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g a decline of 5 cents. The holders are keep ing back supplies of the latter, in the hope of an advance. Woollens—Sp. stripes have been taken aff freely to the extent of 4,000 pieces, at 1 dollar 15; cents to 1 dollar 25 cents, duty paid, chiefly in bar ter. We do not look for improvement at present, as the dealers are well supplied. The stock has increased. The quotations for B. B. and Co.'s, and Gotts' marks, are as follows : Dark Scarlet. Purple. Blue. Black. Brown. c. sc. sc. sc. $ c B. B. and;Co 135 134 114 102 093 Gotta l3O 120 112 096 089 Light Gentain. Blue. Yellow. Ash. 'Gree n. Sc. Sc. Sc. Sc. c. B. B. and Co lO7 089 074 070 117 Gotta lO7 085 074 060 112 Dark Scarlet. Purple. Blue. Black. Brown. sc. sc. sc. sc. Sc. Long Ellis lO 45 790 680 690 813 I Light Gentain. Blue. Yellow. Ash. Green. Long Ellis B3O 795 720 610 830 The sales are reported at 5,000 pieces, assorted colours, ranging from 8 dolls. 10e. to 8 dolls. 60c. duty paid, and 2,000 pieces scarlet at 10 dolls. 20c. to 10 dolls. 45c. duty paid. Stocks are mode/ate, and holders firm. _ ....... Habit Cloths may be quoted at 1 doll. 40c. to 1 doll. 55e. duty paid. We hear of no transactions. Medium Cloths quoted at 2 dolls. 20c. to 2 dolls. 50c. Camlets—Sales are reported at 1,500 pieces Eng lish at 17 dolls. 50c. to 22 dolls., duty paid, showing a slight ;improvement. The consumption is not so great as formerly. In Dutch no transactions, quoted at 21 dolls. to 26 dolls., duty paid. Lastings—Market arm, stock small, quoted at at 12 dolls. 50c. to 15 dolls. 50c., duty paid. Bombazettes—Few sales, market is strong, stock small, quoted at 11 dolls. to 12 dolls., duty paid. Metals—lron----Prices have declined in consequence of the stock in Chinese hands being large, and their inability to quit. Hoop, 3 dolls. 90c. to 4 dolls., duty paid. Nail Rod, 4 dolls. 34c. Bar has advanced, as the stock is very trifling, 3 dolls. 50c. to 3 dolls. 60c. Sales about 1,000. Steel—Stock very small, quoted at 5 dolls. 20c. to 5 dolls. SOc. Spelter—Stock in Chinese hands only, quoted at five dollars SO cents., duty paid. Lead—Stock small, quoted at 7 dolls. to 7 dollars 10 cents., duty paid. Tin Plates--Without change, quoted at 7 dolls. 50 cents. to S th,lls., duty paid. Tin—Quoted at 18 dolls. 50 cents. to 20 dolls., duty paid. Smalts—Quoted at 20 dolls. to 55 dolls., duty paid, according to quality. Cochineal—Prices have declined in consequence of imports, and are now quoted at 280 dulls. to 300 dolls. per picul. STRAITS PRODUCE. Pepper—No change, few sales, prices quoted at 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 50 cents. Rattans—Large imports and considerable stocks. Both foreign and native hands have made prices no mnal, and we anticipate a decline, the quotations are 2 dolls. 70 cents. to 3 dolls. SandaLN ood—Market quiet, with a limited demand. Malabar, 13 dolls. to 13 dolls. 7 cents., duty pail, stock small. New Nand, 8 dolls. to 9 dolls., duty paid ; stock small. Timor, 4 dolls. 50 cents. to 8 doll , .; stock moderate. .I.tice—The (potations are, for common to middling, 1 dollar 13,1 cents. to 1 dollar -4i cents. ; good has im proved slightly and is now at I dollar .1.; cents. to I dollar tlO cents. Saltpetre----The oily sale , vf' heard 4 -, f is at dollars ; stock heavy, and demand very limited. Turkey Opiu►n way be quoted at 390 dollars to 400 dollars for new, with very limited demand. EX PO iers. Alum is quoted at 8 dollars 50 cents. to 8 dollars 80 cents., according to quality. Anniseed—The new is now in tha market, for which 12 dollars to 12 dollars 50 cents. is asked. Rhubarb—No sales reported-Ist chop, 50 dollars to 55 dollars ; 2d chop, 45 dollars to 50 dollars ; 3,1 chop, :35 dollars to 40 dollars. Cassia can be bought at 8 dollars 50 cents. to 10 dollars, according to quality. Camphor—Not in the market ; nominal price, 13 dollars .50 cents. Vermillion can be bought at 62 dollars to 64 dol lars. Prices have advanced in consequence of some demand. Quicksilver quoted at 124 dollars to 126 dollars. Prices have advanced from the late shipments. Silk—Purchases of old are confined to the Chi raese, and the stock is estimated at 200 bales. In new the transactions are reported at 260 bales, at from 445 dolls. to 455 for Tsatltee during the market. No further supplies are expected for some time. Of Taysaam 300 bales have arrived, held at 340 dolls. Canton Silk—Prices have declined. The quotations are No. 1, 315 dolls.; No. 2, 305 dolls. ; No. 3, 285 dolls. The fourth crop has been some time in the market, and the fifth will be down shortly. Con siderable shipments to Bombay by the recent depar tures. Sugar—Prices remain unchanged ; considerable shipments have gone forward to Bombay lately, and are preparing for that port. 'We do not hear at pre sent of any for England. Tea—Congou—Since our last the settlements of this staple article of export have been large, though not so great as in the month of October, 1846 (which in consequence of the premature arrival of the new teas in June last may be taken as the corresponding month to the present). The clearances from the opening of the season to this date give a total of 220 chops of Monings and Hohows, against 210 sold be tween the Ist of August and the 24th of October, 1846. A further comparison shows that while many chops have been taken in barter at prices as high as those of last:season, the general rates have ruled about 2 taels below those of 1846. Kisho and Sunshounkio (souchong flavours) are very slow in coming to market, 12 chops of the former, and only two of the latter have been shown. The supply, as we have before intimated, will be short. The produce of the season will turn out, it is said, as follows : Chops. Monings and hoonahur (pekoe flavour) ... 260 riohows (pekoe flavour) Kishow (souchong and pekoe, souchong flavour) 35 Shomoe (souchong and pekoe, souchong flavour) 15 Twankey Sanshounkio ... 60 Total chops ... 445 Which will exhibit a d e fi c i ency Of full;; 250 chops on the actual supply of cong o u i n 1846 an d 1847. Of souchong four chops only have been sold, viz, the two old marks ; Chune Sing at 44 taels, and two others at 27 and 37 taels respectively. Green teas are expected to arrive from the Typing districts in about October, and moyunes in the follow ing month. The crop is said to be a fair average, the supply of twankay will, however, be likely to run short, as the teamen were heavy losers on the sales of that description last year. Sales. Stocks. Prices Paid. Taels. Congou, old ... ... 5 chops 20 chops II to 11 Do. new, Moning, ... 80 " 45 " 22 to 27 Do. do., Hohow, ... 80 " 45 " 19 to 22 Do. do., Kishow, ... 80 " 45 " 18k 23k Souchong, old ... none 1,000 chests 12 to 19 asked Do. new ... ... 4 26 chops 27 to 45 Flowery' Pekoe, new none 1,000 chests Do. old ~, ... none 1,000 chests Scented Orange Pekoe, 2,sooicht 26 to 30 Do. very fine ,„ ... ... ... 45 to 52 Plain do., new ... 1,500 " 6,000 kchestsl6 to 17 Do. old .. ... none 1,500 kchests 9to 13 Scented Caper ... 4,000 boxes 18 to 24 Plain do. old. ... 4,000 " 1,000 boxes 8k gi Nong Hong ... 10,000 i-c. 25,000 i-chts 18 to 34 Twankay ... ...1,500 " 400 " 11k 15 Hyson .., ... 400 chts 800 chests 23 to 28 Young Hyson ...I,oook-chts 500 k-chts 16 to 22 Do. Canton _l,OOO " 15 to 22 Gunpdr. and Imperial 200 k " 400 k-chts 21 to 23 Exchange—Oriental Bank and Ist class paper, 4s. 30. per dollar ; other bills, 4s. 4d. Company's accepted paper has been done freely at 214 per cent. We hear of no transactions in unac cepted. The amount received, about 6 lacs. Gold -100 touch, 25 dollars 25 cents.; 98 touch, 24 dollars 75 cents. Sycee-100 touch, 9 dollars 4 cents. premium. Freights --A good many vessels have been loaded - • at 51. for London and Liverpool, which may be con sidered availabletonnagem rate ; but with the large amount of some decline. at Whampoa we are led to expect 11"0-KoNG, SU r 29.