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Just ready, In 3 vols. post Bvo., MEMOIRS OF T HE LIFE OF GENERAL PEPE. Comprising THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS OF MODERN ITALY. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) Dedicated, by permission, to her Majesty. NOW READY, THE NINTH VOLUME OF jIVES OF THE QUEENS 01' ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. 05mprising the Life of MARY of MODENA, Consort of James 11. " One of the best biographies we owe to Miss Strickland's pen."— Literary Gazette. " A most charming biographical memoir. We conclude by ex pressing cur unqualified opinion, that we know of no more valuable contribution to modern history than the ninth volume of Miss Strickland's ` Lives of the Queens of England.' "—Morning Herald. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SOUTH STAFFORD COMPANYSHIRE d JUNCTION RAILWAY , an TRENT VALLEY, RAIL MID A LANDS, and Y, GRAND JUNCTION WY COMP New amalgamated under the name of the " SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY ;" by which title the amalgamated Company will in future be de seribed and referred to In all procecdings and advertisements. FINAL EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REGISTRATION , PEREMPTORY NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that all holders of Scrip and Banker's receipts in each of the first above-named Companies, are required to forward the same to this office for Registration, on or before the 15th of December next, TO worcti DAY THE TIME FOIL REGISTRATION IS EXTENDED PROM THE THIRD INSTANT. The holders of Scrip or Banker's receipts in the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Railway Company, will be entitled;to be registered for one Stare of 121. in the amalgamated Company, ill lieu of each Share of 201. originally allotted. The holders of Scrip or Banker's receipts in the South Stafford shire Junction Railway Company, will be entitled to be registered for Shares in the amalgamated Company, in the proportion of three Shares of IV. each, in lieu of every tw,) Shares of 251. originally allotted, or as near thereto as such claimant's number of 251. Shares will admit in relation to the original and reuced amounts of the capital of the Company. All Scrip and Banker's receipts transmitted awn BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MIXER (IN THE ANNEXED Foam), containing a description of the same by numbers and amounts, and a request to be registered in respect thereof for the due proportion of new Shares as above, and signed IN FULL WWII THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND DESCRIPTION Of the claimant. Receipts will be given for all Scrip and Banker's receipts trans mitted, and sealed certificates will be issued forthwith after the com pletion of the Registry. All Shares in tespeet of which the Scrip or Banker's receipts shall not be sent in for registration on or before the 15th of December next, will (without further notice) be registered in the aame of the original allottee. No Shareholder will be allowed to vote in respect of any Shares not sent in for registration on or before the above-mentioned day. HORATIO BARNETT, Secretary to the South Staffordshire Railway Compan: - South Staffordshire Railway-office, Bradtord-street, Walsall, Nov. 12, 1846. FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER. SOUTH aTAFFORDSHIRE ;RAILWAY COMPANY. Sir, —I hereby deposit Scrip Certificates for (or Banker's receip for deposit on," as the ease may be] Shares in the Railway Company, namely : No. to Shares, I No. to No. to 6 No. to And I claim to be Registered in respect thereof, for the due propor tion of Shares in this Company, in conformity with your Circular and Advertisement, dated the 13th of October and 12th of November, subject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained in the several Acts of Incorporation of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Company, and the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Railway Company, and in the several agreements for the Amalgamation of the same Companies, all of which sea I hereby d CertM eat agreees to fulfil, discharge, and conform t o ; I also require le to be prepared in exchange. Christian and Surname at full length • • • • • Address • • • • • • -U su al Signature • • . • • • • ....• . ..... • • • • • • • Dated this 1846. To the Secretary, South Staffordshire Railway-office, Bradford-street, Walsall. " South Staffordshire Junction," or "Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction," as the case may be. Share: .4 RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMONA, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annoance that their l'uhlic Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUrSDAY and Pittner,at One o'clock, at the Uall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instriletions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All S'elip and Share Certificates mast bo deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and adv!ces of results will be. forwarded by the first post after the sale, aul the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Ofqres. Flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TIM EVENING Will be performed Lovenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlo., Mr. Harrison; Ferdinand, Mr. King ; Philipp°, Mr. Borrani : Provost Marshal , Mr. Howell ; Don Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madam,. Anna Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole; Gaetano, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Vo conclude with DER FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Streams ; Zamiel, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Linda, Was Rainforth ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. ruder the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Woolngs and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigb, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De `'ere, Mr. Roll ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; Mr.llardman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Airs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Forteseim ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hartman, kies Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. hull; Sir Arthur Lovcl, Mr. Rowe; Scoreup, Mr. Blackstone; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro llnuta," " Juris," and " Marten ; the " Sophien Tanze" (Walzer) " La Sonnambula," Cornet a Piston, Mr. Davies ; and the Overtures " Le Domino Noir," and " Guillaume Tell." To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Character, by Mesas. Hudson, 8011, Tilbury, Mrs. Clifford, &c. Box-Otlice open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction oi Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION EVE ING OF MADAME CELESTE- Willl ISM be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford,iliasiiiiAreigie . :lltssirarran l3 o 6ll ; 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 ; Billy Lackaday, Mr. Wright ; Sandford, Mr. Worrell ; Curtis, Mr. Cullenford ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia, MIT. Tates ; Laura, Miss Woolgar ; Susan, Miss Brooks. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TURN-014T. 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 TILE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Ceorgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, llonner, Peren, &c. To conclude with the Opera of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. J. R. Scott ; Rashleigh, Mr. Hughes ; Francis Osbaldiston, Mr. Barker ; Baffle Nicol Jarvis, Mr. Compton; Dougal, Mr. Ryder; Diana Vernon, Miss Smithson ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. -- - - Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the present season of French Plays at the St. James's Theatre commenced YESTERDAY EVENING, November 13, 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 (ol the Theatre du Gymnase) and Mademoiselle Brohan (Premier( 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 ma nagement, he has engaged the following eminent artistes, who will appear in succession during the season :—Monsieur Perlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarisse, Monsiear Lafont, Mademoiselle Fargueil (her first appear ance in this country), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre do Palate Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle Duverger, (of the Theatre do Palais Royal, her first appearance), Mademoiselle AlineVallee (of the Theatre du Gymnase, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Rose Cheri (of the Theatre du Gymnase), whose performances last year were so eminently succuisful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CL.kRISSA. HARLOWE, now performing in Paris with extraor dinary success, and also a new Play, written expressly for Mademoi selle anse Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe ; Monsieur Itegnier (of the Theatre Francais), Mademoiselle Denaln (also of the Theatre Francais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, M. Pouffe (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 ; " Arlene," by Corneille, and other plays of her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken to perrorm, 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 sc 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 Fopping ton, Mr. Waiter 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. Jonas; Amanda., Mrs. R. Gordon ; Berinthla, Miss Char:es ; miss Hoyle s n t Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, the popular Far:te of AMATEURS AND ACTORS. Geoffrey Muflincap, Mr. Wilkinson. To conclude with a new grand I:ALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. OLYMPIC THEATRE. OJT MONDAY EVENING NEXT, Nov. IG, Will he produced an entirely New and Original Comedy, In nye acts, entitled LIFE. Supported by the entire strength of the Com pany. In rehearsal, and to ho produced forthwith, Shakspere's TORY OF JACK CADE, as set forth in the " Second Part of llenry VI." DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Dayidge. Reappeuance of the celebrated Tragic Art'stes, Miss Cushman and Miss Susan Cushman, for Six Nights only. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIE etivolio T. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; 3lercutio, Mr. Saville ; B, Mr. Johnson; Capulet, Mr. Nesiop ; Tybalt, Mr. Fredericks s ' Friar Lawrenoe, Mr. ; Peter, Mr. Webb ; Juliet, M 193 Susan Cushman ; Nurse, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Sup ported by the whole talent of the Company. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Graciong Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Second Week of the celebrated Artiste Stall-Master STE IN BRECII r, Master of the Horse to the King of Prussia, with his highly-trained Prassian horses. First Weeit of the new Magical Spectacle. introducir g the Syrian Camels and Deer. Mons. Neuperte, the great Dutch r.ottle Equilibrist, and the Champion Vaulters. THIS EVENING Will be perfbrmed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The, Twelve Wishes and the Charm Bit. In which will The introduced a Wild Stag-Hunt, by living Deer, and numerous attractive scenic effects. Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. Tiszi, o co.n:lnde with a lau g h a bl e AFTERPIECE. ince open tram eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at to 7 o'elock.—Stage Manager, Mr.W.Broadfoot. FATAL OCCURRENCE £ToN.—Yesterday morning the workmen were engaged l 3 Rll in propping up the houses adjacent to those which had fallen on the P rece d 4t ine , dity„ as detailed i n our columns • esdT t and the; - Tiaitittiollik - i*ovaeded to r emove the rubbish in search / <IA-the, body of the unfortunate man K who , had 1 47 ':t t irisfiedN - tyre accident. After nearly an Zo' irttr , -,7120Z 1 t.,, o . ,c(tp.ect t . tt .eir search was discovered in ur a s f 4 44 „:::tyiktgtiteto , dition, and when extricated, was ) -r . :We ; ; . : 1) and Toy, in the immediate vicinity, c . • ..00r man must have been inst in t. ~•,‘. _, _ -- -It ', ! alculated that upwards of half a ton of brt i i teiticLet the body at the time of the discovery. -"The joing houses are now so supported that no farther danger is anticipated. THE WEST.MINSTER IMPROVEMENTS (for the application of certain Rates towards the improve ments authorised by the Westminster Improvement Act, 1345, and to extend the improvements). Notice is hereby given, titst APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuhsg Session for an Act or Acts to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act passed in the 9th year of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for Improving parts of the city of Westminster." And it is proposed in or by the said Act or Acts to confer further and additional powers on the Commissioners appointed cr hereafter to be appointed, under the authority of the said Act, for the purpose of enabling them more effectually to carry out the improvements thereby authorised, and for extending the same; and it is further proposed to authorise and empower the said Commissioners to take down and remove a certain house and buildings situate in the Broad Sanctuary, between West minster Abbey and Flood-street, and at present occupied by Mr Dean, and also that part of the north side of Tothill-street, from the east end thereof to, and inclusive of number 58 in that street, with the gateway adjoining thereon westward, and the lands, stabling, and tenements, in the rear of Tothill-street aforesaid; and also to take down, remove, aad temporarily or permanently shut upWood-street, Great Smith-street, Princes-street,Princes-Place,Dean - s treet,Orchard street, St. Ann-street, Old Pye-street, New Bye street, Pear-street, Cottage-court, Union-court, New square, George-court, and James court, and all houses, yards, lands, courts, buildings, and premises which are bounded on the north by Orchard-street, on the south by Great Peter-street, ou the east by Great Smith-street, and on the west by Strutton Ground, all in the several parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City and Liberties of West minster, in the county of Middlesex, or one of them; and also to divert, alter, stop up, or enclose, or widen and improve such parts of the present streets, courts, alleys, ways, or passages, and void ground as will form entrances to or will communicate with the intended new street or streets authorised to be made bs th Westminster Improvement Act, 1845, or as shall be necessars to e Ise stopped up and enclosed or widened and improved of the purposes of the said Act or Acts ; and also to raise or lower the ground of any streets or ways or subways which shall communicate with the said intended street or streets, or as shall be necessary to be raised or lowered for the purposes of the said Act or Acts, and to make such alterations in the levels, drains, and sewerage, subways , roads, footways, and pavements of such streets as may require such alterations ; and also le enapower the said Commissioners to treat, contract, and agree with the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the Governors of the Grey Coat Hospital, in Tothill-fields, of the royal founds tion of Queen Anne, the governors or trustees of the hospital of Saint Margaret's, in the city of Westminster, in the county c f Middlesex, of the foundation of King Charles, the master and fel lows of Corpus Christi or Bennett's College, C a mbridge, and the governors or trustees of Emanue l Hospital, or Lord and Lads Deere's charity estate,' the governor or trustees of Emery almshouses, the trustees of Palmer's Charity, the governors or tin:- tees of the ch Blue Coat School, or other governors or trustees any parity estate or other incapacitated persons, whose lands or of pro perty may be required for the said intended street or streets the , a or idA other ct improvements connected therewith , or contemplated by s or Acts for the sale to or the settlement upon them of new houses oi buildinss upon the proposed line of the said streets or either of them, in lieu of all or any of the lands, houses, or property intended to be taken from them by the said Commissioners for the purposes of the said Act or Acts, And it is further intended by the said Act or Ac's to obtain powers. , for the purchase of lands and houses, either by compulsion or agr, e ' went, through or into which the said proposed improvements will be made or carried. And also such lands and houses within the said parishes aforesaid, and to such extent as may he necessary for carry ing out the before-mentioned improvements and all other improve. ments contemplated by the said Act or Acts. And it is also intended to vary or extinguish all existing rights and privileges in any manner connected with or incident to such lands and houses which would in any manner impede or interfere with the objects aforesaid, and to confer other rights and privileges. And it is further proposed, in or by the said Act or Acts, to take powers to authorise the levying, collecting, and appropriation or application of any rates or increased rates, or of any annual or other sum or sums of ,money out of, or in addition to, the rates levied and collected, or hereafter to be levied and collected, under and by virtue of the powers and provisions of an Act made and passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 11., intituled " An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor in the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan gelist, in the city of Westminster, and for cleansing the streets and repairing the highways within the said parishes," or otherwise, and to apply the same towards the improvements authorised by the sail Westminster Iniprevement Act, 1845. And also, so far as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, to repeal, alter, amend, or extend the powers and prouisions of the last recited Act of 25 George IL, and to confer, vary, or extinguish other rights and pri vileges. Dated this tenth day of November, 1848. BRIDGES, MASON, and BRIDGES, Red Lion-square, Solicitors for the Bill.. _ _ . J. PARKES, Parliamentary Agent, 21, Great George-s tree Westminster. THE WEATHER—SEN OFFICE, NovEmnEn 14. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 30 29 —WIND E.N.E., hazy. 111wi WA.This. Al I.OND4)N-liltlifrui , Ttitb DAY. Alonsing .. 26 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 57 minutes after 10. 41 1 . 011.4!. pir; •"' !•s'll SECOND EDITION. .nIV 3 LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1846. CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued from the Foreign-office yesterday to all the Mini,ters, to attend a Cabinet Council on Monday next. PRIVY COUNCIL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord LINSDOWNE, Lord MORPETH, and several other Ministers, left Padding ton at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, by a spe cial train, for Windsor Castle, to attend a Privy Council, appointed to be held by her MAJESTT at half-past two o'clock. Lord Jons RUSSELL and the other Cabinet Mi nisters are expected to return to town this evening. Very frequently permanent and extensive advan tages arise out of temporary and local inconvenience. It is Proverbial that the great fire of IRAR grievously calamitous to the then citzens of the Bri tish capital, has been productive of the most ines timable improvements. By that terrible visitation multitudes ware beggared and rendered house less, the mercantile transactions of the metropolis were for a period in a state of ruinous stagnation, and the scene of so many domestic comforts and of so much civic prosperity remained for a considerable time a chaos of smouldering rubblc, and rafters. With these unquestionable miseries, however, were associated a variety of undoubted benefits. By that conflagration the frightful scourge by which the City had been decimated, and the hor rors of which have been recorded with so much of terrible naturalness by DEFOE, was thoroughly era• dicated ; the atmosphere, which had been poi soned by the plague, was thereby effectually purified; the narrow ramifications of the thoroughfares, those miserable and dilapidated bye-lanes which the insuffi cient drainage of generations had rendered so infec tious to their inhabitants, were utterly demolished ; and the beggarly wooden and antiquated 'tenements which constituted London were exchanged for a more salubrious and commodious arrangement of domiciles. that gigantic calamity, of which the Monument is the iplendid and perpetual memento, was in reality the forerunner and originator of the noblest benefactions that have ever been conferred upon this vast metro- polis. By it the appearance of London was beauti fied, and the salubrity of London ensured; by it, moreover, the sanatory condition of millions of eiti ens was materially advanced, and their cleanliness and contentment rendered matters of possibility. The same principle is observable in operation not merely in an artificial state of existence, but throughout the domain of nature. Out of apparent evil frequently arises positive good. What was thus beneficial on an enormous scale in the middle of the seventeenth century, we are persuaded will be mani fested in the middle of the nineteenth century, on a scale much more contracted, but locally of tantamount importance. In accordance with the decision which has been long since and significantly pronounced by the public, Westminster -bridge is to be completely rooted out of the Thames, and a more convenient and 4raceful structure erected in a more suitable locality. Che repeated mishaps which have befallen that building have ultimately elicited this determi oation to improve the neighbourhood. It would he frivolous, if not absolutely impertinent, to enlarge upon the advisability of such a proceeding is far, at least, as the destruction of the present bridge is concerned. Anything more unwieldy, more precarious, more perilous, more awkwardly situated, )r productive of more exorbitant and unnecessary ~ utlay, was certainly never erected in the capital of t prosperous empire in civilised times. Since the period of its first unfortunate erection Westminster widge has interfered with the navigation of the river, It has placed the lives and limbs of the lieges in in cessant and peculiar jeopardy, it has injured the , ymmetry of the neighbourhood, and, beyond all, has ;seen a continual and unremunerative drain upon the public purse to an extent almost incredible. From the ill-omened Act, passed in the ninth year of his Majesty King GEORGE 11., intituled "An Act fir building a bridge across the River Thames, from the new Palace-yard in the city of Westminster to the opposite shore in the county ,f Surrey," enormous sums have been perio lically expended, or, as we may say, literally sunk, first in the construction, and subsequently in the re of this ill-starred structure. Alternately the patience and forbearance of the community have been severely tested by the alternate settlement of the starlings an inch or so deeper in the bottom of the l'hames, and the consequent settlement of so many additional thousands sterling. What was intrir ,ically intolerable has been since rendered more so, relatively and cfunparatively. Since the commencement of the New Palace at Westminster it has been painfully manifest that the cumbersome bridge which there connects the ,lures of Surrey and Middlesex will constitute not merely a detestable eyesore, but a most indisputable SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV.ENING, NOVEMBER 14 5_ 1846. obstruction. The heavy and apparently massive character of its architecture already contrasts vilely with the florid and graceful Gothic of the new Par liament Houses. This, indeed, wouldbe more apparent on the completion of those beautiful and. magnificent edifices, and especially on the erection of. the Victoria Tower. The ornamental elaboration which imparts so much of elegance and splendour to these recent structures, would inevitably and in truth have already rendered the bridge a most undesirable foil, beyond which the latter accumulation of stone materially interferes with the view of one of the most costly any member of his family to represent them in vernment that they shall give him satisfaction within 24 1 hours ; and the Spanish Afrancesado Government, of course, at once obeyed its master, and ordered the \ Fiscal of Madrid to proceed against the article, and j this notwithstanding the protest of Senor CANEJA, the Minister of Justice, who declared that no law in the Spanish legislation authorised such proceedings, and in direct violation of the law, which says " that i injuries or calumnies against individuals or corpora tions by the press, or other means of publication, are to be_submitted to the ordinary tribunals at the re cl:imation of the offended parties." Rumours of approaching Ministerial changes were (still rife in Madrid. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 7.—The Three per Cents. were done at 338 to i for cash. The other securities conti -1 tined the same. public buildings of recent production. A notification, dated Nov. 10, 1846, and issued from Whitehall, by order of the Commissioners of her MAJESTY'S Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, contains the gratifying announcement 1 of the intention of those Commissioners to take this long-vexed question into their own hands, and, with the assistance of Imperial Parliament, to make the desired &Aerations. It is proposed, in this notifi cation, that the existing bridge be pulled down and removed, and that the materials, properties, effects, funds, securities, stocks, and estates thereunto apper taining, be sold. Any arrangement that would effectually conduce to the annihilationef this execrable fabric, anything that would remove from the surface and bed of the river such an atrocious and continual retnembrancer of so profligate an expenditure of the national moneys ; anything that would so relieve the Palace at Westminster of such an unseemly and in commodious neighbour, will, we are confident, be wel comed with exultation by the population of this me tropolis. The site proposed for the new bridge is es f :—Across the River Thames from, or from near the eastern end of Whitehall-place to the south bank or shore in the parish of St. Mary, Lam beth, in the county of Surrey. By this excellent suggestion, a more suitable angle of the River will be spanned, the Parliament Houses will be relieved from an intolerable associate, the capital will be wonderfully improved and beautified, and the general convenience be more particularly consulted. New streets will severally connect the proposed bridge with the south-east side of Charing-cross, and with the north side of the York-road, thereby opening a direct line of communication between Pall-mall and the Waterloo-road. With reference to the expense thereby entailed upon the Exchequer, it will be a matter of secondary consideration, inasmuch as any alteration of the kind, however immediately costly, would ultimatel, , , prove economical. However much the change of si tuation in the bridge connecting Westminster with Lambeth, may augur calamities to trade among the Surrey shopkeepers, it cannot be forgotten that :ample time is afforded them for any suitable arrangement. We are rejoiced at this de ermination on the part of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests ; it will destroy an abortive effort m the architecture of bridges, and materially benefit e appearance and convenience of London. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Presse continues the polemic on the Mont pensier marriage. It has long since, however, ceased to argue on the matter, and now confines itself to violent abuse of Lord PALMERSTON. The Siecle has a powerfully-written article on the position and prospects of M GUIZOT. The following extracts from it would seem to announce the tactics that will be pursued by the Opposition in the Cham bers during the approaching Parliamentary campaign. After speaking of the English alliance, the writer The English are a peculiarly jealous people of their rights and privileges. Their devotion to the Throne, innate sense of loyalty, love of order, respect for the law, and profound admiration for their Constitution, are not only axiomatic truths in the mind of every native of our own land, but are likewise political data, the first and most easily observed and recognised by every foreigner who has ever visited our shores, or written upon our history and character. So deeply eated, indeed, is the patriotic attachment of the Englishman to the institutions of his country, and their several incidents—such his enthusiastic ardour for the vast political fabric under which his ancestors, time out of mind, have realised social blessings and immunities, and handed down, unimpaired, to be cumulatively developed by the enlightened wisdom of every succeeding age—that :he intensity of his enthusiasm has frequently ope• rated as a serious hindrance to the progress of human improvement. Time-honoured prejudices were suf fered to invest the mind long after we had, as a nation, outlived the public necessities by which they were first created. Ilowever obvious became the desirableness of various suggestive reforms, they were oftentimes provokingly retarded, not on account of special abuses not being admittedly flagrant, but solely from an almost instinctive reverence for the Constitution, coupled with the apprehension that, in the bare attempt to purify it from unwhole- ....----- --.--...,—...---____ ..... tc, lAL NEWS. Manchester and Birmingham 40 ...... ~, to -- Ditto Quarters (A) ....... 5 ..... ---- 4s ' 2 .1 ~ • to Ditto Quarters (b) ••••••••• 5 ..... 1z L / ........ to -- Ditto Quarters (0) ...... t i la an n e ct sr,B i ßuxton, rnli & n g. Et al h. ............ q . p.,..•.. t to o ---- MouldJ elle tion — ...... , : ,/5_ ~. to --- Manchester and Southampton 2 ...... 1 i_ -•• - a ...... to -- Midland lOO .. .. 3 2 91 • ...... to Ditto Fifths 2 ...... --; ... .. to --- Ditto, New 24 •••••• 4'4 3 51 to --- 2 6 A 7B "' Ditto, New ...... to -- ••••• Midland, Birm., and Derby 1 00 ••• ••• : ..... to --- Midland and Eastern Counties 2% ..... ... to ___ Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 •...... -- ,: t ' l ',„ % to -- Newcratie and Berwick .. to ...... Do North Shields.-- .„ •,„ to --- Newcastle and Carlisle ...... to --- Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ...... ...... to --- Newport and Abergave nn y . • 2 it ...... ...„, to — Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ...... ..... to --- Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 15A).... NTorfolk ........... .... .......... 100 ...... -- ........... t to o --.--- Do. Half Shares ............ Ditto Extension ............ 381/ to 3 , • 74 North British .. .............. 25 ....- 371 . 6 1 4 to 164 4••• Ditto Half Shares, . ....... .. 11 ...... .... to --, Ditto Fifths •. ............... 5 • • ..... 7;•.„, . 4 .. . t o 34 Do. Quarters ................. 1 5 8 ...... ..17 . s ,a t .... to •-- Ditto, Extension ............ ...... 1 7 4 ........ to --- 76 .. .. .. .. :: -----/ . ...... tO --., Nerthern and Eastern ,.. 50 ...... ...... to -- Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.).. -15. , ..... ...... to -- Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 12% .. t ... ... to -- Ditto New --- .................. 1 ...... 7-, .• :, to --- North Staffordshire ..... . ...... 425. ...... `) t t,_ .. to --- North Wales .......... 3% -• •• • l ' ...... t 6 *"... orth. & South. Connecting 2%• •••• -- . N or th a mpton, Banbury, and to -- ... Cheltenham ... ........ -.. 2 ...... .. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol - to 65 , Yerhampton - Oxfd., Witney - , & Cheltnham 1%.• •• • .to -- Portsmouth Direct - Prestoa and Wyse - ...... Ditto, Half Shares .. 4% ...... ..... dis. ,„ to -- Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 3/. 12s•••• . to -- Richmond l5 ...... ..... ... to -- Royston and Ilitchen 1%•••••• ''' . to --' Scottish Central ... 12% ...... : ..... to --- Scottish Midland ... ... 12% ...... --- Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot , to --- teries, and Crewe 1%•••••• -- "'.... to -- Sheffield and Manchester lOO .•• •• ..... to -- Ditto 14 Sh ares 8 ...... ........ to Do. and LincolnshireJunct l l4 •••••• . to -- .. .. to -- Do. and Great Grimsby ,•. 10 ...... ...... --- Do. do. do. Extension 425...•••• --- , 1 , to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 . ..... - 1 2•41 ,(11 „„ 3 to -.- Shropshire Union . 42 s. ""••;'s I,z Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, -- ,to -- and S. Staflordsh. Junction 2%....• "-', to -- Sligo and Shannon - " ' to -- South Devon ... -.. ...... to to --- South Midland .... , 425. •••••• -- .. South and Midlands Junction 425. . . ... South Staffordshire Junction 2%...•.. -- ....... to •▪ -• South Eastern and Dover Ditto, New, No. 1 - "•••• to -- Dit to, New, N 0.2 ...... ...... 12 ...... -- .... to Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 .. .... --„ - ~ to --- Ditto New, No. 4....... St. Alban's, Hatfield , and , to --- • Hertford Junction - ' " ' to --- Staines and Richmond—. - ". to --- Staffordshire and Shropshire 24.....• ...... to •"" South W a l es - Swans. and Longhor and Ca - to ---' ...... .•-• meson's Sun. Coal ...... ... .. 2 ...... -- ... to --- Taw Vale Extension - ... ,to •••• ••••• Pring, Reading, & Basingstoke 5 1 4 ...... -- " to Vale of Neath - .••••• Wakefield, Pontefract, and to Goole Warwickshire and London... 221 425....... ------ .. .. ......▪ . t t o ° .---- Warwick and Worcester 425......• --- •'" to -- Waterford and Kilkenny ... to Waterford and Limerick ... - .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, ot '• and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and VA ...... --- .... . to Valentia -• ..... to --' IA .......... Waveney Valley - .. to 2 ......... Welsh Midland West Riding Union West Cornwall 2 ...... --* to 4 2 21. ........ ----- .......... i° • o ...2 ; West London, Old Shares —2O ...... -- ••••••• to -" Wexford and Carlow - •*"., to •"" Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 ...... --- •••"•, to •-••• Wilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 10 ..-- --- ".... t ° :- Worcester,Warwich,& Rugby 425....... •-• •;'• to York and Carlisle ~,„ ..... t ..., 144••• 0 York and Newcastle 25 .... 4-i 'l L i IL, t ° Ditto, New ~,,, DAT. to Ditto, Preference... 2 •• ••• 6',8 ,1• ' to -' ...• -_ York and North Midland - " ... t° ~..• Dittb,' Half Shares - ..... t° ~.. Ditto. Searboro' Branch Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension - , Ditto, Preference Ditto iast and West Riding Extension Anglo-Belgian - ... IV Bar badoes ...... to / FOREIGN R25A1L....w......A. 11,1211:344/11./13. •..... 10 / 1 ...... -- Belgian Eastern Junction 2% ...•• -- It. t° / Boulogne and Amiens l6 • 14% - m*" to Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 ..-- -- .. / Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette to ( Espelete's) - •, to Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 ...... -- "... t ° ".• 2 ..... -- • .... t° Calcutta & Diamond Harbour. 7s. ..... -- .... ° Callao Lima, & Pacific Coast I ...... --- "••••• t ° .- Centra , l of Spain Ceylon - Demerara. ..... - .....1 t° to -.-/ Dendre Valley - ''' t ° Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . -•••• ..... t° ••• • . , Dutch Rhenish 6 ...... 5 W ':,•,:: t ° „ / East Indian . 55....... --- ' • t ",, / Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4 ...... -- '''.• t' Great Indian Peninsular - ..... ' to . / Great Western Bengal ss. .... -- •••", to ,„ .. to Great Western Canada 3 IA ..... - ,„. „ Italian and Austrian - ... .. t"„ ..., Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 .• ••• --- .... . t " Jersey Louvain ala Sambre 6 ...... --. • ,„ / Luxembourg ~ to ~,, Lyons and Avignon Madras ... 2 ...... - ...„.. t . O O 1 ...... -- .„.• t„ / Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... 1 / i ...... -- ' ~. ty / Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namur N n .of Francean d Lie Constituted e.... . . .. . . • 21 5 .................. - - ----- , ::. ::.: l'tt't to Madrid ~, ,* 8 ...... 104 • ~, to North Jamaica . / 10 6 1 ............ ----- ...:::' t t o o '' Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... Over Yssel 4/3s 4d.