The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-06 00:00:00

ROTAL SURREY TRZATRE. team S t n , F . Dayiuge, Ns. I, Diyhigo-terrace,Kontangton-read, surrey. EVENING, the performances will cocarnonse with She Find and Second Acts of the celebrated Opera of NI Will be presented GUT MANNERING. To be followed by the oelebratod PIS DB FOLIE, from ties Opera of Gust/Iva'. To aoudads with a new and original Drama, entitled THE TRA TIOLLEftIi 11001 t. Principal characters by Mess W rs. F W . Yining, fl. anginas. T. Fredericks , Le wis, Oiborry, and Mrs. . est. A distinet entrance to the private boxes has been made ( all the which bare been re-atted). Private b on es may be had nightly of srinoipal Librarians ; and at the Box-.lllzu of Ow Tkeabre, which is open daily nut Ten until Four. Boxes, to. ; Pit, IL ; Gallery, 64. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPItIrIiEITRE , Fr,vrtetor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. TIIIS EVI4I ENO The Grand Syeetaele of THIS CAMP OF SILESIA. 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After which the Dlyertissement, entitled LE GENIE DE GLOBE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tin ,er the Management of Mr. M. Webster. sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Sheridan;; Comedy of THE RITALS. After which. a new Comic Drama, celled THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Tanden *if; Mrs. Keeley, Hies Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Manley. To conclude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS TITAN ONE. Stage Manager, Mr. Tama; Ageing Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, Se. ; Pit, 31.; Gallery, ts. ; upper Gallery, Is. Doers open at Half-paet Mx, Performance to commence at seven. TPIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Ender the direction or Maclaine Celesta. THIS F.VENING Will be prise:Kiel a ■ew and original Drama, e&led GABRIELLI; Or, the lilequeathed Heart. ritagerald O'Carrol. Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell, Marquee di Minclo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Hal gamer TeAdarne, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Madame celeste ; Sigaera D'Osenna, Miss Brooks. To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE oxcr. - . After wkI• 11 , a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO WE SOLD 4he property of the late *llliata Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha srters by Messrs. Wright, Callonthni. Worrell, 0. Smith, l'aid Bsd S)1. Mrs. Laws, ke., fcc. To conclude with the original faros, called HOW TO !SETTLE ACCOUNT:, WIT II YOUR LAUNDRESS. W h itting ton Wid g etta, r. Wright; Jack grown, Mr. lanyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond dyaa ; Mary Wbius, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry lietince, Mini Mom, yarding. To eoseiteale with I NABOB P , 71 AN HOUR. Bozos, 49.; Pit, Es. , Gallery, Is. Dears open et half-past lilt, rerformanee to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Tatter the Ilanagemeat of Madame Testris. Selo Lame., Mr. Charles Mathews. THIA EVENING, Will be performed THE RING DOVES. After widish, a new Comic Drama sailed PEG.IT GRIBBN. To be followed by a Cowls Drama, oohed A ROUGH DIAMOND. To sonoindo with a Romance of Real Life, called SOX and COX rrinelpal chummier. $y sir. illarley, Mr. linclutone, and Mrs. Mae. Damara. Drees Boxes, is.; Uppor Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, Is. 2C• kalf-prise to any part of the house. The 31ow ISox-olnee, No. 2, Wellington-otreet, Is open is the /labile every day, tram Ten till six. The Interior of the Mouse has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. firealwoll of the Colosseum. PRIXCESS'S TEINATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be presented ghakspeare's Play of AS YOU LILE IT. Duke. Mr. Irder ; Duke Frederick, Mr. Courtney ; Jacques, Mr. Cooper ; Orla do, Mr. Conway ; Ameins, Mr. Baker ; Rosalind, Miss Cush man ; Celia, Miss Susan Cushman ; Phoebe, Miss Villars ; ♦udi ey, Miss Emma Stanley. To conclude with Coleman's comedy of THE POOR GENTLE MAN. Sir Robert Bramble, Mr. J. Gilbert (from the principal American theatres); Sir Charles Cropland, Mr. J. Webster ; Lieut. Worthington, Mr. Hughes; 011apod, Mr. Compton; Emily Wor thington, Miss Cooper; Miss Lucretia Mac Tab, Miss Winsta►ley. Dress Circle, as.: Boxes, O.; Pit, as.; Gallery, Is. TRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Yr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the season Ri comtisenee THIS EVENING, MONDAY, DEC. 6, with the following performances, beginning at Eight o'clock. Mazere's popelar Cotatdy of LE JELTN E SIARI. Oscar, M. Mon- Wand. After which, Angler's Comedy of LA CIGUE. To conclude with the f►voti`rtte Vaudeville of LE VICOMTE GI EOFLEFI. -- -. A. detailed prospectus of the general arrangvnents, and of the pieces which will bo produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street ; and at the Bea.-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, trona it to 5. ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun- office, 112, Strand. ILE WX &TILE.Li..—box Omen, Dm. 6. THERM )11XT/111. Lowest, 37; Highest. 49 ; Noon, 47 BAROMITZIL, 28.78.--W S.S. W. ; rain. W ATER AT LONDON -111011%R Till I) AY. .. 17 ellatitas after 12 it ven ,,, ut - AY - , ninntes After 1. o ty tam LOND' )N, MONDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1847. The improvements of the law of debtor and credi tor is a fubject of the deepest importance in a com mercial country. It should be the chief object of the Legislature to establish a code by which the honest but unfortunate debtor should, as far as practicable, be relieved from unnecessary sufferings, the disho nest and fraudulent one properly punished, and, in either case the property th a t s till rema ined equitably distributed amongst the several creditors in propor tion to their respeetive dethands, without any being -„ • , . E v • C •••• THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1847. suffered to obtain an undue advantage, or the funds being wasted in legal expenses. For a long series of years the state of the law was a disgrace to the British nation. Every creditor was at any time empowered to seise upon the person of his debtor, and to incar cerate him in a gaol away from his family and his business, which might be wholly destroyed in conse quence of the vindictive proceedings taken. It was not even necessary that the justice of the demand should be established in order to take those summary steps. It was enough if any person had sufficient har dihood to swear to the existence of a debt, and a warrant was forthwith granted, under which the al leged debtor might be arrested, and (if unable to find bail) detained in custody. It is not necessary now to expatiate on the various abuses occasioned by this state of the law Suffice it to say that it attracted the attention of eminent legal reformers, and that Lord BROUGHAM particularly distinguished himself by his zealous and indefatigable exertions in intro ducing the required ameliorations. Arrest on mesne process was wholly taken away, unless where there were reasonable grounds for supposing that the debtor intended to fly out •of the country, and thus to escape from the jurisdiction of the courts. In such case a judge was empowered to issue an order for his immediate arrest and deten tion. Great amendments were subsequently intro duced into the bankruptcy and insolvency laws— more particulaxtrby the sth and 6th Victoria, c. 116 (commonly called Lord BROUGHAM'S Act), by which persons, not being traders within the statutes relating to bankrupts, or if within these statutes and owing less than 3001., were enabled to come before a Court of Bankruptcy without being previously in custody, and to obtain protections pending the investigation of their affairs, and the ultimate decision of the Court on their cases. Other reforms have subsequently been