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To be had at all the Libraries. NEW NOVE L S, BY POPULAR AUTHORS, JUST PUBLISHED IY MR. COLBURN. The ROMAN TRAITOR. By H. W. HERBERT, Esq., Author Of " Oliver Cromwell" T " 11. MARSTON ; or, The Soldier and Statesman. By the Author of I• Salathiel." It I. GREAT TOM of OXFORD. the Author of •`Peter Priggins." IV. LEONTINE ; or, The Court of Louis XT. By Mrs. MABERLY. V. LOST AND WON ; or, The Love Test. By the Author of "The Maid's Husband." VI. ADVENTURES of CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN. By W. H. MAX WELL, Esq.. Author of " Stories of Waterloo." VII. The CITIZEN of PRAGUE. Edited by MARY HOWITT. VIII. The WILD IRISH GIRL. By Lady MORGAN. With a ntw Preface and Notes. Complete for 65., with Portrait, forming the New Volume of " Colburn's Standard Novels." Also just Ready, P MEN OF CAPITAL. By Mrs. GORE, Authoress of " The Bant• 's Wife," &c. 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. SIR RP_HARD BONNYCASTLE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., price 21s. bound, CANADA AND THE CANAD IANS In 1846. By Sir RICHARD BO NNYCASTLE, Knt., Llent.-Colonel Royal Engineers, and Militia of Canada West. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ALBERT snrrirs NE N STORY. Now ready, and may bad of a!1 Booksellers, price One Shilling, (to be completed in Twelve Numbers), with Two Illustrations, by Leech, Part 11. of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPtIER T APPPOLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH, Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledhury," " The Scattergood Family," " The Marchioness of Brinvilliers," Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSItS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patroeage, and to annoinice that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Bte., take place every TDEIDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All 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. TH' ' E ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Wlll be perfo ait the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnbeirti; r. Borradi ; Florestein, Mr. Harley; Thaddeus , Mr. W. Harriso • Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes ; Arline, Miss Rainfortli. To conclude with a new Ballet, In two acts, entitled THE OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Bretin, Theodore, Mdlle. Fabbri, Madame Theodore, and 3ldlle. Adele will perform. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Colman"s Comedy of THE POOR GENTLE MAN. Sir R. Bramble, Mr. W. Farren ; Frederick, Mr. Hudson ; Lieut. Worthington, Mr. Stuart ; Dr. 011apod, Mr. Webster ; Stephen Harrowby, Mr. Buckstone ; Humphrey Dobbins, Mr. Rogers; Miss Lucretia Mactab, Mrs. Glover ; Emily Worthington, Miss Forte-scue. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture to " ZamPa," the " 31asken Bilden," and the " Musketeers" Quadrille. After which a new Farce, called THE FORTUNE HUNTER ; or, A Morning at Margate. Captain Mountgarret, Mr. Hudson ; Griffin, Mr. Tilbury ; Bompas, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Griffin, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES TION. Characters by Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, Buckatone, Miss Telbin, and Miss J. Bennett. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The New Grand Fairy Burlesque Extravagance, entitled " The Magic Horn," having been, on each occasion of its representation, received throughout with the most cordial marks of approbation and delight by crowded and fashionable audiences, is, in conse quence, respectfully announced for repetition every Evening until 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. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled TEE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinlisch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Weollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. rIIEATItE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILI.E ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rug'eigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Tolley, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Clairgille, Madame Celeste. After which, the popular Burletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madams Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, Selby, Worrell, &c., will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE UNFINISHED GEN TLEMAN. Bill Downey, Mr. Wright; Lord Totterly, Mr. Selby; Hon. Frisk Flammer, Mr. Worrell ; Mary Chintz, Miss Woelgar. PRINCESS'S THE&TRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, in three acts, entitled CLA RISSA HARLOWE. Lovelace, Mr C. Mathews; Jack Macdonald, Mr. Hughes ; Joseph, Mr. Oxberry ; Clarissa Harlowe, Mrs. Stirling. To be Ibilowed by a New Comic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Count Theodore, Mr. J. Vining ; Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews ; Baron Pumpernickel, Mr. Compton. To conclude with a new Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS *POLL THE BROTH. In which Messrs. Compton, Oxberry, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, &c., will perform. STRAND THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Davidson. LAST FIVE NIGHTS OF MR. GREGORY'S PERFORMING, THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of KING LEAR King Lear, Mr. Gregory ; Edgar, Mr. Waldron ; Kent, Mr. Aft wood; Oswald, Mr. Grafton ; Cordelia, Mrs. Percy; Regan, Miss Dorrington ; Goneril, Mrs. Griffiths. After which, THE YOUNG WIDOW. Aurelia, Miss 31. Glover ; Lucy, Miss Dorrington. To conclude with TIIE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Nicodemus, Mr. Waldron ; Diggory, Mr. Ittwood ; Lavinia, Miss Dorrington. Private Boxes, Places, and Stalls, may be engaged at the Box office, from eleven tin four, and at all the Libraries. HAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING be performed the Play, entitled THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Count de Valmont, Mr. Cooper ; Longaeville, Mr. Fredericka; Florian, Mr. Johnson ; Bertrand, Mr. Saville ; Gas pard, Mr. Heslop; L'Eclair, Mr. Webb; Sanguine, Mr. Hawkins ; Lenoir, Mr. Pelham • Geraldine, Mrs. Charles Gill ; Eugenia, Mrs. Ternan ; Rosabelle, Miss Terrey ; Monica, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with an interesting Play, entitled THE VICTIM OF ST. VINCENT. Baron St. Val, Mr. Cooper • Felix, Mrs. Charles Gill ; Amelia, Mrs. Tertian ; supported by the whole talent of the Company. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK OF THE SUMMER SEASON. Pkronisad by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Unabated attraction. " The Merchant's Steed" still continues his trium phant course. THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF SY RACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, air. J. Harwood ; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ;. Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nn zn.t.rous Company, double Stud, &c. After which, popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, and &her No velties. Being for the BENEFIT of a CHARITABLE INSTI TUTION. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in announcing that he has formed arrangements with several continental artistes :—Messrs. Joseph Paul Cone, Lorentz Walff, Rmallue lValff. Polaski, Amidio Neuport, and the popular vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and T. Lee, who will appear during the winter season, which commences on Monday, October 12, for the first time, with a variety of novel productions. Likewise In active preparation, a new Equestrian Spectacle, of un equalled effects, performing in Paris with great success, arranged and produced by Mr. W. Broadfoot. 11(A-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA TEI THIS EVENING Will be performed a new grand, legendary, romantic Drama, en titled THE SPECTRE SKIFF ; or, The Phantom of the Sea. Mabel Allerton, Miss Vincent ; Tabitha Tod, Miss L. Pearce ; Dame Plain body, Mrs. Cooke; Luke Allerton, Mr. Archer; Diedrich Jansein, Mr. Searle ; Peter Plainbody, Mr. Forman ; Ben Rullock, Mr. C. J. Bird. After which, the Burlesque of FAYRE ROSAMONDE. Fayre Rosamonde, Mr. Forman. To conclude with THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON; or, The Brothers' Career. Supported by the entire strength of the company. 