The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain, left Osborne, Isle of Wight, on 'Wednesday afternoon, for to , wn. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in the pleasure grounds and plantations of Osborne. The royal children went yesterday forenoon, to the beach and took walking and pony exercise. A. Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yes terday, at the residence of the Marquis of Lansdowne, In Berkeley-3quare. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hohhouse Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and Viscount Morpeth. The Council sat three hours. Mr. Henry Grattan, M.P , Mr. Tenison, M.P., Mr. French, M.P., Mr. Callßg-han, M.P., and a depu tation of thirty-two other Irish Members of the House of Commons, had an interview with Lord John Rus sell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation from North Shields, consisting of Mr. P on, M r. Spencer, Mr. Mease,'Mr. Rennison, Ir. Crighton, l Mr. Dale, Mr. Rippon (J.P.), Captain Linskill, Mr. Barker, and Mr. Lietch, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, a t hi s o ffi c i a l res id ence i n D own i ng - s t reet. he deputation was accompanied by Mr. William Grey, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yestrday, at their office in The Rev. Dr. Hampden had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT IT SALL'S.—YESTERDAY. A few small bets were laid on the Leamington Open Steeplechase, at the following prices:- 6 to 1 agst Mr. Elmore's Alice 8 to 1 agst Cdpt: Peel na Chandler 8 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Scriteher 12 to 1 agst Mr. R. Moore's St. Ruth 12 to 1 agst Mr. Taylor na Standard Guard 20 to 1 agst Sir 11. Bruce's Evergreen. Nothing done on the Derby. CHESTER OUP (NAME OR NOT). 1,000 to 15 agst Conyngham—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Gamester—taken. " THE GUIDE TO THE TURF."—We ara requested by the publisher to call attention to a mistake in the first line in page 20, of " The (Nis, 1848," which should read thus: —Lord Chesterfield's h I DiAtajfina, by Don John, out of lndultry, instead of b f, by Don John, out of Arachne. In page 23, line 31, for Chatintte We: t, read LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASES.—(rUBSDAY NEXT.) Acceptances for the Handicap of 5 gm's. each, 2 ft, and 25 added. Four miles. st. . Lord St rat h more ' s The Roarer ... lb U 8 Mr. T. Chestei's Proceed 11 air. W. H. Cooper's Little... ... 11 3 AMr. P. Wilson's Walter Gay 11 0 Neale' s Ch ronometer 11 0 . Little's Carlo... 11 0 Mr. ll . d e Rhodes na Red Hawthorn ... 10 12 P. S. IVilinot's Warwick ... ••• 10 10 Mr. W. H. Cooper's Forester ... 10 7 Mr. 1). M. A r b uthnot ' s Sir William ... 10 5 Acceptances for the Grand Open Steeplechase Stakcs of 23 added soya. ea c h, 15 f t, an d 5 ft on l y i f declared, w i th 100 About four miles. Mr. J ames Mason na St. Leger ... ... ... st. lb. 12 4 11431rr.(1 8 11 13 trathmore's Switeher ••• ••• "• C. Bevill's Latitat . . ••• ••• ••• 11 7 Ca ptain W. P ee l' s Chandler .........11 2 ~„1 1 1 • • J. And erson ' s Profligate .........11 0 Mfr. J. El more ' s Young Lottery...... ... 10 12 " r ' J. S• Mosel e y' s R ic h ar d th e Fi rs t ... 10 12 ... —or d Strathrnore's The Roarer . . ••• ••• 10 10 wIlMr. Moore's St. Ruth ............10 10 r • W. 11. Johnstone's Rough and Ready ... 10 8 10 8 *" 1 . J. Elmore's . Alice Grey ... ... ... taptatn Barnett's Boxkeeper ... ••• ••• 10 2 r • W. 11. Johnstone's King of the Valley ... 10 2 "'tr.' I IW. Tayl or na S tan d ar d G uar d ... ... 10 2 ', „1.7.• Rr. W . Sutton's Retailer ... .. ••• ••• 912 ortley's S arta ••• ••• 912 " 1 , 84 ' li. Bruce's Evergreen ••• ••• "' 912 fir. C. C. Br oo k e ' s The Eagle ... • • ••• 910 Tr. D ouglas's Canary ... ••• 9 10 4. r• Sth's Pembroke, aged ... ... ... 9 7 1 ' il•mi Brown's Hip Briar .•• ••• ••• 9 2 The acceptan ces f or t h e H ur dl e Race must be declared °ll Friday evening; and the entries for the Fl a t R ace roust be mad e at L eam i ngton b y eight o ' clock on Monday c h ase 6ni ng• It is ar range d t h at t h e r id ers i n the steeple -0 clou nd are to meet at the Grand Stand a t W arw i c k , at ten c k 01 1 the m orn i ng o f t h e race, to b e shown the g row and the *tak es f or eac h race must b e paid by 8 n o'clock on the even i ng b e f ore runn i ng, to the Qcret arY. at Leamington. A fine meeting is anticipated. A1(1 '-r-N-MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. :• Ch ing to the settlement of the account the variations b il e the En g li sh funds to-day have been extensive, and adzoccurrence of four failures has kept the market in a eof excitement. Cons o l s fo r mone y opene d at an Fr sue s °f 4 per cent., the first price being 85L to 86k. 85 1 in this they declined t o 85-4-, then again advanced t o cl O l- bu t finally receded to 85i, at which price they 4 sed sellers. F or the account the range was from 86-, fl Ow n to g s i, and th e l ast quotation was 86 sellers. The a ctuations in Consols between the last settlement and that which took place to-day have been nearly 7 per cent. n_. The four failures in the Stock Exchange alluded to ov.e were Mr. Henry Whitmore, a broker (not Messrs. PR W hitmore and Son, as stated in some of the evening pers); Messrs. Secretan and Capper, brokers, who ( 5 e been sacrificed by a principal; Mr. William Ab ahat, a.jobber; and Mr. William Eykyn, a broker. Of I ese failures the largest was that of Mr. Whitmore, whnee differences are to the extent of 1 2,000 L, and whose assets are estimated at 6s. Bd. in the pound. factor s , failure of Messrs. Tanner and Ward, leather 1 Itr ' O r', was announced this afternoon. The liabilities ' w 55,0001., of which 25,000/. consist of acceptances. i or ' 6lll e time they have been struggling with a declin n.R trad e ?ill,, , and it is not expected that their assets will l e a i More than 10s. in the pound. The connexions of - 1 -_ fir ai are said to be wealthy. n A .. "' t ere t from Glssgow, received this afternoon, an -I.rittlirilt.h.e suspension of Messrs. A. and J. Downie, , le the ranging from 150,0001. to 170,0001. The ..rin were dryaalters but they are said lately to have etnbarked largely-in' the Mediterranean trade. Two 114 othe r failuresa al also mentioned, but they are not of Y feacirs;iderablereamsount. From Liverpool we have liabi• .ue of Mr. Asiiburner, a leather factor. His asset s are between 30.0001. and 40,000/, and the - are P° ll ncl. - Stated to be rather more than 10s, in the 0f.1,1.°111 Rotterdam, under date 23d inst., the stoppage s.,._':o honsi•s is reported, the parties being Melva and • he veldt and B. Itouffaer and Sons. In neither case Is th., 1,1 mount of a n y i mportance. tett e 4 l inticerp J ourna l of Commerce announces the by Purary suspension of Ilennekinne Briard, of Mons ; ii t: ' I t is also stated that the assets far exceed the habi l% of the house. —Times. Q TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 'llt,—l beg to call your attention to a statement in Your City article or this evening, in which you mention that Whitmore and Son had this morning been declared ekulters in the Stock Exchange. The least inquiry tlvii°_,llld have satisfied you that this was a mistake, as I am , ,!person who was so declared ; nor am I connected in uustnesa with those gentlemen. letter,Trusting to your giving immediate insertion to this I remain, Sir, g iving obedient servant, HENRY WHITMORE. 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Nov. 25, 1847. _______.......„......__. *1"„f„ in a TE or TRADII.—The hosiery trade continue s „ most dep resse d condition in all its varied branches, o fn4' se mere i mme di ate l y connected with the town being the worst state. The drawer and pantaloon branches have receded ; the frames in many 2thop. half standing or stint e d. T he silk love branch has are more th an likewise becom e a s h a d e worse ; glove we have however heard of th e cut - up stocking trades being a shade better. , All is despondency and gloom, and a general stagnation Prevails in everything but emigration to the United States, which is going on at a rapid rate ; the informa tion recently received is flattering and encouraging, both as rega r d s agr i culture and manufactures. The immense n umber of stockingers who have arrived at Philadelphia a nd Germa n Town have for a short time paralysed the t,rade in those places, but the smiths, who receive high h“ El "?s, having turned out and recruited frames, the gl itis are again pretty well employed, and that at fair VI Fertaial y condition, though cotton lace trade is in a :most depressed though a shade improved since our last, there being more bleached and got up. We have t n.earci , „Zof several very singular inventions now in agita- I tn this manufacture, some of which are of consider- C r :' and im mense importance, suc h as t h e making of tho u " window curtains. The black silk lace trade, wiie rather dull, continues in a tolerable condition, to Compared to the other departments ; theattempt ,triake cotton resemble silk to the eye, which wa is s I :in ( t t P o li t e ed as re gar d ; appearance, on application Whicheathr thaefailure, us it will neither stand the dye-tub of tii:mt of a dry room, in the latter case of la in a --e eoPeposition peels off. The warp lace trade r two • tia(3Bt l amentable state, though in a single case o ooln ew , . A Netting h am hat improved to a slight extent. 8411)47'7 hand, who has recently passed through h a er i nti °r and Braincote, gives a moat lamentable de- Wi te r p f " or those one flourishing villages, most of the 3attitil i e r y,t, al itni e e s ei b n? e , in . g more or less out of employment.