The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at al! the Libraries, in 3 vols. M EN OF C A P I T A L. By Mrs. GORE. Authoress of " The Banker's Wife," &c. Also just published, THE ROMAN TRAITOR. A True Tie of the Republic. By H. W. HERBERT, Esq., Author of " Oliver Cromwell," 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great _Marlborough-street. COPYRIGHT EDITIONS. This day is published, handsomely beund in half morocco, adapted for the Library, price Ss. 6d., embellished with Portraits of Madame de Deland and the Duchess de Choiseul, Lady Hervey, the Earl of Hertford, and the Countess Temple, THE FOURTH VOLUME OF B ENTLEY'S MODERN LITERATURE. Containing THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE. To be completed in Six Volumes. Vols. T., 'II., and 111. are now ready, and may be had of all Booksellers. The above work may also be had in Parts, price 3s. 6d. each. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support arid patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favouas,lconiaining instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to'be addressed. :ill Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUR.Y-LANE. Tlih EVENING Will be performed BalfeVCelebratei Opera, entitled TIIE MAID OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani; Jules de 3lontagnon, Mr. W. Harrison; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss; Ninka, Miss Isaacs; Isolise, Madame Anna Bishop. To conclude with the first act of the new Ballet, entitled THE OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Bretin, Theodore, Mdlle. Fabbri, Madams Theodore, and Mdlle. Adele will Perform. To conclude with the first act of the Ballet of THE DEVIL TO PAY. In which will appear Mons. Bretin, Mr. Wieland, Mons. Theodore, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. Howell, &c. ; Mdlle. Fabbri, Mdlle. Louise, Madame Theodore, Miss A. Payne, irc. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMAP.KET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holl ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Slows ; Mr. Hardman. Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Th.m Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPITING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Lowd, lf r. Howe; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarisia, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Aria, " Vivi To,' Cornet a Pinion; the " Grui art Prag " (Polkas) ; the " Sophien Tanze" (WaTzer); and the " Lestocq ;" (Overture). To conclude with a New Comely, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MARY'S BO'Xillt. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Miss Telbin, &c. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer. 11. - ,x Book-keeper. TII,TRE ROYAL LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. In consequence of numerous applications, "The Magic Horn" will be pertbrmed for three nights more. " Mrs. Harris " will appear every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by 'a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Binary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with the Burlesque of THE MAGIC HORN. In which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Matthews, Miss Vil lars, Miss Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER. TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING Will be performed a gralFaliyS.4)eCiacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS : or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. CallernUrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which will be produced MES. GAMI"S TEA AND TUUN-OUT ; a Bezzian Sketch, hi one act. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worred, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To conclude with a new dipm4stic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Tolley, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Ilugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. 3lunyard ; Mrs. Tolley, Mrs. F. Matthews; Eugenia Claircille, Madame Celeste. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in Vine parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by hiss Georgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, 3liss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Lefler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, llonner, Peren, &c. After which, a new Drama, in three acts, entitled CLARISSA HARLOWE. Lovelace, Mr C. _Mathews; Macdonald, Mr. Hughes; Joseph, Mr. Oxberry ; Clarissa Marlowe, Mrs. Stirling. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing season of French plays st the St. James's Theatre will be commenced on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November 11, by the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur Perlet, who will appear for a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur Cartigny (of the Theatre Francais). 31. Rhozevil (of the Theatre du Gymnase) and Mademoiselle Brohan (Premiere Soubrette of the Theatre Francats), her first appearance in this country. Mr. Mitchell has also the honour to announce that, encouraged by the distinguished patronage which has been conferred upon his manage ment, he has engaged the following eminent artistes, who will appear in success'on during the season :—Monsieur Perlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarisse, Monsieer Lafont, ,Mademoiselle Fargued (her first appear. mice in this country), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre du Pzilais Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle Daverger, (of the Theatre -du Palais Royal, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Alias Vallee (of the Theatre du Gymnase, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Rose Cheri (of the Theatre du Gyinnase), whose performances last year were so eminently succ:ssful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLARISSA lIARLOWE, now peribrining in Paris with extraor dinary success, and also a new Play, written expressly for Mademoi selle Rose Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe ; Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Frangais), Mademoiselle Denain (also of the Theatre Frangais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, M. Bouffe (his first appearance since 1843) ; in ad- dition to which the celebrated Tragedienne, Mdlle. Rachel, for a • limited number of representations, and will" appear in the popular Plays of " Marie Stuart," by Le Brun ; Britanicus," by Racine ; " Tattered," by Voltaire; " Berenice," by Racine ; "Arlene," by Corneille, and other plays of her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken to per'onn, for the first time, the cha racter of Celimene, in Mollere's Comedy of "Le Misanthrope." The subscription will be for fifty representations, on Monday and Friday evenings, wiai the privilege of exchanging for the Wednesday even ing performance, an arrcneement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. Application for Season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. MITCHELL'S Itoyal ‘ Library, 33, Old Boad•street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr, George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed tha Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping• ton, Mr. Water Lacy; Young* Fashi,n, Sir. G. Elton ; Loveless ; Er. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbay Clumsy, Mr. , v ilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jones ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthia, Alis Char es Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. Atter which, a grand i:ALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU. SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of THE LITTLE JOCKEY. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIEITRE. Lessee, N. Frances David e. The Last Week of Mr. MACREADY'S Performance at the Surrey Theatre, and of his Appearance in London for a considerable period. THIS EVENING Will be performed Knowles's Tragedy of VIRGINIITS. Virginias, Mr. 3lacready ; Virginia, Mrs. C. Gil ; Servia. Mrs. Ternan. To conclude with the Drama of LORD DARNLEY. Lord Darn. ley, Mr. Cooper; Lady Margaret, Mrs. Daly. box, office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTE,EI(%; ROYAL AMPIIITHEATR& Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Ptironised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Itoyal ramify. Last Six Nights of " Mazeppa," with an entire change in the Scenes of the Circle. First app ar ance of Stall-Master lIEINBIZECII r, Master of the Ilorse to the King of Prussia, who has arrived in this country, from Berlin, with his four highly-trained Prussian horses, and will introduce their extraordinary and graceful feats of training. Mr. BATTY has, regardless of expense, formed an expensive arrangement with this great artiste for a limited number of nights, and he will appear in the circle each evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEVIL'S HORSE AND THE TWELVE WISHES, introducing the WCd Stag-Hunt of the Past Ages, by Mr. Batty's superb living Deer, trained Camels from Sm) rna, and other at tractive Novelties. fiox-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. tHE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, OCTOBER 31. TIERMONETER, Lowest, 39; Highest. 