, or as to the propriety of altering, reducing, or abolishing any of them ; and, conse quently, so important a. topic 'cannot possibly be excluded. Many other question:f will also be sug , gested on which it is needless to expatiate, as sufficient has been adduced to show the into rminable nature of the proceedings that must inevitably take place, and the absurdity of waiting for the ' , sport of that Com mittee before any measure is to be submitted to the House. trtnin LON.VON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1847. His lacellency the Earl of DALHOUSIE will find anextra ordinary and almost unparalleled tranquillity estabtirated throughout the British possessions in Hindo stag on his arrival at Calcutta. To a Governor- Gene cal, who is most distinguished as a civilian, the induc *ions which can alone be drawn from the peace now prevalent in our Asiatic dominions must inspire him with confidence by explaining to him the means which have been employed so effectually for the conquest of foregoing difficulties. The immediate preducessor of Lord DALHOUSIE is among the most memorable of those oaptains who have at dif ferent: periods since the age of the immortal wielded the vice-regal sceptre of Leaden hall-street over the Oriental idolaters. That fact is preguant with meaning. It demonstrates the cause of th a present quiescence of those who speak the dialect' of Hindostanee. It demonstrates that the pacifi cation of so many millions of the turbulent Asiatics has been effected solely by the terrors of rnilitetry puissance, accompanied by equity and de termi.mtion. It demonstrates, that but for those butehavies which were forced upon us by the aggres sion of the Seikhs along.the banks of the Sutlej—that but for the valour displayed by the conquerers of &imam), of Aliwal, and of Feroaeshah—that but for the terrible vengeance wreaked by the Anglo-Indian army upon its assailants during the winter of 1845-6—the tribes situated on the frontiers of our dependencies in Hin dostan would still furnish the Central Governmen of Calcutta with unnumbered anxieties and perpetua l obstructions. Upon the principles which are inevit• ably deducible from these considerations, the Admi nistration of the successor of Lord HABDINGE must be modelled, or otherwise the advantages already ensured by the policy of that gallant soldier wili prove most miserably evanescent. Justice and gene rosity as the paramount projects of the supreme coun cils ; activity and enterprize as the more prominent chars cteristics of the officials appointed throughout the Indian empire; vigilance and efficiency as the most conspicuous peculiarities of our military depen dents—these are the principles which have rendered the poi. icy of the Hardinge Administration so effica cious, and these are the principles which must be the inspiration of the newly-inaugurated government of the Earl of DALHOUSIE. It will be fortunate for the Population of Hindostan if the recent alterations are found to have been merely a change of names, and not of policies. From the intelligence which has just arrived from Bombay, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, it would appear that dia turhances have harassed our armaments n o nly two directions, namely among the Goomsoors ' and a mong the Booghtees. That inquietude should still prevail matter of intehe-eountry of th e G oomsoors can scarcely be gv t m e s s o t o l o n n i s g h m p:e n v t a l e n d or be , t w w h e e e n n e e animosities which ha Jakranees and Boo th can the recent are taken i n t o account, inva sion their residences of the latt er f rom among the mountainous dis tricts situated we s t of _aree the Shik any—even the smallest —reason f is curious, however, and n o t altogoerth7,...,re give Prise. of commemoration in the ann a l s a Si n g e, I t the very day which witnessed the departure tof4 n Sir CHARLES NA PI", a formidable b o d y of the bucca neering Booghtees, to the number of 700, des evnded from their fastnesses, and commenced a systeniatie plunder of the more pacific races who live in the plains, midst the protection of the British autho rities.• After encountering a rather disastrous reception at several of the fortified towns scattered through that quarter of Singe, the marauders were assailed by a detachment of 183 troopers of the Sinde cavalry, under Lieut. Meeerver HER 'either destroyed by the discharge of their M and were usk etoons er taken prisoners and reserved for a different Palaistmleot This brilliant encounter—brilliant consSieleing the remarkable disproportion of numbers ty we hive already intimated, on the Ist Octo.lnr-LE slay rendered m e morable to Sinde by the THE SUN, LONDON, SATUItDAY_ .EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1847. CLOSES a VILICES 844 85% 85% 8% 23 dis 23 dis 86 t'BICEo OF BUSINESS DONE RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — .. Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .... ...... , dirmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wol ver - •• hampton, and Dudley 10 m .. .... Birming.,Wolverlepton, .... and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc..., 7:-% . — Lioiton, Stamfd, & Birm, 5 liristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 10/. 4s. ..... . .. Caledonian - -.. 36%:y 4 ... ..... Ditto, Halt Shares 3:% ...... 1 - Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... .. . - lii‘ster and Holyhead 07% ...... 21% . ...... " Ditto, Preference .. 8 ...... _ Clarence 784 _ Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO - Dublin and lielfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25L, L. & •............ , E. and L. and D. ... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ••••••••• ••• Do. 3L 103., E. &H. 1 eastern ' Counties 2O ..•.... 16% .............. Ditto (B) 2O " 2 " '"*" ' Ditto,Extinsion, 5 per , Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension lO ...... .............. Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... __ Do., Quarters Do~ .New 6 ...... --- Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%...... _ . - ...... ••• Ditt•• • Thirds ... .....13& 4d...,.. ._ Do., (guar. 6 percent ) ..._ ......... ••• .I:st Lancashire ......... 25 ..... 213/. ••• ...... . ••• , Ditto, Now - Ditto, New Quarters... 33 , 4 ..... au East Lincolnshire ...... 12% ...... .....'' Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... _ Ditto Half Shares •15 84% CLOSING PRICES _ ...... 