The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 3•,)1e Lessee strd• Manager, Old Bronaptcn. THIS EVENING, Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macreacly; Edg,tr, Mr. J. Wallack ; Earl of Kent, Mr. Stuart ; Cordelia, Miss Repi •Ids. To 133 followed by an criginal Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snays, Mrs. Keeley. 'fo conclu le with the successful and laughable Farce, called an ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. line notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-otlice is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. ti:arise: ROY u., ADELYiII. Und 3i direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. After which anew Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummell, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOON'S. Mr. Ilighbury .Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. katthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. VITAL LYCEUM THEATRE. under the Manage:ll4;a of Madam: Ve.stti. s-ole I e4soe, Mr. Charle, Maths cos. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METIIINKi" I SEE MY FATHER, To be followed by BE; NITIY AND TBE BEAST. To conc'alde with a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. a .rei, ; Upper Boxv%, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. 4iailery, is. = 0 xl ,7iee t 'i, pert r the I,u se. All Applications for rrivato Boxes must Cs made to Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. rItINCESS'S THEATE.h.I. Mr. •J: M. Maddox, Sole Leawo and Alanager. THIS EVENING. Will be ferforrned a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST TGIIT To concinde with a new Ballet entitled LES PATINEURS. A74TI.K kOYAL AMPIIITHEATRF.. Prcprietor, Mr. W. Batty. vider the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, Whlch has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and p' on unced by the public press to bd the nnst gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. • The celebrated Comedian and Clown, Mr. T. Barry, will have the honour of appearing, having returned from America. Mr. J. BrAges and Madlle. Amine every Evening. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzhall's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. fp witowed by an Inimitable display of S CENE 4 IN THE C by the dist Kquestrlan talent of the day, in which Mr. T. Barry will appear. To conclude with the Farce of JACK JUNK. boa-office open from Eleven mi Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 111011 vvATER AT LONDON 11H.11)(1E. Ti ii DAY —Morning, 0 min. after 9 i Evening, 40 min. after 9 10- mosnow— voynine, 20 min. after 10 Even 58 min. Site 10 WEATHEI.L.—SuN thrFiCE, Nov. 9. THERMOMETER, Lower., 50 Highest., 56 Noon, 57 BAROMETER, 30.4. WIND S. W.— fine sunshiny weather. 4,4„\ k'''.Q 6 ->ei':" N! 7 A---,,t,,..,5ieZt. .*e $. 4 .-,' „ 03 „ ., :..),,,sot., ~.,„,, ~ . „; ; r,,,,. ' J'lf,:..ti:v _ i‘ ::°: :.!' . '' ~ ~ ~ _ 4r , ,,,, _ IlLa., ,v t Al l _ ItAto LONDON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1849. iiaving in our impression of Wednesday consi derel that portion of the able and most valuable reprt of Mr. SIMON to the City Sewers Commis sioners which relates to the subject, of drainage, we now proceed with our observations on the other por tions of this most important document. With regard to the supply of water, without an adequate supply of which, drainage is physically impossible, Mr. SIMON fICS - " In the city of London the supply of water is but a frac ion of what it should be. Thousands of the popula tion have no supply of it to houses where they dwell." An I he afterwards proceeds to point out the chief conditions in respect of water supply which peremp torily require to be fulfilled: these are— " 1. That every house should be separately supplied with water, and that where the house is a lodging house, or where the several floors are let as separate tenements, the supply of water should extend to each inh,bited floor. " 2. That every privy s':ould have a supply of water applicable as often as it may be required, and sufficient in vo , urne to cffeet at each application a thorough ti.:shitig and purification of the discharge pipe of the pricy. " 3. That in every c - lirt, at the point remotest from the sewer grating, there should be a stand cock for the ch.anAing of the 000 r• g and " 4. Twat at all these points there should always and uninterruptetlly be a sufficiency of water to fulfil all reasonable r,-quirmeuts of the population." It is manifest that it i 3 to the River Thames, end the River Thames alone, that we must look for a supply of water sufficient to fulfil the above con ii- Lions. The wells of London, Artesian and others, &envie in depth, it is at the rate of two feet annually, and are therefore nunif€'stly inadequate to tha supply of even the present limited demand; while the water companies derive in some instances all, in c very instance a portion of, their supply from the ' then i= another reason for insisting rn the necessity of maintaining the stream of the Tisames free from pollution, and of at once rejecting every system of sewerage which does not preserve the river pure and uncon taminated. Mr. SIMON then proceeds to consider the subject of oft.nsive and injurious trades and occupa tions, and recommends that the slaughtering of cattle within the city of London, and all its attendant abominations, naming more particularly as oae of theta sheds and stalls fur the continued keeping of ca'.tle, should be suppressed. This recommendation, of ecurse, involves the immediate abolition of Suiith field market. Mr. SIMON thus disposes of a fallacy on which the learned Thebans who have a vested interest in stinks have of late placed much reliance. lie says— " Bifore leafing this sull'et, I think it right very briefly to allude to an argument which is often obj,ctcd to the view her, stated. The objector looks to a parti cular clistric!, or to a particular slaughter-house, and • • that the m ortality:of the district is an average one, or a 3 he points to Mr. A er Mr. 13, the butcher, or the butcher's man, suintr, " Who can be healthier than A or B ? surely, if' the pursuit be injuriou3, these man ought to have been poisoned long ago.' .Nuw, to this I reply— first, as regards the men employed in these crafts, we have no statistics of any value to decide on their morta , Jity, and jidgment on the matter cannot . be deduced from some halt-dozen cases ; but, further, if we admit (which I by no mean- know to he the case) that they ars persons of a-verage longevity and healthiness, then it must be seers= inhered that their ectivity, their out- door exercise, ttoir high wages, and, above alt, their unlimited supply of anitall too 1, arc circumstances conducing to give them h, til;ti beyond the average of their station; and it must be rrenaembered that theie palliating circumstances, though they may counteract the evil for those most nearly concerned in it, contribute nothing towards de tdorizing the neighbourhood, or towards preserving its poorer inhabitants from the depressive influence of putrid emanations. " And, as regards the district—although we have cer tain evidence that organic decomposition is a chief cause of disease, yr t we do net invariably find disease gene rated in imm-diate proximity to the source of nuisance. " Drainage beneath the soil, and currents of air abeve it, convey the materials of decomposition to a distance ; anal-if the particular slaughterhouses be placed at. a high 1 vel amidst the surroute4ing, city,•• so that /heir drainage be effectual and their ventilalon complete, then it will be obvious to any candid inquirer, that their influence must be sought for not so much in any special aggrava• tion of the local atonality as in certain remoter effects f their diffused emanation; in effects, namely, which are discoverable along their lines of drainage and ventilation, and in the various consequences of a highly zymetic atmosphere generrily through the entire town." lie likewise proposes to prohibit the carrying on in the city of London tallow-melting, whalebone boil ing, gas making, and other similar trades which, if not absolutely injurious to life, are, in the language of the law, nuisances. As Mr. StsgoN justly observes— "lt is the common right of the neighbourhood to breathe in