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4 - 0' ./ 13, Great Marlborough - stree t. THEAUTHOR of " WHITEFRIAWS" NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, entitled " C.,ESAR BORGIA," will be shortly pub li shed by Air. CULBLTRN, in 3 vols. post Svo. The CELEBRATED Al:T11071 of "THE SPY," " TIIE PILOT," "THE RED ROVER," &c., &C. The future Numbers o f B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, will contain a New Romance of the Sea, by J. FENIMORE COOPER, Author of " The Spy," &C., &c., written expressly for this put lication, entitled CAPTAIN SPIKE ; OR, THE ISLETS OF THE MTV. The 3r.scellany will a lso contain stories and other attractive articles from the pens of the most distinguished writers of the day : the Author of " Stories of Waterloo," of " The Flaneur in Paris," Albert Smith, Dr. W. C. Taylor, }Ws Costello, W. Jerdan, Esq., &c., 2ke. The next Number will e published on the 31st instant, Wld will be Illustrated by Leech. It will also contain a line Portrait of the celeb r ated Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, from an original painting. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARF.3 BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, avours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani ; Jules de Montagnon, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdbal ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss ; Ninka, Miss Isaacs ; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop. After which, the celebrated Ballet of THE DEVIL TO PAY, In which will appear Mons. Bretin, Mr. Wieland, Mons. Theodore. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. Howell. &c. ; Male. Fabbri, Mdlle. Louise, Madame Theodore, Miss A. Payne, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comedy, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, &c. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holt ; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by the Comedy of SPRING AND AUTUMN ; or, The Bride at Fifty. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. W. Farren ; Rattle, Mr. Holt ; Major Osmond, Mr. Howe ; Mrs. General Dartmouth, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Rattle, Mrs. Clifford ; Clara, Mrs. Buckingham. During the evening the Band will perform " Les Mousquetaires de la Reins" (Overture) ; " Old English Airs" (Fantasia) ; "Le Jolie Fine de Gaud " (Quadrille) ; and the " Siege de Corinth. " (Overture). To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Humby, &c., will appear. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book -keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. "MRS. HARRIS" WILL APPEAR EVERY EVENING. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Binary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. After which the Farce, entitled AN OBJECT OF INTEREST. In which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH' Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, and Miss Turner. THEATII.F. ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAMF. CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Freelerick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Clairqille, Madame Celeste. After which will be produced MRS. GAMP'S TEA. AND TURN-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss lli:en Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, In two acts, called THE JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Meisrs. Paul Bed ford, Wright, Redmond Ryan, Selby, Waye, Mitchenson, &c. ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Ellen Chkilin, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c. To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA.3IBEP-WELL ? Chesterfield Honey bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma H trang. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. It Is respectfully announced that this Theatre, having, during a brief recess, been renovated and re-decorated, will OPEN on WED NZSDAY next, October 2Sth, when will be performed (for the first time), a new and original Romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Gi , elle." Tho principal characters personified by Miss eleorgiana Smithscn, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda (his first appearance), Walton, T. Hill, Honner, Peren, &c. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR THE BEST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; Parchment, Mr. Smith; Isaac, Mr. Bonner ; Clara, Miss Honner. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Mosby, Compton, Harris ; Mrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy; Young Fashion, Mr. G. Balton; Loveless, Air. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy. Mr. Archer. After which, a grand ktALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of THE TURNPIKE GATE. Crack, Mr. S. Cowell. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sbakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Mazready ; Macduff, Mr. Cooper; Banquo, Mr. Fredericks ; Hecate, Mr. Neville ; Witches, Messrs. Saville, Webb, and Mrs. Daly; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To conclude with the Drama of THE BRIGAND. In which Messrs. Neville, Lewis, Saville, Pelham; Mrs. Saville, Miss Rich ardson, &c., will perform. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Mr. BATTT begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has formed an expensive engagement with STATTMAISTER HEIN BRECHT, from Berlin, with his four highly-trained Horses. This foreign Artiste, having arrived in London, will appear for the first time in England in a few days, in his new and peculiar exercise of equitation with those highly-trained Stoeds. ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Peronind by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Continued success of Herr Amodio Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, with feats of strength on glass bottles. The Champion Vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and Lee, will execute twenty, thirty, and forty somersaults. THIS EVENI NG Will bII produced the g - and Dramatic Spectacle of 3IAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse. Sopport3d by the principal dramatic talent of the Company. After which, new SCENES of the CIRCLE. In which the Bri tish and Foreign Artistes will appear. To conclude with the WASHERWOMAN OF ST. REMY. Box-office open front eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, OCTOBER 24. T dEBNONETER, Lowest, 39; Highest. 52 ; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 29.59.—W1ND W., showery. OCTOBER 25. TazttatomETEn, Lowest, 42; Highest, 55; Noon, 52, BAROMETER, 29.78. WIND N. to N.N.E., squally with heavy rain occasionally. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRLI►OF THIS DAY. Morning ..:16 minute' after 5. Evening .. 40 minutes after 5, tA , ..- ~,,,i'• . A !, 4 s ' civ , ao .: i. a L 1 ;# e.."