The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-31 00:00:00

Val SIRES BY PUBLIC SALE. TAND il Y r E 411146, %MI A S °ND An ' ction Si rs beglag thank their tkl) their continued support and patronage. and , ce Public Sales of Railway Shares, &C., I'll . " yore y and FRIDAY, at One o'clock , at the • COganersa, eadlo-etreet, London, to which p lace, 411 - astructious (with a reference), are respectfully to . • • dressed. Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day reelouis to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the Witt post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instmctions. Offices. Ilan of Commerce, Threadneedle -street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. 15orraal ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof , M r. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes ; Arline, Miss Ralnforth. Aber wkich will be produced Auber's popular Ballet Opera, called THE MAID OF C ASHMERE. The principal characters will be supported by Messrs. Rafter, Weiss, Horncastle, Jones, Hodges ; Mdlle. Anita Dubignon, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mdlle. Adele Benart, Miss ,Dissent, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. jULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. M. TULLIEN has the honour to state that his Annual Series of Concerts commenced on Friday, Oct. 30th, and will be continued FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. M. JULLIEN has great regret in announcing that he is Impera tively called upon to terminate this Series of Concerts at a period so unusually early, but the new Proprietors of the Theatre, having stipu lated for possession of the premises on Tuesday, December Ist, in order to commence the demolition and rebuilding of the interior, for their grand Italian Opera, M. JULLIEN has no alternative. The last Concert will, therefore, most positively take place on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28Tri. Notwithstanding, however, the shortness of the Season, M. JULLIEN has determined to present to his patrons every possible attraction, and has made such arrangements as will afford them Four Weeks of Unrivalled Musical Entertainment. During the recess he has composed a new Grand Descriptive Military Quadrille, to be entitled, " THE BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE," and intended as a companion to " The British Navy," which was last winter honoured with such distinguished approbation. In order to render complete the Grand and Novel Effects intro duced In this Piece of Music, M. JULLIEN has (by the kind coade scension of the Military Authorities) succeeded in engaging, (entirely in addition to his own complete and numerous Orchestra), FOUR DISTINCT MILITARY BANDS, viz.: The Band of HER MAJESTY'S 2nd LIFE GUARDS, under the direction of Mr. WAETZIG (by the kind permission of Colonel _ WILLIAMS) : The Band of HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL HORSE GUARDS, BLUE, under the direction of Mr. TUTTON (by the kind permission of Colonel SMITH) : The Band of HER MAJESTY'S GRENADIER GUARDS, under the direction of Mr. SCHOTT (by the kind permission of Colonel HOME) : and The Band of HER MAJESTY'S COLDSTREAM GUARDS, under the direction of Mr. GODFREY (by the kind permission of Colonel SHAPE). These tour Grand Military Bands will, during the progress of the Quadrille, be combined with the Concert Orchestra, and form a Musical Ensemble at once novel and extraordinary. The whole conducted by M. JULLIEN. The immensely increased expense incurred by the above arrange ments is evident. The Prices of Admission will, however, remain as formerly; Y. JULLIEN (having considerably enlarged the space allotted to the Promenade) intending to trust for his remuneration to an increased number of Visitors, rather than to an augmentation in the prices of admission. Prices of Admission, 2s. 6d. Dress Circle •• • • Promenade and Boxes • • • • • • • • Private Boxes, 103. 6d., 11. Is., and 1/. I Is. 6d. Places and Private Boxes may be secured on application to Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-office of the Theatre ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bord• street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street ; and at M. Jullien and Co.'s Musical Establishment, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the 3lanagement of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will He performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Eaohleigh, Mr: Hudson ; Mr. De were, Mr. Holl ; Mr. BreitOloa, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Hardman. Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. We Tem Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. *lover ; Gelolington. Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Hareem ; Miner 'Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Illlila Remote. Attar whist' a New Comedy, in three acte, entitled QUEEN ItliirAit. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, nucleon, Howe, Brhdal, Braid ; Miss Fortescuc, Miss Telbin, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " Les Mouaquetaires de la Roble," and " Lestocq ;" the " Brunow Polka ;" the "Cornet a Piston" (Aria) ; and " Rococo" (Valzer.) To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Hull; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. 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. "MRS. HARRIS" WILL APPEAR EVERY EVENING. 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 ; Biliary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. After which, a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH ? Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, and Miss Turner. To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled BOOTS AT THE SWAN. In which Messrs. F. Vining, H. Butler, Collier, Keeley, and Miss Daly will perform. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE_ THIS EVENING Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA. CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul Redford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard • Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Claircille, Madame Celeste. After which will be produced MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT • a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters by Messrs. eullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called THE JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, - Wright, Redmond Ryan, Selby, Waye, Mitchenson, &c. ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Ellen Chaplin, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c. To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled DID YOU 'EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honey bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Georgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Homier, Peron, Ike. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR THE BEST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; Parchment, Mr. Smith; Isaac, Mr. Limner ; Clara, Miss Honner. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Roxby, Compton, Harris ; Mrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, :ti EIV WORK', BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS." Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo. CIE SAR , BOR:GIA AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Sy the Author of " Whitefrlars." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborongh-street. T HE LONDON and PROVINCIAL MEDI CAL DIRECTORIES FOR 1847. NOTICE TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Circular Forms have now been posted to every known qualified Medical Practitioner in England and Wales. Any gentleman who, from having recently embarkeol in practice, or from change of resi dence, may not have received one, is requested to apply to the Editors, care of Mr. Churchill, Princes-street, Soho ; and return it by post without delay. MR. BURKE'S _HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY IS NOW COMPLETED. In 2 royal Bvo. volumes, price 21. 10s. bound. Orders received by all Booksellers. N.B. Purchasers of single Parts or Volumes are advised to complete their sets immediately, as they will only be sold separately for a short time. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE GREAT OYER OF POISONING. Now ready, in one vol. Bvo., with Portraits. THE TRIAL of the EARL and COUNTESS of SOMERSET for the MURDER of Sir THOMAS OYER BURY, in the Tower of London, and various matters connected therewith from contemporary MSS. By ANDREW AMOS, Esq., Late Member of the Supreme Council of India. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing Beason 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 Periet, who will appear fir 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 appeal' in succession during the season :—Monsieur Periet, Mademoiselle fsrohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarissa, Mondsar Lafont, 'Mademoiselle Fargueil (her first appear ance in this aountry), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre du Palais Neal, his trot appearance), Mademoiselle Duverger, of the - 111.14tre di Palate Royal, her first appearance), adematintlo /ILO Vallee (of the Theatre du Gymnase, her first appearasoe). akluisolselle Rose Cheri (of the Theatre du Gymnase), whom performances Mot year were so eminently successful, and during ortose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of Cieele.RlSel.S. lURL,OWE, now performing in Paris with extraor dinary success, sod also a new Play, written expressly for Mademoi selle Rose Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe ; Monsieur Replier (of the Theatre Francais), Mademoiselle Denain (also of the Theatre Francais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, M. Bohm (his first appearance since 1843) ; in 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 perform, for the first time, the cha racter of Celimene, in Molidre'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 arrangement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. Application for Season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 31. TJERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest. 51 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 30 16 —WIND N.N.W., hazy. lIIGU Wa'l'.Elt AT LoNDOI4.-11111DGE TIII6 DAY. Morning .. 4 minutes after 11.1 Evening .. 33 minutes after 11. Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Popping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Young Fashion, Mr. G. Bolton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jones; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthia, Miss Charles; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After wnlch, a grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU SICAL MELANGE. To conclude with THE REVIEW. Caleb Quotem, Mr. J. Cowell. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of JANE SHORE. Lord Hastings, Mr. Cooper ; Duke of Glo'eter, Mr. Fredericka ; Earl of Derby, Mr. Hawkins ; Dumont, Mr. Saville ; Belmour, Mr. Pelham ; Ratcliffe, Mr. Thomas ; Catesby, Mr. Tyndall ; Jane Shore, Mrs. C. Gill ; Alicia, Mrs. Tetuan. = After which, Mr. Buckatone's Musical Farce of MISCHIEF MAKING. Henry, Mr. Pelham ; Nicholas Dovetail, Mr. H. Webb ; Naanette, Miss Terry. To conclude with the Drama of THE BRIGAND. In Which Messrs. Neville, Lewis, Saville, Pelham ; Mrs. Saville, Miss Rich ardson, &c., will perform. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'i ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. _ Patronised by her MOst Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Continued success of Herr Amodio Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, with feats of strength on glass bottles. The Champion Vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and Lee, will execute TH twenty EVESING, thirty, and forty somersaults. IS Will be produced the grand Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEPPA or, The Wild Horse. Suppo rted b y the principal dramatic talent of the Company. After which, new SCENES of the CIRCLE. In which the Bri tish and Foreign Artistes will appear. To conclude with the WASHERWOMAN OF ST. REMY. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has formed an expensive engagement with STATTMAISTER HEI'S BRECHT, from Berlin, with his four highly-trained Horses. This foreign Artiste, having arrived in London, will appear for the first time in England in a few days, in his new and peculiar exercise Of equitation with those highly-trained Steeds. Box-ofilee open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. SINGULAR METAMORPHOSIS.—There is now in the possession of Mr. W. Barr, cowfeeder, Cook-street, '.rradeston, Glasgow, a beautiful white hen, two years old, which till a recent date was as black as a crow.—Edin burgh Weekly Register. NEW COIN.—FIVE- SOVEREIGN PIECES.—Some five-sous • • • ieces have lately been struck at the Royal Mint, b 7 you, the senior medallist, and though as yet bid ands of a few of the authorities, and not consequeetlylo public circulation, they stand as portion of the cou emit realm, but whether they will be called out for •- Ws immediately or otherwise, the Go vernailliNt litkin not decided. This gold piece is con sider** not only by Mr. Wynn, but all the eminent per sons who Wllk. it, to be the most perfect of coins, to use the terms of an eminent artist. In point of size it bears resemblance to a crown-piece, but otherwise, irre spective of value, it is much neater in detail. The ob -.don of her Majesty, and the blajeity as Una, as so beau .nser, guarded by the lion holding the sceptre. It may the public who must for some absence of the figure of St. .wn-pieces, that such emblem wed. vision of every intelligent mind, and the solace of every :sympathising nature ; when the violation of public peace is threatened, and the rights of property are no longer acknowledged by the starving and destitute, it is at that moment more especially than at any other that the prorogation of the Imperial Parliament is mo3t advisable, it is at that moment that the distri bution of its elected and hereditary Members among their indigent fellow-countrymen is most wise and most beneficent. The present Administration has regarded matters as altogether superior to the interests of individual statesmen. It has endeavoured to combat with the infinite difficulties of this period, and it has striven so to do not by yielding to a specious and clamorous panic, but by modulating its conduct to the absolute necessities of the times. The. mind of the statesman can be imbued with no more valuable principle than that of interfering as little as possible with the people in the management of their own affairs ; and the value of this political precept has never been more satisfactorily proved than when it has been deviated from in matters affect ing the trade and commerce of the country. There is no rule without an exception, and the circum stances should be extraordinary indeed to warrant a departure from established usage in reference to mercantile operations. Moreover, not only should the circumstances be almost startling in their novelty to justify the interposition of the Executive, but, unless the means for effectu ating the interference be selected with the greatest judgment, and prosecuted with the utmost circum spection, public embarrassment of an extensive and deplorable character would be the inevitable conse quence. Last year the Government had the earliest and most authentic information of the partial and generally menaced failure of the potato crop. With a laudable regard for protecting the Irish as much as possible against the horrors of famine, the Adminis tration pursued their inquiries with incessant anxiety. Sir R. PEEL proved himself equal to the crisis. The Government completed large and secret purchases of Indian meal, which happily reached our shores at the very time when actual starvation stared thousands of the Irish in the face. The admirable manner and the bene volent spirit which governed this proceeding of the Executive, drew forth the warmest eulogium from men of every political shade ; because, independently of the seasonable relief it afforded at a moment when the greatest alarm had stricken Ireland to her very heart, the legitimate operations of trade suffered no derangement, in consequence of the secret and ener getic raode in which the charitable foresight of the responsible advisers of the Crown were carried out. But Ole circumstances of the present year are essen tially different from what they were a twelvemonth back. What Sir ROBERT PEEL did then, and with such eminent success, Lord JOHN RUSSELL could snot do now without producing the greatest mischief. The awful visitation upon the chief article of food to the Irish was then novel and unexpected ; it has now become notorious, and the healthy cultiva tion of the potato can no longer be relied upon. Go vernments cannot constitute tthemselves the general and permanent purveyors of the people. Such is not, and never ought to be, considered their province. The law of self-preservation, evoked by the great warning of nature herself, prompts us now to resort to