111 E WEATHER.—Sax OFFICE, OCTOBER 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest. 64 ; Noon, 62, BAROMETER, 29.48.—W1ND S.W., cloudy. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON-I:RIDGE Tidy DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 42 minutes after 2. tained by the complacency of the military representa tives of the directors in Leadenhall-street, and solely preserved from destruction by the temporary guardianship of our bayonets, we cannot be amazed at the prospective insubordination of the populace. Immediately upon the retire ment of the English forces from the vicinity of Lahore, there is scarcely any question that the QUEEN-MOTHIx and her hateful paramour, the Wuzeer, will be hurled ignominiously from authority, and possibly offered up as victims to the fanatical vengeance of the Khalsees. Is this condition of affairs surprising ? We appeal to the judgment of those who are sticklers for the sobriety and unim peachable majesty of a Legislature if there be no reason for these lawless and desperate resolutions, if the indignation of the Seikhs be not a most natural consequence of a most unnatural villany, if the de pravities of the RANIM and the RAJA do not almost imperatively require a signal and authoritative inter position, and if any interposition (whether from foreign culverins or native brands) would not be preferable to such a precarious and perni cious domination, providing that that interposi tion conduced to the permanent establish ment and re-organisation of the government of those districts? We ask the homeliest intellect to decide whether even the annexation of such territories to a stronger empire would not be preferable to the con tinuance of such a degenerating, brutalizing, and sanguinary policy, especially if that annexation ensured not merely the domestic tranquillity of a state hitherto devoted to interminable and bloody commotions, hut brought civilisation to barbarians, and developed the commercial capabilities of a ne glected land, by all the appliances of artistic contriv ance and scientific ingenuity ? From our hearts we abhor that national selfish ness which would permit the seizure of one principality for the aggrandisement of another. We regard such proceedings, indeed, as altogether de structive to the fundamental principles of morality, and as detrimental not merely to the interests of the conquered, but ultimately to the interests of the con queror. In this instance, however, as in several others which might be adduced from history, the question is not simply as to the aggrandisement of the greater, but as to the preservation and improvement of the lesser territory. A novel cause of misery both to themselves and to surrounding provinces is developed in the territories of which Lahore is the metropolis. A strange description of political leprosy has infected the Government of those territories : for the clearing away of that leprosy some equally novel remedy must he discovered and administered. " Et quoniam variant morbi, variabimus artes ; Mille mali species, mille salutis erunt." Otherwise these maladies would inevitably and inva riably gain the mastery of all correctives. The rulers of this incendiary population are most detestable in their characters. The heartless criminality of the RANEE, the systematic vice of her paramour, and the arch hypocrisy of GuooLAB SINGH are equally matters of notoriety, and are equally calculated to arouse our detestation. No native materials for legis lation are discoverable ; those which are at present employed are merely endured during the presence of their British defenders ; immediately upon the departure of the latter the former will be overwhelmed by the puissant abhorrence of their subjects. Having vanquished the rulers imposed upon them, or rather aided by the swards of the English, the Seikhs will nurse their self-confidence into audacity; the recollec tion of Sobraon and Ferozeshah will be obli terated by the triumph of overthrowing an obnoxious administration ; and these daring and predatory warriors, elated by success, and instigated by re venge, may once more endeavour to cross those fron tiers which have already been the scene of their discom. fiture, and to renew the bloodshed which has been so destructive to themselves, and so deplorable even in our victorious ranks. We are not arranging some mournful hypothesis, we are deducing a series of glaring probabilities from certain significant and indisputable facts. All these considerations will of course present themselves to the presiding coun cils of British India, and upon the resolutions formed therefrom will depend the barbarism or civili sation, the death or life, the anguish or joy of many thousands. Until the position of affairs at Lahore had been corroborated by a succession of similar dispatches, we abstained from speaking thus definitely upon a matter of such remarkable difficulty and de licacy. Now, however, we are compelled to acknow ledge that the imposition of benefits upon another is preferable to the quiescent reception of grievous and unceasing injuries. There can be little doubt, from the manner in which the Livery of London have taken up the cause, that Alderman Woon is the person whom they would desire to occupy the civic chair during the ensuing year. But the very fact that the Court of Aldermen have it in their power to put a veto on the free choice of the Livery is sufficient to create an apathy in the public mind. " What is the use," may every Livery man ask, "of going into Guildhall, and there giving my vote in favour of Alderman WooD, when I know —from the fatal experience of past years—that the Court of Aldermen, a wholly irresponsible body, can nullify the expression of the popular will and reject the object of the popular choice ?" Were the votes in Guildhall to settle the question, whether it were or were not the desire of the citizens that Alderman WooD should be "Mayor of London and Lord of the Manor of Finsbury," we should have the election carried on in a manner very different from that exhibited since last Tuesday. Where hundreds have voted, thousands would have has tened to vote, under different circa stances. There may be an apparent apathy in the public mind, during the present contest, but there is none in reality. The matter which acts as the wet blanket is simply this—vote how they may, the Livery must feel, and do feel, that their utmost exertions may be in vain, if the obstinacy, the caprice, or the injustice of the Court of Aldermen pleases to declare that Mr. WooD shall not be Lord Mayor. It is precisely as if a popular and necessary measure— such as reform or free trade—having been triumph antly passed in the House of Commons, by the re sponsible representatives of the people, should be rejected by the House of Lords, a body wholly irresponsible. We are convinced that, if it rested with the Livery, Alderman WOOD would be borne into the civic chair by an immense majority. But when they feel that their votes may go for no thing, the Livery lose that strong interest in the election which they would otherwise take, and thus the marvel is not that the total number of votes is comparatively small—not more than a third of the electors having voted—but that so many have come to the poll. The large number who have voted for Alderman WOOD may be taken as proofs of the personal gooiwill of the Livery. If there were not that modern "Star Chamber," the Court of Alder men, with power to undo what the Livery had done, double the number of votes would have been given long ago, and the contest would have been virtually ended on the second day. We have ventured to compare the irresponsible power of the Court of Aldermen to that exercised by the House of Lords. To carry out the parallel, it should be added, that as the House of Lords have not presumed to persevere in their resistance to the public will, so the Court of