The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-02 00:00:00

TBE SUN, LO DOll, MONDAY MORist ENG, DECEMBER 2, 1844.

stock of bullion in the Bank of England stores had
Lo 1;1,500,000/. From this point it will as-
ur-.4 stili Oifther retrograded before the end

counselled his parishioners to sell all they had, and
even to borrow, in order to enjoy the right of the
Holy Coat.
POLISH FRONTIER, Nov. 16.—Hitherto no more
arrests have tak...n place, bat the investigations against
the noblemen who are arrested are prosecuted with
great rigour. The Government was first warned from
England of the communications which the, Polish
fugitives in that country had with this city, on which
above forty nobles were arrested, in whose possession
papers were found, which proved that they likewise
communicated with Pules at Paris.

or ballast, extracted from the bed of the Loire, during
the summer months, is already carted on the line ready
for use, and excellent material is at hand for forming
the bottom layer, to bed the sleepers on. We hope,
probably in our next, to be. able to announce the ratifi-
cation of a formal contract with Messrs. Maekena:e and
Brassey, for the completion and stocking of the whole
line to Bordeaux, leaving still a good margin on the
capital of the Company. This would, indeed, be the
crowning act of the prudence and good management
that have characterised all the operations of this Com-
pany, if, in the face of seventy millions, estimated by
the Government engineers as the requisite capital for
completing and working this line, and of seventy-five
millions, estimated by more than one of the competing
Companies, the Directors can accomplish it for less than
sixty -five millions of francs, of which their capital is
composed, they will have earned the lasting gratitude of
the shareholders. It will be a novel feature in the history
of railways for the shareholders to have a guarantee, at
least six years beforehand, that the capital is sufficient—•
that there wit be extra bills to be paid, and no loans
raised or shares created to provide means of payment.
We use the word "guarantee" advisedly, because the
well-known wealth, as well as skill and experience, of
the firm in question, can leave no doubt that they will
accomplish, and in the least possible time too, whatever
they undertake. It is confidently expected that the
section to Tours will be opened in the month of August
next year.

~e the year, if the usual drain of December happens
io its u,ual course. We cannot look, we own, without
deep apprehension, to the turn of the year 1845.

%Ye have received Madrid papers of the 22d, but
they contain no intelligence respecting the flight of
ZITRBANO, though it was believed that he would be
able to make his escape, either into Portugal or
France. The Chamber adopted several clauses of
the Reform Bill, almost without opposition.
The Three per Cents. closed at 281 for cash, and
28 13-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 201
at 60 days.

WARSAW, Nov. 15.—Accounts from St. Peters-
burgh say that the health of the Empress is good—at
least, that there is no apprehension of danger. It was
thought her Majesty must by dangerously ill because
she is so seldom seen. But this seclusion is not owing
to illness, but to grief for the loss of her daughter,
in which all the members of the Imperial Family
participate.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 12.—The-navigation seems
to be closed at Cronstadt for this year. The road and
the gulf are thickly covered with ice, and several
foreign merchants are obliged to stay.
His Majesty having been informed of illegal reli-
gious meetings, held by the notorious Erek Janson,
has ordered that no proceedings shall be instituted
against those who have attended the meetings, but
that he himself shall be summoned before the Chapter
of Upsal, and seriously warned and reprimanded.
Legal proceedings have already commenced. The
prophet's principal assertion is that Luther was the
beast in the Apocalyp, and that the Lutheran doc-
trine is devilish.

