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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA Y THE GIFT BOOK OF THE SEASON, f North Hampshire in the unmeasured language of THE DRAWING-ROOM TABLE BOOK. apostrophe Edited by Mrs. S. C. HALL. Comprising Twenty-four highly ,and concluded his encomium in the fol.. finished Engravings, from Paintings by Wilkie, Land seer, Warren, 1 lowing terms, after alluding to the erudition and Leslie, Daniell, and others ; being Illustrations to Or!; anal Tales, by the Editor, and Poetry by popular living Authors. Beal itifally printed experience of the preceding Speaker (ABER * Imperial Bvo., each page enriched with Ornamental 1 :)evices. Price Xs., elegantly bound and gilt. CROMBIE) Placed in this position of dis- London : A. Hall and Co., 25, Paternoster-roi advantage by the qualifications of your immediate predecessor, you have nevertheless established a cha racter es Speaker of this House which is not a matter of envy to any one, but is equal to that of any former Speaker, and I trust that being long in the possession of the honour conferred on you by the House, your reputation may continue to increase, and that you may leave a bright name to posterity as one of the greatest Speakers that ever sat in that chair." Earnestly as those aspirations were ex pressed by the First Lord of the Treasury, they are in no one particular exaggerated beyond the merits of the• Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons—for whose urbanity, impartiality, and dignity of bearing, for whose unquestionable learn ing and ripeness of scholarship, for whose soundness of judgment and extraordinary knowledge of the Constitution, all political parties and all classes throughout the empire entertain feelings of respect and admiration which have been justified by experience. It is already certain that the name of LEFEVRE will not be recorded less conspicuously in the national annals than that of ABERCROMBIE, Lord Dunfermline; than that of SUTTON, Viscount Can terbury; than that of ABBOTT, Lord Colchester; or than those indeed of any of the distinguished men who have filled that illustrious office down even to the days of the great, the wise, and the good Sir THOMAS MORE. this Day is published, price 6s. 61, THE LAWS of HARMONIOUS 'COLOUR MI, adapted to Interior Decorations, with Observations on Pssuitlas of Rouse Painting. By D. R. Hay. A new Edition (being the Sixth,) in crown ltvo. Wflliam Blackwood and Sons, Edinbargh and London. Having prepared themselves by these preliminary proceedings, the newly-elected representatives of the people seem to be prepared to enter vigorously into the discussion of those measures of alleviation or precaution which are demanded by circumstances. With the commerce and in dustry of the United Kingdom in a deplorable state of depression, with want and murder fright fully prevalent among the wretched population of Ireland, with the plague hurrying towards us on the wings of the wind, and threatening to afford a new il lustration of the necessity for greater cleanliness and decency in our larger towns and cities—there is suf ficient, in truth, to incite the Members of the Legis lature to those active measures and rapid but saga cious deliberations which can alone sustain the hopes of the community—hopes that have been thinned and weakened by a congregation of disasters. Factious sentiments no longer divide the Commons into two gigantic and malevolent parties; there is just enough of confusion to admit of unanimity in the urgency of a national dilemma, and just enough of positive antagonism to stimulate inquiry, and arouse a wholesome spirit of emulation. Even those Members who may be regarded, from their duplex position at Westminster and Capel-court, as the peculiar and authorised guardians of the railway interests of the country, must for the time being abate the fury of their speculative predilections to aid the Government in ameliorating the sorrows, and abbreviating the agonies of the community. Even those again, who from their twofold authority in the lobby and in the courts may be considered as the pertinacious up holders of the law, as it at present stands, must diminish their professional enthusiasm for a while, and co-operate in striving for those measures of re lief for which the exigencies of the kingdom are becoming clamorous. Much may be accomplished even before the adjournment for the Christmas vaca tion, if due regard be only had for the proper economy of time, and the most judicious se quence of motions. There has latterly been ample opportunity for agitation; there is now ample oppor tunity for legislation. The people:have, with their accustomed precision, availed themselves of the former; their representatives must in turn prove their capacity for availing themselves of the latter, and by a sagacious response to the aspirations of their constituencies, confirm the hopes of the nation, and redeem that strength which its late sufferings have unquestionably diminished. The public attention should be directed to a prose cution which has recently taken place at Castletown, in the Isle of Man, which forcibly illustrates the de fective state of the law itself, or of the manner of its administration in that island. It also affords a strong instance of the restrictions still existing on the liberty of the press, and the grave responsibilities to which any person must submit who devotes his time and property to the discharge of the duties of a public journalist. A report of the case to which we allude was published at considerable length, under the title of DUMBELL v. FARGHER, in our respected con temporary the Liverpool Mercury, in the early part of the present month. We then, however, abstained from comment, inasmuch as the last act of the drama had not been completed. The sentence of the law had not been passed upon the innocent although convicted publisher. That, however, has since been supplied, and at this moment that gentleman is suffering close imprisonment in Castle Rushen, to which he has been consigned for three months, away from his family and friends, he has been also condemned to pay a fine of 501., together with the costs of the pro secution, and to be imprisoned until such fine is paid. During that period he will necessarily be unable to exercise the watchful control over the articles in serted in his periodical, which it was distinctly proved on his trial he had ever manifested, with the exception of the day on which the libel for which he has been convicted appeared, when he was neces sarily occupied on another matter connected with his business, and which no other person but himself was competent to discharge. He may consider himself fortunate if, on his discharge from custody, he be not again made responsible, and sub jected to severe punishment for matters with which he must necessarily be wholly un acquainted, but for which he may, notwithstanding, be criminally convicted, according to the Manx law, as administered by Mr. Deemster HAYWOOD. The facts of the case, then, are shortly these : The defendant, Mr. ROBERT Feacuzu, was the sole proprietor and publisher of a weekly newspaper, called the Mona's Herald. In the month of August last a letter, signed "A Manx Advocate," appeared in that journal, containing serious charges against a gentleman named DUMBELL, a resident in the town of Douglas, and a member of the Manx bar. That letter had, however, been inserted without the know ledge, approbation, or consent of Mr. FARGHEN, who during the whole of the day on which the manu script was brought to his office, and while it was being printed and published, was necessarily engaged in managing and working a patent printing ma chine which he had then lately procured, and