introduced—some undoubtedly most beneficial enactments were carried, but others also passed which we cannot regard with much favour. It is, however, admitted on all bands, as well by those who recognise the great value of by far the greater portion of the alterations that have taken place, as by those who think that too much leniency has been ex hibited towards debtors who are unable to satisfy the full amount of their liabilities, that further legis lation is required. • A society has been formed in the metropolis for the purpose of effecting an improvement of the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, which held a meeting on the 22d of November, the day previous to the delivery of the Quezrea Speech in Parliament, to which we should earlier have alluded but for the many important topics to which our attention has since ne cessarily been' directed. We do not desire in the Olightest degree to impeach the motives of the highly respectable gentlemen who—took part in the proceed ings, although we think that they are greatly mis taken in many of the views they advocate, and that they have cast censure, most undeservedly, on the eminent legal reformer to whom the nation is SO deeply indebted for his indefatigable exertions on the subject. From_ the repert of the committee, which was adopted by the meeting, and from the motions that were carried, it appears that the society claim credit for having succeeded in in troducing into the Small Debts Act the power to imprison for debts under twenty pounds, such impri sonment not operating as a release of the debt, which power they desire to have extended, and that they also advocate the restoration of arrest upon mesne process (with certain precautions to prevent abuse). Now, we confess that we are wholly at issue with them upon both points. We give them credit for the best intentions, but we think that they are mis taken in their views ; that little, if any, advantage would be derived by parties engaged in trade or commerce if their views were adopted, even, to the fullest extent, and that evils far more than an equivalent for any supposed advantages would ensue even to the creditors themselves, while the unfortu nate debtors would in many cases be subjected to great hardships and persecutions. Before we conclude our observations we would direct the attention of the committee of the society, to a letter which appears in another part of The Sun, seeking for explanation on certain parts of their roport. 'We certainly can scarcely reconcile the pa ragraphs alluded to by our correspondent; we trust, however, that a satisfactory explanation may be afforded. Suddenly there is a clamour for the immediate adoption of a comprehensive system of national de fence. Our position is represented as being most perillous ; and, considering that the population of England has hithert, lived in a state of unbounded confidence and unhesitating security, the declaration of its liability to invasion is calculated to act upon the popular imagination like a thunderbolt. For a considerable time there has been a tendency to in vestigation into the bulwarks along our seacoasts, and into the discipline of our militia. Gradually, as the increase of the steam-power applied to European navigation rendered our position, as an insular sove• reignty, less and less impregnable, a sense has been stealing over the heart of the nation, that something, hitherto unattempted has become requisite to restore the empire to its original stability. This sense has stolen into the thoughts of the more reflective members of the communi , y, without exciting in the United Kingdom any dread unbecoming the dignity of the empire, without leading to any precipitation un worthy of its great history, of those heroic men, and of those heroic deeds which have in past generations attested that the race of the Anglo-Saxons is uncon quered and unconquerable. There have been no demonstrations of panic in reference to the ineffici ency of our national defence, though the conscious ness of their inefficiency has been very long growing upon the a ggrega t e j u d gment of the multitude. There have been no frenzied movements for the abandonment of this culpable apathy, although each day has shown more and more distinctly that the indolence of the Legislature is most cul pable. There have been no credulous listeners in these islands to certain intermittent rumours of assailants, though at the same time it must be ac knowledged that the vast majority have recognised the probability of the ultimate appearance of those imaginary antagonists. Hitherto, there have been these insinuations, this consciousness, and this en tire absence of preparation respecting the dangers ac• cumulating round the cliffs of Britain. It is advisable that there should at last be some legislative response to these imperative demands, the demands rather of reason, of instinct, and of circumstances, than of an individual or a populace. The occurrence which has recently revived the perils of our position in the general remembrance, was an anonymous letter, published in the columns of a morning contemporary, on Monday last—purporting to contain the opinions of the greatest warrior who has ever adorned the annals of England, not even excepting the favourite hero of SHABSPERE, or the illustrious and invincible MARLBOROUGH. Anonymous as the communication was, it has already effected more in agitating the mind of the community than either the pamphlet of a Joisivu.Lz or the de clamations of an ELLENBOROUGH. After expressing our acknowledgments, however, to our contemporary for the insertion of an epistle in every way so re markable, as embodying the hitherto secret views of the Duke of WELLINGTON, we must, nevertheless, protest that the appEal made by the writer to the king dom and the Govezwaent appears to us to be altogether too extravagant is the earnestness of its adjurations. Rome did not f,aThvith the abruptness of an avalanche. Assyria did not disappear from among the most puiosant nations of the globe as a bubble bursts. Carthage did not resemble a dewdrop or consumption in evanescence--rise, sparkle, exhale, and vanish. It is preposterous to imagine that a power like that of England is to be crushed as easi ly . as a rotten apple— that the glory of an c empire, in which the Spanish boast is realisec o l, f a a F n be extinguished like a fusee underidle, thet b e d r heelearis pusillanimous chasstur. The notion is nim.ous and it is most idle ne that Great Britain is and most visionary t o to be frightened into a diffe rent such bug uasffi these. of our national defences be poli cy b y pointed out boldly and explicitly, -ma L r e w t t a h r e nin in g s s but don't attempt a larm into prudence a Legislature which would b e rather plunged deeper into the abysses of indolence by any such endeavour. Whether we garrison th e channel or raise a line of fortifications along our not be more dispo se d eastern coasts, our rulers will to require the adoption of such measures, because - their necessity has been illustrated by threats of ninety thousand Frenchmen bivouacking in the wolds of Kent. Those who would enforce those precautionary proceedings by raising an outcry of this character are only imitating the silliest gossip ever depicted by the genius of dramatic poet — namely, the tailor with shears and measure in his hands and "slippers thrust on contrary feet." If efficient defensive precautions are really to be ad ventured upon betimes, they will not be attempted the sooner because the sensible representations of a veteran are exaggerated into the tremulous and agonised ap peals of cowardice. Letters from Berne of the Ist state that the sub mission of the Valais having been officially announced to the Vorort by Col. RILLET, the Diet was to meet on the next day to appoint Federal representatives to that canton. The division of reserve, commanded by Col. OCHSENBEIN, was disbanded on the Ist. The committee to which the affair of Neufchatel had been