—From Shanghae we have advises to the 12th instant. lizsutatnt. The demand for long, cloths had been as fouporices have slightly declined, and were quoted s to 64's, 2 dollars 30 cents. to 2 dollarswa:— Gray, 60 , Jars 55 cents. to 2 dollars Be c t? c ents. ; white, 2 dol -2 dollar:: 45 cents. to 2 dollars t 780"; gray, 66's to 72's, in first hands continued heavy. cents. The stock Woollens generally were dull of sale doing. Sp. stripes quoted, assort e d coloue; and little to 1 dollar 1 0 cents. ; long ells, 7 dollars 41 9 o cents, to 7 dollars 90 cents.; scarlet, 10 dollars • , camlets, 18 dollars to 211 dollars. Silk has experienced a considerable and rapid rise, say about 12 to 14 per cent., No. 1 and 2 Tsatlee being quoted at 400 dollars to 420 dollars ; Taysaam, at 270 dollars to 280 dollars. The total export to the 10th September amount e d to 3,024 bales to Great Britain, and 751 bales to Hong- Kong; making 3, 77 d against ' bales, 3,372 bales to the same time last year. Transactions in tea have b een limited, prices un- changed. The Confucius, for Liverpool, and the Francis Barn, for London, were at Woosung ready for sea. Four vessels remained in port for England. Freights aa'before. Ic r , ~l THE' s eN, LONDON, MONDAY Our dates from Amoy reach to September 23. Longcloths bad fallen 10 to 15 cents; for whites, in consequence of forced sales. Grays were better sup ported. Cotton yarn !ad also fallen 3 dollars 'o 4 dollars per piece, quotatiiitta being, for No. 18 to 26, 29 dollars to 29 dollar Alheents. Stock cf raw cotton continued large. The trade from the Straits with this place is much on the increase, both by native and foreign traders. TIIE ELEVENTH VOLUME OF LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND BY AGNES STRICKLAND. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NAVIGATION' LAWS. Now ready, THE HISTORY and ANATOMY of the NA. VIGATION LAWS. In One Volume Bvo. Price 7s. 6d. By JOHN LEWIS RICARDO, Esq., M.P. London : Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishussate-street Without, TIIE ROMANCE OF ORIENTAL HISTORY. On Saturday next, in 3 vols , post Svo., QA.VINDROOG; or, The Queen of the Jungle; I , 3 an Historical Romance of Southern - India. By Captain RAFTER, late of the 03th Regiment. " .. • • • •• • —juggling Bends— • • That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope." MACBETH. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. lATAGIIORN and CO. beg to announce that V their Firms in England, India, &c., will CEASE on the 24th December next, the Peninsular and Oriental Company having super seded their Overland Parcel business. Mr. Waghorn makes this an nouncement to the Publ:e with the deepest regret, after having opened the Overland Route, and after twenty years' service for their ad vantage. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. rn(ler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original Comedy, called FAMILY PRIDE. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury ; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Farrell ; Arthur Courtnay, Mr. Henry Farren ; Captain Shangenah, Mr. Hud son; Blandish, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtnay, Mrs. W. CliffOrd ; Sophia Chapman, Mrs. Nisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds; Grace, Mrs. Humby. After which, an entirely new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a new and original Farce, called IVllO'B MY HUSBAND ? Doctor Mnll,llr. Tilbury ; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley; sirs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. g. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. flumby. Stage Manager, Mr. Fanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. 'Welnter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Oallery, Is. Doors opan'at Six, l'erformancel; commence at seven. TREATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GABRIELL] or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal thazar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Brot,ks. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD :the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bcd ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. To bo followed by ' the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE CCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Alr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond ityan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdllo. Cherry Bounce, Misa Emma Harding. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Priers open at Half-p - ast Six, Performance to commence at SeTem, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PATTER versus CLATTER. To be folowed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF Tli 1: kET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, (;railby-, and farselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Mad:une Vustris. Cou Dcama, cAlled A 1:01"(11: DIAMOND To voilolliti o with a .Itomaur, Beal Life, billed BOX and COX: Principal chAra I , •r , by Mr. llarky, Mr. Ilto•kstene, and Mrs. Ma,. I laerior ts.,n ,ntirely re-designed by Mr. /V' rpyor to any part of th, hi., 25, ; 4;allory, N. Thi Now 110x-oWee, Nu. 2, Welling,toii-street, is opoi to the i'ubiic every day, from Tell to six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MACRE:AM - and MISS CUSHMAN, THIS EVENING Will be performed a nen , :Historical Play, entitled num.. VAN ARTEVELDE. Characters by Messrs. Macready, Ryder, rainier, Cooper, J. Vining, Convay, Neville ; Miss E. Montague, ant Miss Susan Cushman. After which .Shakspeare's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PE- Trtuumo. Petruchlo, Mr. Cooper; Katherine, Miss Emmeline Montagne. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessee, Mrs. F. llayilge, Davidge-terrace,Keusington-roa, Surrey. Last Week of the Opera Company. MR. W. HARRISON'S BENEFIT. Tnrs EVENING, the performances will commence with the :elebrated Opera of _ . ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITBEATItE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Tills EVENING The Grand S4eetaele of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scents in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the carious modes of equestration. To conclude with the Ballet called LOVE and FOLLY. Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. MEETINGoF PA 11,1 lAAIENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF " THE SUN" WILL 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-o f fice, 112, Strand. iIE WEATIIER.—Sim OFYICE, Nov. 22. THERM )31ETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 40 ; Noon, 43, BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND ; fine. tt 1.:11 WATER. AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Nfornln.. II minutes after I. J Evening .. 35 minutes Attar 1. Parliament a matter in which the whole character of the empire is implicated is brought under its consideration. Shall England advance or retrograde in the cause of civil and religious freedom ? The question is already put, It must be decided imme diately, emphatically, constitutionally, and for ever. There is an anecdote of ELLISTON and GEORGE IV., told by one who so loved a joke that he could suck the marrow out of the driest bone of a reminiscence—CHAßLEs LAMB to wit—which anec dote tallies ridiculously well with the present dilemma of her MAJESTY'S Most Faithful Commons. According to the essayist, the comedian devised a trick for the gratification of the PRINCE REGENT. The place was Brighton ; the scene was the Pavilion ; the occasion was a banquet ; the hour was twilight. In the midst of the festi vities the dining-hall was suddenly darkened, and a sentence as terrible as that which appalled the revellers of BELSHAZZAR, appeared upon the wall in gigantic letters of the colour of blood. It was this : —'6 EARTHQUAKE ! BRIGHTON ! !