••• •• --; u •• 'to Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ...... -- ;t -- :..•• 1 •'• Pans and Orleans.... 2O •••••• „ ••• t. Pas and Rouen .. 2O ...... ,„" to Parrs Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 .....• "-- ,•••• to '.• Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse •••• Strasburg and Bale l4 ..... --- ~.,.. to St. Laurence and Atlantic — ...... --• ~,..' Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 •• •• -- to --- Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, ..0" to and Ilasselt Trinidad.. ...... .. ......... - .... West Flanders 6 ...... --„• ' . / . JOINT STOCK BA,- NI /!..P ..... to 40 • • Australasia - • / . •••• ..... to 1 British North American - ...••• t o / : Colonial -- ... 25 ...... ...... . ..... . _ ~./. . Commercial of London London Joint Stock ...„. London and Westminster. - ..•••• t o / National Provincial of Engld 35 ...... ,_ ••• "to ?, National of Ireland 2214 ...... __. ••••'' ta - . Provincial of Ireland ~, "" tO Union of Australia ~.. Union of London ... 10 ..... / to for MINES. 4 .... roas° / / ltic i Real del Monte, Unregistered -- ..... .terms -,,,5t f the " ERRATUM.—In our City article o. 1 0 % ; the Account were quoted at 94% An d 4 should have been 94%. , to , 2 00 ) STEbfr 1 13 6 Gibraltar. • • .vicGeNinnpaholi icc o ai es r 1 ::: • • 0. 5: 912 Paler no, P ............ Lisbon. • . • Opor to • lro Rio Jane.......... veils • ', Vres Buenos xt:' 2 1 daY 9 New yorts • 0 Philad elP 7 or "Ic Su 7s A •P ' 4 ° 10!‘ old in 0 ° Foreig l , l G od c o c irt ..• 0 0 Fort uga " Dollard '' 0 Ne jiox• 01,1°° Spanish Silve r la De COURSE OF EXCIIA. Amsterdam .... —C.F. 12 6 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 3%1 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 6% Antwerp • • 26 5 Hamburgh 31.13. 13 13 Altona • • .... • . • • • • • • • • Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 80 Ditto, 3 months .. 26 0 Marseilles •••• • • • 26 5 80urdeaux......... .. 26 5 Tranktort on Maine.... 121 Petcrsburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Berlin •... •• •• •• •• •• Vienna, effee.flo.. •• 10 9 Trieste, ditto.... .• .... 10 9 Madrid •• •• •....... 35% Cadiz • • ... : . • .... 36 8i1ba0........ •• Barcelona •• LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(1-1$ 1111 ct ----- _------- ----- il Y.) malyoEon, NoChina; E. jet brec°6l/ev LONDON, Nov. 14.—Wind N.E. bY .."• .9 / hazy. D v Ea y L, mo N u o T . 13.—`mind E. to EN.E., s l i t -- ; x.cSlildn't' 9' bents, Trinidad. Cameron, 13 ,* foic , A 100 Baltimore, for Amsterdam. --Wind S.--"l trr `" Aro , paoeot.e'POOrct. LiyEaroor., Nov 13.—Wind S.E., , dail,Sl° ivy ' British Queen, Antigua. Sid. Reindeer, Tin scue, -loco DI C 'C' l ,n m oc E l ' i d Forte li r "' o at A BrOl: Chtlij Manilla i Secostris, Daniel, Pietou; 'a ll- 51d. i" Nov.ern Demerara. E.--Arr.T. Montreal; Canada DrArthur, Dlontreal. 4 j,81( Manilla conrade, ~-„,011._, _, __Arra. u-i"""Qty3be"- BELFAST, Nov. 12. —Wind E. S.E. os brou , l op re OFF St. John's, New 13runswiek; C ° fa I3ate_,. el:, OFF DUNGENS NOV. 13.--.SChiCdalThfine.,,A.""ij yilOrait step, l° Valparaiso. las-mot:Tit, Nov. 13.--Wind E., ~itemy,.,e., if veranco, Corkhill, Sydney • Avalanche, IN Jui i3..,j1arl ' . °Fr Y ''l ' Worre Dr°' ' A roceP , AR3touTu, six or , S t, I Arra.- Ilf? Dm-amount, Nov. 13.--Wind E., W. -- -A•iler• • t ogt Planter, Whitwell, Cape of Good 00pe•_ ....itrrv•wilits FALMOUTH. Nov. 13 Monte E., iftr°" root , j . eNset4'svx;lGeaorkgyo.p, Monte I. I eo, ''d & c '' OA I' elel le ' ' case 11 doe °. Poe rbs Corti, Nov. 1 .—Wind N.E.--Sid. MVO Y tt ip3 rte u s f . lilea, New Orleans; Simeon Hardy, ,uid. per, - e adc „ , ~i, KINSALE, Nov. 10. —Wind S.E. , , v clshiP, l‘illy Offell' CEGOKHAVEN, Nov. 9.--Arru• ... riellitro. Da . bee, LimEalcK, Nov. 12.—Wind S.-E. Sae Dell, Illirannehi. d Tha mes , itel'' PENTLAND FRITH, Nov. 7.--. Arr ' for Leith. d Ple'''''Affr f ......Arr • v ode 0 fIuLL, Nov. 13.—Wind N.E. by ...,, 17 . /4ei .dotopico ilton, .10, , Ann, / e ji i son, Quebec. Shl. llarrison Cla , and oe e.„ SHEERNESS, Nov. 12. on Jaro n e . shore °li i o ho ° r i l e and from Shields, to London, got , ~o‘__rring, sn!-_,,,r, f'o _ .11 1 ) Sand last night; the cargo is 4-15‘::12111, ,11.301° al`rblr,,:,,' 3. pecte(t off this night's tide.--13u.' into OP 1'...1,,,e53e10...-• 4 r , r , N` • ,- 1 .41. , to Rouen, 11,15 pci;lsoth a , t e f i ot l';, Ws tsY,, " .., t, c ,,, iii c , ' , .t a ,'. ~ ,:ieill,a.- ' „ J o, , 4 , ~ •,, ; ~, . i , ,e o :i tiw No mar. r-vette,,i,,y,o:oo.lo, ,- . 0 l' .., •-• : ~, t i , It: OAF? reporttii,e.l,o to A to S A it) I ' ' •,- • ,-, e ,:,,,,,, tql!-: :••i• , hoc- Ai 0, . ~. . . carne,: L ., ;.Loh:od. 1.. 1 liiner'.'olaote" LtvLitrooL, Nov. 1.3.--? the Pioa'tjlin'stent' i 6 Janeiro, that put into liolyheau, " been towed back to this port. Seville.. • ... •• .... • • •• )ature. some incrustations, an unexpected shock, to some ma- Perim pars of its framework, =gnu Ise, eituer uncle signedly or insidiously imparted. On the other hand, the existence of this sentiment, whilst civilisa tion was slowly progressing, has, doubtless, at times, -aved us from many an infliction, attendant upon hasty and ill-devised schemes of public policy, and presented a successful barrier against their accom plishment. But now, when the national intellect is taking such gigantic strides, antipathies, however en titled to respect, are fast subsiding, and an en lightened people will no longer suffer needless procrastination to defer legislation when it is urgently required for the protection of their rights, highly prized and justly cherished. The bold and moral attitude assumed by the unrepresented masses of this community when they claimed the Reform Bill from the Legis lature, will never be forgotten. Their sagacity taught them that such a measure once obtained, great moral results would speedily attest the wis dom of the concession. Their foresight has not mis carried. The firmness with which the demand was made for a liberal and extended fran chise sprang from the petitioners' innate consciousness that, though the desired boon was large, it would be righteously exercised by them ,to the promotion of the general weal. The sequel has shown that this was no hazy or egotistical vision. It is, .however, becoming daily apparent that the high-minded. spirit that ordinarily excites the electors at large to an honourable fulfil ment of their duties, is receiving an indirect but grievous check, owing to the expensive and cumbrous machinery of registration which must at present be worked, before a great portion of the electoral body can stabilitate their votes for returning Members to the House of Commons. The consequence has been that, in some intances, both counties and boroughs, scared by the expense, have been brought under the corrupting influence of the aristocrat's purse, and constituencies have been bought and sold with as much soig-froid and nonchalance as though they were so many heads of cattle, or other marketable commodity. The most recent and remarkable proof of this growing evil has been furnished by the cele brated Berkeleian correspondence. The exposure herein afforded has startled and disgusted every well regulated mind. The registration forms must be speedily and thoroughly remodelled that we may be spared the repetition of such shameful electoral abuse as has been actually systematised in West Gloucestershire. The unconstitutional traffic that has been perpetrated in this county has effected this double wrong :—First, it has involved a large consti tuencv—most discreditably to themselves, beyond all doubt—in the meshes of a large landed proprietor ; and, next, it has raised the commoner (who lorded it over the fawning parasites), by two gradations, to the dignity of an Earl in the British Peerage. Thus has an evil example been set, in a political sense, of a most revolting character, calculated to be pernicious in every way. Nevertheless, our hope is, that out of evil good will come, and that Parliament will address itself to the task of providing an adequate remedy against the continuance of this audacious prostitution of sacred rights. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, M.P., published a long letter, on the 9th instant, to his "independent" electors. It entirely confirms the views we embraced of the meeting that was held at Gloucester on the 3d inst., and shortly afterwards submitted to our readers. The meeting was neither more nor less than a piece of preconcerted affectation. They wished to make them selves out independent, whereas the exclusion of the press generally, their own private reporters excepted, and every other step which they took, sufficiently stamped their proceedings, and has since revealed their ill-concealed and unpatriotic designs. Lord FITZHARDINGE is fairly thrown on his haunches by the reply he has provoked from his brother as to the pecuniary assistance he vaunted of having given him. We cannot coin mei,t further upon this letter of three columns length. We remain of the same opinVin as we were before, that if West Gloucestershire wishes to right itself with the public, they must receive no more money from Earl FITZEIARDINGE, nor return We yesterday alluded to the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland, and the important change that has been effected in the fundamental rules of that body, by permitting the discussion of any matter brought. forward or pending in either House of Parliament, so far as it related to the em ployment of the people on the drainage, subsoiling, and clearing of the land, and the production of food. These are subjects, as we have already said, peculiarly within the province of an association founded for the express purpose of promoting in every manner the agricultural interests, and the agricultural improve ments of the country. It might with some show of reason have been urged, that so long as the Legisla ture abstained from dealing in any manner with land, that its cultivation and management were left wholly in the hands of the owners, and occupiers, and that they were left free from any kind I of interference, that such a restriction was correct and pioper. But the instant that Parliament pro posed to legislate in respect of land, to effect altera tions in the laws relating to the occupation thereof, and to enact measures which might be calculated to encourage the cultivation of the soil, to extend a better system of agriculture, and to improve the re lation between landlord and tenant, it became the duty of the society to emancipate itself from the trammels by which it had heretofore been fettered, to give, the benefit of. its experience and the weight of its authority to measures likely to effectuate these objects, and to stamp with their disapprobation any project by which injury might be inflicted on a class without a more than proportionate advantage to the nation in general. Such discussions, so long as they were confined to points affecting the landed interests of the country, and avoided all questions which by a possibility could lead to differences of a political or religious character, would be most beneficial and valuable. The society, how ever, abstained therefrom, as many excellent and efficient members feared that any relaxation of the stringency of the rule would be abused, and that political questions would be intruded that might lead to bickerings and dissensions, and seriously impair the general efficiency of the body. Perhaps it may be as well for the country that the change was not effected until the present time, when the pressing difficulties by which the kingdom is encompassed; and the evidences already afforded by Mr. O ' CONNELL and his followers of the perfect good faith with which they would observe the pledges into which they might enter, have enforced the necessity cf a cordial co-operation of all classes, and have removed, or con siderably mitigated, the prejudices and distrust that existed on every side. The other resolutions to which we briefly adverted are essential to the due and efficient carrying out of the objects of the society, and naturally followed the abolition of the restrictive rule. By the first, the " society is formed into a committee, who are to seek information respecting the extent of the benefit derived from the present mode of providing employ ' ment, and the deficiencies of the same, to report upon such amendments as were desirable, and submit to the consideration of the proper authorities, from time to time, such representations as those inquiries might supply—thus embodying the collective expe rience and observation of the society at large." Here, then, is a realisation of the project for a national committee, which, if duly followed up, would prove so beneficial to the nation, and the speedy formation and valuable results of which we have so warmly advocated in The Sun. We could scarcely have antici pated that the body would have been so speedily con stituted, and be at the very moment of its creation so efficient, and command such weight and influence. The adoption of the resolution makes the society in everything but name the National Committee of Ire land, and gladly do we hail its existence, and tender it our best wishes fur its favourable progress in the path in which it has started. "We have long felt the equity and justice of re lieving the landowner who discharges conscientiously and honourably the duties imposed upon him by the possession of his property, who gives to his dependents and neighbours the amount of employment fairly pro portioned to the quantity of land in his hands, from the burdens rendered necessary by the apathy of his brother proprietors. Their neglect of the labouring population in their respective localities enforced the legislative interference ; a labour-rate was required beL.aLeae they would not afford employment on their own estates to the people belonging thereto. It was therefore palpably unjust that the man who per formed everything that could be expected or desired at his hands should be doubly taxed, and the calling on such a person to pay his proportion of the labour rate, without making any allowance for the expendi ture already undertaken by him, was not merely inequitable, but most injurious in its operation. It too often compelled him to discontinue the useful works he had commenced, to discharge his work men, and to cast them upon the public works, to the expense of which he was forced to contribute. With this impres sion we long since urged the propriety of exempting the person who distributed in wages to his own labourers, selected from amongst the persons for whom it was necessary to provide employment in the district in which his lands were situated, from the amount for which his lands would be liable to the labour•-rate. We have pointed out the good effects of such a regu lation, and we are happy to say many influential persons have adopted our sentiments in that particular. We may now number amongst the supporters of the principle " The Agricultural Society of Ireland." The last resolution adopted at the meeting on Wednesday goes the full length of the views we have advocated. They have re solved that the townlands should be made the units of subdivisions as to assessment in place of electoral divisions, and that any proprietor undertak ing the amount of cess to be levied off each townland should be exonerated from the assessment of the baronies. We cannot doubt that a proposition so just and reasonable in itself, and now so influentially supported, will speedily be sanctioned and adopted ; in such a case, there is little doubt that the great majority would give the required undertakings, and that they would direct to works of a useful and reproductive character that labour for which they must pay, how ever it may be occupied; and thus that vast quantity of labour will be made a source of national wealth and prosperity, in place of being, as heretofore, a burden on the resources of the country. Intelligence from Lisbon to the Bth instant has been received. The QUEEN'S army, amounting to 4,000 men, and commanded by SAI.DANHA, who had been created a Duke and Viceroy of the northern provinces, had marched from Lisbon to attack the Conde DAs ANTAS, who had his head-quarters at Leira. The KINQ remained at Lisbon, and did not accompany the army, as had been announced. The disaffected were in possession of Santarem. The Diario publishes a decree suspending the guarantees fog,. another month ; also a second decree, ordering all peasants caught in arms to be shot. It also publishes a letter, which states that there are 200,000 stand of arms among the people —every man is armed. The resistance will be obstinate. A large array of titled persons have joined and lead the people. Juntas were formed in almost every town of the kingdom. The QUEEN'S troops are to bombard Evora on the 7th. Private letters state that the whole kingdom is in arms to support DAs ANTAS; that the Government troops have suffered frequent repulses; and that the cause of the QUEEN is at the last extremity. Madrid papers to the 7th inst. have arrived. They are filled with accounts of a Fquabble between Count BRESSON and the Tiernpo, which would be simply absurd, did it not show the wanton' and arro gant manner in which the French Proconsul sets all the laws of Spain at defiance, and glories in forcing the members of the Spanish Government. to minister to the degradation of their country. The Tiempo, it appears, had published an article accusing Count I3RESSON of having used his interest with Government to screen a contrabandista from p u nishment. If COUnt MIL3SON ft,it flggrieved, the ordinary tribunals were open to him, but the ordinary trilmnPls would not suit thr purpose of Count 13n1::i , sox, or of his employers, who seek on every occusicn to insult, and, if possible, extinguisl , the sentiment of Spanish nationality, and accordingly he demands of the Go- MONEY and proceeds-- " Now, behold the alliance broken, and why ? fir what interest ? Foe one purely dynastic, for a mat riage, which, it is said, is not to cause any change in what. exists. It was not therefore true, as was so often re pe. thatat e r d r , ,, a e and s w i p t e h a c s e u , c I t r o N r v i ll ch i c c Li 1 all o u s