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Now ready, in vols., with Illustrations, 215. bound. F IFTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. " As we read we are proud to claim the author as a countryman, and are content that his book shall go all over the world, that other countries, from it, may derive a just impression of our national character. His volumes are full of just perception and spirited detail. They greatly increase our acquaintance with Eastern scenes, and to the traveller afford a variety of information which he could hardly elsewhere find in so interesting a shape."—Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FOR EMIGRANTS. Now ready, in 2 vols., price 215. bound, CANADA AND THE CANADIANS. _ In 1846. _ By Lient.-Colonel Sir RICHARD BONN. YCASTLE PITNCIPAL CONTiNT9.—Emigrants and Immigration—A Journey to the Westward—The French Canadian—Toronto and the Transit— Newark, or Niagara—American and English Institutions—The Great Fresh-water Seas of Canada—Family Compact—Church and Kirk— Life In the Bush—America as it is, &c. " An amusing and informing picture of the present condition of an important colony. There is excellent advice, as well as information of a practical kind, which ought to be treasured up by the intending emigrant, to whom we recommend a perusal of Sir Richard's book, AS giving graphic views of the present toil for future independence, which all must encounter."—Mornin z Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in three vols. post Bvo , JOHN OF ENGLAND A ROMANCE. By HENRY CURLING. Anthor of " The Soldier of Fortune." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SHALE, 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 to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds inune diAtely disposed of according to instmetions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. ITLEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. I3orrani ; Jules to Montagnon, Mr. W. Harrison; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss ; Make, Miss Isaacs ; 'senile, Madame Anna Bishop. To conclude with a new Ballet, in two acts, entitled THE OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Bretin, Theodore, Mdlle. Fabbri, Madame Theodore, and Mdlle. Adele will perform. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. rnder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING _ Will be performed a New Comely, 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, cai,led SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington. Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Love), Mr. Howe; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTH Flt Undo Foozle, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. H. 101 l ; Mrs. Quieklidget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform " Les Mousquetaires de la Reins" (Overture); " Old English Airs" (Fantasia); "Le Jolie Fine da Gaud " (Quadrille); and the " Siege de Corinthe " (Overture). To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE num POST, In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Humby, will appear. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING The last Two Nights of " The Mag!c Horn." The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Flicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. 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 a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinlech, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. On Thursday evening next MRS. HARRIS will make her that appearance in public. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE 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. Ragleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Claircille, Madame Celeste. After which, 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 Barletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar; Messrs. Paul Ledford, Wright, Selby, Worrell. &c., will sustain the principal characters. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of THE HUNCH BACK. Master Walter, Mr. Henry Betty; Lord Timel, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Modus, Mr. Joha Howard ; Heartland, Mr. Archer ; Fathom, Mr. Wilkinson ; Julia, Mrs. R. Gordon ; Helen, Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with a new grand Burlesque, introducing an unri valled Corps de Ballet, entitled THE CIVIL WAR OF POETRY. The Public, Mr. J. Ward ; Ephemera, Mr. S. Cowell. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE WONDER. Don Lopez, Mr. Ileslop ; Don Pedro, Mr. Lewis ; Don Felix, Mr. Cooper ; Colonel Briton, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Frederick, Mr. Pelham ; Gibby, Mr. Neville; Lissardo, Mr. Webb; Donna Violante, Mrs. Ternan ; Donna Isabella, Mrs. Saville ; Flora, Miss Terrey ; Inis, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the favourite I'lay of THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Characters by Messrs. Frederick, Johnson, Cooper, Saville, lleslop, Webb, Hawkins, Pelham; Mrs. Gil, Miss Terrey, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. Ternan. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Mo‘t 1:,nei...,• Atskicety tae Queen, rilice Albert, and Royal Family. Last fivo nights of Lord Byron's " Mazeppa ;" re-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 lavish scale of splendour. First appearance of the Champion Vaulters and Sommersault Ar tistes, Messrs. J. Henderson and J. Lee. THIS EVENING Will he performed the successful Dramatic Spectacle of MAZE PPA, AND TIIE WILD HORSE. After which, brilliant feats of HORSEMANSHIP, by Mr. Batty's double Company of Equestrian Artistes. Herr Amodio Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilihrist. To conclude with the WASHERWOMAN OF ST. REMY. On Thursday the Entertainments will be for the Benefit of a Cha ritable Institution. J , ox -ottico open from eleven till live o'clock.—floors open at siX aid c unmence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. I.lh WEATILE.R.-6IIN OFFICE, OCTOBER 20. LiERNONETER, Lowest, 48; Highest. 62 ; Noon, 58. BAROMETER, 29.60.—WiNn W.N.W., fine. 111.411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 43 minutes after I. J Evening .. 58 minutes after 1. While Spain, however, is blessed with a body of sagacious reformers, and we might almost say, cursed with an ISTURITZ—PortugaI is, to speak compara tively, blessed with a SALDANBA and cursed with a population of a most tumultuary character, though one, no doubt, earnestly solicitous for the realisation of its individual liberty and the preservation of its com mon nationality. The resolute protest of Great Britain, the suppressed indignation of the people, and the threatened appearance of the Count DE MONTE- MOLIN augur the most mournful prospects and the most terrible danger to Spain. With Portugal there are a variety of circumstances and probabilities equally unpropitious. Money will be requisite for the carry ing on of the new Government, and as specie cannot exactly be caught like sprats in the Tagus, an extraordinary taxation must be attempted, and the effect of that attempt will inevitably be the in surrection of the Minho peasantry, and the forma tion of legions of refractory guerillas. It is, indeed, already reported that a rising of that description has even now taken place, that DAS ANTAS is presiding over the rebellion, and that Oporto is decidedly inimical to the late movement at the palace of the Sovereign. IVhether these occurrences are actual or fabulous, it is most certain that the new Administra tion in Portugal is erected upon a most insecure foun dation, and that, notwithstanding the partial po pularity of the Marquis DE SALDANIIA, the continuance of French domination through the instrumentality of himself and his colleagues is most uncertain. One thing is obvious, that the insidious encroachments of France upon the liber- ties and independence of other nations are ex ceeding all rational limits. The Pyrenees may be levelled by an adroit intrigue, but,Patriotism when once aroused forms a barrier infinitely more difficult to overcome. That there exists in this country one law for the rich and another for the poor is a trite observation, but albeit this difference tells in the generality of instances in favour of the rich man, yet there is one case in which the law gives a great and manifest ad vantage to the pauper over his more wealthy fellow countryman. It is the case of