The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-15 00:00:00

giJCIETY FOR PROMOTING TT-r-K AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. A CONt'VXENCE will be held at the SOCIETY'S ROOMS, 2 Z, Regent-street, TO-MORROW, November 16, at 1 o'clock — lord BROIIGICAM, the President of the Society, in the Chair — To consider the propriety of Assimilating the Mercantile Laws a England. Ireland, and Scotland. Deputati ons, will attend from Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glas gow, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Hull, Bath, Brad.. MTh Sou'thamPton, Dover, Worcester, and other places. e principal Law Societies will also be represented. GEORGE TENNANT, Clerk. NEW NOVEL. Immediately. to be had at all the Libraries, THE FORTUNES of FRANCIS CROFT: a Novel. In 3 vols. post Bvo. London : Chapman and-Hall, 193, Piccadily. NEW NOTEL BY THE AUTHOR Off " MARY BARTON ." Short] y will be Published, to be had at all the Libraries, T H. By the Author of R Em Mary Barton," " The Moorland Cottage," &e. In 3 vols. post Bvo. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " OLIVE." Shortly will be published, M be had at all the Libraries, AGATHA'S HUS‘BAN D. By the Author of " Olive," " The Head of the Family," In 3 vols. post Bvo. Lcndon : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell [Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manages• THIS EVENING. The new historical Comedy of RICHELIEU DZ LOVE. by Mews. B. Webster and Leigh Murray; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham and Mrs. Stirling. After which. the capital Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH, Ly 111 r. Keeley and Miss Rosa Bennett. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, Will be performed TAKING EY STOP.M. After which, the new Comic Drama of MARRIED DAUGWITRS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Roxby, F. Matthews, Baker, and Suter ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Julia St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Fanny Baker, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by VIE GOLDEN FLEECE. To conclude with A OUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr H . Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Drama of THE FLOWERS OF TILE FOREST ; a Gipsy story, by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar ; Messrs. Emery, Paul Bedford, &c. After which, the popular Farce or A WIFE FOR A DAY, in which the celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Josh. Silsbee, and Mrs. A. Wigan, will appear. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Sean. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. Principal ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last Six Nights of the present Spectacle. MR. BATTY Respectfully announces that, in compliance with numerous sugges tions and requests, he has determined on the production, on MON DAY, 22d November, of an Equestrian Version of UNCLE TOM'S CAJUN, embodying all those stirring situations so graphically described in Nlrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Theatre. On MON DAY, 15th November, and during the week, the enter tainments will commence, at 7 o'clock, with the gorgeous Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled THE BRIDE OF GOLCONDA ; or, the Genius of the Ring. To be followed by a Series of extraordinary Equestrian and Gymnastic Performances in the Circle. To conclude with a popular Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-oolce open naliy from Eleven to to Four. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY NEXT, THE 18m, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN ,WILL BE PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH MS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT GP THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, Nov. 15, 1852 The state of the weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. LIMERICK—S.E. ; strong breeze; overcast. MULLINGAR—N.E. ; strong breeze ; rain. POOLE—N.E. ; gentle breeze ; partially cloudy. HASTINGS—E. ; gentle breeze ; partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N. W.. ; strong breeze ; overcast. FOLKSTONE—E.k gentle breeze ; overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.E.I gentle breeze ; partially cloudy. EASINGSTOKE—N.E. • calm ; overcast. GREENWICH—E. ; 'getle breeze ; overcast. STROOD—N.E. ; gentle breeze ; overcast. SWINDON—E. ; gentle breeze ; overcast. COLCHESTER—S.W. ; gentle breeze • overcast. YARMOUTH—E. ; heavy gale; partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—E. ; hard wind ; overcast ; rain. LANCASTER—S. ; hard wind ; rain. DARLINGTON—E. ; strong breeze ; overcast ; rain. SHAP--S.E. ; strong breeze ; rain and snow. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock FOLKSTONE—N.E. ; light breeze ; rain. STROOD—S.E. • strong breeze ; heavy rain. HOLYHEAD—E. ; heavy gale ; overcast. LANCASTER—N.E. ' • hard wind ; cloudless. DARLINGTON—N.N.E. ; stormy ; overcast. SNAP—S.E. ; strong breeze ; partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.—Sun °MBE, Nov. 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 4 , 3 —highest since noon on Saturday. 41—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 46—yesterday at noon. BAROMETER, 29.45 Wind S.E. light breeze, with dull hazy, rainy w ea th er , Afternoon, fine, sunshine, Wind S.W. Evening, rain. NOVEMBER 15. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'13. A fall of rain of more than half an inch since Saturday. Wind S.W., light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. WE this day present The Sun to our Subscribers in new type, from Her Majesty's Typefoundry for Scotland, by the Firm of Messrs. MILLER & RICHARD, Typefounders, Edinburgh and London. If the durability of the type prove equal to its varied beauty, then we shall wish Messrs. MILLER & RICHARD all the success which they fairly promise to deserve. gt j M ~, „:,„.„,,... t , g Tittimr" LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1852. The taxes on knowledge must be repealed ere long ;no one doubts it. Argument has settled the question in every mind acquainted with the subject, and it only remains for an adequate number of minds to give their attention to it, and the thing is done for ever. The press in England once liberated—liberated not by a mob r evolution—but by full discussion both within and without the walls of Parliament, will never be enslaved again* Enslaved ! some reader may exclaim -..yes, enslaved, we repeat. The news- PaPer works in fetters. It is chained to Downi n P : e ! t. - .broot___ e • chained to th,st Limed to the Excise-office — it works iThaer t rp-office. It is trebly chained ; and an aaveeitl?ad of a paper duty, a stamp duty, wonaer i . sement duty. How it works at all is the i and we doubt not that the lion's share of th e the pockets of its op , t '' of its labour goes into irrefutably demonstra:Z r. with s bondage in England Nothing can more Am elasseriiscareally than the contrast There free ; then no periodical press of every duty of any kind checks it s mov is the consequ ence ? Take New' e l l , lts• What l two areat commercial ti c lax , a nd Liver poo , In ig .._ 8 . ten days sail of each other. in ur de within at least 100,000 copies of daily news the York are circulated in the city alone. In paters are 1 there is not er poo t