51 ; Noon, 45. BAROIETER, 30.16. —WIND N.N.W., hazy. NOVEMBER 1. TIEEB.3IO3IE7ER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 43, BAROMETER, 30.07. ultall WATER AT LONDON-Jilin/GE Tills DAY. - Morning .. 29 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 53 minutes after 12. „: ~.,., , .:o,{ S.O I I : 14 4 “le A ~, e' i Q .... t . ' 4 4 .1 AO' • 'j ii" ? t- - -- - ".;,tr,',..:.--5 , - • . '-”' '.,- —;:v-zsrANk I;tt,t - e,' , ?7 ,-, ' ' ."` ,-: 4 . ' its Aw " .4 ,;. ' 4'7 ' • m 9 s ‘ `.;1!,7 41 ' . I : 4 2:Me.;•=ceiZ.: ''' -I'' '' ‘lll' illarttiva LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1846. Ministers have decided the two great questions by which the national mind has been recently agitated ; they have farther prorogued Parliament to the 12th of January, instead of convoking it before the ex piration of the time of the previous prorogation ; they have, consequently, given a tacit refusal to the late clamour for the immediate opening of the ports. That clamour has been very general and very earnest. It originated in the dread of an extraordinary scarcity in provisions. In those fears we seri ously participated, because there were solid grounds for so doing until very recently ; insignificant sup plies were creeping into the markets; grain was rising with alarming rapidity in price; food of various de scriptions was increasing in cost and decreasing in quantity to an extent that threatened the most dis astrous consequences. Every one looked to,the Zi nistry for assistance in this emergency ; there Wa g general anxiety for the convocation of Parlia ment ; the opening of the ports was loudly and almost unanimously demanded. Minis ters assembl,cl Afor the purpose of deciding upon th e most' advisable course to be pursued under the circumstancetl They have d e te rm i ne d as we h ave already_ -stated; they have reso:ved upon dispensing _ , H~i~ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, NOV. ME3ER 2, 1846. with the deliberate recommendations of the Lords and Commons until winter is considerably advanced ; they have resolutely adhered to the principles so re cently established by the Legislature in regard to the continuance of moderate and temporary duties upon the importation of foreign grain, and this notwith standing the recommendations of a specious panic and the entreaties of a deluded people. In these impor tant determinations of the Ministry we recognise both sagacity and independence. With reference particularly to the abandonment of the miserable duties still levied upon foreign pro - visions, it must be observed that such a proceeding could only be justified by the most imminent peril. Until within the last few days the prospect afforded by the corn-market could scarcely have been more perilous. Famine prices appeared inevitable. Starvation had already commenced in Ireland ; evi dences of scarcity were beginning to present them selves in England. Everything combined to justify the Government in entering upon some remarkable adventure for the removal of these impending diffi culties. Circumstances have demonstrated the impolicy of any such an interference with the enactments formally passed by Parlia ment. The deficiency is demonstrated to have been superficial. Instead of our granaries being nearly exhausted, they are shown to be excel lently stocked. The holders cf wheat and flour, whether farmers, or millers, or speculators upon the corn market, were proved to have forced provisions up to their present high prices, not in consequence of an immediate or even a prospective deficiency, but be cause they reserved their supplies till something ap proaching to a famine price had been reached. This shameful deception, however, has been divulged long before its originators had anticipated. An ex tensive importation of American provisions, and a prospect of further cargoes from Hamburgh, have dissipated their anticipations of an exorbitant profit- Grain will necessarily be rendered cheap by this com and never ought to be, considered tLeir province. The law of self-preservation, evoked by the great warning of nature herself, prompts us now to resort to other means than those which the agriculturists of Ireland have unfortunately of late years so exten sively encouraged, for guarding ourselves against the recurrence of the cumulative disaster that has over taken us, and especially on the other side of St George's Channel. And this brings us to the letter which has been written by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the Duke of LEINSTER on the state of Ireland. The letter is addressed to his Grace as the head of the Royal Agricultural Society. It is peculiarly well-timed—is fraught with wholesome and states manlike instruction, and is well calculated to put down extravagant expectations. It seems to convey a mild rebuke to the Irish landlords, and should con vince them that they have looked to the Government to perform what it was not only unreasonable in them to surmise they would do, but what it is really impossible for any Government to accomplish. After lamenting that the landed proprietary should have taken a wrong view of the Labour-rate Act, by sup posing that public works alone would offer the readiest means of diminishing the difficulties of a starving and unemployed population—the intention of the Legislature having been, that such were only to be undertaken to employ surplus labour after the owners of the soil had commenced drainage and other improvements on their own account,—Lord Joiix ex presses his sorrow that, in several parts of Ireland, calls are made upon the Government to perform tasks which are beyond the power, and apart from the duties, of Government : " For instance, it seems to be expected that wr should not only pay at an unusual rate of wages, but that we should maintain, in this time of scarcity, the usual price of food. A moment's thought will show that this is im possible. A smaller quantity of food is to be divided among the same number of human beings. It must be scarcer—it must be dearer. Any attempt to feed one class of the people of the United Kingdom by the Go vernment would, if successful, starve another part — would feed the producers of potatoes, which had failed, by starving the producers of wheat, barley, and oats, which had not failed. All that we have undertaken with regard to food, therefore, is to endeavour to create a pro vision trade, at fair mercantile prices, where no provision trade has hitherto existed, and where, without assistance, none might he willing to undertake a new and unpopular occupation." petition; indeed, indications of a decrease have already become apparent in the Liverpool market — flour having been offered at a diminution of Is. 6d per barrel, and wheat hating declined in several instances is. per quarter. In that port the introduc tion of American provisions has been most encou raging and extensive. Within the course of Wednes day and Thursday alone the following quantities were registered :-50,500 bushels of wheat, 6,400 barrels of flour, 7,500 bushels of Indian corn, 600 casks of beef and pork, with 370 barrels of hams. Nor are these the only testimonies of the certainty with which we may rely upon the corn-growers and cattle-feeders of other countries, to com pensate these islands for the deficiency pro duced by the extension and virulence of the potato murrain. Not merely are we receiving abundant supplies from the western hemisphere, not only is there a great probability of further assistance of a similar character being derived from llamburgh, but extensive imports are being registered as arrived from the wharves of Odessa. And all this, be it especially rea- arked with the duties at the lowest points ; with an increase equivalent to 719,042 barrels of flour within a given week of this above a corre sponding one in 1845, at New York ; with the most abundant harvest that has possibly ever been known in Podolia and the