The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

i'II.EATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. _A_ 3fanager, Mr. BUNN. THIS EVENING. Th.,. Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled LA. SONNAMBULA. Con t Rodolpho, Mr. Whitworth; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves; essi), Mr. S. Cowell ; Amina, Miss Romer; Liza, Miss Messent. To conclude with THE a :randAMAZ Ballet-Pantomime, entitled ONS. .; wife, 31(111e. Louise; .isida, Mdlle. Plunkett; Don Ethur, M. et:p: Don Oscar, Mr. W. H. Payne; supported by lidlies. Celeste S, el t an, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Horne, Sesa'.e, Annie Cushaie, Le Vete, Lowe, and Fenton; Messrs. Paul and Jules. \lr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of that eelebr tted Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported by a mise en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the ,ew of representing the Performances submitted to public patronage in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal Artistes with whom he has entered into engagements : FOR GRAND OPERA. gOTISANI AND CONTEALTI.—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer frost ▪ho imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss homer, 2.111:4 Bassauo, Miss Wallace (sister of the composer, her first appear ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent, • Madame Stoltz (the renowned singer from t he Grand Opera at Paris). .er.s AND BARITONE9.—Mr. Borrani, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bar- Mr. H. Corti (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin), . Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips. coal.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Fferberte (his first appearance on ,ondon stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves. a Orchestra has been entirely re -arranged, an d selected from first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director, it Schlra. La Corus will b augmented to an nnusual extent, and will cola , the h best voices e in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Lead. FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. ,tiles. Plunkett and Sophie Fnoco (both from the Grand Opera a Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Mencelet, liot, and Mdlle. Arnal from the principal Theatres of Paris), le. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San tos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Des Places (both from the Theatre a Nation, Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at An), M. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, . Crmack m the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his firs appearance ), M. Mazi (his first appearance these eight years), and the most renowneil ioer now on the Continent,with a more numerous effective body of Corps de Ballet D , Figurantes, and Procne eases, n h .s ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre. ,monist other novelties of the season, vrill be produced a new rid Ballet by M. Barrez (expressly composed for Mdile. Plunkett.) 'no celebrated Opera of " Heyde° ' (the last production of Messrs. and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by Mr. Lavenu), will be instantly produce.l. A ,frand Opera, in thre2 acts, composed expressly for this Theatre 5.7 Mr, W. T. Wallace. Die First Wulpurgis Night" (th' Poem by Goethe, and the by the late Dr. Menlelssohn), will be given in a dramatic' form t.y all the immense resources of the Theatre. A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by J. P. Pianchel is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the In a:pi:ado of the subject will permit. A new grand Opera, entitled " Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; and grand semi-serA Opera, composed express l y by Mr. W. Balfe. An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mille. Maywood. nni3rens treaties are pt.ndinz, and amongst others, an answer Is daily ex pected from the celebrated Herr Pisc hek. Principal Scene-Painters—Mes.irs. Grieve and Telbin. Property Maker—Mr. Blamire. Ballet Masters—MM. - Barrez and Moeller. Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett. Stage Director —Mr. G. Ellis. ENTR.4.NGES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION. Grand Entrance, Bowstreet.—Grand Tier Boxes, 31. 35. ; First T:or Boxes, V. 2s. and It. 119. 6d. ; Pit Boxes, 2/. 2s. ; Stalls, 105. Gd. ; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 7s. Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, 3s. 61 Pinzza Entrance.—Publie Boxes, ss. ; Gallery Amphitheatre, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. 6,1. half-price to take place, as usual, at Nine.—Te the Public Boxes, 33.: Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, ls. Doors open at half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office is open from Ten till Five, under the directisa of Mr. John Parsons. rIIEATItE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alteratioas, and the whole re-decorated, T FITS EVENINff, Will be performed Goldsmith's Comely of SITE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. llardcastic, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Rvers ; Young Nfarlcw, Mr. 11. ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Kegley; Hastin4s, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff , Mrs. Ilardcastle, Mrs. G over; Miss Neville, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Miss Mardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. Mier which, WHO'S yourt FRIEND? To conclude with THE PAS DE FASCINATION. Michael Browsky, Mr. Kee:ey ; Katherine Eloper, Mrs. Kerley. THEAPRIt ROYAL, ADELPIII. "Tri , tee direction oi Madame celeste the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the tole by Dtiby Esq , executed by Mr. Sang. A Curtain. Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys ..: of Ventilation, &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Sta ll Hs IS rendered NIN G more comfortable. T EVE Will be per'ormed BORN TO 4001) LUCK. Att,r which, JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; 171: a Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. • After which, THE IRISH POST. To conclude with the Farce of THE DANCING BARBER. Lord Mr. Boyce; Lady Flitterly, M:ss E. Harding. Dttrlnx .v4c. ( ROYAL LYCEUM T ITEATI-tE. • the Management of Madame Vestrit. )le Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TII 15 EVENING, rdl be performed COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters ••3=r4. Selby, G. 'Mathews. R. Roxby, F. Matthews, Granby, Par scLie, Miss Howard, and 141fss Marshall. After which, MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, In which •*. John Reeves will appear. T., conclude with THE CRITIC ; or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sit rrettal Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilburina, Mrs. Yates. ,:.,xes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. .a ew Box-office, No. 2, wellington-street, is open to the panic every day, from Ten till Six. Under PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. 13^,ring the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel- Rshed In a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan ,V.i.,;ha.s been fitted, and the best arrangements have been roads for jphe , lee Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and convenience of the audience, TEETS EVENING, Will bs performed a new Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. rant Adelmar. Mr. Charles Brahacn ; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Horn -Ale; Frantz, Mr. eiss; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leellae, Miss alter. After which, a new Farce, entitle." lIIS FIRST PECCADILLO , To conclude with ESAIEItALDA. TO CORRESPONDENTS. go communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Roietted communications cannot be returned. THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, OCTOBER 26. T,ISBMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 56; NOOLI, 55. BATIonETER, 29 94. WIND W.S.W.; fresh breeze and fine. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 21 min. after I I Evening .. $9 min. after i . % * ''' i.' '‘,... ~ ' t i , v„ 4-V. ‘ • . '`. - .1,1i, . a iy. - ::,_ AA- ~ ~...L , .-: - • a•cllk-r - , Aiift- ' .-.. --...- r * , ...-,,, c . , -- ... , :•;.y., ~„,iv --,....- -- ~,, i l w ~,,,-_11..,.: -,.. ~,,,,, 4i5 „,...w , .., , ...,.. , , _ *.,,,, , ~,, ,-,:..,,, , ..,: i .,.. , _ , ---,,, -- c •,,,_' ..,„. -74, - ,-- 41 -','" . ..'44...-1- ''''' • ~....., ' -r" . ' G~ -1 4 ",.. - 74: , ,V ,+4; "* • r ; .. '''''' " . "" 4 ".' ' '-'- : '"llstvg• te > , , S 4 y, rek,-47;-,4i, 4 -, Ilk! jv iNJ.ItV ti !i f : '7 ‘ittrb . 0- 'f LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1848. Among the daily journals of London, The Sun was the first to comment upon the flagrant bigotry of the directors and secretary of the Scottish Central Rail way, in impeding the journey of the daughter of the deceased Earl of CARLISLE, on the plea of preventing the desecration of the Sabbath. Since then our indignation has been re-echo€d by a large number of our most influential contemporaries. The disgust excited by the godly men of Perth and its vicinity is not restricted to ourselves—it has provoked the reprobation of a very numerous portion of the daily end weekly organs of the metropolis, as well as of the different provincial newspapers. The miserable act of intolerance which prevented the Duchess of SUTUERLAND from kneeling at the death-bed of a beloved and venerable parent—an act which drew from our whole soul all those feelings of scorn and abhorrence for the representation of which we could find any adequate terms in the language—has subsequently elicited from our brethren • of the press sympathetic expressions of astonishment and indignation. And this, be it observed, not from .env one particular section of the press, but miscel : eeeasly from the press as a body—Tory, Whig, le. -lite, Radical, Conservative, all without the smal ai • stanction of political opinion, have coincided with eta in charging these mongers of morality and Irteleaterers of virtue with the most pitiable hypo crisy, coupled with the grossest inhumanity. This sentiment has been identical, whether articulated b y ourselves, or derided by the facetious sar casms of the Morning Chronicle, or attacked with scriptural arguments in all earnestness by the v: o ,.. e i ng ..l:ost, or sneered at as something i nex . Treseibly Cytemptible by the Examiner, or scorched by the caustic irony of the Spectator. From all Tvarters we have the satisfaction of heari ng our taunts responded to, until the hearts of the people resound with cries for the suppression of this detest able system of cant, which is familiarly known as the Sabbatarian movement. One poor little weazel of a fanatic, writing to us from Glasgow, is in a terrible fluster at what he very felicitously calla our " outrageous exhibitions of intolerance"—our intolerance being a stern and In exorable determination not to stand by in silence while a petty gang of Scottish directors are violating the holiest impulses o humanity and are trampling under foot one of the divimst dogmas that ever emanated from thb lip of the awful FOUNDER of Chris'ianity ! For it was declared by the Nazarene that " IT IS LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON TUE SARRATIP. DAT." Whatever may be the views entertained upon this subject by the wretched clique designated under a generic title as Agnewites, there the words are in the Beek upon which. they pretend to base their morality, being nothing more nor less than the rhyme and reason of their brutality ! And it has yet to be proved to ins that the journey of the Mistress of the Robes to the death-chamber in Castle Howard N -E`,s csy Nat r inost exquisitely in accordance with all the .rincipt e es, all the revealed truths, all the in •romptings of a heart animated by the ants of Religion. If to protest against : j,.. ;z i!c . kta st ttieereised ov e r a p o p u l ous na ti on by half =;.e,ta-;Sktimenious and psalm-singing directors is THE SUN, intolerance, then do we eagerly enter our claim to be classed among the most bigoted and intolerant. If to raise the voice against a proceeding of systematic cruelty practised under the guise of piety, and shrouded under the mask of morality, is illiberal, then do we rejoice in being placed among the very foremost who are guilty of this illiberality. We in sist upon the bounden duty of the Legislature to pre vent the continuance of this great grievance to the community, this odious sham of excellence, this enormous and abominable crime against Christianity. " Mene incept() destere victam, Nec posse Lehi. Teucrorum avertere regem ?" The words of VIRGIL may be aptly articulated by the Press—merely transforming the Trojans into railway directors and Italy into Scotland. For it is time, indeed, to inquire how long the population are to be made the sport of the pharasaic whims of these religious impostors, and how long the line of transit between north and south, east and west, is to be ob structed by these hedge priests and tub-philosophers. In another column of this evening's impression will be found an article, transcribed from the Scotsman of last Saturday, in which the pretensions to sanetity of the Campbells and the Barbours is fully exposed. But one thing more was requisite to divulge the 1164- lowness of their assumed orthodoxy, and that one thing has been supplied by a letter inserted in the Scotsman of yesterday, signed " A Shareholder" in the Scottish Central Railway. Here are the par ticulars recounted by this shareholder, and surely they are a conclusive testimony of the honesty and truthfulness, as well as of the eminently evangelical purity, of the directors and their secretary. Prior to the opening of the Central Railway during last March, these directors resolved that the question of Sunday travelling should be referred to the decision of the shareholders. For this purpose, in order to ascertain the opinions of the shareholders, blank proxies were issued, with a request that the proprie tors should write upon those blank proxies their vote for or against the conveyance of passengers along the line on Sundays. This was the arrangement. Now mark the coolness with which the decision of the share holders was ignored On the 29th of February took place the half-yearly ordinary meeting of the com pany. Here follow a few very significant particulars, quoted verbatim from the official accounts : " Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Monzie, brought forward the motion of which notice was given at the special meeting of the 20th ult.—' That no work of any kind whatever be done on the Sabbath-day on the Scottish Central Railway.' The motion being se conded by Robert Barbour, Esq , of Manchester, was put to the meeting by the chairman, and declared to be carried. " On the question of Sunday trains, proxies were lodged— Shares. Votes. For Mr. Campbell's motion .. 7,218 2,459 Against it ... ... . . 