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LOND ON : MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 14, 1842. Mr. O'CoNNon, and every other demagogue, is reproached with seeking power by flattering the passions and prejudices of the people. To flatter plssion acid prejudice, therefore, in order to gain power, is an immoral thing, worthy of reproach. In what respect, however, does Sir ROBERT PEEL differ from Mr. O'CoNNon ? lie first flattered The passions and the prejudices of the landowners and the Conservatives to gain, and he still con tinues to flatter them to keep, power. He gives up his own opinions and adopts theirs. We are aware, indeed, of one great difference between the men. It is not said, and certainly not proved against Mr. O'CoNNoR, whatever may he surmised, that he is not hearty and sincere in believing that the scheme of policy which he propose, and which would confer power on him, would be very beneficial to the community at large. But it is asserted by Sir It. PEEL that it would be for the advantage of the community for individuals to he allowed to buy always at the cheapest market, and yet he opposes their demands out of deference to the men he serves. Mr. O'CoNNox may be sincere in his flatteries and in his appeals to the prejudices of the multitude. Sir R. PEEL is insincere in succumbing to the prejudices of the landowners, and this moral dif ference between the two is all to Mr. O'CON-. NOR'S advantage. There is another difference betwixt them which is considered extremely favourable to Sir R. PEEL, though it appears to have no moral recom mendation. Mr. O'CONNOR flatters the preju dices and passions of the multitude, in order to effect, if he can, great political changes ; Sir R. PEEL does the same thin , to prevent such changes. He wishes to keep institutions as they are, or only slowly and covertly, as in the case of the Canada Corn-law, to alter them. It is reckoned a merit in him to stand by old institu tions, and a demerit in Mr. O'CorrNon that he wishes to alter them. The praise of the one and the blame of the other• is just, if the old institutions be good, and the proposed institutions bad, not otherwise. Now, no man can foretell with perfect certainty that Mr. O'CONNOR'S plan would lead to evil, though all the moderate and the influential classes believe it would ; at the same time, it is quite certain that the laws and institutions which Sir ROBERT PEEL upholds, have caused great evil to society. Look at the load of taxa tion which is part of their produce. Look at the gross ignorance, chilling poverty, and ex treme misery of great multitudes of the people, which those institutions have been expressly framed to prevent, and have not prevented. Look at the State protecting the clergy, who preach poverty as a virtue, in extorting, year after year, an immense revenue from a starving people. Look at the landowners, secured in a monopoly of the soil, making that advantage a pretext, and passing laws to carry out the pretext, for stinting the people's food, and stifling their trade. Look at the upper ' classes, particularly the landowners, claiming honour and obedience, for the purpose, as they say, of protecting the people, and using the power they claim only to fleece:them, to harass, and to torture them. Whatever might be the dire effects of Mr. O'CONNOR'S plan to the now privileged classes, it could not possibly be pro ductive of worse effects than the existing system to the bulk of the industrious classes. There is, consequently, no more moral demerit in wishing to alter existing institutions than in wishing to retain them, and on this point Sir R. PEEL has no other pre-eminence over Mr. O'CoNNon than that be flatters the prejudices and the passions of those who are in possession of political power, and anxious to keep it. Mr. O'Cowrzon, and all that class of men, affirm that they mean to promote the public welfare. In general their motives are considered different, and it is shrewdly suspected that they only want to promote their own interest. Nor •can we wonder whatever protestations they make at the existence of the suspicion. So many persons in various ages and countries have tried their hands at schemes to this end without success; it is felt by all reasonable men, at least when new political schemes are broached—that society is so extremely complicated, its interests are so varied and so vast--so much beyond the compre hension, let alone the grasp, of any ordinary human intellect—that those who propose schemes for the re-formation of society are generally looked on as mere visionaries or designing knaves. No sensible person trusts them. Only very ignorant men, or men plunged in despair feom the long continuance of unrelieved oppreL sion, believes their assertions, or derive any hope from their promises. But if these men are suspected, none but sheer spoonies believe the landlords and their toadies, when they assert, or it is asserted for them, that they have the good of society at heart. Selfish ness, unmitigated selfishness, is engraved on all their acts. They aim at no other object than to preserve their own power, secure their own ease, increase their own enjoyment, and augmen t their own wealth. We do not state that as a reproach to them; it is human nature, and it is too well known for their pro testations of disinterestedness to be for one moment believed. Between them and the demagogues there is no other difference what ever than that they are in possession of privileges, and the others wish to share them. The insti tutions which they seek to preserve, are as ex clusively founded on selfishness as would be the institutions the others propose. On this ground we cannot see that the demagogues are more blameable than the aristocracy ; or that those who flatter the multitude have any greater de merit in their attempts to attain political power, than those have who flatter the prejudices of the selfish landlords to the same end. If, as the opponents and enemies of dema gogues—those who, being in possession, wish to remain undisturbed—assert the conduct of the demagogues is so worthy of reproach, we hope they will excuse us for saying that their own greatest favourites are just as liable to such reproaches as the demagogues. That the dema gogues know better is not certain ; but it can scarcely be supposed that statesmen do not. We conclude on the whole, therefore, that the former are possibly the better men of the the two, as they are more honest and more sincere. The annual meeting of the Derby Liberal Operative Association took place in the Lecture ball on Tuesday, when about four hundred mem bers sat down to dinner. Mr. THOMAS GISBORNE, formerly Member for the county, was in the chair, and made a speech well suited to the oc casion. "I can understand," said lie, " how a King, or a Queen, or a Prince, should be a Tory. I can understand why hereditary legislators, and bishops, and lawyers, and squires should be Tories; but for the life of me I cannot under stand why an operative should be a Tory. When an operative becomes a Tory, his friends (if lie has any) should begin to look after him." When the ,Tories were in opposition, great exertions ; 'were made to bring the operatives over to their side. They were courted by Tory leaders, asso ciations were formed ostensibly for their benefit, but in reality to weaken and annoy the Govern ment, and now that the " friends" of the lower classes have obtained their object, all these Pro testant, and Tory, and Conservative Clubs, have sunk into utter oblivion. What other re sult could these dupes of a political party ex pect ? Between them and the aristocracy there can be no feelings in common. They are debarred in general from all participation in the franchise, while