The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-14 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, OCT. 12. MEZEMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 61; Noon, 60 BAROMETER, 293.—Wwn, S.W. aca freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is tviaally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 51 minutes after 2 f Evening ... 18 minutes after 3 SIRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Immediately, in 3 vole., post Svo., OUNG LOVE. By 3LRS. TROLLOPE. Authoress of " The Vicar of Wrexhill," " The Widow Barnaby," &c. Also now ready, at all the Libraries, 1. ARTHUR ARUNDEL. A Tale of the English Revolution. By the Author of " Brambletye House," &c. 3 vols. 2. PARSONS and WIDOWS. By the Author of "Peter Priggins." &c. 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Act!, entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Berrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Devilsboof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. Zonrad, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu ; Medora, Miss Clara Webster ; Une Vivandiere, Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, Male. Adele Dumilatre. The Box•otttoe is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be repe4ted Vanbrugk's Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY. . . - • Adapted to the present Period. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Strickland, W. Farren, Buckstone, and C. Mathews, Madame Vestris, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. E. Yarnold, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. Glover. After which, will be produced a New Comic Drama, founded on Don Caesar de Baran, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews; Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone. entitled THE IHI JIBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckilone , Sans Shindy, )lr. Strickland; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls Swhich may be retained the whole of the Even ing), se. each. First Price—Boxes 58 ; Pit, es. ; Gallery, 2 5 . ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—B , xes, as ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Doors opened at Half-past Six, Pei formance commence at seven. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be performed an entirely New Drama, entitled CAESAR DE BAZ AN ; or, Love and Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Cea4ar de B .zan, Mr. Webster ;Maratina, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX N D THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. ti To conclude with FOREIGN AFFAIRS • or, The Court of Queen Anne. St. Louis, Madame Celeste ; aurtall, Mr. Hudsen ; Baron, Mr. Wright; Baroness, Mrs. Yates; Lady Bell, Miss Woolgar. ProMpter, Mr. Galbt ; Principal Painter, Mr Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-o.iiLe open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST V ELT. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MA DDOX. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be perform d THE SY KEN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Walton, C. Horn, Jun., Laller, Aller,and Nau. To be followed by a new Divertisstment, called fhe SLAVE MARKET, in which M. J. Rouser, Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mdlle. Teresice, Mr. Gilbert, and Miss Marshall will appear. To conclude ,ith THE LOST LETTER. Sage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, -18. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, N. tid. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ,• Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Hal f. Doors to be opened at Half pnst Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA_ HOUSE. Uader the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 11, Will be performed the Comic Scene, called 0 UTGENERALED. or, a Hint to Bachelors. Charles Stanley, Mr. F. Vining; Mrs. Ilartley, Miss Walcott. To be followed by an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley ' Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Weolli tge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Mr or James, &c., &c. After which, an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters I , y Mr. Keeley, Mr. Wigan, Miss Walcott, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. W. Collier Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF At)MlSSlON.—Balcony Boxes, 4,.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s.*; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons), o Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea• The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be performed Lord Byron's Equestrian and Dramatic Spec tacle of MAZEPPA, AND THE WILD HORSE, with all its Original Effects. New Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with THE BLOOD-RED KNIGHT; or, The War. runs of Palestine. Acting and stagewrimager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessens in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith, DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be repeater, a New Military Drama, entitled THE EVE OF BATTLE. Supported by the whole Company, with New Scenery and Splendid Appointments. After which, the Wonderful Performances of the CHIABINI FAMILY on the Corde Elastique. To conduce with PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box- Ake, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Wilt be performed VENICE PRESERVED. Pierr', Mr. Gra ham; Jatfier, Mr. James Bennett; Belvidere. Mrs, W. West. After which, BLUE DEVILS, in which Mr. Dale and Miss Ha. milton will perform. To conclude with MIDAS. ApoPo, Miss Louisa Lyons. Private Family Boxes, XI ls. Od. and XI I le. 6d. Marvin :Ant LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1844. The reply of Louis PHILIPPE to the address of the Corporation of London, delivered on Saturday, will be read with great satisfaction by every Briton, and we believe, also, by the great body of the French nation. It will, of course, offend the war party, for everything the KING does or says offends them ; but it abounds with so much good sense, good feeling, and incontrovertible truths, that it must carry conviction to every impartial mind. Its importance will be felt, not only by Englishmen and Frenchmen, but by the whole world. Peace between England and France is a pledge for universal peace. There may be partial collisions and battles among the minor States-- France may have recourse to force to protect her Algerine possessions—Russia may carry on war against the Circassians, and England may be compelled to interfere with some of the States bordering on her Indian dominions ; but these have mere the semblance of family broils than war. They do not obstruct com merce or civilisation, they excite only a partial inte rest, while a war between the two greatest nations of Europe would, in a few weeks or months, change the whole commercial policy of the world. Thousands would be thrown out of employment, or compelled to enlist in armies formed for mutual destruction ; the capital engaged in many vast undertakings would be lost ; countries, overrun by hostile and ferocious soldiers, would become a prey to rapine and murder ; and when the tragic scene was brought to a close, universal joy would succeed, and the rational portion of mankind wonder at the folly and madness of kings and statesmen. With a firmness and boldness, considering the spirit of many of his people, which, perhaps, is unequalled in the history of sovereigns, Louis Pimarra has staked his political existence on the maintenance of an honourable peace. It is not peace at any price, is the insulting cry of the National and the Constitutionnel. Never was such a cowardly sentiment entertained by the KING or his Minister, for the best of all reasons, because they know France would not submit to any Government that would maintain peace at the expense of, national honour. Disregarding these war organs, the KING had the courage and honesty to proclaim these noble senti ments, not only to the Corporation of - London, but to the world :—" lam convinced, as you are, that peace and friendly relations be tween France and England are, for two nations made to esteem and honour each other, a source of innumerable and equal advantages. The prosecution of that good understanding is, at the same time, a pledge of peace to the world at large, and se :lures the tranquil and regular progress of civilisation, ror the benefit of all nations. I consider my co-ope ration in this holy work, under the protection of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, as the mission and the honour of my reign. Such has been the aim and the object of all my efforts, and I trust that the ALMIGHTY will crown them with success." Contrast this with a bulletin issued from head quarters after a great battle, which usually runs in these words :—" We have gained a great victory; we have killed ten thousand of the enemy ; the number of wounded exceeds twenty-five thousand; the country has been laid waste for many miles ; some rich towns have been sacked and burnt, and all but the young, the old, and the helpless, fled before our victorious army, which covered itself with glory. I regret to Say that our troops have also suffered severely, and that three of my best generals and a number of brave officers of all ranks have fallen in the action. We are busily engaged in levying contributions." This is ',he language of robbers on a grand scale; and when the NAPOLEON of peace contrasts hie reign with the NAPOLEON of war, when he reflects on the miseries which Germany and Russia, and Italy and France suffered during the bloody scenes of NAPOLEON'S career, and the peace, commercial industry, and vast national undertakings which now blear his native country, he may, without vanity, regard his reign as the most honourable and dignified in the annals cf France. Happily, the people of England coincide in his views. The three addresses presented to him from Portsmouth, Windsor, and London, all breathe the same sentiments ; and, had he time to re ceive addresses from every county, city, town, and hamlet, of Great Britain and Ireland, they would only re-echo the cry for peace and the progress of civilisa tion. The French people cannot mistake such an exhibition of public feeling ; neither can they fail to contrast the reception of Louis PHU.IPPE with that of another great Potentate who lately visited the Queen of ENGLAND. "Few now-a-days," says the Spectator, " will deny the necessity of placing a civil education within the reach of all classes who are required to obey the law, and therefore should be enabled to know what they are to obey ; few will deny that education adminis tered by the Church must be practically denied to Dissenters ; and therefore, in some shape or other, education must be attainable without the ecclesiastical accompaniments. The onus, however, lies on those who assert that secular and ecclesiastical education must go together—a task not yet performed." There is much truth in our weekly Contemporary's re mark that a system of popular instruction ad ministered by the Church, " must be practically denied to Dissenters," for it is impossible that Dis sent, holding the views it does on the subject of the Establishment, can ever permit its children to receive their education at its hands. The two parties do not merely stand aloof from, but are in direct antagonism to, each other. The dogmas which orthodoxy clings to with the most rigid tenacity, are precisely those which heterodoxy holds in the greatest abhorrence. The former maintains the expediency of a close al liance with the State as being advantageous to the interests of both; the latter repudiates such alliance as being fraught with injury to the cause of true re ligion, and tending to no worthier or more useful ob ject than increasing the influence of priestcraft. Or thodoxy, though not absolutely opposed to it, is in many instances jealous of freedom of opinion and inquiry ; whereas it is in this same freedom that heterodoxy has its foundations. The one would confine educa tion within narrow limits ; the other would have it comprehensive in its range, and conducted on enlarged principles. It is clear, then, that if the Church is to administer instruction to the masses, Dissent must keep away from its schools, and either allow its humbler and poorer children to continue in ignorance, or else instruct them in institutions of its own. But as education carried on on this system must be con fined, comparatively speaking, to the few, and cannot possibly embrace the majority of those who stand in need of it, we see no reason why the Spectator's judicious view of the ques tion should not be adopted, and popular instruction be afforded " without the ecclesiastical accompaniments." The experiment is well worth making, and none but High Church bigots could offer any objection to it ; but surely it is not the duty of Government to legis late solely-in accordance with the prejudices of these people, who, however noisy and blustering they may be, constitute, we are willing to believe, but a small [portion of the community ! The notorious failure of Sir J. GRAHAM'S Education Bill the year before last—notwithstanding, as we admitted at the time, it had some good points in it—must have con vinced him that either some such medium plan as our weekly Contemporary suggests, must be adopted, or else the great question of national instruction must be abandoned altogether, and the masses be left to shift for themselves. But this is not for an instant to be thought of. If there be one public necessity more pressing , than another—if there be one " great fact" more geneyally acknowledged than another—it is, that the people should be put in possession, with as little delay as possible, of the inestimable blessings of a sound prac tical education, adapted to their own particular wants, and the character of the age in which they live, and which hundreds of them may, perhaps, at no distant ne ss i s r -rserefir—Vcr—icrrertfer. —r►scrc • • . guarantee for national tranquillity as national educa tion. Instruct the people, as they have a right to be instructed, not in slavish accordance with this cr'eetl or that, but in the comprehensive truths of religion and mo rality, and you at once quench the blazing torch of Swing, and put an end to the midnight excesses of Cap thin Rock. Of course, however, the Post is in arms to resist the Spectator's suggestion ; and in reference to the Church's claims as sole instructress of the people, says that the only " education which will make the autho rity of the laws respected, will be one which by the cultivation of the moral faculties, shall induce not only the knowledge of virtue, but the love of it, and by the ministration of religion shall rear a race of loyal citizens, honest men, and faith ful Christians." This is perfectly true; but is the Church the only party capable of educing the moral faculties of the people, exciting in them a love of virtue, and making them good citizens and good Christians ? Cannot Dissent put in practice an equally valuable system of instruction, and educate the masses, quite as efficiently as the Church, in the sublime truths of religion and morality ? We have no patience with such one-sided bigotry as that ex hibited by our morning Contemporary, and feel assured that it will find an echo in the breasts but of few, even of his own party readers. IVe have received Madrid journals of the 4th inst. Great anxiety prevailed in the capital respecting the new measures to be proposed by the Government on the meeting of the Cortes. It was generally believed that the Cabinet would hang together till that period at least, and submit to the Chambers a plan for re constructing the Constitution, and establishing such organic laws as might seem advisable. In case the measures should be rejected they would resign in a body. The Herald° announces that the conversion of the Floating Debt into Three per Cent. Stock had been at last concluded at the rate of 40 per cent. It was believed that the publication of the two de crees for the converson of the Floating Debt and the convention with the San Fernando Bank, for the pay ment of the interests on the Three per Cents., would take place simultaneously; but the Minister of Fi nance had wished to keep the two affairs distinct, in order to avoid everything that might promote specula tion in the public funds. The Three per Cents. were done at 272, the Five per Cents. at 202, and the Coupons at 27, at 60 days. The following telegraphic dispatch announcing the arrival of the KING of the FRENCH at Windsor Castle, on Tuesday .(not Monday, as stated on Fri day), appeared in the Paris journals of Thursday : Calais, 9th of October, Four in the Afternoon.— ' Windsor, Bth, Five in the Afternoon.—The KING arrived in good health at Windsor at two o'clock. Prince ALBERT went to Portsmouth, and met the KING on board the Gomer. The QUEEN received him at the bottom of the grand staircase of the Castle. His MAJESTY received from the: population on the road the most lively and cordial Welcome.' " " The London papers of Tuesday," says Galignani, " reached us late this morning (Thursday), the wea ther in the Channel on Friday having retarded the ar • rival of the Calais packet. We subjoin the fullest de tails of the arrival of his Majesty Louis PHILIPPE in England, the fact of which had been already re ceived by telegraph. It will be seen that the special attentions of the KING'S royal hosts, and the reception I of his MAJESTY by the people, were in every sense equally worthy the ancient character of England for hospitality, and of the illustrious monarch upon whom they were bestowed." The Journal des Debats has a long and excellent article in support of the KING'S Government, and against the war party in France. "We at once admit," says that journal, " that, if it were possible that foreign nations could mistake the spirit which animates the Opposition journals for the expression of public opinion in France, they must indeed form a poor opinion of us. They would believe us to be a quarrelsome, meddling, boasting people, affected with an incurable Don Quixotism ! All Europe is aware that France enjoys --thanks to the wisdom of her Go vernment—an unheard-of degree of prosperity and of liberty, of which no other nation affords an example. Europe well knows that the French Government, whilst it maintained general peace, never suffered any injury to be inflicted on our interests or on our 44 , 9 5' sat ul b G . l; lit, <7. 