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THEATRE ROYAL IIAr2,LI.IIKET. Ne. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old BromPtoia. THIS EVENING, v• -, 11 be performed THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Partici°, 74... Webster ; Grnmio, Mr. Buckstone; Katharine, Mrs. Nisbett ; Miss Jane Mordtunt. •Pr which the successful and laughable Farce, called an Al N.It.MING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan Sv• — ot apple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. • qnclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. 11 ennipother. Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pe:mipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane A., Miss P. Horton. Ipic notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Bea-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TILEAIiiiEIIOI7S STRANGER. The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BIINBURT'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. Jr. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new 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 Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with TIIE TURNPIKE-GATE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yestrtsi. Sole Lessee. Mr. Cnarlea Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comic drama, called A LADY IN DIF FICULTIES To be followed by THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To con, lade with UnED UP, in which Mrs. Hamby will appear. Dress i..:oxes, as. ; Upper Boxes , 4 s . ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, Le. PTO stsk-mice t, any Hart nt the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allaroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. % After which, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with a new farce called THE MAJOR'S DAUGHTER ATLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. U ader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &C. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and p• on unced by the public press to be the mast gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at t U he Amphitheatre. nparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzhall's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. bo teuoviced by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C RCLE.-by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the favourite Farce of THE WEAVER OF LYONS. Box-office open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 111011 WATER AT min. after 3 LONDO Evening N BBEDGE. Tufa T)AT —Morning, 5 6 min. after 2 I .15 To-Monson— .turntno, 31 min. after 2 f Evening, 48 min. after 3 TTII4; WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCT. 18. THERMOXETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 60; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 3 0.2 2. The mercury has risen nearly 30 points since yesterday, with every appearance of fine weather. WIND S.W.—very mild sunshiny weather. vit;.....-t: 1 y 4 4 itcier_o_;,,,u....:., - N.., ds,t,, ...., - : • , . --,'.. .. 3 % .,- A , ' " ' 'WI ..;; , .7.. . .4 , -- 'htk . " . a. - . .7. •Ni 0 - :_.., _ ,„., • 5.. ,, , ~, 4 , *,' ", kmoil ' ", bint, 4, -,, i• -- -, ... • rtllentlpl 51111;5 LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1849. In the year 1814 London was the scene of gaiety and the centre of attraction. Public enthusiasm was excited to an almost unparalleled degree, public re joicings on a most magnificent scale were matters of daily occurrence. Day and night the streets were thronged with gaily-dressed, glad-faced multitudes. The s iber city of London seemed to have been transported fur a while to the banks of the Seine, and the " nation of shopkeeper 6" converted into the carnival lovers of Venice. Yet, we may be told there was method in the madness; such public rejoicings were not only justified, but called for by public events. A group of foreign potenates—" the Allied Sovereigns —were as sembled in London, and their presence commemorated the triumph of " Legitimacy." A legitimate Sove reign had been restored, by foreign intervention, to the throne of his ancestors—to the throne of an unwilling people, and the Sovereigns of Europe had naturally good cause to rejoice thereat. What wonder that courteous smiles beamed on royal and imperial lips when tottering crowns were once more firmly estab lished on royal brows! What wonder that a sense of security thawed the frigidity of courts, and allied sovereigns congratulated themselves with unparalleled festivities ! It was natural that such circumstances should produce such results—hence the glitter and the gaiety of London in 1814 ; for in 1814—strange as it would appear now-a-days—the " commonality" joined in eelebrating the triumphs of kings and emperors. The festal appearance of the metropolis in those days of jubilee has become a matter of tradition —such good old times we never shall see again. Such was the character of the festival of 1814, such were the circumstances which then thronged London with visitors from all parts of Europe. Of a very different nature will be the gathering which (in all human pro bability) will be held in the same city in 1851. The contemplation of" this picture and that" affords a force ful exemplification of modern progress. Peacefully and almost imperceptibly the great work has been carried on. Nulla dies sine linea. And now looking back upon the past we can joyfully contrast what is with what has been. Once snore it is purposed to i tn - a --• 0 ri ti it% A Gn h s a , nha efgeAtem . of all ranks not success in arms, but the triumphs of Industry, Ingenuity, and Intelligence. We do not now desire to greet emperors, kings, princes, and reigning dukes, but we proffer our hospitality to the artist and the artizan. Irrespective of clime or class, we wish to gather round us the sons of Thought and Labour men of the cunning hand, and not the cunning heart—men whose brows ache not with the weight of diadems, but with the nobler load of intellectual wealth. The meeting which was held yesterday at the Mansion-house was in all respects of a most gratifying nature. The Loan MAYOR and the citizens of London, as was only to be anticipated from the individual character of the one and the national position of the others, cordially expressed their concurrence in the proposi tion laid before them by the Society of Arts—a proposition for which . we are indebted to the sugges tions and the untiring exertions of Prince ALBHILT. The Royal President of the Society of Arts, justly appreciating the national or rather the universal blessings associated with the 'progress and develope ment of the industrial arts, has proposed the public exhibition of the best products of those arts on a scale of magnificence fully commensurate with their importance. It is unnecessary here to recapitulate the particulars of the proposed undertaking, which are already, as far as they are yet decided on, familiar to all. It is not to particular details, but to the principle concerned, that we would now refer. It is the principle which has suggested the idea that so heartily elicits our eulogiums. We gladly hail the prospect of an event so peculiarly appropriate to our position as a commercial nation. Here, in the face of the world, we give an emphatic proof of our progress in civilization. Other nations are enduring the agonies which are inse parable from a first attempt at enfranchisement ; and others, again, are incurring the shame of submitting to tyrannical commands Which bid them imbrue their hands in wanton bloodshed. Happier than they, our liberties are so secure that we can turn our thoughts to the refinements of art and science. Happier than they,: it is from the occupants of the throne that we receive the chief stimulus to the developement of popular skill. No matter what the particular site of the Exhibition may be, no matter who may be the actual donors of the prize-money, the Exhibition,, nay the very proposition of . such an exhibition, is a happy evidence of the times we live in and a yet happier _omen for the future. The lot of man is labour. Labour converts ,the savage into the citizen labour gives beauty to the ex ternal world, and health and happiness to individual life. In the nineteenth century shall the toiling brain or the toiling hand bring a blush to thz,ir owner's cheek ? Not so. The labourer is worthy of his reward, and that reward is the appro bation of his fellow-men. As affording a public, rind, moreover, a princely recognition of such princi i;ies, the proposed Exhib i ti on i s to us , and we doubt not to the public at large, a source of unbounded satisfaction. The anti-rent conspiracy in Ireland is extending throughout all parts of that ill-fated land. The local journal s ar e filled w ith accounts of the abduction of crops. There can be no doubt that in the southern provinces there is a general determination on the part of the peasantry to defraud landlords of their rents, and the moral contagion is spreadingeven o the " black north ;" for in Armagh itself a formi- THE dable opposition has been exhibited to the enforcement of civil bill decrees for arrears of rent. This fatal movement, if not promptly and vigorously suppressed, must consummate the ruin of the country. The last hope of its social regeneration must vanish if its children should now combine for its destruction ; the last plank of the shipwrecked vessel will be destroyed by the hands of the surviving crew. How can it be supposed that English capital can be drawn into the country, that employment can be afforded to the labouring population, the wastes reclaimed, or the farms properly cultivated , when a general eombination exists to deprive the proprietors of their just rights ? The landlord and tenant code may require amendment. Full security shoul:t be afforded to the occupying tenants that they will be permitted to enjoy the fruits of their skill and in dustry by receiving adequate compensation for all unexhausted improvements, in the event of the rents being unduly raised, or of their being evicted from their holdings. But can acts such as these, which are now, unfortunately of every-day occurrence, ameliorate their condition or warrant reasonable ex- pectation of the advent of happier times ? Mos undoubtedly not. All classes are suffering deeply and severely ; they are enduring embarrassments and encountering difficulties of no ordinary magni tude, and it is incumbent on all, without distinc tion of rank and station, to co-operate zealously and efficiently for the preservation of their common country. But this requires not merely vigorous and energetic, but also combined action ; if any hang back—if, in place of striving for the general welfare and prosperity, they not only with hold their own exertions, but even strive to mar those of their neighbours, it requires no extraordinary power of vaticination_to foresee the fatal termination of the struggle. The conduct of the conspirators is no less insane and destructive to themselves than it is lawless and criminal. It is as unwise and impolitic as it is un just and inequitable. It is similar to that of a mu tinous crew, who, while the storm is raging, break into the spirit room, abandoning all hope of safety, and seeking only to die in a state of brutal and de grading intoxication. A heavy responsility will be incurred by those who, in the present condition of their country, preach up a resistance to rents as the panacea by which her afflictions are to be assuaged and her wounds healed. The popular mind is un fortunately but too easily excited ; and what can be thought of those who recklessly apply blazing torches to the inflammable material? The conflagration, if once enkindled, cannot be so easily extinguished as the incendiaries may imagine; it will extend through out the length and dreadth of the land, involving all —the guilty as well as the innocent, in one common destruction. What do they imagine ? Do they for a moment suppose that "repudiation" will be limited to rents—that every species of contract or liability will not share a similar fate? The doctrine is too convenient for dishonest debtors to be limited in its application. If the law can be set at defiance, and violated with impunity, in one respect, it will be so in many others; its obligations and edicts will speedily be disregarded ; an age of rapine and anarchy will ensue; might will constitute right, and there will be no peace or tranquillity in the land, where the law of the "strong arm" is alone re spected. Cultivation will cease—the arts of civilized life will fall into disuse—lreland will relapse into a state of pristine barbarity—and the people who have wilfully destroyed their own means of sub sistence will perish by myriads under the combined operation of famine and its twin sister pestilence. The fearful effects of the potato blight—of the fever —the cholera, and the other diseases by which Ire land has been decimated, will be far exceeded by the calamitous results of the moral pestilence that is spreading rapidly throughout the land. Already the conspirators are gaining confidence, and acquiring fresh audacity by the partial success that has attended their lawless proceedings. At first they were contented to oppose "passive resistance" to the officers of the law, or to carry off their crops sur reptitiously; but greater violence is now exhibited, and deadly weapons are fearlessly resorted to against those who impede their progress, or oppose the re moval of the farm produce. A conflict attended with fatal results took place on Saturday night at Killaughy, in the King's county, in which three policemen were killed or mortally wounded, and several others seriously injured. Se veral vollies were subsequently fired into the bar racks, whither the survivors of the constabulary had been compelled to retreat, and the corn was carried off in triumph by the misguided peasantry, with the exception of one load, which was cast on the road-side in order to make room for some of the assailants that had been severely wounded in the conflict. The desperate course adopted by the infatuated conspirators appears perfectly inexplicable. There was no attempt by the constabulary to seize the corn, or to compel the party to carry it back to the farm whence it had been removed. Constable HALL, the leader of the police, merely required the party to stop while he took down the names of those engaged • - +nansaction so very suanieinng, JOHN KEYES, the termer whose crops were in course of removal, expostulated, declaring that he had a right to send where he pleased his goods which were not under seizure, and added'that "he would not be stopped by him or the magistrate either." HALL, however, continued firm in his resolution to take the names of the party, when KEYES gave the order for the " armed men to stand forward." A volley was almost immediately fired, under which sub constable MORTIMER was shot dead, two police men mortally wounded, and others received severe injuries. The police returned the fire, and it is supposed with considerable effect. The door and windows of the police barrack were subsequently perforated with many balls, the marks of which remain upon the walls. Many per sons charged with being concerned in this daring and sanguinary outrage have been arrested, and still remain in custody. The act itself, however, affords the strongest illustration of the reckless determination of the peasantry to go to any length in support of their illegal objects, and of their thorough confidence in the general feeling of the country in opposition to rents, which they hope will enable them to evade the penal consequences of their fearful crime. A coroner's inquest has since been held, and a verdict of wilful murder returned, finding Joins MITES (who has absconded), ands relative, named JOSEPH KEYES, now in custody, guilty. Informations have also been taken against other parties, also in custody, and there is no doubt that the matter will receive a full and search ing investigation. Acts such as these are calculated to awaken feelings of deep sadness.in the hearts of the real well wishers of Ireland, who truly sympathise with her afflictions, and who desire large and comprehensive reforms in the landlord and tenant code. Under any circumstances, however, the majesty of the law must be vindicated, its transgressors made amenable to justice, and the rights of property preserved inviolate. THE QUEEN'S' VISIT TO THE CITY. No detailed arrangements have yet been made with reference to her Majesty's visit on the 30th to open the New Coal Exchange, nor is it yet decided whether the Queen will enter the City by land or by water, but we understand that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor proceeds to Windsor this day, when his Lordship will receive her Majesty's commands on the subject. In the event of the Queen preferring the water route it is most likely the Royal party will embark at Whitehall Pier about half-past one o'clock, not in the Admiralty barge, but either in the Queen's own barge, or one of the Royal y ac ht s , now at Portsmouth, ordered up for the purpose. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen Dowager remained yester. day much in the same state. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with the Queen and his Royal highness. The Earl of Carlisle arrived at the Castle to-day, and had the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon a' the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. Malice is the spur of wit, good nature the bridle. Eliza G'ook's Journal. rI , I 1 VRENCII REPUBLIC. We have..? received the 1 ) ;:ris journals of yesterday. The debal e on the affairs of Rome had not come on in the Ata embly at the hour the post left. Up to that period toe Assembly had been occupied in dis cussing an eloction petition presented against the return of M. SCI:IOLCHER for Gaudaloupe ; and it was said that the discussion was purposely prolonged with a view to :prevent the Roman question from being brought on., so as to give time for further negotiations betwen the Ministry and the Thiers party. M. DLIPIN had a long conference with the PRESIDENT of the Republic on Tuesday,, and at eleven o'clock on Tues day evening M. THUM went to the Elyiee, and remained there nearly two hours. During this visit, it is said, some approaches were made towards a reconciliation ; and in the Constitationnel of the fol lowing morning there appears a most cautiously worded apologetical article, deprecating any division among the majority, declaring that the report of M. TRIERS is intended to express approval of the acts of the PRESIDENT and of the Ministry ; and denying any intention of insulting the PRESIDENT by omitting all mention of his letter in the re port, because, (says this article of the Constitu tionnel) " the report makes no mention of any docu ment at all; from which we gather that M. TRIERS does not consider the mota proprio of the POPE as any document at all; seeing that he comments on it, and comments on it in a sense most insulting for the PRESIDENT of the Republic throughout the report. The Patrie of Tuesday evening says, "At about three o'clock this afternoon, some Members of the National Assembly, who are generally well informed, announced that the misunderstanding which gave rise to the rumours of yesterday was about to cease, and that the division between the PRESIDENT of the Re public and the majority of the Assembly—a division, at which the enemies of order would rejoice, and by which they would profit—would not take place. The discussion on the credits for the expedition to Rome will commence to •morrow, and there is every reason to believe that the Government and the Committee will be in accord in the appreciation of this grave question." The Evenement of Tuesday evening states that General CHANGARNIER had had several interviews with the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and that when M. Timms arrived at the National Assembly, a per son was waiting for him with a message from General CHANGARNIER, after which it was rumoured that the PRESIDENT of the Republic and M. TIMERS were on the point of coming to an understanding. The tbllowing appears in this journal : " Several influential persons called successively this morning at the Ely: 6-- for the sake of effecting a recon ciliation. To one and all the President repliad—' I will not yield to the policy traced out in the report of M. Thiers, for it contradicts in a manifest manner the policy indicated by me in two letters—a policy which had, moreover, been const.intly followed by ray Govern ment. I will struggle with this Assembly, if necessary, as I struggled with the Constituent in support of a Ministry which bad not the majority." The Assemblde Nationale of yesterday moraing has the following : " The whole of yesterday was passed in endeavours to effect a reconciliation betwet n the President and the most influential members of the majority. It is to be hoped that the grave crisis in which the Ministry have thought fit to place us may not have a fatal result. This crisis, however, yet exists. Union and firmness on the part of the majority can alone put an end to it." It is to be hoped that the PRESIDENT and his Ministers will continue firm ; if they do their duiy fearlessly, there can be no doubt but that they have it now in their power to crush the Parti-Pretre and the Orleanists, and to consolidate the Republic. If he does this, future ages will look upon Louis NA POLEON as the WASHINGTON of France. The monster trial at Versailles continues to " drag its slow length along." On Tuesday M. EMILE DE GIRAEDIN was ex amined as a witness, and declared that in his opinion the Constitution had been violated by the Executive, and that therefore there was no illegality in the mani festation of the 13th June, 1849. The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from Toulon dated 13, which says— The flare steamer was yesterday sent off to the Levant with dispatches for the French Ambassador at Constantinople. The Mediterranean squadron com manded by Vice-Admiral Parseval Deschenes, which has been for some time lying in the anchorage at Hyeres, has just received orders to sail immediately' for Smyrna, where it will, doubtless, meet the Eng lish fleet, which is to proceed to the entrance of the Dardanelles." PARIS BOURSE.—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17. The market has been less agitated to-day, and prices at the close were marked rather higher; Threes at 55f. 50c.; and Fives at 871. 70c. Tits market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 551. 75c.; for account, 551. 50c.; Fives, for cash, 87f. 70c. ; for account, 87f. 70c. ; Bank of France Shares, 2,345 f. ; Neapolitan, and Spanishrnot quoted. RAMWAYS.—The Share Market bss been also firmer, and prices are generally quoted higher. Orleans closed at 730 f. ; Rouen, 52M.; Havre, 240 f. ; Avignon, 217 f. 50c.; Tierzon 290 f.; Strasburg and Baste, 101 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 402 1 . 50e.; N.l thern. 428. 750.; Paris and Strasbarg, 346 t; 25c.; Nantes, 2851. BUSINESS Do.NE Di FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Om 17. Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 4—Great Indian Peninsula, 54 3 — Paris and Rouen, '2O —Uouen and Havr-, 9. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. Their contents are without interest. 4-1 MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 12.—Three per Cents, 27i ; Five per Cents., 11. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. BADEN. The uariarhuo Gazette of the 16th has the fol lowing : " The Burgher Guard, which has continued to take its turn in mounting guard at the Senate House, yesterday received notice from the com mandant that their services would no longer be quired, as the regular garrison was now perfectly organised. " Last night the Court was present at the theatre, for the first time since the disturbance. Prince FRE DERICK of Prussia was in the grand ducal box, by the side of the Grand Duchess. " General VON SCHRECKHNSTIEN, Commandevin- Chief of the Prussian corps d 'armee in Baden, and General Vox WiLusox, have arrived here. .!" Though tranquillity is now perfectly restored, and everything has the outward semblance of peace, the court-martial still continues its sitting, and several of the ringleaders and participators in the revolution are tried and condemned by martial law. The Prussian Regiment of Infantry at Worms is to form part of the garrison of our city." ,LONDON, THURSDA Y AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Notwithstanding the state of siege, all the Vienna journals, of every shade of politics, continue to de nounce in energetic terms the murder of Count Louis BATTRYANY. The Ost Deutsche Post thus expresses itself:— " The execution of Count Batthyany is one of the most enigmatical acts of our Government. What object can there be now in these political executions in Hun-. gory? To inspire terror? The land is bowed down. It will be long before Hungary can again raise the standard of rebellion. And when will these judgments end now that they have commenced? Why hang one and pardon the other? Klapka may be seen at the opera at Perth, and Georgey perambulates Klagenfurt; whilst on the Holz-platz, in Perth, their fellows dangle from the gallows. Oh! it was a glorious turning point, the mild and prudent capitulation of Comorn—the keys of Hungary without one drop of blood being shed. The bloody drama is over, men said; peaceful times are coming, the day of reconciliation, a re-organisation of the fabric of the State. When, lot suddenly the curtain rises and displays to view a sixth act, a terrible scene of bloodshed. The European public will pronounce various judgments upon it; we shall confine ourselves to the simple question—wherefore this?" The Constitutional Gazette quotes a saying of Fox, "The worst revolution is restoration ;" and then adds —" The sword is a good tool to uproot weeds, and break the ground for the reception of new seed; but it is a bad utensil to rear and cultivate with. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth may once have been allowed, but those are by-gone days 1" These horrible murders still continue. The Mi nister CsAnYI and Baron CLESSENACK were banged at Perth on the Bth. The feeling excited in Hun gary by these atrocities is one of deep despondency and strong desire for vengeance. Austria can never again count upon the assistance of Hungary in her difficulties. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The National Gazette of Hamburgh, of the 12th, states that a sanguinary, collision had taken place on the previous day, in the neighbourhood of that place, between some Prussian hussars and the dragoons of Schleswig-Holstein. The quarrel arose at a ball, and sabres being drawn, many serious wounds were received on both sides. The elections for Denmark began at Copenhagen on the Bth. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, OCT. IG.--Mr. DOMEIER CURVES and Mr. VON LIWITERWELT have resigned into the hands of the KING the mission with which they were entrusted. Messrs. THOREECHE and NEDERMEYER VON ROSENTHAL have been charged to replace them, with full powers -to form a new Cabinet. This Ca binet will, it is said, be composed as follows :—Mr. J. R. Thorbecke, Member of the Second Chamber, Interior ; Nedermeyer von Rosenthal, Member of the Second Chamber, Justice ; J. S. Gedricke, Councillor of Legation at Paris, Foreign Affairs ; Sonsbeek, EVENING OCTOBER 18, 1840, Councillor of State, Colonies; Storm Von S. Grave sande, Member of the Second Chamber, War ; Marine, not yet filled up ; Van Bosse, Finance. The depart ment of of Religion end Public Instruction to be merged into the Home department. The budget for the year 1850, as submitted to the States-General by the late Ministry, has just been published. The expenditure is therein estimated at 69,996,412 florins, whereas in the year 1849 it amounted to 71,825,689 florins. The princi pal reductions are the sum of 450,000 florins in the royal household, 1,017,000 florins in the budget of finance, 145,185 florins in the budget of justice. On the other hand the sum of 100,000 florins figures in the budget for 1850 under the head of incidental expenses; there is an augmentation of 324,352 florins in the budget of the Interior, 224,797 florins in the budget of the national debt, and 29,000 florins in the budget of the colonies. The Second Chamber of the States-General was to have resumed its sitting on the 16th, but in conse quence of the present uncertainty in regard to the Cabinet, it will probably be prorogued till the 23d of the month. We learn from Maestricht that in consequence of the numerous complaints of the deplorable condition of the Meuse at Limbourg, the Belgian and Nether lands engineers have been appointed to ascertain the actual state of the case. Their report has completely verified these complaints, and they state that unless the works be immediately taken in hand, the rivers will speedily become inaccessable to even the smallest craft. Steps will, therefore, be at once taken to effect the necessary repairs. The railway between Maestricht and.Aix-la-Chapelle is likewise to be pro ceeded with, and to be prosecuted with increased vigour, so as to be completed as soon as possible. The potato crop is now over in the province of South Holland. In general it has been very fine, and the damage caused by the disease has been to tally ins;gaificant. Indeed, we have been signally blessed this season in the crops of all the produce of the ground. The harvest has been finer and fuller than we hAve known for years.—Dutch Papers, Oct. 16. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS., CITY, QUARTER 70 THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday continued excited. The sales wire estimated at 25,000 bales, of whch 10,000 balsa were taken on rpceulaticm, including 16,000 American, 5,600 Pernn.rn and Maranhao], and Bahia at 60. to 7d., 1,000 Egyptian at 6Ad. to Bd., 2,000 Surat at 40. to bd., and 150 Sea Island, 11d. to is. 4d. per lb. American is quoted id., Breall id., and Surat r.nd Egyptian id. per lb. higher.—Railway Shares were very dull at lower quotations. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 425. 7d. per quarter. The Hibernia steamer has arrived at Liverpool, and we have an outline of her news per telegraph. This, upon the subject of the :money and mercantile markets, is very encouraging, the demand for manufactures being brhk in most of the markets, and capital suffi ciently abundant for all legitimate purposes. The grain markets were rather inactive, and cotton was quieter. Freights were low. The rate of exchange on London was 1091 to 110. The private advices, by the Lisbon mail, state that neither the commercial nor monetary affairs were flourishing, but the Government, nevertheless, seems to be making some effort to collect its revenue more re gularly. The laxity in this respect, hitherto, has been very remarkable, but may be ascribed to the inherent weakness of the Administration. The continental accounts report, under date of Vienna, the 13th instant, that Austrian Five per Cents. were 951. The Frankfort quotation on the 15th was 891. At Amsterdam on Tuesday the Dutch funds were lower—the Two-end.a-Half per Cents. 53 7-16ths. Spanish and Austrian Bonds were in request. In all quarters nearly the question now very naturally asked is " How much lower are Railway Shares going?', Por even among parties not directly interested as holders, the daily record in the public papers of a decline in prices, amounting in the aggregate to probably a hundred millions or more, especially if we take the highest values once paid, cannot but prove interesting, and to the un initiated, startling too. The fury of speculation, it may be conceded, has had a good deal to do with the rapid alterations in share values,,but we question much whether by a more gradual process, nearly the same results would not have arisen without the intervention of either Bulls or Bears, wherever a disposition was manifested by the ruling powers to throw, impediments in the way of a full and fair investigation. A settled conviction exists in many quarters that no permanent improvement can be looked for until statements of the whole capital account are made cut under the uncontrolled supervision of professional accountants ; for even if such should disclose a very miserable state of things, the worst of the present po sition would be known, and fair data would be at hand for every one to form an estimate of future prospects. The closing of capital accounts is a neces sary ucccompaniment, but as all the great lines are under engagement to do this, it is only needful to keep them to their promise. Looking to the development of traffic, it is not in the least unreasonable to a ffi rm that most of the trunk lines would have paid 8, 10, and eyt n 12 per cent.; and since, with a view to the public accommodation, and at the direct instance of Parliament, branches have been thrown out in all directions, to the immediate injury, though we may admit readily to the possible ultimate profit of the proprietors ; it is very fairly a matter for consideration whether the shareholders cannot, with a good grace, come before the Legislature with a request for higher fares. Every man who advocates the common interest in preference to that of classes will be !jealous of any attempt to patch up private mismanagement at the expense of the public ; but, in the first place, a very limited addition to the fares—leaving Parliamentary trains as they are—would serve to yield a dividend ; and in the second place, there is positive danger, if the very low maximum is enforced upon some of the lines, that the branches will be virtually closed. Any great enhancement of fares would defeat its own object, and, by diminishing traffic, cause the revenue to be as low as at present, but a medium course should be advocated, and 5 or 10 per cent. would be most likely all that is needed, allow ing for the certain gradual increase of tra velling as population and trade increase. Whatever may be done, the posture of affairs now is most lamentable for thousands of holders and their fa milies. A wholesale depreciation of capital would be bad enough, but when we have a serious reduction of current income, the weakest are impoverished and involved, and the strongest shaken. Shortly, we hope, despite the present lowering appear ances, to chronicle the advent of better times. Already there are some symptoms of improvement, and in the Stock Exchange it is reported that the weekly traffic returns to be published on Saturday will be better. The North-Western, it is ascertained exhibit a decidedly smaller falling off than last week, compared with 1848. There has been a wry fluctuating market for public securities, the-settlement of the account being the chief cause; but the French Funds come better, and now the Bulls have pretty well closed or made arrangements for carrying over their speculations, prices are firmer. The receipt of good news from Constantinople, and the assu rance of a reconciliation between the members of Louis Napoleon's Cabinet, are the chief things wanting to give a stimulus to prices. Consols have been 911 1, and 911 for Transfer, and as high as 92 fur Account, but are now 911 1 for the former, and 911 g for the latter. The Unfunded Debt continues' firm at 443. to 475. premium. Bank Stock is worth 197 to 1971. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been 911 to East India Bonds have been 81s. to 84s. In the Foreign Market there has been a fall in Mexican Stock of 1 per eant.j from 271 to 201. Spanish Thee per Cents. have been quiet at 331, and Spanish Five per Cents. at 16. Portuguese Four per Cents. are still in favour at 331 to 34. Russian Bends are 107, and Dutch Four per Cents. 82i. Railway Shares have been at length assuming a more favourable aspect. Great Western have been up to 54, and since down to 511 and 50; North-Western have touched 1061 and 1091; Midland, 441 and 45; North Stafford are Ito 1 bettor. Caledonian are higher. 0.4 t O'CLOCK. utet , ll , G emors uF I , IUTISII FUND. rRIC E s . Bank. Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann5..... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l Vxs : 34 91 3 % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . 917 / 81,0% 91% Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 9-16 8 9-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... ..... South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account., 92 91%r 8 Exchequer Bills. I'4d. & 2d 1,0001. June .....» ..... 44 47 p 500/. June Small. June 44 47 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS mix O'CLOCK. 874 91% 47 p 47 p 47 p OLOSLN PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ...... Ditto, 3 per Cent... ...- Danish 80nd5.1825,3 per Cent. Mexican, 5 par Cen t. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cent., Converted: 34 34 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Russian Bonds ..... 107 107 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Passive • - 3 1 4 ... 3 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B2!‘ 82% PRICES OF nUSINESS DONE C LOSIIs ti RAILWAY SHARES. rALD. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES . Aberdeen 5O Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ...... •••• Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 26.4 .-. 53 73% 23% Bu y Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per et.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Wolverh' ton, and thdley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... ••• Birkenhead Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... ___. __ ___ Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27 1 ,( Suckingharaehire ...... 17 1 ,i Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Di tto,Clydesclale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 10% 8 10% , Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 4'...., East. Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% Eastern Comities........ 20 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... 1 4 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par x,d par x.d. Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. - Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 — Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% — Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 . Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 144 ....... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... WA( .............. East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch 2a a — _ c Fi 3% 15 13% Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Culla° - ••...51,6a.8d,.., We sgo w,liilmar.,& Ayr 50 Lo. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred Do., %B 6 per Ctnt... PA...—. Do., 5 pee Cent.. Pref. 7 %.2 ••• ••• --- :Mat South. and West. (Ireland) 'mat North of England.100 Ditto, New, 401 4O - Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301, .... 30 - 6% 61% Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. .. Great Western Ditto, % Shares 5O — Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ...... — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorksbireloo Do. do. M. B. $ 8... 98 Ditto, ditto • Ditto, 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters ... Do. Fifths... .. .10 Do. Thirds .. l5 Do. New Guarantied 6 per Cent.. Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 ...... Ditto (Huddersfield and Shoff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 •.... 1% 3 4 ••• • Do. (P!eston & Wyre) 25 1 1 :Yi 1 3 / 4 D0. 1 ,‘ Shares (X.)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer. 6 per CL 5 - Do., Pref. C;ustr.,lBl3 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... ... 10 London & Blackwall...lll. 6s. 3d... London, Brighton, and South Coast... .....100 Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 LondonandGreenwich 1211554 d... Ditto, Preference .. .20 —.... Loudon and N. Western 100 109% 107 108 106 1 /1 103 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 12 1 /i t 11% Ditto, Fifths 7 ..... 7% Do. 401.Shares(L.M.) 35 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 2 Lond.& S. Western ..... 50 Ditto, New 501. ...... Do. New 404 34 •••... ...., 2% 2! 4 28% Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. IA Shares ... 3 3 / 4 - 00000000 ••••... Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ....le ..•• Do. 1 4 Shares 5 ...... Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... ... — Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchestor,Buston,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Do. Y a Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 1011,% 10% Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 -- ..«.......... ...... Ditto ditto . ......... 19 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 22%. ... ..... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... . .. ....... Do., Manchester and lincolnUnion. .... 41. 2s. Mijsland ...... ......... .. 100 4b 44 44% 43% 44% 45 1 4 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Sham 30 ... .. 7%% 8 B l4 Do. Birm., and Derby IC3 Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ll9 ... ll9 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 — ..... ...... ... Ditto ditt0.... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.leo — Midland Great W estern Irish 5O - ..... ••••••••••• '.... Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension ...... ... 2/. 125.... 40.111 Newport, Abergavenny, t.nil Hereford - 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 — Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O Norfolk .......... ........... 100 Do. New 20g. ... l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pe. 5 B— ... ........... . Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 .«... ..... North British ........ ... 25 ..... 10;4... ..... ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8; 4 .. 3 LA 1 .... Ditto Preference 5 — North Staffordshire ... 17 k 9 l/ i l4 81 A04... North Wales . 3% North-Western . 13% — Oxford, Worcester, and - Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... ....... ....... 15% Ruyocon auU riftenin Scottish Central Scottish Midland 10 1 % 2% 3% 8% 4% ------------- Ditto, New - •• ••• Shrewsbury and Birni... 12 ...... 4 1 4%... .. Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 4 , Sbrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 181 , 2 — ..... ir. .1 Ditto .New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union mouth Devon - .. Vo. Preference - So ith Stallerdshire si4 -- •... 000000 - ••• South Eastern Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. :... 14 1 ,4 — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 *MO • OM ivtlans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stan. C0a1.... 7 caw Vale Extension ... 8 Names Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 1 Vale of Neath ... .. 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 •• — Waterford and Limerick 4714 .... Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ..... 50 D0...,_,„ do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0:... 15 West Cornwall N hitehaven & Furness 16 ..... Windsor,___Staines, and _ . South Western........ 14 Wilts,Soinerset, Wey- mouth " 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...... ......... '25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.li•Preference 8 Do. Ilartlepool Dock and Railway lOO ...... • •• .•• Yorklano North Midland 50 ...... 20 19 1 4 3 4 19... Ditto, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RALLWAY:". 4% Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% — Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ... 17 1 / 2 Dutch Rhenish •••••.... East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain Lla Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Ditto -- lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur suid_Liege ...... 20 ... 4 1 4 Northern of France l4/. 88... 3 ` dis din Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 -•••••• •• Paris and Rouen 2O maw. ••• • Paris and Strasbourg ... 11 Rouen and Havre 20 9 1 4 x.d x.d Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ll Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders B% • • see Ditto ...... ..... ••• B l , lz — 3~ DUTCH FUNDS. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 16.—The inland funds were again unusually low to day, and there was much flatness on 'Change. Spanish continues in favour. In Portuguese Stock business was unusually animated. Austria at a depreciation. Peruvian and Mexican also offered at a depreciation. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent... - . 53 7.16 53 9-1 G - Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • •• ••• 63% Ditto, 4 per Cent..... . ..............83 83% Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.......... — East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • •• 82% Spanish New 5 per Cents..• .. • • •....• 10% 10 15.16 Porte uese 5 per Cents.• •.. • ..... 34% 34% Ditto 3 per Cent., Inland Ezehangeon London, at sight •• • • • 12 07% Two months.• • • • • • • • 12 02% On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 34 13-16 THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Livxaroot, OCT, 18.—The British and North American Royal Mail steam=ship Cambria has just arrived in our river, with mails- and passengers from New York, which port she left on the 3d instant, calling at Halifax on the 6th, on her homeward voy age. The dates brought by the Cambria are four days later than those received here on Saturday by the Hibernia. The steam-ship Canada, which left this port on the 21d, called at Halifax, to land some of her mails and passengers, and proceeded onwards. The disturbance of the relations with France seems to produce some apprehension not absolutely of war, but interruption of the friendly intercourse which has so long subsisted between the two countries. From the city of Mexico our dates are to September 13. The arrangement made by the Mexicans had not been approved by Congress, nor would it be. The British brig Tartar, bound from Wilmington to Liverpool, had, in distress, put into Norfolk, Vir ginia, having been on her beam•ends for some time, and own overboard her stores, fresh water, deck ,load, bulwarks, &c. Six of the crew perished. The New York Tribune says that the condition of Mexico is far from quiet. Rumours of a revolution and change of Government are talked of, and men tioned in private correspondence from different sec tions of the country. Santa Anna is, of course, the " coming man" in all these negotiations. There have been no disturbances in Canada since the Bytown riots. The Governor-General is going about the western provinces receiving and responding to addresses. The Ministry have gone from Montreal to Tdronto to-meet his Lord,hip. It was reported that t* latter bad been appointed as the seat of Governpient. We have advices from San Francisco to August 18, being 16 days later than the news brought by the steamer Panama. This intelligence was received through Msza'lan, Mexico, and Vera Cruz, and reached New York in the mail of the British steamer Severn, by way of Mobile. The news from the mines is of a most glowing character. The yield of gold was steady, and though there was, as a matter of course, much disappoint ment among individuals, the general result was highly satisfactory. It is estimated that the average product of all the mines together thus far, since the beginning of the season, has been 2,000,000 dollars per month, and there was thought to be no doubt of its continuance at the same rate of abundance. The Americans had determined that the American Chilians who were at the mines should no longer enjoy the privilege of digging. The cottpn accounts Ire fully as unfavourable as ever. The editors of Tennessee State were shortly to hold a convention on *fessional matters, after the example of the Neist?rork and Maryland contem poraries. ,„ The health of Nevg Orleans, especially to strangers, is much better this seasoii than ever it has been known to be, and this, notwithstanding the sediment, &c., of the disastrous overflow some time ago. A convention of nine counties in Alabama had been held at Shelby Springs durittg the lait week in Sept., to carry out the Selma and Tennessee Railroad. The commercial accounts represent business in all parts of the Union as being in a very brisk state, and the fall trade was as promising as it appeared when the Europa left. The money market, too, since her departure had been very easy, especially in New York. Money was plentiful, and obtainable at moderate rates. , . United States Sixes, 1111; Pennsylvania Fives, 86i; Treasury Notes, 109 k. The market for breadstutfs was inactive, and prices are reported without change. Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 121 c. to 5 dolls. 25c. ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 doll. 20c. to 1 . doll. 22c. per 601b5., steady. Indian corn, round yellow, 66c. to 68c. per bushel, very firm; flat yellow, 61c. per bushel; southern white, 60c. to 62c. per bushel. Indian meal, 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 37 1 }c. per brl. The cotton market at New York was quiet. Busi ness ton moderate extent only had been done. Prices were quite steady. New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 111 c. to 112,-,. Upland, mid fair to fair, 10-,ic. to 11 lc. per lb. Provisions dull, especially pork ; mess was quoted 10fc.; prime Sic. Freights were still very low, and little doing in them. Exchange on London, 1091 110, quiet. Paris, 5.25, limited inquiry. Harnburgh, 35i 35f. Bremen, 78179. BUENOS AYIKES and PARAGUAY The latest intelligence from Monte Video is of vast importance, inasmuch as it discloses that preparations of a co- operatite - pbaraeter are being made on a large scale, in anticipation of the arrival of a French expe dition fix •the relie of that city. It is .currently orted and generally believed that the argument a enrolment of the peons, which has been' ordered by the Buenos Ayrean Government, and was said 40 4 . be for the purpose of opposing a formidable body of troops to the inroads of the Arau canian Indians, has in rfality altogether a different destination, and instead of going southwards is to be directed agaisst a northern State, upon whose existence the ilovernment of Buenos Ayres has long looked with a jealous eye. The Republic of Paraguay, alarmed by the threatening imendoes of General Roses, and justly fearing that the day of aggression was not far off, has made pre?arations upon an extensive scale to repel the /evader. A well-equipped army, of between fifteen and se venteen thousand men, has been organised, and is now encamped upon the frontier of Coeyientes. It is well understood that this State has decided upon action, and that if any movement be made by Fiance, it will advance its forces to the assistance of the Government of Monte Video, the integrity of whose territory is considered to be the great safeguard against the inroads of their grasping neighbour and common enemy. The Empire of Brazil, which has been long ap• preheusiss-1 , of the adverse influences of Buenod Ayres upon its southern provinces, has concludes, with Paraguay an l a lliance offensive end defensive and, in conjunction with that Republic, watches with intense anxiety for the expected decision of the Europeon Cabigets. As it appears that the French Government have at any rate rejected the Le Predour treaty, and are pre pared to take some steps to secure the independence of Monte Video which they have guaranteed , there is every probatility that •the difficulties and troubles which have so lgng impeded European commerce in the River 'Plate will now be speedily ended. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London. Joint Stock lO 17 1 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 18.—Wind this day at noon 8.8. W., light breeze and fine clear weather. BBIDLINGTON, OCT. 16.—The Blackett and Ridley, from London to Shields, which got on shore near the South Pier on the 7th inst., has this day been towed off. The Neptune, from Boston to Stockton, which got on shore to the southward of this, was yesterday hove cif, and brought into harbour. 17th, The Graces, from London, and the Aetive, from Peterhead to Bull, w h ich were driven on the beach on the sth inst. near Bridling ton, have been got off, very much damaged. ril of this ea, HASTINGS, OCT. 16.—The Jo hn l place, got on a rock, and sustained c onsiderable damage. SCILLY, OCT. 15.—The M•Whinnie, from Lon don to Quebec, was off the port on the 12th inst. leaky, having put back, after being out twenty-six days. The Harmony, Llanelly to Penitence, put in here yesterday with loss of fore topmast, &c. HULL, OCT. 17 Leo, of London, which was driven on the 7th inst. on the Strand, near Dimlington, has been towed in here to-day. WHITSTABLE, OCT. 17.--About 180 deals have been picked up in the Swin, and landed here. They are sup posed to have come out of a vessel wrecked on the Gunfieet. PORTf MOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Wissacumeon, St. Pe tersburgh to Rio Janeiro, which was towed in here Bth inst., has discharged the whole of her cargo and been hauled upon the patent slip. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Ranger, Whitstable to St. NichKers, which was scuttled 11th Wet., hall been Weed. PENZANCE, OCT. 16.—The wind having moderated this morning, the windbound fleet proceeded. The wind is now fresh again towards night. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17.—Wind S.—Arrd. Benjamin Boyd, Jenkitis, Cameroons; Esther Ann, Hunter, Per nambuco; Centurion, Ricker, New York; Joseph Hub bard, Prince Edward's Island; Bohumian Girl, Cron stadt, with loss of bowsprit, head, stanchions, Ste., having been in contact wi:h the Eliza Caroline, from Quebec, at anchor in the river—the latter received but little damage. Sid. Condor, Pot t Philip; Cosmopolitan, Africa; Wilson, Buenos Ayres; Preston, Curacoa; Freeman, Jamaica; Columbia, New York. GUERNSEY, OCT. 16.—Wind E.—S!d. 15th. Halcyon, Punta Arenas. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 7.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Medway steamer, West Indies; Paella steamer, Gibraltar, &e. DEAL, OCT. 17.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. moderate.— Arrived from the River, Sybella, Coleman, Adelaide, south Australia ; Lyme Regis, Mansfield, Honduras; Zira, Claydon, Algoa Bay ; Tropic, Russell, Sierra Leone ; Jane Ray, Couch, Buenos Ayres ; Tuscan, Tillman, Jamaica ; Felicity, Moore, Jamaica. Sailed, Indian Chief, Ceylon, having put back last night. Put back, Martin Luther, for Bombay; Davkl Lyons, for St. Helena; Tweed, for Cape Coast Castle; Sophia, for Trinidad and Jamaica; Calypso, for Jamaica. MARKET ENV S.-(THIS DAY.)N NEWCATZI AND IMADZNIZALL. These markets were heavy for each kind of meat, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beef from 23 8d to 38 6d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 103; Veal, 38 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 38 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. HAY IVIARXXITEI. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 12s; Clover Jitto, 31 04 to 41 12a; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 103 per !oad. A full average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2 108 to 31 133 ; Clover ditto, 3/ Oa to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ lls per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHlTECiiiPEL.—Meaclow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 los; Clover, ditto, 310 s to 41145; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11103 per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. MEAT MARICETS. SOUTHALL, OCT. 17.—Although the supply of fat stock was by no means large, the general demand ruled heavy, and in some instances prices were a shade lower. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per Blbs, to sink the offal. RONEORD, Ocr.l7.—Prime beasts commanded a steady sale, at fully last week's quotations. Otherwise the de mand was in a sluggish state. Bea from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each. LEWES, OCT. 16.—Our market was flat to-clay, but no material change touk place in the quotations. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 8s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Oct. 11, 1849, made up from the Returns of tt Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BAIL/VE.I OATS. I ETE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 41s 4d 28s Od 1 17s 2d 1 24s 5d 1 28s 10d 1 31s 8d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BAILEY. I OATS. I ATE. 1 BEANS. PEAL Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od ls Od SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) This Court did not sit to-day, but the regular sittings will commence on Thursday next, at eleven o'clock. Notice—Undefended causes will be taken at the sitting of the Court. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Senior Commissioner EVANS.) IN RE SCOTT. This bankrupt was described as of Tunbridge Wells, tavern keeper. Mr. DUNCAN now applied for the bankrupt to be al lowed to pass his last examination. The Solicitor to the assignees opposed on the ground that the accounts were not satisfactory. Mr. DUNCAN urged that the bankrupt's examination had been adjourned two years, and the bankrupt had been unable till now to raise the means to come up. Bankrupt had kept the Castle Tavern. It was true that the accounts were very imperfect, but it was by no means a peculiar case that victuallers were lax in account keeping. The Solicitor to the assignees raid they were not sa tisfied, and must ask for a further adjournment without protection. His HONOUR said that if the assignees objected he could not allow the bankrupt to pass. Adjourned sine die, without protection. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —A miserably-attired, wretched. looking man, who refused to give his name, was charged with attempting to commit suicide in St. James's-mall. Police-constable A 97, about a quarter before two o'clock this morning, observed the poor fellow in the St. James's•mall, staggering as if in a state of intoxication. Several times be attempted to pass up the Duke of York steps, but fell backwards on each occasion. While he was thus engaged something was seen to fall from his person, and a man who happened to be geing by at the moment picked up a small empty phial which had con tained laudanum. The constable su.necting what he bad done, questioned him as to whether. he had nob taken poison, and he at once admitted that he had, adding that he was sorry the dose had not taken effect. Mr. HALL, perceiving that the prisoner had evidently seen better days, asked him if he could give any expla nation cf his conduct? The prisoner said he could give none, but admitted that all that had been stated against him was true. Poverty and distress had driven him to attempt the rash act. Mr. HALL asked him what parish he belonged to? The prisoner was not aware that he belonged to any; and latterly he had slept in fields and doorways. Mr. HALL wished to know what he had been? T l3 ° prisoner declined giving the information. Mr. HALL asked him if he bad any objection to go into the workhouse? The prisoner said that he bad, remarking that the worthy magistrate knew not what workhouse was. Mr. HALL thought be would be more comfortable iB a workhouse than sleeping in the street and fields,• apd offered to speak personally to the overseer in his behal f if he would go in. The prisoner felt grateful for the offer, but his pre' judices would not allow him to accept it. Mr. HALL asked him if he %as aware that a man bad no more right to take his own life than that of any other man? The prisoner said that might be the law, but be did not agree with it. Mr. HALL doubted whether the prisoner was sane. The prisoner, however, insisted that he was, and said the police were in a situation to kno w th a t h e w as o f perfectly sound mind. The - constable said a well-written paper was found 0° him signed " A Suicide." . _ Mr.ku.r. said, as the prisoner objects(' to go into the workhouse, or to refer to any one who could take c hore of him, it was his duty to order him to enter into his ow n rccognizances for 201., and to find one surety of 10i, to be of good behaviour. If he could not find this bail be would be committed ; and if, on examination by a medical man, be was found to be insane, he would be removed to an asylum where every care would be talon of him. The prisoner was, of course, unable to comply with the terms of the decision, and he was accordingly Cow HAY MARKET THEATRE. Mr. Macready repeated the character of Macbet h last evening, and the house was crammed to suffoca tion hang before the rising of the curtain. The taste for the legitimate drama is, we are happy to find, rev*" ing, as is witnessed by the crowded state of the "little theatre in the Haymarket"' every evening since th e commencement of the season. Mr. Webster has ever been the staunch friend and upholder of the legitimate drama, and has always placed on his stage the beat plays in the best style, and performed by the best company that could be procured. He has never . suffered the Haymarket Theatr e t o b e t u rned sode from its legitimate purpose, and he is now reaping hi s reward—a reward which no man ever exerted luny self more to de: erve than Mr. Webster. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. This home for many sciences is indeed a theatre wherein are displayed at once the most entertaining and ingenious contrivances, which from time to tune have arisen as the offspring of the inventive i n genuity of man. How many are th e won d ers h ere i n con t a ined How much is there to interest our minds and rivet our attention with feeling s o f won d er ment and surprise,: It is hardly just t o a tt e mpt a description of so much art and skill, unless time be given to examine the beauties of the various inventions for which this place is so noted ; we will confine ourselves, therefore, t° the interesting points engrossing the p u bli c m ina during the period of our visit. The popular subjectts of the lectures delivered by the proefoemssporrsisoinfgthae Bachhoffner on eleeti?., o t ti t t iaodnmai admirable ble unusuallylectures interesting, by .D r . city, which is treated in his usual popular lactic, manner. The lectures . on chemistry continue, as usua l, a point of considerable interest and attraction ; various beauties of th e e l a b orate branch of sc i e nce ar e being discussed by Mr. Ashley, who, in his coursetopic of of lectures, embraces all th e most interesting' topic of- this inexhaustible study. The process of oxidation, the theories of affinity, and the explanation of many facts whichin common life are hardly observed, mu„- - a less . investigated,. because of their frequency I' d familiarity. These facts, as the lecturer observe ; were those of all others which, in the hands of the observant philosopher, assumed important features, tracing in the wondrous works of the Great Cree''; o the undivided dependence in which all things 3° , 0 created. We cann o t h e lp rever ti ng t o th e w ell-10°, 0 adage, " Knowl e d ge i s p ower ," an d a t no time d°, more forcibly become impressed with the truth eOO histinuous in these words than when observing the e t u b li o tinuous link in the one great chain comprisi ng , ' ig beautiful creation, when the reflective mind of Ina%, led from the contemplation of nature's works to Pv der upon nature's God. ELECTRICITY.—The exact velocity of electr i r ot i along a copper wire is 288,000 miles in a second; l o u r °heniated accordingly that we could telegraph to vo" , 1 antipodes in rather less than the 500th part of one no of Uwe! tion of br la] th, no is d tend imni price deriN cracj that food art lc] exter in ( genes venti extra sable ment