The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

MORNING SUN THE NEW PEERS AND BARONETS. Now ready, in one large volume, comprising as much matter as 20 ordinary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings, &c., 38s. bd. MR. BURKE'S NEW PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE ; Containing ALL the NEWLY-CREATED PEERS and BARONETS, With full Details. " Mr. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage is the most com plete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. MORIER'S NEW ORIENTAL WORK. Now ready, in 3 vols., post B vo. , T H M I R Z A. By JAMES MORIER, Esq., Author of " Hajji Baba," " Zohrab," &c., " One of the most amusing works of its class that ever de lighted the public."—Literary Gazette. " Full of the most amusing illustrations of the manners of the Persians. Mr. Monier has fairly won for himself the re pute of being the unrivalled master of the true Oriental style." —Morning Herald. Richard Bentley, New Burlinton-street. To be hal at all dr.; Libraries. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI VIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO 5,000 400 1,500 200 1,000 150 800 120 HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time .5,0001., 18,000 L, 9,0001, 5,0001., 3,6001., &c. &c. Sm., to London ; 3,6001., 800 L, and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley; 3,6001. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,2001. to Portleaven Harbour ; 9001., 7001. and 600/. to Li verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; 900/. and 600/. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire) ; 600/. to Bideford ; 6001. to Cork ; 6001. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, without delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. £llO £7O 100 60 90 50 80 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, NOV. 2, Will be produced Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White °roves° Mr. Leffler ; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble (her first appearance upon the English Stage). After which the Farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM.— Marquis de Lancy, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Doctor, Mr. W. Far ren ; La Fleur, Mr. Harley ; Jeffrey, Mr. Meadows ; Con stance, Miss Cooper ; Lisette, Mrs. Orger. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken f Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andre ws, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Wonderful Novelty ! Two Equestrian Spectacles in one Even ing. "Blenheim "at Half-price, and more New Scenes in the Circle. THIS EVENING, NOV. 2. _ Will be presented the gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle, entitled CHARLEMAGNE ; THE STEED OF CHIVALRY ! introducing Mr. Ducrow's magnificent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfreys, Fairy Poneyt, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix'Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, THE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED ; embracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. '_INDER THE DIREdfIbN OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Continued succession of Novelties, first week of another New Domestic Drama, and second week of " Katty O'Shiel," and " Simon Lee." THIS EVENING, NOV. 2. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS VINCENT. Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK OF THE HEART ; OR, THE STORY OF AGNES PRIMROSE.—Wm. Norwynne, Mr. Dale; Henry, Mr. Seaman • Old Primrose, Mr. Cullen • Ralph, Mr. Gard. ner ; Agnes , Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Do.. mestic Drama. After which the immensely popular Interlude of NATURE AND ART.—Gabbleton, Mr. Gardner ; Eliza Proscenia Ar dent, Miss Vincent. To conclude with JONATHAN BRADFORD ; or, the MURDER at the ROAD-SIDE INN.—Jonathan Bradford, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Dan Macraisy, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Farmer Nelson, Mr. Dale ; Ccelebs Scrimmidge, Mr. Gardner ; Jaek Rackbottle, Mr. Paul ; Ann, Mrs. Lee ; Sally, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, ls.— Gallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes anly, at Half-past Eight. To-morrow, Wreck of the Heart, Katt) , O'Shiel, and Raf facile the Reprobate. THE RAILWAY SUN. NOTICE.—A New Edition of the RAILWAY SUN is in preparation, and will be PUB LISHED in the course of THIS WEEK. ruE CHINA SUN, AND TILE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Nov. 2, 1841. THE WEATHER.—NOON, NOVEMBER 1. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer.. 55 I Highest 5l Lowest Barometer 29.85.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. M )ruing 23 minutes after 3 I Evening .42 minutes after 3. C.,f:57, - , A• *, ": , :,,•:`,..w..i 5 `,.&4, ~,,,,,.' • ' . '' . • r. ,..2,..; . A A55 ),,:,.<,, iM.4.::_ t ~ _ s 4 )::-.4e.•11' , • . t . ~ , - vP. 5e . 7 0-4-;:'„ 1 t0", - __. - fV7f._Z"';''. , , zappt::-1. - m: 4 * m 0 '.,...-•,,,, - 4 1' s. 0 , 0 t ---"" ' -,.; -..,...., 7-..... t .•- - - • , Cite o; flt& . LONDON: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1841. MOW. one large measure through Parliament in one Session—as the Beer Bill in 1830, Catholic Emancipation in 1829, and the Bill with the Slid ing Scale inlB2B—there are already great questions enough mooted in the public, to which Sir R. PEEL and his friends must give mature consideration, to occupy Parliament for at least a dozen years. The registration of electors in Ireland. must be, as Lord STANLEY has asserted, attended to; the Registration Courts of England are a nuisance, by common accord ; the franchise, as at present settled, is terrifically unpopular and inadequate ; the Church, in its middle state, of not enough and too much, cannot be left as it is ; the Church of Scotland is in a condition of quasi rebellion ; Corn and Provision-laws, sliding scale and fixed duties, sugar duties, timber duties—of which the shipping interest out of London begin to com plain most bitterly and justly—with many other equally great questions, pressed for consideration before the affair of the Exchequer bills was, and still press for consideration after it has been, discovered. What further calls will be made on the Government besides this and the provi sion for the burnt down arsenal, time must bring forth ; but enough has already transpired to prove that Sir ROBERT PEEL has cut his mea sures too fine by postponing legislation on the most pressing questions of finance and commerce till February, expecting then to have tune and opportunity calmly to discuss them. We cannot even say that much progress is made in giving satisfaction to the public on the subject of the Exchequer bills. It is perceived and said that the stamp will be no security, for that may be imitated and forged as soon as seen, and will only serve to give validity to the fictitious bills. People who hold doubtful bills will not carry them to the Exchequer on the chance of the bills being detained, particularly as it is said that the adjustment of the bill with the counterfoil is not a certain test of spurious ness or reality, and they will, nevertheless, make their claim on the Government. The process of verification of such as are carried to the Comp troller's Office, is extremely slow, and no person can foresee when, if ever, confidence in this security will be restored. The public anxiously look, too, for some deci sion on the part of the Government relative to its responsibility. A SLETT'S case, it is justly said, throws no light whatever on Mr. SMITH'S case, and the law regarding it is held to be ex tremely doubtful, which detracts from the value of the genuine security. All the proceedings, too, are secret, and nobody knows, except by surmises and conjectures, who are concerned in the extensive fraud. Suspicion and distrust are nourished by this mystery in conducting the in vestigation, so opposed to our customs; reputa tions are whispered away, and private credit, on which so much depends, as well as public credit, receives every day a severe blow. The longer the settlement of this unexpected occurrence is delayed, by the dilatory proceedings at the Treasury and at the Exchequer-office, the severer will be its influence on credit, and the more it will add to commercial embarrassment. Since the first issue of Exchequer bills, towards the year 1696, no such blow has been inflicted on this security ; and, now that they are tainted, they infect other species of paper. Suspicions are whispered