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orchard -bough, the bramble, and the trailing branches of the wall-trees. The pages are absolutely beau tiful with sunshine and greenery ; the chapters seem to be nooks " Where antumn baslo, with fruit empurpled deep." Beyond this Thompson's verses are realised to a st greater nicety; the book, like the poet's garden, "Presents the downy peach, the shining plum, The ruddy fragrant nectarine, and dark Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig." Nevertheless, while we acknowledge this little volume to be a preservative against Apemantus and his dish of roots, we must observe that some of the woodcuts are execrable libels upon the originals. Witness that of the gooseberries, like globular snail-shells, and those intolerable apricots, like so many freckled castinets. The descriptions which accompany these illustrations have a threefold excellence. They are crowded with anecdotes ; they dilate upon the flavour of the fruitage ; and they afford us an accurate know ledge of the properties of each. Ilere, therefore, is a threefold attraction — to the blase, the hypccondriac, and the gourmand. Some of the anecdotes are laugh able enough, as that one about Frederick the Great, who is described as " passionately fond of melons." The monarch is indisposed, sends for his physician. Zimmerman, and it is ultimately discovered that he has been devouring three or four melons for breakfast. Zimmerman remonstrates, and the King orders some of the fruit to be sent to him—either by way of reprisal or excuse. Again, coffee is said to have been such a positive necessity at one period in Turkey, that " the refusal to supply it in reasonable quantity to a wife was reckoned among the legal caules for a divorce." Pity that Socrates did not happen to be a Turk ! After running through these pages, the reader will almost long to hear the invita tion of old Justice Shallow—" You shall see mine orchard, where, in an arbour, we will eat a last year's pippin of my own graffing." THE LIFE OF CARDINAL IVOLSEY. By John Galt. Bogue's European Library. A biography of Cardinal Wolsey ! and written by John Galt ! Aware as we were that the present volume is nothing more than a reprint; familiar as we were with its merits; intimately as we were ac quainted with the various circumstances of Wolsey's career, and the different characteristics of Galt's style, we must yet confess that the bare announce ment of this -sepublicatiou had for ourselves an ex traordinary attraction. To those who are only aware of the author's powers through his fictions, the pre sent work will he matter of actual astonishment. In his novels Galt was all sprightliness or pensiveness, all drollery or sentiment. In this memoir he writes like a ripe historian. Take his "Entail," for example. with that most fantastic and harmless of all idiots, " Wattie;" with that most comical of all conceits, the " Wee Betty B.alle ;" with its strange and haunt ing pathos. We could scarcely picture to ourselves, in a day-dream, the same pen writing the "Entail" and the "Life of Byron." nor the same pen writing "The Life of Byron" and the " Life of Woley." The first is all domestic extravagance ; the second, all ruggedness; the third, remarkable for its philosophical tone, its comprehen siveness, its melodious diction, and its sustained rhetoric. Nevertheless, what it gains in dignity it loses in naturalness ; while it conveys an accurate view of the great Cardinal's position among his con temporaries, it fails in affording us a pictur esque and distinct view of his character as a companion, as a friend, as a master, and as a man. In this respect we are certainly disposed to think with the industrious editor, Mr. Hazlitt, that it is in ferior "in those personal and domestic details" which impart such a peculiar charm to the narrativ& of Cavendish. While we must consider that the editor has acted judiciously in inserting the principal portion of the volume by George Cavendish in tie present woik, both as footnotes and as a supplement, we must candidly confess that we are not disposed to welcome the modernising of the text of that charming bio grapher. As well might one attempt to modernise Chaucer or Gower - with success. Cavendish's de scriptions are invested with a peculiar interest from the very antiquity of his manner; and the removal o that ostensible antiquity removes the main consci• ousness of its authenticity during the perusal—just as an old medal would look spurious if newly lacquered, and an ancient suit of armour if burnished and trimmed. As it is, however, the addition o! Cavendish's biography to the present edition of Galt's work is a very judicious and important addition. It renders this book the most complete history of Cardinal Wolsey yet published—the one written by Fiddes is contemptible in comparison. The most perfect discriminati-n of the character of this won derful man is that by Shakspere ; and the four fol lowing lines relieve his memory from two imputa tions, which would otherwise arnaunt to moral blem ishes of a heinous description " Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he was unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in besto ?ring Ho was most princely." From pride, therefore, he is exonerated by the greatest of poets, while of avarice he presents us with his own palliation. Every scholar will be grateful to Mr. Bogue for this republication. WAVERLEY NOVELS. Abbotsford Edition. Vol. XI. To speak of the subject-matter of these volumes is of course utterly superfluous ; it is enough to say that their extrinsic adornments—letter-press, bind ing, engravings, &c. —are, for the most part, ex cellent—that this edition is not unworthy of its name. Yet, were we disposed to be critical, we might take exception to some of the wood-cuts, intended as illus trations of the text, which appear to great disadvan tage beside the beautiful landscapes, or the accurate delineations of old armour, coins, costumes, &.c., with which the volume is richly adorned. Whatever the artists may have thought to the contrary, the repre sentations of the imaginary scenes are not the least important, or the least arduous part of their under taking, for whereas the other drawings only repre• sent places or things, these are, or rather should be, embodiments of the ideal. Who has read the pages of a romance—of a romance traced by the graphic hand of Scott—without forming in his own mind a conception of the passing scenes so vividly portrayed therein. The artist, then, who attempts to copy these pen-and ink designs with his pencil, has not only to stand the test of ordinary criticism, but to risk a comparison with the ideal already fa miliar to our fancy—it is a hazardous endeavour, and no wonder that, in some instances, it has failed en tirely. The eleventh volume of this splendid edition, (splendid, notwithstanding the blemish to which we have referred), contains the stories of " Anne of Geier stein," and " The Fair Maid of Perth"—the " Fair Maid of Perth " the latter chapters of which, re cording the mournful fate of the hapless Duke of Rothsay, are fraught with such melancholy and thril ling interest—an historical romance from the pen of him whose histories read like romance, and whose fictions like reality. The Scottish tale is embellished with various representations of old armour from the Abbotsford collection, and coins of the monarch to whose reign it refers; while the Switz story is adorned with specimens of the costume of the dif ferent cantons, admirably executed. Besides the portraits of the author, which form the frontispiece, this volume contains eleven steel engravings from drawings by Stanfield. It was, perhaps, unfortunate that two countries should be illustrated in the same volume, so similar, and yet so dissimilar, as Scotland and Switzerland. But, however dubious the line of demarcation, the artist has defined it well. He has imperceptibly, but forcibly, exemplified the distinc tion between the rugged beauties of " the land of brown heath and shaggy wood" and the sublimer grandeur of the land of mountains. This may be seen by comparing the view of Ben Lawers—a beau tiful engraving, where the mountains in the distance seem melting into the sky, and the trees absolutely growing in the foreground—with a " scene from Mount Pilate," which—only a scene from a vast picture—only a fragment of immensity—forcibly im presses us with an idea of the magnifice nce o f th e whole. Again, this distinction is apparent, on contrasting the beautiful views of Perth and Lucerne. The "fair city" on the banks of the "ample Tay," surrounded by the varied landscape Scott has so ad mirably described, presents a beautiful picture of repose ; and, even though bathed in the silver moon light, the dark tinge of the " brown heath" is discern able on the hills, :and the whole scene has a warm colofiring which contrasts forcibly with . the back ground of " Lucerne," where the " mountamspiled on mountains," are covered with the "Alpine snow, im perishably pure." En revanche for our criticism on the wood-cuts, we must observe, that there is one, a portrait of King Rene, from a painting supposed to have been done by himself, which is of peculiar ex cellence; and, among others of average merit, is a likeness of the "Fair Maid of Perth," wherein she . appears fully entitled to her flattering appellation. this elaborate series of IVaverley is now drawing to its close, an d we d ou bt not t h at, w h en completed, i t will bear out our asser ti on th a t th e Abb ots f or d edition is worthy of its name. Mit. C. N. NEWDEGATE, M.P.