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o 365, East rade kinds t have been g and vccl. lea, holders per cwt for n will take a market. trterly sales by shippers Lily equal to I rates hay. irge parcels new. The ers of new -key Pullud ality. New tend down- (ported, and —Honduras, ick 3s 7d to public sale, deliveries. disposed to limited pur -1 or country 3 9d to 375. l sellers are of the year, months of to 37s nett made. At iydney were ; 1,170 pkgs 15 casks of quantity of Eat is quoted further ad -31 purposes; 1 361 to 381, t has also re been wade 9l lOs to 301. and prices quality have rester desire and an ad auction 82 331 lOs tot it assumed a le purchases :port buyers; n the spot. 29 3 3d to with; there offer, still teed Oil coo 3rown 38s 6d ?or Olive the . 3 have con . Dade at 44 1 I to 431 103. ,eked are 310 fair and floe NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RINCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, Lou ion. Capital £503,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embracs important and substantial advantages With respect to Life Assurances and Merl , Annuties. l'olicies issued by this Society have a tenfold advantage :—provi sion fur the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if ne.allul, while: iving. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has'enab , e4 the Directors at the Annual Meeting, hel I on the 10th of May, llistS, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. . I Perms- Sum the ./..4 Annual IPolley Bonus Ind nent Re- Assured Age. a c.. Pro- taken addition 1 Bonus in Metlon of may bor. E g miutin. out int to Sam Cash. Annual row on n I Assured, Premiu.n. Policy. .--- - -1 - I - - £ s. 4.! £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1337 [27_6 14 3 123 14 3 21 7 2 59 3 6 8 ii 1333 251 13 10 115 14 8 1 8 12 8 343 17 9 1339 '2 9 6 6 0 102 1 i 1 16 2 9 194 S lc , CO 1600 74 3 4 .1810 ,178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0 11 1311 ;174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 9 195 11 1 I 1812 '147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 4 546 2 3 13 13 '9l 13 4 41 8 4 6 15 11 :96 13 4 1 1444 62 6 S 27 13 4 4 4 0 47 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age., or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowln two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tages which the judicious application of a small saving can secure through this Society. :taining the age of tuttal Premium of ;ENEFITS 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annnity4lo 10 0 lug theage Cash •• 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of Secured on al 65, by an Ai 21. 12s. :14Annulty =4°-,E Payable Payable Payable Anna- in one for Dls ally. sum. parity. .£ s. d. 20 47 16 e, 30 ,2G 15 11 40 13 19 9 Cash. s. d. 194 11 0 221 0 0 115 8 0' Polley. s. d. '466 0 0 261 0 0 136 6 0 Immediate Annuities are also £ s. ii. £ s. d. 2 s. tl. 0 10 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 19 616 7 1 7 3 11 1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10 ited by the Society On liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables., showing the annual amount of annuity upon every'lool. deposited 4ge 50, k 7 Ss. I .Age GO, £9 I Is. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c., may be had at the Offieb, or any of its Branches In the Country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post freo. W. S. B. WOOLUOUSE, Actuary. SEA' FIRE, LIFE" ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Offices, 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Capital-ICO,OOO'. In Shares of Twenty - Shillings each, to be paid In full on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Howell Gwyn, Esq., M.P. George Helmore, Esq. John Bennet, Esq. Sir William Ogilvie. Bart. Thomas Bunting, Esq. Frederick A. Peel, Esq. • Alexander Davi , , Esq. W. Yates Peel, Esq. John Kelland Durant, Esq. John Wrefcrd, Esq. Augustus Collingridge, Esq., Managing Director. AUDITORS. Henry Wood., Esq. Samuel Henry Ranger, D.l. MEDICAL REFEREES PUYSICIAN. James Eidson Bennett, ESq., M,D., 24, Finsbury-place North. • SURGEONS. John Fisher Goude Esq , M.R.O S., 83, Cheapside. Fredk. Cu. Crane, Esq., M.R.C.S., Leicester-square. . BANKERS. MUSTS. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill. Commercial Bank of London, Lotlibury. SOLICITOR. John Chapple, Esq., 70A, Aldermanbury. MARINE DEPARTMENT. UNDERWRITER. Mr. John Fowls, Member of Lloyd's. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY. Mr. Alfred Burt. . • ' FIRE DEPARTMENT. SUPERINTENDENT. Mr. John Nelson. • • SURVEYOR.,', George Moody Loogmore, Esq. BROKERS. John H. Gelding, Esq., Warnford-court, London. ~Thomas Bayley, Esq.,' Warnford-court, London. Mes - rs. Tamer, Brothers, Throgmorton-street, London. henry Rogers, Eq. Ebenezer roper, E 9. •, , DTSTIkGIIISHING FEATURES. e )1. Exemption of Shareholders from all Liability. 2: The Right, of Transfer at Will. 3. Periodical' Divisi n of Profits. 4. Five per Cent. Interest Guaranteed (irrespective of further Div - f; • dends) upon the paid-up Capital. 5 , - Yearly Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the Proprietors. 6. Life Policies INDISPUTABLE and free of stamp-duty to the As-- sured. - • .. Applications for the remaining, unallOtted Shares, and on the sub ' ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURANCES to be addressed to the Agents of the Society ; or to the Read Mice as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDKE, Managing Director.' • • • • 141 „4 A One War, the world are desolately single, and Cao other ;apposing them Married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a Jens° of d et - ermine the former, and raiscalculateA hopes cm .itter the latter. 'The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of <mutton and- v..bridly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tm maaprosing hurry . ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, end broken healt a, are the great hindrances to domestic :rid 302.: tl con tent. The dowry should not be the only marriage set cleinnut. Honour end jirtice demand that health should form an item m roe compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. flighted hopes or ..cylect werend man.) sorely than poverty or misfortune. excuser, if those durmiTa cirsaern you, procure Dr. CULVEEWELL'B little AEhtoll.?3 "On . 5ir4 , .10 and Married Life," pub. in 9 vole., is. each (by post, in. stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively :eflnod, cr pradisis eeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiKderod ay misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining :lien!. They are met intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for CA closet perusal of those more de-airly interested, to whom tney are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subject:, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a c.t.sgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other .ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, ay f cst in, " What to Eat, Drink, and 1791 O," and •"H ow to be Happy." They are not merely pamip bat eqtt din quantity a library volume, nor are they the ewe ephemeral act ibblings of the hoar, but the study of the author':; life who owes his-present existence, health, and position to this oh scrwanxe of the mai - time he would inculcate—to do unto others as he svotsa 'es done mite —to live after nature's laws--ani to keel always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be bred of _•lherwo ad, 23, Pa ;eracster-row ; Carvalloo, 147, Fleet-street - Mann, 39, Cornhill; Spokes, 5, Holborn-hill ; or direct (by post or other- _ K ire) 'roesovnc• -a::.;7 Lie conferred . with personally, mornings rd eve licati. 10. An:l'3-012es liekent-straet: and all Booksellers. • . , . . . ~ ' • . . - '`-'. 4 4:: . - I • , . .. , .:;•`.l -, .-r.:1;,. - Tr*-„,m,.., \ , , 1T,." , ill - Y4; ' ''', „A '.''''' ' • ''' 10' . 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A some of the principal officers tviii be :he Excellent. She is intended to carry out Sir Edward Bulwer as Plenipotentiary to America, and will sail about Saturday for New Yoi k. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Knox, went out of harbour this tuornin,g and was paid advance. She sails to-morrow for the Mediterranean. ..... The Termigant and Sphynx steam-vessels are in process of being rigged by the dockyard and steam squadron rigg,is to take the place of vessels with drawn from the advanced steam force at this port. The Britannia, 120, will be bought down in a few days to be overhauled, not having been repaired during the last three years. It has been rumoured that this ship will be commissioned as a sea service guard ship at this port, but we regret to say we can not trace the rumour to any sound foundation. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.11., brigaded the 4th, 77th, and 91st Regiments yesterday, near Lump's Farm, on Southsea.common. The men, after having taken off their knapsacks, erected their tents, and pitched their camp equipage, cooking their dinners upon the ground, vs if bi vouacking on a field of active service. The men seemed to enjoy the duty, which to a vast number of them was a novelty. They were allowed after dinner to amuse themselves with football, racing, jumping, singing, &c., affording much recreation among them selves and amusement to the public assembled. Ilis Lordship gave a pic-nie to a select party on the ground, who much enjoyed the sports of the soldiers. The brigade afterwards advanced upon the town, covered by the light infantry companies, and were marched off to their quarters. MALTA, OCT. 22.—The French steamer from Mar seilles and the coast of Sicily, due here on the 15th inst., has not made her appearance. A beautiful French steam frigate, called the Ma gellan, arrived yesterday. It is said she will leave immediately for the Dardanelles. The Levant mail arrived yesterday. It would ap pear by the latest advices that things remained in statu quo. The return of the Turkish Minister to the Russian Court was anxiously expected. The Thetis frigate is still in port, now windbound. She is under orders to join the fleet. The Ardent steamer, from Trieste, arrived yes -ter4ys She has orders to coal waken and report herself ready for sea by tomorrow night. All ships are to take stores of all kihds—shot and shell, '&c. An interesting trial is to day before the jury. It is on two brothers named Nani, charged with traffick • in slaves - when in Bengasi. Colonel Harman, her Majesty's Consul at Bengasi, has.been here for several days past to give evidence. The Bellerophon and Bulldog steamer are both or dered to join the Admiral. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 30.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal, left Windsor Castle this morning, for town, at 10 minutes before 10 o'clock, travelling by a special train on the Great Western Railway. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, General Wemyss, and Colonel Seymour were in attendance on Pr;nce Albert. The Prince of Wales and Princess Royal were attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton and Mr. Birch. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and Prince Alfred took walking and pony exercises this morning in the S'opes and 'Windsor-park. The Princess Helena and Princess Louisa took their usual airings. _ _ His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, arrived at the Castle at 5 o'clock from town, attended by the Dow ager Lady Lyttelton, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Sir F. Stovin, General Weinyss, Lieutenant• Colonel Seymour, and Mr. Birch. ; . There was no addition to the Royal dinner- party this evening. The Marquis of Ormonde and. Sir Frederic Stovin have relieved Lord Waterpark and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood in their duties as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.. His Royal Highness Prince Albert with their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left the Palace at ten minutes past four o'clock for the Paddington terminus of the Great 'Western Railway. His - Royal Highness was attended to his carrsage by Lord George Lennox and Colonel Wylde. The Royal suite consisted of the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieutenant- Colonel the llon. C. B. Phipps, Sir Frederic Stovin, General Wemyss, Lieutenant. Colonel F. 11. Seymour, and Mr. Bircia. A special train conveyed the Royal party to Windsor. - ,-, --- ~ 7 '‘-----7-----.Z --.% ,---€-‘ ---- --C- -. , 4 .-- --- ,---_,....,.` ,- I mss„ , 1 rlZr:‘,,\ z' Afk 7 _,e.-e----..- -;,...41.11.Tezett1A. .. - ' - ~ , Z : vt -,. ri.i ' '-' 4 .. ,' i 1 - '!'t , ' 1 ....r. irr-,-., -1 , , / ...., ,a.,..ii / 1,: . 1 .- - -c „ % _,...:74.P'nrom'isßc.._ihTsre:efvnb°,euvadTr4itn; • GUAR AN TEE FOR FIDELITY • OP_ TRUST. • THE TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq, M.P. •1 Honorary Directors. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., TRUSTEES. 'Tames Alex. Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen-square. .: _I • Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. "e• • Jties Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. David Williams Wire, Esq., St: Sivithin's-lane, City. In addition to the usual branches of Life Assurance espezially frarned 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. ofnlce.eßs: 32 —P :L os u p d e g e a t t n e s_e h s in. an d every information may be obtained at the 11. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TEERS FOR SronEs. The Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company are Prepared to receive Tenders for Stores for their several depart- Ments, viz.:— Locomotive Stores—Anvils and vices, axles, brass and copper and brass 0. ; baskets and bags for coke ; balances (spring), brass tubes for locomotives ; crucibles, files, iron, steel, ironwork, oil, t allow, •and waste ; sundries, lead, timber, tin. Carriage Stores—Colrs carpeting , as Ice.; brushes and castings (various). Dress and brasswork ; cloth, canvas, silk, &c. • carriage fittings, iron and ironwork, steel springs, lamps and lamp fittings, leather, sundries, timber. Waggon Stores—Axles, brake blocks, castings (various), colours, .C., files, iron and ironwork, oils, steel, springs, timber, wheels. General Stores—Chandlery and small stores, carpenters' and joiners' work, hardware, oil, grease, and cotton waste, canvas and tarpaulins, leather, coal. BPeciacai ions, showing the quantities and descriptions of articles required, also forms of tender and printed conditions, may be had on application to the Secretary, on and after the 20th instant. The time for sen di ng i n t en d ers i s ex t en d e d to Nov em b er sth, after which day none can be received. Samples and patterns of articles purchased to sample or pattern XaY be seen at the Company's Works at Euston, Camden, Wolver ton, Crewe, Longsight, and Ordsal-lane (near Manchester) Stations, GU the 24th and 25th instant, from Eleven to Four o'Clock. By order of the Directors, MARK MUTSU, General Manrger, Easton Station, London, Oct. 18, 1849. OPENING of the NEW COAL EXCEIA.I\ - ; GE. HER MAJESTY'S VISI r. No doubt the reader would esteem it strange, If Moses' Muse forgot the Coal Exchange ; And, therefore, as the Queen's to came, I'll greet her, By writing on the coals a little metre. My horning loyalty I cannot smother, Nor yet exchange this subject for another. The Queen, no doubt, will find her subjects give her A very warm reception on the river. Success, I say, to that commercial scheme Whose memorable opening forms my theme ; For, oh each portion of the pile is rife, . With fond ideas of home and homely life. And now, shall I be quitting the sublime, By introducing Moses in my rhyme ? Yo : Moses, who have long enjoyed control, Are nobs in trade—l don't mean knobs of coal. Moses and Son's attire is so well made That it has long enured a flare-up trade. Moses and Son, whose words ne'er end in smoke, Have given monopoly a timely poke ; • May I not add, too. that the Coal Exchange I. not by any means the sole Exchange ? Moses and Son at their Depot arrange, To exchange your goods without a word's exchange ; And hence it is that such a stir 14 made By Messrs. Moses in their flaming trade. LIST OF PRICE% READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over- Coats, in every style .... • ...... •••••••••.. • • • • • • £5 S 6 The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paietot, ditto ••.. • • • 018 0 Chesterfield, ditto 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Ova . Coat ...... ............. . 1 5 0 Shooting Coats ••• • • ..... •••••• • • • • • • 0 8 6 Lounging or Morning Coats .. • • 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • 0 4 6 Ditto ditto 0 7 6 Ditto Vests • • •••• • • • 0 2 6 Black Silk 'Velvet Vests.. •• • Dress Coats ••••••.• .. • • • • • • ••..•• • • • • 0 17 0 Frock Ditto ••••• • • • • • ••••••••• • • • • .. • • Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from Hussar and Tunic Suits ••..• • • • •• •• •• 014 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests • • 0 0 8 MADE TO MEASITRE. lien's Autumn and Winter Over Coats—from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warns ma terial, lined • • • • •• •• • • •• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • •• 1 8 The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elnant style of Over Coat .... ...... .................... 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout ••• • • • •• •• • • Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed and 0 10 6 Best Black Cassimere ditto .. •••••••• • • • • • • 1 6 Autumn and Winter Vests ...... 