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SEVENTH EDITION. Tbis day Is published, In a neatly-bound pocket 'volume, price 65., 11. - t EVEN TH EDI I'ION Ok' HO WITI'S 1.7 BOOK OF THE SEASONS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) CHRISTOPHER TAD POLE. JJ MR. ALBERT SMITH'S NE.V STORY. Illustrated by Leech. Number 111. will be published Oct. 31st inst. SECOND EDITIONS of the First and Second Numbers may be Dad of all Booksellers. Richard Bentley, 'els' Burlington-street. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO 11.R.H PRINCE ALBERT. NOW ready, In 7 vols. Bvo., Price 51. 11s. bound, to range with the Wellington Dispatches, LORD NELSON'S LETTERS AND DISPATCHES. Edited by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. " The most genuine and true portrait of a great public character which the world has ever seen."—Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FAMINE RELIEF FUND for the DIS TRESSED DISTRICTS of IRELAND and SCOTLAND. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY. CLERGY, AND COMMONALTY OF TIIESE REALMS The Famine with which it has pleased Almighty God to visit the Aster kingdom, is now beginning to be felt there in all its dread reality. . _ _ The Government, with an aotivlty and energy that do honour to its humanity, is anxiously applying Itself to the task of alleviating, as far as may be, this most fearful of visitations, by providing for the people the means of employment ; but such measures, of necessity, demand time, meanwhile the people perish. In this frightful emergency, the Committee of the National Club, appeal earnestly to all, of whatever station, age, creed, party, or per suasion, to come forward and rescue their fellow-creatures from the most horrible of deaths. By a well-considered and matured system of organisation, which they propose to adopt, a check will, on the one hand, be provided against imposition on the part of the applicants for relief; while, on the other, security will be ensured for the due administration of the public bounty ; the want of which precaution was on a former and somewhat similar occasion so deservedly complained of. The Committee, in conclusion, pledge themselves to a rigid scrutiny into all claims upon the fund—to Its Immediate, Judicious, and impartial distribution, without regard to religious or political distinctions—and to the fullest publicity as to the expenditure of every shilling. Since the foregoing was drawn up, the accounts received from the Highlands of Scotland are such as to have determined the Committee to include them in the contemplated measures of relief. By order of the Committee, (Signed) RICHARD NUGENT, Hoa. See. Subscriptions received at the following Bankers : Provincial Bank of Ireland, 42, Old Bread-street, City Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Tritton, 54, Lombard-street Messrs. Child and Co., Temple-bar, Fleet-street Messrs. Contts and Co., 59, Strand Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street London and Dublin Bank, 46, Piccadilly Messrs. Maaterman and Co., 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, 1, ombard-street Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., 27, Graceehurch-street Messrs. Hall, West, and Co., Union Bank, Brighton. For a list of the Committee, see the " Morning Chronicle" of the 19th instant. ➢tational Club, 13, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, Oct. 20, 1846. S TAFF ORD SHIRE and SHROPSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby - gluon, that in pursuance of an Act passed in the present session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to facilitate tho dissolution of certain Railway Companies," the Provisional Committee of Management of the above Company de hereby call a meeting of the Sharehol ters of the said Company, to be holden on MONDAY, the 2d day of November next, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon, at the Offices of the Company, No. 6. Gray's Inn place, Gray's Inn, in the County of Middlesex, for the purpose of de termining when the said Company, or Co-partnership, shall be dis solved, pursuant to the provisions of the said Act. Dated the 22d day of October, 1846, on behalf of the Provisional Committee of the said Company. - - G. H. MIRFIN, One of the members of the saki Committee. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous t. their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds 'mime disposed of according to instructions. °daces. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. ITIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe 7 scofebrreiOPera, entitled THE MAID OF AR rms. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani; Jules de Montagnon, Mr. W. Harrison; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss ; Ninka, Miss Isaacs ; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop. To conclude with the second Act of the popular Ballet of LA GISELLE. The principal characters will be supported by Mdlle. Louise, les Sceurs St. Louis, Ndmes. Glubelei and Adele ; Mr. W. H. Payne, MM. Theodore and Adrien. TEI ROYAL, HLYMARKET. Ender the Management of Mr. B. Webster, solo Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comedy, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, &c. 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. Scorcup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform " Leg Mousquetaires de la Reins" (Overture); " Old English Airs" (Fantasia); "Le Joliet File the Gand" (Quadrille); and the " Siege de Corinthe " (Overture). To be followed with (by desire) a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Mary, MiF.s Julia Bennett; Lad 3 Clutterbuck, Mrs. Ilumby. To conclude with a Sea-side Sketch, called THE FORTUNE HUNTER ; or, A Morning at Margate. Captain Mount_;arret, 31r. Hudson; Griffin, Mr. Tilbury; Boinpas, Mr. Buckstone ; 3liss Griffin, Mrs. W. Clifford. Rex-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction 01 Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. tinder the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wiz in. Meadows, ant Keeley; Mrs. W. aAlitl . ,re, Mrs. A. Wigan, MiS4 Hicks, 111154 Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Farce, called MRS. !lARRIS. Prin cipal characters ! , y Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Turner, Keeley ; and Miss Arden. After which, a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH ? Characters by Messrs. Vining , F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss (hove, and Miss Turner. conclude with the popular Farce, entitled BOOTS AT TILE SWAN. In which Messrs. F. Vining, 11. Butler, Collier, Keeley, And Miss Ualy will perform. TDEATrIE ROYAL, ADELI•tir. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENENti Will he presente.t a new dornistic drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRC(I.I.II; ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Cl/Online, Madame Celeste. After which, a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called THE JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Me,srs. Paul Bed ford, Wright, Redmond Ryan. Selby, %'aye, Mitchenson, &c. ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Ellen Chaplin, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c. To conclude with the popular Burletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar; Messrs. Paul edford, Wright, Selby, Worrell, &c., will sustain the principal characters. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shalispere's Tragedy of 11.1 MLET. Laertes, Mr. Leigh Murray; Ghost, Mr. Archer; Hamlet, Mr. George Boltov ; Osric, Mr. Walter Lacy ; First Gravedigger, Mr. Wilkinson ; Queen, Mrs. Gordon ; Ophella, Mrs. Walter Lacy. To conclude with a new grand Burlesque, introducing an unri• Yelled Corps de Ballet, entitled 'I HE CIVIL WAR OF POETIC) . The Public, Mr. J. Ward ; Ephemera, Mr. S. Cowell. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's celebrated Play of WERNER. Werner, Mr. Macready; Gabor, Mr. Cooper; Idenstein, Mr. Webb ; Ulric, Mr. Saville ; Stralenheim, Mr. Fredericks ; Josephine, Mrs. Tertian; Ida Stralenheim, Mrs. Charles Gill. To conclude with the Drama of CHARLES THE TWELFTH ; or, The Siege of Stralsund. Charles XII., Mr. Fredericks ; Major Yanberz Mr. Cooper; Adam Brock, Mr. Neville; kiustavus, Mr. Johnson; Muddlewerk, Mr. Webb ; Ulrica, Mrs. Ternan ; Eudiga, Mrs. Charles Gill. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTL,Eroi ROYAL AM PHI fliz.Alßt. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Ps'ronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert. and Royal Family. Last two nights of Lord Byron's Mazcppa ;" rc-produced with all Its original effects and grandeur, which must be shortly withdrawn, for the production of a new grand magical Equestrian Spectacle, on a lairish scale of splendour. First appearance of the Champion Vaulters and Sornmersault Ar tistes, Messrs. J. Henderson and J. Lee. TlllB EVENING Will he performed the successful Dramatic Spectacle of MA ZErPA , AND THE WILD HORSE. After which, brilliant feats of HORSEMANSHIP, by Mr. Batty's double Company of Equestrian Artistes. Herr Amodio Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist. To conclude with the WASHERWOMAN OF ST. REMY. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and c >mmence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. 1 HE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 23. TJERNONETER, Lowest, 43; Highest. 50 ; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 29 U.—WIND W., fine. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 23 minutes after 3. Evening .. 40 minutes after 3. • ,•• • 111111P,74, I t . L .- /V 4111111. LA, •-: 74911:131 SECOND EDITION. S sion. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1846. While almost everything European assumes a gloomy and portentous aspect, while the friendly understanding between Great Britain and France appears to be destroyed, it is gratifying to receive pacific intelligence from any territory however dis tant, and from any Government however insignifi cant. The accounts received of the Ministerial jealousies occasioned by the ungenerous collusion of certain diplomatists from the Escurial and the Tuileries; the bloodless but unconstitutional revo lution at Lisbon; and the illiberal interference of the French soldiery in the political affairs of Switzer land, must unquestionably afford matter for sincere disappointment to every lover of international cor diality. Hence it is with a satisfaction altogether disproportioned to its bearing upon the happiness of mankind, that we receive accounts so singularly favourable from the River Plate. The warfare has been so versatile, and yet so sanguinary ; so inter mittent, and yet so protracted; so peculiarly local, and yet so generally calamitous in the countries surround ing that portion of the South American continent, that our gratification at the statements which have just arrived are enhanced the more we meditate upon the history of the Argentine States. Sincerely, how ever, as we are rejoiced at this information, we have become so habituated to the revival of hostilities in that unfortunate republic, that we must perforce con- tinue somewhat incredulous until the intelligence brought by the last packet be explicitly corroborated. Supposing our informant to be authoritative, the peaceful mission of Mr. HOOD has been eminently successful. His negotiations have been graciously met, almost without a solitary exception. With General ORIBE and the Government of Buenos Ayres he is reported to have come to a satisfactory understanding. The necessary preliminaries have also been concluded between the British Plenipoten tiary and General ROSAS. Within three months a new President is to be nominated by a general elec tion. When the correspondence, from which this gra tifying intelligence is gleaned, was dispatched, hostilities were suspended, the forces appertaining to the squa dron under Admiral INGLEFIELD were all disem barked, the blockade of Buenos Ayres was only nominally sustained, matters were all in such an intermediate position that both parties would be pre pared for any emergency, that the declaration of peace or the resumption of hostilities would take neither by surprise. Flattering, however, as this in formation is superficially, we can discern something like insincerity in other particulars. The Council of Monte Video are still disunited in opinion; an insurrec tion was reported to ;have broken out in Corrientes and Entreßios ; and it was rumoured that these two pro vinces, together with Paraguay, evinced a disposition to declare their independence, and, by so doing, to commence the dismemberment of the Argentine States. Every species of rumour, indeed, appeared to be afloat at the departure of the dispatches ; everything, indicated the dubious nature of the pending arrange ments. Whether Mr. HOOD be actually successful in his endeavours, or whether the murderous and desultory warfare of past campaigns be revived and emulated to an indefinite period, it will be equally manifest that that bloodshed was commenced in error, and has been continued with impolicy. As far as the present Government is concerned, an attempt to force civilisa tion upon a country like this portion of the South American continent is a positive calamity to the reci pient, and an indefensible cruelty on the part of the donor. Peace and enlightenment are benignant spirits, requiring no such devillish enforcement as that of the bayonet or the congreve rocket. Slavery is scarcely to be eradicated by the charge of battle. The generous principles of free trade are not to be promulgated by the sound of a cavalry bugle. And yet such are literally the notions which have originated this crusade against the cities of La Plata. While British prowess is being baffled month after month under the batteries of those Spanish Ameri cans, and while the military vassals of Rosas are pur suing their desolate and bloody course, the unoffend • ing merchants of the eastern hemisphere continue to be most seriously affected. The only positive advan tages of this warfare are, advantages to such freeboot ing captains as ROSAS. The interminable miseries of the provinces tend to the consolidation of the power of these callous dictators. Like the authority of the great Emir ABD -EL. KA DER, the authority of ROSA S has strengthened and extended on the ignorant fanaticism of his followers. The only means of re generating such a people, and of inoculating such a Government with the wholesome and beneficent principles of civilisation, are very different from those at present adopted. Example, and that example enforced by continual intercourse, would be efficacious where all the broadsides of all the men-of-war in the British fleet would prove ineffectual. The tutorship of mercantile transactions would effect everything where the tutorship of our bellicose implements has effected nothing. It is for these reasons that we are most solicitous for the cor roboration of the above-mentioned intelligence, and for the triumph of Mr. HOOD'S negotiations. Were we to aspire with sincerity after the improve ment of our commercial relations with South America, and after the social and political advancement of other nations, our present policy towards the population of the territories ad jacent to the River Plate would be immediately for saken, a more enlightened one adopted, a fruitful field would be re-opened to European commerce, and a debased population would be extricated from an abyss of ignorance. In our columns of yesterday we inserted a letter from Mr. JAMES STEWART entitled "A Pew Words to the Members of Agricultural Societies and others interested in Land." Mr. STEWART, is a conveyancer and equity draughtsman, and of long standing in his profession. As a legal author, he has fur some time hen favourably known to forensic students, and in the nature of real property, its incidents and intri cate subtleties, has long been intimately versed. The style and the matter of his letter are equally deserving of commendation. At this moment there is perhaps no subject of deeper import to the public than that to which the attention of the landed interest has been revived by Mr. STEWART, and certainly there is no class of men who, in consequence of their past follies, stand more in need of advice than the proprietors of the soil at large. Let them take heed in time. The drift of Mr. STEW ART'S recommenda tions is, that as "we are to have free trade in the produce of the land, let us also have free trade in the land itself." The suggestion is at once wholesome and seasonable. Two things, how ever, stand in the way of this desirable reform—the ridiculously entangled state of our law, and generally the sordid prejudices of the owners of the land. We may indeed enumerate two other impediments—the want of common sense on the part of the agricultural gen try, as evinced by them in all matters where their own interests are peculiarly and largely concerned, and also the indisposition which, from a narrow minded spirit, lawyers of experience, ability, and eminence have almost universally manifested towards undertakings to remove the glaring evils engendered by bad laws, through the prevalence of which they themselves have acquired enormous wealth and ulti mate distinction. Lawyers proverbially make bad statesmen. There have been exceptions, brilliant, though rare. The legal reforms effected within the last twenty years, it is not to be denied, have been great ; but the reflec tion of how much remains to be done, in ac cordance with the enlightenment of the present age, and especially in reference to real property, the vast substratum of all