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filt4H WA'FI.E AT I,OAIALS-IsratiOt , THU , DAY. Morning 2 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 22 minutes after 2. Now ready, in throe vols. post Bvo. J OHN OF ENGLAND. A ROMANCE. By HENRY CURLING. Richard Bentley, New Burlingtor-street *** To be had at all the Libraries. NOTICE. COOPER'S NEW ROMANCE OF TIIF, SEA. CAPT A I N SPIKE; Or. THE ISLETS OF THE GULF. Will be found in " BENTLt.I'S MISCELLANY," published this day. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SHALE, AND LAIIOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tunsnav and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours.', containing Instructions(with a reference), are respectfully requested td-be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results wilt be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY-LANE. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed the Opera of STRIDE LLA. Alessandro Sirs della, Mr. W. Harrison ; signor Basal, Mr. Weiss ; Barbarino, Mr. Burdinl ; Malvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. Atter the Opera will be performed a grand Ballet entertainment, entitled UNE KERMES. In which MM. Paul. Theodore, Tell; Mdlles. Adele Benart, Anita Dubignon, Louise ; Ides. Guibilei, Theodore, and Les Sceurs St. Louin wilt appear. To conclude with DER FREISCIIIITZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Strettou ; Linda, Miss Rainforth ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee, THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Ho ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; Mr.Hartiman. Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster ; Tern Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Moll; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. . _ During the evening the Band will perform the Aria, " Vivi Tit," Cornet a Piston; the " Grus art Prag " (Polkas) ; the " Sophien Tanze" (Waizer); and the " Lestocq " (Overture).l To conclude with a New Comedy, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Miss Telbin, &c. 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. In consequence of numerous applications, " The Magic Horn " will be performed for one night more. "Mrs. Harris" will appear every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. dickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Biliary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with the Burlesque of THE MAGIC HORN. In which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Matthews, Miss Vii lars, Miss Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. • THEATME ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford,Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which will be produced MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TUILN-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To conclude with a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford; Torrey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Tolley, Mrs. F. Matthews; Eugenia Clairolle, Madame Celeste. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 3f. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Massinger's Play, entitled A NEW WAY TO BAY OLD DEBTS. Wellborn, Mr. J. Vining ; Sir Giles Over reach, Mr. J. R. Scott; Marrall, Mr. Compton; Allworth, Mr. R. Roxby ; Lady Allworth, Miss Harrington ; Margaret, Mrs. Stirling. After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, 31r. Compton ; Miss Dorothea Danzers, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Tidy, Miss Laporte. To conclude with a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR THE BEST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; Parchment, Mr. Smith; Isaac, Mr. Homier ; Clara, Miss Honner. To conclude with the Musical Entertainment of THE QUAKER. In which Messrs. Barker, Leffler, Homier, Compton, Miss Grant, Mrs. Fosbroke, &c. will perform. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing season of French plays at the St. James's Theatre will he commenced on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November 11, by the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur Perlet, who will appear for a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur Cartigny (of the Theatre Francais). M. Rhozevil (of the Theatre du Gymnast) and Mademoiselle Brohan (Premiere Soubrette of the Theatre Francais), her first appearance in this country. Mr. Mitchell has also the honour to announce that, encouraged by the distinguished patronage which has been conferred upon his manage meat, he has engaged the following eminent artistes, who will appear in succession during the season :—Monsieur Perlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Matisse, Monsieur Lafout, Mademoiselle Fargueil (her first appear ante in this country), Monsieur Aleide Tousez (of the Theatre du Petals Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle Dnverger, (of the Theatre du Palais Royal, her first appearance), Mademoiselle AliueVallee (of the Theatre du Gramme, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Rose Cheri (of the The ttre du Gymnast), whose performances last year were so eminently suet; ssful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLARISSA lIARLOWE, now performing in Paris with extraor dinary success, and also a new Play, written expressly for Mademoi selle Rose Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Francais) , Mademoiselle Denain (also of the Theatre Francais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, 3f. Bouffe (his first appearance since 1543) ; in ad dition to which the celebrated Tragedienne, Mille. Rachel, for a limited number of representations, and will appear in the popular Plays of " Marie Stuart," by Le Brun; " Britanicus," by Racine; " Tattered," by Voltaire; " Berenice," by R tine ; " Ariane," by Corneille, and other plays of her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken to perform, for the first time, the cha racter of Cellmene, in Moliere's Comedy of "Le Misanthrope." The subscription will be for fifty representations, on 3Pinday and Friday evenings, with the privilege of exchanging for the Wednesday even ing performance, an arrangement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. . Application for season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. SdITCRELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy; Young Fashion, Afr. G. B , Iton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir TunbePy Clumsy, Mr. , vilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nur,e, Mrs. C. Jones; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gonlan ; Berinthia, MGs Charles; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of TIIE LITTLE JOCKEY. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. The Last Week of Mr. MACREADY'S Performance at the Surrey Theatre, and of his Appearance in London for a considerable period. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Play of THE MERCH.VNT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Macready ; who will be supported by the unrivalled talent of the Company. To conclude with the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. Colonel Lambert, Mr. Cooper ; Charlotte, Mrs. C. Gill. Box.ollice open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE:. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pa!ronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Last Six Nights of " Mazeppa," with an entire change in the Scenes of the Circle. First app,ar ance of stall-Master HEINBRECHT, Master of the horse to the King of Prussia, who has arrived in this country, from Berlin, with his tour highly-trained Prussian horses, and will introduce their extraordinary and graceful feats of training. Mr. BATTY has, regardless of expense, formed an expensive arrangement with this great artiste for a limited number of nights, and he will appear in the circle each evening. THIS EVENING Will he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEVIL'S HORSE AND TILE TWELVE WISHEiS, introducing the Wild Stag-Hunt of the Past Ages, by Mr. Batty's superb living Deer, trained Camels from Sm 3 rna, and other at tractive Novelties. Itox-orrice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors oven at six &Id commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER—Sum OFFICE, NOVEMBER 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 55; Noon, 59, BAROMETER, 30 07. —WIND S.S.W., fine. Ai lit should avail themselves of so admirable an opportu nity of ensuring their popularity, we maintain such a course would be equally reprehensible. It would be a monstrous