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Will be produced a new and original Comedy, called PRIDE. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury ; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Fiarren ; Arthur Coartnay, Mr. Henry Farren ; Captain Sbangenah, Mr.. Hud son; Blandish, Mr. Brad it ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtney, 31. t 3. W. Clifford ; Sophia Chapman, Mrs. Nisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds: Grace. Mrs. Iluniby. After which, a new Comic Drama, called THE VI , USED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Ts nden heff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. To conclude with the comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH. POST. Tharacters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Madsen, J. Bland, W. Nanter, A. Brindal ; Mrs. liumbr, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and MI is , i,roulds. stage Manager, Mr. Fan en; Acting AI anager, Mr. F. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, is. Doors span at Half-past Six, Performance to commence. 4 - t Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, called Gll3 RIELLI; or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Bolt e ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bell ord ; Bal thazar ♦aldarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ,; Gabriel), leLadame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Broths. After which. a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD itbe property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha raeters by Messrs. Wright, Callenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, I 'aul Bed Acrd, Mrs. Laws, &0., &c. • To be followed by the original farce, called HOW Tti SETTLE &CCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington 'Widgetts, air. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. :Redmond Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry DIM] cc, Miss Znuna Harding. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. :In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding. and Miss ShaDILTI will perform. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. liners open at Half-past Six, rerformance to commencer at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Wilder the Manggemeat of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews TWA EVENING, Will be presented a Cowie Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. To be followed by a CURIOUS CASE. After which, a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstoue, and :Mrs. Mac 111111118X8. To conclude with TILE TWO QUEENS. Cbaracters by Messrs. Selby and Harley, Miss H. Gilbert, and Mrs. Stirling. Tho Interior of the House has been entirely re-designedrey Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Boxes, is. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to s.ay part of the house. The New Box-oftice, No. 2, Wellington-street, is 'spew to the Public every day, trom Ten to Six. PRI7NCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement el Mr. MACREADT and MISS CUSHMA2.'‘. THIS EVENING Will be performed a ne;vllistorical Play, entitled PHILIP VAN ARTEVRLDE. 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Morning.. 13 minutes after 4. 1 Evening .. 34 minutes after 4. ~ ~. ,_ Ir- 40 ' ,I ^,k f.,, 5,71 70.-- ",. , - -4, , t , !e‘ - ' w ______ - fig-iwrr, tiaiso:, „'. - ' '• ltaz'-' - it .- i.,-,.. - w „,- t at,,, , ' , .. ~!,• :.• =-, , i - itening ,-'),- nit, LONDON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1847. _ The resolutions adopted by the "Council of National Safety," in Ireland, were yesterday sub mitted to the First Lo r d o f th e Treasury by a depu tation of Irish representatives. It was of course im possible f or the Premier to give an immediate reply to a series . comprising so many different subjects. aluch information, point s was conta ! however, applicable to the several Lord d of the precieuded i in the speech of the Noble the e y alluded. in addition evening, to which we yester of the Government thereto his Lordshi stated s th ,rovernment with respect P most pressing of important to • and that to the to in the resolutionse many to mhich P t l h es e adverted me first five of these resolutions duri ng the ensuinganby which the people are torebeaPPlicable—the winter. The result of the intilutiri" which have bee will not be able, out of their owtwentY-tw° unions ply the wants of the dist i :e r s e s or about sup_which amount to over 1,300,000 persons,'ePopulation, one-sixth of the population of the entire We may assume that the localities which so e ur gently require assi stance are those mentioned by si JOHN BURGOYNE , in hi 3 letter, which appeared in The sun, about the middle of last month, being the districts lying along the western coast, from ill-fated Skibbereen to the Giant's Causeway. The means already at the disposal of the Government will be applied for the relief of the distress and destitution in these impoverished districts ; and it is conceived that 600,000 persons may be supported thereby, together with what can be obtained under the Poor Relief Act, and assistance from other quarters, for a period of four months, after which time any further steps necessary for the maintenance of the people will be taken. At present the Executive have made ar rangements for supplying the wants of the people wherever the poor-law is likely to prove ineffective. The remainder of the country is to be left to its own resources, to the exertions of the owners and occupiers of the soil. They have the ability—if they choose to avail them selves of the opportunities within their power—of giving profitable employment to the labouring classes, and thus enabling them to live by their own honest industry, in place of becoming pauperised, and look ing to others for that bread which should be earned by the sweat of their brows. The first great lesson to be taught the Irish people is a spirit of self- reliance, that will lead all classes to exert themselves earnestly and energetically in their respective stations, to avoid the reproach of national mendicancy. The Irish Members themselves are fully sensible of the demo ralisation that necessarily attends gratuitous re lief. In any nation it is very objectionable, but in Ireland it is peculiarly so. The people are satisfied with the humblest fare—a scanty supply of the coarsest food is looked upon as sufficient te dispense with the necessity of any exertion what soever, the lands are left uncropped, the fisheries neglected ; while those who might add to the na tional wealth are fed at the expense of the nation. Some weeks since we directed the public attention to an address of the North 'Wexford Landlord and Tenant Association to the landed proprietors and occupiers of that county. That address should be circulated throughout all parts of the island, for it points out the means by which the present emergency can be successfully encountered, the national diffi culties overcome, and prosperity and independence restored to the people. It is by a cordial co-operation of all classes, and a zealous determination by every person fully and fairly to perform the duties inci dental to his position, without any attempt at shirking or evasion, that the country can alone be pre served. " The employment of