..17',e, ' ~ ,•.; .. -- ..1111 ..., N .......4) 'lg h , ,-Imit 'phi,,:;.,' ,e . i x o T 4 r/'. ~.b "AU TiTioF ..,74*-i l i z - _ ' ruiin IBL LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1546 Manchester is fortunate in the principles by which its leading citizens are actuated. By a combination of industry, and probity, and enterprise it has been rendered the manufacturing capitol of the greatest manufacturing empire civilisation has ever produced. Since the peaceful labour of humanity first assumed to. itself its true importance, since its eminent advan tages were incarnated in TUBAL CAIN, and idealised in VULCAN, it has never created for itself an abiding place of so much intrinsic grandeur and magnificence as this. Compared with the vastness, the complica tion, the extension, and the solidity of British com merce, the mercantile glory of Carthage is as nothing; the Tyrean opulence as poverty; the Vene tian domination as slavery ; the golden book of Genoa, and the galleons of the Iberian peninsula, are as the prophetic mimicry of what has been realised in these islands. With the accumula tion of this extraordinary wealth, however, we have been taught, by the lights of reason and Christianity, that the possession of mere specie and the fabrication of mere luxuries, are not to be regarded as the predominant objects of our existence. The experience of history has shown us how such ignoble creeds have sapped the vigour of the most g igantic empires—how in one instance they have degenerated a warlike into an effeminate people —how in another they have plunged a wise, valour ous, an . d virtuous race i n t o a ll th e li cen ti ous i n fl uences of Ep icureanism. As civilisation has advanced the true end of industry, the real utility of opulence, and the veritable reco m p ense of enterprise has been re vealed and acknowledged. It has been revealed, and it has been acknowledged, that fleets are nothing, that mechanical contrivances are nothing, that splendid and capacious factories are nothing, that ware houses filled to the roof-beams with riche,, and harbours crowded with the peaceful navies of commerce, are of no avail in assuring the happiness of a population, unless the operatives are proportionably elevated by the principals, unless the truths of knowledge, and the impulses of morality are inculcated among those who were hitherto ignorant and debased. In these respects Manchester is setting a brilliant example to the other seats of the manufacturing industry and mercantile prosperity of Great Britain. She is already an object of emulation to all other towns which are aspiring to any degree of commercial importance, and she is now endeavouring to excite a still nobler emulation by her labours for the moral and intellectual advancement of her citizens. The Manchester Athenaeum is an institution such as would confer new honour upon any associate, however pre viously illustrious. 'We are satisfied that since the esta- blishment of the Manchester Athenaeum a very con- siderable progress has been made towards assuring physical comfort and mental improvement to the people in the northern districts of this kingdom, and that a vast proportion of that progress is attributable to the influence of that association. Its Noble Chair- man avouched a similar opinion only on Friday even ing ; he declared his conviction that while the Athenaeum had walked its own ground, it had been likewise suggestive of many kindred processes, and that, borrowing an illustration from one of the dis puted problems of the upper sky, in its career of light and progress, it had thrown off from itself separate bodies "which hardened into distinct masses and glowed with independent lustre." He expressed his confidence that to the reflections produced by its periodical as semblages, and to the ideas originated in " the earnest friction of its discussions" many salutary improve ments of a local character might be traced; that to the emulation excited by that body were owing in a very considerable degree the public parks by which Manchester was now rendered more beautiful and more salubrious, the municipal efforts recently made to ameliorate the condition of its inhabitants, and the establishment of those baths and wash-houses, which he justly characterised as " calculated to have deeper effects than on the mere skin and linen." Accurate and forcible as these expressions are, we are inclined to go even further than the Noble Lord in attributing collateral advantages to the ex istence of such an association. We are inclined to behold in the operations of that body the movement of a power which shall be felt— which must in time be felt throughout the length and breadth of England. We regard the foundation of such an institution as a boon not merely to Lancaster, but ulteriorly to every shire in the land. There is no exclusiveness in the creed of learning ; there is no sectarianism in the brotherhood of knowledge ; a thought expressed, a fact divulged, a truth promulgated, is not the pro perty of any one individual—it appertains to no single province; it belongs not, by prerogative, to any separate locality—it is the world's ! And it is from recognising these essential principles of human intelligence that we are persuaded so many national benefits must accrue from this Manchester Athenaeum Even supposing that the only consequence of its foundation was its annual meeting in that city, an inestimable advantage would thereby result to the community—the advantage of an interchange of thoughts among some of the brightest contemporary intellects. That periodical collision of highly-gifted and variously-endowed minds is of itself . the har binger of great blessings, and a fresh impetus to the progress of civilisation. We have frequently in sisted upon this in our observations upon the British Asssociation. What the British Association is to the philosophers of England, the Manchester Athenaeum is to the people of England. The former gives a new incitement to the student in his labora tory; the latter is a:solace to the artizan in his toil; it is an encouragement to him in his days of hardship, it is a MENTOR in his moments of recreation. The establishment of such institutions as the Athenaeum is virtually the realisation of a free trade in mind. Through that body the humblest may mentally associate with the most exalted, the must ignorant may commune with the most learnt d, the obscure labourer may drink in draughts of wisdom and benevolence from the lips of the greatest geniuses and the most eminent philanthropists of the a; e. On a former occasion the Athenaeum had as chajr man " that master of our sunniest smiles and our most unselfish tears," CHARLES DICKENS. On another its members " thrilled under the spell of that potent magician," Mr. DISRAELI. On a third " the deep, gentle, and earnest spirit" of Mr. Ser geant TALFOURD presided over that assembled multitude. On this meeting for 1846, the chairman was one illustrious by his position as a statesman, by the gentleness but elevation of his intellect, and by the persuasive beauty of his oratory ; we need riot say that that chairman was Lord MORPETH. To quote his own expression, when speaking of that RaBEL-us of the age, " Boz"—the chair of the Athena um " never was and never can be filled more worthily." The minds of the Noble Lord's hearers must have felt exalted and purified by the benignant character of his oration. When he said to them, " You h:Lve not thought it sufficient to raise factories tier upon tier, or magazines that will accommodate the traffic of the world, but you have thought it your business too to build and set apart a home and a haunt for in nocent enjoyment, for useful instruction, Tor graceful accomplishments, for lofty thought, a strain and phalanx of feeling in a Christian land ; " when he told them that he would not diminish the aspirations of their you th, that he would not extinguish their ambition, that he would not eradicate from their hearts their yearni after immortality, but that he would remind them "that there was something more admirable than genius, :3 nd that was virtue—something more valuable than success, and that was duty;" when he expressed his co;:,fi dence that reason as well as Christianity "ma Lies humility almost its most prominent grace ;" :).nd when he exclaimed, "who would not be humble vs ho felt as he ought the loveliness of virtue and the m ?.g -nificence of knowledge ?" he assumed to himself ..the noblest office of a legislator; he became the ptitilic panegyrist of reason and the public worshipper' of morality. It was a noble and consolatory assure Nee to the artizan which Lord MORPETII uttered w - ben he observed— " Depend upon it, however humble may be an:r of your positions in life, however obscure the labour wb ach engrosses the precious hours as they pass, however in! sig nificant your whole life's drudgery, in this mean and un envied position, in this drudgery you may hold for yourself the qualities, you may build up for yoursel the character which princes, if they knew them, would trust, which multitudes, if they could discern them, would adore." It is the promulgation of such sentiments as theF;e that imparts a true dignity to the aristocracy, an d that tends so much to the fusion