074. • ` , l • ... u • ItO: , i ,„i4te rf o4l -W"i THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1844, dignity. She knows that recent victories have again conferred honour on our arms in Africa, and con solidated French dominion in Algeria. All Europe, in fact, is unanimous in celebrating the humane, liberal, and pacific Prince who places his glory in never having sullied his reign by any of the crimes which politics have too long excused, and which the folly of men have sometimes classed amongst great actions. What opinion would Europe form of us if, judging of France by the Opposition, it could believe that we were impatient to quit this state of peace and of tranquillity, that we were tired of happiness, and that we had a thirst for the drama of revolutions and of war ? What would she think of us if she could mistake for the voice of the country the cries of the Opposition, which sees not, or will not see, the honours which the crowned representative of France and of the Revolution of July is at this moment receiving in a foreign country are honours paid to the Revolution ? Oh ! no doubt we should appear very small, very mean, and incapable of enjoying true glory and true liberty I Fortunately, however, France is known to foreign nations, and that gives us confidence. We fear not that the Opposition be confounded with France. The Opposition is small, quarrelsome, and basely envious. France is great and peaceable. These people who are driving their country into war, are revolted when they are called the war party ; and they are right in some respect in rejecting this qualification. Their common sense tells them that war would be a fright al scourge for the whole earth. If they were to plunge their country into a war, they would be the very first to lament it and groan in their hearts. [heir success would confound them. They court passions which they know to be bad and baleful. They Manse with their mouths that which in their consciences they approve of ; and if they had less con fidence in the wisdom of the Government they insult, in the courage of the Minister whom they treat as a coward, they would not venture to be so bellicose in their language. M. GUIZOT will maintain peace— and this is their reliance. The war they make is but a war against the Ministry. If, however, their suc cess should be greater than they wish—if the country should in the end fancy itself dishonoured—oh, then, indeed! so much the worse for France! She would have to get out of her difficulties in the best way she could. What would you ? One must be something, and when one is not in the Ministry, where can one be if not in the Opposi tion ? Let us then make opposition! The KING is going into England. The Queen of BRITAIN came first to visit him in France—all Europe is attentive, and more than one King, perhaps, looks in spite on this union of two Governments who hold in their hands the peace of the world. The Constitutional King of FRANCE will receive in a free country marks of sympathy, which are not granted to ab solute monarchs. We are no longer in those days when to be prodigal of caresses, while ;the parties only thought of cutting one another's throats, passed for a master-piece of policy. This approximation of the Revolution of 1688 to the Revolution of 1830 is a great and solemn event. But M. GulzoT is Minister! The KING'S journey into England is, therefore, the coup-de-grace of our national dignity, and in the ex pression of its spite the dynastic Opposition goes far beyond the radical Opposition. We have said that the Opposition is well known abroad; but, happily, France is well known there also, and this it is that gives us confidence. We have no apprehension that one will be confounded with the other. The Opposition is petty, quarrelsome, and basely envious—France is great and peaceful ; and blind, indeed, must they be who doubt of her mode ration, her peaceful spirit, her profound discretion, after the proofs she has given during a series of four teen years. It is she who has put the curb on the restive parties, and who, despite of the Opposition, has left it to flounder in an impotent minority. It is she who has given to her Government force enough to establish order and maintain peace amidst conspi racies, plots, assassinations, revolts, and intrigues more dangerous perhaps than open violence ! 'With out the support of the country what could the Go vernment have done? How ably, without going further back, did it bring back to order the spirits excited by the follies of 1840. No, no ! Be quiet ! You may be called hot-headed, narrow-minded, fractious. hut the_dianitY of France will not suffer for you are not France, nor will France be judged of by you. We thank Heaven that her cause is not Yours !" The accounts in the English papers of the affair between Lieutenant ROSE and the French naval cap tain at Otaheite, has excited some bitter remarks from the war party, as if the insult, if insult it was, had been offered to the French officer. Several of the Ministerial papers contradict the report as intelli gence had been received by the French Government to the 11th of May, while the affair is stated to have taken place on the 7th of April. The following ap pears in the Moniteur : "Reports from the Governor of the French establish ments in the Pacific arrived to-day (Wednesday) at the office of the Minister of Marine and Colonies. These re ports are to the 11th of May. They make no mention of the accident which is said to have taken place relative to an officer of the English navy, and of which several journali of this morning have copied accounts from the London papers. No new engagement has taken place since the affair of the 17th of April, in which the insur gents entrenched at Mahaena were defeated and dis persed. On the Ist of May the King's fete was cele brated at Papeiti with pomp, and amidst the most per fect order. The chiefs of all the districts of Otaheite and of the island of Eimeo were invited to attend. Almost all of them were present at the ceremony, accompanied by the principal personages of each district, and they showed dispositions of goodwill and of conciliation, which Governor Bruat considered as very satisfactory." The greatest excitement took place on the Paris Bourse when it was known that the contracts for the Orleans and Bordeaux line of railway were finally declared. The Constitutionnel gives this account of the scene : . " The adjudication was scarcely terminated, when the speculators hurried off in their cabriolets to the Bourse. It was a veritable steeple chase. In the Rue de Varen nes, the horse of one party having come down, the per sons in the cabriolet hurried off, to arrive at the temple of fortune, without giving a thought to the fate of the driver and horse. We may well say temple of fortune, since in the first hour the shares of the Mackenzie Com pany realised as much as 90f., and those of the Company Bartholony 125 f. of prime on the share of 500 f." The following appears in the Siecle " There has been scandalous goings on at the Bourse during the last few days. The promises of shares of the different Companies which intended to offer tenders for the Orleans and Bordeaux Railroad were made the ob ject of frightful jobbing. Never was the gambling now prohibited by law carried on in a more barefacel way. Simple promises, which the following day might prove to be valueless, were sold at considerable premiums, and this in spite of the King's Commissioner, who is ap pointed to see that the Bourse does not degenerate into a mere gaming-house. What is the meaning of these negotiations ? The subscription itself fur shares in undertakings of which the nature and condition are un known is very irregular, the parties who subscribe not knowing what they pledge themselves to, or what they obtain, because they are ignorant of the extent of the sacrifices agreed by the managing Committee ; but, as if this'irregularity were not great enough, a new one is introduced. Simple hopes are made the ground of spe culation; and large premiums are paid for the shares of the Company which appears to have the greatest chance of obtaining a contract." TICE BOURSE-THURSDAY, OCT. 10. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cants Four-and-a-Half lll 80 .. 111 80 .. 111 80 .. 111 80 Three per Cents.•..• 82 20 •• 82 20 •• 82 .. A 2 Bank of France. •••• 3060 ..3060 ••3060 —3060 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllo2 50 ..1102 50 ..1102 50 —llO2 50 5 . 000 f "Sharesso,so ..5050 ..5050 ..5050 Belgian Bank.. ••. . 657 50 .. 657 50 .. 657 50 .. 657 50 Belgian Fives,lB4o •••• • • • • 1031 • • 1031 lon .. lon . 1842 •• •••• •• 106: .. 105 f 105 1051 dpanish Thiees • • ..•.. •• • 341 • • 34: • • 34 .. 341 Active .• ••••• . • • • • 32/ —, 321 .. 32/ 321 Portuguese Five per Cents . .. 50 .. 501 .. 50 .. 501 Neapolitan•••• Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain •••••••• •• •• •• 923 75 .. 523 75 •• 922 50 .. 922 50 Versailles, R.B. L. 8.......•••• 267 50 .. 268 75 .. 267 50 .. 267 50 Rouen •• •• •• ••••1000 . 1000 .. 995 .. 995 Rouen to Havre Orleans Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 267 50 .. 271 25 . 267 50 27 0 Avignon to Marseilles•..... 772 50... 772 50 . 770 .. 770 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 15. Versailles,lA3 • • .... 266 25 .. 268 75 .. 266 25 .. 268 75 997 50 —lOOO .. 996 25 .. 997 50 RouentoHavre•••••••••• •• 760 .. 760 .. 755 .. 750 . Orleans .• •. •• —lOlO ..1010 —lOO3 7.5 ..1005 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 270 .. 272 50 .. 264 7$ .. 270 Avignon to Molleilles.• •• •• 772 50 .. 772 50 .. 771 25 .. 772 50 The daily journals have published an account of an insult said to have been offered to Lieutenant Rose, of her Majesty's ship Hazard, by the French naval authorities at Otaheite. This announcement, of what was deemed to be a fresh subject of complaint and of demand for satisfaction by Great Britain, has evidently caused great excitement in Paris. We have the more pleasure, therefore, in being enabled to state that the impression in the best informed quarters in this country is, that no insult whatever was offered, or intended to be offered, to Lieutenant Rose by the naval officers of France, and that the whole proceeding can be satisfactorily explained as regards the part the French took in it.--.o6server, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday, and the market was well supplied, at previous rates. Sales 5,000 bales. Shares continuedactive, and a large bu siness was done :—Bristol and Gloucester,46; Chester and Holyhead, 74 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 70k ; Eastern Counties, 13i ; Grand Junction, 210 ; Ditto New , Quar ters, 38k ; Great 'Western, Fifths, 26 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 14 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 35; Lon don and Birmingham, 213 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 50k ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 125 k ; Mid land Counties, 111; North Union. 120 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 95 ; South-Eastern, 401 ; Ditto, New, 13k; Lyons and Avignon, 2i; Paris and Orleans, 39k; Paris and Rouen, 39 ; Paris and Strasbourg, 41s. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 3k ; Central of France, 34. The Bank of England returns to the 7th instant, on a comvarison with the previous weekly statement, offers the following features only deserving special allusion: — A restriction in the paper circulation of 279,9251., ns regards the issue department ; a further increase in the public deposits; under the banking department ; but a slight decrease in the general lodgments, a trifling re duction in the rest, and a diminution in the bullion, to the total amount of 319,9491. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter. A fair business has been done this week in the general produce markets ; and the same satisfactory feature distinguishes them ; vim., an absence of speculation. Indigo has improved within the last two days ; and the large Colonial Wool sales have gone off favourably. The Public Securities have been firm to-day. The purchases on account of the Sinking Fund will be limited to 43,5191., as regards Stock, but there will be again 400,0001. invested in the Exchequer Bills, made out pursuant to the Act 57 Geo. 111., cap. 48. Consols are 100 a to a for Money, and the same for Account. Exchequer Bills realise 755. to 775. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 102 k to 1024 ; Bank Stock is worth 206 ex-div. ; and India Stock, 289. The accounts from Spain have no influence in promot ing speculation in the securities of that country. The Five per Cents. are 231 ; and the Three per Cents. 31 f s being almost nominal. Portug,ues Converted are marked 51 ; Mexican bring 343 ; and Peruvian, 25 to + ; Dutch Two- and-a-Hal f per Cents. are 621- to L. The Railway Shares have been quiet, and buyers are still rather too freely met, to allow of the market being called very firm. The French lines continue an excep tion, as they attract more notice at improving rates. Banks and Mines are dull. PRICSE OF BRITISH HUN DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) sank Stack 2OB .. . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Coniols. Antis 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102%%% India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo — Ditto under 1,000........... ............. Exchequer Bills I%cl. .1 1 4 d WO. ........•-•—........... —••...— ..... 75""77 pm. 5001.,•..•...-•....•.......... •.......•.... 73 77 pm. I Ditto 5ma11....... ........... ............ 75 77 pm. Ditto Advertised. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ..... Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock lscy Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 2 53( Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840. ....... Dutch 234 per Cents 6 ' 2W4% Dutch 5 per Cents PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ........ 104% to Bristol and Exeter to IS Bristol and Gloucester 3O ......... 4534 Caledonian Cnester and Holyhead 5 „,„ ..... 7 1 431 ~.. to Eastern Counties Eastern Union Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ... ..... . 63 Great North of England. lOO 12531 ...... to Greet Western ..... ............ ..... 75 Ditto 36 Shares Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham. lOO „„, Ditto New Thirds 2 3 4% to Dit o % Shares London and Blackwall 16% ...... 6%% .. to London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% ...... 23%... to London and South Western London and Croydon London and York 231 1%% ... to Midland Counties lOO llO 10934 to 11334 Birmingham and Derby .... ...... 100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 Northern and Eastern ......... ..... 45 Norwich and Brandon .........„ 6 Ditto New South Eastern and Dover ..... ... 3234 Ditto New Trent Valley York and North Midland ....... 50 Ditto % Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip • Central of France .... Boulogne and Amiens Orleans. Tours, and Bourdeauxl . (a'Anthou aid's Company) j 1 Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Parisand R0nen.............. ...... .... 20 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London M ' r ' ANCHESTE :)TOCX. EXCHANGE, OCT. 11. —We have h ad a better market to-day;and prices generally cl,tse firmer Churnetf,, 4+ 7-16; Eastern Counties, 13 3 1 ; Hudders fields, 4 ; Windermere, 4 5 16; Leeds and Dewsbury 8-i; London and York, 3i ; Manchester and Birming ham, 50; ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5 1-16 ; Lincoln shire, 2 5-16 7-16; Southport awl Euxton, 2 13-16 3i; Boulogne and Amiens, 4. CLOSING PRICES, BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock cx dlv. 206 Indian Stock 299 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds ~......»..... 94 pru. 3 per Cent. Cons - lOO% Ditto 01(1 Annuities ',..„ - 14U1011,i'a c i i r .- ' ---- -12117 1 - a tliNl7, I;4l9kVi .::-- -- ,7 pin - . New 5 per Cent.-- Long Annuities 4 to expire : Ditto Small '77 pm. Tan left) — ;Bank Stock for Acct.... 210 Oct. 1859 Consols for Act. 10034 Jan. 1800 ......... - FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ... ...... Portuguese, 5 per Cent ..... Belgian, 5 per Cent 111 1 ,4 Ditto, New Ditto, — Brazilian Bonds ............ Ba% Paasian ' 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, d per bent... --Russian,s per Cent — ,:hilian, o per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Jitto, 1824.......... .......... ..... Ditto, 3 per Cent 34 31 Cuba Bonds, 0 per Cent Ditto, Deferr , .,. 4 Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 15.25, 5 per Cent..., Exchange Mexican. 5 per Cent ......... .French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837.... Dutch, 2 34 per Cent 6234 Peruvian, 18f25, 6 per Cent... 25% Ditto. 5 per Cent 98% SHAREs Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)....„.„. ..... 10416 Bristol and Exeter ( 7 0 paid) ........ 