The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-24 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin We' ster as Lessee and Manage- THIS EVENING. Will be performed the greatly successful new and original Comedy, entitled MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Cattail], Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Lambert; Mrs. Stirli❑g. Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Fanny Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After whist', the historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE. To conclude with the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. THIS EVENING, Nov. 24, Will be performed TAKING BY STORM. After which, a new Farce, in two acts, entitled THOSE DEAR BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter, Butler, and Miss Wyndham. To be followed by USED UP. To eonclnde with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE BQYLL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Last Time, the celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, or a Hundred Years Ago, by Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar ; Moors. Paul Bedford, Honey, Emery, &c. After which (Last Time at second price), the Popular Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. 807'1L PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.;. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Trill be performed the new and original Play, in live acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal 'tweeter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude slth THE BPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. ASTi'ET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.: Bola Proprietor and Manager—Mr. W. Batty. Third Night of the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, and Second appearance in England of the eminent Continental Artistes, M. and Mddle. Lalande. _ . THIS EVENING, November 24, and daring the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOWS CABIN, in two acts, written expressly for this Theatre, and embodying all those stirring situations so graphically described in Hrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Theatre, with new drosses, scenery, and appointments. To be followed by an unusually brilliant Routine of Batty's Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with a popular Farce. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to to Four. HIGH WATEtt AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 24 min. after 12 I Evening 43 min.a ft . 12 To-Mallow Morning 1 min. after 1 Evening 19 min.aft. 1 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following Places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.W.,__ gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentile breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—N. light airs—cloudy. TUNBRIDGE--S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE—W., calm—Overcast. GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SwnsmoN— S.W., light airs—overcast. LEIGHToN—S.E. ' calm—overcast. CoLcHEBTEu—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : PooLE—N.E., gentle breeze—heavy rain. HOLYHEAD—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. WHITBY—N., gentle breeze—foggy. DARLINGTON—W.S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SNAP--S.W., calm—foggy. • THE WEATHER.--Sms OFFICE, Nov. 24. THER3fOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45--highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'85. WIND, N.—Unsettled--showery. HIE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 18nr, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THIC LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Willi HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. 44, # 4I V 4114/4' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1852. Yesterday the business of the Session may be said to have really commenced. If for nothing else, the Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS would, in refer ence to his motion of last evening, deserve the thanks of the country at large, for having extorted from the prolonged silence of the DERBY-DISRABLI Cabinet the eminently satisfactory amendment brought forward by the CHANCELLOR of the MC CHEQUER. There can no longer be any hesitatiom - whatever in the mind of the community as to the conclusion at length arrived at in reference to the Free-trade policy by the principal Members of the present Government. We take last night's amend ment to be the v er it a bl e ep it ap h o f P rotect i on. I n eliciting that interesting document from the taci turnity of his Parliamentary opponent, the Ho nourable Member for Wolverhampton reminds us of the wight in the ballad, who " Went and told the sexton,' And the sexton tolled the bell." His voice may with truth be declared to have sounded the key note for the De Profundisof the Monopolists. In this manner Mr. VILLIERS has appropriately crowned his many eminent services to the population. He has completed in the most effectual manner the important successes of which he has been himself throughout one of the most distinguished, but at the same time one of the lehst ostentatious originators. Every one miist have felt last night, on listening to him, how unne cessary it was to vindicate himself from the charg e of factious interference in bringing forward his mo tion in favour of the recognition of the Free-trade principles. Why we all remember, the House re members, the country at large remembers, how sedulously and perseveringly, for fifteen years, CHARLES VILLIERS has been the consistent advo cate of the measures of unrestricted competition. From him, therefore, the important resolution of yesterday came with a very peculiar appropriate ness. And however much he may have indulge d in the course of his argument in what Mr. DISRAELI humorously designated " convenient ge neralities," he at any rate succeeded in eliciting from the lips of that right hon. gentlemen a more explict announcement of the formal abandonment of Protection than had hitherto been extorted from any one of the members of the Administra tion. "In point of fact," as Cousin PHCENIX saith, the Free-traders could scarcely look for a more complete acceptance of the reality of their t riumph under all the existing circumstances. 40 _ -Alleptashe has a l rea dy re p ea t e dly s h own himself 4 , b e i n theintricate tactics of debate, the CHAN CEL I ° ll of the EXCHEQUER has seldom shone—if, ,ampl y' in regard to mere skilfulness—to more conspicuous advantage. His oration of yesterday was a masterly and comprehensive retrospect of the p as t career of hi trospect i n Which he colle agues as a party--a re sarcasms and e t e scattered ver y pl en tif u lly before th wP„ced ere, :_ore the _s —flowers of rhetoric amendment. strewn, as it Thro pathway of his ughc e speech there was a kind of refrain—droller and. droller w ith every recur rence —about a certain who had of politicia n s, described as parties perpetrated an enormous mischief." Scarcely any One amon the more distinguished Members on th e benches of the opposition, but was pelted by --mil with mingled shower of j ibes and com p li me nts. It a was , in this manner that Mr. DISRAELI, after eniogis _ ingin eloquent terms and with winning earnestness, the indisputable consistency of the representa tive of Wolverhampton, spoke of that honourabl e gentleman afterwards as the "Storm Pet re l of Protection"—remarkable