—We are happy to state that Mr. Newdegate, elthough still suffering severely from the fall from his horse while hunting in Warwickshire on Friday last, is progressing favourably, and not the slightest apprehension of fatal consequences is now entertained. The lion. Gentleman is at his seat, Arhury fla,ll, near Nuneaton, where he was removed s ms few hours after the accident occurred. It is sty posed the casualty will occasion Mr. Newdegate's sera from from the meetin g o f th e Warwickshire Agricul tural Protection Society on Wedneday next. Th e a ccident to Mr. N, wdegate has ere.r.ted great concern a mong the electors of the north ern di v i s i on of the county of Warwick, by whom he is, as a private gentleman, much and deservedly respected. THE GREAT OYER OF POISONING. Just rowdy, in one vol., Svo., THE TRIALS OF THE EARL and COUNTESS of SOMERSET, for the Murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, in the Tower of London, awl various matters connected therewith from contempo rary mss. By ANDREW AMOS, Esq., Late Member of the Supreme Council of India. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. T HE Sow ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ROMAN TRAITOR, A True Tale of the Republic. BY 11. 'W. HERBERT, ESQ., Author of" Oliver Cromwell." " The Roman Traitor is a very clever book. It is full of power and vigour."—Court Journal. " Taking Catilinc's conspiracy for his subject, Mr. Herbert has formed a bold grand outline, and filled it up with sound taste and judgment. Moreover with the gnat historic incidents he has inter woven a beautiful love story."—:\ aval and Military Gazette. " A very powerfully written novel of the classic ages. The author has surmounted all difficulties, achieving fcr himself in this depart ment of literature a proud success."—Dispatch. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. NyESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND 11 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 TtECDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the tlall of Commerce, Ihrcadncedle-street, London, to which place, aveurs, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. erlp and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day ;;re dons to their being offered ; and advices of results will be ~r ;yarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Jaime rely disposed of according to instmetious. o,Uces, flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe ; scelebi4e7l4,:;era, entitled THE MAID )F A a rots. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani ; Jules de Holitagnon, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sans Regret, Mr. Iturdini ; Synnclet, Hr. Weiss; Nina, Miss Isaacs; Isoline, 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, Madams Theodore, and Mdlle. Adele will o erform, THEATRE ROYAL, rnler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVFNING Will be performed a NeNiEgneuly:iiithree acts, entitled QUEEN \ [ALLY'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 fourtington, Mr. Boll: Sir Arthur Loved, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, ,Ir. Blackstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " Les 3lousquetaires de la Reins," and " Lestocq ;" the "Old English Airs" (Fantasia); and " Rococo" (Walzer.) To conclude with (by desire), the favourite Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. In which Messrs. W. Farren, Roll, Stuart, Webster, Tilbury ; Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Clifford, \ I rs. — Yarnold, Sec., will perform. Bex-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of ilr. T. Archer, Box Book -Iteep,:r. TIIr:.ITRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Man:tenient of Mrs. Keeley. "MRS. HARRIS" WILL, APPEAR. EVERY EVENING, TIES EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, 0 PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by 'l.‘ssn. A. Wig in, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Vigan, Miss hicks, 3liss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. ro be followed by a New Farce. called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Biliary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. Alter which the Farce, entitled AN OBJECT OF INTEREST. I n which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH ? Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, ilutler, Collier, Mrs. Wooliidge, Miss Grove, and Miss Turner. FtIEATME ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE_ THIS EVENING Will be presented a new dom4stie drama, entitled EUGENIA LAIRCILI.E ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan ,ore, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Itugicigh, Mr. CuHelicon: ; Toifey, Mr. Paul cedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr, Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; , _ugenia Clairgille, Madame Celeste. Af:er which will be produced MRS. CAMP'S TEA AND !lilts-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters !ly Messrs. CullentGrd, Worre , l, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To b: followed by a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called THE OCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Me.srs. Paul Bed ord, Wright, Redmond Ryan, selby, Waye, Mitchenson, &c. ; Miss Wool,;ar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Eden Chaplin, Harding, vl-ming, Turner, Taylor ,&c. To conclude with the popular Farce, cntit7ed DID YOU EVER S.ND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honey tam, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. I'. Matthews; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma ll,rding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXCORD-STREET. J. 31. Malldox, sole I,4:ssce an! Manager. It is respectfully announced that this Theatre, Caving, during a recess, been renovated and re-decorated, will OPEN To ' Moanow Evening, Oct. 28th, when will be performed (for the first ne), a new and original Romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS; founded on the Story of " Gkelle." i'ha principal characters personified by Miss oeorgiana Smithscn, ladame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; %:essrs. Leffler, Aden, Bodda (his first appearance), Walton, T. Ell, Bonner, Peren, &C. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR THE EST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; l':irchment, Mr. Smith ; Isaac, Mr Homer ; Clara, Miss Homier. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND ZLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Boxby, Compton, Harris ; llrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and M.;nn!er. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of TILE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Young Fashion, Mr. G. B. Iton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. ,‘ ilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurse, Mn... C. Jones; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthia, Miss Charles Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a grand I AI.LET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with a favourite FARCE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TREATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances David„ e. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy cf T iIE HYPOCRITE. Colonel Lambe" t, Mr. Cooper; Dr. Cantwell, Mr. Neville ; Sir John Lam bert, Mr. lied ; Mavrworm, Mr. Webb ; Charlott , , Mrs. Charles tall ; Lady Lambert, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the Comedy of JOHN PULL; or, An English man's Fireside. Hon. Tom Shuffleton, Mr Saville; Peregrine, Mr. Cooper ; Job Thornhury, Mr. Neville ; Dan, Mr. Webb; Dennis Hui grurldery, Mr. lleslop ; Lady Caroline liraymore, Mrs. Ternan ; Mrs. Elnlgruthlery, Mrs. Daly ; Mary, Mrs. Gill. Box-Mlle° open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'i; ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. I'l'l'olo3cl by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Continued success of Herr Amodio Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, with feats of strength on glass bottles. The Champion Vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and Lee, will execute twenty, thirty, and forty Somersaults. THIS EVENING Will be produced the g - and Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse. Supported by the principal dramatic talent of the Company. After which, new KEN ES of the CIRCLE. In which the Bri tish and Foreign Artistes will appear. To conclude with the WASIIERWO3IAN OF ST. REM. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has formed an expensive engagement with STATTMAISTER HEIN BRECHT, from Berlin, with his four highly-trained Horses. This tbreign Artiste, having arrived in London, will appear for the first time in England in a few days. in his new and peculiar exercise of equitation with those highly-trained Steeds. Box-office open trom eleven till five o'cloc.s..—Doors open at six sad cenmence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr.W. Broadfoot. iHE WEATHER.-6m4 OFFICE, OCTOBER 26. IZRNOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 47 ; Noon, 44, BAROMETER, 30 31.—WIND N.N.E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDWE THIS DAY. Horning .. 8 minutes after 6. J Evening .. 35 minutes after 6. - , ....t...1 , !)1/4.(....‘ k 3) - - ;;-:-.... : ' , 74:f. '''.,,,invi•ss a , ' ..,:i AA '",,-;-::.,,tc,-:, 7 .1. 01 % - mijoak • ' --1-C_., _ Anov,lolo4 0 . , .r: 7 3'.4 45111111"-:‘ - • ib4::,- ,1. , ' '. ~,.._ — 4 .. .7 '4;11,5 , • x ..._ N...... , - ,!. 1. , ,;;,,,,,,,, ~ , , S " •,,," , a ~,, SECOND EDITION. ,41Pl jag LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1846. Thanks to the intelligence of our fellow-country.. men, we have frequently had occasion to rejoice over the progress of enlightenment in these islands. We have repeatedly rejoiced over the opportunity of con gratulating the community upon the progress of civilisation, and upon the signal manner in which th 3 vestiges of past ignorance and of bygone super stition were being eradicated from society. 'With the gradual realisation of civil liberty time have exulted over the widening acknowledgment of the blessings derivable from religious tolerance. The many and grievous wrongs inflicted upon mankind by fana- icism ; the despicable consequences of sectarian igotry ; the narrow-minded and evil-hearted zealots of the conventicle were, to our intense gladness, becoming as rare as . the white crow and the king fisher. We endeavoured to persuade ourselves, indeed, that they would ultimately become extinct, and that their memories would only be chronicled among the curiosities of literature, just as the skeletons of the mastodon and the megatherium are treasured in our geological museums. Our exultation has been lament ably premature. Our anticipations have beetr totally contradicted. It is w ith the deepest sorrow we are compelled to make this acknowledgment, and we must add that the circumstance which has elicited this declaration has inspired us with the most ex treme indignation. That circumstance may be briefly mentioned, and when mentioned it will be a sufficient testimony that, instead of advancing in enlighten ment and toleration, we are retrograding in bigotry and fanaticism. From the sixteenth proximo, in the year of the Redemption One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-six, the Sunday passengers' trains on the Edin_ burgh and Glasgow Railway will be permanently discontinued—by order of the directors! Let it be especially observed that this resolution has been passed solely on the authority of the directors of that railway; that since its opening, in February, 1842, up to the present period, Sunday trains have been uniformly running along the line on Sundays ; and that, notwithstanding the periodical pertinacity of Sir ANDREW AGNEW, notwithstanding the impor tunities of certain jolter-headed religionists, and in spite of the fanatical resignation of a former chair man, the shareholders have been throughout most solicitous for the continuance of this Sunday travelling. Let these things be es l c cialiy remeni - I;cred, and it will be man test that this pines tion of the directors is altogether a piece of gratuitous tyranny. What ! simply for the purpose of appeasing the very narrow and very ignoble consciences of a score or so of gentlemen, are the religious liberties, the municipal prero gatives, and the associated rights of the people to be set at naught ? Are these things to be effected, we repeat it, simply for the purpose of appeasing the very narrow and very ignoble consciences of some half-dozen gentlemen ? For none but men with the narrowest understandings and the most ignoble notions of religion could endeavour, and endeavour so effectually, to render the seventh day of every week—the day peculiarly set apart by Christians as a most noble and beautiful festival—to render, we say, that seventh day most hateful instead of most welcome to the population. It has been observed by a great philosopher, that supposing mankind had not been restricted from labour on the Sabbath, according to the beneficent institution of the Christian Church, that in that case some such a regulation would hare been absolutely required from our human legislators. Some relaxa tion is imperatively required from physical and mental exertion. The bow, unless unstrung, gradually lcaes its tension, however tough or elastic its materials. As the human body is only preserved in health by the refreshing intervals of the quiescence produced by sleep, so does society require for the preservation of its vigour such periodical cessations from toil as those afforded us by Sundays. In the vicinity of the Glasgow terminus there are somewhere about 350,000 :souls ; at the Edinburgh terminus there are upwards of 200,000 souls. Reflecting for a moment upon the thousands of in dustrious artizans comprised in that calculation upon the men, women, and children, who are there pent up in the confined and unhealthy bye-streets and courts of Edinburgh and Glasgow-; upon the six weary days of labour, living hand to mouth, breath ing nothing but polluted atmosphere, seeing nothing but smoke and bricks, hearing nothing but the roar and clatter of industry ; remembering the many limbs that must ache in those two great cities on the seventh day, the many brows that must burn with the toil of the preceding week, the many hearts that must sicken with the breath of the factory and the workshop.—it is impossible to regard this restriction on the part of the railway directors otherwise than as a most cruel and unjust transaction. We do not presume to interfere with the doctrinal differences of any one ; but we would earnestly de • mand that these enemies to Sunday travelling should only possess the power of legislating for themselves. The true apostles of Christianity coerce no man to their creed. We have always understood that the rubrics of a church are enforcible only by moral and not by physical agency. "Much less should men be empowered to dominate over the multitude for the satisfaction of some extravagant ecclesiastical whim With the proper observance of the Sabbath these Sunday trains : have not the remotest connexion ; on the con trary, their continuance has been an extraordinary boon to hundreds, who would have been otherwise without any means of attending Divine service. 'W are assured that through their instrumentality many hundreds of Roman Catholics were enabled to reach their chapels in Glasgow every Sunday from a con6derable distance in the country ; and Christians of variety, other denominations have been benefited in likt manner. By the stoppage of these trains every means of communication between the two principal towns of Scotland will be entirely destroyed, coaches and postchaises having been long since abolished on the high road, in consequence of the facilities of steam transit. These highly religious directors have thus debarred the poorer and even. the middle classes of the inhabitants from breathing the pure air of the country ; and be that noble saying never forgotten, that man made the town, but GOD made the country! We should be disposed to comment in more strin gent language upon this monstrous specimen of in tolerance, but that we remember that its very per petration must inevitably produce its own punish. ment. The directors will find that they have a higher, and, we hope, a more enlightened authorit) in the shareholders; and we call upon those share. holders, for the sake of the health of the community, for the sake of civilisation, for the sake of civil and religious liberty, to rescind this extraordinary and bigoted enactment. It is the constitutional privilege of every British subject that he shall be deemed innocent of any offence charged against him until be shall have been convicted thereof by a jury of his countrymen; and in case the circumstances should admit of a reasonable doubt, the presumption in favour of innocence should prevail, the accused should receive the benefit of that doubt, and be discharged from any of the penal consequences of an act that had not been clearly and distinctly brought home to him. This right of trial by jury is the great palladium of