The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1844.

For this brutal and dangerous assault, the fellow was
fined ten whole shillings. For fear, we sttppnte, that
this penalty should hs construed into too eager a vin-
dication of the law, or too great a homage to the gal-
lantry of our sex, the same amount, for costs, (! I) was
actually decreed against the prosecutrix 1 It Would
seem to follow, as a logical conclusion of magisterial
law at Keynsham, that a lady who is the victim of
any savage vagabond's violence, is more guilty than
the perpetrator of the outrage; for, whereas he is
only fined ten shillings for the luxury of seriously
injuring her by hurling a stone at her, she is ad-
judged, having been thus grievously hurt, and as the
recipient, not the doer, of the wrong, to pay an equal
penalty in fact, though nominally for costs ; the sum
of ten shillings being meant for the equation (we
suppose) of her suffering, and his crime.
At the same sessions, on the same day, another
young man, for shooting " at" a covey of partridges
(vi:e should not have demurred to the sentence had it
been for missing them, because, it would seem, he dil
not touch a feather of all the birds), was fined 101.
Here, again, it follows that the enormity of even the
endeavour—for it was not perfected—to assault a
partridge is reckoned, at a money price of twenty
times as much as, or 2,000 per cent. more than, an
actual completed cruel assault on a young woman !
How long, in the name of common sense, of common
spirit, and common justice, do the British public mean
to allow successive Parliaments to separate without
repealing these worse than Norman Forest Laws !

We have often, in the discharge, of our public
duty, had occasion to speak in terms far from flatter-
ing of the political conduct of the Marquis of LONDON-.
DERRY, but of late our task has been a more pleasing
one—to approve rather than to condemn—for since the
advent of Sir R. PEEL to office, it is evident that the
Noble Marquis has relaxed considerably in the starch
austerity of his Toryism, and adopted a more mode-
rate and intelligent system of policy. To quote the
remarkable phraseology of his illustrious relative, the
late Lord CASTLEREAGU, he has in some degree
" turned
.his back upon himself." He is no longer
an uncompromising supporter of things as they are,
from a firm conviction that they are already so per-
fect that it i 3 impossible to amend them ;
but is beginning to entertain an impression
that there is much in our political and
commercial system that might be altered for the bet-
ter ; and so far as we can gather from his recent
speeches, he is not unwilling to put his shoulder to
the wheel, and make the experiment of innovation.
Doubtless it is this liberal change in his sentiments
that has made him so distasteful to the North Dur-
ham Conservatives, of whom, unfortunately, but a
small minority are in his favour, while a vast and
increasing majority, looking upon him as a sort of
deserter from the sacred cause of Tory intolerance,
indignantly repudiate his claims to the office of
President of their Association. We do not antici-
pate, however, that the Noble Marquis will take
the disapprobation of this bigoted majority very
seriously to heart. Indeed his recent address
to his Londonderry tenantry shows that it has had no
the slightest injurious effect on his spirits, but that he
is just as happy and comfortable as if he had not been
subjected to the awful displeasure of seven out of ten
of the North Durham Conservatives. Of the address
in question, which was delivered to a body of his
tenantry in the Assembly-rooms of Newtownards, we
may observe that, while there are one or two points in
it against which we must enter our protest, there is
much in it of which we decidedly approve—much that
is characterised by justness of reasoning, and man-
liness and liberality of sentiment. On the important
subject of the corn-laws, the Noble Marquis
thus expresses himself :—" He did not under-
stand how any Minister who thought it right to
introduce into his policy free trade at all ; he did
not know how that Minister could make corn an ex-
ception. In order to prepare for a change he would
implore his tenantry to go on cultivating the soil on
which their existence depended. They had seen,
during the last twenty years, many changes ; they
had seen the Minister, by the force of circumstances,
and by the pressure from without, obliged to follow
out a course of policy which it was contrary to his
mind to pursue ; and having seen that, he could not
sit down without impressing them with the fact that
similar things might take place with regard to the
corn-laws. He wished them to bear in mind that,
when everything else was free, they could not expect
that corn alone would be an exception." This is a
remarkable declaration, considering the quarter whence
it emanates. The speaker evidently anticipates the
abolition of the corn-laws at no distant period, and,
impressed with this conviction, he exhorts his
tenantry to secure a snug shelter for themselves
against the inevitable day when the roof-tree of
Monopoly shall fall. Go on cultivating your lands,
he tells them, with the utmost assiduity; avail your-
selves of all the recent improvements in agriculture ;
neglect nothing that may tend to increase the means
of your subsistence, and then you will no longer have
cause to regret the downfal of the Protection system.
But the Noble Marquis goes further than this
in the above passage, for he states it as his
deliberate opinion that if there is to be free
trade in one thing, there should be free
trade in another, and that it is an act of injus-
tice in Sir ROBERT PEEL to make an exception in
favour of corn. May we not, after a declaration like
this, claim the Noble Marquis as a corn-law aboli-
tionist ? He is too manly and straightforward to
support a shuffling system of expediency, merely be-
cause it is sanctioned by the weight of Ministerial
authority ; and seeing what is the right
course to take, we are confidently of opinion that he
will take that course, careless of the frowns
3f Sir R. PEEL, and the indignant reproaches of those
two ducal luminaries, RicrtmoND and BUCK INGRAM.
Indeed it would not at all surprise us, were he, at an
early period of the ensuing season, to take the chair
at one of the League meetings at Covent-garden,
with Mr. COBDEN cheering him on one side, and Mr.
Balaux shouting in sympathetic ehorus on the other,
to the infinite delectation of all true free-traders !

