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MM. ..min New ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 245. bound. JRD CASTLEREAGH'S NARRATIVE OF FITS JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS. TAP .017G11 EGYPT, NUBIA, ARABIA SYRIA. PETR.EA, PALESTINE, AND '• These volumes ate replete with new impressions, and are espe ' /ally characterised by great power of lively and graphic descrip• pen.”—New Monthly. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborcugh-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at an the Libraries, In 3 vols., r r pWN AND COUNTRY, Ey Mrs. TROLLOPE. " No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope," Sec. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. TTneter the Management of, Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. FOR THE BENEFIT of the WIDOWS' and ORPHANS' FUND of the (LONDON UNITED DISTRICT) ANCIENT ORDER of roaESTERS. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE fIiASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury; Master Waller, Mr. 'Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. To conclude with a new Comic Drama, called TILE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden koff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. Fanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Sexes, Is. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. 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 thazar Taldarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Itadamo Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Bro As. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD Cthe property of the late William Sliskspeare), Inquire Within. Chi raetens by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, O. Smith, Paul Bed lbrd, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. To be followed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE LCCOUNTS WITH YOUR. LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetta, Sir. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Msnyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond !Cyan; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. To eonelude with th 3 Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Mnnyaril, Miss Harding, and Miss Zhaolln will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. Pnors open at Halt-pas t sis, ierfvimance to commence at Seven, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Vnder the Management of Madame Vestris, *ole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. Tins EVENING, Will be presented TIIETWO QUEENS. Characters by Mes,r3 Selby and Harley, Mi sr Ft. Gilbert, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a Co'rie Drama, called A ROUGII DIAMOND Alter whizli, USED UP. To conclude with a homance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. 'Llrieipal characters by Mr. Barley, Mr. Buckstene, and Mrs. Mac laralfra. The Interior of the Bowe has teen entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradw&l of the Colosseum. Dross Boxes, iis.; Upper Mixes, As. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. 2.16 half-price to any part of the house. The New lox-oftice, No. 2, Wellington.street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten 10 Six. PRINCES :3'S THEATRE. Lodgement of 31AC1 EAI'I :Intl MISS CUSHMAN, T111:i EVENINH Will be perfbrnied the Opera of GUY' MANNEUING. Colonel Mannering, Mr. Conway; Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker ; Dotninle Sampeon, Mr. Compton; Dintoont, Mr. Neville; Lucy Ber tram. Miss Ann ; Me,,; 2lerrilles, Mi. 93 Cushman. After which, SEMI'S )\ and CO. To ounclude with the Farce of LOVE, LAW, awl PIITiIC. I)rmsi( irele, 55.: ilexes, 4s. ; Bit, 2i.; Gallery, le. 777 AL SUItI:EY THIATI:E Lessee, Mrs. F. Daridge, .No. 1,1) Avidgo-terrace,Kenvingten-road FOR THE BENzvir OF MISS ROMER. Last Week of the Opera Company. TICS XTENING, the performances wilt ooinmence with the First and Second Acts of the,lctirsteil Opera e: 341RITANA. Charles the Second, .Mr. ti. llorncastle ; Don Cavar de Basun, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose lie Santatsm, Mr. liorrani ; Marini. , de Monteflori, Mr. Atlwuod ; Lazarillo, Rebecca Isaacs ; Maritani, Miss HAner. To conclude with the Comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. —Young Meadows, Mr. Bolter ; Ilawtherm, Mr. Leffler ; Rosette, Miss Romer. A dletiact entrance to the private boxes has beon made (which have bent re-fitted). Frivot,: boxes may be had Rightly of ail the ortnapal Ltbrarians ; and at the itox-adloe of the Tkcatre, whieti is Open daily from Ten rata lour. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, sd. Ant:Lb:Vs Ito):Ai, AMVii.I.IIIEA r.)prietor and Ntanager Mr. ‘Villlarn Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. 1 HIS EV E.N1.,M4 The Grand R?eetaele of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entire:y new ;cents in the Arena, by the talented Artistes 01 th 9 b 9tabllil'inent, in tla tarlous modes of egnestratton. To conclude with the Ballet called LOVE and FOLLY. Box-office open from 11 tia 5 Actin; and :gage idana6er, Mr. W West. MEETING-oF PA RI lAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF „ THE SUN” 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. I LIE WEATIILIt.--Sum Opricx, Nov. 25. TTIERX )X7ETEB, Lowest, 44; Highest. 49 ; Noon, 47. 13AROXETIV3, 30.1.—WIND S. ; hazy. tiloti WATER AT LONDON-HRLDOE THIS DAT. lieralug.. 22 ualautes after f Even!nr .. 