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: rchard-bough, the bramble, and the trailing branches of the wall-trees. The pages are absolutely beau tiful with sunshine and greenery ; the chapters seem to be nooks " Where autumn basks, with fruit empurpled deep." Beyond this Thompson's verses are realised to a still greater nicety; the book, like the poet's garden, "Presents the downy peach, the shining plum, The ruddy fragrant nectarine, and dark Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig." Nevertheless,' while we acknowledge this little volume to be a preservative against Apemantus and his dish of roots, we must observe that some of the woodcuts are execrable libels upon the originals. Witness that of the gooseberries, like globular snail-shells, and those intolerable apricots, like so many freckled castinets. The descriptions which accompany these illustrations have a threefold excellence. They are crowded with anecdotes ; they dilate upon the flavour of the fruitage ; and they afford us an accurate know ledge of the properties of each. Here, therefore, is a threefold attraction—to the blase, the hypocondriac, and the gourmand. Some of the anecdotes are laugh able enough, as that one about Frederick the Great, who is described as " passionately fond of melons." The monarch is indisposed, sends for his physician, Zimmerman, and it is ultimately discovered that he has been devouring three or four melons for breakfast. Zimmerman remonstrates, and the King orders some of the fruit to be sent to him—either by way of reprisal or excuse. Again, coffee is said to have been such a positive necessity at one period in Turkey, that " the refusal to supply it in reasonable quantity to a wife was reckoned among the legal causes for a divorce." Pity that Socrates did not happen to be a Turk ! After running through these pages, the reader will almost long to hear the invita tion of old Justice Shallow—" You shall see mine orchard, where, in an arbour, we will eat a last year's pippin of my own graffing." THE LIFE OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. By John Galt. Bogue's European Library. A biography of Cardinal IV°hey 1 and written by John Galt ! Aware as we were that the present volume is nothing more than a reprint; familiar as we were with its merits; intimately as we were ac quainted with the various circumstances of Wolsey's career, and the different characteristics of Galt's style, we must yet confess that the bare announce ment of this republication had for ourselves an ex traordinary attraction. To those who are only aware of the author's powers through his fictions, the pre sent work will be matter of actual astonishment. In his novels Galt was all sprightliness or pensiveness, all drollery or sentiment. In this memoir he writes like a ripe historian. Take his " Entail," for example, with that most fantastic and harmless of all idiots, " Wattie;" with that most comical of all conceits, the " 'Wee Betty Bodle ;" with its strange and haunt ing pathos. We could scarcely picture to ourselves, in a day-dream, the same pen writing the "Entail" and the "Life of Byron." nor the same pen writing "The Life of Byron" and the " Life of Wolsey.' The first is all domestic extravagance ; the second, all ruggedness ; the third, remarkable for its philosophical tone, its comprehen siveness, its melodious diction, and its sustained rhetoric. Nevertheless, what it gains in dignity it loses in naturalness ; while it conveys an accurate view of the great Cardinal's ,position among his con temporaries, it fails in affording us a pictur• esque and distinct view of his character as a companion, as a friend, as a master, and as a man. In this respect we are certainly disposed to think with the industrious editor, Mr. Hazlitt, that it is in ferior "in those personal and domestic details " which impart such a peculiar charm to the narrative of Cavendish. While we must consider that the editor has acted judiciously in inserting the principal portion of the volume by George Cavendish in the present work, both as footnotes and as a supplement, we must candidly confess that we are not disposed to welcome the modernising of the text of that charming bio grapher. As well might one attempt to modernise Chaucer or Gower with success. Cavendish's de scriptions are invested with a peculiar interest from the very antiquity of his manner; and the removal of that ostensible antiquity removes the main consci ousness of its authenticity during the perusal—just as an old medal would look spurious if newly lacquered, and an ancient suit of armour if burnished and trimmed. As it is, however, the addition of Cavendish's biography to the present edition of Galt's work is a very judicious and important addition. It renders this book the most complete history of Cardinal Wolsey yet published—the one written by Fiddes is contemptible in comparison. The most perfect discrimination of the character of this won derful man is that by Shakspere ; and the four fol lowing lines relieve his memory from two imputa tions, which would otherwise amount to moral blem ishes of a heinous description : " Lofty and sour, to them that lov‘d hini not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he was unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing He was most princely." From pride, therefore, he is exonerated by the greatest of poets, while of avarice he presents us with his own palliation. Every scholar will be grateful to Mr. Bogue for this republication. WAVERLEY NOVELS. Abbotsford Edition. Vol. XI. To speak of the subject-matter of these volumes is of course utterly superfluous ; it is enough to say that their extrinsic adornments—letter-press, bind ing, engravings, &c. —are, for the most part, ex cellent—that this edition is not unworthy of its name. Yet, were we disposed to be critical, we might take exception to some of the wood-cuts, intended as illus trations of the text, which appear to great disadvan tage beside the beautiful landscapes, or the accurate delineations of old armour, coins, costumes, &c., with which the volume is richly adorned. Whatever the artists may have thought to the contrary, the repre sentations of the imaginary scenes are not the least important, or the least arduous part of their under- • taking, for whereas the other drawings only repre sent places or things, these are, or rather should be, embodiments of the ideal. Whe has read the pages of a romance—of a romance traced by the graphic hand of Scott—without forming in his own mind a conception of the passing scenes so vividly portrayed therein. The artist, then, who attempts to copy these pen-and- ink designs with his pencil, has not only to stand the test of ordinary criticism, but to risk a comparison with the ideal already fa miliar to our fancy—it is a hazardous endeavour, and no wonder that, in some instances, it has failed en tirely. The eleventh volume of this splendid edition, (splendid, notwithstanding the blemish to which we have referred), contains the stories of " Anne of Geier stein," and "The Fair Maid of Perth"—the " Fair Maid of Perth " the latter chapters of which, re cording the mournful fate of the hapless Duke of Rothsay, are fraught with such melancholy and thril ling interest—an historical romance from the pen of him whose histories read like romance, and whose fictions like reality. The Scottish tale is embellished with various representations of old armour from the Abbotsford collection, and coins of the monarch to whose reign it refers; while the Switz story is adorned with specimens of the costume of the dif ferent cantons, admirably executed. Besides the portraits of the author, which form the frontispiece, this volume contains eleven steel engravings from drawings by Stanfield. It was, perhaps, unfortunate that two countries should be illustrated in the same volume, so similar, and yet so dissimilar, as Scotland and Switzerland. But, however dubious the line of demareation, the artist has defined it well. He has imperceptibly, but forcibly, exemplified the distinc tion between the rugged beauties of " the land of brown heath and shaggy wood" and the sublimer grandeur of the land of mountains. This may be seen by comparing the view of Ben Lawers—a beau tiful engraving, where the mountains in the distance seem melting into the sky, and the trees absolutely growing in the foreground—with a " scene from Mount Pilate," which—only