0 8 6 Best Black Cloth ditto •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 0 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto •.. • • ..... •• • 0 18 6 Dress Coats. ..... • • from 325. to 2 15 •• Frock • • from 355. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits ..... ••.. • • .• . from 1 5 0 Superfine ...... • • ..., .................... 1 15 0 lien's Shooting Coat Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, ' , 'arge Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. The A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. dir ect , new book, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with fall a ta „, 'oils for Sel-measurement, can be had en application, or for ind• post free f , to any part of the kingdom. ` l uice—The Far Department is new replete with every novelty iTe seaso n. ta.„ b , e rve—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to 'Vire, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. IlLsai e a nES and SON, Tailor., Woollendrapers, Clothier,. !letters, 155_ I:. =tars, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, t on ,' oG, and 157 Minoriea and aa, 81. 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. tat - 1 °11 ; communicating with ; each other, and forming one vast ulishment. gitgatt ll ,.° ll .—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public enet imposition; ; but having heard that the untradesmanlike mood of being connected with them, or "It is the same concern," resoi•ted tha t in many instances, and for obvious re:row, zr r ';',oig to state that Flay havo RO connexion with any other noun ket e, r, li t or London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far- Meld ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; I st 0 , .1 05 ? whe require cheap and genuine clothing, &c., should call the ur ‘ a c'Esl to the Slieories and Al gate, City, London ; or either of ?a t nch Establishments; as above. 1•O e 11 ° 11 oe,—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, 11115.4 SAturday, when business is resumed till _twely4 o'eloCk. 2 10 0 ,ETS. most grain without a re d in price 1s• d flour rather PER QUARTO' 26s to 30 3 25s to 3 0 .. 46s to 5 26 35s to 406 )CT. 27. s sd. s 7d. is 6d. 's 3d. , s 10d. 2d. states:— A" rate; demand :be conditioa; is below the ore neglectea luction. i rb! 3 as last wee"' sell, and peilg ite as dear 5° akes. Bar favour of the I:- 1. S. 21 yet. 25 • 24 -- 4 5' Sea. 43 Al 37 ingl. 36 -- 4 35 Par tonci Hull 71 5 0 ° 0 . 6 1 5 ........ps ;i▪ gn ... . D o t 2s / 001 63 to 003 Olt oo s 203- 241 ,, .... 6/ to 9 1 1 ,4 )0s Od to 87s 6/ 01 ............. „ market the t a a and conetrf ide with sals a o 3d per 70 111 ' he red uctiol?: d per 70111. re not lowl id a decline a, be B ubo:0 e ; )ra there ws errand. F tDe is on this da i attention, all G a ti o ns is Pe 6d ; extra l 5?,; thirds, 6s to i t : to 7s 3d; Whe a t , 6/ 15s per Ito 345; averago ktaw—Farll; Otl to 00s „ taf 6d to to butter, 8d ,dyed. COllO, ; Best Na ot , 005 per les t gallon. I % to veal 4 d et lausages ba Ppet 6d to 3/ bs to 01; Fr ee e , 0 123 per =t° 121sto0 0 s; r e f 100 s to 0 0 / P st quality , ; 1 123 to _ 1 1 1) , to 2,“ P er e • n o d ; Guao el 'ar—Archaog Hn Pof ,be stone of : t o poor, sheih,,9 was laid I in There wo_ n o flues the psi )0/. 'T 6' he r b. A W xooc t he W orsblP , speeehe'gr. isb, and boo in the ps bie this vel °6 Bt t the slight e .fi h .hollgeS "f;:: The whel entosi Peg°) FILDBOSO oto this mita ol l,o xtract troll" 4 6, , Feb. 21, 111 ,,e 'our pi ll s ba'o o ot bleb all tho o3 os itinent, no's". IlarlsOsid or 011 , aortal Pili g 0 ' also Hollo , p 4, 44, strati, Sloven* P4' shire, as the of khipßec6r' Stirliag, 584; w. Nepl ol ' 1. W s ilbrs"Ps nson, E ° f the viiie ° CoP ti*- Esq. , 010 lly. to, I ter, n u r i . od e obel v l e r oioc i ir .te° of Ile°r' ar 4 ' shire, r rie e ' to l'j3ea' h.r. or el enant. 0 ) 10 0 f 0 eldest serif' near • o of ,gusts, Wl'i ; hang, 3, Ann DIITU.' ..,. soaf c. moo _____---_..-------' , -----_ 0. , you"'"itg , ;ice, . 2 " l ' a of be 0121°- T1 ..-~- -_ - „.5.,1 , ,, , - .. : , . 1 / 4: ,"4 ; WI) Ike . - .® . - - in 'il ~ !s•-•,..A441_, • .t , ,% , - ii•rA ~„.-A. , i 4 ir A s. . ! - ip !I 7 4%14 ,-- "'N* l ' ' tflp s N°.17,816.] LONDON WEDNESDAY ' .* " 7 v., , 4 y OCTOBER 31, 1849. ruBLICITIONS. 13, Great Marlborough-street. ISTR. COLBURN TIAS JUS'L PUBLISHED, TEE MAID OF ORLEANS. A llotn uttiz Chronicle, by the Author of " WlAtetriars," " Owea 'ln tor, ' &c. In 3 vols., which ea i now be had at all the Libraries. Also, in 3 vuls., THE OLD WOULD AND THE NEW. A Novel. By Mrs. TEDLLOPE. NEW WORK, by the Author of " JANE EYRE." Now ready, in 3 vols. po.t S lIIRLEY. By CURRER BELL Author of " Jane Eyre." Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. FIFTEENTH EDITION OF - - - - T. I - AMILTON'S MODERN INSTRUCTIONS for the PIANOFORTE, with 57 Airs 2nd Preludes, 44 Exer c.scs lingered by Czerny, with 12 Chants, a Sacral Song, and two Anthems, large music folio, price only 4s. " The veriest child may learn from Hamilton's book. The instruc tions are more like the oral communications of a person conversing with the learner, than like the essays of bookmakers."—Vide Ber wick Warder. London : Messrs. It. Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, Pub• Ushers to the Queen. Now ready, Parts I. to VIII., WARREN'S CHANTER'S HANDGUIDE, price Twopence each. 4PHALEL'S PROPHETIC MESSENGER, .5.; 1850, Halt: a-Crown. Raphael refers to the fulfilment of his predictions in the Prophetic Messenger for 1849, particularly to the fatal climax the cholera. at tained on the 10th of September, the amount of deaths numbering 432 in the metropolis on that one clay. 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Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, is. pANVARD'S true original PAINTING of the - AusslsslvPl and MISSOURI RIVER:;, exhibited by com mand of her Majesty the Q , ,sen, and MILLI. Prince Albert, and • R3y - al Family; at Windsor Castle, NOW OPEN, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, every ziorning, at Half-past Two, Even ing, at Halt-past Seven. THE PEACE CONGRESS. money ; but the fact was this—•that she had new r been able to get any money since. —(Cheers) He thought, however, that they took a proper estimate of the right of that Government to ask for such a loan. There was another great Northern power in the market for a loan of money. lie only read it in the papers of yesterday: It appears that Russia had published an ukase inviting credit for 3,000,0001. or 4,000,000/. It wad proposed that there should be an issue of Treasury B )nds. He found it stated that the loan was intended to cover the expenses incurred in the war in llungary. What now became of the boasted riches of the Russian Government ?—(Bear, hear.) Were they not told that Russia had taken 2,000,000/. of the Austrian loan—that she had lent , . . 500,0001. to the Pope, and 200,0001. to the Grand Duke of Tuscany ? Now, he declared that he would not give 251. for what was selling at 1081. by the bulls and bears. From the bottom of his heart he thought that Heaven had ordained in his Divine Providence that when there wail a warlike spirit and huge standing armaments, there should be also bankrupt exchequers, and a poor, miserable, and degraded people. If God had not willed it even in this world that the consequence of such wicked courses should be severely felt by mankind, he would doubt vecy much he should ever see these evils remedied. At the next congress they would have a resolution proposed condemnatory of all interference in the national affairs of other countries. Where one independent nation was invaded by another and a stronger power, on the hypocritical pretence of conferring a benefit upon it, every principle of justice and right was violated. There had been a doctrine promulgated here lately in reference to Hungary, which had afflicted him very much. It had gone forth by the leading organs of this country, by the mouth _of the Foreign Secretary himself, that the Gcvernment of Austria had the sight, by the law of nations, to call upon a neighbouring power to put &own their own people. Tnis was not a question of the law of nations, but I question of the responsibility of the governor to - the governed. If the Ernperor of ' Austria could call upon the Cossacks to cut down the liberties of his own subjects, why there would be an end of all responsibility, and an end of all motive by which the people should have the slightest chahce of getting good government.—(Loud cheering.) He regretted to hear such a doctrine broached here, when he recollected that for about two centuries this country had successfully maintained that the people were the sovereign source of all power.—(Cheers.) He was sorry to Lind a portion of the daily press of this country hunting on the Cossacks and the Rus: sians in the most unjust, unwarrantable, and wicked invasions of a much more civilized, fair, and interesting people.