The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-12 00:00:00

8 7 00 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided I 1.-- on the 30th Instant, amongst EIGHT THOU SAND TWO HUNDRED SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 1820, awl GUARANTEED by the GO VERNMENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. 1 Dividend 50,00 0 Florins 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,00 0 do. 1 do. 12,0 00 do. 10,000 do. 1 do. 10,000 do. 5,000 do. 1 do. 5,00 0 do. .. 8,000 do. 8 do. 1,00 0 do. each 10 do. 500 do. each 5,000 do. 10 do. 2 00 do. each 2YO do. 110 do. each 2® do. 105 do. each ....• 21,000 do. 4&7 do. 1 00 do. ea ch 7,300 do. 94 do. each ---- 8,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or £74,400 Sterling Money. 8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 716 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HED.TE BROTHERS at HAAIBURGH. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £l5, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. 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. HAMBURGH, November I, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, NOV. 12, Will he repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEAHRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; Mr.oe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, J. Bland. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," Sze., entitled THE TU RF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Humby ; 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 2s. 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 Mes:rs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 12, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon , H. Be verl y , Wright, sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. 11. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN lON Y and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To bo followed by a Grand Ilurletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGg'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOV. 12, Will be presented 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. Honner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS. Burl, Mr. H. Hughes; Ellen Murray, Mrs. H. Vining. To conclude with the Comic Drama of MILITARY TAC TICS; or, THE LADY AND THE LANCER. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. HIGH W ATEit AT LONDON BRIDGF. THIS DAY. Morning lO minutes after 9 I Evening 442 minutes aftert9. them to begin their future career by openly dis carding their nostrum of a fixed 88. duty. At present the price of wheat is 50s. per quar ter; an Bs. duty is therefore 16 per cent. on the people's food. At the cost price of the wheat in foreign countries, supposing that to be 40s. per quarter, the proposed duty will be 20 per cent. Taking the question in one way, the Whig scheme would levy 20 per cent. certain, and - taking it the other, 16 per cent. certain, on all the food of the community for the advantage of the landlords. The greater proportion of the in come of the bulk of the people is necessarily spent in food, the price of which enters into the price of all other articles, and therefore the Whig Bs. fixed duty proposes to take 16 per cent. from the income of the bulk of the commu nity to put into the pockets of the landowners. What an enormous, and yet what a partial in come-tax ! That cannot be borne ; and now that public attention has been roused and fixed on the subject, will not be borne ; and therefore, if the Whigs wish to obtain public support, they must advance to total repeal. They gave up their opposition to unsettling the Corn-law; they proposed to unsettle it, and failed ; and now they must make another step, if they mean to main tain a political existence, and, by uniting cordially with the League, insure the total and immediate abolition of all Corn and Pro vision-laws. An immense deal, we think, hangs on their decision, at least hangs on the total and immediate repeal. That may, but nothing else can, place our trade and agriculture on a right basis, and restore the national prosperity. Sir R. PEEL'S system is worse than the one he has altered. It degrades prices without kindling enterprise. What will be the consequence? Increased suffering and probably an increased aversion to unfetter commerce. Following our bad example, and encouraged by success, of which they know not the cause, foreign countries have already altered their tariffs with a view to raise their own trade and depress ours. For want of freedom our trade will probably decay; the bulk of the community are more likely to suppose the cause of that to be those foreign tariffs than our own suicidal regulations. Old national enmities, which trade would stifle, will probably be rekindled, and England will become involved in poverty and discontent at home and war abroad. Such fearful and disastrous con sequences it is in the power of the - Whigs to avert, by boldly following, out the principles they profess, and becoming the avowed advocates of total and immediate repeal, and of unlimited freedom of trade. Something like a reproach, we see, is thrown out by the Journal des Debats against the French Government, and it is echoed by the Times, because that Government is obliged to regulate its measures by the prejudices of certain manufacturing interests. But what is the case with our statesmen ? Sir ROBERT PEEL, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Lord PALMERSTON, with almost every Parliamentary leader, have declared broadly in favour of the principles of free trade. They must be the most deceitful of men, or they must believe that were our laws to be framed on these prin ciples it would be beneficial to the community. But they do not, and dare not, carry out their own principles. They succumb to the prejudices of certain landlords. The true government resides not in them, but in some combination of igno rant and prejudiced owners of the soil. They sacrifice the principles which they believe to be the true guides of nations, and consent to govern the State—consent to administer public affairs, contrary to their own better judgment, on the narrow, selfish views of an ignorant, besotted class of men. Instead, then, of the nation being governed by their wisdom, it is governed by the selfishness of the landlords, of which our boast ing statesmen make themselves the humble tools. In their conduct is neither courage nor dignity, and they who profess free trade prin ciples, and consent to administer the Govern ment in the interest, and under the control, of the landlords, arc, in our judgment, notwith standing their high offices, poor, low-minded, servile, dependent, degraded men. The two Houses of Parl ia men t met on Thuesday, and the ceremony of proroguing them till the 13th of December took place. It is now certain, therelbre, according to a Morning Contempo rary, that the Parliament will not meet for tl►e dispatch of business before Christmas, and pro bable that it will meet towards the end of Janu ary. We cannot say that we much regret the postponement of legislation till the coursing season is nearly at an end. The Parliament has done too little good for the public to make us extremely anxious that it should again meet. The nation seems to get on quite as well when it is not as when it is assembled. We know its works, and feel them chiefly in additional taxa tion. Its yearly grants, the extravagance it authorises, come home to us in the shape of large demands on our pockets and our pa tience. If it were now to be summoned, it might be to beat us with so►ne other scourge, similar to the Income-tax. Sir ROBERT PEEL is much more anxious to uphold public credit than give relief to the people; and if he call the Parlia ment together earlier than usual, it may be to bolster up the Funds by taking more money from industry. Parliament has long ceased, both in its unreformed and in its reformed state, to be a protection for the people against the Executive ; it is the mere instrument with which the Execu tive works against the people, and seldom