tampering with the commercial ar rangements of a vast commercial empire merely for the sake of individual aggrandisement. We persist in declaring that such a transaction, with such an object, would be sufficient to entail ignominy upon any Government. It must be remembered that Ministers, besides being the supreme governors of a nation, are likewise, in an especial manner s the conservators of the national interest ; they are the rulers, but they are likewise the guardians of the population ; they are the chief directors, but they are also the protectors of the law. When CALONNE squandered the revenues under Louis XVI., for the purpose of ensuring to his Administration the favour of the Court, he was execrated by the people. They knew that he wa3 personally responsible for every centime contributed to the national exchequer, and that by lavishing those moneys for a merely party purpose, he was guilty of an enormous crime. To open the ports, therefore, with the intention of ac quiring the applause of the community, would be nothing less than a gigantic larceny. The entreaty for the remission of the protective imposts still remaining must, consequently, as we have already remarked, be based upon the supposi tion that starvation would be thereby prevented in Ireland, and a dearth of provisions compensated throughout the British islands. Facts the most un deniable prove those suppositions to be fallacies. First, it is a fallacy to imagine that the Irish would be enabled to purchase grain imported from foreign countries, when they actually find their incomes inadequate to buy the corn cultivated in their own. Secondly, it is a fallacy to imagine that opening the ports would diminish deficiencies in England, when a deficiency does not exist. It is notorious that the wheat harvest of England has been, this year, both plentiful and of more than average excel lence. It is notorious that, notwithstanding the ex portation of considerable quantities of that wheat, and the universal failure of the potato crop, that the farmers still retain a very large quantity of grain, and that wheat, and consequently bread, 'has been forced up to the present high prices merely by the shameful retention of that home produce, in the expectation of ultimately realising famine prices, or something very nearly approaching to famine prices. Beyond this, it is notorious that considerable importations are being made in our larger ports from those of the United States, and from Ham burgh, and that, moreover, at minimum duties. The removal of those duties would only form an ad ditional means of nefarious emolument to the ' speculators, without proving in any degree beneficial to the consumers. We have demonstrated, therefore, that there is no imminent danger of a scarcity in this country, and it is equally manifest to every candid observer, that remote provisions would scarcely find a market in Ireland, at a time when those which are perfectly accessible are without purchasers. Food rendered costly by being the production of foreign labour, and by the exorbitant expenses of freightage, would not most certainly be regarded as a boon to those who are unable to buy grain cultivated in their own fields. Under these circumstances, therefore, the decision of the Ministry against opening the ports, is wise, honest, and in every respect laudable. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1846. was most excrutiating, and the unfortunate lad was unable to walk from the scene of violence; he was carried to the house of a neighbouring surgeon, who, on examination, declared that if he was not instantly taken to an hospital he would be dead in less than a fortnight ; he was ad mitted to the London Hospital where he had been six weeks confined to his bed, and was still suffering from bad health and debility, consequent upon the frightful assault committed on him. These were the simple facts of the case, which were fully corrobo rated by the witnesses called on behalf of the defend ant, and the magistrate declared that a case of very cruel and unprovoked ill-treatment had been made out against the defendant whose witnesses had entirely failed in establishing the defence he had set up. We never remember to have heard of, we cannot conceive a case more horrifying in all its details, and presenting a greater combination of circumstances unattended by anything of a mitigating or redeeming character. The immediate commencement of perse cution, the distinct avowal of the master that he would never teach the trade, that he would continue to beat the boy whenever he pleased—nay, the threat that he would inflict a permanent injury, and would not rest until he had laid him on a sick bed for six months, a threat too speedily verified—all concurred and demanded that the law should be fully vindicated and avenged. We looked for the punishment, and could scarcely credit our senses when we heard that the magistrate had doubted as to sending the case before a jury, and that he had decided that doubt by dealing with it summarily, and fining the master 51., or two months imprisonment. He also directed the indentures to be cancelled, but permitted the master to retain one quarter of the fee paid for teaching a business of which he declared his intention not to communicate any knowledge. We are, indeed, unable to fathom the ; motives which led to this judgment. Comment ap . pears to be quite unnecessary—nothing that we could urge could add to the impression that must be pro duced by the perusal of the simple facts. We can only say that, although the tyrant has been pro ' tested by the magistrate's decision from the criminal consequences of his conduct, he is still civilly amen able, and may be compelled to make a heavy pecu niary recompense for the injuries he so wantonly in flicted on his helpless and unprotected apprentice. Much has from time to time been said of the un equal character of the punishments awarded for different offences, of the severity with which crimes of a particular description have been dealt with, while others of a deeper dye have been treated with far greater leniency, in our courts. The comparative immunity afforded to assaults and the most savage attacks on the person, has especially been exposed, the public attention most powerfully directed thereto, and the wide range allowed to the discretion of the presiding judge in apportioning the sentence most deservedly and stringently commented upon. As we have recently stated, it is peculiarly the province of public journalists fearlessly to speak out whenever the public interests are endangered by any abuse of the power entrusted to police magistrates, either by too great a stretch thereof, and the depriving of the persons brought within their jurisdiction of the protection they are constitutionally entitled to, of vindicating their characters and conduct before a jury, of receiving the benefit of any doubt, and of being deemed guiltless, until convicted by twelve men on their oaths, or, on the other hand, by the magistrates shielding the offender, and disposing in a summary manner of charges, which, if well founded, cannot be adequately punished by any sentence within his power to pronounce, and the disposal of which under summary jurisdiction never entered into the contemplation of the Legislature. Some months since it was our painful duty to com ment upon a case of most heartless and oppressive cruelty by a master towards his apprentice, who had taken for his own use a sum of money bestowed on the lad as a reward fur his good conduct, and punished the lad in the severest manner for complaining of the unjust appropriation. The case at the time excited the greatest disgust in the mind ., of every right-thinking person, and a general feeling existed that the most stringent mea sures were necessary for the protection of poor lads, w hose future prospects and welfare are so greatly dependent on the manner in which they are treated by those entrusted with their destinies. We cannot conceive anything more deserving of being punished with the utmost rigour of the law, or where the in terests of society more loudly demand that an example should be made of the delinquents, than where there has been a wilful and deliberate violation by the master of the sacred duties he has taken upon himself on signing the indentures and accepting the services of the apprentice. On Friday, a brush-maker, residing in the Kings land-road, was brought before Mr. BINGHAM, the presiding magistrate at Worship-street Police-court, upon an adjourned warrant, to answer a charge of excessive cruelty, pursued with the most systematic brutality, towards his apprentice, who, in consequence of the atrocious violence of his master, had been con fined to his bed in the London Hospital over six weeks, suffering under the most fearful injuries. It appeared in evidence that the lad, who was sixteen Years of age, had been apprenticed in the month of r April last, and that a sum of 51. 