alleged lunacy. The certificate of two medical men is not a sufficient war rant to authorise the detention of an alleged pauper lunatic in a madhouse. In the case of the alleged pauper lunatic there must be instituted that public preliminary inquiry which we have always contended ought to be instituted in every case before a British subject is permanently deprived of his liberty. The necessity of such preliminary inquiry is abun dantly proved by a case which was adjudicated on by Mr. SECKER last week, at the Southwark Po lice Court. "MARGARET WALSH, an aged woman nearly blind, alle g ed Lo be insane, was brought up from the work house of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, for the purpose of being sent to the county lunatic asylum. " Mr. ROBINSON, the master of the workhouse, ac companied by the medical officer of the institution, attended with the certificate of the woman's insanity, in order to have the magistrate's signature to the document preparatory to her admission into the county lunatic asylum. The alleged lunatic was led into the Court by an old woman, the nurse of the ward, of which she was an inmate while in the workhouse, and while the certificate was being filled up, the alleged lunatic, who was standing with the nurse in the body of the Court, began to sob and cry, giving utterance to words indicative of her distress of mind in being compelled to enter a mad-house. She fre quently exclaimed that she was not insane. " Mr. SECKER, on hearing the woman's complaints directed her to be led forward, and on ascending the witness-box, she exclaimed in a piteous tone of voice, " For GOD'S sake, gentlemen, do not send me to a mad-house, for I am not insane, my only misfor tunes being destitute and blind." She then pro ceeded to state that she formerly had an allowance of four shillings a week out of the house, but was de prived of that, and taken into the workhouse —that she had been an inmate of the Wandsworth union, but had been removed thence to St. George's —that she was comparatively happy in the former place, but since her admission into the latter she was very much annoyed and teazed by a girl in the same ward, who was in the habit of sticking pins into her, and also of striking her in the face when the nurse's back wa s turned ; that in consequence of the species of annoy ance to which she had been subjected, she admitted that she occasionally gave vent to expressions which she knew it was wrong to do, but which were attri butable to the treatment she experienced." In answer to Mr. SECKER'S inquiry as to the truth of this statement, the nurse flippantly replied, " There is no girl who annoys her—it is all false." This, which would have no doubt perfectly satisfied the Commissioners of Lunacy, did not, however, satisfy Mr. SECKER, and on being pressed, the nurse was forced to admit that there was a girl in the same ward with the poor woman, but added she never annoys her. The alleged lunatic, however, proceeded to argue her case in the most sane manner possible, and in the course of her defence she declared that the master of the workhouse, Mr. ROBINSON, bore some animosity towards her in consequence of the re presentations of this girl. This brought up Mr. lioniNsox, who indignantly declared it was absurd to suppose that he could bear animosity towards her. Of course it was—masters of workhouses hare never been known to bear animosity to particular paupers. The thing is unheard of. " Mr. SECKER said that he saw nothing in the woman's conduct to indicate that she was labouring under insanity, and that her answers to all questions put to her there were consistent, and perfectly rational. Before he signed the certificate for the ad mission of the woman into a lunatic asylum he should wish to witness an instance of her being in the condi tion of mind which the document set forth. " The surgeon then proceeded to ask the alleged lunatic sundry questions, and amongst them, as to whether she had not told him, the preceding day, that Mr. ROBINSON was trying to poison her, and that she was afraid he would accomplish it if she did not take care ? " The reply was—l did not tell you so. I com plained that I knew he had an animosity against me, and that he was determined to put me into a mad house. She here imploringly besought the magis trate not to be a party in sending her to a lunatic asylum —to a place where she said she would be con fined with mad people, and shut out from the society of all rational human beings. " Other questions were put to her, all of which she answered in the same rational manner, exhibiting no symptom of derangement, but on the contrary, dis playing sound sense, and seeming perfectly aware of the steps that were taken to confine her, lithe magis- , when supported by military prowess and an almost miraculous generalship, a successor is succeeding through the assistance merely of consummate cunning and a magnificent hypocrisy. His policy is triumph ant, solely through the characters traced by a goose quill and the perspiration of a courier's horse. Where a Grand Monarch had failed, though assisted by the baton of a CoNDE, and by the most puissant despotism, Louis PHILIPPE has succeeded solely by political masquerading. Where a Great Emperor had only encountered discomfiture, notwithstanding the vastness of his dominions, and the heroic audacity of his veterans, the Monarch of the Barriers has been victorious through the industry of secretaries and clerks. From the appropriateness of the time at which this Portuguese revolution occurred it is manifest that much forethought had been expended upon its arrangement. Everything has been undoubtedly planned with the utmost precision, and with a scru pulous eye to convenience. The Palmella Ministry is not sacrificed until the espousal of the Spanish INFANTA is absolutely completed. Not until some direct evi dence had been given by events that the French in fluence was triumphant in the eastern portion of the Peninsula was the Liberal Cabinet which recently administered the affairs of Portugal ousted. Directly, however, the success of the Bresson plot was mani fest, the Councillors of Queen MARIA DA GLORIA are summarily changed—the well-wishers of the obnoxi ous CABRALS, though not the CABRALS themselves, are inducted to the mysteries of ministerial authority-- PALMELLA and his colleagues, after a brief reign of somewhere about four months' duration, are expelled from the official apartments—and a grand Conserva tive triumvirate is established at Paris, at Madrid, and at Lisbon. Great excuses are to be made for any errors into which the destitute and impoverished portion of our Irish brethren may fall at the present trying period Starving men cannot be expected to reason coolly, and those who are looking upon their wives and children crying for the food which it is not in their power to bestow, will be easily induced by the advice of unprincipled and reckless characters to take a part in acts of violence and intimidation, which they would recoil from under other and more favourable circumstances. We, therefore, gladly acquiesced in the propriety of immediate attention being paid to the wants of the people although the demands were preferred in an importunate and un becoming manner ; and we thought it not unbecoming on the part of the Executive to pardon and overlook, or at least not to scrutinize with too curious an eye, the illegal acts committed by the people when goaded on by the apathy and neglect of those whose especial duty it was to take immediate steps fur the purpose of procuring food and employment. At the same time we pointed out the injurious and demoralising con sequences of yielding to force and intimidation that which was not administered from motives of charity and humanity. What, however, could be done ? A withholding of the employment on public works in the districts where acts of violence had taken place, which might perhaps he the proper way of dealing with such delinquencies, would lead to the most fearful suffering. It would be tantamount to a sentence of death on hundreds, a punishment far tea severe even for the ringleaders and originators of the disturbances, but to which an immense number of innocent persons would also be subjected ; indeed it would fall with greater force on the peaceable and timid than on the turbulent and bold ; and the greater proportion of the victims would be women and children. The demands at first, too, were of the most moderate character : a