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Eton (Vicge. N:nv re:.. - 13% at !1111, I.ll;n:ries, in 3 cols H E ROMAN TRAITOR, A TIIITE TALE OF THE REPUBLIC. By H. W. HERBERT, Ein ' Author of " Oliver Cromwell, ' Sc. Henry Oplburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborou4h-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo., AN ANTIQUARIAN RAMBLE IN THE STREETS OF LONDON. With ANECDOTES of their more CELEBRATED RESIDENTS. By JOHN THOMAS SMITH, Esq. Late Keeper of the Prints in the British M useum, Author of " The Life of Nollekins," and " A Book for a Rainy Day." Edited by CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. Author of " Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) if.AILWAY SHAILES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Beltway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patrouage, and to annoci , ce that their Public Sales of hallway Shares, &c., take place every TLE3DAY and Partmv, at One o'clock, at the Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectitilly requested to be aeilressed. . _ _ :kli scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day pre►iow to their being offered ; and advices of results will be Itrwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds batue diately disposed of ascording to instnctions. 031 - ces. Hall of Commerce. - Threaineedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the grand Opara of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes ; Arline, Miss Rain forth. After which, the celebrated Ballet of THE DEVIL TO PAY. In which will appear Mons. Bretin, Mr. Wieland, Mons. Theodore, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. Chapino, &c. ; Mdlle. Fabbrl, Mdlle. Lonisc, Madame Theodore, Miss A. Payne, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS E VENiNG performed a Will be New Come ly, in three acts , etitled QUEEN MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Me n ssrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, &C. During the evening the Band will perform " Les Mousquetaires de la Reins" (Overture) ; " Old English Airs" (Fantasia); and the "Musketeers" (Quadrille). After which (for this night oa'y), Buckstone's Comedy of MAR RIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs. W. Ferree, Buckstone, 8011, Brindal, and Tilbury; Mrs. Glover, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. llumby, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with a Sea-side Sketch, called THE FORTUNE HUNTER ; or, A Morning at Margate. Captain Mouutgarret, Mr. Hudson ; Griffin, Mr. Tilbury ; Bompas, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Griffin, Mrs. W. Clifford. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING The last Week of " The Magic Horn." The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge,. Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss froward, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH : 0 Characters by Messrs. Vining, P. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollldge, Miss Grove, and Miss Turner. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN". Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars. Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollldge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Zromlsy, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Win be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILLE ; 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. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Milayard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Claireille, Madame Celeste. After which, a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called THE JOCKEY CLUB. Tim principal characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, Wright, Redmond Ryan, Selby, Waye, Mitchenson, &c. ; Miss Woolzar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Ellen Chaplin, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c. To conclude with the popular Barletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar ; Messrs. Paul Tedford, Wright, Selby, Worrell, &c., will sustain the principal characters. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STIIERT Last Week of Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING LOVE"WiII be performed a new Comic Drama, in three a c t s , en titl e d TELEGRAPH. Count Theodore, Mr. J. Vining; Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Baron Pumpernickel, Mr. Compton ; Princess Blanche, Madame Vestris ; Alice, Mrs. Hughes ; Mar guerite, Miss Emit* Stanley. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, 'i he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, M r . Wy nn, Mi ss E . Stanley, and Miss E. Hoarier will perform. To conclude with the New Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Twiggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; 3lrs. Aubrey, _Mrs. Stirling. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bulwer's Play of RICHELIEU. Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Macreatly ; Count de Baradag, Mr. Cooper ; Che valier de Mauprat, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Julie de Montemar, Mrs. Charles Gill. To conclude with the favourite Drama of THE CHARMING POLLY. Principal characters by Messrs. Neville, Webb, Heslop, Saville. Fredericks, Tyndall ; Miss Richardson, Mrs. W. Daly, and )411. E. Terrey. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock, AISTLEY'S AM PHIT Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. FIRST WEEK OF THE WINTER SEASON. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, the P Brince of Wales. an d Royal Family. By special desire, Lord yron's " Mazeppa," for twelve nights only. THIS EVENING Will he performed the Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEPPA, AND THE WILD HORSE. After which, brilliant feats of HO RSEMANSHIP. Herr Amodio Ifeupert, from Amsterdam, the extraortlinary Bottle Equilibrist , and other Novelties. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in announcing that he has effected engagements with Con several continental artistes :—Messrs. Joseph ular vaulters Paul e, Lorentz Wolff, Roseline Wolff, Polaski, with the po pa pid , Messrs. H en d erson and T. Lee. who will appear in r s uccession. In active preparation, a new Equestrian SPec tacie and Dramatic Romance, of unequalled effect, performing with thunonse success in Paris. Box.cailee open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six anmence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Cllr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 13. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest. 58 ; Noon, 53, BAROMETER, 29.9.—W1ND N.N.W., cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 2if 59 miautes after 8. I Evening .. 39 minutes after 9. law," says Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, " which is built upon no settled principles, but is certainly arbi trary in its decisions, is, as Sir MATTHEW HALE ob- serves, in truth an d rea li ty no l aw, but something in dulged rather than allowed as law. The necessity of oric• and discipline in an army is the only thing which can give it countena- cc, and therefore it ought not to be permitted in time of peace, when the King's Courts are open for all persons to receive jus. tice according to the law of the land." In addition to these high authorities, let us add one of more modern times—a distinguished soldier, who has devoted his time to the acquisition of a thorough knowledge of d'eated to the Itev. E. C. T 1 ov . tr , y, D D., Mead Master of i Madrid of some CariiA insurrection. It is certain that the expectations of the antagonists to the Cama villa are centering in the person of the Count DE MONT EMOLIN. Many are undoubtedly inclined to turn for a co-operation to General NI-RVAEZ ; but the consummate duplicity and eminent selfishness of the ex-Minister renders any steady reliance upon his assistance impossible. In the second " Young Cava lier," the Carlists recognise the representative of an illustrious house, and a Prince who would be insti gated to a resolute campaign by the very magnifi cence and vastness of the guerdon for which he has already proclaimed it as his intention to struggle— namely, the Spanish diadem. Nothing could impart such an extraordinaryprestige to the cause of this aspirant as the recent proceedings of the vassals of BRESSON ; nothing could render a coalition of the Carlists with the Progressistas more probable than the despotic means by which the Afrancesados have latterly en deavoured to compel the community to mall& the unpalatable and deleterious draught concocted in the Cabinet of the Tuileries. Little has the hitherto sagacious Sovereign of France benefited his position among the European Powers by his recent attempt to gain the prepon derance. What:the delegated authority of Louis XIV. had proved incapable of accomplishing, the pen and the standing