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New ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols. , bound, 3 , 1 R. HOWITI"S NEW WORK, " THE HALL AND THE HAMLET." Ifonry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready in 2 vols., 213. bound, T HIRD EDITION OF HOCIIELAGA ; Or, ENGLAND in the NEW WORLD. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Eeq., Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." end ' Hochelego ' most heartily, in case any of our vet be unacquainted with it."—Quarterly Review. " e cordially recommend this work, as well for the amusement of its lighter portions, as the vivid brilliancy of its descriptions, and the solid information it contains."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-street. TEDINBURGH Hit REVIEW, No. CLXXV. will be published betbre Christmas. ..I.DVBRTISEMENTS Intended for insertion in the EDINBURGH REVIBW, No. 173, are requested to be sect to the Publishers by . si , a.4NZSDAY, the 13th, and BILLS by THCZSDAY, the 16th instant. 39, Paternoster-row, December I, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 1.72!er the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farrell ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ; Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless, Mr. U. Yandenhoff ; Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir Harry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer 'well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. Ta oenclude with a new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Cinuacters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden lu ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. lanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, se. ; Pit, Zs. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors epee at Half-pact Six, Performance to eornmence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI; or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell, Manage di Mind°, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal thaaas reklarno, Mr. 0. Sri; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Bro,ks. After whieh, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD iliri Is/ore/ay of the late William Shakespeare), Inquire Within. Cha r:-..,ters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed fwd. Mrs. Laws, &c., Ste. To be followed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, idr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond yaa; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; )Mlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Harding. o conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which L. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss lianlln will perform. _Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Pore *pen *Wish-past biz, 'Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. r 'der the Management of Madame Vestria. hole Leemee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THr EVENING, vim be Dresentad TIDS 1•0 QIIMENS. Characters by Messrs. Selby and Harley, Miss B. Gaubert, Lae Mrs. Stirling. After whic.h, a mew Comic Drama sailed PEG,IY GREEN. which. a Comte Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. T. oonclade with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX Principal sharaef..e.ss by Mr. Marley, Mr. Backstone, and Mrs. Mae. Ultraara. The Interior of the Nona° has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Dagageniest of Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSHMAN. 'MIS EVENING Will be pertbrmed a new IFtstorical Play, entitled PHILIP TAN ARTSITALDE. Characters by Messrs. Macreaily, Ryder, Palmer, Cooper, J. Vining, Convey, Neville ; Miss E. Montague, aid Miss Susan Cashman. Tb eeneinde with SIMPSOOT and CO. Dress Circle, Ss.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. _ _ IiOTAL 16URREY THZATHE. Laws, Mrs. F. Dayldice, No. 1, Davlclo-turrace,Kensingtoti-road, surrey VIM iIiTISNUTG, the performances will um:omegas with the Pint saki goonad Acts of the relebratect Opera at THE BOSDNLAI.I. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Horncastls, Rafter, Maynard, Jones, D. W. King, and &ttwood ; Miss Poole, Mrs. 13. Hughes, and Allse liebocca leaner, To @include with a new and orlgibal Dreria, entitled THE TILA VIMLBR'S ZOOM. Principal characters by Messrs. F. ♦ining, A. Englies, T. if rederleks, Lewis, Oxberry, and Mrs. W. West. A distinct entrauee to the private boxes has been made (which have been ro-litted). Private boxes may be had sightly or all the frincdpal Libsarians and at the litox-ottlze of the Theatre, whisk is open gafilz gym Tea until Fenn Ilexes, es. ; Pit, I, ; Gallery, 6d. A6TLY:Y's ROYAL AMIIdITILEATRE, 11%)prieter and Manager, )tr. William Batty. Itatty's performing Elephauts. TIIIS The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely now Seems In the Arena, by the talented Artistes of Kstal,ll3llment, in the larioirs modes of equestration. T o conclude with a new Domestic Drama, sailed THE WIHTM " ' Box-ofnee open from 11 till h Aottag and stage Manager, Mr. W West. MEETIING OF PAUL IAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF "rfI3E SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTAItY INTELLIGENCE, ♦ND ALL OTHRR NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. * Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun•ofce, 112, Strand. LE W ib OFFICE, DEC. 1. :TERM )`4IIIT/E2, Lowest, 41; Higlaost. 52 ; Noon, 45 BA BOMISTER, 30.3.—W1ND S.W. ; fine. V, ..t.TER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ummter :liter I. I ,- .vertithr ~ 4 cq:nates ~t er 9. • .5:0,-4% 34K ~ J a oo + t et '""7 '* l6, 10, 6/ 11 4 4 •'441 " 1 " 1 1:01P-fit.,•' . • • •• f . 4' b-leningr._.;. int LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1847. Well, Sir CHARLES WOOD has made his statement. The public have at length received the anxiously sought-for information. We are in possession of the views of the financial Mini.ter with respect to the monetary code. True it is he has moved for a Com mittee to inquire into the causes of the recent com mercial distress, and how far it has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of bank-notes " pay able on demand ;" but it is manifestly the opinion of the Right Hon. Baronet that such an investigation is wholly superfluone, and that the labours which the Gentlemea selected for that important duty will have to undergo may be regarded as mere acts of super rogation, Goat the only possible benefit (if any) to be derived therefrom is that it may have the effect of satisfying the people generally that the Bank Charter Act of 1544 is (as Sir CHARLES WOOD ob viously believes it to be) the perfection of human wisdom, and that, in place of any of the recent cala mities being in any degree occasioned by, or ascribable to, its operation, it is thereto we are in debted for the preservation of the national credit, the escape from the national bankruptcy that was impending. In common with the out-and-out bullionists, Sir CHARLES is ready to cast any degree of censure on the directors of the Bank of England —to impute to them the grossest mismanagement, and as a natural con sequence is quite prepared to recommend mea sures by which an improved mole of management may be obtained ; this he intimates " may probably form a subject of inquiry before the Committee about to be appointed"—the directors being " not in disposed" to concur in any measure which the wisdom of Parliament may suggest, there being some diffi culty in inducing persons to undertake the heavy ncl responsible office of Governor of the Bank of England. We are not surprised at this announce )!,'ant, or that the directors should desire to be re leved from their onerous, thankless, and