- - nr, e , mew. fer the d * Speech was so long that it extended 44(1 neat;rietqrie Telegraph from London to Manchester, four hours were exhausted in coiling it up Fgraph . anchcster Examiner. The utility of the tele 110''410 is therefore in seine proportion to the brevity of tra ns f%s s age; for it may easily become so long as to be .S . te e, b uci port i m blo sooner by steam than by lightning.— ercury. vit h: - 'ollieLlplayt,!. ELECTION PETITION.—Mr. James ii.. , -' "tr "- " t, and :them ; attend I...efere 1 - 0 r ti le .0. , 4 , P , k,,,, , • ' enter into rceognizn.nees i o l f S ir Willoo ,bb ,..., yet u: tee petition agaire-t the return Cheltenham y ~nes, Bart., as Member for Chelten am Lra • Miner. DEPUTATION OF IRISH REPRE SENTATIVES TO LORD J. RUSSELL. Yesterday afternoon, pursuant to previous arrange ment, and in compliance with a notification from the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, conveyed to Mr. Henry Grattan, Chairman of the National Council, a numerous deputation of Irish representatives waited on the Noble Premier, at his official residence in Downing-street, for the purpose of directly bringing under the consideration of her Majesty's Government the series of resolutions adopted at the sittings' of the Council in Dublin previous to the assembling of Parliament, and to urge the awes sity of prompt and effective relief for the population of those districts in Ireland where distress and destitution are still found to exist. The deputationists, including the following representatives of Irish counties, towns, and boroughs, assembled at three o'clock, in the library of the House of Commons, and immediately proceeded en masse to the Treasury Chambers, where preparations had been made for their reception :—Henry Grattan, M.P., Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Maurice O'Con nell, M.P., Mr. William Keogh, M.l'., Mr. John Rey nolds, M.P., Mr. T C. Anstey, M.P., Major J. W. Blockall, M.P., Mr. J. Blake, M.P., Mr. Daniel Callaghan, M.P., Mraj. T. Devereux, M.P., Mr. James Fagan, M.P., Mr. William T. Fagan, M.P. (Cork), Mr. H. M. Fox, M.P., Mr. :„M. Fitzstephen French, M.l'., Mr. John Greene, M.P., Mr. Robert Keatinge, M.P., Mr. Charles M'Tavish, ALT., Mr. W. 11. Megan, M.P., Mr. Nicholas Maher, AI.Ps, The O'Gorman Mahon, M.P., Alderman Thomas Mdagher, M.P., Mr, William Man sell, M.P., Sir Percy lafugent, M.P., Sir Lucious O'Brien, M.P., Alderman Timothy O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Anthony O'Flaherty, ALP., Mr. N. M. Power, MT., Mr. Edmond 13eirke Roche, M.P.. Mr, Herbert, M.P., of Mackrose ; Mr. Francis Scully, M.P., Mr. E. R. Tenison, M.P. Some days previous to the delivery of the Royal Commissioners' Speech the resolutions passed by the Council of the National Distress and National Safety were forwarded from Dublin, by the chairman, to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, accompanied with a request that his Lordship would name the earliest day at his convenience for receiving a deputation from the Irish Parliamentary party, in order that they might afford the Government every possible information in their power respecting the distressed condition of the country, and personally urge upon their favourable con sideration the various measures of temporary relief and permanent improvement recommended in the reso lutions. The deputationists were most coureeously received by Lord John Russell. After the form ality of introducing to his Lordship such of the Members as now served in Parliament for the first time, Mr. H. GRATTAN opened the proceedings, by stating that he and his brother representatives waited upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government for the pur pose of formally bringing under consideration the reso lutions adopted at tho sittings of the. National Council, and with the view of obtaining from him an expression of opinion on the various measures which the deputa tionists, after mature and most anxious deliberation, had resolved ought to be introduced and enacted during the present session of Parliament. Whatever shades of opinion might exist among the Irish Members with regard to the best mode of practically effecting a perma nent improvement, morally and. socially, in the condition of Ireland, they were all unanimous in considering that great distress existed in many, districts of Ireland, and that, in order to prevent the sacrifice of human life, or rather, he should say, to check the fearful progress of destitution and death, the most prompt and effective measures of relief were imperatively necessary ; for, no matter what might be said to the contrary, the present poor-law was inadequate to the material alleviation of suffering throughout the entire of Ireland. The representatives of the Irish people were impressed with a sense of the awful responsibility imposed upon them, and intimately acquainted, as they were, from personal observation, with the dreadful privations which thousands of their fellow-countrymen were at that mo ment suffering, they conceived it to he their duty to lose not a moment in urging her Majesty's Ministers to take the alarming state of the country into their immediate consideration, with a -view to remedial measures. They were anxious to carry out the principle of a poor-law in its integrity, and to promote as far as they could the collection of the rate; but still they felt convinced that the resources available from them alone would not be sufficient, generally, to meet the distress which should be relieved. Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not be expected to give an explicit answer to a series of resolutions which were so numerous, or to go into detail through the various measures suggested by the Na tional Council, but as to the topic particularly and emphatically dwelt on by Mr. Grattan— that of immediate relief for the distress prevailing in Ireland—the Government had made every in quiry upon the subject, and they had ascertained that twenty-two unions would not be able, out of their own resources, to supply the wants of the distressed popula tion. In those unions the population was estimated at over one million two hundred thousand, and they con sidered that, aided by the poor-law, with such means as the Government had at their disposal, and assistance from other quarters, six hundred thousand could be supported for four months. When that time had expired they should consider what was necessary further to be done ; but as to the rest 'of the country, they relied upon the poor-law, with the increased employment which would he afforded by the gentry, who had raised money to the amount already of half a million, under the Landed Property Improvement Act.' It would be most pernicious to allow the people of Ireland to think that they could rely always upon the giving of alms by the United Empire. It had already been found that in con sequence of the rations distributed last year, they had been induced not to make the usual exertions for the cul tivation of the soil, and in the case of fishermen they had been found to refuse going to sea,relying for support upon the bounty of Government. This was a state of things that should be guarded against. Besides, if a different system were proposed, it would be rejected in Parliament by large majorities. All parties who wished for the re generation of Ireland were anxious to excite a spirit of self-reliance among the people. Measures of temporary relief, therefore, would not be carried into effect, except in those twenty-two unions to which he had alluded, and as there was a store of grain in the Government ware houses, remaining over from last year, the Government would avail itself of that store to meet any local emer gency that might arise. One of the deputation remarked that it was necessary to establish additional depots of food, in order to save the people from starving. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had already made arrangements for meeting cases of distress where the poor-law would be found ineffective. Mr. Jonx O'CONNELL observed that the gentlemen forming the deputation, who bad come from various districts in Ireland, could not share in the hopeful ex pectations of the Government that the new poor-law would prove adequate to the support of the people. While the experiment was being made the people were starving. Even where the new law had come fully into operation deaths were occurring, and relieving officers were resigning their situations, as they found them selves unable to relieve the enormous number of appli cants. In the voluntary action of what capital was in Ireland before the first attempt was made by the poor law of 1833 to give it compulsory action, there was a deficiency of employment and means of maintenance for nearly three millions of the people. Since then Irish capital was diminished, at least in the present year, by twelve millions, representing the unsupplied loss of the potato, and by six or seven millions or upwards, repre senting the loss in pigs, sheep, cattle to some extent, and poultry. This loss, (to say nothing of the cost of the machinery of the two Poor-law Acts) much more than neutralised any advantages over the voluntary action and distribution of Irish capital which wore pre dicted from the stimulating and coercive effects of compulsory provision for the poor. Emigration had taken a good deal of capital out of Ireland, in small quantities, and the increasing indebtedness of landlords, employers of all kinds, and traders, swelled the ordinary outgoings of Ireland to a very large extent. In