comes together without strengthening the hands of power, and placing additional shackles and addi tional burdens on its constituents, and on those who ought to be its constituents. Its principal use is as • a large and powerful instrument of Government. If it were summoned, it would be for the purpose of in creasing Sir ROBERT PEEL'S strength. But he assured us at the Loan MAYOR'S dinner that all the authorities of the metropolis are animated by the best spirit, and were ready, when some little alarm was excited, to support the Govern ment with the utmost zeal. We know that the Justices in the various counties are actively engaged in organising a new military force, under the name of a police. Many of them are Members of Parliament, and it would take them from their useful labours to summon them to London. Everything which the Executive requires of the Parliament, or which the Parliament can do for it, is already done. New and large taxes have been voted. The system of coercion is everywhere perfect, or in a state of progress towards perfection. The supremacy of the laws, even without the aid of any new soldiery, has been successfully vindicated. Every where and on all points the Executive Govern ment is completely master of the resources and the powers of the State. Its authority is uncle , nied. Parliament could not make it stronger. Wherefore, then, should it now be summoned? That pauperism is increasing; that commerce does not revive; that the agriculturists are becoming discontented; that incendiarism has again begun to alarm the dwellers in rural districts ; that the rate of mortality is rapidly increasing ; that men grumble at the Income tax, and wonder how they shall pay it ; that discontent is leading to many wild and visionary projects; that strange theories are getting llist hold of men's minds, so that even the courtly Post takes the side of labour against capital, and apologises for being a demagogue,—all these things are nothing • to the Parliament, or rather they are the neces sary, if not the designed and willed consequences ' of its acts ; and the probability therefore is, that ' assemble when it may, the condition of Eng ' land will only be made worse by its means. The parishioners of Marylebone intend meet ing at the Court-house, to-morrow—as we see by a printed circular—for the purpose of considering the propriety of adopting the Report recommending the erection of a monumental columnin honour of the S co t c h R e f orm ers of 1 0 iire are glad of this, f or never were men n Nv orthy of posthumous h onour t h an th ose ,rt. who, in a stormy political period, when the lynx eyes o f a despotic Government were fixed ••• , fr. 4 3 k 0 *:•"t; • 9 4 4 5t , f , , - • 0 4 • „, 0 s • 0‘ tt, LONDON : SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 12, 1842. It affords us personally considerable pleasure to ,find the merely Whig journals become the zealous advocates of the repeal of the sliding scale. They now treat the question of the Corn laws, as we have been for years in the habit of treating it, as of vital importance, and claim great credit for the late Ministers, because they took it up in 1841. It' the Whig Ministers adopt the opinions of the Whig, journals, how much must they regret the determined opposi tion which they gave to Mr. VILLIERS, and to every other advocate of the repeal of the Corn laws in 1838, 1539, and 1840. They were not contented in the two first of those years with holding themselves even neuter in the contest — they took the lead in defeating the free trade party, and brought to bear against it all the influ ence and power they possessed in both Houses of Parliament. They even resisted the motions for inquiry. Their leader denounced the free traders as little better than madmen; and both by their language and their votes they confirmed and strengthened the most odious monopoly that ever crushed the energies of a people boasting of freedom. It seems by the language and con duct of their journals, which harp on this subject day after day, and speak of the Corn-laws as of the last importance, that the party is now filled with bitter regret at its former unrc4ecting conduct. The influence of prosperity or adversity, in ex tending or curtailing the franchise, to which we yesterday adverted, ought to add to their shame at not having perceived the consequence of their own measures. By pursuing a course of restrictive policy which prevented the gradual extension of the franchise, and which dis franchised a great number of intelligent artisans, they dried up the sources of their own strength. They disfranchised their friends. They increased amazingly the number of their enemies. All who did not get, and all who lost, the franchise, regarded the Whigs as deceivers or traitors, and acted to wards- them accordingly. The effect of their measures was to strike down the democracy, and as they themselves were members of the aris tocracy, it was concluded that they designed the effects which they produced. Hence they are treated, and have been treated, by that de mocracy to which they looked, and still look, for support, as having invidiously stolen into its confidence by large promises only to deceive and betray it into the hands of the aristocracy. That is not our opinion, but it is the opinion of great multitudes, who have suffered privations, gone to decay, or been disfranchised in almost every part Of the empire ; and those who enter thin it hate the Whigs even more than they hate the Tories • As the Whigs have now seen some of their errors, and as they lean on the popular or de mocratic party for support, it becomes them to deal plainly, honestly, and frankly with that party. What line of policy have they adopted ? How do they propose to win back the affection and support of the people? If they think they can obtain that on account of their former character and situation, without laying before the public a clear and definite plan of proceeding, they are mistaken. Above all, what do they propose to do with the Corn-laws ? The Monopolists might now gladly accept and support the Whig proposition of an Ss. fixed duty as a safe retreat. They might ex pect with that, as a barrier, defended both by Whigs and 'furies, to resist the progress of free trade opinions, and cnntinue to plunder the people some time longer. But a fixed duly Ol . would please no other party ; and if the higs , rest their policy on that, they must give tip all hopes of support exeeist from the Monopo• aml they should at once openly connect them selves with the Anti-Free-trade part::. What ever may be their intentions, and whatever line of policy they are disposed to adopt, we can assure them, in the most friendly spirit, that if they wish to find any support beyond their personal friends, they must state p ',th .policy in a clear, definite, and authorised manner, to the public. They must imitate Sir ROBERT PEEL. When his discomfited party was Urbp rallied, he laid down, published, and adhered: to certain; principles, and to a plan of Ac acia, which at length placed him in office. hum . .o tugs muet do the same, and we advise S tIE)N THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOTEMBER 12, 1842 keenly and distrustfully on every indivi dual who dared to doubt the sagacity and patriotism of a selfish, corrupt oligarchy, which called itself a Parliament—testified by the ready sacrifice of all that makes life desirable, their devotion to the cause of Reform. Few now can remember the fierce political excitement that prevailed towards the close of the last cen tury, when the French Revolution was shaking the fabric of Absolutism throughout Europe to its foundations. Men's minds were then in a state little short of frenzy. The Few trembled for the loss of privileges which they ought never to have possessed ; the Many were filled with the wildest joy at the idea of regain ing rig,llts of which they ought never to have been deprived. The consequence was, that the two parties were drawn up in direct battle array against each other, and the cry of both was " No surrender." On the side of the