Aldermen may find it worth while to consider the consequences of their continued opposition to the voice of the Livery, so often and so loudly raised in favour of Alderman WooD. " The pressure from vk ithout" has more than once significantly given a lesson to the Peers, and the same " pressure" may whisper a word or two into Aldermanic ears. Already has the question been mooted, whether the Aldermen may be ren dered responsible to the Livery of London—by being subjected to septennial or even triennial election. This would efficiently check them without so much controlling them as to limit their power of free action for good purposes. Mr. BENNOCII, himself a member of the Common Council, did not hesitate to touch on this subject, in an eloquent and energetic speech, which he made in Guildhall, at the conclusion of the proceedings on Saturday. He argued that the continued opposition of the Court of Aldermen to the wish of the citizens (as in this case of Alderman Wool)) must have the effect of compelling the public to consider whether an organic change—in other words, a wholesale reform—. might not, and must not, be made in the constitution of the Court of Aldermen. He urged that, if it were seen that an irresponsible body pertinaciously acted, for a aeries of years, against the will of the public, un equivocally expressed, there was nothing for it but to change the system, and, by instituting periodical re election, make each member of that body responsible to the Livery. There is so much truth in this, that we firmly believe if municipal reform take place in the city of London, the ostensible cause for it will pro bably be supplied by the Court of Aldermen itself. We would fain hope that the Aldermen will peace fully yield in the present case, and, by confirming the return of Alderman Wool), put an end to the excite ment which now prevails. An act of justice, how ever tvrdy, will be received with kindly and even with grateful feelings, and in this instance we are confident that it would also create an act of oblivion. Alderman WOOD and his friends, throughout this trying contest, have carefully abstained from all per sonality, have avoided all temptations to annoy those opposed to them. Considering it as not a mere per sonal contest, but a battle for the privileges of the Livery, jeopardized by the resistance, from " the powers that be," to the Alderman's claims to the civic chair—for rotation and for popular election —they have been superior to the use of harsh lan guage, angry epithets, or attempts at recrimination. The contest ended, and the Alderman elected, there can be no reason why the angry feelings which have ruffled the popular mind should not subside. " It is ill-speaking between a feu man and a fast ing." This adage, used by our Scottish neighbours, conveys an impressive lesson as to the manner in which Irish affairs must be dealt with during the present crisis. The man half-starved, oppressed with the pangs of hunger, and seeing those dearer to him than life itself—the partner of his cares and toils, the helpless infants, the pledges of their mutual love— crying for food, which he is unable to supply, and gradually sinking, their strength failing, and all the consequences of inanition becoming daily more ap parent, will scarcely be disposed to argue quietly, to listen with submission to the reasons urged on him why he should patiently bear his afflictions, and wait until his necessities can be relieved in due course. The stomach is an unruly member, it requires nourishment of some kind, and that must be obtained legally, if possible, but, if not legally, in any manner whatsoever, per fas et nefas. We have continually urged the imperative necessity of taking instant measures for setting to work the destitute labourers. That is the first duty, whether the work be useful or otherwise, whether it be likely to yield a profitable return or be merely an ornamental construction. The people must be maintained, and if that maintenance be given to them without any return in the shape of labour, its results will be most injurious and demoralising to the many. " Idleness is the mother of mischief," and that fertile cause of evil must be avoided. A subsis tence must be secured for the people, but it should be in return for their honest industry. They must get either land, on which they may live, or work and wages, whereby they can live. If this is not afforded to them according to law, it will most undoubtedly be seized contrary to law, and much more will be de stroyed, damaged, or taken away, than would have preserved the public peace and tranquillity, if applied in the first instance. The people must not be driven to insurrection or outrage ; true it is that such disturbances may be suppressed by the strong arm, but it will be at a fearful loss of human life, a fearful amount of human suffering. The rioters may perish by the bullet, the steel, perchance by the hands of the exe cutioner, but much will be suffered by other parties also; and it would eventually be found that it would cost as little to send provisions as soldiers into the country; food is as cheap as armed men, and if the contest is once commenced, it will undoubtedly be tedious and perilous. The battle, on the part of the people, will be one for existance, and the victory will not be easy. There is yet time to avoid this horrible alternative, but it is a brief and flitting moment. " There is a light cloud on the moon, 'Tis passing, and will pass full soon." And if advantage be not taken at the instant, if the golden opportunity is lost, it may be im possible to regain the vantage ground we now occupy. To a reasoning mind it would be un necessary to dilate on the advantages of immediate action. Every riot, similar to those that have so re cently taken place at Youghal and Dungarvan, will lead to further disturbance. If the people succeed, if they find that their violence obtains for them betterterms than those formerly offered, if benefits are the return for outrages, they will readily be induced to listen to the suggestions of wicked and turbulent spirits—and, unfortunately, there are many such abroad—and formidable outbreaks may originate in trivial and in sufficient causes. But should it be otherwise, should they be dispersed by the strong arm of power, and some of the rioters deprived of life, or seriously hurt, a bitter and revengeful feeling will arise, and too many opportunities may occur for giving effect and expression thereto. All this must be avoided, and it is barely possible to do so ; the relief and the em ployment have been too long withheld. Steps have been taken in many localities of the most beneficial character, large sums have been voted, and present ments passel The landowners in some baronies have imposed upon themselves weighty charges for the purpose of averting the disasters from their vicinities, but such isolated exertions, great and meritorious as they undoubtedly are, and valuable as they will prove in preserving the tranquillity of the several districts in which they have taken place, will not alone be sufficient. A general effort must be made throughout the entire kingdom ; zealous and active men should be appointed in every neighbourhood to co-operate with the authorities, to ascertain the extent of the distress, and the amount of 'relief that will be necessary. A list should, if possible, be drawn out of all the per sons dependent on their daily labour for their daily bread. By this means the exact amount of expendi. ture that will be necessary may be ascertained, and no superfluous undertaking need be attempted. The second point to be considered is, the means by which that labour which must be employed may be made most useful. It should be directed into proper channels, and made productive. The opening of new roads into districts hitherto inadequately provided therewith may be useful in some parts, but, generally speaking, such a source would be quite insufficient for the advantageous employment of the people. The soil of the country, however, affords ample opportunities therefor—there are few acres on which this labour might not be applied so as to yield a return of at least ten