The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-01 00:00:00

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1.0.1D0N, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1845.

The hostile feeling towards England, which animates
many of the writers in the French Opposition journals,
occasionally leads them into strange vagaries. In the
bitterness of their resentment for supposed injuries, and
in the overflowing of national prejudices directed against
their nearest neighbours, they confound right with
wrong, forget the very history of their own country,
and make assertions which the most common observer
sees at a glance tell infinitely more against France
than England. The National but the other day drew
up a fearful catalogue of the losses which Great
Britain had sustained in North America in 1782,
and the acquisitions made by the United States both
at that period and afterwards. These are facts
known in history ; they are honourable to the Anglo-
Saxon character, and only show that the spirit which per-
vaded their ancestors was still cherished by the WASHING-
TONS, and JEFFERSONS, and MUNROS, and that the Eng-
lish were compelled to yield to that spirit, not so much
from the power of the young and exhausted republic, as
friin the sacred principles of justice and liberty, and the
cordial *probation which the noble deeds of these pa-
triots received from a vast proportion of the British
people. England lost her dominion over these pro-
-vineel, but liberty was established--a fresh barrier
vitas raised against despotic and monarchical Go-
vernments her trade with the independent
States continued undisturbed, and on the whole
she gained infinitely more than she lost by the American
Revolution. It is singular, that in making statements
of this description, for the purpose of humiliating this
country and cheering on the Americans to pursue their
vietories, the French writer should have utterly forgotten
'he exhibitions which France has made in regard to her
colonies, her trade, and her commerce, since the middle
of the seventeenth century. No country in the world,
if we except helpless and effete Spain, ruled by
women and priests, has suffered such colonial
losses as the mighty kingdom of France ; and
one of these losses, the greatest of all, was
matained, or rather promoted, by the idol
of the war party in France—the man who looked to
..hips and colonies as the only substantial means for
onquerin,g England, or, at all events, of sharing with
her the dominion of the seas. The French kings
of the CAPET race did a great deal in that
_respect for France. They established colonies,
some of them of the most noble description.
}read we mention Pondicherry, and Lower Canada,
and Louisiana ? Never was there a more thriving set-
tlement, nor one so likely to benefit France, as Pondi-
ehery was about the year 1750. French settlers
ware trading with the natives, commerce was
increasing daily, and the shipping and commerce
of France felt the beneficial consequences ; yet
all , these were sacrificed, not from any love of
liberty or any noble sentiment whatever, but from sheer
mismanagement and national apathy. Quebec and all its
dependencies were lost somewhat in the same way; but
what are we to say of Louisiana ? It was settled,
we believe, under the reign of Louis XIV., and
promised fair to be one of the noblest
colonies in the world. After many negotiations with
the Court of Spain, who claimed it as a portion of her
domain in the now world, it was finally ceded to France,
and handed over to NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, when First
Cousal. What did he do ? lie imitated the profligate son

of jszon, and "sold his birthright for a mess of pottage."
He wanted money to fit out his new domestic establish-
!
ment as Emperor, and sold the right of France to a
rich country, extending for 2,000 miles in length and
650 in breadth, producing everything that France
most required. No acquisition could have
been so valuable in every respect, and, though
England in the course of the war might have
seized New Orleans, and formally taken possession of
the country, at the general peace, it would to a certainty
have been restored. Yet, fiy- BONAPARTE'S base and
selfish act, it was lost to France for ever : her only
hold on the American continent was gone, and
thcl finest opportunity for creating shipping and
colonies, and a powerful royal navy, was sacri-
ficed for the paltry consideration of 400,000
dollars, It would be impossible to point out any
one instance of more egregious political folly; yet M.
THIERS, the blind worshipper of NAPOLEON, finds no
fault with him for the transaction, but, spends all hie
eulogies on the deeds of his hero at Austerlitz,
and Jena, and the conquests he made on the Continent,
which speedily vanished like the morning mist. NA-
POLEON was the greatest enemy France ever had,
and had she suffered no other losses than that
of Louisiana, ought, for that deed alone, to be
execrated by every good Frenchman. We advise,
therefore, these instigators of war between England and
America to look at home, and mind their own affairs.
They will find that, though England has lost much
colonial territory, she still has more than she
really wants, and that France, in that re-
spect, is reduced to the very lowest ebb among
the nations of Europe. We called the attention of these
fire-eaters some days ago to the humiliating condi-
tion in which the French Chamber of Deputies placed
themselves by refusing the insolent demand of one mil-
lion sterling made by America. The Siecle, no friend to
England, admits the truth of our remarks in these
words :

" We shall take no part in the dispute ; all that we have to
do is to state facts, and, if possible, prevent a collision. We
are far from depreciating the interests engaged in the Oregon
question, and if it should be settled by a war, it is well
known on what side our good wishes would be ; but it ap-
pears to us that the affair of twenty-five millions %of francs
demanded from France has proved that American democracy
can push its demands beyond what is just. We admire the
enterprising boldness of this republic, and sincerely desire its
grandeur, but we must not accustom it to think that its
equity is to have no other standard than itsown pretensions."