--SWALLOW UP ALIVE !! !" The trick is being revived at West minster. Scarcely has the new Parliament assem bled when a sentence as pleasant in its signification is displayed before the eyes of its astonished Members. A prophecy is pronounced; an alternative is enun ciated; the Parliament is threatened, and through the Parliament the empire. Christianity will be jeo pardised by the admission of Jews to the House of Commons. The Legislature must either confirm the supposed disabilities of the Israelites, or the predominance of Christianity in the nation will be forfeited. Let Parliament but declare a Hebrew to be qualified to become a Legis lator, and our Cathedrals will in time be as irreparably in ruins as the temple of the Ephesians, and as desolate as the Halls of Balclutha. That is the prophecy, the alternative, and the threat pro nounced against the national representatives, in anti cipation of the decision upon the important case of Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD. The prophecy, however, comes only from the oracles:of Exeter Hall : the alternative, from the darkened judgment of bigotry : the threat, from the delirious ravings of fanaticism. Examine the alarm for a moment, and it proves to be as much of a trick as the optical illusion of ELLISTON in the Pavilion. Mere clerical blue-fire—an ethical transparency—the hocus-pocus ing, of so many ecclesiastical pantomimists. There cannot, • indeed, be a reasonable doubt— a doubt worthy of one instant's consideration —as to the course which will be pursued in this mat ter by the House of Commons. The representatives of the people will recoil from that abyss of retrogres sion into which the constitution will be plunged in the event of any concessions on their part to the clamours of religious intolerance. Declare the Jew disqualified by his religion from occupying a seat in Parliament, and you declare him incapable of exer cising the elective franchise : deprive him of the franchise, and you must disentitle him to every kind of civil or social immunity. Reduce him to this condition, and open persecution cannot be far oft. From one degree to another tine descent is irre sistible. The complaint will not long I,e---" You -pat upon my .Jewish and caned me Dog We •r , we to adventure upon this retrograde policy in re ference to the children of A BRAHAM, we should, like GRATIANO, conceive it to be an act of munificence to supply them with halters gratis ! The Parliament of England will, however, under the Ad ministration of a RUSSELL, remain staunch to the genial spirit of the Constitution, and loyal to the cause of that moral and political tolera tion, which is enumerating fresh advocates even among the principalities of Italy. If the Jews have been redeemed from their state of degradation under the walls of the Vatican, shall a crusade of bigotry be permitted to pursue them under the shadows of Westminster Abbey ? If the Jews have found not merely countenance but consolation within the cir. cumference of Papal Rome, shall they encounter only ignominy and abasement in Great Britain ? Upon these great questions, the Members newly elected by the population will decide forthwith. May they evince, in the manner of their decision, a due sense of their own responsibility, and a proper con viction of the justice and humanity of their con stituents ! The Bank Charter Act of 1844 has been virtually abrogated, and it is now admitted, on every side, that important changes in the monetary laws of the coun try are absolutely essential. A great variety of opi nion, however, exists as to the nature and extent of the alterations that should be effected, some contend ing that nothing should be tolerated as a circulating Qedium but gold coin, or paper convertible on de• mand, into gold at a fixed price ; while others insist that such a system is radically wrong, and wholly inconsistent with the permanent welfare and prospe rity of the nation ; and that any attempt to main tain a gold currency must necessarily occasion pe riodical crises, repeated fluctuations in prices, and prove deeply injurious to our trade and commerce, and still more so to the labouring classes, who are depen dent for their daily subsistence on their daily la bour, and to whom anything which interposes obstacles to employment, or operates as a check upon production, must have the most fatal results. These constitute the two great parties—the bullionists and the anti-bullionists—between whom the battle is to be fought. There are innumerable sub-divisions, however, on either side. Some of the former class desire that the directors of the Bank of England should be afforded the widest and most unlimited ' discretion, that the only regulation should be that their notes should at all times be exchangeable for gold at the rate of 31. 7s. 10 1. per ounce, and that so long as their obligations are thus discharged, there should not be the slightest interference with the manner in which they may think proper to carry on their business, or the amount of paper they may deem it desirable to send, into circulation ; while others object to such extraordinary powers being con ceded to an irresponsible body, and suggest various checks by which the Bank may be controlled, and a self acting system introduced that will prevent the bullion leaving the country, either by regulating the issue according to the amount of specie in its coffers, (a- by making the minimum rate of interest depend thereon. The ground-work of Sir R. PEEL'S late Act, which permitted an issue of 14,000,000 sterling, on securities, and required that for every note circu lated beyond that fixed limit, an amount in gold sufficient to redeem it should be retained in the Bank cellars in the issue department, was one of these kinds of restriction, while that of the regulation of the present Ministry, as set forth in the letter of the Premier and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was of the other eight per cent. being fixed as the lowest rate at which the Bank should make advances on any description of security. The bullionists, therefore, are divided into the non-restric tionists and the restrictionists, the latter being again divided into those who would regulate by the re striction of the issues, and those who would do so by the rate of interest that should be demanded on loans. All are objectionable, although the doctrines of the restrictionists are still more injurious to the country than those of the other party. The anti-bullionists, in like manner, are divided nto parties, who advocate the issue of notes based ion a variety of different securities, to guard the public against the possibility of loss, and who would establish different descriptions of checks as to the amount that should be sent into circulation. All, however, are actuated by a cordial desire to upset as well the Act of 1819 as that of 1844, to introduce a free trade in gold as in any other description of commodity, and to provide a currency sufficient for the wants and exigencies of the country ; to give employment to every one able and willing to work, and to develope all our indus trial resources. We hail every one holding these prin ciples (however much we may differ in details) as a eollaborateur, and shall gladly co-operate with him in the contest that is inevitable. Many admirable publications have lately issued from the pens of anti-bullionists, which depict in the strongest and most forcible manner the evils that have been inflicted on the country by the present system, and which must convince any disinterested and un prejudiced person of the impolicy of the monetary laws. We have just received a pamphlet from the pen of CHARLES ENDERBY, Esq., F.R.S., entitled " Our Money Laws—the Cause of the National Distress" whi c h is deserving of the most attentive . *:'• - ~ 1,4 ''''l '.', ~ ~,,,r4.....- 4., ,7 '4 dt A. .Op) ok, "4: 4 .04 ..,..„..24,.., ..404. €),,t,i,&,- ''', _^ ..., ,-,:4., ". ife:•,,, ~w,-"..., ',l. — , , -<,._ 1.- - 7- ` '.• MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. 11. Horucastle ; Don Coa_ar de Bazan, Mr. W. llarrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Borrani ; Marquis de Monteflori, Mr. Attwood ; Luzern), Miss ltebeeca Isaacs ; Maritani, Miss Homer. After which, Mr. Bunn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Smith, Mr. Oxberry ; Mr. Brown, Mr. Attwood ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. 11. Hughes ; Mrs. Smith, Mrs. R. Hughes ; Mrs. Brows, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. Harrison. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had lightly of all the orinelpal Librarians ; and at the Box-ottize of the Theatre, which is .pen daily trona Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ' l Altitill gyAtit, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1847. Before to-morrow evening the question of Jewish disabilities will in all human likelihood be decided, and—what is more—decided constitutionally. That religious tolerance necessitates in the Legislature a principle such as must ultimately amount to a pro fession of national indifferentism, is one of those me taphysical sophisms upon which fanaticism chiefly reposes its authority. And it is by the reiteration of this sophism that the more bigoted are endeavouring to scare the Genius of Liberality from the House of Commons, and to render ineffectual the suffrages which have declared the Baron LIONEL DE ROTHS CHILD to be a popular representative. When a body of educated and enlightened men can be con vinced that freedom means tyranny, that generosity means malevolence, or that Christianity means Poli tical and Ecclesiastical Oppression, this most formi dable of all the sophisms of fanaticism may be re garded as the text of British legislation. Until, then, however, we are satisfied that beneficence and justice will continue to sway the judgment of the Senate. The principle involved in the proposed decision of Par liament reduces itself to a very simple alternative. If a Jew cannot sit in Parliament because a person professing his peculiar doctrines is, ipso facto, disqualified from interfering in the government of a Christian people, then, say.,we, a Jew is necessarily, upon the same showing, disqualified from exercising the preroga tive of the franchise. The sequitur is inevitable. There is no medium course ; there is no shirking the consequence of such a line of argument. If Baron ROTHSCHILD be ejected from the Lower House by reason of his religion, it can solely be upon the understanding that a Hebrew is declared incom petent to co-operate in the management of the temporal affairs of a nation with Christians ; and the princi ple which would thereby declare a Jew to be in capable of becoming a Member, would simulta neously pronounce his i ncapacity to continue an Elector. It beascomteos, t herefore, not so much uponth whether we shall eon tainucleuetsotionadvance pathway of re ligious liberty, but as to wheether we f shall turn te tz eti an v d e to the right-about upon the h igh intolerance. The circle is narrgohwreodal is most simple, but if it is most simple,tolli:bisialalso most momentous. At the very commencement of the new EVENING; NOVEMBER 22, 1841. consideration, and to which we gladly invite the public attention. Mr. ENDERBY has meditated long and deeply upon the subject on which he has written. He has been a steady and consistent cpponent of our monetary code for more than twenty years past, and he has repeatedly, during the last ten years, put forward sound and clear views of the injurious operation and mischievous tendency of our currency laws—offering many valuable suggestions, and hazarding predictions which have unfortunately been too fatally verified. One of these, "The Fallacy of our Monetary System as deduced from its author Sir It. PEEL'S definition of a Pound," has been recently published. In that work Mr. ENDERBY grapples with the question " what is a pound ?" which the arch bullionist so triumph antly asks, and with the answer " that it is neither more nor less than a definite quantity of gold with a mark upon it to determine its weight and fineness," and demonstrates that this definition is false in theory, and that " the class of measures founded thereon are ruinous in practice." He maintains that the expres sion "pound" is merely a number—a conventional term—an ideal unit, and consequently that " the other class of measures," which Sir ROBERT admits to be in volved its the propthition, should be adopted, and the proposes in both his recent publications, " the abolition of the gold standard, and he convertibility of the paper currency into gold, At its market price; 2dly, the limitations of the issues to one or at most three banks (that is, one for each of the three kingdoms), and the regulation of those issues by a fixed rate of interest, say 4 per cent." The admirable arguments by which Mr. EN DERBY enforces his views we shall hereafter refer to. They establish the calamitous re sults of pursuing a system of cash payments, which aas subjected the nation to no less than six convilsions during the periods from 1793 to 1797, and from 1822 to 1847, being, on the average, " one in evely five years," while from 1797 to 1822 (during the suspension of cash payments), a period of twenty fi%e years, and those the most momentous of our times, with the transition from a war to a peace esta blishment, the country experienced but one panic, the causes of which are explained. The Suive of the 18th states that letters have been received at Berne announcing the intention of the authorities of Lucerne and other Sonderbund cantons to capitulate. Great numbers of the Sonderbund troops are derting to the Federalists. In the same paper we find the following : " The seat of wer is now carried into Lucerne. .The only troops left in Friburg are the forces neces sary to maintain public order, and to keep down, if necessary, tie fanatics of the landstursn. A great part of Bureihardt's division, as well as the reserve battalions cornmandtd by Colonel Ochsenbein, have already taken the route for Central Switzerland, where the Sonderbund has retired within its en trenchments. The Commander in-Chief has trans ferred his head-quarters to Arau. The divisions of Colonels Donatz, Ziegler, and Gmur are on the iron • tiers of Zug and Lucerne. The division of Colonel I(illiet is in front of the Valais. The division of Colonel Luvini is watching the canton of Uri. The Federal army now con.i•As of 102 battalions of in fantry, companies of citrbiriccr,, 27 of cavalry, companies Of artille awl *!so iii, et id am till rti ; th e whelc amounting to 9 I,otio men. A lout 40,000 are directed- Ig , .itint Still its lQur alliub. The day of the attack is not yt-t known." A letter from Berne of the 16th, says : " The stiff of the division of reserve, and that of the General-in-Chief, returned yt sterday to this place. They were immediately followed by four re serve battalions, a company of Vaudese chasseurs- a cheral, three companies of carbineers, and two bat teries of artillery. All these troops left Berne this morning, on their way to Lucerne. To-day also the brigade Frei, of the division Buckhardt, composed of three battalions of infantry, two companies of carabineers, and two batteries of artillery, passed through the town, but without stopping. They were all well equipped, and it would have been difficult to imagine that they had just bivouacked during four nights in such unfavourable weather. The conduct of the federal troops since their being called under arms has been most exemplary for discipline and good-will ; and the utmost cheerfulness h6s been manifested amidst all the priva tions which they have had to endure. I cannot resist repeating to you some of the stories which I have heard from the soldiers, and which will show you to what a degree of superstition the priests who act for the Jesuits have reduced the Friburg peasants. On the latter were seized medals of the Virgin Mary, which were to render them invulnerable. To each medal the priests added, for the price of from 2 to 7 . batz (a.batz is lid. English), a bit of writing which was to render it more efficacious still. That which I saw contains the following words :—' 0 Mary, pray for us, who put our trust in thee,' and then whoever shall wear one of these miraculous medals, and shall repeat with fervour this invocation, shall be placed under the special protection of the Mother of God ; it is a promise which Mary herself has given.' Such are the means employed by th e J esu it s an d their creatures to fanaticise the country people, and extort from them their last resources. In the German dis trict, where these manoeuvres are put in practice, our soldiers state that the wretchedness is extreme, and that great indignation is felt against the plotters of Friburg, who have abused th e i r credul i ty. The General-in-Chief, who arr i ve d yesterday at Berne, had a long interview with the Vi ce -P res id ent o f the Diet, Councillor of State Schneider, and told him that before a week was over he hoped to behold the reduc tion of the whola of the Sonderbund. A brilliant