that shares in Joint Stock Compa nies, and a variety of other negotiable securities, may be spurious, as well as Exchequer bills. If the Government, with all its power and precau tions, could not guard against forgery, how can a private company, whose servants are poorly paid ? If you cannot trust gentlemen, with al most princely incomes, whom can you trust ? Wide-spread and deep are the suspicions to which Mr. SMITH'S conduct has given rise; and the whole subject, for the sake of public and private credit, cannot be settled too soon. The Government must hasten to make its own views known, and it must cease to carry on its inquisi tions into a great offence in secresy. An open investigation, before the ordinary tribunals, is alike due to the public and the persons implicated. According to an observation in the Morning Herald on Saturday, our national policy at pre _ sent is opposed to our population swarming off into the United States. Our Contemporary said— " The permanent opening of our ports would doubtless divert the stream of emigration now flowing from the United Kingdom to our own colonies towards the north western States of America, and thus beget greatly in- creased supplies from that quarter. In this prospective diversion of British emigration to the United States there is another formidable argument against a free trade in corn. Such a trade would by this means be destructive of our colonial progression and prosperity. And it cannot be denied that in the present position of our relations with the republic any augmentation of its population, at the expense of Australia or Canada, is whollyppposed to our national policy. " The wild and glowing descriptions lately made by a republican orator to the goubemouches of Manchester and Leeds of the States we have named, ought to be regarded only as puffing advertisements for the sale of lands therein, and crimping tricks for the emigration thereto of British labour." National policy of course means the policy which is pleasing to the ruling classes, or mainly the landlords, and, according to the Herald, they are at present opposed to our starving people taking refuge in republican America. To open our ports, it is admitted, would direct emigration to the United States, which would provide a li beral home for such of our population as chose to go thither, and " beget greatly increased. sup plies" of food for those who remained in Eng land. The people would not go thither, it is clear, unless it were advantageous to them : and it is equally clear that for some to go thither would he advantageous to those they left behind. Both would be provided with food, and both those who went and those who remained at home might rear families in comfort. Who or what prevents this great acces sion of happiness and strength to two branches of the same human family ? The landlords, who will not open our ports. The landlords who, jealous of some rival aristocracy, or fearful of the growth of republican America, call it a national policy to keep our people from going any where except to Australia or Canada, where they may continue to toil for behoof of the landlords and their sup porters. These distant colonies form a portion of the territory which the landlords govern, and thither only will they, if they can help it, suffer the toiling people to repair. This is carrying the power of the aristocracy to a most exorbi tant length. It betrays a desire and a determi nation to keep the masses in a state of depen dence, in which they must labour, as if serf dom still prevailed, regardless of their own hap piness, to promote the wealth and greatness of the landlords. But have those who maintain this system Sir ROBERT PEEL has evidently drawn his policy too fine. He has either forgotten, or never learnt, that admirable maxim of DAVID HUME, to the effect," that in schemes of general policy you should always leave a l arge marg i n for contingencies." Sir ROBERT put off the con sideration of financial and commercial reform till February, that he might have nearly all the intervening period to study those subjects. The least observation of recent Parliamentary his tory must convince every man that each recess Own work for eac h Session, and brings its that Parliament is already overwhelmed with a (neater arrear of business, whether it be set down in the paper or not, than the Court of Ch ancer y . W hat . may hap pen between this and February to engross the immediate attention of Parliament when it meets, mortal man cannot say ; but this we know, that the forgery of Exchequer bills by a Government officer, a thing which we believe never happened before, has completely vitiated the paper put into circulation by the Govern ment, injured its credit, and will compel it to provide temporarily for the floating debt, proba bly even before it attends to commercial and financial reform. To the Bank of England, and perhaps to a few of the largest and safest banks of the metropolis and in Scotland—so far as they keep in their coffers only those Exchequer bills which they have received direct from the Exchequer Bill office, in exchange for those they previously held, and hold none bought in the market—this Vitiation of the Government paper money may not cause much inconvenience ; but to the capi talists who vest their spare money in these bills —to the bankers, who have bought them in the market, and hold them in readiness to meet demands —to nearly all the monied classes of the kingdom, who hold portions of the favourite and hitherto untainted security, the forgery will cause inconceivable inconvenience. They are not a class whom a Tory Government can afford to treat with contempt, as it treats the starving people at Bolton, Carlisle, Stockport, Leeds, Paisley, and Manchester ; it must attend to their complaints, and that will add one large item to its cares which it wot not of when it threw over, till next Session, the gigantic sub ject of commercial and financial reform. According to the old Tory plan, which is at present much lauded by Tory scribes, of getting considered its consequences ? The statement of the Herald implies that a great mutual benefit would accru e t o E ng l an d an d A mer i ca from Permanently opening ourports. It would give her a suppl y of commodity. I t labour, would establishw hic h is h a e r m e o a s t surplus ficial exchange. For what purpose have the Red men been chased from the prairies and the forests, if the hand of the white man is not to till and use those bounteous gifts of Provi dence ? In the United States there are immense tracts of fertile lands wooing the industry of our civilized people ; in England there is an immense number of ingenious, clever men, thirstin g ' panting, and, with their families, dying for land to cultivate. They are invited to go to America; they would willingly go, but our na tional policy, which means the proud and self willed determination of the landlords to keep the population enslaved, or their hatred of re publicanism, prohibits them from going. By what right does the Government thus act? How can it answer to GOD or its own subjects for extinguishing so much happine ss or causing so much misery ? With one voice the whole of England loudly blames Louis PHILIPPE for the bloodshed which his intrigues and his inordinate and unjust ambition have shed in Spain : but the mischief he has caused is not a tithe so great as the mischief effected by that fiscal regulation which shuts our ports, di verts the stream of emigration from the United States, and mars the prosperity of two nations. The comfort of the multitude is not to be sacri ficed to what interested men call national policy or national glory. To •n9,r the prosperity of two great nations, is to make the Goverintient the enemy of the human race. From the mo ment it assumes that character, it becomes a question whether it be not the duty of men to destroy it. Let it persevere in such a course, and mankind will be constrained to sweep it away as an unbearable nuisance. In a Minute concerning slavery in the East Indies, drawn up by Lord AUCKLAND, dated May 6, 1841, and recently published, is the fol nut that effugion of blood which wa9 apprehended front the sanguinary character ui the Spanish people. The Illoniteur of Saturday publishes the following telegraphic despatches:— " Tin SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE TO THE MINISTER OF THE THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1841. to Mr. ehrist , Ther. according to the same veracious authoAlLies, all spcak nothing' hot (i ,:spe truth, we must be wrong in asserting that the