ill-requited itiac They have been deprived of by far the Ater • portio n of the power once possessed by their •IY--they are no longer permitted the free exercise 'lliireydio,cureee occupied . They are degraded f rom th e posi renc as regu l a t ors o f t h e na ti ona l Y, ye w t hi th n e . y are unsparingly censured for calamities their h eont, owe i their origin to causes wholly beyond no degree of foresit on their f°r Consequences which part would have en abled them to avert. n no l t the defenders or We are the apologists of the BankofofiEudg and ; we think that judgment have been at many and grave errors at their various times committed, and Parliament, and readiness to submit to the decision offrlPairel7a not to setup their peculiar privileges as wisdom o d the immediate adoption of such measures as the of the Legislature may deem to be most expedient for the ccruntry. But we also believe that many un founded accusations have been preferred against them, tt*st they have been subjected to much unde served reproach, and that it is now the intention, if possible, ton eke them the scapeg oats on whose heads shall be visited the sins of our monetary code. Better that any sacritioe should be made than that much loved and venerated system ih o uld be exposed to the slightest danger, or that there should be any risk of an alteration therein being demanded by the irresistible voice of pub lic opinion. Accordingly, the national emergency — the ;earful evils we have sustained—the universal de- , prelusion—the myriads of unemployed artizans and opkirtitives-=-the depreciation of property—the failure of confidence and cessaition of credit, may be TEE SUN, ascribed to Bank mismanagement, importation of corn, railway expenditure, Irish loans, undue speculation, over-trading., or any of the various other origins of the mischief that have been assigned by the bullionists, hut the offspring of JONES Loin—the adopted of PEEL the Enfant trouvE of Sir CHARLES WOOD, must be spared. Sacrifice any other interest, but let the real delinquent escape unscathed. If the object of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been to establish the error of the Government in consenting to even a temporary relaxation of the stringent provisions of the Act, he could not have laboured more energetically. It is perfectly clear that its virtual suspension was forced upon him by his wiser colleagues, and that many a bitter pang was thereby occasioned. He, good easy man, still maintained the same happy indifference to the state of the country, still regarded the innumerable bank ruptcies and the general stagnation of trade and commerce with the same philosophical composure whiA he manifested to the Newcastle deputation, when he assured the gentlemen who waited upon him " that there was not any just cause for the ap prehensions which the deputation and the mer cantile body of Newcastle appeared to entertain —that the Bank of England had not limited its discounts—that as far as he knew, and he fully believed it was not the intention of the directors of the Bank to limit discounts as they had done in April, or to resort to any other stringent mea sures—that he felt confident the worst had past, and he thought the alarm would speedily subside." Even to this moment he cannot be satisfied that the Bank of England denied any reasonable accommodation to any solvent parties, indeed, but yesterday he tells us " that the Bank never refused a bill which it would have dis counted at another time." Hear this, ye merchants of England, who were made but too painfully aware of the impossibility of converting even the most satis factory securities received in the regular course of trade into cashl—how groundless were your complaints and how ridiculous your joy at hearing that the fetters and restrictions by which the directors were supposed to be bound were unloosed! Judge how absurd were the rumours that the Bank had lent or offered to lend Government stock when they were unable to supply applicants with the required advances in cash. We have the authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that " the Hanle never refused a bill which it would have discounted at another time." But if this be so, and surely we cannot doubt a statement proceeding from such a source, what was the use of the letter to which he himself was a party ? In ordinary times, the Bank afforded every legitimate accommodation ; they desired to obtain undoubted bills, and would scarcely deny the request of parties about whose solvency or stability no doubt was entertained. If they refused no bill which they would have dis counted at another time, why did the Premier and Chancellor of the Exchequer " recom mend the directors of the Bank of England to enlarge the amount of their discounts and advances upon approved securities ?" Surely, it was as purely a work of supererogation as the Right Honourable Baronet considers the Committee he has just moved for to be—something that might for the moment satisfy good gullible JOHN BULL, but which was merely intended to quiet him for the moment, but from which there are to be no real results. We should, perhaps, alter this last phrase; there was a great fact occasioned by that letter—a fact that has long since become too painfully ap parent to our commercial men—a minimum rate of eight per cent. as interest for the use of money, and which still, in the favourable condition of the Bank with a reserve of 5,800,000!., a condition so favourable that there is not the slightest probabi lity of any present measure being required—is main tained at the moderate rate of 7 per cent. Perhaps, too, the Committee now moved for , may lead to a change in the Bank management. Happily fur the confederates of Switzerland the Governments of England and France have undertaken their pacification. The diplomatic convention en tered into on Friday between Lord PALMERSTON and the Due Da BROGLIE must speedily put an end to the Helvetic differences, and the mission of Sir STRATFORD CANNING to Berne proves the prelude to the negotiation of a peace such as has not been known for seventeen years among the twenty-two federated cantons. During those seventeen years the Diet has found it as impossible—whether its annual assemblage were at Berne, Zurich, or Lucerne—to conduct the aggregate affairs of the Republic, as the Laiukgemeinde has discovered it to be impracticable to direct with satisfaction to the citizens the affairs of each individual canton. And while Basle has sepa rated, of late, into two distinct divisions, the one comprising the town and the other country, and while Appenzell has evinced the same disjunction of interests between the agricultural and manufac turing districts, the whole of Switzerland has broken up into factions, and these factions, ani mated by the fanaticism of religion or by the equally extravagant fanaticism inspired by a love of liberty, has advanced from the petty feuds of local animosity to the grand and overwhelming miseries inseparable from civil warfare. This war fare may be traced back not merely as far as the revolution of 1820, bat even to the year 1803, when NAPOLEON, as First Consul of France, and Head Pacificator of Switzerland, established the new can ton of Argovie, by uniting together fragments of Berne and Zurich, and the beautiful valley of the Erickthal. For out of the perverse policy of the local government of Argovie have sprung those ca lamitous contentions of the Confederation which first displayed themselves in the estrangement of the Swiss republicans, and have ultimately drawn forth the brand of intestine hostility. It were ridiculous to doubt for one moment the success of the negotiations undertaken by a British Plenipotentiary as practised and expert as Sir