The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-28 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

The United States steam-ship Baltic., Captain
Comstock, arrived in the Mersey at half-past ten
o'clock this morning with advises from New York
to the 16th inst., and 100,0001. in specie on freight.
She was detained thirty hours by breakage in air:
pumps.

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The Franklin arrived out on the morning of the
16th inst.

No political news of importance.
Exchange on London, 10 to 10k; business sma:
COMMERCIAL
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15. —Cott,,n—The sales since the
announcement if the Cambria's news were 700 bales.
Holders have not been very anxious to sell, but it is
thought the letter mail will finish the business for them.
Buyers can be found at the annexed quotations, which is
an advance of a quarter cent. to three-eights on previous
purchases.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.—The cotton market is Un-
settled, and quotations would be entirely nominal. On
Thursday 700 bales sold at a decline of one-eighth to
one-quarter. Operators are anxiously waiting the Cam-
bria's advicea, now considered due. •

THE RIOT AT BIRKENHEAD.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BIRKENHEAD, 11 30 P.M.
The town is perfectly quiet. The military occupy
the Town-hall.

The policeman Grimley, reported dead, still sur-
vives, but is in a very precarious state. Such
was the disparity of force between the police
and the mob, that not a rioter was captured. The
conduct of Mr. Brown, the Boman Catholic priest, and
others, is freely commented upon by the policemen en-
gaged in suppressing the disturbance. It is commonly re-
ported that the riot was concocted as far back as Sunday
last. The women are said to have been particu-
larly active in this affair. The Roman Catholics
have put an address in the Liverpool Times of this
morning, headed, "To the inhabitants of Birken-
head and its vicinity," and signed by Father
Brown, Mr. Bretherton, and 17 others of the
principal Roman Catholic residents at Birkenhead,
in which they state the riot was provoked by the
police, and all the blame is to be attributable to the
bigots who called the meeting, and to the injudicious
arrangements made by the magistrates to guard
against it.