means of earning a scanty subsistence by the sweat of their brow was all these people sought for. One sufficient meal of the plainest description in the twenty-four hours for themselves and their families, in return for their labour, was in many instances the too modest request of the people ; and it would be indeed cruel and heartless in the ex treme to punish such persons with the utmost rigour of the law for any excesses into which they might have been led. We have already commented upon the proceedings which took place at Youghal. There the first of the bread riots, as they are termed, took place. On the Monday of the previous week a meet ing of the most peaceful character was held ; the language used was temperate, the conduct of all most orderly. They passed votes of thanks to those who had already afforded assistance, and represented the difficulties in which they were placed, the hardships they were suffering under, and implored, with the greatest humility, that immediate employment should be given. One of their pastors addressed them, and in the name of the relief committee stated that within a very few days work should be provided, and every means adopted for the mitigation of their distress; and they dispersed in peace and quietness, without the commission of a single act which the most severe could censure. The golden opportunity however passed away—a week elapsed without any practical step being taken_.. and again the multitude assembled ; but this time the demand was made in a peremptory and threatening manner—the people were exasperated at the delay ; they were not to be appeased by promises, but took forcible possession of the town, which they held for two days, plundered the bread shops and provision stores, and anarchy and confusion prevailed in the entire vicinity. At length the relief committee and authorities were awakened from their slumbers ; im mediate relief was at length afforded, and the labourers triumphed over the gentry, and proved the superior efficacy of acts of outrage and violence to humble remonstrance. The lesson was not lost. It became our pain fu] duty to record ac t s o f di sturbance in other and not distant localities. Clashmore, Dungarvan, Castle martyr, Fermoy, Kilworth, in their turn were sub• jected to the visits of riotous mobs. The military were called out in many instances, and hostile collisions took place. We have now further painful accounts from Youghal. The people are no longer satisfied with work ; they seek to dictate to the officers of the Board of Works the nature of the employment, and the amount of the remuneration they are to receive for their labour—in fact, a general turn -out has taken place, and those who were inclined to work in accordance with the regu lations promulgated have been by force obliged to relinquish labour, and to join the disaffected and tur bulent. The labourers marched through the tuwn shouldering their spades and shovels; they sought for the officers of the Board of Works, but not finding them they separated, vowing vengeance against any man who should work at the prescribed rate. The masons have also turned out for an advance of wages, and as a necessary consequence the Board of Works have determined on not commencing any work for them ; the greatest fears are entertained generally of a popular commotion. Such proceedings must be terminated by the most prompt and vigorous measures. If the people are permitted to indulge in such dicta tion, and if it is permitted to meet with any success, or is succumbed to in any manner, it will lead to the most fearful results, and the entire country will be disturbed with additional and most unreasonable de- trate sanctioned the proceeding, by signing the cer tificate of her admission into a lunatic asylum. " The surgeon said that her answers to the ques tions put to her on the preceding day were quite irra tional, and that it was perfectly well known persons in her unfortunate condition of mind had lucid in tervals. " Mr. SECKER, for his part, could not conceive what danger there was to be apprehended from a poor old blind woman—that it was possible that she might have some unfounded fears with respect to the master of the workhouse, and perhaps talk extravagantly in the ward to the other inmates, but that he had seen nothing in her conduct before him to indicate madness, or anything approaching to it, and therefore should de cline signing any document for her admission to a lunatic asylum. " The parties then left the Court." All honour to Mr. &CHER for his wise, judicious, and humane decision, which has saved this poor woman from imprisonment for life, to which, had she not been a pauper, she would have been inevitably condemned. It may be said that, had she been im properly incarcerated, the Commissioners of Lunacy would have liberated her. 'We believe they would have done no such thing. They would never have taken the trouble to institute proper inquiries. 'What was their conduct in the Heydock Lodge case ? How came it that they did not discover the sanity of Mrs. CUMMING ? Mrs. CUMMING was seized on the 12th of May, at her own house, and conveyed to York house, Battersea, a private asylum for the insane, where she remained until the 29th of August, on which day the proceedings before the Com mission de Lunatico Inquirendo, which ended in her liberation as a sane person, commenced. Did the Commissioners of Lunacy visit York House during that period ? Did they see Mrs. CUMMING ? Did they inquire into the state of her mind ? If they did, how comes it that they failed to discover that which was so self-evident that Mr. Commissioner BARLOW ordered her immediate liberation, taking upon himsell the responsibility of dispensing with the forms usual on such cccasions—that Dr. MIL LINGEN at once consented to accept Mr. Commissioner BARLOW'S guarantee, and permitted her to leave the Court with her friends—and that the very parties who had caused her incarceration, acting under the advice of some of the most astute lawyers of the day, accepted from her a deed disposing of her property, which, if she were insane at the time of its execution, is ipso facto null and void. Now, how comes it that the Commissioners, who, in the course of these four months, must have visited this asylum, did not discover all this ? Did they neglect their duty ? Dismissal is the lightest punishment with which negligence, in such a case, should be visited. Were they incompetent to the performance of it ? The sooner all incompetent public functionaries are removed the better. At all events, here is a prima facie case for a Parliamentary inquiry into the manner in which the Commissioners of Lunacy per form their duties. We say Parliamentary inquiry, for the far-famed Andover case proves that a Home. office inquiry into the alleged misdoings of Govern ment-appointed Commissioners is too often " mockery, a delusion, a snare." , _ • '- ore ' •••,' 4 •••• z ....1111001,41010& • ‘. s . "It " g v exrniikt t"'lnt LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1846. Queen MARIA DA GLORIA of Portugal has been duped into a proceeding most prejudicial to the liberties of her subjects and to the stabilty of her im perial influence. Like Queen ISABELLA 11. of Spain, her Portuguese MAJESTY has been cajoled into a most unpopular policy ; like the Spanish SOVEREIGN, Queen MARIA has been entrapped in the pitfalls of French diplomacy. What the marriage of his Royal Highness the Duc DE MONTPENSIER has done for Spain the expulsion of the PALMELLA Administration has done for Portugal. The independence of each country has been filched from it by an unconstitutional intervention ; the entire Peninsula is now nothing better than an additional spot for the vassalage of GU IZOT and BRESSON to flourish and multiply. There cannot be a moment's question that the Cabinet of the Tuileries is implicated in the late Ministerial transpositions at Lisbon, and that it is implicated therein most intimately and systematically. The programme of the new Administration is of itself a sufficient evidence upon that particular, and that evi dence is not so much in the appointments already an nounced, as in the startling vacancy which is ob servable in the Ministry. There is PARINHO for the administration of Justice ; there is Poe- TUG A L for the Marine; there is OLIVEIRA for the Interior, and temporarily for Finance; there is SALDAN HA as Minister of War and President of the Council ; but where is the holder of the Foreign