of classes and to tho moral and intellectual advancement of the people. A letter from Mr. PAYNE, the Coroner of the city of London, was on Thursday read at the meeting of' the Court of Common Council, in which that gentle man explained the steps he had taken for the purpose of reviving the ancient practice of holding inquests, or courts of inquiry, in cases of fire. Prevention is ever better than punishment, and we have no doubt that if every case of fire, the origin of which was not clearly ascertained, was fully investigated before a competent tribunal, the results would be most beneficial, and that it would tend to give a heavy blow and great discouragement to parties desirous of defrauding insurance companies, by wilfully setting fire to their own houses, occurrences that take place much mere frequently than the public have any idea of. There is no description of offence that may lead to such a fearful loss of life and property as that of arson. A fire, at first trifling and insignificant, may, from various causes, spread to the most alarming extent. A simple perusal of the various casualties that have occurred in the metropolis and the larger provincial towns from fire during one single year would occasion the most painful emotions. Fellow-creatures cut off by a most painful death, without a moment's warn ing or preparation for the awful change ; property to an immense extent sacrificed; human beings left houseless and penniless, deprived of their nearest and dearest friends, and suddenly reduced from comfort and comparative affluence to poverty and destitution. [low gladly would the philanthropist do anything within his power to mitigate their sufferings or to soothe their afflictions, how zealously would he co operate in any manner with those exerting themselves to remove the causes of such calamities. There is no reasonable expense that would not gladly be under taken by the public to reduce their amount. Nothing c an b e b e tt er ca lculated t o e ff ec t t hi s object than th e cer t a i n t y th a t a sea r c hi ng an d r i g id investigation would in every instance take place. The reckless criminal, who would be little deterred by a consideration of the harrowing consequences of his crime, would shudder at, and be afraid to encounter, the vastly increased chance of detection thereby afforded. In other cases, where no criminal intention existed, the description' of neg'igence by which these accidents are in the majority of instances occasioned, would be exposed, and the public, warned by the damages that had been sustained, would evince a greater degree of caution, and abstain from practices likely to lead thereto. The coroner was originally an officer who had many and important duties committed to his charge, but by degrees many of his functions were suffered to fall into disuse, and, with the exception of the inquests held on the bodies of persons who had met with sudden or violent deaths, little remained to be done by that officer. There are few, however, who can be ignorant of the great services that have been rendered to humanity by reason of inquiries that have taken place before coroners. It was the exposé that took place at the inquest at Hounslow, on the body of poor WHITE, the victim of the atrocious and abomi nable practice of corporal punishment, and the medical testimony there elicited, that led to the great amelioration which has already taken place—(the re duction in the number of lashes that can by any pos sibility be inflicted)—and, it is to be hoped, gave the death-blow to the system. Instances of neglect and cruelty in the management of public institutions have been thereby frequently brought to light, which might have remained buried in obscurity, and im provements have been effected, which would otherwise never have been thought of. Mr. PAYNE deserves great credit for the disinte rested manner in which he has acted, in taking upon himself the additional labour imposed on him by the ancient practice without making any charge what soever for his own fees ; he has proved that he was influenced solely by objects of public utility rather than personal emolument, and that he desired to make his office useful to the greatest possible extent. As he stated in his letter, the power of holding such courts, which, undoubtedly, existed in the olden time, had never been taken away, and he was led to resume its exercise from a conviction of its great im portance and utility. The example thus set has been followed in several parts of the kingdom, and we sincerely hope it may be universally adopted. Eleven cases within the last twelve months have alone been of sufficient importance to require an investigation in the city of London and Southwark, and the entire expenses thereof (exclusive of the fees which Mr. PAYNE so handsomely waived his right to) amounted only to 201. ls. 2d., a sum quite insignificant in com parison with the great good thereby obtained. The letter of the Coroner was referred to a committee, to inquire and report on. An attempt was made to pass it by sub silentio, and to let it lie on the table un noticed ; but we are happy to say it was negatived by a large majority, and a general feeling existed that the course pursued by the Coroner gave additional security to life and property, and was very service able to the community. We trust that Mr. PAYNE will be fairly remune rated for the trouble he has already taken, that the Corporation will not suffer him to be a loser by the liberality he has exhibited, and that the result of the report of the committee will be to perpetuate and render universal the practice. Whatever may be the case, Mr. PAYNE will have the proud consciousness that he has well and efficiently discharged his duty, that he has deserved the confidence reposed in him, and that he has merited the approbation of those by whom he was elected to office, and of his fellow-citi zens and the public generally. The intelligence from Switzerland is on the whole satisfactory. At Geneva all is quiet, and the Provi sional Government seems to give universal satisfac tion. At Berne the authorities are adopting active measures to prevent a recurrence of the disturbances. A letter from that city, dated October 18th, says— " Last evening the Government posted up a procla mation announcing that it was taking measures for re ducing the price of provisions, and, at the same time, for acting with rigour against the rioters. During the night it remained in permanent sitting at the Arsenal, and collected information of serious political plots under the direction of the patriciate, as well as under that of the Government which was overturned several months ago. It consequently ordered about fifteen arrests, among of which are the late Councillor of State, M. Felscherin, ex-Professor Muller, and M. Stauffer Gunther, merchant. As early as four in the morning detachments of the militia began to come in to the support of the Govern ment. Nearly all the arrests were made without re sistance, and appeared to have paralysed the rioters, but about ten in the morning about a hundred collected in the Place des Greniars, and were preparing to attack the corps-de-garde, when they were charged by a detachment of cavalry without its making use of its arms. As, however, it was met with a shower of stones, two pieces of eannon loaded with grape-shot were brought out of the Arsenal with matches lighted, the appearance of which was sufficient to clear the streets, All persons were prevented from passing through those streets and squares were they were likely to create disturbance, by two companies of infantry and detachments of the civic guard." At Bale, on the 18th, it was stated that the Grand Council was on the eve of holding an extraordinary sitting, to discuss the petitions laid before it for giving its sanction to the decision which tends to break the ultra-montane league. The sympathy these petitions have met with in the people at large has modified the sentiments of several members of the Lesser Council, who have declared that they would rather resign than act in opposition to the wishes of the