the people in the improvement and cultivation of the soil ii the only resource left for saving the na tion from anarchy, confusion, and ruin ;"—so say the North Wexford Association, and every unprejudiced person must concur in the opinion. The people must be maintained ; they have now the f,rst legal claim on the produce of the several estates prior to that of the clergy, mortgagees, rr nominal owners—they must be supported under any circum s'anees, and it must be obvious that " to support them in idleness while the land lies sterile and un productive, if permitted to continue, must overwhelm the country with a burden it is utterly unable to bear." The Association also stated, " that a full and saving measure of employment could easily and speedily be effected, by a combined and comprehen slve movement on the part of the landed proprietors, if they would come forward, and by their improve ments and cultivation develop the natural resources of their respective estates, and thereby give the labour ing population the means of supporting their families, out of the poor-house." In doing so, every facility will be afforded. The nation will gladly aid the se anxious to help themselves. Loans to the amount of a million and a half pounis sterling have already been applied for by the Irish landlords, under the "Landed Property Improvement Act," of which several have already been conceded to the extent of 500,0001. sterling, and it is to be hoped that the remain der of that allcated by the Legislature to the same purpose will speedily be made applicable, and by the power thereby conferred on the landlords there will be full means of giving useful employ ment to all ; more especially if the parties liable to the payment of the poor-rates would, by a voluntary arrangement amongst themselves, agree to give em ployment to the idle labourers in proportion to the extent and value of their respective holdings. We are grieved to find his Lordship speaking of " the necessity for partial measures of coercion.' We shall, however, abstain from comment until the nature and extent of the proposed measures are brought for ward and fully before the public. It is at least satisfactory to find that it is not by coercion alone that Ireland is to be governed, but that the con templated enactments are "to be accompanied by measures of a remedial character, calculated to ame liorate the condition of the people, and to restore se curity to life and property." Peace and tranquillity can never be restored to Ireland until the causes that have led to the disturbances are removed, until the relationship between landlord and tenant is placed upon a better foundation, and more equitable laws than those at present in force, are brought into operation. We cannot feel much amazement that the Protec tionists should, through their Parliamentary leaders, declare that our present embarrassments have origi nated—exclusively and immediately originated—in the operations of Free Trade. The opportunity is too seductive to be overlooked, out of mere sentiments of justice and truthfulness. Monopoly is hors de combat. Conservatism is paralysed. Toryism is defunct. The prestige of the good old class of politicians who were predominant in the good old times is vanishing. The anti-popular faction is used stp, and doomed to obli vion. something must be done, if possible, to re trieve their position think Lord STANLET and Lord GEORGE BENTINCIL ; some show of life must be made— even though it be as distorting and evanescent as the galvanic convulsions of a corpse ; some signs of vigour must be made—even though they resemble the momentary and ghastly spasms of dissolution. The necessity requires no enforcement with the fol lowers of these noble statesmen ; they are driven to r.cts of audacity by the very desperation of their cause, and by the perils of their most untenable posi- At this crisis in their destiny an oppor unity presents itself for striking a last blow at their adversaries, and, in the act of striking that blow, of raising themselves again to power and distinction. This opportunity is—the panic which has seized upon the community. Here is a theme for vituperation ! Here is a handle for sarcasm against the politico - economic system contrived by such imbeciles and visionaries as ADAM SMITH, as 'WILLIAM HUS KISSON, RS RICHARD COBDEN, as SIR ROBERT PEEL, and as Lord Jostle RUSSELL What is honesty when contrasted with the chance of such a bitter, though ephemeral revenge ? What are truth, and candour, and straightforwardness when weighed against this golden opportunity ? Nothing. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK yields himself up to the sugges tions of this desperate fantasy. There is the fact of our embarrassments, and there is the fact that those embarrassments have been immediately preceded by the free-trade enactments. The inference deduced from these facts by the ingenious statistics of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn are exquisitely specious and deliciously calculated to gratify the spleen of his sup porters. All these national afflictions are attributed to the malign and destructive operation of free trade. The money market is involved in anxieties ; it is free trade. The capitalists are stopping payment, and coming down with a crash, one after another ; it is free trade. There is little food, and less employ ments, in the manufacturing districts ; it is free trade. Enough cotton is not imported from Ame rica ;'it is free trade. Cotton won't come at all from Hindostan ; it is free trade. Free trade is, in fact, the Jonx JONES of the farce; the Little Plcier.e— or, rather the Big Pica LB —of the vaudeville. Always doing wrong; always plunging into difficulties; in every body's way; blowing hot when it should blow cold, and blowing cold when it should blow hot. Free trade is held up to the execration of the people as their bugbear ; as the cause of all their afflictions; as the false step which has carried them over the edge of the preci• pica, and is now hurling them down into the abyss of national bar.kruptcy. In drawing this malignant picture of free trade Lord GEORGE has just gone, i te o , w le e it v o e: s , a one ettle in itself, itfsaerlf., but t e h n e otior h l stroyed its Ifeffect by the intensity of his aswasdea ipnr(oliNg:dattoloonni• uc_ he for hasils proved anything he has so louOdwl argument. H e h as uponllim so lf and that he has con tiny of th e s c r' e l n is t e r d ated his voice hitherto d. Y 8 the inat n i nence verted in anotPhuebrlictl'ie of affairs ; and under that c rutiny th e ex . eactiosncrhubinY i. P art y the scru- ;ion. travagance of the principles of the Protectionists cannot fail to be more than ever recognised. He has adventured upon such a variety of topics in his attack that he displays beyond all denial the super ficial character of his information. He has spread his statistics out over such a wide surface that he has betrayed their excessive shallowness, and laid himself open to the overwhelming rAnttal of his antagonists. Never did Oppo sition leader make a more Quixotic charge, or receive a more Quixotic castigation. The walls of the Commons were still reverberating his denuncia tions against free trade, when Lord JOHN RUSSELL showed in half-a-dozen homely sentences their utter insufficiency and absurdity. Among other things, the Prime Minister asks