referred intended to propose that the canton be held accountable for part of the expenses of the war, and occupied by the Federal troops until its entire pay ment. The committee, however, was to meet again on the Ist to reconsider the matter, and to agree on a reply to the note of the Prussian envoy. The cantons of Uri and Schwitz are now garrisoned by the Federal troops, who are everywhere well re ceived by the inhabitants. The chest containing the Government treasure of Lucerne, with which the Sonderbund leaders decamped, has been stopped in Uri and sent back to Lucerne. The courage of SEIGWURT ULLER and his Jesuit compeers was as conspicuous as their honesty in these transactions. The treasure was put on board the steam-boat the night before the battle took place, and long before the battle was over these honest gentlemen - had stolen away with the treasure, leaving their • unfortunate dupes to make the best terms they could with General Duroun. The population of Lucerne are rejoiced beyond measure at being freed from the hateful yoke of the Jesuits, and fetes and rejoicings are now going on continually. The city is now as gay as it was four years ago, before the sombre rule of the priests was forced upon it by the uneducated and supersti tious peasantry of tae mountains. The following is the address of the Roman Con suite, in answer to the Pora's Speech : " Most Holy Father,—The Deputies of the Provinces are fully conscious that their first duty, as well as their most ardent wish, is to deposit at the feet of the Throne of your Holiness the thanks of the provinces by which theyhave been retarned,and to attest the unanimity of the sentiments of devotedness, gratitude, and confidence ex perienced by the subjects of your Holiness for your august person. Witnessing the homage& your Holiness receives from Christendom and the entire world, they are proud and happy to be governed by you, Holy Father. "From • the first moments of your pontificate you thought that the progress of the age could be combined with the imperishable principles of the Catholic religion —an admirable union, which insures, on the one part, to the Church a greater independence, and, to a certain degree, new triumphs, while it to religion ministers, on the other, courage and welfare to nations, and prepares new destinies to this rich country. " The institution of the Council of State is one of the most important blessings your Holiness has conferred on the Roman population. To that effect your Holiness has anew called the laity to participate in the direction of public affairs, and thereby bestowed on the people one of those stable guarantees which nowise impairs the attributes of the Pontifical Government. Penetrated with gratitude for the confidence with which you ho noured us, we will endeavour ro respond to it in a be coming manner. We will by all means in our power co-operate in the arduous task of the re-organization of the state, and we will endeavour that truth, and truth alone, shall reign between so humane a father and his children. _ " Encouraged by the benevolent words of your Holi ness, and the benediction of God which you have called down en our persons, we will prepare to examine with frankness and impartiality the important matters of public administration which may be submitted to us, and we will neither be actuated by inert timidity nor by im moderate pretensions. " We shall be enchanted to concur in the work of le gislation long ordered by your Holiness, and exert our selves to introduce justice, civil equality, and uniformity in all its branches. " In the finances it will be our duty to propose the means best calculated to re•establish the balance between the revenue and expenditure, and we are convinced that this balance can only be attained by an equitable assess ment of the taxes, and by the timely diminution or abo lition of certain burdens particularly onerous to the poor, which prevent the development of the national wealth. Our solicitude will likewise be directed to wards the increase of public credit, and, without at tempting to violate any right, we will proceed to sup press certain monopolies, profitable to a few individuals, but injurious to the mass of the population. Full of admiration for the part your Holiness has taken in the oonclusion of the Italia❑ customs union, we will concur in all progress tending to establish commercial liberty. "In the internal administration, we will second the noble designs of your Holiness, by introducing morality, economy, and simplicity into its different branches, and, as far as in our power lies, we will take care that the hierarchy of offices, rendered more respectable by the responsibility of all the functionaries, shall become the arena of real merit. We will ever bear in mind the ob ject your Holiness proposed to yourself by instituting auditors of this Consults. " One of our most sacred duties will be to encourage agriculture, our fundamental industry, and all other in dustries, and to provide for the welfare of the most nu merous and indigent classes of society. " When it shall please you to consult us on military affairs we will decide in favour of a national army, strongly organised and strengthened with the necessary institutions, in order that it may become the nucleus round which may rally the civic guard, that zealuua de fender of public order, and, if necessary, of the inde pendence of your dominions. " We will also attend to the reform of prisons and houses of confinement, which, from being schools of perversity, must in future serve to improve their in mates and restore to religion and morality those persons whose minds may have been led astray through the in fluence of erroneous doctrines. " One of the first ideas of your Holiness, even before the institution of the Council of State, was that of the reorganisation of the municipal and provincial govern ment, as the fundamental basis of all reform. This will be the principal subject of our investigations, and we will endeavour to submit to your Holiness projects cal culated to combine the utmost development of local in stitutions with the strength of the central Government. " All these reforms, united with a comprehensive system of education and public instruction, and with a just and moral police, which will watch, prevent, and repress, will tend, we are firmly convinced, to gua rantee the security, prosperity, and dignity of all your subjects. " But the accomplishment of an undertaking so great and so difficult will require much study, time, and calm ness. We confide in the continuance of the noble tranquillity of which your subjects have given so many proofs. The will patiently wait the salutary fruits of the seeds which you have sown with a generous hand. " Your work, Holy Father, has not been unthrtaken to favour exclusively an order of citizens ; it embraces All your subjects in one common bond of love, and that love is such that your example is admired and followed by the other Sovereigns of Italy, united with their sub jects in the alliance of principles, passions, and interests. " We have often seen reforms imposed by popular exigencies, developing themselves amidst tumults and collisions. Their conquest costs tears and blood. But, amongst us, it is the first and most venerable authority of all which wishes to initiate us to the progress of civi lisation. That authority itself directs the minds in a peaceable and moderate movement, and guides us towards the supreme end, which is the reign of justice and truth on earth." - Madrid journals of the 26th and 27th ult. have arrived. Senor PIDAL, in the discussion on the Address, on the 26th, consented, in the name of the Committee to a modification in the terms of the censure pro! posed to be passed on the Puritan Administration, by substituting merely a political censure for a moral one. In reply to Senor BENAVIDES, who defended the acts of his own Ministry, Senor Rtos RosAs stated, that the censure was directed equally against the Administration of PACHECO and GOTENA. General NAEVAEZ said that, as the object of the Ministry was to attack the policy, and not the,per sons, of the late Ministry, he fully concurred in the proposed modification. General Ros DE OLANo has refused to accept the Lisbon Ministry. MADRID BoLsA, Nov. 27.