The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. about being sent to various ports along thl IriA coast with meal to reliore the prevailing distress, which is in creasing along the coast to the westward. The Sampson steam frigate, Capt. Henderson, was at Valparaiso on the 27th July, all well. The Contest, 12, Commander 111‘Murde, was in Fun chal Roads on the 4th of Sept., about to sail immediately for the coast of Africa. Ile Columbia steam surveyiug.vessel, Lieutenant- Commander ShDraand, was at Campo Bello cn the 9th of October, and with no prospect of returning home for the next twelve months. WooLwicu, Nov. 3. —The Belvidere, formerly a 36-gun frigate, and now converted into a store-ship, arrived at Woolwich to-day, having been towed up the river by th e Af r i can steam-vessel. She will' be taken to Deptford to rsc2ive stores for the poorer inhabitants of the western coast of Scotland. Captain Williams, late of the Avenger steam-frigate, with the other officers and crew of that vessel, arrived in the Belvidere, and the Captain and a part of the officers went on board the Amphion steam-frigate, to which they have been appointed. The Vixen steam-vessel has been taken into the west dock to have her defects made good. The Monkey steam-vessel was undociced to day. The Sphynx steam-frigate, Captain Cragg, left Wool wich at eleven A. M., for Portsmouth, where she will be paid advance, and rective farther orders. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, arrived at Woolwich yesterday evening, and is talcillg in a fresh sup& of coils. service, and the orders for the embarkation of Major General Sir a Patinger and suite in her were counter manded. Subsequent orders have been issued, and Sir IL Pottinger, with Captain Young, of the Royal Arta• lery, his aide-de-camp, will embark in the Pottinger, belonging to the Oriental Steam Company, for a passage to the Cape of Good Hope, that vessel proceeding round the Cape to India on her next voyage. A series of experiments have been made in the pre sence of a board of officers from her Majesty's dockyards to test the qualities of cables made by hand at Deptford dockyard, with cable of the same dimensions, made by machinery at Chatham dock)ard. The experiments were made with six fathoms of cable, of hand andlna chine make, and averaging from 15 to 16 inches in circumference. The experiments cannot be considered conclusive, as the machine-made gave the most satisfac factory results in the first instance, and at a later period the band-made had the advantage. It is, therefore, int: nded to repeat experiments of a similar nature before the report of the committet is given in to the Admiralty.. The experiments took place at Woolwich dockyard, with Bramah's powerful hydraulic machine. TlARwicit —On Tuesday the Mayor and Town Council of the Borough, gave a sumptuous entertainment to their worthy High Steward, J. 13agshaw, Esq. The dinner and winos were most t xcellent, and the whole affair did great credit to Mrs. Bull, the excellent caterer of the Three Cups Hotel, where the dinner was given. The whole affair went off in an excellent convivial way, the more so probably from its bring the first occasion of this Corporation ever entertaining their High Steward.— Ipswich Express. PRICE or GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 16 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of V. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 555 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 65, it follows that gold is 0.39 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Eamburgh the price of gold is 432 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 84 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being also 13 Bf, it follows that the price of gold is at pre sent the same at Hamburgh and London. The course of ex change at New York on London is 1081 per cent., and the par; of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follow that the exchange is 0.83 per cent. against England But the, quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. A VESTRY MEETING INTERLUDE.-THE DANGER OF CHUCKING UNDER THE CHIN A VESTP.YMAN'S SERVANT MAID.-At a vestry meeting held on Tuesday in the St. Pancras Vestry-hall, Gordon square, the fol lowing interlude was performed between the solemn acts of discussing what was to be done with the Poor law Commissioners' report, touching the management of the parish workhouse, and the conduct of the officials. A candidate having been chosen agent of inquiry for the parish from a list of unsuccessful candidates read (amongst whom was a Mr. Pike), Mr. Douglas rose and moved that Mr. Pike be called in before the vestry, to give him en opportunity of explainin g away a report that hail been circulated, viz., that he had taken, during his canvass, indecent liberties with a vestryman's servant maid. The motion being seconded, adt bate pro and con took place of far more farcical description than we ever witnessed on the mimic stage. During the discussion, however, the indecent liberties toarards a vestryman's servant maid dwindled down to a charge of having " chucked her under the chin." In vain did Mr. Crouch and a few other members designate the motion as childish and disgraceful, as a frivolous waste of time, unworthy men with beards on their chins; it was carried by a triumphant majority, and Mr. Pike was called in, that he might have an opportunity of clearing his reputation from the heinous charge of having "chucked . a veLtryman's maid under the chin" while calling to solicit her master's vote. Mr. Pike, a stern iron-gray person, having been summoned before She vestry, and hearing the charge solemnly read to him by the chairman (Churchwarden Howarth), denied it in in dignantly sonorous sentences. "It is untrue," he ex claimed, "upon my honour ; in the presence of my God, it is untrue. I know myself better than to be guilty of so humiliating an act. I have more respect to myself than to chuck any servant-girl under the chin, and least of all, the servant of a vestryman of St. Pancras." This ldeclaration seemel to satisfy the chairman and his fel o.w-vestrymert. They t o ld M r. Pik e so, and ordered him to retir e ; this he did, muttering as he squeezed himself between the folding-doors, that if he knew who it was who had circulated tile foul report, so fatal to his I canvass for parochial:ft: ho would kick --. PED2STRIANIsz4 On Monday Young Mountjuy perfaruurtitheuttNuitio7vii—ig extraordinary f e at within the space of i o n ne N l e z e r asa t 3 the Northumberland Cricket Club ground, :—Walked forward l one mile, trun one mile, walked backwards one milee 200 yards, died a hoop hada mile, hopped on onraen thmeouth 40 ran backwards 200 yards, picked up with'ia touchi n , and eggs, placed a yard apart, withont with his knees, or the eggs with his hands tege*tklAt' them in a bucket of water without wards L 7 It i l thiethern, and finally leaping over 20 hur- J , ,i ,- ~..,,,....,...•• •-_, figards apa r t. .', :•,%.. ; :/,' ItiANCII OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES . r f w,LA !I, e4oo.hle , line will be in working order in ....- .., 441441)4 PonTsarourn, Nov. 3.—Late last night this isle was affrighted from its propriety by the reports of musketry, and the rapid flash and roar of great guns, denoting some awful calamity in tho vicinity of this dcckyacd. This extraordinary circumstance soon caused a vast _ multitude to assemble on the shore on either side the Barbour, with anxious faces, aekinre pach other, " Where's ' the fire?"