The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

ROBBING PROM THE TEMPLE LIBRARY.—On Saturday it was discovered that the following audacious robbery was perpetrated in the library of the Middle Temple. About a week ago a person presented an order from the Queen's printer to the Rev. Mr. Rowlatt, the librarian, for certain volumes of the statutes, which were given him ; but some suspicion being excited, an inquiry was set on foot, and it was ascertained that the order was a forgery ; and further, that a similar and equally successful forgery had been perpetrated upon the Inner Temple and the library of Bow -street Police -court. A correspondent strongly requests attention to a regulation on the South• Western Railway for closing the electric telegraph on Sundays, which may not only operate disastrously, at it appears to have done in his own case, in personal matters, but also in cases where general interests are directly involved. The great use of the electric telegraph is to announce accidental events, which are just as likely to happen on a Sunday as on any other day ; and it is difficult, therefore, as the ne cessity in these instances is beyond control (a plea which cannot be urged in the majority of travelling ar rangements, for which the company make ample provi sion on Sundays), to recognise the motive for prohibit ing its employment. To the mercantile public the matter is of great interest, since there are instances in which the summoning of a partner to town in the case of the sudden death of one member of a firm, or, under other circumstances of emergency, might be the means of averting the stoppage of a house and the ruin of parties connected with it. The exposure of fradulent combinations of the most extensive kind may not un frequently depend upon similar means ; and it will also be seen that individuals absconding with property may, by selecting Saturday night for their operations and the South -Western line for their route, rely on a start of several hours. O ur correspon d ent suggests many strik ing instances in which the regulation might likewise, in the ordinary affairs of life, be productive of the most fatal results ; but we have only to do with t h e p o i nt as i t bears upon Oomm ercial , safety, and i n thi s respec t i t i s clearly of remark. a~eie nt importanc e t o ca ll f or i mmediate AsTosasumo PZAT.—On Thursday evening a most l extraordinary feat w as performed by a man named rvine. A rope was stretched from the lamp at bposoStone house-bridge t o a pole on the ° about 400 feet. Th e rope was ite side, a distanc e o f about so feet from t h e water, and he enga ge d to wa l k acrossit task amidst the cheers of at least two thousand "eeut s in p ee g his t a tors. Falmouth Packet.- Plants that are gathered with the dew upon them deaden and decompose much sooner than those which are collected a few hours after sunrise, and do not dry or preserve their colours nearly so well.—The Plough. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. LICHFIELD. Nov. 9.—Major Butler Morgan, Esq. (a Conservative), was this day unanimously chosen Mayor for the ensu ing year, and. Joseph Pitt, Esq., High Sheriff. The citizens entertain his worship at a public dinner at the swan Hotel this evening. BIRMINGHAM. Yesterday Robert Martineau, Esq.,brass-cock founder, was unanimously elected Mayor of Birmingham. Mr. Martineau is brother to Harriet Martineau, the celebrated writer. NORWICH. Nov. 9.—The town council met this day, of which forty Whigs and ten Tories were present,. for the purpose of electing the Mayor, Sher, and other officers, for the year ensuing. The choice of Mayor fell upon our late Sheriff, Jeremiah Colman, Esq., of New market-road, in this city, and also of that respected firm of J. and J. Colman, of Dowgate hill, London; he was proposed by Sir Wm. Foster, Bart., and carried unani mously; and that of Sheriff upon Charles Winter, Esq., who was proposed by S. S. Beare, Esq., and also carried unanimously. The meeting was a very full one, and after other appointments broke up, and appeared to have given general satisfaction to the public in such appoint. ments. Both gentlemen aro Whigs.—From a Corre spondent. POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Convinced it will be saving much disappoint ment and inconvenience when more generally known and correctly adopteJ, will you permit me through your columns to remind parties remitting by Post-office orders, the necessity of strictly regarding the regulation in respect to the " Christian and surname of those in whose favour the order is obtained." For want of this accuracy it not unfrequently happens that a money order (however small the sum) may have to be presented two or three times.—Your obedient servant, 121, Holborn-hill, Nov. 9. A. K. GIFFORD. THE CITY OF LONDON STOCK- BROKER'S' BOND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I see by a copy of " The Broker's Bond" in The Sun of yesterday, that the stockbroker is licensed by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London to be " a sworn broker in public stock, funds, shares, and other securities for money," and that by the bond on admission as a broker he binds himself in the penalty of one thousand pounds to fultil certain conditions therein named. If such bond can be enforced in a court of law it will be found to be a great protection to the public in purchasing or selling "public stock, funds, shares and, other securities for money;" but as to the probability of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen recovering the penalty from Mr. Mochas, I leave you and your readers to judge, after having read the two following extracts. The first I shall take from the same paper wherein is the copy of " The Broker's Bond," viz., The Sun of yesterday's date, folio 3, column 4:— COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 5. (Sittings in Banco.) KNIGHT V. BARBER. This case was tried at Liverpool before Mr. Justice Cresswell, the plaintiff was nonsuited upon the ground that a certain document was not stamped, purporting to be an agreement between the parties for the pur chase and sale of certain railway scrip or shares. Mr. BAINES moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted; he contended that the contract did not require a stamp, inasmuch as it was an agreement for the sale of an article which he contended came under the head of merchandise, which, with goods and wares were specially exempted from the operation of the Stamp Act. The LORD CHIEF BARON stated it was his opinion that the documet in question should have been stamped, because it was impossible to suppose that scrip could be considered as merchandise. The sale of scrip was nothing more than an agreement made between himself and some company or companies ; it could not, there fore, be goods or merchandise, and not coming under the exception contained in the Stamp Act, ought, therefore, to have been stamped. Mr. Baron PARKE was of the same opinion. The rule for a new trial refused. Now observe, the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Parke both held that railway scrip was neither goods, wares, nor merchandise. The second extract I take fro,u my common-place book, which itself was extracted from The Sun, December 16th, 1840: OLD BAILEY.-NEW COURT. TRIAL OF THOMAS PILGRIM FOR FORGERY.