corn exported to the United States in 1837 was of foreign growth, and Mr. Christopher must speak truth in saying that it was of English growth. If it were of English growth, how came our people to be so badly off for food in 1837 and in 1838? The Standard, another and well-known candidate for Munchausen honours, made the same assertion as Mr. Christopher, and made it before him. Unfortunately, too, for Mr. Chris topher's reputation for acuteness, as well as ori ginality, he borrowed the Munchausen story from the Standard after it had been refuted. The Liverpool Albion remarked, more than a week ago, that every bushel of the 984,334 bushels was foreign corn, which had, for a long period, lain in bond, and the owners of which, seeing no chance of its_ being liberated under the sliding scale, except at a loss, embraced the opportunity of the scarcity in the United States to send it thither, as the least of two evils. Mr. Christopher, the Standard, and Lord Stanley, are all aspirants to the Munchausen chair; and, without pretending to decide for the public, we must give it as our own opinion that Tambof Stanley has still the best claim to sit in it. The Standard has made a far more important discovery than how to set the Thames on fire — namely, how to preserve public buldings from fire, and the public securities from forgery. Economy, according to our severely logical Con tempory, set fire to the Houses of Parliament, and the Royal Exchange, forged the Exchequer Bills, and destroyed the arsenal at the Tower. Extravagance, therefore, exorbitant salaries, numerous sinecures—these things, so dear to the Tory heart—many public servants with nothing to do, and at large salaries, is the sure means to guarantee the public against fire and forgery. So complete an exposition in few words of the whole scheme of Tory policy, as "pay an im mense army of Tory officials for doing nothing, and everything will be done that ought to be," we never bcforo Inc.t. With. Unfortunately for the Tory policy, the public revenue will not admit that it be carried into execution, and the extravagant, truculent Tories must continue to see our public buildings destroyed by fire, and our public institutions assailed by the press, be cause they have no longer either the funds or the power to give effect to their waste and their tyranny. THE FIRE IN THE TOWER.—We have received several additional communications respecting this unfortunate event, but they contain no news of any importance. Most of the fire-engines had left last night, and, in all probability, operations will be commenced to-day for clearing out the ruins. We believe the number of muskets in the armoury was about 100,000, and the loss altoge ther—taking into account the re-building of tha armoury, and making good the arms destroyed, will not exceed 400,0001. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. There was no feature to-day in the English Stock Market, although apparently less buoyancy prevailed. The Exchequer Bill business is a sad clog upon the market. For immediate transfer Consols ranged from 88+ to 881, and for Account from 884 to 884. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 984 to 98+, and the Three per Cent. Annuities 87+. India Bonds were par, and India Stock 243+ to 244+. The Foreign Market exhibits very few symptoms of activity, and prices vary but little. Spanish Active Bonds to-dav were at 20+ to 204 ; Mexican Bonds 24:1 to 254 ; Colombian, 19 ; Brazilian, 564, being rather higher ; Belgian, 100, ex -div. ; Russian, 1121 ; French Five per Cents., 115, which is 1 per cent. advauoe ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 514. The Railway Shares were rather easier of sale to-day, the principal lines closing at the following quotations : Great Western were 12 to 124 ; the New 5.-} to 6 ; Bir mingham, 66 ; and South Western , 124 to 13+ prem. ; Brighton were 151 to 15 ; Midland Counties, 17 to 19 ; and North Midland, 71 dis. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 11 to 11, and Union of Australia, 41 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 30.—Tho intel ligence received by the Acadia, has had little or no effect upon the Cotton Market to-day The sales comprise about 3,000 bales to the trade, without any change in the quotations of yesterday's circular. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 30.—The Market continues uniform without any tendency to improvement. Grand Junction, 190 191 ; Half Shares, 95+ ; Quarter ditto, 46+ ; Great Western Half Shares, 544 ; Eastern Counties Debentures, 74. .In Bank and other local stocks nothing doing. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 30. The favourable news received this morning by the Acadia, of the acquittal of M'Leod, has not materially affected our market to-day, though an improvement in prices generally, is anticipated. Some business has been done in London and South Westerns at 514 ; Liverpool and Manchester Half Shares at 92 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarter Shares, 21. 15s. 3d. ; and Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, at 91. 18s. 9d. ; Manchester and Leeds Old Shares may be quoted at 134 to 144 dis. ; Bank of Manchester, 51. per share. The English Stock Market opened fiat and heavy this morning. Consols are per cent. lower than on Saturday ; they are now quoted 894 4 for Money, and 894 1 for the Account,. The decline is chiefly attributed to the melancholy occurrence of the fire in the Tower. Exchequer Bills are still without a quotation. The Spanish Securities also opened flat; the Active Stock 204 4 ; 'Passive, 41 b; Deferred, 10+ ; Portu guese Fives, 171 184 ; Ditto, Threes, 171 18+. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 30. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 96k 'Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 84} Ditto New 1830......... 96; Ditto 4 per cent .. 3i per Celt. Debs. Quebec papers to Oct. 12 have been received. The number of emigrants arrived there up to the 9th were 28,175 To corresponding period last year Increase in favour of 1841 The Hamburgh mail, with the letters and papers of Friday, has just arrived. Exchange comes i shilling lower, 13 5 ; Gold the same as before. The English Stock Market still continues heavy, with out any business doing. Consols for Money are quoted 88k 1, and for the Account, 881 sellers ; Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities are marked 87i ; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, 97* ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cent., 98i. The Foreign Market is also heavy. Spanish Stock is 201 ; Colombian, 19; Brazilian, 561; Dutch Five per Cents. 99. The Share Market presents no alteration worthy of notice. London and Brighton Railway Shares were last quoted at 351. per Share; Midland Counties, 83; York and North Midland, 79. Consols, Money, 88R-; Account, 881; Spanish, 2011; No business whatever doing. We have just learned that Exchequer Bills will be re ceived at the Government Department for inspection from 10 till dusk, and will be returned, if genuine, on the following day, receipts being given in the mean time. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — t India Stock ........2441 3 per Cent Red. B7a Ditto Bonds — pr 3 per Cent Cons BB* Ditto Old Annuities ... 85i 31 per Cent Red 971 Ditte New Annuities... New 31 per Cent 9Ba Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d pro New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. . Jan 1860 .. Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. — !Consols for Acct BB4. FOREIGN FUNDS. . , . Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOO Ditto , New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.......... 561 'Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent ll2/ Chian, 6 per cent...... ,Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... 181 Spanish, 5 per cent 2Ol )itto, 1824 )anis, 3 per cent 7Bl French, 5 per cent.llsf. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2/ per cent. ... 51i Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 551 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ......... ... .. 28 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid 56 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 35 London and Birmingham (90) ......... ... .. 156 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 52 London and South Western Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway ( MO paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) Ditto Thirds (10 paid) York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 79 Ditto New Shares (15 paid) REPEALERS IN Am ERICA.