wealth, is felt to be disgraceful to us as a civilised country. But, even with respect to the salutary changes we have already secured, for how much, if not almost to the whole of them, are we not indebted to one living man Lord BROUGHAM ? To his celebrated speech in the Com mons of seven hours' duration, and its legitimate fruits, must we look back as the immediate source of the luminous changes we have wrought, as well in the administration of the law as in the law itself. The opposition, however, which was offered to these different measures was notoriously violent, and ema nated chiefly from the members of the legal profes- The same interested opposition we must expect to have to encounter whilst endeavouring to carry further legal measures of unquestioned im portance to the well-being of the State. It is an unfortunate circumstance that the different legal institutions in this country can concentrate their forces with considerable influence to thwart any well devised scheme for purifying the law of many of its objectionable features, and have frequently in this way stayed the march of legal reform. Lord BROUGHAM has certainly well repaid the nation for the honours and affluence he has acquired by the spirited manner in which he has purged our statutes of numerous cruel anomalies, Lord CAMPBELL, too, since he has joined the Upper House, has made laudable efforts to mark his gratitude to his country in the same way. But how many eminent judicial statesmen have passed away without even attempting to do the like good, and in matters where they were most fitted to take the lead ; and are there not a few still living from whom the country has a right to look for the initiation of measures for sweeping off the crudities of feudalism which infest our laws re lating to land ? It is not too late for them to act in a becoming and patriotic spirit, and the present is a fitting opportunity. The manufacturing, commercial, and every other interest has rapidly advanced, whilst the landed interest has remained almost stationary, One of the chief reasons for this is, that the former have always been able to push their interests by having readily-available securities at command, whilst the latter have been debarred, in a great measure, from doing the same, owing to the cumbrous machinery incidental to the sale, purchase, wort• , dered. gaging, or transmission of land. No other country in Europe suffers as we do in this respect. It behoves us to assimilate our laws to theirs, which are simple and efficacious. Mr. STEWART conceives that we should endea vour to remedy the evils on which he felicitously expatiates, by obtaining— " 1. Simplicity and uniformity of tenure. " 2. Easy, cheap, and expeditious modes of transtr. " 3. Shorter and more simple deeds. " 4. A greater certainty as to time in compleVng tEe sale and mortgage of land. " 5. Some mode of shortening inquiry as to title." With the view of compassing these objects, he proposes— " 1. A general map of the country should be made. This exists in every civilised land, and greatly facili tates and simplifies all dealings with land. Several re cent investigations, as the tithe commutation, the en closure of commons, and in Ireland the ordnance survey, will be found serviceable as to this. A state map would assist other changes, but it would be exceedingly useful as a measure by itself. " 2. A general registry of titles should be established. This will, when once it comes into effectual operation, shorten both deeds and title. This also exists in every other civilized country, and even in an imperfect form in Scotland and Ireland. " 3. Proper consideration should be given to the whole suLject by competent and unprejudiced persons em ployed by Government." We hope these valuable suggestions will not be lost sight of, particularly by the Government. We foresee that much of selfish and purblind resistance will be given to any endeavour to remodel our pre sent vicious system ; but our former success in such !natters should inspirit our legislators to brace them• selves to the task, and we are quite certain that if they will but prosecute it with ardour, every diffi culty will be vanquished, and a lasting boon conferred upon the country. The example first set — by the Earl of ERNE, in making reductions of the rent payable by certain classes of his tenantry, according to a graduated scale, and thus participating in the loss occasioned by the general calamity, has, we are happy to say, been followed by many noblemen and gentlemen, the owners of land in Ireland. As yet, however, these reductions have chiefly taken place in the north of Ireland, and on estates where the occupiers were more comfortably circumstanced, and better enabled to meet the deficiency than in other and less favoured parts of the country ; indeed, when we consider the enormous weight of the charges and encumbrances affecting the larger proportion of the property throughout the kingdom, the interest on which may fairly be calculated to absorb half the entire rental, it will be manifest that we cannot look for a general voluntary reduction being made by the proprietors of the soil; the great majority will be unable, while some few, who have already attained an unenviable notoriety, from the harsh manner in which they have acted towards their people, and their adoption of the heartless and cruel "clearing system," will be un willing so to do. On such persons the force of public opinion will have little effect; they view everything through a distorted medium, and cannot understand how their conduct, " in doing as they will with their own," has merited the censure and the odium so universally felt towards them. We believe, however, that such persons form the exception to the general rule. In the vast majority of cases it is the poverty and not the will of the landlords that compels them to the oppressive proceedings, which are alike in jurious to their own characters and to the welfare and prosperity, the peace and tranquillity of the districts in which their properties are situated. Whatever may be the exciting cause, whether proceeding from evil dispositions or the pressure of poverty, the effects are the same : the duties incidental to their pro perties are neglected, and the population thereof may suffer all the miseries of famine and destitution, unless the State interferes in their behalf and secures them that to which they are undoubtedly entitled—a provision out of the lands on which they are located. The loss on agricultural produce during the present year, by reason of the potato disease, has generally been calculated at ten millions of pounds sterling, nearly five-sixths of the entire rental of Ireland. The distress thereby occasioned is greatly aggravated by the fact that it is the food of the poorer and more impoverished part of the people that has been destroyed, and that it will take a still larger amount of money to provide them with provisions of a different and more expensive description than that they have lost. Any isolated exertions, however great and meritorious they might be, must be quite insufficient to meet the emergency, and, accordingly, the Labour-rate Act was passed, which provided for the employment of the people on public works, to be presented for in the different baronies, and fairb chargeable on all the lands therein. Two great defects, however, existed in this measure. It could scarcely be supposed that it would be perfect in its details, brought in as it was at the fag end of the session by a Ministry just installed in office and overwhelmed with the weight of business cast upon them. It cannot be doubted that their intentions were good, and that they were actuated by the most sincere desire to relieve the existing distress in the least objectionable manner. The wisdom and decision of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, sanctioned as it must have been by the Ministry of this country, removed the first and principal objection. His Ex cellency found that in many of the baronies, indeed, the greater proportion, it would be impossible to find public works on which it would be expedient or be neficial to expend money sufficient to afford adequate employment for the people, and he therefore declared himself ready to sanction such works of a repro ductive character•as might be presented for at sessions and approved of by the Board of Works. The second great defect in the Act was, that it fell with equal weight on the proprietor who fully dis charged his duty and gave employment sufficient for the people belonging to his lands, as on the man who totally neglected that which he ought to have done. The liberal landlord was taxed for the faults of his less worthy neighbour, and was burdened with the support of those who ought exclusively to be pro vided fur by the other. This was clearly inequitable and unjust. If all were bound to