73 Bristol and Gloucester (30 paid) ................... ~, 153 4 Caledonian (5 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( a paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great North of England, 100 pa i d Great Western (75 paid` Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid BB Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Kendal and Windermere, 1% paid 431 London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 61% London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (122. 15s. 4d. paid) Diito, Preference or Privilege, £lB 17s 2cl paid 23% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 74 London and Croydon (Trunk) l6i London and York, 231 paid 3 Midland Counties (100 paid) lie Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, £lOO paid Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 4B Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid l l3l Ditto, New Shares South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ..... Trent Valley, '2 paid Bg York and North Midland (50 paid) 10634 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ••• 52 York and Scarborough Branch (10 paid) ..... ..., 5334 York and Selby Scrip. paid 4l p.m Central of France, 2 paid 4 Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid . . 4 Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 p aid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid 3 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) - ... 39% Paris and Rouen. 2U paid FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, OCT. 10.—The average price of wheat, last week, was 19f. 21c., and that of rye 10f. 47c. The prices are nearly the same as for several weeks past, and there is consequently no change in the import and ex port duties. Several merchants of Brussels have just addressed to the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of Finance a letter, remonstrating against the projected augmenta tion of the duties on printed calicoes imported from England. _ _ _ The Princess Mary steamer left Ostend on Tuesday, with 110 passengers, among whom were several inhabi tants of our provincial cities, who avail themselves of the fine weather, as well as . the cheapness and convenience of this mode of fravelling, to visit London. The Polish, Countess Vrisiliff and suite were among the passengers. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussrms, OCT. 9 Actua Debt, 246 per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 98 Loan of Thirty Millions Four per Cent .... ~ : Three per Cent: ..- ...... ~.;:6 3,4 ---- Thirty-seven . 311111 ns, ditto. - ........... i os . 1 . .. .. ....,-_,, (1840).... ........... 104 Loan of City, 1843, 844 -.... ...... •••••••••••• ...... ......." ;our per . Cent.... ............... .... le •;1 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five p er C ent 604 Issue of 1841......... ...... , , ... .. ..... ........ ........ —Brussels Pavers, pc t. 10. Au', ial A N VU N W.—VIENNA, Ocr. 4. 1104 Five per Cents. 3fetalhgues . 100% Four per Cents. ~ .......... .... Three per Cents. .................... . ... . ... ........... . 76 Bank Shares .. ......, 1598 AllgemeinaZeitung, Oct, T. THE RECENT PO ST- OFFICE DELINQUENcIES- In reference to the late disgraceful .combination which existed amongst the letter-carriers in opening the letters of sporting gentlemen, and in order to put a stop more effectually to such' practices in future, the following notice was affixed to the - walls in the G ehe ral Post-office on Thursday : NONCE. • " It must be distinctly understood that no sub-sorter, or letter-carrier, may, in the office, open any letter in tended for himself until he has shown the address to some other sub-sorter, or letter-carrier. " The late disgraceful proceedings have rendered this regulation necessary, in order to prevent the repetition o f c ,;llusions such as existed amongst the parties recently dismissed. It will hereafter be the duty of the assistant • inspectors to examine the addresses of letters they may observe open in the hands of any sub-sorter or letter carrier. " General Post-office, September, 1844." Hitherto all notices that have been issued affecting the letter-carriers were merely written on paper, and posted up ; but the above notice, so that it might be more conspicuous and more permanent, has been painted in white letters on a black board, so that none may plead ignorance thereof. Friday a deputation from the distressed Needle women's Society, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Fare brother, the President of the society, and the honorary secretary, Mr. Roper, had a long interview with the Poor-law Commissioners on the subject of the low prices at which needlework was taken in at the different unions, when the Commissioners were pleased to express their anxious wish to afford all proper assistance to meet the wishes of the deputation. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tittbltt Optuton. " Who runs may read." POREIGIIT. "It is quite positive (says the Revue de Paris) that the King will return to Eu on Monday next. M. Guizot will spend the following day at that Royal residence, and then come back to Paris." "A service of steamers (says the Courier Francais) has been organised between Brighton and Treport in order to convey twice a day to the Queen tidings of Louis Philippe, and to the King tidings of the Queen. M. Guizot is to write by the same channel to his col leagues, and to learn from them, in return, twice a day, what is passing in France. Two couriers are to start every day from Treport for Paris, and from Paris for Treport. These precautions are to be taken during the King's whole stay in England." The Journal des Debuts publishea a letter from a pri ♦ate correspondent at Madrid, of the 3d inst., which states, that a strong and dangerous excitement exists amongst the superior classes of society, and amongst the members of the new Cortes, which had already assem bled in considerable numbers in that capital. The Mi nistry which convoked the Cortes, which made the elec tions, and re-established order and tranquillity, is at present menaced in its existence by its friends and by its own partisans. " We learn," says the Constitutionnel," that the Com mission charged with the re-organisation of the Poly technic School, after long discussions, has decided that it was incompetent to touch on the subject of scientific instruction." A Berlin letter of the 2d informs us that Lord Pal. merston had dined with the King, and had received the visit of all the Ministers and the diplomatic corps. The P, esse gives the following from its torresnondent in Mexico A protest has been signed by all the mer chants of Mazatlan, English, German, Spanish, French, &c., on the occasion of an atrocious outrage by an officer of the garrison upon a French sailor. It appears that the wretch had the sailor tied to a post, and inflicted upon him 200 blows of a cane, after which he caused him to be threli:u into a dungeon, where a nameless out rage was perpetrated upon him. It is doubtful whether the French Legation has been able to send an account of this affair to the Government, as it arrived only at the moment when the mail wasleaving.". The Übservateur du Rhin contains a letter from Vienna of the 30th ult., which states that the offer made by Baron de Rothschild, to give 40,000 florins (120,000 E) fir the establishment of a polytechnic school at Brunn, the capital of Moravia, has been rejected by the States of that country by 22 votes to 16. The letter mentions that this rejection has caused a considerable sensation. A man named Clergeaud, who was condemned to death by the Court of Assize of the Dordogne, for poisoning a farmer named Reynaud, by arsenic, was executed at Perigueux on the 3d inst. lie had a few hours before attempted to avoid a public death by stabbing himself in several places with a pair of scissors, whic he had secreted. He suffered so much from his wounds that he could scarcely ascend the scaffold. The wife of Reynaud, who was the accomplice of Clergeaud, was tried with him, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labour. _ _ _ _ The Revue de Paris mentions that the Ministry ap peared to have renounced the idea of raising the re mainder of the loan of 450,000,000 francs by private sub scription. The Scientific Congress at Milan broke up on the 27th ult. About 1,200 savans attended the meetings. 71..