The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-04 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., "IRS. TROLL OPE 'S NEW NOVEL. " TOWN AND COUNTRY." Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Alaribon.4l..3trezz, TIIE.A.TEM ROYAL, HXYMARKET. miler 0 , 9 management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS El/BITING will he produced a new tad original Comedy, called FAMILY pitiDE. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Farren ; rshur Courtney, Mr. Henry Farren ; Captain Shangenah, Mr. Hud son; Bi a udish. Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtnay, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Sophia Chapman, M/s. Nisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds ; Grass, Mrs. Htimby. After which. a law Comic Drama, oalled THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Tanden laotr ; Mn. Seeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. iiennour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Stage Monger, Mr. Ferran; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Weneter. I. T. Archer, Sox-book keeper. 80x44. 54. • Pit, 3e. • Gallery, Ss. ; tipper *allay, le. Doan open at Fialf i past gin, Performance to commence at Simon. THEATRE ROYAL, ,DELPHI. Wilder the direction of Madame Ce lesio. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, Killed GABRIELLI; or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Jaw: more, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal- Taldarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Rad a tte Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Brooke. .triter which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD Me property of the late William Shakspeare), inquire Within. Cka- Motors by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Snaitk, Paul Bed aril, Mrs. haws. Ste., &c. To be followed by the original farce, galled HOW TO SETTLB ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Air. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Mxnyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ayan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle.. Cherry Bounce, Miss knarna Harding. conelude with A. NABOB F IR AN HOUR. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 29. , Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Wilder the Management of Madame Yestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVE SING, Will bo presented USED UP. Altar whleh, a new Comic Drama called PEG4IT GREEN. To be followed by a Comte Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. To eonelade with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX Plincipal characters b3i Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mao. Dress Boxes, se. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, Is. No half-priee to any part of the house. The New Box-office. No. 2, Wellington-street, is open t. the Faille every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Xradwell of the Colosseum. PRIICCESS'S THEATRE. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. THIS EVENING A new Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de - Valberg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fertunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Vinare ; Madame Barneck , 3frs. Selby ; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer ; Henriette, Madame Anna Thillon. Alter which, SIMPSON and CO. Ta acineltide with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 41. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. . ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Leases, Mrs. F. Davidge, Davidge•terrace,Kensington-road, Surrey. ?mg EVENING, the porforminees will contraotioe with the Vint aad Second Acts of the telebrated Opera of LA SONNAMBITLI, To be followed by the celebrated PAS DE FOLIE, from the Opera of Gustavus. To conclude with the Farce of LOVE, LAW, and PHYSIC. distiact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which beve been re-fitted). Privates boxes may be had lightly of all the artnetpal Librarians ; and at the Box-effize of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of MB CAMP OF SILESIA. Entire: y new Scent.s in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of eque,stration. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THE WHITE FARM. 3ox-office open from 11 till 5 Aiding and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. MEETINGioF PA RL LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF "THE S UN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AID ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. ".* Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. THE WRATH:Ea.—Star 0111 ICE, DEC. 4. TwitaxemElmo., Lowest, 40; Highest. 54 ; Noon, 46. BABOXNTER, 29.94.- W IND S. S. W. ; fi ne. ►llo}l WANER AT LONDON-MUD GE THIS DAY. Morning.. 43 rainates after it. I Evening .. 0 ennntes after 0. ' departure of its conqueror. Still, notwithstanding the adverse rumours which :appear to have been subse quently in circulation at Kurrachec, this conflict against the Booghtees has proved the 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. BARING 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 LOYD 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 UNITED STATES AND EX !CO. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. The Washington steam-ship, Captain Hewitt, ar rived in Cowes roads about one o'clock this afternoons 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 Southamp' on. The Washington then weighed for Bremen. By this arrival we are put into possession of New York papers tc the 18th ult. inclusive, two days later than those received yesterday via Liverpool. The Washington brings 30,0001. in specie, and 42 passengers. Further important and interesting news had arrived at New York from the seat of war. Advices had been received from Vera Crua 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 u 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 16. Santa Anna was at Tepacan as late as the 26th o 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 leading 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 sales for the 15tb, 16th, and 17th ult., amounted to 8,000 bales. The receipts of flour had been heavy, which had a tendency to depress the market. Wheat remained 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, does not seem probable. The stock market was dull and declidng. The exports of gold to England, no doubt, tended much to cause the depression. United States' Treasury notes had fallen to par, and some private sales had been made below par. The Burgundy, for Havre, was to leave on the 18th, with 80,000 dolls. in silver. Exchange on England was firm at 10 per cen with few sellers. The New York Sun says :—" Wednesday, the 17th, was one of the gloomiest days witnessed in the New York Morey 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 the 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 in Mexico. They are very lengthy, and embrace interesting accounts of the whole of the battles. • , 1614 : 4 11 ',IIC-14( 01 , fr .. low, _, A 4 .4 3 417,i-rjr.,-- 4,411.11 L • 6)ziti - t:s•fr ~.I‘.mGz *". • • . 'do-% b.. •-•- woh faro trnina LONDON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1847. His Excellency the Earl of DALHOUSIE will find sm extraordinary and almost unparalleled tranquillity established throughout the British possessions in ifindostan on his arrival at Calcutta. To a Governor- General, - who is most distinguished as a civilian, the inductions which can alone be drawn from the peace now prevalent in our Asiatic dominions must inspire him with cimfidence by explaining to him the means which have beea employed so effectually for the conquest of foregoing difficulties. The immediate predecessor of Lord DALHOUSIE is among the most memorable of those oaptains who have at dif ferent periods since the age of the immortal CLivz wielded the vice-regal sceptre of Leaden hall-street over the Oriental idolaters. That fact is pregnant with meaning. It demonstrates the cause of the present quiescence of those who speak the dialects of llindostanee. It demonstrates that the pacification of so many millions of the turbulent Asiatics has been effected solely by the terrors of military' puissance, accompanied by equity and de termination. It demonstrates, that but for those butcheries 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 Sobraon, of Aliwal, and of Ferozeshah—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 Government of Calcutta with unnumbered anxieties and perpetual obstructions. Upon the principles which are inevit ably deducible from these considerations, the Admi nistration of the successor of Lord HARDINGE must be modelled, or otherwise the advantages already ensured by the policy of that gallant soldier will prove most miserably evanescent. Justice and gene rosity as the paramount projects of the supreme coun cils ; activity and enterprize as the more prominent characteristics 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 policy 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 DAIISOUSIE. It will be fortunate for the Population of ilindostan if the recent alterations are f°un d to have been merely a change of names, and not or policies. Bo 2 m r b o a m y, thineiigence which has just arrived from anticipatio n of the Overland Mail, it would appear that disturbances have harassed our armaments in only two directio ly among the Goomsoors, and a mon g th e 13°°glitceoaeuisnn.terhat inquietude should still prevail in the astonishment the Goomsoors can scarcely be matter of ra r ent ; nor, when the ptaekveailed between the animosities which have so long prevailed account, Jakranees and Booghtees can the recent invasion of the n into their residences among the m ountainou s 'tter from dis tricts situated west of the Shikarpore any — ev en the smallest—reason for surprise. give is curious, however, and not altogether unworthy of commemoration in the annals of Sinde, that up on the very day which witnessed the departure of Sir 'CHARLES NAULER,•It formidable body of the bucca- Tieering Booghteei;.to the number of 700, descended firoen their fastnesses, and commenced a systematic Iltinder of the more pacific races who live in the 1 3 , 'ains, under the proectiou of the British autho ri ies. After encountering a rather disastrous r. c.,:eption at several of the fortified towns scattered through that quarter of Sinde, the marauders Nv( ire assailed by a detachment of 183 troopers of the Sit ide cavalry, under Lieut. MBREWETHER, and were either destroyed by the discharge of their musketoons or t 'Akan jorisoners and reserved for a different punia, 4 nent. This brilliant encounter—brilliant cc insider- "ng the remarkable disproportion of numbers occur ed, as we have already intimated, on the Ist Of ctol;; K , r—a day rendered memorable to Sinde by the THE SUN, ___ LONDON, the reproach of having legislated with undue prec 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 most 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. If 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 Legislature. 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 have 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, impede production, and are injurious to our commercial 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 questions will also be sug gested on which it is needless to expatiate, as sufficient has been adduced to show the interminable nature of the proceedings that must inevitably take place, and the absurdity of waiting for the report of that Com mittee before any measure is to be submitted to the House. Sir R. PEEL was certainly more candid in admit ting the failure of the Act of 1844 than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose faith in its excellence ap pears to be wholly unshaken, and 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 that had heretofore occurred in consequence of the neglect of the Bank of England to take early precautions against the issue of its treasure," and he acknowledges 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 necessity of stringent measures by taking timely precautions, and that therefore that object was not carried out, otherwise the pressure would not have been so great." He therefore cannot say " that the measure was Exclusively in fault." Was it not, however, loudly proclaimed that it would prevent the possibility of those errors of judgment on the part of the directors, to which former evils were ascribed, in place of imputing them to their real source, the fountain and origin of all our difficulties—the Act of 18ltle Accounts from Switzerland state th=at the Diet had deferred the consideration of the note of the King of Paussta. to the 30th ult., but that on the 29th orders had been given for the troops to march on Neufchatel, any attempt on which would be conside=red by Prussia as a casus Belli. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. Sir STRATFORD CANNING had a long conference with M. Guicyr on the previous day. The Prince DE JOINVILL4 had returAed to Toulon, and, disgusted with the conduct of the Government in the affairs of Italy, had resigned th.c command of the fleet. Indisposition is, however, alleged as the cause of his resignation. The following diplomatic appointmmts are an nounced by the Constitutionnel :—M. ISCATORY to Madrid; M. DE BARANTE from St. Beterburgh to Naples; the Marquis DE DALMATIE, san of Marshal SOULT, from Berlin to St. Petersbur gh ; M. DE BUSSIERES from the Hague to Bert i n ; M. Ds GLUCKSBERG to Lisbon ; and M. DR BACOUR to Turin. Two Madrid mails were due in Par'is on Thursday. The Three per Cents. closed on tl' ie Paris Bourse, on Thursday, at 77f. 20c. ; New L 76f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 90c. ; th e Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,217 f. 50c. ; Rouen,. 915 f.; Havre, 500 f.; Great Northern, 567 f. .50c.; Avignon, 572 f. Tourss.Botjs.ix Spanishasn d, 50c. ; Vierzon, 560 f.; Bordeaux, 493 f. 75c.; Boulogne, 385 E ; Basle, 170 f.; Paris and Stras b urg, 422 f. 50e. ; Nantes, Three 4 p o e s r f C . ;enPtsa. , r 2 is 9., ,ff Id Lyons, 422 f. i p o tiNE IN FOREIGN RAID (MAYS AT THE Boulogne and°ll STOCK EXCHANG E, DEc. 3. and Vicirzon), 16— "liTia, 151 4--Central of France (Orleans France, 12 5 , ii —Paris' % a nd ' rL and Liege, s%—Northorn of 7—Tour 4 and N antu, 4%.... .2Tni. 61 A-9 ambra and Meuse, ri sst Flands a •, 14. y ...N D...1' he I: 11. 7 2 - k 1 .---- th instantUondon. . I has ß b c e N e N n appointed fl7-------or'N.tom------1 of this cause iCourt of Queen's Bench, GuiU'at the jury was nominated on Thursday plaintiff: Sir F. Kelly, Mr. c 0 Y , 1 1 , 3 ' 1 'ln the partspofeetV i Cat, will conduct the plaintiff's case L • 1.1 ' ' A n _ d fri r ' Pres e - General, Sir F. Thesiger, and Mr. l' for the defendant. The action, it w it V ., lail will tipp It a , n.... cue t.,..ttorrkey i he damages had ear is to recover compensation for an all .eg ed b r r e e m ac e l l a ni C 7 r . ed ; engagement ; and in the declaratir,t, been laid at 10,0004 Dispatches were sent off yesterWA y evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor 0 )f Canada; and also for the Governors of the other iSrorth American provinces, SOUTH AMERICA. PORTSMOUTH, 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 pi.ssible. The Cormorant left Rio Janeiro on the 26th of October. Her Majesty's ship Eagle, 56, 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. Sbe touched at one of the Western Isles, and lastly at Madeira. Commander Seymour had the honour of dining with the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty =id 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 Fquadron 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,—lhave just time to inform you that the Valais having 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 planta tions 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 Gloucest€r, 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 Pelly 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 " Rany Srimuty Debiab v. Rany 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 prevalenca of cholera. Ho 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 circumanibent air becomes impregnated with the most deadly gases effectually got rid of. The prevailing epidemic—influ enza—being the supposed precursor of cholera, renders the subject ono 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 room had not 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 eff in bands full," and therefore her removal was deferred, that she might be cleansed before she was conveyed to the work house. On Wednesday she was found stretched dead on the floor, and quite naked, with a eat sitting on her stomach. Deceased's husband, whose emaciated skele ton appearance horrified the Coroner and Jury, was as- Asted into the court to give evidence. But destitution had so prostrated his mental as well as his physical the mostd is ea obvious powers,lthat he appeared to be qu it e unconsc i ous o f wh a t was taking pla ce , an d cou ld not b e ma d e to un d ers t an d h an d questions. rred V erdict, when d "Death eceasd efrwomasnain u e r much want and destitution." THE , K NIFE IN LIVERPOO L -0 n " n M o n d ay a young man named Michael w named Thomas Rodri, as ci 'll ed by a boatman Liverpool. The dece„,aos,dat a public-house in Wappin g , cation by Thomas Rodrigo and his broth er , an d sta bb ed with a k n if e b y the for for trial. former; both br o th ers are committed ~•.r SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1847. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY- 'AI?T ER TO T H REE. En, d tt:rll to the 27!11 N4 - v ember is very favourable; and no doubt every week, for some time to come, it will be more so. The bullion shows an important increase, and the demand for discount accom wodation was diminishing, a circumstance which neces 3itated 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 uess of money out of doors:. Notes issued Increase Rest Increase 6,244 Public deposits Increase 509,770 Other deposits Increase Seven day and other hills Increase ................ 9,755 Government Securities ............... 