—An Irish Re peal meeting was held in Boston a few evenings since. One of the speakers stated that the Bostonians had transmitted no less than 3001. sterling, to the Dublin Association. Also, that two American eagles of the newest issue of the mint, had been sent as testimonials "to two individuals, who distinguished themselves by their patriotism, in a peculiar manner, at the late general election in Ireland. The first was to a Miss Munroe, of Waterford, whose brother was led from his home to the poll by the agent of his Tory landlord. His sister fol lowed him, even to the entrance of the booth of the ribald Tory party, and the moment she got near enough to speak to him, elevated her hand, and exclaimed— " Rembember your soul and your country." The brother's spirits sunk under her rebuke, and he left the hustings without casting his vote. The other medal was sent to a coal porter. While the voting was going on in Dublin, he was standing in a group, who were cheering for Daniel O'Connell. Near them was another group of the Tory party, one of whom became so furious at the cheers for O'Connell, that he fired a pistol in among his friends. The ball struck the coal porter in the hand. As soon as he recovered from the momentary shock caused by the wound, the magnanimous fellow raisad his bleeding and shattered limb towards his assailant, and said; " See there ; but if you will vote for O'Connell, I will forgive you 1" Struck by the porter's sublime patriotic magnanimity, the man who fired at him changed sides, and actually voted for O'Connell. We can think of nothing in ancient or modern times to surpass this anecdote.--American Paper. INTIRIOR. " Bayonne, Oct. 28. " Madrid was quiet on the 25th inst. Brigadier-General Quiroga y Frias has been sentenced to death." CATALONIA. " THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 21ST MILITARY DIVI- SION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. "Perpignan, Oct. 29. " The demolition of the bastions, called the King and Queen of the Barcelona citadel, began on the 26th, at nine A.m., in presence of the Junta of Vigilance, and of the municipality. The National Guards afterwards defiled on the square of the Constitution, before the Members of the Junta, each individual holding in his hand a stone of the citadel. General Zabala and the political Chief have protested against this act of demoli tion. The remainder of the troops of the line at Barce lona had been directed towards the frontiers on the 25th. In the afternoon the 3d battalion of the National Militia had taken possession of the citadel." The same official Journal announces Royal or dinances dated the 25th ult., appointing Baron DE BILLING Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, to replace M. ROHAN CHABOT, who has been acting as Charge d'Affaires at Alexandria since M. COCHELET'S departure. Baron DE LANGS DORFF, First Secretary of the French Embassy in Vienna, goes to the Brazils as Minister, in place of Baron ROUEN. The Marquis DE CHAS SELOUP LAUBAT, Deputy, is named Envoy to the Germanic Confederation, in place of Baron DEF FAUDIS. And Baron DE BORQUENEY for Con stantinople, to replace the Count DE PoNToss. More diplomatic movements are announced by the Constitutionnel. That paper states that M. HUMANN, jun., will be named First Secretary of the Berlin Embassy. M. LUTTEROCH Will be appointed First Secretary at the Turin Embassy. M. HAUSSONVILLE was expected to be the First Secretary of the French Embassy here, and MM. MERCIER, DE MERODE, CONASSIN, and the Marquis DE CONTADES would accompany, as attaches, M. SALVANDY to Madrid. For some days past we have heard of an intention to suspend the fortifications, and to execute 5 or 600 lea gues of iron railway, which will cost 5 or 600 millions of francs. It is said that the Deputies who are coming to Paris, are a little ashamed of having suffered themselves, last year, to be led away to vote for the bastilles ; that the opinions of the provinces had had its influence on them, and that on the eve of new elections, they comprehend the necessity of repairing as far as possible the fault which they have committed.—Gazette de France. We are assured that M. Charles Lucas, Inspector - General of Prisons, is gone to Mont St. Michel, with instructions from the Minister of the Interior to ascertain the truth of the statements of Mme. Caries, sister of Barbes, concerning the internal administration of the prison. It was stated yesterday at the Luxembourg that in consequence of the additional number of persons ar rested as accomplices in the attempt of Quenisset, the reading of the act of accusation is indefinitely post poned.— Temps. A letter from Berne of the 20th of October says-- " The Diet in its sitting to-day, foreseeing the impossi bility of a majority being obtained to decide at length, either one way or the other, the unfortunate affair of tho convents of Argovia, has unanimously voted the adjourn ment of its sitting till information shall have been re ceived: from the Valais, respecting the absence of the Deputies of that State. Angry words passed between the Deputy of Berne, President of the Diet, and the De puty of Neuchatel."—Conzmerce. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 30. irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price.. Price French 5 per Cents ll5 SO ... 115 40 ... 115 30 ... 115 40 3 per Cent 5 .. .... ...... 79 65 .. 79 7,) 79 65 ... 79 73 LoanBo E 5 ... 85 80 85 ... 80 85 Rank or France Bel ian 5 per Cents g b per Cents., 1549 lOl% 102 ... 101% ... Dutch 2)4 per Cents. 544 5`2 52S 1 521, 2 bpAlllah Acuve 21% ... 21% ... 21% 21% 4 Ta 5 ••• 5 ••• 4% Neapolitan lO5 ... 105 20 ... 115 105 20 Rowan ..•• 104 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 725 ... 725 725 725 Versaiiles,L.B 2Ol 25 201 25 ... 200 ... 200 R. B 3ll 25 ... 911 25 ... 911 25 ... 311 25 Rouen ......... 450 450 ... 450 ... 450 Orleans . 478 75 ... 478 75 ... 478 75 ... 478 75 Strasburgtoßale.shares red. 2.85 ... 235 ... 235 235 THE NORWICH CHARTISTS continue, we see, alive to the importance of the cause they have taken in hand, and active in supporting it. The clergy, it appears, persist in their design to hold a meeting to obtain subscriptions for the propaga tion of the Gospel, which has called forth the following letter. W e re-publish it, because, as the Editor of the Norwich Mercury remarks, it lays bare the danger to which the peace of the country is expotied : TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORWICH MERCURY. SlR—The letter of the Dean of Norwich to the Mayor of this city is an insult to the working classes, and shows the difference between cant and Christianity. When poverty with hollow cheek and sunken eyes is stalking through the land, when the starving millions are lifting up their hands, and with one voice calling aloud for bread, what must be the feelings of the working man who, returning home destitute to his famished wife and children, announces to them that a public meeting has been called at St. Andrew's Hall !—not to con sider what steps are to be taken to provide against the consequences of the coming winter, when cold shall be added to hunger, and the tide of human misery shall rise up so high as to flow in at the rich man's door ; nor to pass a resolution that "no rich man can lay his head with safety on his pillow, while the multitude are famishing in the midst of plenty"—but for what ? Why to sub scribe money to build churches, and to propagate the gospel in foreign lands !! ! Great God, can these men be Christians ? Did the great Founder of our faith thus :feed the multitude when they were a-hungered ? When they asked him for bread, did he give them a stone, a church ? Does the Dean of Norwich think that the o - arving operatives of this city will sit mute, and see their misery mocked by an appeal to the charity of the public in be half of an object so vague and questionable, when real and palpaple poverty, gaunt and meagre, surrounds him on all sides and stares him in the face ? Are these men o blinded with wealth and luxury that they cannot see a cloud gathering afar off, and read in the voices of the e opie the hand-writing on the wall. Ignorant and c espic able as we are, we have sense enough to know that nran was not made to perish in the midst of plenty. Instead of challenging us to another meeting at Saint ./..ndrew's Hall to witness an exhibition of ostentatious c parity, why does he not call together the rich and the F mat, axl make a gathering for the immediate and press i3g wants of thousands of his fellow-citizens ? What would be thought of a man who went abroad to do acts of c •harity, when his children were left starving at home? Alt hough I have no hopes that you will make this pub lic, the Dean will find us at our post at Saint Andrew's Hal 1, when he will have another opportunity of seeing that ; the voices of a starving people c ann ot be stifled. A CHARTIST. I n that letter is much matter for reflection, and of grave and solemn warning. Is it possible 1. hal. the ruling classes can be blind to the conse q uevees of continuing to run in their present vree.r MEIaCANTILE MARINE.