uncontaminated atmosphere ; and with this common right such nuisances must be considered to clash. it might be an infraction of personal liberty to interfere with a p ropr i etor ' s r i g ht t o ma k e offensive smells within the limits of his own tenement, and for his own separate inhalation ; but surely it is a still greater infraction of personal liberty, when the proprietor, en titlod as he is to but a joint use of an atmosphere which i s the common property of his neighbourhood, assumes what is equivalent to a solo possession of it, and claims t i re r ight of diffusing through it some evanescent efflu v:um which others equally with himself a re t h us o b l i ged to inhale." On the Eubject of intramural interments, Ai r : SIMoN gives it unhesitatingly as his conviction, after having examined as fully as circumstances would allow into the requirements of the city of London in respect of burial accommodation, " that the City can no longer with safety or propriety he allowed to fur nish intramural interment to its dead." Public opi nion, we believe, is all but unanimous in declaring that all intramural grave yards should be immediately closed; but there are still some persons who believe that the burial in vaults of bodies enclosed in. metallic coffins might be permitted without danger. To all such we recommend the attentive perusal of the following remarks of Mr. Sums on this subject : "with respect to burial in vaults, will** prevails to a THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1849 very great and dangerous extent in the city, I may ob serve, that among persons who are ill-informed on the subject there exist erroneous notions as to the preserva tion of bodies under these circumstances. They are supposed from their complete closure to remain un changed for ages, like the embalmed bodies of Egypt and [fern; or, at least, if perhaps they undergo some interior and invisible change (as the chrysalis within its sheath), that there is no interference with the general arrangement, no breach in the compactness of the enve lope. Nothing can be less correct than this supposition. " It is unnecessary that I should detail the process of decay as it occurs within the charnel house, nor need I inquire for your information whether indeed it be true, as alleged, that part of the duty of a sexton consists in tapping the recent coffins, so as to facili tate the escape of gases which otherwise would burst forth from their confinement. It is sufficient that I should state that whether such be or be not the duty of the functionary in question, a time certainly comes, sooner or later, when every corpse buried in the vault of a church spreads the products of its decomposition through the air as freely as though no shell had en closed it. It is matter of the utmost notoriety that under all ordinary conditions of vault sepulture the wooden case of the c ffin speedily decays and crumbles, while the interior leaden one, bending with the pressure of whatever mass may be above it, yields, bulges, and bursts as surely as would a hat-box under the weight of a leaden portmanteau. " If the accuracy of this description be doubted, let inquiry be made on a large scale after the coffins of forty years back—let it be seen how many will appear lf, on the contrary, its accuracy be granted, then I apprehend nothing further need be urged to establish the importance of abolishing a system which maintains on so large a scale the open putrefaction of human re mains within places of frequent resort, and in the midst of populous habitations. " It is a very serious matter for consideration, that close beneath the feet of those who attend the services of their church there often lies an almost solid pile of do composing human remains, co extensive with the area of the building, heaped as high as the vaulting will permi , and generally (as I have shown) but very partially con fined. And if it be the case (as perhaps it may), that the frequenters of the place of worship do not complain of any vitiation of the atmosphere, or perhaps do not experience it, not the less is it true that vitiation occurs, and (whether to the special detriment of the congrega tion or not) contributes to the overladen putrefactiveness of our London atmosphere. " In respect of such vaults, I do not consider that the mere cessation of interments will be sufficient, seeing that at the present moment they contain amongst them many thousand coffins as yet tenanted by the materials of decomposition ; and year and after year, if left in their present state, these will be poisoning the air with successive instalments of their progressive decay. " It seems to me quite indispensable that some com prehensive measure should be undertaken for abolishing at once and for ever all burial within the city of London. Conjointly with the general application to Parliament for prohibition of further intramural sepulture, I would re commend that authority be obtained by the City for its several parishes to procure the decent removal to extra mural cemeteries of such coffins as already occupy their vaults; or failing this measure, I would recommend that all coffins now lying within vaults be walled up in their present resting-places with uniform impermeable masonry." We make no apology for the length of the above extract, for the matter to which it relates is one which affects the life of every attendant at every metropo litan place of worship, and we feel that any attempt at comment would only weaken the force of the ar gument so excellently, so strongly, and so plainly put by Mr. SimoN. The report then, at great length, describes the miserable state of the habitations of the poor in courts and lanes and allies, where are to be found rookeries of houses absolutely incapable of ven tilation, and proposes the following remedy : " I would beg to recommend," says Mr. Simon, " that a survey be made of the worst districts which I have specified, with a view to the immediate purchase and de struction of some considerable portion of the court pro perty lying in them; and still more, I would urge that this is an exertion which for some years must proceed systematically, in order to thin the numbers of a popula tion which now breeds pestilence and augments mortality by its overcrowding and excess. " I am aware that considerable difficulties lie in the way of accomplishing an object of this sort with imme diate rapidity. It is my great hope, however, that the principle may be distinctly recognised; and that the City will not tolerate within its municipal jurisdiction the continuance of houses absolutely incompatible with healthy habitation. This principle being once esta blished, and a certain annual expenditure devoted to enforce it, I feel assured that within a very few years opportunities enough will have arisen for that outlay to have been made in the most judicious manner, and tor its results amply to have demonstrated the advantages of the system which I recommend." Mr. SIMON then proceeds to consider " the per sonal habits of the lowest classes, and the in fluence of destitution in increasing mortality ;" and in the course of his observations pays a well-deserved ' tribute of praise to the efforts which of late have been made by various benevolent societies to improve those habits and lessen that destitution. Mr. SIMON sums up his report with the following statement of what he considers to be absolutely necessary for the security of the health and welfare of the City : "To provide an inoffensive ontfall for the sewerage of our vast popula'ion; to render the ricer a source of un ' qualified advantage; to give an indefinite extension, an I a sounder principle, to the system of water supply; to suppress all trade; and occupations which taint the atmosphere with materials of organic decomposition; to abate the nuisance of smoke; to provide the tacilities ter extramural interment, and to procure the prohibition of all further burial amidst our living; to improve the domestic arrangements of the poor, and to ensure their adequate supervision; to hinder the occupation of houses which breed pestilence; to destroy such as are irremediably hostile to health; and to thin the stifled population of courts and alleys; to establish public baths and laundries which may offer to the poor the utmost facilities and in ducement for the maintenance of