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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE ROMAN TRAITOR. A True Tale of the Republic. BY H. W. HERBERT, ESQ., Author of" Oliver Cromwell." " The Roman Traitor is a very clever book. It is full of power and vigour."—Court Journal. " As a picture of the domestic manners and customs of the old Romans, we should pronounce Mr. Horbert's work to be unrivalled." —Morning Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY 3IRS. 140FLAND. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Syn., .I)ANIEL DENNISON AND THE CUMBERLAND STATESMAN. By Mrs. 1•10FLAN 1 . " We do not remember one of Mrs. Borland's productions from which we have received so much pleasure as from these posthumous volumes. They are full of interest, and whilst they are marked by the same lain good sense and cheerful practical piety of her former works, the p y are written with more power both of humour and cha racter."—Britannia. bichard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annoance that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUE3DAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the hail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. A 1 l Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, au•:! the proceeds i►nme diately disposed of according to instmctions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THI4 EVENING Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Harrison ; Ferdinand, Mr. Xing ; Phllippn, Mr. /torrent ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Rowell ; Don Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta,. Madame Anna Bishop ; Floriuda, Miss Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Acalemie Royale, Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie niece, Louise, Benart, Madf.me Giubilei ; MM. Huguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Rowell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Wlll be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holl ; Mr. Brandon, NI r. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster.; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Clartbel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; vfary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After,whi.h will he revived the Musical Drama, called fIIE LIVTLE DEVIL. Nicolo Angell, Miss P. Horton ; Clotilda, Miss Julla v ßennett. During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro }inum," Juris," and " Marien ; "Esterhazy" (Walzer)-Ist time ; " Les Travestissernens" (Overture) ; " La Sonnambula," Cornet a Piston, Mr. Davies. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's Farce of A KISS IN TIIE DARK. Mr. Mira Pettibone, Mr. Buck4one ; Frank, Mr. Howe; Mary, Mrs. Caulfield ; The Unknown Female, Miss Woulds ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATKE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING *lll be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet Of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the popular Musical . CoMedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin, Mr. Lambert; Charles Franklin, Mr. Selby; Billy Lackaday, Mr. Wright; Sandford, Mr. Worrell; Curtis, Mr. Cullenford ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia, Mrs. Tates ; Laura, Miss Woolgar ; Susan, Miss Brooks. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. CAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and ➢tanager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss eorgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leder, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Peren, &c. _ To conclude with the Opera of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. J. R. Scott ; Rashleigh, Mr. Hughes ; Francis Osbaldiston, Mr. Barker ; Bale Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Compton; Dougal, Mr. Ryder; Diaaa ►enion, Miss Smithson ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed LA FEMME JUGE ET PARTIE. Julie, Mdlle. Brohan. After which, LE MARI ET L'AMANT. Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan. To conclude ,with L'OBSTACLE IMPREVU. Nerine, Mdlle. Brohan. 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 produced an entirely New and Original Comedy, in five acts, entitled LIFE. Mr. Orstan, Mr. Archer ; Frank Orstan, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Thomas Menton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Sir Jacob Bmallwit, Mr. George Bolton; Sir Robert'. Fulair, Mr. J. Cowell ; Cancara, Mr. Wilkinson ; Lady Bait, Mrs. C. Jones ; Fanny Archer, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Entity Orstan, Mrs. Gordon. 'to conclude with a nevi;;rand 1-IALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, On Thursday will be revived Shaksptre's HISTORY OF JACK CADE, as set firth in the " Second Part of Henry VI." In rehearsal, and shortly to be produced, Beaumont and Yleteher's Comedy of THE WILD GOOSE CHASE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. First appearance of the I)eulin Faintly. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled QUENTIN MATAYS ; or, The Siege of Antwerp. Quentin Ilatsys, Mr. Saville ; Willie wig, Mr Ueslop ; John Trevalf, Mr. Neville ; Jannette, Miss Richardson ; Clementina, Mrs. Saville ; Dame, Mrs. W. Daly ; Joan, Miss E. Terrey. After wh'cli, a Ballet of Action, entitled DElt CHAMOIS YAGER; or, The Fiend of Earth. The characters by the Detain Family. To conclude with TLIE ROVER'S SECRET. AST L,EI"s4 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ratnnised by her Most Gracious Majesty tte Queen. Prince Albert, and itoyal•Family. Immense attraction. The Champion Vaulters. Herr Amidio Neuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equi- Ilbrist. Second Week of the grand successful Magical Spectacle, introducing the Syrian Camels and Deer. THIS EVENING Will he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMO ti HORSE; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which will be introduced a Wi!d Stag-Hunt, by living Deer, and numerous attractive scenic effects. Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with a laughable AFTERPIECE. Box-otlice open from eleven till flue o'clock.--Doors (men at six aid commence et half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Alteration of Plices. Boxes, 25.; Half-price, is.; Pit, Is.; Hall price, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. THIS EVENING Will be performed the interesting Drama of the MOCK MAT!. WAGE ; or, the Blacksmith's Daughter. In which Miss Vincent will perfoi.n. After which, the Play of THE STRANGER. Mrs. Baler, Miss Vincent ; the Stranger, Mr. Osbahliston. To conclude with the Barletta of THE MISTAKEN' STORY. 111 E WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 15. IFRMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest. 50 ; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 30.20.—W1ND E.S.E., fine sunshiny. NOVEMBER 16. THER3tOMETE.R, Lowest, 39; Highest. 43 ; Noon, 43, BAROIIF.TER, 30 20 -WIND E.N.E., fine. Li, AT L0.N.1)0! . .-151til.kii... iJA . Morning minutes after —.l Evening .. 14 minutes after 12. aA 4 .4,1;,; , - ,. • '' t ,„ , • ,`• , • 11 0 •• •••t SECOND EDITION. g" ' litlat; LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1846. CABINET CO ONCIL. A Cabinet Council was appointed to be held at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing.street. All the Ministers were ex pected to attend, except Mr. LABOUCHERE, who is in Dublin. A lust of teuritorial aggrandisement is plunging American affairs into the most deplorable involvement. Before the nationality of the citizens of the United States had become well nigh established, before the integral portions of that Republic had been consoli dated into a complete and flourishing dominion, in the very dawning of its existence as an inde pendent nation, in the first development of its preco cious strength, the spirit of that youthful constitution began to evidence a craving for a more extended domination. Immediately after the states themselves had emerged from the storms of battle they endea voured to perpetuate the calamities of warfare in the western hemisphere by acts of the most audacious aggression. Southwards their frontiers were nullities. By insidious treaties, by positive invasion, by diplomatic guile and military intimidation, by juggling propositions and illusory barterings, they have striven inces-antly to encroach upon adjacent territories, and to swallow them up in succession by an organized system of an nexation. What perilled the stability, and ultimately conduced to the dismemberment