the leader of the Protec tionists to explain whether he would have a duty of 203. or 30s. imposed on wheat when wheat is at 110 s. the quarter ? Among other things, he reminds the House that while the exports from Liverpool of British manufactured goods to the United States were to the Amount of 4,529,586/., for the three quarters ending October, 1846, they had amounted during the cor responding three quarters of 1847, to no less than 6,791,0001., showing an increase to the extent of just fifty p r cent. upon the experts of British manufac tured goods from Liverpool to the United States. Such were the declarations extorted from the Premier by the foolhardy aspersions upon free trade uttered by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. The golden oppor tunity, in fine, which Lord STANLEY and his colleague in the Lower House have grasped 4t with such avidity, has proved to be merely what the straw is to the drowning man —an illusion and a mockery. Instead of leading to the revival it must tend to the yet further abasement of the stubborn supporters of that most stubborn fal lacy—Protection. The Duke of AIODENA has vieclarred Massa Carrara in a state of siege, and has ordered his troops to fire on any assemblage consisting of more than two persons. The Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal FRANZONI, had forbidden the clergy of his diocese to take part in any demonstration in favour of the reform granted by King CHARLES ALBERT. His Majesty CHARLES ALBERT has granted to the Duke of TUSCANY permission to march troops des tined to occupy Pontremoli over the Genoese terri tory; they are to land at the bottom of the Gulf of Spezzia. The Italian journals look on this fact as the first political act of the Italian Confederation, proclaimed in principle in the Customs' Union Treaty. Extract of a letter from Naples, Nov. 15 :—" I have just heard that his MAJESTY has changed his Ministers, and that it will be published in the Gazette of this evening. Everything is perfectly tranquil here, and the weather beautifully mild ; we have some strangers, but not so many as in former autumns." The Bilancia of Rome states that Count CHRIS TOPHER FERRETTI had been commissioned to termi nate the difference respecting Ferrara with General RADETZKT, at Milan. Letters frcm Rome of the 16th state that the Council of State was inaugurated on the preced ing day. The Provisional Government of Friburg has issued he following decree : " Being obliged by circumstances to adopt the most urgent measures to arrest the course of the evils which overwhelm the country, and prevent their recurrence ; " Whereas the accession of the canton of Friburg to the anti-national league called the Sonderbund was prin cipally the work of tie Jesuits and their associates ; " Ia virtue of the decree of the Federal Diet, dated 3d September, 1847, which declared the Society of Jesuits to be incompatible with order and tranquillity in Swit zerland, and invited the canton of Friburg to expel them from its territory; " Wishing to secure to the civil authorities the liberty of action necessary for the lasting pacification of the canton, and being invested with extensive powers con t., rred on them by the resolution of the popular assembly held on the 15th November last ; " We have decreed : " 1. The Jesuits, corporations, congregations, teachers, and professors affiliated to that order, are banished for ever from the Fri burg territory. "2. This measure applies to the Jesuits, the Liguo rians, the Marianites, or Freres igno, antins ; the Brethren of the Christian Doctrine, the Sisters of St. Joseph, the Sisters of St. Vincent of Paule, and the Nuns of the Holy Heart. " 3. Congregations and corporations of that descrip tion shall not in future be permitted to settle in the can ton under any denomination or pretext whatsoever, to purchase property in it, or to direct public or private establishments for the education of youth. "4. The individuals belonging to those orders and congregations shall quit the canton within the space of thrice twenty-four hours from the publication of the present decree. " 5. All the property, moveable or real, possessed by the abovementioned corporations, is to become the pro perty of the State, and its proceeds to be applied to public instruction, To that effect it i s t o b e sequestere d , and, after an inventory of it shall have been taken, it aball be placed under the civil administration. The cession or sales of any part of said property as far back as the 15th of October are declared null and void. "6. The directors of the departments of the police and finance are respectively charged with the execution of the present decree. "7. The present decree becomes obligatory imme diately on its promulgation, and shall be published and posted up in the usual places. "The President SCHALLER. "The Chancellor Dr. BERCHTOLD. " Friburg, Nov. 19." The state of siege was raised the same day. A letter from Berne of die 20th says— " It appears that the Commander-in-Chief will act, with regard to Lucerne, just as she has proceeded against Friburg ; that is to ,say, the Federal troops will successively take possession of all the points that lie in the march, and then invest Lucerne until it capitulates. A letter from Upper Emmenthal of the 18th says— ' Yesterday the Lucernese attempted to make a sortie upon the Bernese territory at Uffluson, between Willi sau in Lucerne, and Hartwyl in Berne. To accomplish this they cleared the road of all the wood they had strown upon it, in order to impede the march of the Federal troops ; filled up the trenches they had cut across the road, and demolished their redoubts, in order to gain a more easy entrance into the canton of Berne. But General Dufour promptly sent troops to the threatened point, and the Lucernese immediately beat a retreat. The leaders of some of the columns on entering the canton of Lucerne re solved that they would, when their troops should have to pass over the mines made by the Lucernese, send for ward all the women and children who remained in the villages, and thus secure, as it were, a safe conduct through these dangerous passages. Rather unsatisfac tory news has arrived by estafette from Tesino. While the canton of Vaud keeps the Valais blockaded, so that the force of this canton is paralyzed, the Commander-in- Chief of the Valaisian troops has conceived that a large portion of them might be usefully employed in the pri mitive cantons. Consequently, from the beginning of this month four or five battalions have passed the Furka, one of the mass of the St. Gothard mountains, in order to reach and enter the canton of Uri ; whence these troops were moved in the direction of the canton of Tesino, to reinforce the troops which already occupied the St. Gothard. This unexpected reinforcement, which msde the force of the League at this point amount to nearly 4,000 men, allowed of their assuming the offen sive with great vigour. On the 17th, after a murderous action, they carried Airolo, where the Casellini battalion and a company of carabineers were all that were posted to meet this attack, which was at the same time favoured by a fog. This small body was obliged to fall back on Faido, distant three leagues, and thence probably on Bellinzone, where Colonel Luvini has concentrated all his forces, viz., four battalions of infantry, four com panies of carabineers, and one battery and a half of artillery, in the intent, as he writes, of bringing on a decisive battle." According to advises from Aarau, the General-in. Chief of the Federal troops had ordered two bat. talions of the division of Gmur to advance, by forced marches, to Ticino, across the canton of the Grisons. It was expected that they would arrive in time to cut off the retreat of the column of the League. Accounts had reached Berne late in the evening of the 21st instant that the Grand Council of Lucerne had determined, by a majority of only three votes, to persist in resisting, by force of arms, the execution of the decrees of the Diet. A loud cannonade had been distinctly ht and at Berne, in the direction of the Em menthal, where, it appears, the bridge of Gisiknou was attacked by the Federal troops. The military operations against Lucerne were not expected to commence befare the 23d. By a royal decree of the King of PRUSSIA, all affairs relating to the principality of Neufchatel are in future to come under the head of the " Home De partment." 