13 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 ,4 ...... Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ••• Ditto, ditto, New • •••• 2 ..... Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorch. 2% ...... Ditto, New . Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 84 60.8 d .... Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New 4O Do. Preference Consol Great Northern 1014..,,„ 454,1/ 2 Do., London and York 2%.. Great South. and West. reland) Grist North of England-100 ...... Ditto, New 40L......... 6 ...... Ditto, New 80/. BO ...... Ditto, New 16/. l% ...... .. Great Western B5 ...... Ditto, % Shares. ... 50 .... 60 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 20 — Ditto, New 171. ..... .... 7 ...... .... »....... Huddersfield & Blanches. 22 ...... Ditto, Thirds ...•..... 7 Hull and Selby . ....... .... 50 .. Ditto, Half Shares.... 25 48% Ditto, IA Shares....... 1254 Ipswich & flary St. Edm. 15 — Do., do., and Norwich 15 — Do., do.,_Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% .. . ... 11 % Lancaster and Carlisl e ... 50 Ditto, Thirds ......... .. 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto ......... ... 82 ... .. ••• Ditto 5 Shares . ... 88 Do. Quarter Shares... 14% 1 2 5% Do. Fifths ..... « ........ 6% Do. Sixtee ••••• ••• •" nths ...... .. 6% — Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1 4 (late liud derafield and Slieff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole ...... 47% " ••• 2% die. Do. ( W. Ridin g U n ion) 4/. 2s Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 14 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (13) ... 1% Leeds and Bradford,..,.. 50 Leicester and Bedford,,, 16s — ...•.......... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 5 ,/ 4 —•••••••••-•-• Do., Branch 54 Shares 12 1 / a .. ••• Do. New Branch( blue) 2 1 6 — Do. Extension (green) DA.. ••• Do. NewExten. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirbk ......... 36 Ditto, New . ............ 114 ..... ••-•• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 35.••••• ••• •»«•.••• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... •... ...... 2 O - Alnclistr& New castle Junction.,,, 214-- ••• London arid Black wa ll ..l6/. 13s. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 41 l3s. 4d.... ......... ••••• Do. Extension 171,-4 London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 Do. Consul. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ••• ••• •• ..••• Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ... •• •••..........•. London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Ditto, Preference ... 18/1;s 2d.. .oridon and N. Western 100 15 5 3 /4 1561 4 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do., New ... . 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 156 1 4 29% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUI.RTER TO THREE. The Bank of England return to the 27th November is very favourable; and no doubt t. v't iy ode, fur wine time to come, it will be more so. The bullion shows an important increase, and the demand for discount accom modation was diminishing, a circumstance which neces sitated the reduction to six per cent. in the minimum rate of discount, and which, ere long, will occasion a further reduction in the charge for accommodation. The reserve of notes will increase in proportion to the easi ness of money out of doors:_. Notes issued £23,956,165 Increase 430,320 Rest Increase Public deposits Increase Other deposits Increase ........................ 372,072 Seven day and other bills Increase ....... ................ 9,755 Government Securities 10,946,594 Increase ........ ; Other Securities Decrea5e............ 259,307 Notes .... Increase . . Bullion Increase Active circulation ... Decrease... The Foreign Exchanges were firm yesterday afternoon. The Washington steam-ship, from the United States, has brought over 30,0001.; and the Cormorant, from the Spanish Main, has also arrived with specie, amounting to 1,700,000 dollars. These additions to the previous large stock of the precious metals here, has caused much satisfaction. We are thus advised as to the state of the Money Market at New York, at the latest dates:— " The stock market was a little more buoyant this morning, but the transactions were to a moderate ex tent. At the first board, Canton advanced per cent., Norwich and Worcester 4, Pennsylvania s's 4; Morris Canal, Reading Railroad, and Treasury Notes, closed at prices current on Saturday ; Harlem fell off per cent., and Stonington 4. Although some of the fancies show an improvement, there has been no change in the complexion of the money market. The banks are par tially panic struck, ar.d are contracting as rapidly as possible. The drain of several hundred thousand dollars in specie, for shipment to Europe, has had the effect which might have been expected. We hope the fright they have experienced will do them a great deal of good, and induce them to confine their opera tions to a safe limit. Contraction is the cry, and we shall ring it in the ears of all as loud as possible. It is the enly thing that will save us from a revulsion as dis estrum; as that which sweeps over England." The fluctuations in Consols for Money and the Ac count has not exceeded a per cent• all the day. The prices have been for the former 844 4 4, and for the latter 86i 4. There is very little business doing. Exchequer-hills have receded to Bs. premium.- India Bonds are at 235. discount ; and Bank Stock at 189 187 . Mexican Stock has risen to 18k, then fell to 11, and are now at 18 for Money, and at 174 for the Account. P, rtuguese Stock (Four per Cents.) have fallen to 221 for the Account. Spanish Three per Cents. command but 29, and Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., 55, The Railway Shares are heavy of sale. oNE eictoEs OF isitITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Hank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus .. e4XII/s3e 3 per Cent. Con so l s Annuities.— 8 . 5: k fti New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna 8 536 908 idong Antis. to expire J an. 1860 ••• India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0004 .. 26 23 dis Con: ols for Opening 8 6 1,004 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001 5001. Sinall .. 6 10 p 10p ONE CLOSINo RICE. OF FOREIGN FUNDS , O'CLOCK TILICEF. Mexican, 5 per Ce n t. 1846 18 18% 17 3 4 18 1 / d 18 18 Ditto, Account lB4 17%%% 17% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. 