Ukraine, and the exuberance of which, if conveyed along the execrable roads that lead to Odessa, and thence shipped to Great Britain, would almost afford of itself a sufficiency for our necessitous consumers. Here we perceive the Minister wisely solicitous against interfering with the merchant ; but he tells the agricultural body that individual and social exer tions may do what the Government cannot ; that they can, through committees of their own, supply shops with flour at a fair price, to be disposed of at a mode rate profit ; and that this has been done in Scotland, where the potato calamity has been keenly felt. Even this Lord JOHN admits is inconvenient with respect to the market price of food, and is evidently only recon ciled to it upon the ground that under existing circumstances "the good overbalances the evil." His Lordship exhorts them to rely on their own energies, to be judiciously exerted in their several localities, and well observes, that "the interference of the State deadens private energy, prevents fore thought, and, after superseding all other exertion, finds itself at last unequal to the gigantic task it has undertaken." The Irish must help themselves, and e do not distrust the great holders of their land ultimately discharging the momentous duties that have devolved upon them to the admira tion of the present and future generations. They are, as yet, staggering beneath the heavy affliction that has covered the land, and much allowance must be made for the natural dismay that has overtaken them. Let them but only do all that can be fairly expected from them, and England, as heretofore, will not be found want ing to give Ireland every assistance to carry her through the dreaded ordeal. But, as the Premier writes, " unless: all classes co•operate, and meet the infliction of PROVIDENCE with fortitude and energy, the loss of the potato will only aggravate the woes and sufferings of Ireland." With all these indisputable assurances of the abundance of provisions already accumulated in our markets, or thronging into our ports, with a know ledge that the diminished duties at present levied upon foreign produce, is proving no hindrance whatever to importation, and bearing in recollection that most consolatory fact, that with a renewal of the potato dis ease there has been likewise an unusual excellence in the quality of wheat, it is impossible to regard the recent decision of Government as other than the one most recommended by prudence, and as a resolu tion in no possible manner opposed to generosity. Seeing that the present fragment of protective im posts would, if under existing circumstance re moved, be tortured into the emolument of the mono polist speculators, instead of diminishing the burden upon the consumer, it would be worse than frivolity and the very height of intemperate pertinacity to persist in demanding its remission. As to the extended prorogation of Parliament, nothing need surely be said in extenuation, or we should rather say in commendation, of that arrange ment. At a juncture when it is so advisable, and, in some cases, especially in Ireland, so imperatively necessary for the representatives and the hereditary legislators to be among their constituents, or among their immediate dependents, it would be a most grievous cruelty to summon those influential individuals from the arena of their real usefulness to the shivering desolation of St. Stephen's. Circumstances of an unprecedented and embarrassing nature would of course justify even that most grievous determination, ifut, without those circumstances, an Administration would be most culpable in prematurely summoning the Members of the two Houses. IVhen such terrible calamities are afflicting the United Kingdom ; when Ireland especially is sub jected to miseries more intolerable than those so long and patiently borne by that unfortunate country ; when the unemployed peasantry require the super vision of every intelligent mind, and the solace of every sympathising nature ; when the violation of public peace is threatened, and the rights of property are no longer acknowledged by the starving and destitute, it i 3 at that moment more especially than at any other that the prorogation of the Imperial Parliament is most advisable, it is at that moment that the distri bution of its elected and hereditary Members among their indigent fellow-countrymen is most wise and I most beneficent. The vast importance of the subject introduced by Mr. JAMES STEWART in his "Address to the Mem bers of Agricultural Societies and others interested in Land," which appeared in The Sun of the 23d inst , has, as might reasonably have been expected, excited much attention. Many communications have singe appeared from time to time in the public press in reference thereto, in one of which the character and acquirements of Mr. STEWART as a legal practitioner have been most gratuitously and wantonly assailed by a gentleman of his own profession, who dates from Lincoln's Inn, and signs himself " A Conveyancer." Any person who puts himself prominently forward for the amelioration of abuses, who proposes great and comprehensive measures of reform, by which the intererts or prejudices of any class may be affected or offended, may make himself perfectly certain that he will be exposed to the most virulent attacks on everypos - sible point. It requires no small amount of moral courage, and an anxious desire for the public welfare, to induce any gentleman to come prominently before the public, and thus to invite a criticism, not merely on the pro positions he thus enunciates, but also on his motives and general character, however foreign the intro duction of the latter topics may be to the abstract question. Mr. STEWART, however, appears to have anticipated he consequences, and to have fully made up his mind o this result in his second letter, which appeared simultaneously with that of " The Conveyancer." lle says— " Remember that in proposing great changes I am affecting not only the interests of many thousands of persons, but those of the most learned and the most subtle f men. Remember that my proposals must not only be proof against all that ingenuity, experience, and knowledge can suggest, but they are also exposed to all that malice can invent—all that jealousy can in spire. Remember that it has usually been the fate of those who have advanced truths opposed to the seeming interests of particular classes to have the fire which can not be effectually directed against their measures turned on themselves. Remember that this may possibly happen in the present case. Neither must I forget that persons who have proposed reforms as great and as useful as I believe those which I propose to be, have struggled all their lives to establish them, and have passed their whole existence under the shade of calumny. This may pos sibly be my own fate, although so far I have no reason to fear it. But he who ventures to lead an assault must take his chance of being thrown down ; and it is over his body that others mount to the breach which he has made, and thus obtain the victory." And he deprecates the attack of those who believe that their own interests are bound up in the present system, and with great justice inquires as to what could possibly influence him to injure tLe profession of which he is an eminent member. lle asks— " What motive can I have in urging a measure in jurious to my own branch of the profession ? If there be poison in the cup which I ask my brethren to drink, I myself must suffer from its contents. Let us, then, approach- this inquiry with calm and unprejudiced minds, and I am sanguine enough to hope that all classes will be benefited by it, and the legal profession among others." This is a pertinent interrogatory, and one which it will be hard for his assailants to answer. Mr. STEWART, however, may rest contented; his reputa tion has been too firmly established to suffer from anonymous attacks. It is a sound rule, that may in the great majority of instances be fully relied on, by which a person, wholly ignorant of the subject -matter of dispute, may know that the person who gets angry, and descends to personalities and the free use of in vectives, while his opponent remains cool and collected, has the wrong side of the question to argue. It is an easy substitute for reason and argument, which few well-disposed persons will condescend to use until wholly defeated by the weapons of truth and justice. We shall not say anything of the good taste or gentlemanly feeling of the man who shoots his poisoned arrows at a rival practitioner from under a mask. Does it, however, require any knowledge of lega