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NEW WORK BY DR. CROLY. I;Ow ready at all the Libroles, in 331 vols.,_ 0 N. A R S T BY THE AUTHOR OF " SALATIIIEL." " A N igoreas tale, full of toucbing and terrible incident"- MT Gazette. '-Lite- " A work of appalling power."—Naval and Military Gazette. " In this admirable work we have the masterpiece of one of the master spirits of the age. In no work will be found a more splendid gallery of distinguished characters, or one so gloriously, yet faith fully painted."—Cheltenham Examiner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE AUTHOR'S EDITION. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with a Portrait and Memoir of the Author, A POET'S BAZ AAR By H. C. ANDERSEN. Author of " The Improvisatore." From the Danish, by Charles Beekwith, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. 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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY:LANE The Nobillts Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public at large, are respectfully informed that the Season will commence on SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 3, 1846, and, in a determination to render this Theatre worthy of that patronage which has made it one of the most celebrate I in Europe, the Lessee has entered into engagements with the following Artistes: — FOR GRAND OPERA. Tenors—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Barker, Mr. Henry, and a Dehutant of great promise. Bases and Baritones-31r. Borrani, Mr. Bunlini, Mr. Stretton, 111 r. Weiss, and Mr. S. Jones. Soprani and Contralti—Madame Anna Bishop (her first appear ance since her immense success in Italy), NM ss Romer, Miss f , ain forth, 3fiss Poole, Miss Collett, Miss Messent (a Pupil of the Royal Academy of London), Miss Rebecca Isaacs (her first appearance on this stage). In addition to which a treaty is pending with Madame Viardot Garcia. Exclusive of this array of talent, the engagement of Mademoiselle Jenny Lind still exists, and will be put into full force, should she attempt to sing on any other stage in this country. - The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged and re-modelled, its members being carefully selected from the first talent in the kingdom. _ _ . Musical Director, Signor Schira. The Chorus has been augmented to an unprecedented extent, and arranged with great care. Chorus Master, Mr. Tully. FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco (Premiere Danseuse from the Academie Rod ale de Musique) ; Mademoiselle Flora Fabri, Mademoiselle Plunkett, Mdlle. Paderna (Principal Danseuse from La Scala and San Carlos), Madame Theodore (from the Academie Royale de Musique), Mdlle. Berard and Mdlle. La Borderie (both from the Academie Royale de Musique, Mdlla. Louise, Mdlle. Adele, Les Sceurs St. Louis, Madame Giubelei, And a treaty Is on the eve of completion with 3fdlle. Carlotta Grist. Mons. liretin, Mons. Theodore (from the Academic Royale de Musique, Paris), Mons. Huguet and Mons. Blasis (both from the principal Theatres of Italy), Mons. Adrlen, Mons. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Mathews, Mr. Howell, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Risley and his celebrated Sons, And a more numerous body of Corps de Ballet, Fignrantes, and Promeneuses, than has ever yet been engaged in an English theatre. Ballet Masters, MM. Bias's and Barrez ; Under Ballet Master, Mons. Adrien ; Superintendent of Spectacle, Mr. W. West. Amongst other novelties of the season will be a now Grand Ballet, In three Acts (never acted), to be called • ERSELIE, Composed expressly for Mademoiselle Flora Fabri, by Mons. Bretin. The last popular ',toilet, in Paris, called BETTY; Besides the revivals of " The Devil to Pay," " The Peri," " La Gise.lic," " Paquita," and others, which have obtained so great a success on this stage. THREE NEW OPERAS : One in Three Acts, by Mr. Lavenu, One in Three Acts, by Mr. M. W. Balfe, One in Three Acts, by Mr. W. V. Wallace. In addition to a complete repertoire of Works from the most eminent Composers. A confident hope is still entertained of producing THE C ‘3IP OF SILESIA, by the renowned Composer, M. Meyerbeer. AN EN TIRELY NEW BALLET, for the appearance of a celebrated Danseuse, and of several others, whose answers are daily expected. The Scenery under the superintendence of Mr. Grieve. Stage Manager. Mr. Harley. The general Management under the direction of Mr. Bunn' THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. The public is v.speettully informed that this Theatre, the Interior and exterior of which hare, during' the recess, b, en thoroughly re paired, re-painted, and ornamented, will ONEN' for the Season on TIIVILSDAY next, October 1, 1446. with a favourite COMEDY, a new ruol original FARCE, and oth r ENTERTAINMENTS. The Box-office will be opened on Monday next, from Twelve till Four, under the direction of Mr. 'f. Archer. Box Book-keeper. TILIATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. 1' ScDrit 'ru MANAti M E M MS. KEELEY. Second week of a New Comic Drama. The New Grand Fairy Bur lesque Extravaganza, entitled " The Magic & an," having been, on each occision of its representation, received :hroa4lout with tae most cordial marks of approbation and delight by crowded and fashionable audiences, is, in consequence, respectfully announced for repetition every Evening till farther notice. Tit'. EVENING _ . The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND (WARMAN:4. Principal characters by :Messrs. A. Whin, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs, W , 'cillidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss flicks, Misi4 Turner, Miss Iloward, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Frirs Burle,mie Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE i,TAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinhch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Sil%er, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars. Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. •xoollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidiaw, Miss ilroinley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To concLide with TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. iIEATnE ROYAL, ADELPIII. 1 - NDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. Tills EVENING - Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIlt(11, E; or, TILE 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 Clainille, Madame Celeste. Atter which the Comic Drama, entitled EU UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. F. Matthews. To coneltrie with the Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PA ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen I.lndon, Waye, Butler, Williamson. Aldridge. Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, '.;iss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. T . " F. ATR 1 4 !, oXFORD-STILEET. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a New ..lomic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Count Theodore, Mr. J. Vining ; Arthur do Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Bann Pumpernickel, Mr. Compton. After which, the New Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Twlggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. C. Mathews. STRAND THEATRE. Undet the Management of Mr. Davidson. THIS EVENING ,WI be performed the new historical Tragedy, entiled THE Mt I ,0 1 , WARSAW. Ulric Sobieski, Mr. Gregory; Brutanoff, 'Mi. N abiron ; Werter, Mr. Carle ; Cloton, Mr. Grafton ; Catoff, Mr. Attwood ; Eva, Mrs. Percy ; Zeta, Miss M. Glover. To be followed by the Farce, entitled THE BLUE DEVILS. To conclude with Shakspere's Tragedy of TIIE MERCANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Gregory; Bassanio, Mr. Rivers ; H Gra ttan°. Mr. Grafton ; i.auucelot Gobbo, Mr. Attwood ; Sahtnio, M.•. Carle; Portia, Mrs. Percy ; 2,.Zerissa, Miss Dorrington ; Jessica, 311ss M. Glover. i•rivate Boxes, Places, and Stalls, may he engaged at the Box ofli,e, from eleven till four, and at a'l the Libraries. 1, , AV1 - DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVEINLNG Will be performed the revived Play of THE LAW OF THE LAND. Sir Peregrine Platitude, Mr. Nevin; Abel Dodson, Nir Cooper; Robson, Mr. Fredericks ; Snail, Mr. Webb ; Ficiding, Mr. Pelham ; Lucy Primrose, Mrs. ; Amelia Platitude, Mn. Saville; Flounce, M 'ferry. After hi' + - 1 the Farce of THE SECRET. Mr. Dupuis, Mr. Fre dericks; aloe, Mr. Pelham; Thomas, Mr. Webb; Mrs. Dupuis. Mr . !