portfolio ? Who is nominated to one of the most responsible of all Ministerial offices in the present dubious state of European, and especially of Penin sular affairs ? Why, it would appear that this de partment is iesehred for the Viscount CASREIRA, the Portuguese Ambassador in the French metropolis. Is not that a tolerably conclusive testimony that the same wily diplomatists as have recently bartered away the integrity of the Spanish constitution for the sake of a superfluous bridegroom, have likewise been the principal, though secret, instigators of the recent catastrophe at Lisbon ? Is it not another instance of that passion for foreign interference which has latterly reigned predominant in the Council of Louis PHILIPPE ? Is it not another and most lamentable proof that the Government of the Citizan Urge—the hero of the three day,s—the constitutional monarch of 1830—the crowned patriot of July is striving by all the artifices of diplomacy and all the subtle m nations of ministerial guile to subvert the liberal m achi- nations apnridneipanties annihilate stitutions of surrounding the independence of the continental We are living in an epoch as dissimilar from Preceding ones, p o liti ca ll y as it is scientificall he na ll Y mechanically. Where monarchs had failed when sustained by 41 the poten c y o f a lli ed ambition, or THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1846. Count STADION, the Governor of Austrian Galicia, has issued a proclamation, dated Lemberg, Oct. 6, which is published in the Silesian Gazette of the Bth, placing► under martial law the whole of Austrian Galicia, with the exception of Balkowina. The King of BAVARIA has declared war against the press. In the last Council of Ministers, held at Munich, it was resolved to follow the example given by the Duchy of Brunswick, and suppress all journals. All authorisations to publish journals in Bavaria are to be revoked after the Ist of January, 1847, and on that day the Government will publish a daily State Gazette of a large size, which is to be the only journal that is to appear in Bavaria. A letter from Rome, Oct. 9, says.— " The examination which has just been made by order of the Pope into the state of the prisons throughout the Roman states shows that th e y contain upwards of 54,000 condemned prisoners, or ne ar l y two per cent. of the whole population. Their support costs so much the more on the one hand, as by ancient usage they are every day furnished with ample rations of bread and wine ; and on the other, the public works, which our Government has to execute, are not sufficient to employ the twentieth part of the galley slaves, In order to de liver the Roman finances from a part of the immense expense which the support of these men n ecess i tates, the Government has decid e d to set at liberty all the prisoners condemned to five years' punishment and under, and to urge on with the utmost activity the negotiations already commenced with France for the purpose of establishing in Algeris, as colonists, our forcats condemned t o t wenty years' hard labour or upwards." Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 12th, one day later than the news published yester day. , The garantia has been suspended, as well as the publication of the journals, and the partisans of the corrupt Cabral Administration have been all restored to office. The large armed force collected in Lisbon, which is officered exclusively by Ca bralista partisans, keeps the capital quiet, but the pro vinces are preparing for a vigorous resistance. The Duke of TERCEIRA, who had been sent by the new Government to Oporto, to restore the Cabralista regime in that city, was arrested immediately on his landing, and Viscount Das ANTAS, who was in com mand of the troops in the northern provinces, has proclaimed the Prince Royal as King, under the title of Don PEDRO V., the Viscount taking upon hims the office of Regent provisionally. adrid papers of the 13th have been received. The Heraldo declares that an amnesty will shortly be published. The QUEEN and the King Consort, accompanied by the Queen-Mother, and the Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIEE, attended the theatre on the evening of the 12th, and were well received. The Duke DE MONTPENSIER and the INFANTA leave Madrid for Paris on the 24th inst. The Tiempo says that Mr. BULIVER has no attended the Court since the marriage. The Madrid Holsa continued closed. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Ministerial papers, the lltoniteur Parisien and the Journal des Debats, contain articles on the Mont pensier marriage, intended to prove that that marriage is not a violation of the treaty of Utrecht. Now, ii is not so contended in the English protest, as we reak it, because if it were, the contracting of the marriage itself would be a cams Belli. The contention of the English Government is, that by the treaty of Utrecht the issue of that marriage are in capable of succeeding to the Crown of Spain. The arguments, therefore, of the French Ministry are completely beside the question ; and the cases produced of marriages contracted during the period the succession to the Spanish Crown was regulated by the Salic law, as established by Pump V., are not cases in point. The recent counter-revoluti on in Portugal is attributed by most of these journals to the intrigues of M. Ci unoT. It is somewhat remarkable, that the Marquis of SALDANIIA should have visited Paris immediately after the accession of the Duke of PALM ELLA, that no sooner does the Marquis SAL DANIIA arrive in Lisbon than SILVA CABRAL quits Spain for Paris, and that on the arrival of SILVA CABRAL in Paris, the coup d'etat takes place in Purtmial. mands, enforced in the most audacious manner. The peace of the country depends on the firmness of the authorities. They must afford employment to the industrious and well-disposed; they must fully and immediately remove every well-grounded cause of complaint; they must see that every man, willing to work, shall receive for his labour wages sufficient to afford a reasonable quantity of food for the support of his family. And having thus discharged their duty, they must see that the majesty of the law is respected, and that it shall not in any instance be outraged with impunity, but that the ringleaders of outrages shall, in every respect, be dealt with accord ing to their deserts, and punished for their miscon duct. By such means only can they hope to over come their difficulties, and to preserve the peace and tranquillity of the nation. In commenting on Portuguese affairs, the Sieck says- " The news of the counter-revolution which took place on the 6th, in Portugal, is hailed by the Ministe rial journals of Spain with a very imprudent joy. In this reaction these journals behold a complete return to the monarchical order, and a very significant check to English influence. The revolution menaced the charter of Dom Pedro; but it is well known that this charter is the work of England—that it was taken to Portugal by Lord Stuart de Eothesay, and, finally, that when it was in danger from Dora Miguel, ten thou sand saliets, under the orders of General Clinton, left London precipitately for Lisbon. Not only this con stitution is dear to the English by its origin, but by the clause which establishes religious toleration, and opens the door to Protestant missionaries. The Duke de Palmella is the head of the English party in Portugal, but he had for colleagues men little disposed in f avour of British influence. Besides, the circumstances under which this counter-revolution has taker, place ought to be borne in mind. England affirms that the marriage of the Duke of Montpensier will excite a rising in Spain, and it throws on the French Government the responsibility of the events which, she asserts, it provokes by her ambitious policy. An salience between the Carlists and the Progressists is not pos sible ; but the same cannot be said of an alliance between the Spanish Progressists and the Portuguese Liberals. Does not the counter-revolution of October 6 present a pretext for this alliance ? And if civil war bursts out, will not Engl an d fi n d means to f orce t h e French Go vernment to an intervention full of perils, or to an act of baseness which would have the effect of disconsider ing it in Europe ? Is it very certain that the Duke de Palmella has fallen fairly in seeking to extend libel ty in Portugal ? Has not this diplomatist, who sees no safety for his