The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

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 THIS EVENING, October 28th, 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." Ths principal characters personified by Miss Georgiana Smithscn, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda (his first appearance), Walton, T. Hill, Homier, Peru', &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- Homier ; Clara, Miss thinner. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Roxby, Compton, Harris; Mrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing season of French plays at the St. James's Theatre will be commenced on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November 11, by the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur Perlet, who will appear far a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur Cartigny (of the Theatre Francais). M. Rhozevil (of the Theatre du Gymnase) and Mademdselle Brohzn (Premiere Soubrette of the Theatre Francais), her first appearance in this country. Mr. Mitchell has also the honour to announce that, encouraged by the distinguished patronage which has been conferred upon his manage ment, he has engaged the following eminent artistes, who will appear in succession during the season :—Monsieur I'erlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarisse, Monsieur Lafont, Mademoiselle Fargueil (her first appear ance in this country), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre du Palate Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle Duverger, (of the Theatre du Palais Royal, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Aline Vallee (of the Theatre du Gymnase, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Rose Cheri (of the Theatre du Gymnase), whose performances last year were so eminently successful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLARISSA HARLOWE, now performing in Paris with extraor dinary success, and also a new play, written expressly for Mademoi selle Rose Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe ; Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Frangais), Mademoiselle Denain (also of the Theatre Francais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, M. Bouffe (his firstiappearance since 1813) ; in ad dition to which the celebrated tragedienne, Mdlle. Rachel, for a limited number of representations, and will appear in the popular plays of " Marie Stuart," by Le Brun ; " Britanicus," by Racine ; " Tancred," by; Voltaire; " Berenice," by Racine ; " Arlene," by Corneille, and other plays of her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken to perform, for the first time, the cha racter of Celimene, in Moliere's comedy of "Le Misanthrope." The subscription will be for fifty representations, on Monday and Friday evenings, with the privilege of exchanging for the Wednesday even ing performance, an arrangement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. Application for Season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•strcet. OLY3IPIC TIIEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Pley of 'FRE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Wa!ter Lacy; Young Fashion, Mr. G. Bolton; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lou, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jones ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthia, Miss Char:es ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Racy. After which, a grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of TIIE TURNPIKE GATE. Crack, Mr. J. Cowell. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of RING LEAR. Ring Lear, Mr. Macready ; Earl of Gloucester, Mr. Neville; Earl of Kent, Mr. Cooper; Edgar, Mr. Saville ; Regan, Mrs. Ternan ; Cor delia, Mrs. Gill ; Goncril, Mrs. Daly. To conclnde 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'i ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised 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 EVENING Will be produced the grand Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse. SupportA 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. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has formed an expensive engagement with STATTMAISTER REIN 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 Steeds. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six a'id commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. .111. E WEATUEl.l,—busi OFFICE, OCTOBER 27. TdERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30 22.—WIND N.N.W., foggy. TIIKATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. tinder the Management of Mrs. Keeley. "MRS. IfARItIS" WILL APPEAR EVERY EVENING. 'l' El is EVEI , .I LNG The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO rAitEsTs { IN I 1 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 ; Biliary 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, Butter, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss firove. and Miss Turner. TilEATiv.: ROYAL, ADELPHI. N UDEIZ THE DIREcTioN - o 'MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be prosentel a new domastic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILL E ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Ruglcigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg', Mr. 3limyard ; Mrs. Tolicy, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Clairolle, Madame Celeste. After which will be produced MRS. G AMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyerd ; Miss Ellen Chapin, and Miss 31 Taylor. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called THE JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by 31e,srs. Paul Bed ford, Wright, Redmond Ryan, Selby, Kaye, Mitchenson, &c. ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Ellen Charlin, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor - , &c. To conclude with 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. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. HIGH WATEE AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 7 minutes after 7. I Evening .. 46 minutes after 7. • - 3tg' -kr;- r • • SECOND EDITIOY• Now Ready, V OL. VI. OF MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS. The present volume is not a whit inferior to those which have preceded it: It occudes an interval of nineteen years—from 1793 to 1812 ; and contains anecdotes of the English and Franch Courts, which are of historical value."—Athemeum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in two vols. small Svo., with Portrait, price 12s. bound, POETICAL WORK S of HORACE SALITH, one of the Authors of " REJECTED ADDRESSES." Now first collected. Orders received by all Booksellers. 1151117 Colbern, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. H I METROPOLITANT T I iTAT9IIEN,EIThei. L U B, and The FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of this INSTITUTION will be held at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, on THURSDAY next, the 29th inst., at Seven o'clock precisely. The Secretary will be prepared to enrol members on hat evening, who will be privileged to attend and take part in the transaction of business. Entrance-fee, for Gentlemen only, 10s. 6d. The names and entrance-fees of persons desirous of becoming members, will also now be received by any member of the Committee, or, between the hours of ten and five, by any of the following gentlemen, from whom prospectuses can also be obtained :—Edward Moxhay, Esq., Trea surer, pro tem., Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street; Robert Bellior, Esq., 69, Cornhill ; Mr. Laidman, 119, Chancery-lane ; 'Messrs. Miller and Jones, 58, Oxford-street; W. Eykelbosch, Esq., 3, Moore place, Kennington-road ; and between ten in the morning and eight in the evening, at the temporary Office of the Club, 53, (west side of ) Lincoln's Inn-fields. By orler of the Committee, C. PAGET, Hon. See. Oct. 26, 1846, RAILWAY SHALES 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 TrEiDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certilleat!.3 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. Oinzes, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence with Benedict's popular Opera of THE CRUSADERS. Bohemond, Mr. Harrison ; Raymond, Mr. Borrani; William, Mr. Weiss ; Hassan, Mr. Stretton ; Ismael, Mr. Xing; Almer, Miss Romer; Iseult, MISS Rainforth. 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. ; Mdlle. Fabbri, Mdlle. Louise, Madame Theodore, Miss A. Payne, ke. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the ALlneffpmen fr to M. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS k_',V _ - Will be performed a New Comely, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MAItY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, &c. After which a new Farce, call. d SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courting'on, Mr. loll: S!r Arthur Love], Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Bnckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed with (by desire) a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Mary, Miss Jolla Bennett; Lads Clutterbuck, Mrs. Hamby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " Les Mousquetaires de la Reins," and " Lestocq ," the " Old English Airs" (Fantasia); aid " Rococo" (Waizer.) To conclude with Buctstone's Farce,, entitled THE IRISII LION. Principal characters by Messrs. Hudson, Brindal, Tilbury ; Miss P. Horton, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Buckin.ham, Miss Woulds, &C. Box-olllce open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. r triexikai, 1111 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1846. No description, however highly coloured, no lan nage, however emphatic, no imagery, however dark and lugubrious, can by possibility exaggerate the peril in which the population of Ireland are at pre sent placed. " Misery unqualified is in the land— misery unparalleled — suc h as was never heard of before!. ,, exclaims Mr. O ' CONNELL ; and that solemn assurance coming from that eminent authority is, to the very letter, truth. Winter is approaching rapidly, and with that wi n t er a ll the most direful concomi tants of national destitution. Great as has been the scarcity hitherto, grievous as have been the privations of the peasantry—they are as nothing in comparison with those privations and that terrible and universal scarcity which are inevitable, unless prevented by the interposition of Government, abetted by the as sistance of ecclesiastical interference and the vigorous support of the landowners. Supposing the ope rations of the Board of Works to be only proportioned THE SUN,_ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 28, 1846. t) its recent inactivity, and the pecuniary help de rived from the Legislature to be merely meted out according to that already afforded, the prospects of our sister island are truly desolate, the probability of her emerging unscathed from her present terrific ordeal are wonderfully insignificant. But our expectations are not of this mournful character; we are too sincerely assured of the wisdom and hu manity of the existing Administration, and, beyond this, we are too sanguine of the emulation which must be excited in the bosom of the Prime Minister when his forthcoming remedies shall be contrasted with those afforded by his predecessor, to entertain any such fearful anticipations, or to continue in such utter trepidation for the lives of our fellow-country men. The dictates of humanity are sufficiently powerful to overrule the most fanatical parsimony ; the recommendations of safety will, in emergencies, dissipate the torpor of the most confirmed sluggard. At an important meeting of landlords and relief committees, held recently in Fer moy, the Honourable Representative of Cork entered more largely into the consideration of the necessities of the people and the inertness of the subordinate officials, than he has done on any previous occasion. We are rejoiced to find Mr. O'CONNELL pleading thus earnestly for his country men in the days of their most extreme desolation ; we are rejoiced to find him standing forward as the champion of that people who never needed the voice of an advocate so much as at this particular juncture. After enlarging upon the intensity of the distress which is now so prevalent in the four provinces, Mr. O'CONNELL addressed himself more particularly to a consideration of the part already taken for its ame lioration by the present Government. On this point the Hon. Member spoke in the most feeling and impressive manner. He evidently appreciate& the responsibilities by which the benevolence of her• MAJESTY'S Ministers was necessarily, to a great extent, restrained at all times. Ile knew that ;chile: immediate and well-organised efforts to prevent starvation were incumbent upon a Legislature, that; that Legislature was not the less bound to be cautious in the distribution of public money and in its inter ference with the ordinary machinery of the social system. Mr. O ' CONNELL could not possibly have overlooked these most manifest duties of a statesman, he could not be blind to facts which every successive year of his active career can only have forced more and more deeply upon his conviction. In the sight, however, of the terrific calamities which have been latterly accumulating in his native land, seeing before him the woes of an almost de spairing peasantry, knowing that in many a roadside cabin there are human beings on the brink of a death by famine, and conscious that those same creatures speak the same language, breathe the same atmo sphere, look upon the same landscapes, and are indi genous to the same soil with himself, Mr. O ' CONNELL is roused to a sympathy which in its turn roused his indignation. We honour Mr. t O'CONNELL for the intensity of his feelings upon this subject. There is always something noble and affecting in the spectacle of a patriot mourning for the miseries of his coun try. When we hear Mr. O'CONNELL exclaiming, " Things are coming to a frightful pass. Don't you authorise me to tell the Lord-Lieutenant that the peace of the country is not secure ?—(Loud cries of 'We do.') Don't you authorise me to tell him that there is actual starvation in the country at this mo ment ?—(` We do')—that he will be responsible for human lives in countless numbers if something be not done ?—(Hear.) I will repeat the echo of your voices to the Lord-Lieutenant." When we remem ber the enthusiasm of sympathy which such conside rations could not fail to excite in a bosom so suscep tible to the wrongs of the Irish people, we are not surprised at what, in other circumstances, would inevitably have caused us some astonishment ; we are not surprised to hear the " Liberator" declaring— •° If Government do not establish depots and scatter them in different parts of the country, I announce em phatically my opinion that the people will starve in thousands." We are not surprised at the earnestness of this ad juration, because we remember the abyss of human suffering into which Ireland is being plunged, and because we remember that the man who announces this necessity for so extraordinary a remedy is ac tuated to its utterance by the depression of a patriotic heart. Mr. O'CONNELL adduces, in support of his proposi tion, the example afforded last winter by Sir ROBERT PEEL. He says, indeed, most distinctly upon this point— "Last year, when the calamity was not near so great, most active measures were taken by the Government of the day, and it is not here alone I raise my voice in ac knowledgment to Sir Robert Peel for that. I did so in Parliament—in my place in the House of Commons, and in the name of the Irish people I thanked him, and I received the personal acknowledgments of Sir Robert Peel, who came across the House to thank me for what he called an act of generosity, but which I call an act of justice." Mr. O'CONNELL must, however, have forgotten that the " active measures" taken by that illustrious statesman, namely, the importation of considerable quantities of Indian meal, were done in secresy ; that Sir ROBERT PEEL himself acknowledged the absolute necessity of net interfering with the ordinary arrange ments of commerce, and repudiated the notion of having intended to make a Government-monopoly by destroying the wholesome competition of indivi duals. lle has overlooked the impolicy, to say the very least of it, of destroying all mercantile in dustry in Ireland by rendering the corn-markets of that country merely the scene of state barterings. We are persuaded that Ireland is not to be relieved, cannot be relieved, ought not to be relieved, by the establishment of Government depots of provi sions. That would, in effect, be nothing more than the removal of one calamity for the substitution of, if possible, one still greater. The establishment of Go vernment depots, taken in connexion with the Go vernment employment afforded to the poor, would be nothing less than the establishment of the odious truck-system upon a gigantic and ruinous scale. Nevertheless, while we recognise the impossibility of acceding to this recommendation of Mr.