one daily paper. Theeon. tract with London, the fountain of Eti,,',i,, daily papers, is almost a s glaring. London, " which numbers its population by millions, h as ten daily papers. New York, which reckons its Population by hundreds of thousands only, has fifteen. L on d on oug ht, by the same proportion, to have forty or fifty. Three-fourths of all the families in America take a daily paper, every skilled operative takes one ; nay almost every workman enjoys the privilege of the su bstantial London citizen, and has his Newspap er own regularly with his breakfast. Such unquestioned facts as these, affirm, beyond the possibility of denial, the bondage of the English newspaper press. Our manufacturers of the raw materials, our printers and publishers, our editors, are no way inferior to the Americans in skill and enterprise. We could beat them. We do beat them in every manufacture which is free at home. We send them our textile fabrics, and our hard ware, even in the face of their high protective duties. In cheap production of almost every kind no country can surpass us, and certainly not America. There can be, then, but one reason for the humiliating disparity of our newspaper circula tion, and that is that our press is heavily fettered. It is to little purpose to begin calculations attempt ing to prove that the burdens on the newspaper are not very heavy after all. That the paper duty is only an amount per sheet which no coin will express ; that the penny stamp is but twenty per cent. on a fivepenny paper, and the advertise ment duty but eighteenpence for each insertion ; tht broad answer is, that the working of all three combined is such, that New York takes 100,000 copies of the daily papers; while Liverpool has not a single daily paper of its own, and, at most, takes a few scores, possibly a hundred or two, of the London dailies. By a little consideration, in deed, it is easy to see the execrable working of the three duties. Every man of business knows that I the Excise regulations and interference augment the cost of paper probably quite as much as the duty does. Then the stamp and the advertise ment duties necessitate the expense of increased capital, on the part especially of the actual sellers of the paper, the newsmen. Again, the limitation of the sale, by the increased cost of the paper, re acts upon the cost itself, since every newspaper is obliged to incur preliminary expenses for each im pression, which, if distributed over double or treble the number of copies, would lower the pro portion of those expenses which belonged to each copy. It is obvious that in these ways, and others which might be mentioned, the three taxes en hance the cost of the newspaper considerably be yond their own absolute amount. In a fiscal point of view, moreover, nothing can be more absurd than retaining three taxes at the same time. [Supposing the paper duty to be, fiscally the best, since it yields altogether more than double the penny stamp duty, and more than five times the advertisement duty,—then how foolish beyond measure to check the consumption of paper, by taxing it again twice over. The three taxes impoverish each other. Each tax, to realize its largest produce, requires an extensive circulation ; while each contributes to check the circulation ; indeed, it seems likely that a larger amount might be realized by one than by the At any rate, like protective duties, they are now so arranged as to inflict the greatest pos sible loss upon the consumer compared with the amount they bring into the public treasury. Of all the duties, however, we think the adver tisement duty the least defensible. Its amount is insignificant. Some 160,0001. or 170,0001. a year ; while its palpable injustice to the lower classes, is alone a sufficient reason to demand its instant abolition. It ought no longer to be endured, that any servant wanting a place should pay as much to Government for permis sion to advertise his or her wants in a few lines, as the North-Western Railway Company for a column or more about its millionaire transactions. It is well known too that advertisements are to a large extent the support of every newspaper ; not only do they support it directly, but the adver tisements and the circulation mutually aid each other. This is again exemplified on the largest scale in America, where some of the principal ad vertising papers are actually sold at one half penny each. Every tradesman in town or coun try advertises the arrival of almost every parcel of goods. The advantage of this practice to the retail trade is sufficiently obvious from the success of all the great advertising dealers in this coun -17. see. As to the penny stamp, defended as a postage stamp, though the majority of papers never go through the post, it is doubtless maintained, as it was laid on, to check the diffusion of political knowledge. No one would complain of a half penny stamp, as in America, or even a penny one, for papers actually sent by post; to charge all alike, whether they go by pocrb or not, is no bet ter than a fraud; the amount, deducting the ex pense to the Post-office, is inconsiderable to the revenue; we fear this tax is but a rem nant of the Six-Acts spirit, of the political corruption and cowardice which, by such a device, put an end to WM. COBBETT'S " two penny trash." By far the greatest mischief of the newspaper taxes, however, has yet to be men tioned. They are taxes on the most efficient edu cator of the day. It is the universal fashion now to laud education to the skies, but each party fights bitterly to get the education into their own hands, and the number is by no means very large who are for thorough liberty of education. If they think they can make it serve party purposes all is right, but if the advance of the people in general knowledge merely, or political knowledge espe cially, is in question, they are indifferent or op posed. We test the sincerity of the advocates of education very much by the attitude they assume in regard to the taxes on knowledge. It is upon tile newspaper, and upon the many cheap and ex cellent publications for the million, that these taxes press with the greatest severity. The Marchioness or the Duchess finds little or no effect from them upon the cost of her three volume novel. But they put a stop to many an admirable series of penny and three-half penny tracts ; while the comparison with America proves that they exclude the newspaper from the cottage of the working-man. This last fact is the most important. There is no educator like the newspaper. It creates the wish to learn to read. It perpetuates the ability to read. It supplies what all like to read ; it sup plies that which some will read who will read nothing else. All wish to know the news. Mr. HORACE GREBLY, Editor of a New York paper, stated, before the Committee of the House of Commons, that in his opinion nothing made the children of the working classes think learning to read a necessary acquirement more than seeing their fathers read the papers at home, and that without the inducements supplied by the news papers numbers who had learned to read would, as in England, soon forget it. Newspapers, therefore, we regard as self-educators of the people ; while all the various school-systems are not only in part bounty-systems, but they fail of producing permanent results, because not backed up in subsequent life by that greatest of