pay alike, it be came the interest of every man to send his labourers to the public works to which he was bound to con tribute, when no allowance was made for his own expenditure. A step in the right direction was taken by his Excellency when he directed that useful "and profitable works to be executed in each electoral division might be presented for to the amount of its proportion of the assess ment ;" the principle was thereby recognised, but it was not, as we conceive, carried sufficiently far. We think that every owner of land, if willing to give employment to the quantity of labour fairly chargeable thereon, should be entitled to select for himself the manner of that employment. The State has a right to impose on the land the duty of pro viding a certain quantity of work, but it should in terfere with the rights of property only so far as ne cessity and the welfare of the nation required. As we have repeatedly urged, a labour rate should be im- posed on all landed property sufficient for the remu. neration of the people requiring employment, and a drawback should be allowed for the actual amount paid for labour by the person chargeable. If he pro. vides the entire amount actually and bona fide, he should have nothing to pay—if a portion, he should be required only to pay the balance between that payable and the sum he has so expended. the principle appears just and easy of application. It is now nearly six weeks since we have impressed it on our readers, and we are rejoiced to find that it is gaining support throughout the country. Captain RoniNsom, a de puty-lieutenant and justice of the peace fur the county of Westmeath, in which he is the owner of large estate; has reeenily written a most excellent and sensible letter to the Chief Secretary of Ireland on the subject, in which he urges its adoption with sound good sense and much ability. It is fortunate when gentlemen of his station and character de- vote themselves to the consideration of such subjects, and it is because we conceive that a National Com- mittee of Irish landowners meeting in Dublin would tend to bring forward such suggestions that we have heartily advocated its formation. We commend Captain ROBINSON'S letter to the consideration of the Executive and the public gene .. rally, and we are sure that it will carry conviction wherever it is attentively read and maturely consi- There have been some food riots at Berne, origi nating in the prejudices of the working men of that canton against forestallers. These ignorant persons, I like too many in other part s o f th e wor ld, cannot b e made to understand that the forestaller is in fact the preserver from famine, and that if he is prevented from buying up and storing provisions at the com mencement of the season, the consequence will be that instead of a scarcity and dearness of provisions extending over the whole season, we shall have, for a month or two perhaps, comparative plenty and cheapness, but afterwards absolute famine and starva tion. We do not imagine these riots likely to lead to serious consequences. The Militia and Urban Guard have been hitherto successful in their attempts to pre serve the public peace, and they are assisted by the students, a most important bcdy in every continental university, and a body to which in general the in surgents would look for leaders. As they are against the rioters, no doubt order will speedily be restored. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Berne, Oct. 17 : " We have to-day had a species of riot which is with out example in this city. Fur a long time the lower classes of the people have seen with a jealous eye the inhabitants of the adjoining Cantons, and particularly of Neufchatel and the Vaud, coming to purchase all their provisions at our markets ; and as the most material articles became dearer, general murmurs arose, although they were still abundant, and at prices lower than in the neighbouring countries. Latterly, at a general meet ing of the working men, au address was voted to the Government, desiring that measures should be taken to prevent forestalling of provisions, and providing that no purchases in the market itself should be allowed before a certain hour. The Council, conceiving that this restric tion would be unconstitutional, and would probably have an effect quite opposite to that which the petitioners ex pected from it, decided upon a non-compliance. At the same time the Government took such other measures as it deemed likely to prevent an exorbitant increase in the prices of corn and other provisions, and to find employ ment for the poorer classes. The decision of the Coun cil being made known, a crowd assembled about ten this this morning in the market-place, in consequence of a woman who went to purchase her ordinary supply of potatoes finding that a dealer had bought them all up. The police magistrates interposed, and endeavoured to calm the rage this fact excited. They were not listened to, and finding that coercion was becoming necessary, some 20 men of the militia were brought forward with fixed bayonets. These, however, were insufficient to awe the crowd, which increased every minute, and the armed force was pelted, and driven out of the market place. The rioters then began to plunder two carts laden with potatoes. One of the ringleaders was taken to the guardhouse, but he was soon afterwards released by his comrades, and carried off in triumph. The rioters then invaded several bakers' shops, breaking their windows, but their depredations were not otherwise of any great conse ouence. A fringe and lacemaker, named Jecker, in the Market -street, and who was supposed to be a partisan of the Jesuits, was in great danger of being sacrificed, but was saved by the timely intervention of some courageous neighbours and a troop of students, after a short battle with fists and staves. The greatest damage was done in the grape-market, where all the boxes and baskets were emptied and crushed, and the grapes trampled under foot. At four o'clock another meeting of the working men was held at Schuzenmattcr, outside the Arberg Gate, and a demand sent to the Council that it should rescind its resolution of the preceding day. But this step produced no result, and the assemblage was dispersed by the urban guard and the students armed corps. It is expected that the rioters will re-assemble to-morrow morning at ten o'clock, but measures are taken to prevent any further disorder." Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. The Eco del Comercio has been compelled to suc cumb beneath the heavy fines ille4ally imposed upon it by the Government. It had not appeared for three days. The amnesty had not yet appeared. Great dis satisfaction is expressed at this delay. The policy of M. GUIZOT in Spain is already producing its natural effect. So intense is the hatred of the Spaniards for their Afrancesado rulers, that in order to give vent to it, they have proposed to raise a subscription to erect a monument to commemorate the victory of Baylen. The intention, as announced in the pro spectus, is "to erect a monument on the very spot where General DUPONT, with more than 20,000 French, delivered up their arms to Gen. CASTANOS." Senor SALAMANCA, the rich banker, is the treasurer, and in the list of subscribers appear the names of General Serrano, Cotoner, Portello, Manuel Concha, Jose Concha, Cordova, Caminero, Ros de Olano, Domingues y Guevara, and Tello ; Conde de Zaldi vor, nephew of the Duke of San Lorenzo : Colonel Ampudia, of the Carbineers, among military men ; and among civilians the names of Senors Vahey, Serafin Calderon, Pastor Diaz, and Zaragona, depu ties (three of the above generals are also deputies, and two senators), Senors Sevillano, Pablo Collado, San tamarca, Bertram de Lis, Salvador Lopez, managing director of the Bank of Isabel IL, and many other hankers and capatalists. How will the Due I)E MOIST PENSIER act ? As the husband of the Infanta of SPAIN, he ought to subscribe largely to the fund ; as a Prince of France, he must feel such a subscription, proposed at such a time, as an in stilt, and an insult too which it is impossible to resent, but for which he may thank the excessive cleverness of M. BRESSON and M. GUIZOT. The Clamor Publico contains accounts from Por tugal to a later date than those we have hitherto re ceived. The QUEEN'S authority, and that of the new Ministry scarcely extended beyond the walls of Lis bon. Everywhere in the northern provinces the people were assembling to prevent by force of arms the return of the Cabrals. Felvos and Campomayor have already pronounced against the new Govern ment, and it is expected that every town in the north of Portugal will follow their example. The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 16th. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday From the following extract from the National, which has shown itself particularly well informed on every thing relating to the Spanish marriages, it will be seen that Russia joins England in her protest against the succession of the children of the Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER to the throne of Spain : .. W e a re informed that the Charge d'Affaires of Russia has communicated to Guizot a note f rom hi s Government, the tenor of which is very disagreeable to the Ministry. We are assured th a t t h e C abinet of St. i Petersburgh declares that t Las always regarded as illegitimate and contrary to all t reat i es the changes which have deprived Don Carlos and his children of the throne of Spain. It cannot, therefore, enter into a dis cussion limited to what has pa sse d on the subject of the i marrag of t h e Queen and her sister. The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, .however, having rece i ved the commu ideation of a diplomatic dispatch from E ng l an d , in which are reservations against all aggrandise ment of the junior branch of the Bourbons of France (the note here gives an extract of this dispatch), Russia thinks it right to join her own reservations to those of England, an d the case occurring (le cas &heard) she will feel h erse lf b ound to maintain according to ancient treaties the equilibrium of the European powers. On the other h an d , i t is known that Austria has not given its assent to the conduct of M. Guizot ; that Government and th e P russ i an have preserved up to the present time a compl e t e neutrality, at least as regar d s diplomatic relations. This situation, which becomes more and more complicated, now causes great embarrassment, and the means cf getting out of it are sought for. It has been attempted to overturn the ‘Vhigs, but it is now known that this solution is imps siole ; tho French . Gov ernment has rec e i ve d f rom t h e most influential Tories the most Positive assurances of their being perfectly agreed with Lord Palmerston in this affair. Now, as the Whig Ministry will last, M. Guizot must be sacrificed to it. Conferences between England and M. Mole have been opened ; it is hoped that an un d erstan di ng will be come to ; all that is in question is a few new concessions, base and unworthy of France, and fatal to her interests." It is evident that the Carlista are meditating some coup in the northern provinces of Spain. The Journal S des Py ren e es Orientates of the 17th, gives the follow ing acc oun t of a hostile collision between a party cf panish refugees a n d a F renc h m ilit a ry force— "On th e 15 t h , the authorities of Perpignan, having received noti ce of the presence of about thirty. Captain ;vanish refugees on a farm about three leagues off, Faye pr ocee d ed to the spot with six gendarmes, fifteen chasseurs, and t wenty infantry. T h e b r i ga d e o f S a l ses had already come up, and surprised the refugees at the moment when t h ey were about to commence their march, and call e d upon them to surrender, but the refugees, seven times inure numerous than the gendarmes, instead of ob e y ing, assumed the offensive, an d , armed with knives ' s tink , ' and st ones , s urrounded the brigade, exclaiming i n Spanish' mes We will rather die than surrender.' The gendarmes thus attacked, at first made use only o f t h eir swords, but the corporal who com manded th em, finding himself hard pressed, at length ordered th em to fire. Ore of the refugees was shot dead, an o th er received a ball - in the breast, and two re ceived sab re wounds. It was at this moment that the detachm en t o f Captain F a y c a rrived. The Spaniards, . who had p erce i ved his approach, had, to the numberof s eventeen, already surrendered. Ei g h t ot h ers were In the evening they were all brought to Perpignan, and dis covered i n th e ravines, and arrested. The two who had received sab re wounds fled, but afterwards surrendered. putinto pris on . The two who received swor d cuts are slightly inju re d, and the man who was shot in the breast is expected t o recover. The person killed was a sub lieutenant, n amed Pui c h agu d e ." Accounts from Martinique state that Admiral DE La PLAcu h ad.concentrated the whole of the squadron under his c ommand off the coast of Mexico. The squadron consists of five ships of the line, three frigates, and two brigs. The Constitutionne/ has a long article commenting on the treaty of commerce between France and Russia. It approves of the treaty itself, but con demns the Ministry for not having carried on the ne gotiations with greater activity, and for having omitted to place the relations of the French ports in the Mediterranean with the Russian ports of the Black Sea, on the same footing as the relations be tween the ocean ports of the two countries. In the same paper we find the following : " Vice-Admiral Dupetit Thouars has been called to Paris by telegraphic dispatch, and had a long confer ence with the Minister of Marine, upon which a tele graphic dispatch was immediately sent off to Brest with positive instructions to be forwarded to the Governor of the French establishments in Oceania. It is known that several transports filled with troops and ammunition have set sail for Oceania." PARIS BOURSE, OCT; 21.-The stock market has been rather animated to-day, and closed, with much firmness, a shade higher than yesterday, Threes having been last called at 82f. 70c., and Fives at 117 f. 75c. The market closed as follows :-Three per Cents. for Cash, 82f. 70c. ; for Account, 82f. 70c.; Five per Cents. for Cash, 117 f. 80c ; for Account, 117 f. 75c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3XE ; Nea politan, 102 f.; Spanish, nit quoted. RAILWAYS.- The Share Market has, on the contrary, been rather depressed, and many of the lines are quoted lower. For Cash-Paris and Orleans, 1,250 f.; Paris and Rouen, 927 f. 5Cc. ; Rouen and I t avre, 692 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 887 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 590 f. ; Strasburg and Bale, 2251.; Northern, 685". ; Bordeaux, 551 f. 25c. ; Montereau, 3601. ; Fampoux, 4001.; Paris and Lyons, 5161. 25c. ;earls and Strasburg, 495 f.; Nantes, 5011. 25c.; Dieppe, 365 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 22. Boulogne and Amens, 14A—Direct Bombay and Madras, % Dutch Rhenish, b%—East Indian, .34 —Great Western Bengal, % Louvain a la Sambre, I u—Luxembourg, I %—Northcrn of France Constituted, 12% -- Orleans and Bordeaux, B!4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris and Rouen, 36 % Sambre and Meuse, 4%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yester day were 7,000 bales, 3,500 being Amerioan, on specu lation. The market was firm.—ln Shares there was not much doing. We have advices to-day to the 25th August from the Cape of Good Hope, that is, the eastern portion of it. The skirmishes between the British troops and the aboriginals continued as active as ever, but there was not quite so much success in the foraging expeditions by the latter, and despite the circumstance of our dragoons having found their operations greatly impeded by the badness of the ground, there was reason to hope that as the troops were better supplied with provisions they would be enabled soon to obtain more signal successes. The trade of Port Elizabeth in the quarter ending the sth July had employed 46 vessels of 8,615 tons, and the total value of the exports was 104,3091. The controversy upon the subject of the late conver sion of Mexican Stock seems to be losing none of its animation or interest, end there is a decided apprehen sion that Santa Anna feeling his power, and being so accustomed to exercise it to the fullest extent; will utterly disregard any mere qualms of conscience, and upset the late conversion. The system with nearly every Government that has ruled the destinies of ill fated Mexico, has been to profit by her misfortunes— according to the good old Spanish model—whenever its financial embarrassments became so urgent as to ne cessitate further tinkering to extort from the creditors renewed sacrifices, and from the Republic a handsome sum for the private purposes of those in power. The late conversion afforded no such opportu nity to Santa Anna and his minions, and so the conduct of Mr. Murphy, the Mexican envoy, who has in every respect acted up to the spirit, and as regards the letter also of his instructions, is now impugned, that a new conversion job may be perpetrated, that will fleece a little more the bandied creditors, and yield something to state paupers besides. There is an unpleasant rumour in circulation respect ing the credit of a house of some standing in the City. Although we should feel it our duty to exercise the usual circumspection in this matter, and to make every possible inquiry before entering more specifically into it, we find the unfortunate affair too well known to admit of doubt, and may, therefore, state at once that we allude to the firm of Jeremiah Harman. The value of the Public Securities is still rather droop ing, but vie have not to notice any particular alteration in prices since yesterday. Consols have been 944 j- for present transfer, and 94i to 95 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills is 16s. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 95i -11. There is very little speculative business doing in the Foreign House, and the quotations have exhibited no buoyancy. Spanish Bonds are nominal. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 411 to 42k. Mexican Stock is much the same, being 224 to 23, and Grenada is 234. Bra zilian Five per Cents. are worth 86 ; Dutch Two-and-a -' Half per Cents. are 584 to 59k. Railway Shares are quiet, but steady. Birmingham and Oxford have been in favour during the last day or two, on account of a reported favourable arrangement with the North-Western. They have touched 6- to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 'O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 93 3 4% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 4 3A New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 9 13-16 15-16 South Sra Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Nov. 26 9474 95 Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / d. I %a. 1,000/. 1 NICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONK O'CLOCK.. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent BG Equador Bonds 3 l /2 Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 20% Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent — Ditto lbr the Account 22% 23 Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent lll% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4l Ditto Deferred ... Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent 97 Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 911 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWATS. PAID. PER SAARI. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2 % 3A ... to • Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% - Aylesbury and Tharne 1A...... Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 4 3 / 4 .. .. - Biimingham and Gloucester-100 ...... - 1)o. New (iss. at 7 1 / 2 dis.) . 17 1 / 2 - Birmingham & Oxford Junc... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% - ..... to • Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. - Bristol and Exeter - - Do., New - Bristol and Gloucester... ...... 30 - - Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% - to - Buckinghamshire B4s. - Caledonian - Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Extension - Cambrian and Grand Janet.. 425. - Chester and Holyhead-. 27% - Churnet and Blythe 2 - Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham and Oxford - Clydesdale Junction 2O ..-.. - Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney - - Cork and Waterford l% - Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares - ..-.. to - Cornwall and Central Dwvon 2% l% ...... to - Derby and Crewe 2% - to - Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction 2% - to - Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 - • to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 - - Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% - ...... to - Dublin and G a l way to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 - Eastern Counties l4/. 16s 21%%... to - Do. New l2l. 165....... 6% p... to - Do.Perpet.,s per ct.No 1,61. 13s. 4d... - Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... IA pto - Do., Yo r k Extension ...... 2 ...... - East Dereham and Norwich 1 - - Eastern Union 35 - to - Ditto, Quarter Shares - - Do. Ext ens i on t o H arw i c h lg - to - Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% - to - East Lancashire - Ditto, New 5 - to - East Lincolnshire l% - to - East and West of England... 1% — ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - to - Edinburgh and Northern ... 10 ...... 10 - Edinburgh and Perth 3 - to - Ely and Huntingdon - Enniskillen anti Sligo 2 1% - to - Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5A - to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... - - Ditto, New - - D 0.% Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... - .. - Glom., Aberystwith, and Cen. of Wales - ..... to - Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 42s - ..• .. to - Grand Union (Mott. & Lynn) 1% ..... to - Great Eastern and Western... 2% - ...... to - Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & %Vest. (Ireland) 27% 29 % • to Great Munster - Great North of Scotland 2% - ...... to Great North of England 100 ......236% to - Ditto, New 5 - Ditto, NOT - 65 .. ... to Ditto, New - ..... to - Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 5O . to - ...... SO ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares lO - to - Ditto, Fifths 20 - ..... . to - Do. New - Hull and Selby 5O .... - ••• •• to - Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 1 ,4 - `o - Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to - Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% _ ...... to - Do. do. and Norwich - ...... to Killarney Junctions ............ 14 - ...... to - Kendal and Winderme re ll/2•••••• •„-••. to - Do. New Lancaster and Carlisle 45 .-- . • . ••• .... to - 5 Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. - Leeds and Bradford .. - Leeds and Carlisle ... to - Leicester and Birmingh am 225....,,, -- ....... to - Leizester and Bedford 22s. - Leeds and Dewsbury ......... 22% - - Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% ...... 1 1 ,44.. to Liverpool and Bury l4 ...... - -- London * Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d ....... - - Do. New to - .. ......... 3 ...... - D. Extension .............. 7% 2 ...... to - Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do, Fifths - to - 40 ...... - - ----- London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d 2 2 14 to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... 9 3 / 4 to London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... 9% Ditto Preference ........181 17s 2d... London, Hounslow. &Western 2 . .... London and North Western..loo 19 9 3 /4 to Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J . 12% — to Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 8 ... . London and S. Western.... 41/ . 63. 10d. 71 1 % Do. New consolidated 8 ths- 40 Ditto New 22%.. ... 31 1 4%... to 31 Do. New London and York.— 2% l 3 /4 ... . to Ditto Half Shares London and Windsor ......... lAi — to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 12 1 / 2 — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 12% ...... to Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 ..... Ditto Half Shares - 38 ...... ...... to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 1 4...... Do. Extension Manchester and Birmingham 40 75% to Ditto Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters ( li) Ditto Quarters (C) 1 hlanch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. — p to Manchester, Birmingham, and MouldJ unction Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 .....135t% to 137 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 ...... 35!4% .. to Midland, firm., and Derby 100 ..... —..-.. to Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to Midld. Great Western (hid]) 15 Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields ........ 25 ...... ••• Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newmarket and Chesterford 2/. 12s .. U p... to Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 4 — to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 4% — to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1%...... S'orfolk Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension North British Ditto Half Shares. Ditto Fifths Do. Quarters l% 3U to Ditto, Extension 5 0% to rn Northe and Eastern Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Staffordshire... 42s. North Wales 3 l /2 .. . Korth. Si. South. Connecting 2%. .... Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ... .. ••• 2 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfci., Witney, & Cheltnham IN. I .. ... Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre 25 ..... . Ditto, Half Shares .. 4 1 / — to Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 3/. 125.... dis. to Richmond Royston and Hitchen Rugby and Leamington Scottish Central Scottish Midland .. ... 12% — to Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot teries, and Crewe l% Sheffield and Manchester ...160 Ditto 1 4 Shares 8 ...... ~ Do. and Lincolushire J unct. I IA — to Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 Do. do. do. Extension... 425. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 — to Shropshire Union ... 