for making porten tous appearances at particular crises a Person especially noticeable for two things, " precision of thought and concinnity of expres sion." Somewhat in a similar mood the Leader of the Co mmons referred, in another por ti on of his harangue, to the FIRST LORD of the TREASURY as a statesman not backward in maintaining a THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1852. " well-regulated party feeling " having a sly word of allusion to what he facetiously defined as the noble lord's " amiable cynicism." To wards the close of his address the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER indignantly scouted the idea of himself and his colleagues consenting for one hour to remain in office as " Ministers on suf ferance." Nothing, he declared, would induce them to continue in power, unless the cordial bearing of the Legislature gave the stability requisite to consolidate them into a strong Go vernment. Having taken a complete survey of the course pursued by the existing Cabinet, since its formation in February ;1 having enu merated some of the more commendable of its achievements, such, for example, as the formation of the Militia, and also the diminution of several of the abuses in Chancery ; after following their movements from the period when they were gazetted to the dissolution of the late Parliament, and from the general election in July to the assembling of the new House of Commons in November, the Right Hon. Gentleman appealed in an impassioned peroration to the sense of jus tice among the younger representatives, implor ing them not to allow themselves to become " the tools, or the victims of exhausted fac tions and obsolete politics." It was immediately afterwards that Mr. BRIGHT, in one of the ablest speeches ever delivered by him within the walls of the Legislature, endeavoured in the most effectual manner to embarrass the position of Ministers, by proclaiming the inconsistency of their position—coolly trotting out in proof of this the various unfortunates who, during the process of the recent appeal to the country, had figured upon the hustings in the deepest colours of the Pro tectionists. It cannot for an instant be ques tioned by the reflective observers throughout the United Kingdom that the time had indeed arrived for some definite conclusion to be arrived at in this matter of the Free-trade principles by the present House of Commons, and in the presence of what was originally, of course, a Protectionist Government. Further hesitation in regard to the permanence of the commercial policy inaugurated in 1846 by Sir ROBERT PEEL could not, in truth, be otherwise than injurious to the interests of the nation, pre judicial to the character of the Legislature, and baneful to the reputation of her Majesty's Govern ment. Without some explicit declaration in the negative or in the affirmative, matters would be left in a state so painfully dubious and incompre hensible that the consequent and inevitable evils would necessarily prove altogether incalculable. Aware of this, and conscious of the unassailable security of that cause which he had himself cherished years before it was recognised by the generality, either within or without the walls of Parliament, Mr. VILLTERs determined at the earliest available period to submit the exigent problem of the emergency to the consideration of the popular representatives. Now that the matter has actually been brought forward substantially in the Legis lative Chamber of the Commons at Westminster, we cannot, as conscientious Free-traders and fervent lovers of patriotism, but rejoice that the question has been formally presented for the ac ceptance or the refusal of the Administration. It would be unfair to all parties implicated in the transaction not to feel thus in reference to the important discussion of yesterday. But for the motion introduced by the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton the judgments of the multi tude might still have been tossed about upon a sea of conjectures as to what might be, upon the most vital of the political topics of our age, the real opinions entertained by the present Government. No such uncertainty can any longer be felt upon the matter, now that the country has lying before them the eminently adroit, but sufficiently explicit, and, indeed, alto gether unmistakeable declaration of the CHAN CELLOR of the Excn:EQuER. That declaration is simply, that her MAJESTY'S Ministers do not feel themselves called upon to attempt any revival whatsoever of the abandoned principles of Protec tion. Mr. DISRA RYA' s reminder to the house, that ever since the passing of the enactment of 1846, neither he himself, nor any one of the individuals sympathising with him in his ideas of a commercial policy, have endeavoured to bring back the old system through direct or indirect appeals to the British Parlia ment—was the strongest point in the argument by which he strove to parry the thrusts of his Free-trade antagonists. Mr. BRIGHT'S reminder to the House, on the other hand, that if no posi tive adventure of the kind—no adventure having in view the restoration of the laws formerly passed by the sticklers for monopoly—had been made iu the Commons by the Leaders of the oppo site party since the period of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S enactment, their followers had un questionably, out of the Commons, employed every imaginable means to forward their in terests, and to create a soul under the dead ribs of Protection—was indisputably the most forcible and the most rational justification of the motion submitted to the Legislature, supposing for one moment that it needed (which we deny) any jus tification at all. Although the discussion was, as might have been alone anticipated, adjourned un til Thursday after the speeches of Mr. KER SEYMER and Mr. FREDERICK PEEL had been followed by the remarkable address of Lord PALMERSTON the resolution proposed by the representative of Wolverhampton,, cannot but be regarded as already most effectual in re moving whatever doubts still existed in regard to the commercial views of the DERBY-DISRAELI Cabinet. That Cabinet, as we now take it, is dis tinctly pledged to the maintenance—and not only to the maintenance, hut to the resolute enforce ment and continuous development of the Free trade system, or as the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUEa loves to call it, the system of unrestricted competition. Henceforth, there can be no pos sible misapprehension upon the subject. The state oracle is no longer dumb. And if, at last, ApoLLo has not spoken from his, shrine, the Right Hon. Gentleman, leaning upon the green box of office, and addressing himself candidly to the Free-trade Opposition, has avowed that the principles of Protection are no longer desired to be revived by the existing Government. 