fact, between the deficit of the potato, loss of stock, increase of debts, and abstraction of capital by emigration, it was no exaggeration to say that Ireland was, at the very least, 20,000,0001. poorer this year than she had been since the Union. The measures as yet heard of, as in tended for Ireland this session, held out little hope. A Grand Jury Bill must be one of mere regulation of an existing institution, and in no way creative of capital. A Landlord and Tenant Bill, if equitable to the tenant as well as the landlord, would, indeed, tend to check fur ther emigration of small capitalists, by the encourage ment it would give them to spend their capital on the land. But, why was it not first en the list of GOvern went measures ? If it were so, however, all its benefits could go but a small way in checking the exhausting drains from Ireland. And, under these drains and losses, body D ho u ww in a w s as the it Po less f uture prosperity worked out ? A Parliament in Dublin ssible t y s h u a r t the people co u ld b e save d, muc h the e, efficacious, and nat ura l means of bringin g a b out l f o r l e a a n t d d e t s h i d e e r s a o t e u u m r iLI ; g t the h estoppages o of f money drain s from e a thorou g h knowledge of her condition, and identity w ith here int erests in the Legislat ure. But somethingT havingmight the donech t a o r w g rt e r d o s f t h her es o ends with out repeal. be he Government might share the expenditure of the St • ate more e qua bl y b etween t h e two countries. A n (sae liament in Dublin would session o f t h e I mper i a l Par the prese n t t i me, as be of much use, parti cu l ar ly at real knowledge of I re l an d wou ld thereby b e acquired, and Irish business bmuch e for warded in consequence; Members of Parliamen't and the very expenditure of the and officers of the Government would be of considerable service. The Irish Members were prepared to point out measures of immediate relief, in the employment of labou r to utilise th e out l ay a l rea d y to expended, and w hi chc i making roads. Also to point otherwise be lost on the extensive system of food depots. out necessity of an They would also point out some measures of a more permanent nature, such as the reclamation of waste lands, facilitation and enlarge ment of the Drain Act, and a tax upon tatio b Government might 'have something like absentees. The au argument against repeal if the most b ene fi cial effects did not follow the adoption of such measures. At all events, whatever was to be done for Ireland, should be something to in crease the circulation of money in the country. The Hou. Gentleman concluded by calling upon the Noble Lord to adopt a liberal policy towards Ireland, so as to prevent a recurrence of the late dreadful calamity which had visitl that country. Mr. HERBERT observed that in his own district, that of Killarney, there were numbers of able-bodied men who were willing to work, but that they could not earn a subsistence for themselves and families. If this was the case at Killarney, where there were a number of resi - the locality, from the peculiar dent gentry attached to much would it not be places beauty of its scenery, how not so favourably situated ? t, l -e :Nook Lord that the informailue Mr, Fox assure, • ' wit h reqt,cl, th, wi.:c4 the Government Lazl The the new poor-law was quite incorrect. working of soil of Ireland was at present quite inadequate to the support of the people. r Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, and other gen tlemen having addresse d the Noble Lord, in support of remedial measures, Lord J. RUSSELL twured the deputation that the Government was most anxious to legislate in such a spirit for Ireland. He regretted extremely that it would be necessary to recommend coercion partially, but her Majesty's Government were prepared to accompany that coercion by measures of a remedial character, cal culated to ameliorate the condition of the people, and restore security to life and property. The deputation, having thanked the Noble Lord for the courtesy with which he had received them, with drew. THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. night a numerous meeti ng o f th e mem b ers of the Westminster Reform S oc i ety was h eld at t):, e Y or k Ilotel, Upper Wellin g t on - s t reet, Strand, r.e, r th e pur pose" of receiving th e report of the comsai. me appointedto superintend the registration of votes for th e c i ty of Westminster, and on other busines4;,, Mr. John Thomas Campart, of St. James's in G le Mr.G. E. DENNEs, honorary sol'xitor to tho society, read the report, which was to the effect, that in the course of the previous year upwards of 1,000 claims to be rated had been distributed by the secretary, Mr. Iluggett, in the parishes of St..Tohn and St. Margaret, to persons entitled to be rated and registered as voters, and that notices had been served on the overseers to that purport; the effect of which was, the parish officers hav ing taken the opinion of the Attorney-General, which coincided with the view of the society, " that it was illegal to rate the landlord as an occupier "—that 300 claimants wrre placed on the rate-book. In 1846 the number of voters cn the list was 12,390, and which did not much vary in consequence of the last registration. There. were 424 obj ec ti ons made by the society, of which 351 were sustained. There was a gross gnin to Reformers of 373 voters, been only nine clai ms a ll owe d to the Con stehreli:active having . No costs had been paid, while a greater proportion of objections had been sustained in West minster than in any other borough of the United Kingdom. The report was unanimously a d o pt e d .. Mr. GREEN read a letter f rom M r. Hurgett, stating that Mr. Dennes had offered to give hi s p ro f ess i ona l assistance gratuitously to the society. Mr. Paour moved, and Mr. Kra eziir seconded, that resolved, and thank s were the offern behalf b eo e A°lr f . the cause of, t p e d e , nnes, which who was expressed hi s willing ness,reform, to supp or t th e interests of the society. o voted taccepted, A financial committee of Eve members was then appointed. Mr. CRIBB observed that 'he understood they were to have taken into ennAitlerat;on that e ven i ng t h e question of the repeal o f the window duties. He wished to know if it were intended to introduce the subject to that meeting? Mr. GEESIN said Iva was not 'uneasy with regard to the question of the repeal of the window duties. There had been a meeting of delegates from various parishes of the metropolis, at Marylebone, who were watching the conduct of the Government in reference to that matter. The question would in a short time come before another meeting of the delegates, which would be of some importance, as there were sixteen Members of Parlia ment assisting the delegates, and who would be ready to support the question of the repeal of these duties in the house of Commons. They would be happy thus to hear that the subject was not likely to go off. Mr. Geesin stated that in the report, published by authority of the Government, in reference to the revision of the taxes, this was referred to as one that was to be got rid of. Mr. lIocxEN remarked that he could not see how the window duties could be maintained when the question of sanitary improvement of towns was before the Legis lature. There was a necessity of the revision of taxa tion, as the working classes were unable to pay what they did. 111 r. GEESIN said that when the deputation waited upon Lord J. Russell, of which he was one, Mr. Patti_ son, M.P., told his Lordship that the city of London was opposed to the window duties, and that it was an important constituency, of whicl•, he believed the Noble Lord was aware. His Lorda►iip smiled. He was also informed that a property-tax ought to be imposed on the Marquis of Clanricarde, the, Mv.rquis of Waterford, and other Irish landlords, when he could do without the window duties. Other members addressed the meeting to a similar effect, it being understood that the society should wait to see what steps the Government intended to pursue upon the subject. AFFAIRS OF LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL, TH u s Dar. —The Following notice, issued by the directors of the Royal Blank, has appeared to-day, from which it is gratifying to deduce that the bank's finances' having assumed a much more favourable appearance, they are enab) ed to set aside their previous arrangements with the depositors, which extended the time of repayment over - several months, and have in con sequence adopted the terms specified as a permanent rule for all depositors:— " The directors of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, feel. ing assured of the confidence of the public in that esta blishment, from the large amount of assents to the ori ginal proposition, think it would bo more consistent, on the re-opening of the Bank, to allow the deposits to resume their usual character ; they, therefore, intend to adopt that corirse, with the understanding, for the future, that the, following scale of notice be given on the intended withdrawal of the respective amounts mentioned:— .X5OO and under £l,OOO 7 days 1,000 ~ 2,000 14 days 2,000 „ 3,000 21 days 3,000 ~ 4,000 28 days 4,000 „ 5,000 35 days 5,000 and upwards 42 days. " Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed from the Ist October,lB47, to the 31st December, 1848. (Signed) "JOAN lIIGIIFIELD, Chai rman . " Royal Bank, Nov. 24, 1847. FUNERAL OF DR. DIEFFENBACII.