The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-07 00:00:00

SHALL SHERIDAN KNOWLES 1 , HAVE A PENSION ? With peculiar satisfaction we transfer the following remonstrance from a publication entitled the Renfrew shire Magazine to our columns. Long ago, and re peatedly, we ourselves have insisted upon the cruelty, the injustice, and the impolicy of neglecting those who have distinguished themselves either by their literary or artistic creations. We have frequently taken oc casion to press the claims of Mr. Knowles upon the attention of the Government, and , while th o se claims still continue unacknowledged, we are satisfied that an earnest co-operation on the part of the press would ultimately elicit the recomp ense of so much genius applied to the adornment of our national literature, clothing virtue in a n alluring garb, inculcating patri otic sent i ments with an unusual eloquence, and breath in g throu g hout a spirit of bene volence and magnanimity. At the same moment we cannot perceive the utility of cavilling at the munifi cence displayed towards some authors merely in con sequence of the niggardliness evinced towards others. We cannot coincide with those who would become churlish at the butt of malmsey presented periodi cally to Ben Jonson, because Shakspere was without so generous a guerdon—at the poetical coronation of Petrarch, because Boccacio remained uncrowned—at the departure of Prior upon the Parisian embassy, because Wycherley was compelled to pen his wittiest comedy upon his death-bed—upon the two hundred pounds per annum conferred upon Alfred Tennyson, because the services of Sheridan Knowles still remain unrecognised by her Majesty's Ministers. In the in stance of Mr. Knowles there is not merely a neces sity to reward for inestimable labours, but a great necessity likewise to repair an act of injustice long committed.—En. Sun.] " While the melancholy circumstances attending the death of the highly-gifted, yet world-wearied Haydon, are still fresh in our memories, it may not be amiss to direct attention to the case of Mr. James Sheridan Knowles, whose name is not to be found in the list of civil pensions. . • • • • • • • There may be some who will ask what Knowles has done to entitle him to a pension ; their number will be few : yet, lest the eyes of any such may chance to light on these remarks, we shall mention the names of some of those noble productions which, of themselves, would have been sufficient to hand down the name and memory of their deep-toned, far-thoughted' author to a grateful and admiring posterity. How Tell's soul-stiring Ode to Liberty' comes home—to use a homely phrase—to the hearts of us Scots. We have not altogether forgotton how Wallace faught and conquered in the cause of Scot tish freedom ; nor how well Robert Bruce imitated his great precursor. Well do we remember the first perusal of this ' breathing, burning' strain, Ye crags, and peaks ! I'm with you once again !' While the English language exists, will the play of William Tell ; the possessor of a fame which, instead of fading, will grow in strength every hour of its existence! How we feel constrained to weep with ' mad Vir ginius,' and o'er the story of his wrongs' to breathe forth, unconsciously, a sigh. The noble-souled and generous Hunchback,' whose inner-man, with its celestial proportions, cast in heaven's own mould, ex hibits such a goodly contrast to the deformity of its . earthly ally, is a searching study of human . nature in one of its most eccentric phases ; and is laid open to the world in language the most chaste, yet attractive ; with a voice the most melodious, yet full of power and pathos ; commanding attention with a mild authority, while it soothes and elevates the soul. But here we must pause, our space being of necessity very limited ; still, we do so with the less regret, considering that many, very many, of our readers are, without doubt, admirers of the Shakspere of the nineteenth century. As we have already said, the plays above alluded to , are a few of those magnificent productions which stamp their author as the possessor of genius of the most exalted order ; and should the present attempt to reply to the supposed question, What has Knowles done to entitle him to a pension ?' fall short of conviction, let the proposers of it ' read, mark, and learn,' for them selves. They will be amply repaid for their pains.. . . In conclusion, may we venture to express the hope that Mr. Knowles may yet, and that at no distant period, have bestowed on him a pension adequate to his merits —we ask, he expects no more. If those whose province it is to confer such marks of a nation's gratitude upon individuals whose time, talents, strength of soul and body, are, or have been, devoted to the enriching of our stores of literature, neglect or refuse to listen to his claims—ignorance of them they cannot plead—then the country, independent of the Government, must be ap pealed to; and, together with those of other localities, Mr. Knowles has, from similar association, a peculiar claim on the opulent merchants of Glasgow. Surely if a testimonial of such enormous value could be so easily obtained for George Hudson, by an appeal to the mer chants, traders, &c., of Great Britain, they will not re fuse to give forth, out of their abounding substance, wherewith to fund a suitable annuity for one of the brightest and most valuable intellects of Britain! What a miserable delusion was that which prompted John Bull and his canny brither, Sawney,' to scatter their gold in such profusion at the feet of one whose sole claims to their gratitude lay in the wonderful agility he had displayed in climbing the mountains of Pincus, and in enriching himself, bag after bag, with such a vast amount of the world-worshipped ore; and his having aided and abetted the airy creation of so many of the bubbles of the day!' Shame will affix itself, dur ing their existence, to the men of the present day, should they refuse to listen to an appeal made for such a pur pose as we have above alluded to, on the behalf of Mr. Knowles ; and, when their brief sojourn here shall have ended, aught but kindly remembrances will be attached to their memories. That the necessity of such an ap peal may soon be speedily obviated by the bestowal of a Government pension on him whose cause we plead, is, we repeat, our unqualified and fervent prayer! It has been too long delayed already, and, come when it may, still it is late. Better late than never,' is an old say ing, so let it be bestowed now! It cannot come an hour too soon, were it only for the purpose of redeeming the honour of the nation. Delay a little longer, and perhaps he, whose useful life an adequate pension, bestowed now, might serve to eke out, may have gone to that bourne from whence no traveller e'er returns.' Then, indeed, all honour shall be paid to his genius, lamentations and praises sufficient to canonize his bones, be poured forth ; and over his cold remains, as they are laid in the ' nar• row house,' mayhap many a voice shall exclaim, ' We ne'er shall look upon his like again.' And when the costly and storied pile shall have been raised to his me mory, bearing witness alike of the splendour of his talents, and the unselfish purposes to which they were devoted, it will also, to our shame, tell of the compara tive poverty, atd apparent neglect, in which his ungrate ful countrymen suffered him to languish and die!" COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out on horseback this morning. The Hon. Miss Devereux was in attendance on her Majesty. The Equerries in Waiting, Major-General Wemyss and the Hon. Captain Gordon, were also in attendance on horse back. The Royal Family took their usual pony exercise this morning. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and the Earl and Countess Spencer. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, arrived as the Euston-square terminus of the London and North- Western Railway yesterday morning, from Cashiobury park, Herts., the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Earl of Denbigh received the Princess on her arrival in town, and attended her Royal 1112,h -ness in her visits of inspection to the Think of England, the Royal Exchange, the Mansion House, the Ge neral Post-office, and the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park, Her Royal Highness attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, lett the Euston-square terminus at half-past five o'clock on her return to Cashiobury Park. A deputation from the Rectifying Distillers, consistirg of Mr. W. Nicholson, chairman, Mr. Seeger, secretary, and Mr. Bowerbank, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official re sidence in Downing-street. _ The Commission — ersoi Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday. There were present Viscount Mor peth, the Lord Mayor, the Hon. J. C. Herries, Mr. Al derman Humphrey, Mr. H. T. Hope, and Mr. A. Milne. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council have been summoned to meet in the Exchequer Chamber at Westminster, on Thursday, the 12th No vember, to settle the Roll of Sheriffs for the ensuing year. A deputation from the . City,. accompanied by the City Remerabrancer, had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir R. Schombargk had an interview with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. Mr. Alderman Lucas, Mr. Deputy Finnis, Mr. Selson, Mr. Barkley, and Mr. Spearman, waited on the Com missioners of Metropolitan Imp rovements during their meeting yesterday. Mr. George Moffatt, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Hon. Ralph, and Lady Mary A bercromby, and Lady Harriet Eliot, left Farrance's Hotel yesterday, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea. We understand that Mr. George Russell Clerk will_ be proposed at the next Court for the Presidency of Bombay. Mr. George Russell Clerk went to India as a writer in 1817. From the autumn of 1820 he has been engaged in various political offices in that country. After employment for some years in Rajpootana, he was, in 1831, appointed Political Agent at Umballa. In 1839 he was sent on a mission to Runjeet Singh, and in 1840 the relations of the British Government, with the State of Lahore, were committed to his charge as Political Agent on tile north-west frontier. His services in that capacity were considered of the utmost value ; and, in 1843, he was rewarded by the appointment of Lieutenant- Governor of the north-west provinces. Illness com pelled him to return to Europe, but the Court of Direc tors were most anxious to avail themselves again of his active services ; and, towards the close of 1844, they ap pointed him to be a member of the Supreme Council of India, which office he now holds.-- Ti me ,. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARS:ET, OCT. 31. An average amount of business has been done during the plat month, and prices have given way a little. We ate 68s• for No. 3 ; 695. to 70s. for mixed nu m b ers ; And 71s. to 725. for all number 1. Cash f.o.b.—Glasgow Chresiele. Just ready, in three vols. poet Svo., THE WILL ; or, THE HALF BROTHERS. 1 A 'NOVEL. TO THE GOVERNORS OF TUE METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, Cur AREY-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN. May it please you Royal 1116hnesses, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentled , n, VACANCY having occurred in the office of SURGEON to your Institution, in consequence of the resig nation of Mr. Bennet Lucas, I beg leave to offer myself as a candi date for the appointment. For nearly twelve years I have been engaged in the study and practice of surgery (during a great portion of which period I have been surgeon to a large dispensary), and have enjoyed extensive opportunities of experience, as the testimonials I shall have the honour to submit to you will prove. At an early opportunity I shall wait upon you Individually, and sh.iuld I be honoured by your choice, you may rely upon my best energies being devoted to carrying out the objects of the charity. I have the honour to be, your Royal Highnesses, my Lords, Ladles, and Gentlemen, your very obedient servant, ROBERT STORKS. 44, Gower-street, Bedford-square, Nov. 7, RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC S ALE. HESSRS. LAMOND, SMAL E, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support anti patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &C., the take place every TUESDAY and FEID AY, at One o'clock, at flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be iorwarded by the first post after the sale, stud the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instmctions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of STRADELLA. Alessandro Stra della, Mr. W. Harrison ; signor Bassi, Mr. Weiss ; Barbarino, Mr. Burdini ; Malvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. After the Opera will be performed a grand Ballet entertainment, entitled UNE KERMES. In which MM. Paul. Theodore, Tell Mdlles. Adele Benart, Anita Dubignon , Louise ; Mdes. Theodore, and Les Sceurs St. Louin vrid appear. To conclude with DER FREISCIIU TZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Zamiel, Mr. W. H. ,Payne ; 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 LOON BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holl ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; Mr.Hartiman. Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom 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. Holl; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr.* Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Aria,. " Vivi Tu," Cornet a Piston ; the " Grus an Prag " (Polkas) ; the " Sophien Tanze" (Walzer); and the " Lestocq " (Overture). To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Holl, Tilbury, Mrs. Clifford, &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 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. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Hillary 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 Vil lars, Miss Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER TILE 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 TURN-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 domustic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCIL I.E ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Ilugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Tolley, Mrs. F. Matthews; Eugenia Clairgille, Madame Celeste. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in throe parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS; founded oil the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Georgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Mks Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Ilonner, l'eren, &c. After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Miss Dorothea Danzers, Mrs. Fosbroke; Tidy, Miss Laporte. To conclude with tile Musical Entertainment of THE QUAKER. In which Messrs. Barker, Leffler, Homier, Compton, 3liss Grant, Mrs. Fosbroke, Re. will perform. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing season of French plays at the St. James's Theatre will be commenced on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November 11, by the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur l'erlet, who will appear for a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur Cartigny (of the Theatre Francais). M. Rhozevil (of the Theatre du Gymnase) and Mademoiselle Brohan (Premiere Soubrette of the Theatre Francais), her first appearance in this country. Mr. Mitchell has also the honour to announce that, encouraged by the distinguished patronage which has been conferred upon his manage ment, he has engaged the following eminent artistes, who will appear in succession during the season :—Monsieur Perlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarisse, Monslear Lafont, Mademoiselle Farguell (her first appear ance in this country), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre du Pidals Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle Duverger, (of the Theatre du Palais Royal, her first appearance), Mademoiselle AlineVallee (of the Theatre du Gymnase, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Rose Cheri (of the Theatre du Gymnase), whose performances last year were so eminently succ,ssful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLAItISSA HARLOWE, now peribrming 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, M. Emilie (his first appearance since 1843) ; ill ad dition to which the celebrated Tragedienne, Mdlle. Rachel, for a limited number of representations, and will appear in the popular Plays of " Marie Stuart," by Le Brun ; " Britanicus," by Racine ; " Tancred," by Voltaire; " Berenice," by Racine ; " Arlene," by Corneille, and other plays of her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken to perionn, for the first time, the cha racter of Celimene, in Moliere's Comedy of "Le Misanthrope." The subscription will be for fifty representations, on Monday and Friday evenings, with the privilege of exchanging for the Wednesday even ing performance, an arrat4ement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. Application for Season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. 31ITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. ON MONDAY NEXT Will be performed the Play of IHE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy; Young Fashi,n, Mr. G. B , lton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbely Clumsy, Mr. A iiki113011; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell , Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurze, Mrs. C. Jones ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthia, Miss Cliar.es ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a eraud gALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of AMATEURS AND AC ' ORS. Geoffrey Muffincap (his original character, against his will), Mr. Wilkinson. uAVIDGE'S ROYAL, SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. The Last Week of Mr. 'MACREADY'S Performance at the Surrey Theatre, and of his Appearance In Lon Jon for a consider Wile period. TliE SOW, LoNDoN, SATS - 10- 1 A EVENING, NOVENIFIER 7, 1846 THIS EVENING Will be performed Knowles 's Tragedy of VIRGINIUS. Virginias, Mr. Maeready ; Dent Aus, Mr. Cooper ; Virginia, Mrs. C. Giil Servia, Mrs. Ternan. To conclude with the Drama of LORD DARNLEY. Lord Darn ley, Mr. Cooper; Lady Margaret, Mrs. Daly. ASTLEY'A ROYAL AM PIIITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. PA`ronised by her Most Graciods Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, and Royal Family. The last Night 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. TillS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEVIL'S HORSE AND THE TWELVE WISIIES, introducing the Wild Stag-Hunt of the Past Ages, by Mr. Batty's superb living Deer, trained Camels from Smyrna, and other at tractive Novelties. isox-oflice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors oven at six rid commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. 111.1 L WEATIIER.—SIIN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 51; Noon, 40, BAROMETER, 30 28 —WIND E., hazy. HIGH WATEE AT LOS.DOI.I-131tIDGE TlllB DAI. Nforning .. 4 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 23 minutes after 4. , - ;v.. - -,..• -. , . ' c • L ' i • sin 'll .a i .-• 4; ' • , : gi. ;I,Nireillil! 1111 V: e ''' it 7 a ir: i idL.H# 7 ' '7 ; 4 MI MALS , pt. ''.*Tt*7 t fr .7.... .;. ir, -10-ruiro- .....-,.....•:, - ... • . _ SECOND EDITION• bt-nin LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1846 CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued yesterday from the Fo reign-office to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council this afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Down. ing-street. The whole of the Ministers were expected to attend, with the exception of Mr. LABOUCHERE, who is in Dublin. Her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT arrived in town this morning by a special train on the Great Western Railway from Windsor Castle. Another special train was . ordered at the Paddington station at cne o'clock, and soon after that time her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT arrived from Buckingham Palace, and took their•departure for Windsor Castle. Notwithstanding the many obstacles raised by the peasantry themselves to impede the distribution of assistance, the number of those employed by the Board of Works is increasing daily and with extraor dinary rapidity. The officers, whether presiding over that temporary department of the Irish Legislature, or commissioned to carry their benevolent resolutions into operation, are evincing the most exemplary anxiety to assuage the sufferings already experienced by the population, and to diminish the fears inspired by the approaching winter. Despite the unremitted opprobrium cast upon them as a body, and in abso lute defiance, as it were, of the lawlessness and vio fence of a considerable propoition of the com manitytile of the public en e fi bounties cen t are l a b continued oars of with ese unflagging dispensers energy. The "total" em p lo y ed, accord ing l a test intelligence, whether in county .w,ortkos the drainage, has already amounted tr) u pwards of one hundred and ten thousand individuals. .very means ' sediussloeumsilnyaatidoonptoefdthfoer stuhempsugrpraonseteaof by Par causing i lt s ihaem b being better nt d calculated as in and abstracted from t he national exchequer. The s u e e x e i g es e s n i c o i n e , s of an the d tb d e i localitiesff r e e r i e u n i t site transmitted aid w quickly as the grievous invo lvements of the country permit. It would b e ho p eless to anticipate the immediate extrication of Ireland from her present difficulties. Those difficulties are, in their character, essentially cumulative. Unless removed upon their appearance, they multiply with a fruitfulness that baffles any subsequent effort for their simultaneous destruction. The spawn of sorrows in a land where destitution has once pervaded society is immeasurably more numerous than that of the microscopic crea tures whose fecundity has afforded so much astonish ment to philosophers. The assistance, however, which is being distributed amongst the impoverished popu lation of our sister country by the Board of Works is so bountiful in its particular application, and so swiftly transmitted, that the rapid diminution of these diffi culties may be anticipated. Besides the relief thus munificently afforded by Government we are gratified to observe a cordial co operation visible in the individuals to whom the Go vernment most looked for that co-operation. Specu lators are importing largely into the Irish markets ; and while an unusual quantity of cattle is carried from Ireland, an unprecedented quantity of grain is being carried to Ireland. We are aware that to the majority the costliness of barley, wheat, and flour will render those importations an unattainable ad vantage. Indian corn, however, being a cheaper description of nutriment might materially diminish the effects of the vegetable scarcity ; and, of Indian corn, upwards of fifty thousand quarters have been conveyed thither from Liverpool alone during an interval extending from the Ist of July to the commencement of November inclusively. It will be utterly impossible, nevertheless, to cope with the numerous and enormous difficulties of this population, unless it will enable itself to become the recipient of official and private gene rosity. Unless the murderers who molest the more peaceful members of that community, unless the vile and treacherous marauders who endanger the pre servation of property, unless all the vice and infamy of that nation, embodied in its insurrectionists, be purged away by the vigorous interference of the Executive nothing whatever can be done for the effectual alleviation of their sufferings. It is with the deepest affliction that we observe another outrage has been perpetrated in a different quarter of Ireland, similar to those which have com pelled his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant to suspend the works at Tulla. On the 3d of November a party of ruffians assembled at Mallow, and drove two hun dred and fifty unfortunate labourers from the Great Southern and Western Railway. Those navigators were employed at the daily remuneration of from Is. Gd. to ls. Bd.; and by this atrocious interference on the part of their less industrious brethren both themselves and their families are again plunged into a state of destitution. Some de cisive measures are necessary for the preven tion of the repetition of these most criminal proceed ings. It is preposterous to suppose that Government must entail upon itself additional expenses to those already incurred. It is preposterous to expect that a standing army must be employed to protect the la bourers engaged upon the public works, or those en • gaged by individual speculation. Upon that principle the Executive would ultimately have to cram food down the throats of the indigent. Government has a loftier position to assume. The Irish peasantry are surely not destined to dwindle into imbeciles and sucklings. Let them prove that such is not their destination ; they can most effectually do so by delivering their abandoned countrymen over to justice. We adjure them, again and again, to assist in the discovery and punishment of these marauders. Otherwise the sus pension of public works will not merely be confined to Tulla, but will extend throughout the whole of Ireland. When Parliament was not sitting, public attention used to be mainly drawn to various festive entertain ments, chiefly got up for the sole purpose of infusing fresh energy among the adherents of one or other of the two great political parties into which the State has ordinarily divided itself. On these occasions all the animosity of party warfare was unsparingly in dulged in, and the dinner was always held to have gone off remarkably well, if the bottle-primed speakers had freely resorted to personal satire, and had charged their audience with the utmost possible quantity of political venom. But this year has happily presented us with a favourable contrast, and it is with the greatest gratification we notice that various public bodies have met in different parts of the empire for