—A witnesi, who described himself as a. stockbroker, was asked if he was a licensed broker. He replied, " No." Sir FREDERICK PonLocx addressed the Court—There is no doubt in the profession that the stockbroker need not take out a license from the City, as the public funds are not goods, wares, or merchandise over which the City has any control. When we find Sir Frederick Pollock in open Court declaring the opinion of his profession generally to be that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen have only a right to grant brokers' licenses for the purpose of buying and selling goods, wares, and merchandise, and the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Parke ruling that railway scrip is neither goods, wares, nor merchandise, where is the probability of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London recovering the penalty of one thousand pounds from Mr. Rochas on the bond given by him on his admission as a stockbroker, he being licensed as a broker in public stack, funds, shares, and other securities for money, uver which Sir Frederick Pollock says the City has no control? By the report on Mr. Rochas' case we find one of the points on which the penalty of the bond is sought to be recovered is, that Mr. R. allowed his son to act for him as broker without having been duly admitted; ;but I do not find that any prosecution of Mr. Rochas, jun., was ordered for acting as a stockbroker, not being duly ad mitted and licensed by the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London. How did this hap pen? If the City authorities have no power to prose cute Mr. Rochas, jun., how can they reasonably expect to recover the penalty under Mr. Rochas, sen,'s bond, he having allowed his son to act as a broker in a way those authorities have no power to forbid? In the observations I have made I have no wish or desire to be considered either as the apologist or advocate of the Messrs. Rochas, and in point• ing out the probability of the failure of the City prosecution, I do so under the hope that the members of the Stock Exchange will come forward and assist the City authorities, in case of need, to procure Legislative sanction to the City bond and license, which have hitherto tended to place in public confidence and give respectability to the stockbroker of the city of London; and perhaps it would be desirable that a ge neral measure should be adopted to license all share brokers in the kingdom. Why should they escape more than bankers or auctioneers? I am, Sir, yours, &0., D-N. Ilfracombe, Nov. 6th, 1846. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l request the favour of your attention to a Par liamentary Return (printed 17th of August, 1846,) of Pictures purchased for the National Gallery, with the sums paid for the same. Generally speaking, they appear to have been bought at very extravagant prices. But lot us take the last mentioned, No. 65, " Susanna and the Elders," out of Mr. Penrice's collection, for 1,2601. Now, Sir, I happened to be present at this sale by Messrs. Christie and Manson, on Saturday, July 6, 1844, when this identical picture wag knocked down for the sum of 900 guineas to a gentleman of the name of Grimshaw. It is charged to us (the public) 1,260/. Will you, Sir, be so obliging as to inform us into whose purse or pocket this little difference (3151.) between 900 guineas and 1,2601. has found its way? The preceding lot ("Lot and his Daughters") was purchased for the National Gallery at the sum specified in the Parlia mentary return—namely, 1,600 guineas—and a most splendid picture it is; as far superior to " Susanna and the Elders" as a sovereign to a shilling. Hoping you will be pleased to favour us with the ex planation requested, and tell us the circumstances which at present appear a little suspicious, I remain, Sir, YOUR CONSTANT READER. London, Nor. 10, 1846. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ErENING, NOVEMI3EII 10, 1846. NEW WORK BY G. W. FEA.TIIERSTONIIAUGLI , ESQ. Just ready, in 2 vols., Svo., with Map and Plates. ACANOE VOYAGE to the SOURCES of the GREAT NOR WESTERN TRIBUTARY of the MIS SISSIPPI, called Minnay Sotor, or St. Peter's River; containing a detailed account of the Stratification of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin ; of the Gold Region in the Chehokee Country, with Popular Sketches of Manners, &c. By G. W. FEATHERSTONIIAUGH, F.R.S., F.G.S. Author of " Excursions through the Slave States." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publlisher in Ordluary to her Majesty.) 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS Now Ready. I. Vol. VI. of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS 10s. 6d. bound. HOCHELAGA ; or, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." Second edition. _2 vols., 21s. bound. HORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS of the REIGN of GEORGE THE SECOND. Edited, with a Preface and Notes, by the late Lord HOLLAND. Second edition, revised. In 3 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, price 12s. each. CANADA AND THE CANADIANS IN 1846. By Lleutenan Colonel Sir RICHARD BONNYCASTLE. 2 cols., 21s. bound. V. BURKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. Complete in 2 vol®. royal Bvo. 21. 105. bound. VI. The NELSON LETTERS and DISPATCHES. Complete in 7 vols. Bvo. 31. lie. bound. VII The HISTORY of MART ANNE WELLINGTON ; the Soldier's Daughter, Wife, and Widow. By the Rec. R. COBBOLD, M.A., Author of " The History of Margaret Catchpole." 3 cols. with Il lustrations, 31s. Gd. bound. TNEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A. Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Ilarrlson ; Ferdinand, Mr, King ; Philippo, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Doe Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After wllich will be produced Auger's ropular Ballet Opera, called THE MAID OF C ‘SIIMEItE. The principal characters will be supported by Messrs. Rafter, Weiss, llorncastle, Jones, Hodges ; Mdlle. Anita Dubignon, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mdlle. Adele Benart, Miss Missent, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAII.KET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vete, Mr. 801 l Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; Mr.llardman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; T m 'Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover; Clarlbel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yiu - nold; Fanny Har.iman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Hon ; Sir Arthur Lovol, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro linnm," " Juris," and " Marian ; the " Sophien Tanze" (blazer) ; " La Sonnambula," Cornet a l'iston, Mr. Davies; and the Overture to " Guillaume Tell." To conclude with a New Comely, in three acts, entitled QUEEN I‘EARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Miss Telbin, &c. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of T. Archer, Box Look•kecper. • TIll•lATIZE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Two Nights of the Company Performing previous to the Chrl,trnas Vacation. THIS EVENING _ The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, l'O PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Wvollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Yew Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Binary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Barris, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with the Burlesque of THE MAGIC HORN. In which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Matthews, Miss Vil lars, Miss Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THEATIIE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the popular Musical Comedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin, Mr. Lambert; Charles Franklin, Mr. Selby ; 11.11 y Lackaday, Mr. Wright ; Sandford, Mr. Worrell ; Curtis, Mr. Cullenford ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia, Mrs. Tates ; Laura, Miss Woolgar ; Susan, Miss Brooks. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GIMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." Tho principal characters persenifled by Miss el corgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. lull], Honner, Peren, &c. After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Miss Dorothea Danzers, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Tidy, Miss Laporte. Te conclude with the Musical Entertainment of THE QUAKER. In which Messrs. Barker, Leffler, Honner, Compton, Miss Grant, Mrs. Fosbroke, &c. will perform. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Reappearance of the celie:rated Tragic Artistes, Miss Cushman and Miss Susan Cushman, for Six Nights only. THIS EVENING Will be performed Talfourd's Play of lON. Ton, Miss Cush man ; Adrastus, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Medon, Mr. Neville ; Cithes, Mr. Pelham; Phocion, Mr. Fredericks ; Ctesiphon, Mr. Johnson ; Cassander, Mr. Tyndall ; Agenor, Mr. Heslop ; Clemanthe. Miss Susan Cushman. To conclude with the Drama of ALICE GRAY, THE SUS PECTED ONE ; or, The Moral Brand. Supported by the prin cipal talent of the Company. ASTLEY'i ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Second Week of the celebrated Artiste Stall-Master STEINBRECHT, Master of the Horse to the lilug of Prussia, with his highly-trained Prussian horses. First Week of the new Magical Spectacle, introducing the Syrian Camels and Deer. Mons. Neuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, and the Champion Vaulters. THIS EVENING Will be perform e d a grand new 1 agical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE. DEMON lIORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which will be introduced a Wild Stag-Hunt, by living Deer, and numerous attractive scenic effects. Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with a laughable AFTERPIECE. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at Mx aq.l commence at 1 4 to 7 o'clock—Stage Manager, Mr. W.Broadfoot. ITOCHELAGA ; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. EDITED BY ELIOT WARBURTON, ESQ.—A second edi• Lion of this attractive book has already been called for by the public. The Examiner justly observes, " This is not the work of a common writer. The author has a vein of deep thought, as well as a quink susceptibility to external characteristic forms. His book is full of plea sant reading, and suggestive, at the same time, of im- ortant practical reflections. His objectis to convey to English readers more correct notions and a more ade quate estimate, than have hitherto prevailed, of the im portance of Canada to England as an integral part of the empire. But, in truth, the most striking parts of the work—those which arrest the attention most, and cling longest to the memory—relate to the United States. What he has attempted to do is a bold and useful un dertaking ; to contrast the social condition that may be attained under the modified and mixed constitutions of England with that which can be obtained under the dernocratical institutions of the United States. The mere conception of such a work i n di ca t es p ower an d origi nality, and what has been produced is full of valuable matter." We have to announce the serious indisposition of the Earl of Portsmouth. His recovery is exceedingly doubtful. The Noble Earl, it is well known, has long been subject to aberration of mind, His Lordship is at present at his country residence, Hnrstbourne Priory, Hants, THE WEATHEE.—SIIN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 10. SZHERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 43; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 30.45. WIND E., fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGF. Tuts DAY. Morning .. S minutes after 6. J Evening .. 81 minutes after G. are bowing with submission to the majesty of Uni versal Truth. During the festivities appertaining to the rent-day at Wynyard Park on Friday, the 6th instant, a re markable oration was delivered to his tenantry by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. There were no evidences of legislative sagacity in this oration ; its induction was not astonishing for any display of profundity in the know ledge and application of political economy; nor, indeed, was there any approach to oratorical excel lence even in its peroration. Nevertheless, we dis tinctly maintain that the speech delivered on this occasion by Lord LONDONDERRY, meagre in illustra tion, and inartistic in arrangement as it undoubtedly was, carried with it, on the whole, a marked and significantimportance. TheNobleMarquis,cheered by the flourishing condition of his rent- roll, and exulting in the accurate balance of the accounts between himself and his numerous tenantry, takes a retrospective re view of the consequences of the policy sanctioned by the Legislature during the last session of the Imperial Parliament. And what, in brief, may be asked, were the reflections excited by the retrospection of one so deeply and personally interested in the prosperity of the agriculture of Great Britain ? Briefly, they were these. Lord LONDONDERRY could not help acknow ledging that prices have continued rising steadily up to the last market-day ! that farmers in the ag gregate were never in a more prosperous condition ! that he himself had a convincing testimony that this prosperity was not superficial, seeing that two only out of his whole body of tenantry were in arrears! Beyond this, he felt peculiar satisfaction in declaring that resits were in no instance diminishing! and that, on the contrary, there was no prospect whatever of their being lowered ! Yet the talisman of agriculture had been broken long since ; the palladium of British corn-growers had been destroyed; the omnipotent corn-laws had been repealed ! Arguments are all is a capital affair in its way ; uallity of payment in a tenant, butvery t b well p ; u logic et the melodious ringing of gold coin and the crumpling of bank -notes in the fingers of a steward, are more convincing than the masterpiece of the most con summate logician. Lord LONDONDERRY recognises the foolishness of the mournful anticipations indulged in by the protectionists ; he recognises their foolish ness in the happiness of his tenantry, and in the replenishment of his coffers. Beholding the pros perity that has, in his experience, resulted from the recent Parliamentary changes, the Noble Marquis reprobates the asperities of language and occasicnally the miserable personalities by which those changes were accompanied ; he avouches that much exaggera tion was visible in the picture variously but darkly painted by the imaginations of the most eminent up holders cf protection. In the conduct of the late Prime Minister he does not perceive anything re quiring apology. " Sir RODENT PEEL," says he, " was the Minister of the country, not of a party." According to the aspersers of that Right Honour able Baronet, the nation was to be involved in difficulties immediately upon the acceptation of his measures of mercantile reform—according to the admiring and grateful contemporaries of that great statesman, general advantages would, on the contrary, result therefrom. The former assertion has been laughed to scorn by the verification of the latter. Simple and unassuming as was the oration of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, it is likely to prove one of eminent utility. It is the approval wrung from a landowner by the realisation of some amongst the fair est dreams of the free-traders—those dreams which were once regarded as the visions of Utopia. The admirable letter of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the Duke of LEINSTER, to which we have already directed the public attention, has roused the ire of the Earl of DESART, who has published what he calls a vindication of himself and his brother landlords from the charges supposed to be contained therein. It is said that the Noble Earl is a candidate for the vacan representative peerage occasioned by the death of the late Marquis of THosIoND, hence his readiness to rush into print to attack the sagacious statesman at the head of the Ministry, in order that the noble electors may have an opportunity for judging of his qualifications, and seeing on what slender grounds he can carp at the Government and pour forth his spleen against the Executive. Lord Joux—in stating the course pursued by the Administration in authorising the Lord-Lieutenant to deviate from the letter of the law, and to give his sanction to advances being made for useful and profitable works, although of a private nature, thus taking upon themselves a great and. se rious responsibility, for which a Parliamentary in• demnity will be required—stated the views which the Cabinet had formed as to the practical working of the Labour-rate Act. He said, "It had been our hope and expectation that landed proprietors would have commenced works of drainage and other im provements on their own account, thus employing the people on their own estates, and rendering the land more productive for the future. In that case it would have been only the surplus labour which would have been employed on roads and other works not imme diately profitable." Lord DESART immediately be comes indignant at what, we must confess, appears to us a rather natural expectation. It is reason able to hope that every subject will discharge the duties incidental to his position. It is especially the duty of every landowner to provide adequate em ployment for the labouring poor belonging to his es tate ; he should either provide them with useful occu pation likely to afford a fair return for the amount expended, or he should make up his mind to support them in idleness, and not to cast upon others the burden which in justice and equity should fall upon himself. And it might fairly be calculated, that in the pressing