The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-23 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN! NG, NOTEMBER 233 1847.

MM. PILLET, ROBARDEY, KAISER, BEOGL,
Colonel VITRI, and two refugees from Berne, MM.
JULIEN SCHALLER and CHATTONNAY.

There is no intelligence from Lucerne.

Mr. CHARLES VOELKER, one of the Members of
the canton of St. Gall, has addressed a letter to the
papers defending the Federalists from the calumniese
that have been heaped upon them by the French and
Austrian Ministerialists. He says :

"Without the promise of aid and assistance from
foreign powers, such as Austria and France, the
Sonderbund would scarce have ventured upon their
hazardous undertaking. And if we now ask what is
the chief end and aim of the Conservative leaders, I
answer (and of this all the Liberals are as convinced
as of their own existence) that their end and aim is
no other than to sever Switzerland into two political
parts—into a Catholic and a Protestant league ; to
preserve in the Catholic cantons the mock democracy,
where certain patrician families have since time un-
known wielded the sword of power and the sceptre,
and to restore in the Protestant cantons the power
and privileges of the aristocracy, and upset the true
democratic Governments of the Protestant cantons.
Hence the close though apparently unnatural alliance
of the Protestant aristocracy with ultramontane and
Jesuitical clergy, and hence the promised support of
the foreign despotic Governments. In a late article
of the Alicenzeine Augsburg Zeitung it has even been
asserted that the Conservative leaders of the Catholic
cantons had entered into a plan which France and
Austria had formed for dividing Switzerland as
Poland has been divided—viz., France to take the
whole of the French portion of Switzerland,
together with Bale and Soleure, and Austria
to take the Italian and eastern portions, and
then to leave the little cantons, Uri, Schwyzt, Un-
terwalden, Lucerne, &c., as the Swiss confederacy
under the protection of France. That either of those
treacherous plans for the splitting or the dividing
Switzerland was and is to this moment the object of
the Sonderbund there is not the least doubt in the
minds of the immense mass of the liberal population.
Hence the enthusiasm, the energy of the Liberals—
hence the resolve to stake life and property in this
contest—and hence the vanquished reluctance to fight
against fellow•citizens, which was the only motive
that so long delayed the resolve for the use of arms.
But now, after all other means have failed to convince
the Conservative population of the purity and disin-
terestedness of our intentions—after the possibility
has been denied us to explain to them the actual state
of matters, and while we are convinced that our
country and our true democratic liberty, all the pro-
gress and advance that we have made and obtained
with great exertions and sacrifices—in fact, that
everything that is dear and sacred to a free citizen and
an enlightened,disinterested, benevolent, and Christian
mind is at stake, or rather is undoubtedly advancing
towards its ruin and destruction, we have ventured
on the decision by arms. God will assist those who
are in the right, who have the purest intentions. I
feel myself clear of any malice, and of every wrong.
I consider the struggle as one for the highest and
holiest objects of humanity, and have therefore re
solved to partake in it. I value my life very high, I
do not like dying in the vigour of my life, but I value
the goods for which I stake my life higher than this
life. Wort and That dery Vaterland' is the
motto of every true republican, and I will not desert
from it."

It is said that the question of the occupation of
Ferrara has been settled. The Austrians are to re-
tain possession of the citadel, and the town is to be
given up to the POPE.

The Madrid mail had not arrived at the time the
post left Paris.
Letters from Barcelona stated that the army of Ca-
talonia is much discontented in consequence of the
removal of General AIANUEL CONCHA from the com-
mand. They con,i.'er that this removal is not the
spontaneous act of the QUEEN, who, they scruple not
to proclaim, is a prisoner in her own palace.