The present Administration has regarded matters as altogether superior to the interests of individual statesmen. It has endeavoured to combat with the infinite difficulties of this period, and it has striven so to do not by yielding to a specious and clamorous panic, but by modulating its conduct to the absolute necessities of the times. The mind of the statesman can be imbued with no more valuable principle than that of interfering as little as possible with the people in the management of their own affairs ; and the value of this political precept has never been more satisfactorily proved than 'when it has been deviated from in matters affect ing the trade and commerce of the c3untry. There is no rule without an exception, and the circum stances should be extraordinary indeed to warrant a, departure from established usage in reference to mercantile operations. Moreover, not only should the circumstances be almost startling in their novelty to justify the interposition of the Executive, but, unless the means for effectu ating the interference be selected with the greatest judgment, and prosecuted with the utmost circum spection, public embarrassment of an extensive and. deplorable character would be the inevitable conse quence. Last year the Government had the earliest; and most authentic information of the partial and generally menaced failure of the potato crop. With. a laudable regard for protecting the Irish as much as. possible against the horrors of famine, the Adminis tration pursued their inquiries with incessant anxiety.. Sir R. PEEL proved himself equal to the crisis. The 1 Government completed large and secret purchases of Indian meal, which happily reached our shores at the very time when actual starvation stared thousands of the. i Irish in the face. The admirable manner and the bene- t volent spirit which governed this proceeding of the Executive, drew forth the warmest eulogium from men of every political shade; because, independently of the technicalites or legal subtleties to understand fully seasonable relief it afforded at a moment when the. I how loud is the demand for some change by which, as greatest alarm had stricken Ireland to her very Mr. STEWART most happily terms it, "a free trade in heart, the legitimate operations of trade suffered no. . land itself" may be obtained. There is an imperative derangement, in consequence of the secret and ener— necessity for the adoption of some means by which getic mode in which the charitable foresight of the land can be acquired or disposed of, or changed with responsible advisers of the Crown were carried out.- : the repayment of a sum of money, more easily and at But the circumstances of the present year are essen- f a more moderate expense than is at present the case. tially different from what they were a twelvemonth ' The very best security that could by a possibility back. What Sir ROBERT PEEL did then, and witheold such emin en t success, L ord JOHN RUSSELL be offered would be the real property of the country, .if facilities were given for its transfer or disposal. of food to the hea mischief. The do now without producing the greatest Irishw fu w l as visitation t.h en nouponnovel a n t d h e u c n h e i e x f pe c article ted ; How: important would it be to the owners of the soil, iif they could readily obtain a sum sufficient to enable it has now become notorious, and the healthy cultiva- them to car e r p out improvements beneficial to them tion of the potato can no longer be relied upon. Go- elves and properties, but which, from the enormous vernments cannct constitute themselves the general ' Pro ' ex Dense attendant on a transfer of that description of perty, either by way of mortgage or absolute sale, and permanent purveyors of the people. Such is not, & Iviiiil -311 in nine cases out of ten acts as an absolute prohibition to :le arr, bor- . rower or lender, they are unable to obtain, except by I having recourse to a ruinous system of bill dis t counting, that must be carried on through he most objectionable channels—as by a very proper rule of the banks, they are excluded from the accommodation which is only afforded to the legitimate operations of trade. The effect of this restriction is most injurious to the landowners them selves; and yet it is supported and sustained by a certain class. And why? because it tends to the aggrandisement of great houses ; it leads to the ac cumulation of the landed property of the country in fewer hands ; it efiectually prevents the small capi talist from investing the money for which, in a few years, he may again have occasion, in the purchase of land ; or the retired tradesman from thus disposing of the savings of his industry, if, after his death, he should wish them distributed amongst several chil dren or other relatives. Besides, a class, of all others the most desirable for the country to obtain—a body of independent yeomanry, or small landowners, is thereby prevented from starting into existence. Why is it that such persons, who are so numerous in other countries, and who form so valuable a portion of the communities they in habit, are so few in this country ? The answer is plain. From the legal expenses of the transrer, and the uncertainties of the title, the remedies for the mischief would appear to be, therefore, the diminu tion of the expenses and the simplifying the nature of the title, so as to afford greater security to the purchaser in the property he has acquired. Many say this cannot be safely done ; that any attempt to tamper with or alter the laws relating to real pro 'Arty, will be productive of greater mishief than the evils it is intended to counteract. We must, how ever, be permitted to doubt this assertion. We see that it has been done in other countries'; we see it in France and Belgium, and we cannot conceive what there is in this kingdom to render that impossible in England which has there been so easily attained. The point is most assuredly worthy of receiving a full and searching, a competent and disinterested inquiry. That is all that Mr. STEWART at present asks for—he does not put forward the details by which he pro poses to effect the ameliorations he speaks of', but he professes himself to be ready to do so at the proper time. We doubt not his will, or his ability ;we feel that should he succeed in the herculean task he has taken upon himself he will deserve well of his coun try; and we feel assured that a fair field at least will be afforded to him, that the irresistible voice of public opinion will demand the fullest inquiry and investi gation. Letters from Trebisonde of the 20th of September state that the cholera has passed the line of the Rus sian quarantine on the borders of the Caspian Sea, and is raging throughout all the Tartar villages of the districts of Salgau and Leukeran. The sanatory state of all the towns west of the Caspian, from Bakou to Astrachan, is reported to be very un favourable. r, : , f , - ft alliance would pace France in the wzLae of land. No one in France, neither King nor Ministe, s can entertain any allusion as to the impossibility of evt-r establishing a cordial and sincere alliance between France and England. France is convinced that she must return to her natural alliances with the states of the Continent.' This, then, is the absolute negation of all entente cordiale. But this is not enough. England must fall, and this power can fall only under the triple alliance, which will one day be formed to combat against her between her three natural enemies—France, Russia, and the United States.' Such is the opinion of the second interpreta tion. It is candid, openly hostile, and if we do not perfectly accord with it as to the means, the object is agreeable to us. But which of these two policies is now that of the system? The first or the second? Is M. Guizot, who has had the honour of inaugurating the first, going to place the second on indissoluble founda tions? This ought to be explained, for the public is curious to know and has a right to be informed. We have been English during sixteen years to a shameful degree. Are we now to become madly Russian? Is M. Guizot, the enemy of Mr. P, lk, M. Guizot, the in ventor of the famous American equilibrium, M. Guizot, the author of half of the ridiculous intrigues in the affair of the Texas, about to open his arms to Mr. Polk, to proclaim the glory of the vagabond people, and lend his hand to the conquest of California? Oh dear! Let this be said, and then let us be allowed the pleasant pas time of laughing a great deal without becoming too proud !" The Duke and Duchess DE MONTPENSIER left Bayonne for Pau on Wednesday. The price of wheat is increasing everywhere throughout France. In the Paris market on Wed nesday the price rose I.f. for every hectolitre and a half. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 82f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 90c.; the Or leans Railroad Shares, 1,2501 ; Rouen, 917 f. 50c.; Havre, 702 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 687 f. 50c.; Avignon, 890 f. ; Vierzon, 582 E 50c.; Bordeaux, 5421. 50c.; Fampoux, 4051.; Dieppe, 3601. ; Paris and Strasburg, 492 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 5011. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 5161. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4951. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4771. 50c.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 331/2. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 30. Dutch Rhenish, 51e—Great Western Canada, —Louvain ala Sambre, 134—Luxembourg, I 4—Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France Constituted, 11%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 1 ,6—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris and Rouen, 36 1 /, —Rouen and Havre, 2634—Sambre and 31euse, 4%—Nest Flanders, 3. THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY.—Her Majesty on leaving Hatfield was escorted by the Herts Yeomanry to Rickmansworth, where a party of the Uxbridge Yeo manry, under the command of Mr. Cox, relieved them, and escorted her Majesty to Uxbridge. At Uxbridge a troop of the Uxbridge Yeomanry, under the command of Captain de Burgh, formed a guard of honour, and re ceived her Majesty, the band of the regiment playing the National anthem during the time they were chang ing the horses of the royal carriages, and upon her Majesty proceeding a party of the corps had the honour of forming the escort to Langley, where it was relieved by the Ist Life Guards. THE LATH MR. W. H. WILLIAMS, COMEDIAN. — This well-known actor expired at four o'clock on Thursday morning, at his residence in Amwell-terrace, Pentonville. Mr. Williams was born at Weston, Sower setshire, in 1792. He tried his 'prentice-hand at Ber wick-street, the Minor, Catherine-street, and other private theatres, and was then engaged by Mr. Beverly, at the Tottenham-street The itre, Tottenham-court-road, as a comic singer. With that manager he went to Richmond. Woolwich, Creydoo, &c.; from there he pro ceeded to Nottingham, and became a favourite in Man ley's circuit ; this led him on to York, from whence he progressed to London in Elliston's famous after season (1820). He made his first appearance at Drury-lane, as Risk, in Love Laughs at Loc .smichs, and was engaged t'or five years. He generally acted as a substitute for Munden, Dowton, Harley, Knie;ht, and Oxberry, the Ider. He had a quarrel with 'Elliston, left Drury, and took to the minors, appearing at Astley's, the Surrey, Coburg, Sadler's Wells, &c. In conjunction with Mr. Fitzwilliam, he took a theatre at King's cross, origi nally, opened by Lanza. This place he called the Pan haramnion ; he. then, still aided by his fair coadjutor, took Sadler's Wells, but the speculation was not produc tive. Under tie auspices of James Wallack he visited America, and was for some time a great favourite in New York. Previous to leaving England, he had given entertainments a la Matthews, relieved by conjuring, performances on the musical glasses, &c. &c. These things he also attemptad in different parts of the United States, but not with any great success. Latterly he appeared at Niblo's Gardens. As a comic singer he was appreciated both here and at the other side of the Atlantic. In the Southern States his health visibly declined, and he returned to England completely shat tered. He re-appeared at Sadler's Wells, and for some time drew crowded houses ; but it was soon evident that his constitution had sustained a shock from which it could not rally. He has left a widow and four children, the eldest twenty-two, the youngest nine years of age. Mr. Williams was married twice, but had no issue by his rirat ADERYSTWITH, OCT. 25.—The weather for the oast week has been exceedingly stormy, accompanied with heavy rain, also the sea in the bay running very high; we have not been visited for many years with such a storm, and continuing for so many days. On the morning of the 23d, the schooner Three Sisters, Davies master, of this port, kelonging to James Davies, Esq (Green), ran for this port, with loss of standing jib, 1 topgallant sail, and bulwarks ; being late on tide, she grounded on the north side of the entrance of the harbour. The life boat was in immediate attendance, and put on board extra men and ropes to steady the vessel. In consequence of the heavy floods in the river, caused by the rains, the boat was unable to get over the pier ropes ; therefore a line was fired by the cannon on the pier used for such occasions to the vessel, and a communication was thus obtained. During the evening tide she was hauled off into the channel, and im mediately filled. Every exertion is being made to get her discharged and removed. Upon inquiry we find she is from Pentowyn, for Liverpool; cargo, china clay. During the afternoon a brig and schooner were observed on shore to the north-west, about six miles distant from this port ; both were running for the Dovey, although nearly low water. The schooner, being some distance ahead of the brig, grounded at the mouth of the river Dovey, and went to pieces ; crew saved by the life-boat. The brig, seeing the distressed situation of the schooner, let go her anchors and rode out the gale. Yesterday, the 23d, signals of distress and assistance were observed flying on the masts, and great praise is due to the extra ordinary exertion and manly conduct of Willoughby Miller, Esq., solicitor, who collected a boat's crew, and extra sailors, and put off to the brig, although the sea was running high and a stiff breeze of wind at the time; in about two hours, after great exertion, they reached the brig in safety, and were received with a hearty welcome, for the crew were completely exhausted, and unable to do duty, and the vessel making water. Mr. Miller having left five men on board to assist the crew, the brig soon got under weigh. The wind having shifted and become fair, she proceeded on her voyage. On the re turn of Mr. Miller, he stated the brig was the Emerald of Scarborough, about 600 tons burden, wheat laden, from Odessa, for Liverpool. At daybreak on the morn ing of the 23d a barque was observed drifting for the shore about three miles and a half south of this port. Immediately the life-boat was manned, and horses put to the carriage and sent overland to the barque to render every assistance. Before they reached the spot, the ves sel drove up the bead:e'en high that the boat was not re quired. Upon inquiry we find that she is the Tamer lane, about 700 tons burden, Captain Ackland, from Liverpool, for New Orleans, cargo rock salt, with the loss of chains and anchors, and likely to become a total wreck. During th e d a y t wo l a r ge vess els were in sight outside the Patches, and during the lull of the gale they set sail and stood out for the Channel. PRISONERS' C ONFESSIONS .—A long discussion took place at the recent Qearter Sessions for West Sussex, between the chaplain of the prison, Mr. Longshaw, and the visiting magistrates of Petworth House of Correc tion, respecting the course to be taken by chaplains of prisons relative to confessions made by prisoners to the spiritual heads of prisons. It appears that a man nanted James Steer is now waiting his trial at the assizes, having been apprehended by a bench warrant, signed by Lord Denman, on a charge of conspiring for the parpose of obtaining from Percy Burrell a large sum of money, to prevent an unnatural offence being charged against Min. The prisoner, it appears, made . a confes sion to the chaplain with a view to restitution to a person whom he had formerly injured, and the chaplain carried the confession out of the prison in order to carry the wishes of the prisoner into effect. A letter written by the prisoner, and passed by the chaplain, was detained by the governor, and the whole affair then came under the notice of the visiting justices, who reported their opinion to the Court that the chaplain had been guilt y of great indiscretion. The chaplain contended for th e inviolability of the confession, and maintained his right to carry out the penitential resolutions of a pri soner in the way of restitution, without becoming the accuser of the penitent, or what would amount t o th e same thing, making the confession known to the visiting magistrates, since