13,661 3,620 Majority against the motion 6,443 1,161 "But these proxies were not used, no counter mo tion to that of Mr. Campbell being made." But these proxiea were not used, ns counter-motion to that of Mr. Campbell being made_! Well may the astonished shareholder exclaim that ow -receiving the report of the proceedings, and reading this last sentence, he was confounded at its consummate coolness ! " I began," says he, "to think that it must be a quiz ; it was too good to be a mere dull matter of fact I" And yet, with these facts glaring him in the face, upon the official report of the meet ing of the 29th of February, Mr. ROBERT D. Kea has the effrontery to declare in his recently published letter of " explanation," that he was precluded from affording any assistance to her Grace the Duchess of SUTHERLAND "3Y ♦ ♦OTE OF THE SHAREZOLDERS I" Really these saints have a faculty for lying quite as intolerable and enormous as their disposition to assume the garb and language of a very spurious sanctity ! The more the matter at issue is examined, the more the festering ulcer of hypocrisy is probed, the more disgustingly is it revealed to the heart and the imagination. We are sick of it. The abomina tion must be got rid of. It must be done away with at once and at every cost. Those railways which presume to venture upon this sacred ground of ethics and humanity must pay the penalty by having their Acts of Parliament repealed. The Legislature must decree as a law of the land that trains shall run on Sundays on every line and every branch line of railroad in the length and breadth of the United Kingdoms. Upon this point the people are resolved—they are resolved, like FALSTAFF, that they will not be sanctimonious "on compulsion"— they are resolved that this arbitrary power for the perpetration of evil shall be torn from the grasp of a few miserable directors—they are resolved that daughters shall no longer be kept from the death-beds of their fathers, be those fathers earls or tinkers, cos termongers or statesmen, to satisfy the distorted consciences of a posse of ignorant fanatics. Of reli gion the people may exclaim, as NAPOLEON and CH►ILEMAGNE exclaimed of the iron crown of Italy, GOD has given it to us, beware him who touches it I The reply of the directors of the Midland Railway Company, through their respected chairman, Crzoacia HUDSON, Esq., to the address of a number of share holders resident in Liverpool and its neighbourhood— which will be found in eur advertising coliiims—is well worthy of a talus and attentive perusal. The sound practical sense and great experience of Mr. Humor; in railway affairs enable him to give com plete and most conclusive answers to the various complaints that have been put forward, and which, manifestly, emanated from the fertile brains of those interested in depressing the value of railway stock, that their own speculative sales of property, not in their actual possession at the time of making the contracts, might be attended with the highest degree of profit. The various doubts that have been instilled into the public mind, the whis pered insinuations, found a local habitation and a name. Some of the shareholders, " frighted from their propriety" by the vague rumours floating about the precincts of the Stock- Exchange, "screwed their courage to the stick ing place" so far as to require certain alterations in the management, to interfere with the discretion of the directors by establishing certain fixed rules, of the expediency and propriety of which they were unable to form a sound judgment, not possessing the requisite data to enable them to draw correct eoncl►pions. And not only did they frame unreasonable and pre posterous demands, but they opened their communi cation by repeating the offensive insinuation of the "Bears," which they have made to the great detriment of the shareholders in every com pany, whatever it might be, by ascribing the depre ciation in the value of their property to " the want of public confidence in the integrity of the manage ment." Mr. HuDsoN has well and ably reproved this gra tuitous and most unwarranted piece of impertinence, in a tone,.and spirit becoming a gentleman and a man of hononi. He demands that the parties who have affixed their names to the document containing this slanderous imputation, should immediately " furnish the directors with a list of the specific charges involved in the statement, in order that they (the directors) may convene a special meeting of the company and have the opportunity of refuting the accusation thus brought against the integrity of a body of gentlemen who feel that they stand as high in the estimation of the public at lar ge as t h e i ndividuals who have appended their names to this slanderous document;" and he adds, with caustic severity, " which comes with pe culiarly bad grace from a body of shareholders who , prior to the appointment of th e present directors , ' were only receiving two•and-a-h a lf per cent. divi dend, which has since been increased to six and seven per cent." He afterwards answers the several suggestions that have been put forward by the misguided shareholders who suffered themselves to become instruments in the hands of their mortal enemies, who, pining for the destruction of railway property, care little for the ruin their unfortunate dupes nay draw upon them selves by listening toltheir interested councils. These suggestions are in turn disposed of in the most fair and straighCorward manner. We would refer our readers to the letter itself for these re sponses, which can scarcely Le condensed or com pressed. On the first point, which required the im mediate closing of the capital account, he shows that it is at any time in the power of the general body of the shareholders to pass a vote to that effect at any half-yearly meeting, but also points out the absurdity of saying that if a traffic of 20,0001. or 30,0001. per annum should require as outlay of 60,000/, that LONDON, such an amount shoald be taken out of income. Annuitants, and all those having life interests only in the stock, would have in,leed great cause for corn plaint if such a course were adopted. The accounts of the solicitors are, it appears, undergoing a close examination, anti will be discharged so soon as the parties are willing to accept the sums to which the directors think they are fairly entitled. The great saving effected in the bills of the con tractors, which were finally liquidated for about 20 per cent. of what was originally demanded, should induce parties to leave the matter in the hands of the directors. As to the question of Parliamentary ex penses, none of any importance can be undertaken without the previous sanction of the shareholders. The other points are met in an equally satisfactory manner. That relating to the depreciation in the value of shares cannot affect the directors, " their duty is to obtain the highest amount of traffic and pay the best dividend possible." The concluding part of the letter cannot be passed over without notice. " The regular corn bination to depress railway property," to which we have repeatedly alluded, is boldly referred to. And the circumstance we mentioned last week, that the amount of stock actually transferred has been less than usual, showing that the quotations are merely nominal, is corroborated by Mr. HUDSON, so far as the important companies over which he presides are concerned. This statement, now resting on the highest authority, clearly and unequivocally explains the conduct of the " Bears," and shows why it is that a purchaser for ready money is unable to obtain stock for immediate transfer even at a price much higher than the nominal one. There is also a cheering assurance of the sound ness and stability of the different companies with which the Hots. Gentleman is connected which coming from so influential and well-informed a quarter, must completely re-assure the shareholders and banish every doubt and difficulty from their minds. He also states another 51. call on their 501. shares, with the arrears now due and owing, will complete all the works now in course of construction, and that the remaining 25/. per share will be appli cable to the liquidation of the debt due by the com pany. This fully proves how greatly the parties have erred in their calculations who have assumed that the entire amount of the stock authorised to be issued, and the full amount of the loans that may be borrowed under the powers conferred by the Legislature, will be required. A statement of the liabilities of the company will, it appears, be speedily laid before the shareholders, so that the fullest information will be afforded to all parties interested. These are consolatory facts, and will be peculiarly valuable at the present crisis, as they must com pletely remove the doubts by which timid men have been disturbed, and dissipate the panic that has already occasioned such mischievous results, but which an exhibition of confidence on the part of the shareholders will speedily set aside. The second number of the " Financial Reform Tracts" has just been published by the Association, to whose laudable exertions for the promotion of economy and retrenchment in every department of the national expenditure we have already re peatedly directed the public attention. The abject of the Association, in