•avil'e ; Angelica, Miss Vaughan. To coi,clude with the romantic Drama, entitled THE ROBBER'S WIFE. Characters by 'Messrs. Heslop, Lewis, Fredericks, Neville, 11. Webb, Hawkins ; Mrs. Saville. Isox office open from eleven till four o'clock. AL. ANI Pl-11:!n.AIRIE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Dear. LAST WEEK BUT TWO OF TILE SUMMER SEASON. i.da.sed by her Moat Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince All.crt, the Prince of Wales, and Priecess Royal. Immense success of the present magnificent attraction. TIIIS EVENING W.ii he performed the popular Drama of TIIE STEED OF ST. RACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood; Pythias, Mr. J. i)ale , Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merous Company, double Stud, &c. After a•hicli, popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the British and Foreign Professors. male and female. Clowns to the Arena, Messrs. Wallet and Rochez. ~e whole concluding with a favourite AFTERPIECE. -of t ice open :min eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at siz • . ‘„lninenee at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a powerfuland hlgYly interesting Nautical Drama, entitled 13',EA KERS AHEAD ; or, A Seaman's Log. Luke, Mr. C. J. Bird ; Allan, Mr. Florrington (first appearance In London) ; Capt. Oakum, Mr. Archer ; Black Graham, Mr. searle ; Barnaby, Mr. Forman; Amy Graham, Miss Vincent. After which, the Burlesque of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Forman ; Ghost, Mr. Searle; King, Mr. Ranoe ; Polonius, Ms. Howard ; Osric, Mr. Burton ; Queen, Mr. Cooke ; Ophelia, Mss L. Pearce. To conclude with MARKHAM AND GREENWOOD ; or, THE BROVIIERS' CAREER. Markham, Mr. C. J. Bird; Green- wood, Mr. Fiorrington ; Tidkins, Mr. Searle; Ellen, Mrs. Vining. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 'f HE LAST FOUR NIGHTS. Southhy's Gland Scene, representing AN ENGAGEMENT BE TWEEN A BRITISH CRUISER AND A PIRATE, will be repeated every Eveni , g. NEXT MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC• TI TN of lIERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. 'richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STA'I UES has been tat , tructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. 'The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECIINIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the mos, complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINET,LT will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his rystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendklly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Ciruivora by gas-light. On MONDAY, September 28, The ENGAGEMENT on the WATER (the most beautiful Py rotechnic Display ever witnessed), and all the Attractions of the Season. Feeding of the Carnivora at four ; the Pelicans. &c., at half-pa,:,. fair Coneert at dye; Descent in the Car at eight o'clock, and the eruption follows Jimmied atcly. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.—CHILDREN HALF-PRICE, SINGULAR ROBBERY BY A SEnvavr.—The police at Teigninouth were applied to the other day, under the following circumstances:—A gentleman, lippearinr, much excited, required their assistance in the apprehension of his valet, by whom he had been robbed, of a considerab!. sum. It appeared, from his statemetat, that he was in the habit of carrying his money secreted in a travelling b e l t . He lost a small sum, and complained of it to his valet, who expressed his aston'.shment that he was so careless in leaving his money. The gentleman. to prove that he was not careless, s'..owed his servant how care fully he secreted his money in the belt, '1 he following morning he rose late, and found both the valet and belt missing; he soon had reason to sup et that his valet was on his road to Teignaiouth. He fbllowed, and had no sooner made his case known to the police, than he de tected his servant, in the garb of a sailor, mounting a sts • a coach to dro,r‘_havinv come (loan in the ±•arne , tr . • • -*- iiiiisi6e- -Tilt! map ii vs g:veii i:: ehaege of t' - tAlice"and - insniediately transferred to Bristol, the . - , tfr the robbery.,e\ A • 4 4 -;;., i-„. .... . - . ( 4 , •,!-- - .. 4 :t, , t •-' " ,cll4l ,j~~i TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1844. 111 E WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 25. HERHomETER, Lowest, 53; Highest. 66 Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 29.83.—W1ND W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY, Morning .. 53 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 14 minutes after 5. the Prime Minister, whose well-known courtesy and amenity gave the surest guarantee that when once he consented to receive the deputation there would be no attempt to cut short or diminish the time necessary for the full explanation of its objects. It gave that Nobleman an opportunity of stating his own feelings and opinions, of explaining the difficulties to be en countered in legislating for a country so circum stanced as Ireland, and elicited from his Lordship a declaration that must be hailed with the greatest delight by every philanthropist, by every well-wisher of Ireland, viz.—that his Lordship did not shrink from the necessity or duty of interfering even where the waste lands were the property of individuals. Neither did he deny that while property had its owners and rights, that such ownership and rights should not be allowed to interfere with the operations intended to develop the resources of the soil and improve the social condition of the people. This is the great principle for which we have long been con tending, on the adoption of which great and gigantic measures for the national regeneration, for the per manent welfare and happiness of our sister kingdom must he based. The rights of property are to be defended and respected as far as possible. Every fair and legitimate encouragement must be afforded to private speculation, conducted in a fair and Long fide spirit, and employing a due quantity of the super abundant labour. In no case where the proprietor of the soil is willing, and will undertake to prone , d without delay in the improvement of his lands, should he be interfered with, save so far as may be necessary to ascertain that the money has actually been expended in a fit and proper manner, and granting every possible assist ance, by a loan of money proportioned to the amount of his own outlay, and the quantity of land to be re claimed or improved. But where this is not the case, where the owner positively and absolutely refuses to avail himself of the opportunities afforded for the im provement and cultivation of lands, which he and his ancestors, or those through whom he derived his title have suffered to lie idle and unproductive for cen turies, then we at once and unhesitatingly say, that the public welfare, the common weal, demands that he should no longer be permitted to retain the owner ship of lands, the duties incidental to which he is no longer able or willing to perform. We would not deprive him of any portion of his property without giving him a full and ample equivalent for that taken away from him. We would have it fairly valued by a jury of his countrymen, by his neighbours, men thoroughly acquainted with the value of land in the vicinity, and the amount paid to him either by a sum of money, when he had clearly established his title thereto, or by a reserved rent-charge issuing and payable out of the lands themselves, for the pay ment of which the amount that would be expended thereon, and the greatly increased value of the lands consequent on such expenditure, would afford the most satisfactory guarantee. This principle, that lands the property of private individuals are to be taken, whenever required for public purposes, has been so long acted on, that it now scarcely require s an argument to satisfy us of its justice. We see it in daily use, whenever lands or tenements are required for laying out or making a road, opening new streets, improving or beautifying cities, and in many other instances which it would be tedious to specify. Nay, that power of the compulsory purchase of property at its fair value has frequently been dele