--The funeral of Dr. Dieffeobach, the celebrated German physician, took place at Berlin on the 15th instant. Two bands of music led the procession. On each side of the hearse, which was drawn by four horses and covered with fIOWCTB, some of the staff medical officers walked, carry ing cushions with the different decorations of the de ceased. The chief mourners and clergy followed the hearse, then came the rector and the members of the university. The carriages of the King and the Royal Princes led the row of numerous carriages. At the conclusion of the funeral service, a hymn was sung over his grave by the Cathedral choir. PRESSURE. OF THIS EXCISE-LAWS ON LITERATURE. —An example of the effect of the Excise laws in check ing the efforts of those who desire to supply the hum bler classes with cheap and wholesome literature is furnished by the Messrs. Chambers in the last number of :heir Edinburgh Journal. The cheapest of their publications has just been completed, and they affirm that of 25,766 L spent in paper, 5,4311. was paid to Government for duty. This sum exceeds, they say, their own profit. On this the Messrs. Chambers pro ceed to remark:—" We leave the candid part of the public to judge whether, even taking the work in its lowest aspect as a mercantile enterprise, it be quite right and proper that the Government—for such is the fact—should reap a greater share of profit [that the revenue should be benefited in a greater degree] than those who have undergone the whole of the risk and toil." A WOMAN SOLD BY HER HUSBAND.—Not unfre quently a statement like the following, which we extract from a letter written by a friend in Dumfries, is to be met with in the English newspapers ; but we are glad to know the illegal, as well as shameless and unnatural practice which it records, but seldom, if ever, disgraces our own country. From this circumstance the case be fore us becomes the more note-worthy. The names of the parties concerned are in our possession, but we give only their initials :—" A merry company were lately assembled in tho house of a carter, named R—, in Dumfries. and having all been drinking freely, the gude man, to `raise the wind,' proposed to sell his wife, the worthy woman herself being at the moment under the influence of drink, and having no objection. A man named M—, one of the company, rejoiced greatly at this proposal ; and on the carter having procured a halter, which had many a time graced the neck of his gray 6 yaud,' and himself acting the part of auctioneer, knocked down the bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh,' to M— for 2s. Somehow or other only lOid. was forthcoming, but it was accepted, and the turnover exclaimed that she thought more of M— than she over did of her own man for eighteen years. The happy couple actually left town three days after for England, and the woman, having a family, took her youngest child with her, whilst M— has left a wife with one young child. Poor Mrs. M—, since the flight of her graceless husband, has commenced water-drawing, to earn a penny for her cwn and infant's support."—Ayr Advertiser. PASSENGERS:TO BounooNE.---The total number of passengers between England and Boulogne during the week ending the 23d instant was 910, being 202 less than last week, and 131 more than the corresponding week of 1846. Of the total number (910) 411 were to and 499 from Boulogne. Of those to Boulogne 311 were from Folkestone, 8 from Dover, and 92 from London. Of the 499 from Boulogne 409 were to Folkestone, 28 to Dover, and 62 to London. The total number during the week to and from Calais was 237. WITHAIII.--THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— This company is now establishing a conveyance for goods and parcels from the Witham station to Malden, and the town of Witham and its neighbourhood, through the medium of horses and vans of their own, under the management of their own servants, which they have already effected at all their other principal stations on their lines. This system appears to have given satisfaction in other plaees, and we apprehend it Rill ultimately (although it may effect for a time some local interests) produce the same feeling amongst the inhabitants of Witham and Malden, as the charges, it appears, are to be on a very moderate scale, besides which tho delivery, no doubt, will be greatly expedited. —Chelmsford Chronicle. THE DOUBLE RETuaNs.—The three places fur which new writs will have to be moved are South Lan. cashire, Stockport, and Kilkenny; the three Honour able Gentlemen chosen for two places—Mr. Villiers, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. John O'Connell —having been elected :o sit f. , r Wolverhampton, the West Riding of York ,hire, and Limerick. The new writs, however, eanz. - )1 ue moved for until a fortnight has el.p.ed utter the as sembling of Parliament, lest petitions should be pre sented impeaching the election, THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF (ALLEGED) FRESCOES AT ETON COLLEGE. The curious paintings which the recent im provements have lately brought to light, are now pronounced, by competent judges, not to be frescoes, but oil paintings. If such be the fact, of which there appears to be no doubt, they are works of extraor• dinary interest, from their great antiquity; for there seems good reason to believe that they were executed by Flemish artists, at a period not later than the reign of Henry the Seventh. Van Eyck, it may be mentioned, is supposed to have discovered the art of painting in oil about the year 1410. These pic tures illustrate the miracles attributed to the Virgin Mary, referred to in the " Speculum Historisile" of Vincent of Beauvais, and the " Golden Legende" of Vorrassine ; quotations from both of these works being inscribed beneath the paintings. The Provost and Fellows being desirous to preserve these rare works of early art, "as far as is consistent with pro priety and the decorum of a place of worship," are about to carry a plan into effect which will have the desired result ; for, as it has been observed, "to leave visible a lively representation of the soldier selling his wife to the devil, or the empress inveigling her incautious lover into the tower, is not to be thought of." They will, th ere f ore, be hidden from public view by the canopies which are to be erected at the backs, and over the stalls, on either side of the chapel. The canopies in front of these very remarkable works of art, will be constructed in such a manner that they may be removed at pleasure, so that the pictures may be exhibited to artists and others, who may feel an interest in the examination , of these rare an d s i ngu l a r pr o ducti o n s o f th e olden ; time. There is now in Eton College an original portrait of Jane Shore, who rendered great services to this institution, for it so happened that the then provost was Jane Shore's confessor. A great deal of the college property was confiscated by Edward IV., and more would have been taken away by that monarch, had it not been for the influence possessed by " Mis tress Shore," Henry VI., the founder, being a Lan castrian, whereas Edward IV. was a Yorkist. The upper school of this college has lately re ceived an important and splendid addition to its gallery of busts of celebrated Etonians, one of Ad miral Lord Howe, who was educated at Eton. The bust, which was presented by the present Earl, who is also an Etonian, is one of the happiest and grandest works of Mr. Behnes, simple in conception, and full of energetic character. DUTCH AND BELGIAN MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 22 .—The aspect of the Bourse in Spanish Funds was more favourable yesterday. The shares of the commercial Company rose 1 per cent. A good deal of business was likewise done the Spanish Funds, at a higher rate. Portuguese were also in demand. Nov. 23.—Yesterday the Amsterdam Funds were again up, but those of the Commercial Company had a downward tendency. Spanish Funds were also so much in demand, Coupons improving. Portuguese are evidently rising. In the other foreign funds there is no sensible change. By a royal resolution of the Ist of this month the Minister of Finance has declared that all persons occupied in the distilling potatoes, mixed with flour of wheat, may obtain power to sell their machines, and of employing them provisionally, during the space of one year, in the fabrication of brandy, pre pared exclusively from flour of wheat, conformable to the law of August 26, 1822. NETEIERLANDS CO LONIES.--BATAVIA, SEPT. 29. — The Governor- General has returned from his tour, and has issued a public document relative to the investigation of cases in the courts of justice in Java, which have especial reference to the evidence of Europeans. A fire broke out in Augustus on the night of the 26th August, which laid waste an extent of 650 feet in length and 100 feet in breadth. On the 28th there was a fire a t D ornay, in Samarang, which caused great destruction of property, to the value of above 40,0001. Several shipwrecks also have taken place along the coast. SAMARANG, SEPT: 29 .—Money continues scarce, and we may judg e f rom appearances Java is not in the best of circu ms t ances. Want of rice, scarcity of money, low prices of coffee, indigo, and sugar, the foreign possessions of Java continue to go on well, but the coasts are inundated with pirates, who often cause great destruction. The Governor-Gene ral has returt ed, bi t his health was in a very unsa tisfactory sta cows Dutch Papers. COMMERCIAL INTEL LIGENCE.—BsumN, Nov. 20.