The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-24 00:00:00

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., r HE OLD WORLD and the NEW. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. " In all respects one of the very cleverest and most interesting novel. of the day."—Morning Herald. " A very clever novel, presenting in marked contrast The Old World and the New during the eventful epoch out of which we are emerging."—Post. • Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1E ROYAL BRITISH BANK will be rOPENED for BUSINESS, at 16, Tokenhouse-yarJ, as soon as the premiss an I internal arrangements are completed. 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Forms of applications for the opening of accounts, &c., on the commencement of business, are ready to be supplied at the Balk, or will be sent by post to any who may require them. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. THE TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. CHARLES 'LINDLEY - , Esq onorary Directors. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P. .P. TRUSTEES. James Alex. Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Mi./stock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. David Williams Wire, Esq., St. Swithin's-lane, City. In addition to the usual branches of Life Assurance especially framed to meet the circumstances of all classes and the general requirements of the age, this Company has a Guarantee Department : the following are a few of its advantages, viz.— Bonds for fidelity of trust, granted on terms below the usual rate. Private Sureties are by this method indemnified from their liabilities. Persons whose fidelity is guaranteed will participate in the profits arising from this department of its business. Bonds for fidelity of trust granted either conjointly with Life As surance or otherwise. N.B.—Prospectuses and every information may be obtained at the Offices, 32, Ludgate-hill. 11. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. THEATRE ROYAL ILkY3IA.RKET. !t. Webster, sele Lessee and ➢tanager. Old nr^mr t ". Jr. Md.ellEA DY will make his eighth appearance in London since his return from America, and commence his first series of his Fare well Performances previous to his retirement from the stage at the ead of June next. THIS EVENING, When will tee performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready; Edgar, Mr. J. Walla& ; Earl of K ent, Mr. Stuart ; Cordelia, Miss Reynolds. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Due notice will be given of the appearance ot Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. landur the direction of Madame Celeste. . THIS EVENING, T:ill be performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBIIRY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. I'. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Pant Redford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with the Farca of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCW:IM THEATRE. Under the Management. of Madame Vest'is, Foie Lessee. Mr. ',Merle Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will 1.);; performed A LADY IN DIFFICULTIES. To to followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. After which a new comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To conclude with the comic Drama, called TILE GARRICK FE ER. prei4 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No Hal -.)rice t , soy runt of the h ouse . All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. PIUNCESS'S TIMATUE. A 7-, T. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SO NINA al BULA. Count Redolph, Mr. Weiss; Elvin°, Mr. Allen ; A least°, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, Madame Feren ; Liza, Miss Julia Bteaden ; and Amina, Miss Louisa Pyne. After which, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with ESMERALDA. AoTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. U id,,r the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Tr!umphant succeof tnew Eqestrian Sectacle f the Prophet, wh!ch has been nightly received u with enthusiasm, and pr on unced by the public press to ba the mast gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. ro b.s :oltowou by an Inimitable display 01 SCENES UT TUB C by the first - Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with TEn DUMB DRIVER. I,ca-oftice open from EleYell till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tire Dar —lirrning, 35 rain. after 6 1 Evening, 1 rain. after 7 o- .toaunw—'. orning, 36 min. after 7 1 Evening, 17 rain. after 8 Ti LE WEATIIER.—Snx OFFICE, OCT. 24. T:IERMOMETER, Lowest, O; Highest, 62; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 30.19. WIND S.S.W.—very mild fine sunshiny weather. 4_l? cc , 4 , - . r -4 • ?- • r•3l 0 si 10, (StitninA amt. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1849, Nothing could more conspicuously illustrate the folly of those financial innovators who, beginning at the wrong end in their reforms, would diminish our military and maritime power, than the discrepancy existing between the French and English squadrons in the Mediterranean. While the British line-of-battle ships in that sea number merely seven, the French have fourteen, exactly double. To one English frigate the French have four. None of our corvettes or surveying vessels have penetrated beyond the Straits of Gibraltar; white our neighbours have, on the contrary, an efficient representative of each class. Both forces comprise, it is true, a couple of receiving ships or transports ; but whereas the English have two the French have three sleeps. The difference in the steam power placed at the disposal of France and of England in the Mediterranean at this time is still mere remarkable, as showing the superiority of the former over ourselves, both in tonnage and numerically. 'Undoubtedly our solitary screw frigate may be taken as a sufficient tally to theirs ; and the same may be said of the ec - ew schooners of which each possesses an excellent representative. Unquestionably, moreover, we may claim the advantage, both in regard to screw cor vettes and to paddle steam gun vessels, the French having neither the one nor the other, whereas we have one of the former and seven of the latter. Yet that petty superiority is infinitely more than counter balanced by the circumstance that to our two-paddle ste am frigates the French have twelve, that to our three-paddle steam sloops the French have six, and that to our three-paddle steam packets the French, have no less than the large total cf twenty-five Altogether the British maritime force now in the Mediterranean is estimated at just 13 sailing ships and 18 steamers, or a sum total of 31 vessels of all classes; while the French maritime forces in the Medi terranean consist of more than double that amount, namely, of 24 sailing ships and 45 steamers, or a sum total of 69 vessels of all classes. Assuredly, this simple, but striking, calculation is eminently deserving of attention. It is more than enough to indicate the correctness of those arguments which have received the sanction of, such a sea-captain as Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER and of such a land-captain as Field-Marshal the Duke of WELLINGTON. Remembering that they have written so energetically against the rash reduction of our two warlike professions ' • remembering that one has insisted upon the proper maintenance of the army, a a nd that the other has required more efficient serge nization of the navy, we have no fear lest, in endea vouring to illustrate the necessity of that twofold ionfdeasedPi,ziwnge shou ld toth e n otoriety of Ala rmists. Such, foret h o ught, we may be accused imagine, could never be considered of ourselves, seeing that long before the appearance of the cele brated communication of his Grace the Commander in-Chief, and before the Conqueror of St. Jean d'Acre had commenced his recent series of epistles, we had enlarged again and again upon the absolute and urgent demand existing for