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MR. HOW ITT' 5 YE NV WORK. lisiv ready at all the Libraries, in 2 1,15., 218. bound, THE HALL AND THE HAMLET, • By WILLIAM HOWITT, Author of " The Book of the Seasons," "Rural Life in England," ice, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in post Svo., price 10s. Gd., with Portraits and other Illustrations, ADVENTURES OF AN ANGLER In CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and the UNITED STATES. By CHARLES LANMAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher is Ordinary to her Majesty.) NEW WORK Br MR. WARREN. On Saturday, the 18th December, will be published, in One Volume N ° w THEN royal post Svo., A N D A TALE. By SAMTEL WARREN, Esq., F.R.S. Author of " Ten Thousand a Year ," and " The Diary of a Late Physician." Wlllla4lS Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Orders received by all Booksellers. APOLOGY.—" We regret to find that an article appeared in our Number of the 2 - 2 d ult., reflecting upon the character and profes , ional reputation of Dr. Dawson, which, upon inquiry, we find to be unfounded. We, therefore, as an act of jus tice, repudiate the animadversions alluded to, sad take an early op portunity of stating our belief that they were undeserved, and of et.- Pressing our regret that they were inserted in our pages."—Lancet, December 4. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Opera of THE 'BRINE OF LAMMER MOOR. Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. S. Reeves ; Colonel Ashton, Mr. H. Whitworth ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss • Buoklaw, Mr. Garstin ; ..Y.orman, Signor Galli ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Dome Gras. In the third act a Minuet by Madame Louise and Madame _ After which the Divertissement, entitled LE GENIE DE GLOBE. Stalls, 10s. fid. ; Dress Circle, 7s. Gd. ; Boxes. 55. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; First Gallery. 2s. ; Second Gall ry, Is. ; Private Boxes, 11. 10s. Cd., 21. 25.., 31. es., and upwards. . . The doors will be opened at Seven, and the Operi ommenee at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be p erformed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, .Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H. Farren ; Faulkland, Mr. Creswick ; kcres, . Webster; Sir Lu tins O'Trig ger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Rrindal ; Dayi I, Mr. Keeley ; NEN. 3Lt.aprop, Mrs. Glower ; Lydia Languish, Mrs. : , .Zisbett ; Julia, Miss l'ortescue ; Lucy, Mrs. Ilumby. After which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Stage Manager, M:. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. _ . J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, 51. ; Pit, 35.; Gallery, 23. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to eommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI; r ,the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carro', Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr, Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bediord ; Bal thazar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Broi,ks. To he followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD ithe property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, CullentOrd, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdile. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. To conclude with A NABOB Fnit AN HOUR. Boxes, 49. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past cis, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comic, Diama. called PEGGY GRREN. ♦fter which, A CURIOUS CASE. To be followed by a Conde Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. samara. Dress Boxes, 55.; tipper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior or the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseurp. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRIDAY EVENING. Will be presented the Comedie Vaudeville of LE PREMIER MALADE. After which, LE CHEF-DGEUVRE INCONNU. To concludetwith LE REVEIL DU LION. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. • Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3a. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Day'Age, No. 1, Davidge•terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera of BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. D. W. King; Colonel Henry Ashton. Mr. IPManon ; Arthur Bucklaw, Mr. Rafter ; Raymond, Mr. S. Jones ; Norman. M. H. Horncastle; Lucy Ashton, Mrs. D. W. King ; Alice, Miss Collett. To be followed by the celebrated PAS DE FOLIE, from the Opera of Gustavus. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the srincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-stlize of the Theatre, which Is open daily from Teu until ":our. Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. AsTLE,Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, sir. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Sectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the i.Lst ilillshment, in the various modes 01 equestravon. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THE WAITE FARM. Box-office open from II till b Actin; and Stage Manager, :Ir. W West. 3IEETING OF PAM_ lAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF „ THE S UN” CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. *** Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. TIIE WEATEMR.—SUN 07YICE, DEC. 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest. 40 ; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 29.68. WIND W.S.W.; fine. (Mai WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ifornint.. 2 minutest after 2. I Evening .. 21 eainuteg titer 2. utti t •"' h i • 4041.... EL 40 • 0 1 ' on LONTh)N, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1847. Notwithstanding the appeal made by the Home Secretary, and even the remonstrances of avowed Repealers in the House, who earnestly desired a post ponement of the discussion until a more propitious season, the Hon. Member for Nottingham persisted in his intention of bringing on his motion for " a Committee to inquire and report on the means by which the dissolution of the Parliament of Ireland was effected, on the effects of that measure upon Ireland, said upon the labourers in husbandry and operatives in manufactures in England, and on the probable consequences of continuing the legislative union between both countries." The House was conse quently occupied for the entire evening with the subject, and the debate might (with some few exceptions) have taken place at Conciliation Hall, the Repealers had it so entirely to themselves. The moderation of the anti-Repealers was rewarded by the termination of the discussion in a single night, and the rejection of the motion by a majority of 232, the numbers for the motion being 23, and against it 255. Th e grea t ques ti on , w hi c h had ob of"_ wn.e e s crr many new converts, a n d the s pe e dy triumph . 1 h Was a matter o f per f ect certainty, has thus received a quietus at least for the present. The very significant silenc e with which the ar g u m e n t s of the rsnpporters of more effect ua l th ethan h motion was r ece i ve d was f ar could have ban the mos t b r illi an t oratory een rebuke to th ose ~,,h,,and conveyed a f orc ibl e impeded the progress of really urgent business, inconvenient detained the several Members at a most Itaivse:ilent time from Axlbe regretted that their respective dwellings. the proposition of Sir Jone the orders of the day precedence G o v 'r e ° :' for i givin g Tuesdays and Thursdays, until after thenanteenalaChristmas on holidays, was not acceded to. in such valuable day 'would not have been wholly lost toethae country, and a material advance would have been made in the legislation which it is absolutely essen tial to have enacted before the adjournment of the House. Were it not that it would have been unwise to foster in any degree the Repeal delusion, or to yield any ,encou.vagement to its abettors, the House could not have ad opted a more effectual course for getting rid of the question than by acdeding, to the motion, and granting the proposed Committee. A wide field of investigation would have been thereby opened up. "The means by which