Government were ranged all who fattened, and all who hoped to fatten, cm the public plunder—pensioners, place men, sinecurists—a prodigious host, and unscru pulous in their mode of warfare; the Church, too, and the Law, the Army, and the Navy—each and all of these contributed their quota to the Ministerial party, which derived, besides, no inconsiderable aid from the spy system, then in the full vigour of its rank luxuriance. To oppose this formidable phalanx, the people had, what? A deep, stern conviction of the justice of their cause—a powerful auxiliary certainly, but which, alas! in the present instance, availed but little against the terrible assaults of the Government. But though the two opposing parties were thus unequally matched, and the chances were at least a hundred to one against the success of the People, the brave Scotch Re formers hesitated not an instant as to which of the .two they should join. Unhesitatingly they threw in their lot with that of the weaker party ; led—if we may so express ourselves—the for lorn hope of Freedom against Tyranny ; and abandoned the struggle only with their lives. For this heroic act of self-devotion, be their names ever held in grateful remembrance by all Reformers! To forget them, is to forget Justice—to be indifferent to Truth — to give up the claims of Honour, and the dearest interests of Humanity. Sure are we, that the Reformers of Marylebone will never lay themselves open to such a reproach as this ; but bear in mind that by paying due respect to the memory of the patriotic dead, they will be encouraging others—should the sad necessity ever arise—to follow in their footsteps. In the beautiful and interesting edicts issued from time to time by the Emperor of CHINA, the dread which he entertains of the " traitorous natives" forms generally an important feature. He describes them 'as " traitorous banditti," " abandoned traitors," and, in the last proclama mation, states that many " traiterous natives" had been caught. This can excite no surprise. The greater portion of the Chinese are kept down merely by the terror of punishment. They arc treated as an enslaved race ; they are not allowed the use of swords or fire-arms, and thereby prevented from rising against their Tartar conquerors. The EMPEROR, there fore has great reason to dread the approach of the English, who may not only teach the subdued race the art of war, but furnish them with means to recover their independence and restore the ancient dynasty. The British Go vernment probably has no such intention as yet, but should the war be prolonged, and our just demands resisted, it may be necessary to adopt another system. If we cannot ob tain redress by compensation for the unjust seizure and destruction of property, the expenses incurred in the present war, and the insults offered to the representative of the British SOVEREIGN, we can help ourselves by appropriating rich tracts along the sea coast. The Chinese would gladly join in such undertakings were they assured that our army and navy could protect them against the vengeance of their rulers, and that means would be furnished to them also for defending themselves. Whatever French journalists may say, it is evident, from all ,accounts that the natives have no dread or even dislike of the English, but regard them rather as benefactors, who, in every town which they capture, distribute the public granaries among the people, and con duct themselves towards the inhabitants in the most orderly and peaceable manner. These facts are certified by Sir HENRY POTTINGER, who is entitled to more credit than the editor of the Journal des Debuts, who thus describes the forlorn condition of our troops in China:—" The English garrison in Chusan (he says) has been literally starved out. At Ningpo, a city of 200,000 or 300,000 inhabit ants, a garrison of only 800 could not procure subsistence either by force or purchase." Pro bably this report has been furnished by some veracious correspondent at Macao, or on board the French frigate now on a visit to the Chinese Seas. We have no objection what ever to their taking this view of the war, but on the contrary, are glad that they can thus derive some consolation for their hard fought and fruitless battles in Africa. We have heard of no such accounts of starvation or want of provisions, and the very fact of giving up granaries to the natives proves it to be a pure fiction. Would the English commit such an act of madness if they had not food for themselves ? The edicts of the EMPEROR, too, prove the con trary. He would not denounce with such gene rous indignation the deeds of his subjects, causing the " very hair of his head to stand erect," had they thus combined to defeat by starvation the enemy they could not meet in the field. The accounts from Madrid are to the 2d inst. It appears that the forces sent by the Govern ment into several of the disturbed districts had been very successful in dispersing the brigands. Two Neapolitan vessels of war, the Vesuvio and Generoso, arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th. The first was to stop in that harbour, and the other to continue her journey to England, whither she was conveying the crew of four steamers constructing for the King of NAPLES in London. .....,.....___ The Three per Cents. were done at 21+ for the 20th inst., and the Five per Cents. at 26 for cash, and 27 1-16, 27, 26 19-32 at 60 days. The French ln e con hffie ‘e n vi t ea s l o ra n eype l olahrgpteise vextracts—andmeetingst h e Iy a o r f the in wi with Africa, a Delegates— thefro n papers are chiefly occupied with curi ous trial, now going on at Paris, implicating a great number of persons employed in a public office, similar to that of Woods and Forests in this country. Some of these officers were em ployed to lay out new streets for the improve ment of the capital, and it has-been proved that they had received considerable bribes from a sptyrole prietors interested in the intended lines. Their main defence is, that their salaries were so small that they had no other me ans of living i suitable to their rank. The trial was still going on. We are glad to notice a remarkable fact in one of the papers generally opposed to this country—namely, an admission that En glishmen can beat Frenchmen, not at fighting, but in making railroads. The Courrier Francais, in alluding, to the contract for the first section of the railroad from Paris to Brighton, says : " This is the second example of English con tractors, after having finished railroads in their own country, coming to take part in ours. It is well known that the Rouen railroad, in which English capitalists have an interest, is exclu sively directed by English engineers. This is an advantage for France, because several methods in use on English lines, particularly in forming the embankments, are superior to ours, and will in this way gradually become known among us, and be adopted at last generally." " The remnants of the Society of St. 