The Opposition and Ministerial journals are occupiad
with letters on the state of the relations of France with
ResAs and long comments on them. The Constitutionn(l
began the attack, accusing Captain PAGE, sent out to
the Plata on a special mission, fur neglecting his duty
and suffering himself to be duped by the artifices of
RosAs, and his daughter. But the Const:tutionnel rec-
koned without its host. Captain PAGE, in a spirited
letter, denies every word of the statements put forth.
We subjoin that letter, with the comments of the
Journal dcs Debats, which may be useful in explaining
some of the mysterious proceedings in that quarter.
Captain PAGE addressed the following letter to the Con-
st tuticnnel

We trust that the Liberals of Hertfordshire mean to
make some effort to prevent the representation of their
county from passing quietly, if pass it must, from Lord
GRDISTON to another Peelite. The Hertford Mercury
has named a number of gentlemen who ought to be
looked to by the Liberal party upon this occasion, and
among them Mr. BRAND (who has old and strong claims
on the county), Sir BULWER Lyrrost, Mr. SPENCER
COWPER, and Mr. BLAKE, formerly Member for New-
port. Where there is such abundance of likely candi-
dates, it will be hard, indeed, if no candidate turns up.
At such a time as this no county—even where the
chances are much worse than any one can pretend to
Consider them in Hertfordshire—should be suffered to
go uncontested. Lord Joart RUSSELL'S and Lord MOR-
PETH'S letters have suddenly dashed away the distinc-
tion between Whigs and Free-traders. The cause of
the Anti-Corn-law League is now the cause cf the whole
Liberal party. A week ago there might have been jea-
lousies, and shades of opinion in the party ; that is now
at an end—we hope and believe for ever. When Lcrd
MORPETH has sent his subscription for Mr. COEDEN'S vote-
making machinery, we do not expect to hear ever again
objections to League interference from Whig mouths; and
Mr. COBDEN has made the amende honourable to
Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Whigs for all that he
may ever have said distasteful to their feelings. Let
Hertfordshire then seize the opportunity, and be, as
she may be, the first county to show the bread-tax Mi-
nister the determined union of the whole Liberal party
against the starvation laws, to which his Cabinet have
nailed their colours. The battle may not be won; but
a victory now for corn-laws and famine will carry no
joy to the heart of Sir ROBERT PEEL.
If we remember right, Mr. BAKER, a Hertfordshire
farmer, has been one of the orators at the great League
meetings in Covent-garden. We should like- to have
proof furnished of the extent to which the knowledge
disseminated by the League, with such untiring perse-
verance, and on so many various ways—by lecturers,
orators, public meetings, tracts—has told among the
farmers. There is no knowing this till one tries. Con-
tests bring out convert& A contest now may ensure
victory at the next election, if it is not within reach at
this moment. Defeats beget resolutions and energy
for the future. Besides, when we hear on all sides of
Tories flinging party overboard, and proclaiming them-
selves free-traders, there is no saying how many unex-
pected recruits may come, when the issue of the con-
test will be famine or free-trade. By all means Hert-
fordshire should be fought.
Another eletion is impending, also, in the borough of
Woodstock, where about four hundred Englishmen, in-
vested with the elective franchise, as a trust to be exer-
cised for their country, have twice, within the last
eighteen months, written themselves slaves of the Duke
of MARLBOROUGH, and are now called upon a third time
to do the same. Is there no hope, in this crisis, of,
something better even at Woodstock ? Is there no
shame among these four hundred freemen ? Past pro-
ceedings have shown that there is no shame in the dege-
nerate Nobleman who domineers over their consciences.
But we cannot believe that the electors of Woodstock do
not pant for deliverance from the disgraceful thraldom in
which the Duke of MARLBOROUGH has held them ; and
we could wish to see some man of spirit giving them the
opportunity, and going to beard this ducal lion in his
den. The once glorious name of CHURCHILL is knee n
now to stink in Woodstock. The Duke's electoral serfs
are most unwilling slayes. If an opposing candidate were
to appear, all political questions might possibly be
merged in the question of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S
personal unpopularity. But even as to politics, rotten
potatoes may teach the Woodstock electors much. If
Lord ALAN CHURCHILL, the Duke's nominee, will not
promise to help to give them • cheap bread, he should
have the full benefit of their rotten potatoes.

Gross as have been many of Lord LYNDHURST'S pre-
vious jobs, we doubt whether his last is not his worst.
One of the Commissionerships of Lunacy, created by the
Act of last session, with a salary of 1,500/. a-year sad a
retiring pension (all this emolument was argued to be
necessary in order to secure the services of first-rate
barristers), has been filled up by the appointment of a
Mr. CAMPBELL, who is a briefless barrister of some nine
years' standing on the Northern Circuit, and the expla-
nation of whose appointment is that he is a natural son
of a late Pcer. We had hoped that the Reform Act had
done for the system of making the public pay for aristo-
cratic indiscretions by blows. We still hope that it has
found its last upholder in the present Lona CHAN-
cELLOR. There is only one word for this appointment,
and that word is disgraceful. Mr. C..MPBELL has been
jobbed into an appointment for which certain
members of the bar have strong claims—viz., those of
the former Metropolitan Commissioners of Lunacy, who
were not included in the selection for the smaller num-
ber of Commissioners created by the Act of last session.
If none of these gentlemen were to have it, then many
distinguished members of the bar would have been glad
of it. It is an office much better paid than those of
police magistrates. or assistant poor-law commission-
ers, or inspectors of prisons;—and distinguished mem-
bers of the bar are candidates for all these offices.
When Lord Jons RUSSELL said of the Lord Chan-
cellor, that he received the best pay and did the least
work of all the Ministers, we presume he did not in-
clude his job-work. Lord MELBOURNE had some time
before traced Lord LYNDHURST'S mode of using his
talents to a certain infernal personage ; but he beats his
supposed instructor hollow—