the disk/solution of the ;Parliament of Ireland was STIN, LONDON WEDNESDAY effected " would alone involve the history of the entire nation for a series of years preceding the union, more particularly the insurrection of 1798 and the causes which led thereto. The secret histories of the individual members of either branch of the Irish Parliament should also be inquired into ; and when, in addition thereto, the effects of the measure, not only on Ireland, but upon the labourers in hus bandry and the operatives in manufactures in Eng land, for the last forty-seven years, and also the probable consequences of the legislative union, was to be reported on, we might reasonably calculate that the labours of the Com mittee would be almost interminable, and that the question would be fairly shelved, at least for the present Parliament. Some of the Irish Members are loud in their complaints that the Government have not as yet introduced the remedial measures which are intended to accompany the Bill for the prevention of crimes and outrages in Ireland, which has erro neously been termed a coercion Bill; but how is it pos sible that everything can be done when so much valuable time is frittered away and wasted on subjects which can certainly lead to no immediate result, and which there would be ample opportunities of dis cussing under much more favourable circumstances at a later period of the session ? Again have the citizens of London decided to en trust their personal interests to an Israelite. After declaring the Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD to be their representative in the Imperial Parliament, they have now proclaimed Mr. DAVID SALOMONS Alder man for the Ward of Cordwainers. There is some thing very significant in all this; there is evidence in it that the inhabitants of the metropolis of Great Britain are resolved, even with a spirit of enthu siasm, to forward by every possible means the cause of religious as well as that of political toleration. A more propitious movement could scarcely have been made for the removal of the Jewish disabilities than that which displays the population of the capital city of the empire among the foremost of the requisi tionists, and the Prime Minister of England among the foremost of the legislative advocates, of this extra ordinary measure of emancipation. There is one consideration which attaches an especial importance to the settlement of the civil liberation of the children of ABRAHAM, namely, that with the abolition of these unintentional disabilities, the last syllable of bigotry will be expunged from the Constitution. Many de testable and contemptible flaws will unquestionably remain upon the statute-book, but endeavours are likewise making for their obliteration; and, supposing they are still permitted to disgrace this liberal king dom and enlightened generation, they will be alto gether as innocuous as they are worthy of derision and abhorrence. On this very forenoon the second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill will have been forced upon the attention of the Legislature by the laudable pertinacity of its originator, Mr. exiguous ANSTY, and in the event of his efforts for the abrogation of the old, obsolete, and brutal penal enactments, proving as ineffectual as those of Mr. WATSON during the last session of Parliament, an additional amount of odium will have accumulated round those villanous blots on the national escutcheon, and their ultimate ex purgation will be rendered yet more inevitable. By the almost unanimous manner in which Alder man SALOMONS has been invested with the municipal authority inseparable from the suffrages of the ward of Cordwainers, the invidious recollection of his un successful endeavours to be nominated for the ward of Portsoken have been immeasurably more than compensated. As a corollary to the decision in favour of the Hebrew race recently declared before the hustings of Guildhall, and sanctioned by the approbation of the PREMIER and his constituents, this election of Alderman SALOMONS to a seat in the Common Council of London is most decisive and significant. It is additional and emphatic testimony that in this great City there is no dereliction of duty in regard to that universal charity which is incul cated by the benignant genius of Christianity, as far as the unfortunate race are con cerned who have writhed for eighteen centuries, in exile, under the brand of the Ne mesis of Palestine. It is a fresh token that there is little necessity to appeal to the understandings and hearts of our fellow-citizens against that spirit of per secution which is still predominant in the conventicles of Exeter Hall, and which would guard the portals of the national House at Westminster with the phantom obstructions of a preposterous Oath. It has become perfectly manifest, from the absti nence of the Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD, from at tempting to take his seat in Parliament that he (as the mouthpiece of the most venerable people on the face of the globe) is resolved to meet the present difficulty of his position with no injudicious quibble, or unbecoming evasion. By his patient pro crastination he shows himself to be as earnest if not as enthusiastic a champion of religious tolerance as THE LIBERATOR himself. Sup posing he were brought to-morrow before the •hair of the SPEAKER, and ?squired to pronounce the Oath of Abjuration before the assembled Commons of England, we doubt not but that he would be as resolute in his refusal as the first represen tative of the order of the Society of Friends. i Before many days have elapsed, however, the question of the release of the Jews from their existing civil disabilities will have been brought ministerially under the consideration of our Legisla tors, and have found a noble and appropriate advo cate in the person of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Until then the expectation of the lovers of civil and reli gious freedom must continue to be of the most sanguine character. It does not, certainly, require to be demonstrated thata principle which has been decried by the surly rhetoric of the Quarterly can, neverthe less notwithstanding, prove triumphant. That has been demonstrated already a hundred times. Nor is it in any manner essential that the predictions of fanaticism should be proven idle and fallacious. That is long ago notorious. But it is most absolutely and most decidedly requisite that the question of the Jewish disabilities should be calmly and boldly scrutinised by the Legislature, and that a final verdict should be pronounced by Parliament upon the high crime of religious bigotry. Deputies from the various towns in the island of Sardinia have arrived at Genoa, to petition King CHARLES ALBERT to unite that island with his other states on the continent. Letters from Rome announce that the POPE has appointed Signor PARADISI administrative statician of the Council of State. Signor PARADISI is the writer who, in the columns of the Contemporanao, has never ceased to denounce and expose the manner in which the former Governments had, for years, jobbed with Prince TORLONIA, in the farming of the tobacco and salt duties. Cardinal FERRETTI has written a letter to PARADISI, expressing to him the approbation of the POPE of the manner in which he has made this exposure of the peculations of the former Governments. The following is a summary of the proceedings of the Swiss Diet ill its sitting of the 2d : " The first vote was for sending Federal repre sentatives to the Valais, the capitulation of which was recorded, and that they should receive the same in structions as those given to the Commissioners to the other States of the Sonderbund. M. Furrer then brought up, in the name of the committee, the draft of the note to he addressed by the Diet in reply to the Prussian note. He said that the Prussian note ought to have been addressed direct to the Diet, instead of being transmitted to the Directory to be communicated to the states. Prussia could not, he said, be ignorant of the act of annexation of Neufchatel to Switzerland, and the committee thought right to mention in the note the ar ticles in virtue of which Neufchatel forms an integral part of the Confederation for all that has relation to the