other means than those which the agriculturists of Ireland have unfortunately of late years so exten sively encouraged, for guarding ourselves against the recurrence of the cumulative disaster that has over taken us, and especially on the other side of St. George's Channel. And this brings us to the letter which has been written by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the Duke of LEINSTER on the state of Ireland. The letter is addressed to his Grace as the head of the Royal Agricultural Society. It is peculiarly well-timed—is fraught with wholesome and states manlike instruction, and is well calculated to put down extravagant expectations. It seems to convey a mild rebuke to the Irish landlords, and should con vince them that they have looked to the Government to perform what it was not only unreasonable in them to surmise they would do, but what it is really impossible for any Government to accomplish. After Lamenting that the landed proprietary should have taken a wrong view of the Labour-rate Act, by sup posing that public works alone would offer the readiest means of diminishing the difficulties of a starving and unemployed population—the intention of the Legislature having been, that such were only to be undertaken to employ surplus labour after the owners of the soil had commenced drainage and other improvements on their own account,—Lord Joni( ex presses his sorrow that, in several parts of Ireland, calls are made upon the Government to perform tasks which are beyond the power, and apart from the duties, of Government : " For instance, it seems to be expected that we should not only pay at an unusual rate of wages, but that we should maintain, in this time of scarcity, the usual price of food. A moment's thought will show that this is im possible. A smaller quantity of food is to be divided among the same number of human beings. It must be scarcer—it must be dearer. Any attempt to feed one class of the people of the United Kingdom by the Go vernment would, if successful, starve another part— would feed the producers of potatoes, which had failed, by starving the producers of wheat, barley, and oats, which had not failed. All that we have undertaken with regard to food, therefore, is to endeavour to create a pro vision trade, at fair mercantile prices, where no provision trade has hitherto existed, and where, without assistance, none might be willing to undertake a new and unpopular occupation." Here we perceive the Minister wisely solicitous against interfering with the merchant ; but he tells the agricultural body that individual and social exer tions may do what the Government cannot ; that they can, through committees of their own, supply shops with flour at a fair price, to be disposed of at a mode rate profit; and that this has been done in Scotland, where the potato calamity has been keenly felt. Even this Lord JOHN admits is inconvenient with respect to the market price of food, and is evidently only recon ciled to it upon the ground that under existing circumstances " the good overbalances the evil." His Lordship exhorts them to rely on their own energies, to be judiciously exerted in their several localities, and well observes, that "the interference of the State deadens private energy, prevents fore thought, and, after superseding all other exertion, finds itself at last unequal to the gigantic task it has undertaken." The Irish must help themselves, and we do not distrust the great holders of their land ultimately discharging the momentous duties that have devolved upon them to the admira tion of the present and future generations. They are, as yet, staggering beneath the heavy affliction that has covered the land, and much allowance must be made for the natural dismay that has overtaken them. Let them but only do all that can be fairly expected from them, and England, as heretofore, will not be found want. ing to give Ireland every assistance to carry her through the dreaded ordeal. But, as the Premier writes, " unless: all classes co•operate, and meet the infliction of PROVIDENCE with fortitude and energy, the loss of the potato will only aggravate the woes and sufferings of Ireland." The vast importance of the subject introduced by Mr. JAMES STEWART in his "Address to the Mem bers of Agricultural Societies and others interested in Land," which appeared in The Sun of the 23d inst., has, as might reasonably have been expected, excited much attention. Many communications have sinee appeared from time to time in the public press in reference thereto, in one of which the character and acquirements of Mr. STEWART as a legal practitioner have been most gratuitously and wantonly assailed by a gentleman of his own profession, who dates from Lincoln's Inn, and signs himself " A Conveyancer." Any person who puts himself prominently forward for the amelioration of abuses, who proposes great and comprehensive measures of reform, by which the intererts or prejudices of any class may be affected or offended, may make himself perfectly certain that he will be exposed to the most virulent attacks on every pos sible point. It requires no small amount of moral courage, and an anxious desire for the public welfare, to induce any gentleman to come prominently before the public, and thus to invite a criticism, not merely on the pro positions he thus enunciates, but also on his motives and general character, however foreign the intro duction of the latter topics may be to the abstract question. Mr. STEWART, however, appears to have anticipated the consequences, and to have fully made up his mind to this result in his second letter, which appeared .I s' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1846 simultaneously with that of " The Conveyancer: , He says— " Remember that in proposing great changes I am affecting not only the interests of many thousands of persons, but those of the most le a r ne d an d th e mos t subtle of men. Remember that my proposals must not only be proof against all that ingenuity, experience, and knowledge can suggest, but they are also exposed to all that malice can invent—all that jealousy can in spire. Remember that it has usually been the fate of those who have advanced truths opposed to the seeming interests of particular classes to have the fire which can not be effectually directed against their measures turned on themselves. Remember that this may possibly happen in the present case. Neither must I forget that persons who have proposed reforms as great and as useful as I believe those which I propose to be, have struggled all their lives to establish them, and have passed their whole existence under the shade of calumny. This may pos sibly be my own fate, although so far I have no reason to fear it. But he who ventures to lead an assault must take his chance of being thrown down ; and it is over his body that others mount to the breach which he has made, and thus obtain the victory." And he deprecates the attack of those who believe that their own interests are bound up in the present system, and with great justice inquires as to what could possibly influence him to injure the profession of which he is an eminent member. He asks— " What motive can 1 have in urging a measure in jurious to my own branch of the profession ? If there be poison in the cup which I ask my brethren to drink, I myself must suffer from its contents. Let us, then, approach this inquiry with calm and unprejudiced minds, and I am sanguine enough to hope that all classes will be benefited by it, an d t h e l egal profession am ong others." This is a pertinent interrogatory, and one which it will be hard for his assailants to answer. Mr. STEWART, however, may rest contented; his reputa tion has been too firmly established to suffer from anonymous attacks. It is a sound rule, that may in the great majority of instances be fully relied on, by which a person, wholly ignorant of the subject-matter of dispute, may know that the person who gets angry, and descends to personalities and the free use of in vectives, while his opponent remains cool and collected, has the wrong side of the question to argue. It is an easy substitute for reason and argument, which few well-disposed persons will condescend to use until wholly defeated by the weapons of truth and justice. We shall not say anything of the good taste or gentlemanly feeling of the man who shoots his poisoned arrows at a rival practitioner from under a mask. d'etat which has just been attempted in Portugal by one . of the old satellites of Radicalism, Marshal Saldanha. The Queen is playing a part that may cost her her crown. The National even thinks that it may cost still