of diplomacy have surely no higher power to realise. The obstacles which were impossible, evenbefore the batons of NAPOLEON ' s Mar shals, are surely not more calculated to yield before the thrust of a hymeneal torch. A logical exposi tion of this improbability is, however, rendered wholly needless, now that occurrences are rapidly attesting the reality. Rhetorical flourishes are altogether superfluous at a period when the trumpet of revolt is eagerly listened for by the populace. Two gigantic and neighbouring nations are already estranged from King Louis PHILIPPE by the grasp ing and insidious policy lately adopted by his Govern ment. Of one of these nations he is juggling away the liberties ; the honest and constitutional remonstrances of the other he is treating as idle garrulity. There is so much of unnecessary rashness, and so much of spontaneous recklessness about the Spanish policy ofhis Ministry, that we should be tempted to attribute it to a paroxysm of political insanity; nevertheless we are persuaded that this appearance is altogether an affecta tion, that the alliance is not merely a " family affair," as the Presse would wish to insinuate, and that M. GUIZOT, like HAMLET, " knows a hawk from a hand-saw." The sentence of the court-martial on private MATTHEWSON, of the 7th Hussars, has at length been promulgated. Six months' imprisonment, two of them in solitary confinement, has been considered a punishment only adequate for a petulant expression, for words derogatory to the dignity of a non-com missioned officer, and those, too, uttered in a moment of excitement and irritation, when he was smarting under exasperated feelings, when his simple petition for liberty to exchange his term of duty with a brother private, in order that he might for a few short hours enjoy the society of his mother and a brother in-law, whom he had not seen for nine years, was contemptuously negatived, and he was told "that the commanding officer could not grant his request, neither would he see him ;" and when the complain ing sergeant threw himself in the way of the angry man, unaccompanied by any other soldier of the guard, thereby himself violating a regimental order, and depriving the accused of the benefit of testimony to which he should have been entitled, as if he sought to entrap the poor young man into some indiscreet or hasty expression. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, it does appear to us, civilians, rather a severe penalty for the offence, although it will, we suppose, be considered most lenient by those officers who on a former occasion condemned the same person to 100 lashes, every one of which was fully inflicted without favour or affection, for calling out " Halloa" to another of that dignified grade. Seriously speaking, can it be wondered at that the people have a strong repugnance, a decided objection to enter into a service where such things are tolerated? It is said that our soldiers are of an inferior class, that they are less respectable in their characters and con duct than the non-military part of the population ; that they can only be acted on, their obedience enforced, by an extraordinary degree of severity ; and this is the attempted justification of the present system. We believe that such an assertion is an unjust aspersion, a gross calumny against a very large proportion of our gallant brethren ; but, were it even the truth, is it not manifest that the superior and better description of men are thereby deterred from joining the ranks, that it occasions the very mischief it proposes to remedy ? It is the just, the humane principle of the British law, that "it is. better that ninety-nine guilty men should escape than that one innocent man should suffer-" Every protection is given by our social law to each person within its jurisdiction : the crimes are fully and clearly defined, the punishments are ex plicitly set forth, and, above all, no one can be con victed of any crime, or subjected to any punishment, except upon the unanimous verdict of twelve men, his peers, before whom he has had an opportunity of urging every mitigating and favourable circumstance by able advocates, men whose education and pursuits fully qualify them for the duty. With the soldier the case is, however, very different. A wide dis cretion is left to the tribunal to which he is subjected.. "All disorders and neglects which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and. military discipline, though not specified in the fore going cases, or in our Articles of War, shall be taken cognizance of by courts-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence." So runs the Article of War, and all that is necessary is to allege any act whatsoever to be "to the prejudice of good order and military discipline" to subject the person by whom it was committed to heavy penalties ; although it was never treated or considered as a crime before, nor violated any moral or social law, still it is for the court, if they please so to do, to pronounce it an offence. No person, therefore, can be safe under such a code. The nature and amount of the punishment is also entirely within the will of the court, who may themselves be reprimanded and severely censured if their finding and sentence does not meet the appro. tion of the Commander-in-Chief. A bare majority of the court is sufficient to declare the crime, and to pronounce the punishment, except indeed in capital cases, where two-thirds at least of the members must concur before sentence of death can be passed. The soldier also is deprived of the benefit of legal assist ance : if by a sort of pious fraud a professional man is admitted, he is called the friend of the accused and is not recognised as his advocate, or permitted to ad dress the court on his behalf. All these are serious dis advantages to which no person will lightly expose himself, unless he attains some great advantage by so doing ; but this unfortunately is not the case, for the military authorities will rely solely on punish ments, and resolutely refuse to give a trial to a system of rewards, which would probably be far more efficient for the preservation of discipline, and in a great degree would dispense with the necessity of the present punishments. Nothing but imperative necessity can possibly justify anything so much at variance with, and so re pugnant to, the spirit of the British Consti tution. Let us for a moment inquire whether there is any such paramount necessity. We are at once willing to admit that such a power may be desirable in a state of war, and perhaps in a more modified degree when any regiment is abroad, and out of the jurisdiction of the ordinary tri bunals of the country; but we distinctly deny that at home there is any occasion whatsoever for anything be yond the common laws administered by the judicial authorities of the land. Two of the most able writers, men who have adorned the ermine, and put forward principles of jurisprudence that will ever be hailed with respect, have stated their opinions that military law should be abolished in time of peace. " Martial •• • • - ed.--If=za, P -1,,, , ,,k0 k • t l :4 1' ;- 7 4' 4 1.11W "-rtreir 04:1W-71- gelaritt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1846. Now that circumstances may be presumed to have conducted the machinations of the Count Da BRESSON to their consummation, it becomes a matter of pecu liar interest to observe the relative position assumed at this moment by the various per sonages implicated therein. And, notwithstanding that the members of the Camarilla may con gratulate themselves upon the temporary success which has attended their arrangements, it is manifest that the present is but a poor opportunity for the indulgence either of exultation or confidence. Everything that ingenuity could suggest for the speedier accomplishment of the marriages has been hastened forward; all unnecessary procrastination from the interference of English diplomacy has been avoided by returning no immediate answer to the protest thereby transmitted ; every circumstance that could tend to facilitate the progress of the French Princes through the provinces of the Peninsula relays of post-horses, squadrons of cavalry, the terrible guardianship of 12-pounders, the " huzzas" of a gold-loving and wine-bibbing rabble—has been skilfully- pre-arranged by the crea tures of the Gallic embassy and the satellites of the obsequious 'STURM. So far these hymeneal pre liminaries have prospered ; but the consequences of this specious precipitation still remain of a very dubious character, and assume, if that be possible, a yet more threatening appearance. Their Royal Highnesses are reported to have passed into the 4a nish capital amidst an impassive multitude of spectators ; not a hat was raised, not a handkerchief fluttered, not a shred of tapestry dis played, not a Viva uttered from the Calles Fuencarrel to the gateway of the palace, saving a few hired accla