13071Vocsation, after a political submersion of a century and a-half, has begun to exhibit, signs of life ; some galvanic respirations have unquestion ably been made. Whether they will result in a re turn of all the vital powers and functions remains to be seen. A short time back, when it was rumoured that Lord DERBY, at the instigation of his High-Church supporters, was about to advise her MAJESTY to license Convocation to resume its long-disused functions, we expressed our incre dulity in regard to any statesman being capable of such unconstitutional conduct. From what has just occurred, it is very evident that the agitators may have perplexed the Government for a while with those legal ingenuities which they openly brought forward when the Houses met. Unless there were some doubtful points of this kind be fore the Government, we must think, with all the Liberal press, that they ought at once to have contradicted the rumour. Be this as it may, the advocates of Convoca- tion have now taken a course which will soon call upon Parliament to interrogate the Government as to their actual power over the proceedings of this body, and to legislate, if need be, accordingly. We have had one Papal aggression, and we cannot now tolerate an Anglican aggression. It can never be endured that such a nuisance as this long suppressed debating club of Church dignitaries, should resume action by virtue of some overlooked loopholes 'in an Act of Parliament. A step, and, in the opi n i on o f a mem b er o f the Lower H ouse , a s t ep verg i ng upon an ecclesiasti cal revolution, was made by the course which was adopted. In the Upper House quite new ground Was ta ken ; namely, that the Archbishop of CAN TERIIITRY had no power to prorogue the . Houses without the consent of the other bishops, and that the mix's licence was not requisite to empower them to deliberate as long as they pleased, though confessedly needful to enable them to enact canons. The agitators had fortified themselves with the legal opinion in their favour of Drs. ADDAms . and PHILLIMORE, and of her MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and, thus fortified, the Bishops of OXFORD and FATTER most politely bearded their too-compromising Archbishop. We use the term advisedly, because we think the conduct of the Archbishop has sown the seed of all the mischief ; he very modestly threw doubt indeed upon the unoffi,cial opinion of the ATTOR NEY-GENERAL, but adjourned, instead sof at once proroguing, the Houses, professing great reluctance to use his power. Had he boldly put them to the test at once, had he dared them to carry out their gentle threat of sitting whether he prorogued them or not, he would have found himself, with the British public, in the place of the seven bishops, and they in that of JAMES 11. By his va cillating conduct, he allowed each House to appoint committees, to prepare petitions to her MAJESTY, relative to the correction of clerks (we hope the term legally includes Bishops and Cathedral Chapters), and to enter into warm discussions respecting in cluding, in the usual Address to the QUEEN, a suggestion of reviving the active powers of Con vocation. The Lower House, moreover, had rather hot debates on appointing a committee to consider grievances in the Church, and necessary reformations ; eventually a committee of unde niably able men was appointed to take into con sideration a long paper on these subjects ; and not the least notable circumstance respecting it was, that it was introduced by Dr. SPRY, and seconded by Archdeacon HARE, of Lewis ; the latter gentle man avowing as his reason for having joined in preparing the paper, and for then seconding it, that he wished practically to correct the erroneous, but widely diffused mistake, that the High-Church party was the only one which wished for the re vival of Convocation. He referred to Archbishop WHA.TELY, as well as himself, in disproof of the common opinion. It is remarkable, however, that this paper of grievances enumerates as one, that power of the Crown by which Dr. HAMPDEN was installed at Hereford against the will of the Cathedral authorities, but with the applause of the whole country, a few bigoted bishops and clergymen excepted ; and that another grievance is the very one of the state of Cathedral Chap ters, to inquire into which her MAJESTY has al ready issued a commission ; she, as the Head of the Church, having had the vanity to think the matter as safe in the hands of her commissioners, as in that of a committee of the Lower House of Convocation. Perhaps, however, the country will think that that house had some excuse here ; the unbridled rapacity of the bishops, and the facility of the last commission in applying funds, intended for the augmentation of poor livings, to building palaces for the wealthy and luxurious successors of the Apostles, is fresh enough in the memory of all. As we have said, in chal lenging and intimidating the Archbishop—in getting this last committee especially appointed, and in prolonging the debate for three days, the Convocationists have certainly gained an impor tant step. This is asserted with a shout of triumph by their own organ, and assented to by their opponents. We hardly think they will be allowed to make good another step. They have the political chances before them of a Low-Church Government and a more thoroughly reformed Parliament, and they have to encounter the /ait—generally averse to their claim—and the reasonable prudence of statesmen. What have ecclesiastical synods done of late years for this country ? The two Most not able examples of them are, that of the established Presbyterian Church in Scotland, and that of the unestablished Wesleyan Church in England. Each of them has generated an extensive and bitter disruption of the respective bodies. Each has originated an immense secession claiming to be the true representatives of the respective Churches —the Residuary Church and the secession in each case hating each other with a bitterer hatred than that of even Roman Catholics towards Protestants. Yet each of these bodies rested their belief on self-consistent creeds. No deep-seated internal difference of faith sustained an irreconcileable difference. In the ChUrch of England, on the contrary, this can never be. Original Acts of Parliament, the modern decisions of courts of justice, the opinion of every honest man, and the parties now dividing the Eetahlighment, show that the Episcopal Church is the Church of a compromise, and the Church of comprehension. The Articles admit Mr. HUGH STOWELL, and the Liturgy is the boast of Archdea con DasisoN. The former conciliates the followers of the great Reformer of Geneva ; the latter re tains those who, but for emoluments, would prefer the entire journey to Rome. A statesman of the slightest prescience of consequences will never hazard the mutual friction of such a box of Lu cifers. Suppose, however, these ecclesiastics to be ga thered together in council, and suppose them under the strong repression of the public gaze to be pre vented from exploding, and suppose them, in virtue of the deliberative powers they now claim as their unconditional right to agree upon certain schemes, or memorials, and to lay them before the Govern ment, and eventually before the Parliament ; how would such clerical propositions be regarded? What would the assembly of laymen—the uncon secrated, the unsanctified creatures, whose pre sence Mr. DENISON would deem a pollution of Jerusalem Chamber—what would they say to them? We think the tone of lay feeling is plainly such as would hazard the rejection of the most reasonable proposals, not to say ensure contempt of all that savoured of ecclesiastical ambition and selfishness. To meet this danger (and from their own Church principles also), Archdeacon HARE, and other men of the better class, urged the Convocation to a distinct acknowledgment of the right of laymen to form part of any Convoca tion. Of course, it was promptly rejected ; but it was justly observed, that su c h a proposition would tend most decidedly to the separation of Church and State ; since it would f c o o r ns t t h it e