of the Roman em pire, even after centuries had imparted to it such con summate vigour, and notwithstanding that its power had become matured by the wisdom and persistence of many generations, was the gradual widening of its dominions, the progressive advancement of its conquests, the unchecked indulgence of it, avarice of new geographical boundaries. It would be superfluous, however, to insist upon the insufficiency of any solitary Government to sub ject an entire continent to its sway . The__ moral de ducible from th e narratives of ARIAN, of PLUTARCH, Of CURTIUS, of TACITUS, of Can is notoriously and of SISMONDI, coincident in this n"' articular. What was manifested under the By zan ti ne d3.nasties was manifested also under the scep tre of the Macedonian conquerpr,under the rule of the great JuLtus, under the CarloVietitiri and -4pleonian empire s, History h as illUstrated:theitetir\truth to which w e are re ferring from the days ;4 SESOSTRIS downwards. E x perience, however ; ever failed in warning , ITT either individuals or multitudes. This deplorable consideration is at this moment being evinced among the mountains of Mexico. The farther the American forces advance into the Mexican territories the more are they embarrassed. From assuming a commanding attitude on the con fines of California and the commencement of the Rio Grande, they are becoming surrounded by perils and difficulties in the vicinity of Monterey and Albu querque. It is quite certain that the armistice be tween Generals AMPUDIA. and TAYLOR, while resulting from the discomfiture of the former and the temporary triumph of the latter, will be inaugurative of many serious trials of American prowess and Mexican for titude. While the Government of the United States are endeavouring to dispatch to the seat of war ex traordinary reinforcements, both of munition and battalions, the invaded population are co-operating for the destruction or expulsion of their aggressors. Whatever apathy may have been hitherto ap parent in the behaviour of the Mexicans is now rapidly evaporating. The patriotic adju ration of SANTA ANNA has already aroused his countrymen to a cognisance of their own perilous position, and has elicited some signs of en thusiam for the preservation of their national inde pendence. Among numerous other evidences of this alteration in the popular feeling, the principal eccle siastics delegated to represent the Mexican priest hood have resolved upon raising two millions of dol lars, to swell the somewhat impoverished exche quer ; and the generosity of this proceeding may be appreciated from the circumstance that the proposed contribution can only be obtained by mortgages upon the estates and miscel laneous property of that church. As a companion example of the unanimity of the different classes in upholding the defensive policy of the new Administra tion, may be adduced the remittal from the merchants resident in the Mexican metropolis of five hundred thousand dollars to the Executive, for the purpose of facilitating those operations which are immediately re quisite for the salvation of the country. Not only have the mercantile authorities displayed this active munifi cence, but they have engaged to forward a similar amount periodically to the Executive, until the in tegrity of the Republic be no longer endangered. Earnestly do we hope that this generous rivalry among the various divisions of the community may not abate, but that the wealthiest citizens may vie with each other in liquidating the expenses incurred for their common advantage, and with so righteous an intention. Rumour has already carried General SANTA ANNA to the important position of Saltillo, but the recent arrival of that illustrious commander in the capital, with the view of making hasty preparations to drive the forces of his opponents beyond the frontiers, ren ders that report most improbable. It would be im practicable to attempt to travel with a numerous body of soldiery over the six hundred and fifty miles separating Mexico from Saltillo in so short a period. It is not credible, therefore, that the Commander-in- Chief had reached that dangerous and consequently most honourable post on the 28th of September. That shortly after that date SANTA ANNA would be there, for the purpose of personally superintending the fortification of those passes, is certain. At Saltillo th e fate of Mexico will very probably be deter mined ; at Saltillo, SANTA ANNA will in all likelihood be enabled to realise his own alternative, to become the successful defender of his country or to perish fighting her battles. From the active enrolment of the Mexicans in accordance with the resolution of the Pre sidency, General SANTA ANNA will arrive at the passes of Saltillo with somewhere about 13,000 men, which, combined with the forces under AMPUDIA, will afford him an effective force of 20,000 men. Seeing that General TAYLOR'S division at Monterey was, accord ing to the latest estimate, merely 5,000 in number, the. - Mexican captain would be advantageously situated supposing the encounter were forthwith commenced. The Generals of the United States are, however, aware of the urgency of the moment, and are conse• quently endeavouring to concentrate their forces with the utmost possible rapidity. The corps under General Wool., and a portion of the army under General KEARNEY, were at the departure of our dis oatebes in motion, while the Mexican ports along the Pacific were declared to be in a state of blockade by Commodore STOCKTON, at present commanding the American fleet in that quarter. Every preparation is being, or has already been :node, both among the Mexicans and the belligerent soldiers of the United States, to bring matters to a reedy consummation. Whatever guile, perseverance, and lavish expenditure could effect in rendering the invaders formidable has been considered and adopted. Whatever the patriotism and the valour of the few could do towards inspiring the Mexican millions with similar sentiments has been done by SANTA ANNA and his co-operators. The fate of LEONIDAS may be reserved for that renowned patriot, but it is gratifying to reflect that his forces will amount to 20,000, while the passes of Saltillo may afford as many local advantages as the straits of fherrnopylva. We alluded last week to the deep sense of respon • sibility which must necessarily daily attach itself to the mind of our Prime Minister, in reference to the present condition of Ireland. So anomalous has been the social state of that country. that, fur a continued series of years, it has always constituted—to use Sir R. PEEL'S language—the " chief difficulty " of the Go vernment. This expression dropped from the late Premier's lips in 1841, before he was called upon to assume the head of affairs, and, of course, when it never entered into his views, that Ireland would be almost paralysed, as she has been of late, by an in scrutable dispensation of PROVIDENCE. This addi tional element of aggravated distress, so lamentably engrafted upon the otherwise sufficiently-complicated miseries of Ireland, has deplorably augmented the official anxiety of the Cabinet. But the matter does not end here. The difficulty of the Minister's posi tion is considerably enhanced by the peculiar charac teristics of the Irish. The result has been, that many measures, propounded for their benefit, and not less benevolent in their tendency than sound in principle, have temporarily awakened unmerited hostility, and have only established their value and efficiency through the diminution of ill-conceived jealousy and the removal of groundless distrust, neither of which is, we grieve to observe, ever rapidly effected. Our remarks are painfully confirmed by the insubordinate spirit which has, in several parts of Ireland, broken out, and retarded the beneficent working of the Labour-rate Act. If ever there was a measure entitled to philanthropic encomium— hastily digested and enacted as it was, to meet a dire emergency—it is this measure. If ever there was a mea-ure which one would have supposed would have been hailed with universal gratitude, and promptly facilitated, in every way, by the parties for whose especial advantage it was passed, it is the Labour rate Act. And yet we know that this has been far from being the actual case. We cannot conceive any thing more disheartening to the Lord-Lieutenant, whose zeal in his arduous vocation has been so admirable and generous-minded, than the obstructive policy by which his efforts to provide food for a distressed and famishing population have been re proachfully hindered. Fortunately, a truer judg inent of the charitable