I have read in your number of to-day a recital entirely
fabulous, relating to the presentation of letters which accre•
dited me to General Roses, Governor of Buenos Ayres. lam
perfectly aware, Mr. Editor, that every man who has the
honour of being called upon to serve the King's Govern-
ment in La Plata must expect the most injurious attacks
from a system of falshood and calumny which has for years
been organised in order to delude Europe, and draw it into
unjustifiable measures. I, however, owe, to the dignity of an
officer commanding one of the King's ships, and charged
with a special tuis,,ion to declare—first, that the letter which
you have published was delivered by myself into the hands of
his Excellency M. Arena, Minister fur Foreign Affairs of the
Argentine Confederation, to be fully and entirely communi-
cated to his Excellency General Roses, according to the
orders I bad received ; secondly, that this letter was re-
turned to me by M. Arena himself, and that it is still in my
possession ; thirdly, that at the time of the presentation of
this letter, and of my first audience of General Roses, I had
never in my life seen Donna Manuelita, his daughter ; con-
sequently I give.the most formal contradiction to whoever
may dare to repeat or maintain the truth of the fable you
have published as to the pretended intervention of Donna
Manuelita in the presentation of the letters which accredited
me to the Governor of the Argentine Confederation."

The attack made by the Const:tutionnel calls forth a
severe reply from the Government paper, and reminds
M. THIERS of his boasting on the Syrian affair. " What
were the wishes of the French Government," says the
Journal des Debate, "in accordance with that of Great
Britain ? It wished to establish peace on both sides of
the Plata ; it wished to put an end to a war at variance
with the general interests of commerce, and to acts of
hostility contrary to existing treaties. But it did not,
nor does it now, wish to overturn the Government of
Buenos Ayres ; it never had any motive for private ani-
mosity against the man who is its legal and acknowledged
chief ; it was never within its intentions any more than
within its tastes to interfere in the internal affairs of
the Argentine Republic, nor to substitute any other
authority for that which was established. The Govern-
ment then was right, before resorting to an armed inter-
vention, to endeavour to gain its end by pacific mediation,
It desired nothing better than to see ROSAS voluntarily
accept the mediation of the two powers, instead of beinp,
obliged to use compulsion. To re-establish peace by
force upon the banks of the River Plata was an un
grateful task for both Governments, and even for the
military and naval forces employed in it. Little, very
little glory was to be gained by it, and the disdainful
attitude of the sailors of the two countries, amidst the
contests of these two pitiable republics, of these
questionable nationalities, sufficiently prove the
estimate they make of them. Had they no other object
than to save the expenditure of money and exertion,
which might be better employed, the endeavours of the
French Government to bring the question to a pacif.c
resolution would be more than sufficiently justified. The
intervention will be carried, we do not doubt, to such an
extent us circumstances may render it necessary. This
is a question which the two Governments reserve to
themselves the right of deciding upon. But, throughout
the whole affair, the French Government has nothing to
disavow, nothing to regret. It has first tried con-
ciliatory means, before having recourse to coercion.
Is not this better than the reverse ? Is not acting thus
more worthy a Government like that of France than to
begin with menaces, and then recal them?—to send a
fleet the moment of negotiating, and then withdraw it
when the time of fighting is come? We do not wish to
make a great noise about the expedition to La Plata,
but we candidly ask, is it not at least worth the cam-
paign in Syria ?"
The following statement of facts, which we find in
Galignani, shows the deplorable state of the law oflibel in
France :

"Several of the journals complain in strong terms of a
recent decision of the Court of Caseation. The Constitu-
tinnnet had published a rather severe criticism upon a
tragedy by M. Loyau de Lacy, and had refused to in-
sert the defence of that gentleman in the way that he
desired. Application was made to the tribunals to compel
rthe Constitutionnel to comply with what M. Loyau and
his professional advisers considered to be the law, and

Ii When the Devil was sick,
The Devil a monk would be."

But in sickness, and at a time of life when sickness
might be supposed to occasion serious retrospection,
Lord LYNDHURST does not cease to job.

We have received Madrid journals of Ihe 22d and 23d.
The election for Deputies to supply the places of mem-
bers appointed to Government offices was going on favour.
ably for the Government. At Cadiz, Valladolid, and several
other towns the Ministerial candidates were at the head
of the lists. This is extremely probable—indeed it is
beyond doubt. NARVAEZ has so arranged matters that
elections in Spain resemble very much county meetings
in England, as described by the Duke of WELLINGTON.
The Opposition, however, propose to make a show of
resistance by nominating PACIIEGRO as a candidate for
the Presidency of the Cortes, but they may save them-
sehes the trouble. On the 23d the Three per Cents.
were done at 35 at GO days, and the Fives at 24i for the
same period.

