The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-25 00:00:00

ebtal Nbitton SUN OFFICE, Seve* o'Clock. PRICES OF SHARES Z t CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE ;AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. I ONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 25. Dividend Per Annum. Names Of Com panies. Amount of Paid. Price. Share. bi per cent. 41. Canals. Ashton and Oldham... Ash by-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke ...........«. Breckneck & Abergay. Birmingham, 1-16th sh. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelsner & Blackwater Coventry ................. Crom ford ............... Dudley .........- ***** ... Derby... ..... .............. Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ..'................ Forth and Clyde...". Grand Juncti0n......... Grand Union ~....,.. Grand Surrey ............ Grand Western...-. Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham .............. Huddersfield ~...av Kennet and Avon ...av Lancaster .av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester .." .. " l . . .. Leicester BtNrt oiarn . p. Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire ..... Montgomeryshire . Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak Forest av Regent's (or London).. Rochdale...-. lv Shropshire .............«.. Somerset Coal Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester 5hrew5bury,........„,,.,. Steurbridge ............» Stratford.on_Avon...av 5wan5ea............ Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, 1 4 sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Birmlng Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach Wey and Arun....... X a. d. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 X & d. -.. 10e. 4 perceitt. 401. .15s. 14 - ss. 81 12s. Scl. .se. .I.los. 841. 104 17s. 6d. 101. Opercent. 118 204 14 10.. 15L seCios. 104 106. 3 . is . cent. .4 per cent. 41 per cent. 4 per cent. Si. 10s. 3 per cent. Z per cent. 144 per cent. 4 per cent. 6 per cent.. Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds ....... Bristol .av Do.Bnds,var.amounts St. Katrwrine DittP. Bonds ............« Bonds Southampton 100 0 0 Stock Stock Lla 9 0 Stock 50 -; 0 Eridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of pr c. Waterloo.. - ... Ditto OW .... of Si Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto Bonds VauxhalL ......... .......av Assurances. Albion Alfred Life" Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas ..... -........ Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle ..... •••••••••••••• ge .•• Economic Life ..... European Ditto New Freemasons ..... Globe ..... Guardian Hope Life... ..... Ditto Imperial Fire Ditto Life..„ .....«..« Indemnity Marine....... Law Life .. ... Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Neptune Marine Palladium Life Protector Life Provident Life Rock Life . . ... ..... Royal Exchange...- Sun Fire Ditto Life..... ..... University Life Universal Life.. - Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasia Ditto New 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 IN per cent. 11. 05. &1. 188. Id. per cent. 11. 71. 79 10 9 91. 10a. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. Si. 6d. pr al! 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 e 50 0 0 10Q 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2000 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 e Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New.... ..... National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire. Union of Australia Union of London 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 e 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 e 50 0 0 Gaslight & Coke Ditto Birmingham .... ".. Binning. & Stailbrds . h Bristol ...... ...... Brighton Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New.......... Equitable. Imperial . . ... ....... Isle of Thanet Independent Phoenix Ratcliff....... ..... South Metropolitan United General,....„ Westmins. Charter ed Ditto Water Works. Birmingham East London Grand Junction......av Rent .. Nw Riv - Len. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhari, late S. Lond. Wed Middlesex .av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Pr op Iron Railways Birmingham & Derby & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian . . ... . Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction„ Great North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths 20 0 0 4000 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 r 100 o Harwich Hull and Selby ...... Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half. Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchatr and Birming Midland Counties North British Norwich & Brandon Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 51, die Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen..„ Rouen and Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lork and N. 121111 and Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos ...... Ditto Scrip...." Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo , Columbian, iss. 51 p.m General Mining ..... Hibernian .. Imperial Slate Compy Mexican . ...... Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes... Rhyraney Santiago de Cuba United Mex.,iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip literary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket London University Russell ..... ...... Ring's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. IL 11ex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0' 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 41 13 4 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 ieo O 0 ..... /. 10s. 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 'Oyer cent. 10s. per eh. 11. 101. perch. 20 0 0 53 0 0 5.5 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 IL 4s. 11. 15s. (per cent. 6 per cent. 1418 s. and ils.6d. ba. i 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 Eger cent. Tper cent. IN per cent 6per cent 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 ) 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ... All paid 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 110 0 0 640 141 71 ,1140 160 1:?s 113 101% 21% 11 :3 4 SG 24 120 72% 19% 16, 6% 55( 400 UJ3.. 141 49% 1 C% 169 15% rt 43% 5% 16 408. 121 s. 23% 5 1654 3‘l 4t 25 26% 202 104 47 11 6% 9% 213 24% n6yi, 73 16% 111 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 28 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 , 25 0 0 3.5 g 39% 40 2!1( 31 0 14 10 0 100 0 V 25 0 ( 140 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 &, ) 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 150 e o 50 0 0 11 , 0 0 40 0 0 ,COTTISH COM] OCT. 2, 1 f Bank of 5c0t1and....... Royal Bank British Linen Cornpny. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Western Bank Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance..... North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of 6cotL Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Insur... Standard Life Incur.... Dalkeith Railway Y Edin. and Glas.Railwy andGlas t os Green. Rail. ~upand Arbr Rail, 2 10 0 2 4 6 : 5 211 107 pas 100 0 0 100 - 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 26 6 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 A 0 25 0 0 50 0 0, 434 118 i 0434 273 y Ns pin 100 0 0 20 0 0 5000 20 0 0 'ANIES' PRICES. 10 0 ol 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 9 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 50 0 0 55 0 0 OM 90 13% 522 8 18 21.. 50 U. Si. per share per cent. per cent'? k 30s. be . j 57 per cent. per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. es. 6d. per cent. 'l9s. 12 . 01._& be. 11. 10s. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. IL ss. 4s. 5 per cent. IN per cent. IL 4s. 5 per cent 10% r er cen P per cent. 6 per cent 6 per cent. bper cent. per cent. per cent. percent, 8 per cent. 6 per cent. Es per share Si. per share 10 per cent. per cent. 16s. 11.55. 11. is. bl. and be. Oil. and be. per cept. reel% 101. 101. 8t per eh 115 e per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent, cent. per IA per cent. 34 1U V. 10.. V. le.. 21. 105. apex pent. 4L160. 11. 14s. 2/.135. p. sh. U. 4s, per cent. Ds. per eh. 111. ss. per sh W per cent. I% per cent. IL ss. per sh !NI. per eh. 12s. per sh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1361. per ib 104 per sh. 11.14 e. BLper share .3e 4d per eh 111.175. pr eh 113sder at 111. is. 15s. U. 11a lOd. IS per oent. per cent.• 10 per cent. 10 percent. 14 11. 31. 17$. 6d. LIST OP 6 Per cent. 6 per cent. S per cent. 6 per cent. 7 per cent. 6 per cent. 6per cent. 6 per cent. 7 per cent. p per cent. t per cent. (per cent. t per cent. 5 per cent. s lier cent. I per cont I per cent SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM TI DO iukks ot THIS DAY. GLOBI.