10,946,594 Increase 312,987 Other Securities 18,531,810 Decrease 259,307 Notes .... Increase . . 758,495 Bullion Increase Active circulation Decrease . ., 328,175 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 -1 ( per cent., Norwich and Worcester -I, Pennsylvania s's f; Morris Canal, Reading Railroad, and Treasury Notes, closed at prices current on Saturday; Harlem fell off per cent., and Stonington Although some of the fancies show au improvement, there has been no change in the complexion of the money market. The banks are par tially panic struck, at.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 astrous as that which sweeps over England." The fluctuations in Consols for Money and the Ac count has not exceeded 4 per cent. all the day. The prices have been for the former 848 I and for the latter 868 There is very little business doing, Exchequer-bills have receded to Ss. premium. India Bonds are at 235. discount ; and Bank Stock at 189 187 Mexican Stock has risen to 188, then fell to 17 t • 10 13,1 and are now at 18 for Money, and at 17! for the Account. Purtuguese Stock (Four per Cents.) have fallen to 22i 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. B1:11'1811 FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189 187 3 per Cent. Reduced Anauities ... .. 841 lA% 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 86 34 New 3!.4 per Cent. Allan Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 ... 28 23 dis Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Opening ... B 6 l /2 A % Exchequer Bills. Bd. 1,0001. 5001. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1836, 5 per Cent lB% 1714 18 Ditto for the Account HO% 17%70 1 1 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 2 2 1 ,E Ditto for the Account 23 22% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 29 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21/ per Cent., 12 Guild 55 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RALLY WASIIIRES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PIS SWAZI. Aberdeen __. Amber., Notting., Boston, &e. 2%...... ....... to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 207 1 5 0 .... ............E to Birmiugnam & Oxford June— 15 Birmingham, Wel., & Dudley 10 ... . Birniing., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.146.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 7N — to Boston, Stella, & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... Buckinghamshire lO/. 4s — Caledonian Di t to, Half Shares - ... .. to -- Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 ...... Chester and H01yhead......... 37% ..... 21% to Ditto, Preference 8 Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 to Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ...... _ East Anglia, 251.& L. , E. aad L. & D. ... 25 o _ to to _.-- Ditto, 18/. E. &11. ls t , o Eastern Ditto, co 3 u / n . tlibe a 516%% ~ E. & H... 1 ..... . _ .... to 20 ... to Ditto, ditto (B) ..... Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. Us. 4d... —. Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d..• ••• •• to --• Do., York Extension ...... 10 Do., Northern & Eastern... ?Z) . ...... __ ...... .• to D D 0 0 . . : s Q e u w arter .... .. ..... ...... • 23 124.. .. _ to East ersn Union. ........... ••• •• 50 ...... _ to ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 % ...... _ to Ditto., Thirds .. ............ 131. 4d ...... Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... ...... _ to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... •••• • 13 ...... _ to Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire 1 24••••.. Edinburgh and Glasgow to Ditto, Hall Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. ... _ to Edinburgh and Northern ... 224 Ditto, New 24...... ...... to Ditto, New port 7 ...... ...... to Ditto, ditto, New 114..... . ... to Edinburgh and Perth ..... to Ditto, Extension •.. 10s• .. • --••• .. to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% ... . _- . ... 2% . ... t t o o Ditto, New . . Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. Bl . 64.8 d... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Akyr 50 . ..... _ • D' ' N 35 _. to Ditto, New ur D ea o t . lA N o S r h th a e r r e a s (5 per ct.gua.) l l o 2% ........... — 4%% t t o o Do. London & York Exten. 21,x..,,,, %• . ••• to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 ...... _ Great North of England 100 .... _ Ditto, New 40/ 5 ...... ...... to Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, New 151. ••• .... 11<r..„.. . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ 7 ...... Huddersfield and Manchester 22 .. _ Di tte, Thirds 7 ...... Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... „ 12A _.to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 13 Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2% 1 i i ,i . to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 30 Do., Thirds .................... 10 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... ...... to Ditto, ditto .................. 82 Ditto Half Shares - _ 38 Ditto Quarters ..... - ........ 14% 1 2 1, 42 ...... to Ditto Fifths .................. 6% — to Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6;i...... -- to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ~. 101.4 s — - Do. Liverpool aid Bury... 34 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e....... ....... 47 % — Do., Westßiding Union .4/. 25.... . Do., Preston a n d Wyre ... 25 DO, do., Half Sh ares ( A) 9 Ditto ditto ........ ......(B) 1 1 4 l% to Leeds and Bradfo r d 5O ..... ..., .. to Leicester and Bedford l6s. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Ma nc h es . 37 1 ,4 ..... . Do., Branch % Shares 12% ...... Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — to Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2% 2 - 04 .......... to o . t _— Leeds and Thirsk ......... ..... 36 Ditto, New ..... ...... ..... .. 171. •••• Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 . .... Liverpool, Crosby, and South- Port. Liverpool, Manchester, and 0 Newcastle Junction ... 2% — --.. London & Blackw a Ll...l6/ . 