mations from a little body-guard of " the un washed ;" not a single congratulatory bonfire in the squares of Burgos ; not a solitary cheer from the citizens of Madrid, or from the inhabitants of its en virons ! If this be not a sufficient indication of the unwelcome nature of this Montpensier alliance, there are numberless others proving it to he entirely of a compulsory, and not of a popular character, Among these may be enumerated the secret distri bution of inflammatory appeals to the popu lace, the continued seizure of the Liberal newspapers, and the confinement of different indi viduals who are known to be inimical to the marriage. These, and numberless other circum stances, testify as to how unpalatable this diplomatic device is among the more sincere lovers of Spanish independence, and these are, fortunately for hu manity and% civilisation, the vast majority of the population. This daring attempt to root the influence of the French Government in the Peninsula, has, in reality, done little more than brought all the political parties of the latter country into a collision of such violence, as renders some calamitous demonstration inevitable. A general and not bloodless pronunciarzento may be calculated upon with some certainty, and the passion which will b e thereby engendered must tend rather to the diminu tion than to the permanent establishment of Gallic influence. The balance upon which the continued tranquillity, or the almost interminable disturbance, of Spain now oscillates, is of infinite delicacy. Every diligence is expected to bring intelligence to THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1846, everything relating to his profession, and who has put forward the soundest view's ith singular ability. Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER says—" There ought to be a military code for peace and a military code for war. There is a peace establishment and a war esta blishment for most of the branches forming the mili tary system, and ki by not for military law." And again—" If the objects to be gained by military law in time of peace are, as I have said, different from those demanded in time of war, and if they are also of a gentler nature, and more approximate to those sought for by social law, and if the soldier's life is in peace very similar to the life led by a citizen, is it not natural to abate that rigour of the law which in war is necessary to attain the more urgent objects of obedience and sanguinary results ? I think reason tells us that this is both natural and wise." We shall for the present rest on the opinion of those eminent persons. We trust most sincerely that what we have said is sufficient to direct the public attention to a thorough investigation of the subject, and that the force of public opinion, when once fully awakened, will have the same deference paid to it by the military authorities, and will be as productive of a beneficial mitigation of this severity of the code, as it has recently been in respect to cor poral punishment. The following account of the revolution in Geneva appears in the Journal des Daats : "On the evening of the 6th the inhabitants of the faubourg St. Gervais assembled and raised barricades at the bridges. In the morning the militia, with the deter mination of destroying them, fired about 200 cannon shot, which accomplished the desired obj-ct. After this the soldiery made attempts at two different points to enter and occupy the faubourg, but were received with a gall ing fire from almost every window. Each of the com mandants marched at the head of his regiment, and as nearly all of them were wounded, the retreat was beat, and the troops re-crossed the bridges. Still they re mained in possession cf the lower town and the course of the Rhone, and the insurrection was confined to the fau bourg. In the night, however, the insurgents set fire to the bridges, and the inhabitants of the lower town, find ing that their safety was compromised, rose in their turn. At the same tine the Radical auxiliaries of the canton of Vaud came in great force to the aid of the insurgents. The militia, thus threatened on all sides, began to waver, and at length yielded, and the Council of State gave in its resignation. By the even ing the arsenal and the principal public establishments were in the hands of the insurgents, who formed a Pro visional Government. The courage with which the colonels of the militia were the first to meet danger was fatal to them. The families of the highest consideration of Geneva have to deplore losses; among these are Colonel Chateauvieux, an old officer of the Royal Guard, and M. Ravie. The militia has lost several men killed, and many wounded. The loss of their opponents is not yet known, but it is believed that it cannot be very great, as they were well protected by their barricades. Whilst the battle was going on between the Government troops and the insurgents, 2,000 men were marching from the canton of Vaud to the assistance of the latter; but the affair having ended in the triumph of the in surgents, a messenger was dispatched to stop their ads ance." Madrid papers of the 6th and 7th have arrived, The Espanol gives the following as the substance of the note presented to M. GUIZOT by Lord Non- MANBY on the subject of the Montpensier marriage:— "England, after having remarked upon the difference between her disinterested conduct in the negotiations, and the recent conduct of France, ar.d the spirit of con ciliation and respect which she had shown towards France in the question, observes that by an indirect course the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier tends to create fears which the Ring of the French had ad mitted it would not be just to excite, by renouncing all pretension to the hand of the Queen of Spain for one of his sons. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eng land then insists upon the fact of the exclusion, as re• gards the throne of Spain, which has been imposed upon the House of Orleans by the renunciation of Otrecht, and the stipulations of that treaty considered by it as limning an integral part of the public right of Europe, and proves in an explicit and conclusive manner that, conformably with the stipulations of that treaty, the children of a Prince of the Howe of Orleans cannot reign in Spain. The note of Lord Palmerston is so ex plicit on this point that it asserts that the treaty leaves no doubt, and that although in conformity with its clauses there can be no doubt entertained on the subject, the English Government regards it as essential that no pretension shall be set up which at a later period might lead to an attempt to elude the guarantees pre sented by this treaty for the repose of Spain, the balance of p ower i n E urope. England, relying on these considerations, declares that the descendants of the House of Orleans cannot, on any pretension, aspire to the succession in Spain, and states that these consi derations compel her to protest against the consequences of the marriage, which, on such conditions, would com plicate the relations, and injure the interest. of the other powers. In conclusion, England applying to France the principle which she has invoked relative to Spain, in the protest addressed to our Government, declares that it is not a petty interest of rivality which induces her to make these representations to the French Government, and that she considers the power, the grandeur, and the prosperity of France as one of the most essential ele ments of the balance of power in Europe ; but that France is already so great a nation, and her own re sources are so immense, that the augmentation which the would derive from the eventuality of rights acquired by a French prince to the throne of Spain can only tend to menace as to the future, and even now the repose and security of Europe." Senor ISTURITZ has replied to Mr. BULWER'S pro test, but the nature of his reply has not transpired. The French Princes entered Madrid on the Gth. They were received quietly. No demonstration of any sort was made on their arrival. I.l.enraD Bor-sa, OCT. 6.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34% for cash ; the Four per Cents., 21%; the Five per Cents., at 21%; the Passives, at 6 3 4 ; and the Coupons, 20%. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Presse contains the following official defence of the conduct of the French Government in regard to the Montpensier marriage : " While Sir Robert Peel was in office, Franee and England were in perfect harmony on the subject of the Spanish marriages. Putting aside all personal preten sions, France agreed, and even proposed as the best ar rangement, that the two Spanish Princesses should be united to their two cousins, the sons of Don Francisco de Paulo, in which the British Cabinet agreed. This arrangement, hoe ever, was rendered impassible by one , of these Spanish Princes breaking suddeely and scanda lously with the Constitutional party. Then occurred chose conversations at Eu of which i.o much has been tend, in which the French Minister proposed the arrange ment now carried into effect. Lord Aberdeen replied that he saw no objection, especially (surtout) if the Queen should have an heir to the crown at the time of the solemnization of the marriage of the Infanta. This was the position of things when Sir Robert Peel resigned. On the accession of Lord Palmerston, the French Cabinet ne sessarily put itself on its guard. It soon learned that Lord Palmerston, corresponding with Mr. Bulwer, was en d. wouring to substitute a Prince of Coburg as a candi date absolutely on the same footing as the sons of Don Fraucisco. It was known that Mr. Bulwer had indi evted Don Henry as the proper husband of the Queen, and that England was doing all that she could to bring to a conclusion a marriage with the Prince of Coburg, and that already the Spanish Cabinet, being reluctantly foreed to adopt a course, gave ear to the propositions thus made to it. Under such circumstances, France was compelled to act, and how could she act otherwise than she I.ias acted? She gave notice to England that the latter was departing from the course agieetl upon, and receiving no answer, and knowing that the Coburg in tricae was still proceeding, she gave definite notice that she - would hold herself free to act as might seem most conducive to her interests, and would marry the Due de liContpensier either to the Queen or the Infanta. This e4nniunication, which dates so far back as last Mays eras followed by the proceedings the issue of which is now manifested. Such are the facts, the exactitude of w:Lieh we defy the English Ministerial journals to dis prove, or to show that the French Government through_ out this negotiation h as excee d e d t h e strictest limits of goon! faith. Let English diplomacy, caught in its own nits, cry out against a result which it might have pre vented by observing the neutrality egret d on between the two Cabinets. Let it try to distort the facts, and to east upon France the wrong of its own defeated du plicity. Nothing is more natural. Let the French Op position journals seek satisfaction in the clamours of the English press. and mingle in foreign declamations aga..nst us. Nothing, to our shame, is more common among us. But let any man of good faith and good sense, having the facts before him, say whether the con cluct of England has not justified that of France ; even admitting, which we do not, that France has need to consult England in such a matter." We believe that this is one Of those artfully com pounded mixtures of truth and falsehood in the con coction of which, from long habit, Louis PnieirrE surposses any man living. For instance, it is true, we bt lieve, that the Spanish marriage was the sub ject of conversation at Eu between M. Gum(); Lord -ABERDEEN, and LOUIS PHILIPPE, but it is not 'true that Lord ABERDEEN said he saw no objection Ito the Montpensier marriage, especially if the QUEEN s hould have an heir to the crown at the time of its s , llemnization. What Lord ABERDEEN did st y was, that such an event would (not do away entirely with his objections -to the marriage, but) render it less oljcelionable. There is a vast deal of difference between " less ob -iectionable" and seeing "no obj e cti ons ." A ga i n, i t is .not true that Lord PALMERSON or Mr. BULWER end eavoured to bring forward a Coburg candidate; but it is true that Queen CHRISTINA, acting upon the suggestions of the French Ambassador, endeavoured - to prevail upon Mr. Bunwen. and Lord PALMERSTON : to propose a Coburg candidate, and that Mr. BULWER :;and Lord PALMEMTON refused. Again, the assertion about Don ENRIQUE is not true, for at the time of the confl2renecs of E:t, h,,d broken with the constitutional party in Spain (called constitutional, we presume, ut lucus a non lucendo). But it is useless to unravel further this tangled skein, in which the slightest possible in.. fusion of truth is made to colour oceans of falsehood. There is, however, one portion of this article which is worthy of being remembered :—"France has given England notice that henceforth she will hold herself free to act as may seem most conducive to her in terests." Be it so ; England then will do the same. In commenting on the article in the Prexse of the day preceding, in which that organ of the Tuileries took upon itself to order Queen VICTORIA to choose for Ministers Tories who would not object to see a grandson of Louis PHILIPPE on the throne of Spain, the National says— " We are not under the necessity of remarking upon an antagonivnie which expresses itself in terms so violent. Between the Whigs and Louis XIV. it was war, but in the historical events referred to by that paper, it omitted to cite the simple dates which corroborate the great guarantees of the treaty of peace signed at Utrecht. The date of that treaty is 1713 ; Louis XIV. died in 1715. In 1719 the war broke out again. Perhaps the Presse ought to have added that the principal author of this treaty (Bolingbroke) was compelled to fly to France to escape from the justice which threatened him in Eng land, and which accused his colleague, Lord Oxford, of high treason. All these recollections are of an irritating nature, and we can scarcely understand the imprudence which rouses them at a moment when tho Whigs are more firm than ever." The KING has pardoned upwards of one hundred persons on the occasion of the marriage of the Due DE MONTPENSIER. Among them are five of the ac complices Of QUENISSET. The Epoque contradicts the statement which ap peared in the papers of the day preceding, that a revolt had broken out in the 15th regiment of Light Infantry, stationed in Algeria. The price of flour fell on Saturday nearly 2f. per metrical quintal, at the halle of Paris.: The Constitutionnel says— " The inquiries ordered by the Minister of Commerce for the purpose of ascertaining the produce of the crops in the departments are now terminated. The Prefects have addressed to the Minister detailed reports, which are said to leave no doubt as to the extent of the evil. The greatest part of the central departments, and many of the western, have sadly suffered, and the working classes will be left without resources during the rigorous season, if the Government does not devise means of re lieving them. The Minister of Commerce, it appears, has concerted measures with his colleagues of the de partments of the Interior and Public Works. which, it is hoped, will have the effect of reassuring the popula tion. Several Deputies have recommended the Admi nistration to give labour to the people, and open cha ritable establishments, in which the old an infirm, unable to earn their bread, should be admitted during the winter. The Government, we are informed, has accerleil to those demands, and approved various works proposed by the lenal authorities." The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic dispatch, dated Marseilles, 10th instant.— " Therapia, St. 28. " Reschid Paella is appointed Grand Vizier. Ali Effendi succeeds Reschid Pacha as Minister for Foreign Affairs." The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera on Sunday at 82f. 70c. • LYoNs, OCT. 9.—Avignon and Marseilles, 943 f. 75c.; Northern, 7121. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 521 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONV, IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 12. Boulogne and Auiieiis, 1.1!4 —Direct Bombay and Madras, % Italian and Austrian, 14 —Namur and Liege, I !6 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 554—Tours and Nantoi Constituted, 5. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 p er C ent. 2 13 Ditto, Deferred 3 3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 3 3 4 1,4 Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 23%% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4 1 3% Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 91 3 4% PRICES OF PAID. AT DONE RAILWAY SHARES F-- • AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. Amber.. Nott., Bost on , •••• and Eastern Junction 2% ..... 2IS Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 15 ...... Belfast & County Down 4%...... Birrnin. and Gleucester. 100 Ditto New 17% —••- ---.----. Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 % Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter 75 — Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... SO ...... Bristol and Liv er . J une . 21 , 4 .......... ...... Buckingham s hi re Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2% 1 14... •••• .- Ditto Extension ... .. 21 % — Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s ...... Cambrid .... ge and Oxford.. 1% Central Kent 2% ...... Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 Churnet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 423. — Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ... ... - . • Clydesdale Junction 2O — Cork, Blackrock, and Passages ...... 