'Simo nians," says the Commerce," who have confede rated with the Fourierists, have opened two lodges at Lyons. One of these is engaged in recruiting members to form a body for emigra tion to the Brazils, there to establish working colonies. The other lodge is employed in pro pagating the principles which they call Doctrine Societaire. The Magistrates, however, have been rendered suspicious and apprehensive that their meetings may end in disturbing the public peace, and, exercising the powers given bylthe laws, have ordered the lodges to be closed. This was done by the police on the ;23d ult." The Journal des Debats states that a consider able number of Parisian manufacturers, who are affected by the late increase of duty imposed on their manufactures by the German Customs union, are to assemble in Paris on Wednesday, _ _ _ _ :o concert measures to avoid or diminish the ef- feet of this augmentation of the German tariff. The same journal, which generally represents the opinions of the Government, makes the fol lowing remarks on the war with China:— It is evident that the Chinese, notwithstanding their antipathy for foreigners, know how to adopt the pro gress which has been realised by other nations. Doubtlessly it will require a long time for them to be in a state to contend successfully with the troops of Europe • but it will require perhaps a longer time for the English to obtain such an influence over the mind of the people as to induce them to submit with resig nation to their conquerors. Wherever the English establish themselves, and whatever concessions they may make with a view of conciliating the population, there is an immediate blank, not only of the inhabi tants, but of every thing else. The Chinese remove their property, their furniture, and their provisions, and in a few weeks the English are left without re sources.ln the fertile island of Chusan, which was so well cultivated,and of which Lord Jocelyn has drawn'sopleas ing a picture, the English garrison who passed the win ter of 1840 literally died of hunger. Upon the little island of Kou-long-sou, at a quarter of a league from the rich and populous town of Amoy, the English garrison are obliged to draw provisions from the river of Canton, Hong-Kong, and Macao. At Ningpo, a town of from two to three hundred thousand inhabi tants, a garrison of 800 men have been unable to secure a supply of provisions either by force or money. The troops were nearly starved when they received the order of evacuation. 'Whatever may be the facility with which the. English have hitherto triumphed over the Chinese on the field of battle, it is not probable that the war will be soon over. Are we to expect that English perseverance will at length become weary of so many useless but expensive vic tories, or that the genius of Europeans will at length make a breach in part of the world which has been so long impenetrable, and unfold to view the secrets of that extraordinary civilisation which for so many centuries has kept the third part of the human species in a state of existence incomprehensible to the rest of mankind ?" BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 15... 119 15... 118 90... 118 90 4% per Cents 106 ... 106 ... 106 ... 106 Four per Cents 101 90... 101 90 .. 101 90... 101 90 3 per Cents 80 35... 80 35... 80 25... 80 25 Bank of France 3270 ...3270 ...3270 .. 3270 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1055 —3055 ...1055 5,000 f 5080 ...5080 ...5080 ...5080 Belgian Bank BO5 ... 805 ... 805 ... 805 1841 lO6O ...1060 —lO6O ...1060 Belgian Fives lO3l 103 a ... 103% ... 1033 1840.... 104% ... 1041 ... 1043 ... 104% Spanish Active 22% ... 22% ... 221 ... 224 Passive Portuguese Fives 32% ... 321 ... 32/ ... 321 Roman, ex div. 104% ... 1041 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain 845 ... 845 ... 845 ... 845 Versailles, L.B 92 50... 92 50... 88 75... 88 75 Rouen Orleans. 587 50... 587 50... 586 25... 566 25 Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 206 25... 205 ... 206 25 AN OLD OFFICER OF TILE CORPORATION RE STORED.-It is said that Sir Robert Peel had a higher object in view at the Lord Mayor's dinner than merely to exhibit, in these times o peril and failure, his own condescending courtesy to the citizens. He wished to encourage them to restore an ancient officer of the Corporation, and so try if they could not bring back the good old times of prosperity and security. He enacted the part, too, in order to show how much could be made of it in able hands. Uncivil Radicals in the City, therefore, rudely name him " the Lord Mayor's jester, or Alderman Humphery's fool." He had an excellent clown, they say, in Lord Stan ley, whose proposition to entertain the citizens by an oratorical and harmonious duet betwixt him and Lord fohn Russell was met with roars of after-dinner ap plause. Between Sir Robert and Lord Stanley, say the citizens, the jests of Sir Wm. Curtis and the jokes , of Joe Grimaldi will soon pass into oblivion. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND %Albite 1 Z Ptilto " Who runs may read.' FONEXON. The King of 'the French visited Paris on Tuesday, to preside at a Cabinet Council. His,Majesty, after visiting the Standish Museum in the Louvre,•returned in the evening to St. Cloud.. The Paris Moniteur contains the official returns of the sinking fund during the third quarter of 1842, from which it appears that the quantity of Rentes, 4 per Cent., redeemed during that interval amounted to 111,268 E, and that of the 3 per Cents. to 670,234 E, making together 6,481,503 f. The disturbances at Drucourt, near Bernay, were at an end, and the troops dispatched to that village to restore order had been recalled. 40 individuals had been arrested, and 15 more or less dangerously wounded. This is the usual result of these outbreaks among the operatives. The amount of the contract for the first saction of the railroad from Paris to Belgium is 1,122,000 E, of which about 400,000 f. are for the cuttings and embankments; the rest is for works of art. Pascal Fabre, who was condemned to death for parricide at the Court of Assizes of Herault, was exe cuted at Montpellier on the 3d inst. He was informed of the fatal news at ten in the morning. " I knew that I should die," said he, " and my only fear is that God will not have pity on me." Atter the fatal toi lette, the cortege was put in motion, Fabre sitting calm and resigned, with his face covered with a black veil, near. the Abbe Cellier. At the foot of the scaffold the prisoner heard the sentence read without emotion, and, after having embraced the confessor, he was fixed on the guillotine. A single exclamation of " Oh, God, have mercy on me," was heard from his lips, and the knife fell. An immense crowd waa as sembled.; The Havre Journal states, that the works for the salvage of the Telemaque were progressing rapidly. It was expected that the vessel, which was then lifted to within a foot of the surface of the water, would be definitively raised on Thursday. The Cologne Gazette announces that the German Customs' Union intended to resort to reprisals against the trade of the United States. The Augsburg Gazette, of the sth inst., states, that " the object of the Prince de Joinville's voyage to the Brazils is to form a matrimouial connexion with the sister of the Emperor." We learn from Stuttgard, Nov. 1, that the Com mittee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Railroad question has decided on recommending that several lines from the capital shall be constructed at the ex pense of the State. One is to be in the western di rection towards the frontiers of Baden, and to be ex tended as far as Heilbronn ; a second, to the east and south, will pass by Ulm, and have its terminus at Friedrichshafen, on the bank of the Lake of "Con stance ; a third, from Ploehingen, will pass by Reut lingen, and will be extended to.the countries of the Upper Necker. A mechanician of a little town in Bohemia has con structed an automaton which imitates perfectly the human voice, particularly the soprano notes. It sings several difficult airs with the greatest accuracy. Shakes, runs, and chromatic scales, are all executed with surprising precision. This automaton, in sing ing, even pronounces certain words, so as to be easily understood. The inventor hopes to arrive at such a point of perfection as to bring his machine to pro nounce all the words of the best operas. A letter from St. Petcrsburgh, 28th ult., states that the Emperor, immediately on his arrival, published an ukase - declaring that all incendiaries accused of hav ing set fire to any property, are to be brought before a council of war, instead of being tried by the ordinary ,ribunals. Punzac OPINION. The Times has the following comments on a letter which appeared in the Morning Chronicle :---" There are some signatures of which people are wont to speak as noms de guerre; but there are others which in spirit, though not perhaps in law, amount to forgeries. Of this latter class is the signature appended to a letter on the late appointments in Bankruptcy and Lunacy, which was published in an Opposition paper of Wed nesday, with the subscription, ' A Retired Judge. Any reader, seeing those