they would be bound . to carry the l aw into force. The whole court was against the chapl a i n , Mr. Sergeant D'Oyly, the chairman, and the o th er magistrates, holding that the chaplain was bound t o divulge nothing, but that if he desired to use such con fession out of a prison he must first submit it to the visiting magistrates. The chaplain said he had acte d conscientiously. This was_ a spiritual matter, and he owed obedience only to his spiritual superior, the bishop of the diocese, to whom he was willing to refer the ques tion. The chairman thought the chaplain, by accepting office in the gaol, owed obedience to the visiting justices and the prison rules. It was at length arranged that the subject should stand over for consid era ti on t ill next ession, the in agreeing to act on the opinion of she visiting justices, should another such case occur. PERSECUTION AND EXPULSION OF TUE MORMONS. At length the consequences o f c iti zen b e i ng armed against citizen have terminated in a conflict between the Mormons and anti-Mormons, in which four or five per sons have been killed, and several wounded. The imme diate result of this intestine war is the expulsion of the Mormons, who surrendered to the Illinois mob on the 16th of September, and evacuated Native°, intending to follow their brethren into the wilderness. Five Mor mons remain at Nauvoo to sell their property. For some years past a determined body of men have organised to compel the Mormons to abandon their homes and pro perty, and after assassinating their prophet, and part of his family, have actually compelled 20,000 Mormons to flee to the wilderness in poverty and destitution, to leave their well cultivated farms, and from competence, ease, and comfort, they are r e d uce d to the condition of wretched outcasts. The few remaining to guard their costly temple and other property have been assailed and murdered, and the State authorities, who were bound to protect them, surrendered them a prey to their furious opponents, MONEY a.1(1 COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From Ike Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales, 5,000 bales. Shares were still less buoyant than they are in the London market. The week's sales of cotton are 48,700 bales, and the stock at Liverpool is 930,000 bales. There are no later accounts by ship arrivals from foreign parts. An extraordinary instance of quick passages by a sailing vessel seems to be that of the Deogaum, Leitch commander; which arrived out at Calcutta from the Clyde in ninety-one days. She made three voyages between these points in a period of 355 days, having sailed for her first voyage on the 22d September, 1845, and arrived at Calcutta on her second voyage, Septem ber 13, 1846. The principal alterations in the Bank of England returns, compared with those of last week, are as under : Notes issued Decrease Bullion Decrease ether deposits, decrease , Other securities, decrease £28,437,245 304,400 14,893,906 249,182 '328,833 569,229 The Stock Market, although there is not much doing, looks decidedly better to-day, and there is a rally in Consols. of to per cent. The fact is that up to the present time no particular reason has been given for the sudden and special fall that occurred on Thursday, because the aspect of political affairs generally should rather have led to a previous and gradual declension, whereas there was actually an advance. Consols have been 941 for present transfer, and 945 for Account. Exchequer-bills were at Bs. to I Is. pre mium. The New Three and-a-Quartm. per Cents. realised 955 1 ; and the Three per Cents 935. Bank Stock has been a little better, viz., 2041 to 2051. The Foreign investments have been nominally at rather fuller rates, but the transactions are wholly in significant. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 251 to 26; the Three per Cents. 37; and PortuguesP. Four per Cents. 394 ; Mexican Active Bonds have been at 22 ; Dutch Four per Cents. are 92. The Scottish lines have been in favour again, as the North Western has leased them as far as Perth, and is now expected to take up the Aberdeen. Birmingham and Oxford are down again. The French lines have been rather more dealt in, at about previous rates. ONE. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94%1 /2 New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuities 95 1 A LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 9 15-16 V I Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 lO 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... ....... 22 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1 1 ,4 d. ... 8 1 —— p I )itto, 5001 ll 11 p Ditto, Small CLOSING PRICES. ini - E I PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 22 Ditto. Account..... ... ..... Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 39 1 4 Ditto, Account — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 2 61 Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 CLOSING PRICES 21% 22 39% 39 25 3 4 26 PRICv,S OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING • , AMWAY SHARES AT ONE (YCLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and. Portrush .... . •1% -- Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% . Belfast & County Down 4% — Birmingham and Dudley 4:13. ... .. 4!,i p Birmin. and Glsucester-100 Ditto New 17% . Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2% . Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... .. Bristol and Liver. June 21./. ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 21 /i Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 / — Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... . Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21 4 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 21,4 Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2% l3/ . I /erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% — 'Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dubliil and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 EasternCotmties 14/. 16s ..22 1 4 % ...... ... Ditto New l2/. 16s NIA p ..... .. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d — ..... . Do., York Ext ens i on. . 2 ...... 3 1 / 2 % EastDereh'm andNoech 1 — Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% • Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 25,; East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1% — 'Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1 / 2 -- Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21 / 2 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5% Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 — . Ditto, New Do., .4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%...... Glouc.,Aberystwith,and Central of Wales 1%...... •• Goole, Doncaster, &c... 425• Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2 1 ,x ••......... . GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2 l /2 ...... Great North of Scotland 2% Great North of England-100 23 3 1/ Ditto New Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western 85 22 7A p 236% 60 Ditto 1 - Shares .. 50 Ditto 4 Shares lO Ditto Fifths Ditto, New - Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 14 Shares Do. Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 114 Do., dr , and Norwich 2% — Killarney Junctions ll/ _ ............ .. Kendal and Windermere 11 4 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Lame,' Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bradford Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% Lpool., Mnchstr & New- ............... castle Junction Liverpool and Bury.. 14 .. London and Blackwall.. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9% Do. New Ditto Extension 7 % London, Brighto n , an d South Coast Ditto, Fifths ......... London and C ro yd on , 1 31. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 ...... London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d....,, •• London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo .... . .. 198% Do. Quarters ...... Do., no., New Shares.. 2 ...... 164 Ditto Fifths .... „•, 2 ..... Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% Do., New 1 4 Shares (G. J.) ............ 5 Do 40/. Shares (... M. ) 8 Lond. & S.Western 411 63 10d 6 7 1,! x n Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New Do. New - .......... . 18 London and Y or k •... 2 1 ,4 Do. 1 ,4 Shares London and Windsor . London, Stash. , ury, and Yeovil ...... ...-...... 2 1 ,6 ....•• Londonderry& Coleraine 12%...... lAndonderry and Ennis killen l 2 l /2 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham :5 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 lO6 104 1 / 2 Ditto 1/. Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths ..... Do. Extension 42s. — p Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters (A) 5 •••••• ... : ..... ..... Do. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C) 1 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 423. % p Manchester, Birtn., and Mould Junction ...., ....., _ Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... • Midland lOO .....133 134. ....•• .. Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. IBirm., and Derbyloo Mid!nd& East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 Do, North Shields ~, 25 - Madrid papers of the 23d have been received. The Heraldo, under the head of " Portuguese In telligence," contradicts the report in circulation, that Queen DONNA MARIA had abdicated. It states also that the Count DE VINIIAIES, at the head of 3,000 men, had marched from Braganza against Oporto. The Heruldo declares that if DONNA MARIA should demand assistance of the Spanish Cabinet it would not be withheld ; but as this was written before the determination of M. GulzoT was known in Madrid, we are inclined to pay but little attention to the an nouncement; by this time the Spanish Government and Count BRESSON have received their orders from Paris, and the Heraldo has no doubt altered its tone ac• cordingly. According to the Tiempo, the note pre sented to Senor ISTURITZ by Baron RENPUFFE, the Portuguese Minister, invited the Spanish Govern ment to march troops to the frontier to overawe the insurgents, but besought them not to interfere. MADRID Bor-sa, OCT. 23 —The Three per Cents. were at 34% for cash ; the Four per Cente. at 211 A ; the Five per Cents. at 21%; the Debt without Interest at OA and the Coupons, 20. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. Whether the reception which the French Princes met with in Madrid has opened the eyes of M. GUJZOT, as to the real sentiments of the inhabitants of the Peninsula, with regard to French meddling, or whether, having accomplished the Montpensier mar riage, he deems it politic to give time for matters tt settle down peaceably before attempting a further ex tension i t is very of French apparent influence, but front the following artiel( in the Debats, that Count BRESSON has either misunderstood or exceeded his instructions! There can be no doubt but the coup d'etat in Por tugal, and the promised Spanish intervention in favour of the Portuguese Polignacs were arranged in Madrid between Count BRESSON, COSTA CABRAL, and GONZALES BRAVO some time since. This intrigue is now disavowed by the French Government, and j udg ing from the following article, there will be no armed foreign intervention in the affairs of Portugal, for it is absurd to imagine that Spain will interfere without the approbation of M. GUIZOT, The Journal de s Debats says : " We take but little interest in the destiny of the coup d 'etat which has just been att empted in Portug al by one of the old satellites of Radicali sm , Marshal Saldanha . The ro isplaying a part that m ay cost h er h er wnNational even thinks that i t may cost st il l crown. The dearer to this imprudent princess. We trust, however, that in this latter respect the National and its corre spondent may be mistaken, and that the Portuguese will not, whatever may happen, sully themselves with a useless and absurd crim e. A cou ntry which changes its constitution nearly every y e ar , and which does nothing but float between coups d'etat of th e club and coups d'etat of the palace, has no r i g ht to sho w itself so rigorous:. As for already it is imp oss ibl e f or us to s e e o ur of intri gues an d revo- Iu t on swhich us, are i called in Portugal the const i tut i onal monarchy. A few months back a minister who appeared to be deficient neither in ability nor energy, Costa Cabral, an old clubbist, was overthrown by a riot. Matters went on neither much better nor much worse in consequence. The fall of Costa Cabral brought to Portugal neither a liberty the more, nor did it prevent the treasury from remain. ing empty as usual. Is it to fill it that the Queen, aided by Marshal Saldanha, has thonght fit to strike s coup d'etat, and add another revolution to so many preceding, ones? Such a mode rarely succeeds; it appears des tined this time also to have a miserable result, and we shall not be sorry for it. We do not like these pre tended strokes of authority, which always have the pre. text of strengthening liberty, but which commence by suspending all kinds of liberty and all kinds of riaiit. A suspended constitution is a destroyed one. 'The li berty of the press and the liberty of the subject no longer exist in Portugal; that is perfectly clear to us in the coup deka of Lisbon, and it is on that account that from the first moment, notwithstanding the magnificent promises consigned in the proclamations and decrees of the Queen, we greeted with the most profound distrust this kind of counter-party of Radical revolutions. We need not add that it is absurd to impute to the French Government the slightest part in the imbroglio of Lisbon." Orders have been given to the French troops sta tioned on the Swiss frontier to withdraw, so that in all probability there will be no French intervention in the affairs of Switzerland. The National thus replies to the article in the Presse, advocating a triple alliance against England, which we quoted yesterday : " A great noise has lately announcing a new era in the been made about a pompous article:in an obscure Ronew, Cabinet of O c t o b er 29. M. Guizot was said to b e a b out to obtain th e presidency of the Council, and we were to see wonders. M any simple people like ourse l ves b e li eve that the Ministry had already gone a great way in the N p v a a t s hs n o o f t shamem master ster ofan reaction!his movem e nts, b p ei e appears, , stoppedh o howe ver, r, that we were all mistaken, for we are told that M. Guizot the e d v i r i l e c t t e i o n n d e h n e c i w e s i he an d d t o f a t t e st k e b r y r e j b u r diccehse. s o A f i d . i G s c u i z l i ) n i t n e has overcome all these impediments; portfolios are to be given to his per sona l friends, and the springs o f go • vernment which Played so e as ily in unworthy hands are to be re-temp ered in the furnace o f t h e grea t Minister and re ce i ve an extraordinary e l ast i c i t y an d vigour. M. Guizot, who has had the honour of inaugu rating it, is about to place it on a durable foundstion. After this magnificent prologue we expected to see the curtain rise, but th e curta i n still re mains down — the Moniteur continues t o b e mute. M. Gu i zo t is not yet President of the Cou nc il , t h e other Mi n i ste rs with un worthy hands still keep their portfolios. We ' ere hoping that, on the eve of the seventh anniversary, a new e,.a would be opened. The Moniteur is like the dealer of many customers—it opens shop late and keeps all waiting. Is it put off till to-morrow? Let a decision be come to. The Joys of M. Guizot are sweet to us, and we are as impatient for him as for ourselves. The important thing to be known is whether the immu table policy is in a state of repentance and about to contradict itself. This it is which continues to puzzle us. The system, in fact, has two interpretations. The first, in speaking of England and her alliance, says:— We think in this respect as we have always thought.' Now it has always thought that without t he En g lish alliance the system must decay ; therAire it is still for the Emglish alliance. Very goo! But the second in- 14 1 / 2 105 4814 64 -r 12% % P 344 tstlami N v.winrket 4.,Clie,ter Sid 5 - •••• . ......... Newport& Abergavenny 2IA Newry and Enniskillen 4/2 —.. . • • • ...... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ... 15x..... „.. ........ Norfolk .. Do. half Shares ..... 7 - ........ - ..... Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll .. 15:% 4 % ... ...... ••• Do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. Extension Northern and Eastern 5 0%•••••• 1... ........ ! 70 ............... Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 . . Do. Quaitr Shares... 12 1 A — ........... Do. New North Staffordshire 42s. ...... W s 2 p... . ... North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..., Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyrei Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate , 3/. 12s. — die. ..........• Richmond 15 Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — ............... Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 2 l /2 — .............. Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, an dCrewe... 