far nobler objects than the maintenance of paltry party squabbles. To effect a social and moral revolution among the middling and humbler classes, is now-a-day s the chief and honour able incentive which animates the congregation of many of our most distinguished men. The cause o national education, hitherto so vainly derided in everyf conceivable shape, is at the present moment feli citously adjudged to be the main instrument by which the desired reformation can be accomplished. This great work, moreover, is being undertaken in the best possible manner. The people have set about doing it for themselves ; and their present voluntary efforts cannot fail to inspire the Government with every feeling of encouragement to persevere in any effort they may be now making, in accordance with Lord J. RUSSELL'S manifesto to the citizens of London, to secure to the country, upon an enlarged scale, the blessing of intellectual development. We very re cently adverted to the powerful meeting that took place in Manchester, and to the admirable orations which were there respectively delivered by Lord MORPETH and the Archbishop of DUBLIN. Our columns of to-day contain a full report of a most in fluential assembly that met this week in the Music Hall, Edinburgh, to celebrate the establishment of the new Philosophical Institution.. Its objects are identi cal with those of the Manchester Athenaeum—to open a valuable library, combined with courses of lectures on various subjects, to the middling orders of society. Men of the highest mental attainments were pre sent. The Archbishop cf DUBLIN repeated, with his accustomed ability, the trenchant remarks he offered to his hearers at Manchester, contended that the dangers casually incidental to the diffusion of know ledge were insignificant compared with those of igno rance, and wisely observed, that "in a country in which so much political power was con ferred upon the mass of the people, it was both unwise and unsafe to trust that power in the hands of those who had been left in ignorance." Mr. MACAULAY, M.P., followed his Grace, with the toast of " The Literature of Britain." Celebrated as a philosopher, historian, critic, and statesman, to no one's hands could the toast be more appropriately consigned. His speech was fraught with every excellence, and should be carefully perused. In proof of the general moral that accompanies a general intellectual improvement, Mr. MACAULAY instanced the whole character of a young body of officers having been materially bene fited owing to the access they had to a valuable library where they were quartered. He mentioned an anecdote, which merits attention : " I was told it by a most accomplished man and an eminent soldier, and a distinguished diplomatist, who has enjoyed the confidence 01 the first generals and statesmen which Europe has produced in our own time. When I asked him to what he owed these accomplished arts, he said to me—` When I served when a young man in India, when it was a mere turning point in my life, when it was a mere chance whether I should become a mere card player, a mere smoke-monger, or a mere toddy drinker, I was quartered for two years in the neighbourhood of an excellent library, which was made accessible to me." Mr. MACAULAY dilated in the most pungent man ner, and with infinite wit and humour, upon the ridiculous dread of superficial education, and triumph antly called upon those who harboured this apprehension to declare their standard of profundity, to fix the line, if they could, where superficiality ends and profound ness begins. It is clear that no man can do it. History vouches the fact put forward by the Member for Edinburgh, that " the intellectual giants of one age become the intellectual pigmies of the next." We shall have done a great deal in the way of future good when we have eradicated in part, if no t alto gether, the narrow - m inded prejudices which infect many estimable intellects upon the topic of national education. The peroration of Mr. MAcAtmAy's address was a piece of finished eloquence. The tri bute he paid to our literature was splendid indeed, but not one whit less true than splendid. No English man can read it without feeling justly proud that he owns a country whose tranwondent literature has elicited so magnificent an eulogium. " The law abhors a perpetuity." This is a prin ciple familiar to every student, to the veriest tyro who has commenced his course of dinners, by which, according to the present system, legal knowledge is supposed to be acquired. The doctrine was laid down, and perseveringly acted on, by a number of learned men who graced the judicial bench, from a full conviction of the great injury that would be sus tained by the nation if the property in land could be so tied up as to prevent its future transfer. In the earlier ages, and in the infancy of our system ofjuris prudence, a constant struggle was carried on between parties who desired to bind and entail real property in the strictest manner and those opposed thereto The Courts strongly favoured the latter party, from considerations of public policy, and devices were sanctioned, and fictions recognised by the judi cial bench, that could scarcely be supposed likely to deceive any but the wilfully blind. Hence, the adoption of fines and recoveries, by which restrictions were evaded, and the intention of the former owners of the property defeated, and the public good was secured although in a circuitous and disreputable manner. In Scotland a stricter course was pursued ; the judges would not do wrong, or act on erroneous principles in order that good might come, and there- fore, in that country strict entails have been per mitted, and every one in any degree acquainted with properties so circumstanced must be fully aware, of the great evils occasioned thereby, that they act as a bar to all improvements, and have prevented the ameliorations that would otherwise undoubtedly have taken place, both in the land itself and in the condition of its occupants. We are essentially a commercial nation, and where commerce prevails there must ever be a constant change going on. Industry and prudence are sure to raise their possessor in the social scale, and when he has attained the wealth for which he has toiled he naturally looks around for the means of its disposal, for the full enjoyment of the °aunt cum dignatate ; he desires to become a landed proprietor, and he finds many owners of the soil impoverished and weighed down with debts and encumbrances, unable to main tain the position in which they are placed, and who are anxious to sell their estates, and the transfer is made not only to the benefit of the immediate par ties, but also of the entire tenantry, and others con nected with the lands, who obtain a wealthy, liberal, and improving landlord, a provider of employ ment for those compelled to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow, in place of one whose necessities compelled him to exact the utter most farthing, and who was unable to assist the neighbouring labourer or tradesman. The free ,ransfer of land, as of any other commodity, is essen ial to the public interests, and any restrictions placed in its way should, as speedily as possible, be got rid of. The stamp duties payable to Government on any sale or mortgage of land are much too hi4h, and they are regulated on the unjust principle of being in the inverse proportion of the purchase-money, or consideration : thus a much larger sum per cent. is charged on a small transaction than on a large one. A purchaser with many thousands to expend may not be deterred from investing in land by the legal expenses attendant on the transfer, but the owner of a few hundreds will pause before he will permit a large portion of his capital to be absolutely thrown away. It is now universally admitted that any unnecessary expenses thrown in the way of a transfer of any description of property is mischievous in its results. The Legislature has acted on the principle. Auction duties have been abolished, and the greatest freedom of barter and transfer been encouraged. Why should not this be adopted in land, as well as in goods or chattels of any description ? It may be said that it is necessary to continue the tax for the purpose of revenue. This may be the case, but we are quite con vinced that if the stamp duties were reduced to one quarter of the amount that are now charged, and the other expenses attending the transfer also reduced, the Exchequer would gain in place of losing by the alteration. The first step, therefore, that should be taken should be a revision of the stamp duties con nected with the transfer, changing, or leasing of land, and a material reduction "in their amount ;" they should in every case be charged a fixed per tentage, and the wealthy man should nut be charged at a more moderate rate than his poorer fellow-subject. As an illustration of the inequitable system at present in use, we may mention the stamp duties charged on different mortgages :—on a mortgage for 3001., 51. 