51 orlinat.a Iftpr 3, , ... ,r 4„,. .. ..... ....„,., 4 , -_-i.....:.• 4 -4.,..-.. ~, lir:,4- - -,--i -- , z .- .. :-- -, .‘ -....-,,, .-„„-.,.. - A l '• * \ i, C. ;_f . 'AV . .! ' .7.1P, - ;!, • ''.,,, ''' , :vii,k ;AlO6 - . , ; 1', 10111 x ,& ..,'.:,...14 * t k 7,- . ‘ ....<4.1- A vow.-I‘.? - „,,, , ,,t, e v , ,,- , 2 , 17 : .... - .. .-. ; i,.• 1 111P,v, .'• AKV4M blienin4 07-')lt4l/ 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 position 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 testify that Ministers have not had coercion solely in their minds. "A Bill to facilitate the *ale 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 file nominal owners o 1 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 happiness will be greatly promoted, while 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, employmentco and the increased production which will be the consequences of the change. Such a law, however, would gher occasion to be framed with the greatest care, or it mi .m u en nforeseen grievances and evils. were enter tained by clear-sighted and intjeleltilcins to the Act of last session, viMhiaehny vt ° , asb er :e e on e g . ; l n t Paisca MAnonv, the eminent Irish psoallince'dt by Mr. evidence before the Commissioners to inquir e rin his to the expediency of the registration of deedass iq England, given in June last. It was probably the weight •f the arguments then urged by Mr. ILiumsr, 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 mea sure, will be rece ived with cordial unanimity on every side. We are rejoiced to find that the Noble Lord does not participate in the feeling that Ireland can only be ameliorated by the wholesale transportation of her children, that he does not accede to the views of those who " Would make a wilderness, and call it peace." His . Lordship says, " I hare generally held that, though emigration may be a useful subsidiary mea- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _E; 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 ef population that must be got rid of. The real wealth of a country chiefly c nsista 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 cauxa 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 promi,ed measure may be of no stunted or meagre character, but that it wiil extend that principle, the efficacy of which has been proved during successive ages, throughout the entire kingdom. His Lord , 11;p has stated that the measure will be produced in that shape which in his judgment will be most consistent pith the improvement of the land on the one side, and with the undoubted rights of the landlord upon the other. The Ulster tenact- right would attain both those objects, which must be fore must in the mind of a legislator. We regret ;hat, 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 Protect:Li - list leader, in w hick there was undoubtedly " a great deal of indignation thrown away." Nahing 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 quarter. The fact alluded to by the Noble Lord, that there had been an increased ex p :ztation of our manufactures from Liverpool to the United States in 1847, over that of the correspond ing part of last year, of 2,261,414/., incontestabl3 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 INGESTEE by the Honourable Gentleman the Secretary to the Admiralty, for the promptitude with which that Noble Lord has brought the character of Sir CHARLES NArren 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 NAPIER, but to that of the Adminis tration which has awarded him his present elevated appointment, that calumnies of such a disgraceful 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 Auca LAND, 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 w ill 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 c mtinuing 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 d)ility almost as great as that of peculation. It quired 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 CUARLES Nartmt himself. In spite, however, of this decided contradiction, the calumny was repeated, and it became in consequence necessary, on every account, that it should be rebutted in 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. W 7 ARD, 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 HAUILTON Sermooft, 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 expreesing 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 :—" lie 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 months. "Th e G a ll an t Ad m i ra l," con that pay men t, h e i s s till a cre d i t or for thirteen Sirirteen iiAMILTON SEYMOUR, "is thus placed in the same position as every other pers( n who has claims for pensions upon the Portuguese Government; he has not, th.refore, abused the influence which his pre sent position has given him." A more decisive d en i a l of th e calumnious imputations levelled at Sir CHARLES NArraa could not have been afforded, and the friends of that eminent sea -captain will be who have beenarliamn—t the grateful to th ose before means of layi ng t h e explanation P Sir Amwrost Saysiou ß f ur having writt en in lan guage 1.1 so s traightforward, to Lord INGEiTRE f or h av i ng elicited the letter of her MAJESTY'S Plenipotentiary at Liabo n on the second night of the sitting of the new Rouse of Commons, as for Secretary congratulation, and to Mr. - WARD for having responded with 50 much t'the Admiralty. It p e i M y att: promptitude in ishsicsacrca however, that the character of Sir CHARLES NArxER 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 