—(Loud cries of " The Times," followed by much hissing.) He implored of those representatives of foreign countries who were present to believe that these journals do not represent the opinions of the people of this country, nor the heart of the people of this country. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by recommending the utmost perseverance in the course they were now pursuing in support of these prin ciples, as they would no doubt ultimately obtain as glorious a victory here as " they had already achieved upon other questions of equal importance to the people. 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It appears the.t Mr. and Mrs. Harris left home in the afternoon to v - ket friends at Broomfield, leaving a younger son and anothor lad, 18 years of age, to take care of the house. Saon ter they had left, Richatd Sach, aged 15 (son of Mrs. Sail, the village postmis:resa), James Bush, son of a blacksmith, and W. Hursnell, called in to sit with young Ramis, with whom they were acquainted, and whilst the :latter went out to get some water, Bush, seeing a patent; walking stick gun hang up about 6 feet from the floor. took it down from the ceiling to examine it. Whilst so a Cdng the contents exploded, and the charge was lodged in ;he right side of Sach, who was sitting by the fire, and hal cautioned Bush that " the gun might be loaded." Seehr g the accident of which unhappily ho had beenthe causea . Bash immediately ran for the assistance of Mr. Barlow. ,Surgeon, who promptly attended, but life was found to be extinct. The gun when taken down by 13ush was covered with du.t, and Mr. Harris, who was not aware that at was loaded, supposes it must have been so for three m.mths, when it was used by an elder son, who was visitiag him from 'Landon, an interval during which ha believes it had not been touched.. THE KING'S•ROAD • EATON SQUARE.—It is under stood that an arrangement will speedily be come to by which the mis understanding existing between the owner of the property and the local authorities on the subject of lighting, & c., the portion of Eaton-square called the King's-road, v.tlll be removed, and the place restored to a state more keeping with the importance and cha racter of the locality. It iI believed that the public mention which has recently been made on the subject has had the effect of urging the attention of the parties concerned to t 11..1 disgraceful state of things which has so long been s offered to exist to the serious inconvenieace of the neighbi airhood and the general public. The flue weather h is c 3used the annoyanca to be not so seriously felt as would have been the case if it had, as usual at this late period of the season, been otherwise, bat it can not reasonably be expected to continue, and therefore the advent of dark: nights and bad weather renders it abso lutely necessa\y, for the convenience and safety of the public, and the, credit of all concerned, that the present state of the plats 3 be remedied without any further delay. TIIE MU.S.DER AT PIECOMBE.—A man named Banks is in cu3tody at Brighton, where he has under gone an examination in private on a charge of being concerned in the murder of Mr. George Stonehouse Griffith, at Dategate, in February last. The utmost secrecy is observed by the police; and the only thing which had tran)spired is that his apprehension has been caused by sorno statement made by a poacher now under sentence Ist Lewes. _ OPENING OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ItAILWAY.—This railway was opened for general traffic, irogx Dubliq to. Cork, ou Monday. 1 / 4 • _ I One of the most numerous meetings witnessed for a long period was held last evening in Exeter-hall to receive a report from the Peace Congress Committee, and to submit for consideration the future measures proposed for carrying on the peace movement. Among the distinguished foreigners present were General Klapka, the Hungarian commander of the b?sieged forces lately in Comorn, and General Uiza, the governor of the citadel, both of whom excited gfneral attention ; M. Horace Say, Councillor of State in France, M. Frederic Bastiat, Representative of the People; M. Joseph Gamier, Secretary of the Paris Peace Congress ; M. Guillaumin, editor of the Journal des Economistes ; M. Leon Say, M. Palonie, M. Hypolyte Dusard, Councillor of State, were also present, as well as Samuel Gurney, Esq, Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. ; Rev. W. Brock, E. hliall, Esq., President Mahan, of Oberlin College; Charles Gilpin, Esq., Rev. Mr. Richards, J. Sturge, Esq , &a. At half-past six o'clock precisely the chair was taken by Wm. Ewart, Esq, M.P. The CHAIRMAN, after returning thanks for the honour conferred on him in calling him to fill so distinguished a position, proceeded to express an ardent hope that before long the practice of war would be loudly condemned and reprobated by the voice of universal Christendom. He hoped the time was approaching when its peace would never again be interrupted with the sounds of war; and the very fact of those blessings which resulted from peace will stamp with infamy, by a verdict of posterity, those deeds, and the men whose acts had ensanguined the page of history. Many terrible atrocities bad been committed during those struggles which took place on recent occasions, and he trusted those who escaped, and now resided in England—England which had been at all times a safe asylum . feir ,tke untokthp.:, te (Cheers)—would meet - With ihlie'receplibn Whiet their merits abd misfortunes so eminently entitled them to receive. —(Heir,. an chaers.) - :Tterning next to his own countrymen, and looking at the Magnificent scene before he came to the irresistible conclusion :that, peace doctrines were now making most extensive progress.—(Hear.) Another meeting would lie held to-morrow night in the large town of Birmingham;' and on the following night, in the vast town of MancheSter, the metropolis of the manufacturing districts, where they were sure to receive a hearty and 'enthusiastic welcome.-L— -(Cheers.) Perhaps; on that occasion, he might be' permitted to advert to the satisfaction which he, in common with all who had seen it, felt by the announcement lately made by his Royal Highness Prince Albert—(Cheers)—with respect to the great commercial congress proposed to he held in London. —(Cheers.) They (the Peace Society) were blamed for holding a Peace Congress in Paris during the present year; hut, in the course of two years, all that was beautiful in art and manufacture to be found in every part of the world, and in every country, would be assembled in their metropolis.— (Cheers.) That noble project would undoubtedly do vast good to the cause of commerce and manufactures; and not alone to their own country, or their own people, but to all of every nation and climate, inasmuch as the exhibition would be thrown open to the industry, and commerce, and skill of the . whole world. As a friend of peace, he (the Chairman), respected and honoured-Prince Albert—(Cheers)--- for the course be had pursued not only did honour to his intelligence and feeling, but, in his opinion, would immortalise his name, and cause it to be hailed with - blessings wherever it was known. Then, as to the feeling between England and France, find the danger of a war between those two great nations, he had no hesitation in saying that England wished for the peace, and prosperity, and happiness of Prawn.— (Cheers.) They did not, indeed, in this country wish to see that great nation decked or clothed in thegarb of wild revolutionary violence; but they desired that har greatness and. majesty should' be supported with' their ancient dignity.—(Cheers.) Could any country;, contain !witirin itself greater re sources th an t h at:. mighty kingdom—that mighty republic—(A burst of applause)-4 only fairly allowed to de*elopp here gigantic strength, which could only beAfar:le.: by the two principles of liberty and peace. 2 .lle hoped Eng land and France would enter into an alliance4lrieh would not only be enduring, but everlasting, and ttiati. as related by Collins, in one Of his stories, of which they must have all a recollection, the Gaul would be found linked with the Briton, in the holy ties of bro.? therly love and aNction. But they would hear in words far better than he could utter those sentiments from their friends who came from France to honour them by their presence that evening.