18 8 . 4d — to Ditto New, No. 1 Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 18s. tel.— .. .. to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...••• Do. Guaranteed Sper Cent. 9 .. ... Du. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo 15 5 3 /4 to 156 1 4 Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17 Do. do. New ..... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J. 25 Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 15 Do. 401. Shares... M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and 13. (A.) 7%. .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% 12%..„.. to Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d — Do. Ncw Consolidated 8 ths. 40 Ditto New 504 Ditto New 404 .... ..... .. .. 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Ter , ths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds 61. las. 4d... f,omlort, F , iisburv, & Yeovil llx --...... to —. Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 A — . ..... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 23% Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 74 ...... Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... 4% to Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7 1 ,6...... Manchester and Southampton 2 1 4 — .. ... to Midland Ditto, Consol. Preference 100 Ditto, 40/. Shares Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 10 ... ~. 9 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... 8114 to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent...loo Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 Ditto ditto 71.95.... .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per et. yta.).... 50 .... . Slidld. Great Western (Irish) 30 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares .._ Newmarket and Chesterford 13 1 ,4 ..... Ditto Extension 2/. 12s. — to Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4 Norfolk ....... ....... 100 Ditto New 20/. 5 ...... 2% to Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Xewry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Sorthent Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares. 1 2 1,4 Do. Quarters 4 3% 4%...... to 6 Ditto. Extension % ..... to Ditto Thirds ... ........ ..... 1 23 %... to North Staffordshire... .. ..... 7 1 ,4 7A,% t/4 to North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% Royston and Hitchin ...... ... lx, — ...... to Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) 1 Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover 33% 31% ...... to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. ... .. Gli 5 —.7i..... to South Wales - South Yorkshire, Doncaster, , and Goole Swans, and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 Railway 17% to 'raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13%...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 32%... .. to Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness ll ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western ...... 525. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. .. .. ... to Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ... ...... to Do. Eaten. No.l (Y. &N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 76% to Ditto, Preference lO Ditto East and West Riding Extension .... , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 .••••• ---:- ••• .. to Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and;Amiens 20 ...... 15% to Central of Franco ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. ........... ........... 5 ...... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Great Southern of Madras Great Western Bengal -. ss. Great Western Canada 3 IA ..-- to Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain It la Sambre ..... -.. 6 Luxembourg to Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — to Madrid and Valentia . 2 Namur and Liege Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d..... , -- Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg „ ... S ..... — . to . Rouen and Havre 2O .. to Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... ... 6 --"P to ..-- .... TournaK, Jurbise, Landon, . . and ....tasselt Trinidad.. ........ ......... ..... 2% West Flanders 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 Ditto, New- National Provincial of Engld. 35 - _— te Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% ... .. to Provincial of Ireland ... Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2 14 — Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Potatoes, 5s to 7s per cwt.; Apples, is 3d to 2s 9d; and 2s P.kl 6, per ' , 4alt-sieve Sd to is per hundred;: Greens, 2s to 2s 8d ; Turnips, is to 2s 9d; Leeks, is 3d to is 9d ; Onions, is Gd to 2s 3d; and Carrots, 3s 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 Brccoli 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 8d per lb ; Spinach, 3s to 4s per sieve; new Oranges, 103 to 14s per 100. NEWGATE AND I.EADENHAI.Z. We had a very inactive trade for each kind of Meat at the late decline in the quotations:—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs 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; Flares, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; Pheasants, 3s to 4s; Partridges, is 6d to Is 9d; Grouse, Is to is sd; and Pigeons, 7a to 10d each, MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO — - Astrian Mining Company ... 11 ...... Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 British Iron Brazilian Imperial ...,. .. ... 21 Cobre Copper - Galvanized Iron Real del Monte, Unregistered COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amster.lam .......... 12 7 Gibra1tar.......... •• .. DitW, at sight ...... 12 4 Leghorn .........• ItAterdarn .......... 12 734 Gensoa .. •• • • ...• ••• • .. 26 20 Antwerp.. ........ .... 26 20 Milan .. ••..• . .. — Ilamburgb ......M.B. 14 14 Venice ................ Altona• ......... ••.. • • Naples •••••••• • • • • •• 39% Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 65 Palermo, per 05........ liu Ditto, .... • • ...... 26 Lisbon.... Marseilles ••.• • ....... 26 15 0p0rt0........ •• • • 1i0urdeaux......... •.26 20 Rio Janeiro• ......... 23% Frankfort on Mains— .. 193% Bahia ................ _ Petersburgh, Sit. Rble.. 364 Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin.... ........ •• • • 7 6 New York, 21 days'slght 47% Vienna, effec. flo..•••• 10 21 Trieste, ditto.... .... 10 21 Made id •• ..••........ 46;i Cadiz .. • ............ 48% Bilbao.. Barcelona Saville.. ..... Philadelphia .......... -- ?BMW Of BULLION, Pal 01, Foreign Gold is bars.. X 3 17 11 Now Dollars ..... • 0 4 94 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloon .. 0 0 0 Silver is bars ...... • • 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Light breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, Dzo. 3.—Wind W.S.W., fresh and Tally.— Arrd. Robinson, Moulmein; Eliza, Dirks, S urman; Genessee, Cowell, New Orleans ; E vergreen , M atanzas; 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 1,800,000 dollars on freight. 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 Miramichi 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. PLymouTIT, DEC. 2.—A boat marked Jessy of Bide- I ford, Lawson, was picked up off St. Ives, 29th ult. DEAL, DEC. 3.—A barque, supposed to be the Mary Louisa, for Singapore, has put back to the Downs, with damage, having been in contact. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—The Wannan, Cornelius, of and from Liverpool, for Rio Grande, arrived here yesterday leaky, having struck on the Seven Stokes, 30th ult.; the Courier, Newport, for Boston, has been surveyed, and will discharge. PWLLHELLY, Dzc. 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 hero, marked " Jane, of Barmouth, Richards." RATHM ULLEN, Nov. 29.—The Triumph, Plymouth, for Bullies, has arrived here leaky, having been in con tact with the Ann, of Bangor. DUNDEE, DEC. I.—The Jean and Jessie, from New castle, has put in here very leaky, having been on shore. YARMOUTH, DEC. 3.—The John, Poole to Seaham, has arrived here with damage, having been in contact with the Witley Castle, of Harwich, 30th ult. The Alliance, of Sunderland, ran into a sloop off LowestofFe Point last night, but received no damago ; the latter lost bowsprit and had her bows stove in. CAUTION TO MARINERS. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 2.—A vessel foundered 28th ult., about three miles off Flamborough Head, and lies directly in the track of vessels passing both ways, but , will, doubtless, soon break up. :~ ~ ~~ . y;~ ~. ~ `F ~ :~`~ ECUNGERrOILD. Our market, to-day, was hoary for most articles, and prices were not supported. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s to 4s ; Mutton, 38 6d to 4s id ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 8113 s. WHXTZCRApEL. Boef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s id to 4s Sid; and Pork, 3s 10d to 53 per 81b3. EXLLXNGSGATB. Turbots, 53 to 204 ; Brills, 2s to 65 ; Cod-fish, 3s to Ss; Haddocks, 9d to is 3d; Whitings, 4d to is; Dories. 2s to 4s ; and Lobsters, is 6d to 28 6d each ; Soles, 6d to 25 6d per pair ; Smelts, is 6d to 2s 6d ; 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, v d to bid per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MARXET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 20 to 3d per lb; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3#d; ditto, 721 b to 801b,3d to 3id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 3i-d; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b, 4d to 4d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 44d to sd; Calf Skins (each), 4s 6d to fis 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. NAY MAXICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 3/ 12s ; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 8s; per load. Supply moderately good, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3/. 13s ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 418 s; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at but little variation in prices. WHITECTIATAL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 12s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ Ss per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. - YESTER DAY. Belmont 2os 6d Haswell 2ls 3d Hetton ... 2ls Cd Lumley l9s 9d Lyons 2os 3d Shotten Stewart's Whitwell Cassop ... ... Caradoc ..... .. .. High Thornley Heugh Hall Cowndon Hartley Denison Seymour Tees South Durham 2os Od Tees ...... ........... West Cornforth .. Cowpon Hartley Derwentwater Hartley 18* Od W. Hartley Netherton 18s 6d Morgan's Stone Coal 3os Od 149—sold, 92. COAL MARK E' Adair's Main 16s 6dl 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 6d West NVylam Wylam Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Bell and Brown Od Bewicke and Co 2os 04 Clennell Clarke and Co. Hotspur l9s 6d lied ley Killingworth l9s 9d Northumberland Wharncliffe Eden Main, 2os 6d Ships at market VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE BIR MINGHAM 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 Prius, before Mr. Justice CRESWELL 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" smith v. Earl Ferrell'," against the printer and publisher of the 131 dannia newspaper, for an alleged libel contained in that paper, reflecting seriously upon her character. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Simmonds appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant TALPOURD, 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 very lengthy, containing several extracts from the plaintiff's pamphlet, and animadverting severely upon her conduct. The Learned SERGEANT then said he would put the plaintiff's 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 Britannia, 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. CocutußN—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 °thyr 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. COCXBURN 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 clic connected with his defence. The editor of the paper received the pamphlet, which, in fact, chal lenged critigism, 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 left it to the jury to say whether the article in question was calcu lated to bring the plaintiff into discredit ; if so, she would be entitled to the verdict. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages one farthing. 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 H 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 question, 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 bee n previously purloined from a hamper in the van, as also his companion Bounce, whom he led forth out of the vehicle. A gentleman, who attended on behalf of the com 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 until Wednesday, in order to give time for further inquiry. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Mary Ward, one of the frail sisterhood, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged by John Hall, a servant out 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 he was afraid to give her into custody then. Ho 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. Ho ran away, and saw her in nothing of the prisoner till last night, when he gave charge. The prisoner, who deni ed the charge, w as committed for trial. Tibbin g ton - s quare, Isling- Mr. William Henry Willis, ton, was charged with assaulting Mr. A n drew Coxhead, foreman to Mr. Banks, umbrella manufacturer, Regent Circus. 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. He ordered him to leave. Defendant refused, and said he was determined to stop there. Witness eventually 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 tho utme house, hut he had boe unfortunate., and had lately passed through the Insolvent Court. He was not authorised by the Commissioner to give up possession. He therefore felt in duty bound to get possession. His landlord had sold all his stock, 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. HARDWICK said if defendant had any claim he 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. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Covonota.) FRIDAY, DEC. S. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to Question (::;Oth November), " That a Select Committee:be appointed to inquire 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 f a r th e recent commercial distress has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of Bank-notes payable on demand," instead thereof :—Question again Pr!: posed," That the words proposed to be left out stand part the Question :—Debate resumed. Motion made, and Ques tion put, " That the Debate be now adjourned." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 45. Haillie, H. J. Hamilton, G. A. Prime, Richard Baring, Thomas Heald, James Recites, John C. Bentinck, Lord G. Henley, J. W. Raiford, Francis Blesritt, R. J. Herries, John C. Scholefield, William Bresuridge, Richard Hildyart, It. C. Scott, Francis Broadwood, 11. Hildyard, T. B. T. Smyth, John G. Brooke, Lord Hindley, C. Stafford. Augastua Cabbell, B. B. Hodgson, W. N. Cobbold, John C. Hudson, George Deering, Johay. Ingestre, Viscount N TS % ° "a el E m i e n aen gT e n. : ji H olohb . : :: Disraeli, B. Knox, Colonel Wakley, Thomas Forbes, W. Masterman, J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Fox, S. L. Moore, George H. Willoughby, Sir H. Granby, Marquis of blunts, G. F. TELLEgg. Greene, Captain O'Connor, Feargus Stuart, J. Grogan, E. O'Flaherty, Anthony Newdegate, N. MAJORITY—NOES, 257. Abdy, Thomas N. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Palmer, Robert Adair, Hugh E. Foley, John H. Palmer, Bounden Adair, R. Shafts Fordyce, A. D. Palmerston, Vii. Anson, Colonel Forster, Mathew Parker, John Anon, Viscount Fortescue, Chichester Pearson, Charles Attwood, John Fortescue, J. W. Peelle,ll, Captain Bailey, Joseph Fox, Richard 11. Peel, Sir Robert Baines, M. T. Freestun, Colonel Perfect, Robert Baring, 1. T. Gardner, J. D. Peto, Samuel br. Barnard, E. G. Gibson, T. M. Pilkington„Janaes Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Plumptre, J. P. Bell, John Glyn, George Carr Plowden, W. H. Bellew, tt. M. Godson, It. Power, Dr. Benbow, John Goulburn, Henry Power, Nicholas Birch, Sir Thomas Gower, Leveson Price, Sir R. Blackall, S. W. Grace, 0. D. J. Raphael, Alexander Bolling, William Greenall, Gilbert Rawdon, Colonel Bourke, Richard W. Greene Thomas 'lepton, G. W. J. Bouverie, E. P. Gregson, Samuel Reynolds,SJoula Bowring, Dr. Grenfel , Charles W. Ricardo, J. L. Boyd,yohn Grey, Sir G. Ricardo, Osman Boyle, Robert E. Grey, Ralph W. Rice, E. R. Brackley, Vise. unt Guinness, R. ill. Rich, Henry Bramston, T. W. Gwyn, Howe' Robartes, T. J. Brisco, M. Hall, Sir B. Robinson. George Brocklehurst, John Hanmer, Sir J. Roche, E. B. Brotherton, Joseph Ilastie, A. Romilly, John Brown, Humphrey Hay, Lord John Russell, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Headlana, T. E. Russell, F. C. H. Buller, Charles Heathcote, Sir W. Salwey, Colonel Bunbury, Edward Herbert, Henry A. Sanders, George Burke, Sir Thomas Hervey, Lord A. Seaharn, Viscount Burroughes, B. N. Ileywood, James Seale), Charles Buxton, sir E. Hodges,:T. L. Seymour, Lord Campbell, W. F. Ho gg , Si r .J. W. S e ymour, Sir IL Cardwell, Edward Hood, Sir A. Sh e lburne, Earl of Carew, W. P. Ilornby, John Sidney, ThoThomasCaulfield, Colonel Howa r d, C . W.G. Simeon, John Chaplin, W. J. Howard, E. G. Sl a ne), Robert A. Childers, J. W. Humphery, Aid. Smith, V. Clay, James Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Clay, Sir W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Smith, 31. Tucker Clerk Sir G. Ireland, Thomas J. Smith, John B. Clive, Vise.' Jackson, William Smollett, A.l Cockburn, Alex. Jermyn, Earl Somerton,: Viscount Cocks, T homas S. Jervis, Sir John Somerville, Sir W. Coke, Edward K. Jervis, John Spearman, IL J. Colebrooke, Sir T. Keogh, William Stanley, E. Coles, Henry B. Couynghain, Lord A. lu Ke r P 4 P , 6 l l "e G te e r or J g o e hn T. Stuart,L E o d r w d aord . Coope, octavius Labouchere, Henry 'Burt, Menu G. Cotton, W. 11. Langston, J. H. Sutton, Henry Courtenay, Lord Cowper, W. F. Craig, W. G. Lewis, Sir T. Tennent, .J. Cubittt, William Lennox,Lenaon. Sir Charles h A. les ar T T e ttl iii fo , u o r n d , ..e ic rg . e i ant Lewis, George C. Tisicknesse, B. A. Davie,:. Sir Henry Lincoln, Earl of Thompson, Colonel.: Dawson, T. V. Lindsay, Colonel Thornely, T. Deedes, W. Littleton, E. R. Thornhill, G. Denison, J. E. M`Gregor, John Townely, John Devereux, J. T. 3PNaghten, Sir E. Turner, George Divett, E. Megan, W . IC Tynte, Charles Druinlanrig, Vis. Mahon, O'Gorman 'Verney Sir H. Drummond, H. Maitland, T. 