u c te hu t r w ch o_b:dies of laymen—the Houses of Parliament and the Convocation—legislato rs There would be a represents_ tive body of the clergy and laity apart from the national representation." One fact is, however, clear—a National Church must have a National Government. It mu s t bear the spiritual disadvantages as well as enjoy the temporal advantages of its position. Th e Government of this country is now composed, like the country itself, of men of every variety andindistopetnhsan lag of religious belief. They find amongst the institu tions of the country one Christian denomi na ti on larger than any other taken singly, adopted by the nation as the Church which it supp or t s ; This acceptance of sup port,but they find also that its bishops are taken into the higher branch of the Legislature, a n d a ll power in the Church confided to the Supreme and this surrender of power they have th ef e Kingdom, Nation. This MC:imgisctilraotfe on of government. In that opinion deemedtalhweacaysaying correlative, and all history and all experience has confirmed the laity of England. Th e dissenting portion of the com munity would not endure, for a single Session, a self governed sect in the possession of nation a l revenues to the amount, taking everything into con sideration, of nearly ten millions apyear. States men would never tolerate such a corporation. l a ity would themselv es re volt, and the Ethpeiseoplian consummation a of Convocational in dependence would certainly prove the utter r u i n of the Establishment. RUMOURED BETROTHMENT OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. —The report gains consistency that Prince Frederick William, the heir of the Prussian crown, is betrothed to the Princess Royal of England. The Princess of Prussia, mother of the prince, will make another visit to England next spring.—Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung. [ Prince Frederick William, eldest son of the Prince of Prussia, and nephew of the reigning monarch, was born October 18, 1831. The Princess Royal was born Nov. 21, 1840.] HER MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION.—The character of the present strange combination of political men, which calls itself an Opposition, is strikingly un-English and unfair. The one weapon made use of is deception. It is used with considerable adroitness, and every variety of fence, but still it is the same—deception.—Morning Herald. THE SU-MILE-BRIDGE AFFAIR.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, yesterday, the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench unanimously rejected the motion of the Attorney-General to quash the coroner's inquisi tion at Six-mile-bridge. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 3,000 bales all to the trade. The market closed heavily, with but little alteration in prices. The sales comprised about 2,5000 Ameri can, 20 Bahia at 61d., 100 Egyptians at Sid. to Bid., and 100 Surat at 4d. to 4gd. per lb. Rail way Shares were quiet, but firm. The state of the dried fruit trade is thus re ported on as regards currants, by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson : "The clearances for Home Consumption during the four weeks ending 17th inst., show a considerable falling off, as compared with those of the corresponding weeks in 1851 and previous years, having been 1,200 tons in 1852, against 2,040 tons in 1851-2,000 tons in 1850— and 2,100 tons in 1849, but the total quantity cleared from Ist September to 15th November in the last three years, has been in each year from 3,160 to 3,200 tons. The clearances at Liverpool continue to show a great falling off, owing principally to the small quantity held by wholesale houses there. The Board of Trade returns show an increase of 97 tons in the consumption of the United Kingdom during the first nine months of this year, as compared with those of 1851. " Since our report of 6th inst., the Wholesale Grocers have bought with great caution, but extensive.purchases have been made on Liverpool account at very full prices, and within the last few days by speculators here, with a view, it is presumed, to investments, and to hold over till next year. A great portion of our available stock must thus have changed hands, which is a new feature in the article. Several cargoes of New Fruit are now discharging at the Docks. By the latest accounts from the Islands, 1851 fruit, which in the spring of this year was held at 20 dollars, was still being bought for market at 80 dollars, which is much above the parity of our present highest prices. Our quotations of New Currants are nominal ; those of Old are as before." The heads of departments have received instruc tions to the effect, that in consequence of the im proved condition of the colonial finances, the full salaries which were fixed by the Appropriation Bill of last session may now be drawn for, and also that the anierence between those rates and the reduced amounts which were paid during the first six months of this y ear , may lik ew i se b e rece i ve d. 1i i esterday afte r noon bills of e x c hange w e re ne gotiated at very full rates on most of the Con tinental cities. Paris, 25 40 to 42i- ; Amsterdam, 1118 - to 19 ; and Hambro', 13 7 to f ; Trieste, 11 44 to 48. During the fortnight to last evening, the Hon. East India Company drew bills on the 3 presiden cies to the amount of 116,1481. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received the following letter, vici the United States from Mr. Falconnet : • Mexico, Oct. 16, 1852. " Sir—l have had the pleasure of addressing you on the 13th inst.,* and without any of yours to answer. This is merely to enclose the speech of the President of the Republic on the opening of Congress, in the hope that my friends in Vera Cruz will be able to forward this letter through the United States without delay. "No direct allusion to, or special mention of, the foreign debt has been made in the speech, a circumstance which has disappointed me, for although I am aware that a separate report is to be addressed to the legislature on that subject, yet I expected that their attention would have been called at once to the importance of providing for the satisfaction of our claims. You will find from that document how many difficulties surround the Go vernment ; and from the answer given by the President of the Chamber of Deputies—a very vague one indeed— it is difficult to foresee bow far the Legislature will feel disposed to help the Executive. " The shipments from Vera Cruz and Tampico by the last stainer have not been so large as I expected—a por tion ofthe bills in the hands of the agents not having fallen due, it appears, until a few days after the departure of the packet. However, the bills of lading sent to Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., for money out of the produce of the Custom-house revenue, leave a surplus of about— s 3,265 in favour of the July dividend. 32,000 are in course of collection at Vera Cruz. 130,000 in bills, according to advice just received, will soon be delivered to the agents at that port. We have about 36,000 cash on Matzatlan, ready to be shipped. 18,000 in cash and bills, at San Bias. 2,800 do. do. in Acapulco. 22,500 are settled out of the $102,000 of Matamoros, &c., so that we can say to have secured about $244,565 for the July dividend. " If the Legislature makes any favourable decision, I think there will then be little difficulty in raising the necessary amount to complete the payment of that divi dend.