per cent. for the expenditure. Why then is such an opportunity neglected ? Difficulties un doubtedly there are in distributing this labour to be paid for by the public, or rather, we should say, by a rate levied on the different lands equitably, so as to give no individual owner or occupier advantages that would not be equally participated in by all similarly circumstanced, but these difficulties are not insuper able ; where there is a will there is a way, and we have no doubt that means could be adopted so as to overcome every existing impediment. . The laws, however, are inadequate for the emergency, there is no way by which, under any Act at present in force, this great object could be attained. Then new enact ments should be passed without delay ; the Legis lature should be immediately assembled to take into their consideration the measures proposed for that purpose. It is certainly an unusual period of the year, and the individual Members are entitled to some relaxa tion after their prolonged labours during the last session, and the many and important subjects with which they had to grapple while it continued; but we are much mistaken if a single Member would he sitate, on account of the personal inconvenience to which he would thereby be subjected ; and we are also well assured that no undue advantage would be taken of the meeting to embarrass the Ministry, or to introduce other and less pressing matters to the public notice. There is a great and serious responsibility on the Government at the present moment. If pos sible, they should share that responsibility with the Parliament ; but, if they cannot do so, they should act themselves, and trust to an indemnity on the next meeting for any irregular step they may have autho rised or directed—an indemnity which would unanimously granted. The Scientific Congress, at present sitting at Genoa, has been recently engaged in the discussion of this question...." Is or is not the plague contagi- ous ?" They have core to the conclusion that it is contagious, and the report of the section declares that the plague may be transmitted from a considerable distance. We should much like to read the evidence upon which these conclusions are founded. Count DE REVENTLOW, who, on the publication of the Letters Patent of the King of DENMARK, re signed the office which Ee held of Danish Ambassador at the Court of Berlin, has had conferred on him by the King of PRUSSIA the order of the Red Eagle of the First Class. The Grand Duchess MARY of Russia, daughter of the Grand Duke MICHAEL, is alarmingly ill at Vienna. Madrid papers of the 27th and 28th ult. have arrived. The Heraldo of the 28th announces that the mar riages will be solemnised on the 4th, that the QUEEN and INFANTA with their Consorts will proceed imme diately afterwards to Aranjuez, and will return to Madrid on the 10th, when the fetes will begin. Mr. BuLwER had a conference with Senor ISTURITZ on the 26th. Everything was, it is said, conducted in the most courteous way, but S - !nor ISTURITZ concluded by declaring that the Cortes having expressed their opi nion on the royal marriages, he regretted that he could not answer any more communications he might re ceive on the subject. The Bill authorising the levy of 25,000 recruits has passed the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate were engaged in discussing the Bill authorising the Ministry to levy taxes, which was opposed by General SERRANO, on account of the numerous illegal acts the Ministry had been guilty of. General NARVAEZ, Senor ISTURITZ, and the Marquis MIRAFLORES de - fended the conduct of the Ministry, which was at tacked by Senor LuzuNAeA, who was left speaking when the post left. " Yesterday," says the Eco del Comercio, " the French Ambassador gave a dinner to the Ministers, General NARVAEZ and other partisans or defenders of the foreign marriage. It has always been our opi nion that those who applaud ought to cot, and those who eat are ungrateful if they do not ap plaud." The Ministerial journals represent the country as tranquil; but from the precautions adopted in Catalo nia, Arragon, and the Basque Provinces, it is evi dent that an outbreak is apprehended. The French police are e very vigilant. They ar rested at Sare the Carlist Colonel GARCIA, as he was about to enter Spain. A Spaniard has been apprehended on the vague charge of entertaining evil designs against the Due MONTPENSIER, and a strong escort has been appointed for the guard of the Duke. A telegraphic dispatch has announced the arrival of the Dukes DE MONTPIINSIER and D'AIIMALE at Tolosa, on the 3d of October, where a magnificent fête was offered them. They were to leave in the morning for Vittoria. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 28.—The Three per Cents. I were done at 344, for paper ; the Four per Cents., at 214 ; the Five per Cents., at 22, for cash ; the Debt without interest, at 64 ; and the Coupons, at 201. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The " bread riots " in the Faubourg St. Antoine were renewed on Thursday night. The following is the account of them given in Galignani : "Yesterday evening the assemblage in the Quartier Saint Antoine became again so numerous along the whole of the Rue de Faubourg and the adjacent streets, that the magistrates were obliged to take strong mea sures. Troops of the line, horse and foot municipal guards, sergeants de vile, and police-officers in plain clothes, marched simultaneously into the Place du TrOne and the Place de la Bastille. On their way they were hooted, and in some instances pelted. They were at length compelled to charge. Many of the mob, who were almost all in blouses, took refuge in the house No. 45, which was immediately surrounded by the armed force, and several of the rioters, all young persons, were ar rested. By ten o'clock the disturbers were entirely dis persed, and all remained quiet through the night. We should remark that at least a moiety of the crowd assembled last night went to the spot as spectators, among whom were many English, proverbially partial to a row. These amateurs (among whom, truth compels us to add, there were not a few of the softer sex') were evidently disappointed at the quiet manner in which the affair went off, pronouncing it to be alto gether inferior to an Irish kick up' in St. Giles's." It would appear, from other accounts, that during the course of the riots various seditious cries were uttered. An attempt was made to renew the dis turbances on Friday evening, but the rioters were prevented from assembling in consequence of the pre cautions adopted by the authorities, who caused several of them to be arrested. The Montpensier marriage still continues to occupy the almost un divided attention of the journalists. The presence of the British fleet on the coast of Spain appears to have excited some alarm in Paris. On this subject the Constitutionnel justly remarks : " It is certain that the English fleet will not quit the coast of Spain, and a steam-frigate has been sent to Malta for the provisions necessary for a long anchorage. We do not know whether the English fleet is to be rein forced, and we think there are not in the Mediterranean eight ships of the line for that purpose. Admiral Parker, therefore, can only receive serious reinforcements from England. The English squadron, which a few weeks ago consisted of nine ships of the line, besides seve ral steam-frigates, has now only five ships of the line; the other four have left on their return to England. This order given to the English fleet to maintain its post of observation on the coasts of Spain is certainly a grave event, but notwithstanding the menacing cha racter given to it in Madrid and Pari s , we are anx i ous that the importance of it should not be exaggerated. We hope that war will not arise out of the faults com mitted by our Government ; but see to what they have already brought us ! Not only does the entenie cordiale no longer exist, but from coolness the affair has pro ceeded to hostile demonstrations. What is the real cause of a change so marked, and of a nature to cause serious uneasiness to the public ? It cannot be said that it is the