—the gener a l belief being that a fire had broken out in one of the ships up the harbour, the re peated discharge of guns appearing to confirm that opinion. Nor was the alarm and apprehension thus created confined to the shore. About a quarter to ten o'clock, the third great gun in succession having been fired, and the flash and report having been made out to proceed from the north .east quarter of the dockyard, the Victory, 100, Captain Pasco, ordinary guard-ship, then becoming alive to the fact of some most unusual and incomprehensible disaster having been discovered in some important portion of the naval establishment in or adjacent to the harbour, beat to quarters; the men in stantly " turned out" of their hammocks, manned all her boats, hoisted the signal of " fire" (four lanterns vertical) at the peak, and dispatched the boats, each in charge of an experienced officer, to ascertain the whereabouts and the particulars of the supposed calamity, and render all the assistance in their power. All this naturally in creased the alarm already most general ashore, and waternren's boats were seized by the eager throngs to follow the men-of-war's men, we have no doubt with the same most praiseworthy and laudable intention. The first boat manned was di s p a t c h e d t o th e St. Vin cent, la, flag-ship (on board of which the most unac countable apathy seemed to prevail), a few oars' strokes across the harbour, to inform them that firing was going on up the harbour, when the officer in the beat was ccolly informed over the side of the ship—" Oh, we heard you beat to quarters, and expected you to come; it's the Excellent practising with shell at the old Leviathan; we've three boats away guarding the creeks!" The officer in the boat then p u ll e d across to the Victory, to allay the increasing alarm on board that ship, which was also communicated to the whole fleet in ordinary. Upon these extraordinary facts being made known to our correspondent, he immediately took boat and pro ceeded as far towards the scene of folly as the " boats away guarding the creeks would allow him, and then, surely enough, he found the Excellent blazing away with live shell at the helpless old hulk, which, notwithstanding the full moon, was illuminated from stem to stern (!), to render her a more certain sacrifice to the famed profi ciency of the " Excellent" gunner. Having taken up a favourable position, be watched with chilly impatience for an hour and a hull the progress of the firing, but not one of the fiery-Eiled missiles did he see strike the illuminated target. Independently of the unnecessary alarm created ashore, great blame attaches to some one afloat, as, why were not the ships in ordinary (all having officers and men quartered in them) and the ordinary guard ship, Vic tory, lit into the secret as well as the St. Vincent ? And why, again, did not the St. Vincent immediately com municate with her opposite neighbour when she heard the drums beat to quarters, instead of allowing the officers and crew of that ship to be disturbed from their rest, and the boats to be lowered and snanned, and dis patched in various directions ? The Emerald tender, which returned yesterday from Devonport, was dispatched last evening to order the Nautilus, an cld coffin of the 10-gun class, from her sta tion off Brighton fisheries, into port, to he in readiness to take dispatches to Lisbon The Nautilus made Spit head about ten last night, and awaits orders. The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin, arrived this morning from Rochefort, and came into har bour to coal. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Johnstone, arrived at Cork from this port on Thursday last, and found there the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master-Commander Ayleu; the Acheron steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Dunlop; the Dee steam-vessel, Master-Commander Driver; the Blazer steam-vessel, Ciptain Virashiugton; and the Myrmidon steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Jenkin; which vi ssels were Now ready, In three vols._post.Bvo. J 0 H N OF ENGLAND. A ROMANCE. By HENRY CURLING. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street *** To be had at all the Libraries. NOTICE. COOPER'S NEW ROMANCE OF TIIE SEA. A P T A I N SPIK,E; Or, 'l HE ISLETS OF THE GULF. Will be found in " BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY," published this S TAFFORDSFIIRE AND SIIROPSIIIRE JUNCTION COMPANY. At a MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the STAFFORD SHIRE and SHROPSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY, called by virtue of the statute 9 and 10 Victoria, c. 28, and pursuant to the notice duly published, respectively, in the " London Gazette " of the 23,1 of October last, and in the "Globe," " Sun," and "Standard," three London daily newspapers, on the said 23d of October aforesaid, and held at the of of the Company, No. 6, Gray's Inn-place, in the cou.ity of Middlesex, on MONDAY, the 2d day of Nov., 1846, Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., one of the members of the Committee of Management, was, by the members of the same Committee, there then present, unanimously elected Chairman, and immediately after such election the meeting proceeded to, and did elect, as scrutineers, Mr. Arthur Kinsey, Thomas Lewen Marsden, and James Walten, three shareholders in the Company, to take the votes of the shareholders entitled to vote, and cast up and declare the same. It was then moved and seconded, that this Company be now dissolved. And it was also moved and seconded, that the vote of dissolution shall be taken to be an act of bankruptcy. The Chairman duly put the questions from the chair, and the said scrutineers proceeded to take and record the votes thereon, ard having certified that the fol lowing votes were given :—For dissolution, 4,027 ; against, none ; for such dissolution to be taken to be an act of bank rupfcy, 2,295 ; against, 1,732 ; and the total number of scrip and receipts for deposits on shares actually issued or given be lore the 31st day of March, 1846, amounting to 6,015. I, the said Charles Dickson Archibald, as such Chairman as aforesaid, do hereby certify that by the above voting it has been decided that the Com pany shall be dissolved, and that such dissolution shall not be taken to be an act of bankruptcy. (Signed) C. D. Ar.CTIIBALD, Chairman. (Countersigned) ARTHUR KINSEY, JAMES WALTON, Scrutineers. THOMAS LEWEN MARSDEN, Mr. Archibald having vacated the chair, and Mr. Clarke having been called thereto, Moved by Mr. J. MEE MATHEW, Esq. ; seconded by ROBERT BURR, Esq. ; and resolved — That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. Archibald, for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. A vote of thanks was also carried to the Scrutineers. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. yi[EssßS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAITOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TIIIIMAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the tI all of Commerce, Threadneedie-street, London, to which place, favotke,' containing kistructions (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 advlces of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lame dhttely disposed of according to instructions. 021ecs, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of STRADELLA. Alessandro Stra della, Mr. W. ilarrison ; signor Bassi, Mr. Weiss ; Barbarino, Mr. Burdini ; Malvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. After the'Opera wal be performed a grand Ballet entertainment, entitled UNE KERMES. In which MM. Paul. Theodore, Tell ; Macs. Adele Benart, Anita Dubignon, Louise; Mdcs. Guibilei, Theodore, and Les Sceurs St. Louie wilt appear. To conclude with DER FREISCUUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Linda, Miss Itainforth ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA ItK ET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS E Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. 3lr. Oddlngton, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Roll ; Mr. Brandon, 3±r. Howe; Mr. Hardman. Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; T. m Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue; liary Oddlngton, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yamold ; Fanny Hartman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Aria, " Vivi Tu," Cornet a Piston ; • the " Grus an P'rag " (Polkas) ; the " Sophien Tanze" (Walzer); and the " Lestocq " (Overture).; To concluite with a New Comely, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescne, Miss Telbin, &c. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Nlr. T. Archer, Boa Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley consequence of numerous applications, "The Manic Born" will be performed for one night more. "Mrs. llarrs " will appear every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wig m, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Wooßidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss flicks. Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; 'Hilary Shivers, Mr. Meadows; Fanny "late, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, 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. - • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be perfoi med 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. Culienford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which will be produced 3IRS. GAMVS TEA AND TURN-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch,. In one act. Principal c h arac t ers by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M Taylor. To conclude with a new dom.:side drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Tolley, Mr. Paul Bedford ; MT. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews; Eugenia ClairVlle, Madame Celeyte. 