the due support of both services, as well as the rashness, not to say the insanity, of any wholesale diminution in the number whether of our sailors or of our soldiers. Precisely at this period we are overshadowed, we will not say threatened, but overshadowed with the chance of a war between Russia and Turkey, a v • which would inevitably eventuate in the siding of S UN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVEN ING OCTOBER 24 1849 .. THE France and England with the SULTAN, and of Austria on the other hand with the AUTOCRAT. Looking, therefore, to the possibility of an outbreak being the sudden result of the emergency arising out of Annul,- MESCHID'S refusal of extradition, we find Great Britain anything rather than adequately represented in the Mediterranean by that force which has given her her immense maritime supremacy. So inadequate indeed is her position in this regard, that France which is certainly a military rather than a maritime power, retains within the same sea a squadron exactly double the amount of the squadron possessed there by England. This too, be it remembered, on the morrow of a Revolution which is declared by its opponents to have diminished the energies and deteriorated the vigour of la grande nation ! The inference, we opine, is sufficiently mani fest ; and one we trust which will be taken into consideration by the Government as a counterpoise to the importunity of the wrong-headed members of an excellent association, the association of Financial Reformers, anxious to reduce as much as possible the sum (a sum at present we grant so extravagantly lavish) of the public expenditure. May the immi nence of the existing crisis open the eyes of those men to the preposterous folly of their demands — showing them that their duty as Financial Reformers should be directed almost exclusively to the re- arrange ment of the system of currency, and to the purga tion of the abominable civil list ; but teaching them at the same time that to cripple the army, and more especially the navy of the country, is to crop the hair from the head of the political SAMPSON. Of one thing at any rate we are profoundly convinced, namely, that the people of England will not permit this treacherous clipping by any Demagogic DELILAH. It cannot be forgotten how energetically the late Secretary of the Admiralty laboured to controvert the sophistical arguments adva nced b y the gentlemen solicitous to aid in a vast naval reduction. Most solicitous are we that the present Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands will not himself lose a recollection of his previous efforts ; but that in his new capacity, and particularly bearing in mind his own pressing anxieties in regard to Cephalonia, he may be induced to enforce those efforts by a proper representation to the authorities at home in reference to the position of our navy in the Mediterranean. As to the nature of the probable recommendations of Sir STRATFORD CANNING we can labour under no uncertainty whatever. Sir ROBERT GARDINER we are satisfied would, as Governor of Gibraltar, corro borate the accuracy of the policy suggested by the Ambassador at Constantinople ; and his Excellency Mr. MORE O'FERRALL would be anything rather than disinclined to give the advice the authority of his coincidence, accompanied by the cordial agreement of his Excellency Mr. `VISE, the Ambassador at the Court of Greece. How far such recommendations would be agreeable to Sir WILLIAM PARKER, the Commander in-Chief of the British squadron in the Mediterranean, we may conjecture from the known character of that gallant and distinguished officer, ever solicitous as be is to witness the advancement of the naval glory and greatness of England. The matter is deserving of the earnest consideration of these officials and of the Government, even supposing that events should prove that there exists no ne cessity for the presence of a British fleet in the Dar danelles. A free communication and ready access from place to place is justly regarded as one of the pri mary means of improvement in any country. II these be wanting—if there be an absence of the ordi• nary facilities of transit, the district, however favoured in ;other respects, must still remain in a state of wild and primitive simplicity. Civilization cannot progress where there is but little or no in tercourse. There may be a sufficiency of the neces saries, but there can be none of the elegancies or luxuries of life. Each person will be restricted to the produce of his immediate vicinity, for the expense and difficulty of conveying his crops to market will act as a practical prohibition to any interchange of commodities, and he cannot barter or exchange with his neighbour because they will have a superfluity of the very same articles which he himself could most easily dispense with, and the same description of goods will also be in request. Good roads, cheap and expe ditious modes of intercommunication, are therefore properly looked upon as the great, indeed, the indis pensable sources of national amelioration. While these great truths have been fully recognised in this country, while the most gigantic works have been undertaken and rapidly carried into execution on this side of St. George's Channel, but little has been accomplished in the sister kingdom. Although the area and popula tion of Ireland respectively exceed one•half of the area and population of Great Britain, her railway mileage scarcely amounts to one-fiftieth part of that in actual operation in England and Scotland. It is true that the Legislative sanction had been obtained, several years since, for the formation of many rail ways in that country to the extent of 1,6171 miles, but unfortunately but little more was done than procuring the preliminary Acts. Three only—the Dublin and Kingstown, the Dublin and Drogheda, and the Ulster Railway, 77i miles in all, had been completed ; and though some few of the others were slowly pro gressing, not a single sod had been turned, or a por tion of the work commenced in the great majority of instances. The financial difficulties which the nation had encountered during the disastrous period that intervened between the applications to Parliament and the present time, prevented the directors from obtain ing the necessary funds, and it became too painfully apparent that private enterprise was quite inadequate to supply the wants of the Irish community with re spect to railways. One project, and one only, has been steadily carried forward in a manner which reflects the highest credit on the directors, through whose indefatigable exertions it has been completed within a time, and in a manner, that would merit the greatest praise even in this more favoured country. The Great Southern and Western of Ireland—the trunk line par excellence of the sister kingdom—presented engineering difficulties of no rdinary magnitude. The extension from Mallow to Cork particularly required the utmost inge nuity to surmount the numerous impediments that opposed further progress. " The cuttings" were of the most formidable character, of immense depth, and through the hardest and most imprac ticable material. Indurated sandstone, had to be pene trated to a depth of no less than sixty feet for consi derable distances ; and this task, severe and arduous as it was undoubtedly, was trivial in comparison to the gigantic embankments and enormous viaducts which the nature of the county rendered essential. The master, mind that planned, and the zealous and unflinching contractor that carried the works into execution, were not to be deterred by common obstacles. Sir JOHN MAcNEILL more than sustained the high reputation he had previously acquired, while WILLIAM DAHGAN proved how deeply mistaken are those who underrate the capa bilities of Irish industry. " A monument more durable than brass" has been erected which will redound to the honour and fame of all concerned in the magnificent undertaking. Neither were the directors cr shareholders wanting . on their part ; the moat judicious arrangements