gated by the State to private individuals, associated together for the execution of some work of magnitude advantageous to the public. Witness the cases of railroads, canals, bridges, docks, &c., &c. No new precedent will therefore be established in taking these lands that are to be improved either into the hands of State or of the persons by it authorised to proceed with the undertakings. But we see many objections to the course suggested by the Rev. Mr. ConLisis in his singularly impressive and able state ment. He drew a fearful and harrowing picture of the scenes witnessed by him in the discharge of his onerous and important duties. A mother feeding her fever-stricken child with her own suck, adminis-. tered with a cup and spoon; a starving husband and father going three miles to earn eightpence for his day's labour, leaving his wife and children prostrated under the same terrific disease, unable themselves to stir or move, and without one single human being to administer the slightest relief, or even to moisten the parched lips of the sufferers with one single drop of cold water. The heart shudders, we stand aghast at the mere consideration of such misery. What must be the sen sation of the lookers-on, of the wretched victims themselves ? what of the unhappy father who saw his infants perishing before his eyes, and was obliged to desert them in their afflictions, to leave them without that soothing kindness that might alleviate their miserable condition ? When such scenes as these are deposed to by a trustworthy eye-witness, it surely de mands that• the whole social condition of the country should be closely reviewed and analyzed, and that we should not be restricted by the maxims of legislation growing out of a highly artificial state of society. So far we agree with the reverend gentleman, but we think that in place of the improvements being effected by Government, without reference to the wishes of the proprietor, and the amount of expenditure made the first charge on the land, such a course would be entirely new, and might establish a precedent most dangerous to the rights of property. Besides, for many years, the proprietor during his own life, and perhaps that of his children, might not receive anything out of the lands, the pro duce of which might be entirely required for the liqui dation of the public debt; but by the course we sug gest, he at once receives the fair present value of the lands, and the State may be in a very short time reim bursed its outlay by the sale of the fee and inheritance thereof, and have an opportunity of creating a class of comfortable yeomanry and small landowners, which may be productive of vast benefit to the country. The interview was valuable in another respect, viz., the marked assent given by the Premier to the principle that the rule by which the wages of a working man should be calculated is what is necessary for the support of himself and family, and the virtual abandonment by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the rule laid down in the Treasury minute, that the wages given at the relief works should in every case be 2d. per day lower than the general wages of the district, where such wages have already been reduced to the lowest amount that can be considered sufficient to keep life and soul together. Any further dimunition must be wholly out of the question. The Right Honourable Gentleman stated his opinion that wages should be improved, and that the minute of the Treasury was not the law, and might if necessary be modified ha the respect alluded to. Nothing can be more disheartening than the slow ness and apathy with which official bodies advance towards the most substantial reforms. Evidence is cumulated upon evidence ; interested and prejudiced objection subsides into silence ; startling and cala mitous events, one after another, impress upon the public the necessity of the change; but all these com bined are found powerless to stimulate into activity official indifference. This observation is strikingly verified in the history of that most important and ingenious improvement in the structure of the anchor, which has been repeatedly brought before the notice of our readers by our reports of the results of nume rous trials of the anchor in question (PORTER's) against those of the Admiralty in different dock yards, as well as at sea. The result of these trials, ordered by the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, is thus stated' in the official reports—viz., that the patent anchor is 172 per cent. stronger than the Admiralty anchor, weight for weight, while in holding power it has the advantage by 85 per cent. : whether on soft mud, as in Drstsmouth harbour, or on hard irrenzel, as Ryde sands, in both which situa tions the most careful trials have been instituted. In addition to these demonstrated facts, the official re turns contain the reports of no less than thirty-five officers of every rank and great practical experience in the navy, in unqualified approbation and preference of PORTER'S anchor, in every particular in which one description of this instrument can surpass another. Now, it is " estimated from authentic sources," says the Nautical Magazine for May, 1846, " that the number of British vessels yearly destroyed by shipwreck is six hundred, the value of property about tux; millions and a half sterling, and the number of lives about fifteen hundred and sixty." It nay be sup posed that them fa* taken in combination, together with the positive statements of the ablest sea- faring men, that the salvation of their ships and crews in the most trying circumstances, and when their best Admi ralty anchors had broken, or otherwise failed them, was solely attributable to their having a patent anchor on board, would have led the Admiralty at once to adopt them generally in her MAJESTY'S naval service. Yet, strange to say, up to this hour, and with all the accumulation of evidence contained in the official reports in their possession, which now lie before us, no decision whatever has been arrived at. The degree of value attached to the preservation of human life is no less a test of the advance of civilisa tion than a criterion of good and enlightened go vernment. Tet, while a deep degree of public in terest is taken in those institutions which (like the Humane Society) contemplate the preservation of individual lives—while a Committee of Inquiry is granted for the examination of a question able invention, the sole purpose of which is rapid and wholesale destruction—no such Committee has ever been granted in the case of an inven tion which is adapted to the preservation of human life, and of public and private property, to an incalcu lable extent, and in every quarter of the globe. We trust that considerations of humanity no less than of national policy will induce the present Government to desert the course pursued by their predecessors, "and to devote to this important subject a prompt and impartial attention. It is not in France alone that the principles of free trade are making progress. In Belgium an association has been formed in favour of commercial liberty, of which M. CHARLES DE BROUCKERE, ex- Minister of Finance, has accepted the presidency. They have just published a manifesto, appealing to all well-meaning men of every party to join them, inasmuch as the object which they have in view is without the pale that divides parties. The manifesto concludes as follows : "It has been said, and with great truth, that the principle of commercial liberty is the principle of peace. Now the principle of peace, partout et toujours, is the sole immutable and eternal bases of our independence. With peace, and the absolute freedom of international relations the smallest nations may attain to the pleni tude of life of great empires ; they have no longer cause to envy them." Prince METTERNICH returned to Vienna on the night of the 14th, and on the following day held a. con ference with such of the diplomatic corps as were then in the capital. It was supposed to relate chiefly to the affairs of Spain. The Austrian Government has issued an ordon nanee declaring that every engine-driver on the rail roads of the State who shall have, for the space of one year, performed his duties without having caused any accident, shall be entitled to a reward of 100 florins (260 f.), and that every engine-driver whose trains have met with no "accident for ten consecutive years shall receive 1,000 florins (2,6000 and a gold medal. It is gratifying to find that the liberal policy of the new POPE is already producing all the effects which the friends of liberty and order had anticipated from its adoption. The following is an extract from a letter from Rome, dated the 12th instant : "It may, without fear of exaggeration, be said that the government of the new Pope has improved the morals of the people of our capital. Since the publication of the amnesty not a single crime against the person has been committed in Rome, and yesterday, during the fete of the Nativity, although the Corso was filled with an immense crowd, during the whole day not the least disturbance took place. It has been noticed on more than one occasion that on quarrels arising in wine shops, it has been only necessary to remind the parties that they are now living under the reign of Pius IX. to immediately put an end to them. In the provinces, on the contrary, deplorable excesses have been committed. A few days since, at Jasi (in the Legation of Bologna), a band of workmen threw stones at the windows of a house in which the late Pope GregoryXVl. had stopped one night while visiting that place, and dragged a bust of that prelate through the streets with a cord round its neck. The Austrian Consul at Jasi immediately sent a report of this outrage to his Ambassador here, who in his turn sent off a courier to Vienna, addressing at the same time a note to the Cardinal Minister of Foreign Affairs, point ing out the necessity of immediately putting an end to such revolting acts." Count Ro;sr, the French Ambassador, is about to quit Rome for Paris. He intends returning in No vember. Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived. 'We find in them an outline of the whole of the debate of the 17th in the Cortes, and part of that of the 18th, on the marriage question. The following is the report they give of the discussion :—" M. NOCEDAL made a long speech against the marriage of the INFANTA with the Duke DE MONTPENSIER, as did also M. PACHECO, who said it was calculated to came serious misunderstandings between France and England, and he reminded the Cortes that it had been agreed for merly that the marriage should not take place until the question of direct succession should be settled by the birth of direct heirs to the throne. M. DoNoso CORTES denied that there was any chance of a rupture between England and France on this subject, and said it was much better to marry the INFANTA to a Prince who presented himself under the auspices of liberty, than to one who should appear as the symbol of conquest. The President of the Council of Ministers, in allusion to the notes of Mr. BULWER, said he had received one in which Mr. BULWER declared that the marriage of the Duke DE MONTPENSIER would not affect the friendly relations of the two Cabinets. M. MON, in replying to M. PACHECO, said the Ministers had, in the marriage affair, only obeyed the will of the QUEEN, and they took upon themselves exclusively tha responsibility of bringing the affair before the Cortes. He asserted that the question was purely Spanish, and not of a nature to lead to foreign inter vention ; on the contrary, he was, he said, sure that it would give satisfaction to foreign Courts. M. BRAVO MURILLO spoke strongly in favour of the mar riage, and said he did not understand how any Deputy could, on this occasion, resist the will of the QUEEN." The President then read a " private proposition," signed by M. ORENSE, whereby the debate was not to be closed as long as any Member inscribed should wish to speak. At the hour the post left M. ORENSE was proceed ing to move his proposition. No one, however, doubted of the result, which has since been com municated by telegraph. Mr. BULWER was present during the debate, and it was reported in the Cham ber that he had received orders from his Govern ment to protest in the most strong and ener getic terms against the MONTPENSIER match. The Opposition papers have been again all seised. The French Ambassador has announced that the Due DE MONTPENSIER will not accept any flota tion that may be voted to the INFANTA. NARVAEZ, according to the Heraldo, arrived at Vittoria on the 16th, and was hourly expected in Madrid. The Progressistas appear to be increasing in energy, courage, and force every day; upwards of 1,000 addi tional signatures have been appended to the petition against the French alliance. The English squadron, it is said, sail from Cadiz on the 16th. A. letter from that city, dated September 18, says : " Yesterday, Vice-Admiral Parker, accompanied by the Commodore and all the Captains of the English squadron in the bay, paid a visit to our General Com mandant. In the evening most of the officers of the squadron went to the theatre to see the opera of Hernani. Between two of the acts the General Commandant caused a splendid collation to be served to the officers, and to which he had invited the political chiefs, the first alcalde, and several generals. This day, at one o'clock, the General Commandant visited Vice-Admiral Parker on board the flag• ship, and partook of a breakfast which had been provided. The greatest cordiality reigned be ftween the British and Spanish officers who were present. The Admiral gave as a toast The Queen of Spain ; and may her marriage be a source of happiness to herself and the nation.' The General Commandant proposed 'The Queen of England ;' and in a speech which he made on the occasion expressed a hope that, if there should be a war, Englishmen and Spaniards wou!d be fighting cn the same side." If 7 proof were wanting of the state of public feeling in Spain, it would be furnished by this speech of the General Commandant, which is most important, as showing the feeling of the army. General MARoTo sailed for the Havannah from Cadiz on the 11th. MADRID BoLSA, SEPT. 18.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 22 ; the Five per Cents. at 22i ; the Passives at 6i; and the Coupons at 20i. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. T 6. Pr6,sse has the following, which may be deemed the official account of the settlement of the Tahiti queition:— " Some journals persist in repeating , that the Govern men, intends to abandon the four Sociuty Wands— nualitue, Borabora, Itaiatea, and Maupiti; but we are able to give details cal the subject, which cannot leave any doubt on the most evil-disposed minds. When Ad- I miral Thuuars established the Protectorate of Tahiti, he stipulated by that treaty that the island of Tahiti and its dependencies should he under the pro tection of the French flag. The islands connected with Tahiti, which are dependencies of the sovereignty of Queen Pornare, were consequently assimilated to the island itself. The notes exchanged between the Govern ments of England and France since 1843, prove that the French Ministry intended to limit the Protectorate, and , not to extend it. to the Society Islands, over which not only the souverainte, but the suzerainte of the Queen of Tahiti, remained doubtful. This restriction applied more forcibly to a group of four islands, situated forty five or fifty leagues from Tahiti, viz., Iluuhine, Borabora, Raiatea, and Maupiti. These islands, which are under a sufficiently regular Government, living under the rule of chiefs, who are said to acknowledge the honorary supremacy of Queen Pumare, were to remain completely independent. This is the clear result of a declaration addressed to the English Government by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, who knew posi tively that it was impossible to establish the supremacy, whether real or merely honorific, of the Tahitian Go vernment over this group of four islands. During these negotiations, which terminated in a perfect concord between the French and English Cabinet, the Governor of the French possessions in (eania, resting upon the opinion generally diffused in the Archipelago that the islands of lluahine, Borabora, Ilaiatea, and Mau , phi were subject to the Queen of had sent an expedition to plant upon them the flag of the Protecto rate. Our troops were repulsed. Our Government has already wade Captain Bruat acquainted with the ar rangements made with the English Government. In this affair, therefore, there is neither evacuation of terri tory, nor concession of any kind to any one; the Minis try having from