—The Three per Cents. were done, on the 27th, at 27 at 50 days; the Five per Cents., at 15 for cash ; the Debt without interest, at 4i for paper ; and the Coupons, at mi. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. These papers confirm the intelligence from Swit zerland which was published in The Sun of Saturday, of the surrender of Valais and the dissolution of the Sonderbund. The Constitutionnel has the following remarks on Lord PALMERSTON'S recent explanations in the House of Commons on the subject of Swiss affairs : " Nothing can be more clear or less capable of misre presentation than Lord Palmerston's declaration. It results from it-1. That the English Cabinet at first positively desired to abstain from all intervention in Switzerland, of whatever nature it might be ; 2. That iis t was only at the pressing request of our Ministry, that the end consented to offer its friendly mediation be tween the Diet and the Sonderbund, in concert with the Four Powers ; 3. And this is the most important point, that it did not consent to thus take psrt-in the inteitded conferences, unless by stipulating expressly for the two parties or each of them the faculty of accepting or refusing the mediation, and by demanding that a refusal, whether coming from the two parties or from one of them only, could not be a motive for hostile measures or an armed intervention on the part of the four Powers. Lord Palmerston reminded his hearers that the Powers had not accepted this last condition except with the re servation of the rights which they might be entitled to insist on in virtue of treaties, appealed himself to the treaties which guarantee the neutrality and inviolability of Switzerland. Being questioned as to whether in case the other Powers should think fit to interfere actively in the Swiss affair, England would not oppose it, ho re served by his silence all his liberty of action. There is in all this, as is evident, the firm resolution to maintain treaties, to guarantee the independence of Switzerland, and to serve the Liberal cause in Europe. The conduct of the English Cabinet, placed in comparison with that of the French Cabinet, judges and condemns the latter. Whilst England defends the rights of an independent nationality, our Ministry violates them at first in secret, and they without disguise; whilst England defends Liberalism in Europe; our Ministry betrays it. It is impossible to accumulate at the same time more faults and receive more cruel lessons." - - The Journal des Debats announces in the following terms the intention of the French Government to establish a steam communication between the island of Bourbon and Suez : " The Government appears decided to attempt to es tablish regular communication by steam between Bourbon and Suez. For a long time past the colony has expressed a desire to see this service established ; the Colonial Council has on different occasions cccupied itself with the question, and has even voted a subvention of 75,000 f. in favour of any company which might present itself to execute the project. The Chamber of Com merce of our principal ports have been consulted ; appli cation has been made to several companies of India and London ; but till now the only results which have been obtained, at least as we believe, seem to have been con fined to wishes more or less ardent, to the expression of strong sympathy for the success of the enterprise; but no commercial company has been willing to take upon itself the first outlay. The Minister of Marine has thought that in an affair of this importance, and which may have such good results for our commerce and establishments in the Indian Sea, it belonged to his department to give the impulsion. That department accordingly charges itself to trace the best route to be followed ; it takes on itself the dangers if there be any, and the difficulties of a first trial ; and it will indicate to commerce the chances of gain or loss of this enterprise. Two steam-vessels of 220 horse-power are to be added to the naval station of Bourbon. The Cassini is about to leave ; another will not be long in following it ; and these vessels, at the same time that they will co• operate in the service of the station, can realise the project so long dreamed of, of a regular communication between Bourbon and Suez. We applaud with all our heart the useful idea of the Duke de Montebello, to make the forces of the State navy serve not only to the protection, but also to all that can contribute to the development of our maritime commerce and of our colonial industry." In the Constitutionnel of Saturday we find the fol- lowing : " The news from Persia, which have arrived by Tre. bizonde and Constantinople, announce the defeat of Salar, Prince and Governor of Khorasan, by the troops of the Shah of Persia, under the orders of his son Ye lids. It is a defeat which will be sensible for the Go vernment of British India, which, it is said, supported the Government of Khoracan by its councils and Itub sidies. Khora9an is, in fact, a province near Herat and Affghanistan, acd is on the road which, from Persia, leads to the Punjaub and the English possessions of India. On the ascension of Mehemet ilirza to the throne of Persia, Russia excited this young sovereign to undertake an expedition against the man whom she represented to be a rebel governor. Salar, in spite of his treasures and the friendship of England, has just been vanquished. Persia and Russian influence thus approach the eoufines of India. It remains to be seen what will arise there from for the political relations of Persia with England. As for France, in spite of the treaty of commerce re cently concluded with Persia, and the residence of Count de Sartigues at Teheran, it is not probable that her in fluence and commerce in those parts will gain much from all these events." The Presse publishes the following extract from a letter, dated Algesiras, 21st Nov.:— " I have been this instant informed that Abd.el- Kader has defeated the troops of the Emperor of Mo rocco, commanded by Muley Mahomed. The particulars of the engagement are not yet known. I will forward them to you the moment I receive them; but you may consider the news as certain. The Moors have, lam correctly informed, experienced a check. The Beni Amers and Beni Hacheme, who survived the recent mas sacre of their tribes, and who had placed themselves under the protection of the French Consul at Tangiers, have not yet been able to embark for Oran, in conse quence of the formal opposition of the Emperor Abde rahman. Their position is wretched in the extreme. Our Consul at Malaga, M. Duboutet, performs frequent journeys to Melilla. He lately proceeded thither iu the brig-of-war A g ile. Those excursions answer no pur pose, except to amuse the Spaniards of Melilla., who re ceive the agents of the Emir the moment the vessels which bring ours have weighed anchor." There were rumours on the Bourse on Saturday of a split nut only in the Ministry, but in the Con servative party, which is now regularly divided into two camps, one only of which supports M. GUIZOT. It was also reported that NAEVAEZ was about to quit Madrid, as MoN and PIDAL, who, with CnnisTlNA, have been intriguing against; him, have, it is said, managed to secure a majority in the Cortes. The Simaphore de Marseilles of the Ist inst. an nounces that the Sanitary Board of Genoa, on being informed that a case of cholera had occurred on board the Ft ench Levant steamer Mentor, had decided that, until further orders, all vessels arriving at Genoa from the Mediterranean harbours of France should be denied free praligue. - - The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Friday, at 77f. 10c. ; New Loan, 76f. 75c. ; the Fire per Cents., 1161. 