1 his decree is a mark of the KlNa'a approbation of the conduct of the authorities of Neuf chatel in the affairs of the Sonderbund. According to the Frankfurt Gazelle, it is to the firm decision of Prussia alone that an armed inter vention of the great Powers has not already taken place in Switzerland. A Berne journal of the 21st announces that the troops of Zug and Schwytz had made an incursion into the canton of Zurich, but had been driven back with some loss. A. report was current that Zug had offered to capitulate, but it did not rest upon any authority worthy of credit. Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived. The Eeo del Comercio announces that the Union Bank has resumed its payments. A Bill was pre sented on the 17th to the Chamber of Deputies, authorising the Government to continue to levy taxes to the end of Deceraber, and another to take measures for the preservation of public order. The latter pro poses to give it power to prevent any political meet ing without its authorisation, and to adopt military and other measures of some severity to put down sedition. A royal decree has been issued prohibiting the importation of mixed woollen and cotton fabrics where the proportion of the cotton exceeds a third part. Senor EscosunA has taken his seat in the Cortes among the Progressista Deputies. On the 18th Senor SALAMANCA made a communi cation to the Chamber of Deputies, in which he stated that, having received the grand cordon of the Order of Charles 111, he was liable to re-election, but he begged that this might not be regarded until he should have cleared himself from the accusations which have been brought against him. The QUEEN'S troop; have taken 200 Carlists pri soners at Horta y Alfara; they constituted the band of CENDICOS. MADRID BoLSA, Nov. 18.—The Three per Cents. were ; the Five per Cents., at 15, for without Interest, at 4} ; and the Coupons, at 10k. Co We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. It is considered as certain that a Congress of the representatives of the five great Powers will be held to consider the affairs of Switzerland. "We have no doubt," says the Commerce, " that such a Con gress will unite all the conditions of impartial justice, that it will not be an intervention of brutal force, with some forms of right proper to conceal its real nature. Europe would feel repugnance to give, in 1847, the spectacle of five great Powers coalescing to crush a nation unable to resist them by force of arms, but which would summon them before the great tri bunal of history, where all oppressors, sooner sr later, receive a just reprobation. We, therefore, await with Confidence this Congress, at which France and Eng land, two constitutional countries, will be present. Lord PALMERSTON has declared, it is said, that he would not permit an armed intervention in Switzer land. Al. Guizor regrets without doubt, at present, his conduct towards the Sonderbund, and his sending arms, which has only ended in defeat. Let, therefore, an intervention of a friendly character endeavour to reconcile citizens led astray by party spirit and by the ambiguities of an insufficient compact, and the twenty-two cantons may still hope for the establish ment of a regime, under which all good liberties will find guarantees, and will not be any longer a danger for federal unity, and for the central power of the Diet." The representatives of Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia held a conference with M. GUIZOT on Tues day; after which a courier was dispatched to Switzer land with, it is said, an offer of mediation, and an injunction to both parties to suspend hostilities. The Reform banquets continuo to be held in every part of France, to the great annoyance of the Mi nistry. M. NAPOLEON DUCHATEL has been appointed Ambassador to Turin. M. PISCATONY, the French Minister at Athens, is appointed Ambassador to Madrid ; and M. DS BACOURT, who was very desirous of going to Spain, is to succeed the late Count BRESSON at Naples. The report to which we alluded yesterday, that the Queen of SPAIN is enceinte, is confirmed. The fact has been communicated to the'Freuch. Government and accepted by them. The Prince DE Joncvn.LE has resigned the com mand of the Mediterranean squadron. The cause assigned is indisposition. Orders have been sent to Toulon to fit out imme diately the ships-of-the-line Jemappes and Hercule. They have taken on board four months' provisions each. The Constitutionnel says— "All the journals announce that M. Magne, deputy, is nominated to the direction of affairs of Algeria, in the room of Lieutenant-General Delarue. It has been long in contemplation to place M. Magne in the War Department, but as Under-Secretary ofi State, in the room of M. Martineau Deschenets. In this capacity M. Magne would have especially the direction of the affairs of Algeria. This arrangement has not yet been realised." Some uneasiness has been occasioned in Paris in consequence of the recent rise in the price of provi sions. The Cormervateur attributes it to the holding back of the corn by the farmers, and, does not con sider the rise either durable or disquieting. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, at 76f. 80c. ; New Loan, 76f. 60c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 35c. ; the Orleans Rail. road Shares, 1,217 f. 50c.; Rouen, 9151.; Havre, 500 f.; Great Northern, 571 f. 25e.; Avignon, 575 f.; Vierzon, 575 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4921. 50c.; Boulogne, 380 f. ; Dieppe, 2651. ; Basle, 1701 ; Paris and Strasburg, 420 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 402 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 406 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Novratuzsa 25. Boulogne and Amnions, 15% ex int.—Northern of Frazee, 12% —Paris and Lyons, 614..—Ssunbra and Meuse, 7—Tours and Nantes, 4. LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 26.—Wind S.M. Light breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain. MARGATE, Nov. 25.—Wind S.W.—Off Port, El phinstone, Singapore. DEAL, Nov. 25.—Wind S.S.W. fresh.—Arrd. Fanny A. Garrequis, Lee, Cape . Coast C as tl e; P a l myra , C roal. Demerara; Sussex, Comm, St. Vincents ; British Queen, River, J a n e , C a p e o f G oo d ; Velocity, Jam a ic a ; l on , New Orleans.