personal cleanliness; to erect, in the stead of such courts as we may hope to depopulate and destroy, but in open streets and with perfect ventilation; to erect and to place at the disposal of the labouring classes houses and lodgings which not only may offer to their inhabitants every convenience essential to health end decency, end c imfort, but may likewise serve as models of housf hold economy for the whole district in which they stand." Mr. SIMON has entitled himself ,to the gratitude and admiration of every philosopher and o f every philanthropist, by the publication of this perhaps the most valuable contribution that has ever been made to sanitary science—a science which, to use the eloquent words of Mr. SIMON himself— " fa the great objects which it proposes to itself, in the immense amelioration which it proffers to the phy • sical, social, and, indirectly, to the moral condition of an immense majority of our fellow creatures, transcends the importance of all other sciences, and in its beneficent operation seems most to embody the spirit and to fulfil the intentions of practical Christianity." Having proved last week that the late monetary crisis and commercial distress was not ascribable to the failure of the potato crop or to "over-pro duction," we now proceed to show that it was not attributable to " over-speculation" or to the "rail- , way expenditure," but that the various evils that were erroneously supposed to have originated from these causes were altogether occasioned by the undue "appreciation" of the value of money, which resulted from the unjust and impolitic Acts of 1819 and 1844. Any use of capital or wealth other than "hoard ing" or useless consumption must properly come within the term "speculation." If men desire to mske profit of any kind from-the employment of the means placed at their disposal—if they are not contented to bury their talent in the bowels of the earth, and to become indeed "unprofitable servants" —they must " speculate." If a man having a large sum of money lying idle in his hands choose to invest it in lands, in houses, in railways, in trade, or com merce, or manufactures of any kind, or even to lend it out at interest on any species of security, he is " speculating." In other countries where, from political or ether causes, there was no security for either life or property ) many persons were in the habit of concealing their treasurer, that they might be available upon any emergency, so as either to be carried away or remain hidden until disturbances had ceased, and the owners were enabled to reclaim pos session, they being satisfied to forfeit the benefits to be obtained from their use for the additional security to the principal. But such was happily never an English habit. Every man in the enjoyment of superfluous wealth endeavours to obtain some profit j from its use; he seeks the best species of investment, considers which will yield the best interest, dividend, or annual produce, combined with the greatest safety of principal, and in many cases the prospects of an increase in the value of that principal. We are a " speculating" people, and it is to that specula tion that the greatness and prosperity of Eng land is owing, that the English language is to be heard in every clime and on every SE a, and g te r r e p a r t is c e h , ar e a r ct ie, r s i : t e i e c ui o a f ti e t h e e ; , A f n o g r the terms that the sun never sets on the Brit i sh dom i n i ons. The Saxon race reacaeis in .en-con vertible ; and the h Engl . is man who would change that feeling, and substitute listless indolence and apathy, is the worst enemy of his country. But our money laws are rapidly producing that result. The extraordinary fluctuations in the value of money that have been so painfully perceptible of late y ears have defeated the best devised projects, the most ac curate calculations, Legitimate, well-matured com- I n ercial adventures, that under a more equable rnone- tary system would ensure handome profits, become wild and rash " speculations ;" white stupid sloth and inactivity, without the possession of a single good quality, is regarded as wise and prudent conduct. The " appreciation" of money it is that has rendered every species of trading or commerce unprofitable, a source of loss in place of gain. Persons who purchase any description of commodities must make up their minds to sell at less than first cost, or to retain the goods deteriorating in their hands. Manufacturers must dispose of their products at less than the price of the raw materials and the wages of their workmen ; but this is not occasioned by over-production or over speculation, but by the increased value of money, which, although of the same nominal value—being 6 dwts. a grs of gold for the pound sterling, requires a much greter quantity of goods to be given in exchange than was formerly considered nn equivalent. Merchants, manufacturers, and traders must therefore suffer ; while the only parties who benefit are those who hoard up their money, waiting for the fatal operation of the money laws to depress all kinds of industry, and to enable the drones to fatten upon the spoils of their more active brethren. Let us inquire a little further and see what description of speculation it was that was chiefly , complained of. The Governor and the Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England in their evidence before the Committee on Commercial Distress declared that "An unprecedented large importation of food caused by a deficient harvest, required in payment the export of a large amount of bullion to the extent of about 7,500,000/. from the coffers of the Bank, and probably not leas than 1,500,000/. from other sources—together 9,000,000/. From this large reduction in the available capital of the country, in addition to the still larger amount invested in railway expenditure, acting suddenly upon a previous high state of credit and excessive spE cu lation, arose the pressure in the money market. There was an abstraction of 7.500,000/. from the bullion held by the Bank, and consequently a diminution in the notes to that extent." They then explain the sudden fall of prices of bread stuffs, and the failure, first of the parties who speculated in corn, and then of others whose resources were materially affected thereby—the general alarm and total prostration of credit that ensued, and the " hoarding of money to a considerable extent. The general complaint was a scarcity of money. Credit was so entirely destroyed that houses trading to distant countries, carrying on their business by means of credit, by a renewal of their acceptances as they became due, were no longer able to meet their engagements, and were forced to stop payment. This was the state of things previous to the issuing of the Government letter in October." Now, it must be borne in mind, that these gentlemen are among the most strenuous advocates of the Acts of 1819 and 1844, and that their object was to prevent any altera tion in our money laws, and that their evidence was , more particularly directed to the Act of 1844. The first shock to the national credit was the " unprece dented large importation of food caused by a deficient harvest." This, then, was the " over-speculation" of which they complained. Was there, we ask, a single quarter of corn imported which was not required by the nation ? If it had not been for that large im portation, must not the people have endured the ut most privations, and encountered a scarcity similar to that under which our Irish brethren suffered so severely ? The "speculations" in corn, then, although 1 1 they may have acted injuriously on the money 1 market, were absolutely essential to the safety of the country ; and it is manifest that we owe much to that " speculation" which averted the most fearful evils, and unparalleled misery from the com munity at large. The dealers might have I sustained pecuniary losses, but they preserved their I fellow-citizens from the most frightful calamities?, But how did the large importation produce the money - j crisis ? Simply because it led "to the export of a large amount of bullion," about 9,000,000/. sterling. This was the effect of the fixed price of gold, which was thereby rendered the cheapest commodity the foreigners could take in payment for their goods. Had it been otherwise, had its