-O'CONNELL, we honour him the more for the sentiments in which that proposition originated. We be hold, in the very extremity of the remedy propounded by him, the earnestness of his com misseration for his countrymen, and the intensity of his desire to ameliorate their sorrows. While she possesses hearts so alive to her sufferings, and coupled with intellects so active for the discovery of their panacea, Ireland need never despair. Even at this awful crisis of her existence there is hope for her in the language of her most eminent coun tryman. What does DANIEL O'CONNELL say to Ire and at this moment ? He says this : " I belong to no party but the people. I ought to be attached to the people. I owe them everything, and they owe me nothing.—(No.) Let no man mistake me, when I say the people I do not mean merely the poor man, who earns his precarious livelihood with the spade by the sweat of his brow, or the cottier or the farmer, but everybody from the highest peer of the realm to the lowest peasant boy. 'Tis my solemn duty to attend to their interests—to watch over the rights of the land lords, and the interests of the tenant and the labourer, and to do injustice to no man, to secure better prospects for the country and to devote my heart and soul to the best fulfilment of my duty to you." Animated with these sentiments, the Hon. Member for Cork has proceeded to Dublin to represent to the Lord-Lieutenant--to that Lord-Lieutenant whom he has so frequently and so justly eulogised for his patriotism, his benevolence, and his enterprise— to represent to Lord BESBOROUGH the urgency of this juncture, the wants of the Irish millions, and the almost exhausted state of their patience. Ireland could not have a better advocate in her most terrible afflictions. We shall anticipate that the prayers of O'CONNELL will be hearkened to by our Liberal Go vernment. We, on Monday, alluded to the visit which the Hon. and Learned Member for Bolton, in pursuance of his annual custom, paid to his constituents, for the purpose of explaining his Parliamentary conduct during the past session. We then adverted solely to the great and absorbing question of free trade, on the success of which, and the recognition of its great principle by the Legislature, the vast number of ad herents it has gained amongst persons of every class in society, from the wisest and most intellectual of our statesmen, the highest and most patriotic of our nobility, to the humblest artizan, who earns his daily bread by the sweat of his brow, and who sees in its adoption the prospect of increased prosperity to his trade and increased comforts for his family, the Learned Doctor, one of its earliest and most zeaiou advocates, may well utter joyous paeans. But there were other subjects introduced in his speech, which, although of less vital importance to the public generally, and having less influence on the national wealth, cannot but prove deeply interesting to the philanthropi,t, to the man who feels himself concerned in anything relating to the welfare and happiness of his fellow-men. First in importance and interest amongst topics of this class stands the question of military flogging—a system the horrors and atrocities of which are now fully understood by the nation, against which the voice of public opinion has been most loudly uplifted. Dr. BowarsG had long been the opponent of that vile description of punishment which, in nine cases out of ten, destroyed the moral character, the feeling of in dependence and honour of every man who had been subjected to the deep degradation of the lash, and whf:ch, often inflicted for the most trivial and insig nificant cause, occasioned an untimely and painful death to the unfortunate victim. Had Dr. BOWEING rendered no other service to the public, had he been -an indolent and careless man, negligent of the great dirties which every representative of the people takes upon himself on entering the Senate-house, he would have gained immortal honour for the course he adopted on that question. He seized the golden moment, he availed himself of the intense enthusiasm pervading the public mind, which had been thoroughly aroused by the horrors detailed at Hounslow during the proceedings of the inquest held on the body o f the martyred WHITE. He gave notice in the House of Commons of a motion for the total and immediate abolition of the abomination, and firmly resisted all solicitations to relinquish or delay his motion until the public mind was less excited and less sensitive on the subject; he was told that he might embarrass the authorities if he brought forward so ticklish a ques tion, and assured that if he would only wait every thing that was possible under existing circumstances would be done ; but the Learned Doctor was too well aware of the real value of suet' as:llrknops to Ic't er r the favourable opportunity ; he knew that every valuable and important reform has been obtained by the pressure from w ithout, that he might never again find a moment so propitious, and gallantly and un hesitatingly he persevered. His answer to the so licitations so made to him is deserving of the highest credit, and should be a model to every independent senator under similar circumstances. It was, " that if any fragment was left of the system, that system he would still denounce and endeavour to overthrow?' His firmness and perseverance were not thrown away. A vast improvement was effected ; new rules and regulations were promulgated, by which the number of lashes which could by any possibility be inflicted was reduced to fifty, one fourth part only of the number that was formerly sanctioned. The oc casions, too, on which the cat could be called into operation were greatly restricted, and the greatest precaution directed in every case, in order to ascertain that the victim was in such a state of health as to enable him to endure the torture without danger to his life. lied the Doctor been satisfied with the as- surances so made to him, it is, to say the least of it, probable that the measure of reform would have been more tardily granted, and of a more stinted character. lie was asked if he would be satisfied with these re gulations ? but his answer was, "No; while there is a power to inflict on single lash on the back of the soldier I will still protest, and divide the House ;' and to that pledge he continued faithful; he brought forward the subject in a speech of the most thrilling pathos, the highest eloquence—one that will not speedily be forgotton by any person who had the good fortune to hear it, and which, although he failed on that occasion in obtaining a majority, planted the good seed that must speedily come to maturity and bring forth its fruits in due season. We need not to urge the Honourable Gentleman 'to persevere in this course ; we doubt not that :he will do so, and bring all the energies of his enlightened and powerful mind to bear on the questior, wheresoever and howsoever it is suffered to exist. We would remind him that our naval brethren are still exposed to the cat, that to them its horrors have not been mitigated, that a commander may still at his mere will and pleasure sentence any one of his seamen to the gangway, where four dozen lashes, fully equivalent in point of severity, it is said, to two hundred lashes, as administered in the army, may be given without his being 'permitted to speak in hil own defence, or even to inquire the cause of his punishment ; we would urge him to inquire into the manner in which the cat is still used in some of our prisons, where children of eight or ten years old have been flogged in the most cruel manner—where a boy of twelve years of age has fainted during the course of the flogging, and been declared by the surgeon unable to bear any more. These things cannot be suffered to continue unnoticed, and they will afford an ample opportunity to the Learned Doctor for exert ing himself in the cause of humanity during the ensuing session—exertions which we most sincerely hope may be crowned with well-merited success. The other views put forward by Dr. BOIRRING were of the most comprehensive and liberal character. Full and equal justice to Ireland—the same rights, the same laws, the same recognition of privileges which, in every free country, ought to belong to every free man—the education of the people—improvements in ventilation and draining, and in the recreations of the people, were all touched on in the most masterly manner. There was one subject, however, which he omitted, and for which he might justly have claimed credit. We allude to the absurd and unjust quarantine laws, by which trade and commerce are fettered, free intercourse with other nations restricted, morality injured, and vast sums of money annually wasted and thrown away. Dr. BowErsn has called attention to the anomalies