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THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Idanager,,Old Brompton. . • THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE TAMING OE THE SHREW. Petruclo, Mr. Webster ; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Katherina, Mrs. Nisbett ; Blanca, Miss Jane Mordaunt. After which the successful and laughable Farce, called an ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone; Sinful Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs:Perualpother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane B rig r, Miss P. Morton. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. 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 THE TURNPIKE-GATE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame \rade*. tole Lessee. Mr. Charles 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' lude with USED UP 8,0 in whi 43. ;ch Mrs Pit, . Hamby will appear. Dress boxes, hs. ; Upper xes, 23. ; is. NO Ilial=uri , e to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 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 concludesvith a new farce called THE MAJOR'S DAUGHTER ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. U ider the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highiese Prince Albert, &c. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and pron.unced by the public press to be the most gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian gpectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. To be kollowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C ItCLE. by the Brat Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the favourite Farce of THE WEAVER OF LYONS Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tn. Day —Morning, 541 min. after 2 1 Evening. 15 min. after 3 o-Nfoasow—Ntornlng, 31 min. after 2 I Evening, 48 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—Star OFFICE, OCT. 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 60; Noon, 6 _ BAROYETER, 30.22. The mercury has risen nearly 30 points since yesterday' with every appearance of fine weather. WIND S.W.—very mild sunshiny weather. -. t ''''' i . ~ - -•. ` u . ) ' 2. 14 Le . .1,7 Ack -,..,..., _Al b ‘,.':',-,.,, i ' ..-6. .i , --,„:-leizzok;‘, - *-'4.-tr3n-' . -v,„. ehtning LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1849. In the year 1814 London was the scene of gaiety aad the centre of attraction. Public enthusiasm was FXCittd 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 sober city of London seemed to have been transported for a while to the banks of the Seine, and the " nation of shopkeepers" 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 festivitiesli 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 celebrating the triumphs of kings and emperors. The festal appearance of the metropolis is 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 more it is purposed to summon to the banks of the Thames men of all ranks and of all nations, but the object is now to celebrate, 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 LORD 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 fur which.we are indebted to the sugges tions and the untiring exertions of Prince ALBERT. The Royal President of the Society of Arts, justly appreciating the national or rather the universal blessings associated with the progress and develop 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 development 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 an d h app i ness t o individual life. In the nineteenth century shall the toiling brain or the toiling hand bring a blush to their owner's cheek ? Not so. The labourer is worthy of his reward, and that reward is the aP P r bation of his fellow -men. As affording apublic, and, moreover, a princely recognition of such princi ples, the proposed Exhibition is 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 journals are filled with 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 spreading even o the " black north ;" for in Armagh itself g forzni- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 18, 1849, 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 childrep-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 combination exists to deprive the proprietors of their just rights ? The landlord and tenant code may require amendment. Full security should 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 ? Most 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 Mim i the leader of the police, merely required the party to stop while be took down the names of those engaged in a transaction so very suspicious. Jonis lizirEs, the farmer 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 Jowl KEYES (who has absconded), and a 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 sadneskin 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 proceed s to Windsor this day, when his Lordship will receive her Majesty's commands on the subject. In the event of the Queen pref e rring the water route it is most likely the Royal p ar ty 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 yachts, 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 at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. Malice is the spur of wit, good nature the bridle Eliza Cook's Journal. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The debate on the affairs of Rome had not come on in the Assembly at the hour the post left. Up to that period the Assembly had been occupied in dis cussing an election petition presented against the return of M. SCHOLCHER 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. Duru had a long conference with the PRESIDENT of the Republic on Tuesday, and at eleven o'clock on Tues day evening M. TRIERS went to the Elysee, and remained there nearly two hours. During this visit, it is said, some approaches were made towards a reconciliation ; and in the Constitutionnel 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. THIERS 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 motu proprio of the Pors 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 Patric 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 Eveneinent of Tuesday evening states that General CRANGARNIER bad had several interviews with the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and that when M. TRIERS arrived at the National Assembly, a per son was waiting for him with a message from General CHINGARNIER, after which it was rumoured that the PRESIDENT of the Republic and M. 