155., or 11. 18. 4d. per ce nt. ; o n a mortgage for 3,0001., 91. 155., or som ethin g less than 6 s. B d. per cent. ; 1. an don ab a mortgage for 100 ,000/., 271. 155., or some thingto the borrower o f 3001. being more than sixty times that charged to the bor rower of 100,0001., and six times that charged to the borrower of 3,0001. The next step should be the shortening of the out 6 per cent. The rat e p er cen t. c h arge d length of the deeds of conveyance, which, by useless verbosity, and needless repetitions, are prolonged to twent y times the necessary length. It is , of course, the interest of the lawyer, who is r emune rated according to the length of the documents he p re pares, to extend them to the utmost limit, and indeed it may be necessary, as the law at present stands, to go to such lengths, in order to prevent future difficulties. We d o no t see , how ever, why there should not be a public standard of precedents, as well as of we i g h ts an d measures. Many beo books c ontain forms o f every prov i s i on that could b required, at least of those i n common use, ks and if the precedents were publicly recognised, so that a short allusion to them would be sufficient for all purposes, there would indeed be a great reduction in this part of the expense which might be effected without any difficulty what soever, and we do not think that the profits of the conveyancer or solicitor would be thereby diminished. They would be recompensed for the smaller remu neration receivable out of each transaction by the vast increase that would take place in such trans , actions by the lessening the expense thereof. The great desideratum, however, is the simplifying the titles, and rendering their investigation cheaper and more expeditious, and at the same time more satisfactory and certain. We think that this also may be effected ; but our space forbids our offering any further suggestions for the present. The Augsburgh Gazette publishes a letter from Berlin which says, "The British Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, Lord BLOOMFIELD, has passed through this city on his way to London. At this particular moment political importance is attached to his return." The dangerous illness of the Earl of WESTMORE LAND, the British Ambassador in Prussia, is an nounced in the Berlin journals. Madrid papers to the 31st ult. have arrived. The Gaccta contains a decree extending the benefits of the amnesty to military men under proscription, or who have been condemned, with the excption of those who may have committed offences subjecting them to punishment since the date of the previous decree. The benefit of the amnesty is also extended to deserters. ; --- ---- Ihe Madrid journals contain no intelligence from Portugal lat er th an t h e 24t h . The decre e f or t h e di sso l ut i on o f the Cortes had not appeared. MADRID BOLSA, O CT . 31— risen at the .Three per Cents., which had commencement of business to 34 % for cash, and 35 for paper, su b sequent l y f e ll to 34, in consequence of a variety of siniste r reports respec ti n g Portugal, the necessity of a Spanish inter vent i on, t h e a ppearance of Cabrera in Catalonia, the resignation of Senor Mon and General Sanz, &c. They, however, ultimately closed at 343,4 for cash, and 34% for paper; the Five per Cents. at 21 % ; the Debt without Interest at 6% ; and the Coupons at 20. 410 , We have recgived the Paris papers of Thursday. The Marquis of NORMANDY had on Wednesday delivered to M. GUXZOT the reply of Lord PALMERS.• TON to the last note of the French Minister on the subject of the Montpensier marriage. In this note it is said that Lord PALMERSTON insists on a renuncia tion on the part of the INFANTA and the Duke of all right of succession to the throne of Spain. The Duke and Duchess of Mozingrismi arrived at "After St. Rous en route for Paris on Wednesday. leaving Bourdeaux," says the Debuts," the files neces sarily ceased, on account of the recent disasters." Many of the Opposition papers are exceedingly sar castic on the paltry sums subscribed by Louis PHI LIPPE and his family towards the relief of the suf- ferers by the inundation. The royal generosity was, according to the Court papers, to be displayed in a " magnificent manner." This " magnificent display of royal generosity" turns out to be a subscription of 5,0001. for all the members of the royal family. The Courrier Francais hints that his MAJESTY is in fact a gainer by the transaction, inasmuch as the fetes in honour of the Montpensier marriage, which have been countermanded on account cf the inundations, would have cost much more than 5,0001. The same journal also draws a contrast between the paltry 5,000/. of the richest Sovereign in the world and the enormous sums contributed towards the relief of the poor who suffered from scarcity in 1817 by Louis XV 111. and his family. The price of corn continues to rise throughout France. " Wheat (says La Reforme) has again risen this day, in the Paris market, from lf. to if. 50e. It has reached the price of 48f. the setier (old measure), or 321. the hectolitre. Every other grain has also advanced; barley, rye, and oats are becoming excessively dear. Rye is at the same price as wheat was last year. The sack of flour has risen from 21. to 3f. The first quali ties are now paid 87f. and 88f. the 159 kilogrammes. Flour is from 151. to 201. dearer than two months ago. The taxe rate is strongly rising within the limits of 45c. the kilogramme. Advices from the departments unfor tunately announce a rise everywhere." The Journal des Debats publishes the following letter, dated St. Petersburgh, October 22. We have great doubts as to the truth of the assertion that Russia refused to adhere to Lord PALMERSTON'S policy. The German vipers, which have hitherto been considered the organs of the Russian Govern ment, assert the direct contrary ; and the Debatg has so frequently, on the subject of this marriage, pub lished intelligence the direct contrary of truth, that its assertions are not entitled to much credit : " The official announcement of the conclusion of the treaty of navigation with France has produced here a favourable impression on all classes. The document lies for the Emperor's signature, and we have reason to be- lieve that in a few days it will be forwarded to Paris for the exchange of ratifications. The reciprocal conces• ions of this convention, and the mutual eagerness shown in carrying it into execution, have acquired, it must be acknowledged, a greater value than at the commence ment of the negoiations ; for it is at the very moment when the treaty is about to be sanctioned by the Em peror that have taken place the vain attempts to induce the Russian Government to adopt, relative to the ques tion of Spain, a course adverse to France. This justice must be rendered to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. From the outset it rejected every overture, and positively refused to adhere to Lord Palmerston's policy. With the exception of Podolia and the Government of Witespk, the harvest has everywhere been most abundant, and there are still at Cronstadt a good number of foreign vessels taking corn on board. Unfortunately, the navigation will soon be closed, but, at its re-opening, we are convinced that the intercourse with France will assume an activity profitable to the merchant vessels of both nations. The southern parts of Russia, and the Crimea in particular, have had an im mense produce in corn. The two divisions of the fleet in the Baltic, forming together a force of 32 vessels of the line, 24 frigates, and smaller vessels and steamers in proportion, have returned to Revel and Cronstadt to be laid up for the winter. This latter port, formed by islands, will speedily be united to the mainland by a railway constructed on piles, which will be only an ex tension of the line, which, following the left bank of the Neva, arrives from St. Petersburgh. These works are being pursued at the same time as the deepening the channel of the river, which, when concluded, will allow large vessels to go up to the magnificent quays of the capital. " The new powers conferred on Prince Woronzow have produced the best effect on the morale of the army in the Caucasus. Amongst the measures adopted by that General is one which cannot be too much applauded. Many officers of the Imperial Guard, which is always stationed at St. Petersburgh, went for a short time to Daghestan, and returned with advanced rank and decorations. The Prince has issued an order announcing that henceforward every officer serving under his orders must consider himself engaged for an unlimited period, and