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

T HEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. TILLS EVENING, The Entertainments will comtaance with a Grand Opera, entitled LA. B;)NNAMBULA. Coa t Rodolpho, ; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves; essio, Mr. S. Cowell ; Amipa, Miss Rower; Liza, Miss Messent. To conclude with a "rand 11a1 , e,-Pantomime, entitled THE AMAZONS. dosifa, Mdlle. Louise; ['Walcott ; Don Ethur, M. etips; Don Oscar, Mr. W. 11. Payne; supported by Mdlles. Celeste .Stec' an, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, home, Soptio, Annie Cushale, Le Vete, Lowe, and Fenton; Messrs. Paul and Jules. Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported by a mise en scene never yet given oa the English stage. With the view 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. Sornam AND Corraturr.—_Mdlle. Nissen (principal singer from the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersbutr , h). Miss Romer, Miss Masan°, Miss Wallace (sister of the composer:her, first appear ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent, and Madame Stoltz (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at Paris'. Basscs AND BAB.ITONES.—Mr. Borrani, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur dini, Mr. if. Corri (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin), Mr. 5. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips. TENO/11.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Herbert. (his first appearance ea the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves. The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged, and selected from the first talent, oa a greatly increased scale. Masical Director, Signor Schir I. The Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will COM prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Lead. FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. nines. Plunkett and Sophie Fuoco (both from the Grand Opera de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Mencelet, Mlle. Gaillot, and Mdlle. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris), Mdlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse frora the San Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Scala Theatre de la Nation. Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La ,at Milan), M. Paul, Mr. NW. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cermack (from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Mazi lier (his first appearance these eight years). and the most renowned Dancer now on the Continent, M. Durand ; with a more numerous and effective body of Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Premeneases, than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatr e. Amongst other noveLies of the season , will be produced a new grand Ballet by M. Ba , "rez (expressly composed for Mdlle. Plunkett.) The celebrated Opera of " Haydee" (the last production of Messrs. Scribe and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by Mr. Lavenu), will be instantly produce;;, A grand opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre by Mr. W. V. Wallace. " The First Wulpurgis Night" (thn Poem by Goethe, and the Ma nic by the late Dr. Mendelssohn), will be given iu a dramatic form by all the immense resources of the Theatre. A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by d. P. Planclie) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the magnitude of the subject will permit. A new grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; and a grand semi-seria. Opera, composed expressly by Mr. W. Balfe. An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle. ntyweod. unierens treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer Is daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek. Principal Scene-painters —Mes irs. Grieve and Telbin. Property Maker —Mr. Blamire. Ballet Masters—MM. Barrez and Mazllier. - Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett. Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis. ENTRANCES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION. Grand Entrance, Bow-street.—Grand Tier Boxes, 31. 3s. ; First Tier Boxes, 21. 2s. and 11. 113. 6d. ; Pit Boxes, 21. q 3.; Stalls, 103. 6d, ; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 73. _ _ Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, 3s. Gd. piazza Entrance.—Pablie Boxes, 33. ; Gallery Amphitheatre, 2s. fid. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. Half-price to take place, as usual, at tiine.—To the Public Boxes, 35.: Fit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, Is. Gd. ; Gallery, le. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office Is open from Ten till. Five, u.iler the direction of Kr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, OATMARKET. Ml. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brempton. The public is ieFpeetfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, uneergone very estensive repairs and alterations, and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVE).4 - INO, Will be performed Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. llardcastle, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Rogers; Young - Marlow, Mr. 11. Hall; Tony Lumplan, Mr. Keeley ; Hastings, Mr. 11. Vanienhoff , Mrs. Ilardzastle, Mrs. G'over; Miss Nevillo, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham; Miss Ilardcastic, Nis& Julia Bennett. After which, WllO'S YOUR FRIEND? To conclude with TIM PAS DE FASCINATION. Michael Brewsky, Mr. Keciey ; Katherine Kloper, Mrs. Keeley. THEA FRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. rnder the kin action oI Madame Celeste Haring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, tke Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Eeq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop. and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, Skr!., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will he per'orreed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. !tit , r which, JOHN JONES. Guy Goedlack, Mr. Lambert; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. After which, THE IRISII POST. To conclude with the Farce of THE P._-1-SCING BARBER. Lord Mlueington, Mr. Boyce ; La :y Flitterly, Miss E. Harding. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria, Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TUTS EVENING, WlUbe performed COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters 3Ussrs. Selby, C. 'Mathews, R. Roxby, F. Matthews, Granby, ?kir- Rile, Miss Howard, and Miss Marshall. After which, MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in which r.John Reeves will appear. To conclude with TllB CRITIC; or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir Fretful Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilbnrina, Mrs. Yates. ,res. coxes, be.; Upper Boxes, is.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. lie half-price to any part of the house. T e New Pox-office, No. 9, Wellington-street, is •pea t• the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sele Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. ♦ new Chan delles has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort aad cenvestience el tke audience. THIS EVENING, Will la performed a new Romantic Opera. entitled LEOLINE. Count Adelmar. Mr. Charles Brahact ; the Seneschal, Mr. 11. Horn castle ; Frantz, Mr. Weiss; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leoline, Miss Rafter. After which, a new Farce, entitled HIS FIRST PECCADILLO. To come:tide with ESMERALDA. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, OCTOBER 26. ThERIMIETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 56; Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 29 94. WIND W.S.W.; fresh breeze and fine. 111GII WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE THIS DAY. )?orating .. 21 mia. after 1 I Evening .. ZS min. after 1, mu 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-echoed 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 and weeklforgans of the metropolis, as well as of the different provincial newspapers. The miserable act of intolerance which prevented the Duchess of SUTHERLAND 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 acd indignation. And this, ba it observed, not from any one particular section of the press, but miscel laneously from the press as a body—Tory, Whig, Peelite, Radical, Conservative, all without the smal lest distinction of political opinion, have coincided with us in charging these mongers of morality and huckaterers of virtue with the most pitiable hypo crisy, coupled with the grossest inhumanity. Thk sentiment has been identical, whether articulated by ourselves, or derided by the facetious sar casms of the Morning Chronicle, or attacked with scriptural arguments in all earnestness by the MorAing Post, or sneered at as something i nex . presAihly contemptible by the Examiner, or scorched by the caustic irony of the Spectator. From all rlaa ters we have the satisfaction of hearing our WOO 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 weasel of a fanatic, writing to us from Glasgow, is in a terrible fluster at what he very felicitously calls our " outrageous exhibitions of entolerance"—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 of humanity and are trampling under foot one of the divinest dogmas that ever emanated from the lips of the awful FOUNDER of Christianity ! For it was declared by the Nazarene that "sT 15 LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE SAIIIIATEI-. 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 Book 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 us that the journey of the Mistress of tile Robes to the death-chamber in Castle Howard was not most exquisitely in accordance with all the noblest principles, all the revealed truths, all the in stinctive promptings of a heart animated by the truest sentiments of Religion. If to protest against the tyranny exercised over a populous nation by half a-dozen sanctimonious and psalm-singing directors is 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 incepto destere victam, Nec posse Ital'a 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 sanctity of the Campbells and the Barbours is' fully 'exposed. But one thing more was requisite to divulge the hol 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 conveyanceef 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, (voted verbatim from the official accounts : " Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Monzie, brought forward the motion of which notice was given at the ipecial 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 proxies were not used, no counter-motion to that of Mr. Campbell being made I Well may the astonished shareholder exclaim that on receiving the report of the prozeedings, 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 !" 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. Ksa 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 "ET A TOTE OF THE SHAREROLDERS !" 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, cm terrnongers or statesmen, to satisfy the distorted consciences of a posse of ignorant fanatics. Of reli gion the people may exclaim, as NAPOLEON and CHARLEMAGNE exclaimed of the iron crown of Italy, GrOD has given it to us, beware him who touches it The reply of the directors of the Midland Railway Company, through their respected chairman, GEOROZ Esq , to the address of a number of share holders resident in Liverpool and its neighbourhood— which will be found in our advertising columns—is well worthy of a calla and attentive perusal. The sound practical sense and great experience of Mr. HunsoN 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, " (righted from their propriety" by the vague rumours fi )ating 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 conclusions. 