the series of publications which they have undertaken, is, to place before the people a variety of existing abuses —to show how the money wrung from an impoverished nation is squandered away, in too many instances, in a reckless and improvident manner, and to sug gest alterations by which considerable savings may be effected, without impairing the efficiency of any department of the public service, and without any unfair or improper interference with those who have a just claim upon their country's gratitude or bounty for the devotion of their best years to her service, or for brilliant achievements performed therein, Although we may not in every respect agree with the arguments adduced, or the conclusions arrived at, we can yet recognise the vast benefits that may result from thorougly informing the nation as to the manner in which the income derived from the various branches of revenue is expended, and we may judge how urgent are the claims to be provided for, which render ne cessary the imposition of taxes unduly pressing upon the industry of the people, or materially interfering with their health, morality, or comfors. Any just and proper demand can never b.; prejudiced by the fullest and most unreserved publicity and information ; but there are, unfortunately, but too many cases that will not bear the light, in which the sums lavished upon unworthy recipients have been the rewards of political dishonesty and turpitude, and should have been long since discontinued, if the guardians of the public purse had honestly discharged the duty they owed to their country. The parties receiving public salaries or pensions may be divided into three classes—via., those who have a just claim to the compensation awarded for services now:performing or already rendered, either by themselves personally or by their immediate relatives, upon whom they were dependent for support and maintenance, or whose untimely deaths, perhaps at the very moment of their greatest achievements, pre vented :grateful country from offering to themselves personally the rewards that would otherwise have been tendered, and which therefore were bestowed upon their representatives. With those parties it is not desired in any manner to interfere, and they cannot be prejudiced, or their feelings shocked, by the disclosures that - may be made. On the contrary, the just appreciation of the services for which a fitting compensation has been accorded should be a source of honourable pride to all parties—to the recipients as well as to the donors. The second class consists of those who have some claims, but which are more than adequately compensated, and in which all the circumstances of the parties themselves and of the country having been taken into consideration, abate ments should be made that would satisfy the public mind, and induce the people willingly to submit to the payment of the residue. All others, however, should be promptly and unhesitatingly struck off the list of pensioners. Hordes of State paupers should no longer burden the national finances, and fatten upon the resources of the country. It is against such persons that the exertions of the Association will be chiefly directed, against whom war to the knife will be proclaimed, with whom there will be no cessa tion of hostilities -- until the grievance has been remedied, the nuisance abated. They, indeed; may well shrink from the light that will be cast upon their proceedings and the inquiries that must put an end to any further payments from the national Ex chequer. 'At present, all classes of pensioners are, more or loss, objects of suspichn. Where there are so many unworthy recipients, a certain disgrace is attached to all, unless their services are of such a cha racter, and so well and universally known, as to make the origin of their pension a matter of public notoriety. Many persons who should receive the public sympathy are unjustly censured, from being confounded with others who have no such claims. The numerous black sheep taint and infect the whole flock. When, however, they shall be ignominously expelled there will be such disgrace attached to the circumstance of being a pensioner; on the contrary, it will be a mark of distinction that should be highly prised, when it is known that none are inserted in the list but those who have deserved well of their country. The former classes should, therefore, he most anxious to court the investigation that must terminate favourably for themselves, and place them in their true position before the public. They are, perhaps, more interested than the rest of the community in having the matter placed in a proper point of view, in being purified from the contamination of their unworthy associates. In their first tract the Association explained the present position of the national finances, and pointed out the imperative necessity for the immediate adop tion of kr ge and comprehensive measures of economy and retrenchment. They then entered upon the con sideration of different branches of the civil expendi ture. The first section explained the different items appropris ted to the support of the Royal Household, and the propriety of sundry reductions therein were most respectfully suggested. We are convinced that no Englishman would desire any change that could in the slightest degree interfere with the comforts or the happin , ss of our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN, or place her in a position unbecoming the dignity of the Monar , :th of the British Empire. Any undue parsi mony, any paltry saving in th at quar t er , wou ld d egra d e the entire nation: But there are expenses ascribed THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOI3EII, 26, to her MAJESTY, in which she has no prLr6onal interest, and which might he curtailed without any impro priety. The enormous salariss to the Great Officers of State, and the expenses of their several departmerit,z, consume at least one-third of the entire sums alio cated for her MAJESTY'S use, and surely the pruning knife might be most liberally and freely used in paring down the extravagant outlay kept up for poli tical purposes, and as the pul-chase money for needy adventurers, who are prepared to give their adhesion to any party for a due consideration. On a future opportunity we shall return to the consideration of this important subject, and point out the other practicable reductions indicated by the Association. TUE FRENCH REPUBLIC. FURTHER MODIFICATION OF THE MINISTRY. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday, They contain the announcement of the resignation by M. GOUDCIIAUX of the Ministry of Finance. M. GOUDCHAUX, it appears, hid some time since ex pressed his determination to resign, and on Tuesday a council of Ministers was held on the subject, at which M. ARMAND MARIUS; the President of the National Assembly, assisted. The Ministers were unanimous in urging M. GOUDCHAUX to withdraw his proffered resignation and to continue in office. He was not, how ever, to be persuaded, and his resignation was at length reluctantly accepted by his colleagues, who at once proceeded to deliberate as to the choice of a successor, when it was finally arranged that M. TROUPE CHAUVAL, Prefect of the Seine, who was formerly a banker at Mons, and who is well versed in financial matters, should succeed M. GOUDCHAUX as Minister of Finances, and that M. RECURT, who last week resigned the Ministry of the Public Works, in order to enable General CAVAIGNAC to make the Dufaure modification of the Ministry, should succeed M. TROUPE CHAUVAL as Prefect of the Seine. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, M. GRANDIN put his promised question relative to the late Socialist banquets. .This gave rise to a very tumultuous discussion, which continued some time. The law for regulating the election of President, which was presented on Tuesday, proposes to fix the 10th of December as the day of the election. M. DE LAROCIIRJAQUELIN has given notice that he shall propose as an amendment that the election shall take place on the 26th of November. The question as to the property of LOUIS PHILIPPE is, it is said, at length settled. The Count DE MON TALIVET is to be liguidateztr, and a loan of twenty-four millions is to be raised to pay the most pressing claims on the property, and for the immediate sup port of the members of the Royal Family now in England. Louts PHILIPPS is said to have bound himself, if this plan be agreed on, to pay regularly to the Duchess of ORLEANS her dowry of a million of francs per annum. The Government wished M. Dupts to be liquidateur, but this was objected to by the ex-King. PARIS BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, OCT 25. THREE o'CLocK.