people. Madrid papers of the, 17th have arrived. The Clamor Publico contains the following notice : —" Phenomenon ! no journal was seized yesterday, not even the Gazette, which well deserved seizure, not so much for what it said, as for what it did not say. The silence of the official organ upon the ardently-desired amnesty is more subversive of order than the reflections of all the Opposition journals put together." On the subject of this said amnesty, the Madrid correspondent of Galignani's Messenger says, under the date of October 17 : " I am assured that a Ministerial crisis at present causes great anxiety to the Queen ; nothing, how ever, transpires beyond the precincts of the Palace ; the amnesty is said to be its cause. It is said that when the project was laid before the Queen, she replied that she would consult her mother ; on which Don Francisco observed that he considered himself qualified and entitled to advise her ; and in definitive he explained that an amnesty to be of any value should be ample. There is a very prevalent idea that Queen Christina will go to France. She wished to send away Don Francisco de Paula, but his son's influence pre vented it. That little check is very significant, and she already knew that the public voice blames her as the promoter of French influence here. The high distinc tion bestowed upon M. Bresson, in the person of his child, having been granted contrary to the laws and con stitutions of the kingdom, the old nobility feel it a great insult to their order. The nobles who appeared yester day as padriaos for the knights in the bull-fights, had at first declined the honour ; but when the Queen inti mated her will, their renowned Castilian loyalty over came every other feeling." Wherever the QUEEN makes her appearance she is received with shouts of applause ; but the instant the Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER appear the applause ceases, and they are received in solemn silence. So painfully apparent has this difference become, that by the advice of the Spanish Govern ment the period fixed for the departure of the Duke and Duchess has been hastened, and instead of re maining at Madrid until the 28th, they were to leave on the 22d. It was supposed that Portugal was the theatre of serious events, as no courier from either Lisbon or Oporto had arrived for four days. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 17 .—Three per Cents. 35i ciAsh ; Four per Cents., 21i ; Five per Cents., 22 c ash; ditto, without interest, 6i. Exchange on London, 361. 'We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. They almost all of them contain articles on the subject of the marriage, but the only portion of any of them worth quoting is the following announcement made by the National—" The Conservative party is beginning to consider the conduct of M. GUIZOT ex ceedingly imprudent; already has the sacrifice of his person been considered indispensable, and already conferences have been opened with M. MOLE on the subject." There were rumours in Paris of an approaching change in the Ministry. M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE, the Finance Minister, is, it is said, about to retire, on ac count of the state of his health, and is to be succeeded ivy M. PASSY. It was also reported that the Minister of Justice, M. MARTIN (du Nord), was to be appointed President of one of the courts of justice, and to be succeeded as Minister by M. HEBERT. This latter gentleman is the personal friend of M. GUIZOT, but M. PASSY has always been considered as one of the leaders of that section of the Conservative party which looks up to Cpurst MOLE as its head. Now Count MOLE has THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1846 openly expressed his disapproval of M. GUIZOT'S conduct towards England in the marriage affair, and this offer of a seat in the Cabinet to M. PASSY is looked upon as an attempt to neutralise the opposi tion of Count MOLE in the Chambers. Should the offer be really made, it will be a confession on the part of M. GUIZOT that he does not consider his posi tion as too secure. The Journal des Debai.'s contains an article on the affairs of Geneva, in which the writer is at no pains to conceal his great disappointment at there being no attempt made at outbreak since the installation of the Provisional Government. In this remarkable article the cause of Jesuitism is openly upheld as the cause of justice and true liberty, while those opposed to the Catholic League, as it is called, are denounced as being engaged in illegal proceedings. The article concludes with the following significant passage :- " We recommend the Revue des Geneve and M. JAMES FAST to congratulate themselves on their re volution ; but let them make haste, for events are approaching, and their joy may soon be turned into grief." It is something strange to see the peace-loving M. GuizoT thus playing the part of firebrand, but it is more strange to see the Minister who in France has been compelled, by force of public opinion, to put the laws against the Jesuits in force, openly interfering by force to compel the Swiss to revive and foster those very Jesuits whom be has himself expelled. The .Moniteur Algerie of the 16th contains the following :- " Djelloul den Taieb, cheick of Djebel Amour, has just arrived with a numerous suite to pay his respects to General de Bar, who acts as governor-general ad interim. The obligation imposed on this infl uen ti a l personage by the Duke of Isly, on receiving his submission, to come to Algiers, appeared to him an exceedingly severe con dition. Djelloul had not previously had any personal intercourse with the French authorities. The agitation of his political existence gave to his character a distrust which it was difficult to overcome. Well aware of the hatred and fear which he had inspired by his politi cal conduct, he was apprehensive of some act of treason, or one of those perfidious decisions so com mon under the old Government of the Regency. His suspicious ideas became insensibly modified by the re ception which ,he met with at Tiaret, and the other places which he passed through on his journey. The submission of Djelloul, who has come from so distant a country to the seat of our Government, is a striking fact, which fixes in a high degree the attention of the tribes of the desert of the Tell. The arrival of this chief is not the result of a struggle engaged in against him ; it is the conviction of the inutility of all resistance, and the feeling that he will derive advantage from French rule, which have brought him amongst us. Djelloul and the other chiefs who accompanied him were yesterday presented to the General. He is to-day to be invested with the marks of authority, conferred on him by the orders of the Duke of Islay, over the tribes of the Djebel Amour and the Ouled Yacoub." PARIS BOURSE, Ocr. 22.-The stock market has been in a state of quietude to-day, and closed within a shade of yesterday's quotations, the Threes at 82f. Gsc., and Fives at 1171. 75c. The market closed as follows :-Three per Cents. for Cash, 82f. 70c. ; for Account, 821. 65c.; Five per Cents. for Cash, 117 f. 75c. ; for Account, 117 f. 75c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,480 f. ; Neapolitan, 102 f. Spanish, nob quoted. RAILWAYS.-The Share Market has been depressed to day, and most of the lines have closed lower. Vierzon, which yesterday underwent a heavy fall in consequence of a tunnel having fallen in, which will delay the opening of the line for a considerable time, are nominally quoted at 590 f., for nothing has been done in them of any consequence. For Cash-Paris and Orleans left off at 1,243 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 920 E ; Strasburg and Bale, 2221. 50c. ; Bou logne, 4701. ; Northern, 682 f. 50c. ; Fampoux, 4101.; Paris and Lyons, 517 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4931. 