which no person connected with the office but himself was capable of managing, and in which at the time he was printing another periodical, of which he was also the publisher. Mr. FARGIIXR, it appeared from the evidence of Colonel Jonrisox (the editor), had usually exercised a more than ordinary degree of caution as to the articles that were about to be inserted in his paper, he having insisted that every manuscript should be submitted for his approval , b , e c f o o m re po i s t ed, was ;, set in in type, or, technically speaking, fact, it was a standing rule of the office that nothing whatsoever, even of the most trivial description, should be given out to the compositors, or inserted in the paper, until he himself had perused and ap proved of it. The article in question, however, had been published in violation of that rule, and without his knowledge, while he was so engaged at the patent machine, and as he himself stated (to which all the circumstances of the case gave the st rongest corroboration) that " he fully trusted and believed that his strict injunctions would huaovtepbreeevnioueoslmyplbieedenwiinthsp, inspected y th b at nhoinairtiwcleeutlhd have th a a v d e a ppeared in the Mollte3 Herald of that day." The moment Mr. FARGHIIR'S attention was called to the objectionable article, he could do to remedy the evil. persons his deep regret for it did everything diately suppressed the furthers appearance, of that date, and cations, positively refused to nsellgnu ? nntwithstanPl the remainder of the impression an (I0 that man expressed to several uorrth7er co arance, and imme ication of the paper further appli pies, having been sealed up by his direction. prtize:eaPddiedsti)o tion thereto, he directed the editor to Castletown to obtain a correct report of the real facts of the case, from the examination of authentic documents; th,lt .. true ,ruteult.nt, , ni g ht 1,,..., in.erted in the next Herald, together with an ample apol ogy . Accordingly, on the next day of publication a notice The Diario di Roma of the 6th publishes a brief, addressed by the POPE to Father PERRONE, of the Company of Jesuits, who has dedicated to his Holi ness a work on the Conception of the Virgin. The brief, in which the PONTIFF speaks in the most flatter ing terms of the fraternity of Jasus, is said to have caused a great sensation at Rome. After eulogising the work Pius IX. says :--" Such merits do not as tonish us in a member of that illustrious society, which has reared within its bosom so many men who have been honoured for the integrity of their lives, the glory of their sanctity, their devotion to the Ca tholic religion, by their various kinds of knowledge, by their services and benefits done to the Christian world and to civilization in general." The publication of this brief, coupled with the dis missal of BETTI from the censorship of the press, for having suffered an article of too liberal a tendency to appear in the Contemp oraneo , t oge th er with the refusal of the POPE to receive M. LECLERCQ, as Belgian Ambassador, tend to raise suspicions as to the sincerity of Pius IX. in his professions of liberality. The resignation of Cardinal FERRETTI is not calculated to re-assure the minds of those who view with pain the retrograde tendency of some of the recent acts of the PONTIFF, and what tends still further to add to these suspicions is the ominous fact that the Journal des Debats has recently been as loud in the praise of Pius IX. as if he had been one of the chiefs of the Sonderbund, or an active agent in the massacres of Galicia. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has addressed the two following letters, written by the royal hand, to Counts MAILATH and APPONY, appointing the former Minister of State, the latter Chancellor for Hungary : " Dear Count MAILATH—In gracious considera tion of your tried services and well-tested loyalty, I graciously deign to appoint you one of my Ministers of State, relieving you from the duties of Court Chancellor for Hungary, reserving to myself the use of your acknowledged talents as the occasion may require them. (Signed) Vienna, Oct. 31, 1847." " FERDINAND " Dear Count APPONY,—Having, under date of 31st October, relieved Count MAILATIL from the duties of Court Chancellor of Hungary, in fulfil ment of my Cabinet decree of Bth April of the present year, I now entrust to your care the direc• Lion of my Chancery for Hungary, confident that, as hitherto, you will know how to reply to the trust I place in you. (Signed) Vienna, Nov. 6, 1847." " FERDINAND, The Archduke ALBRECHT has been seriously in disposed; he caught cold whilst exerting himself to prevent the destruction of property from the late overflowing of the river at Vienna. Madrid papers of the 12th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a decree appointing BRAVO MURILLO Minister of Public Instruction and Com merce, and another conferring the French Embassy on General MANUEL DE LA CONCHA. CHRISTINA has thus succeeded in placing one of her most reckless partisans in the Cabinet, and in sending into honour able exile the only man in Spain who could with any success oppose the influence of NARVAEZ with the army. The Espectador announces that an English diplo matist had arrived at Madrid on " a delicate mission ;" and it says that, in order not to create obstacles, it will for the present not state what the mission is, though it will do so hereafter. The Heraldo pro fesses to know nothing either of the diplomatist or his mysterious mission. The Espanol states that it was positively asserted that the Bank de Fomento had offered to transfer the quicksilver contract to the representative of the house of ROTHSCHILD. A French General named CORBINHAS left Madrid after several days' stay. His visit excited some attention from its having been supposed by some persons to have had a secret political object. He was treated with great distinction. On the 12th M. DE TALLEYRAND, of the French embassy, left for Paris with an important mission. Ministers were preparing for the opening of the Cortes on the 15th. The QUEEN'S Speech, it was said, would be very short. The Deputies were arriving in great numbers at Madrid. Those of the Moderado party were to hold a meeting, at which it was lko be lieved th e question as to the propriety of impeaching SALAMANCA. would be discussed. It was generally bel , ie t would be that e i lected ie P w re o s u ili t in i t )e of su t p h -e ported by the Government. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. w e re done at 12.—Th e T hree per Cents. 261 at fifty days ; the Five per Cents. appeared, stating, amongst other things, "We think that our correspondent has expressed himself unguardedly," and " that the facts did not warrant his opinion ;" and also, " hence we regret the insertion of the letter referred to, and thus publicly, and unasked, tender our apology to Mr. DumBELL for so doing. Common justice requires this at our hands ; for we have always endeavoured to conduct this journal on that principle, and we are determined still to do so." Now we confess that we can hardly conceive any thing further that could be required by any reasonable person ; however the complainant was not satisfied. One fortnight after the above was inserted a further apology was required, and that the manuscript should be given up, together with the name of the author, and the means of proving him to be so. Mr. FARGHER immediately replied, stating " that he bad already, unasked and unsolicited, made what he be lieved to be a full and ample apology, and expressed regret for the appearance of the article referred to, and which he then unequivocally repeated, but that he could not make the further apology required, espe cially as he