'lmam were on the point of coming to an understanding. The following appears in this journal : " Several influential persons called successively this morning at the Elyt6e for the sake of effecting a recon ciliation. To one and all the President replied—' 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 constantly followed by my Govern ment. I will struggle with this Assembly, if necessary, as I struggled with the Constituent in support of a Ministry which had not the majority." The Assemblee Nationale of yesterday moraing has the following "The whole of yesterday was passed in endeavours to effect a reconciliation between 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 Orleaniets, 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 GIRARDIN 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 Thaare 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.—`vEDNESDAT, 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. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 55f. 75c.; for account, 55f. 50c.; Fives, for cash, 87f. 70c. ; for account, 87f. 70c. ; Bank of France Shares , 2,3451. s Neapolitan, and SpanisVnot quoted. RAILWATI3.—The Share Market has baen also firmer, and prices are generally quoted higher. Orleans closed at 7301. ; Rouen, 525 f.; Havre, 2401. ; Avignon, 117 f. 60c.; Yierzon, 290 f.; Strasburg and Basle, 101 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 402 f. 50c.; Northern, 428 f. 750.; Paris and Strasburg, 346 f. 25c.; Nantes, 285 f. BUSINESh DONE 11`7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 17. Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 4—Great Indian Peninsula, 5 1 A — Paris and Rouen, 20—Rouen and Havre, 9. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. Their contents are without interest. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 12.—Three per Cents 27i ; Five per Cents., 11. 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 Minister of Religion and 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 insignificant. 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 TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday continued excited. The sales were estimated at 25,000 bales, of which 10,000 bales were taken on speculaticn, including 16,000 American, 5,600 Pernam and Maranham, and Bahia at 61d. to 7d., 1,000 Egyptian at 6/d. to Bd., 2,000 Surat at 44d. to 5d., and 150,Sea Island, 111 d. to Is. 4d. per lb. American is quoted ish, Brazil Id., and Surat and 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 brisk 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 1e94 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 95i. The Frankfort quotation on the 15th was 891. At Amsterdam on Tuesday the Dutch funds were lower—the Two-and 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?' for 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 out 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 acccompanimeet, 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 affirm that most of the trunk lines would have paid 8, 10, and even 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 virtual!) , 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 nod 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'uf 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. Tho North-Western, it is ascertained exhibit a decidedly smaller off than last week, compared with 1848. There has been a very 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 and 914 4 for Transfer, and as high as 92 for Account, but are now 91i 4 for the former, and 91:4 for the latter. The Untunded Debt continues:firm at 443. to 478. premium. Bank Stock is worth 197 to 197 i. Tho New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 914 to East India Bonds have been 81s. to 84s. In the Foreign Market there has been a fell in Mexican Stock of 1 per cent.; viz, from 27k to 261. Spanish Thee per Cents. have been quiet at 33i, 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. 824. Railway Shares have been at length assuming a more favourable aspect. Great Western have been up to 54, and since down to 51i and 50; North-Western have touched 106 k and 1091; Midland, 44} and 45; North Stafford are Ito 1 better. Caledonian are higher. BRITISH FUNDS TBIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 197 1 ,4 197 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 80 4 3 4 14% 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 9 1% 1 A 3 4. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. 9 1%0/ v 3 /a Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 7-16 8% D 0.30 Years, Expire OctlO, 1859 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 9-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ Bl 84 p Ditto under 1.000/ South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account, Nov. 14... 92 y 1 W% Exchequer Bills. I%d. .2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 — 44 47 p Small — 44 47 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 80ni5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 82% Ditto Converted, 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... 107 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 16 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent......... Cent.........— Ditto for the Account... 33% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates ... 82 1 4 ZUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON O'CLOCK. EAILWAIN. PAio. Paa SMARM. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 26% .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West.l'erpet. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ... Ilii mingham,Wol., & Dudley, calla duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birnsing., Wol., Ft Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkcnbead, Lancashire, and Cheshir4 Junction... 2O Boston, Stunt., & Binning...7l. 4s par ...... to Bristol sad Exeter Do~ Thirds Buckinghamshire.._ 17% l5 ....... to Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 7 % 3/ to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% — - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27 1 ,4 — East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aad L. & D . . Ditto, 181., E. &11 lB ... .. Do, 31. 13a., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61.135. 4d Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... par x. d. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ...... Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22% — to -- Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ... Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6% — to East Lincolnshire ... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 60.8 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. ...... 71,4 — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref.... ... 7%. ..... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 47% — to Great North of England 100 ...... . .... to Ditto, Now 40/.......... .. 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 304 3O ••• • . 61 3 A to •••••• Ditto, New 154-- ... ...... 15 ...... Groat Western 54 52 . 5 . 0 . t t n o 5 - 1 . 100 Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 23 Ditto, Fifths D 9. N 917 17 4 lO .. ~. 6 1 / 2 ..0,. to ..., gull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12 1 ,1 — ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1181 f Shares ... 46 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 --.. to Do., West Riding Union... 9 .... 1 % 34 ... to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 — - Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Think ...-... Do. ' do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent 5 . .... ..... to -•. Do. Pref. Quarters 1838 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. r.ondon & Blackwell ......11/.65.3d — Land., Bright., & South Coast 100 Do., New U, gua. 6 pr Ct.loo Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference London is North Western.....loo 109% 107 108 to 106 1 ,4 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths 7 ..... 7% ...to — Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M 35 — to Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, New 504....... - ..... 42%...,.. Ditto, New 401 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent Londonderry and Coleraine-. 25 Do. Half Shares - -•— .. ... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — Do., Half Shares Lswestc ff, guar. 4 Fer et 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 23 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12V 2 ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 10%% to Ditto, Grimsby &:Sheffield 50 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... V1idtand......... .... ........ ...100 46 44 1 ,4 43% to 44 1 ,E Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 30 .., 7 %%... to 8 )1 idi and, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Consol. Bristol, and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 .119 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... - to Ditto,ErewashVal., ?ref-. 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan aington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . M idld. Great Western (Irish) 50 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ..... ...., ...... .... 23 _ . Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — to Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 , — ... .. to Norfolk 100 Ditto New 201. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5 1 ,4 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 - ...... to .... Northern Counties Union ~. 4 North British .. - ......... . 25 „.... 10% to Ditto lialf Shares-- ..... 12 1 %.... Do. Quarters e!..i 9 % ...... to Ditto Thirds: 6 14 ... .. 3% to Ditto, Preference North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17 1 ,E North Wales North Western 13% — .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., 8t Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central: 25 ... - 15 3 4, x.i. to Scottish Midland .... ....... Ditto, New... 2 2 1, — to Shrewsbury and Birmingkam 12 ...... 4 1 4 % - Ito Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto,' New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Uswestry lB% — .... to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref . ...... 10 •Thropshire Union 5% ... .. South Devon Ditto, Preference 25 - South Staffordshire B IA — ...... to South Eastern ..... .. . 33 % 1 6 3 /4 ti t ... to Dit t o , No. 2. Ditto, No. 3. 10 Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ....„, Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole , Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 14%...... ... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 . - _ __ Swans. and Loug . hor and Ca: meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17% •••••• Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 474..... Waterford,Weiford,Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 5O ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall QVhitehaven and Furness ls .••• ... —.. ..... to —. Windsor, Staines, and South Western l4 Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 — to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 114. to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Do.llartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 York and North Midland .. 