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 honour. He demands that the parties who have affixed their names to the document containing this slanderous imputatio:2 should immediately " furnish the directors with a lint 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 large as the individuals 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 the present directors, were only receiving two•and-a-half per cent. divi dend, which has since been increased to six and seven per cent." lie 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 may draw upon them selves by listening toltheir interested councils. These suggestions are in turn disposed of in the most fair and straight:orward manner. We would refer our readers to the letter itself for these re sponses, which can scarcely be 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, hut also points out the absurdity of saying that if a traffic of 20,0001. or 30,0001. per annum should require an outlay of 60,000/., that such an amount should bo taken out of income. Annuitants, and all those having life interests only in the stock, would have indeed great cause for com plaint if such a course were adopted. The accounts of the solicitors are, it appears, undergoing a close examination, and 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 com 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 Hon. 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 .50/. shares, with the arrears now due and owing, will complete all the works now in course of construction, and that the remaining 251. 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 object 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 comfort. Any just and proper demand can never be 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 a 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 less, objects of suspicion. 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 prized, when it is known that none are inserted in the list but those who have deserved well of their country. The former classess hould, 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, snore 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 imp e rative necessity for the immediate adop tion of large 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 appropriated 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 happiness of our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN,' or place her in a position unbecoming the dignity of the Monarch of the British Empire. Any undue parsi mony, any paltry sa v i ng i n th at quar t er , wou ld degrade the entire nation. But there are expenses ascribed • SAW& • , , • 44 1 ' • 4 , t" 1 4, 1 'so% „ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, IR4n, to her MAJESTY, in which she has no pertonal and which might be curtailed without any impro priety. The enormous salaries to the Great Officers of State, and the expenses of their several departments, consume at least one-third of the entire sums allo 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 purchase 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 thin important subject, and point out the other practicable reductions indicated by the Association. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. FURTHER MODIFICATION OF THE MINISTRY. cities. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. They contain the announcement of the resignation by M. Gotructiaux of the Ministry of Finance. M. Goupcnaux, it appears, had 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 MARRAST, the President of the National Assembly, assisted. The Ministers were unanimous in urging M. GOUDCIIAUX to withdraw his proffered resignation and to continue in office. He was net, 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. TRouvE 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. TROUVE Cllauvau as Prefe,ct of the Seine. At the sitting of the ASsembly yesterday, GRANDIN put his promised queetion relative to the late Socialist banquets. This gave rise to a very tumultuous discussion, which continued sonic 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 LAROCHEJAQUELIN 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 Louts PHILIPPE is, it is said, at length settled. The Count DE Mow. TALIVET is to be liquidateur, 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 PHILIPPE 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. Duets to be liquidateur, but this was objected to by the ex-King. PARIS BOURSE--WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25. THREE o'CLocK.—The retirement of M. Goudchaux, the Minister of Finances, had a bad effect at the Bourse to-day. Nothing is known of the capabilities of his suc cessor. No less than 95,000 of Five per Cents. lientes were discounted, but without being able to support the market. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have declined 20c., the Five per Ceute. 15e., and the Loan 10c. For Money, the Three per Cents. have declined 10c., the Five per Cents. 15c., and the Loan 10c.. Bons du Tzesor issued before the 24th February are at 21 : 4 1 discount, and those .of the Republic are at 6 per cent. discount; Bank of France Shares have fallen 15E; 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), 25f. 271 c. Railway Shares for the Account, settling of the 31st of October:—Orleans have risen 71. 50e.; Havres have declined 6f. 25c.; and Northerna, 3f. 'i 5e.; no others quoted. For Money, the Orleans have f a ll en 31 . 75 E; Ruueus 7f. 50c.; Marseilles, 1 lf. 25c.; Bales, Tiorzons, Bordeaux, Strasburgs, and Nantes, If. 25c. each. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIM _ LONDON STOOK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 25. Boulogne and Amiens, i%—Dutch Rhenish, lA—Namur and Liege, 4—Northern of France, 6—Orleans and Bor deaux, 1%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th and 20th have arrived. There hai long been going on a struggle for mastery between NARVAEZ and CHRISTINA. NAR VAEZ has conquered. He has dismissed ATIRAEUHIES, 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- Lsu had entered Spain and joined the insurgents. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSI A. There is again a Ministerial crisis at Berlin. On the morning of the 24th instant General PFUEL, the recently appointed Prussian Prime Minister, tendered his own resignation, and that of every one of his col leagues, to the Ktx.G. His MAJESTIC requested General PBUEL 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 Baopows,,, by which the Grand Duchy of Posen will 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 Prunt. 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 ICING 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 commits 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 Prusr. and his colleagues ten dered their resignations. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated the 19th, says :—" In the evening sittiAg of the Diet on the 18th, SCHU aolged saLKA. stated that he had received information to the effect that the Hungarian ar m y , on the g round of a decision o f th e Diet of Hunga r y itself, had refrained from entering on the Austria n territory. He added that it w as d ou btful whether this or r of esolut t i h o e n n le the part with C of HouonngtarAiatinEDitsipeEtll7o,as the result of the recent interview of the Ilungarian deputa tionmenaces o f R uss i a . The refusal of the Hungarians to cross the frontier is, it is said, owing to 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 Frankfort Assembly to proceed to Vienna, in order to express sympathy with the Viennese, have not only accom plished the object of their mission, but have gone one step further, and have taken up arms fur 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 all 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. the list accounts left Berlin and Cologne 'o mails from Vienna were due at each of those HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, OCT. 23.—The Government has laid before 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 of 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 meat 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 situation, 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 and of Marine, 11.4,532,782 51 ; and a deficit in the remission of the subsidies from the colonies of 11 7,162,552 544; 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 11.993,474 131 ; and that which returns to the Treasury for the 8 and 10 per cent., on personal expenses and patents, 11. 462,000,000 ; total 11.1,455,474 131; deficit, 11.10,239,869 11. 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 ment 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 TIaTEMA 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 fir3t nine months of 1847 were .54,972,024 f. 68c., while those of 1848 of the same period were .51,839,808 f. 25c., leaving a deficit of 3,132,216 f. 431. TUE lIAGuE.—Her Royal Highness the Princess ALBERT of Prussia has just sent a considerable 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 brnefit of the poor at Middelbourg.—Amsterdanz Handelsblad, Oct. 24. BELGIUM. An event which has created the greatest anxiety in Brussels 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 CHAIM OF TH2 GARDE CIVIQUE AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE. " The service of the Civic Guard being this day 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, Colonebin-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 emente 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 lintel 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 l It is not to be ex pected that the members of the ex-National Guard of Brussels should any longer " put the ir trust in Princes." A LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP WITHOUT ANY UPPER DECK GUNS.—Her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120 guns, beari❑g 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 imotives of those who not only do their duty, but set an example that might be very worthily followed.—Em. 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. GEORGH THOMPSON, ESQ., M.P.—A, public meet ing of the electors and non-electors of the Tower Ham lets is to be held on Wednesday evening next, at the Royal British Institution, Cowper-street, City-road, for the purpose of hearing from the llon. 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 POUCH-CONSTABLE. —This morning a mast 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 yard of his house, No. 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 for him, when sho 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 !Ent 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 priatinz 2s. Gd., the property of one of the French Na tional Guard, sill he dismissed from her Majesty's ser vice for his disgraceful conduct on his release from the imprisonment awarded him for his offence.—Times. MO N E Mies C AC is Ts; 1:2, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady but dull. Sales 4,000 bales, including 2,500 American at 30. to Surat at 2ail. to 2i 1., and I'ernam at 31d. to 51-d. per lb.—The Railway Share Market was firmer. 'lnc railway pale 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 mode, sated. Our stimate is, that since 60,000,0001. will be the amount rsquired to complete all the authorised undertakings, a payment of 10,000,0001. to 15,000,000/. per annum will ,:uffice, 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 xe happen to have heard a speculator of ample means declare, at least a week or two before the Share Market exhibited we .knees, that lie 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 speculatqra 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 suffer greatly by the " outside" job bers. Share business 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 persons at Liverpool, who have complained of the Midland Railway management is excellently timed, and as such will exercise the most beneficial in licence, 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 followisg:— " 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 iserformed 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 I cost, as well as in the amount of traffic upon them; therefore it, is evident, if the 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 bo 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 be a sine qua non, excepting in those cases where companies have been so far misled as 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 cenelude that these complaints are not overcharged, but at the same time that the cause is beyond the control of legislative measures, beli , to a great extent the revul sion in trade arising firstly from monetary, and subse quently from political difficulties. The extraordinary depression of all the leading staples exists not in the United Kingdom alone—it is everywhere complained 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 ganized. There is no news of commercial interest in the French papers. The English Funds have been very firm again to-day, Consols having touched 85* 4, and there is an appear ance still of the market going better, although there has been rather less money business doing. Exchequer-bills of Juno are 37a. to 40s. 