they are compelled to pay heavy taxes for the support of armies, and navies, and institutions, from which the higher classes derive all the advantages. All the great items of revenue are raised on articles of consumption used by the lower classes. The taxes on malt, tobacco, sugar, tea, British spirits, and bread, amounting to more than twenty millions sterling, are paid chiefly by the operatives; while the sums contributed by the aristocracy do not amount to a tithe of the whole ; and could these Tory opera tives, men, in Mr. GISBORNE'S opinion, fit only for Bedlam, imagine for a moment that the pri vileged class would allow them a share in the ' representation, or confer on them additional power, for the purpose of destroying that fabric which the higher classes,for good:reasons,consider the ornament and security of the country? No. The operatives must trust to themselves and the middle classes. They must conduct themselves with firmness and discretion, support those who encourage education, and thereby prepare the way for their emancipation. They must trust neither to Whig, nor Tory, nor Conservative. When united, no Government could resist their just demands, but these demands must be made without vio lence, without exciting fear among all persons possessed of property, and without putting forth wild revolutionary schemes which have defeated, and ever will defeat, the great object in view. On this subject Mr. GISBORNE makes the follow ing sound remarks : IVe are placed in a critical position. we see on one side a Ministry who d en i e d the distresses of the people, or•who, if they admitted, never heeded them, as if they were not of the slightest importance. p w o h rt o a , n operatedce o 0 the other side we see some persons upon by an overweening vanity— or perhaps by more venial influences—have endeavoured to pervert the ' minds of the working classes and to withdraw their confidence from those who have steadily and disinte restedly laboured in their cause. Now I warn you against both these parties. I warn you against the Government— though I believe it is almost unnecessary. I warn you against those whom I believe to be self-interested, igno rant pretenders to an influence by which they expect to be personally benefited. Between these two parties it behoves us to act firmly and wisely. I hope the operatives of this country will not mistake ignorant and selfish firebrands for their friends. Not that I mean to cast any. slur upon leaders that have sprung from the working-classes. On the contrary, I like to see leaders spring up from the operative classes, and two very brilliant examples of that class are now giving proof of their high qualities. But do not let them be deluded by vain and showy people, who come among them and tell them wild tales about the feats they can perform, which any man who re flects for a moment will find to be utterly imprac ticable. The Journal des Debats and the Courrier Francais have long articles on . ( the annual re port made by the Administration of Customs, relative to the commerce of France with foreign countries and her own colonies. The resultz shown by this document are generally favour able, though there is a considerable falling off in articles of taste and luxury, which are manuffic tured chiefly at Paris. Both these journals take a very sensible view of the commercial interests of the country, and reprobate the conduct of the selfish delegates who would repress trade, and make the people pay high prices for almost every necessary oflife and every article of cloth ing, in order that a few (lasses may put money into their pockets, at the expense of the public. The former journal contends that the branches of trade which it is asserted would be materially affected by an union with Belgium, are too fi rm ly based to dread competition, while others which suffer from a want of foreign markets would benefit largely by such a treaty. " in Paris," continues the writer, " many hundreds of the middle class and many thousands of tl-e labouring class are entirely dependent for sub sistence upon the demand for articles of taste and luxury, and it is of importance to the Govern merit, not only as regards what is due to these persons, to do all in its power to promote their interests, but also as regards its own stability, to open new relations with foreign countries, with a view of creating more extensive markets for their manufactures. The first object of a prudent Government is to secure prosperity for the in habitants of large towns, for without that poli tical calm is impossible." The following article in the Cuurrier Francais is evidently written by a man well acquainted with his subject, and we therefore make no apology for giving it at length. We have hopes yet that the public press of France will over come the prejudices of particular interests, and prepare the way for an enlightened system of commerce : The special commerce of France (her manufac tures, wines, and other home produce) has made a greater progress in proportion than her general com merce. This proves that she is making a more sure and rapid advancement in industry than her neigh bours. But it is at the same time to be remarked that the transit trade has ceased to choose the French territory as the road for the transport of its merchan dise into Germany, and by Switzerland to the Medi terranean. The truly barbarous state of our river navigation has given a preference to Trieste and Genoa. We shall never recover this trade until there is an uninterrupted line of railroad from Marseilles to Strasburg and Basle. Our greatest progress in com merce has been in that by sea, which is increased by 79,000,000 f., while that by land has improved to the extent of 49,000,000 f. only. This must arise from the nature of things, for our ports, one only of which has a dock, and which have no other connection with the interior of the country than by rivers full of sand-banks, have attracted the greatest part of our foreign commerce. When Bordeaux, Nantes, Havre, Dunkirk, Cette, and Mar seilles, have communication with Paris by means of railroads ; when Havre and Marseilles in particular shall have had the enlargements and improvements they require, and if, in the mean time the Legislature should humanise the tariff, which at present shuts out all foreign produce from France, and provokes re prisals against us, we may hope that the commerce of France may not be inferior to that carried on by Great Britain with the two continents. The countries with which our commerce has been most active are — the United States, England, Switzerland, the States of Sardinia, Belgium, Spain, the German Union,land the French Colonies. To these may be added the less important markets of Egypt, the provinces of La Plata, the African coasts, Russia, and Algeria. Our trade has relaxed with Denmark, the Hans , Towns, Austria, India, China, and Senegal. Of all these countries, Spain is the one whose relations with France have diminished in the greatest proportion. This has borne chiefly on our imports from her. This importation, which in 1840, took a remark able spring, fell hack in 1841 below the reach it had obtained in 1839. This was the effect of the political coolness which occurred be tween the two Governments. We should gain a great deal by reducing the entrance duties on Spanish produce ; for Spain has rich mines, a fertile soil, and would, if we take into consideration our national affi nities, afford us a commerce equal to that which we carry on with the English. In the first line of the articles in which there has been the greatest increase of importation stand cotton, silks, oleaginous fruits, wools, threads, raw hides, and skins, common woods, coal, tallow, and generally all the raw materials for our manufactories. The increase in our exportations has been, on the contrary, in great part upon manu factured articles, as silks, woollen-cloths, and tissues, turnery, paper-hangings, wrought and tanned skins, perfumery, goldsmiths' work and jewellery, millinery, and other articles made in Paris, machinery, and re fined sugars. The increase upon the exportation of wines and brandies has not exceeded 5,500,000 f. From these facts, inferences encouraging to our coun try may be drawn. Since our imports are increased, chiefly on raw material, and our exports on manufac tured goods, we may conclude that France has nothing to fear from competition with foreign manufactures; and that our manufacturers, by exacting the main tenance of high protecting duties, heap upon the people at large an onerous burden, without any benefit to themselves." ; t V i p 4 au . S 4 T , 4 * W Alpo* ; Yik• 4 WA". , _ ll i tt r ii4 * 4. , un. NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c. On the 21st lnst., in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE JACK O'LANTERN (LE FEU FOLLET); OR, THE PRIVATEER, A Story of the Sea. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. PARISIAN LIFE. Just published, 21s. silk; India proofs, D. 1•23. 6d. Morocco, THE AMERICAN in PARIS ; being a Picture of Parisian Life, in the Court, the Saloon, and the Family Circle. By M. JULES JANIN. With Eighteen Plates from the Designs of Eugene Lami. 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Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 15th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HANIBURGH, November I, 1812. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. NOV. 14, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SENIIRANIIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler; Idreno, Mr. Tracers; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," &cc., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron 'fret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Hurnby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2.5. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 14, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin.. cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche G iubilei. To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. T. P. Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowdedaudiences— the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and the ship on fire creates a complete hurricane of applause. THIS EVENIING, NOV. 14, _ _ Will be repeated an entirely New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Homer, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which will be produced an entirely new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by 3lessrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, a SIS TER'S SACRIFICE. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. HIGH W ATER AT LO , TDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 41.rning 45 minutes after 0 ;Evening 6 minutes after 1. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1842. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING, THREE O'CLOCK. The packet ship England, Captain Waite, Las just arrived, bringing New York papers to the 19th ult., four days later than those brought by the Columbia. The Britannia steam-ship, which sailed from Liverpool 4th October, arrived at Boston in 14 days. The news brought by this arrival is important. A tremendous hurricane had swept along the Southern coast on the sth and 6th October ; many ships had been totally lost. Advices from Vera Cruz to the 6th October have been received. It was rumoured that the seat of government was to be transferred from Mexico to Vera Cruz, and that Santa Anna would take command in person of the expedition to Texas, preparations for which are going on vigorously at Vera Cruz. The yellow fever still prevailed at Tampico, the Captain and two seamen of the English brig Harriet, of Belfast, had died of it. LATEST FROM CANADA. -It appears there has been a prodigious excitement produced in Canada by the measures of Sir Charles Bagot, who is accused of sa crificing the interests of the colony, in order to con ciliate the Radical party. The Canada papers allege that the celebrated Edward Gibbon Wakefield is the Mephistopheles of the new Cabinet, and they conse quently assail the Governor with a violence that is perfectly unparalleled. Nothing can equal the fury and bitterness with which the Canada editors have come out against Sir Charles and his Cabinet. Mexico.—News had reached Tampico that the Mexicans had captured all crafts belonging to the Yucatanos, thereby destroyin g c , all their commerce. It was also announced that Santa Anna had pro claimed Vera Cruz the seat of government under the new constitution. The Dictator, for such he is, had left the capital, and it was not known where he had gone. _ _ _ - Intelligence had also been received that the "Na poleon" was going to throw dice again for an empire. He will command the expedition against Texas in person—that is, he will be a calm spectator of events from his cabin in the iron steamer Guadaloupe, which is to batter down all the towns and forts of Texas. The attack by land and sea, it is said, will be made simultaneously, General Reis commanding the land forces, and the Dictator the storming regiments. As soon as the transports, sent to Yucatan, arrive at Vera Cruz, the " water power" will be dispatched to Galveston. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, OCT. 18. The coming elections are the general subject of discussion among business men, and as the events in dicate a probable result in favour of the existing state of things, in this State, a better feeling is manifest. The sales at the Board to-day were large in the sound stocks, with firm prices. In fancy stock there was less disposition to buy, and prices drooped— Harlem fell 1; Long Island h- ; Canton County rose 4. The paper currency of the country is now so far sub verted that a vacuum remains in the channels of busi ness, into which specie is rushing with great rapidity. The influx of a sound currency cannot but brighten up values, and give an impulse to activity in trade. We may therefore rationally look forward to steady improvement in commercial affairs. The check given by the tariff to business cannot be permanent, because trade will force its way, in spite of all restriction, wherever it is profitable. The British Government is already making rapid strides towards concentrating the trade of the Western States into its provinces. The late tariff has thrown a large portion of the business for which they were contend ing into their hands. The only difficulty under which Canada laboured was impassability of the St. Law rence in the winter season. The remedy for this has been obtained in the late treaty, by which a tract of land has been ceded to her on which to construct a railroad communication from Quebec to the eastern provinces, affording a safe, speedy outlet for the trade of all the provinces. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 5000 N. Y. State 6's, 1862 625 Ohio 6's, 1870 1000 City 7's, 1852 8000 Illinois 6's, 1870 181 46 Manhattan Bank 6l 5 Bk. Coin., scrip 10 Am. Ex. lank 9 Del. and Hudson B 2i 50 Bk. Kentucky 20 Greenwich Ins. Co 9O 10 Utica and Schen'dy 30 Syracuse and Utica lOl 10 Canton Co. 25 Harlem lI,E, l6 50 Long Island BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, NOVEDIBER 10. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 ... 119 15... 118 95... 119 15 4% per Cents 106 ... 106 ... 106 ... 106 Four per Cents 101 7i... 101 75 .. 101 75... 101 75 3 per Cents 80 10... 80 25... 80 10... 80 25 Bank of France 3263 ...3270 ...3265 .. 