intentions of the Imperial _Parliament, and of the untiring energy of Govern ment in effecting the same, is now rapidly taking hold of the minds of the labouring classes. At the same time, if their distorted notions, and insurrec tionary movements had not been, in the first instance, timely met, by requisite firmness on the part of the Executive, Ireland must have been engulfed in irremediable ruin. To the continued manifestation of the same unfaultering resolution of Earl BESBOROUGII, we look, with confidence, for the suppression of the wicked breaches of the public peace, which still here and there daily cover with dismay the loyal, well affected, and industrious portions of the population. the maintenance of the well- being of the I society than the regulation, that questions savouring 1 of a political nature should be kept without the pale of their deliberations. But, looking to the essential objects of the society, to its very title, and the particular kind of visitation with which it has pleased the ALMIGHTY to afflict Ireland, we hold that no more obviously proper step could have been taken by such a society at this national crisis, when every man, and body of men, are expected, both mentally and physically, to put their shoulders to the wheel, than the brief suspension of the rule in ques tion. Sir GEORGE HODSON, Bart., who was in the minority, writing to the Duke of LEINSTER on the 13th inst., remarks— "lt was asserted that the departure from the rule was alight—the alteration unimportant, and that there was little danger of the introduction of questions purely political in their nature ; but, to any one who has marked the progress of events for the last few years, and who is at all conversant with the social condition of this country, it must plainly appear that such a result cannot reasonably be expected. Introduce but the point of the wedge, and by a well-known law in mechanics, a very small continued • pressure from without,' will speedily rend the well-compacted mass." The last sentence is the iteration of a truism. But Sir GEORGE HODSON should recollect that extraordi nary circumstances, to be successfully handled, mostly demand a deviation from a regular course, and that there is no rule without an exception. Again, it will be time enough for himself and the other dissentients to retire when the evil apprehended actually over takes them. The rule was merely suspended till the ensuing spring ; it may then be suffered to revive in its full force, much of practical good being in the meanwhile wrought, andyith a much greater prospect of success, if men of figure and practical knowledge do not wantonly withdraw their services from the association. Another 'on dit is, that, should the Duke of LEINSTER resign, the Earl of DEVON will be invited to become his Grace's successor. The idea is a happy one, should the assumed vacancy occur. The intimate acquaintance which the Earl of DEVON acquired with the social wants of Ireland, as the head of the Commission whose elaborate and talented re port threw so much light upon the general destitu tion of Ireland, and the causes thereof, would render his Lordship's appointment to the presidency of the Agricultural Society most appropriate. But, desir able an acquisition as the Earl DEVON would be, we would rather that no defection should take place, and that, upon due reflection, the society should preserve its ranks unbroken. While it is the duty of all classes in Ireland to exert themselves to the utmost degree for the relief of the existing distress in that unhappy laid ; while the Government sanctions the advances of large sums from the national Exchequer, in order to provide a fund immediately available ; and the landowners charge their estates, and subject themselves for many years to a weighty tax for the repayments of such advances ; while almost every landlord is affording to his tenantry great indulgences, both in the reduc tions of the rents and the extension of the time for the repayment thereof; and while every person pos sessed of the power, is striving to give the utmost degree of employment to those in his immediate locality who may require such aid, it is doubly in cumbent on the class for whose especial benefit these great exertions have been made, and are making, to receive with gratitude the re lief extended to them, to preserve the public peace and tranquillity, and in everything to comply to the best of their ability with the rules and regula tions laid down fur the distribution of the national bounty. It is not a time when the peasantry of the country shouldjshrink from any labour, however se vere. If a larger stipend could be earned by task work than at daily wages, they should be rejoiced at having the opportunity afforded to them of obtaining a larger sum; they should cautiously avoid the badly disposed and turbulent persons, and not lend an ear to their inflammatory harangues; they should have such a degree of proper pride as to avoid having re course to the public works wherever employment could be procured from a private source, and they should be especially rejoiced at having their labour occupied in the further development of the capabili ties and the improved cultivation of the soil, so as to lead to an increased production of human food throughout the kingdom. We regret to say, how ever, that the conduct of the people is not that which might have been hoped for from their patient and exemplary conduct in the earlier stages of the dis tress. They are, unfortunately, listening to the sug gestions of evil counsellors, and lending themselves to acts of outrage and disturbance, careless of the consequences to themselves that must necessarily result from a perseverance in such reckless conduct. The decided and vigorous course adopted by the Executive, in suspending the public works in the barony of Upper Tulla, does not appear to have had the salutary effect that might reasonably have bees, anticipated. No submission or promise of amend- went has as yet been offered. The infatuated pea• santry persevere in their mad resistance to thf authorities ; food riots are of daily occurrence. and an organized opposition exists to the fre( passage of Edibles of any description throughout the country. In many instances the farmers arc unable to obtain a sufficient quantity of labour for th( due cultivation of their lands and the ordinary agri cultural operations. The ground is not prepared for the reception of the wheat crop for the ensuing year ; and the present favourable season is suffered to pass away without any advantage being taken thereof. The labourers refuse to work for the farmers at even a higher rate than that which they could obtain on the public works. Things cannot be suffered to con tinue in such a state. It would lead to the ruin of every person in any way interested in land through out the kingdom. It was only contemplated by the Legislature, when giving their sanction to " the Labour-rate Act," that the surplus labour should be employed on the roads, and other works, not immedi ately profitable. These works were, as the Premier has stated in his letter to the Duke of LEINSTER, tended to be merely auxiliary to private exertion and private expenditure, and not the chief objects to be regarded. Two orders have been issued from which we anti cipate the most favourable results. It was essentially necessary to prevent the abuse of the public works by the employment thereon of persons who had other means of subsistence, or could obtain work from the neighbouring farmers. It would be the duty of the relief committees to scrutinize most closely the lists The rumour is rife in Dublin, that the slight alteration in their rules which was last week sanctioned, as we noticed, by the Irish Agricultural Society, has led to serious differences amongst its members, and that the Duke of LEINSTER has determined upon resigning his office of President. We sincerely hope the report will prove to he unfounded. Nevertheless, there seems to be little room for questioning the existence of opposite opinions among this important society. Under ordinary circumstances, and as a general rule, nothing could be more conducive to of those seeking occupation thereon, and to take care that it was only afforded to the deserving and really destitute. It is now stated that men in comparatively favourable circumstances—the occupiers of ten or twelve acres of land—have been working on the roads, while their fields have been suf fered to lie idle and uncultivated. The first order which has emanated from the Lord- Lieutenant is directed to this abuse. His Excellency desires " that instructions may be