price varit d with the money market, our manufactures would have been taken in place, and increased employment would have been occa4loned, but unfortunately our currency laws prevented this salutary result, that would have I ahno3t counteracted the evils of a deficient harvest. But even this large abstraction of bullion would not ) necessarily havq, produced the orris, had it not been for the operation of the Act of 1844, that rendered it necessary, when 7,500,0001. was drawn from the coffers of the Bank, to withdraw an equal amount of notes from circulation. This it was that compelled the directors to put on " the screw ;" thst obliged them to limit accommodation, and re duced prices generally, so as to lead to the great pecu niary losses that ensued, to the hoarding of money, and the run upon the Bank, which terminated the moment the celebrated letter of the 25th of October appeared suspendirg the operation of the impolitic Act of 1844: This view of the case is confirmed by the evidence of Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY, the eminent bill-broker, who, in speaking of the proceedings of the Bank directors, said— " Under the Currency Act they found themselves under the necessity of not only withdrawing their usual accommodation by way of discount, but of calling in with a severe and unrelenting hand the loans they had made upon the security of bills, Exchequer•billa, &c. The suddenness and severity of this change was forced upon the Bunk by the Currency Act. Had it not been for that they would have spread over months what they felt themselves compelled to do in a few days, to the serious derangement of the money market and to much alarming disaster." Under such circumstances, then, and with such evidence before us, are we no t justified in asserting " that the monetary crisis was not occasioned by ' over-speculation,' but that it was attributable to the undue appreciation' in the value of money which resulted from the unjust and impolitic Acts of 1819 and 1844 ?" PINE APPLES AND BARONS OF BEEF.-011 the Lord Mayor's table this evening, on the occasion of the grand banquet in Guildhall, will be placed two enormous barons of beef, perhaps the very largest ever cooked for any similar celebration—ono weigh ing no less than 312 lbs. and the other 354 lbs. These gigantic join's were bred and fed on the estate of the Earl de Grey, Lord , Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. Besides these monster dishes of meat, there will also appear, on the table of the Chief Magistrate, two huge pine apples weighing 15i lbs., grown in Staf fordshire, by the Duke of Sutherland, and for the production of which a gold medal was awarded on the 6th instant by the Horticultural Society—the fruit having, moreover, been recently exhibited in Regent street, to public admiration. The whole of the civic banquet will be provided by Mr. Thomas Younghusband, of Gerard's Hail, making the fourth successive year in which he has been the caterer to the grand inaugurative dinner of the Lord Mayor of the city of London. We believe that this continuous selection is altogether without a precedent. ROCHESTER, Nov. 9.—The corporation of this city have judiciously chosen for their mayor S. Sid den, , Esq., a gentleman hi ghly qualified for th e office, he being a staunch supporter of the rights and pri vileges appertaining to this ancient and loyal place. We must not omit, however, on this occasion, also to acknowledge and tender our best thanks to our late respected mayor, Robert Clements, Esq., who has so judiciously presided over the civic business during the last year. In addition to being a man of high principle and integrity, his general urbanity and courteous manners render his retirement from office to be much regretted. MR. BAPTIST NOEL IN ROME.—It is understood that Mr. Baptist Noel has proceeded to Rome with the view of operating with greater effect for the release of Dr. Achilli. We also learn that Mr. Noel is by no means secure in his new position in Doughty-street Chapel. This, we believe, is the property of Mr. Henry and Lady Harriet Drummond, and it is understood that upon the demise of Mr. Evans, the use of the chapel will not be continued to Mr. Noel.—Record. THREATENED DISSOLUTION OP THE WEST LON• DON ANTI-INCLOSURE SOCIETY.—In consequence of the determination of some members of this society to divide it and its library into St. Pancras and St. Marylebene 13renehes against the will of its founder and secretary, and Earl Stanhope and other friends and members, a dissolution of this useful acciety may be expected, though another and still better society will be formed in its stead. Already some most valuable presents have been withdrawn from the library by their donors, and other withdrawals are expected, so that should a division of tke library he still insisted on, opponents will not have much to divide; if otherwise, such books as have been withdrawn will be restored. LADY FRANKLIN.—Lady Franklin returned to town yesterday from the north, to see Sir James Ross and Sir John Richardson, on their return from their re speetiire expeditions. _ THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. On Wednesday evening a trial of strength took place in the National Assembly on the subject of the National Education Bill, introduced by M. DE FAL- Loult, when the parti-pretre was beat by a majority of 4in a house of 610 members. On the motion of M. DUPONT, the Assembly determined by 307 to 303 to refer the National Education Bill to the Council of State, which is tantamount to preserving merely the preamble, and altering the whole character of the measure by changing every one of its clauses. The correspondent of a morning contemporary says, in speaking of this measure— " This Education Bill was intended to be the great compact of reconciliation among the different sections which compose the majority. The clerical party ob tained by it all their claims of right to exercise con trol over education. The University gave way, and M. TRIERS and the champions of the exclusive right of the State to direct colleges and schools abandoned a cause which they had supported all their lives. The fruit of this concession was to have been the thorough union of Legitimists, the parti-pretree, the Orleanists, and even the Bonapartists. The act itself was con sidered the great triumph of M. DE FALLOUT, and the one for which his adherents felt most grateful. The restoration of the POPE and the partial sur render of education to the clergy were the two achievements which marked the ascendancy of M. DE FALLOUT and the Legitimists in the Government. Their foreign and domestic policy were characterised by these two measures. M. DE FALLOUT has retired ; his colleagues have been dismissed ; the message of the PRESIDENT has shaken the allied parties, and as the first patent proof of their disruption, we have this vote of last evening." He thus explains the meaning of the reference of this measure to the Council of State:— " The Constituent Assembly passed a resolution by which all laws should be referred to the Council of State. The same Assembly also ruled that certain laws which they called organic should be looked upon as an app ndix to the Constitution, and become a part and parcel of that funda mental Act. Amongst those laws denominated organic was this Bill concerning public instruction. The Constituent Assembly consented, however, to its own dissolution before it had time to make the organic laws. The late Ministry having decided that th Legislative Assembly was entitled to take up the unfinished work of the Constituent, held that in so far as the organic laws were concerned there was no need of reference to the Council of State. That body, it now appears, thinks otherwise, and ex pressed its sense of the slight put upon it by M. DE FALLOUT, in a letter to the PRESIDENT of the Assembly, which was not, however, of an official character. Now, when we consider that the Council of State was chosen by the Constituent Assembly, and that it is of a highly Republican character, we make no strained conclusion when we say that IDE FALLOUT'S Bill may be expected to return out of its hands so completely altered—we shall not .say disfigured—that the parent shall have some diffi culty in recognising his offspring. Those who voted for referring the Bill to the Council of State