acts which only concern Switzerland. The committee believed that the Diet ought energetically to resist the S4t he in pretensions of Prussia. M. Furrer recalled to mind Whato_. occurred in 1833, when Neufchatel was obliged to obey the orders of the Confederation, and Co t m he mi D tte iet, in spite of the protests of Prussia. affairs in believeddisputeomstanee it right to remind Prussia of that elm° tion of the point of being diplomacy by re-established draw,r un fi ed did and tiuns. M. Furrer concluded to adopt the note as Deputies of Glaris, Sonderbund, t were settled by the dissolu tbo Moreover, the principal b oot create ece newwascomopnlithca-e intervention in Switzerland, if mi. Irilipe by b re com the note, as did also the deputy in g that it showed the acts of the mending the Diet a y the committee. The nof vArgau, approved of ao a v u e d r , the . latter stet- Neuf chatel is regarded Switzerland had no neer O ' f tiou of the King of Frussia, that it rejete _ . the sane d his threats with propriety and dignity,. and that it proved that the rowers had not the right to Intervene. The deputy of', Neufchatel, M. Calame, said that he could not take part in The affair, it being in other hands than his. He thought, however, that the present case was not pro• vided for by the Act annexing Neufchatel to Switzer land. The proceeding of the King of Prussia, he added, was quite spontaneous. The Government of Neufchatel, from the interest which it felt for its Sovereign, had re ceived with gratitude that proof of his Majesty's solici tude, and had thought it right to inform all the confede rates of it. The deputy of Geneva, Mr. James Fazy, said that it must be understood that the term ' Principality of Neufchatel,' which was employed, was only a vague phrase which did not imply any recognition on the part of the Confederation of a real principality. Switzerland only re cognised a sovereign canton of Neufchatel, and the Prince of Neufchatel was only a lord possessing some feudal rights therein, but could not be considered as sovereign with respect to Switzerland. The canton which he (M. Fazy) represented did not believe that the recent act of the King of Prussia was spontaneous, but believed that the King had ceded to the representations of a party interested in causing it to be believed that he would be disposed to intervene in the affairs of Switzerland. M. Ochsenbein, the deputy of Berne, said that he also had protested against the ding's note. The sanction of the King of Prussia had been sclicited ostensibly or clan destinely. If it were attempted, he added, to have con ferences in Switzerland, the Confederation would know how to protest against them, as it had opposed the in trigues of the separate league. The deputy of Neuf chatel repeated that the proceedings of the King of Prussia had been spontaneous, and complained that his declarations should be doubted. M. Fazy again de clared that Switzerland knew no Prince of Neufchatel, but fully recognised the sovereignty of that canton. M. Furrer having stated that there was no objection to modify the wording of the note so as to meet the views of the deputy of Geneva, the debate was declared to be closed, and the note was adopted by 13 states and two half states, including Pale Ville. The Diet then adopted the decroe to compel the cantons of the Sonderbund to pay the expenses of the war, and declaring that those cantons shall be occupied by the Federal troops until the pay ment shall be effected. A resolution, approving the measures taken by the Directory, thanking it for them, and inviting it to continue them, subject to the provi sions of the previous decree, was then adopted. A dis patch from the Government of Neufchatel, stating that it was disposed to pay over its contingent to the Federal exchequer, was next read. It was stated that the ex penses of maintaining an army of 50,000 men for the occupation of the Sonderbund cantons would be about 5,011,000 f. To cover these expenses, a loan would, it was said, have to be raised, or the bonds belonging to the Confederation be sold. The deputy of St. Gall expressed a hope that no loan would be raised abroad, and said that there was sufficient patriotism in Switzerland to enable the sum to be raised in the country. A vote, approving the conduct of the Directory in effecting a loan of 526,166 f. from the Cantonal Bank of Berne, for the temporary maintenance of the troops, was then passed. Complimentary addresses to the Diet from Leipzic and Deux Ponta were read. On the proposition of Berne, a motion was ordered to be placed on the or ders of the day for according pensions to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen in the service of the Confederation." Madrid papers of the 29th ult. have arrived. The discussion on the Address was continued in the Chamber of Deputies, and Senor CORTINA, who was speaking when the post left, denounced the Mi nistry in severe terms for their illegal conduct in the arrest and deportation of MtaALL, the singer, and for their inconsistency in first dismissing Generals CONCHA, Ros DE OLANO, and CORDOVA, and then loading them with favours. Should NARYAEZ reply to these accusations, some curious disclosures may be expected as to the nature of the recent intrigues of the Afrancesado Camarilla in the Palace. The Gageta contains an official report of the ere cution of the Carlist chief, EL ESTALLADOR, at St Quentin, on the 21st ult. Senor FERMIN LASALA. has been elected, by the shareholders of the Union Bank, co-director with M. SAMSON. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 29.—The Three per Cents. were done at 27 at 50 days; the Fi•e per Cents., at 15 for paper ; the Debt without Interest, at 41 ; and the Coupons, at 10i. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. Orders have been given to prepare the Tuileries for the reception of the KING and Royal Family, who will arrive in Paris on the 15th, preparatory to the opening of the session. Already nearly 300 Deputies have arrived in Paris, the great majority of whom express their dissatisfaction with the line of policy which M. GUIZOT has thought proper to adopt with regard to Switzerland. He in his turn threatens them with the vengeance of the Reformers, who de mand the expulsion of all placemen from the Chamber, and declares, that if he be superseded in the Ministry at the present moment, his successor, whoever he may be, must yield so far to " the pressure from without" upon the reform question as to exclude all recently appointed or promoted placemen from the Chamber, by which measure nearly 180 Deputies would be affected, and he counts upon the personal fears of these 180 to keep up his majority. The news of the defeat of the forces of the Empe , ror of .111oRocco by those of ABD•EL-KADEE is con. firmed. General VENTURA, wbo, it will be recollected, was long the favourite General of RUNJEET SINGH, and who disciplined the Sikh forces of the Punjaub, sailed recently from Marseilles on board the Rhamses packet for Rome, where he will remain a short time, after which he will embark for India via Egypt. It was rumoured on the Bourse that General NARVAEZ had completely lost the confidence of Queen CHRISTINA, who was busily engaged in an intrigue to oust him from office, and to form a new Cabinet, of which MoN Pinar, and GONZALES BR•vo would be members. The refusal of General CONCHA to accept the Paris Embassy would, it was said, render impossible the transference of M. PISCATORT to Madrid, as no Ambassador could be sent to that Court while it continued to be represented at Paris by a simple Charge d'Affaires. The Journal des Del Tats considers the nomination of the Duke DE SERRA CAPRIOLA to the Government of Sicily, as an indication on the part of the Xing of NAPLES of a desire to make some concessions to the demands of his people. The Courier Frantais says— " We have been assured that Lord Minto, who has been charged with a private mission to the Pontifical Government, has Biped a convention for the esta blishment of diplomatic relations between England and Rome. It is said that the Holy See intends to accredit as its representative at London Cardinal Buffondi, a man of great learning and of a very liberal mind." The Three per Cents. closed on the Bourse at 77f. 35c.; New Loan, 76f. 95c.; the Five per Cents., HU. 95c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,220 f. ; Rouen, 915 f. ; Havre, 493 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 566 f. 25c.; Avignon, 570 f.; Vierzon, 558 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 495 f.; Boulogne, 380 f.; Dieppe, 265 f.; Basle, 168 f. 75c.; Paris and Stras. burg, 423 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 406 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 405 f. MARSEILLES, DEC. 2. —Marseilles and Avignon, 570 f.; Northern, 6721. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dire. 7. Boulogne and Aliens, l4 3 4—Namur and Liege, Northern of France,l2%—Paris and Orleans, 47%—Sambre and Idense, 7. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. THE DERBY.-10 to 1 agst Surplice -12 to 1 agst Glendower-16 to 1 sgst Springy Jack-18 to 1 apt Assault-20 to 1 sgst Tile Stinger -25 to 1 agst Bever lac-33 to 1 agst Backbiter-33 to 1 agst Cervus-40 to 1 agst Rosslyn-40 to 1 agst Edie Ochiltree. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE. -9 to 1 agit Switcher—taken. CHESTER. CUP.-1,000 to 15 Agit Sir Tatton Sykes -1,000 to 15 lagst Newcourt. MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY An unusually small supply of English Wheat was on sale here to-day; and we have to report a very steady demand for that article of Grain at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, Monday's prices. The best parcels of Foreign Wheat were in good request, at full currencies. In the middling and inferior kinds, though we cannot call them cheaper, very little business was transacted. For Malting Barley there was an improved inquiry, at full currencies; and the value of other kinds was well supported. Although the supply of Malt was small, that article ruled dull, at barely late rates. The best parcels of Oats moved off steadily, at a trifle more money. Other qualities were quite as dear. Both Beans and Nes were dull, and the turn lower. Indian Corn, Meal, and Flour sold at very full prices. AItitIVALFS. I Wheat. 134rlay. Oats. Flour. Invlish .....• 7to qrs. 1,290 qrs. 1,650 qrs. I 630 ski,. Irish. •• - -- 2,320 I -- Foreign •••••• 2,470 -- 1, 6 30 -- Malt. ISO ori. WIIITECEIAPEL. We had a somewhat improved demand for each kind of stock to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5a 2d per Sibs., by the carcase. Lieute, ieutenant-General Baron de Juel, who was for more than fifteen years Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Denmark, at the Court of the Tuileries, died on the 27th ult., aged seventy-nine, at Juelsberg, in the Island of Finnic, THE EVIININg i DECEMBER 6, Mt MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. , CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. - The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet. Sales, 2,000 bales, of which 1,500 were American, at 44d. to 6d. per lb. Railway Shares had not been so good, and prices were rather lower. The letters received from the West Indies to day by merchants connected with the trade of the colonies, are of a most disheartening description. Everything appeared to conspire against the interest of the owners of estates hurricanes in some places-returned bills from the mother country, and the markets for produce as dull as they possibly could be. The quantity of specie brought by the mail steamer is, we understand, wholly on merchants' account, as there is no advice of any of the precious metals being on behalf of the Mexican dividends. There is a report current that the French Ministry has resigned, and that prices have come over lower from the Parisian Bourse. It will be seen by our Stock Ex- change report that prices have been reduced. It is stated in advices of Oct. 1, from the Equator, that the Congress had decided upen the restoration, to the wife and family of General Flores, of the estates which had been wrongfully taken from them. It appears i that the conduct of General Flores in q u itti ng hi s coun - I try, to avoid embroiling it in civil war, is much corn- mended. Consols for the Account have fallen from 86i to 86, but the present value is f i per cent, better. The money price is 15} 1. There have been some consider able sales of Stock made this morning. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has improved from 4s. to es., and India Bonds command a rising value from 255. to 18s. discount. Bank Stock has been subjected to some fluc tuation this morning, viz., from 186} to 188 f. The quotations of Mexican Bonds have receded from 18 to 17i i. Spanish Bonds have remained at 17f ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 554; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 84k. In the Railway Share Market the principal bargains have been in the Caledonian, at 37f; in the Eastern Counties, at 164 i; in the Great North of England, at 224 to 227; in the Great Western, at 13 to 15 premium; in the Great Northern, at .1 discount; in the London and Brighton, at 43f to 44; and in the York and North Midland, at 75 to 76. London and Westminster Bank Shares are at 3} premium. It is rumoured that a large firm connected with the wool and woollen trades is in difficulties. The name is only privately mentioned, and we, therefore, cannot as yet give it. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock ..... 187 1 / 2 186% 188 1 / 2 3 per Cant. Reduced Annuities ...... .. 84% %% 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 8 i 14% New 314 per Cert. Anus BSN% 86 85% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 B% India Stock - Do. Bonds, 10001 Consols for Account ... ....... . 4 84 / i l A2 86 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto Small Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent - Ditto for the Account ....... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 55% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONr. IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz &LAX!. Aberdeen - - Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%...... - - Ayrshire and Galloway - - Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. - - Birmingham & Oxford Jure_ 15 - - Birmingham, W 0 1.,& Dud!ey 10 ... . - ..... - Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.148.... - - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 7 3 /4 ...... - ...... to - Boston, Stamf., & Lirming 5 ...... .-to - Bristol and E xe t er ...... - - Do., Thirds - - Buckinghamshire.. - Caledouian Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 ...... _ - Chester and H01yhead......... 37% ..... 22 - Ditto, Preference 8 ...... - - Clarence. - ..... to - Do., let Class, 6 per Cent lO Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 - - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ...... - - East Anglia, 251.& L. , E . and L. & D. ... 25 - to - Ditto, 18!., E. is H. l2 - to - Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 1 - to - Eastern Counties 2O - Ditto, ditto (B) - to - Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 185.4 d... par .. to - Do., d 0........ N 0.2,61. 138.4 d... U dis to - Do., York Extension - Do., Northern & Eastern 5O - - - Do., Quarter .... . ......... ... 122 1 / 4 ..... - - ' Do., New Easteron Union. ... ... •• 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 ,4 - - Ditto., Thirds 131 4d ...... to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) .. - . - East Lancashire Ditto, New .. ........... .... •13 - Do., New Quarters - East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow - Ditto, Half Shares ..... 12% to - Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,4 ..... 11% to - Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% - Ditto, New..... .... ... 3% _ ...... to Ditto, New port.. ... ........ 9% _ to - . Ditto, ditto, New ...... -- - 2 1 4 - ... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - ........ to - Ditto, New to - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B46s. 8d... - - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 .. . Ditto, New ..... _. - Do. 4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 121,4 ._. _ _... Great Northern ... 10% - 4l 3 4 .. to - Do. London & York Exten. 2% ...... _ l2 .. to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 ...... 