were made to prevent any loss of time or delay in the execution of the works. " The sinews of war," without which the most auspicious project must prove a total failure, were provided, notwithstanding the railway panic, and the high rate of interest for money which prevented even the best circumstanced companies from obtaining leans on anything like reasonable terms. It is true that national aid was afforded to this eminently national undertaking; a considerable advance was made from the public Exchequer at a moment of extreme embarrassment. No risk was, however, incurred of any less to the Government; ample security was given for the repayment of grin , ciPal and ,interest ; the concern was per fectly solvent,—all that was required was that the wild lank and dismay that had taken possession breathing ofthe Pu t b i I m i c e sh i o n u d l d sh e le o u al l l d o w b: d a t s o s u t a h g e e s d h , ar a e n h d old th er a s t to recover from the losses they common with all their coor bothGovern mentadvance objects—the neces sarythe ne e df u l respite were encouragement, provided thereby supplied , and the auspicious res u lt ha s e xhibited in the strongest light the national advan tages attainable by a judicious exercise of the Powers en t ru sted to the hands of the Govern m e n t. On Thurs d ay , th e parties concerned reaped the rick, reward of their previous labours. It was indeed a gala day on the Great Southern and. Western Railway. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, who had long evinced the deepest interest in the welfare and prosperity of the concern, accompanied by a numerous party of noblemen and gentlemen, wit nessed the opening of the extension from Mallow, and the completion of the line of railway communica tion from Dublin to Cork. Sir JOUN MacNsm, with pardonable pride, exhibited the apparently insur mountable obstacles which he had overcome, and dwelt with friendly z-al upon the invaluable assist ance he had received from the indefatigable WILLIAM DARGAN. The train was moved backward and forward over the place where the entire road had been swallowed up, and where no foundation could be laid, until what might be termed a larch-wood raft was launched into the quagmire, on which the road was sustained. 'The train also stopped to inspect various colossal via ducts, more particularly that at Monard, consisting of seven arches, ninety feet high and forty-five feet span, the arching of which was not commenced until the 30th of August, and which was fully completed on the 30th of September. In the evening a magnificent entertainment was given at the Imperial Hotel, Cork, at which. his Excellency (for the first time) most worthily exercised the privilege of conferring the honour of knighthood on the excellent Chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. In returning thanks for the enthuaiatic manner in which his health had been received, in con nexion with what has, unfortunately, been so long com paratively unknown, "Prosperity to Ireland," Lord CLARENDON happily seized on the allusion made by the Chairman to the assistance which had been ren dered by Government to this great national under taking. He expressed it as his belief that but for the loan which had been advanced by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, they would not have reached Cork by railway at this time. But let us ask if " the prudent foresight" of the Minister in con senting to give a sum of money in this instance is deserving of such high commendation ? If that fore sight, " which determined to provide a ready market for the farmer," has been in the present case exer cised with so beneficial a tendency, opening a ready market to the agricultural interest, " connecting Limerick, Cork, and Dublin together," on what paltry grounds of false economy—most paltry, ill judged, and indefensible, considering the avowed importance and vast :advantages resulting from the establishment of those great channels of communica tion—has the Government refused its aid to the Wa terford and Limerick line ? "It was to this," conti nued his Excellency, " they should look in the severe competition they (the farmers) had at present to undergo, and it was with a view to this that his Noble Friend had given their railway the money." Is, then, the condition of the agriculturists in East Munster so pre-eminently flourishing ? Ate the farmers of that district so far more advantageously circum stanced than their favoured brethren, thus cheered and sympathised with by the Viceroy, that the teeming riches of the golden valley of the Suir, and the first rate capabilities and conveni ences of the splendid port cf Waterford, are to be contemptuously passed over as un worthy of any measure of the fostering bounty ? More than once within this year we have adverted to the singular advantages which would ensue from the completion of the rail way from Limerick to Waterford ; and once again we implore those chiefly interested therein to put their shoulders to the wheel- Is there no public spirit existing among the citizens of Waterford and Clonmel to urge the directors to some exertion, or to have the affairs of the company conducted by competent and active bands ? Lord GLENGALL, we feel assured, is as eager and willing as man can be to promote this desirable object; but it is morally impossible for his unsupported efforts to be crowned with success. The active exertions of those whose local interests are at stake must be brought into the field, otherwise the continuance of the deplorable supineness hitherto evinced will ensure a great public detriment, and prove a source of deep and lasting regret to themselves. HE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We hare received the Paris journals of yesterday The Patrie publishes the following : " Several Representatives mentioned to-day at the Assembly the arrival of an important dispatch from Vienna. We have been able to extract the following passages from it, the correctness of which we can gua rantee:—' It is England which excites this sad affair in the East; for the language of the new French Plenipo tentiary, M. Gustave do Beaumont, is more moderate than that of Lord Ponsonby, the representative of the English Government at Vienna. And nevertheless, we may observe to the latter Power (England) that after the late executions at Cephalonia, which amount in number to more than 100, her Ambassador acts with bad taste in constantly talking of humanity. It is, moreover, considered as certain at Vienna, that if France continues to observe the same moderation in her language as she has hitherto done, there is no doubt but that the affair will be terminated pacifically. It is only menace which can lead to a fatal war. M. do Lacour, the ex-Chargé d'Affaires of France, has just left for Paris; he is generally regretted at Vienna, where he had acquired confidence from the kindness and distinc tion of his conduct. lie is the bearer of dispatches fur the French Government, which lead to the hope that peace will be maintained.' " It is evident from the above that the parti pretre of the French Cabinet would fain give up KOSSUTH and his companions to the tender mercies of the two Red EMPERORS. We have frequently said that the enmity of this party to England has more of a reli gious than of a political character, and an article which appears in the Univers corroborates our assertion. The Univers, it should be recollected, is the organ, not only of the parti pretre of France, but of the Jesuits all over the world ; it is read by them in whatsoever country they may be located, and its hints and inuendoes are at once acted upon openly, where posible; covertly, where to act openly might be dan gerous; its intimate connexion with the Propaganda at Rome is notorious, therefore it may be presumed that every article published by the Univers in rela tion to religious matters has been well weighed and considered. Now, in the Univers of yesterday we find a long article, in which it is declared that Socialism is the child of