—Mr. O'Connell having given his sane; tion to the spinning for Irish account of a theoky of Government by a Federal Parliament, We May, no doubt, look for a speedy completion of the Casting aside for the moment one ehinery Particular man W i nion An Irishman and a Repealer would seek to relieve his country from het politial grievances, let us ask what , in fe* *W-4 is tire object aimed at ? Is it not the making of some laws concerning Ireland, or Irish affairs, which it is found, or believed, that an Imperial Parliament can not or will not make—the doing of something in the business of legislation which a Parliament com posed entirely of Irishmen it is hoped may do, and which one composed of English, Irish, and Scotchmen may not do ?—As we cannot conceive, in any other form, an adequate motive for a reasonable man seeking a repeal .of the union, we will bake the affirmative for granted. The object, then is to legis late for the people of Ireland in particular, in some way adverse to the interests, or opinions, or wishes of the people of Great Britain,—or to do that by an Irish Parliament which (whether just or unjust in itself) would be done by a Parliament in which the representatives of Great Britain had a voice. We would not here be understood to offer any opinion upon the measures which an Irish Parliament, look ing only to what it might hold to be the interests of the Irish people, might think fit to adopt. It is sufficient for our purpose that such measu res , if of such a nature as an Imperial Parliament would not have sanctioned, must be considered as opposed to the views of the represen tatives of the people of Great Britain, and by conse quence to those of an assembly in which they should form a decided majority. And indeed, if not, cui bono ? What does Ireland gain by her native Par liament; or what does the empire gain by using three Parliaments to do what might as well have been done by one ? We are quite aware that the opposition of the people of Great Britain to a measure desired by the people of Ireland (always assuming the existence of such a measure) may not be deemed in itself a just reason why the measure should not be carried. But if, while Great Britain and Ireland are united, such an opposition is called into existence, and cannot be evaded, it must be met ; and if it cannot be over - powered, it must be yielded to. That it does exist, and has been exercised, are the only feasible grounds we can conceive for the proposed change. In short, We must deal with the principles of government as we find them. With the fullest and fairest re presentation of every interest recognising a common authority, we are driven to the vote for a decision, and must always have a discontented minority. This minority—the weaker party—may endeavour to avoid the conclusion it abhors by complicating the mode by which it is to be arrived at ; and may even so far succeed as to hide from itself the true result. So it may be imagined that Ireland, by the expedient of obtaining a special Parliament for the making of her own laws, may have them made without, and even in defiance of, the influence of the sister kingdom. But this is only a variety of that species of sophistry by which we are led to fancy that a thing is changed in its nature by being removed one step further from our apprehension. It is akin to that Indian theory which supports the world on an elephant, the elephant on a tortoise, and the tortoise on something else which is not exactly de fined. With such a Parliament in Ireland as alone would satisfy the cravings of the Repeal party, a col lision between the two countries would be inevitable. Let it be supposed that some such measure as we have alluded to—marked b . y such an encroachment upon British interests as should arouse the decided opposition of the British people—were presented for the royal assent. The Ministry of the day would then, as now, it is presumed, hold office by the confidence of the Imperial Par liament. The predominance of Great Britain over Ireland in that assembly would be unaltered, and would be heard in the advice of the Ministry to the Sovereign. And how could it be otherwise ? Unless we completely change the constitution of the execu tive, the royal assent would still be given or withheld under the influence of the responsible advisers of the Crown. Assuming that it were withheld—and such we may almost deem an inevitable consequence of the supposed character of the measure, the Irish Parliament would find itself opposed, nomi nally, to the Sovereign, but, in effect, to the Executive and the Imperial Parliament. The usual parliamentary resource—a stoppage of the supplies from Ireland—might follow. But what then ? The function of the Irish legislature would be brought to a standstill, and the supplies from Great Britain remain unaffected. It would be idle to carry our spe culations further. The case we have put involves no violent improbabilities; but, on the contrary, springs, by the most direct inference, from the only grounds upon which a Repealer can be supposed to give to his demand a reasonable aspect. If we refer to history, the view we here take of the operation of the federal principle is amply confirmed by experience. Of two such States so united, the lesser has always been compelled to submit to the greater, and has possessed a parliamentary constitution in theory and in name. Even the history of the old Irish Parliament, defective as it was in its constitution, is replete with evidence of the utter uselessness of a local Parliament to that coun try, or any other similarly situated. Indeed, its defects alone saved the empire from the risks which its exist ence in an efficient state must have constantly involved. It was capable of being rendered subservient. Its subservience, however, was costly to England—made it wholly valueless to Ireland—and was never put to so good a purpose as in aiding its final extinction. It may serve to employ and amuse theorists, or to mis lead the masses who will reason upon the subject only up to the limits marked for them, to raise a fal lacious distinction between the legislative functions of the Sovereign and those of the Parliament; and admitting division in the latter, appeal to the "gol den link" still furnished by the former for a saving bond of union. But we need only to be reminded of what is the actual position of the Sovereign in this country, to perceive the weakness of such a link. That reference to the " golden link"—(apparently a favourite one with Mr. O'Connell)—has, indeed, a fine loyal sound ; but it does not get rid of the diffi culty. It only shifts it one step further back. We need scarcely repeat that the Sovereign is always swayed by the predominating parliamentary influence, which has therefore, in effect, an absolute veto upon all laws, whether made in Ireland or in England. We think Mr. O'Connell touched the gist of the question of Ireland's fair share of influence in the legislature of the empire (and of Ireland), when he objected to the number of individuals she deputes to the Impe rial Parliament. Here, if at all, must Ireland be strengthened. In obtaining a local Parliament she would either give up altogether, for a mere name, the substantive power she now has—or she would find that, after all, the battle in vindi cation of Irish rights must be fought, not in the Federal, but in the Imperial Assembly ; and that the extent to which she could effect the good intentions of the former would he exactly measured by the actual weight of her influence in the latter. The real complaint of Ireland, then, is, that the predominating influence in the Legislature is adverse to the in terests of the Irish people. Granting that it be so, the remedy, in our opinion, is not to multiply our Parliamentary machinery under the idea that this ad verse influence may be evaded, but to change it by operating upon its ultimate source—the sense of the people of both countries. To evade it we must con trive so to nullify the representation principle as to give sway to a minority in the national councils—a task which, in the present state of things, seems rather hope less. We may divide and sub-divide till we find a fit assembly for making precisely the laws we want; but to obtain an effective sanction for them we must come back, sooner or later, to the central authority, and must encounter on the way all the difficulties we have sought to avoid. We come, therefore, unavoidably to the conclusion, that the Parliament in College green would find it impossible to legislate in opposi tion to that at Westminster, and preserve its alle giance to the same Sovereign. But happily the experiment is as unnecessary as it would be dan gerous. To obtain justice for Ireland is not an im possibility, though to obtain it by this particular method looks so very like one. STANDARD.—In England, says the Univers, there prevails (who would have thought it ?) " a popular irritation against France." We certainly, up to this moment, have remained in happy igno rance of this irritation, nay, we have flattered our selves with the conviction that the utter failure of the organs of the ou s t e d Whi gs t o magn if y th e Ota heite affair and the war in Morocco into occasions of offence, is the best possible proof that in England we are doggedly resolved to preserve the entente cordiale, that " better substitute," as the Herald calls it, for formal treaties of allience, so often preg nant with matters of dispute. The article of the Univers, which first apprises us of our uncomfortable irritation against France (of which the French offi cers at Portsmouth were probably as ignorant as our selves), is otherwise very amusing, and therefore we will copy it : " THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND THE WHIGS.