this equitable de cision has been received with gratitude by the officers, who have no claims to promotion but their bravery. The Emperor, who incessantly exercises that prodigious activity of body which he possesses in so eminent a de gree, returned unexpectedly on the 18th, to his palace of Tsarskoe-Selo, with the Hereditary Grand Duke. The Czar and his son had proceeded to Moscow on an inspection, and were not expected until the 22d, the eve of the marriage of the daughter of Prince Czernit scheff, Minister of War. Mademoiselle Marie Czernit scheff, whom the Emperor does the honour to give away, is a charming young person, and is about to be married to the young Prince Barat►nsky, formerly Aide-decamp of his Highness Prince Mentehikoff, Minister of Marine, and at present attached to the person of Count Nessel rode, Chancellor of the Empire and Minister for Foreign Affairs." The Moniteur contains a notice issued by the Mi nister of Marine, announcing that tenders would be received in his offices for the supply of six wooden houses, necessary for the establishment of Mayotte, on the coast of Madagascar, to be delivered within 120 days, either at Havre, Cherbourg, Nantes, Bor deaux, or Marseilles. This notice would seem to vouch for the accuracy of the following report, which appears in the Courrier Franc-as : We have noticed a report at Bourbon of an intended expedition against Tamatave. According to our last letters from this colony the ships of war that are to take part in it are the Belle Poule frigate, the Berceau sloop, the Voltigeur brig, and the Archme le steamer, with two hired transports. The military force will be, it is said, 1,500 men, and half a battery of artillery. The project is to take possehsion of Tamatave, fortify it, and establish a regular intercourse with the people on the coasts. The attack was to be made very promptly, before the setting in of the winter, which is always full of danger on these shores." We hope the attention of the British Go vernment will be directed to this expedition, and that France, which has for some time been endea vouring to get a footing in the Indian seas, will not be permitted to play the Algeria game over again in Madagascar. This same town of Tamatave, if it be longs to any European:power, belongs to the British. It was captured from France during the last war, by a British squadron cruising off the Mauritius, of which island it was, by the British Government, con sidered a dependency. At the peace, when the Island of Bourbon was restored to France, Mauritius and Tamatave remained British, and England subse quently permitted her ally RADAMA, the King of Madagascar, to occupy it. If, therefore, Tamatave ceases to be a Malagash town, it ought to become a British one; at all events, it is the duty of our Go vernment to prevent it becoming French. The French Government is, it is said, in treaty with a company for the establishment of a line of trans-Atlantic steam-packets. The Journal du Havre states that the captain of the Armide, which has just arrived from St. Helena, effected whilst at that island the conditional purchase of Longwood for the sum of 40,000 f. A year is allowed for him to obtain the decision of his Govern ment on this subject. In the event of the Govern ment refusing to make the purchase, the Journal du Havre recommends a public subscription for that purpose. It is said that M. ROCHET D'HERICOURT is about to proceed on a second mission to the Court of Shoa. Lord BROUGHAM has arrived in Paris. Algiers journals to the 30th have arrived. The following letter from Bugia appears in the Akbar of the 29th " For some time past the environs of Bugia had been pretty tranquil, and the Kabyles in general had aban doned the plain, with the exception of the M ezz i as, who could not make up their minds to leave the only place where they could find arable and pasture land. The hostilities committed on this point were therefore always their act. In the middle of the month they attacked several officers of the garrison, who were on a shooting excursion, and who were obliged, after a vigorous defence, to fall back. It was not long, however, before vengeance was had for this aggression. A few hours after the return of the officers the native tirailleurs carried off a flock belonging to the Kabyles. On the 17th a more important razzia was made by order of the commandant of Bugia. The enemy lost 200 head of cattle, and had several men killed. On the following day the Kabyles, in small numbers, came and fired a few shots at the Government flock, but they were soon driven back, and pursued beyond the marabout of Sidi Bou Ameur. Our neighbours, the Mezzias, in their turn, meditated vengeance for these successive checks. On the 19th an ambuscade of the Kabyles endeavoured to take the Government flock by surprise, but it was itself surprised by some native tirailleurs, under Lien. tenant Giaccobbi. This officer, notwithstanding the number of the enemy (estimated at 700), did not hesitate to attack them at the head of only forty five men. He took up a good position in ambuscade, and each discharge killed its man, but the great number of the enemy, the exhaustion of our ammunition, and the absence of all succour, rendered the affair pe rilous. The Mezzias called out t') the natives of the de tachment to abandon their chief and join their co-reli gionists, but fortunately this appeal was not responded to. After an hour and a half's fighting the garrison was perceived on its way to succour the detachment. The commandant did not content himself with releasing the detachment, but pursued the enemy to the mountains, killing a great many, burning the villages, and making considerable booty. On the return the marabout of Sidi Bou Ameur, which was the rendezvous of our enemies, and the centre of all their intrigues against us, was bat tered down with cannon. Our loss i❑ the affair of the 19th was small. We had only one man killed, and a few wounded. On the following day some mounted men of the enemy came intri the plain. One of them was struck by a shell and blown to pieces; it is said that he was one of the assassins of the Commandant Salomon de Mussis." The Journal des Pyrenees Orientales states that 21 Carlist refugees, who had escaped from their places of residence in the interior of the country, were arrested on the 28th ult. at Saillagouse by the gen darmerie. This body of men consisted of a colonel, three commandants, 13 captains, and other officers, and four private soldiers. The Three per Cents. dosed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 82f. 65c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 75c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,222 f 50c.; Rouen, 895 f.; Havre, 680 f. ; Great Northern, 6561. 25c. ; Avignon, 871 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 577 f 50c.; Bordeaux, 532 f. 50c ; Boulogne, 450 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 350 f.; Basle, 216 f. 25c.; Fampoux, 405 f. ; Dieppe, 3531. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 477 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 492 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4751'.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE `.ONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 6. _ Boulogne and Amiens, l 4 % —Demerara, 2 3 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 5 —East Indian, 9i—Great Western Bengal, 96—Luxembourg, 114 —Namur and Liege, 3% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 % —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 27. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE, There was a more active demand for Cotton at Liver pool yesterday. Saks, 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation, at steadier rates. Shares were good again at Liverpool. The sales of Cotton for the week have been 20,160 bales, and the stock at the outport is 575,000 bales against 923,500 at this time last year. The average quotation of fair Upland Cotton, from the Ist of January to the 6th of November, 1845, was 411. per lb., and to the same period this year, 41,-d. per lb. The average weekly quantity of Cotton taken for consump tion, in 1845 to Nov. 6, was 27,880 bags ; anti this year is 29,411 bags. The import this year is 1,076,315, and last year, to Nov. 6, was 1.475,368 bags. At the sale of railway shares, yesterday, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, prices - were pretty steady, and a fair business was done. The following are a few of the principal sales : Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush £o 6 0 East Indian . Shropshire Union and Canal London and York (scrip) ... 2 2 0 Namur and Leige Cornwall and Devon Central London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 9 6 Leicester and Bedford North British, Halves ... l6 15 0 Caledonian, Halves York and Carlisle • Manchester and Southampton, 1847. 