225. Cork and Killarney ... 214 Cork and Waterford ... I% — Cornwall 5 ..... Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall & Cent'l D evon 2% .... . I , erby and Crewe ... 2% — Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% Direct Manchester (Remington's) - •••• 04 ...... . Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 4...... .. ... ....... Direct Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc lO .. Dublin, Belfast, an d """'•••• Coleraine ............ 2% ..... -- .............. DubDublin!and Galway...... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 7% Eastern Counties ...... 14/. 16s 21%%': .......... Ditto New ......... 12/. 163. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1 .......6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto. N o . 2 . .. 6 1. 13s. 4d... ... Do., York Extension.. 10s. ...... 1 3 4% EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 ... ... Eastern Uni on 35 ..... Ditto, Qu ar t er Shares 8 3 / t • Do. Extens(Harwich) 1'? Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 %...... East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshi re East & West of England 1A 3 '...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 70 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 % ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 ••• ......... .•• Edinburgh and Perth.. Ely and Hinitingdon ... . 71/•••••• .....• 2 Enniskill en and Sligo ... 2% Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 Glasgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50 Ditto, N ew .. 15 . ....- - - Do., % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) . ........ 12% Glouc.,Abei ystw ith, an d Central of Wales ...... 1% — .. Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 423. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn ... ............ 1% Great Eastern &Western 2 1 .. ••• — " Gr eatGrlmsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2% Great North of Scotland 24 Great North of England-100 2:3 3 1,4 234 232% Ditto New ........ . ...... Ditto, New . ».•..,•.. 15 ...... Ditto, New Great Western ............ 85 Ditto % Shares .. 50 Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Harwich aud Eastern Counties Junction ... 2 .. . Hull and Selby so— 106% Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares 25 — • Ipswich & Bury St. Edna. 11 1 % — Do., do, and Norwich 2% — Killarney Junctions ...... 14 Kendal and Wi n d ermere 1% — ............ ........... Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 ...... D ... ............o. New - ......... •• •• lymena - .............. Leeds and Bradford 3O Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2%. ... ... ............... ..... Leicester & Bi rm i ng h am 225. • • • . .... ...• LLeicester and Bedford... 22 5. eeds and Dewsbury ... 22% ---, ............... Lpooi., Mnch s t r & N ew castle Junction Liverpool and Bury L , a,:en and Black wall. 16i• I3s 4d. 9 Do. New -- ...... .... ~ Ditto Extension ...... . . ........ London Arlo Brighton .. 591 : % 741 ;4 .. . Ditto, Fifth 5........ 4O ..... ... London and C ro yd on, 13/. 15s . ............. ,4 .1. 22 ... ..... .. .... Do. Gezaran. 5 per cen t . 9 ...... ... ~. .. . . Loudon and Greenwi ch 12/ 15s 4d... —. ......... , Do. Prefi , rence ...18/17 s 2d ...... ..... .......... - London, Ho uth d ow . and .. Western London and N. Wtaterriloo ... .... 93 19•4 ... . Do. Quarters ......... 2 .....22.. ... ..... Do., no., New Shares.. 2 ...... 16 ......... -'. . 2 Ditto Fifths .. . -- .... Ditto, Eiv htlis (G. J.) 12% . ..... . ..... ... ...... Do., New% Shales • ............ (G. J.) ............... 5 ...... Do 40/..Share,(L.M.) 8 ..... ............ Lon• I. & S , Western 41i 6. 10 d ...... ................ Do. New Conga Bths 40 ..,. ..... '. . . ** Do. New Do. New .............. 22%. .. . ~ .......... ... :: ..... ...... . 'lB .._ .., London and York 2%••••.. 1?.,4 5 ,,0, , ~.• 193 22 104 18% sB l ,i 30,4 - 176 !MONEY and COIINIBRCIAL NEWS. rom r •: Tile sal,s of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8,000 to 10,000 bales, at full prices, including 3,000 American on speculation. The business consisted of 600 Pernems and Maranhams at sfd. to 74d. ; 400 Bahia at qd. to 6i-d. ' • 600 Egyptian at 64d. to 7d. ; 800 S ura t (500 on speculation) at 3id. to 4id., and the remainder American at sd. to 6fd. The sale of railway shares to-day, at Messrs. Lomond and Co.'s, went off better. East Indians improved, and a better tone existed. Prices are not looked at as yet firm, s_pite of a little improvem e nt. Th e f o ll ow i ng are a tw of the principal sales:— East Indian Manchester, Sheffield, & Midland Junct 2 7 0 Direct Northern 1 6 0 Cambridge and Oxford Manchester & Birmingham, Quarters (B) 11 12 6 Cornwall and Devon Central Sambre and Meuse Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (Norwich Extension) Reading and Reigate .. 0 14 0 Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 15 0 Caledonian, Halves Buckinghamshire South Staffordshire Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 0 14 6 Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 0 Great Eastern and Western 0 18 0 Dundalk and Enniskillen 2 12 6 There are very general doubts entertained in the City as to the authenticity of the news received, or said to be received, via Havre and Paris, of a treaty of peace hav ing been signed between the United States and Mexico. However, a temporary purpose has been served by the advance in the price of Mexican Bonds. Had such an important event really occurred, it is con sidered very improbable that the intelligence would have come by such a route. It Reed hardly be remarked, that the extremest anxiety is expressed here to have the fact represented fully confirmed. It is hardly a useful occupation of space, to enter at present upon the question of the policy of the Mexican Government to change their Charge d'Affaires cr their provincial agents here. It is true Mr. Murphy is an able and intelligent man, courteous at all times ; but still with alterations at the seat of the Government of the Republic, variations in agents may be looked for. The Mexican Ministers have played so many pranks to the injury of the foreign creditors of the republic, that it were a vai n h o p e to anticipate much fixity of purpose, as the mere quibbles can be raised the more delay is obtained in paying past, and rapidly increasing accumulations of obligatior.s. In the private advises received from New Zealand this morning there is very little information beyond that already made public. There was an increasing demand for labourers. Money was scarce. The payment of the half-yearly dividends has not yet had any sensible influence upon the rate of interest. Exchequer -bills have declined a trifle to-day. Consols for Account remain at about 951, and for private transfer at 95 1. Some bargains have been made in India Bonds at 255. premium, in Bank Stock at 206, and in the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at a, fall to 96, ex dividend. There has not been a single bargain reported in Spanish Stocks up to this hour, nor for Portuguese. Mexican Five per Cents. have fallen to 23f 4 1 ; Brazilian Bonds are at 854; Grenada at 21; Venezuela at 411 ; I and Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates at 91 . 1 The Railway Share Market is not very brisk today. OSP, CLOSING 3 per Cent. Reduced PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .206 ex div 206 9446 95'% di 9 1 5 5 % 18 4 1 2: New WA per Cent. Annuities...,,, 96 1 4 96 ex div 96 3 C I 1:15D DittonneConsols to Atl Ditto Cent.n f u i u rn 9% India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... ls Exchequer Bills, UMW., 11 I /2 18 15 pm. 15 /2 d: C Ataei o ricei n cslo s t,:cl o x: A t.p. j i . t a. : 5 ;19;8/21Al p divv PRICES THE GREAT BRITAIN. " Warrenpoint, Oct. 10, 1546. " Sir,—By letter of yesterday's date I am informed that the Great Britain now lies on a bed of stones, and has suffered much from the gale of Wednesday. " Preparations are making to discharge all the coal on board. " I am, &c. " LEONARD WATSON. " To Thomas Court, Esq." FORTIFICATION OF THE COASTS OF ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It was with no ordinary pleasure I read the able article under the above title, in your valuable paper of the 7th inst., and the public owe great obligations to you in making known the sentiments of M. C. H. Dupin, on this highly important and vital subject, which, let us trust, will receive the earnest and immediate attention of the English Government. You have often and so strenuously advocated the con struction of " Harbours of Refuge," as necessary for the protection of the lives and property of her Majesty's subjects in the English Channel, that I need not apolo gise for soliciting your indulgence on the present occa sion. In the event of a sudden outbreak of