was called upon to declare what he was unable to declare, and to submit to terms which the law did not impose, but that the manuscript of the letter, the name of the author, and the means of proving him to be so, were at the dis posal of Mr. CRAIGIN (Mr. DUMBELL'S agent)." Even this was not sufficient, and shortly afterwards Mr. FARGHER was summoned to appear, to answer criminally for the offence. The day he received this summons he called upon Mr. CRAIGIE, and expressed his readiness to publish the apology in the manner required, and to give up the manuscript and its author. This, however, was, after some consideration, re fused. Mr. FARGHER immediately sent his editor to the parties acting for Mr. DUMBELL, begging them to state what more was required, as he was willing to do everything in his power to satisfy the complainant, to which the reply was, "that they had no terms to propose, and that they did not think that any proposition would be accepted." Notwithstanding this refusal an apology, sub stantially the same as that originally required was inserted in the Herald and two other Manx papers, and in addition, Mr. FARGHER offered to comply with the other terms originally demanded, and to pay the costs of the suit. Nothing, however, could appease the anger of the com plainant. The prosecution was proceeded with, and Mr. FARGHER was convicted and sentenced to the punishment above-mentioned, viz., to three calen dar months imprisonment in Castle Rushen, to pay a fine of SCI, and the entire costs of the prosecution. We have stated the facts of this extraordinary case at such length—a full and accurate knowledge thereof being absolutely essential—that we are unable zo offer the comments we had intended on the entire circumstances connected with the trial, the various ruling of the Learned Deemster who presided, and the manner in which, if the letter of the Manx libel law was adhered to, its spirit was violated. We shall, however do so, on an early occasion. In the meantime we direct the attention of the Home Secretary and of our brethren of the Press thereto, and beg to say that at this moment an innocent man, a British citizen, is suffering a rigorous and unmerited imprisonment under what we cannot help regarding as an undue strain ing of the law. We do trust that Mr. FARO HER will speedily be released from his incar ceration, and from the pecuniary penalty imposed on him ; and that measures may be taken sufficient to render it impossible that any persons should again suffer in a similar manner in the Isle of Man. at 14i for paper ; the Passives, at 41 ; and the Coupons, at 11. SURRENDER OF FRIBURG. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Journal des Debats publishes the following telegraphic dispatch received by the French Govern ment announcing the surrender of Friburg:— " A sanguinary combat took place on the 13th, in the afternoon, in front of Friburg. The town de manded a suspension of arms for twelve hours, to deliberate. " The following day, the 14th, Friburg surren dered, and at halfpast ten o'clock in the morning the town was occupied by the Government troops. " General DE SALIS-SOGLIO (the Sonderbund Ge neral) has penetrated into Argau, and, as we are as sured, has taken possession of the important position of Zofingen " The Bale Gazette of the 15th gives the following as the conditions of the capitulation of Friburg:- 1. The Government of the canton of Friburg for mally to renounce its alliance with the Sonderbund. 2. The troops of the Federal Government to occupy the town immediately. 3. The troops to be lodged and fed according to the regulations of the federal army. 4. The troops of the Government of Friburg to be disbanded, and the arms of the landsturm to be deposited in the arsenal. 5. The troops of the Federal Government to occupy all the gates, and to lend assistance to the Government for the main tenance of order. The treaty of capitulation is dated Belfaux, the 14th, and is signed by General Durouß and the syndic of the Grand Council of Friburg. The Constitutionnel gives the following letter : "Berne, Nov. 13. " The conductor of the Zurich diligence had this morning brought the intelligence that the troops of the Sonderbund had assumed the offensive on the side of the Freiamt of Argau, and had even succeeded in seizing on Altai, the chief town of that district. This news has been confirmed to a certain point by dispatches which have been received by the Vorort. The result is, that in the night of the 11th, four bat talions of infantry, two companies of carbineers, and two batteries of artillery penetrated into the Argau territory by seizing first on Diewyl, where were taken prisoners the imprudent soldiers of the battalion Fosi ; but half a league further on this whole force was held in check for several hours by three battalions of Zurich infantry and a company of St. Gall carbineers, until the arrival of two detached battalions from Wohlen and a company of carbineers. A battery of artillery happened to be a t Nun, which up to yes terday morning could not be occupied by the troops of the Sonderbund. According to posterior informa tion from a good source, this circumstance accele rated the explosion of general hostilities, and the federal corps of the fourth and fifth division (Ziegler and Bourckhard), the head quarters of which were at Arau and Zurich, were to have moved to-day to commence the attack against Lucerne and Zug, and the third division (Donatz) was to seek to attack the army of the League in the rear." This is all the news from Switzerland contained in these papers. A rumour was current in Paris on Wednesday, to the effect that the great Powers intended imposing their mediatiOn in Switzerland. On this subject the Siecle says— " For some days past a report has been in circula tion that there exists an arrangement between the great Powers to intervene in the quarrel which divides Switzerland. If we are well informed, matters have not as yet assumed so decisive a turn. N. Guizot and 111. de hletternich take much trouble to bring about this arrangement ; it is even hoped here that England, who so long resisted overtures for this end, is on the point of yielding. The question is said to be to impose on Switzerland the mediation of the five Powers, and to regulate the difference by a European arbitration. If the Diet should refuse to accede to this decision an armed intervention would take place to constrain it to do so. Thus, after the intervention in Portugal would come that of Switzer land. Did it not commence in reality on the day when the French Government sent muskets and am munition to arm the Sonderbund ? The intervention, supposing that it takes place, cannot even invoke the pretext of humanity, for humanity would have con sisted in preventing war, and blood has already flowed, and is now flowing again perhaps at Friburg. When the Diet pronounced the dissolution of the Sonderbund, it interpreted an article of the federal compact to which the seven cantons gave a different interpretation. Between the majority and minority of the cantons is it for Europe to pronounce ? On the day on which the great Powers will interfere in this difference there will not be any longer a federal compact, or independence for Switzerland. The act of mediation will be re-established not any longer for the profit of Franco, as under the enipiro, but for the profit of Austria, of whom AL Guizot is only the humble and blind instrument. The majority of the cantons has at present 80,000 men under arms. It may happen that the Diet, seeing itself at the head of such imposing forces, may resist the mediation. To what power will the care of constraining it be in trusted ? It will not be France, for although the Journal des Debats, confident