a scene from a vast picture—only a fragment of immensity—forcibly im presses us with an idea of the magnificence of the whole. Again, this distinction is apparent, on contrasting the beautiful views of Perth and Lucerne. The "fair city" on the banks of the "ample Tay," surrounded by the varied landscape Scott has so ad mirably described, presents a beautiful picture of repose ; and, even though bathed in.the silver moon light, the dark tinge of the " brown heath" is discern able on the hills, 'and the whole scene has a warm Colo ring which contrasts forcibly with the back ground of " Lucerne," where the " mountains:piled on mountains," are covered with the " Alpine snow, im perishably pure." En revanche for our criticism on the wood-cuts, we must observe, that there is one, a hortrait of King Rene, f rom a p a i n ting supposed to ave been done by himself, which is of peculiar ex cellence; and, among others of average merit, is a likeness of the "Fair Maid of Perth," wherein she "ppears fully entitled to her flattering appellation. This elaborate series of Waverley is now drawing to its close, and we doubt not that, when completed, it will o be n bear worthy r w o o ut_ , our assertion that the Abbotsford of its name. Ma. _C. N . iv -,EWDEGATE 11.11. P.—We are happy to state that Mr. Newdegate a lthough still suffering severely from th e f a ll from his horse while hunting in Warwickshire on Friday last, itproev ressing favourably, and not the slightest apprehens ionfatal consequences is now entertained. The Hon. Gentleman is at his seat, Arbury Rail, near Nuneaton, where he removed some few hours after the accid en t occurred . I t i s sup posed the casualty will occasion Mr. * lsTewdeg e's ab e,v. . .1. - ::::tueeting of the Warwickshi re Agricul hind vP• - - . Society on Wednesday next. The < 11CCI , - ntjo Mr. k • wdegate has created great concern , f smug thiAectil. of the northern division of the coun t y ' of War*ick, bx ilm he is, as a private gentleman, zronutik ..., -...,_,.... respected. ~ o K a s MGM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. S minutes after 6. I Evening .. 35 minutes after 6, A - *N::141 4110111/1111 If- TIIE GREAT OYER OF POISONING. Just ready, hi one vol., Svo., THE TRIALS OF THE EARL and COUNTESS of SOMERSET, for the Murder of Sir Thomas Overbuy, in the Tower of London, and various matters connected therewith from contempo rary MSS. By ANDREW AMOS, Esq., Late Member of the Supreme Council of India. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 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. " Taking Catiline's conspiracy for his subject, Mr. Herbert has formed a bold grand outline, and filled it up with sound taste and judgment. Moreover with the great hictoric incidents he has inter woven a beautiful love story."—Naval and Military Gazette. " A very powerfully written novel of the classic ages. The author has surmounted all difficulties, achieving fcr himself in this depart ment of literature a proad success."—Dispatch. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SIIARF:S BY PUBLIC SALE. A mESSRS. LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, mid to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TrEiDAY and FSIDAT, at One o'clock, at the flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, avours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to he addressed. All Scrip and Share Certitleates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first pest after the sale, and the proceeds billTlC diltely disposed of according to instructions. o:flees, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DECRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani; Jules de Montagnon, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss ; Ninka, Miss Isaacs ; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop. To conclude with a new Ballet, in two acts, entitled THE OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Brain, Theodore, 3ldlle. Fabbri, Madame Theodore, and Mdlle. Adele will eerform. THEATRE ROYAL, 11.,1.YM ARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comely, in three acts, entitled QUEEN SIARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, lludsen, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, ac. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. 11011; Sir Arthur Lovel, Er. Howe ; Score up, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs..Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " tics Mousquetaires de la Reine," and "Lestocq ," the " Old Engi;ish Airs" (Fantasia); and " Rococo" (Waizer.) To conclude with (by desire), the favourite Comedy of SPE:ED THE PLOUGH. Is which Messrs. W. Farren, Hell, Stuff rt, Webster, Tilbury; Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Clill%.rd, Mrs. Yarnold, &c., will perform. Bea-office open from Twelve till Four; under the directio3 of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. "MRS. HARRIS" WILL APPEAR EVERY EVENING. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, ro PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs,. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Mias Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. llttnry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey - , Mr. F. Mathews ; Biliary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Ha tris, Mr. Keeley. Alter which the Farce, entitled AN OBJECT OF INTERF4ST. In which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH ? Characters by Messrs. Yining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, and Miss Turner. THEATrzE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ➢IADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGEITIA. ZLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr, Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. O_ Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews Eugenia Clairqille, Madame Celeste. After which will be produced MRS. GIMP'S TEA AND. TURN-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worr,l, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; :Hiss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called 5!IIE JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Messrs. Paul 3ed rord, Wright, Redmond Ryan, Selby, Waye, Mitchenson, :Le. ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Ellen Chaplin, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c. To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled DID YOU ETER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield He ney bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, 211 •s. F. Matthews; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. It Is respectfully - announced that this Theatre, having, dui - ill; a brief recess, been renovated and re-decorated, will OPEN To- Moaaow Eveniug, Oct. 28th, when will be performed (for the 'first time), a new and original Romantic Opera, in three parts, ent lied TILE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giseille." Tha principal characters personified by Miss eorgiana Smithscn, Madame Albcrtazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda (his first appearance), Walton, T. Hill, Honner, Peren, &c. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR 5! HE BEST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; Parchment, Mr. Smith ; Isaac, Mr. Honner ; Clara, Miss Honn t r. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Roxby, Compton, Harris ; Mrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Foprrlng ton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Young Fashion, Mr. G. Bolton ; Love c ess, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. ‘v ilkinson ; Cou pier, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; N 7ree, Mrs. C. Jones ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthia, 3lizs Cha4 les ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a &rand gALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with a favourite FARCE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THE ATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. Colonel Lambert, Mr. Cooper; Dr. Cantwell. Mr. Neville ; Sir John I...am bert, Mr. Heslop ; Mawworm, Mr. Webb ; Charlotte, Mrs. Cha ales Gill ; Lady Lambert, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the Comedy of JOHN BULL ; or, An English man's Fireside. Hon. Tom Shuflieton, Mr Saville ; Peregrine, . Mr. Cooper ; Job Thornbury, Mr. Neville ; Dan, Mr. Webb ; Dennis I ;id gruddery, Mr. Ileslop ; Lady Caroline Braymore, Mrs. Ternan ; _I Ira. Bulgruddery, Mrs. Daly ; Mary, Mrs. Gill. Box•oflica open from eleven till four o'clock. .ASTLEY'g ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Pr:7nce Albert, and Royal Family. Continued success of Herr Am )dio Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, with feats of streinth on glass bottles. The Champion Vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and Lee, will execute twenty, thirty, and forty somersaults. THIS EVENING Will be produced the g and Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEMA ; or, The Wild Horse. Supported by the principal dramatic talent of the Company. After which, new SCENES of the CIRCLE. In which the Bri tish and Foreign Artistes will appear. To conclude with the WASHERWOMAN OF ST. REMY. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has formed an expensive engagement with STATTMAISTER lIE:IN BRECHT, from Berlin, with his four highly-trained Horses. 'Yids foreign Artiste, having arrived in London, will appear for the first time in England in a few days, in his new and peculiar exelyelse of equitation with those highly-trained Steeds. Box -otlice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfowt. WEATHEIL—SuN OFFICE, OCTOBER 26. TdERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 47 ; Noon, .44, BAROMETER, 30 31. —WIND N.N.E., fine. .1 1 1flifls)A1 - 1E. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1846. Thanks to the intelligence of our fellow-country men, we have frequently had occasion to rejoice over the progress of enlightenment in these islands. We have repeatedly rejoiced over the opportunity of con gratulating the community upon the progress of civilisation, and upon the signal manner in which the vestiges of past ignorance and of bygone super stition were being eradicated from society. With the gradual realisation of civil liberty we have exulted over the widening acknowledgment of the blessings derivable from religious tolerance. The many and grievous wrongs inflicted upon mankind by fana ticism; the despicable consequences of sectarian bigotry ; the narrow-minded and evil-hearted zealots of the conventicle were, to our intense gladness, becoming as rare as the white crow and the king fisher. We endeavoured to persuade ourselves, indeed, that they would ultimately become extinct, and that their memories would only be chronicled among the curiosities of literature, just as the skeletons of the mastodon and the megatherium are treasured in our geological museums. Our exultation has been lament ably premature. Our anticipations have been totally contradicted. It is w ith the deepest sorrow we are compelled to make this acknowledgment, and we must add that the circumstance which has elicited this declaration has inspired us with the most ex treme indignation. That circumstance may be briefly mentioned, and when mentioned it will be a sufficient testimony that, instead of advancing in enlighten ment and toleration, we are retrograding in bigotry and fanaticism. From the sixteenth proximo, in the year of the Redemption One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-six;the Sunday passengers' trains on the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway will be permanently discontinued—by order of the directors ! Let it be especially observed that this resolution has been passed solely on the authority of the directors of that railway ; that since its opening, in February, 1842, up to the present period, Sunday trains have been uniformly running along the line on Sundays ; and that, notwithstanding the periodical pertinacity of Sir ANDREW AGNEW, notwithstanding the impor tunities of certain jolter-headed religionists, and in spite of the fanatical resignation of a former chair man, the shareholders have been throughout most solicitous for the continuance of this Sunday travelling. Let these things be especially remem bered, and it will be manifest that this piousresolu- tion of the dir ec t ors i s a lt oge th er a p i ece of gratuitous tyranny. What ! simply for the purpose of appeasing the very narrow and very ignoble consciences of a score or so of gentlemen, are the religious liberties, the municipal prero gatives, and the associated rights of the people to be set at naught ? Are these things to be effected, we repeat it, simply for the purpose of appeasing the very narrow and very ignoble consciences of some half-dozen gentlemen ? For none but men with the narrowest understandings and the most ignoble notions of religion could endeavour, and endeavour so effectually, to render the seventh day of every week—the day peculiarly set apart by Christians as a most noble and beautiful festival—to render, we say, that seventh day most hateful instead of most welcome to the population. It has been observed by a great philosopher, that supposing mankind had not been restricted from labour on the Sabbath, according to the beneficent institution of the Christian Church, that in that case some such a regulation would have been absolutely required from our human legislators. Some relaxa tio a is imperatively required from physical and mental exertion. The bow, unless unstrung, gradually lases its tension, however tough or elastic its materials. As the human body is only preserved in health by the refreshing intervals of the quiescence produced by sleep, so does society require for the preservation of its vigour such periodical cessations from toil as those afforded us by Sundays. In the vicinity of the Glasgow terminus there are somewhere about 350,000 :souls ; at the Edinburgh terminus there are upwards of 200,000 souls. Reflecting for a moment upon the thousands of in dustrious artizans comprised in that calculation ; upon the men, women, and children, who are there pent up in the confined and unhealthy bye-streets and courts of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; upon the six weary days of labour, living hand to mouth, breath ing nothing but polluted atmosphere, seeing nothing but smoke and bricks, hearing nothing but the roar and clatter of industry ; remembering the many limbs that must ache in those two great cities on the seventh day, the many brows that must burn with the toil of the preceding . week, the many hearts that must sicken with the breath of the factory and the workshop.—it is impossible to regard this restriction on the part of the railway directors otherwise than as a most cruel and unjust transaction. • We do not presume to interfere with the doctrinal differences of any one; but we would earnestly de mand that these enemies to Sunday travelling should only possess the power of legislating for themselves. The true apostles of Christianity coerce no man to their creed. We have always understood that the rubrics of a church are enforcible only by moral and not by physical agency. Much less should men be empowered to dominate over the multitude for the satisfaction of some extravagant ecclesiastical whim. With the proper observance of the Sabbath these Sunday trains; have not the remotest connexion ; on the con trary, their continuance has been an extraordinary boon to hundreds, who would have been otherwise without any means of attending Divine service. We are assured that through their instrumentality many hundreds of Roman Catholics were enabled to reach their chapels in Glasgow every Sunday from a considerable distance in the country ; and Christians of various other denominations have been benefited in like manner. By the stoppage of these trains every means of communication between the two principal towns of Scotland will be entirely destroyed, coaches and postchaises having been long since abolished on the high road, in consequence of the facilities of steam transit. These highly religious directors have thus debarred the poorer and even the middle classes of the inhabitants from breathing the pure air of the country ; and be that noble saying never forgotten, that man made the town, but GOD made the country ! We should be disposed to comment in more strin gent language upon this monstrous specimen of in tolerance, but that we remember that its very per • petration must inevitably produce its own punish ment. The directors will find that they have a higher, and, we hope, a more 'enlightened authority in the shareholders; and we call upon those share holders, for