1 J. M. Maddox, sole l Assee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Massinger's Play, entitled A NEW WAY TO BAY OLD DEBTS. Wellborn, Mr. J. Vining; Fir Giles Over reach, Mr. J. R. Scott; Marra, Mr. Compton; Allworth, Mr. R. Roxby ; Laxly Allworth, Miss Harlington ; Margaret, Mrs. Stirling. After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Air. Compton ; Miss Dorothea Danzers, Mrs. Fosbroke; Tidy, Miss Laporte. To conclude with a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR THE BEST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; Parciunent, Mr. Smith; Isaac, Mr. Manner ; Clara, Miss Hornier. To conclude with the Musical Entertainment of THE QUAKER. In which Messrs. Barker, Leffler, lionner, Compton, Miss Grant, Mrs. Fosbroke, &c. will perform. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing season of French plays at the St. James's Theatre will be commenced on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November 11, by the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur I'erlet, who will appear for a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur CarlignY (of the Theatre Francais). M. Ithozevil (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 wilt appear in succession during the season :—Monsieur Perlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarisse, Monsieur Lafont, Mademoiselle Fargueil (her first appear auce in this country), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre da Palais Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle Duverger, (or 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 succasful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLARISSA HARLOWE, now performing in Paris with extraor dinary success, and also a new Play, written expressly for Mademoi selle Rose Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe ; Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Frantals), Mademoiselle Denain (also of the Theatre Franeais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, H. itouffe (his first appearance since 1343) ; in ad dition to which the celebrated Tragedienne, Mille. 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 ; " -triune," by Corneille, and other plays ef her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken •to per:orm, for the first time, the cha racter ef Celimene, In Moliere's Comedy of" Le Misanthrope." The subscription will be for fifty representations, on Monday and Friday evenings, with the privilege of exchanging for the Wednesday even ing performance, an arrangement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. Application for Season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING • Will be performed the - Pity of 'HIE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Water Lacy; Youn g Fashim, Mr. G. ItAton ; Loveless, hh. Leigh 3lurray; Sir Tunbel'y Clumsy, Mr. vi ilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nur,e, Mrs. C. Jones; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan; Berinthia, ilia Char:es ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of THE .LITTLE JOCKEY. THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVEN/ DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. • Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Last Week of Mr. MACREADY'S Performance at the Surrey neatre, and of Ills Appearance in London for a considerable criod. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sliakspere's Plw of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shy lock, !tin Maeready ; who will be svpirorted by the unrivalled talent of the Company. To conclude with the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. Colonel Lambert, lUr. Cooper; Charlotte, Mrs. C. Gill. Box•office open from eleven till four o'clock. • ASTGErbi ROYAL AMPIIITI.U.AIR Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pa•roniscd by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Last Six Nights of" Mazeppa," with an entire cha nge i n th e S cenes of the Circle. First app,ar ance of Stall-Master HEI.NBRECHT, Master of the Horse to the King of Prussia, who has arrived in this country, from Berlin, with his tour highly-trained Prussian horses, and will introduce their extraordinary and graceful feats of training. Mr. BATTY has, regardless of expense, formed an expensive arrangement wits this great artiste for a limited number of nights, and he will appear in the circle each evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEVIL'S HORSE AND THE TWELVE WISHES, introducing the Wild Stag-Hunt of the Past Ages, by Mr. Batty's superb living Deer, trained Camels from Sm) rna, and other at tractive Novelties. I:4a-office open from eleven till five o'clock. —Doors open at six a c :nimence at seven o'clock..—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER.—SuN Orawz, NovxmnEn 4. NERNOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest, 60; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 30 15.—WIND S.E., fine. WATEit AT LUNI►UN-EltD,tlF; Tttili DAY. Morning .. 2 minutes after 1. J Evening .. 22 minutes after 2. ft :‘1"I :41•1 OVI c r. Iff z -s f At ,t4C fr.„ gl 4 „Irk. D IZAI s '4,r • )131" itirt° • I Otritlin 251 tit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1846. Although we are perfectly satisfied that there is not the slightest danger of an absolute scarcity of provision s in England, we are, nevertheless, convinced that there is a necessity for the landowners throughout the island to bestir themselves. 'With the advance ment of the season the peasantry will require in creased assista nce . We do not, however, wish this serves, " I fully concur in the opinion entertained by persons most competent to judge, that if, to meet an emergency, assistance becomes necessary to enable the labourer to provide food, a supply of employment is most desirable." These words embody the principle upon which we would behold the behaviour of the landowners throughout the island modelled. Let active and remunerative employment be given to the labourers, and the consequences of the present failure in the potato crop will be advantageous to the community, instead of being disastrous. Those whose allotments are nothing better than scenes of vegetable corruption will be enabled to purch2se food from the neighbouring markets. Those who are without allotments will, by a moderate increase in their wages, or, by a more continuous em- ployment, be enabled to compete with the higher prices ,of provisions. "If extraordinary necessities require unusual exertions, such will not be wanting," says the Duke of SUTHERLAND, and meanwhile employment will be afforded to those who are capable of bodily exertion, while to the help• less poor certain quantities of meal will be portioned out by the parochial boards. Nothing could well be devised of a more kindly or propitious character. By these arrangements relief will be lavished upon the necessitous without de basing the industrious population into paupers. They will receive " a good day's wages for a good day's work," and with those wages compensate them selves for the failure of their allotments and for the rmusual costliness" of provisions. If the different landowners in England, Scotland, and Ireland would only emulate the generosity and foresight of his Grace the Duke of SUTTIERLAND, the fears of the poorer classes would be speedily dissipated, and the pressure of the approaching winter altogether re moved. The subject recently introduced by Mr. STEWART, an.l which may be styled, after him, " A Free Trade in nd," cannot be suffered to drop until its vast im po:.tance is thoroughly appreciated, and the public are ms de fully alive to the benefits that would be obtained by a thorough and searching reform of the law of real p rc,perty. On Saturday we alluded to the mischiefs occasioned by the restrictions attendant on the transfer or sale or land, both as to the great expense and as to the un certainty of title. The owner of the soil is thereby prevented from obtaining a sum of money on the sac urity of his lands, except at an expense of so exor- Ant a character, that it acts as a total bar to his ad opting such a course for any temporary accommo d: stion. He may often be seriously embarrassed and in nvenienced for the want of such accommodation, and y et, with the means within his power, he is debarred by file inequitable provisions of the law from availing lhimself thereof; and improvements are neglected that 'would otherwise have been carried into execution, rand the productive qualities of the soil are not de 'Moped to the extent that would otherwise have been e case. When the fearful character of the visita tion by which our Irish brethren were afflicted be tame fully known, when the enormous amount of 'destitution was understood, and the means of profit table employment fcr the multitude, in order that by their labour the national wealth might be increased :and multiplied, in place of being unprofitably con :slimed, was anxiously canvassed and considered, the (eyes of all were directed to the waste lands of the (country. It appeared