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was • Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 245. bound. LORI) CASTLEREAGH'S NARRATIVE I OF HIS JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS. TUB DIME: EGYPT, NUBIA, ARABIA PETItEA, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA. I"Sheservoleme•A are replete with new impressions, and are espe daily chaructell.sed by great power of lively and graphic descrip tion.",--ffew Nr..onthly. H 131117 4 -',olbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at allihe Libraries, in 3 vols., NW A N'D COUNTRY. 11,sy Ors. TROLLOPE. " No scand,olabZin Queen Elizabeth, I hope," &c. Henry Coll) , Arn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under ".Ste Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. FOR THF, BENEFIT of the WIDOWS' and ORPHANS' FUND of the (LONDON UNITED DISTRICT) ANCIENT ORDER of FORI7STWAS. THIS EVENING Win be, performed Sheridan Knowles'a Comedy of THE LOVE CH AST,, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Wailer, Mr. fictava'; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Niabett. "20 conclude with a new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LIG'S. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden. 1 40 fr ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. `Stage Manager, Mr. Fatten; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 38. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, S. DOors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction 01 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; Marques di Minelo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal thasar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, 3liss Bro. As. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &0., &c. To be followed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, 'oft. Weight ; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan; Mary Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. To conclude with thi Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Latr A bert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. twbors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. under the Managemext of Madame Yestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVE N ING, Will be presented THE TWO QUEENS. Characters by Messrs Selby and Harley, Miss H. Gilbert, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a Cowie Drama, called A ROUGE' DIAMOND. After which, USED UP. To coacitide with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Barley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac namara. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open te the White every day, from Ten to Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement ef Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSHMAN. THIS EVENING ' Will be perfoinied the Opera of GUY MANNERING. Colonel Mannering, Mr. Conway; Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker; Dominic Sampson, Mr. Compton; Dandie'Dinmont, Mr. Neville; Lucy Ber tram. Miss Ann'Remer ; Meg Merrilies, Miss Cashman. After which, SIMPSON and CO. To conclude with the Farce of LOVE, LAW, and PHYSIC. Dress Circle, Is. : Boxes, 4s. ; l'it, 2a. ; Gallery, KOTA!, StatREY THEATRE Lyme, Mo. F. 130 -- a - vide, No.), Davidge-terrace,Kensington-road, Surrey. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS ROMER. Last Week of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the First aad Second Acts of the celebrated Opera et MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. ICHorncastle ; Don Caller de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Borraiii ; Marquis de Monteflori, Mr. Attwood ; LazarPlo, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Maritani, Miss Romer. To conclude with the Comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. —Young Meadows, Mr. Rafter ; Hawthorn, Mr. Leffler ; Rosetta, Miss Romer. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-ratted). Privatz boxes may be had nightly of all the •rincipal Llbrarians ; and at the Box-%ilize of the Theatre, which is open clicay front Ten vintil Four. Boxes, is. ; Pit, Is. ; Ge.lery, Gd. ASILEY's KOYAL AMPUITHEATKE, Proprietor and Manager, mi.. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. TILLS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entircly new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artlztes of the k•stabilthment, in the ,arious modes of equestration. To conclude with the Ballet called LOMB and FOLLY. Box-office open flom 11 5 Aciing and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. MEETING of PA RI LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS -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 San office, 112, Strand. s,}'. WILA'rIIZIt.—StIN OF ICE, Nov. 25. THERM AVETT:R, Lowest, 44; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 47. BAROZZETEn, 30:1.—WIND S. ; hazy. '•VA.I'LIR AT LONDON-M.:II)UP'. Morning.. 22 rniraziea after 3. J Evening .. 51 vlinut.s ow 3 fl A K t i 41 •.',..lti r . ~ " Plis+6... • . -- - - , tr file- ~ , ,r, - , , •.- ••" 4 ~ .. ~. bat 1" 1 , 'l.. ' .' • 110, ',' - 0 1 k ...,.., tonting LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1847. The straightforward and manly speech of the Noble Premier, in the discussion which took place upon bringing up the report on the Address in an swer to her MAJESTY'S Speech, was worthy of his high positi , cm and well-established reputation. It will be received with gratitude by all interested in the state of Ireland, as affording the strongest proof that the Government have not been unmindful of the wants of that unhappy land, neither have they aban doned the policy to which they owed their accession to office, and which occasioned, or at least has tened, the overthrow of the Peel Cabinet. The recapitulation of the measures contemplated for that country will testify that Ministers have not had coercion solely in their minds. "A Bill to facilitate the sale of Encumbered Estates" is to be speedily introduced in place of that which was abandoned at the latter end of the last session. It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of such a measure. The embarrassments by which so many of the nominal owners of estates in Ireland have been affected, and by which they are wholly deprived of the power of improving their properties, have led to the most serious evils. Such persons are really nothing but agents to collect and hand over the rentals. They are wholly unable to encourage their tenants to proceed in an eligible manner ; the pressing demands to which they are subjected compel them to sacrifice every future benefit to their immediate wants, and in the faint hope of procuring a larger supply, they relinquish the sub stance in grasping at the shadow. As the Noble Lord truly stated, " There are many cases of persons having large estates without means who could, by selling portions of their lands, make the remainder far more valuable." There are none who can be injured by such a measure; it will be equally benefi cial to the owners and the occupiers of the soil, and to the nation generally. The former will be relieved from situations of the greatest difficulty, and, although their pride and vanity may be a little humiliated when it is known that they no longer can call them selves the proprietors of such extensive domains, their comforts and real h a p p i ness w ill b e grea tly pr o m o t e d, h the occupiers will see the fertility of their holdings increased, and find their landlords ready to co-operate with them in the requisite improvements ; and the people generally must be benefited by the additional employm ent eon and the increased production which will be the con seque nces would require of the change. Such a law, however , gb r o w e e to . be framed with the greatest care, or it mi e n s t e e ern grievances and evils. Many 0107t.inanYwuereefere twined by clear-sighted and. intieleliicins Act of last session, which were egxe;Sltoalirainee.edta