3270 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1057 50 ..1057 50...1057 50...1057 50 5,000 f 5080 ...5080 —.5080 ...MS° Belgian Bank - ... 805 ... 805 ... 805 Belgian Fives 1840 lO4l ... 1041 ... 104 f ... 104/ Spanish Active 224 ... 224 ... 224 224 Passive Neapolitan... lOB 0... 108 60... 108 60... 108 60 Roman, ex div 1034 ... 1034 ... 103 f ... 1034 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain B5O ... 855 ... 850 ... 855 Versailles, L.B 9O ... 90 ... 90 ... 90 ' R.B 267 50... 270 ... 267 50... 270 Rouen Orleans. 586 25... 586 25... 586 25... 586 25 Strasburg to Bale 206 25... 205 ... 206 25... 206 25 The nomination of the Sheriffs for the ensuing year took place at two o'clock on Saturday, in the Court of Exchequer. The Judges of the three Courts at Westminster attended ; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assisted by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord President, presided at the meeting. The following list of nominations was read and agreed to : Bedfordshire.—W. Sutcliffe, Esq., J. Lee, D.C.L., C. T. Tower, Esq. Berkshire.—M. IZ. Throgmorton, Esq., E. M. Atkins, Esq., C. D. Griffiths, Esq. Buckinghamshire.—C. Treren, sen., Esq., John Barnes, Esq., E. Larch, Esq. _ Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.—E. Humphreys Green, Esq., Slack. Esq., S. Newton, Esq. Cumberland.—R. Hodgson, Esq., G. Harrison, Esq., T. Featherstonhaugh, Esq. Cheshire.—E. G. Davenport, Esq., G. Wilbraham, Esq., 11. llammond, Esq. Derbyshire.—W. Munday, Esq., J. Pares, Esq., E. D. Litevell, Esq. Devonshire.—W. C. Clack, Esq., J. C. Bulteel, Esq., J. W. Clarke, Esq. Dorsetshire.—J. Mansell, Esq., J. C. Dale, Esq., R. Gordon, Esq. Durham.— Shepperson, Esq., H. Witham, Esq., J. Allen, Esq.__ E.,sex.--H. J. Conyers, Esq., J. F. Fortescue, Esq., G. Round (Colchester), Esq. Gloucestershire.—R. S. Holford, Esq., E. Hopkinson, Esq., J. Yorke, Esq. Herefordshire.—Sir E. T. D. Stinhault, Bart., T. G. Symonds, Esq., Sir J. K. Money, Bfirt. Hertfordshire.—J. B. Lames, Esq , T. P. Holsey, Esq., M. Monk, Esq, Kent.—F. Perkins, Esq., lion. J. W. King, Sir J. H. Holley, Bart. Leicestershire.—Sir W. W. Dixsey, Bart., Lord A. Seymour, Sir W. Ileygate. Lincolnshire.—G. H. Packe, Esq., lion. T. C. Clif ford, R. Ackthorpe, Esq. Monmouthshire.—W. Phillips, Esq., Sir D. Mack worth, Bart., lion. W. Rodney. Norfolk.—W. G. J. Tyssen, Esq., Sir T. Berelow, Feßowes, Esq. Northampton.—Sir E. L. Deighton, J. J. Blencowe. Esq., Sir A. Brooke. Northumberland.—W. Cuthbert, Esq., T. Anderson, Esq., E. J. Collingwood, Esq. Nottingham. —T. D. Hall, Esq., C. Pagett, Esq., R. Milworth, Esq. Oxf ordshire. — W.Vandersteeven, Esq., W. Strickland, Esq., J. S. North, Esq. Rutland. — G.Fludyer,Esq., Hon. R. Watson, Viscount Campden. Shropshire.—Sir A. V. Carligne, Sir H. Charlton, H. Kingshaw, Esq. Somersetshire.—Hon. F. P. Bouverie, J. T. Lutterel, Esq., J. J. Lee, Esq. Staffordshire.—J. Shaw Mawley, Esq., C. C. Forster, Esq., H. G. Willett, Esq. Southampton.—W. H. Hughes, Esq., S. T. Wadding ton, Esq., Sir R. C. Simeon, Bart. Suffolk.—W. Long, Esq., Sir P. Brooke, G. H. Wilson, Esq. Surrey.—R. Sumner, Esq., W. Strachan, Esq., J. Bonsor, Esq. Sussex.—W. Briscoe, Esq., Hussey, Esq., H. Hollis, Esq. Warwickshire.—A. F. Gregory, Esq., C. Newdigate, Esq., C. T. Ward, Esq. Wiltshire.—C. S. Oliver, Esq., G. E. Eyre, Esq., W. Bruges, Esq. Worcestershire.—Francis Raiford, Esq., W. Robins, Esq., John Richards, Esq. Yorkshire.—Sir W. B. Copley, Sir W. P. Cooke, Bart., W. W. Beaumont, Esq. The Court then adjourned. It is said that the high and important office of Go vernor-General of India is likely before long to be vacant. It is stated that the last dispatches addressed from the Honourable Court to Lord Ellenborough, in reference to the war in Affghanistan, are couched in such strong and reproachable terms, as to the orders sent for the forces to re-cross the Indus, as to render it almost certain that the Noble Lord will deem it an imperative duty to return to England to vindicate himself from certain imputations alleged to have been made against the policy he has pursued while he has held his high official appointment. Mr. Wigram is spoken of as being the party most likely to fill the office, which has become vacant, of standing Counsel to the East India Company, by the death of Mr. Sergeant Spankie. Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., has been appointed manager of the extensive estates of the Earl of Lei cester, who has not yet ,attained his majority. Sir Penis Le Marchant was one of the joint Secretaries of the Treasury under Lord Melbourne's Government. SECOND BOARD. 100 Long Island 150 Harlem 50 S:onington - STATE OF TRADE. ..b 60 15 NEW YORK, OCT. 18.—There is no material change in the markets. _ Ashes.—The market is dull. Pots 5 dol. 62h-e. and Pearl 6 dol. _ Flour.—The supplies are large, but little short of thirty thousand barrels having arrived in a few days. Sales of Genesee from 4 dol. 25c. to 4 dol. 31c., and Ohio round hoops at 4 dol. 18c. Troy flat hoop Ohio and Michigan at 4 dol. 2 5c. Georgetown new is held at 8 dol. 62A-c•; but littled o i ng . B ran d yw i ne 4 d o l. 75 c . Grain.—Sales of sound wheat 19 a 90. Corn— Ohio has been taken at 52 a 53c. Sales of Rye at 61c. Oats, northern, 25 a 27c. Cotton.--The transactions are about 300 to 400 bales only a day. Old crop ranges from sto 10c, and new Upland 9f a 94; Orleans, 7f a 10c. Whiskey.—Sales uniform at 20 to '2l. Rad HAMBURGH MAIL. FLANDERS S . . 10.—The Director and three keepers of the prison of the Petits Carmes have been suspended from their functions, in consequence of the escape of General Vandersmissen. A judicial investigation was immediately con • menced, and still continues. Circulars containing a description of the fugitive have been sent in all di rections. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the ex-Ge neral Vande:rmeere, now convalescent, was removed from the house of his mother to the prison of the Petit Cannes. Yesterday the son of General Vandersmissen, accused of having favoured the escape of his father, underwent a long examination by the Judge who conducts the inquiry... All the furniture of General Vandersmissen was taken in execution :yesterday, at the instance of his creditors. It appears that some persons were waiting for Ge neral Vandersmissen at ashort distance from the prison. They threw a cloak On his shoulders, and proceeded to a spot where horses were ready, which the fugitives instantly mounted, and taking the road from Schur beck to Eva and Westerloo, at half-past eleven, on the following day, they were in a place of safety, ex hausted with fatigue; they had not stopped a moment by the way. The riders were obliged to be lifted from their horses, and the poor beasts immediately fell to the ground. The Magistrates have received information that Madame Vandersmissen and her youngest son have ar rived at Aix-la. Chapelle. lIATgovEu, Nov. 4.—We have received from Rothern Kirchen, where his Majesty the King has gone on a hunting party, the afflicting intelligence that the con tinued indisposition of his Majesty has so increased that he is obliged to keep his room. When we perceive with sorrow that the King's vigorous constitution is no lot ger capable of gi eat bodily exertion, and that almost every journey is fol lowed by indisposition, it seems unlikely that he w ill undertake the long journey which the journals have spoken of. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszte, Nov.ll. Actual Debt,r..,254 per Cent , .51% • Rothschild's Lein - , Five per Cent lies Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 93% ---7—"—"'"--- Three per Cent — ------ fhlrty.seven Milli ns, ditto -------_-------- (1840) Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 92 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent B6 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76% National Society Exchange on London (short) .......