&13if AND POLICE. Mr. Commissioner Pollock sat in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and committed to Newgate Thomas Doggett, assignee of the estate of Henry Frederick Bath, for not filing an account. A. Session was held, by adjournment, at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Witham (Chairman), and a full Bench of Magistrates, for the purpose of hearing ap plications for licences for dancing, music, and other en tertainments of a similar kind. At the Mansion-house on Friday, Patrick Fitzsimmons and Eliza, his wife, were charged with having committed a desperate assault upon Charles Taylor, a tailor, who lodged in their house in Greyhound-court, St. Mary-axe. The defendants are Irish and the complainant is a Welshman. It appeared that he wished to quit the lodgings and tendered his rent, whereupon the defend ants set upon him, and while one hammered his head with a hammer the other jumped on him and beat him with the leg of a chair. The sentence upon them was, that the man should pay a fine of 405., or be committed for a month ; and that the woman should pay a fine of 10s., or be committed for a week. The prisoners were finally committed to prison. ' An errand boy named Thomas Bryan was remanded from Clerkenwell, on a charge of robbing Mr. Chertsey, boot-maker, No- 4, Chichester-row, St: Pancras, his master. At Lambeth-street, 'William Duvall, the second mate of the brig Prince Oscar, at present lying in the London Docks, was brought before Air. Henry for further exa.• urination, on the atrocious charge"of "gouging." Capt. Lawson, the victim of the savage brutality of the pri soner, who. is an American, was in attendance, and de scribed the ferocious conduct of the prisoner, who was remanded until the 2 - ist inst.,. when he will probably- be committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. _ Nina! orsb ip-street,. charged with a aiiing.highway'rolabery in Anl , tiii-strcet, Shoreditch. At Union-ball, John Hobbs, foreman . .in the employ of Mr. Herring, an extensive contractor for the purchase of building materials, was committed for embezzling a large amount of money from his employer: . . We understand the King of the French haS been obliged to decline the Duke of Devonshire's couritous invitation to Chatsworth. His Majesty's engagements came permit of the King to prolong his sojourn in this • country beyond this day, originally appointed for his Majesty's departure: It is generally understood that the marriage of Lady Augusta Somerset, eldest daughter of the. Duke of Beau fort, aud his Excellency Baron Nieuniann, the Austrian Nlinister, will be solemnised in the course of the ensuing month. _ His Excellency the American Minister, Mrs. Everett. and Miss Everett, have arrived in town from Scotland. On leaving Taymouth Castle Mr. Everett and family proceeded on a tour of the Western Highlands, add on their way south paid a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven-, at Wishaw House. Colonel Thierry, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal gigh nest the Duc de Montpensier, and several noblemen of his Royal lligness's suite, arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Windsor Castle and. Ports mouth, to pay a hasty visit to this metropolis. The Duke of Richmond and party have returned to Gordon Castle, from attending the northern meeting at Inverness. The Earl and Countess of Seafield, Lord and Lady Lovat, Lord and Lady Saltoun and the Hon. Miss Fraser, Sir P. and Lady Mostyn, and a brilliant circle of the Scottish nobility, were present at that annual ei hibition of the Highland games. Viscount Morpeth has joined the family circle at Castle Howard, from Scotland. The Hon. Captain and_ Mrs. Howard have arrived on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, from the Continent. Sir John Brooke Pechell, Bart., is so far recovered from his late indisposition, that he is now enabled to take carriage airings. The Dowager Lady Holland has returned to town from Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. tRISCUZZILIitZOI7I3. A preliminary meeting of gettlemen has been held at the Mansion House, Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the Bank of England, in the chair, for the purpose of making arrangements for a piiblic meeting to take into consideration the propriety of establishing warm and cold baths for the use of the poor in some of the most in digent localities about the metropolis . . We understand that in addition to' the stand of arms which the armoury of Chester Castle contains, it is in tended that an extensive supply of cannon shall be also added, so as to form a complete depot of both large and small guns, for the use of the northern district, in case of need. A small armoury is now in the course of fitting up, adjoining the staff officer's office, in the lower ward, for the reception of 250 stand of arms and accoutrements for the use of the out-pensioners in this district. Information was on Friday forwarded to. the inetropo titan police, that a mon named Timothy Goodwin, of - Cirencester, rscaped from the Station-house at Ciren cester on the 7th instant, after having .been committed to Gloucester county gaol for. - trial on a charge of felony. He is a labourer,. and has the appearance of an old soldier. The - Northumberland Agricultural Society held their annual exhibition of stock, seeds, and - implements, on Wednesday, in a field belonging to A. R. Fen? Vick, Esq.,' of Morpeth. Compared with previous years, the show was considered a decided . improvement •in some of the classes with regard to the 'general quality' of the stock, though ill point of numbers it was perhapS deficient. The ninth anniversary arid exhibition . of stock and roots of the East Essex Agricultural • SoCiety took place at Colchester on Wednesday. _ The stock and roots were exhibited, and the rewards for industry and good con duct, &c., were distribut(idin..the Castle Bailey. The Vicarage of. Illilverton with the Curacy of Langford Budville annexed, a Peculiar ' in the jurisdic tion of the Archdeacon•of Taunton, who is the Patron and Impropriator, isyvacant by the death, in the island of Madeira, of the Rev. J: T. Trevelyan who was insti— tuted t o t h e same in the year . 1825. • The net annual in come of this benefice ,vas returned in 1831 at 449/. Scorrisnr BANKs.:—The county of Inverness, at a general meeting. held on the 1:4 inst., unanimously agreed to a series of resolutions, deprecating any altera tion or restriction of the present currency of Scotland, and calling upon the Members of Parliament for the County and burgh, .in conjunction with the other repre sentatives of Scotland, to give determined resistance to any measure which may tend to change the present system of banking and currency. The resolutions Were moved by Mr. Macpherson Grant, younger, of Bailin dallob, and seconded by Mr. Sheriff Tytler. HORSES Pon EXPORTATION.—Within the last few days a number of valuable horses have arrived at Mr. Celle 's Paragon Inn stables, where a further collecti on is daily expected. They consist solely of en tire horses for the King of Denmark, and have been selected by one of his Majesty's stall-keepers, and Mr. Riby Nicholson, of Beeford. A buyer from the estab lishment of Mr. Bamberger, of Berlin, has also arrived to make further p urchases before the season closes.— Hull Ad vertiser . At the dinner lately given to Mr. Clifton, the new 3 a.P. for No r th L ancas hi re , co vers were laid for 300, but only 67 gentlemenfatteneed, a significant OM mplidea•- tioll•—.lmds Time, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—At the State banquet given in St. George's Hall 'at Windsor Castle, on Friday evening, the Queen had on her right his Majesty the King of the French, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness- the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Countess de St. Aulaire, the Duke of Norfolk, and the Countess of Orkney. On her Majesty's left were his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier, the Lady in- Waiting, the Countess of Gainsborough, and Monsieur Guizot. His Royal Highness Prince Albert sat opposite to her Majesty, having on his right her Royal High ness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Buc clench, and the Duchess of Norfolk. On his Royal Highness's left were the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Madame de Lisboa, and the Duke of Beaufort. The Captain of the Yeoman Guard and the Vice- Chamberlain of the . Queen's Household attended the ceremony of the investiture of his Majesty Louis Philippe with the Garter, on Friday, ' at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier, at tended by General Rumigny, M. Thiery, Aide-de camp, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert, left the Castle in a carriage and four, at twenty minutes before eight o'clock yesterday morning, for town. • A deputation of the French Benevolent Society had an audience of the King of the French yesterday morning at the Castle. His Majesty is the patron of the institution. • Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and DUchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, - took their de parture from the Castle yesterday forenoon. • Their Royal Highnesses the Prifice of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed rides and walks yester day, in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle. A deputation from the Corporation of the City of London arrived at the Castle at two