75c. ; Nantes, 502 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 3551. ; Bordeaux, 552 f. 50c. ; Montereau, 355 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 1414-Dutch Rhenish, i3-;-East Indian, i-Great Western Bengal, 14 -Jamaica South Midland Junction, -Luxembourg, 114-Namur and Liege, 3% -Northern of Franca Constituted, 12 1 4-Orleans and Vierzon, 13 1 N -Orleans and Bor deaux, 8 1 4-Sambre and Meuse, 5-West Flanders, 3. DIJ iCH MAIL. TIE ITAIIITE, OCT. 22.—THE SECOND CHAMBER Or THE STATES-GENERAL.—SeveraI projects of law, with the explanatory memorial, were presented to the Cham ber in this sitting. Among them was that for determin ing the employment of the surplus of the colonial re venue for 1845, which, according to Art. 59 of the fun damental law, is to be regulated by ten. It results from this project of law that the excess of the surplus of the year 1845 amounts to the sum of 4,718,311 f., which will serve to cover in part the expense of the budget for the same year. it appears also that the total revenue amounted to 33,104,346 f. Another project of law was for the propagation of the law of the 18th of December. 1845, containing measures to encourage importation of provisions for the term of eleven months, that is till the Ist of October, 1847. The nature of the pro pagation is stated to be, that " Though the accounts which the Government has received res pecting the state of the harvest of this year shows that, in all probability, it will not turn out so unfavourably as last year, it is very far from being a good harvest." The disease which has affected the rye this year and the repeated appearance of that which affected the po tato-crop last year, .have had an unfavourable effect on the produce, so that it is probable that they will not ex ceed the half of an average crop. Most other countries are affected in the same manner, in consequence of which prices are everywhere high, and likely so to continue, for which reason the Government feel it to be its duty, to extend the law for the importation of various articles of ol e messag e of provisions duty free. T HE HAGUE, OCT. 23 . — 1 n the sitting of the States - General j was received from his Ma law for completing the budget of the 6th of March, 1844. A RNH EM, OCT. 21 . — T0 - day several more rich per aes t ,y of withthis day, apr a c t per sons have passed through this place, with the intention of emigrating .to the United St a t es o f N or th America. At the beginning of this week a miller, advanced in years, with his wife and two children, passed through for the same purpose. Most, if not a ll , o f t h ese emi grants complain that, on account of the pressure of the many heavy burdens, they can no longer find a subsist ence in their own country. THR Hamm, OCT. 22.—His Majesty has been pleased to select, from the three candidates proposed to him, the Hon. Mr. Bruce, who was president last year. Mr. Bruce, o n taking possession of his seat, delivered an address to the Chamber, expressing his gratitude and satisfaction for this new mark of th e con fid e n ce o f hi s co lleagues, and of his Majesty's favour. DRURY- LANE THEAT RE. — Notwithstanding the Thurfa l ay T , h for extraord i nar y success of Mad ame Bi s h op, t h e most act i ve p re parations are making fo r . further novelty. In addition to the daily rehearsals of Lavenu' s o p era , w hi c h th e composer has written purpos e ly f or t hi s em i nent art i ste, A ub e r's Maid of i po Cash mere, oi me introducing risto Mr. Rafter and Miss Messent, with four new dancers, in the p ersons of Mesdiles. Dubignon and Bgnart, Monsieur Paul and M onsieur Tell, all just arrived charmingbe revived i ved ballet-opera on from Paris. WESTMINSTER. —it is rumoured that a junior member of the Chancery bar, of influential connexions, will solicit the suffrages of the independent voters of this borough at the next general election. We are glad to learn from Messrs. Erard that the injury done by the late fire in their establishment was confined to one small workshop, the contents of which were of trifling value. __ - - SINGULAR CONTROVERSY.—The gentlemen of the long robe are about to be engaged upon a subject ex ceedingly fertile in all that is required to bring forth legal talent. About six or seven years since, the Em peror of Russia sent out an order t o I n di a f or ve of the most elaborate Cashmere shawls that the oriental looms are capable of producing, without limit to time or cost. In May last the package arrived, but through some error, five pairs were sent instead of five single shawls. In this dilemma the consignee sold the five duplicate shawls to Mr. George Smith, of Ludgate-hill, with an understanding that they should not be copied. The desiglis alterations, however, appear to have possessed c harms too powerful for the shawl dealer to withstand ; t he conse quence is, that the patterns of the royal bijoux, of three or four h un d re d p oun d s eac h, are now before the public in:imitation manufacture, at five to twel ve p ounds, with whichwh i chformthe were grounds of tthe suit sufficient at b y l a w 3t . lr. . Smith, but ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER.—Writs bearing oo t e ff s tlteihme Marquis , e a s rci d a a nu y di s o h e a vf v e e nT b h e lio e vm n eos i s : s d u . e d from the Hanaper-office, for electin g a Temporal Peer of Irela nd to succeed to the vacancy ma d e in th e House of Lords by the demise EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWlClL—Accidents and loss having sometimes occurred owing to the pieces of serge at present in use for con taining the charges of powder for field p ieces, shi p , and largegarr gunsisonguns remaining o n fire in the pieces after the discharg es h a d ta k en p l ace , the attention of inventors has been d rawn to fi n d a substitute or serge which would not ig n it e un d er any circumstances , when the areram committee at A wo b o ir wic .t during odgso the nsubmittedto the select presentco week, a description of serge, wh ich, b y a chemical proces , , is rendered fire-proof, and cannot be ignited on the discharge of the guns with which it has been tried. Several rounds were fired at the butt in the royal arsenal, from 9- pounder and 6.pounder guns, and in every in stance the experiments were succes sful in accomplishing the object in view, the impossibility of fire remaining in the pieces after their being discharged. The greatest danger to which naval and military gunners are liable, in the performance of the duty of reloading, will, by the invention, be completely removed. ARISTOCRACY Or TILE SKlN.—Robert, a young man, the brother of the governor of the African colony of Liberia, composed of free negroes exported from America, quitted to go to Pittsfield, Dla.ssachussets, in order to acquire the knowledge necessary to the exer cise of his profession of medicine. The faculty of medi cine admitted him to his studies, but another student born in the south refused to be in the same society with the black, and the College of Pittsfield signified to the young man that she was obliged, though with regret, to close her gates against him. The New York Sun, in dignant that the lie should thus be given by the philoso phers of Massachussetts to their doctrines of equality, ask if this young negro will not find in New York a college which will admit him. None has hastened to give him a reception. Robert will have to leave the land of liberty, and find refuge with the tyrannical Dritioh.