•........•• - -Brussels Papers Nov. 5. HAMBUR GH ISORSEN HALLE, Nov. 8. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1645 A nglo.llussian Loan lush; los% Russian 5 per Cent , lst series, Certificate 103!4 — Inscription, let series Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3tl and 4th 103 5erie5........... .. ...... Ditto in Certificates 97% -- New 4 per Cent. (1840 ) AD D ni u tg t t c loo h . D i Act ual shLo De a ti n t, , ‘.1% per Cent ......... - 5 per Cent. Polish Bo n ds. — New Tickets .... .• • .. ....................... ...... .. _ SON 81% Spanish, NewEsxocrHC3AenNPtesor C . Es . .. C ent. . i4 .... r . :0 .. ........... ... Is }IAMBUaGirt Nov. 8.-13 9N, 'five months I i 8. DTOCLUOLM, Nov. I.—Seventy.five days, 12 12. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BzumN, Nov. '7* Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. Prussian English Bond, 1830, 4 per cent I2S, 11% Exchange on Landon .......... .._. .Prussian State Gazette, Nov. S. The contract for the supply of butcher's meat for the workhouse of the Liverpool Union, has been taken at fourpence per pound, fbr the ensuing twelve months. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews are en gaged at the Haymarket theatre, and appear this evening in the School for Scandal, in conjunction with Farren, Buckstone, Strickland, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs Honey. Mr. Charles Kemble has been seriously indisposed during the week. He, however, is out of danger, and will, it is hoped, be shortly able to resume his theatri cal duties. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Public ifiltiOn• " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. The King of the French received on Tuesday in succession delegates from the Chambers of Commerce and Consultive Chambers of Lille, Turcoing, Roubaix, Armontieres, Sedan, and Valenciennes. His Majesty listened with benevolent attention to their represq tations of the alarm excited in these manufacturing towns by the announcement of the projected C us t oms Union with Belgium, and assured the delegates that his Government would take into due consideration the interests of all who might be involved in a question so important, giving its utmost solicitude to every branch of the national industry. The King has decided, says the Moniteur, upon keeping up the stud of the late Duke of Orleans, at Meudon, taking upon himself the entire expenses of the establishment, which he places under the patron age and direction of his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours. The arrivals from Algeria at the lonian Islands have hitherto been subjected to a quarantine of ten days, both for ships and passengers, and of twenty-one days for such parts of their cargoes as were declared at the lazaretto to be suspicious. It has, however, been lately decided that vessels coming from French possessions in the north of Africa, with clean bills of health, shall in future be admitted to free pratique in the lonian ports. A new kind of railroad is to be opened shortly near Dax, in the department des Landes. It is one formed altogether of wood, constructed over the sandy soil of that part of the country, for the purpose of removing the timber of the immense pine forests which exist between Bourdeaux and Bayonne. The line .is now nearly finished. The Reparateur of Lyons states that there lives in that town a woman 104 years of age, named Maria Platre, in full possession of her faculties. The Memorial de Rouen of Thursday, announces the total destruction by fire of the cotton mills of M. Vallee, at Maromme. The loss is stated to be enormous. The temperature at Paris on Wednesday was con siderably lower than on Tuesday. At six in the morning it was at 22i Fahrenheit; and, at mid-day, 27 2-3 Fahrenheit. M. Lenormand, formerly Central Commissary of Police at Nantes, and afterwards at Toulouse, was ar rested on Tuesday at Paris, and taken to the Prefec ture of Police. He was condemned by default, in June last, to a fine of 400 f., and civic degradation, for corruption in the exercise of his functions. The Swabian Mercury states that a Commission, appointed by the Comitat of Oldenberg, to discuss and report upon the question, whether it would be advantageous to Hungary to join the German Cus toms' Union, has delivered an opinion that the mea sure would be detrimental to the interests of the country. The Commission further recommends that, at the next sitting of the Diet, the States should peti tion the Emperor of Austria to suppress the line of custom•houses between Hungary and Austria. MONEY-TRADE -COMMERCE. The north-west of Ireland, especially Donegal, and the northern parts of Mayo, are now the scenes of illicit distillation, on a larger scale than at any time during the last twenty years, and a number of licenses have been withdrawn from distillers on the ground of defrauding the revenue. N/I.V.A.X. AND YU LXTATLY. Lieut. J. R. Welisted, Indian Navy, and the author of " Travels in Arabia and the Red Sea," has just died in India at the age of 37. He was for some time secretary to Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay. He became attached to the surveying ex pedition in the Red Sea, and explored the island of Socotra. He subsequently made a tour in the inte rior of Oman. MAW AND POLICE, Charles Trundell,;37Oungmal7,;v7s - charged at the Marlow Petty Sessions on Friday, with stealing, at Marlow fair, from Mr. George Jordan, of Theme, Oxon, a purse containing about 2001. in notes, and two bills of exchange for 501. each. It appeared that some female accomplices had robbed the complainant, but the prisoner was committed for trial as an acces sory. =TENANT AND SCIENTIFIC. Professor Owen, on whom the Royal favour has just conferred a pension, is one of the Conservators, and now Hunterian Professor of Comparative Ana tomy to the College, as well as author of the " Cata logue" of that collection, which originally cost 30,0001. The sale of the third part of the late Mr. Chalmers's library was proceeded with by Messrs. Evans, Thurs day and Friday, and:, several Scottish books of great rarity disposed of. John Gad's " Right Way to the Kingdom of Hevin," 1533, was knocked down for 101. 15s. Chalmers has recorded that it was the first work ever written by a Scotchman to promote the Reformation. Several booksellers, from Edinburgh, attended the sale. COURT-PASHIONAELE. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are still al Buchanan. The Duke of Buccleuch left Montagu House on Saturday morning for Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville intend to remain at Mount Felix until January. The Countess of Falmouth has returned to Wool hampton Hall, Berks, from St. James's-square. The Countess of Kerry has returned to her villa near Bowood Park. Sir John and. Lady Anne Becket leave Stratford House in a few days for Somerby Park, Lincolnshire. Lord Wrottesley has lately finished the erection of an astronomical observatory on his estates near Wol verhampton. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 12.—Wind this day at noon, fresh breeze from W. to N.W., and cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 11.—It has blown strong through out to day, and has now increased to a gale at S.S.W. Several vessels drove, and a great number are riding with two anchors down. Arrd. Seawitch, Africa. RAMSGATE, Nov. 11.—Arrd. Jane, London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; British Queen, ditto, far Havana. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11.