__ Pugw Hope; ash. Elizabeth,Arrd from the a s wA sszA, Nov. 24. — Wind S.—Arrd. Medelaide Grenfell, Grey, Cuba; Aboukir, Valparaiso. LivinPool., Nov. 25.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Pytha goras, Corney, Port Philip.) Duke of Y or k, Ch an dl er, Calcutta ; Meg of Maldon, Rickerty, ditto ; Roseberry, Madras ; Hero, Donald, V a l para i so ; I rt, Young, Ma,caio ; Virginian Chase, Ne w O r l eans ; Norfolk, Ro gers, ditto ; G. A. HoPleY, Behan, Charleston ; Sara wak, Johns, Philadelphia. Ski. Susan, Vera Cruz ; Jane IL Gleddin, New York ; Henry Clays, ditto. Put back Charlotte, from St. John's, New Brunswick. PORT TALBOT, Nov. 24.—The Sisters and the Olive Branch have been got off, and show apparently very little damage. PoRTDIMLLAEN, Nov, 2 2.—The Ellen and Mary, of Port Madoc, and not the Catherine and Mary, has been got off shore. CORK, Nov. 23.—The Jano of Whitehaven, Mary port, was 'passed under jurym a sts, h av i ng been dis masted off the banks of Newfoundland. DROGHEDA, Nov. 24.—The Utility has been got off shore, making little water. YARMOUTH, Nov. 25.—The Mamma, of and for Nantes, from :gunderland, got on the Scroby sand this morning, has been abandoned and is expected_ to become a wreck. LONDON, Nov. 26.—The Ilomona, from hence, is re.• ported to have been wrecked at Grand Bassa, Liberia, (Africa) previously to the 15th ult. NOTICE TO MARINERS. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. The following has been received at Lloyd's:— " Spanish Consulate General, " 37, Old Broad -street, London, 24th Nov. 1847. " Sir ,— The undenigned Consul-General of her Catholic Maj esty, h as just received t h e f o ll ow in g com munication fo rwar d e d b y h i s E xce ll e ncy the Prime Minister of State:— "' A contagious disorder, which is considered by the faculty, to be the yellow fever in its first stage, having made its appearance in the city of Las Palmas, belong ing to Grand Canary; her Majesty's Government has determined that, for the present, all vessels proceeding from the Canary Islands are to be considered as having foul bills, and are to be subjected to quarantine in one of the Lazarettos of Mahon or Vigo, without preventing the adoption of the other necessary regulations for maintaining the Peninsula free from contagion.' " Which I communicate to you that you may have the goodness to give it the necessary publicity. " I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, " J. M. BARRERO. " W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." MORNING SITTINGS OF TD HOUSE OF COM.. 310Ng•—The H ouse o f C om mons will meet next Wed nesday, and every succeeding Wednesday during the suasion, at twelve o'clock, for the despatch of private business, petitions, and orders of the day : When such business has been disposed of, or at six o'clock pre , eisely, not w i t h stan di ng t h ere way be business under discussion, the Speaker will adjourn the House without putting the question. Should the Hose be in com mittee at six o ' c l oc k, t h e c h a irman will immediately re port progr ess an d o b ta i n l eave to sit again. HEALTH OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—We have much gratification in stating that the Lord Chancellor is steadily progressing towards convalesence. The Noble Lcrd was able to sit up for some hours yesterday after noon. The incpii , ies hove hen CNCeflir`ly Lunt and have included ttiose'ot her Majesty, hi Royal Hi g h: ness the Prince Consort, the Duchess of Kent, and a considerable number of the nobility, &C. I MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales. 3,000 bales. There was an improvement in the Railway Share Market. It is with regret that wo find we did an injustice to the firm of Messrs. Whitmore and Son, of the Stock Exchange, in stating that they had been declared as defaulters. The party who was announced as unable to meet his engagements was Mr. Henry Whitmore. We trust that the highly respectable firm first named will accept this full and entire con tradiction of the mischievous and unfounded assertion referred to. A great variety of letters and papers have come to hand to-day from almost all the ports of New Holland, and to late dates. Perhaps the most important item of intelligence is the fact that Sir G. Gipps, the Governor, had directed to be forwarded to the authorities at Port Philip that the Home Government had all but arranged the plans for de claring that vast territory as a separate colony. This would indeed be a great boon ; and certainly from the rising prosperity of Port Philip a right course to pur sue. The papers from most of the colonies speak of a lack of labourers, and it would appear that a fine opportunity is open for artizans and their families to proceed in that direction from this country. The produce of the mines in South- Australia was yielding most abundantly. In the Stock Exchange this is pay day, and four or five additional defaulters have been declared. The differences upon balances were very heavy. Consols for the Account have fluctuated this morning, 85,1 and 85k. For Money some sales have been effected at 84 to 84k. The value of both is now rather better. There has been scarcely any movement in the Exchequer-bill Market, 2s. discount and par being the quotations for the 1,000/. obligation. East India Bonds are at 255. discount; Bank Stock remains at about 187 189. The Three.and-a-Quarter per Cents. have varied from 84i to 84, the latter having been the opening quotation. There has been a very quiet market for the Foreign Investments. A further improvement has taken place in French Five per Cents. to 115 f. 50c. Spanish Five per Cents. have fetched 171; Mexican, 15} 16; Chilian, 90; Brazilian, 78; the Spanish Three per Cents., 29; and the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., 541. The Share Market has been heavy this morning. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. ..... lB7 189 189 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna.. 83104 /,'‘' 83% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 85 85% 847 k 85 1 84% 85% New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Anna 8 5 1,2 84% 85,E 85 84% New 5 per Cent. Annuities 108 108 India Bonds, 1,0001... 23 dis 25 dis Ditto under 1,0001... ...... —. — 22 dis South Sea Stock _ Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 85 % 3A %%X 853 i Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. . 2 dis par par 500/ Small .. par 5p 5p ONE I R ICES OF FOREIGN F UNDS . O'CL CLOSING LOCK PRICES. Brazilian Bond s Chadian Bonds 6 per Cent......,..,, 90 90 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 16 Ditto, Account 1 5 34 16 16 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 29 29 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c. Belgian 4 lA_ per Cent Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 544 544 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK, PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% — Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — Belfast Sr County Down 10 ...... .... Birmingham and Ox fDrd Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 14 1 . .. „ Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Va11ey..... 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 7%. — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 101. 45. — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3 3 / 4 — Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 50 Ch. ster and Holyhead... 37 1 r 8 — Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D....•.. 25 ...... 14 1 ,2 Do., 181., E. &H. 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 8% Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... 49% Do., Quarters •• •• Do., New Eastern Union 5O ..... ... ...... .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Ditto, Thirds .......13s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) East Lancashire,' Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters... 3 3 / 4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• 47 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..... , Edinburgh &Northern.. 22% — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport..... ... 91 ...... Ditto, ditto, New • .... 2 1 4 Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorch. 2% Ditto, New •. 2%...... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle B/. 6s. 8d Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Preference Consol. 12 %... ... Great Northern 8 Do., London and York 2%..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England..loo Ditto, New 40/. 5 Dit to, New 30/. 3O Ditto, New 151 I I, Great Western B5 lOl 102 . 102 Ditto, ix, Shares .. 50 Ditto, 1,,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171 7 Huddersfield & Mulches. 22 1 ~ ii 35 3 / 4 16% ... 8 ~. 491,4 21 3 / 4 8 1 ,4 3 16 3 / 4 24 Ditto, Thirds ... Hull and Selby 99% Ditto, Half Shares 25 Ditto, 1 / 4 Shares....... 12% ••• — Ipswich Bury St. Edm. 15 --- Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% IN l% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds .. 10 - Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto t. Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares.- 14% — Do. Fifths 6%..... ..... ......... Do. Sixteenths 614 - - Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 48. ... 5 dis .« 5 dis. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 --. •••• •••• ..... Ditto 1 1, (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. (W. Riding Union) 44 2s Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 — Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. - ••..• ......... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 / — .... ....... .... Do., Branch % Shares 12 1 4.. Do. New Branch( blue) 2 1 4 — •••-• —. Do. Extension (green) 2 1 4...., •••• Do. NewExton. (pink) 2 1 / 2 Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New 17% 4% ....... ...... 4% Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% ••••• •• • • •••• ..... —. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .... ...... 2 Livorp., Mnchstr& New ... castle Junction 2%. .. _. London and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. 5 1 A 3 Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2.. 41 l3s. 4d.... ......... ..... Do. Extension...... 15 London, Brighton, an d South Coast Do. Consol. Ei g hth s.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Dit to, Preference ... 18/1;$ 2d... London and N. Western 100 156% 155 155 Do.,Quarters L. &B. 17 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. q Shares (G. J.) 25 - Do 40/.Sh ares (L . M . ) 1 5 Do. 40/. (M. & B . ) ... 40 - Do. 101. (M & B.) A. 7% — ••• - ......... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% Do. 10/. M. &B.) C. 1 Lond. & S.Western 41/. 61. 8d Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 ...... Do. New 50/. ... • ..... 32%.. .. 28 3 / 4 2 8 34 Do. New 40/. 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... .... 40 y Ditto, Thirds. . 6/. 13s. 4d.... ', 1 % -; dis London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .... • ••• . 1 %••• •• -"" Londonderry&Cileraino 27%•••••• ......- Londonderry and Ennis killen 23% ..... ••• ..... ••••• "''' Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 3 ...... 1 Manchester, Sheffield, nd I:hicolrqiir.! .„ ; .2 , ...„• ... ....-- • D. Quar t er (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7K••••,. - 51,i Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ........ 7 Ditto ditto .. . Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 l /2 Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 / 4 ...... Blildand Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent.loo ll B l l_ ll9 uiidlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto 71.95. — ,... ,... ..... Midlnd,Leicest.lts Swan- nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastleand Carlisle... 100 Do. Quarters 5O .... Newmrket&Chesterford 13% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor lO - •. ........ -••...-. Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. - .•• ..... . ,••• Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 — North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... 27% 27 ... Do. Half Shares 12%...... Do. Quarters 4: Do. Extension 5 4i.----• % ...... •••• •••• % 1 Dittl Thirds Nortt Staffordshire 7%••••- 7t h% 7% No, ,n Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate - Royston and llitchin ... 1% — ... ........ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 7 l/ — ."- Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 - ........ Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Ilerefd 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon... 4O ...... 23 22 ... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 outLi Eastern & Dover. 33% 3O ........ ..... Do., No. 1 2O Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... ;5 Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neat!' 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13% — Waterford and Limerick 3i Waterld, Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick . Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensioa No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. .. 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - - - Anglo- Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ..... ... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 . A -- --- 15x i - 4 .. " - .. Italian and Austrian Jamaica S.Mid. Junction Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg. Lyons and Avignon Madras ...... Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... — Namur and Liege Northern of France.-- 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/ as 4d — Paris and Lyons ... 10 ..... 6%.. Paris and Orleans 2O Pans and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 ...... 7 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t....... 16 - Trinidad 2% — West Flanders ...... .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London & Westminster. 20 British North American 50 — I— 6 ••• • .... •••••• ******** ..... 6 5 1 — MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY, We have ag a i n t o re p ort t h e arr i va l o f a very mode rate supply of English Wheat fresh up since Monday, and a large portion of it has come to hand greatly out of condition, from the prevailing damp weather. To. day, the show of samples was small; yet, owing to the absence of the principal millers, the demand for all kinds was in a very dull state, at, in some few instances, a slight decline in the quotations. Upwards of 11,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand this eek. Although the actual quantity on offer was not large, buyers held off, and the market closed heavily, at barely stationary prices. The Barley trade was again extremely dull, and grinding and distilling sorts might have been purchased on somewhat easier terms. In Malt —the supply of which was small—next to nothing was doing, and the rates were with difficulty supported. Oats were very dull, and 6d per quarter cheaper. All other articles moved off slowly, at unaltered currencies. English • • •• •• -- Foreign . I 11,170 Oats. 1 Maur. 1,150 us. I 1,410 sic,. 