—Montreal Paper. • SPORTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE Sin,—Those who took my advice for the last meeting at Newmarket must have profited considerably thereby, as my fancies for the Cesarewitch, Clearwell, Prender gast, and Steppingley Stakes carried me through trium phantly—not one missing the mark. I have good rea son, therefore, for anticipating a large portion of success in the meeting which commences to -day._ I shall dis pose of the subject in as few words as possible. The winner of the Cambridgeshire, in consequence of the late rains, will spring from the outside division—most probably one of the following :—Evenus, Bst 91b—Garry Owen, Bst—Kesheng, 7st 101b—Peasant, 6st—Sister to Pergularia, sst 101b-2nd Tour de Force, sst 101 b. Of these, Evenus, Kesheng, 'and Tour de Force are the best ; to this trio I look confidently for the winner. Should Van Tromp go for the Criterion, which it seems is not very likely, he will win to a dead certainty, otherwise Mr. Mostyn will pocket the stake. The Glasgow Stakes will produce an exciting strug gle between the Goodwood and Danebury stables, which I should not be surprised to see end in favour of the atter, with Mathematician. The matches, I presume, will come off as follows: — Missed Stays will beat Ferina. Ennui will beat Physalis. Discontent will beat Esther. Bishop's cob will beat Secundus. Lady Wildair will beat Remorse. Roper's Daughter will beat Bro. to Nottingham. Ruff will beat Chance. Vert-Vert will beat Discontent. Oakley will beat Wolfdog. Captain Phebus will beat Paultons. Eiselle will beat Bethphage. Leopard will beat Lycurgus. Idas will beat Traverser. Miss Sarah will beat Traverser. Conspiracy will beat Brocardo. Alarm will beat Sorella. Apricot will beat Atropos. Sir Francis will beat Secundus. Physalis will beat Isis. Sotades will beat Conspiracy. Free Lance will beat Paragon. Tarantella filly will beat Miss Whip filly. Cynynion will beat Esther. Jnmble will beat Captain Phebus. Humdrum will beat Wolfdog. Idas will beat Baron. Vanity will beat Phcenix filly. Jack Cade will beat Mentor. Free Gift will win the 100 sovs. stakes. Saddle or Extra the 50 sovs. stakes. Crozier the 200 sovs. stakes. In haste, your obedient servant, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has been active, speculators having been the chief buyers. The sales of the week, including yesterday, were 59,900 bales. The stock is 591,400 bales, against 916,160 bales at this time last year. The Great Western steamer is not yet announced. The effect of the failure of Messrs. Harman and Co. will, it is expected, not fall so heavily upon the mercantile interest as most other stoppages of similar magnitude, because the chief creditors of the firm are the Russian Government, the amount due to whom is stated to be not far short of half a million sterling. Probably the sum may prove not to be so large, although the house acted for years as the agents of the Petersburgh Govern ment. Messrs. Masterman are said to be sufferers to the extent of 10,000/., and one or two other parties lose smaller sums. These periodical suspensions among houses once standing pre-eminent in the mercantile world, excite very serious reflections, and we could point at once to a principal cause. A firm is successfully carried on for many years to the great enrichment, probably, of all its partners, who retire, one by one, taking with them the bulk, and occasionally the whole of their fortunes. New parties assume the responsibi lities of an immense concern with, in nine cases out of ten, a much inferior capital, for the ob vious reason that they come in to make, not invest fortunes, and if, as frequently occurs, there are successive heavy losses in the way of trade, the magni tude of the business done, absorbing as it does the diminished means of the new house, prevents their re covery, and in the end brings them to a stand. The safe course, to our mind, would be to reconstruct any firm from which the wealthier members retire, and contract the business as a safer plan, both for the house and those doing business with it. Mr. Jeremiah Harman, the " great man" in the house now in difficulties, is said to have died worth 600,0001, and the kisses of the present firm in the article of cochineal, incurred many years since, are mentioned as one cause of their stoppage. Of course we are unable to affirm or negative this statement. The Funds have been very steady, but scarcely any business has been done. Consols have been 94i to 95 for Money, and 95 to 951 for Account. Exchequer bills have been 13s. to 16s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quurter per Cents.•have been 95i to 951. The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Spanish Five per Cents are 26i, and the Three per Cents. 37 -I. Portuguese Four per Cents are at 414. Equador Bonds are 3 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59. Shares are scarcely so buoyant as yesterday, but a fair business is doing. mire CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 3 4 93 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4% 95 95 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95 3 / 4 % 95% India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... . 26 26 South Sea Stock borisolS for Nov. 26... 95% 95 1 / 8 Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 Ad. l6 13 pm. 13 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small oXE O'CLOCK PRICES OF FOREIGN FITNDS Brazilian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 86 1 ,4 3 4 Ecuador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 26% Ditto. 3 per Cent 3746 Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID . AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. Belfast & County Down Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 129 Ditto New l 7 l /2 31 3 A •••• ••- 00000 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... —.•••--....••• Bristol and Liver. June 2 l / 2.- Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2 l/2 ii i i.„ .... ..... 1 1 / 2 Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 / 2 ..- Cambrian & Grand June 42s Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 A Churnet and Blythe '2 ...... ••• ..... •., Chester and Manchester 425. --• ••• Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ..• 21 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 12.....- Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2% 1 )erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% — Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Cou nties 14/. 16s. 5l 1 / 2 3 4 ...... ~ Ditto New l2l. 16s — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... .... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 314 EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union ' Ditto, Quarter Shares 8 3 / 4 — Do. Exten.(Harwich ) 11 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21 — East Lancashire .... 21 3 % .... OA g Ditto. New East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / ..... Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1 / 2 ...... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 22...... Exeter,Ycovil,& Dorset 5 1 4 — Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ay - r 50 ...... Ditto New ........... Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Glouc.,Abetystwith,and Central of Wales 1%...... Goole, Doncaster, gcc. .. 425. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &We s t ern 2%.. •• ...... ••••• — GreatGrimsby and Shef- ........ ••• -- field Great South. and W es t "" • ••••••• (Ireland) Great Munster 2 1 ,4 Great North of Scotland 22 — Great North of England..loo Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . . ......... 15 Ditto, New Great Western B5 ...... Ditto % Shares .. 50 Ditto 1 ,,i Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Hull and Selby 5l? . --. CLOSING PRICES Ditto IA Shares Do. Half Shares 25 Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% — Do., de , and Norwich 2 1 - Killarney Junctions Kendal and Windermere 1 1 ,2 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... ....... -.- Leicester and Bedford 22s. — Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% — Lpool., Mncbstr & New castle Junction Liverpool and Bury London and Blackwall. 161. 13 5 .4 d. Do. New Ditto Extension L radon, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. ... „• Do.Giiaran. 5 per cent. 9 London and Greenwich 12/ 15s4d Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westeraloo 199 Do. Quarters - 2 Do., do., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12 ) -h . „.. Do., New Shares ( - G. J.) Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Loncl.Sc S.Western 411 6s 10d 7 ll ...... ....... 71 1 / i De. Near Consol. Bths 40 Do. New - Do. New Lcndoa au , ' York 214 l% ..... .••• • • ••• Do. 1 / 2 Shares London and Windsor . 1A... . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... . ........ 