STRATFORD CANNING, especially when the mediation proffered by him from the Govern ment of Great Britain is seconded by all the principal powers of Christendom. The Vorort of Switzerland must yield to the generous demands of our envoy, and the seizure of Zug and Lucerne by the Federal forces must induce even the most violent up holders of the Sonderbund to listen to his representa tions. From the very commencement of these dis turbances there has been no little culpability on both sides of the belligerent confederates. The Radical cantons have arrogated to themselves, without suffi cient authority, the name of the Liberal Party; while the advocates of the Jesuits, and those who are obe dient to the Sonderbund, have absurdly monopolised the distinguishing title of the Catholic Party. Before tranquillity can be restored to Switzerland, con cessions must be made by both parties, and the basis of a permanent pacification can alone be the acknowledgment of their common errors by the an tagonistic forces. Otherwise the protocol signed by the French Ambassador and her MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign Affairs will be so much unprofitable parchment—the consent accorded by the European Courts to the correspondence opened by England will be superfluous—and the mission already entered upon by SIT STRATFORD CANNING will be null and fruit less. It would be frivolous to blink the matter by putting any other construction upon what has already transpired, and what is still transpiring in the Hel vetic Confederation. The truth must be recognised and avowed by the negotiators, or the peace of Switzerland can never be permanently restored. Any evasion of facts so obvious and notorious, indeed, as those we have already enumerated would be only a procrastination of evils which have even now con tinued too long in existence. The endeavours making on the part of France and Great Britain for the restoration of peace, prosperity, and happiness to Switzerland, presents to the historian one of those spectacles which it is most agreeable for him to record among the national annals. It is another specimen of the fraternal sentiments inspired by p.litical freedom ; it is an illustration of that communion of social sympathies which are more lasting bonds of friendship between states than treaties signed by emperors and witnessed by statesmen. Before the late outbreak between the Swiss Radi cals and the zealots in favour of the Sonderbund, it was by no means difficult to conjecture the result o f a conflict between armies so disproportionately nlatCh ed. command of ZIZOLDI, of Dur oun , and of theunder WEDNE 7 SDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1847. Do. Li Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M- & B.) A. 7 1 ,4 •• **** Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 71 4 Do. 101. (dl. & B.) C. 1 Lend. & S. Western 411. 68. 8d 55 54% Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 •••••• 41 ... 4214 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 3214.. .. 28 1 ,E 29 Do. Now 40L Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50 Ditto ditto .. .... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 6/.135.4d.... 1 dis. Lundon, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry&Cularaine. 27% — ....... ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen Manchei•ter,Baxton,suid Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, _ _ . . and Lincolnshire ..:100 .„ _____ ...... Do. 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Had the war been permitted to continue, the consequences might have been the conquest and dis memberment of those cantons of the detested Sonder bund. This must have necessarily exercised a most pernicious influence over the fortunes of the Helvetic Confederation. The balance of interests would have been lost, and the fate of the twenty-two independent muni cipalities might have proved in the end as mournful as that of the twenty-two Girondists in the bloodiest epoch of the Great Revolution. An auspicious pro spect rises, however, upon Switzerland, and the British intervention made through the instrumentality of Sir STRATFORD CANNING promises to restore quietude and confidence to those heroic republicans who reside among the fastnesses of European liberty. Accounts from Pietrasanta of the 19th state that an attempt had been made on the part of the Mode nese troops to surprise the Tuscan advanced posts, but the activity of the troops and civic guard, sum moned by the drum and the tocsin, induced them to retire with some precipitation. The Augsburg Gazette states from Naples that the Ministerial changes in that city have given great satisfaction, and raised expectations of many amelio rations. It was said, amongst other things, that the Government intends to reduce the duties on the im ports of raw materials. The Piedmonlese Gazette of the 24th states that the institution of a customs' league among the Pon tifical, Tuscan, and Sardinian Governments, the Piedmontese reforms, and the resignation of Marquis PIETEICATELLA, have induced the King of the Two SICILIES to desire that Minister to form a plan of reform, upon which PIETRACATELLA has had several conferences at Portici with the Ministers of the three Italian Governments, and the British Ambassador. The great difficulty appears to be Sicily, on account of the constitution of 1817 ; hopes, however, are en tertained that the matter may be settled by mutual concession. The Hereditary Prince will reside at Palermo as Viceroy of Sicily, and it is p3sitively asserted that the KING will adhere to the Customs' League. A letter from Genoa of the 22d ult. says— " Our Archbishop Cardinal Tadini died this morning at the age of eighty-nine. This prelate was one of the most zealous supporters of the Jesuits. The King has received a deputation from several towns of Sardinia, which demand to be placed in direct dependence on Turin, instead of obeying a vice-reyalty. The petitions praying for the organization of the National Guard, and which are deposited in our principal public establish ments, are already covered by a multitude of signatures, and every day receive more. A letter from Sardinia, dated from Sassari, the 15th, speaks of popular mani festations in favour of the Progressist movement of which that town has just been the theatre. Troops of men, women, priests, and monks, wearing the national cockade, made a procession through the town, crying— ' Long live Charles Albert ! Long lire Pius IX. I Long live Gioberti r In the evening four or five thousand per sons made the cirouit of Sassari, carrying torches and repeating the same acclamations." The Bale Gazelle of the 26th says—" There are different versions of the taking of Lucerne. Ac cording to one account, the federal troops entered without resistance. The troops of the primitive can tons fled beyond the mountains, and part of those of Lucerne retreated to the town. In the night of the 23d, the Governor, accompanied by General SILAS SAGLIO, fled, it is said, with the public money and all the most important papers. The federal troops are stated to have been well received at Lucerne ; their losses in the affairs of the 23d were considerable." Another account states that the Sonderbund General Sm.'s SA.Guo was wounded in the cheek The loss of the division commanded by Colonel OCIISENSEIN did not exceed, it is said, 6 killed and 30 wounded. The same journal informs us, on the authority of letters from Bellinzona, that the troops of the Sonder bund had commenced their retreat from the canton of Tesino. Accounts from Berne of the 26th say—" Lucerne surrendered at discretion. General Dufour, in refusing to grant a capitulation, promised to treat the people of Lucerne with all the respect due to members of the fe deration. In fact, no excess marked the entry of the troops, which took place at noon on tho 24th. They were well received by the inhabitants. MM. Soigwart, Meler, Haut. Zund, and General Salia-Seiglio fled, on the night of the 23(1. The troops of the little cantons also left by the lake to return to their homes. In the morning of the 24th the gates of Lucerne were without guards. 