the sake of the health of the community, for the sake of civilisation, for the sake of civil and - religious liberty, to rescind this extraordinary and bigoted enactment. It is the constitutional privilege of every British subject that he shall be deemed innocent of any offence charged against him until he shall have been convicted thereof by a jury of his countrymen ; and in case the circumstances should admit of a reasonable doubt, the presumption in favour of innocence should prevail, the accused should receive the benefit of that doubt, and be discharged from any of the penal consequences of an act that had not been clearly and distinctly brought home to him. This right of trial by jury is the great palladium of the liberties of Englishmen, and any derogation therefrom must necessarily be regarded with the utmost jealousy. The Legislature has of late years frequently taken from this right. In many instances it has given to magistrates a power of summary conviction, a right to hear and decide a certain class of cases, to exercise the functions of judge and jury, to decide whether the person accused is innocent or guilty of the offence laid to his charge, and, if guilty, to pronounce the punishment of fine or imprisonment within certain specified limits. Should the evidence be conflicting in its nature, the magistrate has, generally speaking, the option of sending it before another tribunal, where it will be investigated before a jury of twelve men on their oaths, which he may also do if it appears deserv ing of greater punishment than that within his power to inflict; but, should he take it upon himself to decide the question, he should act as a jury would be directed by the presiding judge to do, and he should give the accused the benefit of any doubt, and certainly he ought not to decide, as in a civil case, according to the weight or balance of evidence. In conceding this great and unconstitutional power, the Legislature was actuated by considerations of public convenience. In many trivial cases the sending of a person for trial would be a far greater punishment than the infliction of a small fine, and much time and expense would also be saved to the complaining parties by the obtaining of an immediate decision. It was also influenced by the high respectability of the gentlemen on whom it conferred this power, and the knowledge of the force of public opinion that would be brought to bear upon any person by whom the power was abused. It is peculiarly the province and the duty of the public press to call the public attention to any case in which the presiding magis trate appears to have acted on erroneous principles, in order to prevent the recurrence of a similar mistake on another occasion. It will be in the recollection of our readers that a case was brought before Mr. BROUGUTON, the magis trate of Worship-street Police-court, on Wednesday, the 14th instant, against a young man named WIL LIAM SCOTT, who was charged with " drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and obstructing the police in the discharge of their duty." The case was a peculiarly unpleasant one, inasmuch as it involved swearing of the most contradictory character —In spector JULIAN and several policemen, six in all, declaring that SCOTT was intoxicated, and that he was exceedingly noisy and turbulent, while, on the other side, a surgeon, two respectable tradesmen, and another witness, whose station in life was not stated, came forward, and positively swore that the young man was not intoxicated, and that he was perfectly quiet and orderly. The witnesses for the defence also de scribed the conduct of Inspector JULIAN as of the most outrageous description ; that he rode furiously backwards and forwards, goading his horse so that it was by a miracle he escaped trampling on and severely hurting some of the lookers-on. On this evidence Mr. BROUGHTON was called upon to adjudicate, and his decision, and the grounds on which it was given, appeared to us at the time to be of a most extra ordinary character. He stated " that the balance of evidence was in favour of SCOTT'S intoxication, and that therefore he would fine him 55., or a week's im prisonment, for being drunk, and that he would leave out of consideration the allegation of intem perance and violence against the inspector, as it was not formally before him fur adjudication." Now in this the most objectionable principles were involved. In the first place, he expressed a doubt, not merely in words, when he spoke of the balance of evidence, but also in the quantum of punishment, and in de clining to consider the conduct of the complainant. If he was not perfectly satisfied and thoroughly con vinced of SCOTT'S guilt, he should not have sentenced him to any punishment, however slight, which might involve much more serious consequences than the pecuniary penalty. He was not justified in omitting so important an element as the conduct of the com plainant in coming to a conclusion on the case, and if he really believed the accusation, the fine of ss. was perfectly inadequate for the offence. In either case, therefore, the magistrate was wrong. In fact, it appeared a sort of compromise which never should be tolerated on the bench of justice. If SCOTT was discharged, it would be a serious rebuke to the police, whose testimony the magistrates, we regret to say, are generally disposed to place greater depen dance on than that of any private individuals, how ever respectable ; and a weighty punishment could not be pronounced in the face of such evidence as came forward on the occasion, and which should have insured the dismissal of the charge. We, however, abstained from comment, inasmuch as a further in vestigation was to take place respecting the conduct of Inspector JULIAN on the occasion. This has since taken place—Mr. THOMAS BLAKE, a watchmaker, one of SCOTT'S witnesses, having preferred a charge against the inspector of having attempted to ride over him (BLAKE), and having put him in bodily fear, The affair received the fullest investigation. A num ber of respectable persons corroborated the statement of the complainant, that the inspector, without the slightest cause, made his horse plunge; that he ad dressed BLAKE, who was standing quietly, and galloped after him, nearly riding over him. They dscribed BLAKE as having been under the neck of the horse, which was rearing and plunging furiously ; that his escape was a most fortunate one, and that he was nearly paralysed by fright. They also stated that the attack was decidedly premeditated ; that the horse was wantonly urged on by his rider ; that there was no noise or any interruption given to the police. Mr. BROUGHTON, in giving judgment, de clared that he firmly believed everything that was stated by the witnesses, and that he could not view the affair in any other light than as most extraordinary and unwarrantable behaviour, and that he would fine the inspector in the full penalty of 51. and costs. After this decision, in which every disinterested person must have concurred, we are convinced that Mr. BROUGHTON must be satisfied that he inflicted a serious injury on poor SCOTT, and that he owes him the only reparation in his power, viz., a public acknowledgment of his error. And we trust that the lesson may not be lost to him during his continuance in the magisterial office, and that he may not again sentence any person to punish ment urless fully satisfied of his guilt. The conduct of Inspector JULIAN and of the police who so stoutly sup ported him by their evidence is, we think, deserving of the most serious consideration of the police authori ties. It is painful to see, as in the Dagenham case, a body of men prepared to make any statement at the desire of their superior. If they can explain or jus tify their conduct they should have an opportunity of doing so ; if not, we cannot conceive that they are fit persons to be entrusted with powers that may be so greatly abused. Letters from I3erne of the 21st state that the Sar dinian Government has ordered two regiments to march to the Swiss frontier. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They are filled with accounts of the dreadful dis asters occasioned throughout France by the floods. The Loire and other rivers," says the Journal des Debuts, "are continuing to subside; and the mails and diligences can come up from Tours, Nantes, and Angers. It is, however, apprehended that, if the present rain be protracted, the retiring of the waters will be delayed. The accounts that reach us from the inundated country are still most melancholy." " Our most recent advices from the Upper Loire," says the C'onstitulionnel, "state that the waters are retiring but slowly, and successively exhibiting the enormous losses inflicted by the inundation. A notion may be formed of its extent by the fact that at the Pertuiset bridge, which has resisted, the water rose, between noon and six in the afternoon, from six metres to fourteen metres forty centimetres ! Before it had risen to this inconceivable height, the Loire had done unheard-uf damage. Never had its levees given way ; they had always stood the most violent rises ; they have now been broken through at two or three places." The ravages committed by the Loire in the districts of Aurec, Andrezieux, and Roanne were fearful. At Andrezieux it had partially destroyed the St. Etienne Railway. Boats laden with merchandise of the value of upwards of 1,000,000 francs had been sunk in the Canal of Digoin. Among this merchandise there wee 1,000 hogsheads of brandy and 1,500 casks of wine. At Pouilly 1,700 hogsheads of via ordinaire had been carried away by the flood. The Indian mail, in consequence of the floods, was de layed twenty-four hours, and did not ar rive in Paris until Sunday. The Bordeaux mail was delayed from the same cause, so that we are without any further intelligence from Spain. It is said that the Due D'AuatALE has arrived at Ba- yonne. It would appear that M. GUIZOT has reckoned without he Northern inimagining Courts to his Spa n i s h that he could obtai n h marriage policy. It is said, th a t th e answers w hi ch he has received to his notes f rom t h e C ourts, b o th northern and south ern to wh i ch he ap tes support o his r t host, of ap pealed against the pretest of England, have been anything but satisfactory. S o f ar f rom acknow ledging Queen IsABELLA, th ese C ourts emphatically repeat that they know no Sovereign of Spain but the Count DE MONTEDIOLIN, and they accompany this declaration by an unqualified expression of their hostility to the arrival of any French Prince at sovereign power in Spain. The Austrian Cabinet has, according to the Universal German Gazette, gone still further. It has openly expressed its great displeasure at the readiness with which the POPE granted the marriage dispensations. His HOLINESS, not having recognised the Government of Queen ISABELLA, might, they say, have withheld his assent, and thus defeated the intrigue of the French and Spanish Courts ; instead of which, he sent off the dispensations by return of post. The seven ships of war which had sailed with troops and stores for Otaheite, were driven back to Brest on the 23d, by stress of weather. It is said that the Carlists have, for the present, abandoned their intended allo fi p dE r e o ai j a e oy e fe t ,th o he f av a ke n in i pd n u, s b u bi r ui r stehete F t d, i e o y n a in the north of Spain. The officers of that party, p d on riecsloanraertisinthecitadel disclaiming add that, as faithful subjects of CHARLES VI., they are now and ever ready to obey his Majesty's orders. Subscriptions to aid the sufferers from the inun dations have been opened in Paris. The administration of the Customs had published the returns of the import duties collected during the month of September last, and which amounted to 13 ,839,732 f. They had produced, in 1844, 12,463,402 f., and in 1845, 12,088,980 f. The receipts of the nine months of 1846, ending on the Ist of October, were 114,395,806 E showing an increase of 1,101,826 f. as compared with those of the corresponding period of 1845, and 1 ,622,707 over 1844. The firmness of our Money market on Friday —Dutch Rhenish,LO pro duced a rise in French stock in Paris on Sunday. The Three per Cents. were done at 82f. 70c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE Bel an Eastern Junction, 14% —Direct Bombay and Madras, Con stituted, 4 Flanders, Northern of France — Luxembourg, l —Namur and Liege, 3 Constituted, 111 , .—Orleans and Tierzon, 13 —Orleans and Bordeaux, NDO , N xi S_T E O . C s K t lEndXiCanII,AxNGE, OCTOBER 26. N 4 Paris and Lyons Constituted, bi, --- ._ p ie l a s t a N n V d es s te t r r n asb ß o e u n r g g a c l, on y : ' L is:Rouen and Havre, 26% —Sambre and 3leuse, s—West THE CABINET . — Lord Grey has arrived in town residenc e t o -morrow from the n ort h . The Chance ll or o f the Exchequer is expected to arrive thi s evening from his country seat. Lord 'L ansdowne is also expecte d f rom B owoo d. Most of th e other members o f th e C a bi n et are in town, and th e meet i ng at L or d John Russell's private (Wednesday) evening is ex pected to b e very fully atten d e d by the Ministers in vited to th e C a bi net dinner. WEST Glou cestershire, i n Liberal, and b rother-in-law o f th e Duke of Beaufort, is GLOUCES TER SHIRE. -- Colonel Kin gs c ot e, spoken o f as not unlikely to,be a can didate for West the room of Mr. a rantle y Berkele y ,— Cheltenha m paper. TRANSPOR TS TO I NDIA .—The Ann Armstrong, having on board the head-quarters of the Bth regiment of Foot, and, about which some anxiety had been felt, arrived safe at Bombay on the 28th of August ; the P s oietieorvse,rweiigthn andthe head .m-qounartersi of the 24th Regiment, arrived at C a l cutta on t h e 26th of August ; and the Bri tish Er , da bt ry, with detachment of the 32d Regiment, also arrived at Calcutta, the first on the 23d, and the second on the 28th of August, and the i Duchess of Northumberland same day. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool was buoyant yester day, and there was a slight advance in prices. In many instances d. per lb. more was obtained. The sales were 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 were on speculation, chiefly American sorts. Shares improved a little. Upon the subject of the dried fruit trade, we have some in teresting information in a report drawn up by the firm of Witherhy and Hanson. Alluding to the article of currants, it is stated :—" There has been no alteration in prices during the month. Patras, of good and fair quality, has been eagerly taken off at 555. to 565., and Zantes at 545. We are at this moment without any stock of cur rants, and several cargoes of fruit have been purchased this week for arrival at 54& to 545. 6d. The clearances of raisins of all kinds at the port of London, from Ist September to the 20th inst., were 1,560 tons, against 1,050 tons during the like period of 1845 ; but of the former quantity, Muscatels constitute a larger porticn than usual. The 18,000 drums of figs received by the Achilles steamer, aid Southampton, have all been cleared off, the first to hand realising the high price of 705., and the remainder 60s. tc 655. The market is now corn pit tely bare, and is ready for the cargoes by the Rebel and Torch, a portion of both of which appeared at Bo tolph-wharf yesterday morning." The importance of' a quick delivery for fruit will be recognised by all, and it appears that the extraordinary dispatch with which the figs, per Achilles, were passed through the Custom House at Southampton, and for warded to London, has been much commended. It would benefit the fruit trade, which, from its nature, requires great expedition, if similar advantages existed at the Custom House of the port of London. A want of hands, it would seem, in the department immediately connected with the clearance of goods on which the duty has been paid for home consumption, checks the facility ' of dispatch so indispensably necessary in the present day, and which, in all other branches of her Majesty's service, has been so liberally afforded to the public. The letters from Calcutta do not give so favourable a statement upon the subject of the market for British, Cotton piece goods, as for some of our other manufac tures, and for exports. The Money Market, however, was decidedly easier, and in China there was more facility in effecting sales of goods. Ships were wanted in the ports of the latter country. The detention of the Overland Mail, until this even ing, has just given the favourable opportunity expected for answering correspondence received by the present opportunity. The English Stock Market is still rather under a cloud, and there has been some little speculation for a fall in prices. Consuls are 94a for present transfer, and 94i to 95 for Account. The premium on Exchequer bills has been 13s. to 1 ls. only, being a decline on the previous values. Bank Stock has been marked 205 to 2051, end East India Stock 257. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 951 to 95i. The Foreign Market continues heavy, but the transac tions are at the same time rather more numerous than they were yesterday. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 26k, and Portuguese Four per Cents., 411, bein g very dull. Mexican have r ece th dto 22-4- 1. Grenada Deferred Bonds are 31 to 3,i. Brazil Stock is at 85 to 851. French Thr e e p er Cents. have been marked 83 francs, with the exchange at 25 70. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 58Z- to 591. For Shares there is a moderate inquiry, and prices appear to be steady. In some instances they are better. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5........ 93 3 4 % 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 % 3/ 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 944 New 3;4 per Cent. Annuities 95 1 / 2 % Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 Tears, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 India Stock 257 India Bondii, 1,0001.. CLOSING PRICES. 205 93% 95 9 15-16 9 11-16 Ditto under 1,0001. . ....... . 26 p 26 I) Consols for Nov. 26... 95 94% 94p,' 4 t.:xchequor Bills, 1,0001., I%d 12 13 11 pm. 10 Ditto 5001. ... 14 11 pm. 11 Ditto Small oNE FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Account . B 5 l/ Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 58% Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred 3 3 / 4% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto. Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 411/2 _ 41 1 / 2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — 26% Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account ..... ...... 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent ..... 98 98 Ditch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 CLOSING PRICES. 85 85v, 58% 34 PRICES OF AT , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING it AMWAY SHARES 1 " -----. AT ONIC O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% 3 1 % Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .... 1% — Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 Birmin. and Gleueester..loo Ditto New l 7 l/ •••• ••.., ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 51 ....... Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...-. 2% l 3 / 4. . ..... ..... Ditto Extension ... .. 2 1 / 2 — Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s ...... Chester and Holyhead... 27% Churnet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 425. — ••• Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... . Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall ... Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% 1 )erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. June. 2 2 % % Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 — Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 165....,., 21% 3 4 Ditto New l2l. 16s , Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 12s. ...... 3% EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shar es 8% Do. Exten.(Harwich) 11 Do., Cam b. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 16% 17 Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 • Edinburgh and Perth... 3 .••••• Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1 A...-. Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Ex eter, Yeovil, & Dorset 51 4 Glasgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50 — Ditto, New .. 15 Do., M Shares (5 per cent. guar. ... ...... 12 %...... Glouc.,Abeiystw ) ith, and Central of Wales 1N..." - Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425• Grand Union (Notting - A 4 and Lynn l% — •• Great Eastern &Western 2 %....•. ......••••• . • GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2%.....• Great North of Scotland 2 11 / Q ...... . — Great North of England l 00 237% 237% Ditto New Ditto, New . l5 •••••• 55 Ditto, New Great Western B5 137 Ditto % Shares .. 50 — Ditto Shares 14 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ••• 2 Hull and Selby 5O lOB% lOB% Ditto M Shares Do. Half Shares loswich .23 Bury St. Edm. 11% — .. ............ . ..... Do., de , and Norwich 2 % Killarney ~; unctions 1 14...... ............ .. —. Kendal and Windermere 114 Lancaster and Carlis1e... 45 Do. New Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena . .......... . -- Leeds and Bradford .. ...... 74 Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. —.. ....... .... Leicester and Bedford 22 s . dis .......... /dis ............... 4 Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% — Lpool., Mncbstr & Ne w - --' castle Junction - L Alden and Blackwell. 16/. 13 . 4d. -- ............ Do. New ... .. ""'•..... .. .. Ditto Extension ~ 7 14 ...... egg • •• • • •• ........ .... London, Brighton, a n d South Coast Ditto, Fifths L9ndon'and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d: -- —•• ......... Do. Gaaran. 5 per cent. 9,. ..... ............... -- Loudon and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... -- ... .. .. - ". Do. Preference ...18/175 2d .................... . -- ............ .. -- London, Hounslow, and Western Len Con and N. Westeraloo ...... 1.99 .. ....... ..... Do. Quarters Do., do., New Shares 2 ........ — 16 3 / 1 / 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 .... 4 Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% ... Do., New 4 Shares...... . (G. J.) ............... 5 Do 40/. Sha res (L . M .) 8 •...`. Lond. & S.Weatera 411 6s 10d•..... De. New coml. Bths 40 ...... ...... .... ". 3 / 4 dis • 22 •', 604 16% :1 Do. New 2 2 1 / 2.. .. ..... • ••• •• Do. New . lB ... . London and York 2 l /2 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Lyndon and Windsor . IA.- . . . . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry & Coleraine 12%. Lendonderry and Ennis killen ...... .. ...... ..... 12 1 Lynn and Ely 15 Lynn and Dereham l5 — Manchester and Leeds... 82 104 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths ... 64 — Do. Extension 42s. 1 p Manchester and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarters (A) 5 ....•• ......... .•..• Do. Quarters (B) De. Quarters (C) 1 — Manchester • Buxtm,and Matl3cir... Manchester, Birm., and - P Mould Junction — Manchest. & Southanipt 2 ...... Midland lOO .....136 Do. Fifths Do. New Do. Birm., and Derb . 100 10) Midlnd& East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western Irish l5 — Newcastle and Berwick 15 Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newm rk et &Chesterfrd 2/.12s — p Newport &Abergavenny 2%...... Newry and Enniskillen 4% — .. . ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. Norfolk .. ...... -.100 l3l 132% 132% Do. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... 15 1 4 Do. Fifths 5 Do. Quarters Do. Extension %...... 1% 1 ,1 2 .. Northern and Eastern 5O Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Do. New North Staffordshire 425...„.. 2 p IN, p , North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting - Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham 2 — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 12% 6 :',,-14 Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..~ Portsmouth Direct 3:ii — Preston and Wyre 25 Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. — di 3. Richmond 15 Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — Rugby and Leamington 425. — Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% ll% Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, andCrewe... 1% — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 % — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp , &S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 % Sligo and Shannon ll South Devon... 35 South & Midlands June. 425. .. ... South StaffordshireJunc. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33% Do., No. 1... 2G Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. Staines and Richmond,.. 1 Staffordsb. & Shropshire 2% South Wales ..... -.... ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 - ••• •• •. ...... Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 5 14 - Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 22% ••. ......... •• Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. -, Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 22% ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley .. 