22% • ... to - Great North of England 100 ...... - . t - Ditto, New 40/ 5 - Ditto, New 30/ .. ••• to __ Ditto, New 151. •-- - . ... to Great Western B4 - .... to - Ditto, Half Shares 5O - Ditto, Quarter Shares l5 - to - Ditto, Fifths 20 - to - Do. New 17/ 7 ... .. - - Huddersfield and Manchester 22 ••.. _ - Ditto, Thirds 7 - to - Hull and Selby 5O - Ditto, Half Shares ...... - ...... to - Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% _ Ipswich 8c Bury St. Edmunds 15 ' 4 1 to - to - Do. do. and Norwich - to - Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 214 .... to - Lancaster and Carlisle.- ••• 50 - - Do., Thirds-- lc; ...... _... to - Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 9 3 Ditto, litto - - Ditto Half Shares - to - Ditto Fifths ..... 8 to - Ditto -- Ditto Thirds Sixteenths Thirds( Ile g ... ). Do. Liverpool and Bury._ 3 4 . - . - to - Do. (Hudders. and Sheffi) 3 3 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 47% - - Do., West Riding Union ...41. 25.... . -... - Do., Preston and Wyre ~, ••• • 104 6 4 14 8 . .... ... .. .. _ B% .. .. to -- Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 - to - Ditto ditto ' ...(B) 0 4 - Leeds and Bradford ...... 50 •• ••• - ..... to - Leicester and Bedford ......... 1 61 - to - Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 371,/ 4 ...... - Do., Branch IA, Shares ..... 121,4 • - to - Ditto, New Branch (blu e ) .. 2% . - Ditto, Extension (gree n ) . .. 2% .......... - - Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2% Leeds and Thirsk ....... .. ..... 36 Ditto, New ..... ... ...... .. 17%. - ...... to - D0.,d0., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. -•••-• to •"' Liverpool. Crosby, a n d South.. port.. ............... ......... . 2 - to -,- Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle Juncti o n. .. , ...... 2% - to -- London & 81ackwa11...1.2/. 18s. 4d....... - - Ditto New, N o . 1,. - Ditto New, N o . 2 '••••41. 13s. td,„, - .. .. to - Do. Extension ........ ...... 17 1 / 2 - to - Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ... ~ 43% to --- Do. Consolid ated E ighths... 30 -.- - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 --- - to - Do. Pref. Corm 5 per Cent. 50 ...-- - London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... .-. - Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d,,, - ...... to - London and North Western..loo 155 Do. Quarter ......L. and B. 17 - Do. do. New ~,,.. ..., ... . 2 ...... 9 ... Do. do. Fi ft hs ... ........ .... 2 ..... 12 •••.- to - Do. Quarters ..... .. G. J. 25 Do. 40/. Shares • L. &M. 15 ...... - - Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 4 0 ...... 59% to - Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 / 2 . ~., - - Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7%,,,,.. 113; 1 to -. Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ...... - - London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d... 55 Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40 - - i L m o DDDD n p n d d iooii ttt o o : tttn°oTd,' Tenths' reNN e S n r r h a eet l y iwwh i r s ds a b 's43( n ( u g i *CC ' d r i°.*:ll: i i i 8 4' Y al k aar : tt i o ..ee l l. v i d : d. . : 1 1 5 : 42323 : 0 1 62 ;: . .. ..: .. ... .' ............ 429 i lA t% .. . . • tt t t: o o Londonderry ---- - anti - ar%...... - •• •'•' to - Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 ...... to - 51anchr, She ffi eld, an d Lineatro . to - Ditto 4 Share s (No, 1.) ... 13 . • .. -- -• ••- - - Ditto, ditto (No, Z) A „. .25 ...... to - to - Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No ii . ... 7ti 2 ...... - Ditto Grimsby ,. fie 3)• .. '. 25 Ditto, ditt o , . i . . 7 - to - Ditto, ditto . to - . ..•., . 44. i Ditto, Shop' , :*. old, and Line. 7 g...... 1091% . ~. too -- -- 404 Shares 4O 351 spni d i4e t 4 r 4 : t : r o :l a s: d l 8 :e :e h : e n i n c P e t .7.1 10 01 14 49%% 3 / 4 to lift s' .to, 50/. Shares-- ...... 10 .. to Mi':/land, Birm., and Deiby...loo ..• —B3 - Y.idland, Conso'. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cont.-100 - i . . ... .. to Midland, Brist o l an d Gi onc. 34 - Ditto ditto ••• • _ ••• •• Om' .0. 71 916 to 1.111. Midland, Lelees. and Swan. nington (8 per ct. gua.).... 50 .... . Midid. Great Western (Irish) 35 Newcastle and CarPs!a lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterford 13 1 4 . — Ditto Extension Newport Abergy.. and Ileref. 6 Nonolk - to Ditto New "0/. 5 ...... to Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1647,N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor "1 2 24 fferthern Counties Union .... 4 Sorth British Ditto Half Shares Do. Qaarters 4% 4 l /i ...... to -- Ditto. Extension .... % — ..... to Ditto Thirds ... .... 2 North Staffordshire... North Wales North Western . 6 Oxford, Worcester and Wol- yerhain-iton Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1 ,4..... to Royston and Hitchiu ... U 4...... VA to Scottish Central S;ottish Midland ..... ....... ... 17 ,, 4 . ...... to Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 Ditto- ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . to Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . '`4 .. .... South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference 2O South Staffordshire 4 South !Eastern ard Dover 33 1 ,8 Ditto, New, No. 1 Dia°, New, .Nio. 2 Ditto, New, Nc. 3 l5 Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 71', sill to : , ;, i . . . to — . . . . South Wales South Yorksbile, Doncas'er, and Goole ..... Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% to raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 3 1,4 ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 35 ... .. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven ard Furness l2 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 34 t,i to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 314 to 31 Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ... 31 Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. &N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 V ork and Not Midland .. 50 Ditto, Pr&brence uitto East and IVes.Riding Extension .... - .. ...... 20 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and;Amiens Cedtral of France ( Orleans -- and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras 5.. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Great Southern of Madras Great Western Bengal 3s. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre .....-.. 7 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege......... l4 ****** ..• • , to Northern o: France. Orleans and Bordeaux .... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — to Paris and Lyors Paris and Orleans .. . Paris and Rouen .. ..... - Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... V Rouen and Havre ... Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours Sc Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hanelt ... ... .. 16 ...... ...... to ...- Trinidad.. ........ ......... ..... 21 % West Flanders 8 %4 •-• ...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 - Colonial - -- to Commercial of London 20 — to --.- London Joint Stock ... - ..... 10 London and Wsstininster... 90 Ditto, Now National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland... 22% — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New lO Union or Australia ... __ Ditto, New 24 to Union of London ...... .. ...... 10 Union of Madrid .... 40 - MINES. Anglo Mexican .. 100 Astrian ?dining Company ... 11 . — Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Blanos Scrip " to British Iron Brazilian Imperial ...... .. ... 21 Cobra Copper Galvanized Iron Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 3% to COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Anisteniarn ••• • • 13 7% Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 4 it,lttcrdar,p,„ 12 7) Antwerp.., . 26 20 Liamburgli 14 Paris, a days' sight .... 28 GI itarserdes •........... 26 10 11.eghorn .... Gelos •• • • .. •... 26 24 Milan ................ Venice .... • . • • • • • • ' Naplaa .............. 119% Palermo, per ez........ 119 Lisben..... ...... 511 i Oporto •••• • • ..... 51 Rio Janeiro • • • 23. i Mourdeaux......... • • 24 20 Vrankfort on Maine .... 124 Petersburgh, Bil. Rale 1165( Berlin • • 7 Vienna, effec. fie 10 21 Trieste. ditto ... • .... 10 22 Mach id .............. 465( Cadiz . 811ba0 , .. .• • • .... Barcelona .. •• Bahia - Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York, 21 days' sight 47% Philadelphia .... • • .... MCI, OF NELLIOX. Pll ca. Foreign Gold is bars .. £3 17 1 Now Dollars ••.. •• 0 4 9!.4 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver ix bars ...... • • 0 4 11% VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) The Vico-Chancellor of England took motions to day, it being the second seal after Michaelmas Term. CARPENTER V. WOOTTON—INJUNCTION. Mr. BETHELL applied, at the sitting of the Court, upon notice for a special injunction to restrain the defendant from manufacturing or selling locks with burrs or dies, in imitation of those manufactured by the plaintiff. From the statement of the Learned Counsel, it appeared that the plaintiff, Carpenter, and a p erson named Tildsley, had they sole right, under a patent grant( td to a Mr. James Carpenter, to manufacture locks, known to the trade under the denomination of Carpen ter's: )Patent, No. 60, to which werel attached burrs or dies of a peculiar nature. Those dies were manufactured for the plaintiff by a person named Taylor, at 2s. 6d. a gross ; but of such importadce did the defendant con sider them, that he offered Taylor 20s. a gross if he wouldlmanufacture them for him. Taylor, however, re fused to do so, and the defendant got them made else where, and was now selling his locks as those manufac tured by the plaintiff. His HoNotra, upon a genuine and imitation burr being handed up to him, observed, that the imitation was a most glaring one, and immediately'granted the injunction. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) KEELEY V. O'CONNELL. This action was brought by a journeyman tailor, to recover compensation from the defendant, who is the la ndlord of the Yorkshire Grey public house, White Lion- street, Seven Dials, for injury sustained in conse qu em T of an assault committed upon him by the de lemde.nt, by which he lost the sight of one of his eyes. On - the evening of the 26th of December last, the plain tiff' and a number of other persons were drinking in the de feLidant's house. A fight took place, and defendant adea voured to remove one of the combatants, and whilst ( king so the defendant resisted the attempt. Defendant struck tho plaintiff in the face, and the plaintiff after vvards went home, when he complained of a severe pain in his eye. The plaintiff became a patient of the Op thalmic Hospital. Several operations were performed upon him by the surgeons of the hospital, who paid great attention to his case, but their efforts were un availing, and it was ultimately declared that it was im possible to restore the sight of the eye. Chief Justice WILDE summed up. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 201. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER...) MADDEN V. MILLS. The plaintiff in this action is a surveyor in King street, Cheapside; defendant is a gentleman residing at Islington. The claim was for 28L 6s. 6d., for surveying property required for the purposes of the East and West fndis Dock Junction Railway Company (Regent's Canal 1 tailway.) Mr. Browne, the plaintiff's assistant, was called, and proved that ho received instructions from Mr. Mills to survey the property which belonged to Dr. Fellowes. The survey occupied four days, after which plans were drawn, to point out the discrepancies in the plan fur nishe d by the company, and another for lotting the pro perty for building leases. The Learned SECONDARY asked whether the defend ant gave the order on his own account. The witness said he gave the instructions, and was present during the greater part of the survey. The jury consulted for some time, and said that 18/. was charged for the survey, and 10/. 10s. more for the plans; they wished to know if that was a fair and rea sonable, charge? Mr. Browne Bald it was ; there was some trouble in attendance on the company. The jury then gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. The other causes were withdrawn. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Susannah Davis was indicted for stealing a gold watch the property of John Maule, from his person. The prosecutor said he was walking along Oxford street, when the prisoner came up and persisted in walk ing by his side for about a minute, when she turned and walked quickly away. He put his hand in his waistcoat pocket and missed his watch, when he followed her and found it in her left hand, and perceiving her drop some thing, he took it up and found it to be a pair of scissors of a peculiar construction, with which he supposed the guard chain must have been cut, as he never felt the slightest motion when the prisoner was by his side. The policeman produced the scissors, which were very sharp, and of a make adapted to cut a guard chain quickly without touching the side. The prisoner was found Guilty; and The ASSISTANT JUDGE sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment, telling her the next time she appeared at the bar lie should certainly transport her, us this systematic kind of street robbery was becoming more prevalent every day. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. T. BUCKLE and a Bench of Magistrates.) IV illiam Trinder, aged 18, and John Wood, aged 31, were found guilty of stealing, on the 28th of October last, sixty-three pounds of leaden pipes, the property of Edward Crockfori'. Trinder was recommended to mercy, it appearing that he was lead into the commission of the offence by the other prisoner, who was an old offender, and had been convicted several times. Trinder was sentenced to twentyone days' solitary confinement, and Woods to seven years' transportation. The latter expressed a wish that the term had been ten years. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) James Campbell, a journeyman baker, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged' with assaulting his em ployer, Mr. James Rickie, baker, 12, Newport-street, by breaking his head with a stick. It appeared that on the previous evening complainant had occasion to go into the bakehouse, when from some thing he saw he taxed the defendant with neglecting his work and robbing him of his time. The defendant, who felt rather hurt at this assertion, retorted that his conduct was not so bad as complainant's, whom he (defendant) -asserted robbed his customers and his workmen. Complainant, who admitted being a man of hasty temper, was much annoyed at this, and after a few high words attempted to turn him out of the bakehouse. The defendant resisted, and said, " Oh, if that is what you want I will give it you." He then took up a thick stick and struck complainant several severe blows on the head, inflicting several wounds, from which the blood flowed in torrents. Complainant called out for assistance, and after a short time his wife came and tried to pull the defendant away from him; in her efforts to do so the defendant struck her in the face. Subsequently some of his neighbours came in and put the defendant out of the house and gave him in charge. Louisa Rickie, complainant's wife, said she was in the shop last evening, when she was alarmed at hearing her husband cry out for help. She went into the bake house, and saw the defendant strike her husband on the head with the trough stick. She tried to pull him away, when he turned round and struck her MI the side of her head. She called in some of her neighbours, who got the defendant into the street and gave him into custody. The defendant, in answer to the charge, alleged that he had received great provocation. Complainant struck him first, and he retaliated. His wife came and inter fered. and accidentally received a blow on the head. Mr. HARDWICK committed him to the House of Correction for one month, with hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY. Robert Bounce and George Crane, guards in the em ployment of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, were finally examined upon the charge of stealing meat from a van belonging to the company, and fully com mitted for trial. The particulars of 'this case have al ready appeared. In the course of the examination the solicitor to the company stated that the vans had re cently been plundered of large quantities of meat con signed to the wholesale butchers of the metropolis. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. RETURNS FOR WOLVERHAMPTON, STOCKPORT, AND KILKENNY. The SPEAKER stated that he had received a letter from Mr. C. P. Villiers, informing him that he had been returned for the borough of Wolverhampton and the Southern Division of the county of Lanca shire, and that he had elected to sit for the borough of Wolverhampton ; also a letter from Mr. Richard Cobden, informing him that he had been returned for the borough of Stockport and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and that he had elected to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire ; also a letter from Mr. J. O'Con nell, stating that he had been returned for the borough of Kilkenny and the county of Limerick, and that he had elected to sit for the county of Limerick. NEW WRiTS. On the motion of Mr. TUENELL, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Stockport, in the room of Richard Cobden, who had elected to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire ; also a new writ for the election of a Member for the Southern Division of Lancashire, in the room of C. P. Villiers, who had elected to sit for the borough of Wolver hampton ; also a writ for the election of a Member to sit in Parliament for the borough of Kilkenny, in the room of J. O'Connell, who had elected to sit for the county of Limerick; also a new writ tbr the borough of Liskeard, for the election of a Member in the room of Mr. C. Buller, who had been appointed to the office of Commissioner for carrying out the administration of the law for the relief of the poor in England. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. FLOYER presented petitions from the clergy and inhabitants of Shaftesbury, in the diocese of Salisbury, and from Breedford Albas, in the county of Dorset, against the admission of Jews into the Legislature. DENUNCIATIONS FROM THE ALTAR (IRELAND). Mr. DEEDES presented a petition, numerously signed by the inhabitants of several towns in Kent, praying the House to adopt some severe measure to prevent the practice of denouncing from the altar such persons as had rendered themselves obnoxious to the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland. Mr. 13. CABBELL presented a petition from Can terbury, also praying for the adoption of measures to put an end to the system of denunciations from the altar. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition against the admission of Jews into the Legislature. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. D'EYNCOURT presented a petition, praying for inquiry into the case of the Raja of Sattara. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. BROWN presented a petition from Lancit shire, praying for the abolition of religious tests, and for the admission of Jews into the Legislature. POOR-RATES (IRELAND). Sir D. NORREYS moved for a return of the rates for the relief of the poor in Ireland struck since the 29th day of September, 1846 • showing in each union the amount in the pound Of valuation which was levied on the electoral division which was rated highest, and the amount in the pound of valuation which was levied from the lowest rated electoral division, in respect of the same rate, with the name of each such electoral division ; and also showing the amount in the pound of valuation which would have given the sum required, had the rate been levied by an equal poundage on the entire union.—Agreed to. PRESENTMENTS FOR WORKS (IRE LAND). Mr. G. HAMILTON moved for returns of the amount presented in each county and barony in Ire land, under the Acts 9 Vic. c. 2, 9 and 10 Vic. c. 71, County 'Works Presentments (Ireland), and 9 and 10 Vic. c. 107, Poor Employment (Ireland), respectively ; of the amount sanctioned by the Trea sury to be expended in each county and barony in Ireland, under the same Acts respectively, on account of the sums so presented; and, of the amount ad vanced by the Treasury in each county and barony in Ireland, under the same Acts respectively, on ac count of the sums so sanctioned, with a statement of the unexpended balances in each.—Agreed to. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Mr. C. ANSTY moved the second reading of this Bill. His reason for bringing in the Bill was to be found in the preamble, which recited that, notwith standing the passing of former Acts for the relief of the Roman Catholic subjects of her Majesty, still a number of Acts were in force which it was necessary should be abrogated. His object was to benefit the Roman Catholics of Ireland, so far as was possible, without affecting the interests of other existing estab lishments and institutions. The Hon. Member then went into a history of the various measures which had been passed from time to time on the subject of the relief of the Roman Catholics, and showed that none of them had given that full measure of liberty which the Roman Catholics were entitled to enjoy. The House had, by a majority, approved the prin ciple of the present Bill in the last session of Parlia ment, when a similar measure was introduced by Mr. Watson, the late Member for Kinsale, and it was only prevented from passing by opposition to some of the minor details of the Bill in the Committee. —(Hear, hear.) With respect to the details of the present Bill, ample opportunity would b e given for the discussion in the Committee ; all that he now called upon the House to do was to ap prove the principle of the Bill. The Religious Opinions Bill, passed in the last sessions of Parliament, placed peraou professing the Jewish religion upon a perfect _ . footirig of equAlity theiF Ptateatant ifeithaa and the object of his Bill was to place the Psoinan Ca tholics upon the same footing in all respects as the Jews. With respect to the 31st of George 111., commonly • called Mr. Burke's Act, he proposed to repeal so much of that Act as made it a condition precedent to any relief or benefit conferred by that Act, that the oath prescribed should be taken by the party desiring the benefit of the Act. He also proposed to repeal those parts of the Act of the 31st of George 111. which visited Catholic priests with severe punishment who officiated on the burial of the dead in private ceme teries and other places. Then, with respect to the 10th of George IV., commonly calls d the ROMALI Catholic Relief Act, the first clause of that Act, _ • which the Bill he had introduced proposed to repeal, enacted, that if any Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, or member of religious community, should, after the passing of the present Act, exercise any of the rights of the Roman Catholic religion in certain places, such ecclesiastic, if he should be convicted in due course of law of doing so, should forfeit 501. He also proposed to repeal so much of the Act of 1829 as provided for the final abolition of Jesuits and other religious orders of the Church of Rome resident in the kingdom. These clauses affected not only the Jesuits, but those devoted men the Christian Brothers, who, under it, were subject to transportation, and such being the case he thought he had made out a strong case to induce the House to adopt his Bill. On what ground his Bill could be objected to he was at a loss to discover. The law, as it at present stood, had nothing of antiquity to re - commend it, but everything to call for its repeal, He proposed the repeal of enactments the injustice of which was admitted on all hands, and he trusted that the House would adopt the measure of which he now moved the second reading. He thought that every security the Protestants could require would exist after the passing of this Bill. If he thought the present Bill would take rights from one clad and give them to another, he should be the last to bring it forward. He would oppose every measure • that would take away from the dignity of either the • Protestant or the Roman Catholic establishment, or deprive either of them of their efficiency. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. Sir R. INGLIS, while he admitted th a t the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member was a business like one, could not agree with any of its conclusions' The object of the Learned Gentleman was to increase the power and influence of the Church of Rome, and, to decrease that of the Protestant Ch urc h.—(Heer'i Blind the question as they would, that was the object and the main object of his Bill.—( dear.) I t was one of a series of aggressive measures by which the Church of Rome sought to raise itself in , this country, and proportionately to lower the Pro testant Church.—(Hear, hear.) If he met the Hon. and Learned Member on his own ground only . he should be able to show sufficient, he thought, to in duce the House to reject the measure.—(Hear, hear.) , He trusted nothing had occurred to induce the present House of Commons to alter the views which their predecessors took upon this subject. But the provisions of the Bill were really so absurd, so utterly at variance with the views of former Parliaments' that he was sure the House could not with any • reason or justice pass the second reading of this Bib' • —(Hear.) But he doubted whether this Bill did not affect the supremacy of the Crown w hether it did not, in point of fact, indi rec tly re peal the Bi ll • of Rights, and he, therfore, should be glad to ha ve the opinion of the Attorney-Ge n eral u pon that poin t. He had already asked the qu es ti on , indeed alm ost _ immediately after the openi ng o f P ar liament, but her he could get no answer from any member of Majesty's Ministry. The ques ti o n, ,hovvever, . s °, struck Mr. Watson at the moment, that he said, "If that be so, let u s alter it in Committee," but for his own part, he said, let th en ' rather throw out the Bill a lt oge th er . The Cathol ics of this country had been treated as fellosv-subject! . with Protestants, and since the year 1829 they lie u enjoyed most extensive privileges. The ng House, how ever, before it extend e d th ese pr i v il eg es by passi this Bill, would do we ll t o p a use, and se!, if its provisions would not indirectly, not directly, endanger the rights of th e Crown and the safety of the Established Church. Pass the Bill, and they could not consistently refuse to extend its provisions to other sects than Boman Catholics, and this was an additional reason why they should pause before they agreed to the second reading!, Then, with regard to the processions in the streets, which the Bill now before the House proposed to legalize, would they not prove dangerous to the Established Church, as well as derogatory to the goo d sense and religion of the country ? Even in flar°' these processions were disallowed, and it would be the height of impudence to suffer them to be intro duced into this country. Religious processions in this country never had, nor ever would be productive of good; and he hoped such ridiculous and desecrating ceremonies never would be tolerated by the people, let alone sanctioned by an Act of Parliament.—(Hear.) Under the existing law a Roman Catholic clergyman was liable to be transported for discharging certain functions connected with the Church of Rome, but this law was never enforced, and he confessed he could not see upon what grounds the claim for this Bill could be founded. The Church of Rome hid been suffered to create new dioceses, not only in th e British colonies, but in the very heart of this country, and this Bill was nothing more than part of an octets.: sive system for extending the power of the Church o f s Rome. These new sees were created in violation al her Majesty's supremacy, and it was therefore neces; sary, as these encroachments upon her rights wer, allowed to pass unnoticed by the Government, tlu!s the friends of the Church of England should bes!ir themselves to resist any further inroads upon the constitution.—(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SP/UJUNG.) EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWA Y (THIS DAY.) i. o rietopi An extraordinary g e n e r a l mee ti n g of the .p p of this company was held to-day, at No. 1 4, Manr e o gat f street, for the purpo se o f cons id er i ng t he proprie t y allowing the directors t o b orrow. mone y under the tend of the Act. „ r m s . ed Mr. PAC s , the Chair man o f th e CompanY, "r--111 the object of the mee ti ng , an d propose d a resolution; authorising the direct o r s to ra i se 200,0001. by lo ns ' on debentures. bich Captain Joux HALL seconded the resolution, Iv-- was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Cloar ain ' after which the meeting separated. THE .RAILWAY ALMAIVACK, DIRECT ORY ' and DIARY for 1848. This useful di ges t o f ra il way i n f o rmation fil o ll r i s a sustains the hi g h c h arac t er w hi c h it s predene, ss par , way obtained. Th e Di ges t o f R a il wa y Law, l' dr , way Acts, and Rail wa y D ec i s i ons , w ill be found p or titularly useful to all shareholders in existing viit h defunct ,rail wa y sc h emes , as i t f urn i s h e s them exact information both as to their rights and liabilities. we DEATH OF SIR GEORGE R. IRVINE, BA-- ..-- ;, D etr nave to record th e d em i se o f t hi s vene rable Bfi r- g pr.- who expired on th e 28th u lt., at hi s re sidence in t "; c o nard-street, Russell-squ a r e , age d 82. He wa s 'W i ll' married, and leaves, amongst other issue, his 7 ° , 1 , 3 1 is Liam, who succeeds to the titl e an d estate s, wlu e ' the county of Fermana g h. Thi s b arone tcy was t ) r . ' l ,, Daily conferred by Kin g Ch ar l es II , for services re for dered during the civil wars . I t .remained dormant several years. jn LONDON AND NORTH.%VNSTERN BAIL order still further to improve the character of thei r - 0 1 press trains, the London and North-Western Coallev have, on the openin g th roug h ou t of the Trent Ars'ai, Railway, commenced running an entire set of n ew ' , et a riages. These new' carriages are on six w bee ' s 'A uP larger than any previously on the line, and are fill mo pe.. in the most comf or t a bl e an d even lu xurious Railway Record. BIRTHS On the 7th inst., at BeckenhaM, Kent, the Wife o f genii Desbo grouh, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Cheveley-park, the wife of J. Esq., of a son. , ' mighty Isle . F r u k ai-r t i ll ie : On the sth inst., at Berry-hill, Carisbrook, al the wife of Captain G. B. Cumberland, of a son. On the sth inst., at . Osnaburgh-street, Regent'sl --- ' wife of Mr. J. W. Cazaly, of a daughter. iDi 11 On the sth inst., at liinfield-road, Stockwell, Mrs. Pellatt, jun., of a daughter. ~,,,,; , ,bgAs On the sth inst., at Willesden, the wife of C. J. " ''''" Esq., of a daughter. ________---------- - - ------ MARRIED. Ile. On the 4th inst., at St. Saviour's, Southwark, by t1, , ,e ~'" ik, W. Curling, Mr. F. Fletcher, of Shottisham blills. ._,..` 1 ' — .., 04 to Mary, widow of the late J. Bluck, Esq. . o f Stec. Surrey. , olore , On the 4th inst., at Marylebone Church, C. 1 3 1 3 C— er Esq., to Josepha Sophia, Wortham, Esq., of Fenstanton, Hunts. gob youngest daughter of the We On the 4th inst., at Frenchay, Glocestersbire, by the,' , s i J. B. Poulden, J. Powell, eldest son of J. Hill, }=9:l. , k► Mint, to Louisa, eldest daughter of E. Day, Esq., Ha m "' _.....-• . • - Gloucestershire. ~..------ DIED. vroo ld On the 6th inst., in New Mihnan - stree t, Mr. l• Crease, aged 61. On the 29th ult., at her house in Carlisle-street, Sell°' square, Mrs. M. Wright, aged 81. On the 30th ult, at the house of his son, the 87th year of his age, Mr. T. Cobbett, only survol" brother of the late W. Cobbett. ' ; rein' On the Ist inst., R. R. Roberts, Esq . of the Middle ple, barrister-at-law. . r th e On the 3d inst., at Paris, S. Duckworth, Esq., one ° Masters in Chancery. -r, a d itt On the 4th inst., at Hampton-court, J. C Phel l ' —"" ana his 81st year. giSs On the 4th inst., at Albert-terrace, Knightsbridge, M. Wilson, aged 66. at Islingtop.?, xf;44 Mar ie On the 4th inst., at the Priory, Ware, Herts. , A• -- Hadsley, aged 70. vesiO rt On the sth inst., in Oxford-square, Hyde-park, relict of the late James Warre, Esq., 89 . - ,G, ,G, at London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO, L''' it* No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, i' ° ' , 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in tbi coopv rAtidcVorat Wociliolv, December 8, 1847.