of the present system, explained the true theory of con tagion as adopted by the persons of talent and ability who have recently directed their attention thereto, and proved how useless ,as well as vexatious are the existing precautions, and through his exertions we may reasonably hope for a speedy amelioration therein. We trust that many other legislators may imitate the example of Dr. BOWRING in rendering an nual accounts of their conduct ; and if they as well deserve the approbation of those they represent in the Legislature as the Learned Doctor, they may fearlessly meet the people, and be certain of being greeted with the same unanimous applause that was accorded to the Honourable Member. The Diet at Frankfort has voted a recompense of 100,000 florins to Dr. SCLIONBEIN and Dr. BCETTIGER, the inventors of the gun-cotton, provided the federal military commissioners and the authorities of May ence, after seeing it tried, should pronounce it to be a substitute for ordinary gunpowder, and to possess advantages that the latter has not. The Diet afterwards adjourned to the 14th of January, when the question of the Duchy of Schles wig-Holstein, and that of the liberty of the press, will come under discussion. Basle city has followed the example of Geneva. Exasperated at the temporising conduct of the Grand Council on the subject of the Jesuits, the people rose on the 22d in open insurrection, and commenced un paving the streets. The Grand Council immediately resigned, and henceforth Basle city and Basle country will form but one canton. This, with the vote of Geneva, will secure in the Federal Diet a majority sufficient to pass an enactment ordering the expulsion of the Jesuits and the dissolution of the league of the Catholic cantons. The elections at Geneva took place on the 24th. Upwards of 7,000 electors voted. The result has been to give an overwhelming majority in the Grand Council to the Liberal party. I Madrid papers of the 19th have arrived. The mails of the 20th and 21st are still due. They have been detained by the floods in the south of France. The French Ambassador's ball, on the 18th, had gone off very brilliantly. The QUEEN and the IN. FANTA, who were present, treated the daughters of CHRISTINA and Muxoz with such marked attention as to attract general notice. Mr. BULIVER was still at Aranjuez. The British squadron was to leave Cadiz on the 17th, to re• enter the Straits, and cruise along the eastern coast of Spain. The Duc D'AUMALE was to leave on the 20th, and the Duke and Duchess of MOISTPENSIEB on the 22d, for France. These papers contain important news from Por tugal. The intelligence from Lisbon is to the 14th. This news fully confirms the intelligence of the arrest of TERCEIRA. and the oubreak of a revolution in the northern provinces ; inleed it appears as if Lisbon was the only part of he kingdom in which the QUEEN'S authority was at iresent acknowledged. The Opinion gives the folowing extract from a letter received from Lisbon : " LISBON, OCT. 13.—1 t is nom four in the afternoon. The official account has arrived of the insurrection of Oporto. Terce ira is imprisoned in the tower of the Fez. The Junta of Oporto has proclaimed Don Pedro the Fifth, declaring the Queen exouded from the throne. The Marquis of Louie, husband of the Infanta Donna Anna, has put himself at the head of the Junta of Coimbra; the Conde das Antes presides over that of Oporto. " They have organised four battalions at Coimbra, which are to join the forces of Aveiro, in order to march upon the capital. " All the steamers—those of the state as well as the mercantile ones—have placed themselves at the orders of the Junta of Oporto." The King, FERDINAND, has taken the command of the troops in Lisbon, with SAIDAMIA as his aide-de camp. The Court, it is said, has applied to Spain for assistance, and the Spanish Government has ordered the Gallician corps to be marched to the frontier. Braga has joined the insurrection, as well as Oporto and Coimbra, and the troops of PEDRO V. are pre paring to march upon Lisbon. The official journal of Lisbon, of the 13th, publishes a decree betraying the embarrassment and apprehensions of the Govern ment. The officers and soldiers dismissed in 1842 are recalled into service. Those who comply are pro mised reward, and those who refuse threatened with being treated as deserters. MADRID BOLSA, Oct 19.—The Three per Cents. were done at 35 1 A for cash ; the Four per Cente. at 21 1 / 2 ; the Five per Cents. at 21%; the Debt without Interest, at 6 7 ,;, 1 ; the Fides von Cons,olidados, at 8% ; and the Coupons, at 201/z. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They are filled with accounts of the destructive effects produced by the inundations in every part of France. The Loire has burst its banks at several places along its course. The principal streets of water, auu au uirect communication between that city and Paris is cut off. The Orleans and Bordeaux Railway is impassable, except from Orleans to Blois. At Nantes the Loire was rising rapidly on the 23d; since that day all communica tions with Nantes and Angers have been cut off by the inundation. The Saone at Lyons had, according to the last accounts, reached an alarming height, and it was feared that steam boats, which since the commencement of the inunda tion had formed the only means of communication with some of the districts of the country, would no longer be able to ply. The progress of the Duke D'ADMALE to Bordeaux from Madrid, had been inter rupted by the heavy rains. He only reached Bor deaux on the 23d, twenty-four hours later than the time fixed for his arrival. The Duke and Duchess DE MONTPENSIER were expected to arrive at Bayonne on Monday. The floods have completely put a stop to all the fetes with which they were to have been welcomed in the south of France. The Courrier Francais observes — "Their Royal Highnesses, it is said, have, in conse quence of the desolated condition of the provinces, de clined all the rejoicings which were in preparation, and which form too great a contrast with the general suffer ing. Consequently thefetes are countermanded, and the funds voted by the municipal councili to celebrate their arrival are, by their express desire, to be applied to the relief of the people who are deprived of food and shelter." Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and on Sunday, over which the KING himself presided, to deliberate on the means to be adopted for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations. The Minister of the Interior was in the district of the Loire at the time of the inundation, and he ordered funds to be placed at the disposal of the authorities in the several districts which he traversed in his route to Paris It is impossible to calculate the amount of the pro perty which has been destroyed by this fearful cala mity, but that is not the worst—the loss of life, too, has been fearful. The papers still continue the controversy on the Spanish marriage, but no new arguments are pro duced on either side. The only article of permanent importance in any of these journals is one in the Debuts, on the advantages to the public and to the revenue of a reduction of the duties. The writer thus argues his case : " The advantages that may result to the consumer, the treasury, the shippin g interest, and the naval force of the kingdom, from a well-organised system of impost, have been proved by experience. All that is gained politically by proportioning taxes to the intrinsic value of things, and to the resources of the greatest number of men, is rendered evident. But what are the applica tions which France can make of this principle, and what is the aid that may be obtained from it for the develop ment of French navigation ? England, with twenty eight millions of population, consumes at least sixteen millions of kilogrammes of coffee, or about six-tenths of a kilogramme per head ; she joins to that 20 millions of kilogrmmes of tea, of which about a fortieth part is consumed in France. Belgium, with 4i- millions of population, consumes 13 millions of kilo grammes of coffee, or about 2 2.3 d kilogrammes per head, or fine times as much as England. The reason is, that Belgium taxes coffee only at 10f, the 100 kilo iwlliitohns a of kilog rammes of coffee, or grammes, and she derives fro m i t a revenue of 1,290,0001. populati on of 3-11 millions, -tonllyotconsumes i l l .l o ai g n t e a em m , me per head. The cause is, that in France the duty is far more elevated than in Belgium, and if it is found to exceed but little the English duty, it must be borne in mind that the amount which is mode rate in England may be excessive amongst