— (Cheers.) Perhaps he had delayed the meeting already too long —(Cries of "No, no")—but France, England, America, and Belgium, tile four freest countries in the world, were for peace ; and he believed those principles would triumph in the end, seeing they were in favour of order, of freedom, of peace, and Christianity. The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cueers. The Rev. Mr. RICHARDS next said, that he was requested by the Peace Congress committee to present them with an account of what had been d one within the last twelve months. He would do so, however, in as brief a manner as he possibly could, by making a few observations, as he preferred doing so to reading a lengthy document in the shape of a report, which, however, would be published in proper time. The Peace Congress Society was established at a meeting held in the Hall of Commerce about that time twelve months. As Mr. Cobden was about to bring the question of arbitration during the ensuing session before Parliament, they used every effort to rouse public attention to the subject; they issued tracts and sent circulars to the clergy men of all religious denominations, and in the end the sound outside of doors made an impression which could not be misunderstood in the Commons House of Parliament. He well recollected that on a previous occasion, when their excellent friend, Charles Hindley, brought forward the question in the same place, it was received with a supreme burst of laughter; and when Mr. Cobden had the moral courage—(Cheers) —last year to follow the example of that Hon. Gen tleman, it was believed that it would have been met in the same way. But what was done outside doors made a great impression on the susceptible minds of their legislators—(A. laugh)—and on a division 81 Members were found to support the motion.—(Cheers) The second duty of the Society was to bring about a Peace Congress in Paris; and for that purpose they deputed their two secretaries, Elihu Burritt and him self, to proceed to the French capital, in order to obtain the co-operation of some distinguished men in that city. They saw M. de Lamartine-- (Cheers)—who would have been with them that evening but for the state of his health. They were assisted by M. E. de Girardin and other distinguished gentlemen, some of whom were then present at that meeting. A committee was composed, and M. Garnier appointed secretary, to whose activity and exertions were owing in a great measure the success of the Congress. Every effort was made in Paris, Belgium, and London to effect so desirable an object, and to make it as imposing as possible • and at length, on the 12th of August, they assembled in the Salle St. Cecilia, presided over by that well known and distinguished writer, Victor Hugo.—(Cheers.) When the names were read over, there were found repre sentatives not only from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, from several departments of France, from Germany, Belgium, Holland, &c.; and not only from those countries, bat from the United States of America.—(Cheers.) It was a noble sight to see men who heretofore had been taught to regard each other's country as hostile, now uniting heart and hand to promote the great cause of peace throughout the world.—(Cheers) In that Congress a resolution was passed declaring arbitration to be the proper mode of settling international disputes by means of a su preme court to be composed of all nations. It also recom mended that all countries should proceed at once to disarm, and condemned the practice of giving loans and taxes for the purpose of war.—(Hear, hear.) That was what had been done by the Congress dur ing its most important sitting. He could not close his account, however, without returning his grateful acknowledgments to the French Government and people for their generosity and kindness.—(Loud cheers.) in consequence of the condition of France, it was deemed necessary by the authorities that all persons holding meetings should obtain an authoriza tion empowering them to do so, and in their instance the Minister of the Interior granted the authority in the handsomest manner; and not only that, but al lowed them to enter France without passports, and without the customary search of their baggage when they first landed from England.—(Loud cheers.) The Minister of Public Works paid them also the greatest attention ; but to the Minister of Foreign Affairs were they principally indebted, for he invited 700 or 800 of the deputies who attended the Congress to partake of the hospitalities of his mansion. If be (Mr. Richards) were asked what good they had done by the Congress of Paris, his answer was; that they linked together the most intelligent of all nations, so that if hereafter the peace of Europe should be menaced by kings or monarchs , tecouncils of princesavoiceshoulda andi risewhchwould be heard in h rulers —and not only heard, but understood.—(Cheers) Th ey had also shown the nations of Europe what the feeling of the public mind in England was, and that certain l_orgens of the press, which set themselves up as the self-constituted expositors of that feeling, prostituting their talents by becaming the servile advocates o. princes, and by their sercesms endangering the good understanding between France and England, did not represent the opinions of the people of this country. For his own part, he had no hesitation in saying be fore that meeting—and he would, if necessary, repeat it boldly in every corner of this realm—that those papers did not represent the public mind or feeling o' this country.—(Loud cheers) But that, on the con trary, they had on every occasion most,foully misre presented and belied it.—(Cheers.) He was rejoiced at the display of enthusiasm thus exhibited, be cause the illustrious foreigners then present would see that the English people sympathised with and felt for all that was distinguished for liberty and patriotism.—(Cheers.) Not that they were advocates of violence or anarchy, for those foreigners present, he might say, were convinced that the cause of free dom gained nothing by the sword, but that it was by the interchan ge o f ideas and the creation of a public opinion and public feeling that the liberties of a country were gained and permanently preserved.— (Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman then read letters of apology from M. Beschieres ' President of the P e a ct , Congress of France ; th e AbL4 de Gerout, M. F. Beauvois, M. Coquerel, a French Protestant clergy man ; M. Victor lingo, M. de Lamartine, the Arch bishop of Paris, M. Cormenin, M. E. de Girardin, editor of La Presse, all expressing their deep and sincere regret that circumstances prevented them being present at the meeting. The letter of M. de Lamartine, in particular, was received with great applause. The secretary also read letters of apology from Charles Hindley, Esq , M.P., dated Vienna ; Pro fessor Carvoy, from Germany, &c. The Rev. W. BitocK proposed st resolution to the effect " That - this „meeting desire to express its grad taide to - the Great Ruler af.4atie:ss.for the signal suc cess that had 'attended the laboitteof :the committee during the year, especially in connexion 'With the Peace Congress at Paris, in the month of August last." Mr. J. B. SMITH, M P., seconded the resolution. Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY having addressed the meet ing in support of the motion, Mr. COBDEN presented himself as the next speaker, and was received with the most tumultuous cheering, which lasted for -several minutes. He commenced by reading the resolution which he was about to pro pose. It was in effect " that this meeting refers with the highest satisfaction to those assurances of sym pathy in this movement which were conveyed in the letters just read from Paris and other places, and it hails' with delight the presence of the gentlemen who have honoured this assembly on the present occasion, which they trust will tend powerfully to advance peace and good-will throughout the world." He said it was exactly two years since this island had been frightened from its propriety by the cry of a threatened invasion from France. They all remembered how great was the alarm on that occasion. He had heard a great deal of talk then of the probability of the French army marching into London at one end, and the Horse-guards marching out of it at the o th er en d:— (Laughter.) They might recollect that the highest military authority in the country had swelled the cry of alarm, and that orders had been given to prepare additional coast defences, and to increase the general armaments of the country, for the purpose of repelling the attacks of hostile France. What, however, did the men of peace do on that occasion ? He could only say for himself it wal o the wicked cry that was then raised that had brought him into the ranks of the peace party. The peace party stated thht they believed the French - had no intention of making ,a wanton attack upon this country. They 'did more—they proposed to' go and seek this fierce and warlike people. They now came to tell them that they had paid that visit, and that the Wand which ~they had tendered to the French people had been most cordially grasped by them.----(Cheers). He now had the pleasure of seeing a deputation there frotn France; and, in the name of the association, he .begged to tender them his hearty welcome.—(Cheers.) the 'exile organs of Che press that had tried 'to. per en-ade the English people that the French were ready to. make war upon this country, now told. them th i at they only feared that the French people had become so pacific that they 'would not take an interest in foreign politics. Did' they „think that they would ever learn modesty after this exposure ? H e w ou ld, howeVer, 'wait until to.niorfolv morning before he would venture art opinion upon this subject.— (Laughter.) Now, he always liked to take up his position upon what their enemies called their weakest plank. He wanted to show, as a practical man and politician, that he could not only repel an attack made upon his flank, but also that he could demolish these statesmen upon their own ground. The most important kind of state craft was diplomacy. Now he would prove that the advocates of the peace prin ciples were the best diplomatists. They had lately peace and war in the balance in the East. Great apprehensions had been entertained in respect to the Northern powers. The peace of this country, however, was preserved in that quarter by the understanding white existed between France and England.— (Cheers.) But who was it that had occasioned this good understanding ? Was it the men who, two years ago, called out for more steam-docks and more military armaments ? No, it was the men who went ver with confidence and amity to France who placed faith in the French people, and who believed they possessed justice and magnanimity. These were the men that had caused this good understanding.— (Cheers.) It was this also that rendered war between Ilussia and Turkey impossible. What was the other essential of state craft ? Why, finance. Now, whet was their financial position just now ? There was a great movement in the country now for financial reform.—(Great cheering.) There could be no financial reform but by diminishing the armaments, and taking other precautions against war. What was the amount of their gross expenditure for all purposes, besides the purposes of war, and war preparations ? Last year the expenditure of the country was 54,000,000/. Out of that more than 47,000,000/. were expended upon the interest of the debt for past wars, and for the expenses of the standing army. 7,000,000/. out of the 54,000,000/ was sufficient to pay the whole expenses of the civil government, the civil list, the Queen's establishment, the administration of justice, of the poor-law offices, the,Home and Foreign Secretaries' ,offices—in fact, this sum was sufficient to defray the expenditure for conducting the whole machinery of the Government He would show them, then, who were the real prac tical financial reformers. He proposed to adopt the same principle between nations as was adopted be tween private individuals—namely, arbitration. — (Cheers.) They were told that this principle might be very good in theory, but it was impracticable. Now he wanted them to make the experiment, for he had not sufficient confidence in their judgments to take their word for anything.—(Laughter.) In the next session he intended to propose that they should see whether they could not induce foreign Govern ments to join with them in diminishing the amount of their standing forces.—(Hear.) He had put this point privately before statesmen of both countries, and he had never heard them say anything else but that that was the very thing that would suit them. When, however, he proposed that one of them should hegiu by making a rational proposal to the other, they seemed to be perfectly at a loss to know how they were to set about the matter. Now, until they had made. the trial, he for one would not believe that the thing was impracticable. The fleets and the navy of this country had been kept up solely in reference to the navy of France. Now, if the Governments of both countries continued much longer to pursue this same system, financial ruin would meet them— they would get themselves into the Gazette, and then they would not deserve their certificates from the hands of their country. They were now told that these armaments were not kept up foe fear of wars between nations, but the wars of rebellion were the great evil of the day. If this be the reason as signed for keeping up so large a force, then he would say that this system had been tried long enough to prove that it does not answer.—(Cheers.) When he had been invited two years ago to attend the Brussels conference, he mentioned that there were 2,000,000 of men in the pay of the different Governments of Europe. They found that in the midst of these 2,000,000 of men there was scarcely one throne in Europe that was not tottering to its base. Where three soldiers were then employed there were four now placed under pay. In order to account for such proceedings he was induced to think that the Govern ments were anxious to reduce their respective coun tries to such a state of inextricable confusion that no other men could undertake their offices. In the same way as school boys act when they do not want to part with their apples—they rub them in the dirt, and thus prevent other boys from asking for them. — (Laughter.) He had often been surprised that they did not advertise for somebody with a little common sense to conduct their affairs. If, however, the people are satisfied to pay for the support of an idle soldiery for the purpose of oppressing them, why let them do so; he should not interfere to prevent them.—(Hear, hear.) He would do everything that he could to prevent persons lending money for the purpose of keeping up such armaments. He would not go so far as to say that their demonstration here had prevented Austria getting one shilling of the There is no species of property in which so many persons, in ways more or less direct, are so largely arid at present so painfully interested, ,as railways. _lts amount is enormous, its present value immensely depreciated, and its future strangely uncertain. Nearly two hundred and a quarter millions sterling—little short of one-third of the amount of that national debt 'which arose out of many years of war and profusion—have already been expended on the railways of Great Britain, and the future expenditure, of another one hundred and fifty millions has been authc rised by Parliament. Already the annual revenue of these companies reaches twelve millions—a sum which, insufficient though it be to give profit 'to - the investers, greatly exceeds the national revenue of any European state but four, and is much exceeded only by the revenues of France and England. Even the rulers of the colossal empires of Russia and Austria, with all the means and appliances of despotism, are able to extort but little more from their subjects than a few English commercial com panies raise by speculations in one species of inland travelling. When it is remembered that it is but twenty years since the opening of the first passenger line, that more than two-thirds of the total expendi ture have been raised within the last five years, and that in a few years the capital will be largely and the revenue immensely increased, it is impossible, in spite of the folly and fraud that have stained the history of .these undertakings, to repress a thrill of pride in contemplating the audacious enterprise and gigantic energy which conceived and accomplished them. In Scotland alone the amount expended, or in course of expenditure (not reckoning the lines whose construction is not actually commenced) is, as nearly as we have the means of ascertaining, about thirty millions. Laying Ireland aside, and deducting the Irish lines from the total for the United Kingdom, the amount expended in Scotland is considerably greater than in England, in proportion to the population and property of the two countries. There is no present means of kn)wing what proportion of Scotch stock is hell by Englishmen, and . how far that is counter balanced by the amount of English stock held by Scotchmen. It can only be said, judging from the pressure that affects all classes among us, that we have been quite as incautious as our English neighbours in burdening ourselves beyond our own strength. It is more than doubtful if, either in the internal disputes or the exterior rivalries of railway companies, the press has interfered always with good purpose or often with good effect. Most of those interferences have been made on instigation, and carried on for partisan ends. Others of them have been made with very imperfect knowledge of the details on which the the writers founded their deductions—an imperfection not in itself discreditable where anything like exact knowledge is so difficult to be procured, but which should have caused the writers to speak less con fidently or not to speak at all in cases where so much of the value of enormous masses of property could be