Protestantism, and to destroy Protestantism is therefore the only effectual method of restoring "order." It will certainly not be the fault of these reverend priests of order if a new St. Bartholomew is not organised in _France, to be held up as an example by a modern Pope Pius, and to be eulogised by a future M. DE FALLOUX. N. DE FALLOUX has proposed a subscription for - • the publication of a cheap edition of the speeches of MM. DE MONTALEMEERT and RCZIERE on the Roman question, and the Bishop of LANGRES, writing to the Anti de la Religion, proposes that the report of M. TRIERS should be added to them, in order, says the Bishop, to the Ami de la Religion, says that "All men of heart, all those who belong to the great party of order, all those who are devoted to the glory of the country and the Cause of the Church, representatives, prieste, citizens, may unite in this testimonial of sympathy, of admiration, and of patriotism." Notwithstanding this episcopal eulogium, M. TniErts seems somewhat ashamed of his position. He was absent from the Assembly yesterday, and .his absence was remarked on. Can it be that the conviction of falsehood branded on his fore htlad by the declaration of the municipality of Havre has abashed this worthy son of the Church ? Courage ! M. MILES ! Courage ! your new friends will soon teach you the art of equivocation so effectually that it shall never again be necessary for you, in order to disguise the honest truth, to have recourse to such a vulgar expedient as the utterance of a plain palpable falsehood. The National, adopting as a heading the phrase of M. DE MONTALEMBERT, " The POPE always pardons," publishes the following extract from a letter dated Bologna, October 8, which appears in the official journal of Rome of the 11th : " MIGANI SANTE, surnamed the drummer, aged 27 years, a native of Bassano, married, and the father of a family, having escaped from the prison of Forli, and having been arrested armed with a poignard, was condemned on the Gth, by the military commission sit ting at Bologna, to be killed by powder and ball, and the sentence was executed the same day. There were also condemned at the same sitting, and in each case unanimously, RONDELLI DoManlco, aged 38 y can, married, the father of a family ; CORDIER, native of Bologna, to three years' imprisonment with hard labour for having been found each with a knife in his possession ; .Maniara GUISEPPE, aged 21, a waiter in a coffee-house at Cesena, for having a pistol in his possession, to three years' imprisonment with hard labour ; CHIARINI GUISEPPE, aged 28 years, native of Santalusa in the Government of Renza, having been convicted of having in his possession a pocket knife, has, in consequence of his previous good con duct, been sentenced to only six months' impri sonment." Most certainly, as M. DE MONTALAMBERTAserves, the POPE always pardons:' A duel was fought on Monday afternoon in the Forest of Bondy between a Taoutur, z ,barrister, and Lieutenant PETIT, of the Gendarmerie Mobile. The weapon oiloaen by the combatants was the sword. The parties having been placed on the ground attacked each other with extraordinary fury. After some time they became completely exhausted and were forced to rest. They recommenced, and, after a long contest, during which neither v. as wounded, the seconds disarmed them, when they shook hand , . M. BAUME, a representative of the people, and M. BUYIGNIER, a barrister, acted as seconds to I. THOURET ; and M. WALLots, a half-pay lieutenant, and M. DUFAUR, a landed proprietor, performed the same duty for Lieutenant PETIT. The lieutenant challenged the barrister in cons€quence of the latter having told him during the state trials at Versailles that he was unworthy to wear the French uniform. The High Court resumed its proceedings on Mon day morning. The evidence of P.I. En NEST GREGOIRE, a physician, excited much interest. The counsel for the defence and some of the prisoners endeavoured, in order to neutralise his evidence, to .how that M. GREGOIRE was a police agent. The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, OCT. 22. The market has not been very animated to-day, but prices have been pretty well maintained; Threes closing at 551. 75c., and Fives at 88f. sc. The market closed as lollows:—Threes, for cash, 55f. 80c.; for account, 551.75 e.; Fives, for cash, BSf. 10e.; for account, 88f. 5c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,327 f. 50c.; Neapolitan, 881.; Spanish not quoted. RAILWA.YS.—The Share Maiket has been also dull, prices having varied but little. Orleans closed at 727 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 525 f. ; Havre, 238 f. 75e.; Avignon, 2171. 50e. ; Vierzon, 292f'. 50c.; Strasburg tmd Bale, 1011. 25c.; Bordeaux, 4021. 50e; Northera, 4281. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3171. 500.; Nantes, 2821. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TilE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Oar. 23. Northern of France, 3 1 78 dis.— Paris and Strasbourg, 47% SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. It is said that to avoid 211 occasion of raising a discussion on the question of the renewal of relations with' England, the Cortes will be opened without a speech from the throne, so that there will be no necessity for an address. MADRID BOMA, OCT. 18.—Three per Cents., 27 ; Five per Cents., 111, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 40 money. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. A conferance of Ministers took place at &hon. brunn on the 18th, relative to the demand made on Turkey for the extradition of tha Hungarian re fugees. The British Ambassador attended the con ference. The chiefs of Servia have presented the following► to the EMPEROR, as expressing the IN ishes of the nation : " That the Servian Waiwodio be declared a st tte of the Crown ; that the Emperor shall assume the title of Grand Waiwode ; and that the limits of the Waiwcdie be settled according to the former privileges and the re solutions of the nation of the Ist and 3d May, 1848. This last point is explained in the following terms : The territories indicated are the seat of the establish ment of the Servians, which they occupied after having wrested Hungary from the Turks. The Servia Waiwode claims these territories according to historical monu ments and imprescriptible right. If it is wished that the Servian nation should have any importance these terri tories must be conceded to it." _ _ It was rumoured in Prague that General SCULICK, who arrived there on Oct. Id, would be appointed Civil and Military Governor of Hungary. Accounts from Semlin of the 11rh state that General HonsrAn arrived there on the 11th, and immediately set of for Widdin. It is asserted that he is gone to Turkey peremptorily to demand the delivery cf the Magyar chiefs. Other accounts state that he was the bearer of an amnesty. SAXON Y. The Legislative Assembly is convoked for the 20th instant. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Staats ilizzieger of the 21st announces the nomination of General Vox PEUCKER to the post of military governor of Westphalia and the Rhenish provinces. On the 20th, the First Chamber disposed of the whole Bth chapter of the constitution " of the finances," by adopting articles 98 to 103, whereby, as will be seen from the text of the first of these articles, the principle of annually submitting the budgets to the investigation and assent of the Chambers is recog nised, as it should be, tempered, however, by a clause which declares the votes and credits of the previous to be voted for the current year, should circumstances prevent the fixation of the budget within the prescribed period. The latter clause was only carried by a majority of three, there being 70 ayes and 67 noes. This article runs thus : " All the receipts and expenditures of the State must be determined each year by anticipation, and entered in the budget. The latter must be annually determined by a law. All extraordinary disbursements require the subsequent assent of the Chambers. In case the defit.i tive settlement of the budget for the ensuing financial period (year) should be delayed beyond its commence ment, the budget last voted shall remain in force—not exceeding twelve months." This and the Oster articles having been the principal obstacle to progression in the work of revision, involving as they do most indisputably a vital c onstitutional question, it is to be hoped the Chamber will now be enabled to advance more rapidly with the forty-five of fifty articles which remain to be voted. In the Second Chamber the debate on the Industry Regulation Bill was revived at Art. 24. The whole of the remaining clauses, in all seventy-seven, were then agreed to without discussion, and the House adjourned its definitive vote until Monday next." rassment and of danger. A corporal of a Roman regiment named CLAUDI has been condemned to a ear's imprisonment by one of the French courts- martial fol. attilcking a French soldier. IL4 had been previously condemned to death by another court for a similar crime, but the sentence had been quashed through some informality. This fresh decision is a proof of the strict impartiality of the French military j urisdiction." The Ministerial crisis still continues at Turin. In Naples the terror was every day increasing in consequence of the violence of the Government. Every day fresh arrests were taking place, and no one telt safe. The Government papers were filed I with abuse of England and diatribes against Lord PALMERSTON for his dispatch on the affairs of Sicily. The Kuso and Royal Family had left Naples, and taken up their residence at the Palace of Caserta. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed with t.n u l w a d te,:clency. The sales were 12,1.00 bales, of u hich speculators took one•half. Compared with Fridsy's rates, prices of American are id. per lb., Egyptian id. to id., and Surat id. per lb. dearer. The transactions comprised 10,000 American, 300 Pernam and Maranham at bad. to 7d., 400 Egyp tian at 7d. to 7-id., 500 Surat at 4d. to 5d., and 60 Sea Islands at is. o.ld. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a limited larsiness was dune at firm prices. In Mark- lane to-day business is dull as respects all descriptions of grain. The arrival of foreign wheat are 1,440 quarters, of barley 1,250 quarters. in a communication from Brazil we ,are told—" Our coffee crop proves worse even than any one expected. One planter, whose crops last year were 50,000 arrobas (10,000 bags), will only this year have 8,000 arrobas. There are many in the same situation, and some even worse; none will make half a crop. Europe will require so much, that the United Sates will not get two-thirds of last year's supply, and people must be finally convinced that there can be a short crop in Brazil, and that pro duction is less than the consumption. The quantity shipped to the knitted States since the Ist instant is 31,000 bags, and about 10,000 more may be cleared prior to the Ist of September, leaving n deficiency of 40,000 bags, for the months of :July and August, com pared with the shipments of the same month in 1845. From information derived from sources which I consider reliable, I have no doubt the incoming crop of coffee in this country is short—certainly to the extent of one third, and very possibly as much as one-half. The crop of Java is also known to be short—from one-third to one-half. These facts as to short crops in the two principal coffee-growing countries in the world, coupled as they are with small stocks and improving prices in Europe, small stocks and light receipts with you, must certainly give you unusually high prices the coming season. Good firsts and superiors are now here 3,900 to 4,000. dollars." In the American letters delivered after our report was made up, the following is stated as being at New York, the value of the dry goods imported for the week ending Friday, and the amount deposited at and withdrawn from the United States warehouse: — MOVEMENTS IN FOREIGN Day Goons. Imports. Warehoused. Withdn. Dolls. Dulls. Dolls. Manufactures of wool 169,340 17,066 39,294 Do. cotton 71,931 2,702 3,654 Do. silk 175,645 2,626 22,738 Do. flax 60,557 17,324 5,725 Miscellaneous Total The value of merchandise exported from this port for the week ending Friday was 580,563 dolls. The value of merchandise end specie imported into this port for the month of September was 7 281,987 dolls., the duties on which amounted to 1,583,713. The Continental ad vices are of a meagre character. Mercantile affairs generally were tolerably prosperous. At Vienna, on the 19th inst., the exchange on London was 10 50, and Austrian Stock was quoted 95. The Amster dam Bourse on Monday was quiet. There was a fair demand at the commencement of business for the Two and-a-Half per Cents., but they became feebler after wards. The India overland mail will be dispatched this even ing. The amount of bills drawn in London by the Honourable East India Company, from the 7th inst., up to yesterday, was 134,5871.195., including 116,921/. Is. 9d. on Bengal, 16,8291. 19s. Bd. on Madras, and 8361. 17s. 7d. on Bombay. The average weekly circulation of bank notes in England for the month, to the 6th ult., was 6,039,5401. fur the private and joint-stock banks. The Stock Market has been exceedingly quiet, and there is not the least fluctuation. Consols realise 92 to 74 1 -, for Transter, and 92* i for Account. The New Three•and-a-Querter per Cents. have been 92 to i, and the Three per Cent. Annuities 90,1 to 91. Bank Stock is worth 194 Exchequer-bills have remained at 435. to 46g. premium, and East India Bonds have fluctuated from 795. to 82s. premium. In the Foreign Market there is not the least activity. Mexican Stock is dull at 26i :1. The amount required by Messrs. Schneider and Co., in order to complete the dividend, is 6,9871; the total requisite to complete the remaining instalment being 64,6501. Complaints are made at the delay in the rendering from Mexico of more specific accounts concerning the tobacco and silver revenue. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 33; Dutch Four per Cents. are 82 to 82k. It is with great satisfaction we note a further im provement in the market for Railway Shares. The cur rent report this morning is that the weekly return of the North-Western line will exhibit a decided improve ment in the traffic, and that other of the companies will also show better when the next accounts are made up. This is not improbable, looking at the fine weather ; but besides traffic, which is of course the grand element of success, a change in the direction of many of the railways is urgently desired in order to revise the whole system of management, and give confidence. Unless this takes place, as far as we can ascertain the prevalent feeling, a Government auditor, under certain restrictions, will become a more favourite idea; because, as the holders conceive, it would give a steaier market value to their property, and even invest it with some of the advantages appertaining to Government Securities. For our own part, we do not see why an official accoun tant, appointed by the shareholders, and paid by a vote from them, in order to secure inde pendence of the directors, would not answer the same purposes as a government functionary; but some kind of audit, after the exposures of " falsifi cation" we have lately been startled with, is absolutely requisite. Compared with yesterday, the rise in Caledonian shares is about 4; in North-Western, 2 to 3; South- Western, / 2 - to 1; Midland, 1; North Stafford, I; South- Eastern, i; and York and Berwick and York and North Midland, each *; Eastern Counties are without change. BRITISH Fl ,NDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 90% 91 90 3 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 34 per Cent. Arras. 92 92 1 a Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% 8 7-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Octl 0, 1859 -16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-18 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 BO 82 79 p Ditto under 1.0001 79 p Consols for Account .......