103. had been paid ith him as a premium to the defendant, who forthwith on receiving the money commenced a system of gross ill-usage towards the unfortunate lad; the most op probrious epithets were constantly applied, and blocks of wood thrown at his head by the master, who de clared that if the boy remained twenty years under his roof he was resolved never to teach him the busi ness, thus deliberately avowing his intention of not performing the contract he had so shortly before solemnly entered into. It is scarcely credible that this conduct, persevered in for more than three months, had not the effect of procuring the interference of the boy's friends, and of having him removed from the house and the service of a person who had been guilty of such misconduct. Doubtless the master had calculated on some such result, and that he would be permitted to retain the fee, for which he had given, and was resolved to give, no consideration; he was, however mistaken. By the - most culpable indifference or inattention on the part of his friends, the lad was still permitted to continue in the power of his tyran nical oppressor, who would appear to have determined on some new and aggravated acts of cruelty and violence. On the 3d of August last this intention was carried into execution. The boy was humming a tune, after leaving off his work, when the master pursued him with a thick stick, and beat him with such severity that for two days he was unable to re turn to his work. The father was at length aroused, he remonstrated with the oppressor on the impro priety of his conduct, but was met with abuse, and told that he, the master, would beat the boy as often as he thought proper—nay, he gloried in his brutality, and declared that he would never rest until he had laid his apprentice, whom he was bound to protect, on a sick bed for six months. Surely this ought to have led to immediate steps for his punishment, and for the protection of the helpless lad ; but, no, the measure of cruelty was not yet filled up, and when able to resume his occupation the boy was sent back to his persecutor. Within three short days, while s itti ng at work with his fellow-appren tice, the attack was renewed ; the master suddenly entered . the workroom, an d, w i t h out the slightest provocation, commenced ki c ki ng t h e b oy i n the lower part of his person in the most savage manner; the pain , Letters from Constantinople, of the 17th, state that a serious misunderstanding has arisen between the Porte and the American Minister, in consequence of the latter having given protection to anArmenian culprit who had been delivered up to the Austrian authori ties, from whom he had managed to estr.ape. Madrid papers of the 27th have arrived. It was reported in Madrid that an attempt had been made at a pronunciamento at Saragossa, which had, however, been suppressed. The cry of the pronouncers was " Viva ESPARTERO !" There is no other intelligence in these papers. MADRID BOISA, Gc - r. 27.—Three per Cents. 34% money 3434 paper; Four per Cent,. 21% ; Five per Cents. 21 1 , money, with the current Coupons ; Debt without Interest, e l paper ; Vales, not Consolidated, 8% money ; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 127 ; ditto of Isabella, 115. Exchanges— Paris, 15 18 ; London, 36% ; discount six per cent. per annum. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. It is said that the coolness between the French and English Governments still continues, and that M. GUIZOT has ordered Count ST. AULAIRE to return to his post at London, as his cooler judgment is needed to tame the impetuous zeal of the Count DE JIRNAC. The following appears in the Constitutionnel on the subject of the rumoured modifications in the French Cabinet : " Some days ago we announced some Ministerial changes as probable. On one point only were we in error. It appears that there is no truth in the retire ment of M. Lacave Laplagne, and the entry into the Cabinet of M. Passy. But the retirement of Marshal Soult, and the promotion of M. Guizot, were quite de termined, A few days ago this fact was certain, but to day it is no longer so. The Ministry appears to have adjourned all projects of modification, and especi ally the advancement of M. Guizot. Different ver sions are given as to the cause of the postpone ment. It has been said that the objections were raised in the Cabinet itself, but we do not think that these are the most considerable. Amongst the men of the Minis try, M. Guizot is the eminent one, and it is natural that he should preside over the council. It is said that the obstacles come from England, that the British Ambas sador paid a visit to the King, and expressed a hope that M. Guizot should not he named President of the Council. We do not believe that matters passed so ; England is a constitutional country, and it is difficult to suppose that such a request, under a form almost official, should be made to the King by her representative—it would, in fact, be a sort of direct intervention in the choice of Ministers. But it is confidently stated, that it was to M. Guizot himself that the English Cabinet de clared the impropriety which would appear to be con nected with his succession to the Presidentship under present circumstances, in the midst of the discontent of the English nation. On this advice, M, Guizot, it is said, has resigned his promotion, and has postponed, at least for the present, his Presidentship. Notwithstanding his temporary resignation of this office, M. Guizot appears to hrve bitterly felt this opposition of the English Cabinet to his personal views." It is so absurd to imagine that the British Am bassador should at all trouble himself on the subject o M. GUIZOT'S promotion, that we at once express our disbelief of the story. Another story, equally im probable and equally untrue, is going the round of the salon 3, to the effect that the Count DE JARNAC had presented to Lord PALMERSTON a note, com plaining of the tone adopted by the English journals in speaking of the Montpensier marriage. Both Count DE JARNAC and M. GUIZOT have been long enough in England to know that neither Lord PAL MERSTON nor any other Minister has the least power to prevent the journals publishing what they choose, and in what manner they choose. W e have no laws of September here. The Debats announces the following diplomatic changes : Boas LE COMTE, ambassador at the Hague, to succeed the Comte DE PONTOIS in Switzerland—the latter to be created a Peer. M. BUSSIERRE goes to the -Hague. M. D. ERAQUE3 to remain at Dresden. M. LANGSDOREF replaces M. DE BA.LaNvAL at Carlsruhe, the latter going to Rio de Janeiro. "A week since," says our Paris letter, "the French Three per Cents. were at 82f. 60c., and the English Consols at 95f. to 951 f. To-day (Sunday) the French Three per Cell's. are at 82f. 80c., while Consuls are announced at 9.4 f. This will show you how successfully the Funds are maintained by a party, in presence of circumstances that would have justified a fall of a franc in the Three per Cents." IVIA.asEILLas, Ocr. 26.—Marseilles and Avignon, 830 f.; Northern, 6801. EAST COAST RAILWAY. An adjourned special general meeting of the share holders in the East Coast Railway Company was held yesterday morning, at the offices of the company in Moor gate- street, for the purpossof considering and determining upon the propriety of breaking up the concern, in ac cordance with the provisions of the Railway Companies Dissolution Act; Mr. Morley, one of the directors, in the chair. It was found, however, after waiting upwards of an hour, that there was not a sufficient number of share holders present to constitute a meeting, but it was sug gested that the chairman should continue to attend throughout the day till a meetins: could be made. In the course of the day a sufficient number of scrip holders were got together, and the requisite quantity of shares collected to constitute a meeting, and, a vote having been taken, it was announced that there was a large majority in favour of going on, and against a dis solution. The meeting then broke up. Against the propriety of a further prorogation of Parliament there are no dissentient voices whatever In reference, however, to the determination of her MAJESTY'S Ministers to abide by the recent decision of that Parliament as to the continuance of a variable duty upon importations during the three years ante cedent to the realisation of a perfect commercial free dom, we observe that there are still individuals so perverse as to gainsay the necessity for such a deci sion. Let us examine the matter for a moment sim ply and dispassionately. Let us see clearly the rela tion of the objections to this proposition, and the ad- Tentage such a remission of duties is intended to insure. By his will, the late Robert Campbell, Esq., left 500/. towards forming a fund for the maintainance of the widows of clergymen, and 3001. to the Church Missionary Society.