o'clock yesterday afternoon ' having travelled from town by the Great Western Railway; to present an address of congratu lation to his Majesty the King of the Freneh upon his arrival in this country. The Lord Mayor and the members of 'the deputation alighted at the grand entrance, and were conducted to the equerries' rooms, where a• dejeune was served to. the Lord Mayor, Al dermen, and members of the Common Council, to gether with the officers. The deputation were afterwards Conducted up the grand staircase, and the Sheriffs of London and Mid dlesex, accompanied by the City Remembrancer, were then introduced at an audience of the King, to learn his Majesty's pleasure relative to the reception of the address. The King having expressed his pleasure to receive the address immediately, the Sheriffs returned to the deputation, and the Corporation were conducted by the Hon. Captain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting, to the presence of his Majesty, in the King's Reception room. The King's station was near the window of the apartment. His Majesty was habited in a dark blue uniform, with gold appointments, being that of a Lieutenant-General, and wore the Ribbon, with the George appended; of the Most Noble Order of the Garter over his left shoulder; and the star on his breast. The King bad : also the garter, bearing the motto—"Honi soft qui mal y pense," buckled on the . left leg. _ _ _ All the gentlemen of the King's suite were in uni form. The Count St. Aulaire, Monsieur Guizot, and Admiral de Mackau, Were on the left of the King, Monsieur Guizot and' - his Excellency Count St. . Aulaire bOth'Vearing the-Grand Cordon of the Le gion of Honour. Viscount Sydney and the Hon. Captain Dun combe appeared in the official costume of the royal household, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Lord Charles - Wellesley, Equerry in--Waiting, ap peared in his full regimentals as Equerry in Waiting. The members of the Corporation present were, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir Peter Laurie, Parebrother, Sir Chapman Marshall, Humphery, -Sir- George Carroll, Furncombe, and Challis. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Messrs. Hunter and Sydney ; Mr. Moan, - mover of the ad dress; Mr. Lawrence, seconder of the.address; Com mon Councillors, Mr. Deputy Legge, Mr. Deputy Stevens, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr.. Deputy Evans, Mr. Deputy Hicks, Mr. Deputy Obbard, Mr. Deputy Mitchell, Mr. Deputy Wright, Messrs. Norris, R. L. Jones, Britten, Bower, Cope, Hickson, Hall, Nett, Harrison, Hoole, Holt Hartley, R. Tliylor, J. Dixon, Acocks, Selson, Marsden, and Eagleton. Officers of the Corporation, the Recorder, the Hon. C. E. Law; the Chamberlain, Mr. Brown ' the Re membraneer, Mr. Tyrrell ; the Town Clerk, and Mr. Laurie, Common Pleader-, . . The Sword-bearer, the Mace-bearer, and the - Keeper. of Guildhall, alsO'aitervi.d. The Lord May or wore hi* gold chain and his splendid collar, the Alderinen and the Recorder wore their scarlet robes, and the Coioinon Councillors and. ,officers their respective mantles. The Lord Mayor; • followed by .the deputation; advanced, to within a slidA . diStance of the .King. His Lordship was supporteA.'on his right lay the Recorder, end that officer read the-address of Congra tulation. from the:Lord Mayor, Aldermen,. and Com mons. of.the City of London. The Reorder then handed the address athe Lord Mayor, whq a..dvaneed and presented it to the King. His Majesty returned the following most gracious, answer,-which will be found below. • HIS 'Majesty afterwards passed round the. circle forined by the deputation, the Lord Mayor presenting - all • the Aldermen individually to the King. .The Sheriffs, the R,ecOrdet, Ole Chamberlain, theßetnern brancer,and Messrs. Moon and Lawrence, the mover and seconder of the address, had also the honour of being introduced t? the Monarch. , • • The Corporation then withdrew from his Majesty's . presence. The new and elegant equipages and liveries of the. Sheriffs of London and Middlesex were displayed on this occasion. The Queen's Pages, in state dresses, the Gentlemen Porters, Under Porters, and Marilialmen were in attendance at the . .Castle during the reception of the address. . - • - • .. Her Royal Highne ss th e D uc h ess o f . Kent arrived at the Castle yesterday morning from ;Frogmen Lodge, and remained to lunch with the royal circle. Count de Chabaunes, . an officer in th e su it e of the. King of the French, left the Castle on Friday for Witley Court, Worcestershire, the. residence of her Majesty the Queen - Dowager. • The : - Count returned to the Castle yesterday evening. • The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Buckingham; the Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Salisbury , the Bishop of Winchester, and the Bishop of Oxford, left the' Castle yesterday. The Dukes of Wellington. and Rutland rode out on • • !. horseback yesterday afternoon. The royal and august party honoured Eton. College with a visit yesterday afternoon. The Queen, • the King of the French, and Prince Albert, left the Castle in an open carriage and four. The Countess of Gains borough, the Countess St. Aulaire; the Viscountess Canning, and the French Ambassador, were in the next royal .carriage. The Earl Delawarr, Lord Byron, and Viscount Sydney, were in the third open carriage and four; and Lord George Lennox and Sir Frede rick Stovin 'were in the last royal carriage. A num ber of the equerries and gentlemen in waiting also rode on horseback. On passing through George the Fourth's gateway, the spectators who thronged the South Terrace of the Castle received their Majesties and the Prince in the most enthusiastic manner. The illustrious psrty returned from Eton College at five o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst and the Hbn.• Capt. Liddell, arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen. The Duke de Montpensier returned from town soon. after six o'clock, accompanied by Prince ,Edward of Saxe Weimar. • • Dinner was served in the evening in St. George's Hall in the usual style of magnificence and•splendour. Covers were laid for eighty-eight. The,august circle, followed by the numerous and distinguished guests, entered. the Hall at a quarter past seven , o'clock, the band of the Royal Horse Guards, stationed in the west gallery, playing " God save the Queen." .'The Queen took her usual seat, having on her right his Majesty. Louis Philippe, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, M. Guizot, and Madame de Moncorvo; on her Majesty's left were his Royal Highness the Doke de Montpensier, the Lady _in Waiting, the • Countess of Gainstorpugh, the lipid Chancellor, Lady Catherine Jermyn, and the Duke of Wellington. Prince Albert sat opposite to her Majesty, having on his right her Royal HighneSs the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Countess St. Aulaire, the Duke of Rut land, and the Countess of Verulam ; on his Royal Highness's left were the Baroness de Gersdorff, the Duke of Devonshire, the Countess of Lincoln, and the Count St. Aulaire. The band of the Royal Horse Guards performed a number of favourite pieces during dinner. The company included his Majesty Louis Philippe, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal High ness the Duke de Montpensier, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the French Ambas sador and Countess St. Aulaire, the Portuguese Minister and Baroness de Moncorvo; the Saxon Minister and Baroness de Gersdorti; the Lord chap.- cellor and Lady Lyndhurst, the Duke of Wellington, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Rutland, Earl of Abat deen, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Ea:rl Delawarr, Earl of Jersey, Sir Robert Peel, M. Guizot, Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grim - ston Earl and Countess G ranv ill e , E ar l an d C oun t ed 5 of Lincoln, Earl and Lady Katheri ne J erm y n , Vis countess amning, Viscountess Sydney, Countess do Flahault, Lady C. Dundas, Countess Wratislaw, Lord and Lady W. Hervey, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarencv, Lady G. Bathurst, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the RigM Hon. W. E. and . Mrs. Gladstone, Hon. Captain Lid dell, Admiral de Mackau, Admiral La Susse, Hon. H. and Mrs. Ashley, M. de Rabaudy, Hon. Miss Lyttel ton, Lady Grant, Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir George Couper, Sir J. Macdonald,. Sir Willoughby Gordon, Hon. Mrs. Duncombe, Sir George Cockburn, Sir William Gage, Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, General Baron de Athalin, General Rumigny, Colonel Dumas, Count de Jarnac, M. Thiery, Baron de Fain, M. Herbet, 111. Hennequin, M. Fauquier, M. Pas quier, le Capitaine Page, and le Capitaine Pellion. -The Queen's private band, under the direction or Mr. - Anderson, -attended after dinner, and performed the following piecei:— Overture, " Adleeresstille"—Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Military Movement—Haydn. Festmarsch zu dem Maskenspiel, " Das Hoffest von Ferrara" (two orchestras)—Von Giacomo Meyerbeer. Finale, " Sinfonia C minior"—Beethoven. Cheeur et Priere, " GuillauMe Tell"—Rossini. Andante and Allegro ails Turea—Mozart. -Jubilee Overture—C. M. Von Weber. M. Courtois d'Hurbal, Capitaine d'Astillerie, Of ficier d!Ordonnance du Roi, arrived at the Castle yesterday evening. - This morning - the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Duke de Montpensier, walked in the 'pleasure-" grounds of the Castle. The Royal Family were taken mugs._ His Majesty Louis Philippe and the Duke. de Montpensier, attended by Admiral de Mackau and General Athalin, left the Castle in `one of the royal carriages . to attend mass in the chapel at Clewer, shortly before eleven o'clopk. Tho,King's suite fol lowed in two carriages.; •.