seized hearing 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 attache 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. BOIE-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 Pnussia 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 jut passed through ,ith dispatches for Prince 1)olgorouki, the Imperial Ambassador at the Court of the Shah of Persia. The Prin-2e has not yet quitted Nawiarim, and has thus left the field open to the FroLch Ambassador, M. de Sartiges, who is constantly with the Shah, and in high favour. It is supposed here that the dispatches fur Prince I)Jgorouki hare reference to the treaty of corn mrree between France and Persia, which was concluded without the knowle-tge of the Emperor of Russia, and is said to have given great off-nee, as being a proof of the increasing irflue..ce 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 13!ndrow has just arrived here from Naples. Tne mission, relative to t.ie religious affairs of Poland, which he was entrusted with at Rome by the Emperor of Russia, is looked on to hare failed. To be confirmed in this opinion, it is only necessary to observe the present conduct 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 o'e passes from the latter to the former, he is liable to be st nt 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 MIS, 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 QUEEN'S troops. According to the Eco del Comereio, hopes are entertained that the Union Bank will shortly resume its payments. The delegate of the Pura in Portugal, Monsignor DI PIETRO, arrived on the 17th at Madrid, en rot*, to Lisbon. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 17.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26k. 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 Path papers of Tuesday. The KING 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 Prene states that the United States have purchased the island of Syra of the Greek Govern ment for a sum equal in amount to the debt due to England, which will be discharged forthwith. The same journal, in commenting on the sulking of M. BOIS-LB-COMTI at Bale, says— "lt may be said, without exaggeration, thatt4e French diplomacy in Switaerland stands in a bad !-., tion. Austria, Prussia, and England, are in a better. And why ? Because these three Powers 127. distinctly decided in advance upon the line of co , they intended to follow, and their agents have rip I remained within the terms of th e p art they we're structed to play. Some have taken their demrture in time, without seeking a pretext in calculated quarrel. The rest have remained, but they have kept then?selves tranquil and completely isolated from the internal con flict. It is unfortunate that our representative shoo d have preferred adopting a neutrality of his own iztvehtion, 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 Debuts states that the French Chambers will be convoked to meet on Tuesday, Dec. 28. The KING 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. ODILLoN BARROT pre sided. There were 350 persons present. The Con.stitutionnel has a long article on the recent losses in the French nary, 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 Fire per Cents., 1161. 10c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,212 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 910 f. ; Havre, 492 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 566 f. 25c.; Avignon, 567 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 5511. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 486 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 3801. ; Troyes and Montereau, 265 f.; Dieppe, 2601. ; Basle, 1671. 50c. ; Paris and Stras burg, 413 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 3971. 60c.; Paris and Lyons, 405 f. ; 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 4 ex int.—Northern of Fran ce , 12%-Orleans and Bordeaux, s%—Rouen and Havre, 19 —Sambre and Meuse, 6%—West Flanders lli. 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 Ma. HEALD.— Th e supporters of Mr. Heald have bt en 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 swearing to depositions, entering into sure ties, &c., having been completed before the rector, a county magistrate, on Monday afternoon.—Afancheittr Guardian. REPRESENTATION OP STOCKPORT.-It iS now de fini ti rely arranged, that Major Marsland, of Henbur?' 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 r,pretent the West Riding. At a meeting of the Major's friends, which took place on Friday evening at the Warren Bulkeley Arms, the Major declared his in tention to go to the poll.—Manchester Guardian. 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 Stimpson 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 'louse, when J. E. Drinkwater Bethune, etter froin ch S e t m oc i k st h Eeq., wa s appo i nted Fourth Ordinary Member of the theletter o f I n di c. A well-known Bolemrkoiuf s t h h a e s ill, t a e n s d that his life is in danger. fallen VEMING, NOVEMBER 25, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool had been firm. Sales. 