'Filer° now remain in arms against the Diet only the Valais, Uri, and Unterwalden. The first federal division has received orders to march against the Valais." A letter from Bile, 25th, says :—" Schwytz is ne gotiating to capitulate. Colonel RILLIST-CONSTAXT arrived at Vevey yesterday to assume the command of the division to which is confided the task of re ducing the Valais. It is supposed that this canton will be to-morrow summoned to submit, and that in case of refusal hostilities will commence the day after. Colonel RUILLIBT. CONSTANT will have to act against an army more numerous than his own, but there is no doubt of his success, as the great majority of the inhabitants of the lower Valais are liberals, and will aid the federal troops." Letters from Lucerne of the With announce that the primitive Swiss cantons, Uri and Unterwalden, being discouraged by the loss of the battle of Gisli kon, sent a flag of truce to General DUFOUR, with an offer to submit to the orders of the Diet, on condition that the latter would not occupy their country with a military force, or require payment of any portion of the expense of the war. It is considered certain that General DUFOUR will grant these terms. A conven tion on this basis was probably signed on the 27th. Schwytz has already surrendered, so that the defeat cf the Sonderbund may be considered as complete. Madrid papers to the 24th ult. have arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the Address had commenced, and Senor EBCOBURA had moved the omission of the passage which censured the conduct of the late Ministry. In the course of the debate, which had not concluded, General NARYAEZ gave an exposé of the policy of the Cabinet, which was strict legality, oblivion of the past, and tolerance towards all parties. The Eco del Comercio says that it was rumoured that Niatvaiaz, SIM TORIS, and ORLANDO, were about to retire from the Ministry, and that they would be succeeded by MoN, IP DAL, and CONCHA, and that GONZALKS BRAVO would be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 24.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26 11-15 at .30 days; the Five per Cents. at 151; the Debt without interest, at 4f for paper; and the Coupons at 10k. We have received th• Paris papers of Monday. The Debats still continues to urge on the small cantons to resist the federal troops, and declares that it would be an error to suppose that the taking of Lucerne had put an end to the war in Switzerland. The small cantons, however, have gathered wisdom from experience ; they know now exactly the trust that may be reposed in the promises of M. Guizor, and, according to the last accounts, were treating with General DUFOUR. It was reported in Paris on Monday the Schwytz had surrendered. Differences of a serious character exist in the French Cabinet. M. DIICITATEL, the Minister of the Interior, is highly offended at the manner in which the Embassy to Turin was offered to his brother, M. NAPOLEON DUCHATEL. A Cabinet Council was held on Sunday, to endeavour to arrange the difference, but M. DUCHATEL did not attend, and therefore the difference remains unsettled. The influenza is raging fearfully in Paris. M. TSCHANN, the Swiss ChargA d'Affaires, died suddenly of the disease on Monday. Thu following is the reply of the Minister of Finance to the petition of the Chamber of Com merce at Havre, praying that all English coal pur chased for the use of the Post-office steam-packets should be delivered in French vessels : " Several shipowners and merchants of your port ad dressed me a demand, to the effect that the transport of coal necessary for the service of the Post-office packets should be exclusively reserved for the national flag. You are not unaware of all the interest the Government takes in our maritime navigation, and its desire to encourage it by all the means in its power ; but however useful in this point of view may be the measures solicited by the merchants of Havre, as it would defini tively entail an additional expense on the public treasury, it is only by increasing that item in the budget, relative to th e p urc h ase o f coa l , t h at t h e claim of the H avre merc h ants can be accomplished. It is for th at reason that a clause, reserving to the national flag th e r i g h t to convey coal necessary for the Post-office boats during the year 1648, was not inserted in the con ditions attached to the contract adjudicated on the 12th of November inst. (Signed) " DUMON." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Monday, at 771. 15c. ; New Loan, 76f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 1161. 55c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,216 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 9181. 75c.; Havre, 502 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 570 f.; Avignon, 5701.; Vierzon, 557 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4951. ; B o ul ogne , 385 f. ; Basle, 1701. ; Paris and Strasburg, 421 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4001.; Paris and Lyons, 406 f. 25c.; Spanish Actives, 23}; ditto Three per Cents., 29. MARSEILLES, Nov. 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 5601. ; Northern, 5651. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANG,§OvxsnEn3O. Boulogne and Ainiens,l4%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 16—Northern of France, 12►,6—Paris and Rouen, 55—Rouen and klavre, 19 Sambre and Meuse, 6 1 --Tours and Nantes, 4f4—West Flanders 1%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was ra ther heavy. Sales, 2,000 bales, of which 1,700 were American at 44d. to 6d. per lb. Railway Shares were in rather improved request. There are no later colonial or foreign arrivals to-day, and attention is chiefly directed to the proceedings in the Legislature upon the subject of the monetary pres sure. On all hands it is admitted that the subject is one deserving the serious attention of Parliament, and although not much present practical good is expected from the mere appointment of a Committee, which will " drag its slow length along," it is conceded that the gravity of these recurring crises renders a deli berate investigation of the utmost importance. The question is frequently asked by the City quid *sow how will the Chancellor manage with his deficient revenue? and in truth as yet we have not heard a very satisfactory answer given. The amount to be made up may be sup plied by deficiency bills, but this supposes a subsequent improvement in the national Income, either in the natural course of trade or by increased taxation. The Lords of the Admiralty appear, by s recent letter, to have ordered that Cameron's Coalbrook steam coal be placed on the list of coals supplied by contract for her Majesty's steam vessels. The quality of this coal for steam purposes appears to have been well attested prior to this sanction on ;the part of the Go vernment. There ere various matters touched upon in the Ame rican papers, which appear to be of oonsiderable in terest. Respecting the future condition of the United States money market we are told that : " The banks are evidently aware that the money market will be very tight; that we aro going to have hard times, and that the commercial classes generally must see a vast deal of embarrassment before another season of business rolls round, and they wish to prepare themselves for