us, where money is of less value. The average duty in France is 811. It is a high one for an a r ti c l e which, before cross ing the customs' line, is not worth altogether that amount. Can an article, the price of which is doubled by a consumption duty, be at its normal value? When the present duty on coffee was fixed, coffee, in place of being at 80f. per 100 kilogrammes, was worth 3001.; the duty then did not amount to more than the third or fourth part of the value of the merchandise. If this pro portion was recurred to, it is indubitable from the ex gement our navigation would ample of Belgium and England that the consumption diminution in the duty on coffee. In would be much augmented. And as 1 kilog. of coffee produces the consumption of 3 hilog. of sugar, it may be place of 811. on an average, let it be placed at 25f. or encoura 30f. Take for the increased consumption in consequence, only 1 kilog. per head—a moderate hypothesis certainly, c re o c n e c i e v i e ve f d r from what since it is only the third ofderatehypothesiscertainly, what is consumed in Bel gium, and less than England consumes of tea and coffee united. In this way the merchant shipping would gain the transport of 20,000 tons of coffee and 60,000 tons of sugar; the reserved navigation of our islands becomes almost doubled, and the treasury, in place of expe riencing any falling off, acquires an increase of revenue by the double sources of coffee and sugar. It is thus that the idea of the maritime aggrandisement of our country, if well understood, may be connected with the improved condition of the people, and bring into the trea sury, in place of being a charge to it. Such are the true principles of political economy, and works in which such ideas are strongly supported are worthy of the most favourable reception from the public." The Portefeuille, which on such a subjectmay be considered as an authority, declares that a modifica tion of the Ministry.is determined on ; that Marshal SOULT will retire, and that M. GLTIZOT will be ap pointed President of the Council. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 82f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 90 0. the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 920 f. ; Havre, 7001'. ; Great Northern, 690 f. ; Avignon, 895 f.; Vierzon, 587 f. 50c • Bordeaux, 547 f. 50c.; Basle, 2221. 50e.; Dieppe, Paris and Strasburg, 495 f. ; Tours and 5031'..Nantes, s°c.; and Lyons, 520 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 495E' Paris and Cette 4801'.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 335: Bordeaux , BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCH ANGE, OCTOBER 27. Darbadoes.' n ii—Narnur and Liege, 3 , i—North 1then1611,54 —East 1n1241 West Flanders, 3. ell ' of Prance Constituted, NI Young man named FATAL ACCIDENT ..._This morning, at nine o'clock, an accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred to a rnent of Mrs. Sarah Cordwell, pawnbroker, at the to the corner of R —xm outh-street. The unfortunate man was standing upon a high l in the act of hanging up adder, in some clothes f Robert Richardson, in the employ r s ale outside the shop door, when, by some mischance, his foot slipped, and he waslprecipitated against large the aving ground, his head striking with such violence metal fender which was outside for sale, as to break it into three parts. He was taken up in a state of insensibility, and ' conveyed to St. Bartholo to exist. inew's Hospital, but before he reached it he had ceased THE CITY THOROUGIIFARES.—On Monday even ingthoroughfare was re -opened throughout for the passage of vehicles. To -day wgate-street will be clos€d for the purposes of paving. in Cheapside being completed, that LONDON YACHT CLUB.—Yesterday this acquatic lel', and George club held their monthly meeting, at the clubhouse, Strand. Several motions ' were made in reference to time for tonnage of yachts, and John lieseltine, Esq., of Brom members of the club. The . annual dinner of this club is mony was performed at the fixed for the 18th of November next. PRESENTATION OF THE BELT TO THE CHAMPION OF Hunt, E sq of the City, were admitted THE cele brated sculler, was presented with a richly made belt, to be worn by him as champion of the Thames. The cere • THANEs--Yesterday Robert Coombes, the Dartmouth street, Westminster. The Henry Clay, New York r acket .hip, com manded by Queen's Arms, Captain Nye, lett New Yot k on the ith, at d arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, one day after the steam-ship Great Western. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS • CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, but prices were well supported. Sales about 6,000 bales, of which the trade took about 2,000, and the remainder on speculation. At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, yesterday, the market was firm, and rather better prices were obtained. A good many shares were in demand, and a good proportion of them sold. The following area few of the principal sales:— Great Southern of Madras £o 4 6 Cornwall 0 14 6 Great Indian Peninsular ... East Indian . Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 13 0 Shropshire Union and Canal South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 2 15 6 South Wales Louvain ala Sambre Manchester and Southampton Lend )11. and Blackwall, New . 5 3 0 London and Croydon, Thirds 9 14 0 Paris and Lyons Madrid and Valencia.. 0 19 0 Goole and Doncaster 1 18 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 Namur and Leige Eastern Counties, York Extension 1 16 0 Sambre and Meuse Great Eastern and Western 0 17 0 We are pleased to find a prevalent impression that we shall very, shortly have a decline in the prices of grain. The wheat harvest being about an average, and the imports under the new corn-law very considerable, it does appear that the quotations have been run up to a point beyond what can he maintained, even allowing for the deficiency of the potato crop. It is satisfactory to see that there are continued large imports of butter, cheese, fruit, and other useful articles of consumption, from the Continental ports ; otherwise we should most assuredly have these also at most exorbitant prices, and it may be hoped that there will be abundant supplies of meat from America. To-morrow there is to be a public sale of American butter, lard, family beef, mess pork, and Australian con centrated soup, and it would be a great satisfaction if the supply for the present were adequate to allow of similar auctions daily. We believe American provisions gene rally have found more favour at the outports than in the metropolis, although they exhibit now a great improve ment in quality, compared with the original consign To-da the wheat trade. as on .tow, anu pricks had rather a downward tendency than other- ' wise, the millers wisely refraining! from purchases. Holders, it is considered, will do well to avail themselves of present rates, as • prices generally rule higher before Cliristmos than in the spring. The steamer from Halifax, with American dates, a we, k later than those brought by the Great Western, is expected by Friday or Saturday. The Funds are firmer to-day, and there has been a fair business doing. Consols are 948 to 95 for present transfer, ard 95 for Account. The premium on Exchequer- bills, however, has not rallied. It con tinues at 10s. to 13s. Bank Stock has been rather better, viz., 205 to 206. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, are 95 4, and the Three per Cents., 934 8. East Indian Stock is at 259, and South Sea Stock at 105. Money is easy, and the principal as ant is first class bills of short date to make advances upon ; for second rate paper is taken at more than proportionable rates, owing partly to the corn and cotton speculations exciting very proper caution among lenders. The intelligence from Lisbon is considered of an un favourable character, and the Bonds, Four per Cents., have declined to 41 and 39. Mexican Stock is flat at 22. Grenada Bonds are 20-'l. Spanish Three per Cents. dull at Dutch Two- and-a-Ealf per Cents, are 591 Shares hok well again to-day, and have an upward tendency in many instances. BRITISH If U.N DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock... ments. 9 06 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 3 / 471i 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 95 94'R, New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities New 5 per Cent. Annuities llB Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 97C 1 15-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 9 13-16 % Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 l o ljs India Stock 259 South Sea Stock 105 Ditto Old Annuities 93 Ditto New Annuities Consols for Nov. 2G Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 / 2 d. I,OOW. 5001. I RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 20% Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 22 Portuguese 4 per Cents 4l 39 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Do. Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent .... 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas Swam. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2% to 3 1 / s Armagh,Coleraine, &Portrush 1% — to A. lesbury and name l% to Belfast alai Ccunty Down .. 4 3 / 4 .. .. Birmingham and Dudley — ... . 3% p... to Ili: mingham and Gloncester 100.....129 1 / 2 to Do. New (iss. at 7 1 A %. dis.) .17 Birmiogb.m tti Oxford J unc... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2 3 /4 Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do~ New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2 1 /0 — _ . - to Buckinghamshire:. ...... :.. ... 84s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Extension - to Cambrian and Grand Juliet.. 425. Chester and Holyhead... 27% 23% to Churnet and Blythe 2 - Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham and Oxford - Clydesdale Junction 2O .... - Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney - - Cork and Waterford l% - - Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to - Cornwall and Central Devon 2% - ...... to - Derby and Crewe 2% - to - Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Shellie:d Junction 2% - to - Direct Northern - Direct Norwich 1 - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 - - Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine, 2% - to - Dablin and Galway - - Dundalk and Enniskill en ... 10 ...... - - Eastern Counties l4l. 16s 224 to 22 Do. New .. - Do. Perpet.,s perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d % 34 pto - Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d.. - Do , York Extension l2s. - East Dereham and Norwich 1 - to - Eastern Union - Ditto, Quarter Shares - ...... to - Do. Extension to Harwich l'i t i - ...... to - Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% - to - East Lancashire - Ditto, New - East Lincolnshire ... 1% - to - East and West of England... 1% - - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 . to - Edinburgh and Northern ... 10 - Edinburgh and Perth - Ely and Huntingd on .. 7 l /2 614 • to - Enniskillen and Sligo 2V, - ...... to - Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 / 1 wog... to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ....-- - Gl p ou ° c . . lA , A . to • Ditto, New - of Wales - ..... to Shares bery s t i ( v s i tb, per a n c t d . g e n e a n ? 12% Gool e , Doncaster,Sheffid., &c. 425. Grand Union (Nott. &Lynn) 1% --- to Great Eastern and W es t ern ... 2 1 / 2 --••• to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 2 7% - to Great Munster - to Great No r th o f S co tland _2 l / 2 -_ Great North . of England 100 ......236% Ditto, New Ditto, New ... 15 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares lO Ditto, Fifths Do. New Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Ditto, Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% — ...... to Do. do. and Norwich 2% to Killarney Junctions l l4 — Kendal and W indermere l% ..--. -... . to Lancaster and Carlisle Do. New 5 ...... 10%...... t o Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2% — ...... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. - dis. to Leeds and Dewsbury Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ... 2% — Liverpool and Bury London rs; Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d....... 9 3 ...... 5 i / 1 1 - - Do. New . Do. Extension 7% — .... to Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 60% 59% 8 to 60 Do. Fifths 4O ...... ...... to London and Croydon...l3/. 15 s . 9d ....... 2134 • 22 to -- Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d.. Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... .. to Londen,Hounslow.&Westena 2 . _ ...... to London • .. and North Western..loo .... 199 198... to 200 ...... ...... to Do. Quarter Shares ...... 2 Do. do. New ...... 2 ...... 16%...... to Do, de. Fifths .............. 2 ...... ...... to Do. Eighths ........ .G. J. 12% ...... ...... to Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 ..... to Do. 404 Shares.....L. &M. 8 .....• ...... to London and S. Western.... 41/. 68. 10d. 70 ...... to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 ...... 54 ...... to Ditto New .................... 22 1 4.. ...30% 31 1 % to SO% Do. New .. 18 ...... 25 ... to ... Louden and Y0rk....... 2% . . .... .to Ditto Half Shares ......... ...... to London and Windsor ...... IA. London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2%........... Londoriderry and Coleraine.— 12% Londoridc - ..... to .onnor , aerry and Enniskillen 12g ...... -a Lynn and Ely ................15 ..... to Lynnnd Derehani ............ 15 ...... ifauelieuer and Leed s , - 9 ......... 82 to Ditto half Shares .. .... Ditto Quarters .............. _ ..... . to 2 t Ditto Fifths .................. 3 to Ditto Sixteenths . .. ... VA — to Do. Extension Manchester and Blrmingham;,4o Ditto Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters (B) Ditto Quarters (C) 1 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. Manchester, Birmingham, and MouldJunction Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 .....137 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... I Midland and Eastern Counties 2 % — to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newmarket and Chesterford 21.12 s .. % p... to 4 p Newport and Abergavenny. . 214 % to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 4 1 / — to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1.g...... Vorfolk Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension North British Ditto Half Shares, Ditto Fifths 5 Do. Quarters l l4 3 % 1A... to Ditto, Extension 4arthern and Eastern 5 O/8 - _ . _ Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Staffordshire ..... 425. North Wales North. & South. Connecting 2%..... Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ... ..... ...... ... 2 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1N Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre 25 ••••• • to to to - - ..... to ,—. Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 3/. 125.... dis. Richmond Royston and Hitchen Rugby and Leamington Scottish Central Scottish Midland ..- ........ ... 12% .. 12 ..... to Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot teries, and Crewe l% Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto 1 4 Shares 8 Do. and Lincolnshire J unct. 1%...... _ Do. and Groat Grim.l. 7 ... 10 Do. do. do. Extension... 425. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 — to Shropshire Union . 42s. log dis to Shrewebury, Wolverhampton, and S. Staflordsh. Junction 2%..... Sligo and Shannon l% .. .. to South Devon ....... ...... ... 35 South Midland 425....... South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 2 — South Eastern and Dover ... 33% ...... Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No '' l2 Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. 2% — to St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond.... Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% — to South Wales Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 Taw Vale Extension Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 4 — to Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Warwickshire and London... 42s Warwick and Worcester 425....... ..,.... to Waterford and Kilkenny 8 Waterford and Limerick ... .. 22%... .. to Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welsh Midland 2% — to West Riding Union 425. West Cornwall West London, Old Shares ... 20 ' — ...... to Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 10 ..... Worcester,Warwick,& Rugby 425. — York and Carlisle York and Newcastle 25 ..... Ditto, New.... 5 ...... 17 ~ . Ditto, Preference York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branch ___ Ditto, Selby Ditto, Extension Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. • - - - Anglo-Belgian Bar badoes Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2 1 72 Boulogne and Amiens l6 .. Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 Central of Spain Ceylon - Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian - Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 - Great Indian Peninsular ss. — - Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 3% •••••• ...... to Italian and Austrian - Jersey 1 Jamaica S. Midland J unct i on 1 ...... to --- Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras - ..... to - Madras, Nellore, and A rco t ... l IA — auritius Namur and Liege u - ZB/8 ••• Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ...... 7%7 1 i Over Yssel 413 s 4d.......-. Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans... ......... ... 20 Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 Rouen and Havre 20 — to Sambre and Meuse lO Strasburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 — to Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt - Trinidad.. .......: ... 2% West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London 2O — to London Joint Stock ...- ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 - to National Provincial of Engld. 35 National of Ireland 22% ... .. to ..... Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia 25 Union of London ...... 10 MINUS. Real del Monte, Unregistered COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 8 4 ...... to -- ,NGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. ..... ....... Leghorn .... ••• • • ..... 30 65 Genoa..... • . ..... • • • Milan • • . • 26 20 Venice • • ..... ••• • •• •• Naples ••• • • • • 39% Palermo, perm. ......• . 119% Lisbon.. • ••.••• • • • . 52% 0p0rt0.... •••.• • • 521% Rio Janeiro •• . ..... •• 24% Bahia.• ...... Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight Philadelphia ........., PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold lu bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •••• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 00 0 Silver in bars 0 0 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5% Rotterdam .... • 2U. 12 8% Antwerp• • .. liamburgh .... • M.B. 13 14 Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 85 Ditto, 3 months Marseilles •••••• • • • • • • 26 15 Bourdeaux....... • • • • 26 15 frankfort on Maine.... 122 k Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... .. Berlin . Vienna, effec.flo• • • • 10 10 Trieste, ditt0........., 10 10 Madrid ••.. • • 35% Cadiz • • •.. : ........ 364 Barcelona ..... ....„ Seville.. ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.--(THIS DAY.) - LONDON, OCT. 28.—Wind N. W., light airs and calm, with thick fog. DEAL, OCT. 27. Wind N. to N.N.W., moderate, and fine.—Sld. Earl of Durham, Henderson, Sierra Leone ; Sussex, St. Kitts. Ponzsmoum, Ocr. 27.—Wind N.E.—Sld. 25th, Magic, New Orleans; Bayne, Africa; 27th, Johanna, Falcner, Cape of Good Hope; Woolsington, Wilson, Jamaica ; Pursuit, Spence, New Orleans; St. James, Meyer, New York. PLY3IOUTH, OCT. 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Zitella, Pearson, Prince Edward's Island, for Shields, leaky. Sld. 26th, Illus trious, Weeks, South Carolina; Gauntlet, M'Gregor, Tobago; Anna, Seale, Rio. OFF ILFRACOMBE, OCT. 26. Damascus, Liverpool, for Boston, dismasted, in tow of the Herald steamer. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Sarah Trot man, Brown, St. Domingo ; Kalamazoo, Philadelphia ; Henry Clay, Nye, New York ; Cantab, Newfoundland. Sid. Susan, Wishart, Mauritius ; France, Duncan, New Orleans ; St. George, Ferris, New York; Remittance, Prince, Boston; Manchester, Bell, Newfoundland. Off port, Chaos Wilson, New York ; Stanhope, New York. The Sea King steamer, for Belfast, ran foul of the Lady Shaw Stewart, for Payta, and did some damage. The St. Lawrence, Hagedon, for Charleston, has put back leaky, having struck on Arklow Banks. DUBLIN, Ocr. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Rover, St. John's, New Brunsµ•ick. }TABUXI'O OCT. 25.—Arrd. Percy, Scott, Quebec. QUINIMI, BY TOBERMORY, Ocr. 24.—The Eliza Moore, Clark, of Limekilns, from Itiga to Belfast, was driven on shore on the Island of Call 22d inst. ; crew saved. BALLYCASTLE, Ocr. 25.—The Curlew, Hall, of Sunder land, from Archangel to Gloucester, drove on shore on Rathlin Island 22d inst. during a heavy gale; crew saved. SHIELDS, OcT. 23.—Courier, Ridley, New York. beIN THE CHANNEL, Ocr. 25.—Nancy of Waterford, Que c, for Cardiff. RkIIIKALDY , Ocr. 24.—Caledonia, Kinnear, Davis' Straits ; eg ' alia, Guthrie, ditto. LEITH Ocr. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sld. B r i ton, P ort A delaide. OFF LowEsToFT, Oar. 2 3.—Rambler, Davidson, Quebec. WEXFORD, Ocr. 24.—Arrd. Menapia, Rossiter, Quebec. PENTLAND FRITH, Ocr. 23.—Arrd. Prince of Wales, Brown, St. John's New Bruns w i c k, f or H u ll. SWANSEA.—SId. Alary Dugdale, Simpson, Cuba; Dorothy Gales, Silverson, ditto. • AI° I4 TEOSE, OCT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Acrd. Sir William Wallace, Sutherland, (2,it, bee. RAMSGATE, OCT, 27.—Wind N., light.—Sld. Alert, Ord, Havannah. DUBLIN, Ocr. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Sid 23th, Rovers, St . John's, New Brunswitik. COWES, OCT. 27.—Wind N.N.E., fine.—Sld. Parthian, Sabrae, St. Croix • Francis de Peraw, New Orleans; Elide, M•Fales, ditto; Utica, Pearce, New York. TORBAY, Ocr. 25.—Arrd. North Ash, Allward, Harnhurgb, for Newfoundland. PULLENDIRA, SLIGO, Ocr. 27.—A board, EmulaUs, in six inch letters, and a large black dog, with a brass collar, marked " Whose dog are you ?—Captain Marshall's," ha" been picked up on this coast. LIMERICK, Ocr. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Ellen Fore stal, Bunbury, Miramichi. FALMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Wind variable, and light.—Arr d : Favourite Alexander, Bahia, sld. Bth ult. Off port, Swe e ' Home, Colle, Rio Grande. Sid. Rhoon and Pendrecht, kens, Batavia; Oscar, and Ricardo, Escarza, Havannah. 'SHIELDS, OCT. 27.—Wind W. to W.N.W., moderate.-- Arrd. 25th, Fanny, Smith, Prince Edward's Island; Lady Jane, Harrison, Davis Straits; 26th, Francis, Laing,Quebec ; Droxdale, Douglas, Patagonia; 27th, Elizabeth and Sa rah ' Heron, Quebec. The Earl of March, hence to Cron) artps which put back, 25th inst. leaky, struck on the bar , ha c t been laid on the ground, and repaired. Arrd. Robert an George, Dixon, Quebec, struck on the bar, and is very CLYDE, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Caledonia, Greenhorn, 1110llIe BEAUMARIS, OCT. 26.—The Emerald, Flegg, from Odessa' was assisted in here yesterday, leaky, and cargo shifted. to SCILLY, OCT. 26.—The Florida, Lewis, from Quebec ,s Cardigan, arrived here, took the ground between St. M artin Head and the Eastern Islands, but got off apparently t i yithen damage. A rd. WATERFORD, OCT. 26.—Wind N. to N.N.E. ---- A c c i, Minerva, 'Phillips, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sld. Stan: M'Mallon, New Orleans ; Leak, Stours, St. John's, ,"4 e"( foundland. WIVENHOM, OCT. 27.—The Zoar, Sparling, from Leed: it ° London, was totally lost yesterday, in the Upper Swill; cr and part of materials saved. MARKET NE IV S.-(THIS DAY') rl A CORN EXCHANGE —WEDNESm4- 1, This week full average supplies of Wheat have reach ed :. coastwise from Kent; but from all other quarters th e r f es ceipts have been on a limited scale. The number of semP tb , of that grain on show was by no means extensive, Yet ro jo demand was by no means active. However, the few Pa ja . a disposed of produced Monday's quotations. In free Fer . , e c ",cl Wheat very few sales were concluded, yet the holders ell ier e no disposition to give way in prices. For bonded grai n .4ol. were very few inquiries, and the rates were almost new ea t The sale for Barley was very firm, at the late improve; all in value. Superfine Malt was held at more mono', w, h 'fioer other kinds were very firm. Oats, Beans, Peas, and were quite as dear. English •• • • • • Irish • • • • Foreign ...... Wheat. 1,320 qrs. ARRIVALS. Dartay. I Oats I 1, 110 5 ." • 800 qrs. qr 3. 8,930 I 6,880 2,900 1 3,060 ➢-Salt, 740 qrs. WRITECBAPEL. Gee" Fair average supplies of Meat were on offer here. but rally speaking the demand was. in a sluggish state.„ s ,. t it ton, little variation in prices. Beef, from 2s Sd t o 3s 8d; iloa to 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 35 4s 10d per Blbs. by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS L COURT. t ice The Lord Mayor, O the Lord Chief B aro n, Mr. '!` l l3 - 01 Erie, the Lord M a y or El ec t, an d M r . Sh e riff tcok their seats on th e b enc h s h ort l y a f ter t e n e'etu'r c o• ENDEAVOURING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM 1 1 0 ,,* o aecl THEROE, M.P.