the liberties of Englishmen, and any derogation therefrom must necessarily be regarded with the utmost jealousy. The Legislature has of late years frequently taken from this right. In many instances it has given to magistrates a power of summary conviction, a right to hear and decide a certain class of cases, to exercise the functions of judge-and jury, to decide whether the person accused is innocent or guilty of the offence laid to his charge, and, if guilty, to pronounce the punishment of fine or imprisonment within certain specified limits. Should the evidence be conflicting in its nature, the magistrate has, generally speaking, the option of sending it before another tribunal, where it will be investigated before a jury of twelve men on their oaths, which he may also do if it appears deserv ing of greater punishment than that within his power to inflict; but, should he take it upon himself to decide the question, he should act as a jury would be directed by the presiding judge to do, and he should give the accused the benefit of any doubt, and certainly he ought not to decide, as in a civil case, according to the weight or balance of evidence. In conceding this great and unconstitutional power, the Legislature was actuated by considerations of public convenience. In many trivial cases the sending of a person for trial would be a far greater punishment than the infliction of a small fine, and much time and expense would also be saved to the complaining parties by the obtaining of an immediate decision. It was also influenced by the high respectability of the gentlemen on whom it conferred this power, and the knowledge of the force of public opinion that would be brought to bear upon any person by whom the power was abused. It is peculiarly the province and the duty of the public press to call the public attention to any case in which the presiding magis trate appears to have acted on erroneous principles, in order to prevent the recurrence of a similar mistake on another occasion. It will be in the recollection of our readers that a case was brought before Mr. BitouGicroN,*the magis trate of Worship -street Police-court, on Wednesday, the 14th instant, against a young man named WIL- L/AM SCOTT, who was charged with " drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and obstructing the police in the discharge of their duty." The case was a peculiarly unpleasant one, inasmuch as it involved swearing of the most contradictory character—ln spector JULIAN and several policemen, six in all, declaring that SCOTT was intoxicated, and that he was exceedingly noisy and turbulent, while, on the other side, a surgeon, two respectable tradesmen, and another witness, whose station in life was not stated, came forward, and positively swore that the young man was not intoxicated, and that he was perfectly quiet and orderly. The witnesses for the defence also de scribed the conduct of Inspector JULIAN as of the most outrageous description ; that he rode furiously backwards and forwards, goading his horse so that it was by a miracle he escaped trampling on and severely hurting some of the lookers-on. On this evidence Mr. BROUGHTON was called upon to adjudicate, and his decision, and the grounds on which it was given, appeared to us at the time to be of a most extra ordinary character. He stated "that the balance of evidence was in favour of SCOTT'S intoxication, and that therefore he would fine him 55., or a week's im prisonment, for being drunk, and that he would leave out of consideration the allegation of intem perance and violence against the inspector, as it was not formally before him for adjudication." Now in this the most objectionable principles were involved. In the first place, he expressed a doubt, not merely in words, when he spoke of the balance of evidence, but also in the quantum of punishment, and in de- (lining to consider the conduct of the complainant. if Le was not perfectly svitiAcci and thoroughly coo vincud of Scui-.C.i , t 4s.lilt, he shotilii nc,:t /I.lv him to any punishment, however slight, which might involve much more serious consequences than the pecuniary penalty. He was not justified in omitting so important an element as the conduct of the com plainant in coming to a conclusion on the case, and if he really believed the accusation, the fine of ss. was perfectly inadequate for the offence. In either case, therefore, the magistrate was wrong. In fact, it appeared a sort of compromise which never should be tolerated on the bench of justice. If SCOTT was discharged, it would be a serious rebuke to the police, whose testimony the magistrates, we regret to say, are generally disposed to place greater depen dance on than that of any private individuals, how ever respectable; and a weighty punishment could not be pronounced in the face of such evidence as came forward on the occasion, and which should have insured the dismissal of the charge. We, however, abstained from comment, inasmuch as a further in vestigation was to take place respecting the conduct of Inspector JULIAN on the occasion. This has since taken place—Mr. THOMAS BLAKE, a watchmaker, one of SCOTT'S witnesses, having preferred a charge against the inspector of having attempted to ride over him (BLAKE), and having put him in bodily fear, The affair received the fullest investigation. A num ber of respectable persons corroborated the statement of the complainant, that the inspector, without the slightest cause, made his horse plunge; that he ad dressed BLAKE, who was standing q u i e tl y , an d galloped after him, nearly riding over him. They dscribed BLAKE as having been under the neck of the horse, which was rearing and plunging furiously ; that his escape was a most fortunate one, and that he was nearly paralysed by fright. They also stated that the attack was decidedly premeditated ; that the horse was wantonly urged on by his rider ; that there was no noise or any interruption given to the police. Mr. BROUGHTON' in giving judgment, de clared that he firmly believed everything that was -tated by the witnesses, and that he could not view :he affair in any other light than as most extraordinary and unwarrantable behaviour, and chat he would fine the inspector in the full penalty of 51. and costs. After this decision, in which every disinterested person must have concurred, we are convinced that Mr. BROUGHTON must be , atisfied that he inflicted a serious injury on poor SCOTT, and that he owes him the only reparation in ds power, viz., a public acknowledgment of his error. And we trust that the lesson may not be lost to him ;luring his continuance in the magisterial office, and ghat he may not again sentence any person to punish ment unless fully satisfied of his guilt. The conduct of fnspector JULIAN and of the police who so stoutly sup ported him by their evidence is, we think, deserving of the most serious consideration of the police authori ties. It is painful to see, as in the Dagenham case, body of men prepared to make any statement at the desire of their superior. If they can explain or jus tify their conduct they should have an opportunity of loing so; if not, we cannot conceive that they are fit persons to be entrusted with powers that may be so greatly abused. Letters from I3erne of the 21st state that the Sar iinian Government has ordered two regiments to march to the Swiss frontier. We have received this papers of Sunday. I'hey are filled with accounts of the dreadful dis isters occasioned throughout France by the floods. The Loire and other rivers," says the Journal des lYbats, "are continuin g to subside; and the mails and diligences can come up from Tours, Nantes, and Angers. It is, however, apprehended that, if the present rain be protracted, the retiring of the waters gill be delayed. The accounts that reach us from the inundated country are still most melancholy." " Our most recent advises from the Upper Loire," says the Constilulionnel, "state that the waters are retiring but slowly, and successively exhibiting the enormous losses inflicted by the inundation. A notion may be formed of its extent by the feet that at the Pertuiset bridge, which has resisted, the water rose, between noon and six in the afternoon, from six metres to fourteen metres forty centimetres ! Before it had risen to this inconceivable height, the Loire had done unheard-of damage. Never had its levees given way ; they had always stood the most violent rises ; they have now been broken through at two or three places." The ravages committed by the Loire in the districts f Aurec, Andrezieux, and Roanne were fearful. At Andrezieux it bad partially destroyed the St. Etienne Railway. Boats laden with merchandise of the value of upwards of 1,000,000 francs had been sunk in the Canal of Digoin. Among this merchandise there wes 1,000 hogsheads of brandy and 1,500 casks of wine. At Pouilly 1,700 hogsheads of yin ordinaire had been carried away by the flood. The Indian mail, in consequence of the floods, was de