all in ducements to retain the habit of reading—the newspaper. We know we shall be met by some dilettanti sneer, at the little worth of such read ing. Well, but Mr. EXQUISITE, do you not read some newspaper. And if with all your philo sophy and taste you want your morning and even ing paper as much as your tea or breakfast, why should not the newspaper be somewhat worthy of the poor man's attention. Sin CHARLES Lym, surely a competent witness, bears testimony to the general good quality of the cheap American papers. He bought them largely, he says, in every place, and considered them quite equal to the average in this country. He was particularly struck with their frequently giving good reviews of valuable works, and much larger extracts from them than are given in England, and thought the general effect of the papers must be to lead to the reading of books of value. How desirable that such lectures and speeches, as we have occasion to publish, by Lord CARLISLE, the Duke of NEW CASTLE, and Sir E. L. BTJLWER, should have the largest circulation amongst the mechanic class. This can only be done through the Newspaper Press. Much in the same way therefore as we regard w the ballot as the test of a real reformer, so ase the r egard the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge test of a real educator. a decided -We can -, only add at present, that we consider Mr. _,,,,,,, tAtia , effort, s accession to office as the time for h i s sympathieaa We know from the past that more for his historical e r with the object. It would be the Emancipator of l t reputation to be known as carry any fi scal or Y par i:e British Press, than to he does not do it, d one Z oill ill a be by the force of yitrneasur es whatever. If mu s t t he b not have the of 0 far more in terestinge ur to him than to most The Whigs went out of office, and with regard to. the people, " left the padlock on their mind." Let Mr. Disnitiza only have the courage to take it offs THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1852. and if PERT, be remembered by them as the States man who gave them cheap bread, DISRAELI will be remembered as the Statesman who gave them cheap literature. No time will be lost in bringing forward, or, at least, announcing the nature of the different measures of Legal Reform, about to be introduced with the sanction, and under the auspices, of her MAJESTY'S Government. The LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed to-morrow evening for that purpose, thus evincing a creditable promptitude on a sub ject in which the entire community of all classes and grades in society are so deeply interested. The Noble and Learned Lord at the same time declared that all the bills are in preparation, and that every care is taken to render them as perfect as possible. This is what we had anticipated from Lord ST. LEONARDS. The great improve ments introduced into the rules and practice of she Irish Court of Chancery by the Noble Lord, convinced us that he would assume a prominent position in the ranks of Legal Reformers; and the experience of last Session has more than realized our anticipations. We have it on the very high est authority—that of Lord BROUGHAM—not only the greatest law reformer, but perhaps the most distinguished of any age or nation, that " within the last twelve months, more considerable pro gress had been made in the amendment of the law than during any twelve times twelve months within his recollection." It is tree that many of these measures had been prepared under the di rection of the late GOvernment, and that the Rus- SELL Ministry, if it remained in office, would have been justly entitled to the credit thereof. But, on their secession, the plans which they had sanctioned were not only fully and fairly carried into execution, but even extended, and rendered more beneficial by their successors. There was no petty jealousy—no captious objections taken to the productions of their rivals. On the con trary, the different parties appeared for once to have met on neutral ground ; the chief, if not the only, competition being who should render the greatest aid in improving the practice, and ren dering the administration, of the law as nearly perfect as any merely human institutions could hope to be. The LORD CHANCELLOR was nobly seconded in his exertions by, the Law Lords, who co-operated zealously and efficiently in promoting the necessary alterations. It would, indeed, be difficult now to find any person as serting the soundness of the existing system, or denying the propriety of large and comprehensive measures of Legal Reform. Among those measures will, as we have recently pointed out, be one, or more, relating to the Ecclesiastical i Courts. The paragraph in the QUEEN'S Speech rendered that certain. We sin cerely trust that the total abolition of these ob jectionable tribunals--the business of which may be far more efficiently, cheaply, and expeditiously performed—will be decided on. No sympathy can be felt for the sinecurists who have so long battened on the community, and who have alto gether neglected the comparatively trifling duties for which they have hitherto been so extrava gantly remunerated. The sole object for which they were created and maintained appears to have been the quartering of certain relatives of bishops on the public purse, without any reference to their age, sex, or efficiency. We find from a recent Parliamentary return that women and children were considered eligible for these situa tions ; and it is a matter of public notoriety, that the reversionary interest in one of the most lucrative situations has been mortgaged by an in surance company for a large sum of money. Surely the Right Rev. Prelates are sufficiently rewarded for their own services without any indirect advan tages being required. It is exceedingly impolitic to permit their names to be coupled with such gross jobs, calculated to bring scandal upon the Church. The temptation to error should be forthwith removed. When we find that there are no less than 26 courts in a single diocese, all affording opportunities for patronage, but of no other utility, we can only express our astonish ment that such a system should ever have been sanctioned, or that it should so long have existed, with all its abuses and imperfections. The law relating to the management of the property and the protection of the person of luna tics, wil also be ameliorated. The Lord CHAN CELLOR, on Friday evening, clearly and distinctly assumed the responsibility of the necessary legis lation on the n subject. Lord LYNDHURST had last Session introduced a Bill for these purposes, but the Noble and Learned Lord willingly I surrendered it to the present occupant of the Woolsack, on whom the duty properly devolved, and who, representing the Government, pos sesses facilities which no private Peer, how ever influential, could command. The HO3IE SECRETARY has also declared in the House of Commons that the Government was preparing a measure for the codification of the laws. A; present, none but professional men of high experi ence are acquainted with the real state of the law on any subject. It is scattered through hundreds, if not thousands, of volumes. Every man, how ever humble, should be made acquainted with the rules and regulations to which he is bound to con form. The law, more especially the criminal law, should be presented in an intelligible