-- The state of money at our Bourse continues very satisfactory, and discount at sight is 4 per cent., at prolongation, u per cent. Our railway shares improve and are in demand. Although the supply at market of various sorts of corn was but very moderate there was not much in clination to buy, less so ixdeed than hitherto. This was owing in a great measur e to the determination of the bakers, who have resolved not to purchase till there is a sensible reduction in the prices; white wheat was sold at 84 to 94f. ; rye, 56 to 67if.; barley, Ito 60f. ; oats, 30 to 32f.—this articl e went rapidly, though the supply was small. Spirits are scarcely in demand, and the price is falling considerably. HAMBURGH, Nov. 19.—As the season is now so far advanced that our autumnal business has almost ceased, and there are but few holders in th e mar k et for spring deliveries, there has been of late a great stagnation in our corn market. We have had a f ew small orders for delivery from England. VIENNA, Nov. 18.—The aspect of our m oney market has improved, but everywher e t h ere is a ma nifest lack of the spirit for speculation. Advices from abroad have a very marked influence. Me tallies and Northern Railway shares had a decidedly favourable upward tendency a t the Bourse yesterday, and it wa s a ffi rmed that the disturbances in Switzerland would be quelled by the intervention of the foreign Powers. We cannot report much more favourably respectin g the state of our corn. market than hitherto, and no essential change was made on the 16th in the tax on bread. The Universal Prussian Gazette contain s a Cabi net order, dat e d November 18, and add resse d to the authorities of Neufchatel. In this order the King ratifies the declaration of neutrality adopt e d b y t h e legislative body of Neufchatel in its sitting of the 29th October, and maintains that neutrality through.. out the p er i o d o f the armistice of the civil war.— Belgian Nail, Nov. 23. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM. "NOV. 22. 3 loney. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••••• • • • • 54 54 Pills Ditto, 3 per Cent •••••••• •• " • • " " 65 % 66 Ditto, 4 per Cent.• •••••••• • • • • • " • • 84 84% Amort Syndic, 3 per Cent...—. Commercial Company , 4% per Cent • • 161 163 N East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • Exchnnle on London, ftt sight •••• • • • • 12 12 TA .Auttal.3. ••• • • • • ...... 92 On Hamburg!), at sight • • 35 25 Two months.• •••• • • • .• 31 62 On Paris ••••••••• • • • • • • • SG 62 TWO121011thli• ••••••• • • • • • •• 56 12 FINE ARTS. SCOTLAND DELINEATED. Another portion of this superb publication only confirms us the more in our opinion that it will, when completed, form the most remarkable illustra tion, as yet produced, of the mountainous scenery and antique architecture of Caledonia. The large scale upon which it is carried out, the clearness of the letter-press, and the peculiar nicety with which the lithographic plates have been prepared, render the into the in a pi ecemeal form, vvorthyof being slipped the most fastidiously furnished of all portfolios, and, when brought to a conclusion, suited for binding in emblazoned parchment or purple morocco. The first embellishment in the part just issued is from the water-colour o f C reswick, representing a structure long since rendered familiar to the readers of English literature by the notes to "Marmion," we mean Crichton Castle," now the property of Mr. Callender, of Preston -hall. The second and third are from the original sketches of Cattermole, being portraitures of bowie's Tavern (once jestingly termed the Coll ege o f D ouay, but now known as I3urns'sTa vern) in Lybberton Wynd ; and of Fleshmarket Close, in whi c h may be recognised the house in which the first L or d M elville resided immediately after his being called to the bar of Scotland. Another draw ing, by Cattermole, affords us th e " coun terf e it pre sentment" of Dunblane Cathedral, one of the most notable structures in the vicinity of Stirling. Besides these, Mr. Leitch gives a delineation of St. Ber nard's Well, and another of Dumbarton—the former being a beautiful Doric temple, and the latter one of the most famous of the towns and castles situated in the neighb our h oo d of the Clyde. In every essential particular this periodical is entitled to the encourage ment of all who love the glories of Scottish nature and Scotti s h hi story, and who can appreciate the artistic excellences evinced both by draughtsman and engraver. TEE CHRISTIAN 1A" PALESTINE. Parts XIIL—XX. Illustrated by W. H. Bartlett. Written by Henry Stebbing, D.D. This elegant compendium to Holy Writ, and illustration of the Holy Land, is here brought most successfully to a conclusion. It contains upwards of seventy engravings, copied from sketches taken on th e spot by W. H. Bartlett, and nearly 300 pages of l e tt er - press written by Dr. Henry Stebbing. As a companion to the Scriptures it must form a per petual source of interest, and be invaluable to all classes of Christians. The views represent the most striking features in the most extraordinary land on the face of the globe, b u t pr i nc i pally those 'localities which are rendered memorable by the miracles of our Saviour. Of these august spots what can be said sufficiently emphatic to express their importance ? In reference to them, all language becomes powerless, but the pencil may do what pen could never attempt; and the pencil of Bartlett has here afforded us a variety of beauti ful delineations. To no one class of our country. men can the Christian in Palestine be unattractive or indifferent. EMBER ac, 1847. FLANDERS MAIL. ............ 93% • - RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .. ••• • . 160 Gloggnits •• • ••••• • • • • ••.•• • • • • • 115 Vienna-3111an •••• • • • •••••• • • • • • • 100 Leghorn Ip Grosetto ............... Oldenburg Pestoja ............ resift Bridge ...... Apennines •• • 94 CONFESSION OF W3l. ALLNUTT. Yesterday considerable excitement was created in the family of Mr. Nelme, by the production before the grand jury, at the Old Bailey, of a written confession of the boy Allnutt as the murderer of Mr. Nelme, whose mys terious death has excited a great sensation in the parish of Hackney for some weeks past. It appears that on Wednesday morning the prisoner asked his turnkey for pen and paper, and shortly afterwards addressed a lengthy and somewhat incoherent epistle to his mother, fully admitting his guilt. The letter, which filled two pieces of paper, was, after a perusal by Mr. Cope, de tained, and ordered to be placed before the grand jury as evidrnce. The document was of a singular charac ter. The substance of it was to the efft.ct that after hearing the chaplain of Newgate on Sunday last preach on the subject of confession, he felt himself accused as 1 1 the murderer of his grandfather. When he went to bed he dreamed that two angels were standing by him, who said, " William, confess, and your sins will be forgiven." He then awoke, and found it was a dream, and he was then in a dreadful fright. After a short sleep he dreamt again ; he then saw Satan, who said, " William, if you tell the truth, you will be hanged." He thought he saw the place that had been represented to him—a place of punishment and tor ture. He then awoke, and again it was but a dream. The epistle proceeds :—"Dear rnether,—Had you known the state of my mind at that moment, you would have felt for me. I again went to sleep, and again I dreamt, dear mother. I dreamt I saw God sitting upon his throne. In my dream I saw the angels in glory stand ing around Him, when he said, Confess, and your sins will be forgiven you.' There were large numbers of sinners standing around Him: those on the right hand had confessed, and were in heaven; those on the left hand had not confessed, and were going to eternal tor ments. When I awoke, dear mother, it was li g h t, and I then wrot e th at which, you now see." Other rambling sentences follow, and then he states, "I thought, then, dear mother, I would confess. On the 22d of October I saw grandfather go to the bureau where the arsenic was kept; I afterwards took one of the keys, got some of the arsenic, put it in a piece of paper, and afterwards placed some in the sugar-vase which was in the cup• board, and I also put a portion of it in a glass; and I now hope, after c on f ess i ng, I shall go to heaven, dear mother." Little else of importance is contained in the letter, of the contents of which, up to a late hour last night, the prisoner's professional advisers were entirely ignorant. FRAILTIES IN FRANCE.—ICI. Marl 6, a jeweller on the Boulevard des Italiens, yesterdey brought an action before the Civil Tribunal against the heirs of Marie Du plessis, to recover sums of 500 f. and 300 f., which he alleged to be due to bim by the deceased. Some of our readers may happen to know that this Marie Duplessis was for a long time the queen of that elegant and frail class of ladies called Lorettes. She was the daughter of simple but honest peasants, but nature had endowed her with most remarkable beauty. Fortune having directed her steps to Paris, she was unable to resist temptation, and in the course of a short time her frailty raised her to a brilliant and dazzling position. Some idea of the luxury in which she was able to indulge may be formed from the fact that her furniture at her death was esti mated at 100,000 f., and that she purchased from M. Mar a wash-hand basin and jug, a soap-box, a powder box, and other articles, all in solid silver. At her death a sum of 500 f. remained unpaid on the different pur chases she had made from M. Merle. That person claimed the further sum of 300 f.. as an indemnity for the expense to which he had been put in executing cer tain designs on some articles of plate, by order of Mdlle. Duplessis, but which he had not finished at the time of her death. The heirs of Duplessis offered to pay 500 f., but resisted the demand for 300 E, on the ground that it was made too late, and also that it was an afterthought. The Tribunal, adopting this view of the matter, ordered the 500 f. to be paid, and rejected the demand for 300 f. ; the cost of the action to be paid by the plaintiff. —Galignani. A TAMED ITTENA.