words at the foot of a lette about legal appointments, and not himself possessing the little, the very little, acquaintance with the pro fession which would suffice to satisfy him that the letterwriter is wholly, utterly, and ridiculously igno rant of the matter he writes about, would suppose that the Retired Judge' must be some eminent and venerable person, who having, in his prime of life, administered justice in some of the Courts of West minster-hall, had now retreated to the repose of privacy, and was proving his gratitude to his liberal country by endeavouring to protect her judgment seats from the approaches of the unworthy. The reader, defrauded into this conjecture, would he able to find but one individual answering the descrip tion assumed ; for the Lords Brougham, Cottenham, and Campbell, though they are not now in possession of office, most certainly do not regard themselves as having retired from it. There remains, therefore, we believe, only one person whom the signature would fit; and it is hardly possible to conceive a grosser libel on that truly learned and estimable man, than to have written him into the false position of being supposed for a single moment to be the author of this remarkably gross and dull invective against some of the most respectable gentlemen in the profession of the law. If a scribbler has an impulse upon him to put forth some left-handed, thick-headed, illegitimate lucubration, and wants a name to tack to his non sense, let him suit himself from the common sources, with some such appropriate designation as Sccevola, or Crassus, or Spurius ; but let him not vouch his venom with a signature which can be ascribed but to one man, and that a man of knowledge, understand ing, and manners." We quote the following remarks from the Post:— "Commerce is a prodigious creator of wealth: com merce has been a mighty engine to make Britain the richest of nations. What we owe to commerce it were idle to descant on. All that its warmest wor shippers claim for it we readily admit, and say, that without its aid England would not be at this day the fizemost of first-rate Powers—without its aid there would not exist in this country the heaped-up hoards of limitless affluence, at which foreigners gaze in mute amazement. And yet in this fair land, teeming with the golden fruits of commercial enterprise, hived ' with its men, by tens of thousands, who have gained fortunes in traffic, we hear of the despair and destitu tion of millions—of the millions but:for whose industry the fortunes would not have been gained, nor the commercial enterprise enabled to work to its objects. Whence is this ? It is not that the State is poorer—not that our wealth has left us. We are richer now—there is more of the luxury of opulence amongst us, than at any previous epoch of our his tory. But millions of the people are physically dis tressed, morally depraved—are unfitted and indis posed for the duties of Christians, of good subjects and citizens. In a Christian land the people in myriads are unchristianised. In a land once famed for the loyalty and contentedness of its inhabitants, the plaints of destitution and the clamours of disaffection ring ceaselessly in the ears of the great. We can point to a cause of this. It is the mistake made by us in act ing as if men's passions—their avarice, their selfish ness, their ambition, and vanity—May be left to right themselves—to cure, of their own accord, any mis chief they may have inflicted on the members of the community against whose material comforts they were brought to bear." The Herald, speaking of the present high price of bread observes :—" Legislative interference to regu late retail prices is a most hazardous experiment ; and though there might have been most powerful reasons against the abolition of the Assize of Bread, those ar guments will, we fear, be found inapplicable as justi fying the re-imposition of that mode of regulating the cost of the quartern loaf. The attention of the richer and well-doing to their bakers' bills would have a powerful influence on the price charged to the poor man ; if the head of every respectable family would refuse to pay Bd. or 9d. a loaf when 7d, is a remunerating price, his poorer and humbler neighbour would be very much obliged to him. For so long as the wealthy will submit to high prices, the poor must, and whenever a family consents to use adulterated or badly-made bread, it causes scores of its inferiors in point of station to oonsume a baked compost wholly devoid of nutrition, if not positively unwholesome. Although then doubts may be entertained as to the wisdom of re-establish ing an Assize of Bread, it is we suggest most desir able that every authentic meals be afforded both to the rich and the poor of contrasting the average prices of bread and flour with the average price of wheat, and this could be very easily accomplished by extending the machinery now used for collecting returns of the sale of grain. The publication of such comparative statistics weekly or monthly in every town where there is a corn market would bring under the notice of its wealthier inhabitants any excessive charge for bread or flour—and the knowledge thereof would soon reduce the excess to moderate profits." The Chronicle says :—" Sir Robert Peel has once more publicly proclaimed his adhesion to the princi ples of Free-trade. The object of our policy,' he said, at the Guildhall banquet, is to encourage the demand for labour, and to extend the commercial prosperity of the country.' Significant words !—We trust, that in the Prime Minister's mouth they are full of meaning. We hope that they are the index • finger, pointing not so much to the past as to the future—not so much to the results of the last session, as to what is projected or projecting for the one that is coming. kor assuredly to rest satisfied with what . he has done, is but to cross the Rubicon, aid then to COURT CIRCULAR. - His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Colonel Jones, arrived at his residence at Kew on Thursday- afternoon, from a visit to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, at Canford House, Dorset shire. His Royal Highness visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, yesterday, and in the afternoon returned to Kew. The Committee on Education of the Lords of her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council had a meeting at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Colonial-office. The Lords present were—Lord Wharncliffe, the Lord President ; the Duke of Buc cleuch, Lord Privy Seal ; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and the Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade. Their Lordships sat two hours. The Earl of Lincoln visited Sir Robert Peel yes terday at his official residence in Downing-street. GREENHI THE PIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUI. Mr. Charles Bayly's compliments to the Edi tor of The Evenino . Sun, and, as a Director of the Greenhithe Pier Company, he begs to correct an error which occurs in the notice of the opening of the Pier, contained in The Sun of the sth instant, in respect of the names of the engineers who have designed and executed the work. Those names should have been Messrs. Birch, and not Bush—the gentleman con nected with the " Light of All Nations" having nothing to do with this Pier. Mr. Bayly, therefore, trusts that the Editor will correct the mistake, as a measure of justice to Messrs. Birch, to whom alone any merit attached to this structure is due. Knockholt Lodge, near Greenhithe, Nov. 11. [The error must have been committed by the printer mistaking "Bush" for "Birch."—ED. Sun.] THE NEW OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES.—The appoint ments of the country Official Assignees in Bankruptcy are now filled up, and the Chief Justice in Bankruptcy has been employed during the last two or three days in perfecting the securities, which by the Act of 5 and Victoria is rendered necessary. The following are among the appointments made :—Mr. W. Whitmore, the late banker, Mr. J. Christie (Birmingham) ; Mr. Pott, Mr. Freeman, Mr. Acraman of Bristol, Mr. Morgan, also of Bristol, Mr. Hutton,_ son of the cele brated ilutton, the accountant, Mr. Follett, Mr. Bid dlestone, Mr. Valpy, Mr. Fraser, Mr. G. Cazenove, and Mr. C. Turner (Liverpool). These appointments are said to give satisfaction in the City. There is every reason to believe that the Judgeship in the Court of Review, vacant by the death of Sir John Cross, will not be filled up. THE PALACE AT BRIGHTON.—No official informa tion has yet been received as to the precise time when her Majesty will visit Brighton, but we have reason to believe that we shall be honoured with the presence of her Majesty and her Royal Consort very shortly. The alterations at the Palace, which have been very extensive, are DOW approaching completion, and we understand that the carpenters' work will be finished this week. Dr. Reid has again been down to super intend the ventilation, but has recently returned to London. Pipes - fOr hot and cold air have been carried over the roofs of the Palace. The whole of the works are in a state of great forwardness ; goods are daily arriving, and everything indicates an early visit of the Court. —Brighton Paper. ACCIDENT AT BUCKINGHAM PALAcE.—Yesterday morning a dreadful accident occurred at Buckingham Palace. A man, named Martin Dirkin, aged 48, was employed on a scaffolding in front of the entrance to the gates of the Palace, when his foot slipped, and he was precipitated to the ground about twenty feet. He was picked up by his fellow-workmen and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he was attended by the house surgeon, who found that he had sustained a fracture of several ribs, and a con cussion of the brain, besides other internal injuries. The unfortunate man, who resides at 20, Little Wild street, Drury-lan e , has a wife and family, who de pended upon him f or support. THE QUEEN'S VISIT.—Some surprise has been ma fasted that such a situation as Walmer Castle, on a flat coast exposed to the east, should be shosen as a sejour at this season of the year—a more dreary, cold, and unattractive place in the dark days of November could not be found, however pleasant it may be as a ma rine retreat in the sunny days of Midsummer. Greatly then as the loyal and curious people of Kent may rejoice at the presence of " a real live Queen" among them, they cannot much admire the taste and judgment of her advisers in this respect—they can only hope that unusually fine weather may show off the place to the best advantage and preserve the august family from " colds, coughs, sore throats," and other seasonable ailments, which regal and plebeian frames are alike heirs to.—Kent Herald. The Commission of Assembly meets in Edinburgh on Wednesday the 16th, and the General Convocation of Ministers on Thursday the 17th.—Scotch Paper. Loss OF THE RicAano.—Extract from a letter of a passenger in the Ellenborough, Captain Close, ar rived at Calcutta We had to witness the calami tous catastrophe, the loss of the ship Ricardo, which was in company with us the day before, and next day struck on a sand bank and swamped. Out of thirty men on board her our boats were enabled to save but twenty, the other poor fellows being drowned or 1 seized by alligators before they could be resued," remainhalting irresolute on its banks ; it is to incur the imputation of imbecility as well as that of treachery. Or, if a homelier illustration will better indicate his position, he may remember, that between two stools-.—but the proverb is somewhat musty. ".The new Corn-law and the tariff are not sufficient for the all-important pur pose of encouraging the demand for labour, and ex tending the commercial prosperity of the country.' The new Corm law has diminished agricultural pro tection, and will permit more foreign grain to be brought into the country ; but it does it in such a way as to convert, even in the very act of its operation, the benefit into an injury. The tariff does' not em brace all the weighty and important articles of con sumption, and in its present state it interferes very Much with the demand for labour,' without mate really extending the commerce of the country.' .Sir Robert Peel has yet work to do, before he can claim for his policy the high merit of complete success." MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. During the 193 years that the mines of Almaden have been conducted on account of the Spanish Go vernment, there have been 55,000,000/. sterling worth of silver, coined and uncoined, brought into circula tion in the markets of Europe. Out of the yearly produce, not more than a fourth part of it, amounting to about 180,0001., is available in the shape of revenue to the Spanish Government, after the payment of all expenses. A depth has now been attained of nearly 800 feet in the seventh, or deepest level of the works, where the ore presents no apparent alteration in quality, or diminution in breadth, of the immense veins in which it is contained. The nail-trade at Worcester gets in a still worse state, and some of the masters have further reduced their wages 10 per cent. A meeting of the proprietors of the Bolivar Mining Association took place on Thursday in Throgmorton street, when it was stated that the proceeds of the sale of the cargoes of copper ore which had, and were to arrive, would be sufficient to clear off the liabilities, though without leaving anything in the shape of surplus. ECCLESIASTICAL. The appointment of the Rev. Charles Lawson to the Archdeaconry of Barbadoes, has occasioned a vacancy in the office of Morning Preacher at the Foundling ; the election for which takes place on Wednesday next, the 16th inst. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The project of building a bridge across the Thames, from the stairs adjoining Lambeth Palace to the Horseferry-road, is now fully expected to be carried out. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Marquis of Westminster are understood to he favourable to the project, and have promised to give it their support when the Bill is brought forward in the House. LAW AND POLICE. John Harper and Henry Field, young men, were yesterday charged at Marylebone, with stealing pro perty in cash, jewellery, &c., to a considerable amount from the house of Mr. Kennedy, in Portman-place, Edgeware-road. Evidence was gone into, and they were ordered to he brought up on Monday next, with Joyce, another prisoner, who participated. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Experiments have been recently made on board the Lightning steam-vessel, with M. Clement's sillometer, marine thermometer, and steam-thermometer, and the Lords of the Admiralty have ordered him to receive 2001. in the meantime, and the machinery has been ordered to be deposited at Woolwich. MISCELLANEOUS. The following shows the latest elections to the office of Mayor in the towns and boroughs of the provinces. Beverley : J. M. Robinson, Esq., Liberal. Birming ham : Alderman J. James, screw-manufacturer. Bos ton : W. H. Adams, Esq. Devonport : Mr. Smith, Tory. Gravesend : Mr. Alderman Munns, Liberal. Lancaster : J. Dunn, Esq., Tory, re-elected. Liver pool : R. Gladstone, Esq., brother of the Secretary of the Board of Trade. Oxford: Alderman J. Wyatt, carver and gilder. Southampton, Mr. Mayne, Libe ral. Stockport : the Reform candidate elected, Weymouth : Arthur W. Horsford, Tory. Worces ter : Alderman J. Lilly. The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, generally occupies the fine marine re sidence of Walmer Castle from two to three months in the year, visiting the Kentish coast upon the pro rogation of Parliament, usually in August, and re maining till the middle of November. In the summer of 1822, William IV., a short time before he ascended the throne, accompanied by his illustrious consort, the present Queen Dowager, resided for some time at the Castle. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - - - _ LONDON, Nov. 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. light airs and cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 10.