difficulties in which the country has been placed, some, at least, of the body would strive efficiently to perform their part, and to employ the people on their own estates. This, however, appears a monstrous supposition to Lord DESART. He cannot hear it " without entering his protest against the im plication of neglect of duty on the part of the Irish landlords." The manner in which his Lordship proceeds to prove that they have fulfilled their duties, and that an unjust and unfounded aspersion has been cast upon them by the implication of neglect, is essentially Irish ; he divides them into two classes, those who have hitherto neglected and those who have performed their duties, and he attempts to show that from neither of these can anything be expected at the pre sent time. He asks— " Does Lord John R usse ll h ere allude to those who have hitherto neglected their estates ? If so, surely his knowledge of human nature must have been sufficient to tell him that those wh om ne i t h er a sense of interest nor mutual obligation had hitherto been able to incite to a performance of their duties would not be likely to come forward at this crisis. But if he alludes to the resident and improving proprietors, how does he expect them, with a diminished rental and increased burdens, to create a new fund to meet the present emergency ? If they havo hitherto done their duty, they have employed their available income in carrying out improvements on their properti es ; an d , i n the present t i mes , it will require the utmost economy on th e ir parts to continue (not to in crease) the number of their labourers. This is, indeed, rather a curious vindication of the Irish landlords. One section have always neglected their estates. It is, therefore, absurd to suppose that they will be stimulated even by the present emer gency, and all that will be in the power of the other is to continue the former quantity of labour. Lord DEURT should know that if the landlord of the latter class had fully performed his duty there would be no pressure or necessity in his immediate neighbour hood,----every man belonging to his lands would be provided with sufficient work thereon, without being compelled to seek it from other sources; but he seems to think that the landlords are to do nothing them selves, but that everything is to be pro vided for them by the State. The English land lords obtain no Government assistance, and yet the poor are taken care of and provided for, but in Ireland everything must be done by the Government, and it is unreasonable to hope for any thing from unaided exertion. His Lordship com plains that the proprietors of entailed estates cannot obtain a participation of the benefits offered by the Drainage Act. This, we think, should be amended, as we agree with his Lordship that it is the tenant for life, who cannot charge the inheritance of the lands with any portion of the amount expended thereon in permanent and valuable improvements, that more urgently requires the assistance that would be thereby afforded; but it should be borne in mind that the present Government are not responsible for that Act, nor was it intended as the means by which the exigencies of the country were to be provided for. The landlord who cannot come within its provi sions may receive assistance, and have his lands drained under the provisions of the Labour•rate Act in its modified form ; he may, by giving the re quired '•undertaking, obtain a presentment at the Extraordinary Baronial Sessions, and thus, pro tanto, remove the burden that would be occasioned by works of an unprofitable nature from the electoral division in which his property is situated. Lord DESART should showthat he himself, and those as whose advocate he appears, have also failed in the attempt to make these latter provisions available. We can feel for the difficulties to be encountered by Irish landlords ; but before they look for the public sympathy they should strive with activity and zeal to overcome them by the means within their power, and, above all, they should refrain from vilifying and reproaching the wise and sagacious Ministers that have already done so much on their behalf because they do not work impossibili ties, and should be thankful for the assistance that has been afforded to them. Madrid papers of the 3d instant have arrived. It was believed in Madrid that one of the first pro jects of law which would be presented to the new Cortes by the Ministers, would be a measure fur the nform of the commercial tariff. Queen CHRISTINA, it is said, will leave Madrid for Paris at the close of the present year. Don ENRIQUE is expected shortly to return to Madrid. These papers contain news from Lisbon of the 29th, Santarem was at that time in possession of the insur gents, having been evacuated by the QUEEN'S troops, who,had arrived in Lisbon. The QUEEN had issued a de cree, directing that if the Count DE TITOMAR (CABRAL) should set foot in Portugal he should he immediately arrested and confined in a fortress. A royal order has been communicated to the commander of the frigate Dulineza de Braganza, the guardship of the port of Lisbon, to seize the person of the Count DE THOMAR, if he should arrive by sea. Lisbon was completely surrounded by guerillas, so that it was dangerous for any of the garrison to leave the city. These guerillas loudly demanded the abdication of the QUEEN, and the withdrawal of King FERDINAND and his favourite German, DIETZ, the Afrance.sado,from the country. A narticle entitled " The State of the Question," which has been clan destinely published by the Democratic party, contains the following passage : " Either the revolution must fail, and a new 6th of October take place, the representative Government being replaced by a personal Government, or the Queen must abdicate and withdraw altogether from public affairs with her husband and 'maitre Dictz,'to whom the country is already indebted for some revolutions and for the state of anarchy in which it is at present placed. This spon taneous ablieation would be the only natural act of the reign of Donna Maria." The Count DAs AI TAS was rapidly advancing on Lisbon, and according to the Cacliz National, King FERDINAND seemed rather inclined to treat with him than to fight him, and had even asked the com mander of the English fleet to act as a mediator be tween himself and his subjects. MADrup BoLsA, Ocr. 31.—Three per Cents., 344 money, 34% paper ; Four per Cents., 21 1 4 ; Five per Cents., 21 1 / 2 , with the current coupons. Debt without Interest, 6% paper. Vales, unconsolidated, 8 3 ,E money. Coupons, 20. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales. The market was firm. Sales all to the trade. American at sd. to 6d4d, Egyptian at 7d. to 10d., and Surat at 3id. to 4d. per lb. Shares were at full prices again. Among the productive sources of revenue, the article of hops certainly stands in the foremost rank this year, and it is curious to note how greatly the national in come, from this source, will exceed the amount antici pated early in the year, being now officially declared at 242,9291. The mercantile community have long felt that steam navigation must change, to an important extent, the system of modern warfare, and that the defences on our coast, to which more attention is recently being paid, should be accompanied by efficient measures, for some slight training of the inhabitants, unused as the majority now are to even the handling of a gun. A retired officer, in some " Remarks on our Means of Defence against an Invasion," justly writes, that " the unprotected state of the country- has, no doubt, obtruded itself upon the notice of the r. fleeting part of the in habitants ; but as many do not take the trouble to re flect, and as the thinking faculties of a considerable number are devoted almost exclusively to commerce and manufactures, he cannot be deemed an alarmist who calls the attention of the public to a subject of more importance than any that has in latter days engrossed its meditative powers. It is, in the first place, neces sary to inform the unthinking, that the popular phrase, " the wooden walls of England," is now become obso lete ; however just and expressive it may have been in former days, when the winds and tides, combined with the superior seamanship of our mariners, kept us in a state of security. Now that the passage from shore to shore is an affair of a few hours—that steamers can lie