—The passengers by the Mar seilles diligence were dreadfully alarmed, a few days ago, on descending in the court-yard at the office at Toulouse, to see a monster, with bristling hair and glaring eyes, rush among them, and utter strange cries. This monster was a hyena, which, pressed by hunger, had broken out of a cage on the top of the diligence. After making the four passengers quake dreadfully for some little time, by causing them to believe that he was about to devour them, the animal rushed into a store containing packages, and buried himself among them. The boldest of the passengers then plucked up some courage to fasten the door. The next day a gentleman claimed the hyena, which, en seeing him, licked his hands and feet, and otherwise caressed him like a dog. The gentleman was an officer of the army in Africa, and had succeeded in rendering the hyena perfectly tame. He led it with a cord round its neck to his hotel, and since then it has been frisking about the court-yard like a dog, and even allowing strangers to caress it. NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —Yesterday the anniversary meeting of the members and friends of the above society, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street; B. B. Cabbell, E6q., M.P., in the chair. The Committee, in their report stated, that al though the past year had been one of great distress, they were happy to assure the meeting that the society had not suffered from the viscissitudes of the times. The total sum received since the formation of the society, thirty-five years ago, was. 109,49 01., and 698 poor aged and worthy persons were maintained by pension. The present number of pensioners was 248. The receipts of the past year amounted to 8,921/. and the expenditure left a balance of 1,058/. After the adoption of the re port twenty-four more pensioners were elected, and the meeting separated. The Bangor (American) Whig says :—" A Yankee in Boston has set up a one-horse thrashing machine, fur the- coiivenik.nee of pateup and guardians having unrul 3 boys. He'll lick an urchi n , lik e th un d er, for fo urpence. Small lickings done for two cents only, and the mo s t entire satisfaction warranted. BRUSSELS, Nov. 24.—The average price of corn the week ending Nov. 20 was, wheat, 22t: 35e., rye, 141. 75e., being a fall on wheat of 11c., and a rise on rye of 13c. The King of Belgium made the following speech in reply to the Address to the Speech from the Throne " Gentlemen,—Harmony reigns between the great Powers. "The country is in the peaceful enjoyment of all her liberties. " These are happy pledges for the development of her moral and internal material, and for the consoli dation of her liberties. " The confidence of the Chamber of Representa tives in my government, its active concurrence and its sincere support, will facilitate the legislative la bours, and promise the most favourable results. " I congratulate you, Gentlemen, upon the senti ments which you manifest, and I desire to thank you, in the name of the country." In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives yesterday, the Chamberlain communicated his Ma jesty's reply to the Address. The Assembly then de cided to commence to-day the discussion of the pro ject of law on postal reform, by taking from this pro ject the first paragraph, which determines the new tax on inland letters. The Chamber decided next to occupy itself on the project of law on notaryship, and then that on the depot of mendicity. The Minister of the Interior, after insisting that the Chamber should vote before the Ist of January the Budget for 1848, announced that he would imme diately present the project of law for opening a credit for Flanders of 500,0001. FROM TIIE GALICIAN FRONTlERS.—Extraordinary falls of rain have again, for the fourth time this year, caused the overflowing of the banks of the rivers Weichsel, Oder, Elsa, Ostrawitza, and Bober, which has occasioned considerable damage. Not above a fourth part of the winter seed has yet been sown, and great apprehensions are entertained that even this will suffer damage from the continued wet weather. Under these circumstances, it seems almost hopeless to look for a fall in the price of corn, and thus dear ness is increased by the unfortunate fact that nearly all thepotatoes, which appeared perfectly sound when they were dug up, are now rotting in spite of every care to preserve them. The dysentery is ceasing, but, the typhus fever commits fearful ravages, and it has as • sumed such a had character that nearly all the patients die at the sixth day. Many medical men and clergy men have already fallen victims to it in the indefa tigable discharge of their duties ; and the epidemic is by no means confined to the cottages of the poor,— very many persons of the higher ranks, and who have everything at their command to alleviate and ward off disease, are seized with it and carried off, even when medical assistance is immediately rendered. The typhus fever has already crossed the boundary of Teeherna, and has penetrated into Moravia, and so rapidly outspreading, that we know not where it will stop; it has gone step by step from Galicia, from one village to another, into the district of Silesia.—The murder of the Judge Zajonckowski is generally la mented, for he was highly esteemed by all. It is said that the authorities have traced the assassins. In every other part of Silesia perfect quiet prevails. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, Nov. 24. Actual Debt, 2}6 per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •• . • • • •• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • Ditto Three per Cent ................. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto,lB4o. ••••• • . .. •••.• • • • . • 98% Ditto,ditto,lB42 • • Ditto, 1844......... Ditto, 1836. ..... ....... Ditto, 1838 .......... •• • • Ditto of the City, 1832 • ..• 100 Ditto, 1843 ••,•.• • • .• • • 944 Bank of 8e1gium...... ••.• • • .. 63 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViExNA, Nov. 18 per Cent. Meta11ique5.......... • • ••• • • • 106% 4 per Cent. ditto.. .••••• • • • • • • 9034 3 per Cent. ditto.. ••••.•..••• • • • • • • • . • 64 Loan, 1834 .......... ••••••• • • • • • • • 157, _ld Ditto, 1839 • • • • •• • • • • • • . • 12154 Bank Shares •• •• •• • • ••••••• • • • • • .. 1624 Esterhazy's Loan 61 DISTURBANCIS AT LEWES. (From the Brighton Gazet.? of yesterday.) This town has been disturbed nightly since the sth of November by a lawless mob, which set at defiance the authorities. Windows have been broken, tar barrels lighted an d ro ll ed through the streets, 'fire balls and squibs thrown in all directions, to the great annoyance of the peaceable inhabitants; in short, things have come to such a pass that the authorities are at a loss to know what to do. The constabulary force in the town is so small that they are afraid to act, and on Monday night, when the windows were broken in the residence of Mr. Bacon, the proprietor of tbe Sus sex Adverti.s-er, who has excited the ire of the sth of No vember rioters by writing against their turbulent con duct, the constabulary had instructions from Captain Mackay to keep in the back streets, and not to show themselves in the High -street before an assemblage of people. This fact was made public by sergeant Harper at the bench of magistrates, as will be seen by the police report below ; and the result was a private consultation, which lasted for an hour and a half, but what arrangements were come to we are not informed. Captain Mackay was closeted with the magistrates during the time. A deputation from the tradesmen of Lewes also had a private interview with the magistrates; but the result of that interview has not transpired. Scme of the special constables who had taken an active part have received great insult at the hands of the mob; and whilst these things are going on the police appear to stand aghast. The rockets which the rioters manufacture are of immense magnitude, almost as thick as a man's wrist, and en cased in tin, and being strongly charged with powder and turpentine, they flyabout with extraordinary velo city, and at times the explosion causes great mischief. It was only the other night that one of these formidable squibs bounded against the shop window of Mr. Hug gett, and broke thirteen panes of glass. Many of the tradesmen op en ly w i n k at t h e proceedings, and cannot be brought to co-operate with the consta bulary. It is said that several tar-barrels are yet buried near the town, for the purpose of being brought out at some future period. At present the the town is completely in the hands of the mob. TUESDAY EVENING —About half-past six o'clock a number of boys had congregated in front of the Town -hall, and shortly afterwards a fight took place between two of them ; the police were soon on the spot, and put an end to the fight. By seven o'clock nearly three hundred persons had assembled in the High -street. The tradesmen commenced closing their shops; rockets were flying in every direction. J. Ellman, J. W. Woollgar, and H. Blackman, Esqrs. having taken their seats on the bench, began to dispatch parties with summones to the tradesmen to be in attendance at the