country except in the patronage of Great Britain, acted upon the counsels of Lord Howard de Walden ? These are suppositions which should be paid attention to more than the organs of the Spanish Government seem inclined to do." The France is not one whit more favourable to M. GUIZUT. It thus comments on the consequences likely to arise from the very clever line of policy which M. GUIZOT is pursuing : • " The Ministerial revolution in Portugal is confirmed by the letters which we have just received. The Pro clamation signed by Donna Maria, and addressed to the Portuguese people, leaves no doubt of the real character of this coup d'edat. It is certainly a re action in favour of the Cabral party, or rather of the doctrinaire policy of France. The arrival of M. Carreira, the Portuguese Ambassador, at Paris, would of itself be sufficient to confirm us in this opinion. tugal is manifestly M. Guieot and the Iteactioaists of Lisbon have not, undoubtedly, seen how brutally clumsy is this mode of acting. On one hand, public opinion in Per party which it not long since overturned, at the time of the revolution against the Cabrals. In the second place, the British influence, against which the late movement opposed to that pretended Moderado has been directed, has become deeply rooted in Portugal. If, then the elements of the last revolution but one have not ceased to subsist influencein Lisbon, if the anti-English Gui has l ost nothing of its reality, what can 31. zot, wh a t can the Portuguese Reactionists hope fur from the new coup (Nine? Not only is this reaction unskilfulness. inopportune but, in our opinion, the abruptness with which it has been effected reveals the most com pletects to derive 31.- Guiz ot , we are all aware, a great p o litical profit from this event i n the presen sta of ga- Ile alreay dreams of a grand alliancet bctwten thi France and the Ped ninsula, unit e d under the came nrtvcrk of action, and fused togeth er b y a common political responsibility. This hope, it must be allowed is somewhat vain. The community of interests between us and the Peninsula cannot be of a nature to lend us a serious support, a real force, in the great differences which now hang over Europe. With so slight a help, we should run a great . , risk of pl a yi ng the parts of persons disdained, and of seeing ourselv es unceasingly humiliated by the different cabinets. In a word it would be to add new mystifica tions to thos e o f t h e past. It is not at a moment s solemn for us , when the gravest conflicts and difficul ties present th emselves in the political horizon, that the French Cabi ne t ought to devote its efforts to the petty success of intri gues li ke that which it appears to have obtained in Li s b on. Our necessary support is not to be fuund on that s id e . I t remains to be seen if a Gevern ment which has is sue d from the revolution of 1830 can find it elsewhere." The Moniteur publish 5 a royal o rdinance, grants ing to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a sum of 200,000 francs (8,0001. sterling) for extraor dinary travelling expenses of couriers. The French Three per Cents. were done on Sunday, in the Passage de l'Opera, at nf. 65c. MARSEILLES, OCT. 14.—Marseilles and Avignon, 902 50c. ; Northern, 710 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 19. Demerara, 2%—Dutch Rhenish, s%—East Indian, A —Great Western Bengal, % —ltalian and Austrian, 2% — Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France Constituted, 12% Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Orleans, 47k—Paris and Rouen, 36%—Sambre and Meuse. 4%. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Right Hon. J. E. LAW, Recorder.) To-day was appointed for the sitting of this court, and an unusual number of cases were on the list, in conse quence of the last court day not having been observed, through a special Court of Aldermen having been called, which the Learned Recorder had to attend. Some in-, convenience having. arisen therefrom, His LORDSHIP expressed his regret that the counsel had been incommoded by the sitting, and he would have avoided it if possible, but the intimation did not come in time. This was not an adjourned, but a callendar sit ting, so that all persons interested might have been aware of it for some months. His Lordship said 13 causes had been set down for hearing, but only two would be heard. Probably, after the proceedings had been commenced, the parties bad been brought to their senses. The two cases, which were of no public interest, and which did not occupy the Court ten minutes, having been disposed of, the jury complained of being unnecessarily detained. It appeared that, under the form or the sum mons, they were required to attend at ten o'clock ; but there is a " N. B." at the foot, ‘• attend at a quart e r to eleven precisely." The" pains and penalties" hinted at in the body of the summons brought most of the jurors at least an hour before the time, as his Lordship did not sit till eleven o'clock, and then eighteen jurymen were called before twelve were found, many others being kept in waiting, although the cases alt3gether did not last ten minutes. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) John Pivot, a beershop-keepor, was charged with committing an asmult on Thomas Edwards, a harp player. The complainant, who exhibited a black eye, stated that he was a musician, and was engaged to play at a ball given on the preceding night at the " General Aber cromby," in Suffolk-street. In the course of the night it was proposed that a collection should be made in the room for the musician, and the defendant voluntarily undertook the task of collecting the money. When this was finished the defendant handed over some money short of the subscription, and this being observed by some of the company, it was commented on in pretty sharp terms ; when the defendant, irritated that his character for honesty should be impeached, immediately proceeded to wreak his vengeance on the unfortunate harp player, whom he attacked and beat in a very violent mariner. A policeman was called, and the assailant was given into custody. The defendant was fined 205., and in default of pay ment was committed for 14 days. Mary Ann Davis was charged with wilfully breaking a valuable pier-glass in the Equestrian Coffee-house, next the Surrey Theatre. It appeared that the defendant, on the preceding night, went into the above house, and called for some liquor. After taking it she went over to the glass, and with her fist broke it in pieces. She was then given into custody. The most remarkable part of the affair was, that she did not cut and lacerate her hand. The value of the glass was at least 2L 10s. Mr.SECKER adjudged the defendant to pay that amount, and in default of payment committed her to prison. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY). John Roberts, proprietor of the Suls' Arms, Hamp stead-row, appeared to answer to a summons issued against him, for refusing to receive five soldiers of the 3d Infantry, that were billeted on him by Sergeant Richard Daniel, 12 S. Mr. Roberts C ,-, mplained of there being no names given in with the billet. He urged that he was respoia sible for the acts of the inmates of his house, and yet if any of these men committed any offence, he had no means of ascertaining their names. He thought it was a very loose way of billeting soldiers, without affording the publicans anything like a descrip tion of the men thus foisted upon them. In this par ticular instance he had no accommodation for them, and had offered them five shillings, but they had demanded ten shillings. „ Mr. LoNG was of opinion that Mr. Roberts was not justified in offering any fixed sum, as he was bound either to take them in, or provide them with lodging elsewhere. However, he agreed with him in considering that, as a responsible person, he was entitled to have the names of the parties billeted upon him, and he t should, therefore, dismiss the summons. cd W ORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Lawson, a japanner, &e., of No. 10, Watt's Build ngs, liing►sland-road, charged one of his workmen, named Williams, with the following gross assault :-- Mr. Lawson stated, that at about five o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner, who was somewhat the worse for liquor, opened the door of the countinghouse in which he was engaged in writing, and demanded of him some money. Witness perceiving the state he was in, refused, and advised the prisoner to go home. The latter, however, continued to importune him, and witness at length removed the prisoner's hand from the handle of the door, for the purpose of closing it. The prisoner immediately pounced upon him, and they fell to the ground together. Witness called loudly for assistance, and two others of his workpeople came, but before their arrival his shirt and clothing were literally torn to ribbons. The prisoner was now secured, and upon the arrival of the police he was given into their custody. It took four policemen an hour to get him to the station house. Mr. BINGIIAM fined him 103. or one month's im prisonmen t. An individual of respectable exterior, and who said he was a wine merchant, was fined 30s. for assaulting Mr. Inspector Pascoe at the station-house.. The de-• fendant, who was extremely tipsy, it appeared offered himself as bail for a person who had committed an assault. The defendant, however, being in such a state his bail was refused, and he struck the inspector. The lat ter offered to look over the assault if he would go quietly home; he, however, became so violent that he was obliged to detain him. The defendant acknowledged the justness of the Ma gistrate's decision, and having paid the fine he quickly vithdrew. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY. RICE,-614 b ags 1,000 poc k e t s B enga l, an d 5 , 189 b ags Madras, chi e fly sold at 18s to 19s for good mid to good white Bengal, 153 Gd to I6s for good Cayo ditto, and 15s to 17s for yellow to mid white Madras, being about is below the highest period. SA LTIASTE.E.-3,073 bags Bengal chiefly found buyers at 25s to 25a 6d for 10% to 5% per cent refraction, being pre vious rates. Slue Es.-618 bags Pepper and 84 chests Cassia Lignea— the Pepper brought 214 d to 3d for fair heavy Malabar, and 2%d to 234 d for good sifted Penang, which are about former rates. The Cassia Lignea sold at 55s Gd to 56s for good mid quality, but large bundles, being comparatively cheap. ?ALLOW.--P.Y.C. is 48s to 48s. 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 50s Gd per cwt. TEA.-There is not much doing, but the consumption is good. INErtao.—The quarterly sales concluded yesterday. The quantity bought in is estimated at about 3,000 chests, which, with 12.915 chests withdrawn, leaves 5,478 chests actually sold ; but of the withdrawn and bought in, it is stated that 1,500 chests have been taken by the buyers, making the total amount actually sold at about 7,000 chests Prices ran ge d from July rates to 6d per lb. advance for Effigal, 2d per lb. Madras, and 3d per lb. for Kuspah and Oude. We are authorised to state that Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, did not arrive at Liverpool by the steamer Cambria. He intended to leave New York by the steamer Great Western on the till inst. The Hon. Harriet Grimston expired at an early hour on Sunday morning, at her residence in Upper Grosvenor-street, in her 70th year. The deceased was the only surviving sister of the late Earl of Verularn. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.-Mr. Gould, the na turalist, who was some years absent on an ornithological tour in New Zealand and Australia, is about to leave England on an expedition to Guat ema l a , an d other parts of central America, in order to explore the natural his tory of those regions. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. —Yesterday the range of buildings extending from the Hall of Com merce to the corner of Threadneedle -street, and thence down Broad-street, were sold by public auction, by Messrs. Fuller and Son, the auctioneers. Among the lots sold were 500,000 stock bricks. The ground will be speedily cleared, and measures taken to render mere commodious these important approaches to the Royal Exchange. The formation of the new street from Hol born-bridge to Clerkenwell %proceeds slowly, and the traWc is but mull, as the road is at present carried to no imertant place. FOOT RACE.—Yesterday the 200 yards - tween Lambert and Gill, f or 20/4 was decided at Hole race be . way, and won by th e latter. MIL'S 2Y/ALIMETR. SMITIMELD.—Meadow Hay, 2183 to 3/ 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 83 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 65 to 1/ 12s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CumBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 41; Clover ditto, 318 s to 4/ 14s; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ s to 3/ I6s Clover ditto. 3 / 8 5 to 51; and Straw, 117 s to 1112 s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. _ - . CGAlL—Therebas been an improved demand for West India, and a large business has been done at fully previous rate., but no material advance can be quoted, as holders met the purchasers freely. The public sales have consisted of 168 hhds Barbadoes, 6,402 bags Mauritius, 2,382 bags Bengal, and 55 boxes Savanilla. All the Barbadoes was taken in (excepting a few lets), being held above the value. Both the Mauritius and Bengal found ready buyers, the former at rather higher prices, and the latter at previous rates. The Savanilla sold at 48s to 60s 6d for good mid yellow to fine white. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 740 hhds 91 tierces 182 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,196 hhds 161 tierces 229 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,208 hhds 1,660 tierces 3,607 barrels. CO I 'FEE.-1,429 bags Ceylon, 86 bales Mocha, 150 pack ages Mysore, and 28 casks (washed) Rio offered at auction, were nearly all disposed of at former rates. .111731.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 859 penis 149 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 246 puns 15 'ids; and exported 66 puns 27 hhds. The stock in the same places is 13,280 puns 886 hhds. RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 pe r Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto. Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 42% Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent 3 7 3/IA Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 4 per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 911. E 'ortrash l% ............... . Aylesbury and Theme.. 1 % - Belfast & County D own 4% ..... Birmin. and Gleucester..100 Ditto New l 7 l/ Birmingham and O x - ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 2 3 1 1 — Boston, Stamfd, & Bi rm . 22 5 . — liristol and E xeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gl oucester... 30 ....... ....... Bristol and L ive r. June.. 21...... Buckingham s hi re Caledonian ..• Ditto Half Shares... - 2l/i,. _,....... ..... .... Ditto Extension ... 2 l /2 — ... .... Cambrian & Grand J ane 42s Chester and Holyhead... 27% 23 t .... . .... Churnet and Blythe 2 ..... .. ... Chester and Man c h es t er 425. ....... .... .... ... ...... .., Cheltenham and O x f or d 2 . . ........... ClvdesdaleJunction.. Passages ... 2% — ............ Cork and Waterford ... 1% — ... Cornwall 5 .............. ....................... ........... Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — ... Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% I , erby and Crewe........ 2% ..... . 8 ............ Direct Lincol n , E ast R et- ..............• ford, and Shetld. June. 2%...... Direct Northern ......... 2 %•••••• 1 % IA . Direct Norwich ........... 1 ...... " Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 ...... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine ............... 21.. / Dublin and Gal way. ,! .. .. 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 21% % ...... Ditto New l2l. 16s 6% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1..... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ... —3 1 A EastDereh'rn andNoech 1 — Eastern Union 35 - Ditto, Quarter Shares 83q— Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17 , 8 — ......... ..... East D o ~ Lancashire Cam b. an d Ely . . 14 2% ...... 1-81 / 4 i fi At Ditto, New - — 8,“ E va a s s t t s, Li i n l e res olnsh tof ire .. Engian .. d . 1...... i k .. .... 2 ,v 8 Ethnburch and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... ••. ........ oprethrtehrn.. Perth... 10 Edinburgh Edinburgh 3c an N d Ely and Huntingdon ... 7% 6 Enniskillen and Sligo —2% lag Exeter, (v,i Y i co i v i m i 1 ,a&r.,D4oArsyer 50 Dorset 5 (4 ..... . -.• .. 15 . — Ditto New 12 1 / 2 •-• G l 1% ...... •••••• Central D ou ou c .e ., l A 4 b t.g o e S i l : h ys a ‘ a y rr tw . ea)s (5 per Wales ih, an d e t s Goole, Doncaster, &c 42s. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn ... I% — .. Great Eastern &Western 2 1 4....„ ........ ... .. GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2 l/ — ............... Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 — ..... .. ........ Great North of England..loo 238 ............. Ditto New 5 - ...... Ditto, New • . Ditto, New Great Western B5 139% • ............... Ditto 1 A Shares Ditto 1 ,..i Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New .. 2 ...... 74% ......... ... Harwich and Eastel n Counties Junction ... 2 . ..... . ......... Hull and Selby 'SO Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11 1 4 — ............. Do., do, and Norwich 21 4-- ............... KillarneyJunctions l l4 - ........... . Kendal and Windermere 1 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New ...... ...... .......... ..... Caine, Belfast, and Bal- .... .• •• 6% p2ll/2 3 %P 3% 213% 139% 80 19% - - 7A linens .. ...... Leeds and Bradford 3O ...... 73434.. .. . .... Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. ...... ... ........ .., Leicester and Bedford 22s. par .............. Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% ...... . ....... Lpool., binch s t r & N ew ...... . castle Junction ••• 14 2 1 A .... Liverpool and Bury .. 14 .. . London and Blackvrall.. 16/. 133.4c1. Do. New .............. 3 ..• •• -- ...... **** Ditto Extension ...... 7% •••••• ........ *** London, Brighton, and. South Coast ............ 50 ... "' 591 , ; f 3 GO .59 3 4 Ditto, Fifths ...... .40 .. London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 22 Do. Giaran. 5 per cent. 9 London a n d Greenwich 12/ 15s4d 9% ••• •• Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western - so ••• ..... •• London an d N . Westeraloo 197 198. .. Do. Quarte rs Do., sao., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths ...... ..•.... Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% — Do., New 1% Shares (G. J.) Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Lo D n o d . . 3 63 40 10 d 2 ............... .. .. .. . .... Do. Nev • 22%.• — ...... . ••• .. N & e B W M C es on t :o r i n . 8 4 t i l l Do. New „„ . ............. London and York 24 • ..... ... .... Do. % Shares London aid Wlndsor . 1„ 8 ... . . ........ London, Salisbury, and Yeovil s%xin Londonderry and Ennis- , lerains 12 1 ,: 2 ...... .. Londonderry& Col ,-.... Ennis killen..... ~..u........ 12'i a 1 ...... --. 73 3 4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 12,000 bales, of which 2,00 were Egyptian anti 2,000 American, on speculation. Egyptian were kel . per lb. higher, and Brazil and Surat were sold at extreme rates.—Shares were rather quiet. Several of the shipowners and merchants connected with the principal ports of the United Kingdom have just formed a plan for extending the whale and seal fisheries by British vessels. It is perfectly well known that America, by a combination of circumstances, has of late years outstripped us in consequence of heavy losses individually sustained by those British shipowners who have prosecuted the employment. An institution similar to the one now proposed has been already established abroad. "It is a vulgar error to suppose (states the prospectus) that the ocean can be depopulated, and in fact whales were never more abun dant than at present in the Arctic regions. The true cause is, however, plain and indisputable. The trade has proved unprofitable to individuals, simply because by individuals it has almost necessarily been prosecuted on too limited a scale." Accounts annually received have afforded information of the great decrease of the fisheries, but we were hardly prepared to find so large a diminution of our shipping engaged in the trade or so great an increase in that of the United States. From official documents the results of experience and esti mates may be succinctly given as follow: "So recently as the year 1821, the British whale fisheries gave employment to 323 ships, of which 159 were engaged in the northern, and 164 in the southern fishery. The to:al number now employed is only 85, the northern fishery having dwindled to 44, and the southern to 41 vessels. Simultaneously with this rapid decline in the most enterprising branch of our commerce, the whale fishery of the United States has advanced with almost equal rapidity; the number of American whaling ships, which in 1834 was 431, having increased in 1845 to no less than 735—a contrast as remarkable as it must appear humiliating to the first maritime nation of the world." Should the undertaking succeed, as no doubt it must, a large additional employment will be given to the shipping interest and to the mariners of Great Britain. There are not any advices from the British colonies to-day. A large amount of business has been transacted in the British Securities to-day, especially for Money. Consols for Account have been quoted only at 95k, for Money at 9.1 i, the Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities at 931 to 94, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 95i. The premium upon Exchequer-bills remains at 13s. to 16,. Bank Stock is dull at 2051. India Stock has been sold at 2578. The constant changes in the Ministry of Portugal give a considerable instability' to the value of the Stock of the country. To-day the prices are a trifle better -428 to 43 for the Account, The only business worth notice to-day in the Foreign Market is, in Spanish at in the Three p er C ents, at 37 j-, '1- in Brazilian at 86i, in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 598, and in the Four per Cent. Certificates at 918. In the Railway Share Market a good deal of business has been transacted. The latest prices at which pro perty of this kind has changed hands to-day are annexed. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 20 6 1A 205 1 4 205 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5......., 94 93% 94 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 94% 94% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities..., 95%% 953 New 5 per Cent. Annuities 119 119 lemgAnnuities toexpireJan.lB6o 9 15 -16 13-16 9 15-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.., lO 1-16 10 1-16 India Stock 257 1 / 2 259% South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities E Consols for Nov. 26.... ... . . xchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ... 16 —— pm. 16 CLOSING PRICES 8 86% 7 PRICES OF IV PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING !<AILAY SHARES 4 AT ONli. O'CLOCK, PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Not., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.. ... 2 3 % 3% 2 7 B' Armagh, Coleraine, and .-. . , 5!/ Real del Monte Unregd — ~ / ?~ 4 0 YD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS Lo',wow, OCT. 20.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze, and PI"; DEAL, OCT. 19 . —Wind S. to S.W , moderate.—Arri the River, P eston j ee Bomanjee, Norfolk Island ; Belbr — Gilkison, Batavia, &c.; Childe Harold, Lilley, Benw s ie Jessie Smith, Baxter, Algoa Bay; Johanna, Falconer s ' ( of Good Hope; Gilbert Henderson, Tweedie, ditto; iejo Durhair, Stephenson, Sierra Leone • Isabella, Filley,,r.4, Janeiro • Jane Goudie, Goudie, Ba h ia; Ocean, Briar, nidad ; ' Ealing Grove, Falconer, Dominica • Mina, Forre s ; Antigua; Caroline, Stone Jamaica ; Ada, B ' roadhurst,„,e or Prince Royal transport, W est Indies; John Garrow, son, New Orleans; Unicorn, Cushing, ditto; James ua s pt Pilsburg, Ch ar l es t on; W a l pole, Thomas, New York. o " . . c j i back, Sultana, fur Pernambuco. Sid. Clementina, Saudi° Islands; Princess Louise, Bahr, Valparaiso. NEWPORT, Ocr.l9.—Wi n d S.E . — Arrd. Yorkshire, T r ill' Quebec. Si d. Rambler, lSPLachlan, St. Thomas. . 1 , , Lavxurcer., OCT. 19.—Wind S., mo d erate.—Arrd. F AD"} , Wheeler, Cape of Good Hope; Hopewell, C ar t er , 311- ham ; Sheridan, Cornish, New York ; Glencoe, Galbrait h ' Pictou ; Ambassasor, St. J o h n ' s, New Brunswi ck; Aral; sadress, ditto; Phcenix, Kerr, Quebec; Lady Milton, War, ditto ; Laurence Forestrell, Bale, ditto; Erin steam er, Wexford, with the specie from the Tampleman, stranded l a Balleyteigne Bay. Sid. Mileceto, Hunter, New Orlea' st . The brig Ratchford, of Waterford., was passed, 6th inst., l ab 46, long. 33, abandoned; and, on the 7th, lat. 47, long the Euphrosyne, of Quebec, also abandoned, by the big well, Carter, arrived h ere; and the brig St. Louis, avl si : dontd, and with nothi ng b ut the bowsprit standing boarded, 11th inst., tw the Sheridan, Cornish, arrived here. ROTHE/JAY, Ocr. 16.