layed twenty-four hours, and did not ar rive in Paris until Sunday. The Bordeaux mail was delayed from the same cause, so that we are without any further intelligence from Spain. It is said that the Due D'AUMILE has arrived at Ba- yonne. It would appear that M. GUIZO T has reckoned lfhriocmh acknow ledging he ap pealedagainst without his host, in imagining that h e cou ld o b ta i n the support of the Northern Courts t o hi s S pan i sh marriage policy. It is said, that th e answers which he has received to his notesov Courts emph at i ca ll y erferi of Sp a i n butom the Courts, both the protest o f England, h ave repeat ee n Q 1 a tQueen et ehne b yi u s t Ai c satisfactory. unEo Lw LAn, otheses So fargn the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, and they accompany this declaration by an unqualified expression of their hostility to the arrival of any French Prince at oenlw which the P OPE granted openly expressed expressed its great sovereign power in Spain. The A us t r i an Cabinet has, according to the Universal G erman Gazette, the marriage dispensations. Hi s HOLINESS, displeasurego e still fu r a t t h e t r h I . e not having recognised the Govern ment of Queen [SABELLA, might, they say, have withh e ld h i s assent, and thus defeated the intrigue of 'the F rench and readiness has p Spanish Courts ; instead of which, he sent off the dispensations by return of post. The seven ships of war which h a d sa i led with troops and stores for Otaheite, were driven back to Brest on the 23d, by stress of weather. It is said that the• Carlists have, for the present, abandoned their intended project of an insurrection in the north of Spain. The officers of that party, prison ers i n t h e c i ta d e l o f Bl aye, have published a declaration disclaiming all idea of the kind, but they add that, as faithful subjects of CHARLES VI., they are now and ever ready to obey his Majesty's orders. Subscriptions to aid the sufferers from the inun dations have been opened in Paris. The administration of the Customs had published the returns of the import duties collected during ,the month of September last, and which amounted to 13,839,732 E They had pr o d uce d , i n 1844, 12,463,402 E, and in 184 5, 12,088,980 E The receipts of the nine months of 1846 , ending on the Ist of October, were 114,395 ,806 E, compared with th ose of the corresponding period of showi ng an i ncrease of 1,101,826 f. as 1845, and 1,622,707 over 1844. The firmness of our Money market on Friday pro duced a rise in French stock in Paris on Sunday. The Three per Cents. were done at 82f. 70e. Belgian 4a.sONterilinO BUSINESS IN FOREIGN' RAILWAYS 26.2 TIDE y ßEß and Madras, N —Dutch Rhenish, ,% —East 14--Dizet B Indian, Great Western Bengal, % .IjtunSeTOCRIC EXCHANGE. o tT b o a — Luxembourg, 1 1 .4 ,- Northern of Francs ~—..amur and Liege, 2 constitutor, 1 1 I,.—Na mur Orleans and Tierzon, 13—Orleans and Bordeaux, ii 7 %—Paris and Lyons Constituted 3 % —Paris and Strasbourgs s—West stained, 444—Rouen and Havre, 2634—Sambre and Meuse, Flanders, 3. T— C, _IIB JAIIIIVET.—Lord Grey has arrived in town from the north. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to arrive this evening from his country seat. Lord La ns d owne is also expected from Bowood. Most of th e other members of the Cabinet are in town, and th e meeting at Lord Jan Russell's private residence t o - morrow (Wednesday) evening is ex pected to b e very t fullydinner. attended by the Ministers in vited to the Cabinener. osopsotkeersnhoirfor inrciAthu:lirk(E)oloaofb mera.nG WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Colonel Kingscote, Liberal, and brother-in-law of the Duke of Beaufort, is did a t e for:West Glou yto e a . Cheltenham paper. 1 Berkeley.— TRANSPORTS TO INDIA. The Ann Armstrong, having on board the head-quarters of the Bth regiment of Foot, aud_ about which bomo anxiety had been felt, arrived safe at Bombay on the 28th of August ; the Grant ley arrive Poictiers, with th e h ead -quarters of the 24th Regiment,d at Cul entta on the 26th of A noist ; tizth S"vt reign arl_l.: Ino, ;t 1,1 )1;rv , with th tuelmleht. ot the ` 3 : 2 L I R"lTit('llt, al 50 f.trrived titr:t i clltt2, the tir.A on the 23d, and th e second on tho L 'dill of Aut,,Toty and the Duchess of Nor thumberland same day. and the Bri- It4ONE Y and CONIMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cetton market at Liverpool was buoyant yester day, and there was a slight advance in prices. In many instances per lb. more was obtained. The sales were 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 were on speculation, chiefly Ameriern sorts. Shares improved a little. Upon the subject of the dried fruit trade, we have some in teresting information in a report drawn up by the firm of With( rby and Hanson. Alluding to the article of currants, it is stated :—" There has been no alteration in prices during the month. Patras, of good and fair quality, has been eagerly taken off at 555. to 565., and Zantes at 545. We are at this moment without any stock of cur rants, and several cargoes of fruit have been purchased this week for arrival at 54s> ro 545. 6d. The clearances of raisins of all kinds at the part of London, from Ist September to the 20th inst., were 1,560 tons, against 1,050 tons during the like period of 1845 ; but of the former quantity, Muscatels constitute a larger portion than usual. The 18,000 drums of figs received by the Achilles steamer, vier Southampton, have all been cleared off, the first to hand realising the high price of 705., and the remainder 60s. to 655. The market is now com pletely bare, and is ready for the cargoes by the Rebel and Torch, a portion of both of which appeared at Bo tolph-wharf yesterday morning." The importance of a quick delivery for fruit will be recognised by all, and it appears that the extraordinary dispatch with which the figs, per Achilles, were passed through the Custom" House at Southampton, and for warded to London, has been much commended. It would benefit the fruit trade, which, from its nature, requires great expedition, if similar advantages existed at the Custom House of the port of London. A want of hands, it would seem, in the department immediately connected with the clearance of goods on which the duty has been paid for home consumption, checks the facility of dispatch so indispensably necessary in the present day, and which, in all other branches of her Majesty's service, has been so liberally afforded to the public. The letters from Calcutta do not give so favourable a statement upon the subject of the market fur British, Cotton piece goods, as for some of our other manufac tures, and for exports. The Money Market, however, was decidedly easier, and in China there was more facility in effecting sales of goods. Ships were wanted in the ports of the latter country. The detention of the Overland Mail, until this even ing, has just given the favourable opportunity expected for answering correspondence received by the present opportunity. The English Stock Market is still rather under a cloud, and there has been some little speculation for a fall in prices. Consols are 94{ a fur present transfer, and 94-7-, to 95 for Account. The premium on Exchequer ' bills has been 13s. to 1 ls. only, being a decline on the previous values. Bank Stock has been marked 205 to 2054, and East India Steck 257. The New Three-and a• Quarter per Cents. have been 951 to 954. The Foreign Market continues heavy, but the transac tions are at the same time rather more numerous than they were yesterday. Spanish Five per Cents, have been 264, and Portuguese Four per Cents., 411, being very dull. Mexican have receded to 224 4. Grenada Deferred Bonds are 31 to 3,1. Brazil Stock is at 85 to 851. French Three per Cents. have been marked 83 francs, tsith the exchange at 25 70. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents, have been 58-Z- to 594. For :shares there is a moderate inquiry, and prices appear to be steady. In some instances they are better. BRITISH FUN DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock OO 5 l/ .2 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 3 3/ 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 91 .3i .14 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726..... 9 4 1% New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 9% Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 9 11-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 10 3-16 1 / 4 India Stock 257 India Bonds 1,0001 Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Nov. 26 95 91% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 ,4c1. 1,000/. ... 12 13 11 pm. 5001. Ditto Small — 14 11 pm. RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B5 • Ditto for the Account B 5 l /2 Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild 58% Granada, 1 per Cent. . . Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 2 2 IA 16 Portuguese 4 per Cents 4l rl Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 26 Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Bentes, 3 per Cent Exchange .. 