—Wind, S.W., fresh.. Put back al the outward bound. Arrd._ Dorothy, Rio Janeiro. ... WORKINGTON, Nov. 9.—lt blew - Very strong last night until four this afternoon, veering S.S.W. to W., but is now moderate. The Mary Wilson and Per severance, Pearce, in entering the harbour got ashore behind the Garthe, and it is expected they will remain till next spring tide, but will not receive much damage. OFF LOWESTOFFE, Nov. 10.—Nelly, Hogg, very leaky, and has taken extra hands. YARMOUTH ROADS, Nov. 10.—Arrd. Nautilus, of Scarborough, with loss of anchors, having been in contact with the John Lees, of Newcastle. PORTSMOUTH, trOV. 10.—Wind, S.W., strong and squally.—Arrd. Ann Eliza, Cook , St. Domingo, in fifty-nine days, and sailed for Cowes; Thomas Naylor, Casay, Havannah for Rotterdam ; Graziade, Long lich, Trieste, sailed Ist ult. Arrd. off, Manchester, Hamburgh for Newfoundland. TORBAY, Nov. 9.—Arrd. Chatham, Tendon for Sydney ; Eagle, Dare, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind S.S.W., strong gales.—Arrd. Artetnis, Golding, Moulmein, sailed May 31, and from:St. Helena, Aug. 31, lost head, cu twater, &c. ; Ellida, Inel, Monte Video, for Ant werp, sailed Aug. 16 ; Prowler, Stork, Labrador, sailed 14th ult.; Dee steamer, Plymouth for West Indies. DOVER, Nov. 10.—Arrd. Elise, Louise, for Bahia. SCILLY, Nov. 1 TO B.—Arrd. Prince, Lumsden, and St. Nicholas, Morgan, Quebec; Zorilda, Brian, St. Domingo; Chase, Smyrna, for Plyinouth, with loss of sails, &c. ; Elvira, Saker, Patras ; Lydia, Bruton, Bombay. LONDONDERRY, Nov. 7.—Arrd. Londonderry, Si. John's, New Brunswick. SWANSEA, Nov. 9.—Arrd. Sir J. L. Goldsmid, and Circassian, Wilson, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.— Arrd. Nestor, Calcutta—sailed from Ascension Sep. 7. Sld. Lintin, Bombay ; Charlotte and Kathleen, Africa. Arrd. off, Clyd, and Ward, Chipman, Bom bay; Eliza Kellick, St. Domingo; Scotland, New York. The Margaret Marshall, hence to London derry, was abandoned in the Channel lately, crew saved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Sefton Park Lodge ; Thurs., Callington New Bridge-101. Sir W. M. Stanley's hds., Tues., Arrow Hall-11. Mr. Atty's hds., Tues., lardwick ; Sat., Bryn y Pys. Shropshire hds., Mon., Nurlton ; Wed., Ateham Bridge ; Fri., High Ercal —lOl. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Dinedor Mill-10. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Cranfield; Thurs., Penissa Fluid Toll bar-10. Wheatland hds., Wed.,Lodge Coppice-9. Ludlow hds., Wed., Gately ; Sat., Clee Hill-10. Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Bodynfal Hall ; Fri., Myfod Hill-104. Mr. Tudway's hds., Tues., Alfred's Tower ; Thurs., Long Cross ; Sat., Chewton Gate. Mr. G. Nottage's hrs., Mon., Fryan Comnion ; Fri., Winford-10. Mr. Candler's hds., Mon., the Cliffey ; Wed., Witley ; Fri., Himbleton-104. Mr. Wall's hrs., Tues., Kingston-,104.• •.' United Pack, l'ed„ More's Green-8. Albrighton Hunt, Mon., Woodcote ; Thurs., Stretton: Sat., Kennels-101. Mr. Robertson's hds., Mon., Nesbit Whin ; Wed., Earle Whin; Fri., Longridge; Sat., Mindrum Mill-104. Quorn hds., Mon., Kilby Wharf ; Tues., Quorndon House; Thurs., 13arkby Hall; Fri., W idmerpool Inn-111. Brighton hars. ' Mon., Thunders Barrow . ; Wed., Patcham ; Fri.. Dyke. Brookside hars., . Mon., Newmarket-hill; Thurs., Telscombe Tye. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., White-hall •, Wed., War den Village ; Fri., Wrestlingworth Turnpike-10i. Norfolk hds., Mon., Ryburgh-bridge ; Wed., Melton Constable ; Fri., Bawdeswcll-104. Sir Robert Peel has honoured Mr. Martin, the historical painter, by nominating his eldest son to the ppointment of a Supernumerary Surveyor of Taxes. It is rumoured that should the weather continue favourable, the Court will remain at Walmer for a month or six weeks. The public will be sorry to hear thet Captain Basil Hall, R.N., whose literary and professional eminence are so widely known, and who lately arrived in this country from the Mediterranean, is still in a con dition of mind and body the most painful to contem , plate—the result, we are informed of a Syrian fey: which was not attended to in time. Capt. Hall is lc present at the Naval Hospital at Haslar. LONGEVITY.--A Correspondent writes, that some short time ago, he was invited to spend a day with Isaac Thompson, Esq., formerly of London, indigo merchant, but now resident in the village of Newton, in the county of Cumberland, where he had the plea sure of taking tea with Mr. T.'s grandmother, Mary Nicholson, aged 98 years ; his mothet Mrs. Thomp son, aged 78 years ; and his uncle, Mr. John Nichol son, aged 86 years. Mr. Nicholson had lived in his native village since his birth, following the occupation of tilling his paternal estate. THE LATE MR. SERGRANT SPAILNRIE.—We are requested to state that the late eminent barrister was not married to a Miss Manning, as stated in The Sun, but to Miss Euphemia Inglis, daughter of the late John Inglis, Esq., an eminent London merchant, and many years a Director of the East India Company. -,.~:. , MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The Market for the English Funds was steady up to the close, but not quite so buoyant. There was some demand for money, and as much as 5 per cent. was paid in particular instances for temporary loans. Consols for present transfer realised 9 4 to 941, and for Time 944 to 4. Exchequer Bills were 59 to 61 pre mium ; the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stocks rather improved, the New being at 1011 to 1014 ; the• R educed 1004 to 1003 ; Bank Stock was steady at 172 ' to 1721; and India Stock advanced to 259 1. - ' The bona fate and interest paying Foreign Bonds were supported this afternoon at steady prices, but the other and more speculative bonds closed a shade against the sellers. Spanish Actives were 173 and t, and the Three per Cents. were depressed at 211- Portuguese New Fives were not higher than 3 8 4; the Converted receded to 323, and the Old Fives were dull at 58. Mexican Stock ranged only 33 to 32:1-; Colombian were heavy at • 21; *Buenos Ayres realised 213; and Peruvian 173; Brazi lian were fir e a shade better, being at 64 ; Belgian Bonds were m at 102 to 1021; Austrian at 1111; and Dutch Fiv per Cents. at 1004 to 100 k. from There were not many bargains in Shares sub.se- , quent to our morning report, and those concluded •'. were at prices a trifle lower, being these :—Birmingliran and Gloucester New were 51; Bristol and Exeter, • 25 ; and South Eastern and Dover, 273 discount , . • ' Great 'Western, 19 ; New ditto, 111; and Paris and • , ' '1- . 0 Rouen, 24 prem. We cannot notice any improvement in the rates a which bills are negotiated upon the prigeipal conti nental cities. On the contrary, they were even a = shade lower this afternoon, being 12 54 on' Amster- dam ; 12 44 on Antwerp; 13 114 on Hamburgh 1-. - • - 25 80 to 85 on Paris ; 1513 lon Frankfo rt, an. . 4 ' 9 581 on Trieste. . .0 (From The Sun of Last Night.) The accounts received from the Liverpool Cotton - - Market are this morning again favourable, a brisk -.:' '':, demand having existed again yesterday, and the s ales . having been as high as 6,000 bales. The trade too k the whole of this, and at an average advance nearly;,, ,i; of 3d. per lb.—The Railway . Shares were dull, and ,t , '' - ' Y:: very few sales were elected. Eastern Counties, De" bentures, 104; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 461 ; Gr eet • Western, Fifths, 8 ; Lancaster and Preston, 291 ; Pa South Eastern New, 173. , . The colonisation scheme in Belgium continue s to excite much attention and controversy, four out of the six Commissioners sent to inquire into the capabilities of Central America having made a favourable re p o rt while two have given in statements rather against the project, though acknowledging the eligibility of„t port of St. Thomas, and the fertility of the soil. -`,."; .. Belgians have in view as much the establishtne nt °'- new outlet for their trade, as of a settlement for t heir surplus population, and if the Governinen t h ,„ 34ti te P , flea itself of the nature of the c :; s r ed and the prospects for emigrants, probably theue, s i n ends may be answered, though for any eountrY'.. a . in the case of England, to attempt settlemen" to foreign countries, when such vast colonies are o p en it, seems unwise as well as unnecessary. fi ties The arrangement of the British Queen -''from affair is stated in the accounts received to-daY o f Antwerp to be not quite so positive as the , le t is the Consul would lead parties to infer, and : f l ie r thought not to be clearly defined IviL e " d merely the port dues, or both these an d , the Customs' charges, are henceforth t° ' the remitted on , all Belgian vessels entering _....