given to the officers of the board that, as a general rule, no person should be employed whose tenements are valued under the Poor-law at 51. per annum or upwards, or to the sons of such persons, unless in cases of undoubted destitu tion." The latter part of his Excellency's order is calculated to prevent the grievances that have unfor tunately taken place by the irregularity of the pay. ment of the wages on the public works, and to prevent the people from any advantage being taken of their dis tressed condition by those placed in authority over them. He accordingly directs " that the officers shall report to the board all cases in which the payments have not been made weekly, as directed ; and that no person employed under the board should be engaged in the ' truck system,' or in the sale of spirits or food in the neighbourhood of the works, under pain of dismissal." There can be no doubt of the propriety and necessity of those regulations. Although the holder of land valued at 51. may require the public assistance, he should be enabled to satisfy the officers that he is in real distress; the possession of such a quantity of laud is prink/ facie evidence of his ability to support himself, and also that there is a fair field for the proper occupation of his labour in the due cultivation of his own holding; while, on the other hand, he can easily afford evidence of any circumstances which have enforced the necessity of his obtaining employ ment on the public works. The second order which has been made by the Board of Works is still more valuable; it secures to the farm ers a sufficiency of labour at a reasonable rate, ant I obviates the danger of the lands remaining uncultii rated or a future failure of food. It makes the I public ,:works really auxiliary to private employment, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1846 and not a substitute therefor. " The board ap proves of allowing farmers and Gthers requiring la bourers to apply to the stewards on the public works for them, and in case the persons selected by the stewards refuse to go on, being offered the same rate of wages they are receiving on the roads, that the stewards should be required forthwith to discharge them." We congratulate the board on the adoption of a remedy going to the very root of the evil, and a strict adhesion to which will make the Labour-rate Act what it really was intended to be. They have, not withstanding the reproaches poured forth against them, well and efficiently performed their duty, and we doubt not that, at a period of less excitement, they will receive on every side the cordial approbation that is already accorded to them by the more tempe rate and reasonable portion of the public. The New Zurich Gazette announces that the Swiss Vorort, having received from Geneva an official noti fication of the Provisional Government of the Canton of Geneva having been duly constituted, has opened relations with it. The Grand Council of Geneva has, after a short discussion, voted in favour of the proposal of the Pro visional Government, for the immediate dissolution of the Concordat of the Seven Cantons. Nothing, there fore, remains but to communicate this resolution to the Vorort. The Grand Council of the Swiss Canton of Schaff hausen has decided, by a majority of 43 to 19, on a revision of the Constitution. A letter from Constance, of the 9th, says— ... "In addition to the military measures which the events of Geneva have called forth in France and Savoy, Aus trian troops are seen to advance towards Yorareberg. There is no question of an armed intervention, inasmuch as France has declared that she will not consent to one, unless in two cases--first, areal violation of the federal compact as to political institutions; and secondly, the entrance of foreign troops into Switzerland. Austria, on her part, it is said, has declared to Sardinia and France, that she should not consent to an intervention unless the confederation itself demanded it." The Grand Council of Geneva determined, on the sth instant, to entrust to a committee of eleven the task of preparing the draught of a new constitution. The committees are to be elected by ballot, and their sittings are not to be public. The Danish Royal Commissioner at Schleswig, hav ing refused to present to the King of DENMARK, the address voted by the States; they have entered the address on their minutes, with a declaration that their object in so doing is to secure solemnly and for ever the rights of the duchy, they have likewise, by a majority of 36 to 5, ordered a protest to be entered against the conduct of the Royal Commissioner. A letter from Leghorn, of the 7th, says— "According to accounts which we have received From the Roman states, the population of Fano, in the legation of Pesaro and Urbino, had risen in arms against the Jesuits. The population, believing that the Jesuits were conspiring against the Pope, effected a forcible entrance into their convent, and ill-treated some of the inmates. A demonstration was likewise made against some Je suits at Peronsa. It appears that disturbances continue in the Marches. The people, excited by the enemies of the present system, are endeavouring to oppose the ex portation of corn." A letter from Bologna states that the citizens having applied to the Secretary of State for permis sion to organize patrols for the purpose of repress ing nightly disturbances which had for some time taken place, received the wished-for authorisa tion on the 33 instant. The news of this measure, which was looked on as a step towards the consti tution of a civic guard, was received with the utmost joy, and in the evening at the theatre loud cries of " Long live Pius, IX !" " Long live Cardinal Gizzt !" were repeatedly uttered. The next day the heads of the patrols were nominated, and the service !ommenced the same evening. A deputation, com posed of some of the chief inhabitants, proceeded im mediately to Rome to thank Cardinal Gam for the concession. A letter from Rome says— " In ♦arious districts of the provinces the inhabitantf 'laving formally opposed the exportation of corn, Car iinal Granettini has issued a severe ordonnance against ,uch proceedings. An agricultural association has just een formed here, under the patronage of Cardinal Mas inio, who has consented to be the president. It is umoured here that the Pope intends shortly endowing :tome with municipal institutions, which would tend ;ouch to aid the administratinn of justice, against which ;oud complaints were made during the late Government." It is said that the POPE has determined to do away with the system of obtaining commissions in the Papal army by purchase, and that henceforth merit done will secure promotion, while all officers not , ufficiently instructed in the duties of their profession will be placed on half-pay. A letter from Genoa, of the 4th November, says— "We have been assured that Don Carlos, who lives -etired in this city with the Princess de Beira and a very mall number of followers, intends to quit the dominions ,1 Sardinia, and settle at Venice. It appears certain hat his two sons, now in the service of his Sardinian Majesty, have been appointed Generals in the Austrian army. The two Princes are yet novices in the art of var. The Queen of Holland, who has travelled to Milan tnd to Rome in search of a temperature congenial to health, purposes to stay some time at Nice.' Madrid papers of the Bth and 9th have arrived - - The greater number of the Spanish refugees in Portugal had availed themselves of the amnesty to return to Spain. 200 have already arrived at Cadiz. The papers contain no later intelligence from Portugal. A letter in the Heraldo, from Seville, states that a public dinner had just been given to Mr. COBDEN in chat city. General CHAcoN, who was in the chair, oroposed to the party " the health of their illustrious guest, and the application of his principles to the Financial state of Spain !" Mr. COBDEN replied in English, his speech being translated to the company by M. ALBERTO BROST Y SOLER. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 9.—The Three per Cents. were lone at 33i for cash; the Four per Cents , at 9 11; the Five per Cents., at 21i; the Debt without interest, at 61; and the Coupons, at 20. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The marriage of the Due DE BOURDEAUX seems to have excited a very great . sensation am ongs t a ll par ties in France. The Ministerial Epoque has a very long article, the object of which is to prove that it is an affair of no consequence, and to proclaim in the name of M. GUIZOT that he does not care at all about it. The fact, however, that the French Ministry should take all this trouble to assure the world that it has not been tricked, and that it is perfectly satisfied, certainly carries with it a rather suspicious appearance. The following, from the Sitcle, we believe gives a correct view of the feeling of the French people with regard to the rival dynasties : journals concur in giving us most flattering portraits of the Duke de Bordeaux. We do no pretend to say that there is adulation in this, for we know nothing about him, and we readily confess that we are not ac- 1 quainted with any positive fact that warrants us in denying their verisimilitude. On the other side it is difficult to deny that the sons of the King of the French, by their education, their antecedents, and their known character, present guarantees which are rarely to be found in the same degree among princes. Supposing, then, all things to be equal, and by this supposition we do not intend any offence to the son of the Duke de Berri, if there is but the mere question of one man or another, why make any change? What would France gain thereby? I'erhaps we may be agreed with on this paint ; but the question of principle may be raised. Well, on this question France has given her decision, and the reproach she makes to the reigning dynasty is precisely that it has too strong a recollection of the doctrines and pretensions which characterise the monarchy called Legitimatist. Europe, it is true, thinks on this subject differently from France, and it is very probable that if the Orleans dynasty is tolerated by Austria and Russia, on account of the services which our Government exerts itself to all monarchies against revolution, the re-establishment of the elder branch on the throne might appear to these powers a very differently assuring guarantee. In this consists the weakness of the Government of July, as it shows itself unfaithful to the conditions of its origin. It has made itself, in a measure, the gendarme of Europe, in order to gain the good graces of absolute kings; it is only tolerated, and when the English alliance fails it, it cannot obtain another for France, for it meets every where else with only coldness and It has re jected that moral force which was in its principle, and it is in vain for it to seek strength in a contrary prin ciple. It is the conviction of this weakness, becoming more and more manifest, which sustains the hopes of the Legitimatists—hopes, however, which, in our opinion, are very ill-founded, for the Government of July, 1830, is afraid of making itself, in the face of Europe, the re presentative of the spirit of revolution, while France is proud of representing before the eyes of the whole world the present and future rights of nations." There is great commercial depression in France, and the money market is in a very agitated state. On this subject the National says— " France, which has lately experienced such cruel calamities, sees this unfortunate year draw slowly to its close in the midst of a financial crisis which reacts upon commerce and manufactures. For some weeks past affairs are embarrassed, money appears to be withdrawn from circulation, credit is restrained and diminished, all the securities quoted at the Stock Exchange are undergoing a progressive depreciation, and the Bank of France perceives its coffers diminishing in an alarm ing degree, and it is contemplated to raise the rate of discount, and at the same time to diminish the period at which commercial hills are at present discounted. All those symptoms arise one from the other, and it requires not such a demenstration to prove the existence of a real evil. We do not wish, however, to exaggerate wither its extent or its depth. Per haps we have a right to show ourselves at present severe, as we have, thank God, sufficiently and energetically warned the Government and the country of the misfor tunes they were preparing, and to what shocks they were exposing public credit, by giving permission to public companies to act according to their fancy, and to make calls of 80 or 100 millions almost at the same time. The year has been in every respect unfortunate: we have been obliged to pay in cash the supplies of corn required in consequence of an insufficient harvest; the disasters which have fallen on a portion of the country demand large sacrifices, both from the state and from individuals; the period of the year at which we have arrived is severely felt by all branches of trade, in con sequence of the call for money from Germany, gold and silver having emigrated towards the north, and the rupture with England, together with the consequent un certainty of political events, combine to render capi talists timid. All these causes united have profoundly affected public credit. and it is precisely at this moment that the railroad companies come forward and call on the shareholders for 100,000,000. What can we think of a Government so improvident as to abandon to the egotism of private interest an action so influential on the affairs of the country? It might be imagined that at the moment of a crisis the Bank of France would enlarge its credit. No such thing. It is stated that the rate of discount is to be raised, and that no bills at 90 days are to be received. There wanted only such an enormity to change a passing crisis into a terrific perturbation and a real disaster. And whence arises this terror? Because the stock of bullion in the bank has diminished. A few days back there were in the bank cellars but 80,000,000 in silver, 5,000,000 in gold, and 15,000,000 in pieces of six liards, 15 sous, and 30 sous. But you may conceive that if the demand con tinues, it fears to be completely exhausted. The remedy proposed for this is to increase the rate of interest, which will prevent commercial bills from being presented for discount, so that our merchants, at the moment they have the most need of assistance, shall find less accom modation from the bank. We cannot believe that the governor of the bank will have recourse to such a re medy. The diminution of the cash on hand is not a sufficient reason. The bank has another mode of pro viding for all its wants, and the essence of every estab lishment of credit is to have its capital moveable, and susceptible of being at a moment sent into circulation. The bank need merely convert its unproductive capital into cash to be circulated, and it will have sufficient quids to encounter the most perilous contingency." Affairs in the agricultural districts of France appears, also, to be in a very bad state. In Nor mandy formidable bands of peasants scour the country by night, and threaten with assassination all who refuse to assist them. A considerable number of these mendicants presented themselves a short time since at the chateau of Canv, and were loud in their denunciations of the farmers of the Duke of Lux " The Legitimatist journals greatly and very naturally exaggerate the impression produced in France by the marriage of the Duke de Bordeaux. Public opinion, says the Quotidienne, is almost unanimous in proclaim ing this marriage to be the greatest event that has oc curred since 1830. ' The ark of great principles,' ex claims the France, has sought shelter in foreign climes, but there at least it has not perished.' We know not what the Gazette says, but it most probably is not behind the other in eloquence. Such exclamations go far beyond the truth. The fact is that the marriage of the Count de Chambord is viewed at Paris as a mis chievous trick played on M. Guizot by Prince Metter nich, wh o has received from him so many genuflections and advances. But much has also been said, although the news was uncertain, about the marriage between Louis Napoleon and Miss Burdett Congo, heiress of the Duchess of St. Alban's, who,,it is said, brings with her a dowry of thirty millions. In all these simulta neous weddings of the Queen and Infanta of Spain, Miss Burdett, and the two archduchesses, sisters of the Duke of Modena, in each of which the bride, instead of a crown, brings to her husband at least 20 millions, the public has seen a singular coincidence, without being occupied with the political consequences to which the Legitimatist journals make allusion. The principle of monarchical legitimacy is too miserably compromised in France to preserve abroad any nume rous partisans, except amongst those anciently privileged personages who still dream of the return of an impos sible regime. On the other side, devotedness to royal families is gradually becoming effaced. This may be well imagined when it is considered what acts of iegra • titude, folly, weakness, and disloyalty have dishonoured mo't of the young and old dynasties within the last forty years. The people have been brought to think that it is scarcely worth the trouble to substitute one for another—to make revolutions for such a purpose. Of Don Miguel or Donna Maria, of Don Carlos or Maria Christina, of Isabella or the Count de Moutemelin—to speak only on what is passing in the Peninsula—which is most likely to insure to their respective countries a free or national government ? A choice may be made between the two principles which these names repre sent ; but we are unnable to select either of the different branches for their proper virtues. We know that pretenders, because they are unfortunate, and their faults are not exposed to view, may easily invest them selves with a certain degree of prepossession in their fa vour, which is too frequently sought for in vain on the brows of crowned princes. But these have compensa tions regde; Om; coment. The legitimatiat MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAItTER TO THUEE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was steady. Sales, 5,000 bales, all to the trade, 2,000 being on speculation and, for exportation.