- . , c r The Duke of I . Vellingtdn left" the Castle for S trathfl el dsaye. ' .The Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Rutland, Earl and Countess Granville, Viscountess Canning, and Sir Henry Wheatley, also took their departure. The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the suite, and the' household, attended Divine service to-day in the' priiate chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. .Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visite the royal party at , the Castle to-day. The Queen, the King of the Ftench, and' Prince Albert, walked on the Terrace thiis afternoon, The two military ban& stationed there received the august party on entering the Terrace with "God save the Queen." - The following are expected to join the roy4l circle at dinner :—Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Mr. Anson, Sir James Clark, Lord John Russell, Lord Ellenborough, and Count .lialancey d'Audenarde. • The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday, from Windsor Castle, and 'afterwards pixy ceeded to Kew, to join the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and. Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, who also arrived • from WID du) r The Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess 'of Mecklenburgh Strelitz hOnoured the Duchess of Beaufort with a visit yesterday, at her Grace's residence ' in Arlington-street. Prince. Edward. of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marl berough House about three o'clock on Saturday after noon,from Witley Court, and sh or tly aft er proceeded Windsorto Castle. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe left town on Saturday morning, for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on Saturday morning - from Windsor. ' The. Right Hon. Baro net returned to the Castle in the afternoon. Lord. Ellenborough arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday, from Portsmouth. PRESENTATION OF TIM 'CITY ADDRESS TO THE KING OF THE FRENCH! On Saturday the Lord Mayor, accompanied by se' veral of the Aldermen, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Mr. Moon and Mr. Lawrence, the mover and seconder of the - address of the Corporation to the King of the French, and the rest of the 'numerous deputation; consisting of about sixty members, assembled at the Guildhall, for the purpose of going in procession to Windsor to present it to his Majesty: • s ''V Amongst the deputation we observed Sir • Hunter, 'Sir Peter Laurie; Sir Chapman Marshall, f e, G. Carroll,. and Aldermen Challis and FarncatO,,i r. Deputy Peacock, Deputy Stevens, Deputy Hicks ! Richard Taylor, Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, l Cope, Mr. Lott, Mr.'JOhn Dixon, Mr. Obbserd, At eleveti o'Cldcic.-tb‘e deputation proceeded in ear riages to the railway terminus at Paddington, where a special train was,in readiness .to convey them to the Slough station. Upon their arrival Slough the Lord Myor entered the State earriaie, which had been sent down on the prec9ding day, and the other . members of the deOutationgot into carriages which were provided for them. The streets of Windsor were densely crowded by the inhabitants of the town and the surrounding neighbourhood. The procession moved along slowly to the great quadrangle. of the Castle, where they were received by the officers of her Majesty's house hold. in their state liveries. They were, upon alighting from- their carriages, shown into St. George's . Hall. After waiting there for a short space of time, they were conducted into a suite - of rooms in which a most sumptuous en tertainment and the finest wines were laid out. After they had refreshed themselves, the Sheriffs, attended by the Remembrancer, waited upon his Majesty to intimate that the deputation had arrived, and to learn . at what time it would be his Majesty's pleasure to receive the address, and the officers very_soon after wards returned, and stated th a t th e King of the • French would, with the greatest pleasure, receive them at that moment. The deputation then followed the Sheriffs to the saloon, in which his Majesty, at tended by M. Guizot, and others of his suite, was pre pared-to receive them. His Majesty, upon the intrn cluction of the deputation, bowed most cordially to the Lord Mayor and •to the rest of the deputation. The Recorder then read the following address : " TO HIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING Or THE FRENCH, THE ADDRESS OF THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS, Or THE CITY OF LONDON, IN COMMON COU.N- CIL ASSEMBLED. " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY—We, th e Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, Common. Council .ask.embled, approach your Majesty to offer our sincere congratulations on your Majesty auspicious visit to our beloved and gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria.. • " Deeply interested in every event which is calculated to influence the welfare of Europe and of mankind, We hail with peculiar satisfaction your Majesty's presence in this country as a sure and certain indi c ation of the raw tual good-will and th e reciprocal sentiments of respect and confidence which subsist between two mighty na" tions, capable, by their happy union and combined ef forts, under. Divine Providence, of preserving_the bless ings of peace to th e na ti ons o f the earth. "We desire to convey to your Majesty these send ments towards the free, gallant, and enlightened nation over whom you reign, and we fervently trust that your Majesty's valuable life may long be spared to your peo ple to continue to promote their best interests, and with them to advance the general happiness of mankind. Sire, you visita scene where the highest domestic enjoy ment is found to be associated with the highest functions 'of sovereignty ; to return after a brief space into the bosom of an illustrious and united family, to dispense the blessings of paternal government, and to communi: eate and experience the inestimable endearments of social life." - . His Majesty then read the following most gracious answer in the most impressive manner : "My Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and. Commons of the City of London,—l receive, with heartfelt satisfaction. the address of congratulation which you have just pre" tented to me, by the gracious authorisation of your beloved Sovereign. In coining to offer to the Queen of these realms . a p r o o f o f th e s i ncere an d una lterable friendship I.bear to her Majesty, I am happy to find that the City of London--that illustrious city which hotds'so prominent a place in the world, and which re presents interests of such magnitude—are come to the royal residence to manifest to me Sentiments so perfectly congenial to my own feelings, and to. the sense I enter tain of my duties towards my country, towards Europe , and towards mankind. • • " I am convinced as you are that peace and friendly, relations between France and England are, for two W e tions made to esteem a n d h onour eac h ot h er , a so urce o' innumerable and equal advantages. The preservation of that good understanding is, at the same time, a pledge o f peace to the world at large, and secures the tranquil and regular progress of civilisation for the-benefit of all ris' tions. I consider my co-operation in this holy Work, under the protection of Di v i ne P ro Vid ence , as the wig' sion and the honour o f m y re i gn . S uc h h as b e en w e aim and the object of all my efforts, and I trust that th e . Almighty will crow n th em w ith success . " I thank you, in th e name o f F rance an d i n m y off' for this manifestati on o f your sent i ments. Th e y will e. fully appreciated in my cou n t r y,. cou pl e d, a s they , a re, with the many tokens of friendship which I have r e. ceived from your gracious Sovereign. " I thank you 'most cordially for your kind feeling towards myself and my family. 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