—We were misled by ih a language used by the Shipping Gazette to :.u:p:pose that it contemplated some plan of giving o t he mercantile marine a military rank and link Form. We have since been informed by that Jon irnal that its proposition was to establish a dot ird to license masters and mates of merchant shil )s, as pilots are licensed. We have not so mut di confidence in such Boards and licenses as our Contemporary. It is a French fashion, and it is rather disgraceful for the most successful mail time power in the world to copy from the i e:t st successful. Our Contemporary gives the fol lo wing instances of ships being badly officered, wh are lamentable proofs that ship-owners are inadequate to govern their own property, and way, perhaps, suggest to some persons another cause for the reported decay of our shit Ting than reciprocity treaties. Shipowners are v ery often now mere capitalists, and no lon ger, as they used to be, seamen or shipmasters. They want a Board to help out their own defi cienci " W e have, for instance," says the Shipping Gazette, " a vet sel navigated home from the coast of Africa by a boy, one of the crew ; the mate had died—he was the former navigator, the master being ignorant of that art. A ship bound to India loses her master at sea, and after wr,rds falling in with another vessel, borrows a mate that - al ae may continue the voyage, having no person on boat 11 capable of directing her course. A vessel from a Scot ch port bound to Calcutta arrived at the Cocoas ! A ship ,wl lose master was killed by accident, left two mates, neit) ier t.f whom was trustworthy ; but the ship, being at T imor, some shipmaster interfered, examined the ap pren tiee a to his qualifications, and, finding that he knew ' something of navigation, entrus ted him to take her to S 3 ch le y, in which he succeeded." W e have no doubt that merchant ships are very o ften improperly officered, hut so are men of-war , all the officers of which undergo exami nation , and are appointed by those who are sup posed to have the interest of the service much at heart. Euyezi LAND A WHEAT EXPORTING COUNTRY. — Mr. G tristopher, the Member for Lincolnshire, waeins. disposed to dispute with Tambof Stanley his cla .im to sit in Munchausen's chair. The latter made a province of Russia, which sca reel) " grows food enough for its own fifteen hundred thousand inhabitants, send 38,000,000 qu arters' /f grain in one year to St. Petcrsburgh ; th a tb rme r, however, seems to us to have out dc one this, for he assured his hearers at Barton Let F,ngi anal, which does not grow food enough fo its; own people, sent up wards 900,000 bushels o fhe r own growth to the United States in the g a t t l 11:31.oryA s j o aLl n t a h l e s a d d e i a e l a 1 ine s moth ae i e n o g r d b i n u g t ealim my and lies, and as Tory Members of • 1 Parlit ment, from the Tamworth-School Premier owing statement : " I will not enter into much detail in pointing out the generally mild character of what is termed slavery in this country, or in marking how the agrestic servitude which exists in several of its districts is connected chiefly with distinctions of caste, and will be upheld, notwithstanding any measures of the public authorities, by the force which national habit and opinion hare imparted to those dis tinctions. The facts relating to the various descriptions and modifications of bondage as prevailing in different provinces, are set forth by the Commissioners with dis tinctness and precision. On the effect of caste in main taining agricultural servitude, even under circumstances in many respects favourable to freedom, instructive par ticulars will be found in the evidence respecting the dis tricts ofCoorg and Malabar. In Coorg many of the slaves emancipated by Government on its own estates have from various causes, been led to destroy their certificates of freedom, and to place themselves again in servitude under their former masters; in Malabar all the influence of the English proprietor of an estate cannot obtain for any of his labourers a greater degree of respect or privilege than the strict local usages of caste allow to them ; they remain, whatever the liberty of action which he accords to them, as degraded as before, for they cannot raise themselves above the low class to which► they belong, and must mix only, on the terms to which they have been accustomed, with their caste brethren, the Churmur slaves of the province." There are several other passages in the same Minute which prove that slavery is very mild in India, and that both masters and slaves, on , the principle that use is second nature, prefer it to freedom, as the Minute says, for their mutual interest. We, however, quote the passage, less to illustrate the mild character of slavery in India, which is, however, worthy of notice, than the progress of society in Europe. It is equally we think illustrative of the present condition in India, and the past condition of Europe. A very doubtful point in the history of Europe is the abolition of the serfdom or slavery which once very generally existed. Some writers refer it to the municipal regulations of particular Sove reigns ; others to a Pope's bull; others again to the introduction of Christianity; and others again to the progress of civilization, which seems inde pendent of any system of religion, for it has made progress under all systems, and did not make any particular jump after the commencement of the Christian era. - On the contrary, it is a re ceived opinion, concentrated and expressed in the phrase " the dark ages," to distinguish the few centuries which followed the complete de struction of the Roman Empire, that civilization retrograded or was almost lost, and had almost died out as Christianity became the religion of Europe. Now this Minute of Lord AUCKLAND proves, we think, that the latter, or the progress of civilization, and not Popes' bulls or a monarch's laws, was the cause of the abolition of slavery Neither a statutory regulation nor a Pope's bul would have had any more influence in Europe in the middle ages than the decrees of the Go vernor-General have in India at this day. They cannot prevail over the customs of a people now, and could not have prevailed then. Something of the same kind may be noticed in the United States, where it has been found im possible, even in those States in which slavery does not exist, to secure the free blacks the advan tages which are enjoyed by persons of a different colour. Their society is as much scorned, and their feelings as much lacerated, as if they were still slaves. In Mr. WARD'S account of Mexico, too, it is stated that the Indians of the capital seemed at the service of any White who chose to command them, notwithstanding they had been declared free citizens by the Constitution. The custom of command on the one hand, and obedience on the other, was more influential than the words of the lawgiver, and though the In idians were declared to be free they continued to be slaves. Nor are we without similar illustrations in ancient times. " We find," says MILLER, in. his Historical View of the English Government, " that by a statute in the reign of King ATREL STANE, a churl who had purchased an estate, con sisting of a few hides of land, with certain appen dages usually possessed by gentlemen of that fortune, was declared to have a right to all the privileges of a Thane." Such was, however,. the original inferiority of the peasants, and so strong were the habits connected with their pri mitive condition, that, although they had been raised. to independent circumstances, it was with some difficulty they were permitted to hold the rank of gentlemen, and procure the treatment suitable to men of that superior class. The law, therefore, at that early period, when customs, it might be supposed, would not be more unalter able than at present, just like the law for libe rating the slaves in India, was inoperative, and failed to procure