—A s mar tly-d resse d young ma°, - wo ° James IVcwbery, aged 24, described as a grooni' m le charged with sending letters to Mr. Protheroe , " w ith threatening to charge him with a horrible crime' the view of thereby extorting money from him. 0 04 Mr. BODKIN stated th e case to t h e j ur y, a nd in' 0 0' such threats as mos t d angerous , an d un l e ss e° l33 Tb surately punished, as likely to undermine sceie„,, t Y,: ce - 4° law awarded a high puni s h men t f or suc h a n °y e " c abl . high that, from the pertinacity which the prisouert 10 0 bited in his threats, it was possible he Might 10 been in ignorance of th e ser i ous putis lo2- 31'; which he was rendering hims e lf a menable.. so° Protheroe represent e d H a lif ax i n P ar lian3en" o f 11 0 he was both active an d zea l ous i n the di sc h a rge „alitt public duties. He was a bachelor, and kept nO re' the establishment in L on d on , b e i ng i n t h e h a bit du is re' London seas on o f occupy i ng a furn i shed house" -P erc eli t sidence bein g i n D orsets hi re. H e ma d e an arrOg o beo with a servant wh o h a d b een i n t h e serv i ce of c io e u t t (7 4 of his family f ur a b out 21 years, who wag marry and occupy a house, that some r oon3s. _ oc t 0 house, which w as s it uate d i n t h e ne i g hbourF ro bee Chester-square, sho u ld b e reserve d f or hi s (Mr' T4 Ol roe's) use, wh en h e was occas i ona ll y called t° either by b us i ness or pleasure, during the We fa th e while he wa s not occupy i ng a furnished h o use' 0/ , 0 October part o f th e autumn of 1845, Mr. P. w ent ,r. and returned ear l y i n t h e month of Novel p r - yent ive ' se' found it then necessary to dispatch h i s ow n , a Dortetshire to take possession of a house " o re: (Mr. P.) had become possessed of by the death e f te nh tiv r i tion. Having to make some visits to Che_ his ea o Exeter, and subsequently to Dorsetshire, wberesn..t servant was to juin him, and wanting a s erv na ny h i o e short period, he engaged the prisoner to ace° re r oe in the capacity of a valet during these visits: _ :j 0 „. t b d a r t: hired by what wa s t erme d " the job," and d e a n time Mr, Prothero e w as p a yi ug a v i s it to his . v g other relations the prisoner attended him, d", l l„ is elf e a time he gave great satisfaction, and behaved ill; for g tremely well. After remaining in his servi, c , pr bel ij d period of two months, he was discharged, a`,":', ol io e „ liberally paid for his services. He was at 07' in the month of January, and as Mr. Protheroe,llllo th clever r e i servant tu an , fo h r e theoffered pr is o t r ° e ci r o . b f e r o c . ,l s could ide re dt to h o im bfi a lin ve n r n ) o ' the month of January until E s nothing of th e pr i soner. It a ter, Mr. s acci alo. seemed he Iva , loft 4 1 with the porter of the Travellers' Club, 0 ' w k " 's Protheroe was a member, as well as of I' o°e-c a ge° r other clubs in the metropolis. The prisoner n' e d ia ": to this man.that he had been in the servic e ~c 1 Protheroe as a groom, and also that he had h e ri e t ast dr ' o Protheroe would have obtained a permanent , 5 0 - tO for him. The porter mentioned the circumsta nce el c e Protheroe, and expressed a wish that the pris er katil e '3 obtain respectable employment, to which .Mr. J- o said he might be referred to with respect to to ors of character whilst he was in his service. s 3e llse v i e ot mined until E as t er , when Mr. Protheroe receive d ado o notes from th e p r i soner, i n w hi c h h e state d that 7 for of succeeded in getti ng emp l oyment, an d aPPlrter s 3 of loan of some money ; b ut h e treated t h os e le t others which he was not unfrequently th e rea tk o e teeming, and th e y were destroyed as soon I ts " t he t i , ) L g (Mr. Bodki n ) oug h t h ere to state, that fro m 0 ;4 prisoner was di sc h arge d until the time h e a ,„,- a elt , " 1 r e' into custody, Mr. P rot h eroe did not give hi"' ore A be in the shape of money. These application s to le a d posited two or three times. At last the cest l , a se, .0; habit of going to the Travellers' Cluh'u e pa tlflpt, leaving notes for Mr. Protheroe, and, conseg e- ce • , e 5O visits became a source of considerable annoY ae nevertheless, there was nothing in the acto r° b ell 0 repeated applications to lead him t ; e sa aer of that it was the intention of the P., r a joictlo bring such a c h arge aga i nst hi m . In er ne' 3 0 August the pri soner ca ll e d upon M r . Prot 00 Dot remonstrated with him for sending the notes;„ D ioe, 01° said he had b een unsuccessful i n getting e'laig'')lP and asked'for a written character, which h e v doe•tb° during the ab sence o f t h at gentleman from P e je ft f ° 'oo Prothero e comp li e d w i th his wish, and it wa 6 ha t h e 00`' prisoner a t th e T ravellers ' Club ; it stated t t ioY r ce, a clever servant, and likely to be of service tc iyrotl i i, who required such a servant. Soon after, . s f r ',hid, received from th e T rave ll ers ' Cl u b a l e tter, di et , ti e! been left the re f ur hi m b y the prisoner. It reatbat leytiy Protheroe soon after it was left, and it was w ee" upon which the ch arge set forth in the in ule- „. found. It w as t o th e f o l lowing effect: —b, „ Sept . 4t of h 04 6 00 " Sir,—l feel very much disappointed ,at )fl; obtained the place with Sir George Ham u t° A" Lei P i right to explain that when the prisoner call e- 4.5 140" 0 re Protheroe fur the character referred to, be s - ir G e d e, Protheroe to obtain him a. situation with 03 pr e r t0 11' Hamilton as coachman, he being under the 11 1 00i 1 A fOt that he had the appointment of Sir Georg e °f oe, servants, which was not the case; the only rad orf the supposition being that Mr. Protheroe l b ( is c oa loa l some horses which Sir George had left in t o t hi ° boj when he went abroad. Mr. Protheroe disaburst r yoati ti of the i m p ress i on . Th e l etter went on:--JA f e ., 0 13 11P promised me, and after what has passed bet t at me, I thought you would have got me the P lace ,. you y ea go to th e c l u b s y ou b e l ong to , an d t e ll we' fo tbo b oo: which I can prove. I shall likewise let r ar t heltitt_ t A mother know what you are, and likewist a il acli o ptS and if you do not do something for me, l 5 °,0 i v i or a lawyer of it. You know very well what told fits me to do to you ; and it is right the public [ pi p e, who are those persons. Y ou sa id that if I w you tress you would do something for me „ bac e ia tk l o driven me to do what I have done ; for 9,,, e- yott very unhandsome to me. I can return t if I° o you do not answer by return of post, s o , any, 1 01 0 1, committees of the clubs to which you belong' 3 ,1 1 1) 0t`o like to vindicate yourself I am to be foul' . „ad, y Olt is James Newbery, Mr. Collins's, Mas° ll' 3l3"grae, ° street, St. James's. Certainly, I shall D ata* elig Now this letter was of a very mysterions eea clea,. o did not state in what way the writer int o af yrys grace the party, or what were the nat ure eth i . ev r eo which he threatened to expose unless O ta 111 5 0 . ea c e done to induce him to depart fr ° ja ° rye; pose. But it was permitted by 13w orefitto11 1 1 of this sort, and in others, where the A to ; indefinite, that evidence might be adduc e "' becal i ceel y definiteively to what they had referene t e ' 9o in b artful man might bring a charge against it 00bc person, which n.ight frighten him to " in ado e d t y demands, although the charge was not orto itt co o specific terms—therefore evidence was , 1) . 00 5, 11 1 , 13, o b o, adduced to destroy that which was anvil giant ,?gtt e p o sequently what in this case the prisoner _ t o , o b he wrote. Another letter was subsenne_ 'o,bil of Upon the receipt of such a letter as the on e kg; ti of now referred—and they who were i Co . .° t' P j meeting with cases of this sort keej a pt' e , Criminal Justice not unfrequentlYi.eroe P a ol o meaning of such threats—Mr. Fr?"' 09 that course which was open to iLtr a o f :jus ec atl namely, to bring the case before a court a 10 0 . 5 0 ; p oi claim the aid of the law for the purpose _i& hloraetbe a person who had made such charges agL: se ign, oo those who made such charges could n o e t 6 : 1 10111, the terror which a guilty man must f, e_t e n if P is terror which an innocent man must fee ois it co e ie in such an investigation as must necessarilyeither_ 01 4 ease was brought before the public . for a e a t 0 3 was possible that the fear of having suc h infl oce & ate he' in public against one, whether, a n be d guilty, would operate to su e ,L threa ts t he e ai to induce compliance with to- au f i n ref) 10 0 ,te out. Mr. Protliertse wrote a letter ,a wo rlo , I , ' t o dress ti:it;c' ;,, ) no r h a d given, al _A,r f "'" tUt J be vy hip P°- w-s into cu3n-e ha e; ste , fi of Mr. ,ated that aclne . o e f .j aa3 o at it t/ him (Mr. Pi•otherue) in the name believ e °' and expressing his disinclination to