3,630 1 -- 2,140 1 -- ARILITALB. Wheat. Barley. 4,646 qrs. 2,860 qrs. 900 Malt, 2.774 ars. BrfLITIIPIELD. The supply of Beasts here to-day being somewhat ex tensive as to number even, the time of year considered, the weather very unfavourable to slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers small, the Beef trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline on Monday's quotations of quite 2d per 81bs, and a clearance was not effected. There were in the market 420 Oxen and Cows, 680 Sheep, and 87 Calves, from abroad. With Sheep we were scantily supplied; nevertheless, the inquiry for that description of stock was heavy, at barely stationary prices —the best old Downs with difficulty producing 5s 2d per slbs. Primo small Calves moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the Veal trade was dull, and the rates had a downward tendency. Pigs were a slow sale, but not cheaper. Milch Cows were quoted at from 15/ to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to e. d. Inferior Beasts 8 0 3 4econd quality •• 3 8 3 10 Prime large Oxen 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots .. 4 6 4 8 Large coarse Calves 3 10 4 6 Prime small ditto .• 4 8 S 0 Suckling Calves • .20 0 28 0 Inferior Sheep •• ,• 3 8 4 0 1. d. to a. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 5 410 Southdown Nether 5 0 5 2 Ditto out of the wool Large Hoge . . 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers •. . . 4 8 5 2 Quarter old Pigs • .18 0 25 0 Lambs ••••• • • • • • 0 0 0 0 fiIFITLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 1,203 4.020 221 390 NEWG.A.TE A.ND ZIEL&DZINII4.I.3.. Our markets were very heavy to-day, on lower terms. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. iteef,inferior 2 8 3 0 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 6 - middling .... 3 2 3 4 --- middling •• 3 II 4 0 - prime large .. 3 6 3 8 -- prime ••• • 4 2 4 6 - prime small .•3 10 4 0 Pork, large •• ••••• • 3 10 4 6 Veal ••.• • • • • 3 8 410 - small 4 b 2 _ _ Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. II OR.OIIGII SOP Notwithstanding money has become somewhat more abundant than for some time past, and the prices of Hops still continue ruinously low, our market is in a very depressed state. Really fine pockets are, how ever, mostly selling at about last week's quotations; but all other kind of Hops—both old and new—may bo had on somewhat easier terms. On speculation scarcely a transaction has taken place. Sussex pockets, 2/14s to 3/ 3s; Weald of Kent, ditto, 2116 s to 316 a ; Mid and East Kent, ditto, 31 3s to 5l 7s per cwt. COLONIAL. SVGAR.—There has been a Moderate demand this week for British Plantation, but the sales generally ero not large, and prices have fluctuated. Barbadoes by auction has realised 446 to 46s fid for fine yellow, 41s to 428 , 6 d for good, and 37s 6d to 38s for low. ERFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 53s per cwt EAST INDIA.-3,549 bags Bengal realised full prices, fine strong yellow 42s 6d to 445, good brown 32s 6d, Benares low white 41s 6d to 425, good yellow like Mauritius 378 Gd to 395, and low and good Kh&ur 29s to 31s per cwt. MAURITIUS.-3,017 bags sold at previous rates—fine yellow 42s to 435, and low dark 28s to 28s 6d. FOREIGN.—There has been scarcely any business doing in these descriptions. COFFLE—The market has been quiet for West India sorts, In Ceylon there ;Ins been a decline of is to 2s ewt. plaoLatioo has realised 52. 6d, pea-berry 50s to 545, superior 60s, and native good ord 33s 6d to 348 per cwt. Penang sold at 30: to 32s for good and , brownish. A few parcels of Mocha have been sold auction, at 45s to 60s 6d ; and Rio has been taken in 3s to 31 s per cwt. RicE.—Madras has been sold at 6d to is decline, good pinkey white at Ila6d to 12s per cwt. Bengal has been taken in at lOS Gd to Hs 6d. SPlCES.—Malabar Pepper has had a readier sale at 2-id to 3d per lb. In Cassia Lignia and Pimento there has not been much doing. SALTPETRE.—Rather fuller prices have been paid for this article. _ Rum.—There has been a very firm market for this spirit. Proof Lecwards has realised Is 9d to Is 10d, and Jamaica 28 to 38 per cent. overproof 3s 6d to 45 6d per gallon. The Government contract for 100,000 gal lons was taken yesterday, but the price has not tran spired. TEA.—The stock of Tea in London is rather lower than in November last year. The market is quiet, with a moderate consumption. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 45 per cent. on the spot. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius—Before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Common Jury.) SMITII V. TRUETIT. This was an action brought to recover 2751, money had and received for the use of the plaintiff. Mr. Charnock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder for the defendant. The plaintiff was the executor of a man named Smith, and the sister-in-law of the testator. It would appear from the evidence that the wire of the testator and the defendant were sisters, and their deceased father left each of them a legacy of 3001. On the death of Mrs. Smith her husband handed over her 300/. to the defen dant, to be kept until he should think proper to recall it. Shortly afterwards he died, leaving the plaintiff his executor, and the present action was brought to re cover the balance, 275/. The defence was that the money was held in trust for he benefits of the children of the testator. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. SECONDARIES.-(TIIIS DA) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) JONES V. BRAND. The plaintiff in this action is a wholesale tobacconist in Moorgate-street, City, and defendant is a shopkeeper at Northampton. The action was brought to recover the sum of 41. 12s. for goods sold. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. A letter was put in from defendant admitting the receipt of the goods, and two letters were tendered ae evidence written by a partner of the defendant's at torney, in which an objection was taken that the action ought to have been brought in the County Court. The Learned SECONDARY held that letters from a partner could not be admitted, unless his name appeared on the record. If there was any value in the objection it must bo made to the Court above. The jury accordingly gave a verdict for the amount claimed. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY') (Before the Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAM-BOAT. Henry Robert Haisman was indicted for manslaughter, in having caused the death of Thomas Shead, by criminal negligence in the discharge of his duties as engineer °f the Cricket steam-boat. Mr. BODKIN stated that this prosecution was instituted by the Crown, in consequence of an explosion whic h took place on board the vessel of which the defendant was at the time engineer, n the 27th of August last, at a pier in the River Thame o s. On that occasion several persons were injured, and four lost their lives. After an investigation had been made into the circurn: stances of the case by order of the Government, sn u , after a verdict of manslaught er h a d b e en returned ag ainst the prisoner by a coroner's jury, it was determined on the part of the Crown to put the prisoner upon his trial for one of the four cases, and that of Shead, the call -boy, was selected. The Learned Gentleman then went into statement of the facts with which the frightful occur rence was attended, and which have been already very, fully detailed in The Sun. He said it would bo for the to say whether th os e f ac t s showed that th e Pri soner had been guilty of culpable negligence, and thereby caused the death of the deceased. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Clarkson. A great number of witnesses were examined, but 01 disclosed nothing that has not already the public. The object of the direct examination was to show the. the prisoner had been the culp a ble cause of the explosi"l either by tying down the safety-valves or by n e g lecting to attend to their action. On the other hand th e counsel for the prisoner endeavoured to elicit, in cross - e xaminr Lion, that the explosion was occasioned by defec ts in the boiler. (The case for the Crown bad not concluded when we went to press.) appeared before MIDDLESEX SESSIONS• (THIS DAY.) tuaTr Westminster. h y :Court sat to-day, at the Guildhall, Broad SO" Ann Goodman, Bridget Lynch, Catherine Ha l/ ' Ma l Williams, John and James Brown, and Jeremiah 0 loP,":, were indicted for assaulting John O'Brien, and breakin g his legs. T is h p e ap fac er t . t he s of the case have been recently rep orted in th A witness named Bell stated that when be found .0 prosecutor's leg was broken, he asked a policema n assist him in p u tti ng hi m i n t o a ca b. The constab le refused, refused, on the ground that if he meddled with WO in the state he was in, he should first take him to thl station-house, enter a charge against him, and then sen him to an hospital. Mr. WALESBY commented on the absurdity of such rule, if it existed, and directed that the inspector 011 duty in the court should take a note of his remark, fo r the consideration of the Commissioners of Police. 4 The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and tin!, P: n . soners were each sentenced to fourte e n days' ill3Pr'fi ment, with hard labour. 5 1 4 12% 5 7it 6% 35A iIIARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) William Ashton and Jeremiah Mahoney were bro u g ht before Mr. Hardwicke, charged with attempting to break into the residence of a lady named Herbert, 11° ' 6 ' Portland-road, Portland-place. Esther Gibbs stated that she was a servant in the establishment of Mrs. Herbert. A bout half past On° o'clock this morning she was awoke by hearing a noise, as if some persons were endeavouring to force a door open. She got out of bed, and went on to the landing. and through the crevices of the trap-door saw a light. She became so alarmed that she ran into her bed-room. and opened the window, and called " Police." After some little time a constable came and took the prisoners in to custody. wa s on duty ab out Police-constable E, 72, said he half-past one thii morning, when he beard the cry of "Police" proceed from Portland -road. He poceeded to the spot, and saw the last witness, who informed him that some persons were trying to get into the house by the trap-door. He procured the a ssistance of another constable, and got into an unoccupied house next to the complainant's. After searching for some time they pro ceeded to the roof of No. 6, where they found a crow bar, several matches, and a piece of wax taper. The trap-door was forced off the hinges, and thrown on one side. They then returned to the unoccupied house, and up the kitchen chimn e y found the prisoners. After a sharp struggle they succeeded in taking them into custody, and conveyed them to the station. The prisoners, who are well knows thieves, were m committed to the House of Co rrection for threeonths, with hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY'I George Freeman, a porter in the g oods' warehouse o. the Eastern Counties Railway, was c har g ed with steal' ing a coat, the property of the company. Mr. Duncombe attended to watch the 'proceedings ea the part f the many. An in o spector co , named Sparks, engaged upon th lin:: stated that, about eight o'clock I ": O w e t hi s morning, he served the prisoner, who had just emerged trorn _ goods' premises, making his way out, but , es be endeavouring to avoid witness, and appear ed to beg increased in bulk, he it ' nese) inquired how h® came (w by it. The prisoner replied, ho did not know. W iti l s ; then collared him, and, from underneath his aprons Le the coat (a new one) in question, and which he 01 .5 quently found to have been taken from a large packev h - , goods lying in the warehouse. Upon searching t prisoner's lodgings, a pair of new braces were fog a°, which proved to have been stolen from a Pack eS goods. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and pas committed. s .et Lord and Lady John Russell entertained circle at dinner last evening, at the Noble Lord's 1n__,,, 1113- sion in Chesham-place, the guests including Lord 1 16 n, Vane, M.P. ; his Excellency the Prussian Minister P - c Madame Bunsen ; the Hon. J. Elliott, M.P. L T ' , Mr „;: -. Romilly, M.P. and Lady Georgians Romilly • v's c i ns Melgund, M.P., and the Right Lion. R. L. She ' d, if."";1 CHLOBOFOR3I.—During the past week, surgic!if operations have been performed under the influenneu6„ this new agent for producing insensibility, by Mr . 14 0 ton, at University College Hospital; Mr. Lawrenoetthe, St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Mr. Wakley, ion" tiff' the, Royal Free Hospital; Mr. Tatum, at St. George's — he r pital; Mr. Robinson, in dental surgery; and by ot" operators. These operations have included lithototff: amputation of the breast, excision of tumours,_&°• though in every case the chloroform has proved ston on ful in preventing pain, we would warn the prof ess o l against the indiscriminate or incautious use of an ages{ of such immense power. We elo this, in order 03 11 . , ..., possible, no discredit may fall on the discovery bf 7 6 cidents which care on the part of operating Or g . may prevent.—Lancet. The munificent sum of 15,8001. has been le sleep Miss Ann Williams, lately deceased , of Cwindul,. to be divided among various charitab le institutions' Liverpool Times. . e s • WEST GLOUCESTERSUIRE.—We have recall the note from Mr. Grantley Berkeley, denying attack upon his Parliamentary q ualiticatioris fo mation r dolled. The Hon. Gentleman says :—"lor the , n of parties, I beg to state that my qualification ia still disputed, and that it is my intention to oPPetlihe person before the Committee to defend my seat. eo f constant vexatious expenses which I am put to ( 50 T t he them just now in the Court of Common Pleas), si n nee a, run made in every possible way upon prevent my being able to employ ~ i nmittee. I ,hail fight the battle alone an d , a ti t the t0n.3,2d, perfectl y that I can again j° - ," hot malevolence a the people's enesnies."--Cheites Examiner. CounseralYbefifole-ntahoe. :2 j 4 1% 22 29 ........ 4 IA 30:ti 13 1 4 12t/ t 9 1 4 76