—The Univers announces as a report, that the Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian Minister at Berlin, had left that capital to meet Count Nesselrode, and, if neces sary,iif induce the latter to proceed to the p capi tal, where Lord Palmerston is at present, and where he has been received with the greatest distinction by the King. Lord Palmerston proposes next to proceed to Vienna, and many persons are inclined to give a political signification to his journey. This opinion, whether erroneous or otherwise, is founded on the supposed pro bability of the return of the Whigs to office. Their affinity with O'Connell, coupled with the popular irri tation existing in England against France, renders it improbable that one of their principal leaders should be travelling for amusement at such a moment. It must not be forgotten, that during Lord Palmerston's last years of office anti-Gallicanism was personified in that statesman. Lord Palmerston had decidedly abjured 64 4 0 40 0 0 soon 5 0 0 II 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 5 o 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 9 0 10 0 9 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 el 40 0 0 40 0 iO 0 25 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 19 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 3000 39 0 0 80 0 0 2.5 0 0 48 0 0 10 7 0 S 5 0 0 the pfliicy of the former quadruple alliance to adopt the Austro;continental policy. It cannot be dissembled that the attitude assumed by him, in the questibti, of gyist and *la acquired fbr hull the sympathies of every foreign power with the exception of France. In many other mi.ctiong likewise. such as those of Greeee and Turkey, the system of Lord ;Pal therstOti *WO hot less, ih Mobil! ,with that of foreigtt courts. It is belieYed that ihb objet of the prolonged stay bf the Ckitilat de,Nestieltode lii Eirglaiid wad tb facili tate tne solution of certain questions relatiire in the affairs of the East. It is, moreover, announced that Lord Palmerston, by the advice of his friends, is about to re turn speedily to England, where the interests of his party require his presence. If this be so, the journey of the King of the French and of his Minister to England, and his visit to Queen Victoria, would have produced a sin gular result." This is droll enough. The probability that the Whigs are about to resume office in consideration of their affinity with Mr. O'Connell will, pro bably, be as new to most English readers as the prevailing irritation against France ; not that any one doubts of the affinity spoken of ; but we have not hitherto been aware that such affinity with the ex-gaol-bird and frightened deserter of repeal, would be a recommendation to the confi dence either of the Sovereign or the people of this nation. Enough, however, upon this point. Thanks to his good luck, or it may be to the dishonesty of faction, Mr. O'Connell is at large, though still upon the records of the courts of justice a cri minal convicted of a seditious conspiracy. Let the Whigs by all means court his patronage, and let the convict make Lord Palmerston a Prime Minister, if, as the Univers estimates, he can. And now to another point : the Univers hints, not very darkly, at some supposed understanding between Lord Palmerston and the Russian Government, and tells a story of Count Nesselrode's visit to this country. Now, the surmise as to Lord Palmerston's inti mate relations with Russia imputes to his Lord ship nothing more than virtual high treason, and we shall not, by canvassing the grounds of the surmise, poach on Mr. Urquhart's preserve. Mr. Urquhart knows Lord Palmerston much better than we do, and is in all respects much better qualified than we are to do justice to his Lordship's proceed ing. Connected with this matter, however, we have a little tale to tell. A person—who has been for some years admitted at least so far into the confidence of the Russian mission in this country, as now and then to supply to us, and we suppose to other jour nals, articles of information that could be had only from the Russian Minister or some of his suite—called at our office shortly before the arrival of the King of the French, to tell that the preliminaries of a quadruple treaty, for the arrangement of the affairs of the East, had been agreed upon between Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia ; and that the terms of this treaty, from any share in forming which France was to be excluded, were the opening of Constantinople and the Dar danelles as a free city and a free port, and the removal of the Sultan and his Court to Scutari, preparatory to driving the Turks altogether out of Europe. The fable was a little too gross, and therefore we dismissed it without much con sideration. It is impossible, however, not to see the mischievous purpose with which such fabrications are set afloat, and we confess that we suspect that the article quoted above is an arrow out of the same quiver. Certain it is, that if the Russian Govern ment does not wish to embroil Great Britain and France, it is grievously ill-served by its subordinate agents, and, assuming Lord Palmerston to be one of its friends, by some of its friends also. ENGLAND. ight's Gazette.) li - e Act 7th and Bth of Vic eek ending on Saturday, the BANK OF (From this Ni Au Account, pursuant to t toria, cap. 32, for the WE 19th day of October,lB44. ISSUE DEP, Notes issued ... 27,731,910 £27,731,910 - M. MA. Dated the 24th day of Oct BANKING D Proprietors' capi tal 14,553,000 Rest 3,102,033 Public deposits (including Ex che quer,savings' banks, Commis sioners of Na tional Debt, and dividend ac- counts) 3,965,196 Other deposits 8,406,798 Seven day and other bills 1,074,673 £31,201,7001 - M. MA] Dated the 24th day of Oct 'ARTMENT. Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,043,192 Silver bullion £27,731,910 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. tober, 1844. :PARTMENT. Government secu rities (includ ing Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities Notes Gold and silver coin £31,201,700 EtSHALL, Chief Cashier. ,ober, 1844. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From th• London New Price Current of Oct. 25.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a fair business transacted in the British Plantation Sugar market, and 400 hhds were disposed of at former rates for yellow, but for brown, importers were compelled to take easier prices. The total purchases for the week are 1,830 hhds and trcs. A board of fine yellow Jamaica fetched 68s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day purchases to a fair extent were made :in refined goods by the home trade, at the rates previously quoted. Of bonded Crushed Sugar there is still very little offering ; sales made at 28s, and in small packages at 28s 3d to 28s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon 98 bags at auction sold at rather lower rates—mid yellow at 545, low at 51s 6d, mid brown 465, and very low black 39s per cwt. The quantity left in importers hands is reduced to 12,000 bags. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 567 bags of Madras Sugar were offered, and sold at a decline of Is 6d to 2s per cwt—strong bright foxey brown went at 42s 6d to 435, washed 40s 6d to 435, damp 43s 6d to 45s 6d ; 720 bags Bengal were offered, the quality of nearly the whole of which was very inferior, and sold at low rates, fully 2s under former prices—low dingy yellow went at 48s to 51s, mid 52s 6d to 54s 6d, good mid 555, damp and washed 48s 6d to 50s 6d, good white 63s 6d, damp 60s 6d, low dingy grey sulphury 50s to 51s, rather better 52s to 53s 6d, and damp 44s to 53s per cwt. FOREIGN—This afternoon at public sale 28 mats of Carthagena Sugar were taken in at 20s for strong bright yellow, and rather inferior at 18s per cwt. By private contract 200 baskets yellow Java sold at is 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—For West India several inquiries have prevailed this week, but stiffer rates being required by the merchants business has been checked, and not many parcels have been disposed of : there is nothing to be purchased under 21s per cwt. The stock is not so large as it was, and the deliveries continue to be very good ; of East India small parcels have been disposed of at 15s to 16s per cwt. COFFEE.—Although there are settlers of West India upon further reduced terms, still few purchasers are to be met with, and the market has a very dull appearance ; the supply still consists chiefly of ordinary, good and fine ordinary. This afternoon there was very little de mand for Ceylon Coffee, and at public sale 349 bags were taken in at 51s to 51s 6d for good ordinary ; the highest price bid being 50s in3r cwt. For British Plan tation there are few orders ; 58 casks Jamaica were of fered and sold at lower prices ; fine fine ordinary and low middling at 62s to 70s, :fine ordinary 51s to 555, in ferior 45s to 48s, and Triago 32s 60 bags Carthagena went at 32s to 35s per cwt for bold pale. COCOA.