County Hall, to be sworn in as special constables for six weeks. At eight o'clock about fifty were sworn in, and with the aid of the Lewes, Cuckfield, and part of the other divisions of the East Sussex, constabulary, they proceeded like the A divi sion, on the sth instant, to make the crowd " move on." The High -street was in a great bustle for some time. About nine o'clock there was a report that a tar-barrel was coming down St. Ann's-hill, drawn by 100 men in disguise, which made the mob move up the street in that direction. On arriving at the castle gateway a large body of men were seen ap proaching (but without a barrel) singing " Rule Britannia," which they continued until they reached the County Hall, where two men were taken, one named Smith, the other Mabbott. This put a damper on the "bonfire boys" and stimulated the po lice to renewed exertion. Policeman Page was moving the people on from every place where two or three were talking together, and when nearly opposite Mr. B. Flint's, the grocer, meeting with some resistance, he struck a man down with his staff. By ten o'clock the streets were somewhat thinner, but the rockets were fired more briskly. The cry of " Move on" was still heard, and wherever a rocket was fired a rush was made by the police, headed by Page ; but no further capture was made. By half-past ten the people began to disperse, and at eleven o'clock all was quiet. The two prisoners were remanded by the magi& trates until Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. WEDNESD A Y. The prisoners were brought up for re-examination this morning, and were fully committed to take their ,rial at the sessions. The magistrates offered to take bail, the prisoners in 30/. each, and two sureties of 151.; which will loubtless be procured. More special constables are to be sworn in to-day. THE IRISH BAR. We extract the following from an admirable article in he Law Review for the present month, under the title of " The Irish Bar a few Years after the Union:"— " The generation of the Irish bar, of which Lord Plunket is almost the sole remaining relic, deserves some memorial. The union, when it closed the doors of a native Parliament, effected a complete change in the character of the profession. That learned body is now no more like what it was, forty years ago, than the squires of the present day are like those of Castle Rack Rent. The legacies beq'ieathed to the existing genera tion, by their hunting, drinking, rent-anticipating pro genitors, in the shape of mortgages, have almost extin guished all the fun and fire of the squirarchy. The morning of whisky, the noon of duelling, and the night of claret, those glorious times when Irish gentlemen reflecting, as Sir Boyle Roche said, ' that posterity had done nothing for them,' were determined in return to do for their posterity—and kept their word with a venge ance—are passed away, and days of reckoning have succeeded: days, albeit, though days of reckoning, not to be marked with chalk, but charcoal—never even dreamt of in Ireland till the' accursed ' union taught debtors that they must pay, and tenants that they might live. The then bar partook, as might be expected, very I much of the character of the gentry. Enjoyment of the present, defiance of the future, constituted its characteristics. Law, with most of its members, was by no means a primary:consideration. Of course, there were exceptions, and shining ones; but we speak of the rule. Even where knowledge was possessed, it was not always very safe to make use of it. To demur to a declaration was deemed the height of incivility, agrare personal provocation ; an d th e graver , b ecause it was obviously deliberate. Zeal was made to atone for want of learning. E ac h man b ecame t h e representative of his brief, to gainsay any one invention in which the holder was to resent as highly unprofessional. Barrington has by no means e xaggera t e d th e b e lli geren t p ro p e nsities of his brethren. The reports most in vogue were those of the pistol. Every gentleman was expected to fight one duel at the very least. It was a legal diploma. Curran fought four. Had matters even gone to extremity in our own day, Mr. Smith might have pleaded precedent. Lord Clare fought when he was attorney-general. In deed, Toler's pr om oti on t urne d th e C ommon Pleas into a kind of court of honour, the noble chief priding him self on his chivalry; and often more than hinting, from the bench, that he was no longer a judge than while he sat on it. It was a favourite boast of bis, that he began the world with fifty pounds and a pair of hair trigger pistols.' They served his purpose well. A. well timed challenge to Napper Tandy, one of the mushroom demagogues in which Ireland is so prolific, was under stood mainly to have co n t r ib ute d to his elevation. When Fitzgibbon, the th en Ch ancellor, was apprised of the intention, he at once exclaimed, Make him a bishop— make him an arc hbi s h op —anything but a chief justice.' The luck, however, of the hair-triggers triumphed, and Toler died not merely a chief justice, but the founder of two peerages, and the testator of an enor mous fortune." SALE OF AN ALLEGED AUTOGRAPH OF SHAESPERE. .Yesterday, at the sale of autographs at Messrs. South gate and Barrett's rooms, in Fleet-street, an autograph, stated in the catalogue to be " undoubted," of William Shakspere, was sold. The autograph is on the title-page of an old folio volume, called "Blount's Historic of the Righte of the King of Portugal to the Crowne of Cas tile; emprynted at London by Arn Hatfield, for Edward Blount, 1600." Blount, it is well known, was, conjointly with Jaggard, the publisher of the first edition of Shak spore's " Comedies ' Histoi ies, and T rage di es, " and this book is dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, Shak spore's greatest patron. To quote from the catalogue, it states, " that this undoubtedly original autograph of the immortal Bard of Avon, on the title of the above volume, came into possession of Mr. Hamilton (of Islington, the late possessor) many years since, during which time several eminent collectors have seen it, who are unanimous in their opinion of its authenticity. It has been compared with the well-known fac-similes formerly in the possession of the late Mr. Upeott, whose belief was in its favour of its genuineness." The auctioneer stated that it could be proved to have been in possession of one party eighty years, which would take it beyond the period when the clever fabri cations of Ireland were done. He had taken it to the British Museum, and also to Doctors' Commons, and all who had seen it were of opinion that it more closely resembled the writing of Shakspere than any they had ever seen. The cause of the book being in such a filthy, dirty state was that for sixty years it had been kept amongst a lot of old lumber, and was sold to Mr. Hamilton, with a quantity of old books, as waste paper, by the lady wh o f ormer l y possesse d it. It was not until three years after M r . H am ilt o n had it in possession that he discovered the name upon the title. The book was handed round the room; there were no covers to it, and it was so water-stained that a strong magnifying glas s had to be used to distinguish the writing. The signa ture appeared to be in much smaller characters than the one in the Museum, and less formal, but still there was a great similarity. Fire guineas was the first offer, and after a languid bidding it was knocked down for 91. to a gentleman named Maxwell, TDB OLD LINCOLN'S INN THEATRE. —The council of the Royal College of Surgeons have just purchasedi the extensive premises of Mr, Alderman Cope and ad joining their institution, for about 18 000reLaseItthiisi ssitzaeteodf to be the intention of the council to ' inc their museum, founded by John Hunter. This large addition will also enable the counself to extend their works on medicine and library —the best repositor the collateral sciences in 1 3 :;n o ng nbuildtheatre,ing wasl formerly, as is well known, the aLuidn,colrnillne staircase to the boxes remains precis e l y as i t did when the edifice was a theatre, and 't contai ns many relics of the departed glories of Ri c h , Macklin, Bullock, and Spiller. The , place ceased to b e used as a theatre in garden. 1730, when itch removed his company to Covent " Resolutions for carrying out the several points alluded to have been prepared, and will be submitted to this and the special meeting respectively. " Since the last general meeting, a vacancy has occurred in the direction, by the retirement of Thomas Seccombe, Esq., which the directors have supplied by the election of Major-General Duncan M'Leod, of the Hon. East India Company's En gineers." Attached to the report was a statement of ac counts, which showed the total receipts to have been 179,0391. 10s. 10d., and the expenditure, 168,1301. 13s. 2d., leaving a balance in hand of 10,908/. 17s. Bd. After a short conversation, in which the Chairman explained that the expenses had exceeded the original estimate in consequence of the wooded single line having been superseded by a double iron rail, the re port was adopted. The mtigikk was then made special, when resolu tions were carried forfeiting 430 shares, it being understood that any shareholder who wished miglt take them up at a sum exceeding 51. each, caTrwise they would be sold to the party who purchased t;,-; shares previously forfeited at the same rate ; and authorising the directors to proeted to Parliament in the present sessu:ll for power authoa 1 rising the company to make three sever:: deviations, for an increase of capital, for the extension pf the compulsory powers of the company, and for abate.