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, " FDE. 0. FALCONNET. " To Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., " Chairman of the Committee of Mexican Bondholders, 27, Gresham-street." • This has not yet been received. The King of Holland designed, and in part 'com pleted a railroad from Amsterdam to the borders of Prussia. In order to raise the funds for this purpose he issued 9,000 bonds of. one thousand_ florins each, or about 831. 6s. Bd., bearing interest at 4 per cent., guaranteed first by the railway, and secondly by the king himself. In 1845 the King of Holland sold this (now called the Dutch Rhenish) railway to an English Company, who subscribed for a capital of 2,ooo,oool.—first, for the purpose of completing the railway to Prussia secondly, to make a branch to Rotterdam, and thirdly to pay off the 9,003 Bonds, above mentioned. Of this capital, 800,0001. have been paid up, but in consequence of certain unforeseen impediments with Prussia, as to the junction with their lines, a considerable delay has occurred in the completing of the road, and about 400,0001. subscribed, but not immediately wanted, were invested in the purchase of 3,700 of these Bonds, as also 100,0001. in the purchase of land for the Rotterdam Branch. All difficulties are now at an end. Treaties with Prussia, and con tracts with Mr. Brassey, have been signed. The Railway is to be completed in two years, and the Government have agreed to guarantee the interest on 400,0001. while the works are in progress. 200,0001 is wanted for immediate purposes. A call could be made, but the Shareholders, considering that they paid the 800,0001. for making the line, and not for purchasing Bonds, wished the Bonds in possession of the Company sold or pledged to raise the money now required. To this the direction assented, and it not being advisable to part with the Bonds, the Directors have placed in the Bank of the Netherlands, in the names of certain English and Dutch Trustees, 2,400 bonds of 1,000 florins, or 831. 6s. Bd. each, and are now about to issue against them 2,400 Certificates or Loan Notes, (also of 1,000 florins each), to be repaid by calls, July Ist 1858, and bearing interest at per Cent. The Certificates are secured, first by the Bonds de posited, (which are themselves guaranteed, first by the line and secondly by the King), and secondly by the Company, who engage to make a particular call to redeem these - Certificates, and in payment of which call these Certificates will themselves be received. The debate upon free trade policy has not pro gressed sufficiently to allow of a very correct esti mate of the result, and the amendment of Lord Palmerston would, it is thought, probably give a new feature to the matter, and prove favourable to Ministers. The uncertainty, however, affects prices, and Consols have been rather heavy at 1011 to k, though now 101 k for Trans fer, and Mt to for Account. Exchequer Bills of March are 725. premium. Bank Stock is supported at 223, and East India Stock has risen to 277. The New 3* per Cents. have been quoted 104 and the 3 per Cents. mo i l I. A bargain has been effected in South Sea Old An nuities at par. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have taken a most important and highly-creditable step to prevent bankrupt or dishonest States forcing morel securities upon the English market. The Central Peninsular Railway Shares will not be quoted in the official list, as will be observed by the followin g reply to an application of the com pany : (Copy.. " November 22, 1852. " Sir ' —I am i n structed by the Committee to inform you, that they have taken your letter of the 30th Octo ber into consideration, and after communicating with the Chairman of the Committee of Portuguese Bond holders, are unanimously of opinion that the security upon which the proposed guarantee of 6 per cent. is based, has already been mortgaged to the Portuguese Bondholders, and that consequently, until the Committee receives from them a communication that this security is given with their consent, they cannot recognize the dealings in the railways of Portugal with this guarantee. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, GEO. WEBB, Secretary. Robert W. Kennard, Esq., on behalf of the Provisional Directors of the Central Peninsular Railways of Portugal." No other reply c ould in fairness be given, for the Portuguese Government which confiscates the divi dends on its debt, actually guarantees 6 per cent. to this railway out of the taxes assigned to the bondholders. Spanish Stock is firm, the Deferred being 25k k; Pe ruvian Deferred Bonds are 62i, and Grenada Deferred, 11k. There have been large dealings in Brazilian New, at 94.t0 ; Turkish Scrip is 2k to premium a dec_me. In Dutch and Belgian Stocks, there has been some activity; Mexican, 25 to f. The railway share market opened very buoyantly, although it has gone back a little in some instances since. The English lines have been higher gene rah —North-Western, East Anglian, Aberdeen, . Oxford and Wolverhampton, and York and Ber wick, taking the lead. French shares are higher, and Sambre and Meuse are up 1/. Gold mines are in brisk demand, at fuller rates. Shr. Australasia Bank shares have risen, and Penin sular and Oriental are dearer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Oiicial List.) _ B Bank Stock 223 Business done, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.......... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. New 31 per Cent. Annuitie5.............. ..... 103* • i i India Stock South Sea Old Annuities lOO Consols for Acc0unt.......... ...... ... .. .. . Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO 6B 71 £5OO 72 69 72 68 71 Small 72 69 72 68 71 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent. Ditto Small ®Ditto 4a per Cent 971 6,1 71- 64 Equador Bonds 5 Grenada Bonds, Ii per Cent — Ditto Deferred lll Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian 6 per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 3 per C en t. Portuguese 4 per Cent. 3B / Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent llBl 19 Ditto 4i per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ..... .... 52* Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25 1 Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 2l i p Belgian Bonds, 4) per Cent. Ex. 25fr. 99 81 Dutch Exchange 2* per Cent 65 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97* a 7 Consols Ditto Account, Dec. 9 THREE O'CLOCK. 101 1 i 1011 st. IMPERIAL PARLIAMtNT, I N HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) il 20 The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. 10 Mr. BLACKETT presented a petition from out-pen- St. sioners of Chelsea Hospital complaining of the non-pay- St. 20 went of arrears now due to them. _ _ _ Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE moved, in reference to 10 a "Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of St. Commons, dated June 22, 1852, for a copy of all corn- 50 munications made by the architect and officers of the 40 British Museum to the trustees, respecting the enlarge- 25 ment of the building of that institution ; and of all corn- 25 munications between the trustees and the Treasury on St. the same subject subsequent to the period when the 88 commissioners upon the constitution and management St. of the British Museum presented their report to her St. Majesty,"—also, of all such communications of a like g nature as shall have been omitted in making the above 100 return ; and also of all such communications of a like St. nature as shall have been made subsequent to the above- 25 mentioned date of the 22d day of June, 1852. 