75c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares,l,2l6 l . 25c. ;: Rouen,9o7f. 50c.; Havre, 4921. 50c.; Great Northern, 5631 . 75c.; Avignon, 566 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 555 f.; Bordeaux, 4901.; Bou logne, 3551.; Dieppe, 265 f.; Basle, 167 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 421 f. 25e.; Tours and Nantes, 401 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4021. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 29. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEc. 4. Boulogne and Amiens, IPA —Namur and Liege, Northern of France, 121 , 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5% — Sambre and Meuse, 71/a. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton M arket at Liverpool on Saturday was J.:idler active. Safes, 3,000 bales; of which 2,500 were American, at 4id. to 64d. per lb. _ Railway Shares were in limited request, at about the previous rates. The Corn Market has been again ►ery firm to day. A. small failure was announced in the Coal Market to day. The liabilities are about 15,0001, but as there is a prospect of aid we forbear mentioning the name. We understand that the number of bills which fell due on Saturday (the 4th of the month), which were noted for non payment, - were very small indeed. From the manufacturing districts the accounts are again better this week. At Liverpool confidence is represented as having been very considerably restored. The Birminghanx letters are gloomy, the demand for iron for railway purposes having very considerably increased. There, is a very great demand for apelter. At Hamburgh large purchases are reported on French account. There are not :any late colonial arrivals announced o• day. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Coates and Co., which firm suspended payment some time past, is DOW being held to receive a statement of accounts, tee. The liabilities are 72,057/., and the assets, 35,462/ Messrs. Trueman. and Cook will, it is confidently ex pected, pay 20s. is the pound. Consols for the Account have fallen this morning from 861 to 86, and for to-morrow to 851 t. There has not been much business doing to-day. The premium upon Exchequer. bills is up to 7s. Bank Stock has improved to 189. In the Foreign. Market the changes have been slight. Mexican has had a run of business at from 174 to 181. The other quotations have been in the Equador, at 184; in Spanish Five per Cents. at 17! ; in the Three per Cents. at 29i 4 ; and in the Belgian Four per Cents., at 90. Very few bargains were made in Railway Shares, and prices are steady. . _ ONE CLOSING t'ItICES OF nnintis FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES Bank Stock .... • 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns. 84% 84 84 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities...— 8.5 3 / 4 A% 85% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 85%34 8514 imng Ann s. to expire Jae. 1860 8 9-16 Ditto.3o years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001... l7 d:s [)itto under 1,000/. . ....... Consols for Account B6l IA 86 86 India Stock for Account.... 237 237 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 5001. ... ONE CLOS 0 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Ditto Small 79 79 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. lB% 18% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 ... 18 17 3 / 4 18% 17% 17 3 / 4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — • Ditte, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account 2 2 3 /4 22 3 / 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. .... Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... .......: Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 90 90 Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... Ditto. Account ..... ... ........ - 55% iqueEs OF LAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONX O'CLOCK. PRICE:" Aberdeen ........ ..... Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — LI elfast & County Down 10 ...... .... ....... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 14 1 / 4 .... .... Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 7%. Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 - •••• Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 101. 4s. — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3% Ditto, Clydesdale Juno 50 ...... . Chester and Holyhead... 37.,E Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence ..... ._ . . Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 . Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... .. — Dublin and BalfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. h E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... 14% 14 3 /4 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 V.Kstern Counties —. Ditto (B) '.. « Ditto,Extension, 5 par . Cent, No. 1....... 61. 13s. 44... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... U g di. % dis Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New 23 - Eastern Union 6O ..... ... ...... ... ••• -- Ditto, Quarter Shares _12% Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) ..st Lancashire Ditto. New - Ditto. New Quarters... 3 3 / 4 ast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —..— .... ........ Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 ,E Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9 1 ,4. . « . . - - • Ditto,ditto, New . .... 2 1 4 . _ . . . Exeter, Yeevil,& Dorch. 2% . Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Bl. 6s. 8d iilasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. PrefereuceConsol. 12 th...... - - G:eat Northern lO% 4 %1 1,4 4% Do., London and York 2%..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) - 22% 6 reat North of England..loo Ditto, New 40/. 5 Ditto, New 301. 80 Ditto, New 151 1 l i i . rear Western Ditto, % Shares .. 50 Ditto, LA Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 17/ lludderstield & blanche& 22 Ditto, Thirds .... Bull and Selby 5O .. ... ........ ...... Ditto, Ralf Shares 25 • 48% 4 8 3 /4 Ditto, 14 Shares..... .. 121,1 2 — ... — Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 Do., do., and Norwich 16 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 24 ...... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 —...--.,......... _ Oitto,Thirds lO Lancashir, & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto % Shares . ... 38 - Do. Quarter Shares.— 14 1 / 2 De. Fifths 6%..... 63 / 4 -- ......... 6 3 / 4 Do. Sixteenths ...... Do. Thirds (Reg. )....10/. 4s. Do. Liver* and Bury 34 Ditto 4 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. ( W. Riding Union) 44 is - Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 ..... Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 Leeds and Bradford 5O .— Leicester and Bedford-- 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% - •••••• 00000 •••• Do., Branch 4 Shares 12%.. - Do. New Branch(blue) 2% Do. Extension (green) 2%.. ... Do.NewExten. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk 36 22 . . --- Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ... . — Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .- .......... 2 Liverp., Mnchstrec New castle Junction 2% •••••• •••..... ...... ... Landon and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/. 138. 4d.... Do. Extension 17% London, Brighton, and South Coast .... Do. Consol. 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;8 2d... Loudon and N. Western 100 ......155% 156 156 Do.,Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 B.) 61 Do. 40/. (M. & ..,.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M & B.) A. 7%...... 1 2%. liv, Do. Hp. (M. & B.) B. 73 De. 101. (a. & B.) C. 1 Loriti. &S. Western 41/. 6s. 8d — ......... ...... Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32w.. .. Do. New 401... 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... .. .... — Ditto ditto .., .... .... 