serenade was given to the General, who at six in the morning was on his way to Aarau. M. Ochsenbein also arrived yesterday at Berne with his division of reserve, and he left this morning with all his troops, proceeding towards Sumiswald, Hutwyl, and Lan genthal, whence he will cross the Lucerne frontier, when the movement shall have been combined with the divisions of Colonels Donatz (Soleure), Ziegler (Aarau), and Gmur (Zurich). Regular communi cations have not yet been re-established with Friburg; but it is known that after a popular assembly which took place yesterday, the downfal of the superior administration was pronounced, and that it was ro placed by a provisional government. Amongst others, the following persons are named as forming . part of it:—M. Julien Schaller, ex-inspector of forests, son of the avoyer of that name; Colonel %Vicky, formerly an officer in the army of the em pire; M. Pitet, formerly deputy of Bull; M. Cha tonnay, of Morat; and M . R o b a d ey of Romont, all decided Liberals. The greatest part of the fallen Government have fled, and amongst the rest the too celebrated Fournier. It is not known either where Colonel Maillardoz, whose military reputation is now on a level with his political one, can be found. The premises of the Jesuits have been turned into a barrack, and a number of soldiers are lodged in the convents. Baron de Sydow, Minister of Prussia in Switzerland, has transported the rest of the legation to Neufchatel. "EIGHT IN THE EVENING. - The brigade Bon temps, of the Burckhardt division, 4,000 men strong, has just arrived. It leaves to-morrow at six, to pro ceed against Lucerne. Thus 10,000 men have been detached from the army of operations of Friburg, to reinforce the forces destined to reduce Lucerne, and the primitive cantons." A Berne letter of the 16th, in the Helvetic, says : " I have just arrived at Berne, and learn that the principal positions of Lucerne are captured. What remains to be done is not great ; and the reduction of Friburg will powerfully contribute to the submis sion of the Sonderbund. The Ziegler division has entered the canton of Lucerne, and made 1,500 pri soners. The poor inhabitants of Friburg are much to be pitied. Nearly all the houses in the environs of the capital are empty, and the provisions are ex hausted. The villagers are affected to tears at seeing our soldiera paying threefold the value of articles which they might have taken without paying any thing for them. I have seen the release of the poli tical prisoners, the delivering up of the colours and arms of the contingent of Friburg and of the land sturm. The killed and wounded of the federal army in the battle of Saturday amounted to 41. The losses on the part of Friburg are considerable, particularly by the landsturm." Accounts from Rome state that Professor I3ETT has been reinstated as Censor of the Press. The R oman Council of State was to meet on the 15th. The PorE had appointed one of the halls of the Vatican for the meeting of the provincial deputies and placed ten court carriages at their disposal. The Earl of Blir,To had an audience of the Porn on the Bth. Monsignor Coßnom Bussi left Turin on the 9th Tor Modena, for the purpose of inviting the Duke to oin the Customs Union. A letter from Florence, of the 13th says, " Great agitation still prevails throughout all Tuscany, owing to the occupation of .Fivizzano. The Austrians are approaching the Duchy of Modena. According to the Alba, different companies of the Imperial troops have already entered Carpi in the Moienese states, and others have taken pot , iession of MasEa Carrara." The following proclamation has been published by ;he Grand Duke of TUSCANY : ;. 'We Leopold 11., Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany, &c. After the protest addressed to the Government of Modena, which is referred to in the official journal of the 9th of this month, we cannot see without extreme regret, that efforts con tinue to be made to agitate the people, and to induce them tumultuously to take arms and to make illegal demonstrations. Jealous of the dignity of the throne and of the national interests, and convinced that to sustain fully our rights abroad, we must commence by showing that we know how to make them re spected at home, by not permitting public tranquil lity to be troubled, we will and declare as follows " 1. That if there be need to have recourse to cou rage and to national enthusiasm, we mean to reserve to ourselves alone the right to make an appeal thereto in the legal forms. 2. That in the meantime we de sire that our people shall have confidence in the mea sures which have already been taken; and, in conse quence, we hope that they will not allow themselves to be seduced by counsels, generous but unreflecting, and which, instead of being profitable to the country, would plunge it into an abps of evil. " Tuscans ! Calm yourselves, and await with tran quillity and confidence until the voice of the Prince calls you to arms, if, unhappily, we shall be forced to have recourse thereto. Then, and then only, those arms will be successful. Remember that strength only comes from union. Think on national honour; think on Italy, whose fate, which seemed already so secure, may be compromised by inconsiderate pro. ceedings, as would also the negotiations already en tered into relative to Lunigiana, and which have never been interrupted. " This 10th of November, 1847. " LEOPOLD." Madrid papers of the 14th and 15th have arrived. The Cortes was opened by the QUEEN in person on the 15th. The royal speech, which is a very lengthy document, will be found in another column. The new Minister of Marine, BERTRAND DE Lis, has been re-elected for Murviedro, as has FERNANDO ALVAREZ (the Under-Secretary of the Department of Justice), for Burgos. At a meeting of Afran cesado Deputies, over which MARTINEZ DE LA RosA presided, a committee was appointed to consider the expediency of impeaching SALAMANCA. The com mittee consists of Senors PIDAL, SEIJAS, Rios, ROSAS, MORON, G. ROMERO, GONZAL ES BRAVO, and TEJ ADA. The following are the Moderado candidates for officers of Congress : For President—Senor Mow. For Vice•Presidents—Senors Rios ROSAS, TE• JADA, ARTETA, and G. Romswo. For the two First Secretaries—Senors TASS ARA and LAFUEETE ALCANTARA. NARVAEZ has at length thrown off the mask of con stitutionalism, and has inaugurated the rule of force. He has ordered the editor of the Clamor Publico to be arrested and thrown into prison. The QUEEN was received' by the people in silence on her road to and return from the Cortes. Not so CHRISTINA, who was everywhere greeted with the most loud and bitter execrations. The Faro has the following on the affairs of the Union Bank : " One of the events that most call the attention of the public is the suspension of payments of the Union Bank. This unfortunate event complicates more and more the mercantile crisis of which we are the victims. " The incidents •recited respecting the situation of the said bank are scandalous to such a degree that we resist publishing them. It is a fact, however, that M. Bagneres is under arrest in his house, with two sentinels within sight at the demand of Mr. Sanson. M. Bagneres, instigated to escape, as it appears, by persons who offered him the means of doing so, has resisted the counsel, preferring to remain to answer for his management, although it may result that notabilities of a certain importance are compromised in it. The tribunals on the one side, and the most wealthy shareholders of the bank on the other, are occupied with this lament• able business. Much is said of the amounts lost by very respectable merchants of this p!ace. It is also asserted that these merchants think of uniting their efforts in order to save the fortunes compromised." The Faro concludes by saying that it does not guarantee the authenticity of these statements. A dispatch from the political chief of Saragossa, dated the 12th instant, states that a Carlist band of forty-nine men, which was going towards Upper Arragon, was surprised on the 10th, on passing the Cinca, by a squadron of carabineers, commanded by Captain LOPEZ Y MORA, who killed two of them and took thirty-one prisoners, and all their arms and ammunition. The leader of the band and the rest of his followers escaped. _ The Madrid BOlsa was closed on the 15th. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The Journal des Debats has the following : " We are assured that M. Bois-le-Comte left Berne on the evening of the 17th, and retired to Bale with all the embassy. N. Bois-le-Comte desiring to send one of the secretaries of the embassy to Lucerne, demanded a sauf conduit from General Dufour. It appears that this demand was not accorded, and that in consequence M. Bois-le-Comte did not consider it possible to remain any longer at Berne." In the same journal we find a long article on Ire land— aproof that the French Minister is embarrassed. This Irish trick is become too stale for repetition, the French public see through if. "We were curious,'' says the Charivari, "to see how the Debats would treat the capitulation of Friburg. Scarcely bad we opened that paper when we read—' 'We have received very melancholy details from Ireland.' " The Debats and its masters are acting a consistent part. Foiled in their attempts to support the murderers of the two unfortunate Bernese who were found ripped open by the Jesuit fanatics of the Sonderbund, they, as the next best thing, seek an alliance with the murderers of Major MalioN. If the Bishop of FILIBUIIG is put hors de combat, they can still turn for comfort to Archdeacon LAFFAN. We, however, would strenuously advise " the Boys" to put no trust in M. GUIZOT. He has a marvellous knack of getting his friends into a scrape and leaving them in it. He has done so in the case of the Son derbund. As the .National justly remarks : " There is in the reflections which the Journal des Debats have just published on the capitulation of Fri , burg something else besides a shameful defection. The base language employed indicates in what man ner the Ministry intends to justify itself before the Chambers. M. Guizot prepares his defence, and is resigned beforehand to sacrifice his friends of the League, provided the necessities of the discussion in Parliament cause him to feel the utility of that course. It is thus that we have seen him in the affair of Gal licia at first deny with impudence the massacres consented to or ordered by the Austrian Government, and afterwards allow the Ministerial press to blame with a timid voice the horrors which were too long covered with a complaisant silence. It will be the same for Switzerland. As long as it could be hoped that the seven cantons would resist the majority of the Diet, the French Cabinet gave them every sort of encouragement. We do not speak of arms being sent and articles written in journals—that was done in the open day ; but in the shade what were our diplomatic agents doing ? With whom was M. Bois-le-Comte in continual in tercourse? Let the Swiss of all opinions be asked; let the Deputies of the Sonderbund avow what was said to them, and show, if they have the courage so to do, the secret correspondence which was kept up. Yes, we affirm it ; the policy of the Cabinet for the last two months has been constantly directed against the Diet; and the French Government has endea voured, without ceasing, in its private communications as well as in its official acts, to persuade the minority that it made common cause with it. A denial will not suffice to do away with the fact which we ad vance ; and we defy M. Guizot to venture to show the dispatches which he exchanged with our Ambassador; yet at present the demi-official organ endeavours to insinuate that the Ministry was disinterested in the struggle. Of two things, one—either this allegation was exact, and in that case , what was the meaning of a score of articles of th e obats which we can quote ? or it is a means of pleading invented expressly to conceal a check ? in either case—a falsehood." The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, having completed the postal arrangements with the French authorities, left Paris on Friday for London: On and from the lit January next the mails will be transmitted twice a day between the two capitals. The Marquis and Marchioness of NORMANBY left Paris for London on Saturday. Theyare not expected to return until the middle of December. Lord 'WILLIAM lIERVEY acts as Chargé d'Affaires during the absence of the Marquis. Cabinet Councils were held on the affairs - of Swit z:.rland on Thursday and Friday. The KING pre sided at each of them. It is rumoured that the KING urges a rapprochement towards England in the existing state of affairs. On Friday last the tribunal of correctional police of Paris sentenced, by default, M. G IJDIN (late Aide-de-Camp of King Louis PHILIPPE), for cheat ing at cards, to three years' imprisonment and 2,000 f. fine. The Toulonnais of the 16th inst. states that the French squadron, commanded by the Prince 33E eTOINVILLE, was still lying in the Bay of Spezzia on the 14th. The Prince was to leave on that day for Leghorn in the Titan steam-corvette. The lighter Provencale sailed from Toulon on the 11th, with provisions and various articles for the squadron. Two Swedish officers, MM. DE WEDEL and LAGERE WANTZ, authorised by their Government to serve during a certain period on board the French fleet, took passage in the Provencale. The Minos steamer, which is to be sent as a present by the French Government to the Bey of TUNIS, was being sumptuously fitted out in the arsenal of Toulon. It was reported on the Bourse, on Saturday, that a collision had occurred on the Tours and Bordeaux Railroad (at the terminus in Orleans), in which several lives were lost. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 76f. 90e. ; the Five per Cents., 1161. 20c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,206 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 9131. 75c. ; Havre, 505 f. ; Great Northern, 5661. 25c.; Avignon 5701.; Vierzon, 553 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 487 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2701.; Dieppe, 265 f. ; Basle, 1661. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 4201. ; Tours and Nantes, 4011. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 408 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE __ LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 20. I3oulogne and Amiens, 15 ex int.—Namur and Liege, s—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 7 / B —Paris and Rouen, 35I — Tours and Nantes, 4—West Flanders 1%. THE PRIVY CouNaL.—This morning the members of the Cabinet left town by special train for Slough, en route for Windsor, to attend a Privy Council, held this afternoon, when the Speech to be delivered at the open of the session to-morrow will be arranged ; and another special train for the conveyance of the Ministers to Paddington has been ordered to be in readiness at the Slough station at half-past three o'clock. LITERATURE. RE AL LIFE 11V INDIA ; embracing a View of the Requirements of Individuals appointed to any Branch of the Indian Public Service; the Methods of proceeding to India, and the Course of Life in different parts of the Country. By an Old Resident. It is seldom that the contents of a book answer so accurately to the title-page as do the contents of the valuable little hand-book under review. It comprises, in the compass of 168. pages, everything that is ne cessary to be known by persons desirous of procuring appointments in India. The chapter on what appoint ments to get, and how to get them, giVes all the infor mation necessary as to the interest required to procure, and the qualifications necessary to receive, Indian appointments in every branch of the Company's service, civil, military, on naval, together with regu lations, &c., of Haileybinry and Addiscombe. The rates of retiring allowances, pensions, and furlough regulations, of the East India Company's service, are likewise given. Every information regarding the dif ferent routes to India, and their comparative advan tages and disadvantages, will be found in this volume, as also a list of the outfits necessary for a lady or a gentleman proceeding to India, and much useful advice as to the preservation of health in that country. One admirable feature of this valuable little work is the minuteness with which the writer goes into the de tails