marriage itself, for it bad been accepted by Lord Aberdeen, on conditions which had been agreed to by ou Government.r wasnot only pThosissiubenli7 but easily reali sa bl e , if t h e , agreeable to th e two fami lies,negotiations had been conducted with the prudence and considerations which were proper. This is what has not been done, and it is, in a manner, for a question of time and form that the Government has compromised the result which it wished to obtain. Instead of re maining faithful to anterior conventions, instead of waiting for the birth of an heir to the throne of Spain, or obtaining from the English Cabinet its consent to the immediate marriage of the Infanta, our Go vernment thought it more commodious to break its word than to keep it, and to carry by surprise, and at the same time deeply offending its allies, what it might have obtained by prudent and honourable conduct. England complains bitterly—the alliance is broken off; indirect provocations have been interchanged on both sides of the Channel, and now hostile demonstrations announce the cessation of the good relations which had existed, and create alarm in both countries. Whose fault is this? That of the Ministers, who have at tempted to carr y o ff a n Infanta, with the same fore sight, the same wisdom, the same skill, as they dis played in the conquest of the Marquesas. The state of things, however, is more grave than it was at the time of the negotiation relative to Mr. Pritchard. The two Governments are more seriously involved, the rup ture is more profound. The interest which has been fol lowed up is not very great for France, if it can even be said that France finds in this marriage that any interest whatever is satisfied; but who can say what may be the importance of the consequences of the conduct that has been pursued?" The Debats says, speaking of the manner in which the Montpensier marriage has been viewed by various parties— " The marriage of a French Prince with the Infanta of Spain is neither so little nor so great as it has been represented to b e . I t cbanges nothing, it maintains what exists. It consolidates by a bond the more the old alliance of France and Spain ; it renews and strengthens it. It d raws tighter the c h a i n o f t h ose in. terests of ages, the importance of which did not escape observation a short time back. All Europe was aware of M. Guizot's declaration, and no one, that we know of, took alarm at it then; it was considered quite natural that France, in this question of marrying the Spanish Princesses, should defend its old policy; and what is that which is taking place at present but M. Guizot's declaration put in action ? Spain will not be less independent after the marriage of the Duke tie Montpensier than she was antecedently, and that noble country may be trusted to reject all that can wound her rights and her honour. Only a foreign family will not take its place on the throne of the descendants of Philip V. Such is the dowry of the Infanta, and it is apparently this dowry which France is envied !" The Prince DE JOINVILLE has arrived at Toulon, and is expected in Paris on the 29th. The provinces are in the greatest distress on ac count of the scarcity of food. " We have unfortunat e ly to record," says the Con stitutionnel, "a new rise in the price of grain. The general average price, which was in August 23f. 95c. per hectolitre, was iu S e pt em b er 25f. le., showing an increase of If. 6c. Last month we had already noticed an augmentation of If. 22c. The rise extends to every market of France, with the exception of those of Brit tany, where it has not materially varied. It was most remarkable on the Upper and Lower Rhine, where it exceeds 2if., the hectolitre costing upwards of 30f. Its price in the western departments was only 20f. 72c." " A decided fatality," observes the Breton of Nantes, " appears at present to fall upon the people, and we tremble when we reflect on the dreary prospect before us. As if the sterility of the soil did not produce suffi cient distress, the fishery our coast has b:en Conn- pletely null this year, and our fishermen want bread at a season when they are generally making their provision for the winter. At Etel, at Croix, at Belle-Isle, at Port Louis, and at Conquet, the entire population of fisher men must perish unless the Government provide them with employment." Several eminent Carlists have been arrested at their residences in various French towns. Among others General ÜBAGO, who has been placed in soli tary confinement at La Reole, and Senor ARTALrgo, formerly Intendant of the Carlist army of Arragon who has been imprisoned at Nantes. Nothing has yet been heard of the Count DE Mori- TEMOLIN. _ The Esprit Public declares that " down to the !7th of August last the Cabinet of the Tuileries was negotiating with the Count DE MONTEMbLIN, to whom it offered its assistance to place him on the throne of Spain, as the husband, provided he recog- nised the rights of Queen ISABELLA, and that he consented to the marriage of the INFANTA, her sister, with the Duke DE MONTPENSIER. Count DE MON- TEMOLIN rejected those propositions." It is said that Lord PALMERSTON is in the possession of evidence which will prove this to have been the case. The Epoque announces that a treaty of commerce has been concluded with Russia for the removal of the restrictions imposed on French commerce by the ukase of June, 1845. The Minister of Marine is continuing his tour of inspection. The Vigie of St. Maloes says : " It appears certain that important works of fortifi cation are about to be erected along the coast of the Channel and the Atlantic. At all events , the realisa tion of those projects must be slow, and our maritime population is not a little alarmed at seeing the existing fortifications left without a single piece of cannon. Our ct,ast is in so defenceless a state, that the English may, whenever they please, burn all our Channel harbours in a few hours." We doubt much whether the ports of France are in such a defenceless condition as the Vigie would lead us to believe. We are afraid that the Vigie's description would be found to apply more accurately to the English than to the French cnannet ports. There has been something like an emeute among the military at St. Omer, in consequence of the Ministerial order that the national guards of the town and environs should come without arms to the ceremony of the inauguration of the statue of the Duke of ORLEANS, although the interdiction is in strict conformity with the law. At a meeting held on Wednesday the grenadiers and voltigeurs, the ar tillery and cavalry of the National Guard of Lille, decided that they should not go to St. Omer, as they were not allowed to carry arms. The artillerymen of St. Omer even have refused to appear at the file. An altercation of much warmth is said to have taken place on the subject be tween the mayor and sub-prefect of the town ; the first insisting upon either a revocation of the order, or a suspension of the ceremony ; the second en trenching himself behind the military authority, and insisting that the inauguration should . take place on the day originally fixed, on the ground that the march of the troops already given out could not be countermanded. The mayor then declared that the whole of the National Guard of St. Omer would refuse to attend, and that the town would not grant the necessary funds for the expenses of the day. In consequence of this de plorable discussion the mayor and his deputies, and ';he committee appointed to regulate the preparations 'or the fete, have resigned their functions. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 82f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 E ; Rouen, 956 f. 25c. ; Havre, 722 E 50c. ; Great Northern, 726 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 927 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 625 f. ; Bordeaux, 568 f. 75c.; Boulogne, 480 f. ' • Basle, 232 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 380 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 501 E 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 508 E 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 527 f. 50c. • Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485 i. ; Belgian Two-and-a• Half per Cents., 56M. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 3. _ Boulogne and Amiens, 14% —Direct Bombay and Madras, % Dutch Rhenish, 4N —Great Western Bengal, % .—West Flanders, 3 lA RIVER PLATE-SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES. The following is a translation of a dispatch from Senor Arana to General Mansilla, commanding the bat teries at San Lorenzo on the Parana:— " His Excellency the Governor, in reference to your note has ordered the undersigned to state to your Ex cellency in reply, that Thomas S. Hood, Esq., hap in fact arrived in this city, accredited confidentially by the Government of her Britannic Majesty to that of the Ar genuine Confederation, on a special mission for the ar rangement of the pending differences in the River Plate. The dignified and honourable course which the Govern ments of England and France have adopted, the import ant friendly explanations which their envoy has trans mitted to this Government, and the satisfactory guaran tees which the Governor attributes to the said Mr. Hood, on account of his former dignified conduct in the repub lics, call for a corresponding course on the part of the Confederation, and that its Government should testify to its specific views, and to the sincere friendship with which it is animated towards those high Powers. " Under such circumstances his Excellency the Go vernor orders that your Excellency, with the forces under your command will not take any hostile step against the merchant vessels which remain at Corientes, and may be returning, nor against the Anglo-French vessels of war which which may go up or down the river Parana, but permit them to pass without molesta tion until otherwise ordered, and only in case of their attacking, your Excellency will defend yourself with the same spirit as hitherto. _ " His Excellency will modify these instructions ac cording to circumstances, and should such become neces sary, revert to the previous orders communicated to your Excellency. In the mean time a prudent vigilance OD the part of your Excellency is recommended, in order to avert any untoward consequences resulting from a mis placed confidence. " Buenos Ayres, July 15, 1846." DEPARTURE OP THE EAST AND WEST INDIA MAILS. SouTHAjitrroti, SATURDAY, OCT. 3.—The Orienta, Company's steam ship Tagus, Captain Evans, left the docks this day, at three P.M. for Constantinople, Trebi zond, &c., calling at Malta. She takes the East India mails and thirty-seven passengers, leaving them at Malta to be forwarded by the Iberia. The Tagus will not call at Smyrna outwards. She has a full cargo of bale goods. _ The Royal West India steam-packet Teviot, Captain Boxer, left this port on Friday with the West India and Gulf mails, a good general cargo, 1,200 bottles of quicksilver, and company's stores; also ninety-four pas sengers. The Achilles, Captain Wilson, is expected from Alex• andria and Malta on the Bth or 9th inst., with the Easi India and Chinese mails. The Madrid, Captain Bingham, from Gibraltar, may be looked for to-morrow. She will bring the Peninsula and Mediterranean mails. The Royal West India mail packet, the Medway, Captain Adams, with homeward mails, is due on the 7th, but more than likely will arrive here to-morrow. The Dee, Captain Allan, is preparing for sea, and will take out the West India mails of the 17th inst. The Severn, West India boat, will be due on the 22d. The South-Western Steam Navigation Company have brought up the South of England Company's boats, and the company is now called the New South-Western Steam Navigation Company. Thus ceases all competi tion between this port and Havre, Guernsey, and Jersey, to the cost of the travelling public, who will have no alternative but to submit to this moaopoly. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We have received intelli gence from our correspondent at Dundrum Bay, that, on Saturday morning, the first effort was made to get the Great Britain afloat, but it was entirely unsuccess ful. Two steam-tugs were made fast to her, but they could not move her. It is to be hoped that suceeeding efforts, with higher tides, will be more successful.— ;verpool Albion. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " OLIVER CROMWELL."—A literary phenomenon of rare occur rence in these days, has just made its appearance —a work of fiction for which we cannot find a more appro priate designation than that of a classical novel. " The Roman Traitor"—such is its title—bids fair to be not less attractive to the scholar than to lady readers. The author (Mr. Herbert, the writer of the popular romance of " Oliver Cromwell") has brought to his task a power ful mind, a fertile imagination, erudition, great command of language, and much industry ; and with these qualifi cations he has succeeded in producing a picture of those palmy days of the Roman Commonwealth, when ambi tion hud begun to prompt daring designs for its over throw, but before the public mind had become generally depraved by the luxurious indulgences introduced by the imperial CTsars. The hero of the work is the arch-trai tor Catiline, whose catastrophe is represented with such scrupulous attention to habits, manners, localities, and historical circumstances, that the reader almost feels himself an inhabitant of the eternal city, as it appeared two thousand years ago. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the above favourite theatre with their presence last evening, to witness the new grand burlesque of the Magic Horn, and To Parent s an d G uar di ans. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—OR Saturday after -0011 Mr. Lalla, of 9, Castle•streq, Long-ncre, was pass ing through Argyle-street, Regent-street, when he was robbed of his pocket-book, containing an I 0 U for 51., a bill on Alexander Brun sw i c k f or 3001., and other valu able papers. The robbery is alleged to have been com mitted by a young man whom Mr. Lalla immediately afterwards seized, but the delinquent was rescued from him, and escaped. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a fair amount of business done in Cotton on Saturday at Liverpool. Sales 7,000 bales, including 2,000 American on speculation. The market is steady, without alteration in prices. The grain markets are stationary this morning at Mark-lane. The arrivals of wheat from Kent are very large. Later accounts have come to hand from the Cape of Good Hope to-day. The details will be found in another column of The Sun. The quarterly general meeting of the iron masters is appointed to be held at Wolverhampton at noon to morrow. The state of the iron trade is one of consider able peculiarity. Aris' Birmingham Gazette thus re marks upon the subject: — "For some time a want of confidence, unanimity, and firmness has prevailed among those gentlemen who are accustomed to attend these meetings of the trade, arising from various causes, one of which is the very un scrupulous use made of the resolutions agreed to on such occasions by those who do not attend. In many instances it has been the practice of some parties to make use of the list of prices then made out, as a sort of beacon to which they must not aspire, but only approach within a respectful distance, accord ing to their influence and standing in the market. Thus one will fix his price at 10s., another at 205., and some even occasionally at 30s to 40s. less—offering, as an ex cess, their inability to obtain customers at the same figure as Mr. Foster, Mr. Williams, or other houses of high standing; and as the grand tide of the march of intellect in the present day has set in so strongly to uni versal cheapness, no doubt, in times when the make of iron exceeds the demand, a serious interference with the customers of those who wish to uphold the prospects of the trade will be experienced. We are not on this oc casion about to investigate the other causes that operate so injuriously upon the interests of the Staffordshire ironmasters. That this is an evil, and a serious evil, none will deny, and it exerts a very considerable ten dency to counteract the benefits that accrue from the quarterly meetings. But we are happy to have an op portunity at the present moment of stating that the nuisance is on the decline, and that in very many in stances this dishonourable practice is altogether abandoned. This is the result of the ex isting and prospective relation between the de mand and supply, and we believe a greater simi larity has prevailed during the last month in the quota tions at which iron has been offered (if, indeed, that term may be used with propriety when the orders of regular customers can only be accepted) than has been known in Staffordshire for several years. The decision of the meeting at Dudley will have a t e e, deny to in crease the unanimity and good feeling of all, parties, and we cannot but congratulate the trade in genera it that such was the determination arrived at, more pati;cularly as any advance which may appear eligible can 1. 