50 2l 19 1 ,4 3 % to 19 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) b i/2 _. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 5 1 /4... .. to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) aimerarn 1 7 1,4..... -- Dutch Rhenish 1 ..... . ...... to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• ...... to Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 1os. Louvain si la Sambre ...,..... 7 1 / 2 — to —• Luxembourg Ditto ..._ _ PENZANCE, OCT. 16.—The wird having moderated this morning, the windbound fleet proceeded. The wind is now fn sh again towards night. LIVERPOOL; OCT. 17.—Wind S.— Arrd. Benjamin Boyd, Jenkins, Cameroons; Esther Ann, Hunter, Per nambuco; Centurion, Ricker, New York; Joseph Hub bard, Prince Edward's Island; Bohemian Girl, Cron stadt, with loss of bowsprit, head, stanchions, &c., having been in contact with the Diaz Caroline, from Quebec, at anchor in the river—the latter received but little damage. Sld. Condor, Port Philip; Cosmopolitan, Africa; Wilson, Buenos Ayres; Preston, Curacoa; Freeman, Jamaica; Columbia, New York. GUERNSEY, OCT. 16.—Wind E.—Sld. 15th. Halcyon, Punta Arenas. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Mcdway steamer, West Indies; Pucha sic amer, Gibraltar, &c. 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; David Lyons, for St. Helena; Tweed, for Cape Coast Castle; Sophia, for Trinidad and Jamaica; Calypso, for Jamaica. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NEVJGATEI AND LEADENDAML. These markets were heavy for each kind of meat, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beef from 2a 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3g 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs by the camas. NAY MARICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 lOs per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBEALAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lis per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 103; Clover, ditto, 310 s to 4l 14s; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 10s per bad. Trade dull, at our quotations. MEAT MA/ MEETS. 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 35 to 3s 10d; Mutton, 38 2d to 4s; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3i 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RON/FORD, OCT. 17.—Prime beasts commanded a ste ady sale, at fully last week's quotations. Otherwise the de mand was in a sluggish state. Beef 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, 18 sto 255; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mikh Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each. LEWES, OCT. 16.—Our market was flat to-day, but no material change took place in the quotations. Beef from as 4:1 to 45 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Vera, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORI For the Week ended Oct. 11, 1849, made up from the Returns fifths Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS, I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. PRICE .. 413 4d 28s Od 1 17s 2d 24s sd , 283 lOd 3ls 8d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od 1s Od SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) This Court did not sit to-day, but the regul.sr sittings will commence on Thursday next, at eleven o'clock. Notice—Undefended causes will be taken at Ile 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 swas by no means a peculiar case that victuallers were lax in account keeping. The Solicitor to the assignees said they were not sa tisfied, and must ask for a further adjournment w ithout protection. His Horrouu said that if the assignees ohject,sd be could not allow the bankrupt to pass. Adjourned sine die, without protection. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —A miserably-attired, wrvtt'hed' looking man, who refused to give his name, was &Waged with attempting to commit suicide in St. James's-mall. Police-cOnstaislo A 97, about a quarter beforo two o'clock this morning, observed the poor fellow its the St- James's-mall, staggering as if in a state of into - ideation. Several times he 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 going by at the moment picked up a small empty phial which, had con tained laudanum. The constable suspecting wh at he had done, questioned him as to whether he had. /ant taken poison, and he at once admitted that he had, rsilding that he was sorry the dose had not taken effect. Mr. HALL, perceiving that the prisoner hrid. evidently seen better days, asked him if he could give any espies' nation of his conduct? The prisoner said he could give none, but admitted that all that had been sta./..ed against him was true. Poverty and distress had driiten him to' attempt the rash act. Mr. HALL asked him what parish he br longed to? The prisoner was not award that he belonged to ail; and latterly he had slept in fields and doorways. Mr. HALL wished to know what he had been? al l° prisoner declined giving the information. Mr. HALL asked him if he had any objection to g o into the workhouse? The prisoner s a id th a t h e bad , remarking that the worthy magistrate knew not what °' workhouse was. Mr. HALL thought he would be more comfortable is!: workhouse than sleeping in the street and fields; an d offered to speak personally t o th e overseer i n his bells,' if he would go in. The prisoner felt grateful for the offer, but hit, Pre . judices would not allow him to accept it. Mr. HALL asked him if he bias aware that a rsts‘n bf ul no more right to take his own life than that of astv other man? The prisoner said that might be th e l aw , but he did not agree with it. Mr. HALL doubted whether the prisoner wash lane. , 1 The prisoner, however, insisted that h e was , an d sa id the police were in a situation to know that h was 01 perfectly sound mind. The constable said a well-written paper W 29 found 011 him signed " A Suicide." . _ Mr. HALL said, as the prisoner objected to g o into th e workhouse, or to refer to any one who could tike c harge of bim, it was his duty to order him to enter in to his own recognizlnces for 201,, and to find one surety of 101, to be of good behaviour. If he could not find "this bail be would be committed ; and if, on examination by medical man, he was found to be insane, hio would be removed to an asylum where every care wo►a]Ld be taken of him. The prisoner was, of course, unable to comply wit h ; the terms of the decision, and he was accord ingly cool milted. HAY MA RKET THEAT:RE. Mr. Macready repeated the character .of Macbeth last evening, and the house was cramme d to s uffocV tion long before the rising of the curtain. The tai° for the legitimate drama is, we are happy to. End, revir ing, as is witnessed by the crowded state of the " theatre in the Haymarket" every evening since the commencement of the season. Mr. 