off any part of our coast by the furce of their engines, and troops can be landed from them wherever the enemy may think advisable— the expression has no meaning. Our sailors will in future have to gather their laurels in more distant climes, where the passage of a sea or ocean will give the chance of a rencontre between hostile fleets. " It should also be forcibly impressed on our minds, that the facility with which troops can be carried to the point of embarkation, and the various munitions of war collected together; lay us infinitely more open to an in vasion than we were only a few years ago. The com bined efforts of a people, where the various classes are mostly independent, from possessing, nearly all, personal or landed property, however small, must be infinitely greater, in case of any Rational movement, than those of a country where the classes are more dependent on each other for their daily subsistence. The bulk of the people, in the former case, is more iden tified with the national glory and interest than in the latter. It behoves us, therefore, the more to prepare all the means in our power for resistance. The principal object of these remarks is to urge the employment of the militia as a nursery for the line, and the necessity of arming and training the people ; or if the latter should be considered inexpedient, as a general measure, to give at least greater facilities to the formation, both in town and country, of corps of yeomanry and volunteer cavalry, to be trained so as to act, when dismounted, as skirmishers. So long as our army is, numerically speak ing, wholly inadequate to meet such an emergency as I have contemplated, some of the measures I have sug gested are urgently and immediately necessary to the safety of the country." The Spanish Bondholders Committee, represented at Paris by the deputation which co-operates with the continental creditors, does not appear to let the grass grow under its feet, for an energetic statement has been made public, which, while it sets forth in plain terms the increased ability of Spain to do justice to those who assisted her in time of need, also plainly intimates that every effort will be used to press the matter officially upon the attention of the Go vernment of Madrid, should quiet representation fail of the effect intended. The Public Securities, upon this, the first transfer day of the week, are exhibiting a somewhat firmer aspect, and there is the same apparent disposition on the part of the public to sustain the market, more, perhaps, than speculators feel inclined to do. Consols have been 94} 4 for present delivery, and 941 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills is maintained at lls. to 14s. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 931 to 931. Business in the Foreign Market has been as limited as ever, and prices are consequently almost nominal. Spanish Five per Cents. brought 26*. Mexican Bonds have been firm at 221 to Dutch Two•and-a Half per Cents. have been 591. Shares are good upon the whole, but not quite so buoyant. Edinburgh and Glasgow have been down to 75 and 73. Caledonian have been 234 to 24. Great Western are 137. Ambergate have been firm at ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% % U 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4 5 4 ; 34% 94:-r i New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95% 1 4% 1 4 95% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 9% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 9 11-16 3 / 4 93 / 4 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 10 1-16 10 1-16 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 10001. I%d. ... 11 14 -- p 14 p Ditto, 500/ Ditto, Small ONE O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN EITNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account . 22) / 2 14 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account 26% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 9194 PEKES OF BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING BAILWAY SHARES PAID . AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... 2 3 ( 1 % Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Belfast & County Down 4% . Birmingham and Dudley 40s. ... .. 636 1 / 2 p Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New 17% — •••• •.••.•... 6 % P Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 23 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... ... Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 2 1 / ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 214 2% ••• Cambrian & Grand June 42s ...... Chester and Holyhead-. 27% 24% 23% ..... Churnet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 425. _ Chelteiham and Oxford 2 ...... . Clydesdale Junctio- ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ••• 11 / 2 — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% ...... Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% l% I)erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Rat ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% — Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. ... . 22% % 22% Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d —i%... p Ditto ditto. No. 2, .. 61. 13s. 4d % p.., ....... / 2 p — Do., York Extension.. 2 rastDereh'ffl andNoech 1 Eastern Union 35 - ... Ditto Quarter Shares 8:4 — Do. Ditto, 10,E — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21 — East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... ..... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1,( 3 ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 75 73 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 17% 17% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — ... ......... ... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 12% Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5% 3%% Glasgow, Kilmar., &Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do., % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... Glouc.,Abet ystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... .. Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425• Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2 %... ••• ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. 13 4 •.• 11/ 12% 31 2i% _ .. (Ireland) Great Munster 2%....•. Great North of Scotland 2% Great North of England-100 236 1A. Ditto New Ditto, New . ••• Ditto, New Great Western B5 137 Ditto 1 A Shares 5O — Ditto 4 Shares Ditto Fifths 236;4 60 Ditto, New Huddersfield & Munches. 13 •• Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Ilalf Shares 25 Ipawich & Bury St. Edw. 11% 12 Do., do., and Norwich 2% 2 2 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal- -- 7% lymena Leeds and Bradford 3O Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. ........ ..- Leicester and Bedflrd. 22 .; — Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% — Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% Do.Extensio(Green) 2% - 23 1 , 2 84 • "„.o. Ai 4? . 4 > • • " • .-'!:,:r10 ' VIII. The NEMESIS IN CHINA. Comprising a complete History of the War in that Country ; with a particular Account of the Colony of Hong-Kong. Third and cheaper edition, in one volume, with Maps and Plates, 12s. bcund IX. Vol. IX. of AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND ; comprising MARY of MODENA, Consort •f JAMES 11. 10s. 6d. bound. X. LORD BROUGHAM'S LIVES OF MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE. 'Volume the Second. Royal Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound. xr. TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. 2 vols. 21s. bound. XII. PETERSBURGH and MOSCOW, a Visit to the Court of the Czar. By H. SOUTRWELL BOURKE, Esq. 2 vols. 21s. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough• street. Orders received by all Booksellers. RAILWAY S LIAR ES RY Y Ulll, SALE. SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annoance 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, favours,'containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. _ . All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be lorvvarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds ALlME diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. 