2 — Welsh Midland West Riding Uni0n...... 425. West Cornwall WestLondon,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby . 42s. York and Carlisle 23/ e e NON • 0 •• • York and Newcastle...... 25 ... Ditto New York and _North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 4O Do. Extension 2O Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWA i _ _ _ 199343/4 - 2C-94 - P Anglo-Belgian 4 — • Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 ,1 2 Boulogne and Amiens... 16 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West .. Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 •• ••• ••• •. ........ Central of Spain ... Ceylon .... .. .... ss. Demerara 2% ... . Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 , ..... 5 1 4 ... ... ..... East Indian... ..... .... 5 5 . Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 — Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... 55. ...... ... ......... , Great Westem Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian. ..• 4 ... .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey Louvain ila Sambre ... 6 ... . ......... ... ~ Luxembourg 4 E — Lyons and Avignon 2 — Madras Madras, Nellore, , and Arcot % — .. ..... ..... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. - ..... Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 North Jamaica 1 .. . . .... . ....... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... .... ........• .. Over Yssel Paris &Lyons Constituted 6 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ••• ......... Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... . 11 ............ •• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tours and Nantes Con stituted --...._ ..... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt...,... 8 --- Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS.... ...... Union yr . A B rrn u oi istvoti British nh a o l e a fNi as Australia a ro:h fstl Americanrraelliaal Ireland ....... 2 2 5°450 5 Union of L0nd 0n ........ 10 --: .......... .. .. ...... 11 1 A MINES. 3 .. . Real del Monte Unregd LLOYD'S SHIPPING THIS LONDON, Oar. 27.—Wi nd N.W., ligh t breeze, and hazy. DEAL, Oar. 26.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W , fine.—Arrd. Symmetry, Chin a; T ancred, Smith, St. Lucia;. Ceres, Smith, Honduras; North Carolina, New Orleans ; Mary Seton, Meldrum, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sld., Oriental Queen, Jeffery, Mauritius; William and Alfred, Thomas, Antigua; Alice, Palmer, Jamaica; Cha n ti c l eer , H ore , di tto. Sld. Child e Harold, Lilley, Bombay, touched the ground on the Gulls, but received no damage. The Elizabeth, Bebby, from St. Stephen to Liverpool, was abandoned, waterlogged and dismasted, 13th inst., lat. 45, lon. 41; crew saved and landed here by the Mary Seton, Meldrum. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 2 6.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. Sarah, Callao. The Chapman was at Kamouraska previous to the 28th ult., very leaky, having touched on the Saguenay Reef. The Henry Pratt, which arrived here 24th inst. from New Orleans, sailed from the bar 29th August, passed the Gulf 10th September, and had fine weather the whole passage. RAMSGATE, Ocr. 26.—Wind N., light.—Sld. Henrietta Wilhelmina, West Coast of Africa; James Tynes, Bermuda. FALMOUTH, Oar. 26.—Wind W. to W.S.W., fresh.— Arrd. Fanny Palmer, Cutting, Missolonghi. PLYMOUTH, Oar. 26.—Wind N.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Hen rietta Sophia, Muller, Patagonia, for Falmouth, with main • mast sprung; Calista, Prince Edward's Island, with damage. Sld. Ludlow, Watson, Jamaica. BRISTOL, Oar. 26.—Wind S. S.E., moderate.—Commerce, Broadfoot, Calcutta. MILFORD, Oar. 26.-I.TpNiirds of 300 sail of vessels, bound up, the greater part crippled or disabled in mast, spars, sails, &c., were passed in the River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, by the Richmond, Stanbury, arrd. here. The Ant, of Aberdeen, M'Lean, was dismasted, wr ec k e d, an d a b andoned, on the banks of Newfoundland ; crew saved by the Pomona, of Alva, bound to Miramichi, which was spoken, 4th inst., lat. 45, lon. 57, by the Richmond, arrd. here, which passed a great quantity of timber and wreck, 114th inst., between lon. 37 and 36; and on the 20th, lat. 50, lon. 76, a brig dismasted. Arrd. Elizabeth, Riddell, Quebec, with loss of boats, bul warks, &c., having been thrown on her beam ends in ahurri cane, 7th inst., lat. 44, lon. 43 ; bound to Aberyswith. The brig Conference, Johnstone, of North Shields, from Belfast to Dalhousie, has put in here leaky, loss of bulwarks, &c., and ballast shifted. OFF HASTINGS, OCT. N.E.—Sarah Charlotte, Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. ',G.—Wind N. to N.E., fine.—Sld. Flavius, Davis, Gnlveston ; Flora, ditto ; Amulet House, New Orleans; Gobats ; Sladger, ditto; Donna Carmelita, Williams, Trinidad.' 3t, 37% 8O 21% 3% 18 1 / 4 291 A vis ET RAE BAER, Ocr. 25.—The schooner Meranda , - „ d Belfast, was totally lost near Cor n wall Light Is st ") ing a gale; one of the crew drowned. The slo , La 'Y Murray, was lost at Portpatrick last night. o dor LIMERICK, OCT. 25.—The Hebe, Nutkins, fro al this port, was totally lost near Kerryhead ; may ter endl the crew saved. Put back, Mary Dick, Benne' t,t, for L on with damage, having been in contact with her 31 0 .ins t Y ,5s Madagascar. FISHOUA RD, OCT. 25.—1 t has blown a %way,' g al .,, a night. Four o'Clock, r.sr.—The gale is inc ceasing to N.E. A large ship is outside, ten miles di b taut. ne Peregrine, from Bangor to Cork, on shore the 21st In s fr has become a wreck. 23d, The Margaret; Jam. es ' c ti t Bangor to Newport, in making the port yest,eruay, the ground, and is leaky. pet( St. est HARWICH, OCT. 26.—The Ariel, Darling, frf burgh to London, got on shore on the Guntleet , San d Y day, and is discharging. tc PENZANCE, OCT. 25.—A barque of about 30 0 or 400 abandoned, apparently timber laden, and North A head e build, named Mary Ann, female bust for a figu re broad white list with ports, came on shore eat , osei nergi ' here, and is fast breaking up. CARDIFF, OCT. 26.—The John Daniel, got on shore at Scilly Island, on the 24th in...Vint ., is n P r e l off should the weather continue moderate; crew and cargo saved. Q m. CO BRISTOL, OCT. 26.—Wind S.S.E , rat derrate,-,-- merce, Broadfoot, Calcutta, • nuebe SWANSEA, OCT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Arr d, Bowes , / NEWPORT, OCT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld.. Countess 0' tive, Pinnock, Grenada. ,p n aid I WELLs, OCT. 26.—The Cornelia brig, &tan 8 11 ,1, - ,, --w arrived here with damage to cargo, ha: Fil 3 g °ll Woolpack Sand. A ebec' Hays, from Ireela Elli MUMBLES, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Ruby, RYE, OCT. 25.—The Olivia, Hemming,, arrive 4 u /ix • - idari terday from Seaham, stranded at low water, and the night. k SALCOMBE, OCT. 25.—The Spring, of New Matanzas to Cowes under jury masts, g' arrived off u ri g ',,,b terday with the crew of a West India ship 011 02 t, r ;: i pei was abandoned, dismasted, after the Spring had re ' -- her four days. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26.—The General Safe , Liverpool to China, which was aground nn i t ; b , s g e' d Reef 23d inst., has been got off, and in here to " 11 • to w MUMBLES, OCT. 24.—The Deptford from Q.ne`T,. ma' don was abandoned at sea, waterlogged, 24th ‘!",..; the and mate saved on board. the Ruby, arriZved - il ebee' mainder taken off by the Scotsman, from ( ;lyde to , L Brooksi3stftr; .„ A l., MARKET N E WS.-(THIS l'` - , dil aILY 1 1 4.11.1UCETS . MO- 1 SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2185 to 31 168; - .„ 4 - StlP' 318 s to 41 15s • and Straw, 1/ Gs to 1111 s per I° '` .. good, and trade dull. r r dil CUMBICIMAND.-Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 41 ; C l l A J 3110 s to 41 I4s; and Str aw , 11 8 s t o 11 13 s Per 1 05 average supply, and a heavy demand. 3 1 165; l lo ' WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 105 to ditto. 3110 s to 4/ 18s; and St raw , 116 s to 11 1 " 13e Trade dull, at the above quotations. 