—Sydney Morning Herald, June 2. EXPERIMENT WITH CAPTAIN WARNER'S LONG RANGE.—Colonel Chalmers, R.A., attended by Captain Warner, has selected a range of marsh on the east side of the Essex coast, where no danger can arise from the experiments with the long range. The Lords of the Treasury have granted the sum of 1,5001. to defray the expenses consequent upon these trials, which are to take place in the course of a few days, and both the Gallant Captain and the Government have, it is stated unani • mously selected Colonel William Dundas, C.B. Royal Artillery, Inspector of Artillery, to carry out and decide upon the merits of these experiments. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGES ON RE CORD.—The new Clyde ship Deogautn, built by Messrs. William Simon and Co. sailed from Greenock 22 d September, 1845 ; arrived out in Calcutta in ninety days ; sailed again 28th January, and arrived at Greenock 19th May ; left there again 13th June ; and was out at Calcutta on the 12th of September ; thus making the three passages, including the time in port, in 355 days. OPENING OF AN HOMCEPATIIIC HOSPITAL.—On Monday the house No. 17, Hanover-square, was publicly opened for the reception of gratuitous in-patients. There are upwards of 800 out-patients suffering under chronic diseases at present on the books, besides a multiplicity of individuals daily applying for relief. The institution is under the presidency of the Earl of Wilton, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Earl of Shrewsbury, &c. Why is there this earnest adjuration to the Government to avail themselves of the extraordi nary authority with which they are invested, and to open the p or t s ? It must evidently be from an anxiety to pr event starvation in Ireland, and to supply certain presum e d deficiencies throughout Great Britain. No other reason could be advanced with uny degree of plausibility. If it be said by the ultra free-traders—" Never mind whether the panic be actual or deceptive, avail yourselves of that oppor tunity, and, by a very spec i o us plea, precipitate th e total destruction of monopoly," —we maintain that such a proceeding would be opposed to the dignity, the candour, nay, the very honesty of any adminis tration. It u culd be a disgraceful employment of the prerogatives of office, it would be indefensible by any of the laws of political morality. If, again, it be observed by the upholders of what is mis• 0 411 ed Machiavellianism, that a sagacious Ministry TB E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN N 6, NO VEIVI ER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. BIRAIINO AM. The unnual election of a third of the town council took place yesterday, w hen sixteen gentlemen were elected. The contest proceeded altogether on points of local interest, there being no political feeling evinced by any party. The majority of those returned are Liberals. Powell, gunner, to the first class ; James Pike, gunner to the first class. A YPOINT3IENTS. Nov. 2.—Williain White, surgeon, to the Geyser; John Larcom, gunner, to the Retribution; Thomas Webber, gunner, to the Rattlesnake; Francis Rossey, gunner, to the Mutine; Robert W. Strickland, gunner, to the Penelope; Thomas Borrett, master's assistant, to the Thetis; Thomas F. Richards, master's-assistant, to the Thetis; B. M. Hallowes, midshipman, to the Sidon; Edward W. Pritchard, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Victory; John Tucker Ross, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Victory; Narcissus C. Hatherby, assistant-sur geon, to the Alarm; William G. Douglas, lieutenant, to the Geyser; Frederick J. Kent, sating master, to the Geyser; W illiam Pergelly, acting-gunner, to the Geyser; John Crawle, boatswain, to the Geyser ; James N. Carey, acting carpenter, to the Geyser; Frederick W. Nandi, naval cadet, to the Scourge; Charles Bonham, lieutenant, to the Hibernian; Robert J. Roberts, en gineer's boy, to the Scourge; Edwin Boulton, second engineer, to the Scourge. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night., The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, including 600 American on speculation. The market was steady, but quiet ; American sorts realised 4d. to 61d. per lb., and Surat 3id. to 4id. per lb. Shares were much the same. Intimately connected with City matters and the extension of liberal principles in banking matters, the mme of Patrick M. Stewart has, for years past, stood pre. eminent. And deep is the regret which hundreds of people moving in the higher walks of commercial and monetary transactions felt at the news received of the demise of this talented and estimable gentle man. To him, and to J. W. Gilbert, the manager of the London and Westminster Bank (the deceased gentleman was, wo believe, chairman of the bank named from its commencement), the public are indebted for organising under great difficulties—under opposition the most intense from various quarters -1 th e principle, which is now held to be most safe, of joint stock banks being suitable to the mercantile and trading wants here as well as in Scotland and else where. The deceased, affable in every respect, required but an introduction to impart to those who asked it every species of information which he possessed. And the writer of this article has upon many occasions b+ en 1 indebted to the late Mr. Stewart for many articles of in- formation given with the freedom and promptitude which rendered interviews with him a source not only of intel ligence, but of delight. Too much is it the ease that in other banking quarters strict reserve is the rule—to give information the exeeption. In concluding these few remarks with respect to the memory of the man deservedly esteemed by all who knew him, we feel it a duty to express deep regret at the termination of the life of the man whose public and private career has endeared him to all who had the pleasure of his ac quaintance. There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. The market for the Public Securities has been very animated this morning. Indeed a very large amount of business has been transacted. Con sols for the Account have been quiet at 941 -I, but for immediate transfer the more current value just now is 94:i. There have been some sales of the Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. at 9.54, and of the Reduced Three per Cents. at 931. Ex chequer-bills have ranged from 6s. to 9s. premium. Bank Stock opened at 205, and is now at 204. India Stock is quoted at 257, and the Bonds of the Company at 225. premium. Many transactions have cccurred in the Foreign Funds to-day, but the fluctuations in prices are slight. Spanish Actives are at 26, the Three per Cents. at 37, the Mexican Five per Cents. at 2*, the Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 59, and the Four per Cents. at 911 to 911. The demand for Railway Shares is good for the more approved lines. For the accurate prices realized to day we refer to the authorised list, which is annexed. ON). CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICF.S. Bank Stock 205 204 204 3 For Cent. Reduced Ann 5....„,, 93A 1 / 2 IA 9 34 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4 1 / 2 5 / 8% 94% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95 1 / % 1 A 95% ',on g Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 V 3 9% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Stock 257 255 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... .- 22 p 22 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ... 9 3 1 /2 93% Consols for Account India Stock for Account — 256 Exchequer Bills, 10001. I%d. ... 8 9 6 9 p 10 p I Citto, 5001 8 9 6 9 p 7 p Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING cRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B 5 l /2 85 1 / 2 Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2 O l /2 20% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 22% 22 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto. Account •••• — 39 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. •• Do., 1838-40, div. frm. Nov., '4O 25 25 Do~ 1842 Do., 1845 20% 20% Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred l7 17 Ditto. 