- . ..... 92 % 1 /4 Exchequer Bills. I lad. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. Small — 43 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 83% Mexican Bonds, 1846 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / a per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates SUfdINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK EAUMAXS. PAID. PER SNARE. eberdeen Ditto, Preference 64 — . .... to krabu., Notting., Boston, &c. 8 t.yrshire and Galloway ' %Mist and County Down .. 26% .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 irmingnam & OxfordJ tenet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... in mingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 • to Dirming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... r,irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. 33ston, Statist., & Birming...7/. 4s — to Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... 27% — ..,... to duckinghamshire 17% 154...... to Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 8% 3 / 4 ... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Jhester and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference larence. . 7 Bl —, .. to Do. , Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2c1 Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Oirect London & Portsmouth 54 to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D ... Ditto, 18/., E. & U lB ... .. Do, 3/. 105.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d...% dis. x.d. to Do., Northern &Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New ...- ..... .. 43 . .... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 - ...... to Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ...... 4 1 / ,' 2 to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per cL) 20 East Lancashire -.. Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 64 — to East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — - Ditto, Half Shares 23 ~.•, ..... to -- Edinburgh and Northern - Ditto, New port l 5 - Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to -- Exeter and Exmouth.— 2ls. ...... ••• •• t° Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle 81. 65.8 d... -- -•• ( ?., Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 . ..... Do. Preference Consolidated —..—. z to Great Northern.... ............. 20 ...... 7% to ni l - o Do. % A Deferred ..... ... lll ci e _ to— Do. 1" 13 6 per Cent. to Do., 5 per Cen t. Pref. to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 41% — Groat North of England Ditto, Now 404... ..... .. • — .•..•. to —. Ditto, ditto ..„ - Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. ....., ...... to r. Ditto, Now 15 1 ......... l5 .-- 100 ..... ... . 57 56.1/2... to w -. 55: , Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 5O ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 ... ..•• - Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ l O 3 / 4 1 / 2... to 15 -. ... 7 !lull and Selby to 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. .25 ..... to - a tto,Quarter Shares .... . . 12% - to ..., to Lancaster and Carlisle.... r 0 ...... -- Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO Ditto; ditto, M. 13. & .13 ... 96 SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Th e German journals publish a declaration from the clergy, dated Schleswig, Oct. 17, in which they positively refuse to recognise the Government Com mission; they decline more especially to co-operate in the publication of the ordonnance which declares that the duchy shall be governed in the name of his Majesty the King of DENMARK. The Danish journals state that Prince FREDERICK of Hesse is gone from Cassel to Vienna, on an affair of much importance. Some of the journals say that the Prince is to be affianced to his cousin, a daughter of the Duke cf CAMBRIDGE. Fedrelandet says that Colonel HODGES has received orders from his Government to take up his residence at Flensburg-, and to urge Prussia to the complete carrying out of the armistice. RUSSIA. dated October 6, w hi c h s t a t e s that FUAD EFFENDI, The Pattie of last night publishes a letter from St. Pt Envoy Ext i a or di na ry from the Porte, been received by th e C ZAR . The writer h a e d e not r sbu t r h g e hn the, adds that, notwithstanding the impediment caused by the rumours respecting the movements of the English and French fleets, the general impression was that peace would not be disturbed ; that FUAD EFFENDI will return with the prospect of a possible arrangement. "On his arrival at Constantinople he will cause passports for England to he dAivered to the refugee chiefs, and this done, a conciliatory note will be forwarded to St. Petersburgh. England will have received a note in reply to that which she addressed to the Russian Cabinet. The tone of that note was very moderate, and that of M. DE: NESS ELRODE is equally so. Nevertheless there is at bottom, in both, some irritation." ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 12th inst. says :—" notification from the Committee of Cardinals has just appeared, ordering the calling in and reimbursement of the base metal coin and of the bonds of the Republic below one crown, and at the same time the substitu tion of Pontifical bonds for those of the Republic, with a diminution of 35 per cent. This notification, moreover, permits the purchase with the abolished bills, at the tariff of the day, of the consolidated stock of the appanage, and establishes a sinking fund of 300,000 crowns a year. By these means the paper money will disappear in a short time. A. report has been put in circulation that the cholera had broken out at Civita Vecchia. This is an invention for the purpose of causing discontent in the minds of the Roman people from the idea that the disease had been brought here by the French. Notwithstanding the absence of any quarantine regulations, the cholera has not appeared in the Roman States, although in some towns in Lombardy and Tuscany, which were subjected to sanitary regulations, it has been very violent. Other malevolent reports have been spread at Rome, which have been also contradicted by events. The movement of the Spanish troops, who occupy Terni and Velletri, furnished a pretext for One of those ill-intentioned gossipings. They were said to be advancing on Rome to drive out the French. All this rumour ended in a splendid dinner given by General RosTOLAN to the Spanish General C ORDOV A, who has just arrived in Rome, and in the evening the band of one of the French re giments performed a serenade under the windows of the Spanish General's hotel. The move ment of the Spanish troops was merely caused by a wish to rid the neighbourhood of some bands of brigands which infested it. Cardinals LAM DRUSCIIINI, MAI, and ORIoLI, are expected here in a few days to take the direction of the ecclesiastical congregations confided to them. According to well-founded conjectures, the arrival of these car dinals announces the speedy return of the POPE. It is very desirable that this event should take place as soon as possible, as it will be the only means of putting au en 4 to iv state of things Ain of exnbar• THE HOP DUTY. The following is an account of the Duty on Hops of the growth of the year 1849, for the undermentioned districts distinguishing the o:d from the new duty : Districts. Barnstaple ... Derby ucester Grantham ... Hauts Isle of Wight ... Lincoln ... Stourbridge Su (Folk .. • Sussex ••• ••• Wales (middle) ... Duty. £lO 13 10 1 2% ... 5 0 1 4 6 71 • 6,622 3 61 .. 2,510 1 9 ... 253 13 ‘,4 ▪ 653 7 71 ... 351 8 01 ... 35,250 9 6 ... 1 3 3,1 i R 45,672 8 8 Old duty at 1 12-"Otl. per 1b.... 25,011 9 81 8-20 New duty at 8-20 d. per 1b.... 18,486 11 8n 12-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent. per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 2,174 4 8 £15,672 8 8 The above are the only distr:cts from which the returns have reached this office. Those for the other districts will be published as coon as received. CIIARLES S. HAWTHORNE, Assistant to Accountant and Controller-General. Inland Revenue-office, Broad. street, Oct. 23. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The infant son of Lord and Lady John Russell was christened in the Royal Chapel in Windsor Castle this day, in the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Earl of Carlisle, and Lady Mary Abercromby, were the sponsors. The Earl of Carlisle and the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell arrived at the Castle to•day, and will have the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. Lord and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. R. and Lady Mary Abercromby, will also have the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. Lord James Hay transacted business on Monday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Carlisle left town yesterday morning for Windsor Castle. HEALTH. of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen Dowager remained in a favourable state during the whole of yesterday. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CI7'Y. Yesterday the committee of the whole Court of Aldermen assembled at the Guildhall, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of her Majesty at the Coal Exchange on the 30th instant. The Commissioner of Police was heard upon his plan for stopping the several streets in the locality of the coal-market, and it was resolved that the Com missioner should make all the necessary regulations for preserving a free passage through Thames-street and the adjoining strews, and take all other measures he may consider necessary connected with the ar rangements for the due reception of the Queen. It was ordered that the architect should make what ever provision the Commissioner of the City Police might think requisite upon the occasion. The architect was heard with respect to the ar rangements for the landing of her Majesty at the Custom-house. The Lord Mayor was requested to put the IVater Bailiff and Harbour Masters in communication with Commodore Eden as to the river arrangements. The committee of the Corporation appointed to make preparations for the reception of the Queen assembled and sat at the Guildhall during the whole day. Their business consisted of matters of detail, which remain as yet without form. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Wellington have accepted the invitation of the Corporation. Yesterday the following placard was ordered to be published : " DUKE, MAYOR. " OPENING OP THE COAL EXCHANGE.. 1 ° Mansion-house, Oct. 23. " The Lord Mayor begs to take the earliest opportu nity of giving notice that no steam-boat or other vessel, barge, or other craft, will be permitted to come higher up the river than Irongate- stairs, and in like manner all steamboats or other vessels, barges, or other craft, going down the river will not be permitted to navigate lower than the public landing places at Westminster bridge, between the hours of 10 A.m. and 4 P.N. on Tues day, the 30th instant, when the Queen has been gra ciously pleased to intimate her Majesty's intention to visit the city by water. " NATHANIEL SAUNDERS, " Water Bailiff and Sub Conservator." We are authorised to state that the Lord Mayor has received an intimation from Windsor Castle that her Majesty, desirous of gratifying the citizens of London, will be graciously pleased to allow their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal to accompany the Queen upon the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the City on Tuesday next. This announcement, we feel assured, will occasion great delight and satisfaction to all classes. We understand that the offices held by the late Mr. G. E. Anson, of Privy Purse to her Majesty and Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, have been conferred upon Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, hitherto Equerry to her Majesty and Private Secretary to his Royal Highness, which posts he resigns. Ile will be succeeded in the office of Private Secretary to the Prince by Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, one of the Equerries to her Majesty. PARIS, MONDAY.—The Italian Opera is announced to commence its season here on the Ist of November, a month behind its usual time ; but the company is poor, and nothing is expected better than a renewal of the miserable state of things of last year—poor performances, ill-dressed audiences, and a probable stoppage before the season is half over. And yet the prestige of a good Italian Opera was never so much required as at present. It was for some time hoped that Mr. Lumley, who is known to have alt the talent of Italy at his command, would be the director, the President and the principal members of the Government being anxious to secure the great im presario, with a view to restore this theatre to its ancient splendour, as a proof of the returning pros perity of the capital. Mr. Lumley, however, declined the direction, unless completely unrestricted by con ditions, or the engagements entered into by M. Ronconi, who held the privilege the latter part of last winter, and who will now make the bold attempt to recommence the season, with what success a few weeks will show. In the meantime the unfortunate Parisians are deprived of the pleasure of hearing Sontag, of whom they have been raving for the last three months. THE MEDITERRAISEAN FLEET.—AII sorts of incor rect reports are in circulation in the French, German, and English papers, as to the whereabouts and desti nation of the squadron under the immediate personal command in chief of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.B. One authority places it at Malta, anoter ut Corfu, and a third announces the arrival of a squadron of observation in the Bosphorus, and counts the number of guns fired as a salute. We may state, for the information of our readers, that the fleet, consisting of the Caledonia, 120; Howe, 120 ; Queen, 116 ; Prince Regent, 90 ; Powerful, 84 ; Vengeance, 84 ; Thetis, 36 ; Dragon, 6, steam frigate; Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop, were at Corfu on the 4th instant, and were about to sail for Athens that day. The Odin, 12, steam-frigate, was the only man-of. war sent to Constantinople, and she arrived there with dispatches on the 3d. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., off Leghorn, has been ordered to join Sir W. Parker's squadron at Athens. The gallant Admiral will then have seven sail of the line with him, mounting 692 guns, with nearly 6,000 men.—Herald. RUMOURED ABOLITION OF THE BOARD OF ORD. NANCE.—It is confidently rumoured that the Government seriously contemplate abolishing the Board of Ordnance, and that the entire control of this branch of the service will be vested in the Commander-in-Chief and in two offieeri, to be called the Comptroller of Ordnance Store Acc:muts, and the Comptroller of Ordnance Cash Ac counts. What gives additional strength to this state ment is the fact that the office of Secretary to tho Board or Ordnance, vacant by the death of Mr. Byba b in t, ,ha up snot been yet Hid up, and Ni ill not, it is stated, filled a till in TiBao Firur 7 nB y Es }; F A inance a n u e e o Committeex T oc. h t a tained that the you n g female who was missing at the the burning p re mises, and had ta ken shelter wasve madey e s t e r t h ; e a i y r report s e c ter in the house of re in a Icleoexdetedni,n a e n ff d e who ethjg it h w er as en f cape dha d lost her life, from ha re d succeeded neighbour. Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds 16% ...... to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 49 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 9 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... ...... to Leeds and Thirek Do. , do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 5 . Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port Lo idon & Blackw all ......11/. 