almost providential that there fAhoulil be six million acres of land yet untouched by 'tie spade or plough, of which more than four million ac.res could be reclaimed and brought into cultivation at a moderate expenditure, and which would undoubt edly repay from 10 to 20 per cent. on the money expended in the improvement. It appeared miracu lous that in a country where labour was so cheap and 1 tbundant the land had been so long suffered to lie idle nil unproductive, but the letter of Mr. O'CONNELL— s c and and practical lawyer— explained the anomaly, 4nd why it was that so little had hitherto been done/ assurance to be understood in its ordinary acceptation. The assistance demanded by the poorer classes is not such as would be afforded to a mendicant, but such as may be implied in a simple case of bartering. The landlords will not be expected to employ almoners for the relief of their destitute or necessitous dependents—they will only be expected to exhibit a little more enter prise, and, in circumstances of emergency, a trifle more liberality in the prosecution of their common avocations. We would on no account whatever see the farm-labourers degenerated into the recipients of a bounty supplied by eleemosynary institutions, even though those institutions were of merely temporary establishment. The needy peasant should receive such assistance only as would prove equally advan tageous and remunerative to the donor and the donee. In this particular, indeed, the English landowner should take example from Government in its mode of admi nistering relief to the Irish population. They should thereby recognise the fact, that starvation is best pre vented not by pecuniary gifts, not by distributing pre sents of meal to the famishing, but byaffording each indi vidual such employment as would enable him to pur chase provisions for himself and his family. In other language, the impoverished tenants should not so much be dragged out of the abyss of their afflictions, as enabled to redeem their own poaition by honest toil ; they should not so much be extricated from their difficulties as enabled to extricate themselves. Two addresses, recently addressed to his smaller tenantry and workpeople by his Grace the Duke of SUTHERLAND, and already published in The Sun of the 2d instant, are so perfectly in accordance with these views that we should feel ourselves in some measure culpable if we allowed them to go unnoticed. Those addresses are most honourable to the Noble Duke ; they redound equally to the credit of his intelligence and his benevolence. Gladly would we recognise all the landlords of the United Kingdom emulating the conduct of the Duke of SUTHERLAND, evincing both in word and action the same paternal solicitude for the prosperity of their tenants and labourers, striving with equal earnest ness to dissipate the apprehensions of the community and presenting similar opportunities to the poverty stricken to support themselves and their children during the inclemency of the winter. To form any adequate notion of the generosity evinced by this Nobleman, it must be remembered that the smaller tenantry of Sutherlandshire are in a more flourishing condition than thousands in other parts of the king dom. Upon the evidence of a most respectable and competent authority, the crofters and cotters of that district pay merely from ss. to 23. 6d. the Scotch acre for arable land, and nothing whatever for land not arable. According to the same testimony, although these allotments are singularly diminutive, their holders are, notwithstanding, in a more prosper ous condition than the same classes in any other of the northern counties. It is to this generally flourishing population that the Duke of SUTIIER.• LAND has written two generous, sensible, recommen datory, and encouraging addresses. His Grace ac knowledges the receipt of a petition from the parish of Clyne, and in reference to the nature of that petition he at once endeavours to disabuse the public mind of the erroneous impression that the potato murrain had proved wholly disastrous. He assures those who are filled with apprehension as to the consequence of the presumed universality of the disease, that he has ob tained elaborate reports upon the subject from every individual parish with which he is connected, that he has scrupulously considered and compared those re ports, and that he has the satisfaction of - finding that they all, especially the more recent ones, concur in stating that the calamity is less extensive than was pre sumed. Considering the excellence and abundance of all. other crops, and considering, moreover, that while the vegetable blight has " prevailed to a lamentable extent" in some directions, it has n others been scarcely apparent. The. Noble Duke declares to his tenantry and workpeople that he has " every reason to hope that there is no danger of famine." It is after this satisfactory commencement that his Grace enters upon the consideration of the pith of the emer gency. To avert any grievous effects', he re commends every one most strenuously to eco nomise the provisions which are still remaining to them, and by that means to make up the deficiency. For example, he solicits all those who abstain from consuming what is to them a superfluity, but what is a necessity to the indigent. In his own family and household he has adopted this course, and consequently does not recommend a practice which he is personally disinclined to follow. Immediately after this recommendation the Duke of 'SUTHERLAND ob The expense of transfer consists of the costs of the necessary deeds of conveyance, which, in the absence of any special agreement, are usually defrayed by the purchaser, and of the deduction of title, which is borne by the vendor ; practically, how ever, all the expense falls on the latter. The purchaser knows that he has to pay not merely the sum agreed on, but also an unascertained amount which ha naturally calculated at the highest possible point, and deducts from what he would otherwise bid for the property. This expense is of a twofold cha racter—the first occasioned by the high and exorbitant amount of stamp duty, and, secondly, to the verbose and prolix terms in which the deeds of conveyance are couched. Most beneficial alterations might be mane in both these respects, without any loss to the revenue or the parties by whom the deeds are prepared ; but the most important of all the changes IA ill be in the simplifying the titles, and having the necessary inquiry shortened and made at the same time cheaper and more satisfactory. We shall shortly offer a few suggestions by which we conceive these great points may be attained. Letters from Zurich state that the Government of the canton of Lucerne has sent circulars to the Go vernments of the other cantons, declaring that it does not recognise the new Government of Geneva. This is nu peu fort on the part of the Jesuit rulers of Lucerne, who themselves owe all their power to a revo lution, in which, with the aid of the ignorant peasantry of the small mountain cantons, they overturned by force the Liberal Government previously existing and usurped all the powers of the State. Madrid papers of the 26th, 27th, and 28th ult. have arrived. The Gaceta of the 28th publishes a dispatch from the Captain-General of Saragossa, announcing the complete restoration of tranquillity in that city. Twenty-four persons were arrested, and sixty stands of arms seized. The object of the revolters was to proclaim the constitution of 1837. The British squadron sailed form Cadiz on the 21st al a westerly direction, supposed for Lisbon. The accounts from Portugal are to the 2,lst. The cause or the Uovernment was going on well, but did not mention a single fact to bear out the statement. The Spanish Herald°, on the authority of a letter from Vigo of the 22d, declares that Oporto has recognised the Lisbon Government. This state ment, however, is exceedingly improbable. On the other hand, the Clamor Publico declares that the insurrection was spreading in every direction, that the Count DAS ANTAS, at the head of 2,500 men, had entered Coimbra, and was marching OR Lisbon. The same journal publishes a letter, dated Lisbon, October 21st, which states that the Ist regiment of infantry, only 400 strong, had left for Santarem, and was accompanied by the KING as far as the place of embarkation. His MAJEST Y, says the writer, met with a cold reception from the peeple, and returned to the palace in a state of dis couragement. Another account, in the same jour nal, states that the junta of Oporto was proceeding actively in the organization of tr oops, and that the was spreading on e very point. It is 11th regiment of i n f antry, which had a i n d s d u e r d r , e c t h t i a o t n t he left Elves by an order from the Government, had, on its arrival at Estremoz, declared itself for the insurgents and marched for Evora. Their example, it is said, has been followed by the 12th Regiment. It is reported that the inhabitants of Alentejo have joined the insurrection, and formed themselves into regi ments, that a junta has been established at Beja, and that Marvao and Port Alegre have pronouncrd against the Government. MADRID Boma, Ocr. 28.