in the thought which governs, has spoken of 40,000 soldiers disposed on the eastern frontier, M. Guizot is well aware that the Chambers would be most reluct an t t o vote the funds for such a campaign. This part then only suits Austria who has troops collected in the Voralbcrg, and who burns with a desire tb make up for the checks which she has met with in It a l y. But for the Austrians to penetrate into the canton of the Grisons and to lend assistance to the Sonderbund, would cal to mind most closely 1815, a n d it appears to us that 111. Guizot has no interest to awaken such reminis cences." We mentioned yesterday that Count MONTALEM BERT, the head of the Jesuit party in France, had opened a subscription in aid of the Sonderbund. The false pretences put forth by the supporters of the Jesuit Sonderbund are well exposed in the following article on this said subscription, which appears in the Courrier Francais : " M. de Montalembert has just published, in the name of the committee for the defence of religious liberty, a circular in favour of the Sonderbund. In this question, besides the customary appeal for sub scriptions, there is a great deal of talk about martyrs, and faith, and liberty, and independence, and country. These are fine words, no doubt, representing noble things ; but the matter to be discovered is how they apply to the question. It is in vain that it is at tempted to turn away men's minds from the reality of things. The present war is not a religious war for Switzerland, nor one of independence ; it is a war of national constitution, or, to use the plain term, a civil war. It is in vain for the ultra-Catholics to offer up prayers in favour of the parties, to take the communion in its honour, to open subscriptions for its profit; they wiil change neither the character nor the nature of that war, which is exclusively political. Were even the right on the side of the Sonderbund, we should not like to see the name of God mixed up with a civil war, nor the dignity of the Church com promised in the matter. That the Jesuits, menaced in their interests by this war, should attempt to con found their cause with that of religion, at the risk of compromising the latter to save the former, will not astonish any one. Everybody is aware that the reve rend fathers, before being Christians, are Jesuits, and that before aiming at the triumph of religion, they aim at that of their order. But that the French Catholics should consent, in the name of their belief, to serve such intrigues is what we cannot compre• hand! They speak of the Church ! Has the Church anything to do with the war between the Sonder bund and the Diet ? Have the Catholics of the mixed cantons been disquieted or persecuted in their belief? How then should the primitive cantons be so ? They speak of the liberty of Switzerland and of her independence ! Du the Separatists consider themselves more liberal or more patriotic than the Federalists To wish to have Switzerland more ho pendent and more f ree ? That i s, mogeneo us , i s i t not to wish to see her more inde greatest crim e o f t h e Federalists. H ow comes i t, however, the then, that the country, that independence, that liberty, are appealed to ? We have a higher opi nion of the cantons of the Sonderbund than M. de Montalembert has. God alone,' he says, by a miracle of his power, can give them the victory.' No ; the forces are not so disproportioned as M. de Montalembert wishes to have it be lieved. And if the 20,000 experienced men of Lu cerne should gain a victory over the 28,000 new troops of general Dufour, it would not be necessary on that account to cry out a miracle, and to speak of the intervention of the Almighty. As to the Jesuits, who speak of devotedness and martyrdom, their first care, after having compromised Friburg in their cause, has been to take refuge in Neufchatel, in order to escape from the struggle which they called forth. We are well aware of the practices of the reverend fathers ; the Lazarists of Syria will tell you of their acts and deeds, and the Catholics of Gallicia, delivered by them to the poniard of Sezela, will confirm the opinion so given. And if you do not wish to believe either the monks of the Libanus or the victims of Tarnow, the Catholics of Friburg will soon give you news of the Jesuits of Neufchatel! The Union Monarchiquestates that the Legitimatists of France subscribe in support of the Sonderbund, because "the Royali.4B of France ought not to fail in that teAhoony towards a people who have so often lavished their blood for the monarchy, and because it defends the rights which we (the - Legitimatists) de- J VENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1847. fend ourselves." That the Sonderbund Swiss have lavished their blood in support of the Legitimatists of France cannot he denied. They did so in July, 1830, when they defended the Louvre and kept up a murderous fire for some hours on the French people assembled on the Place St. Germain L'Auxerrois. They are, therefore, well entitled to the support of the Legitimatists, but whether this circumstance en titles them to the aid of the King of the Barri cades, whose supporters on that occasion were the victims of their fire, or of M. GUIZOT, who owes his position as Minister to the defeat of those said Swiss in July, 1830, is a matter which we may safely leave to the decision of those who made the revolution. The Duke DES CARS and that Marquis DE PASTORET head the subscription in favour of the Sonderbund. It is not the first time that M. GUIZOT has made the acquaintance of these gentlemen. If we mistake not, they all met at Ghent. The Courrier Francais says—"lt is reported as a certainty that the office of Grand Admiral is to be created in favour of the Prince DE JOINVILLE ; but it appears that the Ministry has not dared to carry out this measure by a simple royal ordonnance, and that a Bill is to-be presented on the subject to the Chamber, which it is hoped to find docile." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 77f. 5c.; the New Loan, 76f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 45c.; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 922 f. 50c.; Havre, 5171. 50c.; Great Northern, 575 f.; Avignon, 570 f.; Vierzon, 560 f.; Bordeaux, 492 f. 50c. ; Bou logne, 370 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 260 f.; Basle 160 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4221. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4101.; Paris and Lyons, 410 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 475 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 29. BUSINESS DONL IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 14% ex int.—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, 2%—North ern of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 1 / 4 —Paris and Lyons, 6 1 / B —Sambre and Melvin, 6%. IMPERIAL PARLIAi%JEN (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. APPROVAL OF THE SPEAKER. Shortly after Two o'clock the Marquis of Lans downe, the Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale), Lord Campbell, the Earl of Auckland, and Earl Grey took their seats beneath the Throne, as Lords Commissioners, for the purpose of giving her Majesty's approbation to the choice of the House of Commons of Mr. Shaw Lefevre as their Speaker. Immediately after it had been ascertained by their Lordships that the Commons had taken their seats, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, was commanded by The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, acting for the Lords Commissioners, to summon the House of Com mons to attend . the bar, and in a few minutes Mr. Shaw Letevre, accompanied by his mover and seconder, Lord Seymour and Mr. J. A. Smith, and a great number of Members, among whom we noticed Mr. R. Spooner, Mr. Thornely, and Mr. Greene, ap peared at the bar. Mr. SIIAW LEFEVRE then addressed their Lordships as follows :—My Lords, in obedience to her Majesty's command, her Majesty's most faithful Commons have proceeded, in the exercise of their . .... undoubted right and privilege, to eleet their Speaker, and I have to acquaint your Lordships, that, however unworthy of it, I am the object of that choice, and I with all humility have now to ask her Majesty's most gracious appro bation of that choice. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then said—Mr. Shaw Lefevre, we have it in command from her Ma jesty to assure you, that her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal for the public good, and your ample sufficiency to discharge the high and arduous duties to which you have been elected, that she fully approves and confirms you their Speaker. The SPEAKER—My Lords, with the most pro found gratitude and respect, I submit myself to her Majesty's commands, and it now . becomes my duty, in the name and on the behalf of the Com mons of England, to.lay claim by humble petition to the free exercise of all their ancient and undoubted rights, immunities and privileges ; more especially those of freedom of debate and freedom from arrest and molestation for themselves and servants ; free ac cess to her Majesty when occasion may require ; and that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to put the most favourable construction on all their proceedings and actions, and for myself, my Lords, I have to en treat that if any errors should be committed they may be attributed to me, and not to her Majesty's faithful Commons. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command from her Ma jesty to assure you that her Majesty most readily confirms all the rights and privi leges of her faithful Commons, which have ever been granted by her Majesty's royal predeces sors, and with respect to yourself, Sir, although her Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need of such an assurance, her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon all your words and actions. The Speaker then bowed to the Lords Commis ,ioners, and retired from the bar. The Lords Commissioners then bowed to each other, and retired. The Master of the Rolls, having divested himself of his robes as a Lord Commissioner, and acting as De puty Speaker, shortly afterwards re-entered the House, and took his seat on the Woolsack. Several Peers then took the oath. The Lord Chancellor, we understand, was absent through indisposition. Their Lordships adjourned at Four o'clock to Three o'clock on Monday. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy. Sales 3,000 bales, including 2,500 American at 44d. to 6d. per lb. Railway Share:, were quiet. The intelligence of the capitulation of Freiburg, to the troops of the Federal Government, was fully anti cipated from information of a preliminary character, which had been previously received. However, it has had little influence yet in political circles; but the more so, as the statement previously made does not appear to be correct, via. that the Austrian troops were marching in the direction of the contending parties. There are not any colonial arrivals announced in the City to-day. The Corn Market was heavy this morning. There is a meeting of the Spanish bondholders in progress in the City. The proceedings, as yet, do not possess any general importance. As a matter of course, the deluded and ill-treated bondholders are indignant at the vacillating and dishonest policy of the Government, though some hope for better times. There is no particular change in the state of monetary affairs in the City. Where undeniable securities are offered we have a strong impression that, ere long, the bankers and discount houses will be sharp competitors for business, otherwise they will be shorn considerably of their profits, for, business having been contracted, there is much less facility for the employment of cash. The Funds have fluctuated a good deal to-day. Upon the commencement of business, prices were heavy, Consols having fallen to 838 Subsequently they rallied to 841, and are now 83i to 84 for present Trans fer. The arrangement of the Account is the chief cause which operates, and there has been as much as possible made of the hostilities in Switzerland. Ex chequer-bills have been marked par to 2s. discount. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 838 to 844. Bank Stock is at 187 to 189. The Foreign Securities are very dull at present, Por tuguese Four per Cents, have realised 211-, and Spanish Three per Cents. 274. Brazilian new are 774. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 54 to 8. Railway shares have bee❑ steady comparatively with stocks. ONE CLOSING RILES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES, dank Stock lB7 189 189 3. per Cent. Reduced Anns B2 8276 82% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. .. 83 1 / 2 844 8374 84% New 314 per Cent. Anns 83% )f 84% 84 1 / 4 Long Anna. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8 % India Stock — 234 India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... 25 dis 25 dis Consols for Account 83%1 81 1 / 4 81 84% Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 500/ Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 79 77: 87 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bl Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l6 Ditto, Account — Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent 21% Russian Bonds ..... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent 2 7 3/ Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 54% 54 54% 54 1 A 3 PRICES Of PAI D BUSINESS DONE CLOSING . RAILWAY SHARESAT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES` Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 / 2 Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .. Birmingham and Ox ford J unction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. Birming., Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley... .. 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 7 3 / 4 — ... Boston, Stamfd, &Bi rm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 75 - ... ...... •• ... Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 10/. 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3 3 / 4 — Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37% — Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence 784 — Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfastJunc 2O Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31.105.,E. &11. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... 1 / 2 % dis it dis Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 8 Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New 23 — &stern Union 5O .. ... ........ ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4d — Do., (guar. 6 per cent) East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 334 :'ast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 47 Ditto Half Shares ~. 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 7 ...... Ditto ' ditto, New . .... 1% — Ex eter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New . . 2N — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.65. 8d Glasgow, Kilmer.,& Ayr 50 .... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consol. 12 1 / 2 ... .. Great Northern 8 Do., London and York 2 %..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) -,reat North of England..100 ; (Ditto, New 401. Ditto, New 301. 3O Ditto, New 15/ ... I % — . -- G , eat Western_..... - 100 Ditto, % Shares. .... ... 