know this well, and the triumph of the Republican and University parties last evening is, in fact, a tri umph over the TRIERS, BERRYER, Monr, and MON. TALEMBERT fractions." The Ministry ostensibly abstained from interfering, although it was evident that their desire was that the measure should be referred to the Council of State. We congratulate the PRESIDENT, the Ministry, and France herself; on the result of this division, which has rescued them from the tyranny of a sacerdotal obscuratism at once grinding, degrading, and ridi culous. They must, however, be on their guard as they have to do with enemies as unscrupulous as they are cunning. Owing to some marks if impatience expressed in the gallery set apart for the editors of the Paris papers, the President of the Assembly considered it his duty to order the attendants to instantly close the gallery, and the editors were obliged to withdraw. The following protest, signed by seventeen of the editors who were present on the occasion, appears in all the Paris journals of yesterday : " Aa unheard-of incident occurred at the conclusion of the sitting yesterday. About five o'clock, just as M. B:40 was about to address the Assembly, one of those murmurs which are every day heard from the tribunes proceeded from that of the editors of journals. Imme diately, and without any previous warning, M. Dupin, the President, ordered one of the ushers to clear the tribune. All the editors retired. In presence of such an unjustifiable and unprecedented measure, the press, justly offended, thinks it its duty to protest in the interest of its dignity and of its rights." The semi-official Patrie publishes a letter from St. Petersburgh of the 27th ult., which states that explanations having been g iven to the EMPEROR by a courier dispatched from Paris on the 15th ult. by the French Government, that the orders given to the commanders of the French and English fleets to sail to the Dardanelles, were the result of a misunder standing, and that, moreover, those orders were given before the answer of the CZAR to FUAD EFFENDI was known, the CZAR declared himself satisfied with those explanations, but at the same time ordered Count NESSELRODE to communicate his resolution to the Turkish Envoy to the following efEct :—The EMPEROR will not admit that any Power has a right to interfere in his differences with the Porte either as regards the refugees or the pro vinces of Wallachia and Moldavia. The measures respecting these provinces are to be maintained inde pendently of any control of the Western Powers. One serious condition is that, notwithstanding the treaty of Balta Limen, the EMPEROR is to retain 40,000 men in the Danubian provinces during the winter. The garrison of Bucharest alone will consist of 10,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry. The advanced guard of the Russian army centered in Bessarabia moves to the line of the Pruth. Jassy is also 'to be occupied by a strong garrison, forming communication with the army in Bessarabia. As a compensation for these measures, the Turkish Government may increase the garrisons on the Danube from Widdin to Silestria. These conditions have been communicated to the Ambassadors of the different Powers. The same journal publishes the following paragraph : —" The Government has, it is said, just given orders for one of our steam-frigates to proceed to Portiei, to be placed at the disposal of the POPE , who, it is said, appears decided to return immediately to his States, and will land at Civita Vecchia." M. AUGUSTE CHEVALIER, brother of M. MICHEL CHEVALIER, has been named Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, in the place of M. FER DINAND BARROT. M. A. CHEVALIER occupied an important situation in the administration of the Great Northern Railway. The Attorney General, ROVER, began his address to the jury of the High Court of Versailles on the evi dence of the witnesses, which had just concluded. He continued speaking until five o'clock, when the Court adjourned. At the meeting of the Assembly yesterday, an attempt was made by the parti pretre to quash the vote of the preceding day on the ground of infor mality. The attempt, however, only produced them another defeat of a still more decided character, for the Assembly passed to the order of the day by a large majority. M. TRIERS and his clique exclaim loudly against the bigotted section of the parti pretre, and talk of the abyss into which M. DE .MONTALEM BERT has led them. It is too late now for M. TRIERS to make these complaints ; he must take the consequences of his actions, although we believe he must be by this time con vinced that the support which he has given to the parti-pretre is worse than a fault, it is a mistake, and a mistake into which we are surprised that one who knows the temper of his countrymen so accu rately as M. TRIERS does, could by possibility have fallen. The editcrs of the journals have declined attending the Assembly until M. Durm shall have apolo gised for the insult he put upon them in ordering their tribune to be cleared. Their tribune was unoccupied yesterday. Colonel RIBELLOT has been created a general, and will be succeeded as Prefect of Police by M. CAR LIER. PARIS BOURSE, THIII!f3DAY, Nov. 8. The market has become much firmer to-day, and from the commencement of business kept steadily looking up to the close, when Threes for the itecount were marked at 55f. 90e., and Fives , at 88f. 20e. The mark e t cloud as follows:—Th ree s, for cash, 55f. 85c. ; f or se count, 55f. 90c.; Fives for cash, 88f. 20c. ; for ac count, 88f. 20c; Bank of France Shares, 2,325 f.; Neapo litan, 88f.-75c.; Spanish Threes, 35f.; ditto Fives, not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also been firmer, but prices have not materially varied; the turn , however, has been in favour of sellers. Orleans closed at 730'.; Rouen, 5251 ; Havre, 230 f.; Avignon, 215 E; Bour deaux, 393 f. 75c.; Nsrthern, 430 E; Paris and Stras bar;r, 356 f. 25c.; Nantes, 28If. 25e.; Montereau, 102 f. 50e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TOE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 8. Boulogne and Amiens, 5% —Luxembourg, lA—Namur and Liege, 6 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2!4—Paris a n d Itouen, 20—Sambre and Meuse, 21/2. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S BIIITH-DAY.—To- day being the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness the youthful Heir Apparent, who completes his eighth year, the auspicious event was celebrated by the bells of the royal parishes ringing merry peals, and her Majesty's tradesmen, and many of the inhabitants of Windsor, will dine together on the occasion. The Heir Apparent will not attain his majority until the age of eighteen. TUE lior DUTY.—On Thursday the collection of the first instalment of the hop duty for 1848 took place at the George lan, and we understand that the payment was obtained, in both the bop duty end rent charge, with more ease than could have been expected, although some of the farmers said their funds were quite ex hausted.—Maidstone Journal. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA Atill HUNGARY. The Cologne Gazette says :—" On Ist November General HArNAu proclaimed the Hungarian consti tution at Pesth, and it will now be published through out the length and breadth of the land in the respective languages of the inhabitants ; at the same time Gen. HAYNAU has proclaimed an amnesty for all minor political offenders." The EmrErtort has ordered all domiciliary visits of the police to be suspended, unless on the warrant of a criminal tribunal. _ _ _ One of the Vienna journals has been suspended for having deprecated the punishment of the bastinado. USSI A. The relations between Prussia and Neufchatel are in a train of being amicably arranged ; Neufchatel will return to the same position as before the re volution. England, it is said, has offered her me diation. The First Chamber did not sit on the sth. The Second Chamber passed the Eastern Railway Bill on that day. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Frankfort Gazette des Postes, of the 341, con tains an article of an official character, according to which the Ministry of the Empire has given orders that the Danish war steamer the Gefion shall be burnt or blown up sooner than suffer it to fall into the hands of the Dane=. To this intelligence is sub joined a statement of facts which leads the Ministry of the Empire to apprehend that Prussia will not lend a hand to prevent this conquered vessel from being delivered up to the Danes, under the pretext of an independent Schleswig. The German Reform, in a letter from Kiel, Nov. 3, says—' The crew of the German frigate Barharossa arrived here yesterday, and set off to-day for Ecken forde, where they will form the crew of the Gefion, and bring her up to Bremerhaven, to the rest of the German vessels. The President of the Assembly of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, on opening the session at Kiel, delivered a speech containing an appeal to arms against Denmark. The deputies of Schleswig were present in the Assembly, although the armistice for bids them. According to the Independance of Brus sels, things are fast approaching to a crisis in the two duchies. .VIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTET? TO THREE. The Cotten market et Liverpool yesterday was active and closed firm. Prices also were a shade higher. The sales were cstituated at 15,500 Liles, viz., 9,000 Ameri can, 2,500 P,,rnam and Nlarharam. at 6id. to 7d., 1,000 Egyptian at qd to 70., 3,000 Surat, and 80 Sea Liam!, the latt, r at Is. to Is. skd. per lb. Of the above nearly 7,000 were taken on speculation.—Railway shares rct re dull at previous rates. The Corn market has not varied to-day in any sen sible degree. The business done in the Colonial markets this week has been large as regards many of the principal staples, and the grocers and refiners, are coming forward freely as purchasers of Sugar. In Coffee, Ceylon especially, there have likewise been extensive dealings. Rice bus been rather heavy. The foreign arrivals bring nothing of prominent in terest. From Berlin, under date of the 6th inst., we have the Three-and-a-half per Cent. Russian Bonds quoted 88k, and at Vienna, on the 3d inst., Austrian Stock was 94k. The Frankfort accounts of the Bth quote Austrian 87i. At Amsterdam, on the 7th not much was done in the funds. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 53 5-16. The meeting of railway directors held at the West end, with the object of framing a measure that will give a better system of audit, is in itself so important as scarcely to need much enforcement ; but, unfortunately, shareholders are so lax that they require to be stimulated even in a proper course. The con clusion at which every one has arrived is, that an alteration in the system of account auditing is imperative, and that if the proprietors do not take steps to bring it about themselves, Govern ment will take the matter out of their hands. One word we may say, en passant, viz., that any new Bill in Parlia ment ought to be made applicable to all companies, whether railway or other. Even in America railroad companies, from the over-sanguine views of all parties, have disappointed people. A New York writer states:— " We have for some time past been satisfied that our railroad system was rotten to the very core; that there were not half a dozen solvent railroad companies in this country or in Europe; that most of these concerns were started more for the purpose of filling the pockets of their originators and a few favourites, than fur any public benefit, and that they have thus far generally accomplished the object they had in view. England is far ahead of us at present in the number of railroad bubbles; but we doubt if, with all the facts which have recently come to light, there have been greater frauds, or a greater number of highly respectable swindlers, in the railroad management of Great Britain than in this country." The English Funds have been rather higher to-day. Consols 92i to 93 ; and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 921 11. Exchequer-bills are 465. to 48s. prem., and very firm; and India Bonds have been supported at 84s. premium. In the Foreign market there is nothing doing. Spanish Five per Cents. are 16t; and Peruvian Bonds have realised 52i, These have been the only bargains. Mexican are nominally 26 to i; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 33 to 34. Shares are very quiet, but on the whole rather firmer. osili O'CLOCK. 0.! , 1+1 , or ..RITII3II s I.lllDs FRICES. Rank Stock 3,per Cent. Reduced A:111$ ... 91 3 4 7 4 91% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92% 93 93 4, New 34 per Cent. Anna.— . 9254% 92 f;,, Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o 8% 8 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 --16 8 3-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. ....... ...... 84 p 84 p Ditto under 1,0001..........» B4 p 84 p Consols for Account 92% 93 93 Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d 1,0001. June 4B 46 p 48 p 500/. June Small. June 45 48 p 48 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS osrx CLOSIN, O'CLOCK. PRICES. Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. — Do., 5 per cent Do. Bonds .. Equador Bonds a, cxican. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 99 1 A 33/4 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent I'lussian Bonds ..... -- 107 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 16% 16% Ditto, Passive —3% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 53% Ditto. 4 per Cant. Certificates — 82 Dividends on the above payable in London. PRICES OF v ~,. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. ``''''' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6%...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants - Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 - 0 . Birmingham and Ox fi rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with aguaran. 20 ....... Do, withoutguarad!ce 20 Birmin p• , Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.... 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O .... Ditto, Thirds 27% — 6uckinghamshire Caledonian ...... ...... 50 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 :.. hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 - ••• Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% — .. East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & H..— 18 Do., 3/. 10s,, Pref... 3% Eastern Conaties... ..... 20 ....„, .._ .... Do. New, Gun. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No. l 61.135. 4d.... - p.....•••.•••p............. Ditto ditto,'No. 2...6/, 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. - Ditto. 5 per Cent Do. New ... 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shores) 25 Ditto, Class A, Oittc... 3% — Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class 0, eitto... '25 . Do. Scrip (6 , r ee c , :nt.) 20 ...... East Lancashire 25 Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 614...... .. Do., 6 per Cent Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 — .•..• East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ••• Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto. Newport E,xeter,Yeovil, 4 Dorch 2 5,,, — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. GIL sgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilma.r , & Ayr 50 — Do.Preferenee Consol. Great Northern Do., 'y2 A Deferred Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 % — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 ;mat south. and West. ( Ireland) ... 47IA .....• Urdat North of England.loo ...... —. ... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New,lsl l5 .. .. .. Great Western 100 ...... 62 1 i Ditto, 4 Shares 5O ...... ... ........ ~ Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ....... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 . 12 7 11% - 521/2 7% 3 11 1 4 11 3 4 7 1 4 463% Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. $ 8... 98 Ditto, ditto • Ditto, 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifth 5............... 10 Do. Thirds ...... . 16 1 4 — Do. New Guaranteed 6E er Cent..... ...... 10 Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 14 Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O 96 % •••••••••••• 96% Leeds and Thirsk 50 ••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 _ Do., Pref. Quar., 18 IS 9 13% Liverpool, Crosby and Southport ... 10 London & Black wa11...11/. 6a. 3d... London, Brighton, an South Coast... 10) ...... 