for the opulent churl all the rights and privileges attached to the property he possessed when in the hands of one nobly born. The same circumstance may be observed in Germany to this day, in some parts of which, though the unennobled citizens may acquire the estates of noblemen, they cannot purchase with them the rights and privileges which the estate carries with it when possessed by a person nobly born. Whatever the law may intend, custom is its master, and its actual effects are never deter mined by its own words, but by the manners of the people. A practical deduction of considerable impor tance may now be made from this doctrine. Mr. SMITH, of the Exchequer Bill-office, has defrauded the public, it is said, of 300,0001. He has done this in spite of the most severe laws which can be enacted against his offence, which is unfortunately not a solitary case of such criminality in comparatively high stations. In stances. continually occur of persons in easy and opulent circumstances committing forgery, frau dulent bankruptcy, and other similar acts of extensive plunder. For many years the law has been shttrply directed against forgery and fraud of every description, but in spite of the law they continue to flourish. The fact is, that a fraudulent appropriation of property is, we are sorry to say, a general cus tom amongst us. The Monarch, or the Minis ters in. his name, claim and appropriate for his or her use a far greater income than is required, and which is wasted on the aristocracy. The landlords, composing the House of Peers and the House of Commons, continually pass and maintain laws, such as the Corn-laws, to take away the property of some and give it to others. The clergy, who should set a better example, are notorious for making and maintaining a con tinual inroad on the produce of other men's labour. The middle classes exact what they can from those below and above them, and many of the poorest classes take what they can from all above them. To plunder one another, legally or illegally, by means of the law, or in op position to its enactments, we regret to be obliged to repeat, is a prevalent custom of our country, and laws to prevent it will be as inefficacious as laws to set at liberty the slaves of Malabar. All the decrees which Corn-law making landlords may direct against forgery and fraud, all the sermons which the clergy may preach against the same crimes, will abate them no more than rowing a little boat against a mighty river stops the flow of its stream. It would not be diffictilt, in fact, to prove, that the more the landlords fulminate severe laws against such crimes —the more urgently and vehemently the clergy denounce them, while they continue to encourage them by their own practices, the faster and the m ore w i ll such cr i mes i ncrease . W e look on M r . S MITH ' S offence, an d a ll s i m il ar offences, as landholdersconse quence of th and the natural and necessary e exampleestablisehcdonetlienrugayl,lyofseetxtboyrtitnhge the wealth of the people on false pretences. Th ere is very little news of interest in the French papers received this morning. The insurrection in the north of Spain ap pears to be completely suppressed, and with- • v 44 CO 'O4 vi= Old 4 AND Public it ptuton, " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Madrid was tranquil up to the 25th ult. The Military Commission had sentenced Brigadier-General Quiroga, who assisted in directing the attack on the Palace, to be shot. The high rank of this officer forbids the indulg ence of a hope that he will be pardoned. A revolutionary conspiracy of a formidable character was discovered in Brussels on the 29th ult. In one of the suburbs of that city two new six-pounders and two field-pieces, with horses and ammunition, were seized. They were conveyed by the police to the Town-hall. Eight persons were arrested, including Generals Van dersmissen and Vandermeeren, a captain whose name is not given, with some individuals of high rank. All the particulars that have yet reached us will be found in another column. The Memorial Bordelais says that M. Olozaga, the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, has been invested with the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, as a reward for his recent services. Major-Generals Ayerbe, Evariste, San Miguel, Chacon, and Alcala have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Ge nerals. Other rewards have also been granted by Es partero, and among them the title of Grandee of Spain to General Rodil. The Courrier Francais and the National abuse the Go vernment for not increasing the French Army and Navy. According to these organs of public opinion too great an amount of taxes cannot be expended in equipping fleets and rising armies. PUBLIC OPINION. Contrasting the present with the past Government the Morning Post says :—" We have now an Adminis tration which, if it announces its design of doing any thing, will feel itself bound to carry that design into effect. The present Administration does not intend to provide itself with the covenient plea of having been obstructed, as a sufficient excuse for failing in its pro fessed objects. What the present Government proposes to do, it will do, or resign the Government into other hands. It is clear that, in such a case, much caution as to tho nnnnnncemcnt of intentions is necessary. Our present Ministers do not intend to rest timir otthu tt, public support upon what they undertake to do, but are not able to do. They have no ambition to prolong their administrative position, and their individual aggrandise ment, by such means. They will undertake nothing hastily ; but what they undertake they will do. They will announce nothing for the gratification of talkers, before they have had time to consider whether it is politic or not. When plans are really formed they will be announced ; when announced they will be undertaken in good earnest ; and, when thus undertaken, they will be accomplished."— If, as the Post observes (and it is 1 :good authority on such matters) Ministers will announce their plans when they have formed them, then it is clear, from their pre sent dogged silence, that as yet, they have formed no plans at all. And these are the men who came into power with an implied pledge that they would hasten to relieve the country of those distresses which, they assert ed, their predecessors had brought on it ! They have now been upwards of two months in office ; they are fully aware of the pressing necessities of the people ; they know that the long, inclement winter months are close at hand ; that discontent is everywhere prevalent ; that gaunt famine, with despair and anarchy in his train, is stalking abroad through the manufacturing districts ; and that Swing has already begun to light his destruc tive torch ; and yet, though they know and see all this, Ministers, on the showing of their own Journal, are, up to the present moment, unprovided with even the skele ton of a remedy ! Was there ever such a set of per verse, short-sighted, ill-conditioned incapables ! The Herald observes, in reference to M‘Leod's case : " We should do well, while our sinews are yet strong even for the very conflict which, had M'Leod been con demned, must ere now have taken place, but which his acquittal has providentially averted, to assume a firm and inflexible attitude in enforcing the immediate and unequi vocating settlement by the United States of dormant ques tions and latent pretensions which can be left unsettled by no Government honestly desirous of maintaining peace. The north-eastern and the western boundary ques tions are of this kind. It as little consorts with the honour of Britain as it favours the dark and unprincipled designs of those lawless adventurers who seek their own bad ends and private aggrandisement from the spoliation of British territory and property — to leave in lingering uncertainty the formal specification and establishment of the respective frontiers of the two Powers in those regions."