Several of the Paris papers have articles on the
election of Mr. POLK to the office of President of the
United States. The more violent Opposition journals,
. falsely called liberal, rejoice at the result, not from
any regard to liberty, but because democracy has
triumphed, and still more because they regard this
demonstration as a blow to the power of England.
They look forward to a war between this country
and the United States, and joyfully predict that
neither the affairs of Texas, nor the question respect-
ing the Oregon territory, can be settled otherwise.
France, of course, will take part with democratic
America—the French fleet will co-operate with the
fleet of the United States—and proud England will
be humbled. The constant practice of the writers
in these journals, in looking forward to aid from
some foreign Power, in case of a war with England,
gives us a very low idea of their patriotism.
What ! Is France become so weak that she can-
not defend herself without the protection of an
American fleet ? The Sieele would seem to admit
the fact. " There is," it says, " a great political fault
to be avoided in our negotiations with America. In
any maritime war the advantage will be with us if
we have the United States on our side. Let us defend
our commercial interests with firmness, but let us not
confound our affairs with those of Great Britain in
the question of Texas, or even in that of the tariff.
Let us never forget that in every naval or continental
war the English have been our enemies, and the Ame-
ricans our friends."
The National writes in the same strain. " The
questions," it says, " pending between the two coun-
tries will be solved in a sense unfavourable for our
neighbours. The hope of seeing a moderated tariff
granted to English manufactures, thereby increasing
their market, will not counterbalance the uneasiness
excited in England, with regard to Texas and the
Oregon. For ourselves, we have never had any other
wish than to see the United States, under the empire
of their institutions, increasing their prosperity at
home, and drawing still closer the bonds of alliance
with France, in conformity with the interests of the
two nations; and, therefore, we hail with joy the ac-
cession of Mr. POLK."
The Constitutionnel sees affairs in a very different
light, and says the reduction of the tariff would be
much more advantageous to England than to France,
and it is not at all probable that the foreign policy of
the Union will undergo any change. The Southern
States, determined on lowering the tariff, will de-
mand a reduction of the land and sea forces, and a
state that disarms is not likely to provoke a war
with England. In short, adds that journal, affairs
will remain in the same state.
Mr. POLK is but the nominal chief of the Go-
vernment. It is Congress that governs. The Jour-
nal de Debats takes a gloomy view of the election,
not at all warranted by circumstances :
"If the last accounts from the United States are con-
firmed, the election of Mr. Polk is secured, and in that
case we shall see the direction of public affairs, at a pe-
riod when it requires the most consummate experience,
escape from the most capable hands to fall into those of
a candidate chosen without reflection, of whom the best
that can be said is, that he is of more than ordinary me-
diocrity. The result of this election will be to give the
ascendancy to the Radical party, that is to say, to give it
to a party whose very essence renders it unfit for the re-
establishment of order, and the consolidation of a society
shaken to its very foundation. We must deplore this
conclusion, not only on account of tho confederacy of
North America, but likewise fur the sake of universal
civilization, which is interested in the direction taken by
a nation so highly placed."