—It has blown a strong gale fromt,S.S.E. to S.W. Arrd. San Spiridone, Pableau, Ibrail, after striking on the Baiter shoals, but with out damage. __ LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.—The Newburn, from Mau ritius to London, which put into Rio Grande with damage, struck on a rock, in putting to sea after re pairing, and sunk—crew saved. Arrd. Clyde, Matches, Bombay, sailed from Ascension Sept. 10 ; Columbus, Green, Pernambuco, sailed Oct. 6 ; Hermes, Oliphant, Monte Video ; Kelsick Wood, Berbice ; Eliza Keluck, Davies, St. Domingo; Scotland, Robinson, New York. Sld. Margaret, Mexico; Fergus, Hayti. Arrd. off, Frances ; Calcutta; Eliza Johnson, Pernambuco; Ca roline, Africa; Kilmaurs, supposed from Batavia; Belfast, Sunflower, Ariadne, and James Freeman. OFF CAPE CLEAR, Nov. B.—Arrd. England, New York. CLYDE, Nov. 10.—Sld. Roger Stewart, Demerara. Coax, Nov. 9.—Arr(l. Wrestler, Casa Bianca. SWANSEA, Nov. 10.—Arrd. Sessoria, Guddle, Val paraiso, out eighty-three days, with thirty tons of cargo thrown overboard. COWES, Nov. 11.—Arrd. Antoine, Meyer, Buenos Ayres, an 4 sailed for Antwerp. The Thomas Naylor, hence to Rotterdam, has put back leaky. OFF THE WIGHT, Nov. 10.—Favourite Brig. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind S.S.W. to W., strong and squally.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Hya cinth, China, sailed from Macao May 3, Singapore July 7, Anger 23, Cape Sept. 12, St. Helena 24, and Ascension Ist ult. ; Caroline, Bruce, Quebec. PENZANCE, Nov. 10.—It is blowing a strong gale from S.S.W. to S.W. The Sara Anna Cornelia, from Bordeaux to Rotterdam, has put in here with five feet water in her hold, and it is expected must discharge. RAIL WAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize Week ended Name of Railway. Miles Total. Opened. X. s. d. Nov. 5 Birmi ng h am & D er b y J unct . 48 1,297 0 9 4 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,806 17 9 0ct.29 Brandling Junction 25 861 18 1 Nov. 4 Chester and Birkenhead .. 6 Dundee and Arbroath ... 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6 Eastern Counties 5 Glasgow and kyr 40 953 3 2 5 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 221 690 18 7 Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 113 5 Great North of England 45 1,302 1 5 6 Great Western Oct. 8 Hayle Nov. 5 Hull and Selby Lancaster & Preston Junction 20i 4 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,196 3 5 5 London and Birmingham__ 1121 16,298 16 93 10 London and Blackwell 3s 471 0 6 5 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch 5l 8 London and Croydon lOl 267 6 6 JO 1. , .nd0n and Greenwich 3l 746 6 2 6 London and South Western 3 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 615 10 3 5 Manchester & Birmingham 5 Manchester and Leeds 5 Midland Counties ... 571 2,533 2 2} 5 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi 1,549 19 b 3 Newcastle and North Shields 7 844 17 10 6 Northern and Eastern ... 5 North Midland 4 North Union 221 908 a 8 5 Preston and Wyre l9l 129 5 1 5 Sheffield and Manchester 7 127 12 5 10 South Eastern 5 Taff Vale Ulster 24 426 13 4 5 York and North Midland 2B 1,b63 4 2 lIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO WALMER CASTLE. WALMER ' FRIDAY EVENING.—This morning, at sunrise, theßoyal standard was hoisted on the tower of Weimer Castle, announcing the presence of the Sovereign. At nine o'clock the Thunderer line-of-battle ship, under the command of Captain Pring, manned the yards, and saluted her Majesty with a discharge of one-and-twenty guns. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert rose this morning at their usual early hour, and break fasted at half-past eight o'clock. At half-past nine her Majesty and the Prince, un attended, walked on the Wellington Beach upwards of half an hour, notwithstanding there was a stiff gale blowing S.S.W. Several heavy showers came on in the afternoon, which prevented her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert from taking a carriage airing. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are in excellent health, but have not left the Castle to-day, in consequence ofthe unfavourable state of the weather. The Royal dinner-circle this evening was the same as yesterday, including those only in the suite of her Majesty and his Royal Highness :—Viscount Lord Sydney and Lady Portman, the Lord and Lady in Waiting; Lord Charles Wellesley and Col. Wylde, the Lord and Equerry in Waiting ; the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and Dr. Prcetorius. His Grace the Duke of 'Wellington, after receiving her Majesty and the Prince at Walmer Castle last night, took his departure for Dover Castle. Captain W atts, as Captain of Walmer Castle, will act in his official capacity during his Grace's absence. The only additions to the Royal dinner-party to morrow, it is expected, will be Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lady C. Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Devereux. Should the weather prove favourable, his Royal Highness Prince Albert will visit Dover Castle and other places of importance on this part of the coast. To-morrow morning (Saturday) his Grace the Duke of Wellington will leave Dover Castle for Strathfieldsaye. The Annual Harbour Sessions was held at Dover to-day, at which the Duke of Wellington presided. WALMER, SATURDAY, Two, P.M.—The boisterous south-west gales which sprung up yesterday increased last night, and a tremendous sea is now rolling in the Channel. Her Majesty could not possibly have selected a more favourable season for witnessing the varied and magnificent effect of the ocean when lashed into fury by the storm. The violence of the wind this morning prevented either of the French mail-packets from entering Dover harbour, and shortly before nine o'clock they were seen in company with a French passage-boat, beating their way down the Channel towards Deal, where, after laying-to for some time, the bags were landed by the boatmen of that port. Her Majesty, who was at breakfast when the mails passed, sent out to Captain Lane, the super intending Governor of the Castle, to learn their name and destination. The packet which should have reached Dover last night was also compelled to put into Ramsgate harbour. Vessels are continually beating about in distress, and the boatmen and pilots are all activity and bustle. The rain fell in torrents this morning until half past ten o'clock, about which time the clouds broke, and cleared off before eleven. Her Majesty and the Prince were again on the beach, unattended by any of the household. On this occasion they walked to wards Deal, and, although their previous trip on Fri day was reported to have set the inhabitants on the qui vive, their privacy was uninterrupted by any indi vidual. A storm of rain again coming on, obliged the Queen and Prince to make a hasty retreat to the Castle; but before the entrance was gained the sun shone out, and the walk was extended towards Dover Cliffs. The wind was very high, and a little incon venient to the Queen, but both her Majesty and the Prince seemed to enjoy the breeze very much, and after viewing with much apparent interest the waves dashing on the beach, they returned to the Castle a little before twelve o'clock. During the walk a poor man, who has in his possession a very curious dog, saved a few weeks ago by the Deal boatmen from the wreck of the Russian timber ship, was ac costed by the Queen, who desired to know what kind of animal it was ? The poor fellow related its his tory, and appeared well gratified with the result. Her Majesty's known partiality for canine pets will elucidate this fact, which might otherwise appear somewhat singular. Shortly after mid-day the clouds cleared off, and the sun shone out brightly. The carriages were ordered for three o'clock, and it was generally believed that her Majesty would proceed in the direction of Dover. The readiness and zeal displayed by all in the almost vain endeavour to make the Castle a suitable abode for Royalty is very praiseworthy, and though the ac commodation it affords is certainly not of the first order, her Majesty is said to have expressed her most perfect satisfaction with the arrangements. Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to the beach last evening about four o'clock, and walked a considerable distance along the strand, but the wind was so high that it was with the greatest difficulty she could stand against it. She, however, persevered for some time, and only returned when the clouds began to thicken. Prince Albert, after returning from the beach, walked to Walmer in company with Colonel Murray, and her Majesty, in company with Viscount Sidney and Lady Portman, spent some time in the galleries of the Castle. The Hon. George Anson arrived at Walmer last night, in company with the Hon. Miss Devereux, from Herne Bay, to which place they had proceeded by steamer. A residence on the Parade has been engaged by Mr. Saunders for Mr. Anson and Viscount Sidney. The Royal dinner party last evening consisted only of those who dined with her Majesty and the Prince on Thursday. No invitations have been issued for to-day, and it is stated to be her Majesty's desire that her sojourn at Walmer should be as private as possi ble. During the gale this morning a French fishing boat of considerable burden brought to at a very short distance from the shore, opposite Walmer Castle. Its extraordinary appearance attracted the attention of her Majesty, and the character of the vessel was explained to her. There is a law against French fishing-boats coming within three miles of our coast, while our Gallic neighbours have forbidden English fishermen to appear within three leagues. The infraction of such an enactment, under the eye and observation of the Sovereign, would have been the acme of impu dence ; but it is due to the captain of the boat to say that no such illegality was attempted. The Thunderer is still lying off; but the wind has obliged Captain Pring to keep her " taut," and the top-gallant masts, which were lowered yesterday, have not been again raised. The Royal salute fired from the ship yesterday morning, was on account of that of the previous night having been made after sun-set, in answer to the one from the battery of the Castle on the arrival of her Majesty. The Duke of Wellington presided yesterday at a Court of Wardens of the Cinque Ports, held at the Council Chamber, Dover. The surveyors and en gineers of the railway were in attendance, and some very important business was transacted relative to that undertaking. It is finally arranged that the terminus shall be brought close to the South. Pier. The weather is still fine, and seems likely to con tinue so. It is generally rumouredthat Prince Albert is about to succeed the Duke of *Wellington in the high and honourable office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and that his present visit in company with her Ma jesty is but the preliminary to future trips of a some what different character. The advanced age of his Grace, and his expressed wish on more than one occa sion to be relieved from official duties, would appear to strengthen the rumour into fact. DOVER. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) OCT. 11.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington ar rived last night at the Ship Inn, having received her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert at the boundary of the Cinque Ports, and having from thence attended the Royal party to Walmer Castle. This morning at eleven, his Grace presided at a meeting of the Commissioners of Dover Harbour, at which, besides the usual business relative to the main tenance of the port, and the improvements now carry ing on, some interesting matters would, it was under. stood, be discussed, An application from the South Eastern Railway Company, for a site for the Dover terminus, will be considered, and, it is reported, with much favourable disposition ; and some ingenious plans with reference to the proposed harbour of re fuge, are to be submitted to the consideration of the Board. It is expected the Lord Warden will leave Dover to morrow for Apsley House, en route for Strathfieldbaye. The weather to-day is very unfavourable for her Majesty's visit to Walmer, but she was on the beach this morning before 9 o'clock, walking towards Kings down, accompanied only by her Illustrious Consort. There must be either something impracticable in the Poor-law Bill which renders it unfit for Ireland, or sonic flagrant mismanagement on the part of the Commissioners and Central Board, which nullifies its operation—when we find the consequence of its appli cation in so many places either a refusal on the part of the people to pay the rates, or debt, emb arrassment , and bankruptcy in the particular unions. It is not long ago since the secretary of the city of Cork Union declared that concern to be bankrupt ; and now the Board of Guardians of the Middleton Union, in the county of Cork, announce themselves, by public ad vertisement, in a similar predicament ; and have fairly cut and rnn from the concern—abandoning the poor to their fate, and leaving the establishment on the hands of the unfortunate master.—Dublin Mail. COURT CIRCULAR. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria, attended by his suite, visited the Refoira Club on Saturday morning, and was conducted by Mr. SCott through the principal rooms. His Imperial Highness entered his name in the subscription-book for the plan of the kitchen, and also viewed the paint ings by the late M a d ame Soyer, and ordered several engravings of the " Young Israelites." The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council met in the Court of Exchequer at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, to settle the roll of Sheriffs for the ensuing year. The Right Hon. H. Goulburn presided in his Official Robes as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The other Privy Councillors present were the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President ; the Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade ; Lord Den man, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen' s Bench; the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Sir Jame s Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment J ; Sir Jamesudges G Parke eandWilliams,atthe the Honourable T homas Erskine. names of the Engli s h coun ti es were read over in alphabetical or d er , an d a l so th ose of the th ree Coltman, Mau le, nominated for ea c h on the morrow o f St. Martin last year. Th e Judges then named a gentle man in lieu of the p resen t Sheriff, ° and at the sane time submitted to th e i r Lordships for their de cision the excuses and obje c ti ons ma d e by parties already I • the list against servin g th e o ffi ce . When exempt ions were allowed, the Jud ges su b m itted other na me ceremony and Wightman also assisted in the place of those taken off the roll. Sphere letters or memorial s aga i ns t serv i ng the office h ad been forwarded to the Privy Council, they were lea" and submitted by the Hon. William Bathurst, the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Three gentlemen having been nominated for eac h county, their Lordships adjourned. at Sir Robert Peel left t own on S a t ur d a y, for his s e Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. His Excellency Edward Everett, the United St ate n g Minister, had an interview with