war with our French neighbours (which *every right-minded person would lament), what protection, I will ask, will the town of Brighton, with its 50,000 souls, have, if sud denly attacked by a fleet of war? Might not the " Queen of Watering Places" be reduced to ruins in a few short hours? Frequently have you urged the great necessity for the intermediate harbour, or breakwater, proposed by the Admiralty Commissioners to be erected in Seaford Bay, being midway between Portsmouth and Dover, and which is in every way eligible, from its fine anchorage an d grea t depth of water at all tides, and, being near to the inner harbour of Newhaven, would be of immense value in the Channel for sheltering merchant s ' an d steam vessels, and also prove of vast importa nce to the British Govern ment; as, on the completion of the branch line of railroad to the port of Newhaven from Lewes an d Key mer, the shortest route will be offered to Fran ce f rom the metro polis, and the greatest facility will th en b e a ff orded for a great number of s hi pwrecks, and w ou l d b e generally avoided the transmission of troops and am mun i t i on to the coast. It is a notorious and lamentabl e f act, t h at there is no good shelter for vessels between D over and Portsmouth; bt losshy e l consequenceh of fliconstructioni.e annually, of w thehi proposed break water i n Seaford Bay. If the Property-tax is to continue, surely a few thou sand pounds might be voted by Parl iament every session for such a national undertaking, and w h en many millions sterling is to easily raised for rai l way speculations I ! ! You have more than enee stated energet i cally, that the situation of Seaford is paramount, and Ought first to be commenced. We have now anoth er G ove r nment since youra3,s p t Fayurge speedily upon th em t o com mence art, witho ut f urther delay, in the dand before th e fi nances tray be unfortu• o last fth piesaacp worke p , ea ' o l !lately required for the purposes of warfare. I am, Mr. Editor, your Tost obedient servant, Bth October, 1846. A CONSTANT READEr -- ! .__. 7 _ ____'—..TTn ! ...—......_ D- T - --V. _ guRr..LANR .lIEATRE.—We—are happy to per- Madame Anna 's opera, the Mai d of Artois, are realised anticipations respecting appr . ?ciatedby7 all r.eal amateurs of putn . ie, which Is. manifest from the en etßoeiist}3;lee°tPflUaillel3sotauelefxetent, and . that h.er fiaished style of sing winugsieis, b n u o t t by on t l h y e We congratulate the manager of Drury lane acquisition he has thusiastic manner she is encored in several pieces of the Opera nightie. THE BOISTEROUS 1% EATIIER AND TIIE MAILS.--- The fullowing notice was issued . on Monday at the m la a n d e e T t h o e h a i t s re up o e n ra th e e om h p it r l u il 3 y . Royal Tar steamer, with the Corunna, Vigo, Oporto, General Post-o ffi ce, Sr. Martin's-le-grand:—" The Lisbon, Cadiz. and Gibraltar mails of the 7th instant, put back into Yarmouth on the 9th, in consequence of bad weather. Iler Majesty's brig Expre3s, with e Madeira, B raz i l, and Buenos Apes mails of the st th h instant, put back to Falmouth on the 9th, it blowing a gale from S.W., and sailed :gain on the II th inst., with all letters arriving at Falmouth up to that day inclusive. The Sydney, with the mails for New South ‘Vales, Australis, Van Diemen's Land, and .New Zealand, of the 30th ult., was compel', d by stress of weather, to run into Falmouth harbour on the 9th instant. The f ljohn Bull steamer, for the Haniburgh m a ils on th e the Th ames. The Rainbow steamer, for the Holland evening of th e 13:h i nstant (yesterday evening), from rnailsof the morning of the 14th instant (to -day), from erc the Th ames. LEMON J UICE TO SAlLORS.—Another of the nu merous cases o f failare to comply with that part of the le . . M ant mon jui ce and s ugar to the crew, when on salt provi tiearuen's A c t w hi c h requ i res t h e supply of mous, was brought b e f ore the notice of the magistrates at the Thames Police Court, yesterday. Mr. Thomas Hallen, m aster of fined 5/. the shi p Iluby, West Indiaman, was penalties for ono day's default, though he was liable t o to a large amount for that breach of the law. OPENING Or TUE PORTS. — A movement in favour of opening the ports appears likely to become general. hA meeting was held last evening, - in the Free Trade ai at M anchester, of the bankers, merchants, manu for the cturers, and oth ers of that town and neighbourhood, purpose of memorialising the Government to open the ports without any delay, We trust this example which h as already been set .by Dundee, will be quickly followed by Liverpool, and other commercial as well . as m anufacturing t owns. But while they memorialise for opening the ports, for the purpose of affinalieg every fa cility for increased supplies of grain, we trust they will not omit t o press upon the Government the necessity of admi tt i ng sugar for distillation and brew irg, as a means of economisin g t h e stocks we at present have. BALPE AT V I ENNA.—By letters received yesterday .ai asnin g t rein Vietina, we perceive that the success of T ie Boh em i an Girl is triumphant. Atm , st every piece in th e Opera is eneorefi—" The Fair LAnd of Poland" always cotnmanding a triple encore. I3alg, is called on befor e t h e curtain after every act, and is quite the musical idol of the Viennese opera goers. The first act, and part of the second, of his new opsrkis already composed. FIRE IN ST. Ltign.'s.—On Monday afternoon an alarming fir e b ro k e out on the premises in the occupation of Mr. John Taylor, c ar d and pasteboard isatinfacturer, 11, John' s - row, St. Luke's. It originutvd in one of the lower dryi ng rooms, and speedily extended to the fl.eir above. The en g i nes were soon at work, but although l the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, they wer e unab!e to get the flames subdued before a considerable quantity of the stock in trade was de-troy ed, and the building severely damaged, Unfortunately, Mr. Taylor was not insured. Do 1 4 Shares Y€ ovil • .• 21, 4 , London er & Colorain, ...... Lmcionderry and Enni s - .• .... killen ...... ........ 12% ..... Lynn and Ely .....«..... 15 Lynn and Dereham ...... 15 Manchester and Leads 82 Ditto !,.; Shares ....... 33 ..... 47 L 4 47 Do. Quarte rs 2 Do. Fifths ..... 3 . .• ••• Do. Sixteenths....... 6'4 Do. Extension • 425....... 1 076 Manchester and Birrnin 40 Do. Quarters (A). •• ... .... 5 — ..... ....• Do. Quarters (B) 5 Do. Quarters (C) 1 ..... 8 Manchester•Buxton,and Matlock 42s. 3 4 7§ P••• .... Manchester, Birm., an d Mould Junction • Manchest. &Sonthampt. 2 ""'••••••Midland lOO ..134 133% and Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd& East. Counties 2%,..... Midland Great West ern Irish Newcastle and Berwick 15 Do. North Shi e ld s ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 21, 12s — p ........ Newport & Abergavenny 2 %...... Newry and Enniskillen 4% — .. Newark, Sheffield, and ... Boston ... ... .. 1 %—... ... ........ Norfolk 100 l3l ... .. ........ Do. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Extension ........ 6 North British . ..... ... 25 -.... 33 W 3 33 Do. Half Shares Do. Fifths 5 — Do. Quarters ...... .. 1 1 4 2 ./ 1 7 8 ..... .. ... Do. Extension %.... . . Northern and Ea s t ern... 50 ...... Do. Scrip (i ss d. 5 di s. ) 45 - Do. Quarter Shares.- 12% — Do. New , ........ 1 North Staffordshire 42s. .. 2 1 4% p ... North Wales .- ........ 3%,."".... Northern and Southern— • Connecting ............ 2% — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham .. 2 Nottingham & Mansfld.. Oxford, Wo rces t er , an d •••• Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.— ....... 1%,..... ....... . Portsmouth Dir ec t ...... 3% 4 • Preston and Wyre Do. %. Shares ..... ... 4V., — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond l5 Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, andCrewe... 136...,.• Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 114 — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. ••• • ••• Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 3 1 4 ... .:- ...... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., . &S. Staffordsl.., June. 2% Sligo and Shannon l,l — South Devon... 35 South Sc Midlands June. 425. - „. South StaffordshireJunc. 21,4 — - ith Eastern & Dover. 331% — Do.. No. 1 ... ........ ... 2G Do., Nl. 2. Do., No. 3 Do.. No. 4 St.Alban's, llatfield, and Hertford Junction - •• Staines and Richm on d . .. 1 •• Staffordsh. & Shropshire 23'....., youth Wales ..... -.... ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. Taw Vale Extension ... Tring, Reading, and Basin g stoke ............ Vale of Neath ... ........ Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 221,¢ .. Warwickshire & L on d on 425. ...... - ................ ... Warwick and W orces t er 4 25. Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 221 Waterfd,Wxfml,Wieklw, and Düblin 1V aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. WestLondon,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2%..,.,. . Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Warwick,and York and Rugby Carlisle 425....... .. ............ 2% York and N ewcas tl e ...... 25 ... Ditto New % 11% '••• ••• - 1 York and N or th Midl an d 5 0 Ditto 1 / Shares 25 Do . Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension 2O Do. East and W es t Rid- • •• ......... ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. BAnglo-Belgian-- ......... 4 _— ............... arbadoes .............. ... 1 ... ......... ... Boulogne and .A miens... 16 Bordeau x & M e di terran. 2 ............. Bordeauxaoulouse, and . Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2.. Do. (Espelete's) .. ... 2.. 11/ ........ •• • 8 •.... ......... Calais, Dunkrk,andWest Flanders ..... ........ 2 -- Calcutta and Diamond ...... Harbour ....... ........ 78. ..... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast. ............... Central of Spain ...... 1 .. ... ... .. ... .... 2 ...... Cey10n......... .... .. .... 53. ...... Demerara... .. ........ 21/ 2 ...... Dendre Valley ............ 4 ...... _— Direct Bombay and Madras .ss. Dutch Rhenish East Indian ....•... .... 58. Eastern Bel g i an Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular 5s Great Western Bengal... ss. ............... •• .. Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 ........... I G ta re li a a t n W a e n s d te A rn u C st a r i i i a a n d . a.... : 3 3 .14 ...... ... ..... Jersey - ...... ... ..... Louvain ii. la Sambre ... 6 . __ ...... .., Luxembourg...". ..... " 4 ..... , Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... . o . ............ . . Madras ....„ . - Madras, Nellore, and ...... ....... Arcot % ...... .. •• •• •• Mauritius Madrid and Valentin ... .. _ ............... 7 ............ Namur and Liege ............. ...... 13 q ...... ....... Nii of France Constituted 5 . ...... North Jamaica ... 1 ..... ............... Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... _ Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 8% .... .. .. ........... ... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d ...... ..., . ..... Paris BcLyousConstituted 5 ..... .5% % 1 Paris and 0r1ean5......,.. 20 ...... .......... Paris and Rouen ........ 20 .................... - ..... .. ..... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted ............ 5 .. 1 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ......... 7%" - Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 ... " Strasbourg and Bale .• 14 ...... - St. Laurence & Atlantic . •• Tours and Na n t es C on- •. stituted .. ..... - ..... 5 ...... Tournay, Jurbi se , L an- 5 .. . den, and Hasselt....-. 8 . Trinidad ................... 21 / 2 ..... ...... West Flande rs ...... .. T .. 6 .... JOINT 6 BANKS. Colonial ................ .25 ... . .ondon & W es t m i nster. 20 . . .... '2B MINES. 85 1 % 3 5 8 3 3 4 23 1 / 2 23 3 4 41 17% 41.4 13 59% 917[4 CLOSING PRICES. .. 129 82% , . 21 IA . 111 /a 1% 24 a. int. -- 11/2 21 1 , p 30M 232 1 A 60 181( 4 31 71/3 106% . 2 2 - ••• ...... . - ... _____ Real del Monte Unregd COURSE 01? EXCHA Amsterdam .. • ...C.F. 12 8 Ditto, at sight .... • . 12 5% Rotterdam ...• ••2 U. 12 8% Antwerp— •• .. 26 15 liamburgh .. •. • •M.B. 13 14 Altotra— ..... ..... •. Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 85 Ditto, 3 tuontlis.... • . 26 10 Marseilles •••••••• •• •• .26 15 Bourdeaux•••••• •• • • • 26 is Frankfort on Maine.... 1224 Petersburgh, 3 Berlin .......• •••.• •. Vienna, eirec. lio • • 10 11 Trieste, ditto.... •• •• • • 10 11 Madrid Cadiz • •••• .• •• • • 35% •• . : .. 8i1ba0............ •• .• 36 Barcelona . Seville. 5 1 ,,,1 - ............... 2 _..•••••••••••••• Naples ..... •• .• 39 Palermo, per ...... 119 Lisbon .............. Oporto .••• • • • • 51% 52 Rio Janeiro .•• • • • 2414 Bahia ..... ........ Buenos Ayres .. • _— New York, 21 days' sight P hiladelphia -- PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...f3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 9N, I Spanish Doubloons 317 5 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11U un aunday morning the following serious accident occurred on the Uxbridge road :—About two o'clock, 11 , 3 c r a drawn by two horses, he fell off h rr o i tzs Har r i s , carter, in the employ of Mr. Johnson, of Uxb r id ge, was retur his maste r ' s waggons, ning home with we , e the shaft s, and before tlit• horses could he stopped both Wheels had passed over his legs and broke them. The urdbrtunate man was conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he rf mains in a very precarious state. APPREHENSION OF AN INCENDIARY.-011 Monday, information was received at the various police stat.ons o f the metropolis, of the c,ipture, utter considerable d:ffi• ct.lty, of Thomas Wiseman. who is suspect“ . l of having set fire to the premises of Georg. Bahlrys. of Hendon, a iew nights since, when consist-cable prop( rly was de stroyed. !.'S•ERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH A TOBACCO PPE.—Motl day eveiiing, shortly aiii r ~,ix o'cloyk, as a watt . a, w n,g. Or the wear side of the Lmdon-road, Southwark wil h a lighid pipe in his mouth, he was suddenly' knock. dd,wn by another, who was running in an of poste &reefio.., the firrce of whim drove the :turn of the pi;;e chmpi et .. l) through his giillet. The poor fellow w,is iiined,let, taken to Mr. Hooper's, the parish surio-mn, Aho pi'. tracted the pipe, and ordered his instant retro, , al to Guy's Hospital. On examination by the house suraeon at the latter place, tr:e injury W LES tilinii to be of such a -righ , rul n,ture that very little lo , pi-s are entcataint-d o f his recovery. We are happy to state that James Campbell, Esq., so long known and respected as the Chief-Clerk to the Secretary of the General Post office, has been promoted to the office of Assistant-Secretary, on the vacancy ne wt:loud by the death of the late Thomas Lawrance, Esq. ......33Y ............ NGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.... .....• • • Leghorn .• • • . ...... • • 30 Genoa •••••••••• ••• • •• 26 2 0 20 Milan •. • • ..... . Ven1ee................ - 69% "7 , " I d ";.t. T" 5, We have a fil e of (he N,to Zealand Spectator an'. d °°hi ,4 Strata G ear di an, pu bli shed at Wellington, New2e3`%, to fi ! 23d May. Th ese papers supply tu w i t h the o , ' io cial and other details of the affair of " The Hu tt ; which, it will be seen, six men of the 58th Foot l ed d, and four wounded, by the natives (11aories), on by liangiahettta, who took so aztive a _part tot o t slaughter of our countrymen at the commencenila t the d:sputes in the northern parts of the colony. _ . OFFICIAL. STATEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND SPECTA'r Wellington, May 21, 1 846 '41 Sir,—At the desire of hi s Honour Major Richtet l ' , beg to h an d y ou cop i es of the reports of Major Lt tsL'ln ott Lieut. P ag e, re l at i ve to t h e l ate attack by the nativ` ., Jr. the detachment o f th e 5 8t h Regiment stationed ° L io i Boulcott's f a r m on t h e H utt, i n order that thepu be in posse ss i on o f aut h ent i c i nformation on the 5110-c I am, Sir, yours obediently, g. E. GRIMSTONE, Secrete (Copy.) Wellington, May 18, 18 , 46 t iet Sir,—l have th e h onour to enclose a copy of ffr..fo from Lieut. Page, 58 t h R eg i ment, detailing an made,upon him by the natives on the morning 0 ` 1 ,,, e 0 10th inst, in which I regret to state our loss hos, pi severe, as will be seen by the annexed list of killed era wounded out of the 50 men under his command th° t ,,, vl je' in the position he and his small party so bravev„ e of fended at Boulcott's Farm, about two miles in advilt„ — e ill the stockade, containing 50 more of the same regt under Captain Hardy. „ 6 ,0 0 On hearing of the attack I instantly dispate"Si order for Captain Hardy and his men to move for" of to Lieut. Page's support, sending the same nutn", r ebt the 99th Regiment trom Wellington by a forced °lf 0 to replace them in the stockade, proceeding raY se „olv quickly as possible to the scene of action, and 0 11 ',iv' ing the position, about eleven A.M., just fore the r - d forcemeat had arrived, I found the enemy wer e nt l, hovering in the vi c i n it y o f t h e pos i t i on, and firing:l,o at intervals from the thick scrub on th e o pposite Is ° the river. cl „ At this time Captain Hardy and party came ur w itt several volunt e ers, w h en I i mme di ately advanced (yr, my whole fotee (a 3 far as practicable) in extended or , 0 0 and direct e d a h eavy fi re of musketry, which dr°ic enemy back and silenced them. le ° The thickness o f th e f orest prec l u d e d our being fl!) ascertain what casualties occurred, and there ' s doubt they must have been considerable. Dr. Galb ra ith, o f t h e 99t h Regiment, on his °rQtp, paid every attention to the wounded, whose cas e it received over fro m D r . T urn b u ll , w h o happene d t° poet the neighbourhood at the time, to whom I am 1/ 061' great obligations for his skill and care until Prt o o braith came up, a nd I am h a pp y to say the wounded are doing well. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) EDWARD LAST, i • n g Major, 99th Regiment, co mmallta troops, Siuthern District. His Honour the Superintendent, &c., Wellingte 4 ",,y Return of the kill e d an d woun d e d of the Force 11Pe0 the command of Li eu t enan t P age, 58th Refii„ilia.gi! while resisting a n a tt ac k o f t h e rebellious 11,4`.-16I' the Valley of the Hutt on the morning of the AO May, 1846 : JP- • Killed. -58th R eg i men t—L ance Corporal /19 Dockrell; Privates William Allen, Robert Brett , Bolt, J. 1N `Fadden, T. Sonbam. Total killed, 6. e v); Wounded.—Lanc e S ergean t E. I ngram (sevlvtd Privates Patri c k Bevan, Thomas Ta 3 ler, John ' Total, 4. (Copy.) 9 46 ;1 Camp River Hutt, May 16, - f 0 2% Sir ,--I 11 I have the honour to state th a t a bout l ei hour before l daylight this morning th e sen t r y in fril, where the inlyieg pic que t was p os t e d o b serve d s e ,tir l Marries creeping towards him ; he fired, when i r nor ately a heavy rush was made from all parts of 1 11 % rounding wood. The picquet was ov er p o wered , 1 0 , 1 9 0 instant. The Maories then surro u nd e d the out° occupied by part of the troops, at the same timeic e ,,, e 'd up a heavy fire. Sergeant Norton h e re succe ed checking them with a few men who got out o ' o o houses. I rushed from the back part of m y hous° two servants, but we were driven back directiP e A sallied forth again, and with a few men who jci ° llo", made ou r way at last to the barn, round which / $3/ made a small stockade, occupied by half my force , toii On arriving there, I advanced in extended order'delf, as many more of the men as I could in $ lll lBO, l take Irons the stockade, and drove th e ` h "oilr; across the river. They then plundered 0 a;" . belonging to a settler of the name of 3614 `"0",. From the darkness we were unable to judg ° c lo' rately of their numbers; from th ose we saw , Owe ~I war dance they had afterwards, I sh ou ld su pposei were about 200. I feel convinced but that for the IS; ness of all turning out, and the determination ° l ,`, men, we should all have fallen. The enemy no" completely superior in numbers, and having t s n?..: tage of knowing the ground, and watching 0 time before the alarm was given. It was remain in the outhouses, as none of them would roi o ot bullet in the slightest degree. I am sorry to sl gi d , loss has been severe for the number of men ehg „ several of the enemy were killed, but carried skoipt , others directly they fell. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, inapossiu,.;ll (Signed) G. HYDE PAGE, n t Lieutenant 58th Reg' i le " Major Last, 99th Regiment. POSTECRIPT. Doctor Turnbull, of the Wellington militia, wu' „ ti pened to be in the neighbourhood, arrived aboutder hours after with some volunteers. H e a l s o red o 01 1 every assistance in his power to th e woun d e d he arrival of Dr. Galbraith from W e lli ngton . OP I beg to enclose a list of the killed and W° o :The names are the same a.s mentioned above). True evy, M. Richmond, Superintendent. FURTHER DETAILS. (From the New Zealand Spectator, May 23.) e ell We have put together in a connected narrat iv r joi,' particulars of the attack on the troops last Sa i tti , 03 0 , ) anti an account of the events of the past week. , Pder' be necessary, however, for the information of o ur re e at a distan ce , to state t h at during the preceding °rite° very gen e r a l op i n i on was entertained that some stlj tbt movement was in contemplation by Rangihaeata ac, natives acting under hi m . Th e i r f i ring on the PIDO -mitring party from the camp at Porirua, on the y e , indt., was a declaration of open hostilities on their P e e and as no me asures were taken to punish this ou t', it was confidently expected that Rangihaeats , , r e boldened by i mpun i ty, would proceed to further estr mities. As we mentioned last week, the trooP 6 tioned at Porirua were warned that a sudden attackol intended, and an order was in consequence issued ~ ,t t t they should be un d er arms every morning at daybrbee E. Puni'a warnings and offers of assistance, as vv e o o 3 previously state d, were treate d b y Major R i e ln e with ineifference and neglect. On Friday, the daY fB of fore the attack, Muturoa, one of the principal chi. e . , of Pipitea Pa, called on Majo r Ri c h mon d to warn Inse; his danger, a n d to oiler the assistance of his tr de' but his assistance was declined and his warning e ,4 spised. Accerdingly, a t d a yb rea k on S atur d ay m er' t p a considerable body of natives, amounting t he about 200 in number, had arrived in the valley o i f f i t lel Hutt, with the intention of surprising and cutting 0 0 1' detachment of the 58th Regim ent , s t at i oneel at Mr.' the cotes section, about two mil es a b ove the stockade , a ,; ,f 1 Hutt bridge. The party o f so l d i ers amounted l„,'" men, 14 of whom w ere quartered in Mr. Boulcotes v"lio the others were dispersed in tents and the huildingso the immediate neighbinirhood. Lieutenant Page' o l' officer in command, and his servant, occupied Mr. P' e re cotes house, and Mr. Boulcott and his two servants o' o e in a small house adjoining. The rebels were undcc r ei command of Raparetehau. Some of the rebels ente r the house of a settler named M`Hardie, an d e iejoili him and hi s w i fe to si l ence, d i rected them immedi4t eese to leave th e spot . M rs . MtHardie, on leaving her 1 1 °' of took shelter b e hi n d a f a ll e n t ree , and from her plac e refuge witnessed the whole of the engagement. The first alarm was given by the sentinel, w l3 °,; t o hearing th e no i se , fi re d his piece an d en d eavou red . e route the piequet. Immediately tdire e h eav y veP were poured into the tents in quick successioe p ie the nativ es , an d th e y rus h e d on w i t h loud ),,to to the work of destruction. Four o f th e so ldi er s s', lo , tomahawked on the spot in one t ent . O ne o f W e e who acted as bugler to the comp an y, b e h ave d nobly. On the first alarm he seized his bugle, and ab be the act of sounding the instrument, a blow from a ton 3 tile hawk nearly severed his arm, and struck him to. e d ground. But while lying in thi s mut il ate d state he se'l,o the bugle with his other hand and attempted to warn th e comrades of their danger, w h en a second stroke doe tomahawk nearly severed his head from his body. o r rebels evidently cal cu l a t e d on taking the party by 8 01 prise, and hoped that in the confusion of an unexpe e e attack they would f a ll an easy prey. But though 6r es prised and s urroun d e d b y superior numbers, the fro P d fought with the most devoted courage and gallantry s o . fully sustained the reputation of British soldiers. fe`, tenant Page had some d if fi culty in cutting his way fr ote 0 his house, whi c h was surrounded by the rebels. at length he effected, and putting himself at the hea"ie his men, animated them be his presence and exam' ) I , The party stationed in the barn behaved with the u, most coolness. Th e y di v id e d themselves into two P 9 61 ties of seven ((Leh, firing by turn, and then retreat' s under cove r o f t h e b arn to load again. In 'of height of the engagement a party of seven e • the Hutt m ili t i a, who had been disbanded on the Pre` vious Mond a y, attracte d b y the sound of firing. n3 o , bravely rep a i re d to t h e spot, and by their presence i n le spirt d the troops with renewid courage, and ma t erie e ; contribute , d to the su ccess o f t h e d ay, f or t h e re b e l s , lievieg that further retntorcements were close at " r f i e h , g a n %4z.t . , and were finally driven across t, be river tele., eith them their dead and wounded. ' firing last, d ateeut at, hour and a half. The loss on t re pert of th e tro ps i s six killed (four of whom tiimatiewked at the commencement of the attack) an five wounded. W e re : er to t h e o ffi cia l di spatc h es fo r the twee of the ki ;It dan Nei ureieee ..••• .: • ' 1 ,..r . •• he loss on ill , •-• van • of . the r• bell has not been c°' .., ..,,e , tiv ascertained, a. they caceittily carried ofreve% alt.., who telt in th e e,.g , ig„etnetit. Two were known I have been killed, wait several were wounch,d very ha dj ' c i . It is believ,d that the t , td amount or their killed o n wounded i. thin, en. There is no question that al weie cornplt-tely reptils d, arid were forced to recsos I P riv , r by this heroi c I tti l e h an d. Th e tents were el; b pletely riddled w ith b u ll e t s , t h e Nlaories firing low in the that the soLiers were in bed. A party of li3O ": Miori,s fired several volleys into Mr. Boul co tt's 110 0 ' under the impression that it MO occupied by soldier* ..... % P % P 344 31 4 1 A (lit. 421 12( ,~ - 13!4 27 1 / 2 .51