—West India has been in excellent request, and the rates paid are rather above those previously quoted : at public sale, 344 bags 53 barrels of Trinidad were all sold ' • fine red at 50s, good 47s to 48s, middling 44s to 45s 6d, low 42s 6d to 435, low grey 42s to 42s 6d, mid 43s to 43s 6d : 21 bags of Grenada fetched 50s for fine red, and 45s to 46s for dull red. Prices are still on the advance for Foreign, the supply being small ; sales pri vately made at 32s 6d to 33s for Para, and 35s to 36s per cwt for Guayaquil. TEA.—The public sales were brought to a conclusion on Monday ; the biddings thro'ghout were languid, and of the total quantity brought. forward, amounting to 41,518 pkgs, the very small pr oportion of only 5,800 found purchasers, at a decline a n the last auctions of -id to id for Congou, to ld for infi :nor Twankay, 2d to 3d for Hyson, 2d for Gunpowder, I d to Id for Caper and young Hyson, and /d to I d per lb ti )rPouchong; other sorts of Tea sustained the former curr ency. Since the sales the demand has been very limit ed for inferior sorts of Congou, and rather lower r. stes have been accepted, common selling at 9/d to 10d, and good common 10/d to lid per lb, cash; but in t' tie better kinds a large amount of business has been trai isacted at firm rates; in deed of fine Congou there is not s ufficient at market to sa tisfy the demand. Twankay of 0r( 7 4 quality is cheaper, sales of yellow leaf made at is 1i i U is 2d per lb, but the better sorts are wanted, at Is 3(1 to is Bd, and Hyson kind is 9d to 2s sd. Hyson, 2 s ./(1 to 2s 9d for mid dling to middling, and 2s 10d to 3s 9d for better qua lity. Gunpowder at 3s to 4s 6(1 .for middling to fine ; b n r o i t sk m e u r c h sale, has be in I m p er i a l s t h ere h as not been uch doing. Scented beentnot better done. prices Po u c ; 011 f .d dg to Orange Pek oe a t 3s 4 d to 3s 5 d ; i n plain Orange has met amreetthweitchura rent rates paid. For Souchong thin , e has decidedly been a better demand at former rates . The low prices that prevail for Caper have caused I 311 , :erS to operate more freely. Young Hyson is not muc hii i request, andp rices rule high. SPICES.—This afternoon at p td lie sale 100 bags of Pimento were taken in at 41€1 pe r :lb, being above their value. 29 bags of white Pepper a t .5d for middling. 609 bags Malabar Ginger partly sold 24 36s to 448 6d for rather small, being cheaper. SAGO.—Tha demand is on the increase, and prices are looking up ; holders show fc mness, and none has been offered at public sale ; the at xk is reduced to a small ebb ; common pearl has bee n selling at 14s to 15s, middling 16s to 18, good 19s to 2 ls, and fine 22s to 246 per cwt. Sago Flour at 18s • .to 19s per cwt. Of bags of the supply still exceeds 0 133 ie demand: of Rio at public sale were nearly a 1 1 taken in at 4P to 5d per lb. For Arrowroot prices • are kept low by the large stock. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANT ,8 1 .—There has been a ailing off in the demand for Jr e piaica Rum this week only a limited business haft been transacted, but mecliantt ve t e lt ii r ao e vni3s. firm, beh a te nd orledhi ats ),4oti strength, n2q f z o du r t.shf m no. t e r r tfypa r i a eor t mn e ci s for euoraffaleri rat quality, ; 11 d ,383800 e 3 s tp c do r i ii3np s t2os per cent. over proof. For L4ewgras Lim . ) demand 4 been brisker, and prices are firmer ; 250 puns so:a t °:tirong qualities. Calcutta Rum has been 2 s s s 4 0 i d d raidte f2osr inubh int - inked l'of, and ftill rates offered. The arrivals Of, all sorts of Rum hive been Stitall this iveehi whereas the delivefieg froi th_p warehouses are large. The market is firm for Ifrandy4 Cognacs heit I'frands s of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s Id, puns is lid ; 1839, hlidg 4s 11d, puns 4s 8d ; 1840, hhds 45 10d, puns 45 gd 1841, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1842, hhds 48 6d, puns 4s 4d, low 3s to 35 6d, and middling 3s 4d to 38 10d. Geneva has been taken sparingly ; export sort at is 9d to is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 6d to 3s 6d. Prices are still supported for English Corn Spirits.' SEEDS.-This afternoon 1,151 bags East India Lin seed at public sale were sold at 43s for good clean; 410 quarters of East India Rape Seed taken in at 43s per quarter. RICE.-This afternoon the market was better supplied with East India Rice, at public sale 1,136 pockets 1,320 bags of Bengal were offered and all sold at full rates, middling white at lls to Ils 6d, good middling lls 6d to 12s, sea damaged first class lOs to I Is, second ditto 10s, third ditto is to 8s 6d, and fourth ditto 7s. 4,528 bags of other sorts were disposed of, Madras small dusty white Os 6d to 10s, middling broken white lOs to lOs 6d, low middling white Os 6d to 10s, sea damaged 7s to 9s, middling bold yellow 8s to 8s 6d, good 8s 6d to 9s, and sea damaged ss. Bombay good middling old dusty white Ils to Ils 6d, sea damaged 9s to lOs • being 3d to 6d cheaper for the Madras, but full rates for all other sorts. FRUIT.-There has been an extensive demand for New Valentia Raisins this week, and the market has been cleared at 50s. per cwt. Old Red Smyrna at 40s, old Muscatels at 44s to 60s, New at 60s to 110 s. New Lexia Itaisans at 38s. Tho demand hsa considerably increased for Currants. Zante and Cephalonia Old at 39s to 41s, New Zante 475, Patras Old, 425, and New 46s to 50s. Figs are in increased demand. New Turkey Pulled at 70s to 80s. Sultanas are much wanted in consequence of the scarcity and high price of New Valentia Raisins. In other sorts of Fruit the transac tions are upon a more extended scale. SALTPETRE. - This afternoon an increased desire was shown to purchase Rough and 876 bags Calcutta at pub lic sale were readily sold at stiff rates, 71 per cent. re fraction, middling grey went at 25s 6d to 265, 10} per cent. ordinary 24s 6d to 255, 14 per cent ditto 24s to 24s 6d, not refracted 255, and washed 21s 6d to 22s 6d per cwt. The market has a firm appearance. INDIGO.-Since the conclusion of the quarterly sale of East India there has been only a limited demand for home consumption or shipping, but merchants are not inclined to further give way in prices, and few parcels are offering fur sale. In Spanish little business has been transacted, and parcels could only be disposed of upon lower terms. In Germany and Russian the consump tion has been unusually large this season and is likely to continue on account of the low rates which prevail. COCHINEAL.-A further decline of prices of Id per lb has taken place in Cochineal ; of 112 bags offered at public sale two thirds found purchasers-Honduras low to good silvers at 4s 2d to 4s 6d, good black 5s 7d, and Mexican manufactured black 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; 11 bags Garblings fetched is 6d to is 10d per lb. TALLOW- There bas been a good business transacted in Russian on the spot, and prices rule firm ; new St. Petersburgh Yellow Candle has been sell ing at 41s 3d to 41s 6d, and old 40s 9d to 41s per cwt. This afternoon at public sale 252 pipes 22 hhds 5 brls of South American Tallow went at 34s to 39s 6d, 224 casks of North American melted at 39s to 40s 9d, and 127 casks of New South Wales at 38s to 41s 3d per cwt. OILS.-There has been more inclination to purchase Linseed Oil this week, but prices have been prevented from advancing owing to the large supply ; a fair busi ness has been transacted on the spot at 23a 9d to 24s per cwt, and for delivery some contracts have been entered into, if it were not for the high rates the crushers are getting for cakes, they could not afford to sell Oil at the present low prices ; it is cheaper than has been the case for several years. For Rape the de mand has fallen off, and prices are not so firm. Pale at 35s 6d to 365, and brown 34s 6d to 355. Palm have been sold at 25s to 27s for fine quality, and holders show firmness. Cocoa Nut Oil at 28s to 30s. In Olive there was little business done, but in prices no alteration has taken place. Pale Seal has been selling at 351 to 351 10s, and Cod 331 to 331 5s per tun. A large parcel of Southern are announced for public competition. This afternoon prices declined for Sperm Oil ; at public sale 80 tuns were offered ; Oil sold at 851 to 894 and Headmatter at 94/15s, Southern is cheaper, 100 tuns at auction went at 261 lOs to 33/; 22 casks of Cocoa Nut Oil at 26s 3d per cwt. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, OCT. 19, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Kincaid, Esq., late Captain in the Rifle Brigade, Exon of her Ma jesty's Guard of the Yeomen of her Guard, in the room of John Parker Nuttal, Esq., deceased. WHITEHALL, OCT. 23. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Algernon Coote, B. A. to the rectory of Marsh Gibbons, in the county of Buckingham and diocese of Lincoln, the same being void by the resignation of the Hon. and Rev. James Douglas, the last incumbent. WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. , The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Donald M‘Kinnon to the church and parish of Fearn, in the presbytery of Tain and county of Ross, vacant by the death of the Rev. Hugh Ross, late minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. James Hemery, M.A., to the deanery of the island of Jersey, void by the resignation of Dr. Francis Jeune, late Dean thereof. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 25. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain D'Oyley W. Battley, from 64th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice W. Jones, Rho reverts to his former half-pay, Oct. 25. 11th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant J. R. Wilton. from 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Goold, promoted, Oct. 25. 19th Foot—Lieutenant J. Maguire, from 55th Foo to be Lieutenant, vice R. A. M. Franklin, who retires on half-pay 55th Foot, Oct. 25. 24th Foot—Ensign W. Hartshorn to be Adjutant, v i ce Williams, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Oct. 25. 42c1 Foot—Lieutenant G. W. Macquarie to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Kinlock, who retires ; Ensign E. F. G. Clavering to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macquairie ; W. J. Cunninghame, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clavering, Oct. 25. 93d Foot—Lieut. L. Skynner, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pole, promoted, Oct. 25. UNATTACHED.- - Lieut. W. Ward, from the 35th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 25. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet P. P. Bouverie, to be Lieutenant, vice Honey wood, resigned, Oct. 19 ; M. V. Maher, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bouverie, promoted, Oct. 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Royal Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry—A. L. Goddard, Esq., to be Captain, vice Calley, resigned ; The Hon. G. Barrington to be Lieutenant, vice Goddard. promoted, Oct. 12. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE. WHITIMALL, OCT. 24. Referring to the notice in the Gazette of the 23d of August, announcing the intention of the Railway Board to examine into certain schemes therein enumerated, with a view to the presentation to Parliament of minutes or reports thereon, in the event of their becoming the subjects of application to Parliament, the Board hereby give notice, that it is further their intention to examine, with a similar view, into the following schemes, viz., I. Schemes for extending railway communication to Goole and to Great Grimsby. 11. Branches from and extensions of the Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Railways. HI. Railway communication between London and Norwich, and other schemes, in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, and Essex. IV. Branches from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, Clydesdale Junction, and Edinburgh and Galashiels schemes. V. Extension of the York and Scarborough and Hull and Selby Railways to Bridlington and Driffield. VI. Schemes for connecting Birkenhead with Man chester and Stockport. VII. South Junction through Manchester, Ashton and Stockport Junction, and Manchester and Buxton. VIII. Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, and other schemes, in the district between the Bolton and Preston and the Liverpool and Manchester Railways. IX. Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, and other railway schemes, in the district between the Bolton and Preston and Manchester and Leeds Railways. X. Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury and Chester schemes. XI. Worcester and Wolverhampton and other schemes for extending railway communication in Worcestershire and Staffordshire. XII. Schemes for extending railway communications to the Potteries. XIII. Schemes for extending railway communications to Falmouth. . XIV. — Schemes for extending railway communication to Staines and Windsor. . XV. Schemes for making railway communication in Ireland from Dublin to Cork, Limerick, Cavan, Galway, Enniskillen, Londonderry, and Waterford ; between Londonderry and Eoniskillen ; between Cork and Ban don ; between Cork and Waterford ; between Cork and Limerick; and completing railway communication be tween Dublin and Belfast. The principal points into which the inquiry will be made, in connexion with the above schemes, are as follows:- Ist. The ability and bona fide intention of the pro moters to prosecute their application to Parliament next session for bills to authorize the several undertakings. 2d. The advantages to be obtained, in a national point of view, in completing or extending important lines of railway communication. 3d. The amount of local advantage afforded to the towns and districts Enure immediately affected. a s 4th. may T b o h e n c e o n e g s i s n a e r e y r itn to forma forol a general circumstances ofjudgment the the l ine so f , of the cha s r th a e te T r h o e f t e h s e t u m n a d t e e r s t a o k f i n eo g traffic and worki ng expe nses,o's to judge of the probability f t s ot of f f ea rs,e mayb ei construction, nbg c e n eme a ep n sl d of se at completed and efficiently worked in the event of its being sanc tioned by Parliament, and with a view to drawing a comparison between the merit of competing lines of railway. inquiry, in conformity with the recommendation of the fifth report of the Select Committee on Railways, will not embrace questions of private property or inte rest; 'which Agill be reserved altogether for the con sideration of the Legislatur& . . (Signed) DALIIdUSIE; C. W. PASLEY. G. R. tdl4.TEilt. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. - , BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH SIMf i S,OI;T; bnilder, Stockwell, Surrey, to surrender Nov. 5, at half-past deireii; and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsagef, official assignee ; Alexander, South-street, Finsbury. WALTER WESTRUP and THOMAS MARTIN COCRSEDGE, millers, Shadwell, Nov. 6, at two, and Dee. twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Shearman and Slater, Great Tower-street. JAMES WATSON CARTER, coach plater, Long acre, Nov. 6, at one, and Dec. 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Beaumont and Thompson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. ALFRED FOWLER, carpenter, Leamington Priors, Warwick, Nov. 2 and 29, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham ; Russells, Leamington Priors. „JOHN GOULI), cattle-salesman, Congresbury, So mersetshire, Nov. 11, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol. A'Beckett and Co., Goldon square, London. BENJAMIN JONES, victualler, Birmingham, Nov. 7 and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chilton and Co., Chancery-lana, London ; Suckling, Birmingham. WILLIAM WALKER, hatter, Birmingham, Nov. 7, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at one, at the Birming ham District Court. Yalpy, official assignee, Birming - - barn ; Jackson, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London ; Har rison and Smith, Birmingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscunrado Sugar, for the week ending Oct. 22, 1844, is 335. lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon pn the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXCHI Amsterdam CF. 12 6.. Ditto, at sight l2 4 M Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 25 90 Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Altona l3 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles 25 90 Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petarsburgh, 3Ui 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 ,NGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice . Naples Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon ssi Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9T i Silver in Bars 0 4 1 l Seville — RY NOTES. PROMISSO (From This Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by Private Banks, and by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the four weeks ending the 12th day of October, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 : EIiGULND. Private Banks Joint-Stock Banks 3,331,516 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,987,665 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 3,597,850 Private and Joint-Stock Banks Total.. X 17,047,454 H. L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, Oct. 25, 1844. IMPORTANT RAILWAY IN TELLIGEN CE. On referring to a list of newly-projected lines of railway, the promoters of which are actively prepar ing themselves for the earliest possible application to Parliament, it will be found the number of schemes amount to forty, extending over a distance of 2,173 miles, and involving an aggregate estimated expen diture of 39,695,0001. Of this number, five of the projected lines are in Ireland, amounting to 2,695,0001., and extending over 237 miles ; the remaining enor mous amount of 37,000,0001. being the estimate for lines in England. While it is certain that a great many of these competing lines will not be carried out, we may safely calculate on a good half, or 20,000,0001., being expended on railways in the next three years— a sum which, under present circumstances, will, we trust, have a most beneficial effect on the industrial classes of the community; while the division of so much capital into various channels must have its due effects on monetary affairs, and, by the increased in terest afforded by such undertakings, tend to keep down the price of Government funds, and induce still further to the carrying out of large scientific works, for increased facilities of communication between dis tant localities, the increase of trade and commerce, and the moral advancement of the human family. We are glad to see the railway system in Ireland be ginning to cause that interest in the moneyed world, which the subject deserves, and trust that the pro jectd lines will meet with the most favourable con sideration from Parliament ; it will open a wide field for the employment of her population, and the cir culation of upwards of 2,000,0001. sterling in Ireland, within. a limited period, would disseminate an incal culable amount of good. That there are good grounds for still farther extension of the railroad system, the following extraordinary increase which has taken place in the gross receipts of twenty-one extensive lines in the first quarter of ,the present half-year, as compared with the same period of last year, will show : Birmingham and Gloucester £11,721 Chester and Birkenhead ---Edi# #ur!ha te Glasgow 1,541 t ' y, and Ayr 3,406 i • ? a,; ... a a • '.4—"evs .4. England .. . a *,. i ...." 