25f. 70c. Belgian per Cent 9B Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 92 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SUARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 3% to Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush 1 , ( 3 — Aylesbury and Thame 1 to Belfast and County Down .. 4 3 / 4 .. .. Bi mingham and Gloucester.. 100 ...... Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / dis.).. 171/ 2 — Birtningnam & oxford June-. 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 234 — ..... to Boston, Starnf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and LiTerpool June... 2% — to Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Extension Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 425. Chester and Holyhead 2 7 1/ ..... Cburnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction 2O ...... Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney 2 1,4 — Cork and Waterford l% — to Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall and Central Devon 2% — ...... to Derby and Crewe 2% — to Direct Lincoln, East Ketford, and Sheffield Junction 2% — to Direct Northern - 1% 1 / 2 .- to Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 - Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 /, — ...... to Dublin and Galway ...... ...... 4 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 21%%... to Do. New l2l. 161 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension East lbereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich 13g — ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 1 / — to East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 7 4 1 East and West of England... 1% - Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 1 6 3 /4 to 17 Edinburgh and Northern ... 10 Edinburgh and Perth Ely and 11 , nt; - A1 _. -iy ai,- ...iuntingden ... ...... 71,2 — to Enniskillen and Sligo ...... ... 21/ — to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 54 — ...... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ~.... .. Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen. of Wales Goole, DoncasterSheffid., &c 42s. Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% _ ..... to Great Eastern and Western... 2% Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 . •... to o -- ...- Gt. South. & `Vest. (Ireland) 27% 29% to Great Munster 2% Great North of Scotland 2 V 2.• ••• • Great North of England 100 ......237% Ditto, New Ditto, New l5 ... .. 55 .. ... to Ditto, New 1%...... 21 ..... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 20 2 ...... 734 to Do. New Hull and Selby 5O lOBl/2..... to --- Ditto, Quarter Shares . 121/2 . ..... to ' Ditto Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% — ...... to Do. do. and Norwich 2l/2 to -- Killarney Junctions ............ 14 — to Kendal and Windermere VA.-- •••• • to Lancaster and Carlisle Do. New 6 - Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 42s - ...... to Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester and Birmingham... 225• - ...... to Leizester and Bedford 22s. Leeds and Dewsbury Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ... 21/2 — ..... to Liverpool and Bury London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — to -- Do. New • Do. Extension .,, .. 7% — ...... to Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Fifths 4O ..... London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d — ...... to •-• Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...- • ..... to London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d — .•••... to -- Ditto Preference —.lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to London,Hounslow,&Western 2 , .... ...... to London and North Western..loo .... 199 ...... to —. Do. Quarter Shares ...... .. 2 ...... ...... to Do. do. New ...... ...... •2 - Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12%...... ...... to Do. New Quarters G. J. 5 ... to Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 ...... to -- London and S. Western.... 41/. 63. 10d — ...... to ...... Do. New consolidatcdBths.. 40 Ditto New ......... ...• ....... 22% 31% %... to D0..1\ ew lB ...... ...... to -- London and York... , 2% lig ••• .to -- Ditto Half Shares • --- London and Windsor London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% ...... • ...... to -- Loadenderry and Coleraine... 12% ..... ..... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 12% ...... • . ..... to -- Lynn and Ely • Lynn ard Dereham ... ... ...... to -... Manehet,ter and Leeds B2 .....104 ...... to Ditto ...;;!f Shares ..38 ...... .... . to 1..);!••. c!::.ift ers •), .; ...... to Ditto :1K :',xteenttis ... ..... Do, Extension 1.2 ..... tos. ...... 1 p..,.. to ...... Manchester and Birmingham 40 - - to - Ditto Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters ( U) 5 - to - Ditto Quarters (C) ...... .. 1 - to - Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. - p to - 11anchester,Birminghara, and MouldJanetion - Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 ....•136 - Ditto Fifths - to - Ditto, New 24 ...... 354 ... .. to 34% Midland, Birm., and Derby 100 ... -109 ..... to - Midland and Eastern Co un ti es 2%....• --to - Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 - to - Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields ..... 25 ...... - ... - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .....• - • to - Newmarket and Chesterford 24 12s p ..... to - p Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 /....., - - Newry and Enniskillen - to - Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1%..„.. - to - \Torfolk Do. Half Shares - Ditto Extension - to - North British Ditto Half Shares. - Ditto Fifths Do. Quarters l4 3%%... to - Ditto, Extension 5 0% IA •••• to - Northern and Eastern- - Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 die.)... 45 - to - _ Ditto Quarter Shares - to - Ditto New - ..... to - North Staffordshire 42s. - North Wales 3% ..... - - North. & South. Connecting 2%. .... - - Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ... .. ••• 2 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Oxfd.,Witney, &Ch el tnham 1%..... - - Portsmouth Direct - - Preston and Wyre 25 Ditto, Half Shares •• 4 - - Reading, Guildford, & Reigate Si. 125.... - dis. - Richmond .... - - Royston and Ilitchen Rugby and Leamington - p to - Scottish Central - Scottish Midland ... ... 12% 11%..... to - Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot teries, and Crewe - - Sheffield and Manchester -.100 1% - - Ditto 4 Shares 8 - Do. and Lincolnshire Junct. 14 ...... - - Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 ...... - - Do. do. do. Extension... 425. - - Shrewsbury and Dirmiogbam 3 ...... - - Shropshire Union . 42s. - Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and S. Staflordsh. J un'ctiou 21 - ...... to - Sligo and Shannon ' l.;-i (3 - .. .. to - South Devon ... .... ...... ... 35 - - South Midland 42s. - - South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 2% - to - South Eastern and Dover ... 334 3 . - to Ditto, New, No. 1 - ...... to - Ditto, New, No. 2 l2 - to - Ditto, New No. 3 l5 Ditto New:No. 4. 2% 2% to - St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction - .. ... to - Staines and Richmond 1 - Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% - to - South Wales - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal 2 - to - Taw Vale Extension - Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 54 - - Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole - - Warwickshire and London... 425. - .. - Warwick and Worcester 425....... - ...... to - Waterford and Kilkenny - Waterford and Limericic ... .. 22 1 ...... - - Waterford, Wexford, Wleklw, and Dublin - Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia - Waveney Valley - - - Welsb Midland §% - to - West Riding Union 42s. - West Cornwall 2 - to - West London, Old Shares ... 20 Wexford and Carlew - ...... to -... Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 - to - Wilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 10 ...... - Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425. - - York and Carlisle - to - York and Newcastle 25 ..... 42 - Ditto, New...... York and North Midland .. 50 - - Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Scarboro' Branch - Ditto, Selby 4O - Ditto. Extension - Ditto East and West Riding Ex tension 5 lB% 17 3 4 to 184 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian - Barbadoes •• •.. ....... 1 - Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% ...... - - Boulogne and Amiens l6 ...... - - Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - to - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 ... to - Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's) - Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 - - Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast I - • to - Central of Spain Ceylon - - Demerara. - Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . to Dutch Rhenish ... 