'Webster has est been the staunch friend and upholder of the legi tirna'si drama, and has always placed on his stage ti be: plays in the best style, and p er f orme d by the be t company that could be procured. He has necl r suffered the llaymarket Theatre to be turned. s 5 1 0 ,1 0 from its legitimate purpose, and he is now reap in g.P reward—a reward which no man ever exerted WO self more to deserve than Mr. Webster. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTTO This home for many sciences is indeed a t heatr e ° wherein are displayed at once th e most entort and ingenious contrivances, which from timer to 6 ,, 4 1)3 have arisen as the off s p r i ng o f th e i nvent i ve L ai ;entli,l of man. How m an y are th e won d ers h ere i n con tamed How much is the re t o i n t eres t our m i n d s an d rivet op t attention with feelings of wonderment and -surpris It is hardly just to attempt a description of" so nitle b „ art and skill, unless time be given to ex anaine t he beauties of the various inventions for which. this plti o is so noted; we will confine ourselves, the:refore, the interesting points engrossing the public rail during the period of our visit. The popular subject' of the lectures delivered by the professors of the inst i ' tution are unusually interesting, comprising a serie! of admirable lectures by Dr. lia c hhoffner on electrre city, which is treated in his usual popular Itiow i m anner. The lectures on c h em i stry cont i nue, as usllPii a point of considerable i n t erest and attract i on ; the various beauties of the elaborate branch of sciela e " are being discussed by Mr. Ashley, who, in his co•ors., of lectures, embraces all the most interesting topic of this inexhaustible study. The process of oxiclaiti° e r the theories of a ff in it y , an d t h e explanat i on of Tall°l,, facts which in common life are hardly observed, ro u fd less inv es ti ga t e d, b ecause of their frequency' "d familiarity. Th ese f acts, as t h e l ecturer observe; were those of ull oth ers which, in the hands of tt observant philosopher, assumed important feature 1, , tracing in the wondr ous wor k s o f th e G rea t Create!, the undivided dependence in which all things w e re ! created. We cannot help reverting to the well-1 1 1, e adage, " Knowledge is power," and a t no time do .. more forcibly become impressed with the truth o°_„ 0 , tained in these words than when observing the (gn i tinuous link in the one great chain comprising tLii beautiful creation, when the reflective mind of ma° „ 4 , led from the contemplation of nature's works to P ° " der upon nature's God. ELECTRICITY.—The exact velocity of electriylti.; along a copper wire is 288,000 miles in a second; I ‘ s . calculated accordingly that we could telegraph to 0 ;4 antipodes in rather less than the 500th part of 000 50C of time! GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. BADEN. The Carlsrhue 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 nn longer be re 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 SCHEECKENSTIEN, Commander-in- Chief of the Prussian corps d'arinee in Baden, and General Vox WILLisoN, 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." 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 BATTIIYANY. The Oct 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 gary? 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 ha►e commenced? Why hang one and pardon the other? Klapka may be seen at the opera at Pesth, and Georgey perambulates Klagenfurt; whilst on the Hola-platz, in Pesth, 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, lo! 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 !" These horrible murders still continue. The Mi nister CSAIiYI and Baron CLESSENACK were hanged at Pesth on the Sth. 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. TUE HAGUE, OCT. 16.—Mr. DONKIER CURTIUS and Mr. VON LIGHTERWELT have resigned into the bands of the KING the mission with which they were entrusted. Messrs. THORBECKE and NEDERMEYEK vox 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 ; Siadrid and Valentia 2 . ... tO Namur and Liege 2O ..... 41 to Northern of France 14185.. ...ESN dis... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen 20 Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 11 ..... to Rouen and Havre Sambre and Manse 2O Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 11 Tournay, Jurbise, Landau, and Hasselt .., ...... ...... .. 20 •....• •••••• to '" West Flanders 834 ...... •••.... to Ditto ... 8 14—••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial - Commercial of London 2O — to London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, Now Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ... 10 - - Union of Madrid 40 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ..• I• • ..m.• - Aqurian .. ... - Australian 4 - Barroasa Range...... . . 28a...... - Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 - Bolanos Scrin - British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ....• ..... 