HER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
Her Majesty has ordered us to declare to you
the causes which have induced her to call Parliament
together at the present time.
Her Majesty has seen with great concern the
distress which has for some time prevailed among
the commercial classes. The embarrassments of
trade were at one period aggravated by so
general a feeling of distrust and of alarm,
that her Majesty, for the purpose of restoring con-
fidence, authorised her Ministers to recommend to
the directors of the Bank of England a course of
proceeding suited to such an emergency. This
course might have led to an infringement of the

law.
Her Majesty has great satisfaction in being able
to inform you that the law has not been infringed ;
that the alarm has subsided, and that the pressure on
the banking and commercial interests has been miti-
gated.
The abundant harvest with which this country
has been blessed, has alleviated the evils which always
accompany a want of employment in the manufac-
turing districts.
Her Majesty has, however, to lament the recur-
rence of severe distress in Ireland, owing to the
scarcity of the usual food of the people.
Her Majesty trusts that this distress will be
materially relieved by the exertions which have been
made to carry into effect the kw of last session for
the support of the destitute poor. Her Majesty has
learnt with satisfaction that lauded proprietors have
taken advantage of the means placed at their dis-
posal, by the liberality of Parliament, for the im-
provement of land.
Her Majesty laments that in some counties of
Ireland atrocious crimes have been committed, and
a spirit of insubordination has manifested itself
leading to an organized resistance to legal rights.
The Lord Lieutenant has employed with vigour
and energy the means which the law places at his
disposal to detect offenders, and to prevent the
repetition of offences. Her Majesty feels it,
however, to be her duty to her peace-
able and well-disposed subjects to ask the
assistance of Parliament in taking farther precau-
tions against the perpetration of crime in certain
counties and districts of Ireland.
Her Majesty views with the deepest anxiety
and interest the present condition of Ireland, and
she recommends to the consideration of Parliament
measures, which, with due regard to the rights of
property, may advance the social condition of the
people, and tend to the permanent improvement of
that part of the United Kingdom.
Her Majesty has seen with great concern the
breaking out of civil war in Switzerland.
Her Majesty is in communication with her
allies on this subject, and has expressed her readi-
ness to use, in concert with them, her friendly in-
fluence for the purpose of restoring to the Swiss
Confederation the blessings of peace.
Her Majesty looks with confidence to the
maintenance of the general peace of Europe.
Her Majesty has concluded with the Republic
of the Equator a Treaty for the Suppression of the
Slave Trade. Her Majesty has given directions that
this treaty should be laid before you."'
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE or ,Cossatoiss,
Her Majesty has given directions that the Esti-
mates for the next year should be prepared for the
purpose of being laid before you. They will be
framed with a careful regard to the exigencies of the
public service.
NIT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
Her Majesty recommends to the consideration
~r laws which regulate the naviga-
tion of the United Kingdom, with a view to ascertain
whether any changes can be adopted which, without
danger to our maritime strength, may promote the
commercial and colonial interests of the empire.
Her Majesty has thought proper to appoint a
Commission to report on the best means of improving
the health of the metropolis, and her Majesty re-
commends to your earnest attention such measures as
will be laid before you relating to the public health.
Her Majesty has deeply sympathised with the
sufferings which afflict the labouring classes in the
manufacturing districts of Great Britain, and in many
parts of Ireland ; and her Majesty has observed with
admiration the patience with which these sufferings
have been generally borne.
The distress which has prevailed among the
commercial classes has affected many important
branches of the revenue. But' her Majesty trusts
that the time is not distant when, under the blessing
of Divine Providence, the commerce and industry of
the United Kingdom will have resumed their wonted
activity.

LLOYD'S SIIIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind N.N.W., fresh breeze, and
hazy, with rain.
DEAL,. Nov; 22.--Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd.
Wilson, Sierra Leone: Arrd. from the river Ceasar,
Berbice; Champion, Porto Rico; Princess Royal, Ber-
muda. Arrd.% from the river and sailed Viscountess
Canning, cape Coast Castle.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W.—
Off port Mary Ann, Darke, Madras; Comet, Madeira.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—
Arrd. Earl of Durham, Bombay; Pakenham, Bourne,
Porto Cabello; Borderer, Willis, Demerara; Moun-
taineer, Smith, ditto; Richard Anderson, Barnett, Vir-
ginia; Ocean Monarch, Boston; Adriana, Jackson, Rio
Bento; Mary Ann, Newfoundland. The Fanny, from
Alexandria, is on shore near Crosby Point; crew saved.
The schooner Jane, from Glandore, sunk near Spencer's
Spit this morning; crew saved.