Paris papers of Sunday have bees received, but we
find little in them interesting to the English reader.
The Revue des Deux Monde:, in adverting to the
proceedings of the forthcoming session, says, the Op-
position will adopt a very moderate tone, and declare
themselves as anxious to be on good terms with Eng-
land as M. Grizor himself. This is not at all probable,
but if the said scheme is founded on fact, what harm
can the Opposition do to the Government ? They
can only oppose M. GUIZOT, by departing from the
principles; on which they pretend to act ; but pre-
tending one thing, and doing another, are not means
likely to give either character or strength to a party.
The Journal des Debate has another article relative
to Spanish affairs, in which it repels charges made
against it by other Ministerial journals. These
charges refer chiefly to attacks made on the New
Reform Bill, and the despotic Government of
CHRISTINA. and Co. This organ of the Govern-
ment seems to disapprove of these great changes,
while, at the same time, they are fully sanctioned by
the Court and the Cabinet. This writing on both
sides by the Ministerial journals only confirms the
general belief that the revolution in Spain is of
French manufacture.

The French Funds continue to rise. At TORTONI'
en Sunday, a good deal of business was done. At
the opening the Three per Cents. were quoted at 83f.
15c., and shortly after rose to 83f. 25c., at which
price they closed.

We have received intelligence from Madrid of the

11th inst. On the previous Saturday, the 9th, the
Chamber of Deputies began the discussion on the
Reform Bill. A Member, of the name of LATOJA,
commenced the debate, and contended that the Cortes
had no power to amend or alter the Constitution
He objected also to the period at which the Bill was
brought in, when the minds of men were in a state
of great excitement, and not prepared to consider
with calmness the important changes proposed.
Another speaker defended the Bill, and after some
speeches of no interest the debate was adjourned till
Monday. On that day a Senor TBJADA made
a very straightforward speech in favour of absolute
monarchy—a line of argument very acceptable to the
Government. Ile declared his full approbation of
the Bill, took a review of the course of events in
Spain since the death of FERDINAND VII., and de-
clared that all the evils which Spain had suffered
since that period were referable to the prevalence of
revolutionary principles; -which, under
Pretense
founding a constitutional government,
led thcontc;
into anarchy and confusion. He
Called upon the

Government to restor'e the nobility anti clergy td
their ancient rights and privileges; for Spain, he
said, was a monarchical and religious country, and
neither required nor wished a representative Govern-
ment. Senor MAttfrNEi I 7 LA itosi followed, but
his speech was cut short by the President, who an-
nounced that the hour of adjournment had arrived.

MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 11.—The Three per tents.,
271 cash, 27 9-16 at sixty days; Five per Cents.,
20i cash, 201 at sixty days.

FLANDERS MAIL.

BaussrLs, Nov. 16.—The Chambers, in its sitting
to-day, adopted, by a second vote, the project of law
for increasing the salaries of the Members of the
Court of Justice.

The Minister of Finance presented a project of
law which he introduced with the following observa-
tions :—" Gentlemen—The law of the 21st of
March last for the conversion of the loan of
100,800,000 francs, did not authorise the exchange of
the Bonds at 5 per cent., for Bonds at 4i per cent.
except on Belgium and at Paris. We did not know
at that time what was the amount of those in Eng-
land, but according to the declarations which have
been made up to this day for the conversion, the
amount is already more than twenty millions of
francs. I have, therefore, judged that, for the inte-
rest of public credit, as well as of the English
holders, it would be advisable to facilitate the ex-
change of those bonds in England. The King has,
therefore, authorised me to present to you a project
of law to that effect."

The Minister then presented a project of law
authorising the exchange at London.
It was referred to the Central Section, which has
to examine the budget of the public debt.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaysseLs, Nov. 16.
Actua Debt, 2% per Cent.,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent.. - ... ....
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 883(
Three per Cent..........
----- Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
(1840) lO4
1844.... ....... .. • 102 X
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent.- lO3
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent BO%
Issue of 1841 . . . ..... "•• ...... ..........
—Brussed.Papers. Nov. 17.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nor 21.
Five per Cents. Metalhques , llO
Four per Cents. lOO
Three per Cents. -
Rank Shares ..... ....... ..... 1608
Lean 1834
Ditto, 1839 13251
Allganeine Zeitung, Nov. 12.

ONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S

tilfSl.lAle EvErNG.
English Stocks have advanced this afternoon, Ceotstas
being k per cent. higher, viz., 100-1 f. Bank Stock im-
proved to 2051. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. were 102 to Exchequer Bills touched 60s.
premithil.
Spanish Stock left of? well also; the Five per Cents.
being 24i k, and the Aree per Cents. 358 Portu-
guese Converted were 54i to 55i for Account. Mexican
Bonds receded to 358. Colombian were at 14; and
Brazilian at 884.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New, were
6f ; Cambridge and Lincoln, a to 1 ' • Churnet Valley,
14 to 2 ; South-Western, 3.41 to 334 i • Croydon, 3i ;
London and York, ; Manchester and Leds, 45 ; Ditto
and Birmingham, 11 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 28k ;
Northern and Eastern, Quarter, 4. ; South-Eastern, 4i;
York and North Midland, 52 to 52f ; Ditto, Scarborough
Branch, 22 ; Ditto Selby Scrip, 491; Paris and Lyons,
f ; and Paris and Rouen, 19 to 18i premium. Direct
Northern were at par. Australasia Bank Shares were
16 to 16} premium, and Colonial 11 discount.
The Exchanges on the leading continental cities were
firm this afternoon.