50 Agreed to. COUNTY ELECTIONS.—POLLS BILL. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. B. DENISON said, though he was favourable to confining the polling for the counties to one day, he objected to its taking place so soon after the nomination; the bill proposing that only one day should intervene between the nomination and the day fixed for the polling. If the bill passed in that shape, it would not tend to diminish the cost of contested elections. The inconvenience of the system was shown in the election of Mr. Cobden for the West Rid ing of Yorkshire. He thought it would be better that a week should elapse between the nomination and polling. He should vote for the second reading, but when the bill went into committee he would move the omission of the clause limiting the interval to only one day. It was worth while considering whether it would not be advisable to require the Sheriff to send a printed paper to each voter, with a request that he should return it with the name of the candidate for whom he wished to vote, as such a plan would save great expense to voters and candidates. ou Mr. R. PALMER did no t thi n k it was e i t h er expedi- St. ent or necessary to alter the present system, believing 50 that if the polling was limited to one day, great incon- 20 venience would be occasioned, and many voters be vir- 20 tually disfranchised, for it was impossible that all the -; electors could come up t o vo t e on one d ay, many o f „ them having to attend markets, and other places which 20 they could not neglect without great loss to themselves. 20 The hon. member concluded by moving that the bill be 50 read a second time this day six months. 20 Lord H. VANE entertained considerable doubts as 20 to the expediency of the bill, but he would not oppose 10 the second reading. He entertained considerable objet- St. tion to that part which limited thninterval between the 25 nomination and polling to one day, and in agreeing now r t. to the second reading, wou ld reserve t o hi mse lf t h e r i g h t of moving the return of that provision before the bill reached its third reading. Mr. WALPOLE was not inclined to think that any great inconvenience would attend the alteration pro- S t ; posed by the bill, of confining the p o lli ng t o one day, , t instead of two as at present, provided it could be done without additional expense, in which case he 20 should be prepared to support the measure. (Hear.) St. He would, therefore, agree to the second reading, for 15 the purpose of seeing in committee how such an altera tion could be conveniently crrried out. It appeared to 6i him that a sufficient number of proper polling places had 6 4 not been provided for in the bill, in order that every eater might have an opportunity of recording his vote ai in one day. With regard to the other point, namely, as 5 to the restriction of the time which was to elapse v between the nomination and the day of polling, he enter 6 3 tained a strong objection to is. An interval of one day was too short, and though he was favourable to the ei other provisions of the bill, he should certainly object to 10 this clause. (Hear, hear.) 20 Mr. ALCOCK could not understand the objections which the hon. member for Berkshire had raised to this 10 bill. Surely five thousand voters in a county could do St. that in one day which 20,000 had to do in a borough. 5 Circumstances had changed since 1832, for railways had 5 sprung up in every direction, and there was now no diffi- St. culty in getting from place to place. And yet under the existing law if a nominee for a county town took St. place on a Wednesday, the polling could not be opened St. until Monday, an inconvenience which ought immediately to be removed, and as this bill would do that he called 6 i upon the house to adopt it without hesitation, more es pecially as it would save expense and p reven t much an- „, noyance to the counties who were favourable to the Bt. purity at elections. Mr. SPOONER said those who opposed this bill did 16 not do so with the view of resisting economy at elections, but he for one opposed it because he thought it St. would increase expense. Besides, he knew from expe- 20 rience that if this bill passed the whole of the free holders of the county of Warwick would be unable to 20 record their votes in one day, while it was physically 20 impossible that the Sheriff could make the necessary 12i St. preparations for an election in one day. Sir G. PECHELL supported the second reading, and St. declared his opinion that the time had gone by when 50 legitimate reforms connected with the franchise could be successfully resisted. CL st Mr. MONSELL regretted that I re l an d . was not to be St included in the operation of this bill,' for great as was the benefit which England would undoubtedly 5( derive from its provisions, it was infinitely short of the good that it would do to Ireland, where it h would not only diminish the expense, but go far to abolish the system of intimidation which but too often "-` prevailed at contested elections for Irish counties. He 2t would take that opportunity of asking whether Govern ment intended to take steps to abridge the bribery and 1( and other oaths taken by Roman Catholic electors. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SCOTT thought it would be much better to see h how the measure worked in England before they ven 12 - tured to extend it to Ireland. St Viscount MONK supported the bill. St Mr. W. BROWN thought that one day's polling 16 would be quite as convenient as two days. He should 20 certainly support the bill. 5 Mr. ELLIOT thought that this bill would put a 2 check to all the intimidation and bribery which gene rally took place at the close of the first day's poll. He St, believed that this bill was most popular in Scotland. 20 Mr. L. KING thought this bill did not go far St. enough. There was one point which was not provided for in this bill, and that was th e l eng th o f t i me which 15 elapsed in coun ty el ec ti ons b e t ween the proclamation 8 and the day of nomination. With the consent of his 10 noble friend, he should introduce a clause for this pur pose. 10 Sir T. Y. BULLER thought the feeling of the house 25 was in favour of the second reading of the bill, and he 10 should recommend his hon. friend the member for Berk- 1.0.1 shire to withdraw his amendment. St. Mr. GEACH supported the bill as conferring a great 20 boon upon country electors. 