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 consmenco TO-MORROW EVENING, November 11, by the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur Perlet, who will appear for a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur Cartigny (of the Theatre Francais). M. Rhozevil (of the Theatre du Gymnase) and Mademoiselle Brohan (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 Perlet, 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 Palais 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 succcssful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLARISSA HARLOW E, 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 Francais), Mademoiselle Denain (also of the Theatre Francais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, M. Bouffe (his first appearance since 1843) ; 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 ; " Ariane," 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 lug 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•street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Popping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy; Young Fashion, Mr. G. Bolton; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jones; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordon ; Berinthia, Miss Charles ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a grand MALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Fa - ze of AMATEURS AND ACTORS. Geoffrey Muilincap (his original character, against his will), Mr. Wilkinson. eu tran 40,:.-2)Ati LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1846. The annual inaugural entertainment at the Guild hall of this city, commemorative of the assumption on the part of the new Lord Mayor of the respon sible duties incidental to his distinguished office, is always regarded with peculiar interest. The ancient character of the corporation, its vast immunities, privileges, and extensive jurisdiction—its proud asso ciations with most of the remarkable epochs in our history—the deserved reputation it acquired in the earliest times, and has honourably maintained down to the present period—the great power it pos sesses, and the unparalleled influence which it exercises and has spread to the remotest corners of the earth, not more from its immense re sources of wealth than from the high moral fame which is spontaneously conceded to the British mer chant wherever he is found, are all considerations which impart an interest to the public introduction of the chief magistrate of the city of London. More over, the invariable attendance of the Sovereign's Ministers and other leading functionaries of these realms at the first festive entertainment of the LORD MAYOR, is an additional ingredient of laudable exulta tion with the citizens, and never fails to clothe their magnificent hospitality with especial importance in the eyes of a loyal and admiring public. The circumstance, too, that this great civic fete occurs at a period of the year when Parliament is not sitting, leads men to listen to the responsive speeches of the Ministers with more than ordinary anxiety, in order that they may the better judge of the internal and external prospects of the country. The approach of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the banquetting-hall was greeted with the utmost cordiality ; it could not well have been otherwise. Apart from the fact of his being one of their own representatives, the citizens could not be unmindful that his Lordship was the Prime Minister of England. They must have remembered also at the moment when the Premier drew forth their plaudits, that after he had been re jected as a Minister by Parliament, on account of his declared adhesion to the principles of free trade, he, for the first time, presented himself, under great dis advantages, as a candidate for the city of London ; that they returned him to the House of Commons, where his principles triumphed, and that the digni fied position of the Chief of the Cabinet had devolved upon the object of their choice. In our review of yester day of the intelligence received from Ireland we ex pressed an assurance that the murrain in the potato has not been so extensively disastrous as has for a long time been apprehended ; and we are happy to observe that the LORD MAYOR, whilst proposing the health of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, and expressing his confidence that they would do all in their power to mitigate the calamity, stated " it was not so great as it had been represented to be." Sir GEORGE CARROLL is no mean authority on these matters. He was actively engaged in commercial business between thirty and forty years, and conducted extensive financial operations with the leading capitalists of Lon don. The merchants in our city have the swiftest, the most precise, and the fullest information upon everything affecting the trade and commerce a the country. As Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, " a sore of electric telegraph communicates to the citizens of London all that happens in every part of the empire." We are satisfied that Sir GEORGE CARROLL would not speak upon so momentous a subject as the failure of a crop, which has brought thousands to the brink of starvation, with insufficient data, or without due reflection. In this view, then, we hail with grateful delight the confirmation by the LORD MAYOR of our impression, that the dispensation of PROVIDENCE has not been so severe as was originally credited. But, be it great or small, the Premier only did justice to his audience when he declared, that "at whatever is matter of joy they rejoice—in every matter of la mentation they hasten to contribute their utmost to alleviate and remedy the distress." This sentiment was loudly cheered, and the Irish may take comfort in the persuasion that, whatever may be the amount of assistance the Minister may think should be afforded them by England under their present afflic tions, the wealthy, enlightened, and benevolent of the mightiest city in the world will gladly counte nance. In all seasons of public distress the sym pathy, humanity, and generosity of the city of London have ever been most prominent. So prover bial, indeed, have become these ennobling charac teristics of our citizens, that whenever, through ex tensive conflagrations, vast inundations, or other de plorable visitations, the cities and properties of foreign lands have been consumed or devastated, to England, in chief, have their appeals for alleviation been directed, and never in vain. If such is the active spirit with which England stretches the hand of suc cour to distant shores whence the cry of distress has been wafted to our own, Ireland may rely upon it that in the hour of need the munificence will be forth coming to assuage her sorrows. But, whilst we are confident of this, we are nevertheless deeply grateful for the belief that the produce of the sister isle has not been so fearfully smitten as was anticipated. Nothing has latterly indicated more conspicuously the diversity of human opinion upon the principle which should be regarded as the primum mobile of legislation as the recent struggle connected with British agriculture. Quot homines tot sententim was never more strikingly illustrated than on the occasion of the last Parliamentary campaign. " Restrictive imposts are protective of native industry," said one ; " The coni-laws diminish home eonsumption and cripple our insular agriculturists," said another; "Free- trade doctrines will produce a national bankruptcy," said the alarmist ; " Unless monopoly be relinquished forthwith we cannot answer for the consequences," threatened the enthusiastic advocates of the popular policy. One cried, "The markets will be swamped by an inundation of foreign grain ;" another, "Bread may become cheaper, but wages will proportionably diminish;" another, "Prices will remain stationary under all circumstances, and the speculators will be alone benefited ;" another, " Our farming interests will be sacrificed for the emolument of our man ufa c - ture rs." Every shadow of difference in deduction from the same identical facts variously handled, was perceptible even in the discussions of our representa tive legislators. They were unquestionably divided into two antagonistic forces ; but each force numbered an astonishing variety of intellectual weapons. The continuation of the restrictions upon importation and exportation was advocated in every conceivable manner; the supposed perils derivable from the doctrines of commercial emancipation were in like manner considered under every imaginable aspect. The same statistical