--The Three per Cents. were done at 341 for cash, and 34i for paper. The other securities had not changed. piper published o n TieTrileFrOannlycapisa,p which d oes not Monday, being All Saints'-day, was o b served as a ct that o a s t e d holiday i t n h e P c a f r o is a . contain any news that could interest the English reader. King LEOPOLD was to leave Paris for Brussels on Tuesday morning. Marshal BUGEAUD was expected at Marseilles on the 30th ult., to embark on board the Chameleon steamer, for Algiers. The Marseilles Courrier of the 29th ult. says— " The favourable weather of yesterday has brought into our port a considerable number of vessels laden with corn. In the course of the evening 18 entered on qu a . ractine, and 28 with a clean bill of health. Letters from Constantinople, by the last packet, state that 115 vessels laden with corn had sailed for Marseilles." • of t l ie ni Semaph ore tlhoethO ctober c tober : de ... 11 : . arseilles of th e same d a t e we find the following extract of a letter f rom S m yr na , " The Austrian steamer, which reached Constantinople yesterday m orn i ng, brought advices from Tenedos, stat e that au English schooner, the name of which escapes us, commanded by Captain Alexander Jones, lying at anchor opposite that island on the coast of Troy, had been b oar d ed by pirates on the night of the 11th. The seamen on g uard having been murdered, and the re• mainder of th e crew confined to the hold, the vessel was stripped o f a ll i ts rigging and valuable articles, &c., and the captain of hi s money. It was believed that this act of piracy was committed by the crew of one of the Greek vessels an c h ore d close by us. " The foll ow i ng accounts extracted from the French provincial journals will give some idea of the horrible destruction of life and property occasioned by the in undations : " Official documents declare that the loss at Roanne alone of houses carried away by the late i nundat i ons to 200, and this number is being daily aug tuented. Not l ess than 2,000 persons are without food or raiment ; and to this amount must be added sixty families belonging to the neighbouring communes. "A letter from Cosne, dated the24th ult., and published in the Province, a journal of Moulins (Allier), contains the following pictur e o f horrors not before mentioned, but which it is to b a h oped are greatly exaggerated : We have acquired th e l amentable certainty that the small town of Saint Fi rmin, above Briare, containing about 600 souls, h as b een entirely engulphed, and that the whole populatio n h ave perished ! Tins horrible news which was first cir cu l ated on the 21st, is this day con firmed by a letter from the President of the Tribunal at Glen, which states that the banks are covered with dead bodies. The inhabitants surprised in their beds were unable to find any means of escape. Tho banks being broken down let in the body of the river at the back of the town, so that these unfortunate beings were com pletely surrounded by a torrent, which every minute them.' narrowed its inner Ci rc l e/ and at last completely covered " The little commune of Epercieu-St.-Paul. near Frurs, has lost 42 houses out of 91. Upwards of 40 im portant domains have been ravaged between Montrond and Fours, on the two banks of the Loire. At Van- or coal now be done, with respect thereto, viz , the delay, difficulty, and exp:nse atteedant on the making out and establishing a clear and marketable title, which should be deduced before capital ists would consent to employ their wealth in the speculation. The oviner had not the means himself, and could not obtain the co-operation of others from the legal impediments that exist. For the same reasons fourteen millions of acres of land at present in tillage, but undrained, unfenced, wanting the necessary farm-buildings, and not producing one quarter of what might be obtained under a better system, are suffered to remain without the improve ments that would otherwise most probably have been effectel. But this is not all the mischief. The value of the land is materially decreased ; a large class of persons, who would gladly invest their money, are deterred from entering the market as purchasers. Mr, STEWART has put this simply and well. He says—" The greater the facility you can get in dispos ing of the land, the higher will be its value. The greater ease, the less expense which attends its transfer, the greater will be the number of persons who will be disposed to deal in it, and if they can part with it again as readily as they have acquired it, the less hesitation will they have in purchasing it." Every legal practitioner is aware that there are vast numbers of landed properties, which, although they can be enjoyed with perfect security, cannot readily be disposed of; there is what is technically termed a flaw in,or a blot on the title ; and if the owner can, by any possibility, find a purchaser, it will only be at a loss of several years' purchase-money. Every condition of sale also lessens the value; the regards not merely the present n abinotuetrestte, dividend,by or annual pro duce that he can obtain for his capital during the period he chooses to employ it in a prac tical channel, but, also, that should he desire to realise it, and to call in his money, he may do so with facility, and obtain the full amount expended. Any thing, therefore, that is calculated to deter future pur chasers diminishes the value of the property to him, although at the time he may have no idea of disposing thereof. G, VEM BE It 4, 1816, 'ERIAL PA RE LAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament was prorogued to-day by Commission to the 12th of January, 1847. Shortly after half-past two o'clock the Lord Chan cellor, the Earl of Auckland, and Lord Campbell, robed as Lords Commissioners, took their seats in the House of Lords, for the purpose of further proroguing Parliament. Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, was then commanded by their Lordships to summon the Commons to the Bar to hear the Commission for pro roguing Parliament read. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Wm. Ley, attended by seve ral of the officers of the House of Commons, appeared at the Bar, and the Commission having been read by the Clerk at the table, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name, declared the present Parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 12th of January next, and it was prorogued ac cordingly. Ther© was not a single Member of the llouse of Corn coons present. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—TUESDAY, THE DERBY. • Mr. Arabin's Ajax beat Mr. Gillett's Glentilt. Lord Stradbroke's Meteor beat Mr. King's Runjeet Sing. Mr. Bennett's Willy beat Mr. B. Smyth's Shakspeare. Lord Stradbroke's Mentor beat Mr. Vipan's Van Tromp. Mr. Dobede's Dutchman beat Mr. Moody's Roadster. Mr. Fyson's Fireway beat Mr. Anstruther's Coiner. Mr. Fyson's Farmer's Bo y beat Mr. Drinkald's Envoy. Mr. Vip an ' s Vi c t ory beat Mr. Dobede's Doubtful. THE Cur. Mr. B. Smyth's Knight Marshall beat Lord Stradbroke's Mainmast. Lord Stradbroke's Mace beat. Mr. Squire's Damask Rose. Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk beat Mr. Gillett's Goldfluder. Mr. l'yson's Figaro beat Mr. Vipan's Vanguard. Mr. B. Smyth's Spinster beat Mr. Arabin's Attleboro'. Mr. Fyson's Farmer beat Mr. Anstruther's Conjuror. Mr. Moody's Rachael beat Mr. Bennet's Winchester. Mr. King's Regina beat Mr. Dobede's Dowager Queen. THE OAKS. Mr. Vipan's Vesta beat Mr. B. Smith's Sarella. Mr. Fvson'3 Fair Maid beat Mr. Austruther's Clementina. Mr. liobede's Daisy beat Mr. Fyson's Fancy. , Mr. Gillett's Goody beat Mr. Arabin's Ales. Mr. Gillett's Gipsy Girl beat Lord Stradbroke's Minikin. Mr. Dobede's Dolly beat Lord Stradbroke's Mouche Mr. Bennet's Wildair ran a bye. Tux PORT STAKES. Mr. B. Smith's Steamer beat Mr. Gillett's Graciosa. Mr. Fyson's Fenman beat Mr. Dobede's Destiny. Mr. Fyson's Fenella beat Mr. Dobede's Duchess. Lord Stradbroke's Mac beat Mr. Vipan's Vampyre. Mr. Moody's Rhea beat Mr. King's Rosetta: Lord Stradbroke's Marshal beat Mr. Gillett's Gitana. Mr. Arabin's Alpha (late Favourite) ran a bye. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 8 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken several times 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote 23 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sis. to Cobweb colt—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Iris colt—t a k en 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken. • The field agst ten. 5 to 1 agst Scott's Lot. PUGILISM.