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
(From The Sun of Ssturday Evening.)
There was no further change in Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. Sales 4,000 bags.—The Share-market was
animated. Dublin and Drogheda, 58 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 134 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 144 ;
Grand Junction, 214:k 2154 ; Ditto, Half, 1074 ; Great
Western, 141 ; Ditto, One-Fifth, 261 ; Hull and Selby,
66 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 51 ; London
and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 374 ; Ditto, Quarter, 26*;
London and York, 44 4 ; London and South-Western,
76+ 77 ; Lynn and Ely, 24 ; Manchester, Bolton, and
Bury, 1234 ; Midland Counties, 108 ; Newcastle and
Darlington, 794 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter,
124 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2+ 495.; Paris and Lyons,
595. 58s. 6d.; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 64 4 ;
Central of France, 12 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 44 4. '
The accounts, per Hibernia, relative to money matters
state:—" Prices are now lower than they have been for
at least fifteen years, and the currency of 1843 was
nearer a specie standard than it has ever before been.
So long as this standard is maintained, so long will
prices remain as at present quoted. The production of
our principal staples increases so fast that the supply
must have an influence on prices, and reduce them from
year to year; but this can be regulated according to the
quantity produced, and a much greater uniformity will
exist than during great fluctuations in the currency and
a depreciation in the circulating medium. By keeping
our circulating medium down to specie standard we
cheek foreign importations more than a high tariff would,
and the greater the similarity between the currency of
this country ansl those of Europe, the more we are able
to shut out their productions, and consume our own. An
inflated currency annuls the tariff, as all foreign manu-
facturers require, to enable them to contend successfully
with the protective features of our tariff, are high prices
in our market."
The amount of notes issued by the Bank of England
during the week to Saturday last was 27,528,8751., being
an increase of 21,080/. There is a corresponding in-
crease, as usual, in the bullion to the issue department,
and which, added to 113,256/. in the banking depart-
ment, gives the net increase at 134,3381. The public de-
posits continue to rise fast, being more by 932,7331., but
the private lodgments have been diminished.
The English Securities continue very firm, although
business has been dull, and there have heen one or two
sales made by an influential broker. Consols for imme-
diate transfer have realised 1004 to 1004 ; and for tike
101 to 4 ; Bank Stock is 207 'to 208, being an advance
again ; the Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are 102 k i;
and the Three per Cents. 994 to par ; Exchequer Bills
are rather heavy, at 595. to 575. premium.
Business in the Foreign Investments is dull also.
Spanish Three per Cents. are 354 4. Portuguese Con-
verted are steady at 554. Mexican Bonds have been
done at 364 4. Belgian Stock is worth 1021. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 63.
The Railway Shares have had a firm tone, and, owing
to the buoyancy of the market at Liverpool, prices rather
tend upwards.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 27.—Prince Gallitzen having visited
everything curious and interesting at Brussels, set out
yesterday for Paris.
MALIWES, Nov. 27.—yesterday, at two o'clock, the
ceremony of the benediction of the new bell of St.
Rombant took place in the great square of this city with
extraordinary magnificence and pomp—the bell receiving
the name of " Salvator," which was also the name of the
great bell which it was necessary to recast. The bene-
diction and baptism of the new great bell were performed
by the Cardinal Archbishop of Malines, accompanied by
a numerous body of the clergy, by the Metropolitan
Chapter, and by more than 250 young men belonging to
the seminary.
Baron de Steenhault, Burgomaster of Malines, was
godfather, and Madame de Bort, widow of a Burgo-
master of Malines, was godmother.
An immense crowd was present at the ceremony. The
fe;e was terminated by a splendid banquet given by the
Cardinal Archbishop, in the Archiepiscopal Palace, to
the ecclesiastical, civil, and military authorities.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 27.—The Chamber continued to-day
the debate on the ways and means.

HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nor. 20.
Bills. Money,
Austrian 5 per Cents. ••••••‘• 000000 0000000 •••••••••• 113
Bank 0000000 0000000000 1650

114%
Anglo-Russian Loan
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 1051% 103
Inscription, Ist series ....... .......... ........ - 15%
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop. and Co., 3d and 4th
Series ..... .............. .............
Ditto in Certificates .. . o— . •• 99%
New 4 per Cent. (1840 T......................
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. .........
Ditto 5 per Cent. -
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. -
Spanish. New 4 per C0nt5................ ..... -
Polish Bonds. .......... ........... .. ••••• -
New Tickets .... --

PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 207% 207 218
S per Cont. Reduced Annuities 997,;„ 100
Sper Cent. Coniols. Anne ........ !WNW/.
New 3)4 per Cent. Annuities .. we%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12 1-16 12
Bank Stock for Account ........ 201
..... 101
150. 114 d.

Is for Ai

Exchi

luer Bills.

... 5957 pm.
... 59 57 pm.
~. 59 57 pm.