40 ...... ... — Ditto, Thirds 6l. 13s. 4d.... ....... ...... - 1 dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil _... .... .. 1 1 4 , --. -- I.ondonderry&C . leraino 27%...... -•..- — Londonderry and Ennis killen DI anzhester,Burton,and &'' Matlock . ..... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - Ditto ditto . .......• 7 Ditto ditto 4% Ditt e Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1,4 — ....... .— Manehest. & Southampt. 2 IA blildand ........... - ..... 100 llO noq no% Do. ConaolidatedPref. loo Do. 40/.:Shares Do. 501 5 ,, ar. , .. Do. limn.. and berliy 100 Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent.loo llB% l2O ilidli.d, iinm. &lilocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto Midlud,Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midl.•.nd t_ireat Western ; 7 :i. Irish Newcastle and earlisle...100 Do. Quarters 5O .... Nevvinrket &Chesterford 13 LA Do. Extension ...... ...21:125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford — — Newry and Enniskillen 7 Nelt ry, Warrenpoint, al: d llostrevor Norfolk.. .....• 100 Do. New 201. ... 5 - ••• ..... . ••• -- Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk.- 2 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North lire: Isis ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares IVA...-. 12% l 2l Do. Quarters 4% 4. -A,.... ...... .... 4% Do. Extension Ditt • Thirds 2 Now ,Stallordshire...... 7% •••••• 7 4 is — Now ,11 Wales North Western Oxfor.i, W , .rcester, and %1 , olverhampton ...... 85 ... .. 20 Reading, Uuildtord, and Reigate i Royston and ilitchin ... 1A — ••• ...... .. •• Scottish Central - ......... ••••• Scottish Midland 1 7 1( — • •••• . -..- Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Bina-. 6 Ditto ditto. Class A. 6 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. %I , . Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 •••••• •• ••• Ditto Oswestry ..... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Heretd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union 00Util JAIVoII... 45 1)o. Preference South Stattordshire z ouch Eastern & Dover. 33% 3 1 1,E 31 Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc.2. 110 , N 0.3 ..... ;5 ...... 10_ Do~ No. 4 South A ales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Sun. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Duck and Railway .... Vale of .Neatti ... .. 4 W atertord and Kilkenny 13!y..... .. — W aterioru and Limerick 3i W atertd, W xirci, Wicklw, and Dublin W est Cornwall .... A . h!teliaTen & Furness 11 Window-, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525....... Wilts, boinerset,lk Wey mouth ........ ......... 30 Yolk, Newcastle; and Berwick. Do. Orginal New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do. North Shields f , fur. 25 Do kxtensio. Nu. 1. 10 Do. do. \u. 2......... 10 Jo. G.N.E.Preierence 8 ...... 9.4% sA York and N win illidiand 50 - 76 I/ 2 76% Ditto, Preference ....410 Do. last and W est Riu ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo. Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 ...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 154 15 .. 15 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras .. 58. - Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... PA Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madra.s 58. - Great Western Bengal... ss. ...... Great Western Canada... 3 , 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ..... Jamaica S.Mid. J unction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ..... Luxembourg. 6 - .• ..... •••• •• - Lyons and Avignon Madras ...... ....... 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France.— .. 10 ..... 12% .... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over 1: sae' Paris and Lyona . 6 Paris and (Mean: 20 Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 - ••• — Rouen and Havre - ••• — Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 ...... 7 1 / 2 7 I.E Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 fours and Nantes ...... 8 fournay, Jurbise, Lan- _ _ den, and Hasseit....... 16 trinidad West Flanders .....• .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London & Westminster. 20 British North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 Dit to, New Ditto New... ..... ...... 13 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO British Iron ... l2 .. . 1 2 14 Bolonos Scrip BrazilianCocaes&Cuiba 30 ..... •••••• ......... Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unrog. LLOYD'S SHIPPINCi-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 6.—Wind S.S.W.—It has blown a heavy gale, with violent squalls, all night, and this morning with much rain; it is now more moderate. OFF MARGATE, DEC. s.—lvy Green, St. Andrew's. DNAL, I)Ec. 4. Wind W.S.W. ; 5 W.S.W. to W.N.W., strong and squally.—Arrd. Ivy Green, M'Cul. loch, St. Andrew's ; Jane, Fenney, Quebec; Centurion, Elippenstall, ditto ; Eglintoun, Muir, ditto ; 5. Kebick Wood, Berbice ; Elizabeth, Galloway, Jamaica; Pearl, of Liverpool, Havannah ; Prince of Wales, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ann, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, 4th, Fermaga, Bahia; Creole, Dominica ; Lady Raffles, Barbadoes ; Clifford, Jamaica ; Jane, Sydney, New South Wales; Miranda, Antigua; Lady Constable, New Orleans; Agenoria, Charleston ; Broom, New Or leans. Put back, sth, Ann Rankin, for New Orleans, and several others. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind W.S.W., blowing hard. —Arrd. William Stewart, Quebec. Put back, Medi ator, for New York. LIVERPOOL, DLc. 4.—Wind S.W.-5. Wind W.—Arrd. Minstrel Boy, Callao ; Constellation, St. Domingo ; St. Laurence, Brown, New Orleans ; Ark, Johnston, Charleston ; Premier, Inglis, Sheldiac ; Virgilia, Barr, Quebec ; Emigrant, ditto ; Hero, Grant, Bourry ; Safeguard, Smith, Quebec. Sld. Columbus, Pernam buco ; Eliza, Johnston, ditto; St. Vincent, St. Vincent; Choice, Jamaica ; Independence, New Orleans ; Hi bernia (steamer), Boston ; Margaret Ann, Newfound land. l'ut back Columbus, for Pernambuco, with loss of topmast and mainmast head • Anna, for Monte Vi deo ; Choice, for Jamaica ; Bridgetown, for New Or leans ; and Great Britain, for St. John's, Now Bruns wick. _ SCILLY, DEC. 3.—The Brandon, Galati, to Falmouth, arrd. here to-day ; reports, on the 21st of November, having spoken the barque Baronet, of Kincardine, which had on board the captain and three hands of the ship Atlas, Cardiff, to Bombay, taken off the same morning, about 15 deg. S.W. of this place, which vessel foun dered alongside, and it is feared that the remainder of the crew perished. BRISTOL, Dxc. 5.--Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Sir Robert Peel, Quebec ; Courier, Payne, Bahia. A head board, marked " Ottawa," was picked up, 3d instant, off the Nash Point. Mem.---The Ottawa, Thrift, cleared 27th Oct., at Quebec, for Bridgewater, and has not yet ar rived. It blew very heavy all last night at W.N.W. RAMCGATE, DEC. s.—The Point du Jour, Dunkerd, for St. Brieux, has put in here leaky, and with damage, having been in contact with a pilot cutter off Dungeness. A vessel reported to be a Prussian galliot was totally wrecked on the Goodwin Sands this morning during a heavy gale at S.S.W, crew supposed to be drowned. The Margaret Milnes, London for' Santa Martha, has put in here with damage, having been in contact off Beachy Head. WIVENHOE, DEc. s.—The Diligence, arrived here, re ports a brig, of about 20 keels, sunk on the Gunfieet, with six or seven feet of the fore-yard to be seen at high water. A brig, schooner rigged, is sunk about half a mile from her. DUNNOSE, DEC. s.—lt has blown heavily all night, with violent gusts from the S.W.—A deep square top sail sloop, with large red mast head vane, &g reen streak, and painted green in board, with loss of boat, bulwarks, &c, and sails blown to pieces, was towed past this sta tion to-day at one P.M. LrvEnroor„ Dac. s.