- doning the Dells branch. _ _ The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks, and confidence in the chairman and directors. LOSS OF A SLOOP, WITH ELEVEN LIVES. . On Sunday last, owing to the severity of the wpather, it blowing a regular gale with a spring tide andweastern wind, a sloop, belonging to Mr. ;'Goy, was fora.`d from its anchorage at Olin, and not being able to galas her position again, she struck, and in a wort time all on board met a watery grave, save one man. The boat was bound for Limerick, and was heavily laden with corn belonging to Dr. Enraght, and also with butter belonging to several buyers from this City, which heal been purchased at the Glin market. This catastrophe happened not many yards from the shore, and in the presence of a great portion of the congregation that had not at the time left the chapel. It is said the cargo will be saved, but much damaged. In reference to the loss of life and property down the river near Gli,n, we have received the following account from a uorreepodent at Foynes . _ It is with regret I beg to inform you that there has been serious loss of life on the river Sharman yester-- day (Sunday) between this (Foynes) and Glin. About three o'clock, P.M., a boat b e l ong i ng to Mr. Thoi.us M'Coy, Glin, laden with butter, &c., belonging to sou. butter buyers who attend Glin market, having on boat 4 twelve human beings, including th e crew, was anchored at Glin ; the wind rising, she was obliged to give way, and not beingable to head Glin point, she struck, sank, and all on board perished, save ono boatman, named Michael Roohan, the pilot. The persons on board consisted of four women and eight men, and were bound for Limerick to make market, having with them a great deal of money and value. Captain Thomas Madigan, of Glin, left Glin harbour in his own boat (being forced to let go his cable) in about half an hour after the above occurred, and I am informed he got safe to Pound -street, on the Clare side, opposite Glin. About one o'clock on Sunday I saw a boat off Foynes Island, striving to make Voynet harbour, but unfortunately she began to sink; the melt on board being only two in number, ran het' into the slob on north shore of Foynes, all her hull and ,art of her mast bein g covered. Two men got up in rigging, the younger of the men, about 25 years old,. fell from his place of refuge about nightfall, and met with his grave in the waves. The other, an old man, the father of nine children, held on until about nine o'clock, when he was saved by a boat with six men from Foynes. This is the second time this poor man has been saved at Foynes. His name is Martin Price. I am informed that two turf boats have been lost up towards Beigh Castle, and no account of she crew as yet." So high was the tide in Limerick, that the quays were all overflowed, together with the Custom-house; and at the Abbey-bridge and Sir Harry's Mall, the tide rose BO high as to render the passages all round impassable, unless by boats. The water covered the entire road from the Abbey-bridge towards Athlunkard-street, and St. Mary's Chapel-yard was completely overflowed. The storm and rain, during the entire day, was almost in cessant.—Limerick Reporter. THE CHOLERA. IN RUSSIA. —Official accounts from St. Petersburgh, dated the 12th inst., announce that the cholera had made fresh progress at Moscow. Between the 25th of October and the Ist of November the number of cases daily iacreaaed, 641 persons having been at tacked during that period, 238 of whom had died. From the first appearance of the malady in that city up to the Ist of November, 1,197 cases occurred, 402 of which proved fatal. The patients belonged for the most part to the lower orders. The cholera had totally ceased in the Government of Astracan, where it carried off 3,772 persons, and in that of Koura, where 1,08274 cases anddeinesdoutof 1,673 patients. At Kazan there were 1,2 665 deaths. At Kieff the cholera was likewise in creasing in intensity. Since the 26th of October 278 were attacked, and 113 died. In other governments the epidemy still endured. The most western points it has yet reached are the town of Alexandrof, in the govern.. went of Kherson, and the district of Olgapol, in p a . dolia. The latter are about thirty miles distant from the Austrian frontiers. So far, it has been generally remarked that its duration is shortest Ti; i e n e nrr t the e identifiedl d o e c a a t l h it localities where its intensity is greatest. a strangerk'AAL AND trolw'AnLL(lwNhGoAhaescsthinTie cmiddlelose to ag , and of the name of George ePernbroke-street, Pembroke night or Tuesda; morning, under the p C a l o a l o n a k e b , e o , o u n r oc e A r c i ) u ' o r n r c d e f d ay Pembroke following appalling circumstances :—lt appeared, that for some reason or other, utterly inexplica6le at and likely never to be ascertained, he got over a gat* which divides Pembroke -street from a plot of ound upon which a shaft has been sunk for the purpose of present, ex cavating a tunnel now in the courso of construction be tween Edge-hill and the North Docks. When he had succeeded in getting over the gat e h e ev id ent l y fell i nto a large b e d of mortar ; and, after h av i ng fl oun d ere d about ther e f or some time h wk seemse aled rhig Ont into getting the tunnel,out, to have come forward of to the b o tt om which, a depth of 75 feet, he was pre cipitated! On Tuesday morning, when the workmen went down, they were astounded at finding a lifeless corpse.--Liverpool Times. POOR -LAW COMMISSION.—There is a report that the Earl of Devon, and not the Earl of Chichester, as formerly mentioned, has been appointed Chief Commis sioner of Poor-laws in England. An American orator says :—" If I am elected to office, I will unrivet human society, clean all its parts, and screw it together again; nay, more, I will purge all corruption, correct all abuses, and go through the ene mies of my party like a rat through a new cheese." The Government contract for 100,000 gallons rum, for the navy, was taken yesterday by Messrs. Lemon Ilan and Son. RAILWAY INTELLIGENT E _ E. WATERFORD AND KILKENN. Y. The half-yearly meeting of this company w. as held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, Bishop sgate street, Mr. G. Anderson (in the absence of P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P.) in the chair. Captain CURRIE, the secretary, read the'advertisee ment convening the meeting, and the following report : "At the l as t h a lf -year l y general meeting, the directors had the satisfaction of alluding to the successful result of a negotiation, in which they had then been for some t i me engaged with the Public Works' L oan Commissioners, and of explain ing the terms on which the loan sought for would be granted. At that ti me t h ey anticipated the necessity. of making a call of 21. lo s. per share, about this pe riod ; but, meing to the existing money pressure, they are happy in being able to defer doing so, without prejudice to the interests of the company, for a short time longer, hoping that an i mprovement may take place, and the proprietary be enabled to respond to the call, when made, without inconvenience. In car rying out a forbearant3Z,, at this juncture so desirable, the directors ha v e been i n ziOrne_legree ass i sted by the sale of the shares f o rf e it e d in luzy last, whi c h t h ey have been fortunate in placing In high; responsible hands ; and, while upon this subject, it ma; be as well to urge upon the shareholders the propriety - of , confirming the forfeiture of a furth er num b er or shares, which will be submitted for such purpose when the meeting shall have assumed a special cha racter, for the directors will be enabled at ence place them out upon the same terms as the former, and thereby secure the prompt payment of all futures . calls; thes e s h ares , i t s h ou ld b e o b serve d, are h e ld b y parties who have been ascertained to be altogether incapable of meeting the calls already made, to say nothing of th e f u t ure d emands to which they are liable —other shareholders, in arrea.r, pay ing, are bei ng proceeded against. capable of " Had it b een d eemed desirable, the r ,.. 7e hetWe'eri Kilkenny and Th omas t own might have been at this moment open to the public, but the directors being satisfied from the best information, that the trafte OIL so short a distance would not be sufficiently remune— rative, have determined on delaying the opening of any portion till the Carlow line is finished, and the whole of the traffic from Dublin thrown upon the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, and this the Irish South-Eastern Company positively state will be the, case in the ensuing spring. " The directors have pressed forward the works at the Kilkenny station for this purpose, as well as with• the view of having it complete by the Ist of Septem— ber last, thereby carrying out an agreement entered into with the Irish South-Eastern, by which that company is to pay interest from that date at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to this company, on half the outlay between their junction with our line and Kilkenny, including the station at that place. " When the meeting shall become special, the directors purpose submitting three several deviations, which will bring about a saving to the company, after paying all expenses consequent upon going to Parliament, of upwards of 20,000/. ; and also for general powers for an increase of capital, for extend ing the time for taking land, and for abandoning the Kells branch. l )od ;en