Ditto

Ditto Advertised. •„•••••••, -
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl4
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ...... ..... ....•
Ditto for the Account .............."." 36%%
Ditto Deferred Stock•••.• ....•..... ....... •• lt. %/a
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per dent...............
Ditto Converted fs%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent, llB% 119
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 —
Oitto Three per Cent. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3534%
Dutch 234 per ent5.................... ....... ...,--ii. 63
PRICE.S..OE-SU AR RR •'r QILE nISLQI.III.•-•
- Bristol and Exeter '. ...,„.„.,•,,.., 70 .."..... 70 , ...... to
Bristol
and fi10uee5ter............. 313 ........ 35 ........ to
Cambridge
and Lincoln
Direct Northern .. .....
E istern Counties .............•......• 25 .••••••• 13N% •.. to .--
Edinburgh and Glasgow . ......... 50 62 .. ...... to
Grvat Southern and Western/
(Ireland)
Great Western •••••••••••••••••••••••• 75 vet ..... 142.11
London and 81ackwa1L.............. 16% ...... 6%
London and Brighton .....„•„,„., 50 ....Moo 48
London and South Western ..... 41% ...... 70 7834
London and Croydon
13% ••.... 16% •••.• to London and York ... ....• ..... 234 4%% ••• to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 ......... 60 .....
Rugby 1 ..... .... 1% .... to South Devon
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New -
York and North Midland ~„.„,•50 ........101
Ditto 34 5hare5.............. ..... 25 ..... .... 52
Ditto Scarbore' Branch.
.....
".. 61
Ditto Extension ........... .• ........
Boulogne and Arnie.. 2 ........ 4% .... to 5
Orleans and Vierzon ..... .. ..... 2
Orleans and Bourdeaux
Paris and Lyons.. 6% to 8
_ ••........• .........

The following are miscellaneous extracts from the

;.--zsnee says :—" w e can announce irom certain-
information that the projected marriage between Prince
George of Cambridge and the Giand Duchess Olga of
Russia is by no dieans abandoned."
" MM. de Cormenin, Garnier-PaOes, and de Lan-
juinais, arrived at Toledo on the 17th. They were pre-
sent at the religious ceremony of givin the benediction
to the colours of the reserve battalion of Tarragona."
The Journal de la Haye contains the following :
" A Flemish journal published in Brussels, under the
title of Vlaemsche Belgen, appears to doubt the truth of
our assertion, that General Espartero was at Brussels
when the English journals declared him to be ill in
London. We maintain what we have already asserted
on this subject. The ex-Regent passed eighteen hours
in Brussels ; and we could, if necessary, name the house
where he spent the night, and the persons whom he saw."

The States of Denmark having, by a large majority,
adopted a motion for a petition to the KING, as Duke of
Holstein and Schleswig, praying him to incorporate
those States with the kingdom of Denmark, several
towns of the Duchy of Holstein, forming part of the Ger-
manic Confederation, have sent addresses to the States
of Holstein, entreating them to resist this proposition.
THE BOURSE-7TnunsDAT, Nov. 28.

3
2
Paris end 20 ..... 4lq % to
Parnand R0uen........................ .
20 ........ 39.30
4 to
Rouen and Havre.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 29.-4Ve
have an improved feeling in our market to-day, and a fair
amount of business has been transacted at the following
quotations : London and York, 3:7 3 11.16 ; Sheffield
and Lincoln, l & 11-16 ; Churnets, 34 ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 4i ; Trent Valley, 78 ; London and Birming.
ham, New 321. Shares. 38 ; Paris and Lyons, V. ISs. 9d.;
Huddersfield Canal, 19.

lint Highest Lowest Last
Price. ce. rice.
French Five per Cents— • • 119 • • 119 10 .. 118 Price.
90 .• 118 90
Fours. ••••• 107 107 .. 107 •• 107
Three per Cents 83 55 .. 83 65 .. 83 40 .. 83 40
Bank of France. •••• 3141 ..3150 ..3145 3145
aflitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso2o .. $O2O ..5020 —4020
Belgian Bank ..• • •• • • • • • • • • 590 .. 690 .. 580 .. 585
,pa Threes • ...
Portubruee Five per Cents • . 11. b 4; .. 54! • • 34i
Datch Two and-a-Half .•••• 63 • • 63 .. 63 . 63
Neapolitan • • • • .• • • • • • 96. • • 96 10 .. 96 S 6 10