4 _...,6 .1V 11 SOUTH UNION and BIRYtII I ) JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS II AY; A meeting of the shar e holders in the sue (I ~,.r ov is' taking was held this day, in pursuance of th e r tor tai l of Lord Dalhousie's Act, for the p u rpose of n e ot . whether the Company should be dissolved or ° filial' meeting was held at the Company's offices, in a t h e street, Westminster, and the chair was taken past 11 o'clock, by Edward Hall, Esq. ;rig te' s ; Messrs. Wynn, Hay woo d, an d All coc k pointed scrutineers, and the usual formalities bs )11' gone through, the following report was read by B. Stevens, the solicitor to the Company the r e i h ' " The committee have very little to add ich` - ' made to the shareholders on January last, to v ' t ' oe 6 beg to refer. In that report they stated th e r e cti': giueer's plans and sections were so extremelY, t tlo; to leave no honest course open to them checking all further outlay, and .proceeding t° ear' t , the affairs of the Company for the presen t ,fpeat accordance therewith, your committee '"" or returned to you the sum of 288. P it t de P O ..ie being nearly three-fourths of the w.; ; and they have since that time been enelag e , l o, s ;l taining, investigating, and liquidating the `' e dito c hei the Company. In this they have had s er %eits' u f owing in several cases to the delay in the n e A c- t estl e - e t sent in, and to the exorbitance of the deraah" ir pot, them, and they are sorry it is not yet in th e i t icoor o state with any degree of accuracy what the 0 1)0% 1 suit may be. At present the payments and te faeti o , the Company are considerably more than t 011,1 tamed to meet them, but the committee ar e a wi t i ,"o mg to reduce these accounts. In coniPlinP desi r- c o wish expressed by many of the shareholders ,ourvi being released from all further responsibili t Y , .; to ° lip mittee have called this meeting, to enable le"c o lef„, on the question of dissolving the existing c oSit t but it has been proposed to form a n evi ollje c iu with as littl e d e l ay as poss ibl e, hav i ng f o r its es teo s o construction of a rail wa y, w ith certain t onf o i and modification s , t o meet ex i st i n g 6° 0 1 4 ' 0 0 through such portions of the same line of conn ivi reD . o remains unaceommodated, and that each 5 0 0; 1 '0 desirous of being interested therein should b h e e be_ 4 o a number of shares proportionate to that n , te visionally held in the present Company. 'l d 101"01 1 must deeply regret that their labours shot' uttr elt rendered abortive, and the hopes of the sP etts blighted, by the negligence of the engin eer ' pas o f have the consolation of feeling that nothingocceleo wanting on their own part to ensure the have co line which they confidently believe would Lae t° op remunerative sßneto3deoilni:n agents (subject siga , w snc a ialds n ia. hd d iae mctd3 i hcs s , oatl on:t s nB t tn hokn l e7deo i lsa n w p hhri Companytea rt r dg ‘ es las t i t ? w ere 98. ; lo 915 ° t o referenc e )' t r w .as w ealineg t e fli ti v r :: veering and surveying, 3,1581.7 x.; wages, rent, &c., sD penses, 3301.; total, 8,2401. 8 1 . er sh i ' v ° ri p on 9,360 shares, 13,104/ , 3 t s.; a l 2 , 21,P4441 158.01 other side there were depo . s . its ot 9 360 sh s c, es 'res , share, 18,7201.; 12s. per share on On 470 s': i a „,„jeO bt o interest, 781. 14s. 5d.; total, 19,0801. 1. 0 • 5- 'bri deficit of about 2,400/. They had, howell er ; sf bie" action against Mr. Gravatt, the engineer, b 3 o f hoped to reduce his claim. 11 1913 1 1 4 ? d a Mr. WILLIAMSON wished is know ilti r ca l '" f isi° 4 " provisional comm i ttee h a d not pa id lip t' s 4 pr ° The CHA IRMAN sa id t h at t h ere vs vere committee, 20 of whom h a d no t p a id the i r in veo of them were in France, others non 45 ' against some actions had been brought.. t osn'oi°"4 It was then moved, seconded, andcatr7 he pr ° eor l o that the names of those members a ~.- „ obe:t committee who had paid up their call?, 5 0 %0 n order to distinguish them from those wh° Ofi v ,; „9 se ° ,l SO ; and this having been done, w oe- I I Mr. Wiemaxsore moved, and Mr. 11 0 w ed, s it" the motion, " That the Company he diss e ,„" o cD ° the dissolution should not be considored te s l ° l i ruptcy." 'The motion was carried unanimouslY,..• t he 1 ,1 c; The Scrutineers then proceeded to ttw` e n tesen,,," o 3l ) "", 4 reported that there were 3,870 vate o Edo whom were in favour of the dissoluti.an ei ,i;sse ll ! t i 3,840 of these votes were in favour of the "" of being an act of bankruptcy, sad 30 in illy °llr 5 I 0 6 di s° an act of bankruptcy. „g aol, The CHAIRMAN then declared the e d " 4, , and tha n k s h av i ng b een unanimously cat' f oul meeting sep ara t e d. ,at t be fio tir lit 4 It may n o t b e unwor th y o f remar k,. to 03 ge tlemen who held the thirty votes gtiv e l l , , o f th' bankrupt c y, came i n a f ter all the b usea es° was concluded, except taking the votes. nA , CRIMINAL COURT—( ,11S ; OLD COURT. Gegd iVt (Before the RECORDER and Mr...Alt er r - ph il gei - oi tl whCoownartsTEfortuFnEAT guiltyCo IN.— o p u a t r te g r a i r n / co h i :i e rie/' ° f r e• t l6 , session, was brought up to receive senteo - s ai d The RECORDER, in passing sentenoe'6be i v o ity / was one of th e most aggravated nature . t coP iv vent in a public house, and whilst in ' o ,be r , fir ; charged a person in the habit of frequen a nd be t'l house with having tendered a bad s hillia i g;feils e . f Dei given into custody on the charge. oiiii%„,r the magistrate she swore to receiving the 4g e; li Poi was subsequently shown that she exelr e i v/I! tt i4 tr olf shilling which she received for a bad o", 2,0 0 1 0 1, 40 c peered she had in h er p os s e ssion, thus ati d c °0 00: 10 ? double crime of u tte r i ng coun t e rfeit coin tat pe l , o P perjury, to the serious injury of an innoc e r cfe J was sentenced to ten months' hard lab' s/ ffir V '‘ ke ,e ofge orrection. „ P IP STEALING CORN AND CHAFF. --r I.' 45, a labourer, was charged with stealing:, ell ofl September, five bushels of corn 01 :I t i ve ll, g 7s. 6d, the property of Mr. Edward Maxfor, his employer. OP, be t it' ° It appeared that the prisoner had h een d o e v s tiogi", the prosecutor as a carter since Juno, nn o cl n 0 two and three o'clock on the morning ' a d in 5 dr Jo corn alleged to have been stolen was found ''. ° so oe f l his master's waggon, which the pris ° , :l b - e pdf o ur c towards Edmonton. It appeared 0 10 4 611 ,o ,c . i tO, no right to take more chaff than wou ld in ' o de',ol) bags, and that he had no right to take l ' A d e ollt e p ec e ; Mr. DOANE defended the prisoner, was TI ) he might have taken more chaff than of it. without the intention of purloining any chi 0 1 deuce was insufficient to support the eh f o bo to The jury Acquitted the prisoner. noo se n ee tos tie f, At the conclusion of this case A r g o o s a c t), 0 0 hour ensued. The business of the 06 0 61 ' co irt'p'„ proceeding at a snail's pace. The Ll' Ll t t be and some of the jury complained that v seli IPA insufferably cold; we have found it int' msa e d e , cfr or three different degrees of heat and c eltl e o i 'itr e Si I,o'l vade the court at the same time; . the liniu,e P; 0 0 o ne j in a easant state of heat, whilst the uPlot he do,oe body, s almost perished with cold, 14 t r ,. w o - o ter j most acceptable. Something ought rett i l__ e xe promote at least the comfort of those 'Nov , tby offeth e 1° t ) 4' to attend the court for many hours t rribe i te let to .d t, l DELAYS OF THE GRAND JIIRT.---- A..0,05',00 Court, Mr. Comfaissioner Bullock, ana the ere' Sheriffs, assembled shortly after nine . ° e' e fot l t t u p f in but but it was half-past ten o'cloexlig co l3 , e steoe' jury returned two bills, thus enablinc'tiroatpocoVf teed with the public business, those r t i ' ele veo tD, o 9 oo v e f, having been exhausted. It was alm°:_ det ll o ; fore either of the cases could be proce..... of the petty jury had applied to Al_ fo r 11 10 ' Bullock for leave to absent themselves i j c ler rjl which was granted. NEW COURT . d gr. 1 , (Before the COMMON SERGEANT 511 oi t A t MOON.) vi ortli t lyr The Court was occupied the wholeo trial of Mint cases , none of which pos se ssed fo r' interest. THE CHELSEA OUT-FENSIOSEEIS. cheloe a ; noon the North L on d o n division of r the 60 (vstot sioners was parade.;, and inspect edf v the Regent's-p ar k, by Captain* Air officers ill comand. A 1% 5% 1p 12% 35 1 ' 15 1 / 2 63/4 20% 11% 41 % 46 46% _ 3y 2 12 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1816. a