1% — .......... .... • Sheffield & Manchester 100 •. ............. Do. Quarter Shares... 8 ~.,..•.......• Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 1 1 — ............... Do. & Great Grim by. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. .... ...... ...• •••• " ... . Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . Shropshire- Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsli. Junc. 2 1 h 2 Sligo and Shannon l% — •• South Devon... 35 ...... .. .. South & Midlands Janc. 425. .. ... ............... South Staffordshire June. 21 % — ~.,........••• South Eastern & Dover. 33% — . .......... •••• Do., No. 1 2G Do., Ne. 2. - ...... . ...... Do., No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 St.Alban's, llatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. — Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 4 — ............... South Wales Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ••• •.,,,... Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ...... 'lying, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath 2 — —.. ..... .• Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 22% ... ........ ._•• Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. ~... ............... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 ...•• Waterford and Limerick 22% ........... .... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin aterford, Wexford, and V alentia Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midland ............... West Riding Union 425....... 134% p ....... . West Cornwall 2 .. West London,Old Shares 20 ffexford and Carlow ... 214 .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 10 ..,... 43g ~. ..... Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby ........... . York and Carlisle 2 34 York and Newca5t1e...... 25 .. Ditto New D% Ao. Preference ...... 2 •••••• 5 ........... cork anti North Midland 50 Ditto V 2 Shares Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby O . F, , ,tposion Ditto, Preference ... Do. East and West Rid ing Extension 11, ••• • • - .............• ...,... 9.4 . ............ 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern J unc t m 2 1 / 2 B , ulogne and Amiens,,, 16 - ................... '''''''' :•••:: Bordeaux & Mediterr an . 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, a n d .... • Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders 2 ...„ ............... Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ....... . 7 s . Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coastl " Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara Dendre Valley Di ]s, re ia ct dras ßombay and 2 5 41 : . ••••• • .. ... .... ... .................... ......: ..... .... I . 1 Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ..... .... 53. - - ...... , s .......... Fampoux & Hazebro u k 4 ....... Great Indian P e ni nsu l ar ss. ... .. .. .... ....... Great Great Western Western . ..... 3 5 s li , .................... Iti lian and Austrian. 4 ... -2! .. ............ Jamaic A S.Mid. Jun c ti on 1 ...... ..., ...... ... Jersey ...... ... 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 .., . — l 3 / 4 . i ii ... ... :::: ....... Lixembaurg...... ..... .. 4 - ......... •• • Lyons and Avignon 2 ............... ............... Madras ... Madras, Nellore, and •" Arcot % — .. ..... .... Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon lO Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 .....- 7 ''; ............ .. Over Yssel 413 s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 •............. Paris and Orl eans 2O Paris and Rouen .... .. ... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ..... 10 .... 4 1 /, ... .. ... . ......... •• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic fours and Nantes Con- .. . ..... stituted .—....- ..... 5 . ....... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and H asse lt. 8 Trinidad `Vest Flanders .. 6 _--3 ................. .......... W.................................... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - ••• ..... British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 .... .... • Colonial London J o i n t S toc k lO . ........... . • National P rov . E ng l and. 35 —.............. .... National of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London Provincial of Ireland ... 25 MINES Real del Monte gnregd LLOYD', SHIPPING. , ifit t ' I L IA O 3 N I D SG O A N T , E O , CT. 31.—Wind W. by S., light breez „ P moderate fog. ~..,btoo Oar. 30.—S1d. Eight Sons, till° ' bor ° David's; Henriett a , Willi ns, S ur i nam. ,_ ._ on • L i co CARDIFF, OCT. 30.—Th e J o h n Daniel, Hug"' d Is' an at Scilly, was got off the 28th, and into Penartb , itP the ground to prevent hor sinking. NEWPORT, MONMOHTDSHIRE, OCT. .—Arrd- ~.c ar. A diet, Grattan, Quebec. Sl..d. Agnes Blaikie, Grenada; -4' J. nando Po. FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind N.E., A" moderate". Deo Emerald, Ill'Arthur, River St. Lawrence. A na ,--,9 l d'cos o PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind N.N.E , ---..,.. 1 ,.. 5 y Quatre Freres, Ruse, Martinique; Gazaman ' ee, -Diu — ' of Africa. A Ot el° OFF TORBAY, OCT. 28.—Wind easterly.--So ll °' Of Rio Janeiro. - S.1" 1- nr i A t DEAL, OCT. 30.—Wind N. to N.N.E.; I ° l l- boOten light.—Arrd. Barbara, Smith, Lima, with loss 0. 1 est e having been in contact. Arrd. from the River W it t , .P . . 1.. Ile 10 Mary Hay, Volum, Hobart Town ; Chanticleer, 0 4 , 00 4 zibar ; John Mitchell. Douglas, Valparaiso; 11 " san de;f ve tt, kinson, Barbadoes ; Sarah Birkett, Braddon, Gr e l Dio: i clo Irving, Jamaica; Caroline, Tylor, Jamaica; L ' ulr ii - rn°, 9 201. Savannah; Chester, Maxwell, St. John's, New „"th ‘V - Sid. Sid. Duke of Roxburgh, Collard, Sydney, New oo 7 c hi. MUMBLES, OCT. 28.—Arrd. Binits, Ball, Mira in 'clyde i .Vcif OFF TUSKAR, OCT. 28.—Chieftain, Quebec, f or vll, ''' DUBLIN, OCT. 29.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. 28th A r gdbec-_,Ol, St. John's, New Brunswick; Transit, Ferguson , Qu a vn i ii WARKWORTH, OCT. 28.—The head-board °' 011 . ' ; ked up ~, marked " Amhers," in gilt letters, was picked Arr.' port, 26th inst. - ght-"* . '7 l - 10 LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30.—Wind S.W. to NAV-, li z e ti 0 , Zephyr, Kirley, Buenos Ayres, British Amer ic lisrail l tici Sutherland, Cuba; Mary Queen of Scots, Kay , vro svil or sailed Sept.lB; Thomas, Brown, St. John's, N ew Aitto ; G ore Shoodiac, Griffin, ditto; Mechanic, Newton , 't a b .if, gow, Cook, ditto, with l oss o f spars , b u lwarks , 1 1 1, fsno; r t, cane, 7th inst.; Sampson, Murdock, Mirami c ' Offtda, Welsh, Quebec, with damage in a gale, 24th in ..; s' t, 01; 0 , British Queen, Prince Edward's Island; CO l°l " s sars 011 i Tom, Envoy, Queen of the Ocean, Intrinsic, ivo to r et Paley, X. L. The Derby, Quagle, f this por t, t he N I St wrecked, 6th Aug. last, in attempting to cross ed fr o ied o Brass River ; crew saved. The Ann, sunn,, ro as John's, New Brunswick, to Ireland, was passed, do waterlogged, by the Glasgow, Cook, arrived here . At P. H. Howard, Esq , 11I.P and Mrs. I .o f a riir e ' oxcote, their seat in Corby, have left F . 1 Warar'e — , 01 for town. , w iclovi 4. , THE LATE GENERAL DUPONT.--"T" 9 ,„- n aosta'J General Dupont has, in consequence of the — o3 Otio meat in Madrid of a subscription for a E a°l3o o fv Dupontl3a)ien .,ft 11S 9. be and 22,000 commemorate the surrender -. h rta. , 22,000 French troops to a S pa ~i,jept t o addressed a letter to the Paris journals, in, - f .13sY":4 saya—" It is not true that on the battle field. ° n oel' that 22,000 French laid down their arms betori;ciding Castanos. Not more than 7,000 or 8,000 web , qic, the field hospitals, which contained nearly I,iitoori,J: 7,000 or 8,000 men, most of them down by the climate b h mCdisease, d c an the i , y linger a • D e o had only been under fire once irfore, aust al o pies , ia A f ar.- a field of Baylen the whole force of 20,00 0 ea r which the elite of the Spanish army forme', l l ' ec ess'l run°. conseriP;nd vib° fine, General Dupont did not yield to the cru @ n o D ien I d of' capitu ating until he had no more than 2,°' oine being J Ic . t , line able to stand up; when, despairing of op to re.s by two divisions, on which ho had every reason San, and on the point of being assailed by a , t li b u s P1a 613 corps, coming him betWeQn two fires." upon him in the rear, PIA ' 204% 93% 94 1 4 95% .9g 22 p 94% 37 44 p 2314 21/ 78 1 / 2 19% 31 714 23% 53 10 1 4 59 1 ,4 9 3 4 16% 19% 68xn 302 in - 06 36 '5% 21 - 2 ~ / i 15e p 4% ,* ,' 5 214 70 I% 44 15)V