4 so much more easily effected at quarter-day. The new Stock and Share Market was °pied this morning. It is in the rear of the Hall of Comnerce. Not much business, however, appeared to be in prdk ress. Money is said to be increasing in value in the City circles. The value of Wheat has not been raised higher is k• day than on Friday last. It appears from the contents of almost all the letters received from the continent this morning, that the prices of bread and provisions are upon the advance. The Funds have been flat this morning, with scarcely any business doing of interest. Consols for the Account have been quoted 954 4, and precisely the same for Money. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is 15s. In the Foreigh Stocks the principal operations of the day have been in Brazilian, at 864 ; in the New ditto, at 854; in Mexican, at 25; in Spanish, at 26k; in the Three per Cents., at 374 4; and in Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., at 59* 4. There is not any alteration of importance in the Railway Share Market to-day. Business is slack, and prices heavy. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 % 1 /2 95% India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... Consols for Account... 95 % 1, 95 1 / 2 Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ... 15 18 pm. 18 oNE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Ditto Small Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto. Account ..... ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2 6 14 26% Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 37 %% 37% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — MOM. Ditto, Deferred l3 13 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent 594% 591 s PRICES OP PAID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING BAILWAY SHARES 'AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 Birrain. and Gloucester. 100 129 Ditto New 17% .... .... ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s Bristol and Exeter. 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... ....... Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... - Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2% Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 /z — ... Cambrian & Gra n d J ane 42s Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%.,.... Central Kent Chester and Holyhead... 27% 23% Chumet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... Clydesdale Junction 2O — Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% — .... Cork and Waterford ... 1% — ...... ..•••••••• Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% ...... • Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% ••• '* I ' erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shetld. June. 2% ...... Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) SA •••••• ••»......•• Direct Northern 1 ji Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Junc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 7 1 , _ Eastern Counties 14/. 16s .. 21%1/2 Ditto New l2l. 16s Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......6!.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % p Do., York Extension.. 105....... 2 EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 35 ~. ..• ............ .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% — ............... Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 1 4 3 — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire CLOSING PRICES 861 h. 85 856 ___ - ......... Dittct, New East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... _ ............. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... ...... . Ditto Half Shares ............. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... . • H - - Ily and Huntingdon ... ?1A... -- Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/ Q — ..... Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5 1 4 — ........... Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ............... Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per .... cent. guar.) Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... -- Goole, Doncaster, &c 42s. — Grand Union (Notting and Lynn l% .. Great Ea.stern &Western 2% — ........ ... .. GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster ... 2% — .... ........... Great North of Scotland 2% — ......... Great North of England..loo Ditto New Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western Ditto % Shares ............... Ditto 4 Shares lO ............. Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Po r t s 5 ..... .. ........ . .. Harwich and Eastern ....... " ... 21 1 / s 114 23% 1% / 'ti. ^~ 21 3 / 4 6% p --, % 1 3 11 7 4 69 51% 191/2 5p Counties Junction ... 2 ...... !lull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares ...... 25 ...... Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11 1 ,4 Do., do., and Norwich 2 Killarney Junctions ..... . I - Kendal and Windermere 1 1 , Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New ............... 5 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and B radford 3O Leeds and Carlisle ... Leice s t er & Bi rmingham 225. Leicester and Bedf.wd... 225......• % 1 /& Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22 1 / 2 — 11Inchstr & New _ _ . castle Junction Liverpool and Bury London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9% Do. Ne-,v - ...... .... .:. Ditto Extension ~ 7%...... . London and BriLlaton 5O .. ... 58% 3 Z, IA Ditto, Fifths London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d 21% Do. Gr.a.ran. 5 per cent. 9 - ••• •• •• .. ••• London and Greenwich 12/ 15s4d — Do. Preference ...18/ 17s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo I:8!:2 198 luz , Do. Quarters Do., do., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths 9% 58 1 1 1 21 1/:2 Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12 1 / 2 Do , New il l Shares (G. J.) Do ,tO/. S hares (L. M.) 8 — Lond. & z., ,, ,Wes,tern 411 64 10d 69% 68 1 / 1)0. Now Consol. Bths 40 Do. N'''''' Do. N: - " V Loildon am... - 17() rk 2%... . 1 3 / 4 % Do. % Share.`2% — ......... Lsor . 19( 4 ... . --A.... . Salisbury, And Y eoN -il ..... .......... •,. 2% ..„„ It/8 LL.:)arcido,)nn,and Win,' Londonth'rY ' ~ and Ennis &Coleraine 1 2 %. _... Londonden killen ...... . - l2l/2 1.% Lynn and Ely .. ••••• ..... 1 i, 11.1% ...... ••• Lynn and Derehai.. l ..... L,' Manchester and Leet..4.- " • 38 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths . ' • ••• 8% 9 . , 8 Do. Sixteenths ~.. 6 1 / 4 Do. Extension 4'25.... ••• 1 4 P Manchester and Birmin. 40 . 684, 53 30 3 / 4 lys Do. Quarters (A) Do. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C) 1 Manehester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ...... 3%,1, Manchester, Birm., and i% 1, Mould Junction .. ... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1 Midland lOO .....135 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo — ••• Midlnd& East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle aNd Berwick 15 ...... 25% .. ...... ...... Do. North Shields Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newmrket BaChesterfrd 2/.12s — Newport & Abergavenny 2%..„ — Newry and Enniskillen 4-% — , , ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ..,.. ......... 