2 2 14 22k Ditto, Account 23 22% 22% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent .....» 29 Dividends on the above payable iu London. Dutch, 21/ per Cent., 12 Guild 55 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 84% Do. 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40 1.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (MI & B.) A. 7 1 ,i Do. 10 . . (M. & B.) B. 7 1 ,E 124 Do. 1().7. (M. & B.) C. i Lona. & S. Western 41/. 6i. 8d — Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. N 21,7 50/. ... ..... 32w.. Do. New 40/. 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ....... ..., 40 Ditto, Thirds 61.135. 4d.... London, Salisbur- -id Tt an, 2% 12% 10 L 6 anti Railway ........„. 17 1 %..... Vale of Neath ... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 4...... .. — Waterford and Limerick 3.1 Waterid, W xfrd, Wicklw, and Düblin W eat Cornwall 4 ..... --. %V h!tehaven & Furness 11 ...... Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 52a....... W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 30 fork, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ......... ... 25j ..... 33% ...... .• ....• ;,, 34 Do. Original New and Berwick .. ..... ....... 25 Do. North Shields Fur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. ..... .410 E — Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 9% York and North Kidland 50 Ditto, Preference ......:10 Do. East and Westßia ing Extension FOREIGN ItAILWAYs. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes .. 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or ,a,leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ........ 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ...... ... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 — East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 — Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Southern of Madras 55. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great W estern Canada... 3 Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... ... Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... Luxembourg.".. ..... .. 6 - •• ........ ••• Lyons and Avignon 5 — Madras ...... Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons .. 10 ..... Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rotten Paris and Strasbourg 8 — Rouen and Havre .—... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... - 18 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 Trinidad . 2% West F1ander5........... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ... 40 London & Westminster. 20 British North Americas 50 Colonial 25 - ••• . •••••••—• Commercial of London 20 Union of London... lO Ditto, New Ditto New.. ..... ...... 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New, ...... ... 10 National of Ireland.....—. 221...... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Ditto, New... •......... 2 1 / 4 Union of Madrid 4O - •• London Joint Stock lO — MINES. Anglo Mexican .lOO Bolonos Scrip . British Iron . 12 BrazilianCocaes&Cuiba. 30 ... ..... Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. • ••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Light breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, Dae. W.S.W., fresh and squally.— Arrd. ltobinson, Mau'mein; Elias, Dirks, Stamen; Genessee, Cowell, New Orleans; Evergreen, Matanzas; Hendrick Hudson, New York ; Arab, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Juno, Moran, ditto ; Swan, Taylor, ditto ; Helen, Haddon, St. John's, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. her Ma jesty's steamer Cormorant, Valparaiso, sailed 28th August; Rio Janeiro, 16th October; Bahia, 26th, with 1,300,000 dollars on "refight. COWES, DEC. 3.—Wind S.W . — Arrd. Washington steamer, New York, and proceeded for Bremen, left 18th ult. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 3.--The Clarendon of Leith, was aground on the bar at Mirainichi previous to 11th ult., and it was expected would be frozen up for the winter. SHEERNESS, DEC. 2.—The brig Zephyr got on the Nore Sand last night and remains. PLvmounr, DEc. 2.--A boat marked Jessy of Bide ford, Lawson, was picked up off St. Ives, 29th ult. DEAL, DEC. 3.—A barque, supposed to be the Mary Louisa, fur Singapore, has put back to the Downs, with damage, having been in contact. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.---The Warman, Cornelius, of and from Liverpool, for Rio. Grande, arrived here yesterday leaky, having struck ott the Seven Stokes, 30th ult.; the Courier, Newport, for Boston, has been surveyed, and will discharge. PWLLUSLLY, DEC. I.—A sloop was seen to go down at her anchors in Abadaron Bay, 30th ult.; no account of crew. A boat has come on shore here, marked "Jane, of Barmouth, Richards." RATUMULLEN, Nov. 19.—The Triumph, Plymouth, for Balliou, has arrived here leaky, having been in con tact with the Ann, of Bit/Igor. DUNDEE, DEC. I.—The Jean and Jessie, from New castle, has put in here very leaky, having been on shore. YARMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Tbe John, Poole to Seaham, has arrived here with damage, having been in contact with the Witley Casthe, of Harwich, 30th ult. The Alliance, of Sunderland, ran into a sloop off Lowestoffe Point lust night, but received no damage ; the latter lost box sprit and had her bows stove in. _.,—,., Yeovil ...... ... ........ 1 1 ,4...... Londonderry&C:,leraina 27% .... Londonderry and Ennis- ....... .... killen .. ... 23% — ... «........ Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - .... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — - Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - •••••• e• ...... ... Ditto ditto . ......... 7 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7% _, Manchest.&Southampt• VA...- kildand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Shares Do. 504 Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per ceat.loo ...... 11idlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ...... ..... ..... Ditto, ditto 71.95. — ......... — Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.gnar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish 85 — Newcastleand Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters Newmrk et & Chesterford 13% Do. Extension ...... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ... ..... .. ....... ....100 Do. New 20/. Do. Extension De. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British Do. Half Sharks 12%...... 13 Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditt 1 Thirds 1...... .. 236 1 / •••• Norte Staffordshire...... 7% .. .... 7,6%4 ... ...... Nor ,n Wales •• North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ..• lA , - Scottish Central ......... 20 ...... - Scottish Midland 17%...... • ••- Ditto, New......... ..... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Gaols - Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class A. 6 Shrewsbury & Ch es t er (Nor. W. Min.) l6 - Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon 40 Do. Preference South Staffordshire south Eastern & Dover. 33% 31% Do., No. 1 26 Do., Nc. 2. - o, No. 3.. ..... ...... .15 ..... 10% Do., No. 4 South Wales ...... 15 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 - Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Sun. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale haven ... 4 - ... ... ..... ••• ".. Thames JakiVen Dock CAUTION TO MARINERS. BRIDLINCIIO).7, DEC. 2.—A vessel foundered 28th ult., about three miles off Flatnborough Head, and li es directly in tho track of vessels passing both ways, but will, doubtless, won break up. MARKET NEWS._(TIIIS DAY.) COVENT-GaI:MIEN. Potatoes, 5s to 7s per cwt.; Apples, Is 3d to 2s 9d; and Pears, 2s iid to 6s per half-sieve ; Walnuts, 8d to Is per hundred;: Greens, 23 to 2s 8d ; Turnips, 2s to 2s 9d; Lacks, is 3d to is 9d ; Onions, is Gd to 2s 3d; and Carrots, as to 5s per dozen bunches ; Red Cabbages, 2s 3d to .5s 6d; Savoy ditto, 9d to is per dozen; Pine Apples 5s to 8s each; Celery, 9d to is 6d; Horse-radish, Is 9d to 4s ; and Broculi is to Is 6d per bundle; Mushrooms, 8d to is 6d per basket; Hothouse Grapes, 2s 6d to 4s; Filberts, 4d to Bd, and Cob- nuts, 6d to Sd per lb ; Spinach, to 4s per sieve; new Oranges, lOs to 14s per 100. NENATGATE AD7D LE/IDENELELILL. We had a very inactive trade for each kind of Moat at the late decline in the quotations?-Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 33 2(1 to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s ed to 4s 8d; and Pork, 33 8d to 5s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. Tur keys, 5s to 7s; Geese, 4s Ed to 7s; Fowls, 2s to 2s 8d; Capons, 3s to 4s Gd; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d; Ducks, 2s to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 9d to is 6d; Hares, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; Pheasants, 3s to 4s; Partridges, is 6d to Is 9d; Grouse, is to is Id; and Pigeons, 7d to 10d each, ITUNGERFORD. Our market, to-day, was heavy for most articles, and prices were not supported. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d t o 4 s 8 d ; Veal, 3s 10d t o 4 5 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs. 1 7 1 7 11ITECRAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to 20s ; Brills ' 2s to Cs ; Cod-fi s h, 3 s t o 8s; Haddock s , 9d t o i s 3d; Whitings, 4d to Is; Dories, 26 to 4s ; and Lobsters, is 6d to 2s 6d each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Smelts, is 6d to 2s Gd ; Fresh Herrings, is to is 6d ; and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 2s per dozen ; Eels, 9d to is per lb. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7id; of Household ditto, Sid to bid per 4lbs loaf. RIDE MARKET. Market Fides, 561 b to 641 b, 20 to 3d per lb; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 30; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 3Ad to 32d; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b, 4d to 41-d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 44d to sd; Calf. Skins (each), 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s to 5s 2d ; Kent and Half-breds, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; Downs, 2s 4d to 3s 2d. HAY IKAR, ICE TS . 12 3 / 4 4% 2% 7% GOAL MARKE' Adair's Main Hedley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley lBs Od New Tanfield l6s 3d Ord's Redheugh Original Tanfield Ravensworth's Pelaw l6s Od Tanfield Moor Butes l6s Gd West Wylam Wylain _ _ 7.- YESTERDAY. Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Bell and Brown 203 Od Bewicke and Co 9os 0(1 Clennell Clarke and Co. Hotspur Medley Killing north l9B 9d Northumberland Wharncliffe Eden Main ' 2os 6d Ships at market 13 5 4 12% 9% 764 15% - - 6 1 12 4 5% 7% -.1 - $l4 WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Robert Rounce and George Crane, described as guards, in the employment of the company of the Eastern Counties Railway were charged with stealing from a van belonging to the company. Police-constable 138 II deposed that he was on duty at about five o'clock this morning in Spitalfields, when he perceived the prisoner get down from behind the van in qaestion, and presently he observed him lift his apron in front of him, into which something was thrown by a person in the van. Witness immediately took charge of Crane, upon whom he found a large piece of pork, which had been previously purloined from a hamper in the van, as also his companion Rounce, whom he led fort!), out of the vehicle. • A gentleman, who attended on behalf of the coin. pany, said that a vast quantity of meat, which had been consigned to the wholesale butchers of the different markets, had been lost in a similar way. The prisoners were remanded unal Wednesday, in order to give time for further inquiry. MARLBRIT-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Ma r y Ward, one of the frail s i ster h ood, was placed before - Mr. Hardwick, charged by John Hall, a servant oat of place, with robbing him of 155., and assaulting him and tearing his trousers. The prosecutor stated that on Monday night last he was walking along Oxford-street, when the prisoner came up and accosted him. After speaking with her for some little time, he accompanied her to No. 7, Shep herd•street. While he was there the prisoner took a half-sovereign and two half-crowns from his trousers pocket. He accused her of the robbery. She denied it, and collected such a ruffianly gang around him that ho was afraid to give her into custody then. He then left the house and went into Oxford-street for a constable. The prisoner followed him, and struck him in the face, and tore his trousers. He ran away, and saw nothing of the prisoner till last night, when ho gave her in charge. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed Fur trial. Mr. William Henry Ellis, Tibbington-square, Isling ton, was charged with assaulting Mr. Andrew Coxhead, Foreman to Mr. Banks, umbrella manufacturer, Regent "2 trcus. The complainant stated that about nine o'clock last night, the defendant came into his employer's shop, and demanded him to give him up possession of the premises. Tie ordered hi m t o leave. Defendant refused, and said he was determined to stop there. Witness eventually SNITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31 12s ; Clover, ditto, 31 lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 8s; per load. Supply moderately good, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to 31. 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 418 s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at but little variation in prices. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3/ 12s ; Clover di to, 31 lOs to 41 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 8 s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. Belmont 2os 6d Haswell 2ls 3d Hetton .. Lumley Lyons 2os 3d Shotten Stewart's Whitwell ... Cassop 2os 9sl Caradoe ..... .. .. High Thornley Heugh Hall Cowndon Hartley Denison Seymour Tees South Durham 2os Od Tees %Vest Cornforth .. Cowpen Hartley Derwentwater Hartley 18s Od W. Ilartley Netherton 18s 6d 3lorgan's Stone Coal 3os Od :, 149—sold, 92. VICE-CHANCERY.-(;PHIS DAY.) (Befowthe VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V THE BIR MINCHA3I AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The further arguments in this part-heard motion for an injunction occupied his Honour the whole morning. COMMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice CRESS WELL and a Special Jury.) SMITH V. COLTON. This was an action brought by Miss Mary Elizabeth smith, the plaintiff in the late celebrated case of"`with v. Earl Ferrers," against the printer and publisher of the Britannia newspaper, for an alleged libel contained in that paper, reflecting seriously upon her character. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Sirnmonds appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant TALYOURD, in stating the case for the plaintiff, said that she had brought the present action to vindicate her character from the serious and foul asper sions cast upon it by an article which appeared in the Britannia of the 7th Nov. 1846. The article purported to be a review of a pamphlet which plaintiff had pub lished shortly after the trial, for the purpose of averting the current of public indignation that had been roused against her in consequence of the turn which the trial bad taken. The Learned Sergeant then read the article in question, which was ♦ery lengthy, containing several extracts from the plaintiff 's pamphlet, and animadverting severely upon her conduct. The Learned SERGEANT then said he would put the plaintifrs father into the box, who had brought her up from a child, to prove the application of the libel to her, and he would challenge his Learned Friend to extract anything in cross-examination which could justify the accusations it contained. The Clerk to the plaintiff's attorney proved purchas ing a copy of the Briiktnnia, dated the 7th of November, on the 14th of the same month. Mr. Thomas N. Smith, the plaintiff's father, stated that he was a farmer in Warwickshire, and that his daughter was twenty-one years of age last January. He had five other children. His daughter was plaintiff in an action against Earl Ferrers for breach of promise of marriage. He had read the article in the Britannia on the 7th November, and he understood it to apply to his daughter. Cross-examined by Mr. Cocscsiunsr—As near as he could recollect his daughter's pamphlet was published about September last year. It was the production of his daughter exclusively. The manuscript was corrected by himself. She was not in communication with any other person when she wrote it. She was residing with her grandfather at the time, about six miles distant from her home. Did not know that some observations upon the trial, contained in the pamphlet, were sent from London. Re-examined—The MS. of the pamphlet was entirely in the plaintiff's handwriting. Mr. COCIBURN then addressed the jury on the part of the defendant, and submitted that in pub lishing the article complained of he had only done his duty as a public journalist with reference to that most extraordinary case, he thought he was perfectly justified in saying that the case of Miss Smith v. Earl Ferrers was one of the most re markable that ever was brought to trial. In September, six months after the trial, the plaintiff' came before the public as a pamphleteer, but not so much in vindication of herself as to attack the defendant, Earl Ferrers, and every one else connected with his defence. The editor of the paper received the pamphlet, which, in fact, chal lenged criticism, and, in the ordinary course of his duty as a public journalist, made his remarks upon it, and was he to be made a party to an action, simply because he had denounced an attempt on the part of the plaintiff to get out of the responsibility which attached to her. The Learned Counsel concluded by calling upon the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and loft it to the jury to say whether the article in question was calcu lated to bring the plaintiff into discredit ; if so, she would bo entitled to the verdict. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages one farthing. put him out and gave him in charge. The defendan struck him twice in the face. The defendant said he formerly carried on business in the same house, but he had been unfortunate, and had lately passed through the Insclvent Court. Ili; wz.s not authorised by the Commissioner to give up possession. He therefore f e lt i n d ut y b oun d $o get possess i on. His landlord had sold all his stuck, and left him in a state nearly approaching destitution. He denied using any violence to complainant, if he did strike him it was by accident. Mr. HAnDwicK said if defendant had any claim ho had his remedy in a court of law. Ho should discharge him now, but if he went there again, he (Mr. Hardwick) would send him to prison. The defendant promised not to go nigh the house again, and was discharged. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. 