calculations fell under the immediate observation of every one, but almost every separate individual regarded those calculations through a novel medium ; the figures were transposed, and the results distorted according to the bias of each observer. Among the protectionists alone we could illustrate our meaning by an extraordinary di versity of examples, from Lord STANLEY himself down to the most leaden-headed wine-bibber on the back benches of an agricultural demonstration. As time elapses, and the consequences of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S commercial measure becomes more apparent, those varieties of opinion are assuming to themselves a most Protean and cha melion-like fluctuation. Animosity is dwindling into indifference, indifference is merging into asto nishment, astonishment is resolving itself into en thusiasm. We shall ultimately behold the bitterest enemies of the League swelling the ranks of its dis ciples and admirers. One by one the great landed proprietors of the kingdom have confessed the fallacy of their original impressions ; one after another they lire have received the Paris papers of Sunday. It appears that the Marquis of NORMANDY was not the only Foreign Minister who refused to attend the reception of the Duchess of MONTPENSIER on Satur day. It will he perceived from the following article in the Commerce that the Belgian Minister was also absent : " It is not only by diplomatic notes, but also by public and official manifestations, that the displeasure of Eng land and the rupture of the entente cordiale are now ex hibited. This day took place, at the Tuileries, the re ception of the corps diplomatique, who came to con gratulate the King on the subject of the Duke de Montpensier's marriage with the Infanta Donna Luisa, the presumptive heiress to the crown of Spain. Two significant absences were observed during the pre sentation—that of the Marquis of Normanby, the Eng lish Ambassador, and that of the Belgian Embassy. With the exception of these two representatives, whose absence has a clear and unequivocal meaning, the corps diplomatique were au grand comptet, minus, however, the Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary, M. D'Arnom, the Prussian Ambassador, M. d'Appony, and the Sardinian Ambassador, vs ho are not at Paris at this moment. The Pope's Nuncio, the Spanish, Neapolitan, and Ottoman Ambassadors, the son of M. d'Appony (who acted for his father), the Russian Charge d'Affaires M. de Kisse lef ; the Ministers Plenipotentiary of Saxony, Wurtem burg, and Bavaria; the Charges d'Affaires of the United States, Tuscany, Mecklenburg, &c., &c., were pre sent. The absence of Lord Normanby created a very great sensation among the diplomatic body; the absence of the Belgian Ambassador is not of less importance when coupled with the departure of King Leopold, who left the palace two days ago; notwithstanding the exalted solicitations that would have detained him, the Cobourg blood has prevailed, on the occasion, over the family ties which ought to make that prince side entirely with our dynasty. This evening the Messager observed a prudent and significant silence respecting the day's event. It would also appear that M. Guizot still hoped to see Lord Normanby attend this solemn reception. His journals and reviews had assured us that England protested against the Spanish marriages but with a view to remote even tualities: it is now well proved that Lord Palmerston is much more positive in his rancour and ill-will." The Journal des Debats contents itself with an nouncing the fact of the absence of the Marquis of NORMANBY, but the Presse thus comments on it:— " As we had stated, the diplomatic corps have been received this day at the Palace of the Tuileries, on the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier. All the Ambassadors and Mi nisters Plenipotentiary now at Paris repaired in grand uniforms to this reception, where his Excellency the Ambassador of England shone by his absence. Such was the sincerity of that alliance, and the cordiality of that entente, which we have constantly exhorted our country to distrust." King LOUIS PHILIPPE, having secured the INI ANTA and her dowry for his son, does not seem inclined at all to pay the enormous expenses of this marriage out of his private purse; on the contrary, he throws the whole of them upon the country—an artful, cunning mode of squeezing out of France, under the name of travelling expenses, that dotation for his son which he knows no Chamber of Deputies would ever grant him. The following remarks, from the Siecle, show the large amount of secret service money which has passed into the hands of M. GUIZOT during the last three months : "By a royal ordinance, dated July 10, M. Guizot was allowed 280,000 f. for extraordinary couriers and tra travelling expenses, and for extraordinary missions ; 250,000 f. and 590,000 E—altogether 1,120,000 E This was tolerably well, if we consider that 750,000 f. had already been voted by the Chamber of Deputies for a similar service, and it might have been expected that M. Guizot would have been satisfied. But, no ; by a royal ordinance dated the 10th of October, he was granted 9 00,0001., and by another royal ordinance, dated the 25th of October, 300,000 E ; and again on the 7th of November, for unexpected expenses, 320,0001. Thus within four months M. Guizot has been allowed 1,900,000 E, independent of 650,000 f., 150,000 f., and 600,000 f. granted by the budget. That a grand line of politics requires a great expenditure was one of the maxims and the constant practico of Cardinal Richelieu. M. Guizot may certainly be compared to him in the point of view of expense. The Duke DE MONTPENSIER is not the only Bourbon Prince who marries a Princess with an immense dowry. The Duke DE BORDEAUX is on the point of marriage with a Princess of Modena, whose fortune is four millions sterling. The Constitutionnel says— " The news of the Duke de Bordeaux's marriage with a sister of the Duke of Modena, is obtaining confirma tion. The settlements, it is said, were signed by proxy at Modena on the 30th October, and the marriage pub lished at Vienna on the 31st, by command of the Empe ror, whose first cousin the Princess is. It is added that the marriage was to have been solemnized this very day. The future Duchess de Bordeaux is thirty years of age; her fortune is reckoned at 100,000,000 francs. The Duke de Bordeaux is twenty-six years of age." The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de !'Opera on Sunday at 82f. 45c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBEI 9. Demerara, 2% —Dutch Rhenish, 5 1 1 —Jamaica South Midland Junction, % —Northern of France Coustitut4d, 1 03i—Over Yssel, 7%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 4%. ARRIVAL OF THE EAST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTII AMPTON, Nov. 9.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship, Erin, Captain Brooks, arrived at the Motherbank at three A. M. this day, and landed the East India mails, which were forwarded to London by the first morning train. The Erin has a full general cargo, and fifty pas sengers. Her dates are Constantinople, October 20, Smyrna, 24th, and Malta, 28th. She is expected to be released from quarantine either this evening or early to morrow morning. It appears that the terms of agreement entered into between the Great Western and South Wales Com panies have been modified, to the extent of guaranteeing the shareholders of the latter undertaking five per cent. in perpetuity, with equal division of surplus profits above that amount five years after the opening of the line. The intended provision for amalgamation at the expira tion of ten years, and w hi c h was considered objection able in some quarters, has been by common consent withdrawn. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS Willi PRUSSIA.—The Augsburgh Gazette states that a postal convention was concluded on the 19th ult., at London, between the Go vernments of England and Prussia. Leeds and Thirsk ........ . 17 1 "2 ...... ........ . .. ...... Ditto, New .......... ... 5 ...... —• . Lpool., Muchstr'ez New- 0 .......... ... castle Junction . . .... 2% ••••" - ' ...... . ..... Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .• ..• -- - ............ London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. •• .. .... ~, Do. New ............... :3 ... • • --- .. ........ ~ ... Ditto Extension ...... 7 .1 /(3•••••• -- London, Brighton, and , ............ South Coast ..... - ..... 50 .. .. 5 9 , :•. s ......... -- . ...... Dittd, Fifths ......... 49 ••••" London and Croydon Guaan.s per cent ...... : 9 ...... 9„, ............. Loudon andGrcenwich 12/ 15s 4d.. :'s .. ............ Do. Preference ... 181176 2d•••••• -- L on don, Hounslow, and .. -- ....... ..... Western ... 2 ...... ~ , "n „ ...... „ London and N. Westernloo ...... 198 , /2 ' ... ~ Do. Quarters - /•*" .... ••• Do., do., New Shares 2 ...... 15 1 4 0. :. ...... Ditto Fifths .............. Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% ...... -- • Do., Nep , 4 Shares ......... ~. (G. J.) ...... - ............... Do 40/. Shares (L. M.) 8 ...... , ............ •• Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d ...... 1 / 4 ........ „.... De. New Consol. Bths 40 ...... --- _ 4 9 3' ..... ••• Do. New Do. New London and York ...... ..• 2 1 % ..... 214 ........ • .. "***. Do• IA Shares ...... • London and Windsor . 1%••• • --- " ....... London, Salisbury, and ~ ...... 2% .. Yeovil ..... ..„. Londonderry & Coleraine l5 ...... ........ lAndonderry and Ennis killeh l5 ...... Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 ....••10.1 ........ ...• Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 ...... -- ". . ..,„. ...... Do. Fifths 3 ...... ....••••• Do. Sixteenths 6A•••... 8 Ai_ p..•• .'" Do. Extension Manchester and Birmin 44205. .. ......... " . •- -11 A 'lb : .......... ..... . Do. Quarters (A) 5 ..«.•, ....• ...., ...... .' ... Do. Quarters (B) - . .........„, Do. Quarters (C) 1 ...... -- ......... Manchester,Buxton,and 1!A P'" Matlock 425....... Manchester, Birm., and .... "'".. Mould Junction .. ... ..•••• -- ............ •". Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ••:••• -- ih. ......... '.....• Midland lOO •••••133'' .. •"".' ..... ...... .„,. Do. Fifths 2 ...... ...... Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo 224 Midlnd& East. Counties 2%•••"* Midland Great Western . ............. Irish .. p ii i 0 i ..... Newcastle and Berwick 20 . "- Do. North Shields ................. 146 347. ;: :1.:: ....... : • • • ••: ' Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... --- .. ..• ..... .. 53/4. ,,, Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 ......• Newport &Abergavenny 2%•••••• -- ......... ... Newry and Enniskillen 7 •• ••• --• ~ Newark, Sheffield, and •• .....' . '„.. Boston ... .. 1%.. ••• --4 1; 13 0 ° ~ Norfolk 100 1287 i .. ..." Do. Half Shares Do. Extension North British ... ..... Shares "" Do. Half ll •• 16i fr ' . * • :4. '' ' ....- •• .. •• "' Do. Fifths . Do. Quarters ... ... . 1 ,5 .... el ~, Do. Extension Northern and Eastern 50........ Il l ii 4- .••••'''' Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 .... 34 , ..... ........... ' Do. Quarter Shares 12%....... 17-. " • "'.. .••• •••• Do. New ...,"' „ es ,3 • North Staffordshire 425.....•• , ..... ' North Wales Northern and Southern ~.."' Connecting - Northampton, Banbury, ....„ ~." and Cheltenham ..... Oxford, Worcester, and 6 1 0" . . Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 314 ...... 2 . „ ...•„ „ ••• Preston and Wyre Do. '4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. ...... ~„.• Richmond Royston and Hitchen .... ...,','„,.• Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% ...... 1 P• „,„ . ... ~ Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot teries, anderewe 136 ...... ....., ~.."::„..,:, Sheffield & Manchester 100 ...... ..... ...... ..„ Do. Quarter Shares 8 ...... ..... ...•... / Do. Lincolnshire June 1 14•••••• ....., ..• .... ,„•'. Do. & Great Grimsby lO ...... ..... ... „,,, Do. do. Extension 421. .••• 3 1 / 4 ,..1 i ; Shrewsbury and Birm 3 •—• • Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp , ..." ~..' „ &S. Staffordsh. Junc 2l/2 ..... - ..•... Sligo and Shannon 1%...••• -- s ..... . • • „ , ~,, South Devon 35 South & Midlands Jam 42s. .. ..- ..... ..•• South Staffordshire June 2% ...... 383, ~..." , .." South Eastern & Dover 33% ...... ..„,", De., No. 1 2G ...... - „ Do., No. 2. ' Do., No. 3 - ...„... Do~ No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. ...... - :.."';',."' Staines and Richmond 1 „... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 --; 9,5 , South Wales 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- .. " .• meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 - ' „"'' Tring, Reading, and ....,. .o. Basingstoke PA ...... -- ~ Vale of Neath ... .. 2 ...... Wakefield, Pontefract. & •'' Goole 22% ...... Warwickshire & London 425...... -- ~..",„.... Warwick and Worcester 425... •• •• -- :."' Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ..• •-- ...... Waterford and Limerick 22% ...... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, ... and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and 1 % .... . 2 1% ............ -- : Waveney Valley L :::'.:::: Valentia Welsh Midland West Riding Union 425....... , „..",,,,,„ West Cornwall ......2 ..• • • -- ....'" ~ ~.' West London,Old Shares 20 ..... -- ..... ' „ Wexford and Carlow ... 2%•••••• -- . •'' Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth - ~, Worcester,Warwick, and ~„. , I Rugby York and Carlisle 2 3 A ...... A A.l4.•'' o ' 3, , .."' ~ York and Newcastle 25 ... • '"" 4 ; 4 ,.."'„ Ditto New .167 . A. Do. Preference York and N orth Midland 50 ...... -- „..'',„, •', , Ditto %Shares De. Scarboro' Branch. 25 ...... , ~.",„...0 3 1 4 Do. Selby 4O ...... 6 ° ~,, 1 , Do. Extension Ditto, Preference Do. East and Westßid- 220 ........... riil3 / 4 11/ '4''''' q] 0 D ing Extension - fs' . . 0 ‘,„ ~„ FOREIGN RAIL" ..',,.. ~ Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... --*..• Barbadoes .. 1 ...... --" „,.":„„. Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% ...... 1 4! 1; ••• ." Boulogne and Amiens... 16 ....• • ___ .• "'' ~,, Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ...... .„..•'',.:.'''' Bordeaux,Toulouse, and I . Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2.• ••• ••• ' Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk,andWest Flanders ..- „ ~....' Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... 7s. ...... Callao, Lima, anti Pacific Coast 1 •••• • .."' Central of Spain . Ceylon — ss. ...... .„ ... Demerara ... ••••" .. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 ..... Mast Indian ... 53. ..... Fampoux & Hazebroak 4 ...... ...••.',,.•• Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Western Bengal ss. •••"' .. .... 00 0 Great Western Canada 3 14 • ••"" ..0" Italian and Austrian. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ..... "*. Jersey ...... :.•. MadridLouvainllL:a, d L y ons Madras, Luxem a,an n a d NdA l a . b0urg...... ..... 4 ..... --- ''''' '.....‘ ey v i S i i oa i g a r in n een o: t n r i e s a. n. ... a 2 2 6 1% .............••••••••: ..........: ......::',..."..: '' I :: : : Madras „ • . ... Arcot Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn ofFranceConstituted 5 "".. ' ..... ..-- ..... ~ North Jamaica 1 ..... .......,,,_•" ..." , Orleans and Vierzon „„, 10 •••••• 7,17 0 ' . ." .. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 "'''. ...-_," .... Over Yssel 4135 4d •...... 0••"::,..... Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 ...... ..... • ''' .• ''. Paris and Orleans 2O '''''' ..... Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ...... ..... '.. .... ' ..." Paris and Strasbourg ..... Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse - • ....... .." S t s. tLi tauut Strasbourg Laurence and e .k.. .. .1 : 4 ............. .... •• ' . „..•• ...• Tours and Nantes Con- ..... •• .. .• ...... Tournay, Jurbise, • Lan- .... • ...... ... den, and Hasselt.... • 8 ...... •-". Trinidad ....... ...- 5 West Flanders .........• 6 ............ • ''''''' JOINT S TOCK 273/4.•••:.,,, .... . London & Westminster. 20 ..... ..... •••• ,..."' National Prov. England. 35 ...... ....• ..... Union of L0nd0n......... 10 • ..... ..." .. grgES• .oi.. .... 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' 7.,,- d S.P. -- d0b1i,... a,,¢ Honduras; Mary CamP b d e ijerbert, . 0 „ow: r oil., LIVERPOOL, NOV. 9.- - 1 1 3 e rger , richebl tu gi c . 4 wick; Thomas Handfor.l,), __, sort ,;:',„,,,,s P Qll,,bec; Brazilian, Lad} Lodge, .P.v OW°. Kelly, New Orleans ; rrotbe rh Lodge, Joy, Charleston. old. oar ig BEAuxiS.l5l Nov' 6'... ~,,, s 33% 38 26 1 / 8 37 1 4 59 1 / 4 92 23% 2 23% ' , We"