425. Shrewebury, Wolverhampton, and S. Staflordsh. Junction 2% — ...... to Sligo and Shannon South Devon ....... ..... • ... 35 Stahh Midland 425....... . South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 2% — to South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No 3 Ditto New, No. 4. 2% — to St. Alban's, Hatfield,- and Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond—. .... 1 . ••• to -- Staffordshire and Shropshire 2:14 — South Wales - ..... • to Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's St m. Coal Taw Yale Extension Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5% — to Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Warwickshire and London... 425. Warwick and Worcester 423....... ...... to W aterford and Kilkenny 8 . - Waterford and Limerick ... .. 22%... .. Waterford, Wexford,lVicklw, and• Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welsh Midland 2% — to West Biding Union 4•is l l% p... to West Cornwall West London, Old Shares ... 20 Wesforl and Carlow - 21 2 — Wisheaell and St. Ives Wilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 10 ...... 3% to Worcester,Warwick,&liugby 425.. York and Carlisle 2l (a — York and Newcastle 25 .... 42% to 42 Ditto, New York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro'Branch Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension - . to 38 Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian ................... 4 Barbadoes to Boulogne and Ami ens l6 . Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 .. .. . — l-11 to Bordeaux, T ou l ouse, & Cette ( Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) ................. 2 Calais, Dunk, &W. Flanders 2 • Calcutta & Diam on d H ar b our 7s. ..... ... , Callao Lima, & Pacific C oas t 1 . — Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley • Direct Bombay and Madras 55. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... . Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2 , 2 . leampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 - Great Indian Peninsular ss. .. •• Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada - Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey 1 Louvain it la Sambre - ...... to Luxembourg 4 •••••• ...... t o --- Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras % Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... — Madrid and Valentia Mauritius 1 - Namur and Liege........ Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 ...... _ North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 B l /s ..,.... to 8 % Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... •-• Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ..... to Parts and Orleans... ... 20 Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 Rouen and Havre Sambre and. Meuse ...... to Strasburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence arid Atlantic.... Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 . — Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. ..• . ... 2 1 / 2 - West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - ...... to --- British North American - ...... to -- Colonial • to -- Commercial of London ....... 20 - London Joint Stock ... .10 London and Westminster. . 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 National of Ireland ........ 22 1 ' .... /2 --- ••• •. to Provincial of Ireland ... Union of Australia ............ Union of London ........ ...... 10 NES. ... Real del Monte, Unregistered M l—.. 4 to -- .... tO - ) LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oar. 23.—Wind this day at noon W., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, Ocr. 22.—Wind W., fresh and cloudy.---Arrd. At- Bremer, Patagonia, and sld. for Hull; Westbrook, Harris, Porto Rico; Herot, Bayeon, St. Domingo; Baltimore, and sld. for Bremen ; Rambler, Quebec, and sld. for Stockton. Put back, Pacific, Alexandria; Cuthbert, young, Malta ; George Metcalf, Carthagena. Part of the cargo and stores of the Mary Ann, Griffiths, stranded yesterday, have been landed here. The Fidelite, Petite, from the Island do Rhe, to St. Valery sur Somme, lost an anchor and part of chain yesterday, and proceeded for Margaret Roads. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 22.—Wind N.N.W., a gale.—Arrd. Kathleen, Hamilton, Africa; Zephyr, late Drury, Cartha gena; D e l a C olumbia, master washed overboard in the hurricane of the 19th u lt. ; S ea , F reeman , New York, sailed 30th tilt. The Brant, Gregorius, bound to Dantzic, has put back leaky, having struck in Rock Channel, returning. SHIELDS, Ocr. 22.—Wind N.—Arrd. Tom Bowling, Rob son, Quebec. Poiirsmount, OCT. 22.—Wind W. to W.N.W., a hard gale and squally.—Put back, Florinda, Hodson, Ceylon; Grace Darling, Oifeur, Madeira. OFF STARCROSS, OCT. 22.—Wind N.W.—Elliots, North America. PLY➢IOUTH, Ocr. S.W.—Arrd. Orestes, Porter, Honduras; General Sale, Brooks, Liverpool for China, leaky, and with loss of cutwater by a heavy sea. Put back, Indus trious, St. Carolina. CLYDE, Ocr. 21.—Arrd. Clansman, Peck, New York Mary Glover, Daggett, ditto; Royal William, Ddthie, New fouddlaud. Sid. Charlotte Harrison, M'lntyre, Demerara. MUMBLES ROADS, OCT. 21.—A rr d. Pascoe Grenfell, Cuba. Hume, OCT. 22.—The Eliza, Hill, of and from Liverpool, to Valparaiso, is on shore on the rocks at Undercliff Stowe, and will probably go to pieces; c r e w an d passengers saved. Two large vessels are in the Bay disabled. PORTSMOUTH, OcT. 22.—1 t has blown all night and to-day a hard gale at W. to W.N.W., with no appearance of abate ment. BRIBPORT, Ocr. 21.—Part of a door, stamped with the word llopewell (burnt in), and several pieces of wreck, ap parently of a barge, have been picked up here. DIDIZORD, Ocr, 22.--110 &lipping in the Day rode 04 bogie' the terific gale of last night safely. A log of I n marked r 1.N.1.-3, has been picked up on the coast. ... , 0 FIS 'IC UA RD, OCT. 21.—1 t is blowing N.W. There are nineteen brigs and schooners, laden? , ~T 4 unknown, off; should the gale continue, and the Wina " more to the north, the whole must come on shore. 6 p DUNBA lt, OCT. 21.—The Ebenezer, froth bre °l9° pti e bar b° Grangemouth, is on shore on a reef of rocks near th crew saved. ...e frog FALmouTir, OCT. 22.—1 t has blown a violent nor W. to N.V. since yesterday, which still continugh parried by violent squalls.Lond ail I " G Ri 315 - 41 Y, OCT. 22.—The Jane, Pinder, from -„„ o bitl.- a gale froral: _6 Wakefield, has been towed in here leaky, and con. Di , A wreck, apparently half a billybuoy, was seen 5 , , e ,,, o f lington on the 19th instant, and part of the floor-ri,l:ed or a large vessel, copper fastened, with two barroltere. marked 46, by her Majesty's ship Lapwing, arri ved Lood °4 YAnmounr, OCT. 21.—The Marv, Womac, fra u s ter . to Lowestoffe, which ot on 1 r - on the North Pie r ' lift' The i la day, has been assisted g off, and s I N o vil e l discharge. the pa Coppard, from Sunderland to Newhaven, i 8 in leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, part of sails, in he r 31r TO . RBAY, OCT. 21.—Wind N.W., strong. — A r '' jest) 's ship Sappho, Cape of Good Hope. , t J ii".g' OFF PENZANCE, OCT. 20.—Rhodes, ShiPsY, St, New Brunswick; and also a steamer, and a large s e— rt, 0). TE/413Y, Ocr 19.—Arrd. Perseverance, Caller, Newroduof Cork, leaky; Kate, of Sunderland, Saudersford) fa leaky. . u ' foe. s il 'O CORK.—Arrd. Giavur, Belcher, Jamaica. LEITH, OLT. 20.—Sld. Sylphider, El(egos, AA - ct . JP' ' DONEGAL, Ocr. 18.—Std. Ann. Nicholson, " New Brunswick. c t itbo l l TORBAY, Ocr. 21.—The Ripon steamer , from P°,, c. $$ for Alexandri a , ha s p ° put in with loss of rudder, r . ffice• have been landed and returned to the General l' ..`..,.; 10,, , , HARTLEPOGI , Ocr. 21.—The Concord, Cramr, " I " sa do' gate, in entering this morning, struck the b' at t 01 be laid on the Gridiron for survey. ' , me 0, f ief' BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 21.—The Trusty. L'll -- rs° e , .: t the beach this morning, and is discharging t P fl bij SnonErrAm, Ocr. 21.—The stern - ,art b of a boat er 1. inside and out "L'Amore, St. Maio," ' was P I morning on the beach here. PORTULEVEN, Oar. 20.—A large water ca sk ihe r°,-I ' Pas ,: k t "Ocean," was picked up off this port yesterdaY• orolw, r of and from Blyth, to Portsmouth, groundd, ° ,, ° ,,t ser lisiowl 20th inst., but came off soon alter Wit''' . 0 parent damage. , isst V et . MILFoso, OCT. 21.—1 t blew a very heavy g' e , tile' 1 ;0 from S.W. to S., and at about four A.M. shifted f o ot '',l ward, with heavy squalls. The Nora Crela y s :woet'tlo in contact with the brigantine Design, of ", a toro Titrol ) carried away bowsprit, sprung foremast , anm Gow bows of the latter. A schooner is on 0" e ill gum Boads, St. Bride's Bay. 15 011 '00 5 BRIDLINGTON, Oar. 22. The Trusty, Enliiirier Stockton to Boston, which got on the rear 0 yesterday, was hove off with slight damage. , a bite, ,ja YARMOUTH, OCT. 21.