dearer to this imprudent princess. We trust, however, that in this latter respect the National and its corre spondent may be mistaken, and that the Portuguese will not, whatever may happen, sully themselves with a useless and absurd crime. A country which changes its constitution nearly every year, and which does nothing but float between coups d'etat of the club and coups d'ltat of the palace, has no right to show itself so rigorous. As for us, we have already said, it is impossible for us to see our way in this labyrinth of intrigues and revo lutions, which are called in Portugal the constitutional monarchy. A few months back a minister who appeared to be deficient neither in ability nor energy, Costa Cabral, an old clubbist, was overthrown by a riot. Matters went on neither much better nor much worse in consequence. The fall of Costa Cabral brought to Portugal neither a liberty the more, nor did it prevent the treasury from remain ing empty as usual. Is it to fill it that the Queen, aided by Marshal Saldanha, has thonght fit to strike s coup d'etat, and add another revolution to so many preceding ones? Such a mode rarely succeeds; it appears des tined this time also to have a miserable result, and we shall not be sorry for it. We do not like these pre tended strokes of authority, which always have the pre text of strengthening liberty, but which commence by suspending all kinds of liberty and all kinds of right. A suspended constitution is a destroyed one. The li berty of the press and the liberty of the subject no longer exist in Portugal; that is perfectly clear to us in the coup d'etat of Lisbon, and it is on that account that from tLe first moment, notwithstanding the magnificent promises consigned in the proclamations and decrees of the Queen, we greeted with the most profound distrust this kind of counter-party of Radical revolutions. We need not add that it is absurd to impute to the French Government the slightest part in the imbroglio of Lisbon." Orders have been given to the French troops sta tioned on the Swiss frontier to withdraw, so that in all probability there will be no French intervention in the affairs of Switzerland. Does it, however, require any knowledge of legal technicalites or legal subtleties to understand fully how loud is the demand for some change by which, as Mr. STEWART most happily terms it, " a free trade in land itself " may be obtained. There is an imperative necessity for the adoption of some means by which land can be acquired or disposed of, or changed with the repayment of a sum of money, more easily and at a more moderate expense than is at present the case. The very best security that could by a possibility be offered would be the real property of the country, if facilities were given for its transfer or disposal. How important would it be to the owners of the soil, if they could readily obtain a sum sufficient to enable them to carry out improvements beneficial to them selves and properties, but which, from the enormous expense attendant on a transfer of that description of property, either by way of mortgage or absolute sale, which in nine cases out of ten acts as an absolute prohibition to the small vendor or purchaser, bor rower or lender, they are unable to obtain, except by having recourse to a ruinous system of bill dis counting, that must be carried on through the most objectionable channels—as by a very proper rule of the banks, they are excluded from the accommodation which is only afforded to the legitimate operations of trade. The effect of this restriction is most injurious to the landowners them selves; and yet it is supported and sustained by a certain class. And why? because it tends to the aggrandisement of great houses ; it leads to the ac cumulation of the landed property of the country in fewer hands; it effectually prevents the small capi talist from investing the money for which, in a few years, he may again have occasion, in the purchase of land ; or the retired tradesman from thus disposing of the savings of his industry, if, after his death, he should wish them distributed amongst several chil dren or other relatives. Besides, a class, of all others the most desirable for the country to obtain—a body of independent yeomanry, or small landowners, is thereby prevented from starting into existence. Why is it that such persons, who are so numerous in other countries, and who form so valuable a portion of the communities they in habit, are so few in this country ? The answer is plain. From the legal expenses of the transfer, and the uncertainties of the title, the remedies for the mischiefwould appear to b e , th ere f ore , th e diminu tionofthe expenses and the simplifying the nature of the title, so as to afford greater security to the purchaser in the property he has acquired. Many say this cannot be safely done ; that any attempt to tamper with or alter the laws relating to real pro perty, will be productive of greater mishief than the evils it is intended to counteract. We must, how ever, be permitted to doubt this assertion. We see that it has been done in other countries:; we see it i n France and Belgium, a n d we cannot conceive what is in this ki ng d om to render that impossible in England whi c h h as th ere there been so easily attained. The p o i n t i s receiving a f u ll a n d a competent and di s i n t ereste d i nqu i ry. isnagll assuredly that Mr. STEWART at p resent as k s f or—he worthy of mdsTeolloaersastcth is put forward the details by which he pro poses to effect the ameliorations he speaks of, but he professes himself to be ready to do so at the proper time. We doubt not his will, or his ability ;we feel that should he succeed in the herculean task he has taken upon himself he will deserve well of his coun try, and we fee l assured th at a fair field at least will be afforded to h im, that th e irresistible voice of public opinion will demand the full es t i nqu i ry and investi gation. Letters from Trebisonde of the 20th of September throughout all th e T artar villages of state that the chole r a has passed the line of the R us • sian quarantine on the bord ers of the Caspian Sea, andthe d is districts ragingcts of Salgau and Leuk eran. The sanatory state of all the tow ns we st of the Caspian, fr om Bakou to Astrachan , is reported to be very un favourable. i ___ Madrid papers of the 23d have been received. The Heraldo, under the head of " Portuguese In telligence," contradicts the report in circulation, that Queen DONNA MARIA had abdicated. It states also that the Count DE VINIIAIES, at the head of 3,000 men, had marched from Braganza against Oporto. The Heraldo declares that if DONNA MARIA should demand assistance of the Spanish Cabinet it would not be withheld ; but as this was written before the determination of M. GUIZOT was known in Madrid, we are inclined to pay but little attention to the an nouncement; by this time the Spanish Government and Count BRESSON have received their orders from Paris, and the Heraldo has no doubt altered its tone ac cordingly. According to the Tiempo, the note pre= rented to Senor ISTURITZ by Baron RENDUFFE, the Portuguese Minister, invited the Spanish Govern ment to march troops to the frontier to overawe the insurgents, but besought them not to interfere. MADRID BOLA, Ccr. 23.—The Three per Cents. were at 34% for cash ; the F o ur per Cents. at 21%; the Eye per Ce n t s. at 21IA • the Debt without Interest at 6 3 / 4 ; and the Coupons, 20. We have rece i ved the Par i s papers o f Th urs d ay . Whether th e recept i on w hi c h the French Princes met with i n M adr i d has opene d th e eyes o f M. GUIZOT, as to the real sentiments of the inhabitants of the Peninsula, with regard to French meddling, or whether, having accomplished the Montpensier mar riage, he deems it politic to give time for matters to settle down peaceably before attempt i ng a f ur th er ex tension of F rench influence, is not very ap p aren t but it is v ery apparent from the following article in the DBats, that Count BRESSON has either misu n d erstood or exceede d hi s i ns tructions. There can b e no doubt but the coup d'etat in Por tugal, and the promised Spanish intervention in favour of the Portuguese Polignacs were arranged in Madrid between Count BEESSON, COSTA CABRAL, and GONZALES BRAVO some time since. This intrigue is now disavowed by the French Government, an djudg ing from the following article, there will be no armed foreign intervention in the affairs of Portugal, for it absurd to imagine that Spain will interfere without the approbation of M. GuizoT. The Journal des Debuts says:— " We take but little interest in the destiny