The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of Londun for the week ending
Thursday la,t :
Gold Coin to British West Indies 650 ounces.
Silver Coin „
950 „
Silver Coin to Rotterdam
Silver Bars to Calais

Copper Coin, Cape Coast Castle 754
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was freely
supplied. Sales 3,000 bales, at previous rates, including
300 Surat, at 2id. to 3id. ; 100 Egyptian, at skd. to 7d.;
50 Pernarn, at 54d. ; and the rest American, at 31d. to
skd. per lb.—Shares were much the same :—Chester and
Birkenhead, 31i ; Churnet Valley, 434 ; Direct
Northern, 2 ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,
19s. 6d. ; Ely and Bedford, 1 ; Grand Junction, 215 ;
Ditto, Halves, 107 ; Kendal and Windermere, 3i ; Lan-
caster and Preston, 46; ; Liverpool and Manchester,
204 ; Ditto, Halves, 102 ; London and Birmingham,
218 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 38 ; Ditto, Quarters, 26 ; Lon-
don and York, 3 ; Manchester and Leeds, 114 ; Ditto,
Halves, 48; Midland Counties, 107; 108; Newcastle and
Darlington, 4S ; South-Eastern, 37 4 ; Ditto, New, 7-1-;
Paris and Lyons, 3/. Is. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 38k ;
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 4/. is. 6d. ; Boulogne
and Amiens, 4 ; North Wales Mineral, 9k, with new.
Advices have been received to Sept. 14, from the
Cape of Good Hope. The state of the colony, both
politically and economically speaking, was satisfactory.
The Kafirs on the frontier were quieter, and the leaders
evinced more disposition to act with our troops in check-
ing the thievish propensities of their people. The Governor
had been to the Eastern colony, and a stronger military
force was expected to be in future stationed in the so-
called neutral territory. By virtue of instructions
from Lord Stanley, Natal had been formally
3onstituted a dependency of the Cape, the
Governor of the latter having full jurisdiction over it,
althought there is a Lieutenant-Governor and a local
executive and judicature appointed. The appearance of
the town of Natal, and the village of Pietermauritzberg,
is represented as having materially improved
since Colonel Somerset arrived with the troops,
and many of the Dutch farmers were anxious to see the
settlement retained by the English. Local improvements
were progressing also in the older colonies, and there
would soon be a road formed from Graham's Town to
the Cape.
The Funds are very steady this morning, but the
transactions have not been of any extent. The Commis-
sioners have taken Reduced Three per Cents. at 99k.
The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been
102 to .. Bank Stock is worth 205. Consols have been
1004 to 1001 for Money and Time. Exchequer Bills are
575. to 593., and India Bonds 80s. premium, being steady.
The Foreign Securities have been well supported, but
there has been no particular activity in the market. The
Spanish Five per Cents. were 23i to 24k, and the Three
per Cents., 35i Portuguese Converted are quiet
at 531; Mexican at 36; Brazilian at 881; and Buenos
Ayres at 36k. Russian have been 1184; Dutch Four
per Cents. have touched 96i and 97.
The Railway Shares have been steady in value, but
here again there is but a limited business doing.
PRICES OF BRITISH HINDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .....»....».„.».». ***************** 200051/
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..„....«......•••••
3 per Cent. Coniols. Anna' lOO% %
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 99%
New 3( per Cent. Annuities IO2IA
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860............ 12 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.
India 80nd5,1,000.......... ..... ....•••••••••••••••••••••
Ditto under ..... ••••••
South Sea Stock.

Ditto New Annuities 99%
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 130. I%d
1,0001. 00000 •••••••••••••• 00000 .....
5801.••..•..•.....•«•—•.....•. .•..•..•...• 59 57 pin.
Ditto 5ma11................. .....
Ditto Advertised.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK;
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ................... ..... 88%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ........ ......... 365,
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account „.„....... ..... ........
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ......... ...... —
Ditto Converted 5:31,4
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ............ ......., llB
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 234
Ditto for the Account 24
Ditto Passive Bonds ...• 6
Ditto Deterred l5
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
..._•,