The sudden rise in the Paris Stock and Share-market,
which took place on Thursday, continued throughout
the whole of Friday, and on Saturday morning, prices
appeared rather firm ; but towards two o'clock every-
, thing gave way, and a heavy fall ensued, though prices
remained considerably better than they had been about
the middle of the week. The Three per Cents. rose to
82f. 15c., on Saturday, and the Elves to 117 f. 15c., but
the former closed at 87f. 70c., and the latter at
116 f. 75c. Shares in several of the railways also
fell considerably, but we hear of no serious fail-
ures, and anticipate a wore settled state of business,

which declares that any person attacked by a journal in
a way injurious to his character, interests, or reputation, shall
-have the right of reply ; but it was decided by the Cour
Royale that a eriticism upon a literary production, in which
there is no personal animus against the author, is not of the
nature of attack for which a remedy is provided by law. On
an appeal to the supreme court this decision was reversed.
and it was declared that a simple designation of the name of
an author gives him an absolute right of reply, which the
offending journal is bound to insert. It may readily be con-
ceived that this decision has caused great surprise, and given
much annovance to the public press."
" The Tra' peur announces as a certainty that the adjudi-
cation of the Lyons and Avignon railroad will take place on
January 15.
" The Moniteur contains a royal ordonnance ratifying
the adjudication of the Paris and Strasbourg and the Tours
and Nantes Railroads."

On Saturday the Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 70e. ;
the Five per Cents. at 116 f. 75c.; the Orleans Railroad
Shares, 1,105 f. ; Rouen, 8901.; Northern, 660 f. ; 715 f. ;
Avignon, 830 f. ; Vierzon, 6001; Bordeaux, 5601. ; Boulogne,
4801. ; Troyes and Montereau, 415 f. ; Basle, 2251. ; Fampoux,
475 f.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55%.

The following are the quotations for other lines
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), sf. premium; ditto
(Calon), par; ditto (Ganneron), par; ditto (Lapinsonniere),
par • Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), par; ditto ( Hin-
guerlot), 498 f. 50c.; ditto (Bechet), 499 f.; ditto (Ay-
mard), 498 f.; Tours and Nantes ( Mackenzie), par; ditto
(Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 4991. 50c.; ditto (Le-
fevre), 499 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talalsot), 501 f. ;
ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par;
Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta),
5091. ' • Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par; ditto (Ca-
rette), par; ditto (Colbert), par; Charleroi (Kysaens), 4701.;
Caen (Delaniarre), lf.

MARSEILLES, NOY. 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 875 f.
Boulogne, 520 f. ; Vierzon, 662 f. 50e. ; Orleans and Bor.
Beaux, 605 f,; Northern, 65f.

LYONS, Nov. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 842 f. 50c.;
Paris and Orleans, 1,125 f.; Paris and Rouen, 922 E 50c.;
Orleans and Vierzon, 622 f. 50c.; Northern, 665 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 29.
Anglo-Belgian — Mauritius
Boulogne and Amiens.. 71/2 Namur and Liege I3A
Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzou

Do, & Cette(Espe!eta)

Do. (Mackenzie's) —
Callao, Lima, and Pa-
cific Coast
Central of Spain .. 3,
Ceylon .
I)emerara
Dendre Valley ......

Dutch Rheni;ll
Dieppe & Paris Janet.
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian ........

-
%

Varnpoux & Hazebrouk
Grt Northern of Franco
Constituted lO%
Do. Pepin lc Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons l%
Great Western Bengal
Great Western Canada 33/4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction

Do. North Midland
Do. Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemappe
Lyons and Avignon —
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valencia —

Orleans and Bordeaux 914

Over Yssel
Paris& Lyons (Lailitte) 1
Ditto (Gauneron's). 2%
Ditto (Caloa's)
Ditto (Sud Est)
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 35

Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Aymard's) 134
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 1%
. -. „

Paria and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre......
Royal North of Spain.
ISanibre and Meuse .... 33%
'Strasburg and Basle ...
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and llasselt...
'Fours and Nantes

1 (Mackenzie's) —
Do. ( Lefebvre's) —
Do. (O'Neill's) —
Trinidad —
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders 23%

The Earl and Countess of Sandwich left town on
Saturday, on a visit to Viscount and Viicountess Sydney, at
Frognal-lodge, Kent.
Earl and Countess Cowper, accompanied by
Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. William
Cowper, arrived at Pansanger, near Hertford, on Saturday
bksr, from Sandringham, the Hon. C. Spencer Cowper's seat
near Lynn.
By the demise of the Right Hon. Lady Lillias
Oswald, formerly of Auchincruive, in Ayr, North Britain,
but late of Lausanne, in Switzerland, the sum of 30,0001.,
part of the life interest which her Lady ship enjoyed from the
residuary estate under the will of her late husband, Richard
Alexander Oswald, Esq., reverts to his grand-daughter, then
Miss Lindsey, now Mrs. de Blonay (wife of Godefroy de Blo-
nay, Esq.). The will of her Ladyship, who died in Septem-
ber last, has just been proved by her executors, by which
she has also left her property and contingent right under her
late husband's will, principally amongst hia relatives, and
has appointed Mrs, de Money tier residuary legatee and one
of her executors. Her personal property in England was
sworn under 6,0001.