of the coup The National thus replies to the article in the Presse, advocating a triple alliance against England, which we quoted yesterday : " A great noise has lately been made about a pompous article'in an obscure Review, announcing a new era in the Cabinet of October 29. M. Guizot was said to be about to obtain the presidency of the Council, and we were to see wonders. Many simple people like ourselves believe that the Ministry had already gone a great way in the paths of shame and reaction! It appears, however, that we were all mistaken, for we are told that M. Guizot was not master of his movements, being stopped in the direction he wished to take by breaches of discipline, by evil tendencies, and false prejudices. M. Guizot has overcome all these impediments; portfolios are to be Oven to his personal friends, and the springs of go vernment which played so easily in unworthy hands are to be re-tempered in the furnace of the great Minister and receive an extraordinary elasticity and vigour. M. G uizot, who has had the honour of inaugu rating it, is about to place it on a durable foundation. After this magnificent prologue, we expected to see the curtain rise, but the curtain still remains down—the Moniteur continues to be mute. M. Guizot is not yet President of the Council, the other Ministers with un worthy hands still keep their portfolios. We were hoping that, on the eve of the seventh anniversary, a new era would be opened. The Moniteur is like the dealer of many customers—it opens shop late and keeps all waiting. Is it put off till to-morrow? Let a decision be come to. The joys of M. Guizot are sweet to us, and we are as impatient for him as for ourselves. The important thing to be known is whether the immu table policy is in a state of repentance and about to contradict itself. This it is which continues to puzzle us. The system, in fact, has two interpretations. The first, in spt-aking of England and her alliance, says:— We think in this respect as we have always thought.' Now it has always thought that without the English alliance the system must decay ; therefore it is still for the English alliance. Very good! But the second in terpretation gives quite a different notion. It says : This alliance would place France in the wake of Eng land. No one in France, neither King nor Ministers, can entertain any allusion as to the impossibility of ever establishing a cordial and sincere alliance between France and England. France is convinced that she must return to her natural alliances with the states of the Continent.' This, then, is the absolute negation of all entente cordiale. But this is not enough. England must fall, and this power can fall only under the triple alliance, which will one day be formed to combat against her between her three natural enemies —France, Russia, and the United States.' Such is the opinion of the second interpreta tion. It is candid, openly hostile, and if we do not perfectly accord with it as to the means, the object is agreeable to us. But which of these two policies is now that of the system? The first or the second? Is M. Guizot, who has had the honour of inaugurating the first, going to place the second on indissoluble founda tions? This ought to be explained, for the public is curious to know and has a right to be informed. We have been English during sixteen years to a shameful degree. Are we now to become madly Russian? Is M. Guizot, the enemy of Mr. Polk, M. Guizot, the in ventor of the famous American equilibrium, M. Guizot, the author of half of the ridiculous intrigues in the affair of the Texas, about to open his arms to Mr. Polk, to proclaim the glory of the vagabond people, and lend his hand to the conquest of California? Oh dear! Let this be said, and then let us be allowed the pleasant pas time of laughing a great deal without becoming too proud!" The Duke and Duchess DE MONTPENSIER left Bayonne for Pau on Wednesday. The price of wheat is increasing everywhere throughout France. In the Paris market on Wed nesday the price rose If. for every hectolitre and a half. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 82f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 90c.; the Or leans Railroad Shares, 1,250 f ; Rouen, 917 f. 50c.; Havre, 702 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 6871. 50c.; Avignon, 890 f. ; Vierzon, 582 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 5421. 50c.; Fampoux, 405 f.; Dieppe, 360 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 492 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 501 f. 25c. ' • Paris and Lyons, 5161. 25c.; Lyons and ; Avignon, 495 f. Bordeaux and Cette, 477 f. 50c.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 33%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 30. Dutch Rhenish, 5 1 ,4—Great Western Canada, —Louvain ala Sambre, l N—Luxembourg, 1 1 ,4 —Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France Constituted, 11%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris and Rouen, 36 1 %—Rouen and Havre, 26 —Sambre and Meuse, 47 —West Flanders, 3. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, FRIDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, T.Y.C. Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs—Flattery, 4 yrs—Taurina, 3 yrs— Infringe, 2 yrs—Marmillo, 2 yrs—f by Theon, d by Wanton, 2 yrs—Agnes, 2 yrs—Millwood, 2 yrs—Ellen Horne 2 yrs —Condu Maze, 2 yrs—Circassian Maid, 2 yrs—and Horne, Pepper, 2 yrs. The Houghton Handicap of 15 sovs. each. T.Y.C. Sting, 3 yrs, Sat 91b—Prior of St. Margaret's, (Sis. to Jo anna colt) 3 yrs, 7st 91b—Young Lochinvar, 6 yrs, 7st 91b— Wilderness, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—African, aged, 7st 61b—Best Bower, 5 yrs, 7st Gib—Cherry, 3 yrs, 6st 131b—Collingwood, 3 yrs, Est 111b—Terrier, 3yrs, Est 41b—Glory, 3 yrs, Est 41b Hydrangea, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Elinea, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Alexa, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Prospect, 3 yrs, Sat 91b. Sweepstakes, of 5 sovs. each. Ab.M. Lucille, 5 yrs—Killi Kranki, 3 yrs—Deerchase, 3 yrs— Needle, 3 yrs—f by Euclid, out of Victoire, 2 yrs—Little Julia, 2 yrs—Pocket Venus, 2 yrs—His Serene Highness, 2 yrs—Bendigo, 2 yrs—Mouseling, 2 yrs—Restless, 2 yrs— Bedouin, 2 yrs. DERBY BETTING. 7to 1 agst Von Tromp Ilsto 1 agst Planet 15 to 1 agst Epirote (t) TE WKESBURY FACES.—FRIDAY. The Ham Sa .-- kesJ16;;;;:e;i1, with 20 added; three yrs old, 7st 31b; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 101 b; six and aged, 9st 51b; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Raworth's Idolater, 4 yrs (Bradley) 1 3 1 Mr. Parr's The Attorney, 4 yrs Mr. Holloway's Old George, 5 yrs .. 4 2 3 Mr. Stallard's The Leg, 5 yrs 3 dr. A Selling Stakes, of 3 sovs, each, with 15 added; three yrs, 7st 81b ; four, Bst ; five, Sst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Stagg's Hector, 4 yrs (T. Jones) 1 1 Mr. Davenport's Florine, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. Webb's Astonishment, 4 yrs 2 0 Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; three yrs old, 7st. ; four, Bst 21b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 150 soya. Heats, once round and a die. Mr. Evan's Redstreak, by Tipple Cider, 4 yrs (Arthur) 1 1 Mr. Waring's Rosa, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Moore's Conservative (h b), 4 yrs A Hurdle Stake of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; three yrs old, fist 71b ; four, 9st 101 b ; five, lOst 121 h • six and aged, 12st ; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs., if demanded. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Devonport's Fl,rine, 4 yrs Mr. Luke's Union Jack, 3 yrs 2 1 2 THE WHEAT CROP of SOUTHERN RUSSIA. ODESSA, SEPT. 18.—Whilst a part of Europe is menaced with famine, all accounts from Podolia and the Ukraine are unanimous in announcing that the wheat crop of this year is one of the most abundant that ever was recollected. The letters from the other parts of the vast Russian empire are likewise favourable, with the exception of the country of the Steppes, that is the dry land in the neighbourhood of Odessa, and of the Crimea, And the vast plains to the north of th e sea o f Azof , where the harvest has proved a total failure. But the crops in the Steppes have never had any influence on the value of corn in this city. The principal stock of wheat is brought from the ancient Polish provinces, where, the land being damp and the soil wet, a warm summer is considered an advantage. But if southern Russia, with its immense stock of wheat, has not hitherto come to the assistance of the suffering countries of western Europe, the cause is owing solely to the great difficulty of finding shipping to convey it, and the con sequent high rates of freights. The roads which lead from the Ukraine to Odessa are horribly neglected, and particularly at this moment, after a long continuance of heavy rains. THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. AVGILL.