'Vivian, J. H. Duckworth, Sir J. Marsh 11, J. G. Walmsley, Sir J. Duff, George S. Marshall, William Walpole, S. 11. Duke, Sir James Martin, J. Walter, John Duncan, George Martin, Samuel Ward, h. G. Dundas, Admiral Matheson, Alex. Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Sir David Matheson, Colonel Wawa, J T. Dundas, George Melgund, Viscotuit,i Welby, G. E. Dunne, Francis P. Moffatt, George West, F. R. Du Pre, C. 0 Monsen. 'William Weethead, J. P. Ebrington, Viscount Morgan, It. 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 Charles Evans, William O'Brien, J. Wood, W. P. Ewart, William O'Brien, Sir Lucius Wortley, J. 8. Fagan, William O'Brien, Timothy Wyld, James Farrer, James O'Connell, M. J. Wrrill, Marrnadaks Fergus, John Ogle, S. C. 'roiling, John Ferguson, Sir R. Osborne, Ralph Ft°Mott, J. . . Paget, Lord A. =Lill. Fitzpatrick, J W. Paget, Lord Clarence Hill, Lord M. Fitzroy, Henry Paget, Lord George Thine], Henry SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAT. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE.-7 to lon the field (offered). CHESTER Cur.-1,000 to 15 each agst Burgundy, Co nyngham, and Mendicant (taken). Drumc.-15 to 1 apt Springy Jack (taken to 251.), 1,000 to 25 each agst The Fowler, Rosalyn, and Eike 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 Norther n J unc tion. Edinburghuu mri D un dee d e e e r m a in and r . and Pert h . endaeirßdtg h T aQue a ae Edinburgh and Gl asg ow (No. 1). Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 2) Amendm ent Acts. Edinburgh and Northern—Branch to Rose obie. Edinburgh and Northern--Branch to Quee nsborougn t ( h : n ' e. borough.sCrossing. ) and Inverness. Edinburgh and Perth. Edinburgh and Northern, and Sterling and Dunferm line—Queensborough Branch. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilaton. Scottish Midland Junction Amendment and Branches. Sterling and Dunfermline. Wishaw and Coltness. TIIE LORD CIIANCELLOR.—We have much plea sure in stating that the Lord Chancellor continues to improve in health. The Noble Lord was sufficiently restored to sit up for several hours yesterday. Heis still attended by Dr. Chambers. REPRESENTATION OF TAMWORTEL—FRIDAY NIGHT. —Captain John Townse nd, a near connexion of Lord Ferrers's family, and a member of the house so long dis tinguished as an opponent o f the Peel interest in this borough, is announced as a candidate for its represents.. Lion. The Hon. W. Bielby Thompson Lawly, a nephew of Lord Wenlock, is also spoken of. The name of Mr. Macaulay, too, has been mentioned in connexion with the representation of the borough, but at present there is no movement on the ,part of the Bight Hon. Gentle• man or his friends. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—There is a liberal supply of wheat and barley. The trade today is rather inactive for wheat, and prices are scarcely so good as last week. Barley is held for late prices, but the demand is very limited. Oats and shelling are easier to purchase. Beans are again lower. THE ALDERIIANIC GOWN.—Last night, at six o'clock, Mr. J. Laurie, the candidate in opposition to Mr. D. Salomons for the vacant aldermanship in the ward of Cordwainers, retired in favour of the latter gen tleman. The election will take place, in accordance with the precept issued by order of the Lord Mayor, on Mew day afternoon next. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Dinder, near Wells, the wife of J• W. Tyndale, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at 3, Vimiera, Wandsworth•road, Alre. llartmann, of a son. On the 30th ult., at St. Michael's Rectory, Winchester, the wife of the Rev. N. Midwinter, M.A., of a son. On the 30th ult., at Camden road-villas, Mrs. Walker, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Floreaeld, Northamptonshire, Mrs. B. Lee Bevan, of a son. On the Ist inst., in Lower Seymour-street, the lady of U. W. J. Gyll, Esq., of a son. On the Ist inst., at Portland-place, Mrs. I. Travers, of • son. On the 2d inst., the lady of G. C. Voelcker, Esq., of Dan cer's-hill House, South Minims, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Surbiton, Mrs. E. Brown, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Saturday, Nov. 27, at St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. J. H. Staffed, Mr. John Henry Francis Cuschod, of Lau sanne, in Switzerland, to Miss Susan Holloway, of the Queen's Hotel, North-Western Railway Station, Liverpool. On the Ist inst., at the parish church of Hawkshead, by the Rev. T. Gawthorp, 8.A., R. B. Smith, Esq., of Lydiate. near Liverpool, to Abigail, daughter of the late W. Gym thorp, Esq., of Sawrey, Windermere. ...- DIED. On the 3d December, at Mr. Pateshall's residence, Enfield, Middlesex, Miss Elizabeth Brown, eldest daughter of the late Mr. James Brown, of No. 8, Eccleston-street, S° lltll Pimlico, aged 59 years. On the sth ult., at Boston, United States, Harriett Faucit, wife of H. Bland, Esq., and sister to Miss Helen Faucit. On the 24th ult., at his house at Shepherd's-bush. i$ Ma 80th year, Mr. H. Sadler, of Down-street, Piccadilly. On the 26th ult., at his residence, Upper Park.plece, Dorset-square, Mr. R. Chester, aged 64. street, On the 29th ult., M r . H. E. Atki nson , of Jevrry- Aldgate, in his 37th year. On the 30th ult., aged 84, J. S o anes, Esq., Mile-end. On the 30th ult., at K en ti s h-town, C. Boyden, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. --- -_______---- London : Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG. s t 112. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Na Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Multi Ot Bliddlemr, Saturday, December 4, 1847. ~~~: ,