—Shares were much the same, but upon the whole scarcely' so firm. Much regret has been expressed in City circles to-day at the death of Mr. Alsager, who for about a quarter of a century was the City correspondent of the Times. Through his zeal and industry that journal owes much for the high position which it has attained, and in many circles here it is considered extraordinary that a bare and single notice of the lamented gentleman's death is only given in the journal above alluded to. The following has come to hand from New York:— " Capitalists feel little disposed to change their invest ments in stocks, or to increase them; and the operations are, therefore, unusually limited. Congress convenes in about five weeks, and in about the same length of time the New Tariff Bill goes into operation, and the financial and commercial classes are waiting the result of these movements. It is anticipated that Congress will, immediately after becom ing organized, devise ways and means to meet the financial exigencies of the Government, and a large direct loan will, without doubt, be authorised. The Secretary of the Treasury will, no doubt, succeed in issuing the full amount of Treasury notes authorised, at the rate of interest established, viz., five and two-fifths per cent. This amount is, however, but a trifle com pared with that which will be wanted to administer the Government and carry on the Mexican war; and a direct loan, bearing full 6 per cent. interest, will have to be resorted to. A loan of this kind could be easily effected, and the Government, the money market, and the com mercial classes generally would be at once relieved from the doubt and uncertainty under which they now labour." The English Stock Market has to-day been rather dull. Consols have realised 94i to for present transfer, and about the same for the 26th instant. The settlement of the share account has been in progress to-day, and this has occupied chief attention, although money has not been in particular request. The jobbers are said to have given pretty fair support to shares generally, though in .some instances the advance has been rather more than - speculators anticipated. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 951 I, and the Three per Cents. 931 j. Bank Stock is worth 205 k, and India Stock 255. The premium upon Exchequer bills has been 10s. to 125., being rather heavy. The accounts from Lisbon have been rather more favourable, but the Four per Cent. Bonds are quiet at 37 to 38. Spanish Three per Cents. are 374 being steady. Mexican Bonds are not higher than 22. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. are 59. Shares have not moved to any extent. Much anxiety has been expressed for the official statement of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, relative to the line to be granted for the first construction of this rapid means of communication in that vast continent. It is premised that something will be definitively made pablic on Wednesday next. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 205% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 ,‘ per Cent. Annuities Long 'Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 10 3-16 India Stock 255 Consols for Account 94% Exchequer Bills. l%d. 1,0001. Ditto Small 5001. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 22 Portuguese 4 per Cents 37 Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto 3 per Cent 3 7 1 4 1h Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2% to 3 Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush 1% to Belfast and County Down .. 4 3 / 4 .. .. Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425. ... . 6 p to Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......128 1 / 2 to 129 1 / 2 Do. New (iss. at 71/2 dis.).. 17 1 / 2 to Birmingnam & Oxford Junc... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. ...... ... 2% — ..... to Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do~ New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — t• Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian ... Ditto, Half Shares Cambrian and Grand Junct 425. Chester and Holyhead 27%..... Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 42a. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction 2O to ..... COrk, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford l l /2 to Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall and Central Devon 2% to Derby and Crewe 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction...... 2 5 4 — to Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 4 — to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 h — ...... to Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 2276 % 3 /4 to Do. New l2/. 16s. 7 % 3 /4 p to Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No l, 6/. 13s. 4d... .. ... to Do., d 0....... ......... No 2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension ...... 2 ...... 3% 3 A to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares B 3 /4 ...... to Do. Extension to Harwich IT B — ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 24 — ...... to East Lancashire Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 5 Do. ( late Preston &Ormsk.) 2 1 4... .. . East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 / 4 1 tA t 36... to -- East and West of England... 1% - ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% ...... Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon . 12% ..... Enniskillen and Sligo 2% — to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 / 4 to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 1 / 4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen. of Wales Goole, Doncaster,Sheffid., &c 425...... .. ... to Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) li, •.... to Great Eastern and Western... 2% ...•.• to -- Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 1 Great Munster Great North of Scotland 2% — to Great North of England 100 ... - Ditto, New Ditto, New Ditto, New 1%...... 20 1 A..... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares lO Ditto, Fifths Do. New Huddersfield and Manchester 18 ...... Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby 5O lOB ... .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% _ to Ditto, Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11 1 ,! l2 ..... to Do. do. and Norwich Lancastex and Carlisle Do. New 5 ...... ••..•• to Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. Leeds and Bradford Leeds ard Carlisle •..... 2% Leicester and Birmingham... 225. - ..... to Leizester and Bedford 225. Leeds, Dewsbury, & lklanches. 22 1 / 2 Ditto, Branch (Blue) ..... 2 1 / 2 Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2 1 / 2 — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk l7 lh — ...... to Ditto, New , ... ...... .. 5 . .... Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 l /2 2 14 to Liverpool and Bury London ..S, Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d B% to Do. New .. 3 Do. Extension ... .... ...... 7% - to to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Fifths 4O London and Croydon Guaran teed 5 per Cent 9 . ..... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London,Hounslow. &Western 2 . .... London and North Western..loo 197 Do. Quarter Shares ... 2 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12 1 /_ Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8 London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 67 Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New ......... ..., ....... 