His Serene Highness Prince Alexandre di Gon-
zaga-Mantua has just arrived in London from Home,
having received most cordial and flattering testimonies of
respect and sympathy from the Italian people.
HEALTH OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—We have
much pleasure in stating that this much-respected
nobleman is steadily improving. His Lordship was yes-
terday visited by Dr. Chambers, who at twelve o'clock
issued the following statement:—" The Lord Chancellor
has passed a better night, and is progressing satisfac-
torily."

Loss OF THE LADY KENNAWAY.—The fine new
East Indiaman Lady Kennaway, belonging to the repre-
sentative (an only daughter) of the late Thomas Ward,
Esq., of London, was totally abandoned by her crew in
the Bay of Biscay, in a sinking condition, last week.
She left Bombay on the 21st of June, bound to London,
laden with a cargo valued at 210,0001., consisting of Indian
silk, crapes, Cashmere shawls, gums, spices, rice, &c.
The Lady Kennaway spoke the East Indiaman Stebon-
heath off the Cape of Good Hope, in distress, having
suffered in a gale. Tho Stebonheath belonged to the
same owner. The Lady Kennaway had only made two
voyages, and the Stebonheath six.—Cork Constitution.
SHIrWItSCK AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yestefflay
intelligence reached Lloyd's that the French brig Ca-
melia, of St. Malo, laden with Indian corn, had been
totally lost in Bullenkillig Bay. county Kerry, Ireland,
the master and crew, except a boy, being drowned.
We regret to announce the death, among the
victims to the yellow fever on the West India station,
of the Rev. George W. Garrow, 8.A., chaplain of the
Imaum, 72, which took place at Port Royal, Jamaica, a
day or two before the mail left.
TnE POLISH PROCESS.—BERLIN, Nov. 17.—This
was a solemn day in Court. At one o'clock the Presi-
dent rose, and, addressing the counsel for the Polish de-
fendants, inquired whether they had any further defence
to make; the counsel unanimously replied in the nega-
tive, upon which the President said, " The proceedings
are herewith closed. The day for pronouncing the sen-
tence cannot yet be named." This will probably not
take place for a fortnight or three weeks, and the read-
ing will probably occupy two or three days, it will be
given in German, and only the tenour will be translated
into Polish.

SANITARY MEASURES.—We understand that the
magistrates of Canongatu are actively engaged in
causing the whole closes and wynds of that ancient
burgh to be thoroughly whitewashed and fumigated.
They are als,o ett,min2; the t 'Oe (!!-T.,n in all tiro
tilt; pow' given
Scotsman.

Mr. Cobden, M,F., is expected to arrive in town
his day.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool was firmer again
yesterday. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales. American
sorts were scarcer; 3,500 bales sod at sitl. to 6/d. per
lb.—Railway Shares were quiet, and sales were not
pressed.

The ship Mary Ann, Darke, brings intelligence of
Sept. 18 from the Cape of Good Hope. The Katirs
continued their petty, but exceedingly vexatious, depre-
dations, though the day of retribution seemed at hand.
The Governor vs as collecting his forces, and would have
a much better array than his predecessors, or rather his
troops would be in better condition. Ample supplies
were provided of the munitions of war, and the great
aim, it is hoped, will be to keep the rear of the colony
well protected, in the event of the army advancing far
into Kafirland.

The intended withdrawal of Sir 11. E. F. Young, the
Licutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province, had
excited much dissatisfaction, as his Excellency was much
liked.

The public a!tention is very much directed here to the
probable contents of the Speech of the Queen on the
opening of Parliament. It is naturally supposed that
the version given of it in the columns of " the leading"
ino:ning journal is substantially correct. If the prin-
cipal points, except Ireland, be realised, this Speech, it
is considered, is favourable on the whole.

It was announced, yesterday afternoon, under this
ad, that the Court of Directors of the Bank of England
had reduced the rate of interest upon loans on the
security of Bills of Exchange, Exchequer•bills, and
Stock, to seven per cent. This has produced quite a
movement in public confidence, and the Funds have risen
to 851. The Market is extremely firm, with a good deal
of business doing. Exchequer-bills are firmer.
In the Foreign Stock there is a tendency to improve,
and the same may be said of Railway Shares.
CITY, THREE O'CLOCK.

The Market for Consols has further improved since
our first remarks were written. The price for the Ac-
count has touched 85k. The value has since receded, as
several of the Bulls have realised.

ONE CLOSING
ItICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES
Bank Stock lB7 188 187 187
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 83% 84 83%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. 843% 85% 85 85% % 851/g
New 3,14, per Cent. Anns 84% 85% 851/2
Long Anus. to expire J an. 1860
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
Ditto 30_ years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8%
India Stock 233 235 235
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- 2O dis 20 dis
South Sca Stock
Consols for Account B5 84% 85%34 85
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0001.
5001
Small .. .. 3 p par 4 p 4 p

ONE CLOSI\ti
O'CLOCK PRICES

Manchest. & Southampt. 214...... -
lbWand ..104, llO ...E 110
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
Do. 40/. Shares
Do. 501. Shares .. . 10
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midland Consul. Brist. &
Binning., 6 per cent.loo ......118',4 llBl/2
Alidlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34

Ditto, ditto 71.95..,....
Leicest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
NewcastleandCarliele...loo
Do. Quarters 5O
Newmrket& Chesterford 13%

Do. Extension
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen 7 -
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor
Norfolk ... ......... —IOO
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norib1k...
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British „. ..... ... 25
Do. half Shares 12V2...... 12/ xi ....... 1214:2xi
Do. Quarters 4 j 4,h;-54 xi 4*lxi
Do. Extension
...

Ditt )'Thirds 1 2 ... ........ ... 2
Norte Staffordshire... •.. 7i(l 714 1/2 7 A
No.,
..n Wales ... 31/2 — ,
.•
North Western.
Oxford, Worcester, and _

Wolverlhunpton ...,.. 35 ... ..
Reading, Guildford, and

Reigate
Royston and Ilitchin ... Zia — ..
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 1714 — .
Ditto, New lO - ........ ••• ••
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole - ..
Shrewsbury and Birm... 6
Ditto ditto. Class 13. 3
hrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. IV: Min.)

Ditto Hale es ... ditto 8 ...... .. ... .........

Ditto Uswestry ... .. 12 -
Ditto New
Shrewsbury and klerefil 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon.. 4O - ...... ••••••• .
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 4
south Easttru & Dover. 33% 29%
Do., No. 1 20
Do~ Nc. 2.
Do , No. 3 .. ..... ...... :5 ...... - •••
Do., No. 4
South Wales
South Yorkshire,' Don-
caster, and Boole 2
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-

meron's Stni. Coal. ... 4 ••• ...... • .
Taw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames haven Dock

and Railway
Vale of Neath . .. 4
Waterford and Kilkenny 131/2 —
Waterford and Linier!ek 3i
W aterfd,Wxtrd,Wieklw,

22z5i

-
29!4

0:!,1
918
4 Vs

and Dublin
West Cornwall ...... 4
11 bitehaven Furness 11
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 525.
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick ..
Do. North Shields Pur. 25
Do. Extensioy. No. 1. 10
Do. do. No. 2. ..... 10
Do. U.N. P.:.Prelerence 8 ...... 9 .
York and North Midland 50
.75476 75%2
Ditto, Preference
DJ. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILW A Ys.
Anglo• Belgian.... 4
Bar b ado es .. 1
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 151 m xi ..... l5l/4 x
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14
Central of Spain ..... ... 2
Ceylon
Demerara 5
Dendre Valley ...... .. 4
Direct Bombay and _

Madras
Dutch Rhenish 7 . —

East Indian :.• 114
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Southern of Madras ss.
Great Western Bengal... 5s
Great Western Canada.— 314
Italian and Austrian.... 4 ...
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... •
Luxembourg.— ..... 6
Lyons and Avignon 5
Madras
Madras. Nellore, and
Arcot %
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ..
Namur and Liege
Northern of France. lO ..... 12%
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris and Lyons ... 10 ......
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 8
Rouen and Havre 2O
Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 7
Strasbourg and Bale 14
Tours and Nantes ...... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and 11a.55e1t....... 16
Trinidad
West Flanders ...... 8
JOINT STOCK: BANKS.
Australasia
London Joint Stock lO
British North American 50
Colonial 25
Commercial of London 20
Union of London.... lO
Union of Madrid 4O
London & Westminster. 20
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
Ditto, New
Ditto New._ ..... 13 •. ••..........
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto, New lO
National of Ireland 22% — .........
Union of Australia.
Ditto,New... ........ 2%

MINES.
Anglo Mexican
Galvanized Iron
Real Del Monte, Unreg.
.