0 J HAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. The Washington steam-ship, Captain Hewitt, ar rived in Cowes roads about one o'clock this afternoon' after a fine run of fifteen days from New York, which place she left on the 18th. The passengers for Eng land were transferred to the Ruby, a small steamer hired by the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, and, with the mails, dispatched to Southampton. The Washington then weighed for Bremen. By this arrival we are put into possession of New York papers to the 18th ult. inclusive, two days later than those received yesterday via Liverpool. The Washington brings ;0,000& in specie, and 42 passengers. Further important and interesting news had arrived at New York from the seat of war. Advises had been received from Vera Cruz to the 6th October, and Mexico city to the 2d. It appears that open and undisguised hostilities had broken out between Santa Anna and General Paredes. A manifesto had been published by the latter, in which the ex-President is denounced as an enemy to the Mexican people and Mexican nationality. A telegraphic dispatch had been received at New York from New Orleans, stating that news had been received from Vera Cruz to the 6th ult. Two engagements had taken place with the enemy near Puebla, in which the Mexicans lost 100 men and the Americans 15. Santa Anna was at Tepacan as late as the 26th of October. A sort of civil war had broken out amongst the guerillas, and a severe battle had taken place between the clans of Jaranta and Canatozo. Thirty lives were lost. The New York Courier, in its leafing article, says the disappearance of coin by each successive steamer and packet to England is alarming —need lessly to a great extent—the mercantile community, occasioning more or less tightness in the money market. The cotton market was again lower, with a re duction of from one-third to one quarter cent per lb The demand was moderate. The salts for the 15th, 16th, and 17th ult., amounted to 3,000 bales. The receipts of flour had been heavy, which had a tendency to depress the market. Wr.eat remainei inactive. A messenger had been dispatched from Washing ton to General Scott, supposed to be the bearer of instructions against further overtures for peace. The near conclusion of the war, therefore, dots not seem probable. The stock market was dull and declin'ng. The exports of gold to England, no doubt, tended much to cause the depression. United States' freasury notes had fallen to par, and some private sales had been made below par. The Burgundy, for Havre, was to leav2 on the 18th, with 80,000 dolls. in silver. Exchange on England was firm at 10 per cent., with few sellers. The New York Sun says :—" Wednesday, the 17th, was one of the gloomiest days witnessed in the New York Money Market since the last three years. Nearly all the banks had ceased to advance loans, and commercial paper of good standing was disposed of to private bankers at tke rate of 12 per cent. per annum. Everything is falling in price. The rapid and exten sive withdrawal of the precious metals to England was almost the only topic of discussion to-day. It appears that two millions of dollars, or as near as possible, is the amount of coin exported from New York and Boston since the beginning of the revulsion in England." The New York papers contain the whole of General Scott's dispatches relative to his recent achievements i❑ Mexico. They are very lengthy, and embrace interesting accounts of the whole of the battles. SOUTH AMERICA. PORT3MOUTII, DEC. 3.—Her Majesty's steamer Cormorant, Commander B. Seymour, anchored at Spithead this afternoon with a freight of specie from the Pacific, and diamonds from Bahia. She has on board 1,700,000 dols. and about 5,0001. worth of dia monds on merchants' account. She is ordered into the harbour to land her freight and be paid off, and will go in to• morrow if passible. The Cormorant left Rio Janeiro on the 26th of October. Her Majesty's ship Eagle, 46, the Crescent, receiving ship, and the Kestrel, brigantine, were there. The Seringapatam, store ship, had gone on to the Cape of Good Hope. The Cormorant, after leaving Rio, called at Bahia, where she received the diamonds. She touched at one of the Western Isles, and lastly at Madeira. Commander Seymour had the honour of dining with the Queen Dowser. Her Majesty and her illustrious guests were quite well. The Cormorant, among other passengers, has brought home Captain Watkins, promoted from the Modeste, and several invalids from the Equadron in South America and the Brazils. Her engine became nearly unserviceable as she got into the Channel. SWITZERLAND. PEACE RESTORED. —SURRENDER OF THE VALAIS, AND DISSOLUTION OF THE SONDERBUND. We give the enclosed extract from a letter from Lausanne, which has been forwarded to us from a quarter not open to the suspicion of an intention to mislead : (Copy.) " Lausanne, Nov. 29, 1847. "My dear Sir,—l have just time to inform you that the Valais Laving surrendered, the Sonderbund is dissolved, the Jesuits expelled, and peace made up among the members of the Confederation, without the intervention of foreign meddlers. The desertion of five hundred men last night from the troops of Valais induced the Government of Valais to give up, and our Federal troops entered Valais to• day." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yes terday forenoon in the pleasure grounds and plunta• dons of Osborne. The Royal Children drove out in a carriage yes terday morning to the beach, and walked and rode on their ponies. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Glou cester House. His Royal Highness afterwards left town for his residence at Kew. The Marquis of Northampton and a deputation had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. The Earl of Ellenborough and Sir John Pe lly transacted business at the Board of Trade yesterday. Sir William Heathcote had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial -office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed and concluded the hearing of an appeal from Bengal "Rau Srimuty Debiah v. Many Khoond Suta." Low's WATER SYSTEM.—At a meeting held at Kingsland a few evening's ago, upon the subject of sa nitary improvement, Mr. Low directed the attention of the meeting to the subject of irrigating the streets, which was found so efficacious during the prevalence of cholera. He suggested that the streets, lanes, and alleys of the metropolis be washed instead of swept ; this he proposed should be done by the insertion of hose into the fire-plugs, and carefully played all over the streets and pavements at an early hour in the morning or late at night. By such means all the noisome matter would be carried off, and these " receptacles of filth," the main sewers would also 'be cleaned out, and the effluvia from " the gullies," by which the circumarabent air becomes impregnated with the most deadly gases effectually got rid of. The prevailing epidemic—influ enta—being the supposed precursor of cholera, renders the subject one worthy of consideration. DEATH FROM DESTITUTION.