MR. RICHARD DOYLE. The London corre-
spondent of the Tablet states that in consequence of the
very indecent attacks upon the Roman Catholic religion that
have lately disfigured the pages of Punch, Mr. Richard
Doyle, the talented author of the Manners and Customs
of the English," "Brown, Jones, and Robinson," &c., has
considered it to be his duty to give up all connexion with
that periodical. He protested, some time ago, against an
attack on his religion which found its way into its columns,
and then received a solemn promise from the editor that the
offence should not be repeated.' However, the engagement
has bean broken, and Mr. Doyle at once resigned his engage-
ment, and a salary of 6001. a-year.—Guardian.
The Morning Chronicle of yesterday insinuates
that the publication of Lord Beaumont's letter to the Earl of
Zetland, condemnatory of the conduct of the Pope in his
recent aggressions on this oountry, is to be ascribed to the
fact of the Noble Lord having just received a Government
appointment. We are unwilling to believe that any person—
be he Roman Catholic or Protestant—moving in the sphere of
the Noble Lord, could be induced to write contrary to his
convictions, from any such motive; and we must say it is
most ungenerous on the part of our contemporary to make
the insinuation, in the absence of any evidence to support
it. But, be the fact as it may, regarding Lord Beaumont,
we are in a position to state that many other members
of the Roman Catholic aristocracy of England, perhaps a
majority of their number, take precisely the same view of the
recent Papal aggressions as the Noble Lord. We believe the
event will prove that we are not wrong in anticipating that
other Roman Catholics of title will take an early opportunity
of showing that they entirely concur in Lord Beaumont's
views. We can add, from certain information, that a large
number of Roman Catholic gentlemen of eminence in science
and literature, deeply deplore the course which the Pope has
adopted, as being the most ill-judged and injurious to their
religion which could have been taken at the present time.—
Morning Advertiser.
GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS COMPANY.—A
meeting of upwards of 400 of the shareholders of this com-
pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of prosecuting a Bill in Par-
liament for regulating the company, Mr. Thomas Dakin in
the chair. After a few words from the chairman the report
was read. It stated that the period had arrived for consi-
dering the expediency of applying for an Act of Parliament
to confer increased power on their company, and the direc-
tors, mindful of their pledge to the Commissioners of Sewers,
deemed it desirable to have the power given them to
take the necessary steps for that purpose. They had
deemed it desirable to address a communication to
each of the City gas companies inquiring if they
contemplated any opposition. All the pipes of the com-
pany were now laid, and in a very few days all the works
would be completed, and they had every reason to believe
within •he estimates given. Their services, to the number
of 5,370, were laid. There were 3,213 metres connected up
to Saturday last, and 22,017 lights now burning. • They
could not see upon what grounds opposition could be raised.
It was not deemed improbable that on a proper application to
the Corporation of London that body, with whom (upon the
petition of the citizens of London in favour of the reduction
of the price of gas) the movement originated, might be in-
duced to give their powerful aid in the accomplishment of a
measure so obviously for the advantage of the citizens of
London. Mr. C. Pearson having shortly addressed the meet-
ing, a resolution was adopted authorizing the directors to ap-
ply for and prosecute a Bill in Parliament to give additional
powers to the company, and requesting the Common Coun-
cil to petition Parliament in favour of the Bill. A petition
to the i ommon Council was then read, and signed by the
entire body of the shareholders present, and thanks having
been given to the chairman and directors, the proceedings
terminated.
So, then, we are about at last to haye something
practical. The bull--aot, the Popish bull—is now to be
fairly taken by the horns. Puseyism is at length to be
grappled with in earnest. That scandal to the Anglican
Church—that monstrous moral enormity—that great prac-
tical falsehood, is on the eve of being dealt with, with the
vigour and determination which the exigencies of the case
require. A great anti-Tractarian, as well as anti-Popish,
demonstration is to take place in the Freemasons' Tavern,
on Thursday next. One of the main objects of the meeting
—indeed, we may say, the main object—is to
" invoke her Majesty's aid to suppress the various
Romish innovations recently introduced, in some
quarters, into the services of the Church of
England." This is as it should be. This is the right way in
which to go to work. We have often and earnestly enforced
the necessity of purging the Anglican Establishment from the
leaven of Popery under the less unpopular name of Puseyism.
The root of the evil, as we have always said, lies there. The
Bishops of London, Exeter, Oxford—the Puseys, the Ben-
nets, the Dodsworths, are the real authors of the recent
daring aggressions of the Pope. Dr. Wiseman inferred, from
their sayings and doings, that the great bulk of the Church
of England clergy were similarly tainted with Romanism.
He expressed that opinion to the Pope, and the latter per-
sonage in consequence thought proper to appropriate to him-
self, ecclesiastically, without hesitation or ceremony, the
territory of the Sovereign of these realms.—Morning Acker.
user.

LOVE AND AMBITION.--The author of "Rocking-
ham," a work that received praise from the most influential
critics, and excited general attention as proceeding from a
very distinguished source, has just come forward with a new
work of fiction under the title of " Love and Ambition,"
which, according to report, is no less original and striking
than its predecessor. The scope afforded to this vigorous
writer for a further display of his talent in an illustration of
those powerful passions, ambition and love, combined with
the high position of the author, has created an interest for
this new work which has rarely been equzlled.—Ereningl'aper,
On Thursday, Mr. Shaw, woollen-draper, of Dud-
ley was crossing the North-Western Railway at Four Ashes
when he was knocked down by the express train and killed
on the spot. He had just put his wile and children into a
train on the up-line, which was waiting until the express
had passed by.

We unfit rstand that it was yesterday determined
by the Court of Directors of the East India Company that
ttie appointment of Governor of their military sernin Iry at
Adt:iscombe shall in future be quinquennial—that is, to be
vacated after five year— like the appointments to the coun-
cils of India and to the general stair and commands of the
army. This is a measure well calculated to secure efficiency
in the performance of the duties. .INo officer has yet been
selected as successor to Colonel Stannus, whose death was re-
ported more than a month ago, but many very. distinguished
fficers are reported. to. be candidates for the situation.—
Morning Post.

RDMOttiED—RifiIItBIVIENT OF, LORD MINT9.—The
present•rumour is that. Lord Alia° i&about to leave the Go*
vernment—Manchester Examiner and Times.
The ' Duke' and 'Duchess of Itichinond and the'
Ladietz GOnlontennbx arriN'ed 'at G,nison's Hotel; Brook-
stidO, yesterday, /Ora Knowsley; en Mae' for' Goodwood.

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