The Marquis :and Marchioness of Lansdowne do
not intend to receive company at Bowood Park until Christ..
mas. The Noble Marquis, on his arrival at Bowood on
Friday afternoon, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of
Smerset, at Wimbledon Park, had the gratification to learn
that his daughter, Lady Louisa Howard, ball, on the previous
day, given birth to a son, and, with her infant, was as well as
could be desired.

Earl and Countess De Grey, who arrived at Bath
from Wrest Park, Beds, the week before last, do not intend
to come to town before the end of February. It was arranged
that the Earl and Countess were to entertain a large party at
Wrest, but the Noble Earl had a return of his troublesome
complaint, which caused his hasty departure for Bath.
MEETING OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE IN
FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE.—The Leeds Mercury states that
the free-traders of the West Riding have determined to pre-
sent a requisition to the High Sheriff to convene a public
meeting of the Riding with as little delay as possible, to
consider the propriety of petitioning her Most Gracious M.
jesty to call Parliament together without loss of time, for
the purpose of removing immediately all legislative restric-
tions on the free importation of artlcles of food into this
country, and to caose such other measures to be taken as
she in lter wisdom may be pleased to direct for providing an
adequate supply of food for the people of this country. To
this requisition are already attached the signatures of Sir
Francis Lindley Wood, Bart. ; Francis llawksworth
Fawkes, Esq. ;-IV. B. Wrightson, Esq., M.P. ; Charles
Wood, Esq., M.P. ; Jas. G. Marshall, Esq. ; T. W. Tottie,
Esq. ; Hauler Stansfeld, Esq. ; Edward Baines, Esq. ;
Fred. Schwann, Esq.

Direct Manchester

Tilt! SUN, LONDON', MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 1, 1845

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CIVY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a dull market for Cotton at Liverpool on Satur-
day. Sales only 1,000 bags, at previous rates.
The fdet that a very large amount of bullion has been
transmitted to the Irish and Scotch Banks previously to the
new Act relative to them coming into operation on the
6th instant, has scarcely been taken into account, in
considering the diminution in the stocks of the pre-
cious metals recently held by the Bank of England. For
Scotland alone, it is represented by a correspondent
of the Times (a Scottish banker), that 2,000,000% in gold
and silver must hereafter be kept in the coffers of the banks
of that portion of Great Britain. We have before stated that
a very inconsiderable amount of bullion would be required
for exportation to the Continent, to pay for grain sent here,
and for the especial good reason that the stocks on hand there
are not over-abundant. But even were such to be the fact,
the managers of the Corporation would be pleased to be eased
of two or three millions in this way, as they have an
im-
mense quantity of gold and silver on hand beyond their
requirements.
The last instalment of the loan guaranteed by Parliament
for carrying on public works in Canada has been called for.
The amount required is 60,0001., which will complete the
total sum that was allotted by the Legislature for the pur-
poses in question. The contract is too small to affect the
Money-Market in any way. Tenders are to be made for it
on Friday next. The last bargain in loan made was at 110.
It is held almost exclusively by rich men, and transactions in
it are of very rare occurrence.
The period having now passed for the deposit of plane,
sections, &c. with the Board of Trade, no time should be lost
on the part of the " promoters"—of ommittees, whether of
" management" or " provisional'—to call meetings of those
interested, and to provide the funds for liquidating
all claims upon them. By the Act of last session, all such
" promoters, ' or by any other name whatsoever designated,
are held responsible for all expenses incurred. And it is
truly ludicrous to find men, who for months have permitted
their names to figure among lists of provisional committees,
now gravely informing the public by means of an advertise.
ment, that his or their names were used without sanction,
and that they have " withdrawn " from them. Such indi,
viduals will, without question, find that the parties who have
claims upon committees of management will not let them off
so easily as appears to be contemplated. An example ought,
and must be made, of parties who, while premiums could be
obtained for scrip, said not a word about their names having
been used without sanction, but when an adverse state of

things occurs, endeavour to sneak out of the responsibilities
they have incurred.

There are tao arrivals of importance to-day in the City.
The Funds have been rather more firm to-day. Consols
for Account have advanced to 954, and for Money 95. There
is, however, not much business doing. Exchequer-bills have
fluctuated only from 19s. to 21s. premium. India Bonds
are at 38s. premium,:and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are at 95% %.
For the Foreign Funds a quiet market has prevailed to-
day. SpanistrActives have been in request at 27% ; and the
Three per Cents. at 3E%. ale Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are firm at 58%; and the Four per Cents. Certificates
are at 02. Mexican Stock opened at 301,2, and is now at
31. The Portuguese Four per Cents. have advanced from
55% to 57.
The Railway Share Market is in an excited state this
morning. Of the vast number of projects deposited regu-
larly, not a moiety is expected to pass the standing orders.
oNE. CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Reduced 93%% 93%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 947 % 95 95
New 314 per Cents ... 95%% 95%
India Bonds, 1,0001 -7
Ditto under 1,0001... 3B 38
south Sea Stock
I)itto New Annuities
Consols for Account ..... 951 95 9514

~.xchequer Bills, 1,0004 Phd 1921
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

oXE
O'CLOCK

93%
95
pm. 21
pm. 19
pm. 21
CLOSING
PIM ES

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837
Ditto, Account 30% 31
Ditto, Deferred 16%
Ditto Account 57
Russian Bonds ............
Spanish .5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 27%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto Deferred 1534
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...........« 36%
Ditto. Account
Dividends on the above payable iu London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent —f. —c. SU. 25c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 70c.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 92%

17%

112%
27%
27%
6%
15:1
363 A
37%

London, Hounslow, and
_ Western ...