—Yesterday, Mr. Mills held an inquest at the Golden Anchor, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, on the body of Francis Ross, aged 56. The deceased and her husband occupied a wretched room, at No. 11, Rose-alley, Turnmill-street. The ro un had nut a particle of furniture, nor had the poor creatures a mor sel of food to sustain existence. On Tuesday last ap plication for relief, on behalf of deceased, was made at the workhouse, when a gentleman attended and gave a shilling to supply her immediate wants. She would have been then taken into the workhouse, but her body "was," to use the words of a witness, "so covered with vermin, that he could have scraped them elfin hands full," and therefore her removal was deferred, that she might be cleansed before she was conveyed to the work house. Oa Wednesday she was found stretched dead on the floor, and quite naked, with a cat sitting on her stomach. Deceased's husband, whoso emacistud skele ton appearance horrified the Coroner and Jury, was as sisted into the court to give evidence. But destitution had so prostrated his mental as w e ll as hi s p h ys i ca l powers4that he appeared to be quite unconscious of what was taking place, and could not be made to understand the most obvious questions. Verdict. " Death from na tural disease, and it occurred when deceased was in much want and destiiution." THE KNIFE IN LIVERPOOL.—On Monday a young man named Michael Haddikin was killed by a boatman named Thomas Rodrigo, at a public-house in Wapping, Liverpool. The deceased was attacked without provo cation by Thomas Rodrigo and his brother, and stabbed with a knife by the former; both brothers are committed for trial 1•••• 36% 2144 314 48 3 % 76 1 , 1234 12 1 3 4 92 21% 1834 16% 29 th 23 :2% PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. MINORITY-AYES, 45. Bane, H. J. Hamilton, G. A. Prime, Richard Baring, Thomas Heald, James Benton, John C. Bentinck, Lord G. Henley, J. W. Bufford, Francis Bic:N*lU, R. J. Berries, John C. Seholoiteld. WI.II I -aut Bresnridge, Richard Mbiyart, It. C. Scott, Francis fdroadvrood, :11. Hildyard, T. B. T. Smyth, John G. Brooke, Lord Hindley, C. Stafford, AnglianlS Cabbell, B. B. Iledgeon, W. N. Stephenson, Robert Cobbold, John C. Hudson, George Tollomache, John Deering, John Y. Ingestre, Viscount Waddington, 11. S. Disraeli, B. K nox , C o l onel Wakley, Thomas Forbes, W. Masterman, J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Fox, S. L. Moore, George 11. Willoughby, Sir 11. Granby, Marquis of Mintz, G. F. TELLI&L.I. Greene, Captain O'Connor, Feargns Stuart, J. Grogan, E. O'Flaherty, Anthony Newdegate, N. MAJO R 1 TY-NOES, 257. Abdy, Thomas N. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Palmer, Robert Adair, Hugh E. Foley, John H. Palmer, Roundel Adair, R. Shafto Fordyce, A. D. Palmerston, Via. Anson, Colonel Forster, Mathew Parker, John , An on, Viscount Fortescue, Chichester Pearson, Charles Attwood, John Fortescue, J. W. Pecholl, Captain Bailey, Joseph Fox, Richard M. Peel, Sir Robert Baines, M. T. Freestun, Colonel Perfect, Robert Baring, F. T. Gardner, J. I). Peto, Samuel M. Barnard, E. G. Gibson, T. M. Pilkington,:Jamed Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Plumptre, J. P. Bell, John Glyn, George Carr Plowden, W. H. Bellew, K. M. Godson, R. Power, Dr. Benbow, John Goulburn, Henry Power, Nicholas Birch, Sir Thomas Gower, Lovesou Price, Sir R. Blackall, S. W. Grace, 0. D. J. Raphael, Alexander Bolling, William Greenall, Gilbert Rawdon, Colonel Bourke, Richard S. Greene Thomas Repton, G. W. J. Bouverie, E. P. Gregson, Samuel Reynoldsponh Bowring, Dr. Grenfel , Charles W. Ricardo, J. L. Boyd,",John Grey, Sir G. Ricardo, Osman Boyle, Robert E. Grey, Ralph W. Rice, E. R. Brackley, Arise. unt Guinness, R. S. Rich, Henry Bramston, T. W. Gwyn, Vowel Robartea, T. J. Brisco, M. hall, Sir B. Robinson, George Brocklehurst, John ilunmer, Sir J. Roche, E. B. Brotherton, Joseph Ha.stie, A. Romilly, John Brown, Humphrey Hay, Lord John Russell, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Headlam, T. E. Russell, F. C. H. Buller, Charles Ileathcote, Sir W. Saiwey, Colonel Bunbury, Edward Herbert, Henry A. Sanders, George Burke, Sir Thomas Hervey, Lord A. Soaham, Viscount leurroughes, H. N. Heywood, James Stele', Charles Buxton, sir E. Iloilges,;T. L. Seymour, Lord Campbell, W. F. Hogg, Sir J. W. Seymour, Sir If. Cardwell, Edward Hood, Sir A. Shelburne, Earl of Carew, W. P. Herlihy, John Sidney, Thomas Caulfield, Colonel lloward, C W.G. Simeon, John Chaplin, W. J. Howard, E. G. Slaney, Robert A. Childers, J. W. Humphery, Ald. Smith, V. Clay, James Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Clay, Sir W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Smith, M. Tucker Clerk Sir G. Ireland, Thomas J. Smith, John B. Clive, Vise.' Jackson, William Smellett, A.l Cockburn, Alex. Jermyn, Earl Cocks, Thomas S. Jervis, Sir John Coke, Edward K. Jervis, John Spearman,S F'D om m e e rv rt il l l 4 e . , V i ii i r e : J W . " . 8 Colebrooka, Sir T. Keogh, William Stanley, E. Colas, Henry B. Keppel, George T. Strutt, Edward Conyngliam, Lord A. King, Peter John Stuart, Lord D. Coupe, t , etavius Lebow:here, Henry Sturt, Henry G. Cotton, W. H. Langston, J. II Sutton, Henry Courtenay, Lord Lemon, Sir Charles Talfourd, sergeant Cowper, W. F. Lennox, Lori A. Tenison, E. K• i Craig, W. G. Lewis, Sir T. Tennent, , . J. Cubittt, William Lewis, George C. Thicknesse, H. A. Davie, Sir Henry Lincoln, Earl of Thompson, Colonel. Dawson, T. V. Lindsay, Colonel Thornely, T. Deedsa, W. Littleton, E. IL Thornhill, G. Denison, J. E. M'Gregor, John Townely, John Devereux, J. T. M`.Neghten, Sir E. Turner, George Divett, E. Megan, W . Y. Tynte, Charier Druinlanrig, Vis. Mahon, O'Gorman Verney Sir If. Drummond, H. Maitland, T. Vivian, J. H. Duckworth, Sir J. Marsh 11, J. G. Walmaley, Sir J. Duff, George S. Duke, Sir James Marshall, William Walpole, S. H. Martin, J. Walter, John Duncan, George Martin, Samuel Ward, H. G. Dundits, Admiral Natheeon, Alex. Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Sir David Matheson, Colonel Wawn, JT. Divides, George Melgund, Tiecount ;. Welby, G. E. Dunne, Francis P. Moffatt, George West, F. It. Du Pro, C. G Monsen, William Wellhead, J. P. Ebrington, Viscount Morgan, H. K. Willcox, Brodie Edwards, Henry Morpeth, Viscount Williams, John Ellice, Edward Morison, General Wilson, James Elliot, John T. Noel, Gerald J. Wilson, Matthew Evans, John Nugent, sir Percy Wood, Sir Charlie Evans, William O'Brien, J. Wood, W. P. Ewart, William O'Brien, Sir Lucius Wortley, J. S. Fagan, William O'Brien, Timothy Wyld, James Ferrer, James O'Connell, M. J. Wyvill, Marmaduk• Fergus, John Ogle, S. C. Young, John Ferguson, Sir R. Osborne, Ralph Ifolllett, J. Paget, Lord A. MIA'S. Fitzpatrick, JW. Paget, Lord Clarence Hill, Lord M. Fitzroy, Henry Paget, Lord George Tun tell, Henry SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTEIL—FmAy. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE.-7 to lon the field (offered). CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 15 each agst Burgundy, Co nyngham, and Mendicant (taken). DFRBY.-15 to 1 agst Springy Jack (taken to 251.). 1,000 to 25 each agst The Fowler, Rosalyn, and Edie Ochiltree (taken). NEW RAILWAY BILLS. The following were omitted in the list of Bills which appeared in The Sun on Thursday Dundee and Arbroath. Dundee and Northern Junction. Dundee and Perth. Dundee and Perth (Tay Crossing). Dunfermline and Queensborough. Edinburgh and Bathgate. Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 1). Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 2) Amendment Acts. Edinburgh and Northern —Branch to Roscobie. Edinburgh and Northern --Branch to Queensboroug h and Inverness. Edinburgh and Perth. Edinburgh and Northern, and Sterling and Dunferh l ‘ line—Queensborough Branch. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston. s ad Scottish Midl an d J unct i on Amendment Branches. Sterling and Dunfermline. Wishaw and Coltness. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. —We have much Ales" sure in stating that the Lord Chancellor continues I° improve in health. The Noble Lord was suilicien ti i restored to sit up for several hours yesterday. Il e " still attended by Dr. Chambers. REPRESENTATION or TaltwoßTn.--FRIDAY N1G 111. 4 —Captain John T ownsen d , a near connexion of Lo rd Ferrers's family, and a member of the house so long de: tinguished a s an opponent of the Peel interest in ""- borough, is an nounce d as a candidate for its represen ts' tion. The Hon. W. Bielby Thompson Lawly, a nejoh.: w of Lord W en l oc k , i s also spoken of: The name of Macaulay, too, has been mentioned in connexion wl'm the representation of the borough, but at present there is no move men t on t h e :part of the Right Lion. Gentl e. manor his friends. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—There a liberal supply of wheat and barley. The trade to-di/ is rather inactive for wheat, and prices are scaroelf 11° good as last week. Barley is held for late prices, but the demand is very limited. Oats and shelling are easier purchase. Beans are again lower. THE ALDERMANIC GOWN.—Last night, at o'clock, Mr. J. Laurie, the candidate in opposition to Mr. D. Salomons for the vacant aldermanship is ward of Cordwainers, retired in favour of the latter ru t , • tleman. The e l ect i on w il l take place, in accordance w ith the precept issued by order of the Lord Mayor, on Mc° day afternoon next. On the 28th ult., at Dinder, BIRTHS near Wells, the wife of W. Tyndale, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at 3, Vimiera, Wandsworth-road, 31115. Hartmann, of a son. On the 30th ult., at St. Michael's Rectory, Winchester, th e wife of the Rev. N. Midwinte r , On the 30th ult., at Camden road-villas, Mrs. a daughter. On the Ist inst., a t Fl ore fi eld, Northamptonshire, Lee Bevan, of a son. w a lker, of On the Ist inst., in Lower Seymour-street, the lady of U. W. J. Gyll, Esq., of a son. On the let inst., at Portland-place, Mrs. I. Travers, ° f. son. On the 2d inst., the lady of G. C. Voelcker, Esq., of Dom' cer's-hill House, South Minims, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Surbiton, Mrs. E. Brown, of a daaug. MARRIED. On Saturday, Nov. 27, at St. Paul's Church, by the Re if ' J. H. Staffed, Mr. John Henry Francis Cuschod, of IA!: sanne, in Switzerland, to Miss Susan Holloway, of Queen's Hotel, North-Western Railway Station, Liverp o On the Ist inst., at the p ar i s h c h urc h of Hawkshea d, by the Rev. T. Gawthorp, 8.A., R. B. Smith, Esq., of Lyidia te ' near Liverpool, to Abigail, daughter of the late W. Os i " thorp, Esq., of Sawrey, Windermere. • DIED. On the 3d December, at Mr. Pateshall's residence, Enfiel d ; Middlesex, Miss Elizabeth B rown, eldest daughter o f the late Mr. James Bro wn , o f N o. 8, Eccleston-street, Pimlico, aged 59 years. On the sth ult., at Boston, United States, Harriett Folle tt ' wife of H. Bland, Esq., and sist er t o Miss Helen Faucit. On the 24th ult., at his house at Shepherd's-bush, in " 80th year, Mr. 11. Sadler, of Down-street, Piccadilly. , On the 26th u lt . , at his residence, Upper Park-0 " Dorset-square, Mr. IL Chester, aged 64. On the 29th ult., Mr. 11. E. Atkinson, of Jewry - st reet ' Aldgate, in his 37th year. Ou the 30th ult., aged 84, J. Soanes, Esq.. Mile-end' y„,-, On the 30th u l t., at Kentish-town, C. Boyden. •F'`i" Queen-square, Bloomsbury. London : P r i n t e d and Published by MURDO YOUN," ty.. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count) ? 4 " Middlesex, Saturday, December 4, 1847. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, DRC. 3. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to Question (:_,Oth November) " That a Select Committee"be appoi n t e d t o i nqu i re into the causes of the re cent commercial distress, and how far it has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of Bank-notes payable on demand ;" and which Amendment was to leave out from the word " inquire" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " how far the recent commercial distress has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of Bank•notea payable on demand," instead thereof :—Question again pro posed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part or the Question :—Debate resumed. Motion made, and Ques tion put, " That the Debate be now adjourned." The House divided ; I Me i ,tO4, LOOn