3 per Cent 37 37 Ditto, Account — 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 91 1 A% 91% PRICES or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING : , A.ILW kY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 3 / 4 3 2 % Armagh, Coleraine, and . Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 Birmingham andPudley 425. ... - Birrain. and Gloucester-100 Ditto New 17% •••• ••• Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 50% Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 / 2 ,...„ Buckinghamshire 3 / 4 dis. % dis, t.:aledonian Ditto Half Shares....„ 21j2 2 %A ...... ...., 24 , Cambrian & Grand June 4 2s ...... Chester and Holyhead-. 27% ...... ... ..... -- Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... • ... ClvdesdaleJunction•• ... 20 - Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 91 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% IN . I ,erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford; and Sheffd. June. 2% Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2l /. — Dublip. and Galway._ .. 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. a2N% Ditto New l2l. I6s — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d 3 /4 p Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % p... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%% EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8 3 / 4 — Do. Exten.(Harwich) I'l , B — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire . Ditto, New - ••• 81 /S% East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 76 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..... 18% 19 ........ Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ....., ..... .. ...... Ely and Huntingdon _. 12% l2 ............... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/ s — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 4 3% ............... Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12 1 / 2 „,„. ...... ......... Glouc.,Abeiystwith,and Central of Wales l% •••• • • ... ...... Goole, Doncaster, Ste. - Grand Union (Notting and Lynn l% .. Great Eastern &Western 2%, ...... .'''' - GreatGrimsby and Shef• ........ ... .. field Great South. and West. ( Ireland) JO 27% 2 9 1 /2 80 29 29 Great Munster J . 2% Great North of Scotland 2%...... 14 % Great North of England-100 ~,.,.236% 236% Ditto New ............... 5 Ditto, New . .. ........ 15 Ditto, New ............ 1% 2l Great Western....... 85 Ditto % Shares...... Ditto'i 5hare5.,....... 10 Ditto Fifths ............ 20 Ditto, New ..... . 2 Hull and 5e1by.,,........, 50 Ditto 14 Shares Do. Half Shares 25 ...... 53 ... .. ......... Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 1114 Do., de , and Norwich 2 % Killarney junctions ...... 114 Kendal and Windermere 114 Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New ............... 5 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena .................. 425. Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carli s l e Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ..- ..... Leicester and B e df ord 22s. •••• dis 1,1 dis. Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% — Lpool., Mnchstr & New castle Junction ....... Liverpool and Bury London and Blackwall. 161. 135.. 4d. 9 1 4 14 Do New Ditto Extension London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Lon4on and Croydon, 13/. 15s 9d. L t ....• •• - ••• i o D n o d . o G n , a aa n r d a u n. re s e p n e w r i c e e h nt. l2l 9 1584 d... 9 vt Do.I ll refe o r u e n n s c l e o w. d ...l a B n /17s 2d — - London, -- ...••• Western London and N. Westernloo l9 B l /2 199 Do. Quarters .. Do., ao., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths ..... ..„ 2 ...... 20 19. 1 4 ... 19:!,i Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% Do., New' 14 Shares (G. J.) Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 68% 67 xn .. Do. New Consol. Bths 40 — Do. New Do. New 22%.. .. 29N% x n 29% xn . . . London and York 214 .. Do. % Shares London and Winds, 1y... - 53 1 / 2 70 10% 74% - 9!,4 5 59 47% 9 1 / 4 67xi 2 nor London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... 2 1 4. Londonderry& Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennia kintll ' n es, ....... 13 ~... -- 1 1 / 2 .... -'i , , •,dt,'-`l:4:'-'i ~40611.- ',;e) .-- -- - 01101L,m,14 .o.lrAr-4.474.110A - 'N'''-' . . ; .• .1,,.1- - ; 111 - 1 -Eidr ' -:. •:.,.--7.:-.. HARWICH, Nov. 2. . _ The town has been more bustling than was expected, in consequence of some new candidates starting for the council. Captain J. Cowman, Samuel Heseltine, Esq., William Join Miall, Esq., and Mr. Edward Fuller— some of whom were represented to be of no politics— thcse, with Thomas George, Esq. (who was Mayor in 1842), Benjamin Cooper Bolton, Esq., Harcourt Runna cies, Esq., and Mr. Alfred Hast, went to the poll, and at the conclusion, at four o'clock, the numbers stood:— For Mr. George 142 For Mr. Heseltine 99 Mr. Miall 141 I Mr. Nalborough 63 Mr. Bolton 112 I Mr. Runnacles 58 _ _ Captain Cowmad 111 The first four elected. ' council were Messrs. Bowen cies. It is thought John I for the ensuing year. I Mr. Fuller 20 The retiring members of the less, Humphreys, and Runna- Pattrick, E , q., will be mayor LIVERPOOL The municipal election yesterday excited not the least interest. There was a sham show of fight in twelve of the wards, nearly all of which were carried by Tories, some of whom are totally unfit to sit in the Council Chamber of Liverpool to the exclusion of better men. POOLE. The municipal elections have been closely contested ; the Lib:Tals have carried the whole of one ward by an overwhelming majority, and one out of three candidates for the remaining ward has been returned. This continues a preponderating influence in the council to the Liberal interest. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, OCT. 24.—Since my last there has been no event of local or naval intelligence of any moment. His Royal Highness Prince Henry embarked on Wed= nesday last on board his frigate, the Prins Vau Orange, under royal salutes from the forts and flag-ship. Im mediately after his Royal Highness's squadron stood out to sea, steering east. Alexandria is the place of destination. For many days past the non-arrival of the French steamer Mentor from Marseilles, due on the 17th inst., has created a strong feeling of alarm. Yesterday, how ever, the Neapolitan boat arrived, bringing up the Men tor's letter bags and some passengers. She had received a little damage, but nothing to prevent her continuing her voyage, and had arrived at Civita Vecchia, where she had been detained by the Ambassador, and is again reported ready for sea. She went out yesterday at noon, and remained out till evening. Her engines appeared to be in order, bur I have not learned her speed. A less event that this will set all our local news mongers by the ears, therefore arc there a thousand as signed causes afloat as to the why am! the wherefore of such detention; the most absurd of the very many being, that the Pope was expected from Rome at Civita Vecchia, and the French mail boat was detained to salute him! All the packets due, with the exception of that above alluded to, and which is not now expected, have arrived, and those outward bound are ready to pursue their re spective routes. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, 12, receiving ship, bearing the flag of R ear -Ad m i ra l Si r L. Curtis, Bart., second in command and Superintendent of Malta Dock yard ; the Siren, 16, Commander 11. E. Edgell ; the Fantome, 16 Commander Le Hardy; the Hecla, war steamer, Commander C. Starmer; the Locust steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Power ; and the Wee Pet steam-tug. On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S. Brock. and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Sprstt. At Sea—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.13., the Commander-in-chief. At Gibraltar —The Phcenix steam. vessel, Commander Dennis, and the Virago war-steamer, Commander J. Lunn. At Corfu—The Meteor, Lieutenant. Commander Buttler, and the Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glascock. At the Piratus of Athens—The Jackall steamer, Lieutenant Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco, and the Amazon, 19. Captain J. J. Stopford. At Beyrout—Th e Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fre mantle. At Constantinople —The Bloodhound steamer, Lieu tenant R. Phillips. At Smyrna—The Harlequin, Commander Curry. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald, and the Trident, Lieutenant C. E. Liege. En route from Malta to Marseilles—The Volcano, Lieutenant Craig. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece. —The Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, Nov. 2.—Much consternation was cleated here last night by the arrival of the news that her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops, Captain W. F. Lapidge, was ashore on the Isle of Wight. The Myrtle and Echo steamers were dispatched im mediately on the receipt of the intelligence by the Com mander-in-Chief to render assistance, those vessels being well supplied with halsers, and hands to assist in case of need. The Cyclops left Spithead yesterday morning about half- past eight, the log, which had been very dense all night and until that time, having cleared away ; she proceeded for the Needles. Shortly after it became very thick again; and when a little to the westward of Cowes the fog became so dense that Captain Lapidge thought it most prudent to round to, his head to the ebb tide, with the intention of anchoring. At this moment, however, the fog began to clear away, and the helm was put a port to proceed, Captain Lapidge con sidering his ship to be in mid-channel, being in 12 fathoms water. In an instant she shoaled to 7,4, and 3 fathoms. The anchor was instantly let - go, but she grounded before she could be stopped with a full turn aback. Her gallant and experienced ciptain took every precau ti o n to prevent her falli ng over, striking topmasts and lower yards , a nd getting shores over the Twenty t uns o f water were ship consequently fell over to side ; however, her g reat wei g h t carried away the top mast and the timber b ead that the after shore was prin cipally started, an d 20 more were blown out from her boilers. Owing to these skilful arrangements, and c h i e p r a l bearings r se i ri c g u s secured to, the advantages d erived from Captain Lapidge-'s to, degrees.a ntl the ex perience and coolness of proceeding, we are happy to state that the frigate was got off on the flow of the tide, soon after 7 P .m., anti, 9 P.M. proceeded on her passage to Lisbon, without sustaining the slightest damage in her hull. Soon after the news of the above disaster was received another alarming report arrived, that the Pottinger Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship, with the India mail and pas,engers on board, was also ashore on the Isle of IVight, which likewise proved too true. She went on about the same time and very_ ne ar t h e same place, as the Cyclops, but w as less fortunat e in getting off, having to lighten by discharging 60 tons of dead weight, which however, did not release her from her dangerous posi lion, until the next tide after the Cyclops floated ; she consequently remained aground the whole of the niglth, and did not get off until about nine this morning. The Echo tug, on board of which was Mr. Bellamy, tile experienced assistant master-attendant of this dock yard, and a party of efficient seamen from the St. Vin cent, under his command, tendered most valuable as sistance by remain i ng w ith the Pottinger all night ; which served materially to allay the fears of the appre hensive. The spot where both these vessels went ashore is called Gurnet Ledge, a dangerous reef of hidden rocks about three miles to the westward of Cowes, on the island side, between Thorny-bay and Newtown. Both vessels having grounded so near each other,_ and und er the same ci rcu mstances, leads to the belief that a strong ebb from the Southampton water operates powerfully against vessels taking the Needles passage. We have not heard whether the Pottinger sustained any damage. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in -Chief, is ordered to go out to Spithead to-morrow, whence she will sail immediately for the Tagus, in pursuance of Admiralty orders communicated by telegraph this afternoon. She is perfectly ready for sea, except the shipment of her lower deck guns and ammunition. WOOLWICU, Nov. 2. The Sphynx steam-frigate, Captain Cragg, with Commander Smith, of the William and Mary yacht, and Mr. Atherton, Assistant to the Chief-Engineer of the Woolwich Dockyard, went down the river this morning at half-past nine o'clock, to try her speed an d the working of her engines,—the largest ever tried on Messrs. Penn's oscillating principle. This fine frigate, as she proceeded down the river, had an imposing appearance, combining great strength with elegance of form ; and, being 15 feet 2 inches immersed aft, and 14 feet in front, her paddlewheels had a good purchase, and she acquired a speed of upwards of 10 knots. The engines worked with the greatest ease, and with a freedom from vibration which was the admiration of all on board. The Sphynx returned to Woolwich at four o'clock, p.m., and will leave tomorrow (Tuesday) for Portsmouth, where her compasses will be adjusted, as she is required for service with the least possible delay. The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Hawker, proceeded down the river to-day, on a pre liminary experimental trip, and Mr. Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth Dockyard, attended to witness the working of her engines. The engines are two of 110 horse power each, on the double action principle of Mr. Field, of the firm of Maudslay, Field, and Sons, with Ilall's condensers. Mr. Hall's condensing principle is to insure, if the boilers are charged with fresh water in the first instance, that a con tinuation of fresh water only will enter the boilers, how ever lengthened th e voyage ma y be at sea. This is ac complished by condensing the steam after its action takes place, and returning the condensed liquid to the boilers, and is intended to obviate the serious injury boilers sus tain by the incrustations deposited upon them whensea water is used. Th e eng i nes worked smoot hl y to-da y , and scarcely any vibration was felt. The engine•rooi( i n is very cool, although the vessel is an iron steamer, and the air below is quite p ure , an object of great import ance to the engineers and s tokers, who a ll declared that they had never been in a steam-vess el in whicht hey could perform their duties with such satisfaction and vessel was not preserve their health. The speed of the that the taken, the object of the trial being to ascertaind well. engines were properly adjusted and wor C.B. andICCII . . ommodore Sir Francis A. Collier, •_ has returned from leave of absence, andresumed the duties of superintendent. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 31. PIjQgOvON B . Henry Rob Luzon, gunner, to the first class; John THE CYCLOPS AND THE POT TINGER STEAMERS. (iaoss OUR CORRESPONDENT.) As we anticipated, both these vessels have been got off; and the former proceeded with her dispatches for Lisbon, the latter with her cargo for South ampton. The Cyclops got off by the night tide, the Pottinger by this morning's. It is not expected that either have received any damage, but had the latter vessel gone on shore a little farther to the eastward, hard would have been her fate, as it is all rocks. Many expressed surprise that they should have steamed right on to the beach, but such is the treacherous nature of the shore, that they might have sounded one moment before they struck, and found ten fathoms water. AFFAIRS OF THE RIVER PLATE LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.—By the Columbus, Capt Green, arrived yesterday from Pernambuco, with letters from that port to Ist of October, we have received late and important advices from the River Plate. 'We subjoin extracts from the mercantile accounts:— " RIO DE JANEIRO, SEP2. 13.—Mr. Hood Came to an agreement on the 27th ult. • on the 29tr, he visited the camp of Oribe ; and on the 30th he proceeded, in her Majesty's steamer Alecto, to Buenos Ayres, to obtain the consent of Rosas to the arrangements. Up to the 7th inst. nothing was positively known at Monte Video; but a general belief existed that Rosas had refused to accede to the terms, unless Oribe was recognised as the legal President of the republic. On the 7th inst. it was believed that negotiations were entirely broken off by Mr. Hood, and that he was about to return to England. The same belief existed at Buenos Ayres on the 4th of September, and doubloons had risen to 300 dollars." From Bahia we learn that her Majesty's ship Gorgon had arrived at Rio on the 20th of September, with Mr. Hood on board ; but that the ultimate result of his mission was not known. "Rio DE JANEIRO, SEPT.I7. —The Devastation steamer arrived from Monte Video on the 13th instant, with dates to the 6th. Matters were still unsettled, and it appears some misunderstanding had arisen. Mr. Hood, after the Riverista party had agreed to terms, found it ne cessary to revisit Oribe's camp. after which he pro ceeded to Buenos Ayres to communicate again with Rosas. "SEPT. 19.