thee p n h a a t s i i o s n , s thec,f Europe pface, cling so sincerely, was imperatively connected with the presence in power of such or such a statesman ; it was not then true that with one it must necessarily be agitated and uneasy, and with another always certain and tran quil. Is it not agitated and uneasy at present ? And yet M. Guizot still governs—that same M. Guizot whose word was a guarantee, whose moderation allowed him to undertake much without peril ; who, by an insulting allusion to the character of his predecessor, declared in the tribune, in order to justify himself for the mystifica- Lions which he had met with at London,' I spoke in your name ; I repeated your declarations ; I affirmed ; I in sisted ; and they would not believe me !' And he, who was always to inspire sa great a confidence, now speaks, affirms, protests in his own name, and yet he is not believed ! What a chastisement for the un worthy conduct which this i\linister adopted in 1840, and for the shameful weakness with which he has since then protected his responsibility ? What would this great Minister think it all persons iu France to-day joined their voices to those of the English, in cursing him ? if his own agents bore witness against him ? if those who had enjoyed his confidence, or at least followed him in his policy, turned against him with anger, and cried out all of a sudden in concert—Peace, what have you done with peace ? What is become of our security ? Why have you broken the entente cordiale ? And if, at his side, a man should happen to be found, who, fintrirg the occasion good to seiza en power, should make of him a sort of scape-goat, and accusing him in the face of Europe of having by his intrigues compromised the repose of nations, should undertake to repair his faults, that is, to immolate him to the self-love or resentment of the Eeglish Ministms, what judgment would he form of such a man ? Who knows but that we shall perhaps behold this expiation; then it will be curious to know what may pass in M Gasizot's mind." The Constitutionitel has the following on the war between the United States and Mexico:— " The news from the United States confirm what was known before relative to the critical position of the Ameriean Government. Its financial situation becomes daily more complicated, and the victories which its troops gain in no way alleviate its embarrassment. After the gain of three battles and the conquest of several provinces, the United States are infinitely more in want of peace than Mexico herself. In fact, they cannot supply for any much longer time the enormous expenses which the war necess4ates, and all their successes are found to be useless, since Mexico persists in not demand. ing peace. It will, therefore, be necessary to go and forcibly obtain it in Mexico. But will tLey cause the little army, which has purchased at such heavy cost the possession of Monterey, to pass over seven hundred to eight hundred miles ? The country, laid waste by the enemy, cannot suffice to feed them, and when the system of military contributions shall be in vigour, when the peasants will have an interest in carrying away their cattle and provisions, it will become an impossibility to subsist. In consequence, General Taylor has received orders to break the truce and attack Saltillo. When he shall have taken that place he will divide his troops amongst Monterey and two or three I other places, in order to eseape as much as possible from famine and winter. In that position, full of perils, he will wait for reinforcements or for a cessation of hos tilities. Here, then, is an army reduced to inactivity, and out of a state to do anything to contribute to the conclusion of peace. A second one, therefore, will be requisite, to go and attack Mexico. It appears, in fact, that the American Government is resolved to form an expeditionary corps, which is to seize on Tampico or Vera Cruz, and to proceed from the coast towards Mexico. This way is, in fact, the shortest, and presents neither de serts nor mountains, like that leading from Monterey to Mexico. It appears that the Americans recoiled from the idea of attacking St. Juan d'Ulloa, and that Gen. Patter son has received orders to assume the command of a body of troops to attack Tampico, and to march from that port on Mexico. The fleet is to make at the same time a demonstration on Vera Cruz. Although the Americans have failed already once before at Tampico, there is no doubt that they will succeed in obtaining possession of it. But the necessity of keeping up this second army will double thefr expenses, to which already neither the revenues nor the credit of the Government suffice, and against which a powerful party is rising up each day. The reaction against the war i 3 already com mencing in the United States, and after the winter will probably be in the ascendant. The Mexicans, therefore, at present are in every way interested in prolonging the struggle; they can incur no serious dangers until after the winter, and a few months may effect a complete change in the opinion of their adversaries Therefore it is not astonishing to see Santa Anna rejecting every idea of an arrangement, and writing to General Almoute, in a letter already published, that Mexico ought to get out of the present war victoriously or cease to exist as a nation." __ . war, -- I --- t is evident that the Carlists are meditating an outbreak in Spain. The following, which appears in the Presse, would go to show that they have now arms and money; of soldiers they can always com mand more than a sufficiency. " A letter which arrived yesterday, and has been communicated to us, announces that an armed band of Carlists has made its appearance near Berga, in Upper Catalonia. This guerilla party, which is said to be numerous, is commanded by Colonel Cabellaria, better known by the name of Muchacho. We are also in formed that the agents of the Count de Montemolin have succeeded in procuring for him, but at a most ex travagant rate, a suns of not less than 3,000,0001. A portion of this money has been employed in purchasing arms, and it is said that, a few days ago, 8,000 muskets were sent off from Liverpool to Gibraltar. Among the persons who accompany them is a priest, the well-known friend and confidant of Cabrera. These facts, the cor rectness of which is warranted to us, must fix the atten tion of the Government, particularly if it be true, as is aserted, that not a Carlist has appeared at the embassy to take the benefit of the amnesty. On the other hand, about a hundred Progressirts yesterday received their passports, and most of them are preparing ler their im mediate return into Spain." According to the Courrier Francais,Nueen Cult's- TINA, yielding to force majeure, is about to come and pass some time in France. The ex-Regent has become so imperious and exacting, that there is no dealing with her. ' There have been several very warm alter cations between her and the three principal Ministers, who have at last declared that they would retire from office rather than submit to such despotism. Other manifestations even more significative have been made by a great number of personages placed in the highest stations. M. BRESSON, in order to prevent an explosion, went to Queen CHRISTINA, and recom mended her to make a visit to France ; but he was obliged, it is said, to urge many strenuous arguments before he could prevail upon her to accede to his ad vice." This confirms the reports which have been circulated in Madrid on the subject of the intrigues and counter -intrigues of CHRISTINA and NAItVAEZ. The ratifications of the treaty of commerce and navigation, lately concluded between France and Russia, were exchanged in Paris on Monday. O n this occasion the Emperor of Russia has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Alexander Newsky on the Baron DE BARANTE, French Ambas sador at St. Petersburgh, and the KING of the FRENCH has presented the Star of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour to M. DE KISSELEFF, the Russian Charoé d'Affaires at Paris. On the proposition of the Prefects of the Seine and the Police, the municipal council has voted a credit of 300,000 f. for supplying the indigent and the dis tressed workmen of Paris with bread at 80c. for the 41b. loaf, first quality, should it at any time rise above that price. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 82f. 65e. • the Five per Cents., 1171. 70c.; 'the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2231. 75c.; Rouen, 8921.50 c • ' Havre 675 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 648 f. 75c. ; Avignon ' ' 8721. 50c. ; Vierzon, 567 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 5451. - Boulogne, 417 f. 50c. ; Troyes an d M on t ereau, 350 f • ' Basle: 220 f.; Fampoux, 405 f.; Dieppe, 3551.; Paris and 'Strasburg, 4801.; Tours and Nantes, 4911. 25 c . ; P ar i s and Lyons, 501. 25e.; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; B or d eaux and Cette, 475 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38; Spani s h D omest i c D e b t, 34 . TitTSINES DONE IN FOREIGN PAILW AYS AT THE LONDON : I ()Uri EXCILANGE, N,.