1 2 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (scrip) 0 19 6 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset ... 3 5 0 Direct Bombay and Madras 0 15 6 Leicester and Bedford Great Luxembourg We understand the Shropshire Union Railway direc tors have made a very favourable arrangement with the London and North-Western Railway Company, by which eventually the Shropshire Union shareholders will participate in all the advantages of the London and North Western Company. There are not any late arrivals from the colonies to day. A vessel is reported from Quebec, but up to this hour there have not been any letters delivered. There seems no longer a doubt as to the intention, if not the actual determination, of the Zollverein Con ference to raise the duties upon several articles, but especially cotton yarn. The Consol market has moved but a shade to-day. For the Account the price is 948 and for Money precisely the same. Exchequer-bills are a fraction lower. Bank Stcck has just been called 205. India Stock is very firm at 257. For Mexican Bonds 218 has been paid ; for Portu guese, 381; for Spanish, 26i; for the Three per Cents., 31; and for Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, 92*. The Railway Share and Scrip markets are brisk this morning. Prices, upon the whole, are decidedly firm. I3RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY Al' ON.F. O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock OO4 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ... 93 1 / 2 % 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 9 4 5 / 8% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 9 15-16 India Stock 257 Consols for Account , Exchequer Bills. 1 1 , a. 1,000/. 500/. Ditto Small ................. I RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 21% Ditto for the Account .. 22 Portuguese 4 per Cents 39 38 1 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 26% Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2V / 8... to Armagh, Colerwn e, &. Portrush 13 H — Aylesbury end 'name Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 4% .. to Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425..... 5 3 A to Birmingham and Gloucester..loo 129 Do. New (iss. at 714 dis.).. 17 1 / 2 — Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% - _ _ Boston, Stand , & Binning... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Cambrian and Grand Junct 425. Chester and Holyhead... 2 7 IA 23%%... to Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction 2O ...... Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and hillarney - Cork and Waterford ILA — to Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall and Central Devon 2% — ...... to Derby and Crewe 2% to - Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Shullield Junction 2 5 /s ....... __ Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belf,ist Junction.. 121/ — to -- _ . /2 Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2ih: — ...... to Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... _ Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22 % 1 / 2... to Do. New l2l. 16s 7 l /a p to Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — .. ... to Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d — Do., York Extension ...... 2 ...... 3 3 y to East Dereham anti Norwich 1 Eastern Union 35 to Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... . to Do Extension to Harwich 134 Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% ..... to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do. ( late Preston &Ormsk.) 214 — ...... to East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 / 4 — ...... to East and West of England... IA, — to —. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O A 75% 76 to 75 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% lst, to Edinburgh and Northern ... 121, 2 /2 ...... t o 18 Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon ... ...... 12 1 / 2 _ to E - 'skillen and Sli - -1/ nuiskillen ... __igo ...... ... 2 1 / 2 — ...... to -- Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 / 1 3 % 14— to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 1 A Shares (5 per et. gua ) 1214 ..... .. ... to G10w..., Aberystwith,and C en of Wales Goole,Doncaster,Sheffid., &c. 425. A dis. to Grand Union (Nott. & L ynn ) 1% --... .. t Great Eastern and Western... 2%..... ..... to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 1 / 2 ... ... Great Blunster ............... ... 2 1 / 2 — ..... .to Great North of S cot l and...... 2% — • to Great North of E ng l and...... 100 236 1 Ditto, New Ditto, New l5 ... .. Ditto, New.. ...... ...... to to Great Wester n Ditto, Half Shares..,~, Ditto, Fifths Do. New ...... 7% to Huddersfield and Manchester 13 ...... Di ttc, Extension Hull and Selby . 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 1 / 5 — ...... to Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Ipswich & B ury St. Edmunds 11 1 / 2 — to Do. do. and Norwich 2% — to Lancastor and Carlisle Do. New... 5 ...... 10%% to Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425....... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 225. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 22 1 / 2 331 Ditto, Branch (Blue) Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2% — ..... . to Leeds and Thirsk 17% — ...... to Ditto, New - Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ... 2% 1%..... to Liverpool and Bury London A; Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d.....~ Do. New • Do. Extension ...... to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. FLlhs London and CroydonGuaran teed 5 per Cent to London and North Western..loo ......198 1 4 to Do. Quarter Shares .. 2 ...... 22% to Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12%.,.... Do, Now Quarters...G. J. 5 Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8 London: and Greenwich... 12/.15 5 . 4d... —.to Ditto Preference lBl 17 s 2d ... ...... to London, Hounslow,&WesZern 2 . .... London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 69 x n Do.liftwcomolidatedBtlma 40 — to to Ditto New - ..... .., to -- •. Do. New .... - 18 .. .... -• 2A . 11 r• • London and York .... ....... 21,,/:• . _ .. . ....... _ 2 1 , . : 3 . .. to 0 ....."-• Ditto Half Shares - ...... ~.. London and Windsor ... I / 3 ,, ...... 1:v ...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% ...... Jo ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 ...... ...... ...... to 7 6 Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 ..... _ _. , ..... to ..... 1 . 15 ..... 16 Y 2 to Lynn aria Ely 15 ...... - ...... ~, ... Lynn and Der eham '"- . ••"'" Manchester and Leeds B2 ....• .... to ..-• Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths toto ......-- 8 V•••••• 7h ..... . .._ Ditto Sxteenttis . ....... ... 4.• , ii l, p to 425....... ! , Tl l * to ••"" Do. Extension ..... .....• .... MaDnictthoesQtearaartnedroli(lArm)ingham 40 5 ........... 72%• • • • ... . : ........ 5 ...... •w Ditto Quarters (13) . Mpanicttho, Quarters Buxton, - •••••• to .... MouldJanction Manchester,Birmi 6( n:h i a 'a mand - .......... ~ 41s. ............ 8 1 1 / 9 14 % .". ; t t : -- •• to 13 31 Manchester and Southampton 2 ...... . __ ...... , 100 .. ....133 •. to Midland ...... -- , . to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 94 •••••• , LL .... ° 2 ...... di*" .to Ditto, New Midland Nl i d l a n d . and B ir m E Eastern tandernDcoeurbnyti.e.o.loo2,_ .......... -- ••"•, .. ........ to - Midid. Great Western (Irish) 2 1 0 5 ............ T - 3 . 3% ..... to 5. Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields 25 ...... ..... 0 - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... -__ ....... to , Newmarket and Chesterfurd 5 ...... __ ...... 1 . 0 0 , ..„, Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 / 2 ...... ..... „.., to ... Newry and Enniskillen Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 159•••••• __ ...... tom Nrurfolk ..... . to .-- Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension ..... 37 A to North British - Dittoll ..... 16 ... to - Half Shares . ...... -- • .; to Ditto Fifths 33/, ..... ~, ... Do. Quarters W I ...... ~ .... 14 ' „. 5/8 ...... 1/4 ...... to Ditto, Extension Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 5 4 05 ........... ---__ ............ t w to° 5. Ditto Quarter Shares to Ditto New .i, p 0 - North Staffordshire .. . 42s. 3 N 787 s .... t. - .. . North Wales 3 l/e ••••• ...... ' L'l.orth. & South. Connecting 2 5 44• •••• ..... Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ... .. 2 ...... to - Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton .... --_ .. :.. . ... t o ....... Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1%-•••• ...... to Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre ... 25 .....• ..... to ..-• Ditto, Half Shares - Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 3L .... v.l 125.... __ ...... 1,,, - Rich 2 mond l5 ...... ..... t fr; .„ Royston and Hitchen 1N..... . ..... .... Scottish Central , 35h 1 /4 . Scottish Midland .... ........ to / Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot ....- .... to / teries, and Crewe l% ............ ,„ .... Sheffield and Manchester lOO ...... --- ...... r i ; -- Ditto 1 / 1 Shares 8 ...... --, ...... to / Do. and LincolnshireJunct l l4 ...... --- ...... `,„ .... Do. and Great Grimsby - ...... '," A / Do. do. do. Extension 425......• •"'" ...... r ,,, Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ..... "1 dio... w Shropshire Union . 425....... A to ' Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, ..... •••'" tO and S. Staffordsh. Junction 2% .• ••• .. •• 0 '''' Sligo and Shannon ...... m ~. South Devon 35 ...... ''''' ..... ."- .... South Midland 425....••• "'" .«,.. ' / South and Midlands Junction 425. ..... •••-• ...... W.... South Staffordshire Junction 2% ...... -••,/.• ..... ; South Eastern and Dover Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, N ew, No. 2 l2 ...... --- .... " 5 15 ...... --- ..... Ditto, New, No. 3 2.• Ditto New, No. 4....... s 0.... , St. Alban's, Hatfield, and ..• ~.- Hertfbrd Junction - w w ~.. Staines and Richmond 1 ...... ..." .. / .... p Staffordshire and Shropshire 2%...... --, i ...... South Wales to / Swans. and Loughor and Ca- ..... ...... to / moron's Stm. Coal ...... ... Taw Vale Extension - ...• to / Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 % ...... IL .... Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and 2 ...... lA . . tO ...... 0 / Goole 22% .....• --- ... to / Warwickshire and London 425....... .-- ',.... 0 / Warwick and Worcester 42 s . ...... --- ...... to / Waterford and Kilkenny 8 ...... '-- .... Waterford and Limerick ... - .. --- to / . Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, • and Dublin • w / Wexford, Waterford, and .0 / Valentia Waveney Valley ... 1 , ......... " ....,:.....: r ° o 5 Welsh Midland 2 1 / 2 ...... - - .., L 54 p 0 / West Riding Union West Cornwall 42s. ...... 1 m ...... 0 / 2 ...... -- ~... „.0 West London, Old Shares Wexford and Carlow 2% ...... -- .. ...... ~,`" / Wisbeach and St. hies ... 2 ...... -- , ."'" / Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 10 ...... --- . .. t o / Worcester,Warwick, Sz Rugby 425....... •••• ......... '" 0, York and Carlisle 2%...... 3 6 ... . r i , til York and Newcastle 25 .... 43 igili% " / Ditto, New ...... 5 13 173 4 %% t° / Ditto, Preference 2 ... 6% h . to , / ..... York and North Midl an d - ..... to o / Ditto, Half Shares - ..... t o / Ditto, Scarboro' Bra nc h - .. / .... Ditto, Selby to / I)itte. Extension ..,••• --"" •''' / ,•• Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding 1 0 Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .° / Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes . X''' . t° 1 ............ 0 Belgian Eastern Junction.. .. 2 1 / 2 -.- ,A,t4 . / Boulogne and Amiens l6 ..... •••••• ..... to. 1-- .... Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 ...... -... to / Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette .. ...- .... (Mackenzie's) 2 ..... to / Bordeaux. Toulouse, & C et t e .., / ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 ....• to --- .... . / ..... Calcutta & Diamond H ar b our 7 s , ...... --- .... go / Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast I ...... -- '.° ___ .• to „ Central of Spain ~, 2 ...... - ...... g o ' Ceylon - ...... d i / Demerara. - • ,- / 21,4 ...... ..,.• t o Dendre Valley 4 ...... g o / Direct Bombay and Madras 5 5 . .... ---- o h .0' t o /, Dutch Rhenish ...... 6 ...... ' A I .' p, East Indian ... .. .............. . ss. ...... - A ........ ' to •.", GreatGreat G Fa rr ee r n aa p tt olNuvnxde Western Western and atenrn l I Be a ea z nb e gal o. Peninsularu. .k.. . . . . . . . . . 3 4 55 A it so .. ................... .... •1 . . . .„ ............... ........ t o toot 0 '',/,:, Italian and Austrian - ...... t o Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ...... "'" ...0 to / Jersey 1 ...... ---• .... 0 to /' Louvain Ala Sambre ..... 6 .... -••• ••••• ti ' • • • • .. I , N.• - / Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... --- ~/ to ', Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot l /2 ...... --- ..... to Madrid and Valentia - . • / 2 ...... ~. to , Mauritius Namur and Liege... .... Nn. of F rance Constituted North Jamaica Orleans Orleans andan d BordeauxVi e rzon .....". .... ......... t t 0 :',' • •• ... .....„ . to / Over Yssel • 413 s 4d...• - - A s/4‘.° to / Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ...... ''''' ...... to , Paris and Orleans... ...- , . 20 ...... ~.• 0 ..- • / Paris and Rouen... Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 ...... ........-- ..... : t o / Rouen and Havre 2O ...... 4 . 7‘ 5j,. to , Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 .......... • 0 / St. Laurence and Atlantic - ...... / Tours & Na n t es C onst i tuted 5 ...... •-•"* 1 0 / Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, ...„ .o° . to / ,-,- and Hasselt,... o tO Trinidad.. ........ ......... 2% ...... --- ..... ...„. West Flanders 6 / ...... 0 / JOINT STOCK BAN S. ,••••, tO 40 . •••. „,. Australasia - . . ... ..to / British North American ~. • „. ..- ." to , Colonial 25 ...... ... to Commercial of London .. to / London and Westminster 2O ...... - ...". to ./ National Provincial of Engld 35 ...... •••'' t• / National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland ......... : t iD O Union of Australi a Union of London ........ - 4 .. / -- ...... i P MINES. ... „004./ ~ Real del Monte, Unregist ere d - ..... O' 0 S c o so COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- - k „...'' ,... 0 ~.• 5 6 / Amsterdam .... ..C.F. 12 6 Gibralta r '• ..,• •• • 0.: „.• Ditto, at sight • ..... 12 3 LeglOr n ••:.•• • • • ~ •• • / Rotterdam .... •• 2U. 12 €l4 Genoa •• •:.. „•• :,••• ii i Antwerp ........ .... 26 5 Milan •• ' ,• ••• •••• 1 1 4 tLimburgh .... • • M.B. 13 13 Veniee• •• • ...•••:„.• li,, L A1t0na............„ „ Naples • • * r oic.• • ...• PZ Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 85 Palermo. P e . .., •• •.;,..: 0 / 7 Ditto, 3 months ...... 26 10 Lisbon• •• • .... • • .• . / Marseilles . 26 5 Oporto ' ' 80urdeaux......... .. 26 5 Rio Janeiro / 5 Frankfort on Maine.... 12234 Bahia 2:.yreS ,•• ' , tile of' Petersburgh, 3Us .... .. Buenos_,„ at cle ,- ,•_•,• 0; t Berlin .... ...... ...... New nl its .• •j 0,1073 1 0 0, Vienna, effee.flo ••.. •• 10 9 Philade P of it _,,,. 0 , 10? ' ,aws ~ fo bs. - , • Trieste, ditto .......... 10 9 Madrid ........., „ „ 33% Foreigl i l d o° oo l" id C° ll I . .. . j il 1 1 0 Cadiz • • ... : ........ 36 P°rtgg Dolla rs . 0:1/ •• 0 Bilbao .. .... ~„ „ „ „ New ü bloa ~• Barcelona •• •• . • Spanishl)o_, .... , 5evine.............. - Sneer in I,ll' tO • nr --a--_ P I S N G. - ~, "E. te.1;114 LONDON, Nov. 7.—Wind this days t nuv ino cle_. ll c t slv _ DEAL, Nov. 6.—Wind E.S.E. - j ot' '7,ofr a l, B Sl o i l s t r o ll% D M a a l l i l s e o t, n; C; i y a l d o r n as ; ; aHrordp.ewferrgtobs.secsstr. l i e s ai i elia: 001 R M io a o r l y j : Fa A nße n ßi n rioo l- . lenderson, Ewan, Cape Cess' s°l" s i Hibbert, Calcutta. OFF DOVER, Nov 6. —Wind S.S.E.-- ---1°1141113* 1 ,0 VI" HTON.—V . iCtOri3 Lima. q E Si a • 0 f poßTsmourn '• d S • - - ''..- - • , Nov. 6.—Wind • • gri% tO Hoake, New Orleans. Rober ti, g tit y W ili tile ti J CowEs.—Arrd. Havannah packet, onli e l f 'rd - ar, OFF DARTMOUTIL—Arrd. John WW I, 0 ,....- , • - , V io v William, Ai poo L owry, F t yr r i a zo y l Lzvzlu . ooL, Nov. 6. Wind S., rn oderfialibilorri ; so Jenkinson, Africa; Garrow, Davies, 01d.,,091 1 ' O'SIO Bliss, Baltimore; Virginian Parsons, •'7,". soll Wrf a m a ; A n ß t D e m . ys Bromham, Barret, Prince Edward Islarlejejetifiod P e Zante. Sld. Ton: Moore, a maica ; fro, Dyson, Harrison , Montre Elisabeth P v. °UM—Wind S.Vir.••-•Arra. u N T e t w i.—Sid. Carrier, Ridley, 14.eftilr°Diteittl?li _.l)tev•C°:fis FALMOUTH.—Arrd. Fortescue, Pell a ,' 0 , Po - slire Trade, Hutchinson, Taganro,, SRL. St' t i e il vide° ; f 9 0 1 0 5 OFF FALMOUTlL—WilheiNlintip ) 3 A °ll-- °. 0 Oe liji 'tb e g il ° Newby, Rio Grande. Grac e s 0 3 lli d el DIARY PORT, Nov. 6.—The gartha , dragg grcs i e Ao o, lin, which sailed hence yesterday, w— har hoe r ' of t - ~ tide on shore to the northward of the _ ;zig dil l 4 orrj high water, and remains; the cargo TO ",':, 703C1 I t ilit"_;4 r HARWICH, Nov. 6.—The Lavinia, , ssau a dt r i from Seaham, got ashore on the ShiPlr'creir ." ing ' and is expected to becomo a Yaw" @tom paved. LLOYD'S SHIPPI