of the necessary expenses of outfit, voyage to, and living in India. By the help of this manual, the money required for a voyage to and residence in India can be calculated to a nicety. THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1848. Forty-ninth Annual Publication. Increased in size, in proportion as the metropolis of which it is the mirror has increased in bulk, The Post-office London Directory for 1848, makes its ap pearance. As a specimen of the great increase in size, and variety of information by which The Past office London Directory for 1848 is advantageously distinguished from its predecessors, we may state that the Street Directory contains forty-seven imperial octavo pages (each page consisting of three closely printed columns of names) more than any former edi don of the Directory, this large amount of additional matter being introduced into all the other arrange ments and classifications. Mr. Kelly, in his Preface, informs us, that "a change was, in the year 1844, introduced into the system under which the informa tion had before been collected, which has been since continued. This was in the employment of selected agents, having their entire time at their own disposal, and, as stated in the preface to the last edition, the change worked excellently. The present volume has, therefore, been produced entirely under the improved system, and will consequently be found far more comprehensive than heretofore." This affords a complete refutation of the accusations so industriously dinned into the ears of the House of Commons concerning . the employ ment of letter-carriers in obtaining informa tion. Letter-carriers have not been employed in obtaining information for the Post office London Directory of 1848, but selected agents, having their entire time at their own disposal, have been employed to collect the immense mass of information, which has afterwards been arranged and classified, in a manner so beautifully simple, that any portion of it can be referred to at once and without difficulty; and when we remember that this work consists of 2,091 closely printed imperial octavo pages of names, we must admit that great credit is due to the compiler, who, by his admirable plan of arrangement and his copious indexes, has enabled us to pick out any one name and address from the vast mass in a space of time certainly not exceeding one minute. The aggregate of local and specific informa tion contained in this volume of the Post-office London Directory is quite unequalled. It is indeed the hand-book to the commerce of the first commer cial city of the world. MAJOR-GENERAL NAPIER, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Athenaeum, Nov. 19, 1847. Six,-I request of you to contradict the assertion, which first appeared in the Globe, to the effect that, I have resigned my governorship of Guernsey. 1 have not done so. W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received 51. for legacy duty and interest from " W. A." The amount will be paid into the receipt of the Exchequer. THE CoußT.—Her Majesty will, according to present arrangements, leave London by the South- Western Railway on Tuesday (to-morrow) morning for Gosport, en route to Osborne, Isle of Wight, where the Court will sojourn about ten days. LINCOLN'S INN, Nov. 19.—The following gentle men were this day called to the degree of barrister-at law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz.:— Henry Hill Strettell, Esq., John Stuart, jun., Esq., Richard Garth, jun., Esq., Horace Mann, Esq., James Bowyer, Esq., John Fearenside, jun., Esq., and Charles Frederick Walker, Lq. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has conferred the faculty of a notary public upon Alexander Ridgway, Esq., of Leicester-square. PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.—ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 9. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Haddington arrived at Suez on the morning of the 6th inst., with 53 first-class passengers, four children, and 18 servants. The Haddington left Calcutta on the Bth of October, and has brought intelligence from China up to the 28th of September, and from Bombay up to the 15th of October. The following is a list of the passengers, the greater part of whom proceed this day to England by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus: —Mrs. Pereira, Captain Woolley, R. Pope, W. Oxnard, Rev. W. Allnutt, W. Strung, Dr. Campbell, Hon. Mr. Fortescue, G. Elliott, Lieutenant Wood, W. Ryder, J. Kelly, Captain Mayhen, W. Bullass, H. Hawis, M. Sanctuary, P. Kating, Mr. M`Kenzie, J. Cooke, Captain Armstrong, Master Gibson, Mr. Donally, Captain and Mrs. Warren, Lieutenant Pelly, D. Bawin, G. Stones, Lantorn, Formsby, W. Jenkins, Mr. Somerville, Lieute nant Davis, W. Killy, Captain Ashton, Lieutenant Adam, Mr. Weaver, Mrs. Ashton and child, Lieutenant Coventry, Captain Nell, Dr. Cameron, Rev. Mr. Witford, M. Chartraw, Captain Moody, Captain Duman, Captain Budd, Mr. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gibbs, Lieutenant Cooke, W. Dawn, Mr. Wilson, Major Wright, Signor Nutley, Captain R. 11. Barry, Dr. Young, Signor Costel, Dr. Crawford, Mr. Porter. MR. COBDEN AND THE CURRENCY.—The North of Scotland Uazet'e contains a letter from Mr. Davidson, of Aberdeen, to Mr. Cobden, on the question of cur rency, with Mr. Ccbden's reply. Mr. Davidson says:— " Sir Robert is still swayed by his false financial theory. It is high time that the currency question should now be taken up in the same resolute spirit as that of the corn-laws, and that it should be urged on Parliament in the same powerful and persevering way. Now that re strictions on corn have been removed, why should they remain on currency ? Free-trade surely means trade free, not in one branch only, but in every branch." The following is Mr. Cobden's reply ;—" Manchester, Octo ber 26, 1847.—Dear Sir.—l feel much obliged by your very friendly letter. So many persons who take an in terest in the currency question are calling my attention to it, that I feel it quite impossible to enter upon the discussion of the subject in a private correspondence. It will give me pleasure to find, when I have occasion to :late my views publicly, that they are in accordance with thosa which you entertain. I remain, dear sir, faithfully yours—Richard Cobden. — Mr. D avidson." It is confidently stated that Lord George Bentinck and Mr. Disraeli, with the immediate friends of both the Hon. Members are resolved to vote for the abolition of the remaining disabilities of the el-OWS.: =e it r ; of The electors of Edinburgh have an pp e r tt et i r n ie o v t in ta g ke th i e lis er s r c o a r t. W of i o the shlaosutldelehcotpe ion'thp,TrilCr.oYan e ro. c a ul ay;selection o rNA will be TUlc n ,i4 op A p L ose i d , . — v.E C l ET it y - o . n f i rr e _ . EvD h Leeds of four robberies, perpetrated 0 neor the city of Co p rk, amounted to 11d. MONEY and COMMERCIAL . NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE• The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was very steady.. Sales 5,000 bales. Exporters took 1,500 bales. American realised sd. to 6id. per lb. Railway Shares were firm, with a fair business doing. The accounts received from the East Indies in a com mercial point of view aro considered rather of a satis factory character—certainly more so than was antici pated. There has been a further arrival of specie by the General Steam Navigation Company's ships the Giraffe from Rotterdam, and the Countess of Lonsdale from Hamburgh. The former had 1,0001. on board and the latter about 15,000/. in value. There is no particular feature in the Money Market, but at present affairs look rather more promising. All now, however, will depend upon the proceedings in Parliament. A party who writes to complain of a statement made last month under this head, to the effect that the Aberdeen Railway Company had succeeded in borrowing an amount which would enable them to dispense with a call, is informed that the source where we obtained our account was deemed impartial and accurate, and that from the concurrent testimony of the Aberdeen journals, it was believed that no call would be made. We have referred, however, to the •WV who furnished us with the news, and it was based upon a letter written by a highly respectable party in Scotland, which letter we were shown, and the explanation given is that the " call " may have been made in consequence of the apprehension that the Legislature will interfere to check the raising of capital Whether, owing to the great advance in the value of money, the company has been disappointed in part of its loan, or is indisposed to pay so high a rate, we are unable to say. The Stock Market has assumed no special feature to-day. Consols are at rather fuller rates, however, having been 84 to 84k. Bank Stock is 187 to 189. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have been 841 to 84k. Exchequer-bills have been ls. to 31 ‘ discount. li- The dealings in the Foreign Funds have been mited, and at prices which exhibit no marked vefi riation. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 161 to 17, and the Three per Cents. 28 to 28k. Portuguese Bonds have been merely nominal. Mexican Stock is et' 15# to 15k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have realised 54k. Grenada Deferred are at 34. In Railway Shares there is not a great deal doing' but holders in general demand rather fuller quotation.. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of Bog' land is lowered to 7 per cent. cLeiTNO, ONE r EICEs t 'MUM OF lIRITISR FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 7,1183 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 82% % % t . , ~. 84 % 3 Neper Cent. Consols Ann 84% . 41 New 3 q per Cent. Anns uities.. .. 84 84 1 8 8 ,4% 84 84,04 • Long Anns.to expire Jan.l860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 — 234 India Stock 234 2(l ' di.g India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001.. . .—.... 20 did South Sea Stock — . 81%, Ditto New Annuities Coniols for Account B4j 84 4 3 Vh 81 84 1 ,i Exchequer Bills. 3d. 2 die 1,0001. ' 5001 Small .. .. par 4 p CLOSI I4ti t RICE'S OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent...... Ditto, Deferred ...• -A CLOGKSi ..... a 1/4 , ..... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l6 Ditto, Account 1 5 % 5A 16V ; • ilk 5 - Cent. 1840 Spanis. per -.. _ Ditto, Account 1 7 14 a/t Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 : per Cent —9% Ditto Deferred 9 3/i Dividends on the above payable in London. 89g Belgian 4', per Cent ...... .—, 54 1 4 Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 54 1 / 83 Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 83% FRICKE) OF BUSINESS DONE Cl, osugl FSIC SB RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CL OCK. 23 Aberdeen ,• .• 40 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — ............ ••• Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox- -- brd Junction Birmingham, Welver- -- hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. ............. Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley... Birkenhead, Lancashire, -- and Cheshire June.— 7 3 / 4 ............... -- Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 ":t Bristol and Exeter -- Ditto, Thirds B uc ki ng h am shire 10/. 4s. 2 ... ..... . 2):__ Caledonian __ Ditto, Half Ehares 3:-y i 34 dia.__ ...... .... Ditto, Clydesdale Juno 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 ,E Ditto, Preference .. 8 • Clarence 7Bk — Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Governiinen s t Loan, .... 4 per Cent. lO ..... ~.. Dublin and Belfast June. 20 — ........... ..... Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. s, os . E. and L. and D....... 25 Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31.105~ E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 pa Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d — ............... ----.- Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d — ........ 8 Do., York Extension.. 10 ... --- Do., North. & Eastern 50 ..- — ......... •••• ...... Do., Quarters ......, Do., New Eastern Union 5O .. ... ••• ...... -• ••• ..- Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .............. ...... Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d — ............... ....., East DD D ii o tt . Ltt , ooa ( : g nx i ac a esww r h . i r 6 e p . e ! rcen t ) 25 13 •• ... 8 % ............... .:75 East Lincolnshire % ............ .. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 47 --- rters ..... 1/(3 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 4,..—• ........... .. ..... Edinburgh &Northern.. 22% - ........... . ... Ditto, New - Ditto, Newport ..... - .... ...... ...., Ditto, ditto, New .. VA ..... ......... Exeter, Yeovil, & porch. 2. 5 A, — ............... - .V ..... .... . . Ditto, New . 2:y;...... ........ Glasgow, Dumfries, and --• Carlisle Bl. 6s:Bd ............... ...., Glasgow, Kilmar., 84 Ayr 50 ....., .............. .... Ditto, New .. 40 • — .............. .._ Do. Preference Consol. 12 1 / 2 — ............... 1 . 13 - - - 2 151 ............ ..... G eat Northern 8 ..... Do., London and York 2%.. Great South. and West. `.22 1 A (Ireland) .." Great North of England..loo 224 ........... ---* Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, New 301. 3O Ditto. New 151 .... ••... IN 11A — .... .. Lit eat Western B5 Ditto, 1,5 2 Shares 5O Ditto, S ift S h h s ares ...... 2 1 0 5 .. .................... I:tz Ditto, New 171 .. ..... .. .... Huddersfield & Blanches. 22 - Ditto, Thirds - ........ .••••• 48 ...... ...... Hull and Selby 5O .. „ . ........ Ditto, Half Shares ..... Ditto, 1 4 Shares..... .. 12% — ••• ........ .T .... ' Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 .... ..........................: . ........._ Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens.Scrip ... (late Camb. & Ely) 2A — ..... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...-7 Ditto, Thirds Lancashir , & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 ,4 Shares . " 74 74.jrz • ...... ... 3314 Do. Quarter Shares 14% ...... ........... Do. Fifths 6l/2•• ••• ............. .._. ........ ..._. Do. Sixteenths ...... Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1 6 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole , 4 4 /. 7 2 1h 5., — 2% . d 175. :: :: ' ::::: 2:cliS. u. ir-- Do. ( W. Riding Union) 41.2 s , _ / Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1% - ............................. 9 ° 14 Leeds and Bradford _...7. Leicester and Bedford... 165......• ••••• ......... ...- Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% --. Do., Branch % Shares 12 1 .. Do. New Branch(blue) 2% Do. Extension (green) 2 1 / 2 --' ......... •••• l i i . , .. . ••• 20 Do. Newlixten. (pink) 2y 2 - •••• .... Leeds and Thirsk 36 ...... 20% ............... .... Ditto, New .. .. .. ....- Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct 34 ...... --•--• '"' ....- Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .... ..... . 2 ..... ............... ... Liverp., Mncbstr& New .. castle Junction 214 - ...... .. ... .• /. '. London and Blackwall..l6/. 1.35. 4d /— ........ "" Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 41 l 3s. 4d.... -- ......... Do. Extension l5 ...... ••• ............ 4 7 4 London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 ...... ............... , Do. Consol. Eighths 3O • ...... .... .......... . .... Do. Guarant. 5 per ct 9 ...... -...•-• •• "'" '''''. Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct 5O ...... --•-• ••""..... -- 1, London and Greenwich 12/ Iss 4d... -- ............... Ditto, Preference ... 18/1;s 2d... I — J ............. .. 155 xiidon and N. Western 100 155 ............... .......14 Do., Quarters L. &B. 17 — ••• ............ 9 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths' ..... .... '2 ••• ••• ............... .... Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M! & B.) A. 7 1 / 2 _,„,„--- Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% - ............... -- 8.)..... ....... .. .. ..- 54 Lend. & S.Western 41 /. 6s. 8d..... • 55% 54 1 / 4 :14 "' 41 ........ 284 Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New 501. ... ..... 324 . .. - Do. New 40/ 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 I A Ditto ditto 40 —. . .......... ••• yg ..•••• •••• Ditto, Thirds • 6/. 13s. 4d A t l4l ' l. ..... " 3 dig 4p ~ Aik,