—Since our last, of the 17th, later advises have been received from the River Plate than those brought by the Devastation steamer. SEPT. s.—The River Plate mail has just arrived with dates to the 11th ult. Mr. Hood was then at Uribe's camp, having, it is said, settled matters with Rosas. Report says, the basis of the arrangement with regard to Monte Video would be, the election of a new President by the Chambers, and whosoever is chosen will be supported by all parties. Oribe is reported to be favourable to the arrangement."_ _ _ Frem Rio we learn that the Legislature had passed a law to regulate the currency, fixing a standard value upon silver and gold for payment into the public offices, and also as legal tenders between individuals ; autho rising the Government to withdraw from circulation any superfluous paper money, for the purpose of compress ing the circu:ating medium, at the standard value. Gold to be received at the rate of 4 mill per octava; end silver in proportion. The law had not been decided upon. THE BRAZILS, FALMOUTH, Nov. 2.—The Seagull packet, Lieutenant I)icken, arrived last night with the Brazil mails. Her dates of sailing are—from Rio de Janeiro on the 12th of September, Bahia on the 21st, and from Pernambuco on the 29,h. She brings 50,0001. on freight, and the following passengers :—Mr. Ferrer, Mr. Seller, Mr. and Mrs. Field, Mr. and Mrs. da Canha, Mr. Cumberland, Captain Key, of her Majesty's ship Curacso; Mr. Wal ters, and six Cornish miners. Mr. Richardson, late Master of her Majesty's ship Vernon, died of apoplexy on the 27th of September, off Pernambuco. Exchange at Rio de Janeiro was 271 ; Stock, 781. At Bahia, exchange 27 ,1 . ; and at Pernambuco, 271 d. Her Majesty's ship Curacao arrived at Rio on the sth of September, having lett Monte Video the 24th of August. The affairs at Monte Video and the River Plate are reported to be in a fair way of adjustment. Mr. Hood's mission had terminated, and he was soon expected to sail in the Gorgon, for England. Her Ma jesty's ship Vernon, with the Admiral, was still at Monte Video when the Curacao left, not having received his orders for China. The following ships of war were at Rio de Janeiro: —The Curacao, the Penguin packet, the Crescent, and the Renira tender; the American frigate Columbia, the French store-ship Sarcella, and the Dutch corvette Ne halennia. The Swift packet, from Falmouth, had ar rived at Bahia, and sailed on the 17th for Rio de Janeiro. Several vessels have lett Bahia in ballast, since which some improvements in the rate of Ireight had taken place, and 40a. per ton has been given for London and Trieste. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. Although the settling was universally complained of as one of the most unsatisfactory ever known at the close of a season, there was no disinclination to speculate on the great event of the coming year, and we are enabled to submit a very respectable list of market prices : • DEIFY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sis. to Cobweb colt—(2s to 1 taken freely ) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy 40 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's The Reiver 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Iris colt 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of the Chase 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngbam 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale 40 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian 45 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Brother to Joinville 50 to 1 agst Mr. Drewitt's Galvanic Ring 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostvn's West India Platter—taken 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will-o'-the-Wisp—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Phillimore's Saddle 1,000 even the field agst ten. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AND HUNTERS. Property of the Earl of Chesterfield. Gs. Rhodanthe, by Velocipede, out of Roseleaf 62 Spanish Jack, by Don John, 3 yrs Birkenhead, by Liverpool, 3 yrs . Papa, by Colvvick, out of Rhodanthe, 2 yrs 46 Hollowback, by Don John, 2 yrs 23 Marshal Soult, 4 yrs 40 Arkwright, by Don John, 3 yrs Ginger, by Emilius, 3 yrs 30 New Brighton, 6 yrs 32 Gamecock, 6 yrs .. . ...... Conductor 4O The Sweep, 27 gs. , • Mrs. Caudle, 62 gs. ; 3fazeppa, 130 g 3. ; Surprise, 155 gs. ; Th, Merry Shepherd, 265 gs. ; The Roarer, 300 gs. ,• Water King, 350 gs. ; Summer , 230 g s. ; The andering Jew, 250 gs.; Napoleon, 78 gs. Property of Mr. Wreford. Gs. West Countryman, by Elis, 3 yrs 5O Wooden Wall, by Defence , 3 yrs Colt by Tuley Moloch, out of Margellina, 2 yrs 2O THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION, w t : A SHTON -UNDER-LYNE, Nov. I.—Since our last ac count of this most melancholy accident workmen have been constantly employed in clearing awa y the fallen walls, broken machinery, burning cotto n, &c. ; and up to last evening they had so far p r o ceeded in removing the 1 n t h i n e r d es of a s h n other person buried in the ruins. On Saturday Mr. Fairbairn, civil engineer, arrived to make an investiga r authoritiesb ish t h a a s t , t e o o n l e t r a a v r e y n to o general doubt report, i n hemade minute inquiries as to the safety valve, and th e uQual weight which was put upon it, the pressure at investiga tion and after examining the boiler , its position, So., which the boiler was worked, &c. He afterwards re turned to Manchester to prepare his report, which is looked for with much interest, especially by the mann. 1 facturers in the town and neighbourhood. At a subse quent period of the day, Mr. J. Chaloner, by direction of Mr. Fairburn, came from Manchester to take a sketch of that part of the boiler usually termed the " fish mouth," this being the part from the supposed weakness (a o ) ff very w th l e ii which position t ni h tni eot minute x sketchpl into() s w i o hnoifetho thiso i k t place. lpvaa rst t of fr Mot thrown, , C bao h ni a lde l o rn, n oa e w r s took o. The exact dimensions of the boiler are—length of " fish mouth," 7 feet 11 inches ; flue, from th e " fi s h -mouth " to the extreme end of the boiler, is 2 f eet 6 i nches in specta tors ta e . diameter; the boiler, from end t o en d, i s 25 feet 3 inches; and in diameter, 6 feet 6 inch es . Si nce t h e occurrence many scientific gentlemen from diff erent parts of the country have been to vi e w th e ru i ns, & c. The las t church,sad rites A swerehto Ashton, performed,amidstthousands on Sunday of evening, over the unfortunate au Fitton and his daughter, at the parish te tors ; and over the young woman. Margaret Fitzgerald, at the Roman Catholic chapel, Dukintield. EFFECTS OF SUPERSTITION.—On Monday Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Woolpack Inn, Nlinories, on the body of Mary Wolley, aged 42. It appeared that de ceased was living in tho Circus, Minories, with her bus bind, who is a messenger in the Ordnance department of the 'rower. A short time ago an Irishwoman resid ing in the ssme house lost some money, when, not being able to discover the thief, she called upon a fortune-teller, who told her that some prpon in the house had stolen the money. She, in consequence, accused the deceased of the robbery. The charge had such effect upon her mind, that on Friday night she was found suspended by a handkerchief to the bedpost. Ircrdict, " Temporary pstinity." Lynn and Ely ..... ....... 15 Lynn and Derelimn l5 ...... --............... _1:1 Tilancl,:3ter and Leeds Ditto 1 ,..', Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths 3 . .... 8 1 ,4 1 A ............ L 6 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — ..... - ........ '1 P Do. Extension 42s. VA 1 p ......... ..„ Manchester and Birmin 121' va Do. Q, carters (A) 5 ...... 12Ys .............. .... Do. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C) Manchester,Buiton,and Matlock 42s' ...... % p•••"• Manchester, Birm., and I Mould Junction ..... ...... ........ . ..... N Manche-it. &Southampt. 2 ...... 1 1 % ........... ••• i sj Midland lOO ... _133 1 / 2 ..... •••• ..... ....) Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New — Do. -- birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd& East. Counties 2% 3-- - -44 ................... .............. ........ . --Alli Midland Great Western •••• Irish -- ........ . Newc tole and Berwick 20 ...... 32 1 / 2 33 . 