4,500 bales. Ra , lway Shares had 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 si, good demand at prices showing a considerable advance upon la:t week's quotations. The following are a few. of the principal sales:— Great Northern 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 ere considered to have acted in the right, and are to copsei.t to the delivery of the bonds (which represent 470,6100 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 acknewlodged 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 first 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 (ley in the Consol Market, and a scene of gre:t confusion is there in conse querce in the Stock Exchange. Early two failures e ere announced—Messrs. Whitmore and Son, and Messrs. Secretan and Capper. The parties were ♦ery large Bears. The account of the former has been principally bought in. The fluctuations in Consols have been frequent. The opening value for, this day was teg e from which a rise occurred to 861, and for money to 867 The more current value for the month of January is 851- 1 1, and for money 85 to 1154. Ex chequer.bills are 3s. to Is discount. The Three per Cent. Reduced are at 837 !, and the Thri e-and-a- Qearter per Cents. at 85i. 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, iu Dutch Two-and a Half per Cents, at 54k, and in the Four per Cents., certificates, at 831. 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 had been further redeced. It certainly was very generally anticipated that this course would have been adopted, and the Funds fell back in cons( quence. ost entems OF BRITISH FITNIM. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. B 4 lf 84 83 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. 857 i 86% 85%%t i i 85% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 85% 86% 85% 85% i.ongAnns. to expire Jan. IMO -16 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..• BIA 5-16 8 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 1-16 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 Consols for Account 86%% 85% 86 1 4 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 5001 .............. ...... ... Small 03rE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES. CLOSING PRICES 189 ItICES 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 S per Cent. 1810. - - Ditto, 3 per Cont •• ...... Venezuela Bonds, 24 per Cent... Ditto Deferred — Dividends en the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange —l. —c. 25f. 80c. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 54% 54% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 83% 3 / 4 83% PRICES OF ?AID BUSINEM DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES • AT. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... _ Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% ,.... .... Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox- • ford Junction - ......... „•••• Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 „.. .. .... Birming„Wolverh'pten, and Stour Va11ey..... $ ..... _ "'Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 73/ 4 ...... .... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 4 ...... _ .... .... i i s44. 7 ri D s i t fto, lgn ......... Exeter T d hirds2o •..•• 75 ...... _ ......... .. ... _l i tickinghamAire 10/. 4 5....... 2% 3 die 3 die. [ l fiAledonian Ditto, Half Shares. • ... 3 3 4 ...... Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... _ Chester and Holyhead... 37%„.... 2 2 u Ditto, Preference .. 8 ...... _"...... Clarence 78 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 Anglia, 25L, L. k E. and L. and D....... 25 ...... _ ••••«.•• Do, 184, E. & 1-1 -... 18 ...... 10 Do., 3/. 10s., E. &H. 1 .... % Eastern Counties 2O ...... 16%.%%•••••• •• Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13a. 4d... A ,% dis ... Do., York Extension.. 10 . . _ • ... Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... 49 Do., Quarters ... 12% — •• • • Do., New ............ ... 23 ...... Eastern Union ............ 50 .. ... _ .... ..... .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 % _ - Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 13s. 4d...... Do., (guar. 6 per cent) ...... _ Fest Lancashire ......... 25 ...... _ Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters... 3 % ..... _ Fast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 48 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 _ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... _ Edinburgh &Northern.. 224, - - Ditto, New - ..... Ditto, Newport ..... ... 94 ._.. Ditto, ditto, New • .... 24 Ex p e i t t e t r o , , Y N eo ew vil,& . ..D8,..0.Ar..cy:1;..655.0228!............ ......... _- - Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmer., • Ditt_,o New Do. Preference Consul. 12 %... ... Great Northern..,,~ 8 ...... Do., London and York 2 1 ' .. .. • Great South. an d West /2 (Ireland) Great North of England iOO .224 .. .......... .. 224 Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, New 30/. 80 Ditto, New 151. . 11/ e . — .. Great Westein Ditto, 14 Shar es ..... .. 50 Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 17/ 7 .... .... ..... 84 Huddersfield & Manch'es. 22 •-••• •• Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O .. ..• ........ '"*" Ditto, Ralf Shares 25 ' Ditto 4 Shares IZ% Ipswich& Bury St. Um. 15 • ..... Do., do., and Norwich 16 ...... Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2%...... 62 Lancaster and Carli s l e . - 50 ...... 51 Ditto, Think lO ...... ••,•••••• •• •• Lancashire & Yoikshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto % Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares_ 1414 Do. Fifths 6.. ••• 0/04 Do. Sixteenths 64 Do. Thirds (11eg.)....10/. 4a. ... 4% die ... 4% die. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponta tract. & Goole Do. (W. Riding Unio n ) 4/.2 & 2141 die 2,4 die. Do. (Pre stop & Wyre) 25 . . . _ 80 89 81th 153/4 28% 101 i is% 22% 10 16% 6% Do. 14 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ..• 1U ***** Leeds and Bradford 5O ...... Leicester and Bedford l6s. ...... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c 3 7 1,4 — Do., Branch 1( Shares 12 1 4.. —•— DoNew Branch( blue) 2 1 / 2 — Do. Extension (green) 2 1 ,4 Do.NewExtan. (pink) 21,4 Leeds and Thirsk 36 ...... 2 11 / 2 !4 2l Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% Liverpool, Crosby and Southport ...... 2 Liverp., Mncbstr& New castle Junction ...... ..... London and BlackWall..l6/. liss. 4d. 5 1 / 1 1.....• , Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 41. 13s. 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 Green;lch 12/ 1534 d... Ditto, Preference ... 18/1782d... London and N. Western 100 157 155 1 ,4...., Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., ao~ New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 ,4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Sharea(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (MI & B.) A. 7 1 ,4 l2 ... .. ..... . Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7 1 ,x — Do. 10/. al.. .Sr B.) C. 1 Lond. & S.Western 414 6i. 8d 55 55M Do. New Consol. Bths 40 — Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. 2 91 29 Do. New 40/. 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... .. .... , ..• .. PA dig. 43 3/1 ~ 156 3 4 .. 29% 55!-A Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 6/. 138. 4d.... ...... .... London, Salisbury, and l'emvil Londonderry &C ,leraine 27%. —.......... Londonderry and Ennis kil ko Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock . 3 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - ..... •••• Ditto ditto . ........ 7 Ditto ditto -- 4% Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 71,4 MancSest.& Southampt. VA..-- Wild/tad lOO llO 109 111... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Shares Do 501 Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo :Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning.. 6 per cent.loo --MlA— ilidliid, !inst. & Gloestr. 34 Ditto, ditto 71.95....... Midlnd,Leicest.& Swft nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Iri-h Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters Newmrket &Chesterford 13% — Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 4 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warr enpoint, nod Rostrevor .. 10 Norfolk ......... ......... ...100 1)o. New 20/. .. 5 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk.— 2 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... Do. Half Shares 12%...... 12% 3 , 4 xi ..... 12%xi Do Quarters 4 3 /4 4 3 4xi ....... .... 4%xi Do. Extension --- % • •••• % Din , Thirds 1 2% Nort Staffordshire.— —7%...... 7%31 7% No , r Wales North Western. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Roystcn mad llitchin ... 1% — ... ........ ... Scotush Central Scottish Midland 17% — ... Ditto,New ......... ..... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ••• 5 Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 hrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 % dis. - 11 Ditto Oswestry ..... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon.... ...... ....• 40 Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 :-outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 3O ......... Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc. 2. Do , No. 3 ....... ...... 15 ...... Do., No. 4 South Wales ..... 15 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 — Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock 42 IA 9 1 4 84 and Railway ........... 17% ..... • Vale of Neath ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 , 2 . Waterford and Limerick 3i Waterfil,Wxfrd,Wieklw, and Dublin W cat Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525....... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ... 30 Turk, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original .New and Berwick .. Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensiox No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and W'est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo. Belgian ... 4 - Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ..... ... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 1 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 Lyons and Ayignon 5 Madras ...... ..... 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... Namur and Liege Northern of France lO ..... 12%7i Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Issel 4/ 3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... 10 ..... 6% Paris and Orleans 2O Pans and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ..... 18 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Lours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt...... 16 Trinidad West Flanders ...... •••• 8 31% 13 3 4 12:A 76% 16% ' 281 A 123 i 6 1847. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ROYAL HARBOUR OF RAMSGATE. Royal Harbour of Ramsgate Office, 22, Austin Friars, London, Oct. 22, 1847. 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 lion thereof a Red Ball will be exhibited for that purpose. By order of the Board, THOMAS M. SHADWELL, Secretary. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NNIVITGAZIO AND LEADENHA.I.36. 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 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 811 as by the carcase. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia •••••• 00000 ... 15.1 . British North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... 10% lO% Union of Madrid 4O ...... London & Westminster. 20 London Joint Stock . lO - ••..••••. ...... 23% LL )YD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 25.—Wind S., light breeze and dull hazy weather. LtrzapooL, Nov. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 23d, Juliet Erskine, Greares, San Bias, and Rio Janeiro; 24th, Duke of Wellington, Hargreaves, Calcutta; John Gray, M`Donald, ditto; B°hr:ion, Shanghai; Grindlay, Parkins, Hong. kong ; Kathleen, Blaney, Bonny; Ma gistrate, Compton, Old Calabar ; Elinor, Chapman, Guayaquil; Malcolm, Malcolm, Macao; Paragon, Gar nett, Camoroons; Montezuma, Lowber, New York; Garrick, Hunt, ditto. Put back, 23, Six Sodskinde, 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, Knee bone, hence to Truro, was totally lost yesterday near Alnwick ; crew and part of cargo saved. DEAI„ Nov. 24.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Fifeshire, Sydney, New South Wales ; Symmetry, But ler, China ; Graaf Hertagenbosch, Batavia, and sailed for Holland ; Ed►rard Bilton, Marjorum, Calcutta ; Mary Graham, Robinson, Calcutta ; Breadalbane, Hamllton, Calcutta ; Benjamin B. Greene, Laws, Mau ritius ; Milford, Davis, Berbice ; Thomas Jones, An tigua ; Cecrope, Burrell, Cuba ; Fame, Dixon, Hon duras; William Hutt, Honduras. Arrd. from the River, Sam Slick, Africa. liITNBTF.R, NEAR MINENEAD, NOT. 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-guard. 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 IGth inst. The weather has been ♦ery stormy of late ; some coasters, bound to Liverpool, have been wind I ound here for some weeks. PwLf;Et.m, Nov. 23.—The Leith packet, M'ltenzie, from Newport to Sterling, which was abandoned cif Bardoey yesterday, has come on shore near Port Yallam with decks stove. The Ann schooner of Prince Ed ward's Island, which was assisted in here waterlogged, 15th inst., in discharging her cargo (oats). HAY DIAIt,HETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ lOs ; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, I/ 3s to a 8s; per load, Supply but moderate and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31. 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 418 s ; and Straw, 114 s to 11 lOs per load. A slow trade, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 lOs ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 8s per load. _T ra d e d u ll,_ a t barely stationary prices. STEAM MARKET'S. lIAILsuAm, Nov. 24.—We had a fair trade this morn ing, and the quotations were somewhat on the advance. Beef, from 4s to ss; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5a 4d; 'Veal, 48 to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s Sd per Blbs. ARUNDEL, Nov. 23.—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a firm demand. CHICHESTER, Nov. 24.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off steadily at 2d per 81bs more money, and the value of other kinds of stock was well supported. Beef. from 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2i to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 203 to 275; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 253; and Mikh Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 1715 s each. SOUTIL&LL, 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 81 to 4s 8d; Mutton, 43 to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 48 to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal ROMFORD, Nov. 24 —W e 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 Ed; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Blbs ; Suckling Calves, 203 to 2C Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 245; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 171 lOs each. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Iledley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley l9s Od Wall's End, &c. New Tanfield l6s 9d Belmont 2ls 3d North Pontop _.. ..... 16s Od Lambton Original 'Penfield 165 Od sl'. Hartley Netherton 19s Od South Peareth Stewart's Hartley Tanfield Moor ..... ... 17s 6d Elgin West Wylam 11 arrir ls--8 sold. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Nov. 25, 1847, made up from the Returns.of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wake per Imperial Quarter. WREAT. I EARLEY.' OAT!". J I RTE. BEANS. I PEA S. rquez .. 64e ad 325 Od 22s 10d 32s 10d 458 10d I 49s Od The Duties on Fereign Grain are now suspended. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. (Sittings in Banco.) TEE QUEEN V. TURNER.—CRIMINAL INFORMATION. A criminal information had been obtained against the defendant, for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of Mr. John Hornblow 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 200!. and be im prisoned in the Queen's Bench for three calendar months, and be further imprisoned until the fine be paid. TEE QUEEN V. STIRK. The defendant a banker at St. Albans, was brought up to recei ve sentence f or pu b l i sh i ng 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. 