- rs ports of the United States. The Antwerp Prbe placed justly cont en d upon its s that former everything in this respect mu st. footing, before complete saus. , faction can be said to have been obtained. ~..,. has ,':: It may be expedient to notice a statement tut . ' be _ -,-,, been circulated on the Continent, emanating, lv e t :• c i, 0s lieve, in the first instance from Paris, but for ' 4ll " i r ,. ...IL we think there is really not the least f°°" s , dation, viz., that the English have taken , P ° O . session of Fernando Po, which place they C O '! deavoured, it is asserted, to secure' •108 P mint, in lieu of a claim upon the Spanish Governlne_i and that the latter have found it necessary to fit v r `,',. a ship of war to resist our aggressions. Asa n ot ~o marked, however, one ship of war would be j. ld e , r defence if sanpyainwould be in the co-operation realdanger existed, eandpetrliaetiheensou f , t he guard to other European Powers. I to. There is, we hear, rather an improved dernarn. 0 . day for money in the City for commercial opera tio ssie , The funds remain very iirm, notwithstand in g, ° a bout ' of. Consols has been made to the a mount 01 .„ 0 1101,' 50,0001. The price for the Account, which r i . per 941 early in the morning, was only depres s being cent. by this large amount of st'j c ," „ for ... thrown upon the Market. The brol`e — at h e r , the Commissioners of Savings' Banks took rather the Commissioners of Savings' Banks tO OI r nl oTe under. 5,0001. Consols, which infused r rat her spirit into the market. Consols for Money ae now Il i. quoted at 94/ ; the Three per Cent. Reduced AL, ties have advanced to 944 ; the New T hree-a lx , Half per Cents. to 1011. The premium upon has chequer Bills is again up to 61s. Bank Stock ' O , receded a trifle, having been sold at 172, but it isi l ,„ ° k ' worth. 1724. India Stock has risen from 259 to P"; 4; There is scarcely any movement to notice ia ,- Foreign Stocks to-day. Spanish Consols are 11 , e3 ,;;; at 173 for the Account, the settling-day for whi c- , fixed for the 15th inst. ; and the New Three p e r Cep' s ' have just realised 213. The Converted P orteg V: Bonds have been quoted at 321, Dutch Fives at ; I' , l the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 521 ,i, Be l g' l3ll 1024, Mexican at 33, and Buenos Ayres at 211• th i s For the Railway Shares the demand is flat : rt b morning. The Birmingham and Gloucester are 11 ;o; 59 discount; the Eastern Counties, 144 d iic ateat the Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3 discount; the an d Western New, 113 premium ; the Lo ndon Brighton, 15 discount; the Midland Counties, u. 14 Drel l ' ' discount ; the Northern and Eastern Scrip, . 4 ..,, oti th- Paris and Rouen, 23 premium ; and the. ' ••t. Eastern and Dover, 274 discount. The value of j° ,1 113 0, Stock Bank Shares remains the same as Ye ster ;4d not a single bargain in them having been repo to-day. „ 0 -,,,, 10. --- MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, -,-` -' • days There has been rather more business doing t°",ions without much alteration'in prices. Our trans_a_7,„o. are—Eastern Counties, New, 101. 35.; tures, 10-4 • London and Birmingham; 1811 ;I,elleits' field and Manchester, 30 ; Manchester and soo . Quarters, 44; North Midland, Thirds, 20 i chester Assurance, 91. ls. 6d. CLOSING PRICES. •'' BRITISH FUNDS. '24 Rank Stock .172 India Stock:••• ........ ...-:.„ 3 per Cent. Red. ....,... 93k Ditto Bonds ....... ....• ..,. , Ditto, V . 1 . - e r. 3 per Cent. Cons.... 9.ik Ditto Old Annuities ••• ....; 34 per Cent. Red......... 104 Ditto New Ann itlet•• 6 1 plo New 34 per Cent .. .lold Ex. Bills, 1,:.."". ". 6 9 _ 13 , 0 N.nc 5 per Cen: — Ditto 5001....... 311,.,1'"- Long Annuities to expire Ditto Swell ...Irn Jan. 1860 Oct.. 1859 Jan. 1560 l2 11-16 Consols for Acct. • .... FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per centFOREIGN .... 1114 Portuguese, 5 per eet ........• ' Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 Ditto, New Ditt,o ... .t ' ... .. ,„.. Brazilian Bonds... 64 Prussian , 5 p er cell •.. Buenos Ayres6 percent . 214 Russian, 5 Ee l eell ..... ~s. Chaim, 6 per cent. Ditto, Metauic .... T . ... 1 , x Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, b per o n • ' , ' Ditto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred•••• ..:f. --e. Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 French, b per cent. c -.4. Danish, 3 per :ent Exchange ......... .. . -...-., ....r„ Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — French, 3 per eei.; .;... . 0 Mexican, 5 per cent 324 Dutch, 21 per c en .- ',.. I • Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 — Ditto, 5 per cen'• "' Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct 174 SHARES. n n p) 4 1 0 I Birmingham and Gloucester Realm,' ("" ' 1 " Ditto New Shares (171 paid) ......... •• 45 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .•»••••• ..• '' 81 Eastern Counties (23 paid)... .. ............ ..• j ai Ditto Debentures ................ 47 ( paid) ..•• '" Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 pa id) .. ... 144 GreatiWestern; (6 5 paid) .... • ... .. ... ... ..... 6i i Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid) . ............. 3b . London and Brighton ( 50 paid).. ..... .. .. ioi Ditto Loan Notes ( 10 paid) ••• ........ bi London and Blackwall ( paid) •••:••• 66 Midland Counties Railway (100 IWO . ...... ...- Northern and Eastern (45 paid) .......... " 61 Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) ................. .. ... 01 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ........ ...... ...., ~. South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ......... r7l Ditto Scrip (20 paid) .................... ...._ ..„. COURSE OF EXCHANGE— (PEST ERIV" 46 Amsterdam CF.I2 9 Gibraltar... ••• .......... 30 g Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... ...2 U l2 Ili Genoa ... ............... .... ; 12 8 Milan . ....... .. ....... 1; Antwerp......... Hamburgh M. B. 13 14i 'Venice ................. ... r i Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon . ................ . fa' Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro ............... :f.,, Frankfort on Maine 1514 Bahia ..... .. ............ ''''''_ I'etersburgh, 3 Us. Berlin.. Vienna, enc. 11. 3 141 lO -1 Philadelphia ..... .. ....... _ A oil. Trieste, ditto lO 2 Tawas or sta,r,iox‘t3ll7, ip Madrid ... Cadiz 364 Portugal Gold Cot . .. „ a Bilbao i n . t 4 ' 91 36 New Dollars.... .... :; 4 111 Barcelona • 3 6 Silver in Bars... I Seville -........ 'er. -D- ---- --- BANK OF ENGLAN_ Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and to Assets to of'''. Bank of England, from the 13th day of August, the 9th ell of November, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABIL ITIES. ASSICTS. 000 X 2. i OM Circulation 9, 072,000 Bu llion ..• Deposits ~. ...... ... ....... 9,'" - ----- I 011723,000 £•28,975, 000 Downing-street, Nov. 10, 1 - - GUNPOWDER PLOT.—Saturday was the greet u ... 4 " of November, the day which some years ago wr looked forward to with the greatest anxiety by t h e youthful generation. Now, however, " the light o other days" is completely put out• W did not see, one bonfire, or one piece of fireworks. poor G l l police and a bad name have caused your dowdal ior ever I—Nyttingham Review. ;: > , ..~ ~• ~.. -~ do e Che , ~c in t;r ' --.!.. to t e , be