the very first entertained openly the intention of limiting the Protectorate of France. It decided wisely not to extend it to these islands, and with the greater reason, as the said islands are not even acknowledged to form patt of the possessions of the Queen of Tahiti. Moreover, in order to guarantee itself from all dangerous neighbourhood in future, the French Ministry has declared that these islands, being acknow ledged to be free and independent, could never be pos sessed nor protected by any European power. England has acceded to this declaration, the justice of which it could not but admit. To put an end to all reports, we will add that the Government has not received any offi cial dispatches from Governor Bruat since those of the 14th of April last, and that the last private letters that have been received were dated April 15." The protest of the Infante Don ENRIQUE is also. the subject of comment in the Presse, which in its observations by implication repudiates the treaty of Utrecht. On the same subject La France, the Legitirnatist organ, says : The protest of the Infante Don Henry gives a new face to the Spanish question. The Infante certainly has not acted alone in the energetic demonstration which he has just made; it is the manifest work of an entire party, of which this youno. Prince has for a long time been either the head, the patron, or the instrument , . He consequently enters into the con flict recently raised by the Montpensier marriage, as a powerful symbol, or even perhaps as a standard, around which the Progressista party will not be long in ranging ' themselves. Exiled from his country by the Camarllla —treated in some measure as a conspirator—he has no ceremony to observe towards the Government by whom he has been so harshly expelled. Will he dare to go to extremes?—to return to his native country, and place himself at the head of any movement which may take place? We will not prognosticate such a thing; but it is very certain that, in the present state of the public mind in Spain, such a demonstration would not be long in rallying numerous partisans around it. The protest of Don Henry has nothing hostile as far as regards the marriage of his brother with the eldest daughter of Fer dinand VII. Skilful enough to dissemble his personal discontent, he even affects to offer the betrothed pair his best wishes. It is only the Montpensier union which the author of the protest attacks with all his strength. This marriage appears to him insulting to the dignity of Spain, injurious to her independence, and contrary to her constitution ; and this three-fold pretext serves him perfectly well for keeping up the deep antipathy which has just been raised against France in the minds of the great majority of the Spanish people. There is in the protest one passage in particular which can escape no one's notice ; it is that where the Prince frankly relates the different details of his journey to Paris, and the dispositions which he thought were mani fested at that time at the Tuileries. This revelation is an aggravation skilfully added to the great complaints which the Spanish people already had against France and her Government." The. Constitutionnel says that the Duc DE MONT-. PENSIER " will leave Paris for Madrid on Saturday, the 26th inst. The PRINCE will be accompanied by an aide-de-camp of the KING, General ATHALIN, by his own aide-de-camp, Colonel TIIIERRY, several other officers, and his private secretary. His Royal Highness will proceed directly to Tours by the rail road, sleep that night at Angouleme, arrive on the 27th at Bordeaux, and depart for Bayonne on the 28th. The PRINCE will remain one day in this last mentioned town, and repair from thence to Madrid by easy journeys. The Ambassador of France, Count BRESSON, and two Grandees of Spain, with an escort of honour, will receive the PRINCE at Irun." In the same journal we find the following :- " Amongst the rumours which were current yesterday at the Bourse, and which tended to revive the funds, the most accredited was the announcement of the approach ing departure for London of the Duke de Broglie. It was said that he was present on Monday at the Council of Ministers summoned by his Majesty, and that he is to leave this day for London, with an autograph letter from the King of the French to the Queen of England, containing a formal renunciation in the name of the Duke de Montpensier. This declaration has been con sidered as of a nature to put an end to all the difficulties that have taken place between France and England. It was added that the Duke de Montpensier is to renew this declaration officially and publicly at Madrid." Galignani's Messenger, in observing upon this paragraph, says that the Due DE BROGLIE was not present at the council; and that, so far from setting out for England, he has left Paris for one of his estates in France. The National publishes a letter from Catalonia, which represents the whole province as ripe for in surrection. The Ulloa and Darien steamers have been ordered to be prepared as packets to run between Cherbourg and New York. Four companies of Marines stationed at Cherbourg have been ordered to Guadaloupe, to re inforce the garrison of that island. It was reported on the Paris Bourse on Wednes day, that the Count DE MONTEMoLIN had safely reached Navarre, where he had been joined by ELIo, EGUIA, EL RAYO, and VILLAREAL, and that CABRERA had sailed from Southampton. The fall which took place in the funds towards the close of business was caused by those rumours, aided, however, by large sales made by German houses, and by the hostile articles contained in some of the London journals of Tuesday, which had been received by express. Our correspondent adds, that after business closed on the Bourse the Three per Cents. fell to 83f. 12&c. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 831. 25c. • the Five per Cents., 118 f. 40 c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f. ; Rouen, 9561. 25c. ; Havre, 726 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 7271. 50c.; Avignon, 927 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 6301. ; Bordeaux, 568 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 485 f.; Troyes and Montereau ' 3701.; Basle, 230 E; Dieppe, 3851. ; Paris and Strasburg, 503 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 511 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 527 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 36 1 ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33%. LYONS, SEPT. 21.-Avignon and ,Marseilles, 942 f. 50c.; Northern, 733 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5311. c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 24. Boulogne and Amiens, I4N-Dlrect Bombay and Madras, %- Dutch Rhenish, 5-Italian and Austrian, 2! 5 -Luxembourg, Namur and Liege, I% -Northern of France Constituted, 1314 - Orleans and Bordeaux, 854-Paris and Rouen, 37%-Tours and Mantes Constituted, 5-West Flanders, 31/4. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was fully supported. Sales, 10,000 bales. Shares were dull again. Some particulars of very general interest, especially to the readers of a " City Article," are contained in a work upon Practical Arithmetic, by Mr. A. Nesbitt Upon the subject of the Funds the author is much better informed than most parties uncon nected with the Stock Exchange, while he is on that account also, the inure impartial. H states:—" The business of speculation in stock is founded on the variation in the price of stock; and which varia tion it probably tends in some measure to support. It consists in buying and selling stock according to the views entertained by those who engage in this business, relating to Ile probability of the value of the stock rising or falling before the arrival of some future period. This business is partly conducted by persons of considerable property in the Funds, with a view of making gain; but a practice also prevails, among those who have no such property, of contracting for the sale of stock on a future day, at a price agreed on by the tr.rticz. , . For example, A may agree to sell to B 1,000/. of stock, in the Three per Cent. Consols, to be transferred in twenty days, for 960/.; and this would be at the rate of 96/. per cent. A has, in fact, no such stock ; but if the price on the day appointed for the transfer, should be only 941. per cent., he may