—The relit-cur - lent of M. Goudchaux, the Minister of Finances, had a bad eff,•et at the Bourse to-day. Nothing is known of the capabilities of his suc cessor. No less than 95,000 of Five per Cents. Rentes were discounted, but without being able to support the market. For the Account, the French l'hree per Cents. have declined 20c., the Five per Cents. 15c-., and the Loan 10c. For Money, the Three per Cents. h a v e declined 10c., the Five per Cents. 15c., and the Loan 10e. Bons du Tiesor issued before the 24th February are at 21i discount, and those of the R.spublic are at' 6 per cent. discount; Bank of France Shares have fallen 151.; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted; Five per Cents, are the same as yesterday; Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman and Rothschild's Receipts without any change. Exchange on London (30 days), 251. 45c.; ditto (90 days), 251. 2711 c. Railway Shares for the Account, settling of the 31st of October : —Orleans have risen 7r. 50c.; Havres have declined 6f. 25_1.; and Northerns, 31. 75c.; no others quoted. For Money, the Orleans have fallen 31. 75f.; Rouens 71. 50c.; Marseilles, 11 1. 25c.; Bales, Tierzons, Bordoux, Strasburgs, and Nantes, If. 25c. each. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Till LONDON STobk:Eio lIA IN G Ocr. 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 5 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 11 ,4 —Namur and Liege, 4—Northern of Irstuce, 6—Orleans and Bor deaux, 1%. When the last accounts left Berlin and C:lo3.ne ;wo mails from Vienna were due at each of those cities. m 0 y arl,l C( i 4 CIA L Ai d • CI QCA I? TER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesierday was steady hut dull. Soles 4,000 bales, including 2,500 American at 3,+(1. to 54d., Surat at 2a.!. to 2-i 1., and Pernam at to 51-(1. per lb.—The Railway Saere Market was firmer. The railway panic has already exhibited symptoms of wearing itself. The day of reckoning will come, if for. tunately the holders have the means of continuing their interest in the lines, and are not pressed upon .by calls which it is probable now will be greatly moderated. Our estimate is, that since 60,000,000/. will be the amount required to complete all the -authorised undertakings, a payment of 10,000,0001. to 15,000,000/. per annum will suffice, and this, it is proved by the evidence of compe tent parties, bankers and others, the country can well afford. As to the precise immediate cause of the present depression in prices, opinions may differ, but we happen to have heard a speculator of ample means declare, at least a week or two before the Share Market exhibited we-kness, that he was resolved to " turn out" all his shares, and that all his friends intended to do the same. We attached no great importance to the matter at the time, because we imagined that timidity or isolated speculation was the cause, but seeing what has since occurred, we have very little hesitation in assert ' ing that there has been a sort of combination among jobbers and dealers to make money at the expense of the public. It should be understood, however, that the bulk of the speculator,: in the City are not members of the Stock-Exchange, and that consequently such parties are far less scrupulous than men in the house who have means, and often suff r greatly by the " outside" job bers. Share busim, s could be transacted under new regulations by authorised brokers of known respectabi lity, but as at Paris, the public should be permitted to see the bargains effected. Mr. Hudson's letter to some discontented persona at Liverpool, who have complained of the Midland Railway management is excellently timed, and as such will exerci-e the most beneficial in- ' thence, because the Hon. M.P., while exhibiting the utmost confidence in the intrinsic value of share pro perty, shows also his conviction that it can be main tained without curtailing the travelling accommodation of the public. A leter, entitled " Railway Property as it is, and as it should be," has been circulated, and from which we take the following:— " My conviction is, that in a very few years (perhaps in a much shorter time), we shall see the present system of working railways completely changed; that every thing connected with the traction on railways, will be performed by contract; not only the mere locomotive power, but likewise the repairs of locomotives, carriages, waggons, &c.; in fact, all the works, forming consider able items in the working expenses. " During the early period of working railways, it would have been difficult to have arranged to do so with advantage; but now they are so well understood there is no sufficient reason why it may not be done; of the economy of the system, I think there cannot be a doubt. " Railways are made for the accommodation of the public (by affording a superior method of locomotion to any previously known), for which the proprietors expect to be remunerated by a charge on the public for its con- veyance. The expense of that locomotion is increased or diminished by the rate of travelling and the frequency of the trains with which it is effected: " Again, railways vary materially in their original cost, as well as in the amount of traffic upon them; therefore it is evident, if tho conditions of locomotion as to speed, &c., are to be the same on all lines, the charges for it must vary, to meet the different circumstances. The increased charge, in many cases, would be a prohi bition to travelling; that is, assuming that the pro prietors are to have a fair remuneration on their outlay, which I hold should he a sine qua non, excepting in those cases where companies have been so far misled a 3 to make lines merely for competition, or in situations where there never was a probability of their success." The private accounts, per West India steamer, do not furnish any news of importance in addition to that which appears in another column of The Sun. The weather had in most of the islands proved favourable for the crops, but there were still great complaints of the dulness of the times. There is every reason to c-nclude that these complaints are not overcharged, but at the same time that the cause is beyond the control of legislative measures, being to a great extent the sevul ,ion in trade arising firstly from monetary, and subse quently from political difficulties. The extraordinary depres,ion of all the leading staples exists not in the United Kingdom alone—it is everywhere cemplained of, and if the internal condition of the Spanish, French, and Dutch colonies could be more accurately ascertained, it would doubtless be found that it is most depressed. The French possessions are temporarily quite disor ganizsd. There is no news of commercial interest in the French papers. The English Funds have been very firm again to-day, Consols having touched 85k I, and there is an appear ance still of the market going better, although there has been rather less money business doing. Exchequer-bills of June are 375. to 4Cs. premium. There is no political news of importance to affect the market. Bank Stock is worth 184. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 84i In Foreign Stocks the dealings have been very circum• scribed again. Spanish Three per Cents. have been done at 22k. Peruvian Bonds are 30k; Grenada, 12k; and Mexican 191 to 20k. Danish Stock has been at 65k, and Russian, at 08. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 68k. The Railway Share Market is looking well again to day, and the scarcity of stock, to which we yesterday alluded, is more perceptible. Midland Shares have ad vanced rather decidedly. oT,OSING PRICES. 