22 1 ,4, — Do. New lB London and York... ..... ...... 2% — •••• • to Ditto Half Shares London and Windsor .......•. 1%•••••• London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 Londonderry and Ennisktillen 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 .....103 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto ti;xteenths ... •• 6 1 4...... 7 3 / 4 '7B to Do. Extension 425. l l /4 p... to Manchestmr and Birmingham 40 — to Ditto Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters (ii) 5 to Ditto Quarters (C) 1 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. 11anchesWr,Birmingham,and MouldJ a action Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 .....126 1 4 x n to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 ...... 32 xn .. to Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 . . Newcastle and Berw;cli -20 33 % 34... to Do North Shields Nevo e4401;01. , rip Art: In Hut' tp le EMBURG U. The semi-official Messager will, it is said, cease to appear at the end of the present month. The tele graphic dispatches and official news will from that time be communicated to the Moniteur Parisien. The Moniteur of Friday publiles a royal ordi nance, establishing two new professorships in the University—namely, one of the higher class of geometry, to be held by M. CHARLES ; and the other of mathematical astronomy, or mecanique celeste, which was created specially for M. LEVERRIER. It likewise contains an announcement that the French Government had received from the Portuguese Govern ment an official notification of the blockade of the mouth of the Douro. The Moniteur of Saturday announces that en the 7th, Bth, and 9th instant, 85 vessels, laden with 277,500 hectolitres of grain, had arrived at Marseilles, which, with 548,000 hectolitres, imported between the 28th ult. and the 6th instant, formed a total amount of 825,500 hectolitres. The greater part of that corn was supplied by the Russian harbours on the Black Sea. The damages occasioned by the overflow of the Loire to the Bordeaux Railroad, between Tours and Amboise and between Blois and Amboise, were nearly repaired. On the 10th there only remained a space of about 100 yards to be terminated at Am boise. It was expected that in the evening of the 11 th the communication would be completely re estsblished, and that on the 12th the train from Paris would travel without any stoppage to the terminus of Tours. The Journal des Chemins de Fer inserts the report of the directors of the Paris and Strasbourg Railroad Company, read to the general assembly of the share holders on the 11th inst. The company expects to be able to open, in the course of 1848, the first sec tion (172 kilometres) between Paris and Chalons : the intermediate portion (57 kilometres) between Nancy and Metz ; and the last section of the line (71 kilometres), from Sarrebourg to Strasbourg—in all 300 kilometres. The branch to Saarbruck and the other sections of the road will be terminated in 1849, and the whole line opened in 1850. The report fur ther states that no call would be made on the share holders before April, 1847. A number of the share holders of the Paris and Caen line had summoned the directors and bankers of the company to deposit, within three days, in the Caisse des Consignations, the 16,000,000 f. of the first instalment paid on 160,000 shares, holding them personally and jointly accountable for the consequences of their non -comply ing with the injunction. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 82f. 65e. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. Mc. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,227 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 885 f. ; Havre, 675 f. ; Great Northern, 648 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 870 E ; Yierzon, 566 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 547 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 450 f. ; Basle, 220 f. ; Fampoux, 405 E ; Dieppe, 353 E 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 477 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 502 E 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 E ; Bordeaux and Cette, 475 f. ; Spanish Do mestic Debt, 32%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 1 A,—Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Mackenzie), I%—Ditto (Espelete), % —Dutch Rhenish, 5 1 / i—East Indian, %—Great Western Bengal, IA — Luxembourg, :%—•Northern of France Constituted, 10% — Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 334—Sarnbre and Meuse, 4%. MARRIAGE IN lIIGII LIFE.—We have to record the celebration of an alliance between the members of two of the principal families in Monmouthshire---namely, the marriage of the only child of Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, of Llanover and Abercarn, to J. Arthur Jones, Esq., of Llanarth, Tre Owen, and Penllwyn, which took place on Thursday, the 12th instant. A large party of wedding guests, consisting of the friends and relations of both families, assembled at Llanarth, Clytha, and both the houses of Llanover, the beginning of the week, when dancing and music enlivened the assembled guests, balls taking place every evening, attended by the neigh bouring families. _ _ The number of prisoners on charges of being im plicated in the robberies committed by the band of which Thibert was the chief, either u thieves cry reciiiVert) bte4 4 19 1 .9 6 5 4 by 1 0. 1 1 1 1 U"T Orreilt% t Lc. Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ...... -- to -.- Newport and Abergavenny. . 2% ...... - ....... to -- Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ...... - ..... .t o Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1% ...... - ••"' t -- STorfolk . to -- i) o . Half Shares ............9 ...... - ...... to 6% Ditto Extension ............ 6 ...... , 7 ° ..... t o g ord . ; British . t ° Ditto Half Shares , . ....... ... 6 . ..... _ ...... to Ditto Fifths . to •-• ' Do. Quarters t 3, ...... 1 %. ...... .tom ..... Ditto, Extension ... Northern and Eastern 5O ...... - ...... to ~... Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 45 ..... -- ...... to - Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New - i.- to .... North Staffordshire... - North Wales 3l/e -....-- ...... to Iterth. & South. Connecti n g 2%. -..-- ..... Northampton, Banbury, and . to -- Cheltenham ... .. ........ - .... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- , to ...- verhampton ... - Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham ' 1%....•• --- ...... to -- Portsmouth Direct - ..... to -- Preston and Wyre - Ditto, Half Shares ...... - •..... .to Reading, Guildford,& Reigate 3/. 125.... - di. " to .... Richmond 15 . boyston and Hitches .......» 1% .. ...... 20 ..... --5 ,../ 4 .......... to ...; , Scottish Central . ...... Scottish Midland ..... • .. ......... ; 12% ...... -- ... Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot .. to -- teries, and Crewe....:....... 1% ...... -- .... to -- Sheffield and Manchester ...100 ...... --- - ...... to -- Ditto 4 Shares 8 ...... - ...... to -- Do. and LincolnshireJunct 1 14•••••• ...... to •-' Do. and Great Grimsby - ........ to --- s Do. do. do. Extension 42s. ...... -, 5L I. .. to Shrewsbury and and Birmingham 3 •.....- " 1- 1 / "'dis to --. Shropshire Union .. -. - Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, . to -. and S. StaftQrdsh. Junction 2% •. ..• --- ' .... to --' Sligo and Shannon - to South Devon ....... - ....... to -- South Midland •-• ..... ,to --. South and Midlands Junction 425. South . .......... -- "'' .to --' South Staffordshire Junction 2%...... -- ..... to •-- ..... South Eastern and Dover - .to --' Ditto, New, No. 1 - ........ to -''' Ditto, New, No. 2 .12 ...... --- .... o to -''' Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 15 ...... -- ,Vt o - Ditto New, No. 4. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and, to ''.. Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond 1 ...... -- ' - to Staffordshire and and Shropshire 2 5 2: .................. -- 4 3 : ... ........... t° .... South Wales Swans. and Longhor and Ca- TamwegVrianlea'es thEStxnmgten.,Czoißaonla.s.in..... toke . Vale of Neath gs . 2 2 5%4.. .. .............. ----- :1'1'; t t t 0 0 0 '' Trin........ Wakefield, Pontefract, and ~... ...... ..-• Goole 22%•••• •• to Warwickshire and London 42s. ...... - "'' . t. to Warwick and Worcester 42s. ••••• • -- ..". .-- Waterford and Kilkenny 8 ....- --- ........ t° - Waterford and Limerick ... to Water fo r d , Wexford,Wicklw, ~.. • --. and Dublin - Wexford, Waterford, and ... to Valeutia Waveney Valley Welsh Midland 2% ...... -; i ,•,,... to - Wexford ‘' Weste s t Lon Cornwall adnodn , c West Riding Union 42s. ...... - " 1 .... " ~.. 2 1% ............ --- ... . to ...' , 2 .... -- .. to O ar ld ie S w hares ...... -. ...... to .., •*".. t 0 ' ' 21/ ...... .. 914 Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 . -./,"" t° ' Wilts,Somerset,&We si ym ß out b h 10 42 •....::: °1. :.: to ....---- Worcester,Warwick, York York and and NewcastleCa r 1 isl e - •• to ug y s. ............ ..., q .gt l 2:'M ...... --.7,5/ ,t v. t° 0.4. 25 ... 51 / 9 •t o j '''' 6:34 Ditto, New ' 13N." to I ' 5 ..... iit i ... Ditto, Preference York and North Midland 611•7•2'... t to o '-- Ditto, Half Shares ''''. --. 25 ....- --- to Ditto, Scarboro' Branch - ...... to --.. Ditto, Selby 40 ...... --- .„ . 1.2, Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto ast and West Riding .. to Extension 5 - ... ~, .... -.. T. , 7, m \ 'MVOS. ~. tv ..... ' FOREIGN RA. '''''' ..-- to , Anglo-Belgian 4 •••••• '''''' to Barbadoes - ..„.• to Belgian Eastern Junction 24 •••••• 1,11,40-' to / Boulogne and Amiens l6 ............ Bordeaux and Mediterranean, 2 ...... --- to / Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ..... (Mackenzie's) to Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette o.' to / (Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 2 ............ ‘‘.:::: o t to 5 Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. ........... to / ..... Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 •••••• ...••• t o Central of Spain - ....,. , 0 Ceylon ...,.. 1 , 0 / ..-• Demerara. .. . Dendre Valley __ .... t l c y Direct Bombay and Madras ss. •••• • 5 i v . ." t o Dutch Rhenish 6 .. / g ... . ...." to, East Indian . .... , 0 Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4 ...... ..... ...,.. ; 0 , / Great Indian Peninsular ss. -.0- ....., ' to Great Western Bengal 55....... -- ....„ to Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian - ~„ 0 .....- • , t ~., Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ...... ..„. to 1 Jersey ..„ ~ Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon Madras ..,.. 1 ,• .-- •• t o ...• Madras, Nellore, and Arcot % ...... ...." to Madrid and Valentia - ..„.• en " Mauritius .. 3 1 ih ...• Namur and Liege . 8 .104..... Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 ...... .„, to '''' North Jamaica 1 ...... '"'" .." to Orleans and Vierzon - •• . ...• 10 ...... ~••• to Orleans and Bordeaux ... - ~.." to Over Yssel • 413 s 4d..—• -; . , .0 ' to Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ...... ...0 to " ..- , Paris and Orleans 2O ...... __ ~ „ ~, ....• ~ Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 •••••• '''' .... " to / Rouen and Havre .. 20 ...... -,,,, ...,„ . , Sambre and Meuse ..,„ to , Strasburg and 8a1e..... - .„... to •''' St. Laurence and Atlantic „.. Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 .• •• .to ~.. Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, .0" to -- . and Hasselt Trinidad.. ........ ...... '. .. West Flanders _ ...... NlC B i r a)i i mti t i( i tom s on l : ear : calii o ii r lio t I:\i:Ni. Provincial of 6 ...... , Australasia - ...... to oif N cinsa_E T tieirg S ..l. l . l 0 25 C 3005 K 8 ..... A........ N.. I : : .............. toto. ..„,• ..... ..." to Colonial - • ...• 25 ...... ....• t 5 London Joint Stock National of Ireland 2 2 IA ...... r''' ~.." to ~, Provincial of Ireland o .5 0 , 25 ...... ''''. ••••• to Union of Australia I;:e...l3erof3asttelci:o9o:l,l.4:oo:4; Union of London ... 10 ...... to .•••• Real del Monte, Unregistered ..... MINES. • '4 "... ) sq LLOYD'S .DL.ac:l:l,AyDL:o atwlNov.inle.....!---'-' P A l ati ‘ a _--- 0 1,.., co _ s, N0v. 14c 1 1. 6 —0 . u — dwy lV i nd SHIPPING. at noon 2 1 . , i f jesii br :,...A 0. 24 t . aw E na m dr e ds rf i l la d e , ds, P tei a a) v emr e s- y isa , c,h A so n to t en i l g e, t • fr' l d! I' l il 5 ~.:,. ~• 10-1 00. t Stevens, ditto; E he , S rl or . iNniEla;.arjissoot It: . ~ cd 1 I ifi oir ot 1 0 . ilm, : c .ttitlyee f : xisoicl i and proceeded tor New Orleans. Atli° A ten, ry O e B a L y i ; v.E A ß o p n o e o , 4 B u:Nn:oiNn,g. 14.—Wind a' l ic y a i n ; .:1:..;.ve, rg° 15.0 1P Lady Collings, Martin, Azores. inst.,SE. a fr n e d sh. na A ii r fa rd x . , C3adl.edosnlida. (Isrteejaamnde,rfitttse,,,,be6ootitet:/, Luna, Redmond, Cuba; Washingtolngeernroo-r, i l ic c ' e r iv i oo ef , to ' hi s t f i : . Araminta, Rogers, ditto; Prince of Sheridan, Cornish, New York; MaYflh'eraol3'b 1 0 „ith foundland. 15th.—Flora Macdonald, obi ts WW I I, / o "hig John Peat, Cord, Monte Video; Lancasuloo, Detirfotillit; ing, ditto; August, Hinely, St. Thomas,n IWO ° ; je l l u p. _r tl Hayti ; Richard Anderson, Bennett, —t a i l or, o...bec; Victoria, h e Magnet,St. John's iliort o O N , Mecreken, Philadelphia; Southerner, 1 ram J clil tot y Indiana, Cornell, ditto ; Kalamagoo , .5 1. C„? nc heet er ' a nd nt.; to to t he _ f oto treal, went on shore on Anticosti, previous nar boar, o h to cargo would be saved. The Ambassador, " 00 i i hotael2r a ,„ John's, New Brunswick, to England , r an o ff and To PP Island, 18th ult., but was afterwards gel„ ev issli 00 a ol efwromßrLuinvsewrpicukol. j".aQuebee 2 411 i '..- o t. Yarmouth. The Warrens, from ,f en tine , , c l,9, ott land, was stranded near Cape Torn— _ctaryi, „pay 14th ultimo, but got off shortly .'i tt oretit I d I." white it. , aP in tePt would be condemned. The Thomas , o f expected to become a wreck. Th e , on the 13 it all i th of shore on the Millevaches (St. Lawrene)3ll4:o,4 li ft ia ll n o f . A .o l l; M'Alpine, for England, which grounded was disc s oa, w r michi, had returned to that port, and, of Mati„cT o brOS 4 o r repair. The ports on the western COas.t:e 29t h of ' 0 yi 0 t he San Diego, were declared under block hurrie s harric id3 d ne,er i i t od the United States squadron. A vior anddele d sef , perienced at Rey West 12th ult., wh . ' a t, •1 0 , whole of the town, the lighthouse there .41,01,1,1;1, drove twenty vessels on shore. .1 1 1 T f A O fari 130 13 _. Cowes, Nov. I4.—Wind E.S.E.--. rj.__Aerd. ..,, J 094 DA RTMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind E.S."" . pa lock, Quebec. ,/,' oW Miller, Moulmain. ..,1 8 .5.8. , „„a ' he el PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind E., strong.' —'4w str too 15 —W iL "' ' duel 'll% " •PALMOITTII, Nov. 14 AND • by itt oi ~1 Arrd. St. Lawrence, Hodge, Quebe c ; to bu ll ' Dio llP '/ 0, . i P n a e rr o y , • , , ta ß c a t n w gli t r h , faorscLoewndo, steamerwithydesa BRISTOL, Nov. 15.—Wind E. — d. itabi Ss s ld. Mobile; Laura, Payne, Newfoundlan der, -- 're* CLYDE.—Arrd. Favourite, Alexan...l,o, Que . s e Young, Pictou ; Northumberland, M . ' o Kln , S c ott, i e o.,_ u i, Ganges, Mitchell, Port Philip; Rainb w . ' - ', ifo nte iLtira nov' so KINSALE.—Arrd. Burgermister Jenr,ll._'" 1 h ersou , o ;sholior CAATLITOWN.—Arrd. Zion's lI O Pe , _,... tc h was c eetle''' SHEERNESS, Nov. 14.—The ship ow,o___, and p ro the .Nore Sands yesternay, got oft t -WV' J ° l° r Sld. x - ''' ink' , of a il o o the river. tnersdgaeyzioctr, 31,-.lpti. t‘ Snip. , ,o drop od. Ammonottorr Nov. 15. — one lari_f 0 0 The Albion, by a sa. O,. this morning, for'L while o nadto anchorn, t of the f 11 11d°"- LYMINGTON, Nov. 13.—The repot' , __„ itte o Stephens, from Portland to Shorehamu,n%o.dod. `he 9th inst., off Christe Church, was ,0 , l i(*) ____—...... _........r--- - PA w'as run iat the o S w u n i n , ---'"'"-----___------ MARKET NEws.—(lll-115 ------...w..-- ---- , n , fli AY" CORN EXCITANGE--Moririodeett° Last week's arlivnls of English Wheat, as We" , . o f 1 01 11 all other a rticles of home produce. including On SCOCC:er 'l% ere on a eery limited scale ; while from Scotlay , e o wl. , anything r eached us; and from Ireland not a suagbets, sal; came to hand. The imports of Wheat, Barlicies Voy, Beans were moderately good; those of other froo 9,,t means large. The receipts wereheat fres!! uto,gh ofwlili, average quality. The stands being Essex, and Cambridgeshire, very sina2 l iiiy filled very 5C.11 tors being erf samples of both red and white, and the fa ce wo f _., firm, the demand for all doscriptiocs ___ ro ona , steady, and, in some instances, a was realised for selected pore ls of 141 t: ie "i7.,iii trifil.ern"su-olfortieer: as we can make no actual alteration . 10 , A t ..'_•_, the trade may be considered as having closed. u,,.. ,ver f r om last week's quotations. Most of tho parc_43.ll I:Zoe' t i s st I x 0 last lgonday'a market you noir aloPpo MO • tVO4, 44 1 1.4 1,14 V. 1) '