purchase as much stock for 9401. as will enable him to fulfil his contract, and thus he would gain 20/. by the transaction. If, on the other hand, the price of that stock shot& rise to 981. per cent., then he would lose 201. by his specula tion. The business, however, is generally settled without any money purchase, or transfer of stock, by A paying to B, or receiving from him the difference between the price of stock on the day of settlement, slid the price agreed on by the speculators. " All the business, however, which is done in the stocks for time' is not of a gambling nature. In a country of such extensive commerce as England, and especially in London, many opulent merchants, who possess property ie the Funds, and are unwil ling to part with it, have frequently occasion to raise money for a *hurt time to meet some unexpected exigency. In such cases their resource is, to sell for money, and buy for account ; and although the money raised in this manner may cost a little more than the usual interest, yet it affords an important accommoda tion ; and the transaction may be rendered strictly legal, and the stock, or its value, become r coverable, by duo course of law." At a late hour yesterday, the Corr rnissi.alers of the Admiralty decided upon tenders sent in fur the supply of salfrd beef and pork for the use of the navy. The quantities required were unusually large—say 12,000 tierces of beef, and 18.000 tierces of pork. Ail the latter was taken, but only 8 000 tierces of the former. The b. of is to be delivered at 71. is., and the pork at 71. 13s. per tierce. We have received the following' note relative to the contract from an experienced firm. The remarks are important at this period when the prices of provisions are so high:— " The contract for beef and pork was only taken in part by the Government yesterday, the prices for both ' articles being considerably higher than last year, which confirms us in the opinion that additional chan nels must be opened for the Government to obtain their supplies, or submit to must exorbitant rates." The state of the Corn Market to-day is most satis factory to the farmers—not so for the millions. Prices of wheat are up 2s. per quarter, notwithstanding the supply is most abundant. The purchases were freely made. Consols for Money and the Account are a shade lower to-day. A sac o the former hes been made at 95 . 4, and of the latter at 9513-. The premium on Exche. quer-bi'ls continues at I Is. to 14s. Mexican Bonds are at 25 to Portuguese are flat at 40 1 ; Spani-h are at 26: 1 1 i; the Three per Cents. at 371; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 594- and the Four per Cents. at 95. Tile Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds have realized 101. ItailwAy Shares have not been de%lt much in to-day. The sale of railway shares this day, at Messrs. Larnon , i and Co.'s, was well attended, and prices generally were well supported. A large business was dune in the Indian lines. The following are a few .of the principal sales .-- Great North of India £0 5 6 Great Southern of Madras East Indian Madras, Nellore, and Arcot 0 7 6 Great Western of Bengal 0 7 6 Northern and Southern Connecting Manchester and Southampton Italian and Austrian Goole and Doncaster 1 10 0 Grand Union Leicester and Bedford Cornwall and Devon Central Reading and Reigate 0 16 0 Direct Northern 1 13 6 Churnet and Blythe Paris and Rouen Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 0 16 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Namur and Leige CLOSING FRICEs. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 % 1, 42 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 1-16 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account... 95% I, 95% Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 10 1-16 OXE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... - lOl 101 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent BB% 88 1 % 2 Ecuador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 -- Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 40 40 1 A Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2 6 1 /2 264 Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account ...... .......- Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 974 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 941 a s 95 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONI6 O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.. ... 2% 2M Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1%.•.••• Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% '- Belfast & County Down 2% . Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 - Ditto New 17% .... ..- ..... - Birmingham and Ox.- ford Junction Birkenbead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — .. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... —..-... Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian •. 1%..• ..... ••••• Ditto Half Shares...... 2% Ditto Extension ... .. 2% Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%•••••• 1 34 Central Kent ...... . ........ 2% — Chester and Holyhead... 27% 2 4 1% ............ .. Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 — Clydesdale Junction ..... 15 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2'., ...... Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% 1 ierby and Crewe ..... .... 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sherd. J enc. 2% — Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Itastrick's) SA ...... .. ... Direct N:irthern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublip and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 71 ,4 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. 21 % 1,4 Ditto New lOl. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d. Do., York Extension.. 10s. .• 2 1% EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union ............ 35 .. ... • Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% — Do. Exten.(llarwich) 1 7 / 8 — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%....., East Lancashire East Lincolnshire ...... 114...... E a zt. & West of England 1X... . . . Edinburah and Glasgow 50 ...... 72 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — . .... ... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 7% Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% Ex eter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 4 Glasgow, Kilniar.,&Ayr 50 ...,,, ... Ditto, New ......... .. 15 Do., 1A Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Glouc.,Abei ystviith, and Central of Wales 1%...... - Goole, Doncaster, kc. .. 42 5 . Grand Union (Notting and Lynn ... ............ 1% - Great Eastern &Western 2% — .. ...... ... .. GreatGrimsby an d 5hef ............. ~..... 10 field Great South. and West. (Ireland) ............... 27% , 31% G rea t Munster 2% ...... Great North of Scotland 2%...... Great Northof England..loo Ditto New 5 — Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western B5 l3B Ditto 4 Shares ...... ... 5 0 Ditto 4 Shares lO Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ••• Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 5 ..... ... Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction ... 2 ..- . . Uull and Selby 5O 105% Ditto 1 % Shares Do. Half Shares I - ich & Bury St. Edm. 11% - ... .••••• ... Do., do, and Norwich Irish North Midland ... 1% — Killarney Junctions l l% Kendal and Windermere 1 1 , - .L'incaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Lame, Beitaist, and Bal lrmena Leeds and Bradford 26 Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225....... ...... Leicester and Bedbrd 22s. ...... dis. Leeds and Dewsbury Leicester and Tam w., &c. 425. Lpool., Mochstr, & New castle Junction Liverpoo: and Bury ... 14 .. London and Blackwall. 16/. 13>. 4/1. 8 Do New Ditto Extension 5 L Brighton 5O .. 5941% Ditto, Fiftks ... Loudon and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 21%.... Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western . - GO ,201 200 % Lyndon and N. Westernl- Do. Quarters Do., Go., New Shares.. 2 • 1"; 18zt, Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% —;• Do., New IA Shares (G. J.) Do 40/. Sha res (L.M. ) 8 — Lend. & S.Western 41/ 6i 10d 70% 69 1 4 2 .... Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New Do. New Londou and York 2 1%• 2 ' Do. % Shares Li radon and Windsor . 13K..