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS
Bank Stock ex dlv. 2i 8 Ditto &aids £1,000...... ... pm
3 per Cent. Red ....... ........ MO Ditto under X 1,008...... pm
per Cent. Cons. ........».. 180"7. South Sea Stock .........
)4 per Cent. Red Ditto Old Annuities ...
Niw 3U per Cent... ..................... Ditt)tiottoNeswmaAlln:e.s.
....
.. —57
pm.
New 5 per Cent. .....
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 ........ ...... 57 pwi lan. IWO
Oct. 1859 — Bank Stock for A.cct.... ‘203
Jan. IWO.. ..... ..
Indian Stock lndia '

104

• • 104

Roman •• •• 1041 .. 1043
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain... •••• •• •• •• •• 940 .. 940 .. 93S .. 935
Versailleo, ........•• 447 50 447 50 .. 442 50 .. 442 50
L. 8...•••• •••••• 320 .. 322 50 317 50 .. 317 50
Ronan ....................1010 - 1010 ..1007 50

4.7 50
Ronan to ilaYre•• •• ...... •• 785 .. 785 -. 782 50 .. 782 50
Orleans • ..
Strasburg to Bale— • • • . • • •• 27i 25 .• 277 50 .. 276 25 . 277 50
Avignon to Marseilles•..... 907 50 .. 920 . 907 50 .. 912 50

Stock for Acct.... --
.. FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 par Cent ......... !Russian, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent — :Ditto, Meta11ic.,„,.... ,
Buenos Ayres, 11 . _
Brazilian Bonds - i Spanish, 5 per Cent.
per Cent — ! , 846::: —,
1 Jitto, 1841 •..................... Cob:. Bonds, 6 per Cent..— — ' Ditto, 1842
t:tillian, , per Cent — Ditto 1843, _
•-rtionibian, 6 per Cent
Gr,yek, 18_5. 5 per Cent — Venezuela Bonds 2 per Ct...
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Exchange
Peruvian Bonds. 6 per Ct... Dutch, 2 —4 --c
% per Cent
...
Portuguese Bonds, S per Ct. Ditto, S per Cent —
SHARES
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)............ 5.7%
Bristol and Exeter (;0 paid) ........
..................... 70
Bristol dn d Gloucester, 30 paid ........................ 34%
Caledonian (5 paid) ..................% Cambridge and Lincoln, 1;4 paint.....""""""".
.................... 2%
Direct Northern, 2% paid
2%
Eastern Counties (2a paid)
... .......................... """"••••13%
Edinburgh and Glasgow, sit paid ......... ... ......... 12
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid
.., 8%
Great Western (75 paid)
1 4 1
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London arid Blackwall (101, 13s. 4d.)
London and Brighton (5o paid)
London and South Western (411. 66. hid, paid) so
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
3
London and Croydon
16%
London and York, 1% paid .....
Manchester and Birmingham
Midland (1(0 paid)
10518%
Newcastle and Darlington Junction, .21 paid .
Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid
... ...... 1214
Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid ......... 1%
South Devon, 10 paid ....................................... 10% South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ...... .., 38
Ditto, New Shares 4 paid..... ................. 11% York .nd North Midland (50 paid) .......................... 103%
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ......... .. ...... ......... 52
Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid •
32
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid
68
Diro Ext,nsion ...... ••• ..... . ...... .... l3
Bonlogne and Amiens •••
plid .... 5
Orleans and Vierzon,l2 pa 11
Orleans and Bourdeaux, (paid
Paris and Lyons, 2 paid .........
Pais and Orleans (211 paid)
Paris and Rouen, '2n pai .. 4l % 4
d
N

RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dec 3.
Versailles, R. 8...
L.B . 322 50 .. 322 50 .. 315 .. 315
Rouen to 11arre.......••••• 787 50 787 50 785 785
Orleans ....
Strasburg to Bale—. ..•• •. 277 50 277 50 .. 277 50 . 277 50
Avignon to Marseilles.— 905 .. 920 .. 905 915