73% Do., New 54, guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 Do. Gaarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 . 7334 10 i/ii L , ndonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d .._ ..... .... Ditto, Prefer.r.r. _ . 20 London and N. Western 100 ..... 114 114 , 4 .. 113. 1 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fift 4 l.: Do. 401.Shares(L. M.) 35 .....• Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... .. ..... Lond..lrS Western ..... 50 ••••- •—• Ditto, New 501. ...... 42 1 ,4...... • ..... Do. Now 40 ' Do., New Scrip, 1E43, Pzef. 7 per Cent. ... 5 ...... . ..... Lendondcrry &C:Aeraine 25 Do. V a Shares .. 5 Londonnerz j and Ennrz kitlen...... .. ..... - ... ... 25 Do. ' Shares _ 1 / 9 5 Lowesto . ff guar. 4 per et 20 ............. Ditto (6 p.m et.) Manohe,ter,i3uston,and atlock... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 „• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - 5 000000 - •• ••• 00000000 Do.', Shares (No. 3) 12 Do. New 101. Prof..— 10 ~,, Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 59 OO 000 Ditto ditto . 19 Ditto ditto 117 , , ...... Di t N Sheffield and Lincolnshire, ..... ••• Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 DoDo. Manchester arid ~ UniOn. 41. 2s ••• DI cl?Ld .. ..... 1(1) Do. Consolidated Prcf.loo Do., do., 504 Shares 30 ... Do. Bien., and Derby 10(' Do. Consol. Bristol and 47% 8% Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto, Brist. & Glocar. 42 Ditto ditto ... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pi .c. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo - Midland Great Western Irish ISliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cant. guar. Newcastle and Caril3le.loo Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension . • cwport, Abergavenny, !. end Hereford • 6 •••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, W arrenpoint, and hostrevor Norfolk ...... 100 _— Do. New 20/. .. l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,.. pc. 5 .. Do. do. Waveuey ,al. 2 ...... . —. Northern CountieUnion 4 ..... ...... ...-. North 8riti5h............ 25 ..... 11%... ..... ..... 11% Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 - di .. .. --...—. __ . Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 1 , 2 84% ............ 8 Sorth Wales . 3% — North-Western . l nt . . „ uxterd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 44 4 3/....... . ... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 4% Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Birm l2 Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and llerefd. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Wwestry 18 1 / 2 — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union - Jouth Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire B% — ...... South Eastern .. 3 3 1 /0 lB% . Do., No. Y. Do., No. 3 ....... ..... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South aies Guth Yorkshire, L'on caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cert. 16% — ...... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 & Looglior & Ca meron's Stm. Coe] 1.... 7 - 18% 6% 1654 raw Vale Extensioa ... 8 !lames Haven Dock and Ra"way ..... ... 17% Vale of Neath ..... . 8 4....• Naterford and li"kenny ro ...... Witt , Jr_oid and Limei,ei 47%..... —. ..... ifiratend,Wxtrd,Wici'm and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per C , n'. Guekantee 1 ... .. ...... 60 Do. dr. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... ..... ... , — West Cornwall ..... .... 6 ... .. —. tV bit&eaven & Furness 18 Windaor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 - 4 ilts,Somerset,& Wey mouth 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...... ......... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten, 20 - Do. G.N..E.Preterence 8 ... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway 100 ... .•• . York gr.d .N orth Midland 50 Ditto. Preference lO FOREIGN KA IL WAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% Boulogne and Ain;r-is... 20 ...... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 • - - Demerara 17% — ... — Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ... East Indian ..„ 3 14 3%... .. 3% Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... .... 10s. Louvain kla Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg - Ditto -- lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. GU.— 63‘ Northern of France l4l. 85... dis ..... ...... .... dui Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... .. Paris and Rouen .... 2O ...... ... ........... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Havre ...... 2U Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .„ Strasbourg and Basle Fours and Nante5........ 13 ...... Tourney, Jurbise, .i..an den, and Hasselt .....; 30 WFlanders ..... ..... ••• Ditto .. JOINT STOOLi BANKS. . _ Australasia • - 40 ...... British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 ........ National Prov. England. 35 Ditto New....... ...... 10 National of Ireland 22%...... ..- ....... -.. Provincial of Ireland Ditto New ..... ..... 10 - ..... , 6 9k4 25 1 4 Union of Australia Ditto,New.... ..... ..... 2 1 /,...... . Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... ... • ... ..• Union of Madrid 40 — MINES. 26 Santiago de Cuba... lO - ••• •• .. ..... •• United Mexican 2 8 1,4 414 ~... 414 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nor. 9.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W., moderate bret ze and dull, cloudy weather. DEAL, Nov. B.—Wind, W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. a barque, Hobart Town; Culloden, Ferguson, Calcutta; Promise, Retallick (supposed), Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Golden Spring, Spittall, Bombay ; Ostrich, Parker, Madras; Trent, Peterkin, Ceylon; P. Dean, Lovett, River Gambia; Zingari, Petter, Boston. OFF THE WIGHT, Nov. B.—Arrd. Elliotts, Quebee, Hull. :30UTHAMPTON, Nov. B. Wind;'W.—Arrd. Alacrity, Quebec. __ POOLE, Nov. B.—Wind, W.—Acrd. John Thompson. Seaman, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—Wind, W.S.W.—Arrd. 7th, Aberdeen, Hows, Quebec. Bth. Equity, Nason, New Orleans • Delhi, Young, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Elizabeth Grimmer, Grant, St. Stephen's, New Bruns wick; .L.hu Hamilton, Walker, Dalhousie; Larch, Wilson, Quebec; Sir Charles Napier, Feare, Quebec; Ellen Jenkinson, Brightman, Africa, sailed from Trade Town Sept. 8. Sld. A gnes , Aden; America, New Yotk; Queen of tho West, New York; Philadelphia, New York. The Andrew White brig, a derelict, was passed on the sth instant, lat. 51, long. 13, by the Equity, Nason, at this port. Off Port, Wallace, Quebec; Catherine ship, -. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Welcome, Thompson, Quebec; Robert Henry, Brown, Quebec. WHITBY, Nov. B.—The Providence, of this port, and the Defiance, of Hartlepool, have gone on Runswick Reach, but likely to be got off. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 7. The Theobald Mathew, stranded yesterday on the west side of Salt Island, has been assisted off, and anchored in our harbour, with damage to her forefoot. YARMOUTH, Nov. B.