24% — ..... to - Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 - Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15 - Cobra Copper ••• ••..... _ ...... .....o to ft , - Gencral '"' •••• 20 ...... ...... to - Real dcl Monte, Unregistered . .. .. ... to - Do. Black Debentures — — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba. lO ... 211% ••• ••• .. to - United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 18.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., light breeze and fine clear weather. BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 16.—The Blackett and Ridley, from Landon 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 off, and brought into harbonr. 17th, The Graces, from LoLdon, and the Active, from Peterhead to Hull, which were driven on the beach on the s th inst. near Bridling ton, have been got off, very much damaged. 11.13 TINGS, OCT. 16.—The John Weavil,. of this place, got on a rock, and sustained considerable damage. &ILLY, OCT. 15 .— The Mary M•Whinnie, from Lon don to Quebec, was off the port on the 12th inst. leaky, h a ving put back, after being out twenty.six days. Th e H arm ony, Llanelly to 1 ensanee, put in hero yesterday with loss of fore topmast, Sce. HULL, OCT. 17.—The Leo, of L on d on, w hi ch was driven on the 7 th inst. on the Strand, near Dimlington, has been towed in here to-day. WHITSTABLE, OCT. 17.—Ab ou t 1 80 d eals have been picked up i n the Swin, and landed here. They are sup posed to have come out of a vessel wrecked on the Guniieet. PoRTSMOUTII, 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. Michael's, which was scuttled 11th insti, has been raised, 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 9-16 Ditto, 3 per Cent •••••••• • • • • • • • • 63 % Ditto, 4 per Cent. ..................53 83 % Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent •• •••• • • • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • • • 82% Spanish New 5 per Cents.• • .. lO% 10 15-16 Portuguese 5 per ••• • • • • • 84 % • 34% 34 % Ditto 3 per Cent., Inland • • • • • • • — Exchangeon London, at sight ••• • • • 12 % Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 12 02% On llamburgh, at sight •• .. 35 Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 34 13-16 THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, 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 steamship Canada, which left this port on the 22d, 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 thrown 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 Toronto to meet his Lordship. It was reported tbat the latter bad been appointed as the seat of Government. 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 Mazatlan, 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 abyndance. The Americans had determined that the American Chilians who were at the mines should no longer enjoy the privilege of digging. The cotton accounts are fully as unfavourable as ever. The editors of Tennessee State were shortly to hold a convention on professional matters, after the example of the New York and Maryland contem poraries. The health of New Orleans, especially to strangers, is much better this season 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 during the last 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 us 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. ny:ATterdeassutray N ot States Sixes, eso 111 k ;. Pennsylvania Fives, 86 The market for breadstutfs was inactive, and prices are reported without change. Western Canal flour, dolls. dolls. 25c. ; Gennessee prime wheat, doll. 22c. per 601b5., steady. doll. 2 1 0 2 0 1 : c. to t a- 1 5 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. 37ic. per brl. The cotton market at New York was quiet. Busi ness to a moderate extent only had been done. Prices were quite steady. New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 11ic. to 11 tic. Upland, mid fair to fair, 10ic. to llic. per lb. Provisions dull, especially pork ; mess was quoted lOic.; prime B,ic. Freights were still very low, and little doing in them. - Exchange on London, 1091 110, quiet. Paris, 5.25, limited inquiry_ Hamburgh, 35i 35i. Bremen, 78! 79. BUENOS AYRES and PARAGUAY. The latest intelligence from Monte Video is of vast importance, inasmuch as it discloses that preparations of a co•operative character are being made on a large scale, in anticipation of the arrival of a French expe dition for the relief of that city. It is currently reported and generally believed that the armament and enrolment of the peons, which has been ordered by the Buenos Ayrean Government, and was said to be for the purpose of opposing a formidable body of troops to the inroads of the Arau- canian Indians, has in reality altogether a different destination, and instead of going southwards is to be directed against a northern State, upon whose existence the Government of Buenos Ayres has long looked with a jealous eye. The Republic of Paraguay, alarmed by the threatening inuendoes of General Roses, and justly fearing that the day of aggression was not far off, has made preparations upon an extensive scale to repel the invader. A well-equipped army, of between fifteen and seventeen thousand men, has been organized, and is now ,encarcped upon the frontier of Corrientes. It is well understood that this State has decided upon action, and that if any movement be made by France, 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 Brasil, which has been long ap. prehensive of the adverse influences of Buenod Ayres upon its southern provinces, has concludes, with Paraguay an alliance offensive and defensive and, in conjunction with that Republic, watches with intense anxiety for the expected decision of the Europeon Cabinets. 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 w hich they have guaranteed, thrre is every probability that the difficulties and troubles which have so long impeded European commerce in the Aiver Plate will pew be speedily ended, , ALLY land z the co noble in 18- , . land PresiC island from 0 have 1 cubes might Tulle] perou: price the qui conditi augme, The e! produe fied, an is the A defic does m then f