and accessible form, so that "he who runs may read," and understand what his duties to his Sovereign and his neighbour require at his hands. We have it on the authority of Lord BROUGHAM, that " the whole of the first branch of the Criminal Law Digest—that relating to crimes and punish ments—has been fully examined by one Commis sion, after being diligently prepared by another." It is the second branch relating to procedure that alone requires revision. This digest is not intended to alter the existing law, but merely to state its provisions accurately in a simple and in telligible form. Any amendment will be a matter for subsequent consideration, but when the Digest is completed, when the defects and incongruities of the law are rendered apparent, such amend ments may be introduced with comparative ease, and without incurring the risk of creating greater evils than those which it was intended to remedy. It is, indeed, time that the prolixity and confu sion in our statute laws should be set aside, that the English should know with clearness and pre cision that which they are called on to obey. It is not merely the Criminal Law that requires this codification. That is, unquestionably, the first to be undertaken; but the whole of the Statute Law, and of the Common Law, should be subjected to the same process. Litigation will thus be pre vented, and " the glorious uncertainty of the law" will be a thing of the past at which our descen dants may well wonder, and which they can scarcely conceive. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUNE OF WELLINGTON.-- We announced on Saturday that carriages with p ersons going to houses to see the procession pass, would be allowed to set down in Piccadilly at any hour in the morning not later than nine o'clock ; and to houses on any other part of the line between Piccadilly and Temple-bar, not later than half-pad nine o'clock. We are now authorised to state that it has been found expedient to alter the thne from nine o'clock and half-past nine, to half-past eight o'clock and nine. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Special performances will take place at Exeter Hall, on Wednesday and Thurs the - day next, the evening proceeding a nd the evening of day of the Duke's funeral. They will be on the Society's usually extensive scale, conducted by Mr. Costa. Hand St.er Dead March in Saul, some of the music to be sung at s Paul's at the funeral, and appropriate pieces, have been selected for the occasion. Similar appropriate celebrations will be held at the Town-hall, Birmingham, and elsewhere in various parts of the country. " LIVING MARIONETTE THEATRE," LEICESTER-SQUARE. —The talented troupe of children now exhibiting at the theatre, are very ably drilled to their new line of business, ' which consists merely of strutting on the stage, only going through the action, whilst the speaker is placed behind the Coulisse; but the easy and graceful style in which these talenteyoungsters go through their evolutions must be seen to be appreciated. A cleverly-written version of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" is now running a successful career, which, together with a charming ballet, and a laughable farce, constitute this admirable entertainment. Great praise is due to Mr. F. Cooper, the manager, for the talent he evinces in getting up the . pieces, and training these dumb comedians, which rival in comicality the celebrated wooden dolls of Mr. Simpson. GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT.—Henry Charles Mules, Esq., is appointed one of the three chief commissioners of the Tithe and of the Land Inclosure Commission for England and Wales, in the room of Captain Wentworth Buller, R.N., deceased. Mr. Mules was formerly secretary to the Inclosure Commission, and has acted in the same capacity to the united boar d ever since the consolidation of the Tithe Commission, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were estimated at from 3,000 to 4,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken on speculation. The market closed heavily, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 3,0b0 American, 100 Egyptian at 7d. to 72d., and 400 Surat, at 4d. to 4i-d. per lb. In Railway Shares only a limited business done, the dealers and brokers being en gaged in preparing for the settlement. The con tinuation was heavy and bullish. Wheat is barely so dear. The mail from Brazil brings favorable intelligence from Rio as to the general state of business, and it is gratifying to learn that the crops of sugar And coffee will be large. The Buenos Ayres accounts are very interesting. There had been a species of counter-revolution, and. a new Government appears to have been formed. Judging from the patriotic and wise course hitherto adopted by General Urquiza there was really no occasion for this. The General hasd one all in his power to benefit the province and without the slightest view to his own aggrandize ment. Probably the new government would imitate his moderation, though it had already reversed some of his acts. National Custom-houses, for ex ample, were abolished. The uncertainty that pre vailed was injurious to trade, but a moderate busi ness had been done, and it was hoped the deposit system would be continued. If so all articles would be admissible to deposit, and the ad valorem duty would be I per Cent. per month, as storage charge on manufactured goods, with a reduction of 25 per Cent. on the rates leviable at present on other articles. The mercantile advices by the Overland Mail from Calcutta are satisfactory, and there was a fair demand for imports. At Amsterdam, on the 13th inst., Dutch Stocks were firmer. In Foreign, business was quite re stricted. The railway meetings announced are the follow- 20 ing: Killarney Junction, 30th Nov., Dublin; .1-1 Leeds Northern, Ist Dec. Leeds; Royal Swedish, r t. 22nd Nov., Gottenburg ; Waterford and Kilkenny, s t . 26th Nov., London Tavern; West Flanders, 20th 20 Nov., Office; ditto, 26th Nov., Bruges. 10 To secure the allottment of new shares (in the 50 St. preparation of one new for two original), the Dijon and Besan2on shares must be sent to the Paris 40 office on or before the 10th November, for the pur- 25 pose of being stamped. A deposit of 41. per new 25 share will be required, for which a receipt will be StB.l given, to be subsequently exchanged (should the St. concession be granted) against provisional certifi- st. cates, credited as 41. paid. Should the company 50 fail to obtain the concession, the deposit of 41. per 25 share to be returned in full, but without interest, 1 within six months, at the latest, from Ist Novem- 2 8 5 t. ber, 1852. 50 The form of receipt has been seen, and, from the st. following paragraph at foot, it is clear that the 15 document is not of a negotiable character :—" Le 50 St present certificat est personnel et incessible, et ne 16 saurait constituer aucun droit en d'autres maens 16 que colles du Tutlelaire." The following note, dated Bth inst., has been re- E ceived from the office of the Great Southern and 2C Western (Ireland) :—" With reference to the reso- 1 ( ( lution passed by the shareholders of this company, st at the half-yearly meeting, held on the 28th Aug. last, authorizing the conversion of their original Si (501.) shares into stock, I have now to acquaint sl you that henceforth the buyers of these shares will SI be furnished with certificates of stock representing the amount of the shares so purchased." 