the crisis. Much depends upon the course pursued by the banks, and by those engaged in commercial pursuits, and these may, by a contraction of operations, reduce the effect of the collapse. The revulsion in England will have an influence upon this country, and it may be exceedingly disastrous. It is true that we have not been very heavy losers by the failures on the other side ; but these will have such an effect upon prices for our productions, that holders in this country must, in the event of their being compelled to realise, suffer seriously. &tight money market will force many to sell, and many houses will in this way be made bankrupt. We have more to fear from a depreciation in prices for staples, than from any direct losses by failures in Europe. While these things are hanging over the heads of the commercial classes, we see no preparations made for the coming blast; we see no contraction. in credits, n o re duction in expendit ures , no h us b a ndin g of resources; on the contrary, the reverse. We see a species of extrava gance increasing with most alarming rapidity, which sooner or later, must lead to times similar to those ex perienced ten years ago. We are on the same road which led to PO much ruin in 1837, and the same results will be realised, unless an immediate revolution takes place. The expenditures required to maintain the mode of living practised in the west end of the city, is sufficient to sap the foundation of almost any house engaged in business, and if the truth was known, if we could get at the actual condition of the concerns, the members of which live in such magnificence, we should find that many of them bad been hopelessly bankrupt for years. Wo should find under so much beauty, utter rottenings —and wonder how so much corruption could exist so long, without spreading disease into every section of society." There has been a further improvement in the value of Consols, some considerable purchases haying been made, for Money 85f, and for the Account at 861. The opinions vary very much as to the benefit to result to the Funds from the inquiries to be made by the Parliament into the currency, &c. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is now 23. India Bonds have receded from 255. to 325. discount. Bank Stock is quoted at 187 to 189. In the Foreign Funds there has been a trifling amount of business transacted to -day. Spanish Five per Cents. have been sold for Money at 17i, and a fraction higher for Account. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 54k, the Four per Cents. at 83!, Grenada at 18, Mexican for Account at 17, and Russian at 106. In the Railway Share Market the chief alterations have been a slight improvement in Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Derby, in Caledonian, in the Eastern Counties, in Lancashire and Carlisle, in London, Brighton, and South Coast; in London and North- Western, in Midland (31. a share), in North British, and in York, Newcastle and Berwick. A few of the other lines aro lower than yesterday. oNE CLOSING PRICES OF BEITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. lB7 189 189 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne.. B4 83% 841 i, 84!4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-... 85 1 4% A I N IA . Pi j e an j . 94 5, 1 1 8 8 6 6 ° 0...... • 8 8L 85% New VA per Cent. Anns 85% Lo o ng it An to 3 n o s. ) t . o ea e r x s 8 51 - % 16 V 8 9-16 India Stock 232 5 Ditto Bonds 10001 Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 8 6 14 857 88!4. 86 Exchequer Bills. 2d. . 1,0 - ow. 5001, Small ox - R CLOSINt4 i•RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES. Equador Bonds ........ 21% 2% per Cent ....... 18 ex diT 18 ex div 3% 3% Grenada isi eDxiC ent. ticatonD,Besofenprdserre,dl 16%% 16% Ditto, Account ...... 17 17 Ditto, Small Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 21 1 Ditto, Small 24% 24% Russian Bonds «.« 106 106 1846 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ....... Ditto. Account 17% 17% Ditto, 3 per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild , 541,4 54 1 4 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 83% 83% PRICES OF 11 RAILWAY SUARES A B T B o r x 17 ,C DORICCLOSING . riticEB Aberdeen .. ..... Amanbd Eastern Ntt Avrshire and Galloway.. 2% ...... ... ......... ... Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .... ....... .. Birmingham and Ox ford Junction asorn., Junction Bosn o P , 2 D 1i . ...... ..... Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 13% 14% Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley... .. 8 •••••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 / 4 ...... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. b ...... .... .... Bristol and E xeter Ditto, Thirds - ......... •..•• Buckinghamshire 101. 43 — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3% — Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37% —. Ditto, Preference .. 8 ••• — Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent............ 10 ..... « Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & _ Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. i s E. and L. and D. ..... 25 Do., 181., B. & H.... 18 Do., 34 10 5.,E. &11. 1 Eastern Counties ....... 20 Ditto (8)•............ .. 20 Ditto, Perpetual, 5 par % die. Cent, No. 1. ...... 6/. 13s. 4d — ............... Ditto ditto, Nu. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d — ............... 16% %?/ 8/3 % di: . .... .. .. ... .. / V s I di tvii s• Do., York Extension.. 10 .....- - Do., North. & E astern 50 • ••• Do., Quarters ......... 121 h .••••• ..... Do., New ............ ... 23 ...... Eastern Union ........... 50 .• ••• *** ...... " ••• Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%...... Ditto. Thirds ... ..... 135. - 4 d ...... ••••" Do., (guar. 6 percent) ...... ......... ••••• East Lancashire • ......... 25 Ditto. New ......... .. 13 « ••• Ditto, New Quarters... 3% East Lincolnshire ...... 12% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 • ••••• Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 12% •••••• Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 %..... Ditto, New ........... 3 - t.i ...... ...••• Ditto, Newport...,, ... 9,4 ...... Ditto, ditto, New ...•. 2 1 4 — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% — Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.6x. 8d ..... Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consol. 12%...... Great N0rthern............ 10% 4% Do., London and York 2 %.. ... Great South. and West. (Ireland) ............... 85 Great North of Engl an d..loo Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/. l% I 7 I/ . .. 17% Great Western... BS Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares.. ,50 ,60 14 1 -A, 65% 86Ih _ 204 ..... 41,4 Waterld, \Vxlrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall 4 ..... 1V h!teliayen & Furnessl 11 Windsor, Staines, and __ i [South Western ..... ... 525. — - W ilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth ... 14 4 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Onginal New and Berwick .. Do. North Shields !Jur. 25 Do. Extensiok No. 1. 2 10 5 ** *** 4 34 13 1 / 4 .. ... ...... .. 13 1 / 4 1 3 4 .. ........ . ... .. ..... *""w"' ' Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. U.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 9% 9% York aria North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference. Do. East cud West Kid-. ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgiaa... 4 — Barbadoes 1 ...... Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 15 1 4 % .. Central of France (Or „Weans and Vierzon) ... 14 -- Central of Spain ........ 1 Ceylon Demerara 5 Dendre Valley ...... ... .. 4 ...... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Southern of Madras se. Great Western Bengal... se. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 - ••• Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ..... Luxembourg. ..... ••••• .... 6 ...... 1 ,4 Lyons and Avignon 5 .Madras 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valontia.... 2 ... .. Namur', and Liege ...... 14 Northern of France....... 10 .. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 — Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ...... .• 10 •••••• 6 1 , 4 Paris and Orleans ...... ... 20 Paris and Rouen Paris and .;;Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre - Sambre and M euse ••• ...... 18 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 1G Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 8 15% - :2% 'A 5% 12:,4 2% dis 6LA - 614 1% JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia .•• •••••• •• London & Westminster. 20 British N or th A mer i can 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 Union of L0ud0n..„..... 10 Union of Madrid Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Dit to, New Ditto New... ..... ..... 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, N0w...... .. ..... 10 National of Ireland 22% ..... . .... ........ ... Union of Australia Ditto,New... ........ ... 2 1 ,4 ...... . .... MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Bolonos Scrip 000000000 •• ••• Brazilian Cocaes&Cuiba 30 30 Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. 3 1 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. I.—Wind this day at noon S.W., mo derate breeze, and fine. DEAL, Nov. 30.—Wind W.—Arrd. South Stockton, Rands, Singapore; Christopher Columbus, Baltimore, and sld. for Bremen ; Republic, Londis, Ri c h mon d ; Van Transit, Newfounland ; Ocean Bride, Berbice. Arrd. from the river, Osprey, Callao, Sinbara ; Santa Martha, Charles Walton, Boston ; Osctola, St. John's, New Brunswick. Put back, Hindoo, for Adelaide, South Australia. OFF DOVER.—Helen, Taylor, Bahia. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Mary Sevens, Waterford and Callao, for Dundee, leaky. Sld. her Majesty's ship Alert, Africa. Put back, Arabella, for Boston, leaky, &c. BRISTOL, Nov. 30.—Wind, N.N.W.—Put back Afri can Queen, for Africa. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Ma jesty, Knowles, Cape Coast ; Navigator, Lefevre, Rio Grande ; Downshire, Runlett, N ew O r l eans ; Wit c h, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick ; John M'Lellan, Rigg, Quebec ; Emily Taylor, Clausen, New Orleans ; Blake, Armstrong, Quebec ; Covenanter, Patterson, ditto. Sld. Degley, New York. ScAnuououGH, Nov. 30.—The sloop Anne, of Dundee, Lendon to Newcastle, has been assisted in here with damage, having been in contact with the Rhine off Flam borough Head this morning. CLYDE, Nov. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. 28, Lady Harvey, Miller, Demerara. Sld. Philip Laing, New Zealand ; Argyll, Batavia, ; Eliza Stewart, Bombay ; Mary Ann, Trinidad ; St. Mary, Jamaica. Curt, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Esta Mary, Davis, Boston. Sld. 27, Sherbrook, New Orleans ; Carlisle (5) Lisbon and Rio Janeiro. KINsILE.—SId Enterprise, Yarmouth, N.S. Coax, Nov. 25.—The Abida and the John Hall have been surveyed and must discharge. BELmuLLET, Nov. 28.—The Peter Senn, Murray, from Ibrail to Westport, was assisted into Innisty re, on the 24th instant, with loss of sails and bulwarks, and cargo shifted and damaged. WHITBY, Nov. 30.--The Pilot, Golightly, of and from Sunderland, ran on Whitby Rock to-day and sank, crew saved. The Admiral Hood was in contact with a brig off Robin Hood Bay to-day, and stove the lar board bori. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY Since Monday scarcely any samples of English Wheat have been received np to this market. To-day the stands were very scantily supplied with Wheat of home produce, the general quality of which was inferior, aris ing from the prevailing damp weather. The few fine parcels on offer sold at full prices, but all other kinds were much neglected. Fine foreign Wheats, though the demand for them was by no means active, were quite as dear. In °tiltr kinds so little was doing, that the rates were almost nominal. All kinds of Barley moved off slowly, but we tan notice no alteration in value. There were scarcely any buyers for Malt, the prices of which article were barely maintained. Although the supply of Oats was small, the Oat trade was heavy, at last week's currencies. In all other Grain, as well as Flour, scarcely any business was doing. ARRIVALS. Barley. 1,570 qrs. English ...... 1ri5h......... Foreira ...... Whaat. 1,690 qrs. Oats. I Mow. 70 qrs. 1,620 sks 1,610 I -- 1,290 Malt. 5.350 aro. WHITECHAPEL. Prime Beef and Mutton were in moderate request, a. full prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4a 6d; Veal, 33 8d to 4s Sd; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the first seal after Michaelmas term, but the continued indisposition of the Lord Chancellor prevented his Lordship sitting in his Court in the Old Hall, Lin coln's Inn. We are happy, however, to state that the answer to inquiries at his Lordship's residence this morning was, that his Lordship was considerably better. It is, however, generally supposed that his Lordship will not sit before next term. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice• Chancellor of England heard motions to day, it being the first seal after Michaelmas term. INJUNCTION.—BENTLEY V. ROGERSON. Mr. BETIZELL applied this morning at the sitting of the Court ex parte on behalf of Mr. Bentley, the emi nent publisher, for an injunction against the defendant to restrain him from pirating a work, the property of the plaintiff. From the statement of the Learned Counsel, it ap peared that in the work so well known to the public under the title of Bentley's Miscellany, of which the plaintiff was not only the proprietor, but under the statute, had the copyright of se►eral of the articles con tained in it, the plaintiff had published a tale by Mrs. Romer, entitled "The Fate of Peterhoff." The defen dant, in a work of which he is the publisher, and which is edited by Camilla Toulmin, called The New Itiontl ly Belle Assemblee, published the whole, word for word, of the tale published by the plaintiff in his Miscellany, stating it to be written by Mrs. Homer, instead of Mrs. Romer. The piracy being of so glaring a nature, the plaintiff was compelled, for the security of his own pro perty, to apply to the Court for an injunction to restrain the pablication of the work by the defendant. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Of course, under the cir • cumstances stated, we must stop the work of Homer. Injunction granted. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE RIR MINGHIM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This case was specially appointed for this morning. Our readers will recollect that in the course of the last term his Honour overruled the demurrer put in by the defendants to the plaintiff.' bill, and in consequence of that decision, the object of the bill being to obtain an injunction to restrain 'the defendants from entering into any agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company to sell their railway to that com pany, the case now came beforo the Court upon motion for that injunction. The case appears likely to occupy several days. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged the whole morning in trying an action (Ward v. Key), for the infringement of a patent for the improvement of drums. The case, which will probably last the whole day, is only of interest to the parties concerned. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE WALKER. This bankrupt had carried ;;business as a licensed victualler, in Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square, and to-day was appointed by adjournment for the bankrupt's appli• cation for his certificate. The solicitor to the assignees applied for a further adjournment on the ground that certain issues which might affect the certificate had to be tried in the Com mon Pleas. Mr. LAURENCE, who appeared for the bankrupt, did not oppose the application, but the bankrupt considered it a hard case that these frequent adjournments took place; the certificate had been adjourned from time to time, since March, solely for the trial of these issues which might or might not affect the question. His HONOUR further adjourned the hearing till tha 10th instant. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman fluorine.) THE CASH OF GARDNER AND HoLLIDAY.—Henry Gardner, aged 31, Thomas Holliday, aged 25, described in the calendar as merchants, were indicted, with two other persons named Loup and Seagur, with conspiring to defraud several persons of a great quantity of cordage and other property. The particulars of the case hare been already detailed fully in the Mansion House police reports of 7 he Sun. Mr. Bodkia and Mr. Huddlestone conducted the pro secution. Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Robinson appeared for Gardner and Holliday. Mr. Clarkson defended Loup, and Mr. Ballantine was the Counsel for Seagur. Gardner and Holliday pleaded Guilty. The two other prisoners, who had been at large upon bail, pleaded Not Guilty. The trial occupied the whole of the morning, and will not be terminated until a late hour, there being forty witnesses to examine. It will conclude the session. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Adolphe Frezte, a young German, who has been twice remanded on a charge of having been found in Og borne's Hotel, Adelphi, under very suspicious circum stances, was again brought before Mr. Henry this morning. Mr. HENRY, having no doubt that the prisoner was an impostor, and entered the hotel for an unlawful pur pose, would commit him to prison for two months. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Edward Gough was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing from the residence of Lord Ash burton a damask table cloth, value two guineas. Mitchell, 2i C, said, about half-pastfive o'clock yes , terday afternoon he was on duty in Prince's-street, Soho, when he was called into the shop of Mr. Young, the pawnbroker, in that street. On entering the shop, one of the young men informed him that the prisoner had offered a valuable table cloth in pledge; but, seeing that it was marked with a coronet, he refused to take it in, and detained him until witness was sent for. Witness asked the prisoner how he became possessed of thecloth? He replied that he had had it in his possession for these ten years, and that his wife would tell him the same. On going with him to his wife, she denied all knowledge of the cloth. Witness then made further inquiries, and discovered that it had been stolen from Lord Ashburton. lie then took the prisoner into custody. One of his Lordship's servants said the prisoner had been employed to do the odd jobs in the house. He had known him for several years, and always found him to be-henest up to the present transaction. Inspector Whale, of the C division, said he had seen his Lordship this morning, and his Lordship would de cline prosecuting the prisoner. His Lordship wished him to state that he left it entirely in the magistrate's hands. Mr. HantiwicK told the prisoner that he ought to be thankful for his Lordship's leniency, for if his Lordship d h o a n d come r w fo i s r ow thanard he se n ( d Ai h r i . m H ( a p rd ri we s o i n k e r ) ) , c t o u u t l h d o c o s t s i h o a n y s e . a o bo th u e r. House of Cor rection iieshou f l o d r , t h w o o w rn ev o e n r, th c s o , m w m ith it h h a i r m d it The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received 501. from " Cestrensis," for income-tax. The amount will be paid into the receipt of the Exchequer. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A young wan named John Watson, a commercial traN eller, was charged with the following desperate assault upon Mr. Joseph Wing, proprietor of the Taun ton Tavern, City-road. Mr. Wing stated that the defendant came into his house at about twelve o'clock last night, and having entered the coffee-room, in which were several commer cial gentlemen, called for a pint of wine. Witneis. perceiving that he already had too much, and that his company was obnoxious to those present, would not serve him, and, by dint of some coaxing, defendant was induced to leave the room for the passage. He had no sooner got there than he sent two of witness 'e waiters, flying like chaff before the wind, and as for himself ? he was no more than an infant in bis hands, and his coat, which was a new one, was actually tern into ribbons. With the united exertions of some twelve persons the defendant was at length ejected at the side door, but he had no sooner done so than tEe defendant, by main strength, forced the lock and broke down the gate. A police constable now came up, and he was secured and taken to the station. The defendant expressed the greatest contrition for what he had done, and said that he would give the complainant his address and also some satisfactory re ferences. To this Mr. Wing ultimately acceded, and, after some remarks from the magistrate, the prisoner, who put souse silver in the poor box, was allowed to depart. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—As a commercial man, acknowledging your journal as more:particularly the organ of our body, I request a paragraph embodying the under particulars. The house at which it occurred is a highly respect able one, No. 9, Lime-street, Liverpool, well con ducted, and has a fair proportion of ccmmercial ps trona ge ; as such it is, with others, liable to such incidents. On Thursday last, whether by mistake or design, my writing-case was taken out of the commercial room, with it, of course, my journey ledger and me moranda, and about thirty-five shillings in silver, II few bill stamps, letter stamp, &c., with the half of a 101. note. Suspicion lighted on a person who came late in the evening of Wednesday, and who left on Thursday after breakfast in a somewhat hasty manner. That suspicion with me is strengthened from the fact, that he saw me deposit the haif rote in the pocket of the case, not having seen me previously divide the note in two halves—a 101. note I had a few minutes before received in exchange for gold. There were at the time two or three other and more respectable-looking cases in the room. He took with him a case having the appearance of mine, but the waiter had no sus.. picion that it was not his own, as she did not see bins arrive. There can be no doubt there are fellows capable of intruding themselves into commercial rooms for the purposes cf robbery, and it is highly necessary every publicity should be given, when their attempts suc ceed.—Yours respectfully, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Nov. 30, 1847. DEATH OF THE SWISS CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO THIN FRENCH COURT.—We regret to announce the death of the Swiss Chargo d'Affaires, M. de Sschann, which took place on Sunday morning, at his residence in Paris. THE FORTUNE OF THE LATE ELECTOR OF Hissg. —The late Elector of Hesse, who was one of the richest sovereigns of Europe, leaves, it is said, a fortune of upward: of 100,000,0001. (4,000,0001.) He has appointed the Emperor of Austria his prin c ip a l execu t o r. Prince Doria gave a grand dinner to Lord Mint°, at Rome, on the 16th. All the principal personages of Rome were invited on the occasion. GENERAL SIR CHARLES NATIER.