—BARNASII (OF WESTMINSTER) AND HAZELTINE (OF WMITECRAPEL) FOR SO L A SlDE.—These opponent stars of the East an d W est brought their differences of opinion, as to the better man, to an issue yesterday, at Dartford-level, Long Reach. The muster o f sages of: the East and denizens of " the far West" WaS extraordinary. The orientals, however, prepon derated. Fifteen rounds sufficed to settle the question of the . Israelite's capabilities for contest ; and at the end of forty-seven minutes, the sponge being thrown up from Hazeltine's corner, as the signal of &feat, the West minster hero was hailed as conqueror. We cannot close this brief paragraph without adding a line in commen dation of the vast body of the friends of Hazeltine who were present, whose wise conduct and quiet submission to." the fortune of war" did every credit to their love of fair play and good order, even under trying and adverse circumstances. GREAT SCULLERS' MATCH FOR 2001.--A match, which excites considerable interest in the aquatic circles, has been made between Henry Clasper, the celebrated sculler, and Anthony Maddison, to row on the river Tyne, on the 16th inst. The stakes are 1001. aside. A communication by steam-packet is about to be established between Roucn and Dunkirk. Ghetto all the inhabitants of the low grounds were forced to fly, anti scarcely had they cEcAped when their houses were inundated. The water was in general three feet higher than in November, 1790." Intelligence has been received from Algeria to the 24th October. The Echo d'Oran of that date has the following : " Yesterday a column of troops marched from Oran, and this morning the commander of the province set out to place himself at its head. The departure of that co lumn in the direction of Sidi Bel Abbes had already caused some uneasiness, when a report arrived that a grand razzia had been executed in the territory of the Ouled Slimans, that a body of cavalry intercepted the road between ()ran and Tlemcen, and, finally, that the latter was seriously menaced. We are enabled to ex pose the facts in their real light. The news of a move ment of the Emir towards the tableland, to effect a raz zia in tne Sahara, in the country of the llemaines Che ragas, is considered the more probable, as advice of that movement has been given by those who were to suffer from it. Later it became known that the Maia-Angads of Morocco were preparing for a coup de main. A corps of cavalry of theirs, consisting of 300 or 400 men, had. even commenced its march. On the side of Tlemcen, Bou Maza, having failed to induce the Beni Snassens to join his standard, is now tampering with the Beni Snous and Beni Bou Saids. Everything may be expected from that fanatic ; and it would not be astonishing that he prevailed upon those weakened tribes to follow him, and thus intercept the communications with Tlemcen." The Paris Bourse was agitated on Monday. Finding the Government party too strong to allow the Funds to go down, the speculators for the fall (Bears) turned all their attention and all their malignity towards the share market, and suc ceeded in depressing the shares of nearly all the lines in France. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day at 82f. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 85c.; the Or leans Railroad Shares, 1,2351 ; Rouen, 905 f. ; Havre, 683 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 6651. ; Avignon, 872 f. 50c.; Vier zon, 572 f 50c. ; Bordeaux, 5321. 50c. ; Basle, 218 f. 75e.; Fampoux, 400 E ; Paris and Strasburg, 482 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 490 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 5QOf. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4901. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 475 f.; Spanish Do mestic Debt, 33. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 1434—Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette ( Espelete), $4 —Dutch Rhenish, s►( —East Indian, —Luxembourg, 1 1 ,4—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, —Namur and Liege, 3% Northern of France Constituted, I ly e —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 1 4 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5 —Paris• and Strasbourg Consti tuted, 4 1 4—Sambre and Meuse, 4%. DESTRUCTION OF THE GARRICK THEATRE BY FIRE.—(TIIIS DAY.) This mottling, between the hours of four and five, Police-constable 96 11, whilst passing along his beat, dis covered smoke and sparks issuing from the Garrick Theate, in Leman street, Goodman's-fields. This satis fied the officer that a fire was raging within the theatre. Without a moment's loss of time an alarm was spread in the usual way, but before any of the inhabitants could be aroused from their slumbers the fire burst through the roof, and, in the brief space of ten minutes, at least one-half of the building became enveloped in flame. An instant attempt was made to get the fire subdued, but upon an entry into the theatre being made it became a matter of certainty that, at least, the entire structure must :fall a prey to the destructive element, The Brigade engines from Wellclose and ileffrey-squares stations were the first that arrived, and without delay the same were set to work, under the direction of Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the district. By that period, how ever, the whole tier of boxes, together with the gallery, were wrapped in fire, and as the burning flakes fell below they communicated with the pit and mazarine floors, so that, by the hour of five or a little after, the theatre was on fire from the basement to the top of the roof. The great number of scenes and other combustible articles in the building proved such a, powerful auxiliary t o t h e flames that when the roof fell in the fire mounted several yards above the level of the house-tops in the sur rounding street. Other engines of the London Brigade, with Mr. Superintendent Brsidwood, the West of Eng land Company's engine and firemen, with Mr. Coanorton, and the County engine, with Mr. Garwood, arrived tone after the other in rapid succession. 'The mains of the East London works afforded an abundant supply of water, which was scattered over the fire, and the several surrounding habitations. This had the desired effect of cutting off the progress of the fire just as it had com municated with the Jews'Orphan Asylum in the Tenter ground, and the gun factory of Mr. Scott. No sooner had the firemen succeeded in damping the fire in the direction before spoken of than their endeavours were directed towards saving the Garrick Tavern, which they accomplished by leading the hose through the theatre, and directing the branches against the back front. The damage, however, done to the three latter buildings is very considerable. By nine o'clock the firemen succeeded in getting the flames entirely extinguished; by that hour the theatre was entirely consumed, and the valuable wardrobe de stroyed; the whole of the scenery and stage appoint ments are likewise burned—by which calamity we regret to state that about fifty performers will be thrown out of employment. As to the origin of the fire nothing that could be de pended upon could be ascertained, but it is the prevailing opinion that it arose from some of the gun wadding lodging in the " flats" during the firing of can non a t e o:e.a ~,Iv•-•—#44.0e.e...AP,ttie-isvi; g.at—ifinstetvrenn twelve and one thi s morn i ng, t h e place appeared quite safe and free from fire. Whilst the firemen were directing the water on the theatre the outer wall in the Tenter-ground fell with an awful crash ; th e p o li ce and firemen had barely suffi cient time to get out of the way, when the same fell and completely blocked up the road-way. As it was, one of the police-constables was: severely injured, and was obliged to be removed to the London Hospital, weere he at present remains. Although the lessees of the theatre are insured, we understand that their loss will far exceed the amount of their policies,_ to say nothi ng o f t h e serious destruction of property belonging to the corps dromatique. IMP MONEY and - COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yester day fell off, being about 3,000 bales. There was no change in prices. American sorts were 4d. to 61d., ar d Surat 3kd. to 4d. per lb.—Shares were rather higher. The sale was well attended. The Regent's Canal and Hungerford Bridge shares divided attention. The rail way shares went off better, though not so well as ex pected. All Freech shares flat and low. Great Western of Bengal £0 8 6 East Indian Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 10 6 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Shrewsby., Wolverh., and South Stafford 1 9 6 Leicester and Bedford Eastern Counties, York Extension ...... Manchester and Southampton, 1846 ' 1 0 0 East Lincolnshire London and York ... 