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SUNDAT.—Yesterday the Queen and the
' Royal Family did not leave the precincts of tilt:
Castle, owing to the reception of the melancholy
news of the demise of her Royal Highness the
Princess Sophia Matilda. The mournful intelligence
reached the Castle on Friday evening, before dinner,
and the military band, and her Majesty's private band,
were in consequence countermanded.
This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the
royal visitors, and the domestic household, attended
Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle.
The Hon. and Rev. Charles L. Courtenay officiated.
Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) has re
lieved Colonel Arbuthnot in the duty of Equerry in
*Waiting on the Queen, and Major-General Sir Edward
Bowater has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde in
the duty of Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.
The Royal Family were taken for their accus-
tomed early airings to-day.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re-
ceived the news of the unexpected demise of her
Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda on
Saturday morning, while on a visit to Mr. Sloane
Stanley, at his seat, Paultons, Hants. The Royal
Duke immediately took his departure for his resi-
dence at Kew.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester House.
The Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household, has arrived in town in conse-
quence of the death of her Royal Highness the
Princess Sophia Matilda.
A deputation of the British Guiana Lean Trustees,
consisting of Mr. Colvile, Mr. Cavan, Mr. Cave, and
Mr. Barkly, had an interview with Lord Stanley on
Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
The Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests
had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday.
The gentlemen connected with the Railway Depart-
ment of the Board of Trade attended at the office for
the reception of the plans of the proposed new rail-
ways until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, it being
the last day that they could be received.
Mr. W. H. Moore had an interview with Lord
Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
Sir David Davies returned to his residence, Berke-
ley-street, Berkeley-square, on Saturday evening,
from Whitley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of
her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederi( k Trench
attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached
the sermon. The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquises
of Headfort and Northampton, Lord and Lady
Wharncliffe, and Lord Saye and Sele, attended the
daily service yesterday. Prayers were read by the
Rev. Dr. Dakins, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr.
Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Sleath.

Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening for
the Governors of New South Wales and South Aus-
tralia, and also for the Governors of British Guiana
and the West India Colonies, from the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
on Saturday. Mr. Teed, Q.C., was heard on an
appeal from Lower Canada, " Perry v. Gugy." Mr.
Charles Buller was heard in support of the judgment
of the Court of Appeals.
Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., was afterwards beard on
an appeal from Madras, " Kerahoose v. Serie." Mr.
Teed, Q.C., followed. Judgment was not given.
The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls,
Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Ad-
miralty Court.

DEATH OF HER ROYAL HIGH
NESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA MATILDA.

This amiable and benevolent Princess expired at
her mansion on Blackheath, on Friday morning, after
a short illness. Her Royal Highness had been un-
well at intervals for some time past. The la:nented
Princess was in the 72d year of her age, having
been born on the 23d of May, 1773, and was sister
to the late Duke of Gloucester.

Her Royal Highness had resided many years in
the parish of Greenwich, and was the Ranger of
Greenwich Park.