23 1 4 CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron PARKE and Mr. Justice CoLTasAN.) On the judges taking their seats an application was made on behalf of Horatio Nelson West, convicted 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 Brydger, 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 direc,tions meet, the one coming towards Pad- dington should stop to allow that Ong towards Bir mingham to pass. The prisoner neglected to obser►e this rule, when his barge met with that of the deceased's husband, which she IN as steering, on the evening of the Ist of November. The consequence was that she became entangled in 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 therm 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, &c., 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 bad no hopes of his recovery. Mr. Justice COLTMAN 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 the 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 SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) William Austin and John Shaw were indicted for stealing fourteen pounds' weight of paper, value 21. 103., 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 from King's Arms-yard, Cole man-street, in which was situated the secretary's office of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, and where the 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 referenoo to the naval uni- rurin : Diy Lords are pleased to direct that a surtout frock coat shall be established fur the under-mentioned officers with the following distinctive marks, viz:— " Admiral, with four rows of lace of five eighths of an 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. " The 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 desired to pay strict attention that these regulations be rigidly adhered to. RD." " By command of theiruL.orGd.slilivnAs, The Morning Post of yesterday states that the question of the admission of the Jews to seats in Parlia ment will be an open question, as the Catholic question was under the Government of Lord Liverpool. This, we aro told, arises from the circumstance that great varieties of opinion aro entertained by all parties in Par liament on this subject. 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. BPhipps, Major-General Bowles, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain the Hcn. 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 w ith a visit at his se at, Paultons, Hants. Her oyal Highness the Duchess of Cambr id g e visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouce ster 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 for 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. P. Pooley, Corpus Christi College grand compounder. Honorary M.A.—William John Pepys, Magda len College. M.A.—Abraham Willi am B u ll en , Trinity Col.- lege, grand compounder ; J o h n Cartrnan, Trinity College. 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. is: REPRESENTATION OF SOVT° LANCASHIRE. A meeting of Mr. Henry's committee was held on Tuesday evening, in the League Council Chamber, NowaWs-buildings. Mr. George Wilson presided. The CHAIRMAN said that every step taken was in toe cordance with the rule l a id d own at th e l a st election. i f had seen a number of gentlemen, and had heard only,oll° opinion expressed as to the wisdom of the choice of oui Henry. The SECRETARY stated that a good many gent leraen had given in their names as committeemen.' in t h e Mr. HENRY then said th a t h o b egge d leave, first place, to express to them the deep obligations able!! he felt under to thein, for the honour they b a d conferr ed upon him, in b r i ng i ng him forward to represent this in; telligent division o f th e coun t y . Though he had n ot been accustomed t o p u bli c s p ea king, and therefore Por e .. that he might acquit himself but indifferently cn thi lt occasion, he hoped that with practice, and with the IIP; probation of the resp ec t a bl e gen tl eme n he saw ar ounu him, and the other enlightened electors of the counti: he should in time approach, in some degree, to wil: they wished to fi n d i n th e i r represen t a tive.--(lf es o i hear.) He was sensible th a t it was for no merit his own that he had been brought forward by them; i was because they th oug ht h e wou ld f e arlessly an ti "; nestly carry out the great principles they bad alw w ll Y h advocated, and whi c h h e h a d h e ld in common t them, that they had selected him for that import s ' ) trust which he hoped would be conferred upon Wo; (Hear, hear.) He h a d a l wa y s held opinions in 000 n3° , with theirs from the tim e that he was a ble to form opinion upon such subjects, and although he had no! a l t tended public meetings, f rom a conv i c tion that his "Id duty was to his family an d t h at hi s c hi e f attention s hc l u be paid to his business, yet his heart and band had s l _,, ways been with them in the support of the great ca a e ss in which they had been actively engaged.—(APP that In sending him to Parliament, he could assure them ever neither place, circumstances, nor situation, would L, lead him to desert the great principles which be has 7, 1 nounced to them, and for which they had been P!" to select him as a candidate for the representation. The CHAIRMAN said, that after Mr. Henry'a addres s it was not necessary to renew their assurances to ail; port him. The opinions he had expressed coincide: entirely with those which were entertained by the rPe bers of the committee. The proceedings then terminated.-- Guardian. Aucklandirc a le nd at d inner for anothera:s i v n e n ning. • The Noble party on Saturday. received e TvhiyuseeectoEduaanrdtli sa o tni f .dgruishe d c Earl has issued s i h n e ne H r i n i l t n ;lte Mi A s d a mf r a dien a distinguished V iscountess Palmerston entertained circle at dinner last evening. m His Excellency th e F renc h A e d Ambassador has isstl cards for a grand banquet on Saturday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby s lest Hill street, „,Berkeley-square early in thes e " for Mu ! gravo Castle, where they intend to ensuing sojourn lar„g a week, and then proc ee d t o Osborne House, to leave of her Majesty , previous to returning to the Pim bassy at Paris. PARLIAMENTARY PA PERS.