by t. Mr. the PAIECE MARoNT, the eminent Irish evidence before the Commissioners to inquirer in hist the expediency of the registration of deed as s i n e England, given in June last. It was probab ly the weight of the arguments then urged by M r. MAHOPY 7 which led to the withdrawal of the Bill of last session, and we trust that that which is now to be introduced, freed from the errors of th e f ormer me asure, will be received with cordial unanimity on every side. We are rejoiced to find tha t the Noble Lord does ;i:n ) the Pilling that Ireland can only not partiCipit be amelioratfcrbYee,w/olesale transportation of her children, that he does not. secede to the views of those who " Would make a irilciecaess, and call it peace." His Lordship says, " I bare generally held that, though euitigration may be a useful subsidiary mea- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1847 sure in some respects, yet I do not think that there exists that over-population in Ireland, of which some persons have complained; and I believe that if agri culture, which is the staple industry of the island, were to be prosecuted with science and skill, that there do exist means in Ireland of supporting the population in a manner as comfortable as that of England is supported." Holding these sentiments, his Lordship cannot sanction the banishment of the people while there are channels to which their industry may be profitably directed, and so long as there are four millions of acres of reclaimable land lying waste and unproduc tive, and seven-eighths of that nominally under til lage, the produce of which might be more than doubled by the proper application of labour, it can not be said that there is not an ample field for the occupation of the people. In fact, while a single industrial resource remains undeveloped, it cannot be said that there is an excess cf population that must be got rid of. The real wealth of a country chiefly c nsists of its available labour. Ireland cannot afford to he deprived of her productive classes. The grand jury laws, too, are to be amended. Those who are at all aware of the manner in which the fiscal business of the several counties have been transacted, will at once recognise the propriety of a measure of reform, and how great a boon it will be to the people. By far the most important of all, however, is that relating to the law of landlord and tenant. The state of the relations heretofore exist ing between those parties have been the cry ing grievance, the curse of Ireland. To this cause may be ascribed the frightful disturbances, the harrowing murders that have polluted her soil, the great majority whereof have had an agrarian origin. No measure can be effectual for the repression of crime until this teterrima cause has been removed. It is undoubtedly a question of difficulty, but Ulster has afforded an answer, and the tranquil and prosperous condition of that province attests the happy results of the full recognition and practical operation of " The Tenant Right." We trust the promised measure may be of no stunted or meagre character, but that it will extend that principle, the efficacy'of which has been proved during successive ages, throughout the entire kingdom. His Lord- ship has stated that the measure will be produced in that shape which in his judgment will be most consistent with the improvement of the land on the one side, and with the undoubted rights of the landlord upon the other. The Ulster tenant-right would attain both those objects, whichmust be fore most in the mind of a legislator. We regret that, from the length of our observations on the part of the speech relating to Ireland, we are unable to do more than allude to the admirable answer given to the attack of the Protectionist leader, in which there was undoubtedly " a great deal of indignation thrown away." Nothing could be more complete than the refutation of the assertions, that have so repeatedly been put forward, that our recent calamities have been in any manner owing to free trade ; it would, indeed, be strange if protection were to be maintained with wheat at 110 s. per varter. The fact alluded to by the Noble Lord, that there had been an increased ex portation of our manufactures from Liverpool to the United States in 1847, over that of the correspond ing part of last year, of 2,2.61,414/., incontestably proves " that the food we imported to this country in greater quantity than usual had been the cause of a greater exportation of manufactures," and thus establishes the fundamental principle of the Free-traders. We sympathise with the feeling of obligation ex pressed towards Lord INGESTRE by the Honourable Gentleman the Secretary to the Admiralty, for the promptitude with which that Noble Lord has brought the character of Sir CHARLES NAPIER under the con sideration of the new Parliament. By demanding from the Government at this early period of the sit ting of the House of Commons some explanation with reference to the rumours recently prevalent, as to the conduct pursued towards Portugal by the Gallant Admiral, Lord INGESTRE has afforded the authorities of the Admiralty a most favourable opportunity for vindicating the reputation of that distinguished officer. It was essential, indeed, not merely to the character of Sir CHARLES NAeinit, but to that of the Adminis tration which has awarded him his present elevated appointment, that calumnies of such a di.graceful nature should be immediately and utterly disproved. The refutation of the reports was incumbent, more over, in a peculiar manner upon the members of that department of the Legislature which is presided over with so much efficiency by the Earl of AUCKLAND, for in those reports the fair fame of the hero of St. Jean d'Acre was at stake, and through that the credit of the naval service generally was in a great measure implicated. It will be remembered, that somewhere about the commencement of October, rumours were afloat to the effect that Sir CHARLES NAPIER had employed the authority afforded to him by his position as Com mander of the British fleet off Portugal for the fur therance of his own private interests ; that, in other words, he had used the awe inspired by the circumstance of his having a formidable armament at his disposal, for the purpose of obtain ing from the political advisers of MARIA DA GLORIA the arrears of pension due to him by the Portuguese Government. Supposing this imputation to have proved correct on inquiry, it would have been more than sufficient to have disqualified the Admiral from continuing in his present appointment, if it had not even rendered him altogether incompetent to serve his country again in a situation of such profound re sponsibility. The imputation, indeed, implied a cul pability almost as great as that of peculation. It required an instant and emphatic denial, and that de nial was given to the charge with the utmost degree of explicitness by no less an individual than Sir CHARLES NAPIER himself. In spite, however, of this decided contradiction, the calumny was repeated, and it became in consequence necessary, on every account, that it should b e re b u tt e d i n an official manner, and at as early a moment as might be convenient. Last evening Lord INGESTRE inquired as to the fallacy or correctness of reports so prejudicial to Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and the explanation thereupon given by the Secretary to the Admiralty was as candid, as articulate, and as conclusive, as might have been anticipated. Mr. WARD, in plain terms, declared these reports to have been, from first to last, groundless; and he enforced this assertion by a most convincing and authoritative document. The document was nothing less than a letter upon the subject addressed to the First Lord of the Treasury by Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, the Plenipotentiary at Lisbon. According to the account therein furnished it would appear that, so far from having endeavoured to obtain the arrears of his pension from the Portu guese Government by any undue exercise of his autho thority, Sir CHARLES NAPIER had declined the over tures of a partial payment of those arrears made to himself by the Portuguese Minister of Finance. On arriving at Lisbon that Minister communicated with the Admiral, and after expressing his regret at his in capacity to liquidate the liabilities incurred by the non-payment of his pension, assured him that every possible exertion should be made to transmit the amount before a much longer period had expired. The reply of Sir CHARLES to this apologetic message was most characteristic :—" He had no wish to be paid before his companions, and would take his chance with the rest." In addition to this, the British Envoy at the Court of Lisbon observes that the Admiral has only received the arrears of four out of fifteen months' pension, and that two months having elapsed since that payment, he is still a creditor for thirteen months. " The Gallant Admiral," concludes Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, "is thus placed in the same position as every other p erson w h o h as c l a i ms for pensions upon the Portuguese Government; he has not, therefore, abused the influence which his pre sent position has given him." A more decisive denial of the calumnious imputations levelled at Sir CHARLES of that eminent se tt . NAPIER could not havecrnaptain will be grateful to those bwehfoorheaParliament ---tr snair been afforded,. and the friends ofHAMILTON laying the explanation having written in language s SEYMOU R for Lord INGESTRE for having elic'iteadtriughtforward, to MAJESTY'S Plenipotentiary at Lisbotillie letter of her night of the sitting of the new R °out* the second and to Mr. WARD for having responded w eithosalommons, p ro mptitude in his capacity as S ecretary to utehhe Admiralty. It is scarcely matter for congratulation, however, that the character of Sir CHARLES NAPIER has been so decisively vindicated, seeing that the charges which have been refuted were never re. garded as veracious by any three dozen men in Eng land. A letter from Berne of the 19th gives the following statement of the circumstanes which caused General DUFOUR to refuse a safe conduct to the Secretary of the French Ambassador. It appears that the cook of the convent of St. Urbain, a Lucernese monastery situated close to the Bernese territory, was seised bearing several dispatches, and amongst others, a letter from the Council of War of the Sonderbund, sitting at Lucerne. This letter was addressed to the Government of Friburg, to which it was to be for warded through the agency of M. SETTLER, of Berne, advocate, who had already been in custody; or, in order that it might reach its destination in a surer way, he was recommended to hand it into the chan cellery of the French embassy. In the intercepted letter the Council of War of the Sonderbund explained the plans of attack of the General in- Chief, which, they declared, had come to their knowledge. All these documents are in the hands of the Vorort, and this fact was not unknown to the Commander-in• Chief of the Federal army. On this head M. DUFOUR, as well as the Directory and the Diet, can appeal to all im partial men and to the whole world : was it possible to authorise an attaché of the French Embassy to make excursions into the cantons of the Sonderbund, excursions evidently hostile to the Federal cause; and that, after circumstances which sufficiently ex hibited the of the legation towards the legal authority ? It seems, besides, that M. BOIS-LE.. COMTE designedly sought an opportunity to accom plish a quasi-rupture with the Federal Directory, and it was this motive which induced 'him to make a demand which the General's duty could not permit him to acquiesce in." The King of PRUSSIA has addressed to the autho rities of Neufchatel a proclamation, dated the 19th, approving of their motives for remaining neutral during the civil war in Switzerland, and declaring the principality of Neufchatel and Valendis neutral during the whole of the war. We read in a letter from Tiflis, in Georgia, dated the 30th ult. : " A courier from St. Petersburgh has just passed through ,sith dispatches for Prince Dolgorouki, the Imperial Ambassador at the Court of the Shah of Persia. The Prince has not yet quitted Nawiarim, and has thus left the field open to the French Ambassador, M. de Sartiges, who is constantly with the Shah, and i❑ high favour. It is supposed here that the dispatches for Prince Dclgorouki have reference to the treaty of com merce between France and Persia, which was concluded without the knowledge of the Emperor of Russia, and is said to have given great offence, as being a proof of the increasing influence of the French Government at the Court of the Persian Monarch." A letter from Warsaw, of October 31, in the Oder Gazette, says : " M. de audcw has just arrived here from Naples. The mission, relative to the religious affairs of Poland, which he was entrusted with at Rome by the Emperor of Russia, is looked on to have failed. To be confirmed in this opinion, it is only necessary to observe the present e,,uduct of the Russian Government with respect to the Catholic religion in Poland—it is more and more hostile. The new Code declares the Greco-Russian worship to be the dominant religion in Poland, notwithstanding that there are but a comparatively small number of per sons professing it in the country. Any one also may pass from the Catholic worship to the Grece-Russian; but if any ore passes from the latter to the former, he is liable to be sent fur two years to the Caucasus, and afterwards to be shut up in a convent, until he repents his fault, and testifies his intention to turn back to his old belief. In addition, from 1648, the Russian law re lative to mixed marriages is to be applied to the king dom of Poland, and all male children are to be brought up in the Greco-Russian religion." Madrid papers of the 17th have arrived. VILELLA, the Carlist leader in Catalonia, is stated to have died of the wounds he had received in a battle with the QUERN'S troops. According to the Ece del Comercio, hopes are entertained that the Union Bank will shortly resume its payments. The delegate of the PorE in Portugal, Monsignor DI PIETRO, arrived on the 17th at Madrid, en rot* to Lisbon. MADRID BOLSI, Nov. 17.—The Three per Cents, were done at 26j, at 50 days ; the Five per Cents., at 144, for the 30th inst.; the Debt without Interest, at . 44 for paper ; and' the Coupons, at 11. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Kuria was highly pleased, it was said, with the reply of Lord PALMERSTON to the note proposing a Congress on the affairs of Switzerland, and it was supposed the congress would be held forthwith. It was rumoured in Paris that 1,500 of the Son derbund troops of Uri had made a junction with 2,000 troops of Valais, and had made an irruption into Tessino, where they had succeeded in taking Airolo, after a severe action. This news, however, wants confirmation. The Presse states that the United States have purchased the island of Syra of the Greek Govern ment for a sum equal i❑ amount to the debt due to England, which will be discharged forthwith. The same journal, in commenting on the sulking of M. BOISLE.COMTE at Bale, says— "lt may be said, without exaggeration, that the French diplomacy in Switzerland stands in a bad posi tion. Austria, Prussia, and England, are in a much better. And why ? Because these three Powers have distinctly decided in advance upon the line of conduct they intended to follow, and their agents have rigorously remained within the terms of the part they were in structed to play. Some have taken their departure in time, without seeking a pretext in calculated quarrel. The rest have remained, but they have kept themselves tranquil and completely isolated from the internal con flict. It is unfortunate that our representative should have preferred adopting a neutrality of his own invention, deprived of all the characters of a real neutrality, and bordering closely an a rupture which does not even give us the right of demanding reparation." The Debats states that the French Chambers will be convoked to meet on Tuesday, Dec. 28. The Kum has conferred the title of Baron on M. DURAND, the French Consul in London. A grand Reform banquet took place at Compeigne on Sunday, over which M. ODILLOR BA ROT pre sided. There were 350 persons present. The Congitutionnel has a long article on the recent losses in the French navy, and attributes them to the want of caution with which commissions are be stowed by the Government. It was rumoured in Paris that the Queen of SPAIN was in a condition which promised an heir to the throne. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, at 76f. 75c. ; New Loan, 76f. 55c.; the Five per Cents., 1161. 10c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,212 f. 50c.; Rouen, 9101. ; Havre, 492 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 566 f. 25c.; Avignon, 567 f. 50c.; Viarzon, 551 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 486 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 380 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 265 f.; Dieppe, 2601. ; Basle, 167 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras burg, 4131. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 397 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 4051. ; Spanish Actives, 23 ; ditto Three per Cents., 29 ; ditto Passives, 4. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 1 A ex int.—Northern of Frazee, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, s%—Rouen and Havre, 18 1 ,. E —Sambre and Meuse, 67g—West Flanders 1%. On the 19th as Major-General de Gouy, command ing at Nancy, was returning in his carriage from the country, the horse took fright and ran away. General de Gouy jumped out, and was killed on the spot. PETITION AGAINST THE RETURN OF MR. HBALD.— The supporters of Mr. Heald have been congratulating themselves upon the improbability of the threatened election petition being presented by Mr. Kershaw against his return; but the proceedings during the present week have placed the matter now beyond all doubt. A peti tion, founded upon corrupt practices, will be presented to Parliament against Mr. Heald's seat, the required for mularies of sw e arin g t o d e p os i t i ons , en t er i ng i n to sure ties, &c., having been completed before the rector, a county magistrate, on Monday afternoon.—Nancheeter Guardian. REPRESENTATION OF STOCKPORT.--It is now de finitively arranged, that Major Marsland, of Henbury Hall, who was defeated in 1841 by Mr. Cobden, will contest, with Mr. Alderman Kershaw, the vacancy oc casioned by the expected determination of Mr. Cobden to represent the West Riding. At a meeting of the Major's friends, which took place on Friday craning at the Warren Bulkeley Arm s , the Major declared his in tention to g o to the poll.—Manche s ter G u ardian. GRAY'S INN, Nov. 24.—The undernamed gentle men were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, viz.:— Mr. John Stiwpson Collett, Mr. Walter Charles Urqu hart, Mr. William Stoate, and Mr. Thomas Sands Chapman. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the - East India House, when J. E. Drinkwater Bethune, fe wasis danger. Fourth Ordinary Member of the CuAur.leeliteri f h r ' onl ' Stockholm, of the 12th, states that in thie he well-known chemist - Berztius has fallen ill, and that MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool had been firm. Sales, 4,500 bales. Railway Shares bad been steady, and there was a fair business doing, holders being indisposed to sell. The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., went off with spirit, and there was a good demand at prices showing a considerable advance upon last week's quotations. The following are a few of the principal sales:— Great Northern £4 12 0 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. .;.. 0 19 0 South Staffordshire North Staffordshire Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union) North British, Thirds Shropshire Union and Canal 1 10 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 6 19 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 0 12 6 East Lancashire 2O 10 0 Boulogne and Amiens A correspondence has been published which has taken place between the Committee of the Mexican Bond holders and the Messrs. John Schnieder and Company, the present agents of the Republic, relative to certain bonds deposited in the Bank of England, and as to the payment of as much of the dividend as can be done out of funds in hand, namely, about one-half. In the first case the agents are considered to have acted in the right, and are to consent to the delivery of the bonds (which represent 470,6101.) to the parties named in the dispatches from the Mexican Government, as perchance they may be thrown into circulation. The creditors of Mexico do not think, however, that the agents, Messrs. Schneider and Co., are acting right in withholding the moiety of a dividend out of funds acknowledged to be in hand here, and at their command, upon the principle, we presume, that "half a loaf is better than no bread." The correspondence is too lengthy to be fully analyzed under this head. A morning Contemporary reports, though indirectly rather, that there is some shadow of truth in the statement fist published by it, that the East India Company has applied to the Bank of England for a large loan of money to aid the treasury of the former. The writer - wishes an authorised con tradiction to this assertion. This could easily be given. We contradicted it from the very best authority, but if the East India Company, or any other influential body, were to be called upon to contradict every stock-jobbing report, of a verity the directors would have a hard task indeed. The assertion is, as before stated, wholly de void of foundation. Let our Contemporary give his affirmative authority, as in duty bound to do, for the bold assertion. This is the settling day in the Consol Market, and a scene of great confusion is there in conse quence in the Stock Exchange. Early two failures were announced—Messrs. Whitmore and Son, and MessrY. Secretan and Capper. The parties were very large Bears. The account of the former hat been principally bought in. The fluctuations in Consols have been frequent. The opening value for this day was 84 from which a rise occurred to 86t, and for money to 86*. The more current value for the month of January is 85} and for money 85 to 854. Ex chequer.bills are 3s. to ls. discount. The Three per Cent. Reduced are at 83i 1, and the Thr( e-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 854. Since the above was written two defaulters have been declared, namely, Mr. Eykyn and Mr. Abbott. Their differences are said not to be large. The only quotations in the Foreign Market have been of Mexican at 16, in Dutch Two-and a Half per Cents, at 54i, and in the Four per Cents., certificates, at 834. The Railway Share Market has been but little at tended to, the settlement in the Consol Market attracting a most undivided interest and attention. The weekly Court of the Directors of the Bank of England has broken up without any notification being issued that the rate of interest bad been further reduced. It certainly was very generally anticipated that this course would have been adopted, and the Funds fell back in consequence. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock - - 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna. 8414 84 83 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.- 85% 86 '4 85% 5 4 1 4 85 ,/,. Nevr 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 857 86tA 8.5 85% Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 1-16 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0004 Consols for Account 86%% 853 /i 804 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/ .............. ...... ... - par 2 dis 1 p Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES. CLOSING PRICES 189 FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto Small Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... — Danish Bonds. 1825, 3 per Cent... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account l6 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... - Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent... Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. - - French Rentes, 5 per Cent ..-...- —f. —c. Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 54% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 83%3/4 80 89 81% 15- % 28- 3 / 4 1014 115 f. 25c. 25f. 80c. 54 83A PAID._ BUSINESS .kTON O, C L D oc ON L E CLOSING RAIL F W E A R PL O A P RES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,4 ...... _. - Belfast & County Down. 10 ..... . Bi rm i n gham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... _ Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley... .. 8 ...... _ Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 7 3 / 4 ...... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 ...... _ Bristol end Exeter ..... 75 ...... Ditto, Thirds ........ ••••• Buck;tighatushire 104 45....... 2% 3 dis 3 dis. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3:%,,..... _ Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 ,x ...... 22 Ditto, Preference .. 8 ...... _ .. .... Clarence 7B 4 ..... • Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 ...... _ Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 ..... _ East Angliv, 251., L. & E. and L. and D....... 25 ...... _ .. Do., 184, E. & H.... 18 ...... 10 ....... Do., 34 10s., E. &H. 1 ...... % Eastern Caunties 2O ...... 16%.%1,(•••••• •• Ditto, Per oetual, 5 per Cent, IN o. 1....... 61.138. 42... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... AI 1 / 2 dis. l/ dis Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... _ Do., North. & Eastern L 0 ..... .49 •• Do., Quarters ......... 12 1 A _ •• •• Do., New ............... 23 ...... _ .. •••• Eastern Union ............ 50 ..... —. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 ...... _ ' " ••• Ditto, Thirds ... .....13s. 4d...... Do., (guar. 6 per cent) ...... _ ......... . •••• East Lancashirej ......... 25 ...... Ditto, New .......... .. 13 .. ... _ Ditto, New Quarters... 3 3 4 ..... _ East Lincolnshire ...... 12 1 / 2 ,..... _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 43 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 _ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 A Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... ' 9',41 ...... Ditto, ditto, New . •••• 2 1 4 ..... _. — Exeter:Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New . . 2%...... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle B/. 6s.'Bd Glasgow, Kiltner.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Pre.erenceConsol. 12 1 / 2 — •••• ••••• Great Northern .. .......... 8 Do., London and York 21 ll JA ...... 4 ••• .... Great South. and West. (Ireland) .......... .. . 35 Great North of Eng land_loo .224 224 .. .......... .. Ditto, New 401. 18% 22% 164 0 Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, New 15/. llh Great Western B5 lO3 ............... 103 Ditto, % Shares.. .50 Ditto, .4 Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Yifths- 24 __ • 20 23% ..• • • .. . ~ . Ditto, New 171 Huddersfield &Blanches. 22 •••••• •••••••'•'•• ** -.. Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O .. ... -- ........ ...-. Ditto, Half Shar es 25 -— Ditto, 1/1 Shares 12%...... Ipswich &Bury St. Ed m . 15 •.. .- ... Do., do., and N orw i c h 15 ...... Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 24 ...... Lancaster and C ar li s l e... 50 Ditto,Thirds lO Lancashire & Yo r k s hi re 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto % Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Sha res ... 14% —, 612•/ Do. Fifths 6 1A...... 6 Y2 Do. Sixteenths 6M — •..... Do. Thirds (Re g .),...101. 4s. -• 4% dis ... 4% die. ••••••• Do. Liverp. and B ur y 34 _. ...• •••• .....% Ditto % (late Hud deufield and Shelf.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte -24 die. fract, & Goole Do. ( (" I : ;e ß st i o d n in & g Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1U ..... 92 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 3 71/2 — •••''''''''''" U w n 3 i ,r o e n ) ) 42/.525.. 2 % IA di, ... D, , ., Brlreli 1 :. 5,h, t ,., 121!,.. ~. 1 :` ,:v...... i.;,,i1.,,i.(1,;:::,.) 1: 1 ,,:, — •••• Do. Extension (gr een ) 2 1 / 2 - -- -- - Do. NewExten. (pink) 2%...... 21 1 4 Leeds and Thirsk 36 21%4 63 / 4 Ditto, New 17% ... ..... ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ... • Liverpool, Crosby and Sou thport .... .... ...... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New _. . castle Junction 21,4 ..... London and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. 5 1 / R ..... ... Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2.. 4/ l3s. 4d.... Do. Extension l5 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 - London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Dit to, Preference ... 18/17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 . 157 155 1 ,4 15 6 34 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do~ New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 / Shares (G. J.) 25 5 1 ,E DE) 4 - 6/.Shares(L.ll.l.) 15 Do. 40t. (N. & B.) .. 40 Do. 10/. (W & B.) A . . 74 l2 Do. 10/. (111. & B.) B. N — Do. 101. ill. & B.) C. 1 _ __ 43% Lend. & &Western 41/. 6s. 8d 55 554 Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. NeW 50/. ..... Do. New 401. 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 61. 13s. 4d.... . % dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londondeiry&Culerains 27% ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen...... ..... 23 3 4 — ..... •... Maneliester,Buxton,and Mat10ck........... ... 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —lO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ••• - 55 !4 Ditto ditto (No. 2).:. 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... % — Ditto and Citimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ........ 7 ....•• Ditto ditto _ Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 IA Manchest. & Southampt. 24 faildand lOO llO 109 111-- 111 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares I , Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. Binning., 6 per cent.loo 118 1 , E Brist. &Glocstr. 34 _ _ 00000 ..•••• ••• Ditto, ditto 71.9s — ..... Mid hid, Leicest. & Swan ningtou, 8 per ct.guar 100 Midland Great Western Irish B5 Newcastleend Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 5O Newmrket& Chesteriorel 13% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 4 Newry and Enniskillen 7 ..... IN.Tewry,_ Warrenpcnnt, and Rostrevor Norfolk ....... Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North . -rip, 1.. of Norfolk 2 ••• 00000 ••••• Do. do. Wa vene y V a l. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ..... ... 25 ..... . Do. Half Shares 1 2 14.— 12 1 / 0 4 xi ..... 12%xi Do. Quarters 4 3 /4 4 3 Axi .. 4 3 Axi Do. Extension Ditt ' Thirds 2 VB Non Statlordshire 7 l/i..- 7 4,i 7% No' n Wales North Western 6 — — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and llitchin ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l7th — - Ditto, New .... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ..: 5 ••• • • ........ Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 hrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 __ _ Ditto Halves ditto 8 — ........ Ditto Oswestry .. 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Hercfd 2 ...... Shropshire Union south Devon.... 4O Do. Preference South Staffordshire outh Eastern & Dover. 33 1 /2 3O ......... ..... Do., No. 1... 2O Do., Nc..2. Do , No. 3 ' :5 ' — Do., No. 4 South %Vales ..... 15 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - ••• •• ...... ••• Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17% ...... ... Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 2 — Waterford and Limerick 3i — Watertd,Wafrd,Wieklw, and Dublin West Cornwall 4 .. W hitehaven & Furness 11 ...., Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ......... 25 Do. Original New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 1)0. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 23 1 4 21 i 15 1 h 11% 4 lAs 14% Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 15%'4x1 isA i ii Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara 5 Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras - ***** ..• •• • • Dutch Rhenish 7 .•••• East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ••• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... Luxembourg 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 Madras ...... 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot Ni — Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Namur and Liege Northern of France lO ..... 12 1 ,4%, Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons .. 10 ...... 6% Paris and Orleans 2O - Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre - ...... ......... Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Fours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 8 12% 6% NOTICE TO MARINERS. ROYAL HARBOUR OF RAMSGATE. Royal Harbour of Ramsgato Office, 22, Austin Friars, London, - Oct, 22, 1547. Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 30th day of November next, the Red Flag, now in use at the flag staff on Sion hill, to indicate the state of the tide, being ten feet at the harbour's mouth, will be discontinued and that in lieu thereof a Red Ball• will be exhibited for that purpose. _ . _ By order of the Board, THOMAS M. SHAD WELL, Secretary. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LIBILDENH.A.I.I.. . _ Each kind of prime Meat commanded a steady sale, at full prices ; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 45,10 d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 - •••••••.. 14% Commercial of London 20 — Union of L0nd0n......... 10 Union of Madrid London & Westminster 2O London Joint Stock lO - - ...... 10% - 29% LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 25.—Wind S., light breeze and dull hazy weather. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 23d, Juliet Erskine, Greaves, San Bias, and Rio Janeiro; 24th, Duke of Wellington, Hargreaves, Calcutta; John Gray, M`Donald, ditto; Sobraon, Shanghai; Grindlay, Parkins, Hongkong ; Kathleen, Blaney, Bonny; Ma gistrate, Compton, Old Calabar ; Elin or , Ch apman, Guayaquil; Malcolm, Malcolm, Macao; Paragon, Gar nett, Camoroons; Montezuma, Lowber, New York; Garrick, Hunt, ditto. Put back, 23, Six Sodakinde, for St. Domingo. Off port, Sarawak and Roseberry. A brig, steering up the Channel, with loss of bulwarks, foremast, and maintopmast, was passed yesterday by the Paragon, Garnett, arrived here. The Jane and Sarah, Kneebone, hence to Truro, was totally lost yesterday near Alnwick; crew and part of cargo saved. DEAL, Nov. 24.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Fifeshire, Sydney, New South Wales ; Symmetry, But ler, China ; Graaf Hertogenbosch, Batavia, and sailed for Holland ; Edward Baton, Marjorum, Calcutta ; Mary Graham, Robinson, Calcutta ; Breadalbane, Hamllton, Calcutta ; Benjamin B. Greene, Laws, Mau ritius ; Milford, Davis, Berbico ; Thomas Jones, An tigua ; Cecrops ' Burrell, Cuba ; Fame, Dixon, Hon duras; Willi am Hutt, Honduras. Arrd. from the River, Sam Slick, Africa. MINSTER, NEAR MINEREAD, Nov. 24. —Part of a wreck, supposed to belong to the Henry, barque, lately wrecked on the Skerweather Sands, has been washed on shore near Minehead, and taken possession of by the coast" uard. STRANRAER, Nov. 23.—The brig Castor, of Belfast, coal laden, got on shore in the Bay of Luce last night, and is expected to become a wreck ; crew saved. A vessel with " Royal Navy" painted on it, and a top gallant sail, with the yards belonging to them, one 19 feet long. and the other 25 feet, were picked up off Port Patrick 16th inst. The weather has been very stormy of late ; some coasters, bound to Liverpool, have been wind •Lound here for some weeks. l'wmizt.u. Nov. 23.—The Leith packet, M'Kenzie, from Newport to St.,ling, which WI. LI hnndoned cff yenlertl,y, c, '04.1 00 r. none with decks stove. The Ann schooner of Prince Ed ward', Island, which was assisted in here waterlogged, 15th inst., in discharging her cargo (oats). HAY IVIARXET S. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to Si lOs ; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 8s; per load, Supply but moderate and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/. 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ iOs to 418 s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load. A slow trade, at the above quotations. WurirEcum.EL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10:: ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. MEAT MARKETS. HAILSHAM, Nov. 24.—We had a fair trade this morn ing, and the quotations were somewhat on the advance. Beef, from 48 to ss; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, Nov. 23.—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s to 3s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s Ed per Sibs. A moderate supply, and a firm demand. CHICEESTER, Nov. 24.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off steadily at 2d per 81bs more money, and the ♦alue of other kinds of stock was well supported. Beef. from 3s fid to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 21 to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 20s to 275; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 258; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 15/ to 1715 s each. SOUTHALL, Nov. 24.—Our market to-day was fairly supplied with stock as to numbers, but its general qua lity was very inferior. Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Calves sold readily, at full prices. In other kinds of stock comparatively little business was doing. Beef, from 3s 83 to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RONFORD, Nov. 24.—We had a fair demand here this morning, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs; Suckling Calves, 206 to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 245; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 171 10s each. COAL MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Hedley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley l9s Od Wall's End, &c. New Tanfield l6s 9d Belmont 2ls 31 North Pontop —.. ..... 16s Od Lambton Original Tanfield ...... 16s Od W. Bartley Netherton 19s Od South Peareth Stewart's Hartley Tanfield Moor ..... ... 178 6d Elgin West Wylam 11 arriv. Ll 5-8 iold. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN for the Week ended Nov. 25, 1847, made up from the Returns of tl e Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wak s per Imperial Quarter. I WIILAT. I BAELET.I OATS. j B.TE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE •• I 54s Isc: I 32s Od I 22s 10d 32s 10d 145 s 10d 49s 0,1 The Duties en Foreign Grain are now suspended. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. TURNER.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. A criminal information had bee❑ obtained against the defendant, for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of Mr. John liornblow Turner, accusing him of fraud. The defendant allowed judgment to go by default. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the sentence of the Court was that the defendant pay a fine of 2001. and be im prisoned in the Queen's Bench for three calendar months, and be further imprisoned until the fine be paid. THE QUEEN V. STIRIt. The defendant a banker at St. Albans, was brought up to receive sentence for publishing a libel, reflecting seriously upon the conduct of the late Mayor of St. Al bans and the county magistrates. The sentence of the Court was that he pay a fine of 3001., and be imprisoned until it be paid. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron PARKE and Mr. Justice CoLTmAN.) On the judges taking their seats an application was made on behalf of Horatio Nelson West, cunvicted at a former session of felony, in forging railway scrip. Mr. Baron PARKE said that the majority of the judges had in this case decided on Saturday that railway scrip was not a representation or security for money, and the prisoner might, therefore, be admitted to bail, himself in 5001., and two securities in 2501, each, to take his trial for a misdemeanour. William Hickman, the captain of a barge upon the Grand Junction Canal, was indicted for manslaughter, in causing the death of Anne Brydges, the wife of another captain in the same navigation. It appeared from the evidence that, by a bye-law of the Canal Company, when two barges proceeding in opposite directions meet, the one coming towards Pad dington should stop to allow that going towards Bir mingham to pass. The prisoner neglected to observe this rule, when his barge met with that of the deceased's husband, which she was steering, on the evening of the Ist of November. The consequence was that she became entangled i❑ the ropes, and was dragged into the water. She was soon extricated, but died in fonr days afterwards from gangrene of the arm from the wound inflicted by the friction of the rope. The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. In the course of the morning Mr. James Glaisher, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was engaged in putting up, in different parts of the court, a thermo metrical apparatus, of a new arrangement for ascer taining the temperature and humidity of the atmo sphere. __ _ George Morley, 19 years of age, was indicted for the manslaughter of William Morley and Edward Vincent. `The prisoner, who was a firework maker, was assisted in making squibs, Ste., by the two deceased on the Ist of October, when, by some accident, the materials exploded, and the three youths suffered frightful injuries, of which Vincent died almost immediately, and William Morley in ten hours after. The prisoner himself suffered so severely that for three weeks the surgeons at the hospital had no hopes of his recovery. Mr. Justice COLTIgiN said, that although the occupa tion of firework making was illegal by statute, yet to convict the prisoner of this offence it was necessary to prove that the deaths of tho deceased were caused by some act of his. There was no evidence to that effect. It did not appear by which of them the accident was occasioned. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. MIDDLESEX SESSI ON S. (THIS DAY.) William Austin and John Shute were indicted for stealing fourteen pounds' weight of paper, value 21. los., the property of the Governors of the Licensed Vic tuallers' Asylum. The prisoners were carters in the employ of the con tractors for removing dust f rom Ki ng ' s A rms - yar d, Cole man-street, in which was situated the secretary's office of the Licensed Victualler s ' A s yl um , an d w h ere th e stationary was kept. Under the premises was a large cellar, divided into several compartments, one of which was used as a dust-bin, and another as a store-room for the stationary, and from the latter the prisoners ex tracted the paper, which they sold for 3s. 6d. to a marine store dealer. The prisoners said they took the paper under the im pression that it was nothing more than rubbish. The jury found them Guilty, and they were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Assistant JUDGE directed the attention of the Court to the practices of the marine store-dealers. Here was a man well acquainted with the value of all descriptions of property giving only 3s. 6d. for a lot of paper worth 21. 10s. If this person had been included in the present prosecution he should feel a strong in clination to transport him. Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared on behalf of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, said that after that ob servation it was very likely his clients would cause the parties to be indicted. THE NAVAL UNIFORM. The following is the official circular which has been issued by the Admiralty with reference to the naval uni form : " My Lords are pleased to direct that a surtout frock eoat shall be established for the under-mentioned officers with the following distinctive marks, ♦ia:— " Admiral, with four rows of lace of five-eighths of a❑ inch on the cuffs, with or without epaulettes. " Captain, with three rows of lace, of half an inch on the cuffs, without epaulettes. " Commanders, with two rows of lace, of half an inch on he cuffs, without epaulettes. " Lieutenants and Masters, with one row of lace, of half an inch on the cuffs, without epaulettes. " Tho surtout coat of all other officers to be perfectly plain. " The coat to be of blue cloth, double-breasted, with the naval uniform button. " Warrant officers, midshipmen, masters' assistants, and cadets to wear their present dress. " My Lords are further pleased to direct, that when on shore, in full dress, or in an undress coat with epau lettes, no commissioned officer shall wear a cap, but must appear in the regulation cocked hat and sword. " Patterns of the surtout coat, as well as of the belt and sword, to be worn in future, will be sent to the several home ports and foreign stations for the guidance of the officers. " No scales are in future to be worn. " Admirals, and all officers in command, are dFsired . to pay strict attention that these regulations be rigidly adhered to. _ _ " By command of their Lordships, "11. G. WARD." The Morning Post of yesterday states that the question of the admission of the Jews to seats in Parlia nwnt will be !".T; epen question, as the Catholic question (iC;Vt.I-111ilelit of Lorj we are told, arises from the circumstance that great varieties of opinion are entertained by all parties in Par liament on this subjeot. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by the Marchioness ~of Douro, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Bowles, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, arrived at Osborne, Isle of Wight, at half-past one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort and the Royal children afterwards walked out in the pleasure grounds. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice went in a carriage to the sea-beach yesterday forenoon. Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain, arrived at Os borne yesterday, from town, and had an audience of the Queen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Major Stephens, left town yesterday to honour Mr. Sloane Stanley with a visit at his seat, Paul ton 5, Hants. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester-house. The Right Hon. R. More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial. office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of South Australia, the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and Sierra Leone. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office far the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 24.—At a congregation holden this day, the following degrees were conferred : LL.B.—G. F. Pooley, Corpus Christi College grand compounder. Honorary M.A.—William John Pepys, College. M.A.—Abraham William Bullen, Trinity Col lege, grand compounder ; John Cartman, Trini t y College. Magdalen B.A.—Francis Barnes, Jesus College ; Benjamin Adams, St. John's College ; Arthur George Berry, Jesus College ; Frederick Ward, St. John's College, compounder ; Joshua Ground, St. John's College, compounder ; Charles Joseph Wall, St. Peter's Col lege. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTII LANCASHIRE. A meeting of Mr. Henry's committee was held on Tuesday evening, in the League Council Chamb er, Isiewall's-buildings. Mr. George Wilson presided. The CHAIRMAN said that every step taken was in ac cordance with the rule laid down at the last election. He had . seen a number of gentlemen, and had heard only one opinion expressed as to the wisdom of the choice of Mr. Henry. The SECRETARY stated that a good many gentle men had given in their names as committeemen.'' Mr. HENRY then said that he begged leave, the first place, to express to them the deep obligations which he felt under to them, for the honour they had conferred upon him, in bringing him forward to represent this in telligent division of the county. Though he had not been accustomed to public speaking, and therefore feared that he might acquit himself but indifferently on occasion, he hoped that with p rac ti ce , and with the ap probation of the respectabl e ge ntl e men he saw ar ound him, and the other enlightened electors of the county, he should in time approach, in some degree, to wh3t they wished to find in their representative.—( lear i that hear.) He was sensible that it was for no merit ? his own that he had been brought forward by t hem; it was because they thought he would fearlessly and ho s nestly carry out the great principles they bad alwwaitYh advocated, and which he had held in common . them, that they had selected him for that important trust which he hoped would he conferred upon hue.-- mon (Hear, hear.) He had always held opinions in co al with theirs from the time that he was able to fo rm ail opinion upon such subjects, and although he had not at tended public meetings, from a conviction that his firs t _ duty was to his family and that his chief attention should be paid to his business, yet his heart and hand had al ways been with them in the support of the grea t ca s ? in which they had been actively engaged.—(A In sending him to Parliament, he could assure them thar neither place, circumstances, nor situation, would eve . lead him to desert the great principles which be had an. nounced to them, and for which they had been plea sea to select him as a candidate for the representation. s . The CHAIRMAN said, that after Mr. Henry's addres. engaged.--(APP it was not necessary to renew their assurances to rp. port him. The opinions he had expressed coincided entirely with those which were entertained by the mem bers of the committee. The proceedings then terminated.—Man chester Guardian. The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden received a distinguished circle at dinner at the Admiralty on Tuesday evening. The Noble Earl has issued cards fur Vi another t dinner s a c r o q u • n on tes S s at r ur a d i a ro y e . d a distinguished circl e at di nner l as t evening'.rston e ntertains His Excellency the French Ambassad o r has issued cards for a grand banquet on Saturday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanbleave Hill-street, lierkeley•square, early in the ensuing ' week, fur Mulgrave Castle, whore they intend to sojourn about a week, and then proceed to Osborne House, to ter"' leave of her Majesty, previous to returning to the Em" bassy at Paris. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The following mem were yesterday issued pursuant to the order of tile House of Commons:—Further returns of duties im posed in the British colonies ; number and tonnage '°l vessels arriving at and departing from each co leny; 18 6;5. an account of imports and exports from 1835 to Return of the prices in London and Paris respeet an!iveT, of the best wheaten bread, the best wheaten flour, April the best white wheat, on the first days of March, May, and June, 1847. Extract of a dispatch from Go: vernor Light to Earl Grey, dated Demerara, sth of March, 1847, enclosing a draft for 1,200/., being the_ first instalment of subscriptions ra ised for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland and Scotland. EXrECTED V ISIT OF CENTRA L ESPAETERo TO MANCIAESTER.—We understand that the Mayor of Man chester, Mr. Elkanah Armitage, has received a corn e u e a% nication which leads him to anticipate the preseu _ this city of that distinguished Spaniard the Duke 0f Victory.—Manchester Courier. The following curious circumstance occurred his Cherbourg a few days ago . The town crier, beating . drum, went through the town, proclaiming the foliorw, ing:—" Notice to young girls ! Four young earpente. who have arrived from Havre, and are employed at t ll _ , military port (here their names and ages were giveen)_. being tired of living a single life, wish to get marri _d To see them, applyi at M. Suin's, innkeeper, Title di! Chantier." Two of the would-be husbands accompsolef, the drummer, who, in showing the m to the crowd, cried, " Here, young ladies, is a specimen of the young men who want to get married r—Galignani. P 3 PRICE OF BREAD, FLOUR, AND W HEAT, IN Ant AND IN LONDON.—The price of the best brea d in don on the Ist of March in the present y ear was 2id. per lb.; the best flour 2 4-7 d.; and the best wheat 825. a quarter. On the first of the following month the prices of bread and flour remained the same, but wheat fell Is. per quarter. In May the price of all these necessaries rose—bread being 2d. per lb., flour 2 11-14 d., and wheat 88s. In Juno there was a further rise—bread being 2id., flour 3 3-14 d., and wheat 955. The price of bread in Paris, on the Ist of March was 21- 14-25 d., flour 24 13 25d., and wheat (601b5.) lie. 2d. 6-8. On the Ist of April—bread 2} 2-25 d., flour 3 4-25 d., wheat 128. 4d. On the Ist of May—bread 2i 2-25 d.: flour 3 4-25 d., wheat 13s. lid. On the Ist of June-- bread 2f 14-25 d., flour 24 1-25 d., and wheat Ils. 6id- CaLoROFORm. The new substance called Perehloride of Formyle, or Chloroform, hars been found to be a very superior substitute for ether, in deadening all sensibility to pain ; and it is particularly applicable where there are any difficult or painful or; rations on the teeth to be performed. It has been trie" by Mr. Bowden, of Charles -street, St. James's, in e L; tracting some very deeply-seated stumps with the o ver perfect success. It is found to have a superiority over ether, in being pleasant to inhale ; a much sm aller quantity will have the desired effect (sixty drops ha ving been found sufficient to produce perfect insenSibilitY.) it is also more certain in its action, without caustOg nausea, headache, or any other unpleasant sensations ; it is also quite free from any dangerous results, an iii parts no offensive smell to the clothes or breath lut e ' having been taken.—(From a Correspondent.) D On o d h s e m l i 9 d t , h E sci inst.,. f a n so l I n a . "f On the 21st inst., at Pembury Vicarage, Kent, the WI rl ß e 2 ; l7 4 B tieet, the wife of Frederick e of the Rev. George Stephen Wooagate of a daughter. o ars, On the 21st inst., in Princes-street, Hanover• s q Mrs. William Ba st., Mrs. Frederick Gwatkin, Guilford-street, of a daughter. On the 'l2d inst., in Connaught-place West, the lady d ale Hon. George S. Gough, Grenadier Guards, of a daughter. rig. E. On the 22,1 inst., in Oxford-terrace, Hyde - par k, Walker, of a dughtr. On the 22d a inst., e at Hatton Hall, Wellingborough, 31r5- George Jekins o n, of a a dau U ghter C h a rles On the n 22d inst., t pper . Clapton, the wife of Salisbury Butler, Esq., of a daughter. llabt On the 23d inst., at St. James's-place, Mrs. John Lti of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at the British Embassy, Frankfort.oll; th e -Maine, Charles Craven, late Captain 2I DragOOV . Harriet, youngest daughter of Captain R. Streatf. DIED. On the 13th inst., at Foxhill-bank, near Blackburn, (I.' Simpson, Esq., aged 71. the lady On the 22d inst., at Montpellier-street, Brompton , of Captain James White, unattached, aged 46. m they , On the 22d inst., at Lavender-hill, Surrey, Joh n —9 Esq., aged 7S. b l ob, On the 22d inst., at B eaumon t - pl ac e, Shepherd' s- Miss Mtheaaret Smith.ThomOn rg T 22d inst., in Marine-square, Brighton , Rickard, Esq., aged 59. On the 23d inst. Susan, daughter of John Garrett, Sq.' of Bishop's-court, Devon. Lon,?;_.: Pr - 1111:1d ....tic: l'u'.:ils:...d ::. , y .:‘,IIjIWO YOL,"IiI2, No. 112 i Strand, Printer at 7'he Sun Office, Dl°• tit of Strand, n the Precinct ► Of the Saioy, in the C4llll' /Sllddleee?‘ Tiaculday, Ncyeniber $5, 1847.