—The Wilson Kennedy, Forbes, from Quebec, has arrived here waterlogged, having struck on Green Island. WEXFORD, DEC. 4.—The Elizabeth and Ann,et this from Waterier(' for this ,port, got on shore at Carn morning and is much damaged, the weather being very rough; cargo is discharging DEAL, DEc. 4.—'lhe eDßowamnsbtlenr:dally:ilwl, fithro lose nfadbinzattso, . London, arrived t cookhouse washed away , and 11 pipes of wine thrown over b o ard, having expe r i en ced a hehaaysypguatlebatikth with The Mary Louisa , for Singapore, head and cutwater carried i atilwea3C-,hlionsnseol f w j i i t b h b t o h o e m, m & a c r .., having been in contact n ga ret Mike, for Santa Mdaerdthtao, Ramsgate, sth. ri g ging, &c., and has procee d h severe gale from the westwar occurred last mg t. A vessel (timber laden), supposed to be a Prussian galliot, was totally w recked on the Goodwin Sands, and it is feared the crew perished. She was teen this morning with—forernast standing, but shortly afterwards dissp peared. A quantity of timber floating, supposed to have been part ot her cirgo, was fallen in with by the boats sent to her assistance. The outward hound rode out the gale apparently all well. Wind, at eight P.m., W.S.W., moderate. PEYENSEY, DEC. s.—The Addolorato, from London to Naples, was wrecked opposite 58 tower in this bay, and went to pieces in an hour; nine men drowned; part ot the cargo has been washed on shore. THEDDLETHORFE, NORTH SHIELDS, DEC. s.—The Jersey Maid, of and for Jersey, from Newcastle (with coals), was stranded near Saltfleet last night, and tilled; the greater part of stores saved. - SWANSEA, DEC. 4.—Arrd. Circassian, Curran, Cuba; Pearl, Roper, Cuba. SHIELDS, DEC. 4.—Arrd, Britannia, Quebec. Sld. Lahore, Bombay. BELFAST, DEC. 4.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd• Shan non, Stacey, Quebec. FALMOUTH, DEC. s.—The Wannan and the Arab have been surveyed, and must discharge. OFF SCILLY, DEC. 3.—Victory, of London, St. John's. PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, Morinev.--The Jupiter. Captain Meeham, arrived this morning from the Peninsula, at nine o'clock. We have received letters of the 29th ult. from our Lisbon correspondent. The election of the Electoral Colleges took place on Sunday, the 28th, in all Portugal. The returns for Lisbon and the neighbouring districts, as far as they were known, give a majority of 5,535 to the Cabralistas against the Septembristas, who only pored 3,630. The Ministerial candidates were all withdrawn or defeated. Rumours were again current of the resignation of the Cabinet. The Duke of Saldanha had, by letters published in the Diario, formally joined the Cabrals. Our Oporto letter of the 30th states the elections were carried by an overwhelming majority in favour of the Cabralistas. The mails were to leave Southampton by the eleven o'clock train.— Times. The Apollo transport, with the sth Fusiliers, arrived at Bahia on the 17th of October, and sailed on the 21st for the Cape and Mauritius. ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION, 26, RED LION SQUARE, BLOOMSBURY.—Frons the recently pub lished report of the above institution, for providing em ployment and teaching trades to the adult deaf and dumb, it appears that the operations of the committee on behalf of this afflicted por.ien of humanity have been attended with the most encouraging success, as far as the several pupils themselves are concerned ; but with regard to the financial portion of the charity, an expression of regret occurs that the available funds are considerably inade quate to the demands made upon them. Indeed it would seem, if the committee were enabled in this respect, the benefits of the institution could be very greatly aug mented. The pupils now maintained by the society are severally being taught the trades of shoemaking, tailor ing, &c., while the female inmates • are in the course of instruction in useful needlework and general domestic duties ; and, with the aid of properly qualified hearing masters employed by the charity, the course of indus• trial training in each respect progresses most satis factorily. DEATH OF Mu. MURPHY, THB WEATHER PRO PHET.—Mr. Murphy, whose lucky predictions some few years since nearly cost Messrs. Whittaker, the publishers of his almanac, the destruction of their premises, owing to the rush of customers anxious to secure copies of his lucubration, died suddenly on Wednesday last, at his lodgings. He had just completed arrangements for the issue of an edition of his almanac for 1848, and was with his publisher, Mr. Effingham Wilson, in perfect health, only a few hours prior to his death. Mr. Murphy was, we understand, a disciple of Father Mathew. EMIGRATION.—Notice was issued on Saturday, at the New Zealand House, Old Broad-street, that on Thursday next, the 9th instant, the directors will be ready to receive tenders for the hire of a ship of not less than 400 tons, nor above 550 tons register, old measurement, to be ready to sail on the Ist of February, 1848, with passengers and stores from the port of Lon don, to the settlements of Plymouth, Nelson, and Wel lington, New Zealand. CANADA COMPANY.—Notice was issued on Sabin. dsy, at the office of the Canada Company, St. Helen's place, that a half-yearly general meeting of the proprie tors will be held on Thursday, the 23d instant, for the purpose of determining on a dividend ; also for the election of ti director. - MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.—MONDAY.. Up to our market last week, the arrivals of all kinds of Grain of home produce, especially those of Wheat Oats, Beans, and Peas, were on a very limited scale, the time of year considered, From Ireland and Scotland very little grain reached us ; N hile the imports from abroad were composed o f 9,603 quarters of Wh eat, chiefly from Russia; 240 ditto of Barley; 3,816 ditto of Oats; 229 ditto of Beans; 3,706 ditto of Peas; and 180 ditto of Indian Corn. Nu arrivals of Foreign Flour took place from any quarter. From Essex, Kent, Cambridge shire, &c., the receipts of English Wheat fresh up to day, coastwise, as well as by land carriage, were very moderate, and the stands were scantily filled wit samples of both red and white, owing. to which, and the increased attendance of both town arid country buyers, the whole of whom were very short of stock. The trade, with all descriptions, was fir m ' at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the prices obtained on Monday last. At the close of business a good clearance had been effected. The quantity of really fine, or even good fortign Wheat on show w as trifling in the extreme, nearly the whole of the recent importations having been greatly out of condition, and which remark may be applied to most of the parc els now in warehouse ; however, the sale for those qualities was somewhat active, though we cannot call it brisk, at full currencies. All other kinds moved off slowly at late rates, at which holderswere somewhat firm . Notwithstanding the supply of English Barley was somewhat on the increase, most descriptions were in im proved request, arid the prices were well maintained in every instance. For the best town Malt the demand was tolerably steady, at full prices. All other kinds met a dull inquiry at last week's figures. There were ve is r l., few Oats on the market, nevertheless that grain was ".7 no means active. The quotations, however, paid es this day se'nnight were well supported, and very few parcels were left over for Wednesday The supply of English Beans was small; that of foreig n good. Most kinds were a slow sale at late rate s. A kinds of Peas moved off som e what steadily, and prices were well supported. Indian Corn, flour were quite as dear. Flour was in moderate re' quest at full prices. Meal, and re CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 4 - heat—Essex & Kent, a l t —Ch ev alier • • • • .. 6110 6211 Red. .• • • 45s to 528 Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 49s 57s Lincolnsh., Feed. 218 ;I! Norfolk and Lin- 25s coin, Red..... 448 468 y Potato oghe . and Cork, 401 Ditto, White.. •• .. 