Lond. & S. W.,stern 411 64 10d
Do. New Consol. Bths 20
Do. New
1)o. New
London & South Essex 23A ......
London and York 2l/1 3l/141/4
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ... 21/2......
Londonderry& Coleraine 5 ...... 6 ......
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 5
Lynn and
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds... 76
Ditto 1/. Shares
Do. Quarters —
Do. Sixteenths ... 4U
Manchester and Birmtn. 40
Do. Quarters —
Do. New Quarters
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction
M:mcliester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... 2%34 p 3%s P
Manchester, 13irm., and
Mould Junction .. ... — —
Manchester and Rugby
Direct —
_ _

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
::.I.ILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Aberdeen,Banff; & Elgin
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush ..... . 1%,
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%
Belfast & Count? Down 2%
Bideford andTavistock... Ix —
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New 171,E —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
ttirmingham & Leicester
Direct —
Boston, Stainfd, & firm. 22s —
Bridgewater& Minehead 425. ... ..
Bristol and Exeter 7O ....,.. 80 ...
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Briztol and Liver. June . 2%......
Buckinghamshire
aledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3% 3%
Do. New ... l% 2% ........ ...... 2%
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% —
Canterbury and Dover.. I% — •••• • -
Central Kent 2l/i ......
Chehnsford and Bury... 1% — ...
Chester and Holyhead... 15
•
Chester and Manchester 425.
Chelteahant and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction 5
Cork Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 2%
Cork and Waterford ... 11/ —
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester 14......

gi%

Manchest. & Southampt. 2 -2% 2%
M.dland 100 .....137 135 140 l4O
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 110
Midld. & East. Counties 1%......
Midland Great Western
(Irish)
Do. Extens. to Sligo... 23/4 — ..... .
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 2.5 ...... 49 50
Do. New Brandling... 15
Newcastle and Berwick 5
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo -
Newcastle, Durham, and
Lancashire Junction... 1%...... ...
Newport & Abergavenny 2%......
New Ross and Carlow... 22s -
Newry and Enniskillen. 2% . .....
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston
Norfolk Extension —
North British
Do., New
Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1%
Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 5 —
North Devon
North of Norfolk ... - ........
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 12%
Do. New
N. Kent & Direct Dover 2%.... 2% 2%
North Staffordshire 425....- 3% 3 p........ 3 p
North Wales -
North and South Wales -
and Worcester — ••..• • --
Northern and Southern
Connecting —
Norwich and Brandon... 16
Ditto New 3
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham 2
Nottingham and Boston 1A l% l%
Nottingtn., Erewsh. Val-
ley, and Manchester 1% — ... —
Nottingham and Mans-
field
Oxford, Gosport, Porte.
rnouth,& Southamptn 425.
Oxford and Worcester-. 121% 1414 143/4
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ......
Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% 3l 3%
Preston and Wyre
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate -
Richmond .. 5
••..••
Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester
Rugby and Huntingdon 2
Rugby, Leamington, and
Warwick
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland l%
Sheffield & Manchester100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley-, and Birm 2%..... 3% 3%
Shropshire Mineral 425........ 1,4 dis. % dis,
Shropshire Union
'hrewsbury & Hereford 2%
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
& S. Staffordsh. June. — —
Sligo and Shannon IN ...... -.... ..
Somersetshire Midland 2% ..... ... •....
South Devon
South Midland 425....... 214 1% p l% p
South Staffordshire June. 2%
South Eastern & Dover 33128 4d...
De., No. 1 l2
Do., No. 2.
Do., Ne. 4
Southampton, Manches-
ter, & Oxford Junction 2 ......
St. Alban's, Hatfield , an d
Hertford Junction ...
........ s•••• "...
Staines and Richrr Id.

Beast*.
3,844

80
43/4

Dartmouth, Torbay, and
Exeter
lerby and Crewe
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby .. ......
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford

13%

( Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstriek's) 514...... 3% 4 4
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh 1%......
Dublin and BellastJune. 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dudley, Madely, and
Brcseley ...... ......... 2% _
Dundalk & Enniskillen 21/2 ....
Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 19 181,
Ditto New 61. 16s. . 43A 51% pg..... 514 p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....6/. 13s. 41 % p 34 p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...4/. 13s. 4d... —.
EastDerell'ai andNoech 1 ...... _
'.astern Union 2s—
Ditto, Quarter Shares 21/1 _
Ditto Extension
......... ..... _
Do. Ipswich and Bury I''t;
Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 21/2
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21/2......
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1/e......._
ulinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• 65
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 ...... •
Ditto, New ... 5
Edinburgh & Northern.. 114 ... ....... ;
Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1/2 •••••• •.. .. .....
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2 —
Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1%
Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 23/4
Gloue., Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%.....• ............ ...