The poor and afflicted have lost a sincere friend
and benefactor. Her Royal Highness, it is well
known, expended a large portion of her income in
works of charity, and was first in patronising all
subscriptions for the benefit of deserving ob ects, not
only in her own immediate locality, but elsewhere.
As_,Ranger of the Park thQ Princess was always so-
ucitous to anon'. accommodation to the residents of
the neighbourhood, as well as the public generally.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The fourth representa-
ti..n of Belfe's grand opera of The Dauyhttr of St.
Mark attracted, on Saturday evening, one of the most
crowded audiences ever in this theatre, hundreds being
turned away from the doors. IVe are led to understand
that in the grand procession, which terminates the second
act, there are nearly 500 people employed.
Sir Samuel Brown proceeded to Dieppe on
Saturday, in order to submit to the inhabitants of that
place a plan for a fixed breakwater inside the harbour,
by which vessels would be enabled to enter at any time.
It was most favourably received, and there is every
prospect of its being carried into execution.—Brighton
Herald.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS Or
NIECKLENBURGII STRELITZ.—We have reason to believe
that their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz will pro-
long their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
until the commencement of May next. It is understood
that the Grand Duchess's accouchement may be expected
early in January next. We understand that it was the
particular wish of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge that their daughter should be
confined in this country ; and it has been solely with
that object in view that her Royal Highness an.d her
Illustrious Consort have made so protracted a residence
liore. It is needless to remark that the Hereditary
Grand Duke and his family cordially acceded to the
natural desire of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
We hear that, owing to the limited conveniences pos-
sessed at Cambridge House, the interesting event will
not take place there ; and as her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Glom-ester has offered apartments to her
Royal niece at Gloucester House, it is most probable
the Grand Duchess will be confined at that residence.
The Queen had, it is said, offered apartments for the
Grand Duchess at Buckingham Palace, as her Majesty
and court do not contemplate leaving Windsor Castle
before the first week in March.
Dover has never been so full of company at this
season of the year as at the present time. Nearly all
the principal houses are engaged and occupied by fami-
lies of distinction. Among the more recent engagements
are the Earl of Kentnare, Lord Boston, Lady Went-
worth, the Hon. William Burrell, Mr. Jonathan Peel,
Mr. C. B. Bewick, &c. &c.—Dover Chronicle.
After a successful herring season our boats have
been laid up in order to be prepared for the mackarel
season, which will commence about Christmas. The
most money made by any one boat has been 430/.—the
lowest sum, about 1501. The number of boats employed
were fifteen.—Brighton Herald.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING.—A serious explo-
sion of gunpowder occured in Limekiln-lane, Rock
Ferry, about half-past eight o'clock this morning. It ap-
pears that the ship Fairfield, belonging to Messrs.
Charles Lawrence and Son, of this town, arrived from
Ichaboe yesterday morning, and was towed into the river
by one of the steam-tugs. She had on board one barrel
of gunpowder, weighing about 201 b., and also 41b. loosely
wrapped in paper. One of the laws fur the regula-
tion of the port enacts, that no vessel shall be allowed
to enter the river or docks with any gunpowder on
board, but shall depo-it it at the magazines. The boat
which should have waited on the Fairfield, for the pur-
pose of taking the powder to the magazines, did not
conic, and consequently it was put on board the tug and
landed at Birkenhead, the mate of the Fairfield, whose
Mille is Cat rington, undertaking to have it safely kept
on the premises of his father, Mr. Richard Carrington,
Custom-house broker, in Limekiln-lane, Rock Ferry.
The cask was put into an out house along with the
powder in the paper, and this morning the youngest
child, a fine boy, between seven and eight years old, got
to it, and it is supposed that by some means he was the
cause of its ignition. A terrific explosion took place, by
which the out-house was entirely levelled to the ground,
and the back and front windows of the house totally de-
stroyed, besides doing considerable damage in other re-
speets. The boy, who is supposed to have caused the
explosion, was seriously hurt, and a servant was also
injured.

-VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGIITON,-.-It is ru-
moured that her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, will
proceed to the Pavilion, at Brighton, for a short visit to
the Sussex coast, previously to the departure for the Con-
tinent of her Majesty's illustrious relatives, salt water
baths having been recommended to the reigning Duke
of Saxe Coburg.
Lord and Lady Ashley, who were to have left
town on Saturday, have remained on purpose to attend
the public meeting at Willis's Rooms, to-day, on
behalf of the Society for the Protection and Employ-
ment of the Distressed Needlewomen, and for Clothing
the Poor. Lord Ashley will be supported on that occa-
sion by a number of the nobility and gentry anxious to
lessen the evils under which the needlewomen suffer.
ADVANCE OF WAGES.--We understand that the
workers at the cotton mill at Fintry, under the manage-
ment of William Service, Esq., received an advance of
wages, at last payment, of 10/. per cent. without solici-
tation.—Stirling Journal.
POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—NearIy nine hun-
dred money orders were issued and paid at the Money
Order-office, Liverpool, last Monday. This is about
the total number that used formerly (say six years ago)
to be issued in three months.

Mr. Thomas Campbell's pension of IH4/. a year
has been bestowed, we hear, upon mi. Patrick Fraser