184 84 85% 85 8% 8% 236 ONE P 'WI( s ()Y :,/IITISII FU.N Dbl. OVLOCE. 3 ..t.ik Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Antis 844 ' 1 14 84 ;per Cent. Comels Annuities gew 3 1 4 per Cent. Arms...—. • 8 4 , 1 1 ; 2 3 /1 Long Anus. to expire J an. 1860 -16 % Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... !r.dia Str,ek Inlia Booth, 1,0004 .„ — Ditto under 1,000/. ... ..... South Sea Stock C prisols for Account 85 % 14 85 85% $5 Exchequer Bills. 2V. & 2d. 1,000/. March ...... 1,000/. June 3B 37 40 p , 40 p 500/. June ............ Small, March .. -- 39 p Small, June OWE CLOSING O'CLXIC. PRICES. HOLLAND. THE lIAGUI7, OCT. 23.—The Governm.mt has befbre the States General a project of law for the purpose of obtaining authority to extend the sum of 10 millions, the amount of treasury bills to be issued by virtue of the law of the 27th of December, 1840, in order provisionally to cover the deficit arising from the ways and means, and the increase of the expenses of the army for the year 1848. The exposé ef the motives which accompanies this project indicates the reasons which have decided the Government to take this measure. It was considered necessary either to decree an augmentation of the contributions, or a loan. But the exceptional situation of the present Chambers did not seem appropriate to the Govern ment to demand the vote of a new tax, neither did the present moment appear suitable for the financial operations of raising a loan ; the only resource, there fore, was the issue of the treasury bills. On examining the financial situati )n, such as it will probably be at the close of 1848, there will be a deficit of at least 10,239,86011., which it is desired to cover. This deficit proceeds, in the first instance., from the augmentation of the Budgets of War anti of Marine, 11.4,532,782 51; and a deficit in the remission of the subsidies from the colonies of 11 7,162,552 541; total, 11.11,695,335 15. From this amount must be deducted the surplus arising from the Army and Navy of the years 1845, 1846, 1847, of f 1.993,474 13k; and that which returns to the Treasury for the 8 and 10 per cent., on personal expenses and patents, fl. 462,000,000 ; total f 1.1,455,474 13i ; deficit, 11.10,239,869 In this sum is not included the deficit of receipts. The deficit signified in the colonial finances origi nated because the colonial produce could not be placed in such great quantities as in preceding years, in consequence of the political events of Europe, while on the other hand, the expenses of the colo nies have been much greater this than in preceding years. It is to meet this deficit that the Govern- went proposes to authorise the emission of Treasury bills for the sum of ten millions, which will facilitate the affairs of the administration without compelling it either to have recourse to a loan, the condition of which could not but be onerous at this moment, or of imposing new burthens upon the nation. Yesterday the Ministers held a council, which lasted an hour and a half, after which they repaired to the Palace, where a Cabinet Council was held by the KING. Baron TIRTEMA DE GROVESTINS, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands at the Court of Madrid, arrived to-day at his residence. BRUSSELS. — According to the official reports, it appears that the receipts of the first nine months cf 1847 were 54,972 ; 024f. 68c., while those of 1848 of the same period were 51,839,808 f. 25c., leaving a deficit of 3,132,213 f. 43c. THE lIAGUE.—lier Royal Highness the Princess ALBERT of Prussia has just sent a consid.?rable sum to the asylum for aged people, as well as to the Orphan Asylum at Schwiningen ; and her Royal Highness the Princess of ORANGE has signified her intention of having a lottery among ladies for the benefit of the poor at Middelbourg.—Amsterdam Handelsblad, Oct. 24. BELGIUM. An event which has created the greatest anxiety in 13russeli unexpectedly occurred on the 21st instant. On the evening of that day the Garde Civique and the National Guard of Brussels, composed of the most respectable shopkeepers and merchants of the city, were disbanded without a moment's notice. During the last eight months they have mounted guard at the Hotel de Ville, and when, on the evening of the 21st, the fourth company of the third battalion of the Ist Legion proceeded to their posts, the following letter was handed to their captain : "TO THE CAPTAIN COMMANDING THE GUARD OF THE GARDE CIVIQUE AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE. " The service of the Civic Guard being this (lay suspended, the captain commanding the detachment will dismiss them with thanks, he will then repair to the colonel commanding the first legion, inform him of what he has done, and hand this order, requesting him to countermand the orders to those companies next in rotation. " By order of the General, " DE SORLUS, Colonel-in-Chief, " D'Etat Major. " Oct. 21, half-past six o'clock." The National Guards of Brussels have not deserved this insult. When at the end of February, in con sequence of the outbreak of the Revolution,in - France, all Belgium was in a ferment, the National Guards of Brussels turned out to a man, and by their energy, activity, and courage, nipped insurrection in the bud, preserved for Belgium order and tranquillity, and for King LEOPOLD his throne. Again, when in the month of March a republican emeute was attempted in Brussels, the National Guards dispersed the mob, took the rioters into custody, and for weeks after wards patrolled the streets all night for the preserva tion of order. Since then they have mounted guard every night at the hotel de Ville and at the public buildings, and they are rewarded for all this loyalty and faith and devotion, by a sudden, an insulting, and an ignominious dismissal! It is not to be ex pected that the members of the ex-National Guard of Brussels should any longer " put their trust in Princes." A LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP WITUOUT ANY UPPER DECJE GUNS.—Her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120 guns, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., at Portsmouth, is in the above pre dicament, the gallant hero of Sidon having in one of those eccentric fits which sometimes attend his move ments afloat, stowed them all down in the hold ! Morning Chronicle. [A. similar paragraph has ap peared in other papers. Now if people would but reflect for a moment, they would find that the reason for stowing the upper deck guns in the hold is, that in time of peace they are not wanted, and, moreover, that the ship sails easier without such top-heavy lumber, while the deck is more roomy, and conse quently more convenient for the men. If those who carp so constantly at the Gallant Admiral would but mind their own affairs, they would probably find less occasion to misrepresent the motives of those who not only do their duty, but set an example that might be very worthily followed.—ED. Sun.] It is due to two gentlemen of the same name, to state that Mr. Richard Lucas Nash, of the Stock Exchange, Railway Share List, author of "Railway Accounts," &c., and Mr. Charles Lacy Nash, author of "Railway Taxation," "Railway Carrying," the solicitor in the prosecutions of the railway robberies, &c., are not one and the same person, as generally supposed; and they advocate opposite views. We understand that Lord John Russell has ap pointed next Monday, at one o'clock, to - receive the deputation from the Peace Congress at Brussels, to present an address from that body to the British Government. M.P.— me A public et ingG GoEf°tßheßelelili °x electors and ' E dnon-e s l g e ' c ' tors of the Tower Ham lets is to be held on Wednesday evening next, at the Royal British Institution, Cowper-street, City-road, fur the purpose of hearing from the Hon. Member a statement of his Parliamentary conduct during the past session. Since the purchase of the Eastern In stitution by the Wesleyan body, no room suited for a large public meeting now exists in any central part of that extensive borough, and the committee were therefore compelled to engage the large room in Cowper street, situated at the verge of its western boundary. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE. —This morning a m , st melancholy instance of the above kind occurred to Sergeant Driscoll, No. 2, C divi sion, an officer much and deservedly respected by the whole of the division. It appeared that the deceased, who had previously been in good health and spirits, was in the vard of his house , N o . 4, Cambridge-street, Soho, washing himself, preparatory to his going to the Old Bailey sessions. Being longer there than was necessary for that purpose, his wife went into the yard to look fur him, when she was horrified at finding her husband lying on his back in a state of insensibility. She immediately called assistance, and deceased was carried up stairs, and a surgeon sent for, who speedily arrived, and on seeing deceased, at once pronounced life to be extinct. We are authorised to state that private Frederick White, of the Grenadier Guards, who was convicted by the civil power on the 23d inst. of fraudulently appro priating 2s. 6d., the property of one of the French Na tional Guard, will be dismissed from her Majesty's ser vice for his disgraceful conduct on his release from the imprisonment awarded him for his offence.--Times. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th and 20th have arrived. There has long been going on a struggle for mastery between NARVAEZ and CHRISTINA. NAB, VAEZ has conquered. He has dismissed MIRAFLORES, who has always been ..the agent of CHRISTINA. in her secret negotiations, from the office of Governor of the Palace, abolished the office itself, and invested the KING CONSORT with the sole direction of the Royal Household and patrimony, to attain which has been the object of the worthy Paquo from the moment he married the QUEEN. The Marquis of BEDMAR has been deported from Spain. While NARVAEZ is en gaged in these palace intrigues, the insurrection in the north is becoming every day more formidable. According to the last accounts, IRIARTE and AMETT LER had entered Spain and joined the insurgents. GERI\IANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES PRU SSI A. There is again a Ministerial crisis at Berlin. On the morning of the 24th instant General PruEL, the recently appointed Prussian Prime Minister, tendered his own resignation, and that of every one of his col leagues, to the KING. His MAJESTY requested General PFUEL to withdraw his resignation, but the General was inexorable. There are various rumours current as to the causes which have led to this inexo rable determination on the part of all the members of the Pfuel Cabinet. One rumour is that they anticipated a defeat in the Assembly on the Posen question, it having been ascertained that the majority of the Deputies will vote in favour of the amendment of BEGbOWSKY, by which the Grand Duchy of Posen ►-ill remain under the Sovereignty exclusively of Prussia, without being divided into a Polish and a German portion, and cannot under any circumstances become a portion of the German Con federation. This plan is in direct opposition to the plan proposed by General PFUEL himself ; yet it is scarcely probable that he would have resigned merely in anticipation of a defeat in the Chambers ; it would have been quite early enough to resign after he had been defeated, and when the division lists would have furnished the KING with data for the formation of a new Cabinet. Another and much more pro • bable cause alleged is, that the KING, by unad visedly indulging, in season and out of season, and upon all occasions, in hi s almost monomaniacal love of speechifying, so continu ally commit himself And his ,Ministers that no man who has an ordinary -regard for his reputation as a politician, or even for his personal safety, can pos sibly hold office under him, and that it was only on the KING'S refusal to abstain for the future from oratory in public that General PFUEL and his colleagues ten dered their resignations. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated the 10th, says :—" In the evening sitting of the Diet on the 18th, Scutt- SELK3 stated that he had received information to the effect that the Hungarian army, on the ground of a decision of the Diet of Hungary itself, had refrained from entering on the Austrian territory. He added that it was doubtful whether this resolution on the part of the Hungarian Diet was the result of the recent interview of the Hungarian deputa tion with Count AUEEISPERG, or of the alleged menaces of Russia. The refusal of the Hungarians to cross the frontier is, it is said, owing t) the dissa tisfaction they feel at the proceedings of the Aus trian Diet. The Breslau Gazette says that the members of the deputation appointed by the Left of the Pra.ilifort Assembly to proceed to Vienna, in order to express sympathy with the Viennese, har•e not only accom plished the object of their mission, but have gone one step further, and have taken up arms for the good cause. On the 17th they made their appearance, amidst enthusiastic cheers, in the hall of the Aca demy, where they declared that the cause of Vienna was the cause of Germany, and that Vienna must conquer; otherwise the entire population (of Ger many) must rise up to a man. In parts of Ger many there existed the same feeling in favour of the "good cause." At the conclusion of their speeches they were invested with the insignia of the Academic Legion. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 65% ' ---- Et4 --- Grenada loads, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846.. 1 9 34 20% 20 20 % Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 30% 80% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — 23 Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent 22'4 22 1 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent - 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 4.15,E Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 68 1 4 68 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ... Amber. Nott., Bosten, and Eastern Junction 4 1 4 ...... Ayrshire and Gallow a y.. 5 elfast & County Down 17% Birmingham and Ox- ford Junct., Calls duly paid, t r with aguaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 ... WA ming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly , . pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... - Do. withoutguarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 134 145... ** • -- Birkenhead, Lancashir, and Cheshire Jun... 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... Bristol and Exeter 85 ... - Ditto, Thirds Nuckinghamshire... 14/. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8 ...... ..... — Do. New 104 Pref 5 ... .. 3 VA 3 14 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 20 Ditto, Preference l5 - Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. & IL 18 Do., 3/. 10s. . . 3 1 ,2 -...— Eastern Comities— ..... 20 ...... 12 12 1 A 1 / 1 04, ... 12 1 4 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . .. 7 l /2 .... Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. I 6/.135. 45.... ... • — Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 133. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters ... 1 2 14 — . ..... ...... . Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto-. 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O . ... ~... .. Ditto, Ciss C, ditto... '2O . Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent.-- 214 ..• East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeovil, & Dora. 2% ..... ... — Glaigow, Dumfries, and Carlisle iilasgovr,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 thi.Preferenee Consul. iireat Northern Do., 1 72 A Deferred Do , 1 / 2 13 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 4 1 / 2 Du. Extensh.n 2 l /2 ............••• -- ;reat South. and West. (Ireland) ti rest North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 Ditto, ditto 25 Ditto, New, 301......... 30 IXtto, New, 151 l4 .• .. reat Western .... . 90 ..... '7O Ditto, 1 , 2 Shares 5O ...... 39 88 39%. Ditto. 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 20 Ditto, New 171... .13 ... 