11 The Directors of the Paris and Orleans Railway 21 Company have reminded those shareholders, who, in consequence of the recent conversion of their 21 certificates, are entitled to new dividend shares, 21 and may desire to transform them into new omnium, shares, that upon payment of 350 francs (141.) per share, such exchange will be permitted to take 5 place. The following note, dated 9th inst., has been re ceived from the Secretary ofthe North Staffordshire Railway Company :—" I beg to acquaint you, for the information of those interested, that application will be made in the present Session of Parliament for leasing or amalgamating this line with the Lon don and North Western, in accordance with the circular of the 9th ult." The English stock market is without any change of importance, and business very restricted. Con sols are 1001 for transfer, and 1001 I for ac count. The New 31 per cents. have been 1021 to 103, and the 3 per cents 991 to Exchequer Bills .of March are 725., and India Bonds 85s. premium. Messrs. Devaux and Co. have informed the com mittee of Turkish Scripholders that the Loan was introduced to them by Messrs. Blount and Co. of Paris, and that they kept 60,0001. of it for themselves. Foreign Securities have not generally moved, but there is a rally in Turkish Scrip within the last half hour from 2 and 24 to 2 1 and 34 premium. The Swedish Loan is flat atl4 Discount. Vene zuela Deferred Bonds have been 154. Mexican Stock has been firm at 25 to 4. Buenos Ayres is down 5 to 6 per cent. on account of the new poli tical change. Brazilian Scrip realises 14 premium. Sardinian Bonds are firm at 984. Belgian Four and-a-Half Per Cents bring 964 to 4. Railway Shares have been influenced by the set tlement of the Account which is now in progress, and most of the old lines, which had been a little flat early in the morning, are better since. French Shares are all rising again, and some are 1/. to 30s. dearer. Mines are dull. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, Business done, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... ...... .. 99 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. ...... ......... 100 i New 31 per Cent. Annuities..... ..... ......... 103 2' India Bonds, £lOOO. ....... ........... . 85 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO.. 75 £5OO 172 75 Small 75 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Scrip 1 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 75 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... Ditto 5 per Cent Grenada Bonds, la per Cent 1064 Ditto Deferred - Mexican 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 10 ~. 25i 5 .. 105 98i Ditto 4k per Cent........... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ...... Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2sk Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 10 Gu. £ B2 Swedish Loan Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. 2i 1g 2i p Ditto Account 2i / p. Venezuela Bonds lsi Belgian Bonds, 2} per Cent. Ex. 25fr. Ditto 41 per Cent. Ex. 25fr. 964 / HALF-PAST TWO Connsols Ditto Account, Dec. 9 lOO. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCXLVIII. By the various commissions in the market this morn ing, I perceive I must change my selection of last week for the Great Warwick Handicap ; Ariosto on Saturday, and again to-day, having been backed in a very free manner, evidently showing that mischief is meant with him ; and as he will have the assistance of one of the leading jockeys of the day—Nat,—he must be there or thereabouts. He will be my substitute for Gladiole, my pick of last week. Miss Ann this morning has received a good deal of support ; and, as she represents her sta ble, is decidedly dangerous. Hungerford was in great force on Friday and Saturday morning, but about day began to decline, and this morning is quoted at 8 and 10 to 1, layers. If he is meant his chance, now Gladiole is set aside, he is one of the best in the race. 20 and 25 to 1 was offered yesterday against Tomboy ; this morning a commission out in his favour has forced him up to twelves. The Odiham party have supported their horse steadily, and he stands firm at small odds. Lindrick remains as on Saturday— about 5 to 1. What little has been done on the Welter Cup is entirely in favour of Agis, about whom, anything above 3 to 1 is taken freely. The betting on the Grand Steeple-chase makes Abd el-Kader the favourite at 5 to 1 ;_ a good bit of money, however, has been invested on Maurice Daley, Proceed, Carrig, Peter Simple, and Peter, at 7 and 8 to 1 each. For the Hurdle Racee there is nothing in force but Tomboy, about whom 3 to 1 is taken very freely. It is understood, in well-informed quarters, that the field for the Great Warwick Handicap, will consist of Alonzo Ariosto, Miss Ann, Hungerford, Little Faw n , Lough ' Bawn, Tomboy, Odiham, Lindrick, Trifle, Isebia, Dame Tattle, and Ibis. Maurice Daley and Abd-el-Kader are first-rate ani mals for investment for the Steeple-chase, both to - win and for places. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Major General the Hon. George Anson, M.P., has been elected to succeed Mr. Glyn as the Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and Mr. Robert Ben son has, we understand, been elected as deputy-chairman, in the room of Mr. Smith, resigned, but who continues a member of the board.—Times. MISS WOOLGAR'S BENEFIT.—This most popular and accomplished actress has announced her benefit for to morrow evening at the Adelphi Theatre, of which she has been for several seasons the most useful and brilliant orna ment. The pieces aro—" The Flowers of the Forest," "Mephistopheles," and "A Wife for a Day." We have no doubt that the attendance will be fully commensurate with the merits of this charming artist. The vacant professorship of English language and literature at the London Universityhasbeen filled up by the appointment of Mr, David Masson.—Mlwavint. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAIL -WAYS• Paid I RAILWAYS. Closing Prices on Saturday. 00 'Aberdeen BilAmbg. Nottng. Bost, & Eastn. June all Birmug. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct...... all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... 184 Do. £2O .00 lBristol & Exeter, LOO jCaledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... 45 Dublin&Belfast June. all Dundee Perth &Aber-' deen Junction ... all Do. New ........... all I East Anglian CE2S L. & E. &L. &D.).... all Do., (£is E. & II.). all Eastern Counties. all Eastern Union, Class, A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do do.. all Do.; B. & C....... LOO East Lancashire .. all East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June.... 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100 Do., A A. Stock 100 Do., i B. Stock all Great Southern ad Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South Eastern 28 - 29 .-z 61 - 101 -10 i 6i -- 6 d 211 22 3 —2l d 101 106 581 59 23 24 17 I,— 171 5 —4 d 71 - 81 5 3f - 3 12 -12 i - 10 6,A -- 774 - 57 -• 5 9 75 - 77 24 - 26 56 - 58 821 - 83 48 - 50 119 - 121 all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.& Soutpt. all London & Blackivall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. 100 Nondou dzN.Western 12 Do., Fifths 1 Do., £lO Shs., M & B. ...C. 100 London &S. Western 42i Do., £5O. ....... 