• Lowdon, Salisbury, arid .... , Yeovi! - L on donderry & Co . leraino 12%. ..... I.e. R.ionderry and Ennis n kille Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereharn Manchester and Leeds... 82 llO 108 1 / 2 Ditto I,:, Share% Do. ‘,.!tiarters -.!. Do. Fifths .. ... ...... .„ 3 . .... 94 .. Do. Sixteenth* ..... ... 6 , 4 — Do. Extension 425..,.... --• . - - .. .e . t..7 - f . .. , ',;# l , - ., -- - ' ti"::•',..; • . '',,,,: 0ti,5.1 4 ,. ' = 7 -1 "__i?, 4- 1 : - i .'i, ',I:: iz:r.-::"-itt,.."-. "Jr* A • . 1, 4: -. i. ± DO. •' ?' ii(7.21.--,74.4114116 " 6) I ' . ' f • Aft t dV.... , -=:: 4b.,:,` , ' it , - 1:: '.e r ~i .' - I'liarTE6P .• . it 50,..." . '''''' ' '.. • ' l'.. I:4' •1- ..,,,..r" . . ..... ilia/tan ‘Atilt LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1846. Singular intelligence has just arrived from Ame rica by the steam-vessels Columbia and Anglo- Saxon, as well as previously by the packet-ship St. James, dating to the sth from Boston, and to the 4th from New York. Our announcements of the imprisonment of PAREDES, and the accession of SANTA ANNA to power, are fully confirmed; and be yond this it would appear that California is already annexed to the territories of the United States. In the restoration of the banished dictator there is, however, some rational possibility of the Mexicans extricating themselves from the fearful em barrassments into which they have been plunged, firstly, by the avaricious depravity of their neigh bours, and, secondly, by the miserable inefficiency of PAREDES. On entering the harbour of Vera Cruz on the 15th of August, in the steamer Arab, General SANTA ANNA was welcomed by an enthusiastic popu lation. Inasmuch as the confidence of his country men is concerned, the foundation of his go vernment has already acquired stability. His admi nistration is at its very outset essentially popular and hence, despite the proverbial fickleness of the Mexicans, it is tolerably certain that the Government of SANTA ANNA may become permanently rooted in the affections of the nation. HERRERA and PAREDES have successively fallen because of the weakness which was so conspicuously manifested in their pro ceedings. The expulsion of SANTA ANNA was, however, the consequence of no political imbecility; it arose, on the contrary, from the unusual vigour with which affairs were administered under his direction a vigour wholly unpalatable to the sluggish and effete inhabitants of Mexico. Peculation was un doubtedly some incitement to this demonstration of national dissatisfaction, but, in reality, the main rea son for the deposition and virtual ostracism of SANTA ANNA was the unfashionable energy of his Government. Circumstances have, however, latterly demon strated to this indolent community the advisability of expelling from office those who are as incapable of action, and as unfitted for the management of affairs as themselves. The succession of disasters which have attended their own forces in the Rio Grande, the internal insubordination which the agents of PAREDES have proved themselves unable to check, the ominous front presented by their invaders, and the utter impossibility of retarding their progress, much less of driving them beyond the frontiers by some sudden and ignominious defeat, have vividly displayed to the Mexicans the necessity for some radical altera tion in the Presidency. While General TAYLOR has been acquiring a psuedo•celebrity among the citizens of the United States PAREDES has been accumulat ing upon himself the indignation and contumely of Mexico. Every individual movement of the troops, every separate proclamation of the Government, every successive convocation of the Council, was a fresh evidence of the incapacity of the existing authority, and an additional argument in favour of the re-exaltation of the banished General. The fla• gitious seizure of California proves the wisdom of such considerations. When the republic is assailed by a power so lawless, so covetous, and so enterpris ing as that of the United States, none but a ruler with an iron hand, a stern and inflexible will, and a thorough confidence in his own judgment, can ex pect to battle successfully against such a boisterous incursion. SANTA ANNA returns to the government of Mexico, with a hoard of invaluable experience; his countrymen are filled with the most glorious antici pations immediately upon his arrival; already have the departments of Puebla and Mexico declared themselves in his favour with alacrity and en thusiasm. They behold in him the man exactly suited to the emergency—one of great military intelligence and of singular prowess; one who would not exclaim with the voluntary stupidity which is not unfrequently found among trans-Atlantic statesmen, " Video meliora, proboque ; deteriora sequor," but who would be as ready to proceed upon as to recognise the most promising track. No gua rantee has been required from the new President as to his future conduct, and this we are disposed to regret. General SALAS has been as lenient in this respect to SANTA ANNA as General MONK was to CHARLES 11., and this, moreover, to an extravagant extent. An admirable opportunity presented itself in either instance for limiting, within constitutional bounds, the prerogatives and powers of the indi• vidual ; in both cases the opportunity has been lost. Nevertheless, there is such an urgent ne cessity at this moment for a supreme dicta tor that, as far as the present emergency is concerned, the blunder is calculated to be produc tive of temporary advantages. Some personage of .ibility c.mmensurate with the present difficulties of Mi-xico, and invested, moreover, with unlimited au thority, can alone repulse the invading armies of the United States, and preserve the former republic from piecemeal dismemberment, or—worse still—from wholesale annexation. Such a personage is General SANTA ANNA. "If the 'people of my country are for war," said he, before entering Vera Cruz, "then I am with them, but I would prefer peace!" That is an honourable an nouncement ; and, beyond that, it is a generous and sagacious announcement. Yes, peace in Gon's name ! But, if peace can only be obtained by de basing the character of Mexico, and rendering its future independence questionable, if peace must ne cessitate pandering to the avar;cious and selfish policy of the United States, if peace is only to be synonymous with the commission of larceny on a gigantic scale 'lnd with impunity to the national criminal, then war! That is the apparent policy of SANTA ANNA, and in the event of his following that policy, the destinies of Mexico will engage the sympathies of humanity. The account of the interview which took place between the Premier, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and the deputation from the baronies of Duhallow, Orrery, Kilmore, and Fermoy, which was contained in The Sun of Wednesday, will be pc -I-used with the deepest interest. The memorial then put forward, emanating from a public meetin g at which a population of more than 400,000 persons were repre sented, the statements made t collectively and indi vidually by the respectable gentlemen selected at that meeting to form the deputation, consisting of persons of different classes, creeds, and politics, headed by the High Sheriff of the county, and having among its members clergymen both of the Protestant and Roman Catholic persuasions, must carry with them a weight, must command an authority, which could not be expected for any private communication, no matter how great the rank, how exalted the character, or commanding the influence of the individual by whom it was made. It was in other respects im portant ; it brought before the Nobleman at the head of the Government and the Minister whose especial duty it is to preside over and regulate the financial affairs of the country—a ho will be required to bring forward the ways and means by which the vastly in creased expenditure of the nation is to be met and provided for—the real state of the peotle 4 as well landowners as labourers, of the south of Ireland. It pointed out the deficiencies in the existing laws, and called the attention of those whose first care should be to provide adequate remedies to the means by which those laws might be amended, those d-ticiencies provided for. Persons differing on all other questions met in unity and harmony en that of their common country, and vied with each other in a generous rivalry as to which could most forcibly impress on the Ministers granting the audience the interests committed to their charge. A great matter was achieved in procuring the attendance of the depu tation; it secured a patient and attentive hearing by Manchester and Binnin. 