87% II ..dderstiel d and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds and Selby Ditto, half Shares Ditto, i 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... 40% Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares 1 7 1 ,E Do. Fifths.. Do. Sixteenths 64 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ....• ....... Do. New,Gua.6 per ct. 5 Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 43 Do.( Waketield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares ( A)... 914.-- 12 • Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ..... . Do., Half Shares 25 Do., (blue) Scrip...... Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... --... 35 Do., Pref,r., 6 per CL 3 1 , Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 3 lt _.„ Li ,-erp., Manchester, and Newcastle June Lon... London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 41 % Do. Extension . 22%..... London, Brighton. and South Coast Do. ti uarant. 5 per ct.., Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ..... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 ...... Ditto, New W., guar. 6 per cent. .. LondonandGreenwich 1 2 / 1 534d — Ditto, Preference... 18: 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 104%10 5,....,.. Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 - Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... 2 Do. 401.Shares(L.M.) 25 . ;;; .. Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lona. &S. Western 5O ... .. 37 «. Do. New 50/. , Do. New 40/. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto . 40 _ _ — Ditto. Thirds.. ......131. 6s. 8d... .... 5% dis. Do., New Scrip, 1848, cf. 7 per Cent. on Deposit,' and 5 per Cent. on cans 13s. 4d... ..... X Cir London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Coleraine 27 Londonderry and Enna killen - _ Lowestoft (4 per et.) Ditto (6 per ct.) . . I an ..,hoster,Buxton,and Matlock _ - - Manchester, Sheffield, . f . ." and Lincolnshire...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 ... ••• Ditto ditto (NO. 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 10 Ditto, New 10/. Pref-. 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby -. 35 Ditto ditto . 11 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 1214. `Do., Grimsby Dock l7 L i t - ... Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4r. 2s. Midland .... 100 ..... 68 71 68_ 69 ... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Share5... 20 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo ' 114 Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct. —lOO ll3 . Ditto, Bnst. & Glecstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ... ..... 141. 18s — ....... Ditto,Leieest. & Swan ' nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western I . •-• rish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 42 6 per cent. auar. Newcastleand -•• •NN • Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket ........ . .. 20 Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford . 6 ..... —.- Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O - .. ...... VD •••• Norfolk ••• •••• • • NO.IOO : .... 40 • • ••• •• :• • Do. New 201._ Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed b% Pc. 5 Do. do. Waveriey Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... 25 .. ... 12 .... .Ditto, halves .. Ditto, Quarters; Ditto, Extension O% .... .. Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. V A .... North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire l5 ..... 66% , ' North Wales North-Western ..... lO Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 - Reading, Guildford, and ' , .. Reigate lO Royston and Hitchin ... ' 3 • — ...... .. Scottish Central - 25 ...... 21 ...... •••... .4, Scottish Midland.. . Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & .. Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7% .. ,....! Do. do (Sou. Div.) ••• 6 ......• Shrewsbury and Rim... 9 ...... . ........ n i Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 ...... .. t . ...i.4 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ......, ..,-, Shrewsbury & Chester ' " (Nor. W. blip.) Ditty Halves ... ditto 3 . ...... .. ... ........ i Ditto Oewestry ' Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 10 • ... Shropshire) Union ...... 4 - X 1 1... ..... ... South Dev0n...... . 5O ••• Do. Prefe'rence •••• .••• •..• South Staffordshire oath Eastern Do., No 1 24 — Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ..... ..... 25 ..... Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wa1e5...... 2B ...... 6 i's .. Sbuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole ...... 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1..,, 6 • •I "". a.. "* e "4.- raw Vale Extension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock 4 ' - and Railway 17%...... r ••• Vale of Neath ... ... ..... 4 ..... Waterford and Kilkenny 17% Waterford and LiMerick 45 — Waterfcl,Wxfrd,Wiellw, . and Dublin - - 3 .... — ,..... WesCr Valley 6 per - Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 42 3 4 — .... Do. do. • de.:' - ^"... 25 Do. • do. do. ... 9 West 'Cornwall ..;:... .... . 6 West London .......... . 20 'Do. Do. Ist Class ... 26 Do. Do. 2d Clime— 20 — ..• W hitehaven & Furness 13 ____ Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... ...... ..... W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth .. York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...2b Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... 25, Do. Extension No. 1. 15 9 lAt ... • Do. do. Ne. 2.. ... . ... 15 ..... 9i,,N Do. G.N.k2..Pieference 8 ...... 4 117 York and North Midland 50 'ACP, Preferenna ...... 10 Do. Last and W estßid ing Ext salon FOREIGN RAILWAYS. • Anglo Jtalian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 4% — - Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 17 - Ceylon - -. .“ Demerara l5 .•.... ••• Dendre Valley. 4 - ..... ..... ..... Direct Bombay and Madras ...... •••• ...... .. ss. • ". --; •..... Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 7t4......._ •• ...... ••.. , East Indian ....... ...... .. 3A — ,,• ,,• • Great Indian Peninsular 1 4 Louvain Ala Sambre ... 714 — Luxembourg 7 ...... ••.••- Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... -- -: *Ai Namur and Liege ...dim 20 ... .. 334....i . .........i. Northern of Fra n ce...... 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 ...... --• ......4;••••• Paris aild Lyons ll ••• •• .. • .....-........ Do. Do. . lO .••••• —1.., Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ... Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 ...... .•.• ••.•.• Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY/ LONDON, OCT. 26.—Wind W.S.W, light braes* sp fine. DEAL, OCT. 25.—The Arab, Finch, • which arri vedia, the Downs to-da from St. John's, New Brunswick, -I°" jibboom, head o utwater, &c., and received considerabl:, damage in the bows, baying been in contact 28th ult. Cape Sable with the barque Diamond, from Deo.Sril to Liverpool, N. S.; the latter was cut down to the water's edge, and is supposed to have sunk as soon clear; crew saved by the Arab. which has also ohstq, ber l supplied with an anchor and fifteen fistkoMa Arrd. Osbert, Dalrynaple, Dominica; Arab, ilsys" ll-1 Seaflower, Walters, Newfoundland. Arrd . from th . River, Guardian, Thomas, Cape Coast Castle;" Ditib urs4 Warming, Ascension; Scottish Maid, Alexander* rf Calao. Put back, Reserve, for Jamaica. A ve heavy gale from the S.S. W. an d ' W. was experienced this morning, during which the greater part of she Kith ward bound vessels drove, but brought up *Pi n y ; w ,„4. their second anchors. The barque Tynwa ld, f or Lt of pool, proceeded towards the North Foreland with los s anchors and chains. rdiff PENZANCE, OCT. 24.—The Eclipse, Fry, front %,! to Southampton, which was reported y esterday es 13115 been abandoned, has been brought in here by two t or cutters, with loss of gangway, b u lwarks, howsPri 4 topmast, 84c., and anchor and chain. 15% 7ys 40 1 4 6% - 15IA 4' ~6 4% 811 .1% 87 18~ ; - 9% .... . 70 ,jai 2?~ ... i~ -., ......1 114 3, 20% A 12 :.' 22 93 9 1 4 37i 44 - 4% • 2 1 4 I ~~