2 1 4 andonderr,y& Coleraine' 12 %...... .. ... Londonderry and Ennis killen ... ........ ... 12% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham :5 — Manchester and Leeds... 82 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Do. Qiiirtars Do. Fifths 3 . .... 81i Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Extension 42s. 1 p Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters (A) 5 ...... 12% 13 ... ..... Do. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C) 1 _ 12 3 / 3 84 , . Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. — P Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .• ... — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... Midland lOO ... ..137%. ... 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...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 2/.12s tAi i ( t p Newport &Abergavenny 2%...... Newry and Enniskillen 4% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. 1%.. ... ... ........ .. Norfolk 100 Do. Half Shares Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... 35 34 1 / 2 35E/ 4 Do. Half Shuts ll ...... 15%% ~ Do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. Extension Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 425... . ... 2% 2 p North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham—, Portsmouth Direct 3 3/ Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. Richmond Royston and Ilitchen ... 1% Rugby and Leamington 42s — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 2 lh lO% 11 Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, andCrewe... 1% — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire Junc. 1 1 % — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Shropshire Union 'Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsli. June. 2% Sligo and Shannon l% 2% - Soith Devon... 35 - South & Midlands June. 425. South StaffordshireJunc. 2% — South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / s — Do., No. 1 2O Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 ...... St.Alban's, Hattield,and Ilertford Junction ... 425. Staines and Richmond_ 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 South Wales ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ..... ••• Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ••• •• •• Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 5l /4 Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 221, ......... Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Ki I kenny 11 . ... • Waterford and Limerick 22% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W a terford, Wexford, and V alentia - - p 2 6 1/2 1 / 4 P 31 3 / 4 6% Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens... 16 ...... ... .. Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ( Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) ** ......... Calais, Dunkrk, andW est Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ..... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. .. . ... . . ......... Central of Spain ... . Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 . Fampoux & Hazeb roa k 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western B enga l... s s. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Italian and Austrian. ... 4 .. . Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey ...... ... 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ......... ... .. Luxembourg...—. ..... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras ...... 1 Madras, Nellore, s and Arcot % Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bo r d eaux ... 6 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 Mense...... 1 1 0 4 •••• Strasbourg and Bale ... — St. Laurence & Atlantic Tours and Nantes Con —' ••.• stituted Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ..... .... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. % P 314 Australasia British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 London Joint Stock National Prov. England. 35 National of Ireland 22% — ......... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Union of London... lO MINES 55 I Real del Monte Unregd 29% ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. -- On Friday a meeting was held at the British Institution, Cow per-street, Finsbury, Mr. Gilpi❑ in the chair, to petition for the abolition of capital punishment. Resolutions and a petition to Parliament against it wezo adopted. Waveney Valley ...... Welsh Midland West Riding Union ...••• 425. 1%% p l% p West Cornwall ............ 2 ... .. WestLondon,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 / Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby York and Car1i51e......... 2% — ... ....... ... 1/ 2 York and Newcastle 25 ... . 42 41% ..... .. .. 17 1 % 16 3 4 16 3 / 4 York ...17 16% 41 1 / 2 Ditto New York and North Midland 50 Ditt o '/ Shares Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 4O Do. Extension 2O — Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. COURT CIRCULAR. - 5374 73 1 A 60% 48 y t 22 30% 24 1 4 1% - 51/2 1p 76 354 15'14 20 2 p 4% 31 7 21 1 ,4 11 SCHOOLS. 38 1 / 171/2 ..,... IA 1 %a 12 1 4 25 y s :—. WILIDEOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of Gainsborough (Lady in waiting). ll°e ' and Dawson, the Earl of Morton, Colonel Bu ckle y , Colonel Seymour, arrived at the Castle at s ix o'clock in the afternoon, from Hatfield House, Herts. The Royal Family took their usual ponjr.exercise yesterday morning. - —• This morning her Majesty and her Royal COnsOrt joyed their usual early walk . Their Roy al Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Fri ec t Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, tool pony exercise on the terraces and grounds around the Castle. The Queen and his R o yal Highness Prince Albel4" her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, th e and gentlemen of the Court, the Lady in the Duchess of Kent, and the domestic household, fi/i tended Divine service this morning, in the private cbert Ur of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Coto officiated. the 00 Her Royal Highness the Princess of ilesse, honouring the Haymarket Theatre with her p ros aic° ; Is Friday; evening, left town for Kew, in con3panY their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duche ss of CI bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and G 11111,4 s Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and his Serene "t, ness Prince Frederick of Hesse. The Prince ss Wee der tended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuclt. O Royal Highness remains at Kew on a visit t o the D and Baron of Cambrie. Brunow, the Ru g ssian Minister, transaetedbli ness at the Foreign office on Saturday. Lord John Russell returned to town 011 Sti . ri tur :e l l: l from a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, atybe Psil House, Herts. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterago erg sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath , the Plialsby were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, and the 1 0 100 the Rev. Mr. Hall. The Countess of Wilton sa"pre. Countess of 4 Charlemont were among the no sent. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLXItS .06. cliff JO TO THE EDITOR OF THE .---steapsl - Travellers' Schools, 5 1, # 9l October, 1846. e xhib it Sin,—From the lively interest which you ~.to g. all occasions to promote education, I Tent il- iota - upon your attention the following outline or f st- 6 0 01 tion, now being formed for the purpose i r ' philare ° maintaining, and educating, the orphans an,". /21 deceased and necessitous commercial travell! r : o f 11 :ti This institution had its origin at a 1nee t , 114 "04 5 ~r Il i commercial travellers in the month of Jul:. ~" S;P o being deeply impressed with the necessity 11 3 ... p g t b e_ . . institution, they at once resolved upon oter r ! to fow; g ! selves, and their influence with others, in ore e ' deli ''g one which should be creditable to the f0u1:36,05540i beneficial to the unprovided children of their e tio nsff e o brethren. Their first applications for subseri; 00 0 h directed to their fellow travellers, who, ere 0 0 015 had elapsed, subscribed 3,000/. and upward' 'Z e al e l) I projected schools. Such an exhibition of tot ioe . ,, part of the travellers, and earnest of their 111 _ , s /05 unite in raising and supporting this institutilwais d o without its beneficial effects upon the priee il3 lo 0f,,, commercial firm, as is testified by the b° who P h ; society, in which ' the names of nine fire' s ' s sb° P 6 - 1 subscribed one hundred guineas each, twelveboo s ii subscribed fifty guineas each, and ten w"„ r Poi scribed twenty guineas each, already 01)1 3 , e ' 0 . 