Dutch 234 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96% 97 96%
Dutch 5 per Cent 5................... ...............
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY& PAID. PEA SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester...-. 100 ........ P 8 ...... to
Bristol and Exeter .... ........... ... 70 ........ 69% ..... to
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley .......... .............. 2 ..... .... 43 4 ... to 4
Eastern Counties .. ...... ...... ..... 25
Great Southern and Western} 5
(Ireland)
Great Western .... ..... ............... 75
Ditto Fifths l2 .... .... 264
London and Birmingham. lOO •.....,.219 220
Ditto 34 Shares ........... .......... 2 ..., ..... 98i 4
London and South Western ...... 41% ..,.„ 75
... to
Manchester and Leeds 7O .........114 ......... to
Ditto 4 Shares
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
.....
.... Si
Midland ................. ............... 100 —.187
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 ......... 49 ..... "to
Norwich and Brandon ...... ...... 8
South Devon - • .... 10;... .... 114 10% to 11%
South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 33% 7..... 38 -
Ditto New
Boulogne and Amiens 2 ....... 4% ...... to 374
Orleans and Vierzon 2 . . 9% ...... to
Orleans and Eourdeaux
Paris And Orleans ..... ......- ......
Parisand Rollello••••••••••-••••••••••• 20 ........„ 38%
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 18.--We
have had an animated market, and a considerable business
has been done at improved prices. Birkenhead and
Wigan and Liverpool,
4Cithe;shciarme,b6lBge; Aancdcr
Li nignteoonl ,n
,212 y ;
; Churnets, 34 i; East-
ern Connties, No. 2,19 s. 6d. ; Lancaster and Preston,
47 ; London and York, 3 1-16 ; Sheffield and Lincoln,
li ; Midland, 108 ex New ; West Yorkshire, 8 ; Shef-
field and Manchester, Quarters, 13A- ; South-Eastern,
37i 38 ex Now ; Paris and Lyons, 2i.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bark 5t0ck............ex di v. 205341Ditt0 Bonds £l,OOO .... pm.
3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto under £l,OOO SO pm.
3 per Cent. Cons
34 per Cent. Red — Ditto Old Annuities ...
New 34 per Cent...„ 1024 Ditto New Annuities ... 99%
New 5 per Cent.... .........
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001.
Jan. 1860. l2 1-16 Ditto Small 59 pm
Oct. 1859 ll% Bank Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860 .........
Indian Stock India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent Russian, 5 per Cent...........
Belgian, 5 per Cent Ditto, Metallic ..... .... -....—
Brazilian Bonds .. — Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 24 4
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto , 1841 ........ ...... .......
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 1842 —
Chllian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1843 —
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct...
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — French, 3 per C0nt....... —l. —r.
Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Exchange ..... . .... —f. —c.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Dutch, '234 per.. Cent...... 62%
Portuguese Bonds, S per Ct Ditto,ls per Cent —
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)
Ditto New Shares, 1754 paid 24
Cambridge and Lincoln, 154 paid ...... ........
Churnet Valley, 2 paid
Direct Northern, 254 paid
Eastern Counties (25 paid)
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 2/ 13s 4d. paid,No.l ' 1
London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 75
London and Croydon
London and York, 254 paid 27
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham
Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (1254 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s '4d paid) . .....
York and North Midland (50 paid) lO2
Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 69
Paris and Lyons, 2 paid 34
earls and Orleans (20 paid) 39%
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid .......... -........ ........ - 3 Bl. 381.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar —
Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 50
Rotterdam 2U. 12 fli Genoa 25 85
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Venice 47
Altona l3 13 Naples 39i
Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 65 Palermo, per oz llB
Ditto, 3 raonths 25 90 Lisbon 55
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres
Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssigllt
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M 953 Philadelphia .......
Trieste, ditto -
Madrid 36* Fore;-- -01..L10N,., PP". GE,
Cadiz - ,n(4olti)bas,./.:3 17 9
Ililbao O- Tortuga). Gold Coin 317 5
Barcelona .... New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
Seville
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rfILLINGDoN LIA.LL ; OR, TUB COOSlila 84witE.
! 133 r TIIE AUTIfoR or " HANDLUY Coss,"_Wbo is the
Duke of Donkeyton ? is the question that will be inane-
I diately asked by the rtaaer of the new novel, " Hillitlg;
don Hall ;" all that can be gained from ita tinges being
intent upon th: `acquisition that he is a nobleman of large possesainns, most seriously
and Duches. of Dottkey
of popularity. The Duke
`:!ir iascinating son;
the Mar- •
f tray, form P "
teng 0 .
.. nio.tt p,titertainiiig kfoilp in
the r
,eve and their - ton, with tb
rtßtocratii.'. wings and sayings are
'il i!Ontrasted_ •vri. ~,
La the characters of the rival vino...
- •
r blan:imas wto so anxiously endeavour to entrap the i•
Fuctent young Marquis into matrimonial bondage with
their amiable daughters. But the hero of the story is
the Squire of Hillingdon Hall, whose whole career as a
Landlord, Justice, and Member of Parliament, forms one
of the most amusing pictures of human character i
have been produced since the age of Fielding and that
Snaollet.
The exploits of the Cockney Squire bring him in o con-
tact with all the notabilities of country and county life
a contested election included—and, froni the Anti-Corn--
law Leaguers and their orators down to the mysteries ,:f
guano, all come in for a share of the author's broad, I
satirical humour, . .