—The following/ I PP, " were yesterday issued pursuant to the order of cu e House of Commons:—Further returns of duties posed in the British colonies; number and tonnage „ 5 ,1 vessels arriving at and departing from each colenY an account of imports and exports from 1835 to 18 I Return of the prices in London and Paris resiective of the best wheaten bread, the best wheaten our, and the best white wheat, on the first days of March, APT . "' May, and June, 1847. Extract of a dispatch from 1 40 ; vernor Light to Earl Grey, dated Demerara, 5th.,_01 March, 1847, enclosing S draft for 1,2001, being tn i , first instalment of subscriptions raised for the relief o the destitute poor in Ireland and Scotland. EXPECTED VISIT OF GENERAL ESPARTEEO TO MANCRESTER.—We understand that the Mayor of Man chester, Mr. Elkanah Armitage, has received a commu nication which l ea d s hi m to anticipate the prenc see it! this city of that distinguished Spaniard the D u ke of Victory.—Manchester Courier. curred at The following curious circumstan ce oc Cherbourg a few dar t ago. The town c rier, beating his drum, went through the town, proclaiming t he follow-, ing :—" Notice to young girls 1 Four young oarPeltels_ who have arrived from Havre, and are employed at law military port (here their names and ages were givV e t being tired of living a single life, wish to get rnarri To see them, apply; at M. Soin's, innkeeper, Redd Chancier." Two of the would-be husbands swot:Oslo the drummer, who, in showing them to the crowd, criett,a " Here, young ladies, is a specimen of the young me who want to get married I"—Galienani. PRICE OF BREAD, FLOUR, AND WHEAT, IN PASO AND IN LONDON.—The price of the best bread in 1 ,01 ; don on the let of March in the present year was 21 0 . per lb.; the best flour 2 4-7 d.; and the best wheat 82s. a quarter. On the first of the fol lowin g month the pricea of bread and flour remained the same, but wheat fell 1 5 • per quarter. In May the price of all these necessaries rose—bread being 2id. 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, 2,i 14-25 d., flour 2g 13 25d., and wheat (601b5.) 11 5 2.54 9 0 . 6-8. On the Ist of April—bread 2i 2-25 d., flour 3 4- wheat 12s. 4d. On the Ist of May—bread 2 2-25d.e flour 3 4-25 d., wheat 13s. lid. On the Ist of June— bread 2i 14-25 d., flour 2t 1-25 d., and wheat 115. 61d. n C HLOROFOR M. -- The new substance caal Perchloride of Formyle, or Chloroform, has been found to be a very superior substitute for e ther, is deadening all sensibility to pain ; and it is particular'''. applicable where there are any difficult or painfu l e r„ c i rations on the teeth to be performed. It has been tr i ; by Mr. Bowden, of Charles-stseet, St. James% in ext tracting some very deeply-seated stumps with th e 13 20 _ perfect success. It is found to have a superiority overr ether, in being pleasant to inhale ; a much 50 31 , 18 ., quantity will have the desired effect (sixty drops 11513,14 been found su ffi cient to produce perfect insensibilitY/ ; it is also more certain in its action, without ca!s ls l nausea, headache, or any other u n pleasant sens a tl i et,. " it is also quite free from a n y d angerou s results, 111 1 °;;; parts no offensive smell t o th e c l o th es or breath II" having been taken.—(From a Correspondent.) D. O u n oi t d lll i 9 d t , h E i sci ns , t o , f i a n eo narle t the 2114 y ril- s fi tiee , w ife On the 21st • . ' 11. the Rev. ' inst., at I embury Vicarage, sent, the Wif e of Geore Stephen Wood ate, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., in Princes-street, Hanover -Square' Mrs. William Laffin, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Frederick Covatkin, Guilford-stree' of a daughter. f th e On the 22d inst., in Connaught-place West, the ladf °- Hon. George S. Gough, Grenadier Guards, of a daughter. . On the 221 inst., in Oxford-terrace, yde-park, M r ' Walker, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Batton Hall, Wellingborough, Mrs' George Jenkinson, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Upper Clapton, the wife of Cher ie ! Salisbury Butler, Esq., of a daughter. of Frederick Ou the 2:3d inst., at St. James's-place, Mrs. John Ilelleh' of a daughter. ------------ MARRIED On the 13th inst., at the British . Embassy, Frankfort-a to the-Maine, Charles Craven, late Captain 2 d Drago2ll.J. Harriet, youngest daughter of Captain IL Stteatfeilc" On the 13th inst., at Fo D z l lfi l3 ll . -bank, ar she l 3 ph i l e r k drr b : : ll Simpson, Esq., aged 71. near On the 22d inst.', at Montpellier-street, BromptOn, t he 13(11 of Captain James White, unattached, aged 46. On the 22d inst., at Lavender-hill, Surrey, John Matl3B°' Es o q. o , t a i g ie ed 2 7 2a . g ls a g re:t b, R M it O i . s k s n a . :t d i llm 22d inst., in Marine-square, Brighter!, - of O B n isi t i h ol e , B'ishop's-court, N S, o u n s . an, aSigniens:iii's%. a . t Beaumont-place, daughter of John Garrett' gs 4 G at London: Printed and Published by MURDO 149 „ 10 11Y, 1. " . No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t er , at The Sun Offic e, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t he Gowww Middlesex Thursday, November 25, 1847.