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 4h Do., Man. &Lin. Un 100 Midland LOO Do. Birming. & Dover 47i Midland G.West.(lr.) 17 Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 1.00 Newmarket........... . 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 7i Newry & Enniskillen 160 N0rf01k................. all_ 'Do., New 50 51 95 - 56 85 87 11 —l2 p 87 —87 j 3i 3 d 24 2 ... 17i Baa'ness done - this Day. 5 20 24 i - 8A 1 - p 105. - 1064 124 k -125 k 3i - p 3 Norihn. Counties Un. 100 North British .... 13 North Devon, No.l • 62 Do., No. 2 all Do., a. A Deferred ... 5 Do., i B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western. gi i t lt 21 . p 93 -- U 4 4 —3 d 3i -- 21 0 13 -- 14 201 -- 211 31 -- 32 —3 d 78 791 4.5 47 121 12f i 2O 16 9i 20 77 78 83 84 48A 120 122 2 94 i i i 86i 87 111 4 8 1 1241 125 A 49 51 3 —3id 48 50 6 —7/ 36 37 6i 6 d 8i N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do. 20 Do. Osviestry ..... 6i Shropshire Union ... Do., A.B.C.&D.fuly paid up at p. c. sli South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do 16-i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West Cornwall all West London 1 Woodford . 100 York Newctl. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase . 100 York &N. Midland.. 100 5 all it. 100 ;t. 100 .5 all 6f 24 6 all 3i all 5 all 7 2 Gi all ei all 10 all ICI all .0 all it. 100 5 all 5 1 all it. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 6i I all i 0 I 6 ;t. 1100 L 6 I 6 ft. 1100 0 1 13 30 17 20 5 12 9 St. 100 2} d 4. 4 d 8 9 3. 4 P 48 49 89 91 60 62 67 69 68 - 70 i ( 191 -- 20, 9i -- 15 -- 16 31 _- 3 21 - 22 40 7 - 8i - 14 - 15 - 5 2 21 121 -- 8 -- 8i 24i -- 25 91 -- 10 sa 4 94i 5 30 20 781 i 78.1 9 1 40 51 20 5 74 744 2. 2 d 58 59 SHARES, - 107 -- 109 1161 - 104 /dlB/ -- -- i Pl 9 6 - 64 gl -----3 i 81 8 24 3 4i 731 4 74i 13f 134 59 8a 9a 11 -- p 14i -- 1 i 15i 16f -- 174 k. 100 i 0 1 all ;t.. 100 ;t. 100 a 33 .2il all .0 all 6 3 [24 all 1126 .7_ 128 1111 - 112 [23 all 1.2 8i it. 100 it. 100 .91 !0' all 5 all 2 all 81 - 9 Igo 9 -1 pl 31 8i ni 11 to par it. 100 ;0 all R. 100 .51 6 81 all LO I all 4 p 1 11494 L4B 221 5t 1153 4a 10 11i an 1 PP 3A 101 2N 2 i PI 1781 i 78 i 8 5k 5t 1102 1021 18 1k p 10 10 25 all 10 1: .0 6 all - - 51 3 ;t. 100 5110 101 5i - 26 - 20 par - 103 - _I BANKS• - 5r 7 - --- 57 - 51 15 - 16} 29 - 30 31 - - • 32 - 45 - 46 iii I - - io 41 i 3i 38 - 39 46 - ... 16i -17 i 46i i 1 - 13 49.; - 50 6 - 17 - 18 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL, The preparations at St.!, PauTs for the ceremony of Thursday next, notwithstanding the immensity of the task to be accomplished, are ad7ancing rapidly towards completion. With 800 worknen employed until 10 o'clock at night, each man aninated with a sort of en thusiasm for his work, as we beleve is the case, much may be done even in the short space of time which re mains, and there is not the lightest doubt but that everything will be finished by tie day. At present only the seats in the nave appear in a state of completion ; nothing remains to be done there but the trimming with white fringes of the black cloth with which they are covered. The seats in the north transept, which are in the form of a semi-circular sweep, rising to the height of 50 feet, are built up, but not yet covered. These are to be appropriated to Members of the House of Commons, and behind them, on the higher benches, will be placed the corporation of London. The Peers will be placed once seats opposite, in the south transept, built also in a similar weep: We need scarcely say that all is built with ihe greatest solidity Ind strength of material. Water will be laid on, and stands, with glasses placed at intervals ; indeed everything is provided which can be needed by those who will have to wait for hours in the Cathedral before the procession arrives. We believe that a definite decision has now been arrived at as to the exact spot in which the rennins of the Duke are to be placed. It was contemplated removing the body of Nelson, which at present lies exactly in the centre of the vault, a little to the right, so that the two great heroes might lie side by side in the centre of the great national temple, but that intention is now relinquished, and the coffin of Wellington will resr, a little to the east of the naval hero. On Thursday it will be temporarily laid upon Nelson's tomb. The vault is now open, and naturally attracts great attention. The machinery by which the coffin is to be lowered to the vault, is, ye believe, completed, as well as that by which it is to be lifted from the funeral-car to a small hearse at the door of the Cathedral. When placed on this, it will be propelled along the nave until it rests over the vault, into which, at the proper moment, both coffin and hearse will be lowered together. Messrs. Cubitt have also receixed directions for the construction of machinery to place the coffin on the car, before start ing from the Horse Guards, so that the interposition of human hands may be seeded as little as possible, or not at all. For this purpose, also, a tent will be erected in St. James's-park, under which it will rest until it re ceives the coffin, and takes its place in the procession. The height of the car is 30 feet, by 10 feet in width, and 51 feet long. It runs on six wheels. It is now com pleted, and, on Friday last, loaded with immense blocks of granite ; it made an experimental trip along the route, which was perfectl/successful. Several partial experi ments have been tried with the lighting of the Cathedral; but, we believe, one will be made this evening on a grand scale, by which some idea will be attained of the effect to be produced. The Lord Mayor has issued an address to his fellow citizens, desiring that, on the day of the funeral, all busi ness, but such as is absolutely indispensable, may be suspended. Temple-bar is to be hung with black, and prepara tions are now being wade for that purpose. No person will,be allowed to pass along the road-way of Fleet street and Ludgate-hill after nine o'clock ; and barri cades will be erected along the sides to confine the cir culation to the footpaths. 'This part of the route will also be kept 'by 1,00) of the household troops. The railing in front of St. Paul's, has been pulled down, and a wider space will thus be a forded for the reception of thelfuneral cortege. It is understood thit the whole of the troops which are to be present at the funeral, will have arrived in London by this evening. One soldier from each regi ment will be placed in the Cathedral. THE LYlnt IN STATE OF THE LATE HOSPI DUKE TAL-{THIS pA Y.) OF WELLINGTON AT CHELSEA This morning, despite of the rain which fell in heavy showers, ant of the timidity which might naturally have been expected to arise from the fatal accidents of Saturday, t numerous crowd was assembled at the en trance to tle Hall, waiting for admission. Happily, to day we ha"e not to recount any such events as those which tool place on Saturday. The police authorities have now he whole management in their own hands, and, as is always the case under such circumstances, the public have nothing to fear. Under the present ar rangemett, there are two routes of access to the hall ; one by tie Queen's -road from the east, and another down the averue which leads from the King's-road to the cen tre entrance