12; After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, the amendment was withdrawn, 5 and the bill was read a second time. St. After a discussion, the bill was ordered to be commit ted on Wednesday next. 17 Mr. MACARTNEY moved for certain returns con- 25 netted with the Civil Superannuation Fund, which were agreed to. THE STEAM NAVY. Sir G. PECHELL moved for a return of the names of such of her Majesty's vessels that were constructed for sailing, and have since been adapted, or are now being altered, for a screw propeller ; distinguishing the number of guns for which the same were originally con structed, with the number now fitted, or intended to carry, with the amount of horse power of each, and stating the number of the several alterations which the said vessels required, with the amount of tonnage before and since such operations have been or are about to be performed. After a few words from Captain SCOBELL,- Mr. A. STAFFORD said the Government could not, consistently with their public duty, consent to lay on the table the returns which the hon. and gallant baronet desired. As regarded the many reports which had ap peared in the public prints, they were tatally unfounded and uncalled for. Sir F. BARING said he thought the production of these returns would be most inconvenient, and he there fore hoped that the hon. and gallant member would withdraw his motion. After a few words from Sir G. PECHELL, the motion was withdrawn. The other orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned at half-put two. T.TIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH AILWAYS, Closing Prices Yesterday. Bets fleas done this Day. Paid 1 RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen ) 8 Ambg. Nottng. Bost Eastn. June all Birmng. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £20.. . 100 Bristol & Exeter_ ~ 100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead ► all Cork and Bandon I 45 Dublin&BelfastJune ; all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L & E. & L. &D.) 1 all Do., (£lB E. & all Eastern Counties 1 all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 6 Do., do all Do., B. & C..... ..... . 100 East Lancashire . all East & West Ind. D • & Binning. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow , 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Westerh 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock..,., 100 Do., B. Stock all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11. i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern.... . • all Liv.Crsby.&Southpi. all London & Blackwall 2 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright. &S. Cst. 100 Nondon &N.Western 12 Do., Fifths . ......... 1 Do., £lO Shs., M B. .C. 100 London & S.Viestern 42 Do., £5O 34 Do., £40.. ..... Ln .. ndriy.drC oleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Afinch.Shef. &Lincln. 41 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming & Derby 473 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17i Do. 3 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket... 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 7i Newry & Enniskillen 160 N0rf01k........ all Do., New .... 32 Northn. Counties .Ln 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 6i Do., No. 2.. .... all Do., A Deferred' 5 Do., B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire all North Western.. 8i N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do 20 Do. Oswestry 63 Shropshire Union . . ... Do., A.B.C.&D.fuIIY paid up at p. c. sll South Devon. 100 South Eastern all South Wa1e5........... 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. 1.9 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny' all Waterford&Limerick 13 West Cornwall all West London. 1 Woodford .. . . ... 100 York Newctl. & 1 20 Do. Extensions ' 10 Do. G.N.E. Purcasel 109 York &N. Midland, St. 12 50 16 PREFERENI I iCO !Aberdeen ell Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... 1C) Bristol dt Exeter 4p, sent. Stock 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 24 Cork&l3andon 5i p.c. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all EastA nglian (43105; 6 per cent. all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 6 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2... ...... all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifthg..... all Edinb.Prth.drDutcleP 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., _ at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths..., 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & I Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Great Western, fixed .4i per cent.. 6 ILanCash. & Yorksh, 100 Do., 6 p. c., 13 L-‘eds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 5 Do., No. 3 9 Do. , Quarters, IS4B 100 London and Brightos Guaranteed 5 p. c.., 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c 100 Lon.&N.West.Cov.& Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. _ _ 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler. Shares . all Londndry. & Ennisk Shares. ........ all Manch.,Shef., . 4 Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, . 3 Do., £6. all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 43 per cent 83 Do . 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. IC3 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per ct all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent . IC3 North British all North Staffordshire.. 1C) Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6 p. c 6 Do all IShrewsbuu & Birm, New Guaranteed.,,,l all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B P.C. 10 Do. 5 per cent........ all South bayou. 14 Do._New ...... ............... all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 10 Do. 4i per cent. all S. Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. all Stock.& Hartl. Guar. sp. c.tilll Ju1y,1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p•c•Pre 5 Do.. 10 York& N. Midland H. & S. Parch JOINT-SR} all Australasia nll British N. American 25 Colonial 20 'Commercial of Lon• don 4 English Scottish and Australian 2 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Prov. of Eng. 10 Do. New 22i National of Ireland all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 (Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of London all Union of Madrid 31 - 32 6i - 104 -10 i Gi 6 i d 21 -- 22 3 -- 2i d 106 -- 108 64 -64 i 24 -- 25 17i -17 i 3i -- 2A d -6; 4t - 4 12 - 13 9i - 10 7 6 8 i = 57 59 1 1 77 - 79 1 28 - 29 1 57i - 596 85 - 87 49 - 51 121 - 123 03 105 96f —96 i 7 86 88 11 —l2 p 881 —88 i —3 d 2 2 17i ... 184 8i -- 6i 2 lOB -109 p 1251 - 126 4 - 4 p 95 -- 21 96 p 3 —2 d 2i 2 d 13 —13 A 19 21 32i 33 —3 d 79 —79 i 46 48 50 52 3 3i d 49 51 - 39 . 40 6i 6i cl 2 d 4i 4 d 4 - 9i 3 --p 52i -53 i 92 - 96 64 - 66 67 - 69 74 76 11 i d 191. - - 104 20i 146 -15 A -3 22 —22 a 80 804 40 a —41 a 14 15 4a 5 - ... 2i -- 2i 12 -- 131 8t -- 9 25 -- 263 9t -- 10 77,1 6 2i 2d 616 —62 i SHARES, -.— ad! ... - mil 107 - 109 102 : 1011, 4 d -- i s -- 9I -- P 6 -6, 3 E - 3 8 3 4 - ,4 • --' ... 1i - 2 p - P 15 - 1 15 4 17 -• 17a • "''''' ... 3 - 3?, 126 - 128 112 - 114 si 98 --- p' 109 110 sid 2 155 1 31 1 i 301 1 6a 107 631 4 i 4 244 5 i 12 i 77 i 28 7i 8i 59_ 86151 50 [22 1 4 104 3?; 96i 88 i i i 18 i 17i 18; 9 8i lost 1251 164 5 95i 6 5i 20i 20 33 2i 3i Z 79' i 47 100 100 20 50 25 St. St. St. St. . ... --43 p 8 g - 88 131 i 11 11 10 6 P d 4 p par p L 49 -- 150 P 224 -23 i 5i- 6 1 -- 102 --104 24i -25 A 23 -- 2i 7p 11 -- 1 4 -- 18 i i - 1i p 16 - •17 id---i p 25 _ 2 64 19 - 20 .d par .02 - 104 - - IP BANKS. 71 - 694 57 - 51 15 - 164 29 - 30 31 .-- ... 18 19 32 - 45 - 46; i*i = 20 38 - 39 - 161 -- 17,4 - 13 473- 50 6 - 63 1 7 - 18 39H 40 22 1 0 i 80 40i 1 40i 77i 6i 7i 6i 141 i 61 i2l/ 2, 2 pm Pm 1 ~ ~~.~ 11498 50 11.03 i 3 21 i 102 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED EIiiNTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices RAILWAYS, Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Glas. Bain•. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New 304 304 304 all 100 all 100 121 12: 20 20 12i St. St. 25, 11 'lOO 100 18 Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L: N.W. Caledon Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New & Bow Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do 30 - 31 293 - 303 Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw D o . Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... 'Manch.l3ston. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 52i -53 i 149 ' - 151 33 - 33, Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W & Stckton & Darlingt. Midland Midld.Bradfd. Northe3. sp an .c d Eastern . Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.e' Prest. & Wyre lE. Count Do L. d&/N. W &Lnd; Yk Do Do. i Shares. Roystn.d/Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. (St Gt.Northn l Do Gooleg. 5.p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do.. . . ........ ••• Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do - 1561 - 115 57 27 - 28 14 - 14 1 25 - 26 1 19 - 191 3 - 33 1.6 e 64 - 6G 15 . 9 - 152 149 - 151 i a Wilts &Somrstl IGt-Westu. -- 105 i -- 106, B0;0 done• ksi s ' FOREIGN. Shr. Paid 0 ,10 0 nu o . e .r 3 ,, RAILWAYS. Closing Prices illi s ------- --- th 5 3 Belgia n E asn t . J unct. 1 -- 2 -- 20 all Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon..... ... .. 20 all Charleroi &Erquelin. 13 15 1 4 176 all Demerara — ... 20 6 Dijon and Besanon 46 -- iiP 20 8 Dutch Rhenish IA 1 d _, 20 all East Indian —9l P / A 5 all Gt. I n di an P en i nsula 2g _.28 P I T 20 4 Gd. Jura. of France 3 —36 P I ° 206 106 GtAiresternof Canada Shares par 1 p •• • ... Do. Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 ... 20 , . Do. Bds. (2d i55.)1862 ... •- • 14 Luxemb ourg 7l 7 10 10 Do. (Rail way ) 5 54 6 5 1* Do. 5 26 Do. (C ana l) 1 - It 20 5 Lyons and Avignon lO —l2 p i 20 46 Madras , 24 —3 P 15 33* 29 Maria Antonia ... ••• 10 10 Do. New ••• 20 all Namur & Liege (with 9 41 I il interest) 8 9 81 1 --- 71 6 i s 20 all Do. (ex inte res t) 6 16 all North ern o f F rance 344 354 351 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams. Shs.) 15 151 151 10 all Norwegian'TrunkPref ... ... 20 11 Orlean s & Bordeaux ... -- ••• ,f i 20 10 Paris an d L yons 164 —17 p ~a, 40 28 Do. Bonds. — ... 20 all Paris and Orleans 65 67 20 all Paris and Rouen 3B —4O 20 all Paris an d St ras b ourg 334 344 341 4 20 4 Paris Cain &Cherbrg. 41 —54 P 104 24 Quebe c &Richmond —i P i ll 20 all Roue n an d H avre 2O, 214 I. / i L'' 20 all Sambre and M euse ll4 12 11 s 20 4 St. And. & Quebec(A) c , ... 20 17 Tours an d Nantes .... ... 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 54 10 4 Do. 56 per c. Pref ... . 20 9 Western of France 94 —104 p ..........,..„../ MINES. .------ 1 all Agua Fria ..... ....... . 4_ 8•5 1 iP - I 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 3— 4 P u 20 5 Australian 4— 1 i i i Australian Freehold — 4 p ill 1 1all all Australian Cordillera 1d par 1 all Ave Maria 4 par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4d— * - 1 ; 20 13 . 5 British Austrin. Gold 4 d par t 20 5 British Iron 7 .-8 35 2 44 trazilianlmp.(issued , at £ 5 pm 4 5 30 a ll Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 304 1 all Carsons's Creek p ar -* p 1 40 all Cobre Copper 43 —45 4 1 5 Colonial Gold lg —lap A g ... 141 copiapo 7-- 74 7 5 all English and Austin 20 all Copper Smeltg. Co: 4 p a r. General - .. . 81 1 all G o ld en Mountain l- 1 d 3 all Great Polgooth 1 1,3 p 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty l4 — 14 p 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 4 d ..I 1 all Mariquita W i p I 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 4g 5 1 all New Granada par— -IP 2 1 1 1 all Nouveau Monde l6 — ‘ ll P s 1s 1 all Port Philip 4— 1P 1 all Quartz Rock 4d par ,„1 50 all Rl* mme Iron l9 21 I's 90 104 S an ti ago de Cuba l4 146 14, 1 all South Aust ra li an ...., par P i t 10 7 Tin Croft ...... ........ . 10 7 1 --__ 114 8 ' - ii i 28* all United Mexican 1 all West Mariposa p ar 1 all Y u b a 4 -- 41) SHREWSBURY RAv (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) Black Jack Henrietta . Telescope . The Severn Stakes. Steeplechase. 1 .••.. $ Heroine Sir Edward SPORTING INTELLIGEJ' SHREWSBURY AUTUMN R-A-s - jt , TUESDAY. A 0" nO,P s The Astley House Stakes of 5 sovs. each, an got, " s oP'' for two-year-olds, colts, 9st ; and filli, r e6 'o, Winner to be sold for 10 sovs. &c. TA '11) Mr. G. Taylor's Knight of the Thistle (300 , 0 0 " - 0,4 1 ,ft) -, ,1 Mr. Dawson's Ada (301.), 7st 41b ............ (.0-',zoot" Mr. Parker's Evening Star ( 301.), 7st 41b.•••• ( "' Three others started. „,lev Won cleve r ly b y th ree parts of a lengt h ; en d fte tween second and thi r d . The Shrewsb ur y H an di cap of 5 sous. each, sfv.o6l° added ; the seco n d t o rece i ve 10 :o s v . s. 311 ", al t ill# to pay 10 so vs . expenses. About two quarter. 37 subs., 9of whom declared. /8 0,10 - ,) 5 Mr. W. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, 6st 101b.- 1 ' . : 0 6) Mr. Dawson's Bit of Blue, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Ws' u ler''" , u Mr. Foulkes's Charley, 5 yrs, Est llb ...... yit Ten others started. Ae on 4. Betting-2 to 1 ags t D ou bt (t), 7 Cco„' Fawn, 4 to 1 agst Bit o f Bl ue , 6t o 1 ag i , s 'i v iric.Pioc e r 7 to 1 agst Little Da v i e , an d 8 t o 1 a gst dl Won by a neck a ft er a fi ne rac e 1W CA 10 g Charley a bad third. „ D O' The Maiden Plate of 201., added to a 8 / ( ' - iistito,; 4 ,11) 4 sovs. each. One mile and a bag ' I IOOT - p ii) 6st 1111).,•` Mr. Isaac Day's Octavia, 3 yrs, Mr. Tempest's Cripple Kate, 4 yrs, 7st 11/ ";r. icr ea j Three others ran. W on in a cli a l if d e : O A The Column Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 10 S tisc eP -° with 50 added ; the second to r eceiv e „,„ o t 0 0 g o , ' the winner to pay 10 sovs. expenses. 14 ", - pc.la and a quarter. 46 subs., 13 of ,toa) each. Weddqiiff) Mr. Dawson's Bit of Bl ue , 3 yrs, 6 s t 61b Mr. Halford's Lady Bibina ' 6 yrs, Est ,`,,,"iellg m. Twelve others r an . Won by ha l ' - MARKET NEWS--{T 11S PA , CORN EXCHANG -r " ut, ff e ro v li m mi od t e e r d a The show of English wheat in to-day's Win dse ;eo 81.1 f 1 te an r ( equ in est w : pr ices - & live , and last .1 -, - ,, . rO . OO .. rp ported. Very little was doing for forwa rd ' oof2 the growers were firm. ha .ir hest r - Upwards of 16,000 quarters of foreign eat t0°08044 in low and middling qualities , fresh to hand this week. Several inlandtrane3cv 1013:ir ch i e fly for ,d. 0 o tion ; but all other kinds were much nei le fr 0tP 9131 4 of floating cargoes refused to sell exnerib ' ti ow i n the 4 rencies. tions no change took place. Barley and malt were in steady request. ea 00 4 n ew at barely stationary price off slowly; II The show of oats being good, the oat trade rn i 000 Beans, peas, and flour, moved the quotations were well sup ported. voa r i anaivAris Tnis Nvasg. Oaf 1,63 I 520 4,360 , . 2 0 0,47U Wheat. I Barley. I Malt. I 4o_ 930 I -- I 10, 47° I —— 10,390 : 1,500 English .. Irish .• • • Foreign .. I I I 4 1 1013 . c i s of n° for aonallx,ls,l;ll,day. BOROUGH Our market continues steady ! at prices fully equal to those pail WHITECHAPEL. f&l price4,o; steadily, a t - iyo , Prime beef and mutton moved off Bee f, , otherwise the demand w as in a sluggish state. .1. _, 0 2s Od to 3s 6d; Mutton , 2s 8d to 4s Od; V 0 vca Pork, 2s 6d to 4s Od per Sibs. by the earcAs.' 134 8i 53 4 94i 5 65 25 8 9 25 19 21 i 1271 9i 10 3i 1161 711 1 Vc P.m. F u garri: as w€ won a f uja liiagt( Taz 1 (Bet°. Thi of 1W ber cc , uar taint prop, 34/ Balla Th ferret In 4 truf do ludic Mr. Tha, Af an 0 Whiel and Sa ,eharl iler f A. §rnit i tig . } TI alth c !erio It Iv , that Of h( men 11 dati( oth e sent 'Pac .....„ ---__ by t 1 all ei2