40 ...... Do t:narters (A) . Do. Quarters (B) 5 ...... ' Do. Quarters (C) Ma - tclicNter,Bu:lt or ,and AT Manchester, Birm., and 111 P. ;Mould Junction ..... Manchest. & Soil hampt. 2 .- MI . aunt - (41 1:37•••• Do. 1 Min , 2 ...... ,•:1 Do. New Do. Mein., and Derbyloo Miffli] & East. Counties 3%- — "'' Midland Great Western _ . - Irish Nev. e - s ti e a-.it i;erwiek 15 ...... 26% i Do North Shields Ne %yeast I- and Carlisle 100 N, , wnirket &Cliesterfrd 2/.12s , Rewport&Aberoveuny 2% ▪ ........, - N..,wry and Enniskillen 4% -- ....... Newark. Sheffield, and Boston ... .. .. l% ▪ ••• ..... Norfolk . ... ......100 Do. Half Shares ' 7 Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... 15%....• . Do. Fifths Do. Carlisle Extens. 1 1 4 3% 4 " ?3/ North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 die.) 45 - '' Do. Quarter Shares... 12% •— '''''''''''' Do. New - • '''''''' • N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% — ...... I ; .„ North Staffordshire 42s. ..„.. 2% 324 r North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham & Mansfld. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 12% 7% .......... Oxford, Wit ney, and Cheltenham.... - ....... .. Portsmouth Direct 334 — .... ..... ' Preston and Wyre - Do. 1 4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Scottish Central - ........ Do. New 2% — ......... Scottish Midland lO - ........ Do. Extension Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, andCrewe... _l% •• •• .... Sheffield Si Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lineolnsh ire June. 1 1 4 — ........ '95" Do. & Great Grim by. 10' Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 21,4.... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordsh. Junc. 2% — ......... Sligo and Shannon ..,... 1% - ......... South Devon..„ 35 South Midland South & Midlands Junc. 42s — ...... ••• South Staffordshire June. 2% — ... ..... . South Eastern & Dover. 33% 3 9 1% ........ . Do., No. 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 Do.. No. 4 1 St.Alban's, llatfield,and _ 37 IA 97 3 / 4 59% 95 Hertford Junction ... 425. Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — ....... south Wales .... 5 ...... 3% 4 .•.. Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 ••• •••• Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ••• •• • Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath Wakefield, l'ontefract, & Goole ........ 22 1 / — ..... Warwickshire & London 42 5. Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 8 Waterford and Limerick 22 1 / 2 — ....... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ..... . ....... 1% 1 3 / 4 24 Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia ........ 1%...... - ....... . Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union ....•• 425. West Cornwall West London,Old Shares 20 ..... Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 ,4 — Nisbeach and St. Ives... 2 ...... 1 3 / 4 21 1 / i 1% 22 3 / 4 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford , Ross , and Gloucester ......... 425. — Worcester, Tenbury, and , Ludlow ...... ...._... ... 2% — ...... , Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle ...... ... •Ic id Newcastle. 25 425. 234 31% 51 1 4 2 0 IA 31 53 / 4 P 105►,/ 2 21% - 70% dis. 59h 48% 21% 9% 23 16:34 6914 541/2 ork and Ditto New 1 York and North Midland 50 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares .. 25 ..... Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 40 Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O — .•• Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and A miens l4 Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 ...., Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cett€ (Mackenzie's) 2 .. Do. ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour .... 75....., Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Central of Spain ... . Ceylon Demerara 2 1,4 .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... 55. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21,4 .... Fampoux & Hazebronk 4 .... Great Indian Peninsular ss. .... Great Western Bengal ss. .... Great Western Canada 3 14 .... Italian and Austrian 3 .... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 .... Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... Luxembourg... Lyons and Avignon Madras ... Madras, Nellore, and Arcot Madrid and Valentin 2 ..• Mauritius •• ••••• • 1 Namur and Liege - Na o f France Constituted 5 .... N orth J am aica ......... 1 Orleans and di3Voiredreazouxn 1: Orleans Over Yssel ............ 4/ 3s 4d ..., Paris & Lyons Constituted 5 „... Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 8 . Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt 8 .••• Trinidad West F1ander5.......... 6 •••••• 3 4 MINES. .•• • ~. 5% • •••• ..... ". 1 ..... A : 1 ..... .. - ~ • •• ~... • .. •n/I ,••••••• ..... .. ~.••••• . ..... • ~.... N• . ~...... ..... 1 3 / 4 A... 1..... ~..•N •••• •• ~.• •.• N 0 ....... •U • ••••• 0 ..... • ,•••••• ....•••• . ...... THE HAMMERSMITH JEWS CASE, TO THE EDIJOR OF THE SUN. -- b% IN 34 ••• Real del Monte Unregd. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 8 Gibraltar.. ~.... —.. Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 6% Genoa ...............• 26 15 Antwerp 26 15 Milan .. • ..... ........ llamburgh .. .. M.B. 13 1434 Venice........ ... ..... Altona • • .... ••• • • Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Lisbon..... .... •• • Marseilles •••• • • • Bourdeaux.... ••• .. Frankfort OR Maine 122 k Bahia .. .. .. P e t e rsburgh, 3 Us... •• • • Iluerios Ayres .... • • •• .• Berlin -•—••••• • • • • • • • New York, 21 days' sight Vi e nna, effec. flo. ••• .. 10 1 1 Philadelphia ——•• • • - • Trieste, ditto.. •• • • .... 10 11 PRICES OF SUWON, PL OZ. Madrid ••.. • ..... .... 35)4 Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Cadiz • • • Bilbao. Barcelona . • .......... _ New Dollars • • ...... 04 9% aevi ll e• ••••••• • • • " • • - -- Silver in bars ........ 0 4 114 391' 119 M, 524 52% 24% it been necessary, there were in Court yes terday two highly respectable surgeolv., with whom Mr. Archibald M'Niel lived as assistant for five years, and also a clergyman who had known him from infancy, to testit'y to his good and gentlemanly conduct. In addi tion to which a memorial from Scotland h'vl been for warded by his friends to the Governor of N, wgate, signed by sixty-nine most influential gentlemen !..od merchants, who had also known Mr. M'Niel from chikhood; among them four magistrates, six elders of the chinch, and two ministers. As Mr. M'Niel has to obtain his livelihood by his pro fession, I trust that you will see the propriety of insert ing this in your widely-circulating columns. so that it may appear to the public that the view taken by the Learro.il Judge and a jury of his country was such as he desarved.—l am, Sir, yours most respectfully, WILLIAM 'THORN. 22, Maida-bill West, Sept. 25, 1846. -------- , FATAL ACCIDENT ON SNONY^IIILL.—An inquest was held on Thursday evening at St. Bartholomew's Hospi tal, before Mr. Payne, on the body of Abraham Polley, aced 71, of North-place, Gray's Inn-lane, By the evi dence of the witnesses it appeared that on the 12th of August the deceased, while crossing Snow-hill, ran against a woman walking from the opposite side, and, ty:tore they could get to the footpath, two vehicles, one a dig, driven by Mr. Stephen Gurroll, and the other a dray of Whitbread, the brewer, advanced towards them, and . enclesed them between their wheels. The woman escaped unhurt, but the cleceated was knocked down and run over by the dray. Deceased was taken to the hoar pital, and died on Wednesf.lay last. Verdict, " Acci dental d a th." BonnEav BY A :4l(VANT.—Thurs(lay information was forwarded to the various; police stations that Thomas Preston, a porter, in the emply of Messrs. Verrey's, Regent-street, hal ab.conded with the gum of 801, the produce of a Chollll4± with which he had been entrusted to pay certam Go.t.riAe-nt defies. The impression is that he has got on board some vessel for Ireland, aCCOUP panted by his wife and two young children.