—The spirit of this, however carefully disguised, is one of strong animosity towai ds America, and cannot but have a mischievous effect. Why talk just now about the United States equivocating, respecting the settlement of the boundary question ? Such a sneer can have but one result—namely, that of exasperating still further a country with whom it is our interest, not less than our duty, to cultivate amicable relations. The Chronicle says—" Sir Robert Peel will not be so easily allowed to forget the time he so pompously asked for. That time is the iron which has entered into the soul of the people ; and should he dare to meet Parlia ment with poor, mean, contemptible measures, a burst of indignation will greet him, that will send him once more into private life. Of this the landed interest' is be coming painfully aware ; and they are becoming pain fully afraid lest their Prime Minister be tempted to be a little extravagant in the way of falfilling some of his promises. So now they are setting their organs to work. So be it. Blackwood intimates that, at some distant period, Sir Robert Peel may be gathered to the House of Peers, after his timous labours are over. So be it also, and let him him take tempos fugit for a motto. Meantime, he had need rise early and sit up late ; for assuredly there is a tempest brewing that will test his principles. All we hope is, that that tempest will not sweep down something more valuable than the sliding scale' and Sir Robert Peel's Premiership."—We are not alarmists ; but we do most firmly and conscien tiously believe that a tempest is brewing which, if not looked to in time, will sweep away something more than a Tory Ministry. The signs of its approach are already visible on the skirts of the horrizon. "Far off its coming glooms." Let who will suffer by it ; one thing is certain, that it will fall with crushing power on the Monopolists. The very sullenness of the people is one of the surest indications of danger. It is the deep, ominous lull that foretells the approaching hurricane. The following is from the Edinburgh Chronicle:— " When will trade revive ? The intense interest attached to this question is not confined to the manufacturing districts. In every part of the country the inquiry is anxiously and constantly made—' When will trade re vive ?' All ask what none can answer. The vital ener gies of the nation seem prostrate, and not the least prospect as yet appears of returning animation. From almost every manufacturing town, the cry is ruin, ruin, and increasing misery." We quote the following from the Cambrian :—" It cannot be expected that this district can escape, more than the rest of the country, its share of distress re sulting from the blighting effects of monopoly. Ac cordingly we shall be prepared to hear from time to time tidings of sufferings and privations as the rigour of the season increases. Already the iron in terest knows not where to turn itself to find a vent for its products. Stocks having accumulated beyond the demands of the markets, forges become extinct, and workmen silently suffer for want of work. The condi tion of the mining districts is getting truly lamentable." In a leading article on the present state of the country the Leeds Times says—" The gloom of winter is now fast gathering around us, and thick clouds seem alike to envelope our physical atmospheres. The wail of deep distress comes up from all the haunts of industry : the manufacturing and the agricultural districts echo with the cry of mourning and lamentation: labourers and ar tizans droop their heads in idleness, and with their wives and families retire into the remote corners of our towns and cities to starve and to die in quiet. Shrinking even from the light of the sun; and without human sympathy, save of those as wretched as themselves, the poor dumb tortured millions pine away in silent submission and hopeless misery. There are nevertheless a few ominous symptoms abroad, that the starved classes are in a des perate state, and ready for the commission of retaliation and revenge upon the more fortunate portions of society." MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. The quantity of metal annually converted by the French mints into coin—is 433,240 English lbs., produc ing 48,000,000 f.; 5,000,000 being in gold, and 43,000,000 in silver. It appears that there are 50,000,000 francs' worth of copper money in circulation namely, 10,000,000 f. in royal sous, 19,000,000 f. in bell metal, and 21,000,000 f. in sous of the republic. This mass of metal weighs 22,320,0001b5. ECCLESIASTICAL. Bishop Phillpotts has issued a charge to the Rev. H. B. Head, announcing that he has appointed Commis sioners to inquire into a paper published by him res pecting the Lord's Prayer. The Bishop declares that he will proceed against him with the utmost rigour, and the Rector, equally headstrong, is determined to re sist to the last. We hope the Bishop has found his match. The case of the Rev. A. Loftus v. Mary Ann Loftus, his wife, which has been a long time pending, came be. fore the Ecclesiastical Court at Sorwich last week, when the Judge decided that the charges against the husband were not proved, and that the wife must return under his roof. A vestry meeting was held at Leicester on Thursday for the purpose of asking for a Church -rate, when after a very uproarious discussion, only one hand was held up for the rate, and forests of hands, says the Leicestershire Mercury, were raised against it. NAVAL. AND MILITARY. According to accounts from Halifax, North America, there were in that port on the 18th of October eight vessels of war, among others her Majesty's ship Winchester, 50 guns, the flag-ship of Sir Charles Adam. The Hampshire Telegraph states that it is now defini tively settled that the West India Mail Packet Company will make Southampton the rendezvous for their steamers. Ten persons were drowned on Thursday morning off Blyth, a small seaport, twelve miles north of Newcastle. It appears that they went out to try a new life• boat, which was capsized by a heavy sea, and out of eleven persons in it, only one was saved. NLECTIONEERING. At the close of the Registration of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the clear Liberal gain is 468. TYNE ARTS. •••• The National Gallery opened yesterday for the first time after the long recess. This public and gratuitous exhibition contains upwards of 180 paintings by many of the most celebrated artists of the different countries of Europe. THEATRICAL. A meeting of the Drury-lane proprietors was held on Saturday, when it was stated that the theatre had MORNING SUN r'l) tci-r-di which. to divulge. Tile ;:::5h aC6;;lnt of thP. season exhibited an income of 4,97 8 /. 3 s. id., while the a expenditure was 5 , 0581. 18s. 7d. The balance t the bankers on the current account was 7691. 4s. 3d., to answer the forthcoming delay. The Committee look A lt ri upon their prospects as cheering. The eminent French actor, Monsieur Bouffe, and the admired Mademoiselle Dejazet, have been engaged bY Mr. Mitchell, for the forthcoming season for French plays at the St. James's Theatre. The subject of M. Berlioz's new opera is the powerful episode of " The Bleeding Nun," from Lewis's romance of " The Monk." The libretto is confided to the pree' tised pen of M. Scribe. COURT-rAsITIONAItLE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness have gone on a visit t o the Earl and Countess of Leicester at Holkham. We are happy to say that the Duke of Norfolk health is completely re-established. The Duke of Richmond returned to town on Thu rsdaY night from Goodwood. The Earl of Mulgave, who has been serving with his from regiment in Canada, arrived in town on Satu rda y Liverpool. Sir H. Hardinge left town on Saturday for his seat is Kent. The Earl and Countess of Radnor arrived in GrosYene" street, on Wednesday from Germany. The Countess of Warwick, by the death of Lord gel; son, comes into possession of Gatton Park, Su rre y , whic the late Lord purchased. MISCELLANEOUS. On Saturday, an inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of Sarah Ashton, a single we n 3 , ; 511 ,; aged 23 years. She had been reading in bed , a Pracl-;t, to which she was greatly addicted, the curtains Aught, and in a few minutes she was so severely bur nt, that 9 expired, after a few holm' suffering. 11 01 Yesterdsy was the festival of All Saints, or All ha o f so named from its being the day of commemoration. all those saints and martyrs in honour of whom, dually, no particular day has been expressly asalg";.. It was instituted by the Reformers to avoid the iraP, ll tion of irreverence to those holy persons who had ";:if held in veneration for ages, but from whose extraordin tc , numbers the days of the year were found insufficie nt admit of individual commemoration. The pedestal of the column of St. Mark , at Vellicej 511 w in consequence of the wind and high tides o n the sth 0,1 reached by the water, and boats O about the piazza. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Lief TheMe yesterday at Buckinham P ckialace. tot Royal dinner party a g t Bungham Palace, • a evening, included her Royal Highness the Duehe s t, / Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of ESer' and the Earl of Listowel. The Band of the First Regiment of Life Guarw in attendance at the Palace during the evening. g a y Colonel Arbuthnot has relieved Lord Charles ley (Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in , ; ",., -- ye d ing on her Majesty ; and Colonel Wyld h as re his Colonel Bouverie as the Equerry in Waiting (3u Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has passed restrut night, occasioned by the frequency of her cough ;too there is no material alteration in her Majesty's sr n i a this (Sunday) morning. ; d the ri Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent sri!Lte-,e Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester ell,(for The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesn t to morning from his residence at Kew, and pai d is visit the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House; to o Royal Highness, attended by Major Stephens, lo ft itut , at half-past twelve o'clock, to honour the Duke of dge ., land with a visit at his seat, Chevely Park , C osebri shire. Mr. George A. Fleming, of Leeds, and a deP u •eif from the West Riding of Yorkshire, had an ieterfl with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial -office. 0, Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trg acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Co 01. Despates were sent off last evening from the C office for the Governor of the West India Colonies. CONSPIRACY AT BRUSSELS' We have received a copy of Le Courrier published late on Saturday evening, frail ° bit: we make the following important extract (From the Courrier Beig e ilst France has been convulsed .) by emeutss, Spay ins W ur h rection, and the United States and England hYstlitit tion, the world beheld the tranquillity of 8e10 11131 ,,,ie of astonishment. It was scarcely possible that tills 5",,-„,sti things could continue, for Belgium is every bit as c„.,`l es tutional, and, consequently, must "go ahead' asr-teeir other nations which keep continually progressingi.lit less onward course. The Powers that be are not e ai. e mo of stronger, therefore we also must show som s i l v oi. life, and thus this night have we also had our eerlf.meleo It was not the police, however, who thre w any °"sbees in the way to prevent this explosion, which ll as fu nds inevitable ever since the fetes of Sept em ber. Tu e fet y of of the police are ineofficient to provide for the ss ;Ts tol the State. There can be no doubt that the CO usiu T _iti , were all in earnest in this affair, and " mea nt b Two new six-pounders and two field pieces, ear horses and ammunition, have been s eized in one ot suburbs. Six persons were arrested last night, am ‘l k, ... s ee, it is said, are V. P., the Intendant of the and pe -.arechsw a captain of the wounded or septeber. Two Generals have fled. The place where the cannon-balls were cast ha! e bee ,. ll discovered, as also the person who made the cartl3-tee The four pieces of cannon that were seized are le Town-hall. alt er° Attempts have been made to seduce so me sn officers of the garrison, who denounced them. . 0 of To-morrow was the day fixed for the Went ° 0 1 the plot, which had ramifications at Ghent, Antive,,rPeclea Leige, among the disaffected. It might have succ the if it broke out in the night, for the officers living to to suburbs might have been killed before they enl yen''to their barracks. This accounts for the order e the officers of the garrison to return to the citY. to ,OP bale From what transpired, the authorities pretenn wiTscif N' the clue to a vast counter-revolutionary which has been continuing for several months. oal: 415 e' It is said that the Ministry have sent ''„,,,-orain_"A orders and instructions to the provinc e this ev" There was a Council of Ministers this morrev'' despatches have been sent to the Kin... re: el . s ,e r, The pieces of artillery were seized b at the 1-LT -- 1 is . n ag e I.§ dens. The conspirators consisted partly oi ‘fr- bad and l and partly of true patriots ; each of which par t iv . l). Diego Leon represented by the two Generals, „ be brtr and V. D. M., who have taken to their heels. ► TY ? ther of the former has been arrested. Of a gium is a country of imitators. We have also received the following details: t,i- he poi, During the whole of yesterday afternoent gOf ' o f and authorities were on the alert. Thousan - m as to mours were afloat, respecting the going an d ee r e late • o 1, these functionaries. It was at first thought t b a band of robbers, which, it is well known, has obe sive ramifications in this city. This, however, 050 ter informed said, was caused by a conspiracy ag welfare of the State. eet' The law officers, accompanied by the police g o dop, paired to the different quarters of the town t o ns , °„f ciliary visits at the residence of the pe rso pee' s . t e Amongst others they proceeded to the house a io bll e • hen in the Rue d'Argent. They were comPe"eaeetlsr;ted open the doors, and seized several articles. erne then went in pursuit of M. Decrehen , who welle is then and taken to the bureau of Public Safety. gity'L g e ported to have had a violent altercation vvitn e arr'„ ( e. of War. As M. Decrehen alighted f rom 5- e j. before the door of the Minister of the Interioncoptatoo ceeded in escaping, but was, subse sP - Large bodies of people assembled about the yinh iS troops are stationed about the town. que ntlY , e te, o ci M. Decrehen has been interrogated, but 1 09 ies , ov yet known. Some other arrests have taken P been o the Guards at the posts about the town ha ve a rife a bled. A battalion of the 10th ha s j ust sat b°- Brussels. Va l i 13 The whole of the municipal, legal, and V ha ve be g e et rities, have been up all night, and warrants 0 0 0; issued against a large number of persons. derstaisseot, those already arrested are the ex-General Ara ll Te erc h w itli General Vandermeeren; Vandersinissen, e'iontelnye brother of the General ; Parys, military In tel t ito• hie Secretary ; M. Van S., a Governm en ,,cs. ' afl Parent, ex-Commandant of the Corp' l're„reeste°l gether upwards of 20 persons have been u p co l/ warrants are out against several othe rs. o f 000 Amongst the articles seized at the hn tises w ith sll o o°. spirators are four small pieces of can non, at the /311101 necessary accessaries. Th ese were tak en yr o of M. de Beaumont, formerly an officer n.li , tio aest At the house of M. P., in the Rue des Der n e l r, thre e Poo seized a large chest, containing balls, Pew..ies er e ..ol o tols, a carbine, &c. The judicial authorit, 007 inspecting the premises of M. T., a coachmsae a tio the Lacken gate. dico_c ere ni e. to The authorities declare that they ha ve The OP - T ess e. traces of a widely-extending conspired. slesP assembled in Council this morning, and sever .ssee have been sent off by the King. P.S. Three o'clock, p . m .-- 10 e .opritlS 1-" . s e fe f and Vandermeeren, who were supposed to 31:,. 0 1 been found concealed in the house of apaintet, e rcl!„te formerly a subaltern officer, member of o' at ,, 0:1!' or e Leopold, a tinman, living out of the Noun ert„ ve s r factored the cartridges. The extra loco:e Lelg e ' sent last night to Antwerp, Ghent, and for Ghent. Lecharlies set out yesterday at three " I believe in tl ------7 " ---- 5 a_n-----d___th_e....._profitsr lawyer_ said when he pocketed his fee. We d° theMri.ngand Mrs. Standish were received, ()t i oef nesd by the King of the French at St. Cloud• , e ,i te are the ic aY' heirs of Mr. r• H. Standish, who bquet4Rbie° his collection of paintings, books, tile. of all, which are about to be exhibited at the 'l,l c co ll# 13LA KESLEY THE CONVSinCe h►s 0 0 1 ' victim], Blakesley's conduct has been such n s !-. pie patible with his, awful situation. He does not 1 5 p o‘ f the justice of his sentence, or indulge hope. d fit l ico i being exocuted, but persists that he had no inte: 01K, murdering Mr• Burdon, whose untimely end he is 1 0 ' deplores. The Rev. Mr. Carver, the ordinal, Auest' o , v o tr re t il et iso caonn_ipanion daily for several hours, at his S . dthhaetlistens attentively to the advice ana in e : i b , the pious divine. He is frequently visit 'telt' se o t iS S.hoeriffs (particularly Mr. Sheriff Rogeras,s WersOcifbereetted ti on to his official duties in the prison, most unremitting), who are anxious to afford Mi n i ik ; comfort in their power, both physical and olenviV, 1/1 present no day is fixed for the law being execute t i ) 0 tho the probability is, that it will be subsequent to / November. I