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 844 4. In Foreign Stocks the dealings have been very circum scribed again. Spanish Three per Cents. have been done at 224. Peruvian Bonds are 304; Grenada, 124; and Mexican 191 to 204. Danish Stock has been at 65i, and Russian, at 98. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 684. 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. BRITISH FUNDS Tlll5 DAT AT ON2 ®'CLOG. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 184 3 per Cent. Reduced 84% lA 84 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 35 V A New 3 1 4 per Cant. Ands. 3 4 3 /4 it 3 / 1 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. bth, 1860 8 7-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 B ', India Bonds under 1,0001....... ........ 39 p Consols for Account .... Exchequer Bills. 20. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 500/ 4O p Small 4O p cE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. l'lq Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 65% Grenada, 1 per Cent. ...... ...... l 2 l /4 111 ' ex i c an Bowls 1846, 5 per Cent 19% 20% 20 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 3 0 1,4 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 9B spauish Bonds, 3 per Cent 22 E4 Dividend.' on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 h per Cent.,l2 Guild — Ditto 4:Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY BIIAItE3 AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. Pam. Pee mum Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 4 14 — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 17 1 A .. .. ilirmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 , 2 2 1,4 ...... to Do., without a guarantee... 20 - Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee.., 10 Binning., \Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.148 — ..... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... I Bristol and Exeter ...... Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 5 Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... 211 .... to Ditto, Preference ;_;larence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 — — . ... to dili . Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 251. L. & E., said L. & D ... 25 Ditto, 181.,E. & H lB Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3 % — to J:astern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 7% Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 135.4 d... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 . — - to Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter Do., New . 34 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 , Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, de„ Class C, ditto—. 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 10 . — Ditto, ditto ......... ......... 20 .....• 154 to Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., Now Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 4 14 ...... ...... to -- East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to _ Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kihnarnock, & Ayr 50 — t o _ Do. Preference Consolidated ..... to Great Northern Do. 1,4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3 Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4% — ...... to Do. Extension Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 2l .... . to Great North of England 100 Ditto, Nov 40/ Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301. Ditto, Now 151.-- ... ...... 14 ...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares ...... E 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ l3 .. ... 8 Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. _ Ditto, Thirds lO Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 17% ...... 8 Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ..».....•• 6 1 4_ ... Ditto Thirds (Keg.) Do., New Guar. Cper cent. 5 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. ( Lluddem and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% l2 to .eeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto. Blue (scrip) .. 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk .. Ditto, New Do.,do.,Preter., C per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to —. •iverp;ol, Crosby, and Sout h port. ~.verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% ...... to --. ,- -. London &Blackwall ......13/. 6s. 8d.... 4 - Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... .. Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... 4% 4 1 .ondon and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... ... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo ......1044...... to 105 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 DI. New Do. Fifths Do. 404. Shares.— J.. & M 25 ...... ..... to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . 8X to Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...-. 50 Ditto, New 501. .. .... 424 z..., — Ditto, New 401.... ..... .. .. 84 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 1)o. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto. Thirds ... . ..... ..13/. 6s. id ... ...... to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7per Ct. en . Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Cal 13s. to Landon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 4 — Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 4 — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 27 1 ,4 — ..... to Ltwestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 . . Ditto (guar. 6 per cont.... 8 ...... Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.180 Ditto I,„i Shares(No. 1) ... IS ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3)... 10 ...... Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ..... 9 1 ,4 to Ditto Grimsby 35 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... ..... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 12 1 ,4...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 17 1 ,4 — Ditto, Mai. 86 Liri. Union 44 2a.... blid'and.... • .....100 Ditto, Consol. Preterence...100 Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 20 Midland, Birm., and Lerby...loo to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent...loo ll3 ...... to Midland, Bristol and Gleuc. 38 Ditto ditto 141. Midland, Leices. and swan- Hingten (6 per ct.gua.)....100 . to !.1 idld. Great Western (Irish) 42 1 % — to Middlesbro' and itadear. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares - Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 121 .. Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and _ _ . - . . Rostrevor ...... 20 , — ... .. to Norfolk Ditto New 201.. Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 ...... to ...... Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 ...„ Do. do. Waveney Valley... 9 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares.-- ..... 12% — ... .. to Do. Quarters' Ditto, Extension lfs — Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 84...... North and South-Western... 2 .. .. .. North Staflordshire... ........ 15 ... 6 % 8 4% 3 4 to North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- _ verhatnpton . Reading, Gu iI d fd.. t't Reigate 10 ...... to Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... .-- Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 - ....., to Ditto, New... 17% .. to NEM Sheffield, Rotherkant, and Goole 7% — ...... to -- De. do. (South Div.) 5 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 — to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 5 ...... —.. to --. Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 - ••• .., to Shrewsbury _ and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. . ... to Ditto, Oswestry l6 Ditto ,New) 1 Ditto S per Cent. Pref....-. 10 — to Shropshire Uni0n....... 4 ... .. AA to South Devon .. Ditto, Preference 25 South Staffordshire .. 3 5 3 1 20% %... to South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 24 Ditto, N 0.12. Ditto,:No. 3. 25 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole, Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 Taw Vale Extension - ...... to Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7l - Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 175 ...... -- Waterford and Limerick ... .. 45 ••• .. --• - Waterford,Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin - .... • to -- Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 4 2 34...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .. 9 ... West Cornwall West London.... Ditto, First Class .. 20 ...... - Ditto, Second Class 2O ...... ...... to Whitehaven and Furness...- 13 ..... -• ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western 9% — ....,. to --• Wilts, Somerset,&Weymonth 40 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 26 Do. Original New & Beech 25 204 21% to Do. Exton. No.l (Y. &N.) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 15 - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 0 - York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference - Ditto East and West Riding Ex tension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian - Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 5% to -- Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .... l7 - Ceylon ........ 4., — - Demerara. - Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . - Dutch Rhenish 754 -.• - East Indian . 34 to -- Great Indian Peninsular l4 ...... -- ...... to -- Louvain Ila Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to --, Luxembourg - - Madrid and Valentin - Namur and Liege........ Northern of France l2 — Orleans and Bordeaux, ... .. I Paris and Lyons_ .. 11 - Do. Do. - Paris and Orleans... 2O - Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 3 ...... -. - Rouen and Havre 20 - Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale ..... Tours & Nantes ... - .• 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Hasselt West Flanders B% — ...... eq, -- JOINT STOCK BASICS. Australasia British North American .... re ....:=- --- Colonial Commercial at London 2O London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 - London and Westminster... 20 ..... - National Provincial of Engld. 85 - ..... to -" Ditto, New - ..... to -- Provincial of Ireland - .. ••• to "..'. Ditto, Now lO ..... - Union of Australia 25 - Ditto, New - - Union of London .. I@ - •"•• to •"" Union of Madrid ......... ...... 40 - MINER. Anglo lioxican .100 ..,.• . . .1.0 - Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... -- Australian... 214 — ...... t• Blaenarven Iron and Coal ... 80 Bolanos Scrip ...... to '.... British Iran Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 241...... Ditto Cocaei and Cuialoa... 31 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobra Copper 6 eneral Mining - Real del Monte. Unregistered . .. .. ... to •"" Do. Black Debentures. — ..•••• to ••"' Do. Red Debentures ... ....., to Santiago de Cuba lO ...... —.. to United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS pit. LONDON, OCT. 26.—Wind W.S.W, light breas t, fine. DEAL, Ocr. 25.—The Arab, Finch, which' arrise4lll the Downs to-day from St. John's, New Brunswick. Ilfjo jibboom, head cutwater, &c., and received consider, 00 damage in the bows, having been in contact 28th 111 .. it." Cape Sable with the barque Diamond, from De n3un ; ' lo to Liverpool, N. S.; the latter was cut down t° ' t o/ water's edge, and is supposed to have sunk as 1 /°°Leil clear; crew saved by the Ar a b. which has als o 1 " if), supplied with an anchor an d fifteen fathoms c h. 'b; Arrd. Osbert, Dalrymple, Dominica; Arab, ilayou ll :be Seaflower, Walters, Newfoundland. Arrd. fr°, °3 , t riA River, Guardian, Thomas, Cape Coast Castle; MILL': c left Warming, Ascension; Scottish Maid, Ale 2 t . 11 ' f ed Calao. Put back, Reserve, fo Jamaica. or e heavy gale from the S.S.W. and was experienced h_tic. this morning, during which the greater part of the wujos ward bound vessels drove, but brought up 'gai n ,- • f er their second anchors. The barque Tynwald , for - 1 .• ' 1 " o f pool, proceeded towards the North Foreland with 1 oil anchors and c,hains. f le r aj% PENZANCE, OCT. 24.—The Eclipse, Fry, aural s lo g to Southampton, which was reported yesterday ao - 131 oof been abandoned, has been brought in here by ter." r o pe cutters, with loss of gangway, bulwarks , b0 w511744 topmast, &e., and anchor and chain.