6 East Indian Fampoux and liazebroulc Great Indian Peninsular - Great Western Bengal ss. - - Great Western Canada 34 ...... - ...... to - Italian and Austrian - to - Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - - Jersey Louvain ala Sambre - ... .to - Luxembourg - •• ••• to - Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras .. Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % -, - to - Madrid and Val en ti a -- - Mauritius 1 ...... - Namur and Liege . ..... 8 - to - Nn. of France Co ns tit u t e d ... 5 .... 12 to - North Jamaica 1 - to - Orleans and Vierzon - - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel . •••••' ••• •• to - 4/ s Paris and Ly ons Constituted 3 5 4d....., - - to - Paris and Orl eans 2O - Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 --- - to - Rouen and Havre 20 - to - Sambre and Meuse - to - Strasburg and Bale l4 - ...... to - St. Laurence and Atlantic.... - ...... to - Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 - to - Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. ........ ... 2% - to - West Flanders - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - - British North American .... 50 - to - Colonial - , ..... to - Commercial of London - to - London Joint Stock .... lO - to - London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 - to National of Ireland 22% - - - to - Provincial of Ireland - to - Union of Australia 25 - ..... to - Union of London ... 10 - MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered - to ..... to— .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LoNnort, OCT. 27.—Wind N.W., light breeze, a n d h azy. DEAL, Our. 26.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., fine.—A-rrd. Symmetry, China; Tancred, Smith, St. Lucia; Ceres, Smith, Honduras; North Carolina, New Orleans ; Mary Seton, Meldrum, Quebec. Arrd. from the Rive r an d sld., Oriental Queen, effery, Mauritius; William and Alfred, Thomas, Antigua; Alice, Palmer, Jamaica; Chanticlee r , H ere, ditto. Sld. Childe Harold, Lilley, Bombay, touched the ground on the Gulls, but received no damage. The Elizabeth, Bebby, from St. Stephen to Liverpool, was abandoned, waterlogged and dismasted, 13th inst., lat. 45, lon. 41; crew saved and landed here by the Mary Seton, Meldrum. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 26.—Wind S., light.__ Arrd, Sarah, Callao. The Chapman was at Kamouraska previous to the 28th ult., very leaky, having touched on the Saguenay Reef. The Henry Pratt, which arrived here 24th inst. from New Orleans, sailed from the bar 29th August, passed the - Gulf 10th September, and had fine weather the whole passage. RAMSGATE, Our. 26.—Wind N., li ght.—Sld. Henrietta Wilhelmina, West Coast of Africa,. James Tynes Bermuda. FALMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind W. to fie2ll. Arrd. Fanny Palmer, Cutting, Missolonghi. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26 . —Wind N.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Hen rietta Sophia, Muller, Patagonia, for Falmouth, with main • mast sprung; Calista, Prince Edward's Island, with damage. Sid. Ludlow, Watson, Jamaica. BRISTOL, OCT. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Commerce, Broadfoot, Calcutta. MILFORD, Ocr. 2 6.—Upwards of 300 sail of vessels, bound up, the greater part crippled or disabled in mast, spars, sails, &c., were passed in the River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, by the Richmond, Stanbury, arrd. here. The Ant, of Aberdeen, l‘PLean, was dismasted, wrecked, and abandoned, on the banks of Newfoundland ; crew saved by the Pomona, of Alva, bound to Mirarnichi, which was spoken, 4th inst., lat. 45, lon. 57, by the Richmond, arrd. here, which passed a great quantity of timber and wreck, il4th inst., between lon. 37 and 36; and on the 20th, lat. 50, lon. 76, a brig dismasted. Arrd. Elizabeth, Riddell, Quebec, with loss of boats, bul warks, &c., having been thrown on her beam ends in a hurri cane, 7th inst., lat. 44, lon. 43 ; bound to Aberyswith. The brig Conference, Johnstone, ofNorth Shields, from Belfast to Dalhousie, has put in here leaky, loss of bulwarks, &c., and ballast shifted. OFF HASTINGS, OCT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sarah Charlotte, Cape of Good Hope. PonTsmount, OCT, 26.—Wind N. to N.E., fine.—Sld. Flavius, Davis, Galveston ; Flora, ditto ; Amulet House, New Orleans; Gobsts, Sladger, ditto; Donna Carmelita, Williams, Trinidad. OFF DOVER, OCT. 26.—Beaver, for New York; Albatross, for Galveston ; Alfred, for Jamaica. STRCMNESS, OCT. 22.—Wind E.—Arrd. Lady Jane, Har rison, Davis' Straits, with ten fish, and sld. for Newcastle. LYTHAM, OCT. 26.—The Kelven Grove, Barclay, of and from Belfast for Fleetwood, sprung a leak and became un manageable, and yesterday got on the Crusader Bank and became a wreck; crew saved. KILLIBEGS, OCT. 24 —The Columbia, Merriman, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, got on shore on St. John's Nina last night, it is feared will become a wreck—part of cargo thrown overboard. AALBORG, OCT. 17.—The Hoppet, Holmuda, of and frcm Christianstadt (Finland) to Leghorn, was stranded cff Lelleheder, near Home, on the 13th inst. ; crew landed, cargo and materials expected to be saved. MILFORD, OCT. 24.—A f u ll- r i gge d ship, water-logged and abandoned, was passed on the 3d inst., lat. 48, lon. 43, by the Conference, arrived here. s. (v Es, UT, --A ;lame unknown, with I, (,1 boat,; s;, ept, ifiticli di,abled, was boarded by boa; men yesterday about ten miles oft this port, but were compelled to leave her. SVRANEAER, Ocr. 25.—The schooner Meranda, Davis, of Belfast, was totally lost near Corswall Light last night dur ing a gale; one of the crew drowned. The sloop _Lady Anil Murray, was lost at Portpatrick last night. LIMERICK. Ocr. 25.—The Bebe, Nutkins, from London to. this port, was totally lost near K err yh e pd ; master and one of the crew saved. Put back, Mary Dick, Bennett, for London , with damage, having been in contact with her Majesty's sh i p Madagascar. le all FISTIGUARD, OCT. 25.—Tt has blown a heavy g night. Four o'Clock, r.x.—The gale is increasing tml7 to N.E. A large ship is outside, ten miles distant. The Sitr, Peregrine, from Bangor to Cork, on shore the 21st instant, has become a wreck. 23d, The Margaret, Jam es, from Bangor to Newport, in making the port yesterday, struck the ground, and is leaky. HARWICH, OCT. 26.—The Ariel, Darling, from St. Peters burgh to London, got on shore on the Gunfleet Sand yester day, and is discharging. PENZANCE, OCT. 25.—A barque of about 300 or 400 tone ; abandoned, apparently ti m b er laden, and North America, build, named Mary Ann, female bust for a flgore-heau% r broad white list with ports, cam e on s h ore a t Roserttergy, n e here, and is fast breaking up. CARDIFF, Oar. 26.—The John Daniel, Hays, from Ire l a n ed d, got on shore at Scilly Island, on th e 24th i ns t an t, is exPee! o f off should the wea th er con ti nue mo d erate; crew a nd part cargo saved. BRISTOL, OCT. 26.—Wind S.S.E., Cor r _ coerce, Broadfoot, Calcutt a , SWANSEA, Oar. 26.—Wi n d N.E.—A rr d. Bowes, Qiiiebeeige%. NEWPORT, OCT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Countess el tive, Pinnoek, G r en a d a . the, WELLS, Ocr. 26.—The Cornelia brig, from Bugenva l- me arrived here with damage to cargo, having been on Woolpack Sand. MUMBLES, Ocr. 24.—Arrd. Ruby, Ellinwood, Quebec- RYE OCT. 25.—The Olivia, Hemming, arrived here 17; terday ' from Seaham, stranded at low water, and filled del i " the night. SALCOMBE, Ocr. 25.—The Spring, of New York, f r°/111 Matanzas to Cowes under jury masts, arrived off her e g e l; terday with the crew c f a W es t I n di a s hi p on b oa rd, 0 , b y was abandoned, dism as t e d, a ft er t h e S pr i ng h a d remairte" her four days. from PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26.—The General Sale, Brooks , Liverpool to China, whi c h was agroun d on the Batted; Reef 23d inst., has been got off, and in here to discherge'4 MUMBLES, Ocr. 24.—Th e D e ptf or d f rom Q ae bec to den was abandoned at sea, waterlogged, 24th ult., 1 na9 .7 and mate saved on board the Ruby, arrived here, the mainder taken off by the Scotsman, from Clyde to Quebec. MARKET N E WS.-(THIS DAY') rAY ITILEZE - 23 1 ris. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2 21 185 to 3116 s ; Clover c Of} 318 s to 41 155; and St r a w , 116 s t o 1111 s per l oa d. ,311313 good, and trade dull. ditt ° ' CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 4/ ; Clover , f a ir 3/ 103 to 41 14s ; an d S traw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. A average supply, and a heavy demand. 10fe r WurrnenApEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lO s t o 31 169; -jar ditto. 