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert walked for some time this morning. His
Royal Highness afterwards went to shoot in the
royal preserves, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry
in Waiting.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Princess Royal, took an airing in
a pony carriage and four, attended by Col. Wylde.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken on their ponies, in the fore-
noon, in the pleasure-grounds adjacent to the Castle.
Prince Alfred was also taken an airing.
The Marchioness of Douro has arrived at the Castle,
and relieved Lady Portman in the duty of Lady in
Waiting on the Queen.
Lord Rivers has succeeded the Earl of Morton as
the Lord in Waiting, and Mr. Ormsby Gore has suc-
ceeded Captain Meynell as the Groom in Waiting to
her Majesty.
Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to-day.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady
Charlotte Dundas joined the royal circle at dinner.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band
afterwards attended.
Their Royal Highnesses the reigning Duke and
Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, with his Royal
Highness the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, were ex-
pected to leave Ostend early this morning, en route
to 'Windsor Castle, where their arrival is looked for
either at a late hour to-night or to-morrow (Wed-
nesday) morning.
The Queen and the Prince of Wales honoured Mr.
1 Thorburn with sittings for their portraits yesterday.

His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Nkcklenburgh Strelitz arrived in town from the
Continent :tt half-past ten o'clock on Monday night,
and immediateii proceeded to the residence of the
Duke of Cambridge, at Kew. Yesterday morning
the Hereditary Grand Duke left Kew to join the
royal party assembled at Ai ndel Castle, the seat of
the Duke of Norfolk.

A Cabinet Council was held at the o'clock yes-
terday afternoon at the Foreign-office. l'Le Ministers
present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of 'Welling-
ton, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Loi•fl
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Sir Ed ward Knatch-
bull, Lord Granville Somerset, and Mr. Gladstone.
The Lord Chancellor subsequently joined his col-
leagues. The Council sat two hours.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in White-
hall-place. The Commissioners present were the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London,
Lord Ashley, and the Dean of Westminster.
A deputation from the Waterford and Limerick
Railway Company had an interview with Sir Robert
Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street. The deputation included the Mayor of Water-
ford, Mr. Brancome, Mr. T. Lalor, Mr. J. W. Strang-
man, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Charles Vignoles, engi-
neer to the company.
His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador ; Baron
de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; Baron Brunnow,
Russian Minster ; and Baron de Nieumann, Austrian
Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the
Foreign-office.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview
with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council,
arrived in town on Monday evening, from his seat,
Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.
Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at
the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Jamaica,
and also from the Governors of the other West India
Colonies.

Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday,