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THEATRE A'AL, DRURY-L A NE, The MIMIC IR most respe , tfullv informed, that this i 7 stablishmcnt will Open for the season TO-MORROW (SaTransy), Oct. 3d, 1846, and that, miring the recess, the most extensive alterations have been made in every part of the Theatre ; the entire gas apparatus has un dergone a thorough renovation, and a New Front Drop has been painted expressly by Mr. Grieve and numerous assistants. The Entertainments will commence with Benedict's popular Opera of THE CRUSADERS. Boheniond, Mr. Harrison ; Raymond, Mr. Borrani ; William, Mr. Weiss ; Hassan, Mr. Stratton ; Ismael, Mr. Bing; Almer, Miss Romer; Isenit, 31Iss Rainforth. After which will be produced a new Ballet, in two acts, entitled TIIE OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Brett], Theodore, Mdlle. Fabbri, Madame Theodore, and 3ldlle. Adele will perform. HEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. The public Is respectfully informed that this Theatre, the Interior and exterior of which have, during the recess, been thoroughly re paired, re-painted, and ornamented, is now Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Colman's Coneedy of THE POOR GENTLE MAN. Str R. Bramble, Mr. W. Farren ; Frederick, Mr. Hudson ; Lieut. Worthington, Mr. Stuart: Dr. 011apod, Mr. Webster ; Stephen liarrowby, Mr. ituckstone ; Humphrey Dobbins, Mr. Rogers; Miss Lucretia Mactab, Mrs. Glover; Emily Worthington, Alia Forteseue. After which a new Farce, called TIIE FORTUNE HUNTER ; or, A Morning at Margate. Captain Mount,:arret, Mr. Hudson ; Griffin. Mr. Tilbury; Bompas, Mr. Iltiekstone ; Miss Griffin, Mrs, W. Clifford. To eonclude with the popular Farce, entitled LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckstone; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tbbury; Mrs. Captain Phobbs, Miss Tel bin. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. rICDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEET.EY. Third Week of a New Comic Drama. The New Gland Fairy Bur lesque Extravaganza, entitled " The Magic II:wn," 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 consequence, respectfully announced for repetition every Evening till farther 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. IVoollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, 'airy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of "Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinlech, Collier, Yamold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Fillers, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. 111EATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rug'eigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Tolley, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Tolley, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Clairtille, Madame Celeste. To be followed by the popular Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honey bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. floneybun, Miss Emma Harding. To conclude with the Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by 3fessrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glut naire, Undo!), Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, 31iss Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 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 followed 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 COORS SPOIL THE BROTH. In which Messrs. Compton, Oxberry, Granby; Miss E. Stanley, &c., will perform. STRAND THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Davidson. Tills EVENING Will be performed the new historical TragedY, entitled 10, Mr. OF WARSAW. Ulric Sobieski, Mr. Gregory ; Brutanoff, Mr. Waldron ; Werter, Mr. Carle ; Clot on , Mr. Grafton ; Caton', Mr. Attwood ; Eva, Mrs. Percy ; Zeta, Miss 11. Glover. To be followed by the Farce, entitled THE BLUE DEVILS. To conclude with Shakspere's Tragedy of TILE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Gregory; Bassani°, Mr. Rivers; Gra ttan°. Mr. Grafton ; Launcelot Gobbo, Mr. Attwood ; Salanlo, Mr. Carle; Portia, Mrs. Percy; Nerissa, Miss Dorrington ; Jessica, Miss M. Glover., DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, air. Macready ; Macduff, Mr. Cooper ; Bangui), Mr. Murray ; He cate, Mr. Neville ; First Witch, Mr. Saville ; Second Witch, Mr. Webb ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To conclude with the in'eresting Melodrama of JONATHAN BRADFORD. The principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Ileslop, Neville, Webb, Pelham, Tyniall, Lewis; Mrs. E. F. Saville, Miss Terry, &c. Box•ofce open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'sI ROYAL AMpn ITHEAIR E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF TILE SUMMER SEASON. Pairtnised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priseess itoyal. Unabated attraction. " The Merchant's Steed" still continues his trium phant course. T TITS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama of TILE STEED OF SY. RACUSE; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, "Mr.J. Harwood ; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merous Company, double Stud, .&c. After which, new and popular SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP, by the extensive troupe of Foreign and British Artistes. ..... The whole to conclude with the laughable Afterplece, called BURIED ALIVE. Box-office open from eleven till Ilva o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Great success of the p wertbl attractions at this Theatre.—" Breakers Ahead," nightly received with loud cheers of approbation. Roars of laughter at the new burlesque of " Hamlet." Will be performed a powerful and highly interesting Nautical Drama, entitled BREAKERS 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. Furman; Amy Graham, Miss Vincent. After wHch, the Burlesque of HAMLET. Introducing parodies on all the popular airs of the day. Hamlet, Mr. Forman; Ghost, 31 r. Searle; King, Mr. Itanoc ; Polonius, Ms. Howard; Osric, Mr. Burton ; Queen, Mr. Cooke ; Ophelia, Miss L. Pearce. To conclude with THE RAVEN'S NEST ; or, The Bride of the Grave. Edith Grey, Mrs. H. Vining. THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, OCTOBER 1. TBEBNOME'TER, Lowest, 45; Highest. 60 ; Noon, 63. BAROMETER, 29 98.—WIND W., fine. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Aforiing .. 27 minutes after 11. I Evening .. 56 minutes after 11. ,h... - 4 . ;,' ~..` f . r.." 8.N,. ',„„ clI , Ili, • lit. i a "1 ' ib n - - ,9 7 •-•, : , • -.. •A,.. wo N ' n ßai .... , ' ''''' , . ' , niLL A . 414* . 4 • .4 .:i.. - - ~., flørmhg rult4 LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1846. FAMINE RIOTS IN IRELAND. PEASANTRY SHOT DEAD BY THE MILITARY. Unhappily the patience of the unfortunate Irish is at length exhausted. We have now before us that mo't appalling spectacle of national agony—a people driven ta desperation by the pangs of hunger, and braving a violent death rather than endure the bitter torments of a more lingering dissolution ! After sustaining the direst woes of starvation wtith a most noble fortitude, after pining in their hovels under an accumulation of all human miseries, penury, inanition, neglect, and despair, and after bearing these extreme sufferings with a meekness and a tranquillity beyond all praise, the labourers of Ireland have been tasked to the uttermost limits of endurence, and have now risen against their more affluent neighbours. Towards the conclusion of last week a alight glimmer of the ap proaching insurrection was observable in the vicinity of Crookhaven, where a vast concourse of the emaciated peas-ntry assembled together in the village of Colen, to proclaim that their wretchedness was no longer endurehle. The sullen anguish depicted on -fie thos,e melancholy faces is described by an eye-witness to have attested sufficiently the ex tremity of their distress. " A move appalling spec tacle could not be witnessed," writes one correspondent. Want and despair were the pervading characteristics of the multitude. That dark promise of violence and in subordination has been fulfilled. At the very corn rnencement of this week, namely, on Monday morning, the peasantry at Dungarvan assumed such a threaten ing aspect, and congregated together in such danger ous numbers, that the military were called out— several shots were fired upon the mob—many of the starving rioters were wounded, and on Tuesday two of :hem died from their mutilation ! By the context of thi.% miserable intelligence from Waterfowl, we are informed that brickbats and other missiles were hurled at the dragoons ; and that notwithstanding the recent discharge of musketry, a dwelling -house at Capi)a was assailed, and that knots of the insurgents intervening between were scattered over the country ev?r that locality and Cork. Reuling tiv..se awful tidings, and conscious that the evil is spreading momentarily, both in extent ati intensity, we can only turn with greater submission and suplication to that OMNIPO.• TENCE, " at whose bidding," in the simple and affect ing language of the Archbishop of CANTEMBURY, "the ecerth hath withholden the wonted provision of fond, and turned abundance into scarcity." The rage of famine has now goaded on the wretched peasantry of Ireland to an outbreak, characterised by so much vio -1 lence, that it cannot fail to increase their own suffer ings tenfold. Seeing this, we would hereby conjure the Government, in GOD'S name, to stir themselves betimes, or the consequences will be more calamitous than the most morbid imagination would dare to con jecture I If we remember how many and how grievous have been the afflictions of the Irish population, if we consider within ourselves the awful details of that national privation the dreadful whole of which has alone reached the public observation, we shall be compelled to confess to ourselves that we cannot re gard this deathful disturbance at Dungarvan with anything like sentiments of indignation. Sorrow ' and commiseration are the only feelings aroused by a spectacle which might otherwise be only charac torh:ed by the attributes of brutality and lawlessr.e-,. What is this ipsurrection but the struggle for self. preservation ? What is it but the outgushing of the domestic affections—of that awful and enduring love which is stronger than death ? The peasant has experienced the pangs of inanition himself, yet he has valour enough to continue peaceable and uncom plaining. His household is one nest of misery and destitution—his potato-field is a waste of corruption, poisoning the very atmosphere he inhales—his swine are sold to satisfy immediate cravings —his future is all poverty—his present existence is one of intense desolation;—still he submits with an admirable forti tude, and remains silent and impassive while his very heart-strings are breaking with grief. When, however, he sees his children and his wife grown haggard with the duration of their penury, and finds no probability of allaying their sufferings by remaining inactive and "biding his time," his mind is impervious to reason, his heart is hardened against justice, and his arm is nerved by the potency of despair. Factors are hoarding up wheat and barley in their cellars, with the diabolical hope of extorting famine prices in the market—farmers and cattle dealers have their stalls filled with oxen—pigs and poultry are not unplentiful in certain localities, otherwise visited by the scarcity —the provision stores are plentifully furnished—a resolute heart and a strong hand are alone necessary to feed the starving creatures at home, and the peasantry rush out together into the streets and byeways to seize by violence what they cannot in any other manner obtain. While endeavouring to save them selves and those endeared to them by nature and as sociation they are repulsed by the soldiery and shot like malefactors. We are ready to acknowledge that nothing but some strenuous interposition from the armed servants of the law can ever save a population under such cir cumstances from incalculable miseries. The calling out of the dragoons is one of those vigorous but deadly remedies which can alone preserve the coin munity from still greater wretchedness. It is losing a limb to retain life ; endangering an unit to save a million. Nevertheless, the very conscious ness of the necessity of resorting to such a mortal remedy is only an additional inducement to eradicate the causes which have led to its requirement. Let the Legislature proceed upon its measures of allevia tion with the utmost alacrity, for, morally, Ireland is on the verge of a precipice. A subject so important as a contested election for the civic chair of the greatest city in the world can not be permitted to pass without comment from the press. The circumstances of the case are peculiar. They are ,plso so well known that we need but glance at them here. For several years Alderman THOMAS WOOD has been declared by the Livery of London to be the man whom they would delight to honour. Being senior Alderman, the custom of the city of London would entitle him to the civic chair. But as has been shown, by the non-election of Alderman WooD, during the five years his name has been at the head of those who have not passed the chair, Livery have only a nominal power in the choice of their chief magistrate. The custom of the Corporation is that the names of two aldermen shall be returned by the Livery to the Court of Aldermen, and the practice .of that Court, as shown by their re jection of the most popular man, has been to set aside the decision of the Livery, and return, as Lord Mayor, the second person--how ever unpopular with the Livery. Thus, year after year, have the Court of Aldermen put their veto on the popular choice. Thus have they made the elec tion by show of hands a mere nullity. Thus—we say so with consideration and deep regret—have they de prived a worthy man and an excellent magistrate of a distinction to which he is most fulls entitled. Thus have they been the means of preVenting the city of Lon non from the presidency of a gentleman in every re spect qualified to sustain its privileges and administer justice in the best manner. Two years ago we expressed ourselves warmly upon this subject. The opinions we then expressed we still entertain. Indeed, the silent track of time has brought round many corroborations. The impu tations to which Alderman WOOD has been subjected have gradually passed away before the sun of Truth, even as the snow-ball melts before the noon-tide beams. Nothing is easier than to " Accumulate the slander, heap the lie, And raise the pyramid of cllutnny against a public man ; nothing more difficult than ttr even the most virtuous character to vindicate himself against such attacks. One by one, however, the imputations against Alderman WOOD have " va nished into thin air." Some have been abandoned as utterly untenable, from their evident improbability— some have been dismissed, on proof of their untruth— and the decision of the supreme court of law in Ireland, pronounced by Chief Justice PENNEFATIIER, has recently placed all the rest hors de combat. The charges against Alderman WOOD have sub sided into a residuum nearly as fine as the thin muslin which the Parisian modestes poetically called " woven air." All that is now said against him amounts to this (and to no more), that some years ago he was connected with a joint-stock company for procuring coals in Wales, and that by that connexion he lost money —an indication that he was "rather sinned against than sinning." had he gained money it is doubtful if any complaint would have been made. Two years ago (long before the additional proof had been supplied by the important judicial decision in Ireland, to which we have referred,) it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. ANDERTON, then Under- Sheriff, that the charges against the alderman in connexion with the company in question were "groundless and unfounded," and that they had been "most fully and satisfactorily refuted." At that time Mr. ANDERTON said, in his usual fearless manner, that "there was not a single advertisement for a bubble company in which they would not find an alderman's name." Since then how many aldermen have been connected with railway and other public " bubbles," and to what extent ? Yet, Alderman Wool) is condemned, maligned, and persecuted, because he had connexion with a single public coi , pany, and that one not of the " bubble species," for we b-lieve it is a paying concern in the hands if the pre , ent owners. This is the mote and the beam with a vengeance! Had Alderman WOOD been a wealthy man, we dare say he would have been in the civic chair years ego. But it is considered unlikely that he will trench upon his private resources, derived from his professional exertions, in order to spend more in the Mansion house than the very liberal sum allowed by the City. Already, duripl the eleven years he has discharged the high and responsible duties of magistrate, he has given to the public a great portion of his time, besides affording his colleagues on the bench the advantage of hid excellent judgment and his matured experience. If none but millionaires are to enjoy the highest civic honours, there will be an end, at once and for ever, to the honourable ambition of the men best qualified to serve the public. Is it to punish Alderman Woop's want of wealth that, on the present occasion, a poll was demanded in Guildhall? This involves an expensive and trouble- , tome coc • t, which must continue f r e'ght days. The appal to the Livery, however, is being honour ably responded to. There is every chance that the nrjority obtained by Alderman WOOD will continue and increase, so as to show, once mere, unequivocally, that the popular feeling is in his favour. _ _ It is understood, that if the election terminate in the return of Alderman WOOD, the Court of Alder n ea, respecting the wishes of the Livery, will also select the worthy Alderman to fill the high office of Lord Mayor of London during the ensuing year. It is the privilege of the State at any time to re quire any of its subjects to come forward, and fully and explicitly to declare, under the obligation of an oath, all they may know respecting any matter that may be submitted to investigation, in which the State itself, or any of its citizens are interested. Every private individual has a similar right to demand the benefit of the testimony of his fellow. subjects, no matter what inconvenience that other may be sub jected to by the loss of time he may sustain in attend ing on, and waiting for, his examination before the competent tribunal. In return therefor it is the first duty of the nation to afford full protection to the persons thus called upon to see that he shall sustaih no unnecessary damage or injury for the evidence he has thus given, if he has answered truly the several questions demanded of him; and if he has not done so, there is a specific punishment decreed by the law of the land for any wilful violation of truth. It is .perfectly manifest that any other description of punishment than that thus recognized and sanctioned by the authorities is i❑ the highest degree objection able and unconstitutional, and more especially so when the witness has not been brought to any public trial, or been convicted by the judgment of his peers, or of any other body within the jurisdiction of which he may, by reason of his peculiar position in society, be placed. Great expenses have from time to time been incurred in affording that protection to crown wit nesses, when, in consequence of any disturbance in the country, they may be supposed liable to any peculiar danger on account of the testimony they have given. In Ireland particularly we find that the ex penses of the emigration of such witnesses, or cf their removal to other localities, and the placing them in at least as good a position as that they had pre viously occupied, has constantly been defrayed by the country. If such steps are taken (and most properly) 'to defend the witnesses from illegal violence, it is doubly incumbent on the Executive to guard in the most effectual manner against any advantage of authority, derived from itself, being made use of to crush, injure, or deteriorate the condition, or make more uncomfortable the position, of any person of inferior rank in its service on account of the evidence he has given, to prevent the superior from ex ercising his power in a harsh, oppressive, or tyrannical manner. On Monday our columns contained a statement of a district court-martial having been ordered upon private THOMAS MATTSLEWSON, of the 7th Hussars, for alleged insubordination to Sergeant-Major ROBERT O'DoiNELL, his superior officer, while on duty at Hampton Court on Sunday, the 20th September. This court-martial was held on Tuesday, the 29th ult., and, although its result is not as yet publicly known, the finding and sentence (in case of convic tion) having to be submitted to the Commander-in- Chief for his approval and confirmation before it is promulgated, sufficient appears on the evidence offered in support of the charge to make it manifest that the unfortunate young man has been subjected to petty persecutions and annoyances sufficient to worry and tease an ardent, perhaps an impatient, spirit into the commission of an offence that would bring him within the letter of the law, and subject him to severe punish ment. Even before the termination of the inquest sitting on the body of poor WHITE, the victim of military severity, of the atrocious and abominable system of corporal punishment, complaints were made of wit nesses who had been examined during the course of the investigation having been reprimanded for the evidence they had conscientiously given. One of the persons so treated was COOK, a private in the regi ment, who deposed on oath before the Coroner-- " That while on parade, the Colonel (Whyte) had ordered him to stop, and called him before the ranks; that in the presence of his comrades he told him that what he had stated in his evidence was not the fact, in which he was immediately corroborated by his obsequious Adjutant, and that on his (Conk) stating the grounds on which he had made the statement, viz, that the Ist Dragoon Guards flogged by trumpeters, and that he had heard that other regiments did the same, the Colonel said that such was not the case, and that ho (Cook) had been as near committing perjury as damage, and, afterwards, that lie could plainly see that Cook had endeavoured to throw misconception over the whole affair." Such a course at that time, pending the inquiry, and in the presence of other persons, who might possibly still be examined, we consider, a most improper and unjustifiable proceeding, calculated to impede the administration of justice, and to prevent the men from freell discharging the duty they might be called on to perform, from giving their unhi , ssed and disinterested evidence. The unfortunate man MATT HEWSON was also honoured by an interview with his commanding officer. It appeared that he was privately called into the august presence, and spoken to respecting his evidence. What took place on that occasion we shall not refer to, as a distinct and unequivocal contradic tion took place between Colonel WHYTE and MAT THEWSON as to what had occurred ; we shall merely say that MATTHEWSON'S statement was made under the sanction of an oath, while the Colonel's was a mere simple, uncorroborated assertion. We shall not, how ever, nor do we intend to impeach his veracity. It is not necessary for our argument that we should do so, suffice it to say that a public contradiction took place, and that MATTnewsoN stoutly adhered to the truth and accuracy of his statement, notwithstanding the denial of Colonel \VUYTE. This would be quite sufficient to induce the non-commissioned officers and privates of the regiment to believe that in no way could they do more to curry favour with their commander than by bearing hardly upon the pt rson who had made him self obnoxious. It is the tendency of human nature so to do, and wisecan easily conceive that MATTnew sox was subjected to many annoyances of which his Colonel might not have been cognisant. On the day in question MATTIIEWSON was visited by his mother and a brother-in-law, just discharged from the service, whom he had not seen for nine years; he naturally wished to be allowed to spend the short interval during which his relations could remain, in unrestricted intercourse with them, and applied for liberty to exchange his term of duty with another soldier, who was willing to take his place on that day. This mo derate and simple request was unhesitatingly refused ; he was told (as appeared by the evidence of Corporal ROUTH, who was ordered to take a man with him to make the communication), that the command ing officer " could not grant his request, neither would he seo him." This would appear to throw some light on the animus existing toward MATTHEW - SON —a disposition and feeling which we think should by no means be encouraged. When on duty, and irritated, as it may be supposed, by the harsh refusal he had received, the sergeant of the guard visited him. It is said that there is a regimental order, that when a non-commissioned officer visits a sentry on duty he is to be accompanied by a private of the guard. This order the complaining sergeant evades, by saying that he was on duty, but not going his rounds. What, then, could have been his object or motive in going to, or entering into conversation with, an excited and exasperated man ?. Does it not, to say the least of it, look as it he was anxious to goad the obnoxious indi vidual into some indiscreet act or hasty expression ? lie takes care that no witness is near who can bear testimony to the provocation, the .language he may himself have used—his evidence is wholly un corroborated, and is most distinctly and positively contradicted by MATTIIEWSON, who declares that he never used the language imputed to him. The court martial is, however, at once convened, and he is de prived of the benefit of the testimony of Private lluTcniscs, the man rho had agreed to take his duty on the occasion in question, and who had marched with the regiment shortly before the trial. We shall anxiously await the judgment of the court, but, whatever it may be, we sincerely trust that an inquiry may be instituted in the regiment, in order to ascertain whether any undue or harsh conduct has been exhibited towards any of the soldiers in conse quence of the evidence they hay e given at the inquest. The public mind should be set at rest on the sub,ject, and it should be discovered whether any ' THE SUIN, LONDON, FRIDA MORNTI&G, ocTonErt, 9, 1846 abuse of power has been exhibited by any of those entrusted with authority. Madrid papers of the 24th Ult. 117.ve1 - x)en received. The Chamber of Deputies xv.%s engaged in discuss ing a project for the immediate levy of 25,000 men. After the Bill shall have i)-2en disposed or, the Curtes will adjourn, but will not be dissolved until after the marriages, at which the Presidents of the Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies will be present in their official capacities. The Heraldo has the following on the subject of the protest against the Montpensier marriage, which it is now forced to admit was presented by Mr. BULWER on the 22d ult.:— " It appears positive that Mr. Bulwer presented on the evening of the 22d to the Government of her Ma jesty a communication from the British Cabinet relative to the marriage of her Royal Highness the Infanta with the Duke de Montpensier. We do not feel ourselves authorised to communicate the terms of this note, to which we are sure the Spanish Ministry will reply, as its decorum, its independence, mid at the same time the good relations which we are desirous of maintaining with a friendly and allied nation demand. As we have al ready said, it is stated in this note that the representative of her Britannic Majesty had kept to himself for some dine his alarm as to the consequences which might arise fur Europe and Spain, from a circumstance, the even• tuslity of which is so remote that it can hardly ha re garded as possible. Nothing, however, as we have al ready said, can be more easy than to prevent the grave cqnsequencea of this eventuality. Besides, although England does not behold thi s a ff a i r w i th pleasure, tile question, after the vote of the Parliament, is irrevocably decided, and we have a firm conviction that this event will in no way disturb the peace of Europe. The Espanol, which in its supplement of yesterday attached so much importance arid gravity to this note, might have added that the British Minister, after having presented it, had attempted to withdraw it. The position of the English representative is very difficult after the vote of the Cortes, and arises without doubt from his vacillations. Our predictions on this subject will be verified, as they have been hith er t o . Th e quest i on is legally resolved. If England, our friend and ally, thought proper to state its observations, she will now respect our tights." The Herald° is wrong in saying Mr. BULWER, wished to withdraw the note. He offered to modify certain expressions in it if M. ISTURITZ would con sent to postpone the Montpensier marriage. Both that Minister and Queen CHRISTINA were in favour of postponement, but M. BRESSON, the French Am bassador, who hath of late been indulging in big discourse, " horribly stuffed with epithets of war," declared that no delay should take place, and Mr. BULWER'S note therefore remains unaltered. According to the _Espanol, Mr. BULWER, on the 23d received fresh instructions from his Cabinet, en joining him to persevere in opposing the Montpensier marriage, and to impress . upon the Spanish Govern ment the consequences that may accrue from its con summation, and to declare anew that England will formally oppose its realisation until the direct suc cession to Queen ISABELLA be insured. Great apprehensions are entertained of an outbreak in the provinces. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 23.—The Three per Cents, were done at 35i for cash; the Four per Cents. at 22: the Five per Cents. at 221; the Debt without interest, at 61 ; and the Coupons, at 204. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Presse in the following article admits the fact of the understanding come to at Eu, and boldly justifies the duplicity of M. GUIZOT There is a point upon which the Debats gives no explanation, notwithstanding all the provocation of the Opposition journals, repeated yesterday by the Siecle. They represent the conduct of the French Govern ment towards England in thin affair as perfidious; first, because the march and incidents of the nego tiation have been carefully . concealed from England; and, secondly, because it is thought to have been concluded in defiance of engagements entered into at the Chateau d'Eu, between the Ministers of the two Powers, in the presence of the King of the French and the Queen of Great Britain. As to the first reproach, is it really believed to be well founded? What ! is diplomacy to be carried on in public ? and must we, under the risk of being charged with want of good faith, put England in full possession of all the inci dents of a negotiation because its conclusion may cause her some chagrin? Were we obliged to warn her that she was called upon to display all her activity, all her address, all her cunning, to prevent or clog an arrangement we were endeavouring to bring about? And this when we see that her own policy is pursued with the most shameful means? See how she is using all her endeavours to excite Spain against the double marriage, but, happily, too late, pro voking a civil war in Spain, and finding even in the bad passions of the French, complaisant instruments! What would she not have done had she been previously male acquainted with what was going on? In what a state of disorder would Spais be at this time! Can the Siecle believe all this? Could the marriage take place without both civil and foreign war if it bad been made known in time for England to have interfered tc prevent it? What can be meant by the pretended arrangements at the Cha teau d'Eu? Was there any one there authorised to stipu late for Spain? We shall pass by the impossibility of the alleged engagement to postpone the marriage of the Infanta to the Duke de Montpensier until after Queen Isabella should have given birth to direct heirs to the throne of Spain, and which would have kept in suspense all the intrigues, all questions, all dangerous dupes. Does not the Siecle perceive that these engagements are in direct contradiction to the assumed conduct of England, who, it tells us, claimed for the people of Spain a perfect freedom of choice? What sort of freedom is that which •is already fettered by conferences to which Spain remained a stranger ? The Siecle persists m a belief that the English protests are neither redoubtable nor serious ; but it says that she should not be mystified, and that we should not have retorted upon her the surprise which was put upon us by tl.e signing of the treaty of July 15. We for our parts see no great evil in this, and think that she would well deserve it ; but the modesty of the Siecle may be spared. It would be, on the contrary, the pretended engagements at Eu which ought to be called a perfidious surprise, not upon England, but upon Spain, who would thus hav e f oun d her hands bound i n an affair in which she was the most interested, by engagements to which her Government was an entire stranger." These might have been very good reasons against entering into such an agreement, but having once et - tered into it, M. GUIZOT cannot, without a breach of good faith, violate it. The following article in the Constitutionnel, the organ of M. TRIERS, puts the conduct of M. GUIZOT, in thus wantonly tampering with the entente cordiale, in its true light. It purports to be a reply to the article in the Debuts : " The principal object of the article of the Debats is to weaken the impression produced in the public mind, and to exterminate as much as possible the gravity of the facts. But the Debuts goes further; it wishes to male it believed that the Opposition has systematically exag gerat,?.d and perverted what it has reported. It, there . - fore ' hastens to deity that any comminatnry expressior, anylmnal conclusion is to be found in the verbal note de livered by Lord Normanby. But who has ever pretended such a thing? No one has ever said that the English Go vernment had made the marriage of the Infanta a casus belli. No one has transformed into a definitive step the note of the day before yesterday, and the Debuts is guilty of a miserable equivocation when it declares that no direct note has been delivered, but that the Eng lish Ambassador had read to M. Guizot and left him a copy of a dispatch from his Government. Every one knows that this is what is called a verbal note. When an affair presents grave difficulties, and may be at tended with serious cons( quences, Governments, before irrevocably engaging themselves by definitive steps, exchange at first verbal notes, in order to leave, until the last moment, a door open to conciliation. A verbal note is then always an indication of the gravity of the state of affairs, but it is not an ultimatum. No one has endeavoured to give this character to the note in question. We will even go further than the Debuts. We hope that, in spite of the many faults, and the imprudent course follovved by our Government, war will not arise out of this question, however envenomed it may become: it is our hope, at the same time that it is our warmest wish. But does that take any of its importance from the note handed to M. Guizot by Lord Normanby? Reid the Debuts ' and in spit e o f th e i n t erm i na bl e phrase ology in which it drowns the confession which it is obliged to make, it results fr om t h ose wor d s t h emse l ves, t h at the English Government has protested, that is has made its re se) yes, that it has expressed its dissent, its regret, and ks mortification. Does not the Debuts find this enough for a first direct communication? It nevertheless little re sembles, even with the perverted version a hich it gives of it, the laudatory words of the addresses, and the offi cial speeches, and the effusing of tenderness of other times. We have said, and we repeat it, that this is a lan guage quite new in the relations of the two Govern ments. The Ministry through an affectation of firmness or through embarrassment, may, contrary to diplomatic usages, delay its reply to the note of Lord Normanby. It may have given the signal for departure without any official announcement to any one ; but of what advantage will it be?—not even a gain of time. The reply which it defers, if demanded to day, must it not be given to-morrow? What will be the nature of that reply? This is what the• public is more part'cularly interested about, and what the Debuts will take care not to communicate. But let us now go to the groundwork of the question. Let us lay aside the note of Lord Normanby, and the reply, whatever it may be, which M. Guizot will be compelled to give. What is the real fact of the discussion? It is that England, after having protested at Madrid, protests at Paris; it is, that she expresses her dissent, regret, and mortification; it is, that the Chronicle was right in saying that the entente cordiale is broken; it is, in a word, that the English alliance, if not for ever broken, is completely compromised. Have we not, therefore, a right to demand of the Government that it shall explain to us for what grave motives, for what preponderating, and to In hidden reasons, it has sacrificed that alliance which has been so many times re purchased at a price ao onerous, and by concessions so paieful to the national amour-propre. The public does not undtr stand this sudden change in the feelings and the opinions of the Government, which affects now to disdain what it has often &clam-A to be indisp,cnsalle, what it has so ort€n maqc its real cause of existence. It. iS not, moreover, the fear war that occupies cur minds v.e are eonvineed that the Government will 17f. all its efforts to calm the teo real re,eutruent of Engla D d, anr, t o revi v e the English aiiianee. Li it, warned by its previous cn duct, and suitcienrl: ccldieci fl 3 to the sense in understands national honour, Erance asks her6elf at what price it calculates on re-pus - chasing that which it now I tramples under foot ?" The Natianal, in a somewhat coarser strain, puts the matter in a nut-shell. It has M. GUIZOT Com pletely on the horns of a dilemma. It says— " Where are you now ? You confess thtt England has become cool towards you, and that you have pro voked her rancour, and for the miserable amour.propre of a head of a family, and , the clearer profit of a rich dowry, you now compromise the allianco which was in your eyes the sole guarantee of peace. You lied, then, when you affirmed that you were bound to sacrifice the noble instincts of the country, its influence, and its grandeur, to the odious exigencies of E ng l an d, or you must be forced to acknowledge that you have not hesi tated to risk everything when your dynasty was in question." The Journal des Debuts gives, evidently from authority, the followi ng quas i contradiction to the accounts which have been given of the events of the memorable night between the 24th and 25th of August. " The evening of the 26th and that of the 27th of August," says the Debats, " Were exclusively devoted by the Queen of Spain to her usual consultation with her Ministers; and, accord ing to her custom, her Majesty, before she withdrew to her private apartments, received, at an advanced hour of the night, some of her household. Those who Pretend to be well-informed on the customs of the Spanish Court ought to know that the habit of the Queen, as it was that of her mother, Queen Christina, is to consult her Ministers during the evening, and to giro receptions (hold a drawing room) during thenight. It was some hours after quitting her Ministers that the Queen, who received only M. Donoso Cortes, and afterwards waited on her mother, recalled her Ministers, to announce to them her resolu tion. Several amongst them were still in the palace, at the office of the First Secretary of State. The others had withdrawn. All immediately assembled in her Ma jesty's presence. They quitted her after having received her orders, and it was during that evening that the Queen signed the convocation of the Cortes. The French Ambassador did not interfere in the slightest degree. " This simple exposition of facts is sufficient to cause to be appreciated the value s,f the accounts published in the English journals. It is the only reply that ought to be given to them. Any other explanation would appear to be a justification, and wou ld b e an insult to the Queen of Spain, to her mother, and to the representative of France. Did we wish to excite for a political purpose those feelings which such ignoble calumnies must rouse in the heart of every Spaniard, we should have too much in our favour. We rather regret to be so well served, and not to take advantage of it." The Journal des Debats, which is the organ of the Government, discusses this subject with that modera tion which has always characterised it. Not so the Epoque, the organ of M. Gurzar personally, as dis tinguished from his colleagues in the Ministry Nothing can be more natural than the ill. humour into which the English Cabinet in general, and Lord Palmerston in particular, has been thrown by the double marriage of the Queen and the Infanta of Spain. Lord Palmerston had long been try ing to got the Queen married to Don Henry, and the Infanta to a Coburg Prince ; but the double negotiation has, unfortunately for him, proved a failure. His diplomatic sensibility may therefore-well be irritated, and we truly have not the courage to find fault with him for it. The Cabinet cannot see without re gret the old Spanish pulley of England defeated al most irrevocably. For half a century England has been constantly endeavouring to destroy the French in• fluence in Spain. Thanks to the empire and the restoration, it succeeded too well. Under the empire she protected Spain against our arms, and under the restoration she saved her from absolutist principles. Since the death of Ferdinand England has alternately defended and over thrown the various ephemeral Governments that have attempted to rule the country. The marriages of the Queen and of the Infanta resolved upon independently of English influence, and accomplished in spite of nume rous protests, are manifest signs of her influence being on the wane. Spain is evidently resolved to free herself from the moral domination of England. The rather mismanaged measures of Mr. Bulwcr have exposed this to open day. There are things too disagreeable for an able man to suffer himself to say twice. The British Ambassador at Madrid, however, does not seem to be sufficiently imbued with this principle, for his protests have driven the Spanish Cabinet to make declarations, the energy of which it would have been prudent not to have provoked. It is scarcely within reason to believe that England will confine herself to these protests. No game is lost without trying a revenge, and it cannot be doubted that Lord Palmerston will seek to gain his. He will do well if he succeeds, and we shall have nothing to say against him, if he plays with the same fairness towards France as our Cabinet has done towards his Government. It is a property of the Conservative policy to march straight forward, guided by the sincerity of its principles, and not to halt before any obstacle which may be thrown in its way by the recriminations of its most intimate allies, any more than before any act of manifest condescendence, whenever truth and justice dictate that it should move forward. This is the way to be neither too humble in yielding nor too arrogant in persisting. By taking up this point of view, all the strength of good cuse and conviction are pl :ced on our side. The Opposition has for six years been incessantly accusing our Government of weakness towards England, and now it accuses the Ministry of mad temerity. Our Government never has betn weak —and is not now rash. In its conduct towards f reign powers in general, and towards England in particular, France has been more moderate and equitable ; know. ing how to sacrifice small things to great, natlierg for the sake of peace such concessions as were worthy of her, and always preserving her own freedom and dignity, which never can, when lost, be regained at any price. In 1846 an opportunity offered for strengthen. ing by extending the influence of France, and the Go vernment seized it. There is not a single Cabinet in the world that would not have been proud of having done what ours has accomplished. Lord Palmerston knows this well ; he who envied the slightest suc cess, and considers, with good reason, that which has just taken place as a political aggrandisement of higher consideration than any that has been made since the empire. We are asked—after having brought the marriages of the Queen and Infanta of Spain to such a solution —was it possible to go back from them on account of the protests of England? No wan of sense and right feel ing will take the trouble of exculpating our country from such a baseness. On all occasions the rights of others ought to be respected. It was our evident right to use an influence over the marriage of Queen Isabella, with the view of preserving the independence of Spain, and establishing more firmly her constitutional liberties. It was our right also to unite as closely as possible the two branches of the House of Bourbon, reigning at Madrid and Paris. We have succeeded in doing these two things, anal, as there is no right against right, no on can reasonably complain." No answer has yet been returned to the Marquis of NORMANDY'S verbal note. It is said that a warm dis cussion between Lord NORMANDY and M. GUIZOT took place on Sunday on the subject of the departure of the Duke DE A.IONTPENSIER• The Dukes DE MONTPENSIER and D'AumALE arrived at Bordeaux Mondsy. It was rumoured in Paris on Tuesday that insur reetions had broken out in various parts of Spain. The Three per Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 82f. 85c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f. ; Rouen, 957 f. 50c. Havre, 725 f. ; Great Northern, 7311. 25c.; Avignon,; 9571. 50c.; Vierzon, 6301. ; Bordeaux, 5661. 25c.; Boulogne, 4821. 5Cc. ; Basle, 231 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5051. ; Tours and Nantes, 51Cf.; Paris and Lyons, 5301: ; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 37%; Ditto Domestic Debt 3:3; Ditto Passive, 6i. , BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, serrnmena 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 143. —Dutch Rhenish, s —ltalian and Aus trian, I%—Louvain u la Sambre, %—Namur and Liege, Iks Orleans and Bordeaux, 8% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%.-- West Flanders, 2%. CANADA AND TILE CANADIANS IN 18-W.—By Lieut. Col. Sir Richard Bunnycastle, Knt. 2 vols., 21s. bound.—The above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also jnst published:-2. Vol. 6of Madame D'Arblay's Diary and Letters-3. A third and cheaper edition of " The Nemesis in China," comprising a corn. plete History of the late War, &c., in 1 vol., with maps and plates, 12s. bound-4. Burke's History of the Landed Gentry, complete in 2 vols. royal Bvo., 2/. 10s. bound-5. Vol. 9of Agnes Strickland's Lives of de Queens of England, comprising Mary of Modena, con sort of James IL -6. The Nelson Letters and Dispatches, complete in 7 vols. Bvo.—And, 7. Travels and Travel lers, by Mrs, Trullope, 2 vols., 21s. WHAT THE FRENCH SAY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.-1. That it was not won at all. 2. That it was won by the Prussians. 3. That it was won by the Prussians, the llanoverians, the Russians, the .Austrians, the Belgians, the Spaniards, the Bavarians, the Saxons, the English —in short, by all the nations of Europe, little and big. 4. That it was won by chance. 5. That it was won by accident. 6. That it was won by treason. 7. That it was won by 500,000 men against 50,000. 8. That it was not a battle at all. 9. That the British certainly did not gain it. 10. That Wellington is a fool, an ass, and a coward. 11. That one Frenchman, any day, will lick ten Englishmen or ten Scotchmen. THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY ON TTIE BARKING ROAD. —Yesterday evening an inquest, whiQh has been twice adjourned, was resumed before Mr. Willi am Baker, at the Cock Tavern, Cock-hill, Ratcliff, on the body of John Harold Levitt, aged 25, who died from in juries he received in an affray on the Barking-road, on Tuesday, the 15th of September. The circumstances of the case have already been fully detailed. The deceased was returning from Barking on the 15th ult., driving a horse and chaise, when ho encountered a party in a barouche cn the road near Plaistow. An altercation ensued, he was seveiely beaten by several men, two of whom, na.insd Heywood and Buddy, have been iden tified, and he died of the injuries be received six days afterwards. The inquiry was further adjourned until Friday next. MONEY and CO ISIMER.CIA 7 . 4 NEWT, (From The San of Last Night.) The sales of Coton at Livifrpool :,esterday wcri 5,000 inc,ltaling 4.600 American, at 41. to 5-fid; Pernam and ii , ianinhara, at cud 200 ligypti , x, at 6 3 0 to 7P ; and 50 ;',e,a w,is quiet, end ord. American gnaliti2s were 4-d per lb. lower. In a eommunicatic^ just received from - Upper Canada we are advised thus:— " We are happy to observe that the directors of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad have resolved upon commencing that important work, and of proceeding with it through the eastern townships, without present reference either to the general body of scripholders in London, or to the Americans. We have no doubt that by pursuing this course, they will ultimately procure ready subscriptions in England to complete it to the province line, or so far towards it as would be necessary for a purely Canadian. There is no question that it will be of great advantage to Montreal, and as the first see tions which are proposed to be completed, and at once opened to the public, will command a large traffic ; the atten:ion of capitalists will be effectually attracted." The Petered packet has arrived at Falmouth, with the mails from Brazil. If we except the receipt of the mer cantile letters, which are usually sent by the packet, this arrival brings nothing new of the slightest import ance, the advises being anticipated both from the northern ports of Brazil and the River Plate. The coffee market at Rio Janeiro had been flat during the month of July, particularly for the lower qualities. About the average quantity had ben shipped during the month, the greater part of which was as usual for the United States marka. There was no sugar in the market sufficient to govern prices, and as they had not been a Ivised of,the gassing of the British Sugar Bill, nothing had been done in anticipation. The Money Market was easy, and discounts were obtained on comparati, e'y moderate terms ; and the rate of exchange had been as high as 27d., but the chief part of the business done for the packet was at 264. The Governrmnt have remitted 20,0001. on account of the dividends payable in Europe, and the advance in the rate of exchange will be to them an object of some importance. As the free-trade measures adopted may be expected to stimulate the export of all the staple productions of Brazil, there is every probabi lity that the rate of exchange will yet advance further. In the Consol Market to-day there have been some heavy sales made. The price for the Account is heavy at 95 , a, and for Money at 95k. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has advanced to 18s. India Stock is at 259. Very little business has been done in the Foreign Market this morning. Portuguese Four per Cents, have been 42, the Mexican are at 258, Brazilian are at 85; 'he Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59t, and the Four per Cents for the Account 921 ex dividend. The Share Market is flat. Money appears to be rather more in request. In letters just n ceived from private sources we are informed that Mr. Hamilton, the excellent representa tive of the British Government at Rio, is coming home to recruit his health. The exchange on London was quoted at the latest date at 264. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICE s. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 1 A 1 /8 95 3 4 tong Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 1-16 % 10% India Stock 259 259 India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... 23 p 23 p Consols for Account... 95 1 / 2% 95A Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 ,0 15 18 pm. 18 Ditto 5001. .. 18 15 pm. 15 Ditto Small CLOSING ritIIJES 85 85 ONE i'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 - Mexican, 5 per Cent. 184 ti - Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 25 1 / ; 3 Portuguese Bonds, 4 p er C en t .. 4 2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. - Ditto, Account .. - Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 par Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates - - Ditto, Account I'RIUES Or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING LIAILWAY SHARES PA--,„ AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen .. 20 - - and Eastern Junction 2%.• ... 2 1 / 8 2 2iB Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ...... 1% -"Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% ... - Belfast & C oun t y Down 2 1 / 2 ...... .. . - Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New 174 Birmingham an d O x - •••• ••• ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 23 / 4 - - Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. - - Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New . 5 - - Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... - - Bristol and Liver. June . 2 1 / ...... - - Buckinghamshire Caledonian ... „. _ Ditto Half Shares-- 2 1 ,/ - - --- - - Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 / 2 - - ... Cambrian & G ran d J ane 42s .... - • Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%...... Central Kent 2%,,,... Chester and Holyhead •• Chester and Manchester 425. ••• Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... • ClydesdaleJunction 2O - .. . ..... Cork, Blackrock, and Passages - ...... Cork and Kill arne y ... 2 1 A 2 ................... .. Cornwall Cork and Waterford - ... 5 16 .. ......... ••• Ditto, Half Sh ares ... 2 ... 3 / 4 .... .......... - Cornwall & Cent'lD -- - . 5, - / """"'••'••• _AA - on 2% —......... I ierby and C rewe ...... 2 ..... Direct Lincoln, E as t H et - ....... ... ford, and Shethi. J one. Direct M anc h ester """""••••• • ( Remington's) ....... 211 Ditto (Rastri c k' s ) .....• 5 1.4 2 Direct Northern ......... - .......••.. _Areallorwich .......... 1 - Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 7 1 / 2 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. ...... ..... . 21% ......... Ditto New l2/. 163. ...... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61.135. 4d p...... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d P Do., York Extension.. 105....... 2 1/ 8 EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8 3 4 Do. Exten.(Harwich ) 1 7 / 8 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 A East Lancashire East Lincolnshire t.ast & West of England 1%.,,... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Half Shares 10 - 3 / 4 ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% „.„ Edinburgh &Northern.. 10 ...... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ..„,. . E!y and Huntingd on .... ... Enniskillen and Sli go ..• 2% — ............ Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 % — ..... .... ... Glasgow, Kilma r .,& A yr 50 ............ ......... Ditto, New ..... .... Do., Shares (5 per •• ••••• cent. guar.) Lb.. : ... 12 1 / 2 . .... ............... Glouc.,Abet Cer' .)f ,and 2ntral of Wales 1%...... ............ Goole, Don cas t er , &c. 4 • .23. ...... ............... Grand Union (Notting and Lynn ........... Great Eastern &Western ........ GreatGrimsby an d Shef field (Ireland) Great Mun s t er...... ...... 30% ............... 30% ... 2% — ........... Great North of Scotland 2% ..... Great North of England..loo Ditto New ............... •5 ...... Ditto, New . W ....... 15 ..... ............ GDitto, New .......... 1% ....... ......... leat estcrn ....... ... 85 ...... Ditto I'/.2 5hare5......... 50 ...... —"Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths ............ 20 Ditto, New ......... Guildford, Fare'in, Ports. 5 ..... Harwich and E astern ......... Counties Junction ... 2 ...... and Selby Ditto % Shares ...... 12% - s '( P Do. Half Shares 25 ...... ............... •—• ,ppwich & Bury St. Edm. 11 1 / 2 ...... .. .......... ... —_ Do., do , and Norwich 2 %...... ...... ••••• •• Killarney Junctions l l % -i — ............ . —_ Kendal and Windermere 1% — IO I A .. .................... :: ---.10 Lancaster and Carlisle... • 4: 5 5 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle ... ......... Leicester & Birmingham 225. ...... .„„ ..... ''' _ .......... Leicester and Bedford 22s. •Y e ; Leeds and D ews b ury ... 22% di s ...... - .... % dis. ........... [pool., llnchstr ,& New castle Junction ..... 2 1 / 1 , __ .... Liverpool and Bury ..• 14 L ndon and Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9 / 4 i% DiDo. New ............... 3 ... .. sj. ... . . - no Extension ..... 5 .... _ - ............. London and Brighton... 50 : . ... 59 1 • Ditto, Fifths ....... . London and Croydon, 13/. 15s.;(1. 21% 40 ; ... — A Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 - ••• •• •• ..••• - London anO,Gre enwich 12/ 15s 4d Do. Preference ...1 8 / 1 7s 2d Western ........ ....... 2 IA ndon and N. Westernloo 2OO 199 199 Do. Quarters . . 1 / 2 Do., no, New Sh ares .. 2 Ditto Fifths .... .. 20% _15 3 / s. 20% -- Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12 %• New q Shares (G. J.) Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 1 Long. New& S. WceosntsL Bths 40 — e o rn 411 6s 10d 70%, 69% Do. ... 2% — Do. New Do. New 18 — - London and York 2 l,x ...... 1% l% Do. % Shares . -- L Yeovil .. 2 1 / 2 ... .. -- '\ ,n n i. d lo ° n n , a S n d al ilisVhiunrdys,or • and 1 '' ... • ••••• Londonderry& Coleraine 12 1 /_ N "" Londonderry and Ennis killen l 2 l/ — .............. Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and L ee d s. .. 82 Ditto 1 A Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 5% 591/ 21 t/ 69% Do. Si2:f entlic: ... 6 1 4 Do. Ex.,11::;3n M;itici.-ter and liirmin. 40 D., (Juart, , , (A ) 5 ... Do. i)clri , rs (B) - .. Ma , ..3 , Hae. , ,t....8:.t0n.and 1'. 1 .at, 1, ,,q 423. . Manchester thrill., and Mould Jurlction ..... — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 — Midlond ,.... ...... 100 ... .. ‘.. Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd& East. Counties 2::;...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 15 Do North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle... 100 Newmrket &Chesterfrd 2/.12s • 3 / 4 I , • Newport & Abergavenny 214,.,... Newry and Enniskillen 4!4 2 — Newark, Sheffield, and Bolan ... ... 1%...•• ••• ........ .. Norfolk ......100 - Do. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Extension North British _ 9 . -,,,t, ~., ~, 10 `a P .. a 5 Do. Half Shares Do. Fifths 5 Do. Carlisle Extens. liq 3% ••••. North of Norfolk 2:-A .... .... ..... -- Northern and Eastern... 50 - Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 - Do. New - North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2% 1 / 2 p ..... ... 2% P North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham & Mansfld. -.— Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.. Portsmouth Direct ...... 33; 1 — Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / 2 Shares ...... .... 4% — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Scottish Central Do. New 2l/, Scottish Midland l 2 l /2 — Do. Extension ... 2 1 / 2 — -•• Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries andCrewe... 1% — Sheffield SZManchester 100 Do. Quarter Share5... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 4 — Do. & Great Grim,by. 10 Do. do. Extension 423. ...• .... .... -- 'sz Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 34% .... ...... 3 1: Shropshire Union - Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Statfordsh, June. 2 1 / Sligo and Shannon l% South Devon 35 — South & Midlands June. 425. .. — South Staffordshire June. 21/ z -..-. ...." South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / 8 — Do., No. 1 2G D0., N®.2. Do., No. 3 Do., Na. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... 425. — Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — SJuth Wales Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 54 _ Vale of ikeath . . •• •• ..... ••• Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 2 211 ••• ......... •• Warwickshire & London 42s — Warwick and Worcester 425. ~... Waterford and Kilkenny 14 . Waterford and Limerick 22 1 / Waterfil,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin W at erford, Wexford, and Valentia Wavenev Valley 2 - Welsh Midland ', P West Riding Unio n 42 s . 2 1 % p ..... .... 1 4 West Cornwall .. 2 ... . ... ..- WestLondon,Old Shar e s 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 / 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey_ mouth ..... 10 Worcester,Her e f or d,R oss, and Gloucest er 42s. ...... Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .•• York and Carlisle 2:% — ... ..—.. ... , York and Newcastle 25 ... . 100 Ditto New 1 York and North Midland 50 ..... 10--' —.°°° Ditto 1/Q Shares 25 Do. Scarboro' B ranc h. 2 5 Do. Selby 4O ....• .... Do. Extensi on ing Extension ...... 1 •• • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian... 4 Barbadoes ... 1 Boulogne and A miens... 14 ...... ••• •••• Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific ... * • • 000000000 ••••• ...... ...... Coast • Central of Spain . •.. 2 Ceylon •• ss. Demerara 2 l /2 Dendre V a ll ey Direct 1 3omba3- and Madras •. ...... •• •.• • Dutch Rhenish ......... ... 6 East Indian... •••• 5 ..... Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 4 ...... Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 . Great Indian P en i nsu l ar ss. Great Weste rn Bengal... 5s .. ........."". Great Western Ca na d a. .. 3 % ••. .......................... Italian and Austri an ... 3 ............... --- Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 -..... Jersey ...... ..... 1 Louvain 5. la Sambre ... 5 Luxemb0urg..,,,,,,,... .. 4 ...... 1 Lyons and Aviie gnon ...... 2 ...... Madras ...... 1 ...... -- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot .................... I/8 ...... ........ Madrid and Valentia.... 2 Mauritius ........... 1 .. ... .... Namur and Liege ...... 6 Nn of Fran ce C onet i tuted 14 North Jamaica......... 1 ...... Orleans a n d Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordear Over Yssel --. ............ 4/ 3 3 4d Paris &Lyons Co n sti tuted 5 5 5% 4 ' Paris and O r l eans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 14 Constituted ,_ 4 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 - Sambre and Mer ••• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Lauren ce & A t l ant i c ..... .... Tours and N an t es C on - ...... --' stituted ..-...... ..... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- •• """"'••• ..."..' den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad - - West Flanders .. 6 ..... -- -- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North A mer i can 50 ...... 431/2 ...... . '''' .....31 . Commercial of L on d on 20 . -- ..... National Prov. England. 35 ..-- National of Ireland ..... 2 214 ...... - -- -- Union of Australia ..... 25 ....... . ...- -- London & WestminstQr. 90 MINES. Real d c l M onte U 3N nregd. 3 3 4 . •• , DISASTRO US AFFAIR IN THE RIVER PLATE. We have just received intelligence that a veil disastrous affair has occurred in the Ri v er Plate' accompanied with the loss of a British ship, an d the c ipture of the British colours by the forces of Roass' We hope that the account (which we abstain fr° l3l giving at present, as we are not in a condition t ° authenticate it) will turn out to be grossly ei.Dr gerated. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. Berore the works were discontinued on Wednesdl evening, th e fi gure was rah ed to an el eva ti on w hi c h w ou ld admit of its being pieced in its position in a very. sr; time, when the crown of the arch on which it is to rest I"; prepared for its reception. The stone-cutters and oth e t workmen resumed their labours yesterday morning, and at 1 o'clock the grooves, in which the large bolts that proles through the f ee t o f t h e colossal horse, being pronounced by Mr. Wy a tt t o be su ffi ciently complete to admit ° the figure being fixed, orders were given by that gentle' man to the p ersons who had the management of u traversing machine to proceed with their operation ) and in a f ew m i nutes afterwards Mr. Wyatt, and the members of th e comm i ttee who were in attendance, had the gratification of seeing the statue move steadily' and without th e s li g h test accident occurring, into f destined p os i t i on. Immediately after the work °_ securing it wa s p rocee d e d w i th, and in a very short 007 owing to th e ac ti v i ty di splayed by the parties who we re engaged at it, th e fi gure was firmly. placed in the sit" , tion which it has been determined it shall occupy. THE ONE GREAT SUBJECT.—GOVOMMOH.& tree sundry guns to Mr. Wyatt, towards the Wellingwi c statue —guns captured by the Duke; who, when ha W them, littl e th oug h t t h at h i s own countrymen wou ld 0 o cruelly turn them against hisaself.—Punch. THE JEWISH " WHITE FAST. " —Wednesday observed by the Jews as a fast, being what is cu i , 4 0 g " The Whit e F as t." B y an Act of Parliament ci`ro.. session Jews are to be subject to the same laws as 'V tfstint Dissenters, in r es p ec t to sc h oo l s an d Plucti 25 1 A 42 26% 5J 1/3 23% .-- % - 1% 21% 6% P 3 .6 P m 3 / 4 IM ? 12 1 / 4 ?g @ i 34 4 ..- N ? LI - 34 ..... --P 18% / ,••• , 4NI ..- - 7.6