% 1 , 1V it i.i. Boulw.ne and Atnieus, 14;4 —Central of si11;, ;t1 --Coy -IQn, 14—Direct Bofnhav mil;t ;Ma:ira-:, , —Dlt , cilih , nl , 7l l : 54—East Ilidian, 7 ;k---3.0:.,v.ini it is .',,lin' ' tire 1.:-1.1,.,1:1- bourg, "A —Madlid and Valentia, I—N amur and 4 Liege, 3 1 4 —.Northern of France Constituted, 11—Orleans and Vierzon, 12 i—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5 1 4—Paris and Rouen, 85 1 ,4—Sambre and Meuse, 4%. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday the sales were 5,000 bales, making 32,210 for the week. Prices have been steady. The stock is 554,000 bales against 915,500 at this time last year. The Share Market has been steady again. At the sale of railway shares, yesterday, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, there was no great alteration in prices. East Indian shares were lower. The following are a few of the principal sales Great Indian Peninsular £o 4 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 Manchester and Southampton, 1846 1 5 0 East Indian Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset 0 14 6 Goole and Doncaster 1 17 0 Shropshire Union and Canal London and York ... 1 19 0 Madrid and Valencia Great Luxembourg Cornwall and Devon Central York and Carlisle .... Paris and Ly0n5...... Eastern Counties, York. Extension 3 14 0 0 Namur and Leige 3 9 0 Leicester and Bedford Shrewsbury and Herefordshire ... ...... Lynn and Ely l6 1 0 Newry and Enniskillen .... ..• ••• ........ The return of Mr. Hood, the British Envoy, to Buenos Ayres, and the unfavourable news which arrives simul• taneously, viz., that his Excellency has failed in his efforts to bring about a peace between that state and Monte Video, hes confirmed the tenour of previous advices, and made it once more apparent that Rosas is a most im practicable enemy, with whom either a " little" or an attempted negotiation, arc not :Rely to have much weight. There can be no doubt but that Mr. Hood has well acquitted him self of his task, nor can we disguise our impression that Monte Video is partly to blame for his failure. At Rio, on the 22d of September, the exchange was 27d., and the alteration of the sugar duties here was expected to give some impulse to the trade of Brazil. In the Bank of Es gland return, the main points for the week to the 7th instant, are these : Notes issued ..• .., ... Decrease ... •.• .„ Notes reserved ... ... ... . Increase ••• .•• •• ••• 330,500 Bullion ... ... ... ... Decrease ... ... ..• ... 47,573 Public deposits, increase ... ... 806,606 Other deposits, decrease ... ... 480,112 Seven day and other bills, increase ... 2,595 Other securities, decrease ... ... 22,950 The circulation and bullion are, therefore, again lower. The Funds are flatter to-day, but with very little business doing. The accounts from Portugal still excite uneasiness, because the result of the civil war is yet un certain, while, if we look to the welfare of that country, the contest itself must be highly serious however it may terminate. French influence here again is suspected to be actively at work. Consols have been 9411 for next Tuesday, and 94: 1 2 -1 for the Account; Exchequer•bills are but 10s. to 13s. prem. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. realise 951 8. The Foreign Bonds have been affected by the heavi ness of the English market. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 26 to 26k, and the Three per Cents. 371 to 37i. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 37 to 38, a decline of about 1 per cent. Mexican are 22 to 221. French Three per Cents. are 82.25, with the exchange at 25.70. The Share Market looks well upon the whole, and some lines aro better, including Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, North British, York, and Newcastle, &c. Birmingham and Oxford are quiet, and Northern of France lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 93% 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns ... 94 % 1 /4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 9% . 15-16 India Bonds 1,0001 .... ......... .__ 18 Ditto under I.oool .. Consols for Account ..... . Exchequer Bills. 11 4. et. 1,0001. Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 22% 22 22% 22 Portugueie 4 per Cents 3B 37 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 26% Ditto for the Account 26 Ditto 3 per Cent 3 7 14% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent B2f. 25c. Exchange 2sf. 70c. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz &Lutz. Ab er d een Amber., Notting., Boston, &0. , , 2% 2 3 , 4%... to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrusli; ~_,„..es- Belfast and County Down .. 4,,1 4,.1:1 Birmingham and Dudley 42a.1..;' - 6 p to. Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ...... Do. New (iss. at 7 1 % dis.). 17 1 ,4 — Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% — ..... to Boston, Stamf , & Binning... 225. - Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — . t• .t• Buckinghamshire B4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Cambrian and Grand Junct 42s — to Chester and Holyhead... 2 7 1/ .. Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction__ ••..•• 20 ._. _ Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney • 2 l/....... Cork and Waterford l l /2 - Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall and Central Devon 2% — to -- Derby and Crewe 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction— 2 5 .8 Direct Northern ...... 2%...... 1 3 / ...... to Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% — to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 216 — . to Dublin and Galway ...... Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 2 2 3 / 4%... to i Do. New l 2/. 163 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — .. ... to Do., do. N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d — Do., York Extension ...... 2 ...... 3% 5 /s to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union ... •• .. 35 - to Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich 1 'js Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 1 / 2 — to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do. (late Preston &. Ormsk.) 2% --- •- East Lincolnshire ... VA 1%%... to East and West of England... 1% — ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow SO Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Quarter Shares% I B IA to Edinburgh and Northern ... 12 12 % ...... Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 4 — Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 1 4 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... .. Glow-, Aberystwi th,and Cen. of Wales Goole,Doncaster,Sheffid., &c. 42s — .. ... to Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% ... .. to Great Eastern and Western... 2% — to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% — to Great Munster Great North of Scotland to Great North of England 100 .... to Ditto, New Ditto, New l5 ••• •• 53 ..... to Ditto, New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares - Ditto, Fifths Do. New Huddersfield and Manchester 13 Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby 5O 108 1 / 2 .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 ..... to , Ditto Half Shares rpswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11 1 / 2 Do. do. and Norwich Lancaster and Carlisle 5O - Do. New 5 Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. Leeds and Bradford 3U Leeds and Carlisle Leicester and Birmingham... 225. - Leicester and Bedford 225. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Munches. 22 1 / 2 to -- Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... 2% — .. ... to Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2% 6 14 to Leeds and Thirsk 171/ 15q...... to Ditto, New . . ...... •• 5 • •••• Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ... ... 2 1 /., 2 Liverpool and Bury London /si, - Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d B% to Do. New . Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 . ..... 59% to Do. Fifths 4O London and Croydon Guaran teed 5 per Cent London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference —.lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . • London and North Wutern..loo 19 7 1 /2 to 198% Do. Quarter Shares ...... .. 2 Do. do. New ...... ...• ...... 2 Do. do. Fifilis ............... 2 .... 19 .3 4-- to to Do. Do. E N i e g ‘ h v t Q hs oart . e . ...... ......G G .. J. Ir/ 2 — Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 ...... _ London and S. Western.... 411.63 10(1 66 1 / 2 to 66% Do. New consolidat ed Bths.. 40 Ditto New . . 2 2 1,6 - Do. New .... . 18 London and York... ..... ...... 2 1 / 2 2 I,i .... . to Ditto Half Shares London and Windsor London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 9 % 114A... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 Lon(lor.derry and En n is!: illen 15 Lynn aou 'Ay Lynn and ',.)eichain ,*(isiieliesier And 1.,,J5s :;., Div, kiatiSliap,-, - .. llitLk, k, - ...1ar',,tr....... ......... 2 Ditto Ififths Ditto S:xteenths . ....... ... 6 1 4.-- to Do. Extension _l(' I COMMERC 1 1 ‘i