—We made inquiries yesterday morning as to the state of Mr. M'Gill's health, and found that but little hope was then entertained of his recovery. At a late hour yesterday evening we caused further inquiries to be made, and were glad to bear that the report of the medical attend ant was more favourable. The answer we received at M-. house was, that ho was very ml!ch better.— l'iuncliester Times of yesterday. GLUT ‘lr HERRINGS. —Yesterday afternoon a fleet of fishing smacks arrived at Billingsgate, laden with fresh herrings. So great was the profusion, that Pile fish were to be had at 2s. per hundred. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAHTEI? TO THI?EE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales, 5,000 bales. Shares were still less buoyant than they are in the London market. The week's sales of cotton are 48,700 bales, and the stock at Liverpool is 930,000 be,les. There are no later accounts by ship arrivals from foreign parts. The sale of railway shares, yesterday, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, was well attended, and a large business was done at rather advanced prices. The following are a ew of the principal sales : Yorkshire and Glasgow Union £o 11 0 East Indian ... Goole and Doncaster 1 17 0 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. .... Leicester and Bedford Churnet and Blythe Lond m and Blackwall, New South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 15 6 Great Eastern and Western 0 16 6 East and West India Docks and London and Birmingham Junction Manchester, Sheffield, & Midland Junct 2 6 6 Shropshire Union and Canal Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 0 15 0 Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c. Manchester and Southampton, 1847 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junct. 2 3 0 Cornwall and Devon Central ... Northern arid Southern Connecting South-Eastern and Dover 37 0 0 Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, & Dublin 0 3 3 An extraordinary instance of quick passages by a sailing vessel seems to be that of the Deogaum, Leitch commander, which arrived out at Calcutta from the Clyde in ninety-one days. She made three voyages between these points in a period of 355 days, having sailed for her first voyage on the 22d September, 1845, and arrived at Calcutta on her second voyage, Septem ber 13, 1846. The principal alterations in the Bank of England returns, compared with those of last week, are as under : Notes issued Decrease 14,893,906 Decrease Other deposits, decrease 328,833 Other securities, decrease The Stock Market, although there is not much doing, looks decidedly better to-day, and there is a rally in Consols. of to per cent. The fact is that up to the present time no particular re ason has been given for the sudden and special fall that occurred on Thursday, because the aspect of political affairs generally should rather have led to a previous and gradual declension, whereas there was actually an advance. Consols have been 941 for present transfer, and 94i for Account. Exchequer-bills were at Bs. to 1 ls. pre mium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. realised 95 3-; and the Three per Cents 93i. Bank Stock has been a little better, viz., 2041 to 2051. The Foreign investments have been nominally at rather fuller rates, but the transactions are wholly in significant. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 25i to 26; the Three per Cents. 37; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 394- ; Mexican Active Bonds have been at 22 ; Dutch Four per Cents. are 92. The Scottish lines have been in favour again, as the North "Western has leased them as far as Perth, and is now expected to take up the Aberdeen. Birmingham and Oxford are down again. The French lines have been rather more dealt in, at about previous rates. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock . . 205% 204% 204% 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 % 1/ 94% New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95%% 95% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 15-16 7 4 9% 8 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 10 1-16 10 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001... — Ditto under 1,0001.. .. .. 22 p 22 p Consols for Account 94 % 34 94% Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1%d.... 811— p 11 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 22 21% Ditto. Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 39 1 4 39% Ditto, Account — 39 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 26% 26% Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 PRICES or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING r<AILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 3 / 4 7 R Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% -- Aylesbury and Thaine.. 1% ... ... Belfast & County Down e t Birmingham andpudley 4%. ... .. 4 1 4 p 41 2/ p Birmin. and Gleuceiter..loo Ditto New l 7 l/ Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... Bristol and Liver. June 2h......— Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 / Cambrian & Grand June 42s Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 j Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney 21% Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,i — Cornwall ••••••• 0000000 51 Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 / 2 Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2' 7 )' 1 Derby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Het ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway 4 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 ...... Eastern Counties 14/. 16s .. 22 1 4 % ...... ....• 22% Ditto New l2l. 165 7 WA n 7% P Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... .... . Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 31/0,1 EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastein Union 35 •. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% — Do. Exten.(llarwich) 1% — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 4 — East Lancashire Ditto. New East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1% 4 -- Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ....•• Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 , ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ....., ..... .. ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... ?1A...—. Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21 /2 _ Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorset 5M ............... Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 . Ditto, New .. 15 . — ... ........... Do., V I Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%...... ............. Gloue.,Abelystwith, and .. Central of Wales Goole, Doncaster, &c 42s. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn •• ........... Great Eastern &Western 2 1 / 2 — GreatGrimsby and Shef- ........ ••• •• field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2% Great North of Scotland 2%...... GreatNorthof England..loo 23 6 1 /2 Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . 15 Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto % Shares . 50 Ditto 1 4 Shares lO Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 2 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 1, Shares Do. Half Shares ••• •• 000000000 Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11 1 ,E Do., de , and Norwich 2 LA__ Killarney Junctions ...... 14....:. ......... ... .. Kendal and Windermere I % Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bradiord Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. — .......» Leicester and Bedford... 225....... Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% Lpool., Mnchstr &New castle Junction Liverpool and Bury - London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9 1 / 8 Do. New Ditto Extension ~, 7% ...... - ........ ... London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 London and Greenwich 12/ 1534 d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — •• - London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo 198% 2OO Do. Quarters Do., do., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% Do., New 1 4 Shares (G. J.) Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 67% x n .... ... 68xn Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New Do. New London and Yo r k . 21.4 Do. 1 , , .' 2 Shares lA , n , lnti ~.! ‘t I il(tT,r . 1 : ',.,... • •-•' London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 2% ...... -- Loncloriderry&Coleraine 12%. • ... NI .l, 236 1 / 2 60 78% 19 5 / 8 31 7 1 4 23% 53 104 ea i.... 59 9 3 4 30xn verse displays a representai t 4 9 1, •. • f her 3" aria - : Sper 7 .gla ), and 4_ e wftsi punier, form 1 il;Iilbo t t o oli14 9 4 0 nog' d an W!..fesier :*04141,11e.31 crow `intitely ntinu • ;,.... :'‘ 1 10 ;2' •,:... : , 41 . -tp , i ;,.' -,..,._ //7„' . ,,,.6 . ;_i 6 -,.:, ..1".;-:-..r,.*I t ~,,,•- - -•,--4,y'r .-.."*.-^ .---.- , rzti .7-:,'": , ' , ....., ,s ; - - '7- , . , • — , -'':•-,...-7, - - Iffr ) R... LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1846. Ministers have decided the two great questions by which the national mind has been recently agitated; they have further prorogued Parliament to the 12th of January, instead of convoking it before the ex piration of the time of the previous prorogation ; they have, consequently, given a tacit refusal to the late clamour for the immediate opening of the ports. That clamour has been very general and very earnest. It originated in the dread of an extraordinary scarcity in provisions. In those fears we seri ously participated, because there were solid grounds for so doing until very recently ; insignificant sup plies were creeping into the markets; grain was rising with alarming rapidity in price; food of various de scriptions was increasing in cost and decreasing in quantity to an extent that threatened the most dis astrous consequences. Every one looked to the Mi nistry for assistance in this emergency ; there was a general anxiety for the convocation of Parlia ment ; the opening of the ports was loudly and almost unanimously demanded. Minis ters assembled for the purpose of deciding upon the most advisable course to be pursued under the circumstances. They have determined as we have already stated ; they have resolved upon dispensing with the deliberate recommendations of the Lords and Commons until winter is considerably advanced ; they have resolutely adhered to the principles so re cently established by the Legislature in regard to the continuance of moderate and temporary duties upon the importation of foreign grain, and this notwith standing the recommendations of a specious panic and the entreaties of a deluded people. In these impor tant determinations of the Ministry we recognise both sagacity and independence. With reference particularly to the abandonment of the miserable duties still levied upon foreign pro visions, it must be observed that such a proceeding could only be justified by the most imminent peril. Until within the last few days the prospect afforded by the corn-market could scarcely have been more perilous. Famine prices appeared inevitable. Starvation had already commenced in Ireland ; evi dences of scarcity were beginning to present them selves in England. Everything combined to justify the Government in entering upon some remarkable adventure for the removal of these impending diffi culties. Circumstances have demonstrated the impolicy of any such an interference with the enactments formally passed by Parlia ment. The deficiency is demonstreted to have been superficial. Instead of our granaries being nearly exhausted, they are shown to be excel lently stocked. The holders of wheat and flour, whether farmers, or millers, or speculators upon the corn market, were proved to have forced provisions up to their present high prices, not in consequence of an immediate or even a prospective deficiency, but be cause they reserved their supplies till something ap proaching to a famine price had been reached. This shameful deception, however, has been divulged long before its originators had anticipated. An ex tensive importation of American provisions, and a prospect of further cargoes from Hamburgh, have dissipated their anticipations of an exorbitant profit• Grain will necessarily be rendered cheap by this com petition; indeed, indications of a decrease have already become apparent in the Liverpool market— flour having been offered at a diminution of Is. 6d per barrel, and wheat having declined in several instances ls. per quarter. In that port the introduc tion of American provisions has been most encou raging and extensive. Within the course of Wednes day and Thursday alone the following quantities were registered :-50,500 bushels of wheat, 6,400 barrels of flour, 7,500 bushels of Indian corn, 600 casks of beef and pork, with 370 barrels of hams. Nor are these the only testimonies of the certainty with which we may rely upon the corn-growers and cattle-feeders of other countries, to com pensate these islands for the deficiency pro duced by the extension and virulence of the potato murrain. Not merely are we receiving abundant supplies from the western hemisphere, not only is there a great probability of further assistance of a similar character being derived from Hamburgh, but extensive imports are being registered as arrived from the wharves of Odessa. And all this, be it especially remarked with the duties at the lowest points ; with an increase equivalent to 719,042 barrels of flour within a given week of this above a corre sponding one in 1845, at New York ; with the most abundant harvest that has possibly ever been known in Podolia and the Ukraine, and the exuberance of which, if conveyed along the execrable roads that lead to Odessa, and thence shipped to Great Britain, would almost afford of itself a sufficiency for our necessitous consumers. With all these indisputable assurances of the abundance of provisions already accumulated in our markets, or thronging into our ports, with a know ledge that the diminished duties at present levied upon foreign produce, is proving no hindrance whatever to importation, and bearing in recollection that most consolatory fact, that with a renewal of the potato dis ease there has been likewise an unusual excellence in the quality of wheat, it is impossible to regard the recent decision of Government as other than the one most recommended by p ru d ence , an d as a resolu tion in no possible manner opposed to generosity. Seeing that the present fragment of protective im posts would, if under existing circumstance re moved, be tortured into the emolument of the mono polist speculators, instead of diminishing the burden upon the consumer, it would be worse than frivolity and the very height of intemperate pertinacity to persist in demanding its remission. As to the extended prorogation of Parliament, nothing need surely be said in extenuation, or we should rather say in commendation, of that arrange ment. At a juncture when it is so advisable, and, in some cases, especially in Ireland, so imperatively necessary for the representatives and the hereditary legislators to be among their constituents, or among their immediate dependents, it would be a most grievous cruelty to summon those influentialindwiduals from the arena of their real usefulness to the shivering desolation of St. Stephen's. Circumstances of an unprecedented and embarrassing nature would of course justify even that most grievous determination, but, without those circumstances, an Administration would be most culpable in prematurely summoning the Members of the two Houses. When such terrible calamities are afflicting the United Kingdom ; when Ireland especially is sub jected topmatiiseenrtileysbomrnoe by more intolerable than those so long a n d that unfortunate country ; when the unemployed peasantry require the super- t ,r , Londonderry and Ennis killen ... .. l 2 l /2 ...... .............16 Lynn ,nd Ey - .............. .0g Lynn and Derehain ;5 ...... 141 h ............... I 105 Manchester and Leeds-. 82 ......106 104 1 /x ......... 48 Ditto iii t ',_ Shares Do. Quarters 2 ...... 6 ............ •• Do. Fifths 3 • •••• -- ... ............ .... Do. Sixteenths 614 ...... ••" ..... .--. P Do. Extension 42 s. ...... p... ............ ..... . Manchester and Birmin 4O ...... --- ............ .. 1279 Do Quarters (A) 5 ...... ......... ""' .--- Do. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C) 1 Manchester,Buxton,and 5 P 'Matlock 425. ...... p„ .......... Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ..... ••• •• ........ .. ..... I Manchest. &Southarnpt. 2 ...... —"........... " 13 4 Midl an d lOO .....1 33 134.. .-- .... .- Do. I ifths 2 ...... ............... Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd& East. Counties 2% — ............... ...