33 1/.'2

13L/2
12(4

7 6 i/.,

28LA

4N
12%
5%

351/2
.4%

......
6

;1~

.....
314

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MAHHETS.

- -
SMITHFIELD.— Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 lOs ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 105 to 4/ 105; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 8s
per load. Trade very dull, at barely stationary prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2112 a to 31 12s ; Clover
ditto, 31 lOs to 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 55 to 11 9s per
load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, and the
quotations had a downward tendency.
—VNITEctiAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3/ 105 ;
Clovet;slitto, 3/ lOs to 41 14s; and Straw, 113 s to 11
per load. Supply good, and trade ult.

COAL MARKET. —YESTEIDA.T.
Adair's Main ... 16s 6d
Hedley's llartley
Hasting's llartley lBs Od
llolywell Main ........ 18s 9d
New Tanfield l6s 6d
North Pontop
Original Tanfield l6s Od
Tanfield Moor 17s 9d
Tanfield Moor Butes l6s 9d
West Wylam
Walbottle Ilartley
Wylam
Wall's End, &c
Acorn Close
28 arrival

Bewicke and Co 2os 6d
Killingworth 2os 6d
Belmont 2ls Od
Haswell 2ls 3d
Hetton .
Lambton
Denison
Tees
West Pease
Cowpen Hartley
W. llartley Netherton 19s Od
'Sidney's Hartley
Elgin lB3 9d

.20 sold.

OVER-SHOE FOR LADIES.—We have great pleasure
in recording our approval of a patent lately taken out by
Godfrey and Co., of 3, Conduit-street, shoemakers to
the Queen. She invention consists of a sock or slipper
to wear over a lady's boot or shoe in wet weather. The
material is a peculiar kind of India-rubber, which, being
waterproof and extremely light, does not disfigure the
foot, which is a great desideratum both to the comfort
and appearance. The majority of over-shoes are very
unsightly, but such is not the case with the patent
abovementioned. We feel certain they require only to
be worn once to meet with due appreciation.—Observer.
Oct. 18, 1847.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH AT THE ORIENTAL
CLUB.—An inquest was held on Saturday, at No. ss,
Tenterden-street, Hanover-square (in connexion with
the Oriental Club), on the body of George William
Trail!, Esq., aged 54, late of the East India Company's
Civil Service.—Sir T. E. Colbrooke, Bart., stated that
the deceased was his cousin, and that he was in a very
delicate state of health, though not sufficiently ill as is
require medical advice.—James Dowes, drawing-room
waiter at the Oriental Club, said that the deceased was
a member of the club. On Thursday afternoon he had
dined there, and shortly after eight o'clock he took some
warm milk and water to the deceased in the drawing-
room, and soon after he missed him, but took no notice
of the circumstanee, as deceased usually left about that
time. On the following morning he (witness) was in
formed that a gentleman was lying dead in a water-
closet on the drawing-room floor, and on going there he
recognised the deceased. A policeman and a surgeon
were instantly called.—Mr. W. White Cooper, No. 2,
Tentorden-street, surgeon, said that he found the bed)
in the position already described. It was quite cold,
and the joints perfectly rigid, showing that death bad
occurred some hours previous. There was no smell of
poison, nor was there any bottle or paper found. He
had since opened end examined the body of the do
ceased. On opening the chest he found some old ad-
hesions of long standing; the heart was four times its
natural size, and (.n opening the head he found the brain
congested, but showing no appearance of any apoplectic
attack. In the absence of any appearance of poison in
the stomach, he was of opinion that the deceased died
from disease of the heart. Verdict—'• Natural death.
from disease of the heart."

ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING -YARD.— Shipments
of bread auffs continue to be made from this establish
for tile vre;.4l, cos33t of Irelas_d.
vessels have been already dispatched, and several more
are now loading. The Rhadamanthus and Birkenhead
steamers, are also to convey meal to Haulbowline.—
Plymouth Journal.