.tichmona... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% —
South Wales 2% 3
Taw Vale Extension ...
•• ••
Tean and Dove Valley 1% -...-... . . _ - - -
l'rent Valley .. 2 ...... l'il 14 15 ..... 15
Trent Valley and holy-
head Junction
Trints, Reading, and
Basingstoke 54
Ulverstone and Furness ....,.
Vale of Neath
Warwick & Cheltenham 2% 2% 2%
Warwick and Worcester 425.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — •
Waterford and Limerick 7%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Düblin
W aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 -
Welch Midland
West Cornwall —
West Yorkshire ......
West London,Old Shares 20 .....
West End and Southern

34

Counties
Arexford and Carlow ... 2iii ......-
IVisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester,Hereford,Rosl,
and Gloucester 425.......
Worcester, Tinbury, and
Ludlow
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ... .. 1%.....
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
Ditto. New
York and Carlisle 23/4 2% ...... ....... 214
York and Lancaster 2%
fork and North Midland 50 -
Ditto % Shares 25
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do Selby
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo- Belgian 4
Barbadoes —
Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 71,
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux. Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ...
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast 1 .. ... ... .. .........
Central of Spain ... .
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley ......... .. 2 ...... OA.. . Ol4
Dijon and Mulhouse ••• 2 • — —
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ....• .... ss.
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2%
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2
Great North. of Franco
Constituted ..
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... ss. —
Great Western Canada... 3 q ......
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
•••
Jamaica North Midland 1
Do. Extension ...... ... 1
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 11/2 l%
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourg...
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
111-auritius ..
Namur and Liege
North Jamaica... ...... ... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... 14
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ......
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d — •••
Paris &Lyons( Lafiltte's) 2
Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's) 3 -
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 .....•
Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen

8%

_
Goole and Doncaster .. 42;:. % dis
Grand Junction ...100
Ditto Half Shares 5O —
Ditto Quarters 25 ...... . ••
Grand Union l% .... . 1,.1,a 1% l%
Great Eastern &Western 2% ...... 1,9 % ...... ...
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
...... -- ...... .. ......

Great South. and West
(Ireland) -
Ditto Extension ...... 7
Great Munster 21/2 ......
Great North of Scotland 21/2...... --
Great North of Enghuld..loo -
Ditto New 5 —
Do. New .... »........ 2 ...... •••
,4reat Western BO ......143 142 ...... 145
Ditto % Shares
Ditto 4 Shares 2,s l4 13
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 214 ....•
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto 4 Shares
Do. Half Shares 2 ..... 171/2•••••••••

98
20 IA
171/2

Inverness and Elgin 1
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth
Irish North Midland l% — ...... •
Isle of Axholme 26/
Killarney Junctions il
Kendal and Windermere 11,4
Lincaster and Carlisle... 30 - 44 43 ... 43
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena • 21,4.... ...............
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding
Junction - ... ......... ..
8
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ..• •• - --•••—
Leicester and Iledf.n.d... 225. - ..... P 4
Leicester and Tamworth 425.
Li.-erp. arid Manehester.loo ...
Do. 14 Shares -
Do. Quarters
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% ..
Lpool., Mncbstr, & New-
castle Junction
Leaden and Birmingnmloo 207 ... ...... ••• • • 210
Do. Thirds
Do. 14 Shares
Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2
Ditto Extension ...... IV, — ............ ' •
London and Blackwell. 16/.133.4d Bl4 9 ...........
Do. New
Ditto Extension
London and Brighton
Do. consolidated Bths... 35
Ditto, Sixths
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 18'4
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent. -
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d...
Po, Preference ~,18117s 2d —

40
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) 2 ...... 134
3
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ......
Ditto ( Aymards) 24 --- •••... 2
Paris and St. Quentin ... 2
Rouen and Havre -
Royal North of Spam ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ...... 6
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 4
Tours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's) ................ 4
Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2
Ditto (o'.Neill's) 2
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona... 3
West Flanders .. 4 -

9
3%

MINES.

Real del Monte Unregd.
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock

18%
81/2

RAMSGATE, Nov. 30.—The Mahelda, from Porsgrunt to
Calais, which put in here on the 26th instant, leaky, has com-
menced discharging.
Duni.nr, Nov. 28.—Wind S.S.W.—AmI. Thomas Demp-
sey, Dance, Demerara; Looshtanh, Keane, St. Jan's, New
Brunswick; Alhambra, Turner, St. Andrew's; Industry,
Stevens, Quebec; Caledonia, Cowley., ditto ; -.Monarch,
Stevens, ditto.

MARKET Ni.sws —(f His DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY.