6s. 3d — ...... to Load., Bright., & South Coastloo Do., New 51, gua. 6pr Ct.loo 125 .... . to • Do. Guaranteed toper Cent. 9 lO .. .. to Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 — ..... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ... London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference 2O London & North Western.....loo ......113 113% to 112 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths 7 ..... 8% 1 4 1 A to Do. 40i. Shares.....L. & M 35 — to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 504 ..... .. ....... 42 1 ,Y...,.. Ditto, New 40/ Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ceut ... 5 . ... 6% •to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... 5 .. ... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do., llalf - Shares [Awestofl, guar. 4 per c f 25 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto IA Shares(No. 1) ... 23 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, M I Shares (No. 3)... 12% ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby &,Sheffield 50 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22% — to Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Mid1and........ , .... Ditto, Consol. Prat erence...loo Dato,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 30 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Zlidland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. - Ditto ditto 221.75. .. .. Ditto, ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 60 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Sewcastle and Carlista lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...... to ... Newmarket - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — to Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Ditto New 201. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5% par cent ..... .. 5 ..... Do. do. Waveney Va11ey.., 2 Northern Counties Union ~. 4 North British —.. ... ...... . 25 ...... Ditto Palf Shares. ..... ..... 121/ — to Do. Quarters Ditto Thirds'..— 6q...... Ditto. Preference North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% North Wales 3 14 — • •... to North Western 1 3 3 /4 Oxford, W orcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfo., & Reigate 15 Royston and Ilitchin ..... .. 4%...... Scottish Central; 25 —..— x.i. to Scottish Midland .... ....... - Ditto,New 22%. — to Shrewsbury and Birminglara 12 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto,' New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry 18%...... .... to Ditto ,New)... - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 . Shropshire Union — ..... . to South Devon .. 5O •• • - Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 - South Staffordshire... South Eastern Ditto, No. 2.... Ditto, No. 3 ' Ditto, Remstered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. .. lO .. South Wales 43 South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l2 - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 14 1 4 ...... to --. Do. do. (South Dir.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 7 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... 17 1 ,( -- Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 473(..... Wateriord,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 por Cent. Guaranteed - Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. - West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l6 ... .. ..... to ----- Windsor, Staines, and South Western l4 Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 11 1 ,4 2 46 .. to --- Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S - Do.Hartlepeol Dk. & Rly. 100 - York and North Midland .. 50 - Ditto, Preference lO - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5l, .... - Boulogne and:Amiew 2O .. ... 5 1 4.- .. to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) Demerara. - Dutch Rhenish 8 ...... ..... . to ---' East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do los. Louvain ala Sambre ........ 7 Luxembourg - Ditto Madrid and Valentia - . ... to --" Namur and Liege........ - Northernof France 1418 x..... dls ... to --" Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. 27 , 8 to --- Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen 20 - ' Paris & Strasbourg ..,.. ..... 12 ..-.. Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , — Lours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 13 Tourney, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell .•• .. 20 •••• •• -. •••••• to West Flanders 834 — ...., to Ditto JOINT STOCK JUNKS. Australasia British North AmeriCan .... 50 ...... Colonial - Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... 4.- to --- Loudon and Westminster... 20 .. ... --- National Provincial of En g ld. 85 . _ Ditto, New - ..... to •••••• National of Ireland ...... 22% Provincial of Ireland: 25 ..• •.• to ' •"' Ditto, New - ~• o• to to ....' Union of Australia 25 to - _— ..... .... Ditto, New Union of London .. 10 Union of Madrid 40 MMES. Anglo Mexican lOO "• .4 000000 t° A.sturian , l5 •••••• O t° '.... 0000 _ Australian ..... ...... Barrossa Range 285....... ...... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal - ._ ...... _ Bolanos Scrip ...... to '-"' '''' British Iron • l 2 ..... .... to Brazilian Imperial .... .. ... 244 -•-•" to --* Ditto Cocoas and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - ...... Ito --- Cobra Copper .. 40 - " General " Real del Monte. Unregistered —._ .... ... to ' . " Do. Black Debentures — - _,. ..••• to to Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba . lO .". United Mexican ....... ........ 28%......: 54 % . A .. ..:. t t o o ...:-.. COURSE OF Amsterdam ...... •• • • 1 ! Ditto, at sight ••• • • • 1; 3% Rotterdam ...• •••• ** 25 75 liamburgh Antwerp • • • • • • •• •••"-•••,': B. 13 13% •••• • • Alt°lla ••• • • • • • 'h . ; •. 25 55 Parts, 3 clays si t t s mars Dit:re s za .. o . ll . 2 22 5 723 .71, Bourdeaux •• • . • ankfort on 1 . 22 reser shurgh, Sil. Rble.. Berlin .•. • • • • Vienna, effec. fib...". 11 0 Trieste, ditto..., • •• 11 0 Madrid ••• • • • •••• •• 49% Cadiz •••• • • . • ...... 49% Bilbao.. • . .„ „, Barcelona • • SeV111e•• •• •• •• •• •• EXCHANGE. 3, 91 Leghorn •••..••• • • • • • • 3 f• Genoa • • •• ;••' Milan .• • . •• ••• ;••• s Venice ••••• • • • '• 1* Naples .......... ••• •• • 3!, ralermo, perm •• • •"• 1 4 Messina •• ** •3 Li5b0n.......... • • • • • • Oporto •"• Rio Janeiro .•• • • • r EtuenoWiies ••• • • 'Sigh . 0. New York, y 21 days Philadelphia .. ••• • • • rO , 0 PRICES OP BIII LIOrj. 1. / Foreign Gold in bars • • •,,7 0 0 , Portugal Gold Coin • • A 0 dfig Spanish Doubloons •• 5 A Now Dollars • • • a Silver in bars THE RIVER PLATE.—LIVERPOOL, TUESPA7 - 1 0 the. the Novelty we have advices from Buenos Ayr es ' oti ° 24th of August. The Government of the Arg v e a . Republic had issued a decree on the 22d prohiliil tercourse between that republic and Pareguejc proceeding had considerably damped busineellaroar market for goods was much depressed. The 0(11 still continued in the country, w hi c h materially added s o lte„ the general depression. Produce was scarce ' 97 hides were quoted 50 dollars per pessada; to dollars 4 per arroba. Exchange, 2i per dolls T he bo g: THE ALLEGED MURDER AT CHELSEA.--"L„d to h found off Erith on Tuesday, which was suPPO_57, su bs.e: that of the man M`Gouran, whose robbery c a,e te ; 3o o.; quent disappearance have caused much Chelsea, was identified, upon examination, aes:tl_rfererlte; of a person named Desmond, who, with hi r ot . 17 0 , , were drowned off Alderman Stairs on the 20th . ., ro veo inquest was opened, and the identity having he b e n o r e bee evidence was given preying the (=Wen" I t) accidenWL vE 22d, Char] ris, I Queb &ow rrinc Jiver Jama powr Co leteye Reevi DA Barn, ScA dark 20th from the ti Lo this I been ballw LLI C L moth Ke'* tern, drivc2 hat part BB P.rinc Ar Rosit Mi Z.l%rr NI Cana GI John BR Vixe irr., co Tlh mark Inostl day's buys Was i Mngli Scotc] Irish Ford; 45,6 35,2 exec hem Pod Nevi 1.1 t; 2111 (led Mat Po rl c . ,13 thei of 1 for 1 indi his 1 vac pan too a►nd of mit TE col