1%..... ... ........ .. Norfolk .. ..... ...100 133 ... ... ........ Do. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... 32 3 / 4 IA 33 Do. Half Shares ll ...... 143 4% Do. Fifths 5 Do. Carlisle Extens. 1 1 A 31% 1/2 North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 % Do. New North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2 1 4 ,( 1 ,4 p...... North Wales Northern and Southern I ..._ 9 8 1 1 A p 8% P 1 134 W .3-4 25% 3 13 t I 33 14% 3% P Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham 2 — Nottingham & Mansfld. — .. .. . ..... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3 3/ Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond ~,ti.ligby, Le,amington,and . -A, Warwick 4 2 ,4 N p ....»....... t -s o w 'tish Central Sco ish Midland 12% lO% she, , Id & Manchester 100 Do. I,, ) uarter Share5... 8 lib ). L.l icolnshire June. 1 1 4 Do. & t k 'reat Grimsby. 10 Do. cfk Extension 425. .... ..... ..... .... Shrewsbury *nd Birm... 3 ..., , ... .... ...... Shropshire Ira, ion Shrews., wa , 'rhamp. , JURC. 2 1 A & S. Staffordth~ Sligo and Shannon South Devon... -,,. South & Midlands A, 'ne , - 42 5• •• ••• South StaffordshireJn:c. 2 1 e1 — South Eastern & Doves', • 33 A 37 34 De., No. 1 ~k, 26 Do., No. 2. .l 2 — Do., No. 3 A , 16% Do~ Ne. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield, and '7 , , Hertford Junction ... 425.'4",.. ••• Staines and Richmond... 1 .."-;4., • • --. Staffordsh. & Shropshire 3 4 ...c. „ 1. .`:•outh Wales ..... ...... ... 5 l, 4 1 ,4 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- -‘ -, meron's Stm. C0a 1.... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Tring, Reading, and i Basingsteke 514 i. Vale of Neath 2 - .1. • • ..... •• • Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. • Waterford and Kilkenny 14 ..... Waterford and Limerick 221 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and V alentia Waveney Valley 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union ...... 425. West Cornwall West London,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow . - .. 21A ...... -- Wilts, Somerset, & Way mouth Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 -- .•• ••••• •• ••• York and Newcastle...... 25 ... Ditto New ~.•-• 1 York and North Midland 50 — Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 25 . .. Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 4O — Do. Extension 2O 37 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 •••••• -- Boulogne and Amiens l4 ...... ... .. ......... Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West 6% p % dii 3744': 22% ...,- Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour • •.. ••• ..... ... 75....... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. .•• -- ••• .. 00000000 Central of Spain ... Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ••• 00000 ..• •... ... ..... Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... .... .... ss, f.astern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 ,4 Fa,:upoux & Hazebrouk 4 G r e a : Indian Peninsular ss. — Great western Ben ga l... s s. Great We,stern Canada—. 3 1 4 ...... Italian arid. Austrian... 3 Jamaica S.blii,l• Junction 1 Jersey ...... . ....... 1 Louvain ala Sainb:e ••• 5 ••• • Luxembourg. ..... ••••• •• 4 Lyons and Avignon,,",,,. 2 Mad ras ...... 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot y e Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... •• Mauritius .. .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 ...... 13% North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .....• Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... .. Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 'Paris and Orleans 2O Pans and Rouen - ...... .• •.... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted - Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 8 .... Strasbourg and • Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & 'Atlantic -- — Tours and Nantes °Con stituted ........ ..... 5 .... ••••• ....... Tournay, Jurbise, Lin den, and Hasselt.......' 18 Trinidad ................... 21 — West Flanders ...... .... 6 , — JOINT STOCK. BANKS. Australasia - ••• British North American 50 Commercial of London 20 National Prov. England. 35 — National of Ireland 2 2 1A...... „„ ••• Union of Australia London Joint Stock lO — London & 'Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 - Colonial 25 ...... -- Union of London..„ lO ...... -- ... MINES. Real del Monte Unregd ...... 834 - 16 1 2 t' 44 .1/4 1141 4% 41 4 79 37 11 , 4 1154 2 4 .-- 4 1 13% 27xd: THE DOOMED KING. —The king was not, as man, venal and despicable. It should not be said that he fell through his worthlessness or personal crimes. It should be for his political offences that he was na tionally adjudged. And never was there prince in whoa; the ancient assertion, " He whom God means to destroy. he first drives mad," seemed more fully realised. Amiable and religious in his natural disposition, he bad been educated in s uc h pr i nc i ples of duplicity, and such ideas of kingly prerogative, that he exhibited the strangest mixture of directness of purpose and disregard of all truth that ever met in the same human being. He was truly the martyr of royalty ; God seemed to have blinded his eyes, and to have hardened his heart, like that of Pharaoh, to deliver him up as the great victim of arbi' trary principles. Re had the air of a sacrifice from his youth; and when Vandyke painted his portrait to sail" to B.rnini in Rome for the execution of his bust, that artist started at the view of it, and declared the posses" sor of that face born to destruction. In Vandyke's four celebrated paintings of him, we see him riding, as it were, on the path of his gloomy destiny. A melancholy , deep and fixed as death, reigns in his whole form and to every feature; and on that path he went, not with wild impetuosity, but with a solemn, desperate, and downcast hardihood, bli n d to a ll t h e s i gns in heaven a n d on earth, the most wretched and incorrigible of men. Hainpden's History of the En9likh Aristocracy. Tint GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, SATUNDO EVENlNG.—Letters from Dundrum Bay, dated rote!: d ty, have been received to-day. The weathereontinue.° favourable. The two steam-tugs dispatched from tb ls port had arrived. Fresh anchors had been run Out order to heave the vessel off shore. The Belfast steamer , Sea Nymph, was expected in the bay On Sunday (to- morrow) to render assistance. . " s • ' • • . 1 • • .4011 1..4, Ar 4104110, - / 4. A k 4., 0. •At • -40, •A\ NlCar Lflørning LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1846 , Whatever may be the immediate tranquillity of British India and the surrounding territory, it ap peas to have but a very precarious tenure. Every successive packet of intelligence received from that quarter of Asia during several months past has but corroborated the preceding intimation of the probability of some extraordinary turbulence follow ing the present extraordinary quietude. Although the sanguinary and decisive victories achieved by our soldiers in the last memorable campaign have, to a considerable extent, diminished the audacity, and mo derated the rapacity of the Seikhs and their imme diate neighbours, passions are still smouldering in their bosoms which the earliest opportunity will evoke, and which the smallest circumstance of encourage ment will precipitate. Nor is the character of the Government established at Lahore calculated in any measure to mitigate this predisposition to an outbreak; on the contrary, it is the discreditable nature of that Government which tends mainly to the nourishment of this execrable-partiality for political disorganiza. Lion, and to a disrelish for everything save perpetual anarchy. When the frlgrant debaucheries of LALL SINGH and the abandoned MAFIA RANEE are remem bered; when the venal and rapacious disposition of two such rulers, enervated as they are by the indul gence of the most insolent profligacy, is borne in recollection ; when, moreover, it is universally mani fest that the existing Administration is solely sus- ~., AY NI G, 6, 1846., c S