0 11 1 1 month of July, 1846, (being twelve Enoe t 'lools)'o the suveestion for the formation of the sc 0 0 1 0 amount subscribed was 6,000/., the only e%P e t s orie t e l the sociel had incurred, were those of rel l 'hls ss and stationery ; their secretaries, malut 6ers ' s °fall and collectt.rs, were all honorary and se b aloa I mention these facts, not as boasting ° t li log fo llf I t i ; collected at a littl e ex p e nse, for you will hei. of fohl i that until th e f un d b e i ncrease d three or le bti t 1 l' e o e o benefits of this institution must be limite d 'eat th s ,, i to them as being an encouraging omen of i i 9 O l i o' yellers and their principaliintend to do , h l e ti t :O l dl surance that what they have generously begun nef f ll liberally supported to maturity. At P re „ s- s - pofi e " 0 canvassing has taken place, no extrfierwho firstly been cal!ed into action, but the i n divial s o o opara v o e c io jetted the institution, aided by thei r „ e ps nitS P r , I have effected these satisfactory resulta"' - theca ' s sith , __ spe edl i by voluntary means, and carrying a,snrance that they will he followed by Abe re do tablishment of an everlasting monument;t e icjtig benevolence of the travellers of the United 01 1 and the generosity of their principals. • D iel, I would also call your attention to the prin ci l l o yiol' s which the projectors of the institution O p hildr e 's foundation. The schools will be open to the si e setlf • both sexes between the ages of seven and till tll°i6 they will remain upon the f oun d a tion e p li i . - y - tediP v of fourteen. The children of parents d e „, i f Fr trif 0 denomination will be alike eligible—the P e ' - ', - i s tl telio their parents' religious professions will u e „," o o ll) ,eitlt served, and their influence upon the child ' ... 0 .. P si° interfered with in the course of instructiSioctlyi view to produce concord, and avoid all „ c l blob religious profession, the Church of Engle'be 5,t0 I agreed upon as the public place of worship te Ao l t P , fi l by all. Upon this foundation it is ie tell :ith °ll :stO shall be taught Christianity and morality, their 510 interference with the peculiar sect which 1 ;41° may profess. All will be eligible who s' d deserving. oleo 1° With such liberal principles for the fol i t n preoi g : such zealous operatives as the commercial b . ie etly,' its strength, and with so praiseworthy an 4 , l3 h d e L i r s e nothing, I believe, can retard or prevent ' l , O tr", of this benevolent undertaking, so long Il i :jail/a continue to exercise their united endeavou r... o 1',:,1°4 1 The Committee of Management are o ft tirov,, their attention to obtaining the patronag e mn iss i° A family and nobility, to the formation of e a rs sog e t ,3o ll l mittees throughout the kingdom, and the a i ;,," 101 0 0 a set of rules to carry out the design of t t 4 - 00 . Their anxious endeavour is to obtain a Ow n 0 distribute the benefits of the schools as so ° ., - ,tiol b Apologising for the length of this cousrall el ;sal , e I remain, Sir, your very obedient ,s er Soll* A GEORGE LAWRENC E ' V --- 0 LONDON AND BLACKWA DD lo p t , WAY. VW On Friday a meeting of shareholders in tbe one l . g # .: l Blackwall Railway was held at the Georg e cler ill eY Tavern, Cornhill, for the purpose of con s ' t be i o measures ought tolbe adopted for improvigt i sft l and prospects of the railway. Major !ti c A li called to the chair. in ealr,be l ) Mr. BRYSON, through whose instr e : t d l ' tre' meeting had been got up, and who repre se- t atr„,ol rests of some very extensive shareholder -,s sa bi- t f oi length the considerations which had in chice sol d 5 P 3 his brother shareholders together. Ile of 00 8 9 0 advise the shareholders to make an offer : l or t , tl3 o o ,i and Blackwall line to the Eastern Coun t if,, it' o s j e e' 0 don and North-Western, and he had Lt e one, believe that, whatever proposals they wa de i ffr ir . o r panics, would be favourably entertain e r t be `Cy thought it praper to inform the meeting th at re s 'ireq had had an interview on the subject w ic ."rtir d lsy, the chairman of the London and " c asle°, Company, and from what passed on the t ; o stb, t "iio justified in saying that the London and a nd Y d isifip' were very anxious to obtain the Londe n oe i/ o oti line. He concluded by strongly ro c° c ord e r shareholders to take the affairs of them the - j '4 their own hands, and no longer to trust O, he v tl the present directors. s od t" 00 6 0; ' Several other gentlemen then addre s- ;,1I1 t altt each succeeding speaker taking substantive:l,ol,lP view of the matter as that which lie d isl,e i° Mr. Bryson. Eventually a motion was ,"; 0114' i o" nimously agreed to that a committee " - to 0 4 0 , wait on the directors, in order to institil , 0 is 0, vestigation into the state of the coroPaeltbeirol V to ask an explanation on various points i e ss oti! 0 00 0 respecting which the shareholders are u i fo ralVdl 4 in the event of the directors refusing te,„ s oee, ti o Or sired information, or to submit to the l" o al f it! deputation the books of the company' t° air sli r meeting of the shareholders. . ato 31 1 4 A vote of thanks having been glv e- eo Ow ardson, for his conduct in the c hair, t" broke up. / 1 4 ----------=';''- if eV / b e , lv S t jll i ll, Wisr.Ls.—DIOCESE OF BATS A ND tie° #.O Bishop of Bath and Wells has given n e 00, 0 , of er 13 0 P 4 quires all persons who propose to Off to 0. al candidates for deacon's orders, to wr ite Tril S O v i his permission, at least six months beforf e i t . e a , o til ii i and Christmas respectively, stating t- id enc- o r 6 academical degree and usual place of r e ,,10 0 '7021 with the names Of two or more clerNooP .. persons of respectability to whom the ~..v o t Ol e o , Or if he think fit. It is not necessary tiiicotie.t.l? applying should, at the time of his aPaftern at h o te„of vided with a title, which may be song''„ nu oie_ . ..,sP - title, however, is required to be CO o'll three months before the day of orate ° 01/ 1 ,1 Journal. Coe:, Po, CONVICTION UNDER THE RAlLWchurs9:lol ACT.— At Watford petty sessions on me, or j the Essex Arms Inn, Watford, before,oshei!,„a„,ooo the Rev. Mr. Clutterbuck, Captain f,,tior:l„ViAio'll magistrates, for the purpose of adjudi7 Soil: g lob made on the part of the London Ile co mp7 e 4 , (London and Birmingham) RailwaY i ota , ii a Vey Mr. Edward Chippendall Milne, eq o &P r e ° l l i Manchester, for an alleged attemptthe ol o ci , i i company of the proper fare to svhico: ont lon o .!Ari Mr. Barker, superintendent of the i f of t i ! p 0,2 P . ,) Western Railway, attended on be ht 00 ° 0101 It appeared, from the evidence of ton t he S b i o ra, A iri, Watford, and other witnesses, that 01 1 1 10 0 1 1# PL O I9 tember last, the defendant arriveadecaotrotecit:llo:4:l7r,o,P) by the train from Manchester, and a child. Haying no ticket for t he of t'Aie! . .o9 admitted to be upwards of four Y ea bithe h olO r ei fare was byedmanded, the payment of ir i s • ins. n oc A ia9 refused Mr. Milne, and according " o ata! ..,,s9'di tli l w o. - 9 taken, and a summons subsequee f par oil s $ e him. Mr. Barker haying cited Actsl)3etich tip $OO which the defendant was liable, the A depthloti a few minutes, and convicted the " vo s C h ia ( penal yof 40s. and costs. Inti raa tiop iar . p. 0 7 ,,. p part of IP' ' ,r/ ' appeal would be made on the 1 3 .." : ' the ciceiiieu.