Lord Stall*" Saturday, at the C o l on ial-office. The Rev•,k ; - Campbell had also a n i n t erv i ew w i t h hi s Lordship' r e Dispatches from th e G overnor o f Gib ra ltar 7 " received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. - e MONEY and COMMERCIAL NITS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening-) fi rr a The Liverpool Cotton Market was again viTirices. yesterday, and the sales were 5,000 bales at fn P i - but For Railway Shares there was more dere 3n `iions• generally without any improvement in the q uo and and Eastern Counties,_ New,were 104; Ediukb mks ti e r ana Glasgow, 464 ; Grand Junction, 174 ; Lan 30/ ; Preston, 29 ; London and Birmingham, -9-l er ' and South Eastern, New, 17* A V ou r Another specim en o f th e injury we suffere d IP - fish monopoly laws in f orc i ng th e emp l oyme nt of Br fso skill and wealth abroad, i s afforded by the fed, Association of British capitali s t s h av i n g been 1100' as is stated, for the p ur p ose o f es t a bli s hing on °- a ma nufactory, to b e wor k e d b y new l y imPr; a ve t i i bi chinery, the moti ve p ower o f w hi c h w ill be water and partly by steam. eekb r The Bank of England return of its average' s ' ' , ws liabilities and assets, from Aug. 13 to Nov. 5 /, 5- 11 a a falling off in its general business of nearl u p a million sterling, as compared with its operel i " pea to the Bth ultimo. The disproportion hetilank the rate of discount, 4 per cent., charged by the n is upon first class pap er , compare d w ith that take oc, Lombard-street, will chiefly account for the-` t is bullion in the coffers of the establisholiaber . . steadily rising to ten millions sterling, a liOng. amount than they have contained for a . , no t time past, but the profits of the proprietY uootic° support the improvement, we had occasion to t n by the last return. The following stately" „ c is' show at a glance the precise movement in the fi n affairs of the Bank since the October re turn- 004 ' OOO ~ Circulation.—Oct. 8. O OO . No. 5 9,368,000 9,07; 1,°°° Decrease ...... 573, 0 2, Securities.—Oet. 8. ........... - • .; - i'934,Ouv Nov. 5. 63 9,0 1 ° Decrease ...... 9,789,M; 9,633,u' 9,748,u' Decrease... 86,v— -... The produce markets are expected to be biker next week, as we have Tea, Timber, and Wine tions, besides the general Colonial sales. the By a ship of war, we have later advises frt„ber, Cape of Good Hope—viz., to the 19th of SeP te 7 the and which inform us of the determination % no Lieutenant-Governor of Graham's Town to P t ur es• the Caffre depredations by very vigorous we as e r oi There were rumours of messengers and letters the colony being stopped and seized by parties of nu' who appeared to command the whole country'. Do ge The loss of the Waterloo transport with a at number of convicts, had excited much setiss twil the Cape. nr uiog The Funds have remained very steady this op. at about the closing prices o f yesterday of to The Bank broker bought from 5,000 c. og .; 6,0001. stock this morning on behalf of the Sil l, at Banks. Consols for Mony have been quoted ho 94 and 94k, and for the Account at 94k• where the been more doing in Exchequer Bills, hilt to supply was rather snore than eq u t eon' the demand, and th e premium has, has sequence been reduced to 58s. ; India ti3erduiie:o risen to 262, which i s 2i p er cen t. on Ye ste prices ; Bank Stock has reached 173 ag i tien Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. haverints. to 1001 ; and the New Three-and-a-Half per '— 1011. FOlfi There is riot much to notice in the Foreign, fa; to-day. Spanish Consols are dull of sale 31,1' Spanish Three per Cents. are at 21k , co • Du t4 " . ts and-a-Half per Cents. at 528; the Five Per, f orr' 1001 ; and Delgian Five per Cents. at . 1 02 ; ra yilia Portuguese remain at about 328 8; the Stock Bonds of 18 39 were saleable at 56, an d the 01 at 64. • 0 . coo' The Railway Share Market is in a drooPoccount. dition. The Brighton h ave fallen to 1 5 i' L o ndo n The Great Western are 19 premium ; the the and Brighton, Qu ar t er Sh ares , 22*, pronid . lanw South We: ;tern, 18* premium ; the Nort h eta. , 374 discount; and the Paris and Rouen, `l4", West' a bargain h as b een ma d e i n th e London 313' minster Bank Shares, at 2* premium. irt . MANCHESTERd 11 STOCK EXCHANGE, lea" new The market' is ra th er qu i e t er , w ithout any 0 003, ture. Eastern Counties, New, 101; Soath tfi. 194 Scrip, 171 17 f ; M anc h es t er an d Birmiag ha— t er a n '" Manchester and Leeds, 68 681; Maneh es Liverpool District Bank, 101. 4s. Decrease ..... Deposits.—Oct. 8.. Nov. 5. . . ............ Bullion.—Nov. 5. Oct. S., Rest. —Oct. 8.. Nov. 5. Increase CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. . 2 62 P III Bank Stock .172 i India Stock 7... ...... . .... yes 3 per Cent. Hed. .. ...... 931 Ditto Bonds ..... r .". ---* 3 per Cent. Cons 94 Ditto Old Annuities'** ...... 3i per Cent. Red 1061 Ditto New AnnuitiSi: 60 el New 3/ per Cent... lolfr Ex. Bills, 1, 0 °° 1 " 0 0 e ll New 5 per Can'. —.Ditto buv 4 ," "" • 60 r - Long Annuities to ex pi re Ditto Stna"'"" • l72 Jan. 1860 . Oct. 1859 ... Jaa. 1960 — 'Consols for Acct. .••••• FOREIGN FUNDS. r cent' Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 Pe - , Belgian, 5 per cent. lO2 Ditto, New D Brazilian Bonds... 64 Prussian, per cent' •••••• Buenos Ayres ti percent. Russian, 5 pri cent. ..... Chili= 6 per cent. Ditto, Metallic..... ...... 1' Colombian, 6 per cent -- Spanish, 5 per c ent.. • Ditto, 1824....: — Ditt o , Deferred.... Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 F r ench, 5 per cent. 7).., Danish, 3 per 2eot — Exchange .......•••• Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —. French, 3 per c ent. Mexican, 5 per cent 321 Dutch, 2i per ce nt. ..... 'looi Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditt o , 5 per cent' • Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. itto ........ SHARES. 44 '- Bristol n d Exeter (70 paid) ..• ..... •". " 8 ' r Eastern Counties (23 paid)... ............. •••• Ditto New (—paid) ........................... 47 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ••• gA Great Western, (65 paid) ...... ............ gi* Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . ............ Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ......... , ...• ...... 35 London ar.d Brighton (50 paid ).• ......... ••• 182 London arid Birmingham (90) ..... • •••••• • 47i Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) ......•••••• 3 0i Ditto New Shares (`2 paid) ........... *,*• 59i London and South W es t ern (411 tis too p.) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) • ........... Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) ........................ 62i North Midland Railway ( 100 ) ............... 2 2 1 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ...... ........ ••• South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)••• ...... 17 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) ... Lord G e orge Bentinck is abo ut to sell off anothe r draft of his thorough-bred stock ;.and the Duke of Portland will shortly break up his racing establish ment at Bardwell, near Newmarket. • By the late municipal elect ion the Conservative* e of Plymouth have added two to their number i n th Council. RAILWAY WIIEELS. — The Com mission on Railway g in Paris is unanimous l y a g reed to recomx nen d to the Minister of Public Works to prohibit the use of cast.-1 iron wheels, on account of their brittle n ature. •'" the Companies in future will have to employ wrought iron wheels. In England and Belgium cast-iron wheels have disappeared, unless, indeed, they be b e some times used in the transport of coa ls and gonds*-- Railway Times. ~,~