to the Hospital on the north. On each side of these routes barriers have been erected at the distance of 20 yards from each other ; space capable of contain ing aoout 100 people, but . into which only 50 at a time are tdmitted. As the barriers in front empty into the Hospital, they are filled by those behind, and so on through the entire route. A clear space is kept immediately in front of the eitrance, and a detachment from the Avenue and one f•om the Queen's Road are admitted alternately. In dead of 150 men, which the department which had assumed the management of the arrangements considered would be sufficient for the service on Saturday, there is at present at least a force of 900 men on the ground. Each barrier is manned by half-a-dozen policemen, who have easy access into the middle of the small crowd which is under their control at any moment, so that none of those disgraceful scenes which took place on Saturday can be expected to recur. The utmost order and regu larity prevail ; and we make no doubt that any person placing himself a t the ou tside of the crowd at the east end of Queen's - r oad, wo uld find himself in about half an-hour havingano urexpp a e i en ced the slight es t crus h o r annoyance.ssing o ut of th e west en d o f th e h a ll , w ith ou t The following are the numbers, as taken by the police, of the visitors up to 12 o'clock F ro m 9 to 10 o'clock , 10 to 11 „ '„ 11 to 12 ~ Making a total of ..... 20,200 be expected to pass ilrAotugthhiisn rthateecoaubrosueto6fot,hoeoo:y7 THE ACCIDENT OF SATURDAY. The bodies of th e two wo men who were squeezed to death in the crow d of Saturd ay have been removed to St. Luke's hospital , where th ey lave since been iden tified as that of M rs. Bean, a4,-,r v abed ‘,., the wife of a livery stable-keeper, of Cu mberland-me w, Regent's-park ;the other that of a domes tic in the sErvice of Mr. Bethel, Q.C., nam ed Charlotte Cook. %ley will remain here , until the Coroner's inquest. THE ADMISSONS TO CHELSEA COLLEGE. With reference to the n umero us litters which we have received upon this subject , we areenabled, from infor mation on which we can f ull y rel y , o acquit the Lord Chamberlain's office of any bla me 5 s to the number of tickets issued on Friday last. The l2 , 000 were applications g rand, t e for a ticketsndl4,ooo werefu 26,000; of these td. 11,000 were received at th e doors. The Lord CIL an -- -berlain's calcu lations, therefore, allowed on l y 12,00 persons to pass re through the building in eight and a halk ours. The next space in seven hours.day47,oolotpwerisllonbe g s passeden, i t,illierroeufgohre t , h h t es a a nt e the faults which proved so fatal, whatever they were , _ ant w i th whomso ever they rested, had nothing to do with he Lord Cham berlain's office. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(T1118- DA Y). COURT OF CHANCERY, has in been ir e b e e d f ed ore to th gi e v C e (Before the Lord Chancellor.. ththeisqua:ption. His COMPANY. HAWKER V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RA.ILWA.Y ea . The Lord Chancellor, upon taking his. sett this morn ing, great length of oa time, Lord Lord Truro having o o n juu c rt e dgm d fo ec ern id t e din opinion that a Lordship, after going through the facts of great length, stated that the bill was filed . for the specific On the part of the Company performance of a contract ; and it was his clearer case had never been brought before a cs ur t of jus tice. that the contract was entered into illegally ; but his it had be,, alleged Lordship was of a different opinion, and . stated that it was disgraceful for a public company, having :very op portunity of knowing the law, to come there, aid to try and take advantage of a private individual by t urn i n g round upon their own acts. He should, therefore, with out any hesitation, both law and equity being in favour of the contract, dismiss the appeal, and that with costs. WOODWIN'S SOIREES COMIQIIES.—No entertainment submitted of late years to the London public, has attained a more speedy or merited popularity than Mr. Woodwin 's " Carpet-bag and Sketch-book," which draws nightly a fashionable and full attendance at the Royal Marionette Theatre. The extraordinary versatility of the monolo g ist, the rapidity of his transformations, and the variety of amusing characters he personates, render an evening's visit to this elegant Salle, one of the most thoroughly enjoyable Lions of the metropolis. Mr. Woodwin is an artist of singularly comic power, totally free from exaggeration or buffoonery. Among his best delineations are the imita tions of several of our most celebrated actors, which he gives with extreme fidelity and effect. The large amount of patronage bestowed on his unique display of talent, is enunontly de:lands Imo no I d 152 k P 155 ... - • PREFER EFI Aberdeen .. Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bristol & Exeter 4 p sent. Stock 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO ..... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent... Cork&Banclon 54 p.c. Dundee Perth&A.ber deen Junction ....... EastAnglian G e 3 6 per cent...... ...... Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (E,7175) 7 p. et..' Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l !Do., No. 2 ....... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do., £lO Deben. Sh. lEastLancash. 6 p.cts., 'East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S.Wcstern guar. _5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c, Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Great Western, fixed 41 per cent..... ...... Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £20. ... Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds Northern, 6 p. cent., No. 1 ..... . IDo., No. 2............. Do., No. 3 I Do. , Quarters, IS4B iLondon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5P c. , 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c.' Lon.&N.West.Cov.& Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color 1 Shares Londndry. & Ennisk Shares Manch. ,Shef., &Lin , Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent...—. D 0..:...... ........ Mid. Consol. 6 p• c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5 per ct.. Do. Wa,veney Valley 5 per cent ....... ..... North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. Do. 4i per cent S. Yorksh.4p. c.Guar Stock. & Hartl. Guar sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 1 Waterfd. &Kilk. Op. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do .. York& N. Midland H. & S. Parch. Pin I 25 pm 15} JOINT-ST , Australasia .. British N. American' Colonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation Do. New Provincial of Ireland'. Do. New 20 10 20 35 5 25 all 1 all 2, 10 . all Roy-al Australn. Bkg & Gold Importing Company Union of Australia Do. New Union of Loudon ..., Union of Madrid..,. Paid' RAILwATS. 3 BelgianEasnt. Junct. all Central of France(Or- leans & Vierzon all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara 4 Dijon and Besan9on. 8 Dutch Rhenish all 'East Indian all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 Gd. Junct. of France 10 Gt. Western of Canada Shares ... Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 14 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 14 Do. 21 Do. (Canal) 5 Lyons and Avignon 4a Madras 2 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with, interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 10 Paris and Lyons 24 Do. Bonds all (Paris and Orleans all IParis and Rouen.. all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 2i Quebec &Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 St. And. &Quebec(A) 17 Tours and Nantes 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 4 Do. 5i per c. Pref 9 Western of France Closing Prices on Saturday, I - 2 13 - 15 5 5 p 11—O d —9B p p 3 2 4 P par 1 pl 6i -- 7 44 -- 5 -- 1h 1 -- 14 10 -- 12 p i 21 -- 2i p 8 6. 7 343 35 14a 15 18 - 18flp 67 - 69 38 - 40 33 -34 i 5 -6 p 104 20. 10 11, 4i - 0i - 10 p all Agua Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Freehold all Australian Cordillera all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 13.5 British Austrin. Gold 5 British Iron 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey all Carsons's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo . all English and Austin. all Copper Smeltg. Co. General.. all Golden Mountain all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymme Iron 10 Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft I all United Mexican all West Mariposa all Yuba -9 6 1111 P • • P z . —3 1 —1: P : p : d • d p d par d par 6 7 '5 6 2 - 2 id — p 43 45 —1 p 64 74 d d 1p p 1 gd - lip ?:= P 41 -- 5 d -- par P P d -- par 19 -- 21 14i -- 134 par -- f p -- 7A -- 12 A 7i d -- par par -- f p LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shy. Pakl RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Pries' Bnaineal Cempans. on Saturday. done. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley .... N. West ... • 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... Gt.Westn. 291 - 301 301 all Do.without gr Do 29 30 304 all Birm•Wolv. Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wtht guar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh .L. &N.W lO9 111 50 all Clydesdale Jo. Caledon St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Notrhn 150 152 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Westn. 33 331 25 all Glos. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Caledon 25 all Do. New Do • ••• 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.Md. 113 115 95 all Do. 1 Shares Do 121 all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 12'" all Lon.& Greenw S. Eastern l4 20 all Do. Preference Do 254 26 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk 20 all Do. 6 per ct... Do — 51 all Manbh.Bxton. Ln.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 3 34 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 107 108 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per ct Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp.c Do • ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln& Yk 121 111 Do. 1 Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt•Northn 149 151 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 149 151 25 3.8 g Shef. Roth. & Lancash. & Gooleg. 5.p.c Yorksh „, 12 91 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean d 50 all Wear Valley gr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling — 25 all Do Do 3l 31 St. 100 Wilts &Somrst Gt.Westn 1054 106 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 13. The following had the honour of dining with her Mak jesty yesterday :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Due de Brabant and the Comte de Flandres, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Hohenlohep and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Lady in Wait ing to the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, Colonel de Moerkerke, the Comte de Briey, and Sir Robert Carswell. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, went out hunting this forenoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. _ The Duke of Montrose, Lord Steward of the House hold, and the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Chamberlain, arrived from London yesterday at half-past one o'clock, with the Address from the House of Lords, in answer to her Majesty's Speech, and had an audience of the Queen. The Right Honourable Lieut.-Colonel Forester, Comptroller of the Household, arrived from London this afternoon, with the Address from the House of Com mons in answer to her Majesty's Speech, and had an audience of the Queen. The Prince Gortschakoff, Baron Brunnow, and the Earl of Malmesbury, arrived at the Castle this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, visited her Majesty to-day, attended by Lady Suffield and Baron Knesebeck. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty to-day :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Due de Brabant and the Comte de Flandres, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, their Serene Highnesses the Princess Adelaide and the Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Prince Gortschakoff, g- Van de Weyer, Baron de Brunnow, the Lady in Wait ing to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, the Earl of Malmesbury, Colonel de Moer kerke, Count de Briey, Sir Robert Carswell, and Sir James Clarke. NOVEMBER 14. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of W a l es , the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, with the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court,. and the domestic house hold, attended divine service in the Castle this morning. The Prince Gortschakoff, Mons. Van de Weyer , Baron de Brunnovv, and the Earl of Malmesbury, wer e also at the service. The Rev. Lord Wrioth . esley Russ e ll officiated. Colonel Cornw all, Assistant Master of the Ceremonies to her Majesty, has been appointed b y th e Q ueen to be in attendance on the foreign military officers who hav e arrived to be present at the Duke of Wellington 6 funeral. Mr. Masterman, M.P. ; Mr. Donneson, Notary .6 cl Mr. J. S. Venn, Notary, had an interview with ' x r " Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office, on Saturday. A deputation from the inhabitants of SL Pa c , ll ; : . ; Churchyard, consisting of Mr. James Bunning, Architect, Mr. John F. Pawson, Mr. William Mr. Charles Odell, M r . G. Hit c h coc k, and Mr. James Vallacott, transa c t e d b us i ness on S atur d ay a t the ofa ce of Works and Publi c B u ildi ngs , Whit e h a ll-place. he The Turkish Mi n i ster transac t e d b us i n ess at t Foreign-office on Saturd a y. ha d Mr. Mast erman, M . P . and Mr. Mullins, MY ., a t an interview w ith Sir John Pakington on Satu rday the Colonial-offi ce. Barber, A C • abinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at' the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministe rs Pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. seer& tary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir John Pakingi ton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duk° ° Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, tilt? Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. J. C. Berries,ana Lord John Manners. The Council sat two hours and a half. STEAM TO CANADA.—The articulars wer e issued th e of a company,P with a ital of 600,000/., for the establishment of a new line o f screw vesse ls to New c P a York and Canada. One of its chief advantages will con sist in its affording a direct steam communication for freight and passengers from Lon don. 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