6,367 :'. Tea '"s • i Miiatpdel and,Manchester ;:London and Birmingham 15,558 ' London and grighton v : London and Croydon London and South-Western 8,399 Manchester and Birmingham 5,028 Manchester and Leeds 24,349 Midland Company 22,278 Newcastle and Carlisle North Union . . Preston and Wyre 1,802 Sheffield and Manchester 2,771 Ulster 403 York and North Midland 9,006 Total increase on the above 21 railways for the quarter, 187,6641.—Mining Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.] INFERENTIAL PROOF OF THE FALLACY OF THE ORGANIC THEORY OF DOCTORS. Compare the human body to a tree, with all its roots and branches, and then fancy Doctors giving thousands of different drugs, among which are num bered prussic acid, opium, mercury, &c., with a view to eradicate disease out of different parts of the body. Does it not seem an absurdity ? Hygeists, on the contrary, treat the human body as they would a tree going to decay, viz., by draining its roots of stagnant impurities—the sole cause of its body and branches being withered and in a dying state. Let Doctors, if they can, prove the fallacy of this analogy. Doc tors might just as well prescribe different remedies for the different branches of a tree gone to decay, as prescribe different remedies for different parts of the body. Are not trees and plants treated as a whole So should it be with the human body. Issued by Morison and Moat, of the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London, for and on behalf of the body of Hygeists, who contend, that since all diseases arise from one cause, namely, an impurity of the blood, they can be cured by the Vegetable Uni versal Medicine, which being composed of innocuous ingredients, may be taken by any person without the aid of a Doctor. PRINCELY TIIEFT.-It appears that Kennington common, whilom a place for cricket and other healthful sports, is to be built upon, to benefit the estate of the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall. These places have been called the lungs of a town. Surely to choke the lungs is hardly the best way to captivate the heart. Will the Prince of Wales be more beloved in Kennington if only known as the Prince of Bricks and Mortar ? Punch. INTRODUCTION OF BRICHMAKING INTO ENGLAND. —lt is generally admitted that the Romans introduced the art of brickmaking into this country, for we have no account of any being used prior to the Roman Conquest. Nor does it appear that the Romans employed this ma terial otherwise than when compelled to do so is the ab sence of other material. The Roman walls were gene rally built with cement and tiles, or flint stores laid in courses at convenient distances to bind the parts together, and at the external and internal angles, to strengthen them. These bands consisted of three or four courses of tiles or stones laid through the wall, and were placed at two or three feet from each other ; the intermediate spaces being raised by a sort of cement composed of mortar and pebbles, and sometimes of rag-stones, or such materials as the country afforded. In this manner the walls of Verulam, Colchester, Chesterford, and other places were built. Alberti tells us, on th e aut h or i ty of Varro, that the Gauls built their houses of baked brick, but this does not correspond at all with the ancient sim plicity of those people, for the use of this m a t er i a l a l ways implies a certain advance i n civ ilisation ; on the other hand, in places where other material could not be pro cured, it is very probable they had recourse to unburnet' brick or mud.—The Builder. EXTENT IN AlD.—This process was put in requi sition at the Sheriffs Court yesterday, on the part of the Crown, against the executors of a Mr. Gostling, one of its debtors. The debt was 6,0001., for excise duties. The property, worth near 15,0001., was a ll mortgaged to i its full value, and t s . available value was, consequently, assessed at I. Writs were then enf orce d against the two sureties, on the bond given for the debt ; but the verdict in both cases was--no property ! The amount was, therefore, lost to the revenue. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. The ceremonial of laying the :foundation-stone of this great undertaking took place on Tuesday, and vvas rendered as imposing as the vast importance of the oticirisior justified. The day proved one of the most brilliant of atttunanal days, and was a general holiday to all classes. Business was laid aside. The hundreds of labourers and mechanics employed in the Various departments of the harbour and docks, and also of the private buildings, were not merely per mitted to cease from toil, but were paid fur their day's time ; arrangements were also made for enabling them to partake of the general hilarity. The dawn of morning was hailed by the firing of cannon and the ringing of bells. Flags were seen hoisted on every point. Liverpool and its environs, on the Lancashire side, and every city, town, and vil lage on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, poured forth their gladdened population to witness the inspiring scene, and to partake of the widely-spread means of enjoyment. The poor inhabitants were supplied, from a fund subscribed, with bread and meat of ex cellent quality, and in large proportions—the bread in loaves, and the meat in pieces of from four to eight pounds, according to the number of their families. From an early hour in the morning the Liverpool and Birkenhead steamers, decorated with streamers, were employed in conveying the anxiously-expectant multitudes to the scene of hilarity; the railway trains also, at reduced fares, contributed to swell the con stantly-increasing masses. It was computed that not fewer than sixty thousand visitants were congregated on the occasion. These spread themselves in every direction, and imparted to the scene a liveliness and variety of extreme interest. At half-past eleven the procession started from the Town-hall—an insignificant building, which is about to be deprived of its municipal character, and to be succeeded by another, more suited to the magnificent town, which is rapidly rising into existence. awing performed the appointed circuit of peram bulation, the procession ar:ived at the site of the new harbour. Tile arrangements il - lade for this, the most impressive part of the ceremony, were distinguished by great taste and considerable regard l'Or the conve nience of the gentlemen to whom platfor.'n-tickets had been issued. Platforms were erected round the site, on the shore, a short distance to the northwaid of the upper side of the 'Woodside Ferryslip, and on a scale which accommodated, without inconvenient pressure, the invited guests, and those who took part in the ceremonial. At about two o'clock the proces sion reached the site of the new harbour. On pre senting the trowel, a very chaste and classic implement, to Sir Philip Egerton, M.P. for the southern division o f Cheshire, who had undertaken to officiate on the occasion, 11r. Randell, the engineer, delivered a short but appropriais: address to Sir Philip Egerton. The lion. Baronet des,;:.Rnded from the platform, and having completed the pro.;!'- 3 s of laying the stone, and prayer having been offered by the Rev. Mr. Gardner, Sir Philip Egerton addressed the C2m quent speech, which was in several parts pany in an elo ,Laidly cheered. Having made some appropriate introductorj observa tions, the Hon. Baronet took a rapid but very' inte resting retrospect of the history of Birkenhead. In the time of his venerated grandfather, and only fifty years since, it did not contain more than three houses ; in 1801 these had increased only to seven ; and at intervals of ten years until 1831, its progress was scarcely perceptible. in 1841 it began to give some signs of decided progress ; and now it presented the scene they then witnessed. The town having lines of streets, amounting to thirty miles in extent ; a har bour and docks in course of formation which would far exceed, in their means of accommodation, any now in existence in any part of the kingdom ; and these so aided by the remarkable facilities which nature has afforded, that the amount of outlay, though large, would be comparatively small. 