50 Ditto, 1 4 4 Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 17/...... 7 Huddersfield & Manches. 22 Ditto, Thirds .. . 7 'uii and Selb- 21' 1051,(2 20 7 . 3 4 11% 471 h ....Loy 5O .. ... Ditto, Halt Shares 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares....... 12 1 / 2 ••• „ .pswich &13ury St. Edin. 15 ....„ — Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 Lincaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds .. 10 ...... ••• •• •• Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 / 2 Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 / 2 Do. Fifths 6 l / 2. ••• Do. Sixteenths 6'4 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1 4 (late Hud dersfield and Shed') 33 16 1 4 23 th Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. (W. Riding Union) 44 2s 2% dis 2M diF. Do. (Preston Sr Wyre) 25 Do. I 4 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 Do., Branch 1 / Shares 12 lA ••• ......... ••• •• Do. New Branch( blue) 21 % — •••••• Do. Ex tension (green) 2 1 / 2 ..... Do. NewExten. ( pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk — Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport.... .... Liverp., Dlnchstr& New castle Junction 2% -• London and Blackwall..l6/. iss. 4d. - Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/. 13s. 4d.... 1% dia.... Do. Extension l5 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consul. Eighths.. 30 - Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ...... - ... •,,,,,,,,,, London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... - Ditto, Preference ... 18/1782d... - - London and N. Western 100 154 3 4 153 153 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 - - Do., do., New - - Ditto Fifths - - Do. LA Shares (G. J.) 25 - - Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 - - Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M & B.) A. VA, - - Do. 10/. (M. & 13.) B. 74...... - - Do. 10/. al. &BO C. 1 - Lone'. & S.Western 41!. 6s. 8d - - Do. New Consol. Btbs 40 . ~.. 41 ... 4l Do. New 50/. ... ..... 324.. .. 2e 4 28% Do. New 401 26 ... . - Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50 .. ••• - Ditto ditto .... .... 40 ..,... Ditto, Thirds.. ...... td. 13s. 4d ... - ... - •••••••• - London Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... . ........ 1 1 4...... - - Londonderry&Coleraine 271 - «••••••••••••• - Londonderry and Ennis- - killen - ..... ...... 2334 ...... - Bilanchester,Buxton,and Matlock 3 ..... . - Manchester, Sheffield, and b;,,,:, ,Lire, _lOO .....1 -- ••• •• .... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 -• Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 1 ,- Ditto aril Grimsby.... 25 - Ditto ditto . ......... 7 ----- - - Ditto ditto - .•• ~ r•-• RATLWAT SHAKES BY PUBLIC SAT.. , THEATRE ROYAL, Ditl - RY-LANE. M. JULIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. THE LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. M. JaMen begs most respectfully to state that the Concerts will most positively terminate next Saturday, Nov. 20, in consequence of the 11.1eatze being required for the Grand Opera. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. ?art T.—lverture, William Tell. Rossini—Quadrille, Le Diable a Quarte, dullien—Solo. Bassoon, M. Baumann, Baumann—New Valsc, The Swedish Nightingale, Jullien -Symphony, the Allegretto in F, Beethoven—New Polka, The Eclipse (fourth time), licenig—New descriptive Quadrille, The swiss Quadrille, Jullien. Part ll.—Opera, La Sonnambula, Grand Selection, with Solos. Bellini—Quadrille, The British Army (fourth time this season`, Jullieu—Duet, Violin and Violoncello, M. Sainton and Signor Piatti, Airs from William Tell, Krommer—VaLse, Fleur de 3larie, Barret— Solo,,Concertina, Mr. Case—Comic Polka, the " Three Blind Mice," Coete. The Concert commences at Eight, and terminates before Eleven. Brontenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 64. ; Private Boxes, lis. id., 215., and 32e. 6d. BAL MASQUE. M. Jullien's Brand Annual flat Masque will take place on Monday, Nov. 22, and terminate the Season. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND ANNUAL BAL MASQUE. M. Jullien has the honour to announce that his GRAND ANNUAL BAL MASQUE will take place on MONDAY NETT, Nov. 22, 1847. The new and brilliant decorations with which the above theatre has recently been adorned, added to those now specially in preparation for the Ball, will enable M. Jullien on the forthcoming occasion, to provide an entertainment which he doubts not will be pronounced un equalled by all his former efforts. The Orchestra will comprise One Hundred and Ten Musicians. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, Herr liccnig. Conductor, B. Jullieu. Tickets for the Ball, 10s. 6d. The prices of admission for Spectators (for whom the audience portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart,) will be as on former occasions, viz.:— Dress Circle .... • ..... •.. • ... Ss. Boxes .. •• • ......... ..... 3 Lower Gallery .. • • • • .. • • 2 , Upper Gallery •• •• • ... •• . • • 1 Private Boxes from 31. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking Private Boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the itall-room without extra charge. Hr. J. Nathan, of 18, Castle-street, Leicester-square, is appointed Costumier to the Ball. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Hader the Management of Mr. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original Comedy, called FAMILY PRIDB. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury ; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Farren ; Artier Coriri.nay, Mr. Henry Farrell ; Captain Shangenah, Mr. Hud son; Blandish, Mr. Brinelni ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtney, Mrs. W. Clifford ; b'ophia Chapman, Mrs. Nisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds ; Grace, Mrs. Hamby. To conclude with a ntw Comic Drama, called TIIE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. *age manager, Mr. Fan-en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Sexes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doers open at Half-past Six, Performance to eommenco at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Elder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING *ll be preheated a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI; or, tl►e Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Minclo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal thasar Valdamo, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Bro,ks. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD ithe property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul. Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, Sre., &c. To be followed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE 4CCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS: Whittington Widgetts, hfr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. To conclude with tha Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Manila will perform. Boxes, 4s.__; . Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. . _ Doe. open at Half-pas t Six, Performance io - commence at Seven, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Veer the Management of Madame Vestris. gel° Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THU; EVENING, Will be performed PATTER versus CLATTER. To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Madame Vestris. After which anew Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX, Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstene, and Mrs. Mac mamara. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. laradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Boxes, Ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-ofnee, No. 2, Wellington-street, is opera to the ?labile every day, from Ten to Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. lingageratiat of Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSHMAN. THIS EVENING Will be performed RICHELIEU. To be followed by A CONCERT, by the celebrated Singers of the Pyrenees. After wkich the Farce entitled A TRIP TO HAMPTON. Prtheiphl characters by Messrs. S. Cowell, Neville, Howard, Harris, Sirs. Selby, and .34i55 Villars. To /exclude with a Piece, called A ROMANCLI OF THE RHINE. Ilan:ears by Messrs. James Vining, Palmer, Neville, Compton, Miss Kama Stanley, and Miss Villars. Dress Circle, as.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No.), DAyid,ge-terrace,Kensington-read, Surrey. TILTS ETENING, the performances will commence with the eelebrated Opera et THE ENCHANTRESS Duke DUcittilla, Mr. H. llorncastle ! Don Sslvia, Mr. IT. rani. spa ; ltamir, Mr. Borrani . Stella, Miss Romer. To be followed by a new Divertissement called UNE KERMES. T. conclude with a new and original Drama, entitled THE TRA VELLER'S ROOM. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Vining, H. Hughes, T. Fredericks, Lewis, Oxberry, and Mrs. W. West. A distinct entrance to tke private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the Principal Librarians ; and at the Box-oftice of the Theatre, which Is •pen daily frog Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ASAIIIRI ROYAL ..LMITHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes 01 the Establishment, in the various modes of equeetration. We cenelude with the Farce of THE L , TTERY TICKET. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Aettag and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. MEETING OF PA RL LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF " THE SUN" WLLL CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. *.* Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER.—Sur OFFICE, Nov. 19. TeROM /METER, Lowest, 28; Highest. 38 ; Noon, 33, BAROMETER, 30.4.—W1ND W.N.W. ; fine. 11.10L1 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Vermin.. 51 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 23 nainutEs tftel 11. i,AidOND and Co., RAILWAY . 5 1 1 -E SHARES AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and j ttronage, and t 0 'announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., Site place every WEDNIISIDAY, at One o'clock, (instea 4 of Tuesday 'ad Phday, al hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be depos ,ted, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of res ults will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the prt,ceads dllatelvrdlsposed of according to instructions. Y.B. Sales purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares affected by priflie contract, every day, as usual. osilces. latl of Commerce. Threafineed!e-ltreet-Londnn. '•ift - 1 .0 . i. 4 ' ' 1 "---); •:. , 444 - --, z im,,,___ - ,4 ' --' ...J. c f, '''....4?.. 5 t , ,Ada t ,„ - .., - ' 9 ,, , tr, two. \ ..,. . , --.-. 4.• ....Wrz,.. b. , .. - . W . V ''' i t ~ ...„. •n o , T ,, . i . .., otto v . .„ I«, 1..10; b- j ez lilt 14°1111 0N, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1847. rarliament has assenTbled, and curiosity again throngs th e differentb streets of Westminster con tiguous to the Chambers representatives have be en of the Legislature. Old u recognised and applauded ; Eoeogoineencouragedsu by new ones have been of theporters. their morethe greetings of H Rouse s is the unanimoPus !vault of the meeting Comm. oCor:AuLEs Suew But the princi al re-election of the Right rivaz as Speaker of the LE- Eulogiums could not have be e n opo and mrat jRi-1.- those pronounced yesterday earnest than * ri m tlr i e dentleman by Lord SEYMOUR 8 L o n . And not merely were these eulogi ums cJ. A• Siurn i . "fined tot h e lips of the seconder and proposer ; they Were e choed throat by political opponents as well as by po litical.c 01.o l . leagues. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK tuned hi s for many belligerent orations by words o f coin _ rnendation which were iterated by the lips of Sir ROBERT HARRY INGLIS. Scattered and antagonistic as the Members of the Lower House are upon almost every matter connected with legis• tion, they were unanimous in their approbation of the dignified conduct and distinguished character of Mr. C. SHAW LEFEVRE. Thrice has the mace been entrusted to the keeping of that Right Hon. Gentle mpan• Thrice, lik e th e Si r R ICHARD W H ITTINGTON Of arliament, have his shoulders been covered by the arabesqued robes of the Speaker on the re-assem bling of a n ew H ouse of Commons. And it was not without reason that Lord Jonx RUSSELL, as Prime j Minister of England, addressed the Member for I HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Two o'clock. Amongst the new Members we observed Mr. Wyld, Mr. Sheriff Cubitt, Mr. George Thompson, and Mr. Williams. SIR AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD entered the House at 20 minutes after two, and advancing to the table said— Mr. Speaker, the Lords Commissioners, authorised by virtue of her Majesty's Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this House in the House of ---- Peers. The Speaker, who appeared in Court costume, with an ordinary barrister's wig, then proceeded to the House of Lords, accompanied by nearly all the Members present, about 160. The Right Hon. Gen tleman was accompanied to and fro by his mover and seconder, Lord Seymour and Mr. J. A. Smith. He returned in ten minutes, and having taken the chair, The RIGUT HON. GENTLEMAN said, I have to state o this House that I have been this day to the House of Peers, where I communicated to the Peers appointed by her Majesty's Commission that this House had proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that its choice had fallen on me. My Lords Commissioners on behalf of her Majesty have confirmed that choice, and also her Majesty's most gracious approval. 1 therefore, on behalf of the House, laid claim to the usual ancient and undoubted privileges heretofore possessed by this House—espe cially the privilege of freedom from arrest for our selves and our servants—the freedom of debate— free access to her Majesty at all reasonhble times, when we desire it—and also that her Majesty would put the most favourable construction upon all our words and actions ; and my Lords Commissioners were authorised by her Majesty to concede those privileges to the House. I cannot make this communication t.) the House without offering my sincere and respectful thanks for having been again placed in the high position which I now occupy, and by assuring the House that it will always be my earnest desire, with their assistance, and support—and, after the proceedings of yesterday, I feel confident that I shall always receive that support—(Loud cheers) to uphold the dignity and authority of this House, and that respect for its rules and orders, upon the due observance of which not only the proper and satisfactory disposal of the public business, but upon which the character of this House must entirely depend. I have now only to remind the Must , that the only business that can now be proceeded with is the taking of oaths by Members at the table. The swearing in of the Members was then pro ceeded with, in groups of twenty, commencing with the counties, in alphabetical order. Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 l-A — Manchest. & South= pt. 2 , 4-- ••• kilciand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Snares Do. 50/. Shares . 