- Midland Great Western Irish 15 ...... • 360 Newcastle and Berwick 20 ...... 32% 3 / 4 ...... r ..... H••• ... Do North Shields ... 25 Newcastl and Carlisle...loo - ••• Newmrket&Chesterfrd 5 Newport & Abergavenny 2% ---••••• • • • : • • • ••:::.:E Newry and Enniskillen 4'/ — ........ " ''''' Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. ~. ......... 1%.• ~, ... ........ " Norfolk 1)o. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Extension North British ...........25 Do. Half Shares Do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. Extension Northern and Eastern .. .. ................... Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 1 2 % — ............. ' .. Do. New North Staffordshire 425...... 2% 2 p... ••• North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting 2% ............ Northampton, Banbury, ... and Cheltenham Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and .. . Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 33 /4 . ............. Preston and Wyrel Do. % Shares Reading, Guildtord, and Reigate , 3/. 12s. Richmond Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — dis. ...................... :::::: Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% --, ....... . • ... Sheffield, Buxton, Leek / Potteries, andCrewe... 1 /% .............. • ..... • Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 ~ Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 / 4. — ......... .....: .. / Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. .... ........ .. clio Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 ..., . .... ...... .• 1 Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 /, Sligo and Shannon l'i •— .......... ' ' South Devon.. South & Midlands June. 425. .. South StaffordshireJunc. 2 1 /, • .••••..... .... ••• youth Eastern & Dover. 33% — .......... ••"'' / at . Do., No. 1 2O ....... . ~ Do., do. 2. Do., No. 3 --- ........................ .- . • , #1 St•Alb,an.'s, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. ... ~ Staines and Richmond-. 1 ... Staffordsh.'B4_@hropshire 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 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole Warwickshire & London 4 2 2 2 5 1 / 2 . -- .. .. .. ....................... Warwick and Worcester 425. ~... •• •• • ...... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... ..... *' . „.• Waterford and Limerick 22 1 / 2 — ........... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - ........ ••• ‘,, aterford, Wexford, and Valentin Waveney Valley ... 2 1% ...... ........ : 2 2 4 ...... .. -- 1i4 ....• • • •• • p i . " .. ......: Welsh Midland West Riding Union ....•• 425. West Cornwall ... . .. West London,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 4 - ........... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- •••'' mouth Worcester, Warwick, and ...... Rugby ..• % - York and Carlisle 2 ••• ,".•• .•• York and Newcastle 25 ... . 42 ............... Ditto New 5 ...... 17X.3414•"•. Do. Preference .., York :aid N orth Midland 50 .• Ditto% Shares .. 25 ...... 4 8 .............. Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 - ......... Do. Selby 4O - ...... Do. Extension Ditto, Preference ... . 2 . 91 4 . ...... '' Do. East and westßid ing Extension • FOREIGN RAIL WAY• S ' . Anglo-Belgian.... 4 - • . •. ~,, -•••• Barbadoes 1 ...... .........••• •*** Belgian Eastern Junctn 2 l /2 - ......... ... , Bm .. iogne and Amiens... 16 .... / Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 - ... Bordeaux, Toulouse, and .... .. 0 / Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. - ................ • Do. (Espelete's) - ..... Calais, Dunkrk,andWest .... ... / Flanders Calcutta and Diamond ........ / Harbour ....... / Callao, Lima, and Pacific ....... / Coast 1 .. ... ••• ' ...... ....... .. Central of Spain ... Ceylon ..." D emerara 2 l /2 ~...„ _- ... ........... fi Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and .-- ..... .. Dutch Great u llF:aa r e ms a taP t Indiand° l rlu vntaxi Rhenish s e i 86 a t n e n i s. r . n llh. B a. Peninsular ; e .e n .b. g tk . 5 5 5 55 5 4 5 s . ... ............................................................................. //://;I: • .. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... - ............. 1? Jamaica S.Mid. junction 1 • Jersey ...... .0. I , Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 1 3 / % *"... • / -Luxembourg 4 .. ...... .....,. Lyons and Avignon .„../ Madras • Madras, Nellore, and .."' /1 Arcot l /8 _- .. ••"' ,...• 5 Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... Mauritius ...... . / Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 ...... 11 5 / 4 As ..... . ...'" 4 7 ... North Jamaica... 1 - ..... . ..„.. /1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .. ••• .2 b ' Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 -78"* ". ‘ .. Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d ... --.„ . ... ~ / Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 .„ Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ,••• 4 1 0 Paris and Strasbourg • Constituted Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ••• • .... •• / Sambre and Meuse .... 10 .... 4 1 / ..• ...... o l° Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic - .......... ........ Tours and Nantes Con- ..„.• / stituted ... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- '.. " den, and Hasselt....... 8 ••••••'' . ~. Trinidad - .... .• . ~. . / West Flanders .. 6 / JOINT STOCK BANJO' .. ~": / Australasia ~••• ' / British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 .... . London Joint Stock lO ....... •." / National Prov. England. 35 ..„.• ~ National of Ireland 2 2 lh - __ . ••••• .. . • / .....•• Union of Australia __ ...... •....... ~... ...•' 4 Union of London 1 0. .. Provincial of Ireland MINES , ...... " i f ) . Real del Monte Unregd Y Ji LLOYD'S SHIPPING .- 0- 10 0 D LONDON, OCT. 31.—Wind W. by --" g light CP" 13 /1 0 14 f b moderate fog. RAMSGATE, OCT. 30.—Ski. Eight s ol3* e, ?y r David's ; Henrietta, Willins, Surinam. : i oak - or ill CARDIFF, OCT. 30.—The John Danlit o rtbf , 4 1,0 0 , at Scilly, was got off the 28th, and into x ' t o, l of the ground to prevent hor sinking. 2 9,--t ; ili NEWPORT, MON3IOH7IISHIRE, Oar , . ctre riao — Grattan, Quebec. Skl. Agnes Blaikie , v t* Jeri ; G ) nando Po. 01 0 a l, ; a N• B FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind • " / 7 0 ft Emerald, APArthur, River St. Lawrene,e•• /1 1 1 0 10 1, tvi , PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind N • ;:' • . o .e, N _„ Quatre Freres, Ruse, Martinique; Graza gl " - DP" fid of Africa. •so lida , t , , ,,if• OFF TORISAY, Ocr. 28.—Wind easterly.-- 144 Iv e l, Rio Janeiro. - N T .; r. of ri o sl DEAL, OCT. 30.—Wind N. to N..• 4 1, 105 0 gi nv, it' light.—Arrd. Barbara, Smith, Lima , sv, i swet Sat; having been in contact. Arrd. from u tn ii . tie l e ert oo n cl a to t•' o , Mary Hay, Volum, Hobart Towns C a sra iso C r etli Dl" zibar ; John Mitchell. Douglas, IralPddoot '-',.ei, ..., .0 kinson, Barbadoes ; Sarah Birkett, Bra ;pa 71310 1 Irving, Jamaica ; Caroline, Tylor, J. r al l 'i t ,„t s , 1 4e sosti, Savannah ; Chester, Maxwell, St. J°" se o _„„,. c ., Sld. Duke of Roxburgh, Collard, Sydngai, Atifp 0 v MUMBLES, OCT. 28.—Arrd. Binits. -',.', ue bee• )4.4,1, OFF TUSEAR, OCT. 28.—Chieftain: r w d. 2 80 1 13 ali o i f DUBLIN, OCT. 29.—Wind S. kV. ."; . : e rgos°, 'of ~ 0 9 St. John's, New Brunswick; Transi4 A.bo apt„,.A Or ) 0: 11 ; ry ARKWORTII, OCT. 28.—The he a vy ' s. , pie> t. DI marked " Amhers," in gilt letters, le $ 6(147 0 1 % /*O f '' . co; FY port, 26th inst. " • " Jatl eri 1 4 0 /0 / 1/ LIVERPOOL, OCT. 80,—Wind Zephyr, Kirley, Bueti9 Sutherland, Cuba; Mary Queen s Ayres, 0f Sstish ge ily. s : 6 1i ii sailed Sept.lB ; Thomas, Br ‘ o f w ec ni all S t i c s F b ist Ergs, lii'les. r:liAlif Shoodiac, Griffin, ditto; -- rs , ba . r oxil ;0 1 , 1 0' gow, Cook, ditto, with loss of ell „ k Mt, jost• , 1 A l i urt.. o, ' Oti., i5t...,0 01 cane, 7th inst.; Sampson, . ga le, co ,01) ,5,P t o ? Welsh, Quebec, with dam ,- ; ,,,„d,,,, i „sic , 0; if t ,o Bril isl, ( S Fr qtr, Prilo:c Ftiwageld.., ~,.,,, 1 ! r „ L A I , t he pi) I f .lie O''''' / this ~,,;.° troj Toni, 1.71V0Y, qtlt'eil 0 - l e o c , -' l'aftv. N. 1.. l'hQ Derbi: a Q i ? e t i ,;ilig_ W sup pol, 4 o - ' 4 o °- iv rN ;,_, J. ,; It Aug. H -I. 11. Tli , ALl" , os eat ' Brass AilVer ; crew saved. e _ a _,, , ,. 0 5 . p , o te. John's, New Brunswick, to Ir IS . t artlV Wg-.erlogged, by the Glasgow, vvvr"' ...... ..... .. ..... ••• , . • • ''''' 37% 23 % 211 i 1 3 / 4 - 1% 3% 181 8 11/s - 6IA S6 e 1571 11 / A 2 0 1$ ~. ~