'f a Hon. Baronet then proceeded to indulge in predictions of Birken head's future greatness, and presented a sketch which not merely derived probability, but became certainty, from the knowledge of what had been already realised, The Hon. Baronet concluded a very interesting ad dress by a fervent wish, which was responded to by the cheers of the assembled thousands of spectators, that the most sanguine hopes of the projectors might be realised. Thus terminated this interesting and impressive ceremonial. The workmen were subsequently re galed with substantial fare ; their wives and children were also provided with abundant means of suitable enjoyment at the expense of their employers. The dinner to the company, for which extraordinary pre parations had been made, and for the ball and supper afterwards, will bear comparison with anything ever exhibited on any public occasion. Accommodation had been made for 550 gentlemen, of whom nearly 200 were specially invited guests; the latter were seated at semicircular tables in imme diate proximity to the chairman (Mr. Laird) and to the deputy-chairman (Mr. W. Jackson). Over the head of the chairman was placed a splendid portrait of his son, painted by Illidge, and a most impressive likeness. On no occasion could the splendid picture have been exhibited with greater effect than on a day which was commemorative of the successful exertions of Mr. Laird, jun. By him the stupendous under taking was projected; and to him, in conjunction with the Messrs. Jackson, and two or three other gentlemen, the success of the plan may be mainly attributed. Among the noblemen and gentlemen who accepted invitations for the dinner, and some of whom were at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone, were the following :—Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., Tatton Eger ton, Esq., M.P.; J. J. Tollemache, sq., M.P., and Cornwall Legh, Esq., M.P., the four county Mem bers; Lord Bateman, the Hon. E. J. Stanley, Sir William Massey Stanley Bart., of Hooton Hall, and party ; John Stanley, Esq., of Hooton ; the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon ; J. Bailey, Esq., M.P. for Hereford shire; William Ewart, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P.; W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P. ; William En twisle, Esq., M.P.; Jos. Brotherton, Esq., M.P.; Peter Greenall, Esq., M.P. ; Thos. Grimsditch, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Edward Cust, Bart. The dining-room and ball-room were most taste fully fitted up and arranged. They were formed of the railway carriage booths, but had been enclosed, floored, and hung with the most graceful ornaments. The dining-room was about 140 feet in length by 40 in width, and of ample height. The cozy dceil on entering was extremely imposing. The walls were covered with crimson, yellow, and blue drapery. The recesses were decorated with evergreens and large ornamental flowers, and the whole of the principals and framework of the roof were similarly adorned, so as to resemble a shrubbery that had taken leave of its parent earth, and mounted into mid-air. From the beams were suspended handsome richly-gilt gas chan deliers, as central lights. There were four rows of tables, the two outer ones united at top and bottom by being continued in the form of a semi circle. The ball-room was about the same size, but much more richly embellished. The reception-room and retiring-room were decorated in a style which created wonder that, in such a place, so much could have been accomplished. The Countess of Essex, Lady Grey Egerton, Lady Amelia Cecil, the Hon. Mrs. E. J. Stanley, and many other ladies of high rank, were among the ladies patronesses of the ball. A supper and ball afterwards took place at the Town-hall, given by Mr. W. Jackson to the clerks and other official gentlemen in the employ of the Commissioners, who, with their friends, thus participated in the hilarity of the evening, as they had previously done in the preceding enjoyment of the day. THE FISHERMAN'S GIFT. On their journey they met a fisherman, who pre sented them with a basket of fish which he held in his hand ; Confucius thanked him for his good-will, and at first refused, but the fisherman persisted, and said, " What I offer is of little value, but I offer it with all my heart. You will perhaps not find any fish where you are going to-night. You are just there, and I should have a long time to travel before I reached home, so that my fish would be spoiled, and I should be unable to sell it. I have had the good for tune to meet you, can I do better than in giving you the benefit which I cannot enjoy myself ?" At these words Confucius advanced respectfully towards the man, took the gift which he offered him, thanked him warmly, and ordered his disciples to pre pare it as an offering to the ancestors. His disciples could not forbear displaying their surprise at his attaching so much importance to a thing of so little value, which a person of the lowest rank offered him only because he did not know what to do with it, and because he could make no use of it him self. Confucius answered, that it was not the value of the gift, nor the rank of the person who gave it, to which attention was to be paid ; but the integrity, the goodness of heart, and the sincerity of the giver whose intention was to oblige. "As for me," said he, " looking at the integrity, the sincerity, and good ness of heart of this fisherman, I own to you, I attach more value to what he has just offered me, than I did to the thousand measures of rice which I formerly re ceived from the King of Tsze."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A CERTAIN CURE FOR ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS !—READ THE FOL LOWING CASE !—James Holmes, a cotton-spinner, re siding at Ancoates, Manchester, had been asthmatical for the last three years ; he was frequently so bad that, when rising from his bed, he could scarcely speak or draw his breath, and would cough and spit for half an hour together, and often thought he should be choked. He was much reduced in strength ; and, after every other means of cure failed, he used these wonderful Pills, which have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as free from it as when he was a child. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may bo had gratis), and by almost all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. Die Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his residence, Beechworth House, Surrey, on Wednesday afternoon. MEDICAL REFORM. A public address on medical reform was yesterday by Mr. lilies, surgeon, at the Western Ifitie; rary Institution, in Leicester-square. The object ° well address was to call the attention of the public, 0 9 as of the profession, to the injurious effects likely to A' sult from Sir James Graham's Bill. Hr. Hines eq.!: menced by observing that the profession did not requ; a monopoly. They were willing to throw open f compounding of medicines, and even the privilege practising ; but what they contended for was, that tael should be a marked distinction between the qualified 913ba unqualified practitioner, so that the public might l e _ misled. They objected, therefore, to allowing preten,, delivered to medical science to assume the titles of " surgeon,_,°o " doctor," and desired to limit such titles to those ?„,",', O had attained the distinction by a regular education. The plan of registration was, he thought, a very insideqt, protection ; and, as there was little inducement to P l- 7,:, titioners to register their names, but, on the contraye't there would be an annual charge atteDding it, 00 1 _ 5 0 would be that many of the most distin would not care to register, and whilst .fled pan were not to be found on the list, the unqualif he would also pretend that he might register himseil O. would, but that he considered it a disgrace to & am ; Mr. Hines pointed out many other parts of the Bill Sit would be injurious to the respectable practitioners, tit he declared his conviction that the sole object of i 'j yt guished surgewoes James Graham was to establish a medical po r- ,4,1 commission. It had been found that the surgeons o‘3"ja not now so readily compete for the appointraeloi poor-law unions, and by making a free trade of ni e t , o o science it was hoped to increase competition for t'', /ie situations. The lecturer inveighed strouglir against heavy duties and miserable remuneration off ow ed poor-law unions, and he asserted that, as the 00 /1 00 object of the New Poor-law was to throw the p..oyr, io i their own resources, so the object of the present 3J-e; Reform Bill was to throw the medical practitionerso the poor, and to compel them to eke out a rais er % ) ; living by extracting the last shilling from their patients. Mr. Ililles advocated the adoption of recv sentative system by the medical profession. Il which posed that the twenty-five thousand members of that body is composed should elect represetaive:lo protect their interests, and to protect the pub lic ion. from becoming dupes of the outcasts of th e p rofess The lecture was very scantily attended. dr Yesterday a meeting of the Medical and Surg ing earn , sociation of the borough of St. Marylebone took P o i. for the purpose of considering and agreeing oatent °Jog festo to be presented to Sir J. Graham, deprecgyeif Bi j l lately introduced into Parliament, as not effe cflog exclucniqg quacks from practice, as erroneously oP e d ar the field u s,E practice to chemists and druggists, prescribing a,2 improper scheme of professional canes'of. tion. The Assoos. l college of general and court of examiners, p :actioners, with an elective co o f ation also advocates the institute United Kingdom. Mr. R.l . :Pen: l i education for the general , ractitioners throughot" ello 9 in order to secure unifornsil.too the College of Surgeons) was in thb' chair, and after;,irj. discussion, in which Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ancel, Mri,vert, ngton (Senior F wood, Mr. Gray, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Mr . ,:he le to .? to t li° the manifesto was adopted. Thanks were vote. chairman, and the meeting separated. 