—The Newark, Stockton to London, came into harbour this day leaky, has been laid on the ground to stop the leak, which has been discovered. ITALY. It is said that the Pore will return to Rome in the course of the present month. He will make no public entry ; as he stole out of the eternal city so he will steal into it again ; in fact, it would not be altogether safe for him to attempt a public entry. The Cardinals continue their course of lawless tyranny. On the 29th October turned out of office two of the most moderate men in the Roman States—Dr. FARINI and M. PERFETTI, a priest, the same who was stabbed the very day on which the French army entered the city. Dr. FARINI was twice deprived of office—once by the Republican Government, and now by the POPE'S Government. The President of the Council, on the 4th, an nounced officially to the Chamber of Deputies of Turin the resignation of General BAVA. and the appointment to his office of General LAMARMORA also that M. PIERRE PALEOCARPA had been appointed Minister of Public Works. By a decree of the 31st ult. the Grand Duke of TUSCANY authorizes the Minister of Finance and Commerce to procure thirty millions of lire (twenty five millions of francs) to the treasury, under the security of the produce of the tobacco monopoly. The operation is to be effected by the emission of 30,000 notes of 1,000 lire each ; the said bills bearing interest at five per cent., payable on the 30th of June and 31st of December of each year. The sum of 2,100,000 lire, to be taken from the produce of the tobacco monopoly, is to be applied every year to the extinction of the debt and the payment of the interest. A sum of 200,000 lire more is to be applied to the payment of premiums to the holders. Every year, after the interest has been paid, the remainder of the sum of 2,100,000 lire is to be applied to the reimbursement of a certain number of notes, to be drawn by lot. The owners of the notes drawn shall_receive a premium of one tenth of the capital. The notes are to be sold by auction; the first sale to be held on the 12th of December next. Up to the 11th of that month the Minister is authorised to receive the sealed offers of bankers and capitalists for any number of notes. By the above described plan the debt will be extinguished in the course of 26 years. ADELPH.I THEATRE We were highly amused last night by a peep at the Domestic Economy of Mr. and Mrs. Grumly, who are more commonly known by the names of Mr. Wright and Mrs. Frank Matthews. Mr. Grumly, like Adam, is a gardener, Mrs. Grumly is in advance of Eve in civilization, and keeps a shop, besides attending to the domestic economy of the household. Mr. Grumly sevarely complains that his wife does not attend to nis comforts, reflects on her bacon-cooking and her tea-breA ing, and so taunts her that at length she seizes the hoe, undertakes to work in the garden, and leaves Grumly to attend to the domestic economy of the establishment, and Grumly does attend to it accordingly, after the following fashion : —He breaks the tea-cups while he washes them ; gives six bull eyes instead of four for a penny ; leaves the meat out of a beefsteak pie ; and takes a dump in payment for a red herring. Aft er the fun has been kept up a sufficient time to make the sides of every one present ache with laughter, the usual explanations take place and the farce ends. The success of the farce was of the most triumphant description, and Wright announced it for repetition amidst the most uproarious cheering. LYCEUM THEATRE. An amusing farce entitled Methinks I see my Father was produced here last evening. The idea is taken from the French, but the adapter has judici ously given it an English colouring. The plot turns upon the obscurity attending the birth of a young gen tleman whose marriage depends upon his producing evidence of his parentage, by a certain day, to the guardian of his intended—the said guardian, admirably acted by Granby, being a strictly moral and highly re spectable churchwarden ; but it is not his own marriage alone which depends on his providing himself with a father; that of his friend also depends upon it,inasmuch as that friend is about to marry the sister of his intended, and the guardian is determined that the one sister shall not be married without the other. That friend is Charles Mathews, and the reader can imagine the restless fidgetiness with which he bustles about in search of some one who will become the tempo rary father, the joy with which he closes with a Railway Stag (Mr. F. Mathews), who un dertakes to do the paternal for a consideration, the misery with which he sees the bubble burst, and the joy with which he at length discovers that the strictly moral and highly respectable old churchwar den himself is the papa in question. He kept the house in a roar the whole time, and at the conclu sion all the artistes were called for. USE OR ABUSE OF GAS-LIME FOR ROAD MAKING. When doctors differ who shall decide ? Such is the dilemma in which we are placed by the diversity of opinion given by Doctors Ure, Miller, Lyon Play fair, and other eminent chemists, on the effects of gam-lime as one of the agents in the late lamentable loss of life in the Pimlico sewers. This dis agreement would have further left us in a perfect state of ignorance as to the safety or danger to public health of using the gas-lime for road coverings, had not Doctor Lyon Playfair dis tinctly stated that he would not recommend its use for such a purpose—an opinion which we are strongly disposed to embrace, notwithstanding the positive assertions of the talented chemists, Phillips, Miller, and Campbell, as given in their report read before the coroner's jury at the adjourned inquest on Monday last. This opinion of Dr. Lyon Playfair we are the more disposed to stand by, from our personal experience, generally an invaluable test. Backed by the opinion of those who state that gas-lime " in the road materials, as described, can be in no way preju dicial to health," we think it very likely that those who have been thus using it, are likely to continue doing so ; and we think it necessary that the public generally, as well as the inhabitants of that district of Pimlico, should be informed that we saw a consider able quantity of this material carted for the purpose of raising ground in that neighbourhood but a very short time since, and that the stench which pervaded the atmosphere was in tolerable. Salubrious or not, we can safely assert that it made us feel very unwell for the rest of the day. Surely when only a doubt is expressed as to the prudence of using this material by so eminent a man as Doctor Lyon Play fair, who gave his opinions in so very impartial a manner, and who has had such large experience in sanitary matters, it would be but a decent deference to public opinion, after so frightful an event, to cease the use of gas-lime for road. making. —Architect and Building Operative. LLOYD'S.—The following notice has been posted at Lloyd's:—" Thursday, the 15th of November instant, having been appointed by her Majesty in Council a public day of thanksgiving, the committee beg to ac quaint the subscribers that the whole of the establish ment will be closed on that day." DINNER TO MR. JUSTICE TALYOURM—The Oxford Circuit Bar mess have invited Mr. Justice Talfourd to a dinner on Saturday, the 17th inst. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—(FRIDAY.) The present week's arrival of English Wheat coast wise having been small, via., 2,050 quarters, the show of samples of that grain here, to-day, was very limited. Still, however, as the attendance of buyers was less than for some time past, the demand for all descriptions was in a very sluggish state, at Monday's prices, at which the market closed heavily. Only 3,670 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand. Exceedingly little business was transacted in any quality ; but we have not the slightest chan ge to noti ce i n t h e quotat i ons. I n floating cargoes nothing doing. Th e supp l y o f B ar l ey w as small. Grinding sort s move d o ff read il y, at very lull currencies. Malting and Distilling qualities ruled dull. The show of Malt samples was bat moderate. All kinds were dull, as the large consumers are not general buyers. Oats w ere somewhat scarce. The best parcels were quite as dear. Damp qualities meet a slow inquiry. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, Meal, and Flour as on Monday. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour. -- -- --- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. English •• .• •• 2,050 1,480 1,u70 2,490 3,620 5c0tch........ Irish ••• • • — 1,850 Foreign .... • • 3,670 1,550 7,620 1,850 • • 3,670 I 1,550 7,620 I , sMITur Compared with that exhibited on this day se'nnight, the supply of Beasts on offer in this morning's market was somewhat extensive as to numbers, but very defi cient in quality; indeed scarcely a prime Bullock was on sale. In the value of the primest Scots which must be c moldered almost nominal, wo have no Change to report. All ether kirds of Beasts were wry dull, and 2d per albs loser than on Monday, without a clearance being effected. The best Down Sheep, which were very scarce, produced full currencies with difficulty; other wise the Mutton trade ruled heavy, at a fall in the quo tations of 2d per 81bs. The supply was seasonably good. With Calves we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. The Veal trade was inactive, e'usl the j the pens' Si, a 4 ,, th eir i s kj4r, Art /4 antic