465• 49s Black. ••• • • • 16, Irish, Red —s --a Cork, White .•• • • 195 Ditto, White ••..•• —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 2 3 5 7 ' 4 . 6 " Rye—Old —s - s • :.• • i o : 49: New. 3ls 34s . Barley—Grinting . 248 29s Peas—Grey 400 f o e Malting . ....... 318 Ms Maple. •••••• • • •• 3" 44 1. Chevalier .... . 32s 33s W o h gf Nall folk and Nor folk •••• • • • • 578 93 Flour — i Town -msde .• • 41 a 4 1 a 0 Brown . 548 568 Suffolk ••••• • •• • • 36 s it s • Kingston and Ware 59s 618, Stockta & Norfolk 368 Be t r e s . : *** *: : : 44; : !I SMITHFIELD. The following imports of live stock from abroad took place in the port or London last week : From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Ca.1,y616 , Rotterdam Hamburgh I Harlingen .. lO7 ... 1,467 ... 5 22 Total 666 ... 3,052 ... 37 "' 133 At the outports, the arrivals have been small, on a com parison of weeks, viz., 800 head of each kind of stocKs mostly from Germany. Tho general quality has bee s very inferior. With foreign stock we were very h a s supplied, the numbers consistin of only about 3N, Beasts, 600 Sheep, and 50 Calves; yet the dominos from most of the animals being exhibited in very po or condition, was heavy, and a total clearance was h y . effected, although the importers wou ld willingly accepted lower prices. The arrivals of Beasts fresh n" up this morning from our large grszing districts , viz., Li colnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, com , prised about 1,650 short horns, from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 900 Herefords, runts, Devons, Irish beasts, &c.; from other parts of Englan d : 900 of various kinds; and from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots. The remainder of the bullock sUr plies was derived from abroad and the neighbourhoo d of the metropolis. Owing to the very unfaiourable state of the weather for slaughtering, and the caution manifested on the part of the butchers in effecting pur chases, we have to report a very inactive. demand for all kinds of Beef, although the bullock supply was by no means large, the time of year considered, and last week's quotations were with difficulty supported. The highest figure for the best Scots was 4s 8I per 81bs. In the general quality of the beasts a decided iinproveme nt e was noticed, yet it was not first-rate. The supp l Y 0 Sheep was on the decrease, compared with that sb own on Monday last. For all breeds the demand was in a sluggish state, but we can notice no actual decline in prices. Prime cld Downs sold at fro m 5s to sa 2d; Half-breds, 4s 8d to 4s 10d per 8 1 bs. With C alves we were scantily supplied; nevertheless, the Veal trade WWI in a very dull state, at late figures. Prime small Porkers sold at full prices. Otherwise the Pork trade was very dull. Prieto ~ e lnferioroldlquality B r , Oxen,: Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 8. d. to s. d. s. d. t. a. d. Large ii coarse eas — C . :a1...—. 210 E 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 0 Prime Sco 6 t e s 4 4 4 8, Ditto eta of the wool 4-6 ne small ditto .. 4 8 410 .imall l'orkers •.. 4 8 - e. : . : . 3 33 1 6 8 0 4 3 4 628 Coarse -oww:nl4ll%cled.td.l.:et.tr: 4 : 0 6 0 A : _ 1 2 , Suckling Calves —2O 0 29 o ' Quarter old l'igs • .18 0 28 Inferior Sheep ~ .3 t slO 1 4 , arri ,. .......... 0 0 ° SUPPLY AT MARKET.' Ylfts• I Sheep. 1 C a lves. I 370 24,090 i 97 N32v7GATE AND LEgIDENIIII.I.I.. From Scotland, as well as from most distant parts of E m n o g n l d sn ay d, tiahset,arbrailvuelsbotf.eAnletaotieuraphtioy these markets, sinci standing the prevailing unfavouraebxletensstivaete weather. The supplies on offer, killed in the metropolis!. have been somewhat extensive; but a large portion ot them has been exhibited in vt ry inferior condition. For markets , all descriptions the ecinand has ruled extremely inactive. at a general decline i n the q uotations of 2d per 8110. Several packages of M ea t have been received from Ham burgh, and about 600 c at cases of Foreign, slaughtered here, have been ore off , r. At per stone by the Carcane• s. d. to s. d. s • d. to v. di Beet,infeilor•• •• .. 2 6 2 8 , Mutton, inferior •• 2 2 3 . middling ••.. 2 10 3 2 ---- middling.• 3 6 3 prime large 3 4 3 6 ----- prime •••• 310 4 ...., -- prime small .. 3 8 310 Pork, large •• • • .... 3 8 4 0 Vea1.............. 3 8 4131 —small -------- 4 s 6 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. 13OROUGIC AND sprzazrszzas. Coastvvise,_ on l y m oderate supp lies of potatoes have co me to hand since Monday last ; but those by railway havebeen good ; an d 220 tons hav ith e arrive m baskets d from fro Hol• land and Germany, together w 135 : Oporto. Fine qualities are in good request,:at somewhat improved currencies ; and the value of all other kinds is well supported:—York Regent's, 120 s to 110 s ; Kent and Essex Regents, 100 s to 1308 ; ditto, Shaw's.llos to 1203; ditto Kidneys, 110 s to 120 s ditto lOOB to 1208; Wisbeach Regent's, 1008 to 110 s; ditto Shawto, 's. 95 3 to 100 s; Dutc h Whites, 4114 to 808 ; Scotch dit 905. to 100 s. 2011.011011 HOP 11111.1LHET. .. Since our last repo rt the finest parcels of new 110la1 have been in moderate re q uest at full prices. In other kinds exceedingly little business is doing, and the quotations are with difficulty supported. Sussex pocke s ' 21 14s to 31 3s; Weald of .Kent ditto, 21 185 to 31 109; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 to 515 s per cwt. WOOL. During last week 500 bales of Wool cause to ben! from Sydney 300 ditto from Hobart Town, 300 di tto from Odessa, , and 200 ditto from various other quarter!: In the private - contract market very little b u siness '- doing in any kind of Wool, the prices of which, owing to the presAire of supply, are barely maintained. We have to report AaLvLerOyWst.eady demand for moot kinds of Tallow, and, in some instances, rather 1 01 : money has been paid for very fine q ualities, which* 0t: the spot, have produced from 45s 3d to 45s 6d per 0/ For forward delivery the demand is b y no means active' Rough Fat 2s Bfd per 81bs. ISeastP. 3,657 VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL F. GRAINGER. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V. GRAINGER. The arguments in these cases, which have alrea d 0 dy occupied the Court sev eral da y s, were resumed to The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated. , gentleman of the name of john Kendrick, of the 2 citYh o London, draper , by his will, executed on the 9t! December, 16 24 , bequ eathed 7 5001. to the may and th" b urges ses of Reading , and di rected them, out of n t °` , s um, to purchase land worth 501. a year, the refter which was to be paid to h i s sister for life, and, s her death, to the overseers o f the poor of the town, to be distributed among the poor of the place in the manner therein described. Another por tion of the money was to be applied in the purchase of plot of ground, and the erect , on of a workh ouse, to be occupied by such penons as should be appointed t o by k ()the, corporation for employing and handling d the sc; money which he left tor that purpose. An he directed th that e residue of the fund should be emploYed, „ ii : clothing, either in making coloured or white nlntu s( the h times should require, and also in working lie ford emp y , flax, es a thes iron c , gr inding orp oration should I i d w s o e o e d m and exp c o d t iheenrt. t ir u . 11_0 8 testator concluded by declaring that if the corporation should omit, neglect, or fail to perform the premises - cordin to his will, or should not employ the fund ac cording to intent and meaning of his said devise, for the good of the poor, and such neglect should continue f°ls, year, it was his will that the legacy of 7 5001. o h°°l(l bo thence be void, frustrate, and o f no effect, and sIOW, be paid by the corporation to t he mayor, CO and citizens of London ,for the use of Christ's