1 18 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. .... Shropshire Union and Canal East and West India Docks and London and Birmingham Junction Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham London and Croydon, Thirds 9 15 0 London and Manchester (Remington's) 010 0 Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham 0 8 0 Regent's Canal Hungerford Bridge Paris and Rouen . Direct Northern 1 14 6 Namur and Leige There are very satisfactory results stated in reference to tho commerce of Belgium during the year 1845. The foreign trade of the country appears to be annually increasing, and the total amount represented thereby was, last year, 677 millions of francs, the imports being reckoned in that amount for 3674 millions. On the year 1844 this shows an increase of 19 per cent. The exports in 1845 were for 3094 millions of franc's, being an increase of 9 per cent., and of this amount Belgian pro ducts are represented by the sum of 1844 millions of francs. The foreign commerce of 1845 was carried on to the amount of 299 millions of francs by sea, and 378 millions by land ; the Belgian shipping employed carrying to the amount of 825 millions of francs, and the foreign 2161 millions. The English vessels form a pro portion of this foreign tonnage of 864 per cent., the American of 121, the African and Asian of 1-10th, and the French of 24-100th. The following is an extract of a letter received by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, dated Cork, Oct. 27: The corn market here is steadily advancing. Prime wheat being worth 355. to 365. per bag of 2i cwt. "I consiaer the remarks of the Times some days past extremely probable that wheat will bring Si. per quarter before next August. "In fact, the deficiency to be made good is greater than is generally known, and in all likelihood this de ficiency cannot be made up in corn, therefore other arti cles of consumption will be brought into consumption, such as American beef, pork, cheese, rice, &c. " At present these articles are not much sought for, as the farmers, for want of feeding for their cattle and foals, are forcing them to market, to get rid of them ; so that about January or February next, I calculate that holders of the above stuff, or of the like sorts, will obtain good prices." The funds have not been quite so well supported to day, there having been a slight diminution in the amount of the purchases. Consols for present transfer have realised 94i and for time 944- 4, Exchequer Bills have been marked 7s. to 10s., and East India Bonds under 10001., 183. premium. The market fur the Un funded Debt, seems rather weak. Bank Stock is quiet at 205. Tee foreign investments have been rather neglected. Spanish Three per Cents are 37 to 37*. and Portuguese Four per Cents. 381 to 39. Brazilian New Bonds have been at 84. Equador stock is again at 3i. The merchants and others interested in the South American trade have signed a memorial to Lord Pal. merston, praying the interference of Government against the expedition fitting out here and in Spain, under General Flores, against the republic of Equador. Shares are again ltery. firm. Aberdeen have, touched par, Caledonian'teligtotinti Scottish' . Midland a prem., and North British 381. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF RRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock ... ' 205 • 2044 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms...— 93%4 1 / 2 9314 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4 1 / 2%x% , 94% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95 1 / 4 % 95% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 93g It 7-16 9 15-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 year; Jan. 5,1860 l O l /8 1-16 10 1-16 India Stock — 257 India Bondi, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000(.....i...: 18: p•,- .: • • . : 18 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account 9 4 1 / 234 94 Exchequer Bills, 10001. I'/d.... 710 .r- p 10 p Ditto, 500/ Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 'RICES OF FOREIGN .FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B4 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — l'ortuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, Acc0unt.....:.......,,...,,, aii.l/ no Ditto Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. .. Ditto, Account . Ditto, Indemnity Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 - C 6% PRICES OF B RAILWAY SHARES PAID . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen .. 20 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush AylesbuX „ r Th- 1 Ayi _.y any , ame.. IA-...... _ Belfast & County Down 4% ..... . Birmingham and Dudley 411 s. ... .. 4% p Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New 17% ••• ••• Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, - • and Cheshire Cheshire Junc.... 2 3 4 . Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 00 ..-. -6 . •••••••• Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 / •••• - Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 214i...... C 2% ......... 2 li Cambriane s t er and 8' Holyhead... Grand ju 04 4 Churnet and Blytly ,, 2 Chester and Manchester. 425. - Cheltesiham and Oxford 2 ...... . C ok, Blackrock, ly r desdaleJunction. an . . 0 .. 20 Cork, Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 ( 2 — 5 .... Corkand Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 — Cornwall C l D e p r r n b i N t ) ; a o a i n l d& HalfC e Sharesl Crewei t' l e v o •• n• 21z••••• s lll l ...... Direct---- Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shetld. Jena 2 _% Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 E D as un t d er a n lk co & un E t in e i s aiskille 4 n t 1 1 0 6 s. ..... 22 v 2 %.................. .. Ditto New l2l. 16s 7% p ............ Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d — ....... "•..... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d — . Do., York Extension.. 2 .... . ... . ... 3% """' . ""'••EastDereh'Fn andNor' c h 1 ...... Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 8% • — .......... ... ....... Do. Exten.(llar w r c h) 1% ..... : ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely 21' East Lancashire l Ditto. New . ... ........ ......... 5 ..... 8 1 4 East Lincolnshire 1 East & West o f England 1 Ed.nburgh and Gl asgow 50............ 79 .. Ditto Half Shares ... 10 ...... • Enniskillen poy D anei sintiiatsetbtnoktro Edinburght Ditto, vviryi , Ngi:4 Q 2Ke hsneuo u jis caina a i iialnnt r i rNi, t ddanes z e rsogs r pidDl 4tSei Huntingdon roi h ntAeor a hsry ! : t. .. .s . — l4 • ......... . Do., (5 per cent. guar.) .. ...... 12 1 X — Glouc.,Abet ystwith, and Central of Wales ...,•• 1% .. - •• Goole, Doncaster, &cc. .. 425. • . Grand Union (Notting.. 1.11(5)52114;1/4..............:...'....•......... I:TN -. .. .. . . .... .. . n Gr a e n a d t ELasY7enrt; &• Wes ' •• ;e • rn - • 111.. ... -- GI r fi e e a l t d Gr . i . nas ,. by, n. ;1 5hef...... 10 Great - .... . .....••• South. and West. (Ireland).. ............. 27% 29% 29 29%... Great Munster ......... . 2% Great North of Scotland 2 1..„ Great North of England -100 2361 Ditto New ............... 5 Ditto, New .15 Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto 1/ Shares ... 50 Ditto ,!‘ Shares lO — Ditto l'ifths Ditto, New ... 2 hull and Selby - 50 Ditto M Shares . ..... 12% — Do. Half Shares 25 Ipswich & Bury St. Edin. 11% Do., & , and Norwich 2% — Killarney Junctions l'4 — .......... Kendal and Windermere 1% — .. .. Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 110. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bradford 3O ...... —.. ..., ... ... Leeds and Carlisle . Leicester & Birmingham 225... ..... Leicester and Bedfo r d 2 2s. v ..... i 4. di s. di s .... Leeds and Dewsbury ... 2 2 % Lpool., litnchstr & New castle Junction ...... 2% ...... - .. ••• Liverpool and Bury . 14 •. ... .. London and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4 d, 9 1 4 Do. New Ditto Extension ~ 7 %. .. ••.... -.. ,• 4% p Lon dnn, Brighton, and T.? South Coast 7O .. .. 59)‘ 1 / 2 ••• ....... . -- Ditto, Fifths ......... 40 London and Croydon,l3/. 15s. 9d — ............... --- Do. G..:aran. 5 per cent. 9 . London aldGreenv,•ich 12/ 15s4d — ............... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — ............ London, Hounslow, and -- Western -•••••-• 19 3 ..... I. endon and N. Weeternloo 199 198 1 / 2 199 1 / 2 Do. Quarters Do., no., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12 1 / 2 — , • • ••• Do., New M Shares --• (. J.) Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 • — ............ 680 Lout & S.Western 411 6a 10d 6B x n........• - --- Do. New Consol. &its 40 Do. Ne-v Do. New ... . ............. ;N Loudon arle. York 2 1,4 Do. 1 / 2 Shares ... London and Windsor 1 ,3'.... --- -.. ......... . London, Salisbury, and 1!4 Yeovil ....... s . ........ 2 1 / 2 - Loadonderry&Coleraino 15 Loaconderry and Ennis killen 15 ........... ioi j 3 Lyon and Ely Lynn and Derehain :5 Manchester and Leeds-. 82 Ditto I ,:s Shares - • ..-• Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths ... 6 31 4 Do. Extension 42s. l l /2 p ...... . . .... 7./ Manchester and Birtnin Do. Quarters (A) 5 ...... --- . : ............ .- Do. Quarters (B) ......1:01865%1/2 .................................................................................... 1::: .......... Do. Quarters (C) l.. 8 1 4 ............ ... ,o .._ Mancliester.Buiton,and Math c's 42s. — p ............ ..• Manchester, Birm., and .., Mould Junction .. .. ... Manchest. &Southampt. 2 - ..................... ::: j; 4/ Midland Do. k ifths -6g 5 0 Do. New Ditto, New Do. firm., and Derbyloo - Midlnd& East. Counties 2% — .. .. .. .. .. ............. .7 Midland Great Western is 'lrish ..... .... ••• Newcastle and Berwick 20 Do North Shields ... 25 s's Newcastle andCarlisle...loo Newmrket&Chesterfrd 5 Newport&Abergavenny 24 15% .. .... . . .. . ....... . . . ............... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newark, Sheffield, and ~ Bokon ... .. 1% . . Norfolk lOO 132 ............... I Do. Half Shares Do. Extension North British . ....... ... 25 Do. Half Sharks ll ...... 16% 17A " Do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... .. 14 3 % 34 ........ ••• Do. Extension %••• • • • 1% 2.......... Northern and Eastern Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 121A_ ....................... IA /,/ 1 0,4 I/ Do. New North Staffordshire 425..._.. 2% 1 4 % P•'•''' North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting ............ Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and .. 4 Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 33/ ,t — .......... i. '.• Preston and Wyre ~„ Do. % re Shas ....... ~.., Beading, Guildford, and . Reigate 3,. 12 s. — di s. ....... . / ........ Ri chi:amid 99 Roysti.n and llitchen ... 1% — ............. . 130 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% 12% 13,4 . Sheffield, Buxton, Leek . • Potteries, andCrewe... 1% ... „Sheffield & M anc h ester 1 00 .. ........... •• . ....... Do. Quarter Shares,. 8 ' • Do.-LincOlnshitel t i n c " '.'' 114 .. •.. r Do. & Great Grin h by. 10 - - .. . . ~. .. , i Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 ...• • 3% •• •• ...... 14 .. Shropshire Union - Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsli. junc. 21-/, -..... ...• •.. Sligo and Shannon l% — ............ • ..... • South Devon 35 -••••— ........... South & Midlands Jane 42s. .. ... ............ ,3 5 South StaffordshireJunc 2% • ............. / South Eastern & Dover 33% 38% 3 8 ......... i Do., No. 1.. Do., Na. 2. . la-,12. , • - Do., No. 3 - 'ls ..... •••• . . ..• , Do., Nb. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield, and . ..... /, Hertford Junction ... 425. Staines and Richmond... 1 s S o ta u er th or vv ds r h aies & Sh‘rofld . r . e . 5 2% _..— ..... ....................... ;' -. Swans. & Loughor &Ca- / meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 „. .... Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Tring, Reading, and .. , ............ .... Basingstoke 54 Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, 4 . . .. ...• ( - 1.,,,,i- - 61,,i ••• ........... ....' IV arwicicshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. , WaterfOrd and Kilkenny 11 Waterford and Limeri c k 22%. — ...... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, •• ~ and Dublin ...... ...... 1%.... . ........ .." . !V aterford, 'Wexford, and ...... Valentia .... Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 Welsh Midland .......... West Riding Unio n 42 — . 142 . / ............ :: , . / . .... . „. West Cornwall .. 2 ... .. • ....... • .. WestLondon,Old Shares 20 • ............ Wexford and Carlow ... 2% ..... . ............ . -.. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- mouth , 'Worcest er , W arw i c k , and .... .. , Rugby - ...... ~ P,r, York and Carlisle 2% • %-- •-'... 1 7, York and Newcastle 25 ... .44 43 .......... 6 Ditto New • 5 Do. Prefere nce ...... 2 ..... ... ......... 4.-; York and North Midland 50 ...... '...... • Ditto % Shares 25 Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby -. ......... . .... 40' ' ' Do. Extension ......... 20 Ditto, Preferen ce ... 2 Do. East and W est Rid - 2Q14 ..• 1 ing Exten s i on Anglo-Belgian 4 8786 ................................................... ,:t ,; i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 4 ....... ........ .......... Barbadoes. .. 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% ............ ••• Boulogne an d A m i ens... 16 ........ Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, - Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2. .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk,andWest ...... Calcutta a n d Di amon d ............... Flanders 2 Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... ... . .......... ..... Central of Spain ... .•• Ceylon .......... .... .. ••- 2 55. 1 / 2 I .. ... ................................. 4 . ...... , Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rheni s h ..... 6 . — ... • •• East Indian ... ..... ...., ss. Fampoux & Hazebronk 4 Great Indian P en i nsu l ar ss. : - ............ Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 - ............... "..,,, Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... Jamaica S.Mid. J unc ti on 1 - ..... Jersey ..... ... 1 ........ .. ..... .-011 A Louvain a la Sambre ... 6 ... . •••••• .... ... / L•••• uxembourg...-. , ..... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon ...... Madras Madras, Nellore, and •.. ./ Arcot %...... •• ..... •'' .. / Afadrid and Valcntia - ... .. ............. :3 4 Mauritius .... ... 1 Namur and Liege Nn of France Constitute 5 - North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel • 4l 3s 4d .• Paris &Lyons Co n sti t u t ed 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen . 20 `,9 ~ / 17 Paris and Strasb ourg ... '2 l Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meus e lO •• • . — 2-7 •••••::••••:.:.:.:.....:: ...... Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic s and Nantes Con — Tours ~. stituted ... ___ __ 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan - den, and Hasselt...... 8 Trinidad West Flande rs _.. 6 ........ ... •• -- Real del Monte Unre,gd —• —l 3 % *********************************************** ." . _rn Royal n H sw e 1 n i c V a k n i MINES. • a i i ) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THY .1 LONDON, Nov. 4.—Wind S. by. E., light breeZe A t Slid clear weather. to DEAL, Nov. 3.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., moderato% "Ter;,, Gwalior, Edwards, Bomba Morning amo Star,ner, Baltimore: Star, Spencer, Philadelphia; u St. Job `off'' Brunswick, and sailed for Leith; Lumley, oct. John% r ag . Brunswick, and sailed for Yarmouth; Victory, -P ewer ciae be4 wash, and sailed for Hull; Emma Searle, Hescroff., ieffiei; and sailed for Chatham. Arrd. from the 8iN:er,..Y411.5, 10 Dougal, Sierra Leone; Atalanta, Laughton, St. Jo - ra ter , 1 Brunswick. ; ct c e or a o i r l a e t ; e : G ;ch orr e ;i l b l e ` l lit P a . : dit L u :vErtrooL, Nov. 3.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ore stes 'orio e69, Hond ; Li a r T a nu : s ; ks G etr. e , n j e o l un l ; V :: ea sie, Fairfield,Orleans ;' .. sr" Vaug Afars" it- Stephen's, OFF DUNGENESS, O N ci die • t : to 2 l3 B ; Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Princess Victoria, ht 0 Ji 4, New A voli , t , vannab, and sailed for Norway. November 2.,. _ go ttf', Worubard Edward, Hagur, Batavia, and s ailed wl iia l 1 °: dam ; 'l'. C. T. Van Speyk, Uoltee, ditto, and .13roelL" Brgmen ; Ann, New York, and sailed for Bremen L,.. Jobe - ditto, and sailed for Hamburgh; Ross, WooleY, P‘ ..... e, New Brunswick. S•W" " PORTSMOUTH, Nov 3.—Wind S.S.E. to 5. • Arrd. Countess of Durham,. Hoag', Quebec. A rii Sesi bl ' COWES, Nov.. 3.—Win S.S.W.,' due Scroggins, H aadavanna!). 00 6 ' SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 3.—Arrd. William - Vid eC ' Brown, Quebec. Monte en; OFF DARTMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Anna Mier, , won „_ for Antwerp ; Favourite, Hohorst, B;liiniore, ro,; . A t iror; 'Cumberland, Coates, Quebec, for Shieles. Soc . &. Jobe Suckan, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh ; Victory, P , - Wai f New Brunswick for Shields. Jam es, Collg DDDIJN, Nov. 2...-Wind S.S.W.—Arrd• 1/"-- 3% 22,14 261,4 6€1,f,. 3714 94 3 4 53 92 % dis. 24% 256 22 7 IA p P 3% 1 8 El i 8% 12% 236% 30% 714 1011 9% • va Or Co ll fr et 14,