—On the 15thy the officers of the garrison of Malta gave a dinner to General Sir Charles Napier, late Governor of Scinde. Upwards of 80 guests sat down to a magnificent enter tainment. In consequence of the bad weather Sir Charlea was not to leave Malta for ten days. The Government Railway Bill for extending the time for the completion of railway works, and for the purchase of land, is exceedingly simple in its nature., and more intelligible than such documents generally are. The chief provisions are that railway co mpaniee wishing for an extension of time m us t wake applit's wn to the Commissioners of Railway s w ithin two :nought from the passing of the Act. Th e C omm issioners may then, if they think fit, extend the time, but not for more than two years from the expiration of the period allowed by the original Act. In cases of parties feeling them selves aggrieved by the delay, the claims of such per sons, if not settled by agreement with the cotnranY. shall be settled by arbitration, or by the verdict of jury, in like manner as is provided by the Lands Cl ouse/ Consolidation Act. It is also enacted that no railway company which has not before the 27th of Nove mber. 1847, entered into any contract for the execution of works authorised by their Act, shall enter into any con tract within twelve months after the pass ing of t . he present Act, except in cases of deviation from the l i ne originally proposed, and contracts for the construction of works which the company are authorised to pro cetql with by the consent of three-fourths of the whole number of shares, such consent to bo signified in writing within six weeks after the passing of the Act. Contracts entered into in contravention of the Act shall be void and of no effect. of ' g r o il s, R . A f G , G ar E i D ou S s e c t . o a L e fi te A r T in E el D . l ( N u ß ng Uß a C t l i f e . ie. A of p ,, a ,e r a c r e . l ing apparel, and others of a fancif u l and ental description, have arrived from the U n it e d St's:Ls 114 at one of the Scottish ports, which are intended to b e sold, and the proceeds applied to the benefit of the Ra gged Schools at Edinburgh ; and we believe that application will be made—if such has not already been done—to the Government authorities for the free delivery of the articles for this benevolent purpose mentioned. THE ROYAL BANK.—I he public will learn with satisfaction (says the Liverpool Mercury) that, as before announced, this bank will open its doors for business to-morrow (Wednesday). All the preliminaries were settled at the meeting yesterday. It has been agreed to cancel the 2,000 original shares of 1,0001. each, and to create in lieu thereof 10,000 shares of 2001. each, the proprietor of each share of 1,000/. to have five of seek 2001. shares. It has also been resolved to create 4,000 preference shares of 100/. each, two of which will be allotted :to the holders of each original share. Seven ordinary direotors, with two paid directors and the manager, are in future to form the executive of the bank; and with the view of checking undue speculation, and of preventiug a recurrence of the late disastrous consequences, no unsecured advances will be made to any person or firm beyond 20,000 L, and no advance will in future be made to any person or firm beyond 50,000 L on any security. The full amount of 1001. of the pre ference shares is payable on the 10th of January next. The seven directors chosen are Messrs. Josh's Booker. Samuel Holme, John Stock, jun., John Highfield, Johu Bibby, James Tyrer, and Francis Shand. THE NEW ROYAL MARINE BARRACK W S AT 'POOL wictr.—This extensive range of buildings , capable of affording officers' quarters, and accommodation for 1,000 men of the Woolwich division of that branch of her Majesty's service, are to be occupied by the officers in the course of the present week. and the men now accommodated on board the Benbow, 72 guns, opposite Woolwich Dockyard, will occupy the new barracks on the B th of December. The front entrance is not yet finished, and will o ccupy . _ about six or eight months before it wil l be delivered over by the contractors. The entranc e will be sar mounted by a steeple, ninety feet high, and havt9 l 4 l illuminated dial to the clock with which it will being fitted. Fire hundred young men, recruits, who are ng en listed in the country for the "Woolwich division of . Royal Marines,ojoin a a t nd Woolwichsen t to Chatham when drills, are are to are to be detached on Thursday next from head-quarters , pied by the men. The usual number of Royal Marines thetonelewarbnarrthacekre and will proceed to Deptford to do duty at tapetht dock yard, and relieve the Scots Fusilier Guards, sent doing duty there. CORDWAINERS' WARD.---THR ALDERIIINIC GowK. —Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a nu merously attended meeting o f the friends of David Salamono, Esq. (a new candidate for the aldermanic gown, smas the resignation of Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood), was held at the Crown Tavern, for the purpose of a requisition to Mr. Salomons, signed by 75 Of t inhabitants of the Ward, soliciting him to fill the racannf• Mr. Salomons was present, and addressed the tne o f 01 eting on being introduced. There was no mention mad e opposition. prosenttujo AN IMrosToL—On Sunday last a negro, wh o calls himself Tucker, addressed the children of t he Wesleyans and Independents in the scheol-room of the latter, at Barnard Castle, and described his escape fro American slavery; he stated that he has a wife a n '' child still in slavery, whose liberty he was endeavouri n g to procure by raising funds for that purpose. He /Mit e ; upon several of the benevolent frie n ds r e siding in 1113 " near Cotherstono, who collected about 30s. for him olt Monday last. On Tuesday, Mr. H a rm e r and sow° the Independent society of Barnard Castle, suspects" an imposition, and on searching the lodging-holin g ' found a woman there who passed for the negro's That evening he was apprehended, and next day brought before the bench of magistrates, and the case being in: vestigated, sentence was given for `•Old Dan Tucke rs removal to Durham gaol for three months. BIRTHS. On the 26th ult., at llateham, Surrey, the wife of the 11°' A. Granville, M.A., the incumbent, of a eon. of On the 27th ult., the lady of George Weston, 11-014 Lincoln's Inn and Ilighbury-grove of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 25th ult., at All Hallows, Bread-street, by the Rev. G. Andrews, Chaplain to the Route of Commons,Sarah Ana, eldest daughter of the late Captain Armstrong, of Idi to John Sayner, Esq., of Sheffield. On the 25th ult., at Wroughton, by the Rev. IL M. Lig" Mr. W. R. Lejeune, merchant, Southampton , to Emily, third daughter of E. 11. Budd, Esq., of Elcombe House Wilts. DI EB. On the 10th ult., at Lisbon, on board H.M.S. St. R. Hobson, son of the late S. P. Rickman, Esq. On the 24th ult., at Welsh Hampton Parsonage, the Rev' 11. Cornwall Legit, aged 36. Catherine On the 26th ult., at Leatherhead, Surrey-, Mrs. , 94. Simmons, second wife of the l a t e M r . B. Simmons, age." Ns . On the 27th ult., at h er res id enc e, Totten dge , ' S'll widow of the late Roy. Ab e l L en d on , A.M. QPs elf On the 28th ult., at Cl arges - street , i n hi s 93d year , Sh On i ellthe 2, Esq9th ~ lateult., Mary, the of the island o wifef Montserra B of Mr t. B. Felloeres, Vincent. of . Ludgate -street. ___...—..---_"'-- -- - at London : Print e d an d Published by M URDO YOUNnsis, No. 112, St ran d, P r i nter , at The Sun Offices V th e ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the *ow l ' , Middlesex, Wednesday, December 1, 1847. I LON DON,