3/10s to 41 18s ; an d S traw, 1/ 65 to 11 lls Per '- Trade dull, at the above quotations. SOUTH UNION and BIRMINGL" a '" A JUNCTION EAILWAY.—(THIS DAYqdsr. A meeting of the shareholders in the above w:, i01 5 taking was held this day, in pursuance of the provts f of Lord Dalhousi e ' s A c t, f or t h e purpose o f deterint r i v og whether the Company should be dissolved or not; as . r• meeting was h e ld a t t h e Company's offices, in street, Westminster, and the chair was taken at past 11 o'clock, by Edward Hall, Esq. e r Messrs. Wyn n , H aywoo d, an d A l lcock having Jetboa pointed scrutineers, and the usual formalities having. T . gone through, the following report was read by B. Stevens, the solicitor to the Company : „ o at " The com m itt ee h ave very l i ttle to add to the made to the s h are h o ld ers on January last, to which ea' beg to ref er . I n t h at report they stated that to`. c o es gineer's plans and sec ti ons were so extreme l y defeetli of to leave no h ones t course open to them but thtld aP checking all f ur th er out l ay , an d proceeding to wil t Jo the affairs of the Company for the present Yee": telt accordance therewith, your committee imineloo, returned to you th e sum o f 28s. Per ,5,4716 ° being nearly th ree -f ourt h s o f the original tier. and they have since th a t t i me b een engage d in 710 tainina, investig a ti ng , an d li qu i dating the c l a ims the Company. In this they have had s ome clie"; 4 o% owing in several cases to the delay in the accounts '' tp on sent in, and to the exorbitance of the demand ine cle „,, er 1 0 them, and they are sorry it is not yet in their pe" te so' state with any degree of accuracy what the uhite, : t. o of suit may be. At present the payments and liabb" d , the Company are considerably more than the fee o ar' tamed to meet them, but the committee are en cle A mg to reduce these accounts. In compliance w't,,, fi o wish expressed by many of the shareholders deSiryceeJ, being released from all further responsibility, Ye ur d e side mittee have call e d thi s meet i ng, to ena b le you to so y; on the question of dissolving the existing C e l v iini, but it has been proposed to form a new e°- „i with as little delay as possible, having for its 0b.l e i ;0 0 construction of a railway, with certain e 1te ,7, 0 09„' and modifications, to meet existing eircum s ` - c stiLl through such portions of the same line of country it i " o ider remains unaceommodated, and that each sliere;,'lol to desirous of being interested therein should be et t a t ' c i pro' a number of shares proportionate to that be m ate ° visionally held in the present Company. 'The " In b e ell must deeply regret that their labours s hould her oi ders rendered abortive, and th e h o p es o f t h e share t ol d s blighted, by the ne g lige nce o f t h e en g ineer, en ha bu s of been have the consolation o f f ee li ng th a t no thin a g wanting on their o wn p ar t t o ensure the eceebeso line which they confidently believe would have c oOr remunerative one, and is still in part requisite to plete the system and accommodate the district." n apt Mr. IlaywooD wished to k now w h at was the s"_i"" of the outstanding Claimehstaotß to thethreelfaeCii chargesnanpeyillo:cri; 11:::311 o.. T i ti l e o C c : I A lait A agentsN (subject e t neering and surveying, 3,158/. 75.; a vertu ,. wages, rent, &c., 1,934/. 15s. ; trvelling stud °ltebteint;,-610 penses, 3301.; total, 8,3401. 13 ; 283. per s hare 00 p er on 9,360' shares, 13,1041.; total, % 21,4441. 13 3 . Pe r other side there were deposits s at c - ; share, 18,720/. ; 12s. per share °lt 9 o , n 36 4 o 7 s o lia L e ar ' ee, , ;,. B2 oil l interest, 781. 14s. 5d.; total, 19,0801. 14s. deficit of about 2,4001. They had, however, Veered action against Mr. Gravatt, the 'engineer, by wbicb hoped to reduce his claim. I lb ° Mr. WILLIAMSON wished is know h ow m anY, o provisional c omm itt ee h a d not pa id up the i r ca lls? The CH AIRMAN sa id t h at there were 84 piotne committee, 20 of wh om h a d not pa id t h e i r calls. Scrod of them were in France, others non est inventug, against some actions had been brought. * MaO l /' I It was then moved, seconded, andcarried u nerll- .4sinti.t that the names of those members of the pro.-0 committee who had paid up their calls should be re , do ' n e order to distinguish them from those who had n ot so ; and this having been done, . 000 clad Mr. WILLIAMSON moved, a n d M r . H as wooD s t yst the motion, "That the Company be dissolved, a li t 10Jr . the diss o l u ti on s h ould not be considered an act ruptcy." The motion was carried unanimously. afl d The Scrutineers then proceeded to take the vet' s ' of reported that there were 3,870 votes present" aal whom w ere i n f avour of the dissolution of the 0313.1010 3,840 of these votes were in favour of the dissolut l° be ing being an act of bankruptcy, and 30 in favour of it s an act of b an k ruptcy. ice d; The CHAIRMA N th en d ec l are d t h e Company 6%3°, the and thank s h av i ng b een unanimously carried to ill meeting separated. vo gee' It may no t b e unworthy of remark, that the t` ar ° tlemen who held the thirty votes given in f° ', " seli l3% bankr u p tcy, came in after all The business of the - was coecluded, except taking the votes. YD RIIIIINAL to uivic—f A OLD COURT. ,„ 0 9.) (Before th e R ECORDER and Mr. Alderman u x- d gv' s COUNTERFEIT COIN. --M argaret Murp hy, 8$ is lr who was f oun d gu il ty of uttering counterte i session, was brought up to receive sentence. eO . "" The RECORDER, i n pass i ng sentence, sa id "e Or, was one of th e most aggravated nature. She 'ivy' s ; ° i P . ; vent in a publi c h ouse, and whilst in that esp ac i -l iter ? " • charged a person in the habit of frequenting her 0 0 0 0 house with h av i ng tendered a bad shilling, a.°,c141 given into custo d y on the charge. Wh"s',. 1110 the magistrate she swore to receiving the shilling, g oo d , was subsequently shown that she exchanged h i ' . or; shillin g which she received for a bad one whic h 1 '; peered she had in her possession, thus comini t i;ttilti double crime of uttering counterfeit coin and e° l ' 3 „ e . $ l3 ; . perjury,. to the serious injury of an innocent Pert 00 was sentenced to ten months' hard labour in t i me of:Correction. STEALING CORN AND CHAFF.— William - 14 a ; h ' 2 6 ,.,' a 45, a labourer, was charged with stealing, on x"'"evs•i''',e ofi September, five bushels of corn and chl e oeit" 7s. 6d, the property of Mr. Edward Maxwell, of his employ er . ed e et) It appeared that the prisoner had been en's betfi the prosecutor as a carter s i nce J une, and t"' lieu the two and three o'clock o n th e morn i ng i n 9ges hog ' corn alleged to have been s t o l en was f oun d in 0 dr icil his master's waggon, whi c h t h e pr i sone r Wagner,n towards Edmonton. It app eare d th a t the prl - ,, r nos no right to take mor e c h a ff t h an wou ld fill I °" se it. & bags, and that he had no right to take any in a ' s c ad Mr. DOANE def en d e d th e prisoner, and cont e-,„ o esn„ he might have t a k en more c h a ff t h an Was ' 3 013 o' without the intention of purloining any of it. dence was insufficient to support the charge. .„ • hoot The jury Acquitted the prisoner. fa— lg At the conclusion of this case a pause , fle to - hour ensued. The business of the session se r r e tlesi: i proceeding at a snail's pace. The Learned " e at the co Ds o and some of the jury complained that insufferably cold; we have found it intenselY s°. ji P et' lli or three diff e r en t d egrees of h eat and cold gen e „ h er t i ehe vade the cou r t a t t h e same t i me; the limbs a re f rt of 2 7, in a pleas an t state of heat, whilst the upper p— st bewg body is al mos t per i s h ed with cold, a grestc„ ,„ ° don? t cl most acceptabl e . S omet hi ng ought rea l ly to , promote at least th e com f ort of those w h o are c° to attend the court for many hours toffether. . 14 the v la a DELAYS OF THE GRAND JURY.—The jut"' ~e 0 1113 Court, Mr. Commissioner Bullock, and the .A.lde L r coorf i d . Sheriffs, assembled shortly after nine o'clock t"2- grand ing, but it was half-past ten o'clock before sth P fce jury returned two bills, thus enabling the CoNl: e l' o rdsi teed with the public business, those returned h olt b e ; having be en ex h auste d . It was almost e l ev en 0 c sots th tss • eer fore either of the cases could be proceeded wi jo ie of the petty jury bad applied to Mr. Coor ti hoor' Bullock for leave to absent theuiselves for ball 4 which was granted. NEW COURT. Ald er°l° (Before the COMMON SERGEANT anti t he MOON.) with f The Court was o ccu pi e d t h e w h o l e inorning . „ o o l° trial of Mint case s , none o f wh i ch posses sed se/ r interest. for e ' Y THE CHELSEA OCT-PENSIO. ;E S. _yesterd• lt si was paparaded, 3o noon tile North Lond on divizaru lt of Cheh' e ' i t) r ' cil L- O e Regent's-park, b y Capts Mare and Carta officers in command. aria inipected for the first - i v, the the ain THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1846.