14 0 •4 London: Printed and Published by 00—coor No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The ou s the Strand, in the Precis' ct of the SeVoir Niddlona, Friday, pcober 25,104 --- ----- BANK OF CEYLON. f ee' The third annual general meeting of the y, ion was held yesterday at the office of the Color",-,itetV Old Broad-street. Mr. Cummings, one of the A' the absence of the chairman, presided O le ! Z tom: CHAIRMAN read the Directors' reP°''''?dersbj,,/ stated th..t t the business of the bank had c ons). of ir increased d u the past year, and the charscluis transactions hac, been secure and legitimate. it 1 crease they consideiZ , d the more satisfactorY , 1° ,61 , evidently connected ve,:h the advancing prosP' roAr the colony. There had also been an increase of ,P la d during the year, and the Direaors were still 6 01 ' . ,_,' "bao state that no bad debt had been is Burred by the since the commencement of its business. Th e ds cordiality of feeling had been manifested toriar concern by the merchants and planters is C... n e Y4.5_,..y0r had steadily adhered to it as customers, riot" - On ing the solicitations by the projectors of a rival lees.r ment. A branch establishment at Kandy had .a most satisfactory operation during the past ye s ' management of the business at the chief branch i n Pr lombo had been such as to merit the approbatiouty Directors, who expressed their satisfaction w ith in P r° l e rtions of the bank officers and local Directors 0010 moting theiinterests of the corporation. The I te ibst,,, ift , of accounts up to the 30 th of June last showe, vi; addition to the half - year's dividend pa id in Directors were now enabled to declare a sec D ent. ftfj yearly dividend at the san2e rate of six Pef, cotc°lol annum on the paid-up capital of the bank ; 1 " 0 15th be payable in this country on and after the o il November next, and in Colombo as the manger a after receipt of advice. Aw" ° be On the motion of Mr. Stooks, seconded i 1# son, the resort was received, adopted, and ordel'- printed for cifeulation. here tile° Colonel Sir F. Hankey and Mr. Cumming s unan imously re-elected Directors of the bau,_ s P i r; it• The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a qu estion 0 19 ` - i n cre id prietor, stated that it was very probable that th e w e'°, ll o of steam communication with the island of CeY do require the establishment of a branc h at Poie t ess of ; 5 , and the Directors were now making the O the r e. o f quiries on the subject. In answer also to en° 0 40 o f tion, the Hon. Gentleman said that the only cbrAsellre, the Bank of Ceylon had in the isitznd w aS , t av ivq o p , the bank of Western India • but the for nl " mo o0; 4 " occupied the ground, they had no fear ei 011 Y L X 8 1( MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " 1 01109,11116 —The manners of a portion of the higher ere:: England have never been delineated with su ch force as they are represented in Mrs. Troll o P e pi e . ; e, Novel, just published under the title of " Youcg beret the clever authoress having been as happy iyar: tures of such society as she was in her Y.rY er icio,i work, " The Domestic Manners of the .1 50 0 00;I She has been particularly successful in her P ° "fy celebrated individuals of both sexes, whose I f osn i ? means are far more remarkable for ingenuity rea l Elf honesty. We are inclined to think that some g re ed ginals who have figured much in the public ef.. n e hlerf have sat to her for their portraits. The Honont - r oe r Thorwold, the niece to a Peer, bears a strikiF e g h et io blance to a beautiful adventuress connected W„,;,01$140 taro noble house ; and there can be little d fixing the identity of the much-admired LOl. ve. ji o Hammond, on ti nobleman well known abou. t %igh ,„oif disclosures of the proceedings of ladies 01 n ets a ,,0 through the agency of that extremely usefll l 4L&A' te r the dealer in lady's cast-off apparel, theytoe 'terel street, will be found as extraordinary as onv d taming. As a love story, also, Mrs. Tr °l tbe work will be considered by all her readers ° op sex as one of her most successful productions. c if 1 0 1 EFFECTS OF THE MARCH OF AN Aa3 l /' le" have an army of one hundred thousand men clij are about to lead it to the distance of a thouseb°o o(e' must be sure that both without, as well as w it 10 °V country, as well as in town, all things will b i l o es a d ment and in rumour. The towns and the vii '0 f .04, which you will have taken the men who coloij ° ,ich ) s e; troops, the hamlets and the countries from /i tio ra i o e have drawn your provisions, and all the aPl t ia € l, those who are to lead them, the roads filled °tap Hof going and coming ; these things c annot . 0 , it without there being many families in desolat"l ote lands uncultivated, and much expense to th e • curred.—Captain Pidding's Chineise Olio. ' 0 SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITVI.IO- ,1 e-.- °,5 66 y- Stuart King gave his first entertainment ictstlaXl V Melody, Composition, and Song," on ViTe."L gi n- ohr„pf e ; ing. Among the songs were " The berow;,it 11;15001 those gentle eyes," "My Sister Dear,'' " 0 P member me;" but " Kathleen O'More" a l r„tie t th e told best in favour of the vocalist. The r t tlo ye by Atholl" was rapturously Se a , conclusion Mr. King expressed his gratitude,' 0 0• t7 / 09: tering manner in which he had been r eceive °, 4 , casion of his first public appearance in L 011 "„ - c nounced for next Wednesday's entertainruelo,wetr Beauties of Burns, with Songs," when, doub t ' 0 hy' be quite at home. The house was well filled sent occasion. We have no doubt, from the • a le his reception, that the next evening bumper. BIRTHS. .r.refl ether' On the 22d inst., in London, Mrs. Heal .'"•- h e a daughter. T. , es, eg d t' On the 22d inst., at Mailing House, nea r of Arthur Powell, Esq., of a son. Sor os Ar°r On the 23d inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr - master of the City of London School, of a sou* ld MARRIED. torler , i i an nverlue On the 21st inst., at St. George's James Dean, of Greenwich, to There'sa, eldest O f te, f Mr. Joseph Taverner, of Mansell-street. -, Cc° On the 22d inst., at Leominster, S u ssex, : o . ,, j ,„%iet ° ,s. A of her Majesty's 22d Regiment, to Rhoda `,.',;" - 0 0 ',,b 0 :1,; daughter of William Holmes, Esq , of Brookfiel"' Geol b tet e On the 23d inst., at York-road Chapei , Esq., of Chesham, Bucks, to Lydia Louisa, clati of 'l t et late John Hepburn, Esq., of Southwark. Hen ti gli On the 22d inst., at Newbury Church , ti f Bunny, Esq., of Newbury, to Catherine, young of Robert Baker, Esq., of the same place. tire , 06 , On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-scill aa d 5 '....,4..ei 11i the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle, Coldstree ra surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Orrerli sco P"`" youngest daughter of Abraham W. Roberts' _4l O/ Berkeley- square. DIED. In September, at St. Anne's, Canada, .;. n „ 1 tit ?Lr Hale, Esq., late Captain in the 52d Light Iturijoef On the 13th inst., at Kirton Lindsey, Lin e° Wi tt " s r jt second daughter of the late Rev. Booth 14 Calstor, and Rector of Rothwell, Lincolnshire'sortii On the 16th inst., at Minefield, in Ao l° ' O r John Kermack, Esq., aged 26. bit. tre e e l , On the 16th i ns t., a t C o l c h es ter, Essex , 0. `"" of Canterbury- row , N ew i ng t on , Surrey- A Itler 6 P - e e6 On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Fleet , of tO P On the 21st inst., at Woolwich, Cap Th Thomson, Royal Marines. fr ,t• e On the 21st inst., a t Thornton-heath, Star-- Young, of the Grange-road, Bermondsey y e On the 13th in s t., at Maidenhead, Be rka ' I• V ° Mr. William BOWeril. 6103 :1 041° At Eaton-square, Mary, the daughter 0 ' Chatfield, Esq., of Cro-don ' ro e, 0 ; DO te r On the 21st inst., at Wuxi' . borne Mins ter ' „est 40 , Castleman, Esq., aged 78. On the 22d inst., at Bexley, Anne, „ l' e ' the late Christopher Chapman, Esq. wept -dvettOn the 22d inst., at Ashley House, near 9:;;:06' Elizabeth Susanna, widow of the late J. J,V. - n i.sts" ti On the 23d inst., Mrs. Harriot Smith, o r 11l man-square, aged 80. hr see On the 24th inst., Mr. R. H. Willey, °l3' R. Willey, E sq ., ofWellclose-square. tikrii.