—The Rebecca, hock O A ') Shields to Brixham, in coming into the bar" -- rts il " o co th n se t i a ru c Ed t .La l Dm vi sa t t h ge a . smash, which carried away boirsP — . sir ° mer „, OCT. 21.—The Crown, Dodds' fr f ill ee v(°°ll,.t to St. John's, New Brunswick, has put in Pe :.: tela . ' days), having been struck by several heavy . se— ' it o sails, bulwarks, &c. , 03 0 ,,,0 A barque, apparently c o tt on l a d en , with lofft, tori l ;,, bowsprit standing, and w i t h th e w reck of , 4 " . "1 t. 4 ' alongside, was passed, ab an d one d, 6th inst. , j ß n i "ef. lon. 27 W., by the Ellen, W a d e , arr i ve d in th e ...-'' fiAlr.) MARKET NE ws,criils 0 T DA l %'sb CORN EXCHANGE-FA , , o f fc l e i l Owing to the boisterous weather, the arrivais $ , 44 1 Wheat for our market since Monday, have b ee : 1 , 11 )1 0 V limited scale, consequently, the show of s t - tbe 13 :reig ° small. On the whole, the trade was firm► a' f r ee I ; ) ",tet prorement in value. There was a fair sale for t peewo at late rates ; but bonded qualities were V I d 0 11 40 Scarcely any malting Barley was on offer, 0 . 13 d held at extravagantly high prices. Grinding if %itilicA sorts commanded a fair amou n t o f a ttention. '' ln pers s os scarce, and held for extreme fi gures . In Oats c °, Ye s* little was doing, at pr ev i ou i currenc ies. BeS Flour, as on Monday. 111* oats 11, 3 , 6ro erg I 9,;,00 - 2,3 5° 660 Hatt, 490 qrs. 0" the te* L The supply of Bea S st i 7o l n T s li alr te E in ia g p srn . all , all i d 0 5 O f. more favourable to slaughterin the Beef trauf o of 6 ,oo° at, in some instances, a trifling g 'advance 00 poi' rencies, and at which a good clearance was w t .'" o/0 10' 0 ,0 were in the market 21 Beasts and 310 SheeP irmuttoOrite The numbers of Sheep were limited ; ye t the rico . was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary P c os small Calves produced late rates, but all other o . l ct ive sw a b were very dull. The Pork trade was in an iu 4 ti o. yet we can notice no alteration in the go tti c iadif* Cows sold heavily at from 161 to 19i each, Ill small calf. English ...... Irish ........ Foreign ...... Wheat. 2,770 qrs. ARRIVALS. IBarley. 2,960 qrs. ink the offal• Per Bibs. to s . 0. 6 , to 4 0 ' 1 i 3. d. s. d. litycli t 4 I i Inferior Beasts •.•• 2 10 3 2 Second clua there / Second quality ditto. 3 4 3 6 Coarse.woolle the, . 4 1 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Soutliclow ll l V ,, e . 4o ol ,10 il l , Prime Scots ...• •• 4 0 4 2 Ditto outa I.' .ds , 3 ' Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Large 1100 •. .• • 4 0 '0 1 Prime small ditto •. 4 G 4 8 Small Porkers '' :.16 Suckling Calves •• 18 0 30 0 Quarter o . id rig, .. 0 Inferior Sheep .. .42 4 4 Lambs •••• • . 1. 3 -4 ' SUPPLY AT l'ilAltliNl' 1 41 0 Boasts. I Sheep, I C"". 727 3,670 221 A 0, 15 .6. - NEWGATE AND ILEAT)+• -- cq .4 We had a steady trade, at full prices. o 4 ' 0 a, t 4 , S. tAt per stone, by the Carcase. 3 a 4 4 s. d. to s. d. 1 B_eef, m in i f d eg i o n r g : : : : 3 2 S o 3 2 10 2 1 Mutton, prime large 3 4 3 6 , prime •• ••• 3 6 4' prime small - • 3 6 3 8 ( Pork, 1arge..... • .. i I Veal•• •• • • Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. inferior iniddlin i . : 4 4 4 4 i 1 i 0 14 1 BOROUGII 110 P IVIARIOV.i . „.• is i bd o l,i' l On the whole there is rather more business do"* -co le ov colory parcels of Hops, yet we can notice no i"W i r j i l , 3 oW value. In the middling and inferior kin'? i' little is passing. The duty is called 220,00 0 " B • , ANKRUPTCY.—(THIS „ ) A (Before Mr. Commissioner SnErl o- : of IMPORTANT APPLICATION.—IN THE 1111 All LEADING, TRING, AND B ASINGSTO KE BA .-it" 1 141' PAN Y. To-day was appoint e d f or th e exam ination ° t,p 4 o' o o Grantley Berkeley, M.P., the chairman, f ln ny sedi Hill and Everill, s o li c it ors to t h e a b ove CoalP a Zil ,e. whom a fiat of bankruptcy has been issued• appointed none of those parties were presea' . for Mr. LAWREN CE th en app li e d f ur a ot apprehension. t 0 0v His Horroun said, it was qu it e a ne w P° ll.l ,i' e Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 118, which 033 t - a bef" companies liabl e t o b e ma d e bankrupts, and sented by WRENC E certain persons. ha' , Mr. LA argued, that as due no" -- bel,0 l oer 11 given in th e Gazette, Mr. Berkeley and the ° ' i subject to the same processes as would issue ago b 01 other indiiduals not attending as required b 1 llis iloNoun said he should prefer advio i i ° e itlif l ‘oli brother C omm i ss i oner (Foublanque) before L' e t ; If' the case. On his Honour's return he said grant the application. ,he A long discur ssion , 1 warrant.c tip - , 1 0 11 ' Mr. LAWRENCE considered that it must 'forib t eg, form, on hich the parties might be take n , g ei and of cou rse they were liable to be kept until the time of the examination; but if the p f e,cof was given to un d erstan d t h at he need not IP:joi till the day the examination took place, 11 ,7)10' 6 ,i , could then di sc h arge t h em from custody- ieriefej was fixed, and they were taken into custody tet 13r the liberty of the subject would be materially 1 t be '' P e/ with. lie thought if it was possible to exe,,,c ll „ te r t 18145 , rant to-day so much the better, but if the u ° ,Tho sitting they could not be examined till to-nio t r'Tniii -13 0 The three warrants were issued, but A ir ,Leie:c el into Court with some of the books, an d 10.1 no; fl iV examination, but as the parties were not in /1-t t o. the case was adjourned, on the understand iav other warrants would be enforced. Mr. Hill's excuse for delay was that b ell 6 IY. seeking for c ounse l who was absent from tc"". „ SE CONDARIES'. THIS (Before Mr. Secondary PoTrEs-) s tet' KLUTZ V. STAINER. e n The plaintiff i n thi s act i on i s a journeywal"ndie and the def en d an t i s a carpenter and joiner, '1,0111" end-road. The claim was for 4/. 125., the wages. by d ‘t b ° The defendant pleaded payment. Len ensued as to ti die On the part of the plain it was shown L b :o of been employed for the d e f tn d an t f or WOO' et" for which h e c h arge d a t t h e usual rate o f 55 ' at ellu; to On being dischar ge d f or wan t o f wor k , 7 s . we r- e fose to him as the balance due, but which h e tig hil, accept. it s For the defendant it was con t en d e d t h a t it'd on i d improbable that a journeyman would allow 111 g be c , o o to stand open as alleg e d, an d, moreove r, til, I t ts v di c o summoned the defenda n t t o th e T ower Ba t e 1 13 ' of Requests for a sum of 1/. I s . Bd., an d that th e 511 had been dismissed. , be v It was objected that such ev id ence cou ld 0 " he or as there had not been any pl ea to t h at effect. ooll'lll° The Learned SE CONDARY sa id t h at h e cool" t evidence of what was said by the plaintiff , b u di eir result from the books. Th e j ury m i g ht draw ' elusions frm wat the planti The clerk o f the court i was not called, 10 je nesses spoke to divers payments on account. et 1 4 The defendant's attorney said he could ne t fendant's books. The jury, after a short consultation, gave 'PP the Th laintiffl9s• )0 11 p ere was only on e . other cause set down f or but which was settled when called on. A GUILDHALL.—(THIS sp ecl i e A man about fifty 'years of age, and of t h e a 'r b c i o vg appearance, tamed Carew, was placed at th e bO5 l fP Mr. Alderman Musgrove, charged with e ryerf, c ctf certain sums of money belonging to his e re z P, n .Q r-g t i jter' Rawlinson, wholesale tea-dealer, No. 16, S, 1 _" 1 "„ - e ose e ; o ch' Snow-hill. The prisoner was engaged by tt e t ,i 011 "0/ upon strong recommendation, about elg uw ;p e pti• t,10; ago, to collect orders and to receive PAY" - „, re.; ft", complainant alleged that he had recently d is i c. n e ee e i g cl" the prisoner had received several sums ": 4 pre - at i' which he had not accounted, but as he was nt - al t ° prepared with evidence, he begged the Aide r 7, o :ri,e s i g io journ the case, to give him time for further ingot to Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE said he could n datice' the man in custody, unless evidence wer e a (-1 ° justify him in doing so. reCe ` „ .ci io To this Mr. Rawlinson re pli e d th a t he bir o " jog ) Ir , letter from a Mr. Robinson, a customer, irl b ,„ l° co t i ° an d that he had some months ago paid a ha' c ifeei' Carew which he (the prosecutor) had not rec ...ce ifetA n oil the prisoner since admitted that he had,`" - Alde f 'dP money. Mr. Rawlinson added that if the would postpone the case to Wednesday 11°4 alc b • be able to establi s h ot h er cases. f ate•he • w A The prisone r , b e i ng as k e d b y t h e m agie' r ,,, a he had anythi ng t o say in reply to the clA r v il low tone, that he had nothing to say. THE SUN, _LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1E46.