—Sid. John Scott, Trinidad. Com, Our. 15. Sid. C. H u tt on, Andrews, Newfound Swiftsure, Witt, Africa. 1 60;Bruce, Boyd, St. J o hn's, Brunswick. llrswrcir, Ocr. 17.—Arrd. Lady Combermere, Quebec' • A SUILLY, OCT. 15.—Sid. E t h e ld red, Bradford, Falklaau. Isles. 16th, Lady Kennaway, Avery, Cape of Good HaPe' STOCKTON, Ocr. 15.—Arrd. Paragon, Bell, Quebec. YAnmounr, Ocr. 17.—The Lord Goodridge, from Osives to London, was passed waterlogged, loss of bulwarks, f i e l d stancheons, and nearly all her provisions and water was u the overboard on the 16th ult., in hit. 70 N., lon. 36 L., bY t ,', o William, Alillichamp, arrived in the Roads, which hag eight of the crew; the captain hoped to get with the reu , ainder into Harnmerfest. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Mari ni°l3 ' Fletcher, China. OFF SALCO3IBE, Ocr. 16 —Bissell, Haesloop, Baltimore' 19th, the w rec k o f a b r i g of about 300 tons was passe" - the 29th ult. in lat. 40, lon. 59, by the Toronto, Pratt. PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 19.—Arrd. Eliezer, Tormie, Demerara' tte A quantity of stores h ave b een saved from the w reck of Eden. BIDEFORD, OCT. 19.—Acrd. Three Brothers, rug sle i , Prince Edward's Island. -13zAumaam, OCT. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Corsair, C °ll2- mins, Newfoundland. HARWICH, OCT. l9.—Th e sc h ooner Flora, of and for tit •- gow, fr om London, got ashore on the Gunfieet Sand tP morning, but came off without damage, and proceeded. • Hum., CCT. 19.—Wi n d W.S.W.—Arrd. letb He: Pe na' Manger, Pata g o n i a . , WIVENIIOE; Ocr. 19.—The wreck of a vessel tag - en t , 16th inst. on the Long s an d, t h e sunk light bearing Ail" Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ....... Ilanci.ebte- and Leeds . 82 Ditto 1/ 0 Shares Do. Qoart Qrs 2 Do. Fifths ....... .. 3. . .... -- 8%• .: .... .... .............................. .. .. . Do. Sixteenth s - ----68% 6 1 ,4 — •••••• ........ N P Do. Extension 42 s . 3 / • P ''''''''''' ............ - .... Manchester an d Bi rm i n. 4 0 - ...... .... Do. Quarters (A) 5 ....-- .... Do. Quarters (B) -- -- •"" Do. Quarters (C).. 1 Manch ester,Buxton,and Matlock 42 s- ...... p ... ........ .... Manchester, Birm., and .. - . Mould Junction ..... .... ...... ...... .... Manchest. & Southa m pt. 2 ----- .................. Midland lOO ... 0 .......... 64 ....... Do. I iftlis 2 .. . Do. New ........... ...• ..- Do. Birm., and Derbyloo lOB Midlnd& East. Counties 2% — .........:••••• Midland Great Western 2ralrish ... Newcastle and Berwick 15 Do. North Shields ... 2 5 - .., ... ..... , . Newcast 1p and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 2/.128 — Newport & Abergavenny 2 1 A .: - 13 ................... .. "% .............. . r Newry and Enniskillen 42 — ........ '' . .... Newark ; Sheffield, and • - ..»........ 0 0 Boston ... ..... 1%. Norfolk . ...100 l3l 132 ... ....... .0. - .... Do. Half Shares .....•••••. Do. Extension IVANorth British ... ..... ... 25 .. ... Do. Half Shav s ll ...... 15 1 4 15% .... ... Do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... .. 1 1 4 3M % ........ •-• 1 Do. Extension Northern and Eastern 5 O/13...... -- 1% ......................................... . - T -- Do. Scnp (issd. 5 di s .) 45 ...... •": Do. Quarter Shares... 12% .-- ......... i t . 0 . Do. New - - ....... I , .... • _ North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 21% p..... •'", North Wales Northern and Southern ..* 2 % — ............... Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham 2 — ...... Oxford, Worce s ter, a n d Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, an d Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ........... .... ...................................... Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / Shares ........... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3l. 12s. — dis. ....... .0. Richmond Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — ........... . . . . Rugby and Leamingt on 42 s ...... ..... 0 Scottish Central •......... Scottish Midland 12% — ............... Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Sheffield Pot t e r i e s , s , Manchestera n dCre we . . 100 : 1% ... ... ... i .. ... ...................... Do. Quarter Shares... 8 .. Do. Lincolnshi re Junc. 1 1 4 — ..................... Do. & Great Grim s by. 10 ........ Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverharnp , &S. Staffordsh. Jane. 2% ..... •• Sligo and Shannon l% — ............ South Devon.... South StaffordshireJunc. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33% — ... ....... •••• Do., No. 1 2O 2 222314 •••••• Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ow ..... • •-• .0. Do., Ne. 4 ,74.....„••• 00, S.t.Alban's, Hattield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. „••,,.. .«•• Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — ............... South Wales ..... -.... ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stin. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Exten s i on . ... .. 2 Tring, Reading, and Basingstok e 5 ............... Vale of Neath ... ........ 2 •• .. ..... Wakefield, Pontefra c t, & . 0 Goole 222 ... ......... 0 Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and WOrcester 425. , 5A ............. Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . — Waterford and Limerick 22 1 / 2 W aterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Nv aterford, Wexford, and Valentia 1 % ............. Waveney Va11ey,..... ... 2 -• .... ... . Welsh Midland ......... 2% 714 . i ..... 1 )...................................... .: l ir West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall 2 ..• • • ............. ~,.. West London,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow .. 21,4 . ..... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- . - 4 mouth Worcester, Warwick, a n d '•""~• -- Rugby "-- ti .... ... 42 York and Carlisle 2 34 ...... ... ....••• York and Newcastle 25 ... . 42 1 4 .......... '' 161'4 Ditto New York and North Midland 50 — ............ 0 ..-- Ditto % Shares ...... .. 25 Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O — • Do. East and West Rid 17i ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo - Belgian ..-• Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 16 Bordeaux,Toul ouse, and ........ .... Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .• ... Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 •••• • ..... Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders ..... .... ..... 2 ...... Calcutta and Diamond ..... Harbour ....... ........ 7s. ...... Callao, Lima, and Pacific ..-- Coast 1 .•• • • ......... , Central of Sp a i n ... - Ceylon Demerara 22 ....•• ••. ............ Dendre Valley 4 ...... -- Direct Bombay and Madras - """"• •• Dutch Rhenish 6 ....... 5% 1 / 2 ........... East Indian... ..... .... 55. ..... Oy s 1 •• Eastern Belgian Junctn. 22 .... Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... ....0 Great Western Bengal... ss. .. — .... .... Great West ern Canada... 314 .... - Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. 2 3 A ..-- JJamaica S.Mid • Ju nc ti on 1 .--. ersey ........... ... 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . 1%3A Luxembourg. .......... .. 4 Lyons and Avi gnon --- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot ................ % — •• ••*" -... Madrid and Valentia....... 2 . .• Orleans r l o a rr m i uts North r t i jL :a saynmodi: Bordeaux L c : oa i or el nd gi . ei ............... 8 1 1 " — 3% .. .811 igi;N nof F rance Constitute d 5 .._. 12% ... •-• Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Over Yssel ....... 3 .34 .. ti .7. 11 4 . 1; d 3s 5 4 6 d ........... .... - - 8 Paris and antai ndtnud RouendOt t Havre d l a ea nvres Strasbourg.. ... ... .... .... ... ........... 20 . R P P oaiur Paris and a s 2o ..-- ..- .... 20 5 Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .0. StStrasbourg and B ale ... 14 . .... . Laure nce & Atlantic .... ................... Tours and N stituted antes Con- _ ..-...- ..... 5 ..... - .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t....... 8 ... Trinidad . : ... .. ............ 21/ — ..-- \Vest Flanders ...... .... 62 .. ..... --- MINES. 9 3 - 94 16 3 4 - 1% 23 42% 26 5,. 37% 58% 92 4I 50 00 ...• 00 10,4 s~ ~~ 1 % 4 1 i .