10 Do. Birrn., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent.loo ......... &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto 71 .9s Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar 100 Midland Great Western Irish Newcastleand Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 50... .. Newmrket&Chesterfor4 13 1 / Do. Extension .........21. 12s — Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford . 4 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warren point, and Rostrevcr 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 British ... ..... ... 25 ...... 261 Do. Half Shares l 2 l / 2— - Do. Quarters 4 3 /4 4%06 4j4li 1 IDo. Extension Ditt , Thirds 1 .. . 1 3 / i 21 /s 2% Nort , Staffordshire 7 l7i-•-•• 71 184 7 7 Nov ~.n Wales - North Western 6 - Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ... .. 35 ... .. 10 %I A l9!.‘ Reading, Guildford, and Reigate - Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — .. . ........ . . - - Scottish Central Scottish Midland 17% — . •••• ••••• Ditto, New lO - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Bina... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 - hrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. MM.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 — .. ...... Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herod 2 ...... Shropshire Union outh Devon... 4O ...... 23 .... . Do. Preference South Staffordshire -outh Eastern & Dover. 33 1 A 29 Do., No. 1 Do., .Nc.2. Do., No. 3.. ..... ...... :5 ...... Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and lioole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal 4 Taw Vale Extension 4 00000 •• • Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7 l / 2•••••. Vale of Neath 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 E 2 Wateriord and Limerick 33 W atertd,Wxlid,Wicklw, and Dublin W est Cornwall hitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 525. ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth folk, Newcastle, and 33 Berwick. .... ........ 25 Do. Onginul New and 30 3 4 Berwick . 29 1 241 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensioie N. 1. 10 1)o. do. No. 2. ...... 10 ........ 1 874 /* Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Alidland 50 10A Ditto, Preference ...... 10 ..... Do. East and tV est Rid -27% ing Extension - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ...... Anglo. Belgian 4 ljarbadoes ... 1 ............ Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 14 3 / xi ........... 14%xi Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 -- Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon ..... Demerara -- Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish -- East Indian ... ..... .... 11 ' Great Indian Peninsular ss. - Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. ... .... ...... Great Western Canada... 3 1 1 1 ...... Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ••• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain it la Sambre ... 6 ... . ..... - Luxembourg—. ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 - Madras Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France....... 10 ..... 12 1 / 2 l 2 l/s Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d - Paris and Lyons -- Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre -- Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 ......... , • Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 . ...... I and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 Trinidad -- West Flanders ...... .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. _— Australasia ... London Joint Stock lO ..... British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 ...... ••• 0 00000 Union of London... ..... 10 Union of Madrid ~... London & Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New Ditto New... ..... ...... 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New lO National of Ireland .22% — 4-11 • 41 .."...................................................... .......... .: ... = 7= Union of Australia ..... Ditto,New... ........ ... 2 1 / ; MINES. Anglo Mexican Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA LONDON, Nov. 19.—Wind,W.N.W., ligh breeze, frost, with fog. QUEEN'S CHANNEL—Arrd Margaret Hughes, Hugh es. Newfoundland. DEAL, Nov. 18 —Wi n d N. to N.N.W., strong and squally.—Arrd. from the river and sld. Cons ervative, Mauritius ; Rosebud,• Algoa Bay; Jonen Claudio, 1111- vannah. Sld. Ad e l a id e , N ew York. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.—Wind N.E.—Sld. 14. HY%III- tium, Rio Janeiro ; 18. Guardian, ]Hong-Kong; Oberon, Valparaiso ; Fo res t er an d Sovereign, Monte Video ; Eliza, Rio Grande ; Anne, Jenkins, Henrietta, and ra" ramatta, Rio Janeiro ; Lancaster, Demerara ; St. Via cent,, St. Vincent ; Brazil Packet, Antigua • Ja ne, Stanley, Trinidad ; Conway Castle, and Brayne,H a P 4 Elizabeth, Jacmel ; t Six Sodskinde, St. Domingo Horatio and Nancy, Havannah ; Oregon, Mobile ; Co lonist, and Helen, New Orleans ; Eleanor, Ilavannah ; Urgent, Apalachicola, Finland, Philadelphia ; Oxford , New York ; Ambassadress, ditto. Off port, Consti tution. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind John Cooper, China; Lesmoque, Ceylon; Atka, Selig; Na talie, Surinam; Jane, Jamaica; Eweretta, Granada ; Henrietta, New Orleans; Itzstain, New Orleans; Rubi, Madeira and Tobago. DUBLIN, Nov. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Princess, St. John's, N.B. CORK, Nov. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Albion, Daly, Quebec; Dominica, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind N.E., fresh.---.Arrd. Brooke, Brown, Moulmain for Pembroke. SHIELDS, Nov. 18.—The Vigilant, of and for Portsal from Sunderland, is on the Herd Sands, and is likely become a wreck; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDA. Y. Very moderate arrivals of English Wheat have taken place ior our market this week, coastwise as well le bi owing to the large imports of foreign, land carriage; yet the demand for that grain to-daY. was i n a verf. sluggish state, and in some instances the quotations haa a downward tendency, without effecting a clearance- In Foreign Wheat—the supply of which on offer wits large—exceedingly little business was transacted, an" the inferior qualities might have been purchased at is reduction of is per quarter. The be st Malting Barley supported late rates, but all other kinds were the turn in favour of the buyers. With Malt we were very derately supplied, yet the trade was heavy, but so mzne what easier terms. Oats supported late rates, ut Beans and Peas were very dull. Flour, as wel l as Indian Corn ttnd Meal, ruled heavy. Wheat. 3,730 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oata. 1 2. 150 elch noon 5,560 qra. 3,090 qrs. 4,540 I 3,310 --- English •• •• • • Irish. •• Foreign •• •• •• 1,090 Malt. 3,110 Qrs. EIPTITZIFIELD. We were again seasonably supplied with Bea sts as tc ) ,, number, but the general quality of that description or stuck was very inierior. Prime Scots, Herefords. 84 C .9 moved otf reaoily, at very full pr i ces; while the va lue of :411 other kind* was well supported. There were on sale 400 Beasts, 1,060 ebeep, and 63 Calves fro m abroad -in very middling condition. The supply of Sheep the Downs the producing quotations small, owing to which, and the kvourable change in t he weather, the Mutton trade was brisk, at an advance in r s ite 4d 2d pe p r er sib tlb s . Calves—the number of which was st:011—sold briskly at an improvement in value of fully 2d p s er Sibs . rig s wt re in steady rtquest, at full prices. .„Afilch Cows wen: heavy at from 151 to 181 each, incladiDg their the primeat old without difficulty. mail Calf; 131IP2LY AT MARKET. Rentz; I Sheep. I Caivel. 1 1 114. 1,145 1 4,600 , ;123 , 1 --- 17,50 18 10 3 4 3 his 35 7% 14% _ 161,8 734 42% 108 4 41 8% 82,/4 8534 Y•)