During the past week up to Saturday evening, the arrivals
of Wheat, of home produce, for our market coastwise, was on
a very moderate scale; but those of English Barley, Oat,?,
Beans, Peas, and Flour were rather extensive, and of full
average quality. Of Irish and Scotch Oats, as well as foreign
Wheat and Oats, the receipts were tolerably good. From
Essex and Kent the arrivals of wheat fresh up, were far from
extensive; hence the.show of samples, the largest portion of
which were considerably out of condition, was no means large.
The attendance of both town and country buyers was mode-
rately good, and who purchased most of the finest quali-
ties of both red and white, at in some instances, a
shade above the currencies btained on this day se'nnight.
As this trifling advance was not general, our quotations re-
main as last advised. In the middling and inferior kinds of
Wheat very little was doing, yet the holders were firm, and
would not submit to any reduction in the quotations.
Except, therefore, for really fine parcels, the mar-
ket closed anything but firm. The quantity of free
foreign Wheat, comparatively speaking, small, but fully
adequate to meet the wants of the millers, who pur-
chased that article cautiously at about last week's prices.
Wheat, under lock, was a mere drug; while for all other
grain there was scarcely any speculative inquiry. Large.
arrivals of Barley having taken place, the show of samples of
that grain was large, but at least two-thirds of them were of
inferior quality. Malting parcels sold readily at extreme
quotations, but all other kinds bung heavily on hand, though
they cannot be considered cheaper. Superfine white Malt
was in good request, and last week's prices were well sup-
ported. In other qualities little doing. Notwithstanding the
large arrivals of Oats, several vessels having come in from
from Ireland since Saturday, there was a very steady
trade with fine qualities, at a trifle more money. In the
middling anti inferior parcels a good business was doing,
and prices were well supported. The show of Beans being
large the demand ruled heavy, at a decline in value of
from is to 2s per quarter, and a clearantee was not effected.
We had a very large quantity of Peas in the market,
which sold slowly, at a redaction in the quotations of from
Is to 2s per quarter. The Flour trade was steady, at pre,
vious figures.

CURRENCY PER, IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 35s to 37s
Red, New.... 58s to 68s Oats —Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, Old.. 60s 73s Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 28s
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoa 265 32s
coin, Red..... 54s 58s ' Youghaleand Cork,
Ditto, White...... 56s 608 Black .. .
Irish, Red... s2s 58s * Cork, White . 29s 31s
Ditto, White Ms 60s Scotch, Feed. .• .. 28s 32s
•• • • •
New. 34s 36s Pige0n5.......... 44s 49s
Barley—Grinding..... 27s 30s Pease—Grey. 40s 43s
Malting . 328 35s Map1e........... 41s 44s
Chevalier .. 35s 378 White ... 538 58s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- 80i1er5.........555 60$
folk.. .. .. • . 56s 58s Flour—Town-made... 56s 60$
Brown 51s 54s Suffolk •• • ..... 46s 48s
Kingston and Ware 62s 64s Stocktn & Norfolk 48s bas
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
Wheat—Damtzic .. 548 to f. 58 Beans
Hamburgh
Barley 22s 288 Flour—American ... .. 28s its
Oats--New ... 26, 28s Baltic ... ••• • .• 308 —s
Deed .••• . • • . 22s 24s
SMITHFIELD.

In the past week the imports of live stock for our marker

from Hamburgh have consisted of 33 Oxen and Cows, toge-
ther with 13 Sheep, per the Countess of Lonsdale and the
Neptune steamers. From Harlingen we hare reeeived 101
Cows, and 52 Sheep, per the Rapid; and from Rotterdam
64 Oxen and Cows and 207 Sheep, per the Venezuela and the
Batavia. We had on sale 90 Oxen and Beasts, and 120
Sheep, in, for the most part, pod condition.
The whole found buyers, at about previous quotations.
At the outports, about 90 Beasts and 150 Sheep have come
to hand from Holland. From our own grazing districts, the
arrivals of Beasts fresh up this morning were large, even the
time of year considered,,and of full average quality, especially
as relates to those from the western counties. As ' was the
case on this day se'nnight, the attendance of buyers was
numerous, owing to which the Beef trade was steady, and
last week's quotations were well supported. The northern
droves comprised 1,800 Short-horns ; those from the western
and midland districts, 800 Herefords, Devons, Runts, &c. ;
from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds;
from Ireland, 200 Beasts; and from Scotland, 100 Scots.
The supply of Sheep exhibited a slight falling off. Prime
old Downs sold readily, at very full prices, viz., from 4s 10d
to 5s per 81bs ; but all other breeds were a slow inquiry, at
barely stationary figures. In Calves, only a limited business
' was transacted. In prices we can notice no alteration.
Although the number of Pigs was good, the Pork trade ruled
firm, at late rates.

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d
Inferior Beasts •—.2 10 3 0
Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6
Prime large Oxen.. 3 $ 4 0
Prime Scots •• • ... 4 2 4 4
Lurg• coarse Calves 4 0 4 6
Prime small ditto .. 4 1 3 0
Suckling Calves ..18 II 30 0
inferior Sheep .. . 3 4 310

s. d. to s. d.
Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4
Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8
S•uthdown Wethers 4 10 5 0
Ditto out of the wool
Large Hogs •. .. 310 4 6
Small Porkers .... 4 8 5 2
Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0
Lambs .... •• • . 0 0 0 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.

I Sheep.
22,310

I Calves.
68

I rigs.
406

NNV7GATZ AND LEADENNA.I.L.

Although a slight increase has taken place in the arrivals
of country slaughtered meat up to those markets during the
past week, and the supplies of meat killed in the metropolis
have been tolerably good, the general demand has ruled firm,
and prices, particularly those of the primest Beef and Pork,
have been steadily supported. About thirty carcases of
foreign beasts and one hundred carcases of Mutton, have
been disposed of, at fair quotations.