affected by a breath. We have before us a large collection of pamphlets and articles issued at various periods, but most of them within the last few months, some showing the advantages of one line over another, and others giving what was intended to be an impartial account of all the lines for the guidance of invosters ; and, judging , of the trustworthiness of the whole from the portions which local position enables us to test, the result is not such as to encourage to similar attempts. Our present object, however, is much less extensive, the means of information considerably increased, and the risk of doing mischief by mistake greatly reduced. What we propose is simply to state, to the best of our means, the position of the principal Scotch lines, and make an estimate of their prospects deduced mainly from the history of the older of their number—for which purpases the recent half yearly meetings and reports of committees of inquiry furnish large facili ties, while the depressed con lition of the stocks in the market seems to defy any sifting or plain statement to make matters worse. The traffic per mile, per we2k or per annum, is of course the main point to be looked at; but there are several other things to be taken into account, variously but largely affecting that test— such as the cost of construction, the cost of working, the stage of development, and the amount of engagements in the shape of guarantees, prefer able shares, &c. All these we shall lay aside in a first rough statement, except the first. We shall state the cost per mile of each line ; the revenue per week required to pay five per cent. on that cost ; and the actual revenue per week, as exhibited by the returns of the last six months. In these calculations, we shall assume the working expenses at fifty per cent. on a traffic that would pay ten per cent. on the cost of construction—in other words, we assume that to pay five per cent. a line must dra% ten. This estimate is high enough, we admit, but not too high, consider ing the heavy average cost of the Scotch lines, and that most of them are so short and broken as toren der their working more than ordinarily expensive. There are not, so far as we can find, means of at taining fractional accuracy ; but we think we have reached a pretty close approximation. Edinburgh and Glasgow.—The cost of construction is 46,0001. per mile—to pay 5 par cent. on which, after deduction of half-traffic for working expenses, requires a revenue per mile of 4,6001. per annum, or 881/. per week. The last half•year's returns give a revenue per mile, on the 58 miles of rail in operation, at the rate of 3,3781. per annum, or 571. per week. North British—Cost of construction about .33,6001. per mile—to pay 5 per cent. on which, after deducting half of traffic tor working expenses, would require an income per mile of about 3,3601. per annum, or 641 3.sths per week. The returns for last half-year SCOTCH RAILWAYS. on the 110 miles in operation during that period, are at the rate per mile of 1,3201. per annum, or 251/. per week. Caledonian—Cost of construction, 34,5001. per mile —to pay 5 per cent. on which, after deducting half of the traffic for wurking expenses, requires per mile 3,4501. per annum, or 66 1-31. per week. The last re turns give an average on 159 miles of 1,7231. per annum, or 331. per mile. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee (late Edinburgh and Northern)—Cost of construction, 28,500/ per mile—to pay 5 per cent. on which, after deduction of half traffic for working expenses, require a revenue per mile of 2,8501. per annum, or nearly 551. per week. By last half-year's returns, the average revenue on each of the 71 miles in operation is 1,4701. per annum or 27 1 3/. p er wee k. Scottish Centrai—Cost of construction, 30,3001. — to pay S per cent. on which, after deducting half of traffic for working expenses, requires a revenue per mile of 3,030/. per annum, or upwards of 581. per mile. Owing to the manner in which the revenue strictly belonging to this line is, in the directors' report, intermixed with the transactions with the so called guaranteeing companies, ,we cannot state the case with precision ; but as nearly as we can extri cate the requisite items from the mass, the revenue proper per mile is somewhat under 1,3001. per annum, or 251. per week. The Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr has received so much additional mileage during the last few months that we cannot get a sufficiently long period without alteration from which to draw safely similar results to the above. Of the hundred miles or so at present working, the cost of construction per mile has been about 20,,600/., to pay five per cent. on which, after deducting half traffic for working expenses, requires a revenue per mile of 2,600/. per annum, or above 51/. per week; • The return for lasteweek-0-0:711 =mist be remembered that all th e returns at 'this season Ire above the annual avdTage).gives 1,5601. per (annum or 301, per week. The annual a ve rage ' (if ire had avail able returns for six consecutive months, as in the other" cases) would probably give about 1,4004* per annum, l or 271. per week. The other lines in operation being comparatively small in extent, and access to their acceunts &c.; being difficult, we leave them untouched, only re marking that the . position of none of them differs materially from that of the lines whose statistics are given above, and that generally they stand on a lower rather than a higher' level. These results, it will not be difficult to see, are, at the first glance at least, very discouraging. On an average, the Scotch lines would, unless our data are very erroneous, require double the present traffic to pay five per cent. on their capital. It is remarkable how nearly this average holds in the .case of each separate line, with one eiception. The proportions in which the traffic of each line would require to increase in order to reach the paying point are these : —Edinburgh and kllasgow would require, to increase, as from 57 to 88i ; North British, from 25' to 64 3tths ; Caledonian, from 33 to 66i-;_ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, f ro m 27i to 55 ; Central,' from 25 to 58 ; Ayrshire, from 27 to 51. , This, however, is but a rough sketch—other ele ments must be taken into account, materially modi fying the above results, both positively and compaa tively. We shall do little more than mention the principal of these, not intending these remarks as a guide to investers, and not having the means of at taining accuracy on many important details. Ist, The Amount of Guaranteed or Preferential Capital—This element, it will, easily be seen, greatly affects the results as shown only in the traffic returns. A company with a comparatively large return per mile may, as regatds its ordinary shareholders, be in a worse position than one with a smaller return, if the former has guarantees _and preferences to pay, and the latter little or none. Without attempting a precise . statement, we ;re safe in saying that the line most heavily burdened in this respect is the Caledonian, which has td pay several guaran tees of 6, if, 8, and on one quar:er of a m illi on of capital 101 per cent., before paying anything to its ordinary' shareholders. The next heaviest sufferer is the Edinburgh and. Glasgow, whose troubles in this respect are only about to begin. The least burdened is probably the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, which guarantees no separate line, but has 600,0001. of preference stock at iii- and 5 per cent. not yet issued. 2d, The Working Expenses—These vary much on different lines, according to length, number of branches, &c. Probably, the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee will be among the dearest to work, and the North British and Caledonian the cheapest. It must also be considered that the general average we have taken—firty per cent. on a gross traffic which would produce ten per cent. on the capital—is high; and that most of the companies could take great additions to their present traffic without material additions to the present working expenses. 3d, The stage of development—This item is of peculiar importance in the case of railway's like the Scotch, almost all of which are in a raw and un 'finished state. Lines whose resources are fully de veloped, or are likely in future to be lessened by the competition of neighbours, stand in a very different position from those whose construction is uncoms plated, and which have not yet had time to develope their traffic. It would, for instance, be fallacious to compare the present traffic of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, even after allowing for the greater cost of construction, with the traffic of such lines as the North British or Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, large portions of which have only been a few months in operation, and which have not reached all their termini, nor got their arrangements in smooth and effective working order. The very important question that now arises, as to whether there is a probability of the traffic of the new lines coming, within any resonable period, to the pay ing point, admits of a more hopeful answer than a mere glance at the above figures would seem to war rant. The development of the traffic of railways is a somewhat slow, but, according to all past experience, a very sure process. The following table, which we have compiled, showing the rise and progress of the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, may carry consolation to the shareholders even in those lines whose traffic is as yet but half-way to five per cent. The Glasgow line was opened for the whole length from the Haymarket to Glasgow on the 21st of February, 1842, and the traffic developed as here shown : Total for ' ‘Veekly Ilato per Per Six Ave- Mile per Mile Months. rage. Annum. Wkly. Ist half-ay,iar, 59,994 2307 1304 50 2(1 60,809 2333 1322 51 31 57,000 2192 1239 47 4th 55,836 2149 1215 46 sth ---- 61,047 2347 1327 51 6:h 66,288 2549 1411 51 7th 73,273 2818 1593 61 Bth 82,744 3182 1798 69 9th 99,843 3840 2100 81 [o.h 89,287 3434 1869 72 lth 90,815 3496 1902 73 2th 80,332 3090 1700 65 3:h 88,532 3305 1883 70 It may be said that there is not much material for hope here, seeing that the B linburgh and Glasgow line had at the very first a traffic nearly double that at present possessed by some Scotch lines, and a third more than that possessed by any o f th em , an d th a t even cow its prospects are not very encouraging. But it must be tlken into calculation, Ist, that its cost of construction is also double some and a third more than any Scotch line, so that one-half or a third less traffic per mile on others represents an equivalent amount of prosperity ; and 2d, that with the exception of the mile and a half from the Haymarket to the North bridge, it opened complete, while almost none of the new lines have yet attained to a corresponding position. It must also be taken into consideration, in estimat ing the probable progress of development of the new lines, that they have hitherto seen nothing but " bad times." Cholera has been against them, and still more "calls." Both evils are now nearly at an end, though the effects of the latter will linger for a while. The money sunk in railways has been in great part taken from that fund out of which travelling expenses are mainly taken—viz., spare funds or acc umulations. The money so sunk has not yet become reproductive, there being in this respect a sort of dead - lock--a large portion of the funds from which railway revenues come being the very funds locked up in the capital. All this, however, will gradua ll y work itself right— but it would be more than difficult to say how soon, how fast, or how far.—Scotsman. RE-OPSNING OF THE ASTOR, THEATRE, 'NEW y oß g.—This, the most fashionable theatre of New Y or k, which had remained closed ;duce M.acready m ade his last appearance there, on which occasion a dreadful riot occurred, and several lives were last, was re-opened about the middle of September. The play was Romeo and Juliet, Mis 3 Davenport, who had arrived from England only a few days be fore, appearing as Juliet, and achieving a tri umph which has completely restored to the Astor Theatre its popularity. She subsequently appeared as Julia in the Hunchback, as Meeta in the Maid of Mariendorpt, and as Mariana in the Wife, and drew crowded houses on every occasion of her appearance. The New York journals speak in the most enthusiastic terms of her performances. Miss Davenport has accepted engagements to appear at Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. :/•' a Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, attended by Major Stephen, were present yesterday at the opening of the new Coal Exchange. Colonel Perceval had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home •office. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) The Queen Dowager had some refreshing sleep on Monday night, and felt better yesterday morning. Sir David Davies remains in attendance on her Ma jesty at the Priory. THE GREAT NORTHERN. TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUS. member of that body to whose fortunes and mis'ortunes you :ever vouchsafe a lively interest feels confident that a few particulars of mismanage ment upon this railway, observed in one day, will not be without its recommendations to you. On Saturday, the 20th inst., I left Wakefield for Pontefract Corn Market, by the quarter past nine o'clock train (this is not, I suppose, the " Great Nor. them," but, 1 believe, under the same management). We had not proceeded above two or three miles before our engine was utterly exhausted, and but fur the fortuitous arrival of a luggage, or coal train, engine at the minor station we had reached, the business of Pontefract would have been long over, ere myself and others could have participated. The circumstance, however, was only a novelty to strangers, none to in dividuals attending the market. At Doncaster you have to re- book, at the risk, amidst the confusion, of losing your seat and your luggage. At Bawtry, arrived in the dusk, not a lamp lit or signal out till the last moment, sheep trucks upon the main line, and some shrewd doubts by the inefficient officials whether there " might not " be some stray sheep down the line ! At Retford, luggage turned out that had been put in for Gainsbro', ana the blunder discovered by the merest accident. At Gainsbro,' a staff of the most impertinent officials in the kingdom, and a practice such only as so dangerous a monopoly, unwatched, as railway could attempt, namely, charging half price for twice the distance travelled; thus, to Hull, 4s. 73d , second class, but to Hull and back, 2s. 6d. only ; this fur the shameless and nefarious (so stated on the spot) purpose of annihilating the honest calling of the packet boat betw an the points referred to. This arrangement, so beneath an honest association of men, is unknown but locally, so that a stranger, for want of information, sees, without comprehending it, one man paying half the money of another for travelling twice the distance ! What I would especially insist upon in such a case is, that if a company can afford, for an unworthy purpose, to halve their f4re for double the distance be low the stipulated price, that a law should step in to prevent such a perversion of common sense and com mon honesty, by compelling the company to charge their own reduction upon both the double and single ticket. Your keen sense of justice, and protection to the public, will, I am sure, appreciate these remarks Sir, your most obedient servant, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Newcastle on-Tyne, Oct. 29. MONEY MARKET.- - The premium on gold at Paris is 12 roigldlish, gives an ext. M int price exchange o it follows that gold s 0.00 per cent. per per w io h r ic s h t , a a n t d t a h r e ig 25.46; and the exchange at Paris on London . at short being 25.47}, i dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 438 per mark, Which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101-3. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.114; and the exchange at Ilamhurgh on London at short being 13.121, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent, dearer in London than in Ilan burgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1104 per cent., and the psr of exchange between England and America being 109 23 40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per coot. in favour of Eng land. And, after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate will leave a trifling profit ou receiving gold from the United States. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ALDROROUGH.—We have to announce the demise of the Earl of Aidborough, intelligence of whose decease at Leghorn has been re ceived by his friends in this country. The Earl, who had been resident for a long series of years in Italy, died on Monday fortnight. The deceased, Mason Gerrard Stratford, EArl of Aldborough, Viscount Aldborough of Belan, Viscount Amiens, snd Baron Baltingl ass, in the Peerage of Ireland, was only son of Bdnjamin O'Neale, fourth Earl, by Martha, only child of Mr. John Burton, and niece and heiress of Mr. Mason Gerrard. He was born Bth July, 1784, and married 2.1 August, IEO4, Cornelia Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Henry Tandy, by whom, who survives his Lordship, ho leaves issue, an only son, Viscount Amiens. On Wednesday laht Batty's troup of equestriaLs entered this town, and gave a morning and evening - entertainment, the latter of which was well att en d e d, and the feats of horsemanship and gymnastics were highly applauded,—Chtlmsjord Chronicle. ~t~ ~,<. /