324 :11t 3 214,-1111 Do. North Shields NewcaA le and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 - .... .. Newport& Abergavenny 22 1 4 -- ................. I . ° .......... ....................... •"'. Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newark, Sheffield, and " Boston ... .. , 1%.. ... .„ ........ .• 1, Norfolk ...100 132 130........... Do. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shams ll ...... 16 1 / 2 -% 1 6 • • Do. Fifths 5 -- ••. ....... .• • Do. Quarters Do. Extension 4518...." 13a ° /s % ......... Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 / 4 - ............... Do. New North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2 1 .1 1 % lit p''•" • North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting 2% ............... . ........ •• ...• Northampton, Banbury, ant Cheltenham Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... ... Portsmouth Direct 3:% __. .......... Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond ............ ••• 3!. 1 1 2 5 5. — dis. ......... Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — ...•••• ...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% — .......• •• Sheffield, Buxton, Leek ... . ... Potteries,andCrewe... 1% Sheffield & Manchester 100 •• ..... ........ .0 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 / 4 — ............. Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 ••• ...... 3 Do. do. Extension 425. .... .....»••• • ~ d is, Shrewsbury- and Birm... 3 Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp , • . &S. Staffordsh. June. 2% — .......••••• Sligo and Shannon l% — ............ . South Devon 35 ...... .• .......... . South & Midlands June 425...... ............... South StaffordshireJunc 2% — ..».......... !!iouth Eastern & Dover. 33% 38%. .......... "*. De., No. 1 2G ......•• •' Do., No 2. Do., No. 3 ..... •••• •••• Do., Ne. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and •• Hertford Junction ... 425. — .....•••.•" Staines and Richmond... 1 - ......... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — ................ South Wales ..... -•••• ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ••• .• •••••• Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath 2 ~ .. ..... '.. Wakefield, Pontefract, & G001e22% ••• ......... Warwickshire & Lond o n 425. .. Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . Waterford and Limerick 221/2 • ..... . ....•• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin 1► aterford, Wexford, and Valentia - ......... Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 tVelsh Midland West Riding Union 4 22 314 1 ./ —l% .... p........,..... : West Cornwall 2 ... .. ... ....... West London,Old Shares 20 ... Wexford and Carlow .. 2 1 / 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 10 Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle.. 23/4...- ..... . ..... '" ... ....••• York and Newcastle...... 25 ..---. 42 1 A42 43 N' . 17 3 4 184 '' Ditto New Do. Pre.erence ...... 2 ' Orb. and N“I - tii Midland 50 Ditto 1 4 Shares 25 ' 49 ''''''''''' ...... ... Vo.Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O 40 Ditto, Preference ... . 2 ..... 9 %.,i ..... 1 / 3 .. .. i ''' ''' ..: Do. East and West Bid -14 ing Extension ..... 5 FOREIGN RAIL wAY • ••• Anglo. Belgian... .......•4 Barb,idoes 1 ...... . Belgian Eastern J une t n . 2% ........ .. B .Lilligne And A miens... 16 Bordeaux & Medite rran . 2 -...... .... :ordeaux. Toulouse, and ... •• Cett• (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. - ............... Do. (Espelete's) .... 2 .... Calais, Dunlirk,andWest Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ..... . 7s. Callao, Linia, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... • ................... ...... Central of Spain .......• 2 Ceylon Demerara 2% ..-- .. .......... ...... Detidre Valley Direct Bombay and .„ .• Madras ..... Dutch Rhenish 6 . 5 1 4..• •'. • / ..... East Indian ... ....• •—• ss. •••• Via ....... •••• Fampoux & Hazebroak 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. .. ••" ..... .. ... '.. Great. Western Canada... 3 1 / Italian and Austrian.... 44 - - • .......... .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 • ......... ......... Jersey ...... ... I• Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . •••" .. „ • Luxe mbourg Lyons and Avignon .. „. Madras 1 Madras, N e ll ore, and .0" Arcot 1 / 8 — ,• ....• ..... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 Mauritius •• .............. Namur and Li ege ... %•••••• ....... Nn of Frau ce C onst i tuted 5 North Jamaica 1 ........... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Borde aux .6 ...... 7 4••' ........... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d .•• Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 ..... ••• Paris and Orle ans 2O .-. ......... Paris and Roue n ...... .. „. Paris and Strasbourg ...... I Constituted .. .. • . Rouen and Havre . 20 .... ...... •• / / Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 4 3 / 4 •••• ....... ' ....... 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 BAN — K . 5 .. ........0 o' / 4/ Australasia ..„, British North A mer i can 50 ........ 4 60 Commercial of Lond on 20 - .... • ... ......• .. ' 5 .6 4 Colonial ......... London & West m i ns t er . 20 National Prov. England. 35 Union of London MINES ....... ..,•• 15 A' Real del Monte Unregd COURSE ()F EXCHANGE.--( 1 ' ...."*. ro 7 ' Amsterdam .... —C.F. 12 8 Gibraltar.. •• • '.. •• ••, , Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5 Leghorn •••••• .. .• '•: ~, Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 8% Genoa •••• ' ... 0 .. • • '• .• Antwerp .......... .... 26 15 Milan .• •• ••': .• ••••,. , 1 9, Hamburgh .... —ALL 13 14 Venice.. •• ":.• •• •',. ' 6 O &Rona ........ ....... Naples • • " 0 ,.•• '',. 1 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 85 Palermo, Pe r .....•' ~ 4 4 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10 Lisbon.. •• •• •...••••,. • , Marseilles —.•• • .. 80urdeaux......... • • 26 15 Rio Janeiro ••• ..•" „ / Frankfort on Maine 1224 Bahia ••• • • •,,' ...," i ibi / 4 , Petershurgh, 3Us — Buenos Ar,!;o/11 5 . ~ l'i Berlin ........... •• • • New York, "A` . .••• 0 , r i f i Vienna, effec. flo • .... • 10 10 PhiladelPill e ., • ;u1.10 . 0 0 „ Trieste, ditto lO 10 ' , sic/. ° l n bar.% 0 0 ~' Foreign Gold „,,n, • 0„ v Matitid Cadiz .. •.. ; _„„ ,••• 0 0 New D °ll 'on. ••. 0 •• • Barcelona . ...• Seville ........ . • . • Silver 01 nat... ....... ArLnoi.No Union,ox, N onvi.o3 Grande; 5...5.W , ni b- rt Vb vir re6;ll t - tai d a lici7 r 2 / LLO YD'S SHIPPL I ' 0 , S A l l er ste ,o . p, DEAL. Nov. 2.—Wind S. by E. to S.S. -.."! .- yo b Hammond, Miramichi ; S e litz A er n la n ;td, ll°l "'" --udiugri l ' h Y / S e l l' alrl le r l Cwnberland, Coates, Quebec, and sailed for 1 01 P" Pr e Bull. Metcalf, _ 1 f; Se II Quebec; Le sierra ieL:rh;rear, sLeone Britannia, tr ! icii aii Gi 1 Capelie a, rara ; Warrior, Taylor, Jamaica; Park, v ' '',Lobe" ' apieresn i e nl vi lli o - y is o cb rivitt, ::-..iructoebeod_4l,e/isocr tosor wold, New York. Art Nort j OA ff elf i PO DOVER, Nov. 2.—Wind S. to S.S.E. --° ' Quebec. h °l q S ! jt1111,14 140 m ,Ki,ii PORTSMOUTH, a 3., Quebec; Nov. O'Connell, v 2 0 . — n n N e V I 2.—Wind dS.to - • - • ~.stle f" ic. c,as gena, leaky. Off port, Mediator, Stark, New ,o, Majesty's steamer Cyclops, has got off Gurnei, ittig lic ll d. assistance, and proceed. ~.! Ti! MO' SOUTHAMPTON, Nov ed . 2.—Wind 0. cliaebec. , Clark, Quebec; Countess of Durham, 1144 ' A O * Medway steamer, Andrews, West Indies. ~.,,l rop , id ir,„„bi ra.- 0 5 11 PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Wind S.—Arrd. IN A o d, _O ,- yor gt ., LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.—Wind S.S.W•ripir, lie f ig er, rog Peabody, Savannah; Aderondack, Sb`P R i n e, 13re B abe " Phantom, Richard, New York ; M ar y Ca 3 r firlan iell i ; Q el John's, New. Brunswick ; Abbey Land , s ts ifor-l e g, " l o p, King, Houghton, Quebec; Jane Glass u %i 0 J 3411 V,4 Ilermione, Brough, Ibrail. Sid. Yott oo r , 'Gra c t e l iclet P "' York; Liverpool, Seawright, Jamaica: D ''' Ade l Otr port, Yucatan, Miramichi; Bridget , 4 dlO Trinity yacht. 00." RIVER DE IL —Arrd. Carrick, Quebe c • v v . ... od ' l ode 0 4 WII ITE II AVE N, Nov. 1.--Wind S. 0 1 ' 0 and William, Braithwaite, Quebec. s fir. ..... OFF SALCOMBE, Nov. 2.—Wind a bet. 00 0* 00 Knight, New York; Ocean, Javell, (2 , , , ,, d , gar LIMERICK, OCT. 31.—Arrd. LadY lilla r 111 14 - '.- PENTL AND Fartif, OCT. a Quebec, for Hull. 5? 80 9 501;,2 1 3 / 4 - I:Yi 22 1 A 3 / 4 P P 83a 1 " 1 / 2 3 5 / s - / ;73i is 1. ; .1 44 p /. /• ••• i/i 1 0 1911 5 G 1311 11; / / / /