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To be followed by WHO'S THE COMPOSER ? The 3farquis di Pompolo, Mr. Tilbury ; Signor Cafarini, Mr. Buckstone ; Filippo, Mr. Hudson ; Carina, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with MRS. CAUDLE'ii CURTAIN LECTURES; or. a Matrimonial Chapter. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING • Will be repeated 'I HE URIER lIINHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Redford and Wright, Rise Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. • To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Last Night of the Summer Season. THIS EVENING Will be performed OUR NEW GOVERNESS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. In the eourse of the evening rs. KEELEY will take leave of her friends a M e and patrons for a very short period in a very short Address After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with ALADDIN and the WONDERFUL LAMP. 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The doleful ditties of Conciliation Hall speak well for the working of the Irish Colleges measure. The Liberator weep ing over Dr. KIRWAN'B adhesion; Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, of the white handkerchief, subsiding all at once from his theatri cal indignation of last session into faint praise, and Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL quarrelling with Mr. SMITH O'BittEN for his faint praises—are all unequivocal proofs that the mea sure is succeeding fast. Little as we believed in the power of Conciliation Hall abuse against the intrinsic merits of the Irish Colleges Bill, we never expected so soon to see Mr O'CONNELL'S tone so humbled as in his apostrophe to Dr. KIRWAN, the newly-appointed President of Cork College. " That Rev. Gentleman was his friend, and he could scarcely believe he would have countenanced a scheme which had been unanimously condemned by the hierarchy. GOD help the people of Ireland ; but I trust the thought will not cross their minds that their clergy would be accessible to bribery Had any man told me that Dr. KIRWAN would have taken a situation under the Colleges Act, I would have said I would as soon believe that a stream could return to its source." The charity of the words we have printed in italics Mr. O'CONNELL does not say that Dr. KIRWAN has been bribed. W hat is more, he does not believe it. But, to appease his own wounded vanity, he wishes to make his gaping lieges of Conciliation Hall believe that he imputes bribery to Dr: KIRWAN, and in the same breath in which lie makes a mock appeal to GOD, insinuates the vilest of slanders against his friend. We could not wish a better proof that Mr. O'CONNELL sees himself defeated. The miracle of the stream returning to its source is more nearly exemplified in Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN. In his gentle wooings of the Colleges Bill, he is returning to his first love; for no man ever was more zealous for mixed collegiate edu cation in former days than Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, who last session was to die on the floor of St. Stephen's opposing the Irish Colleges Bill. To be sure Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN'S opinions are of no importance to any sensible man ; and the world does not not need additional proofs of the weathercock cha racter of Conciliation Hall statesmanship. But the follow ing extract from a paper on Education in Ireland, by W, SMITH O'Baxx..v, M.P., published by the Central Society of Education, in 1839, presents such an amusing contrast to SMITH O'BRIEN'S oratory on the same subject in 1845, that we cannot resist the temptation of giving it:— " We cannot avoid attracting notice to the fact, that in a country in which above four-fifths of the population are Roman Catholics, the Catholics are excluded from all share in the admi nistration and emoluments of the only university which Ireland at present possesses. We regard it as a matter of infinite importance to the harmony of society in Ireland that the Roman Catholic youth should be educated in association with Protestants of their own sta tion. To those tube are about to enter into either the Protestant or Roman Catholic Church this union in youth is more peculiarly advantageous, because the wide difference of their studies and pur. suits in after life has but too natural a tendency to create angry and embittered feelings, such as now unhappily exist between the clergy of the different churches in Ireland to an extent hitherto unknown in any other country in the world. The period of pecu liar preparation for the church ought to follow the completion of a course of general study. Till that course is fully completed, the Catholic and Protestant ought to be unfted'in their education." In the writer of the above one might have expected to find one of the warmest supporters of the Irish Colleges Bill. But, dis older cisurn. The Knight of the White Handkerchief flourished his white handkerchief against Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Colleges Bill as stoutly as he now flourishes it against the union. The stream is, however, now returning to its source. Another miracle for baffled Mr. O'CoisztELL! The three Presidents of the new colleges are now appointed and the appointment of two Roman Catholics and a Presby terian to superintend academical education in Ireland by the Minister of Irish Protestantism—the Minister taught of F.I.DoN, and erst loved by RODEN—is an event, which, in . times more propitious for the physical prosperity of Ireland,• would meet with loud celebration. But even now this har binger of future moral blessing for Ireland should not be utterly disregarded; and we, who steadily and zealously supported Sir ROI3EIST PEEL'S Irish Colleges measure, rejoice to be able to render thanks and praise for the appointments with which he is carrying the measure into execution. At no former period of our experience as journalists have we felt so sensibly as we now do the value of that maxim in political criticism which is summarily expressed in the well-known terms—" Measures, not men." We doubt whether —since the days of ministerial autocracy, when the pleasure of the Minister was the will of the SOVEREIGN, and the will of the SOVEREIGN was the law of the Minister—any such undisguised assertion of the doctrine, "stet pro ration, voluntas," has been ventured on as that which the Govern ment of Sir ROBERT PEEL is palpably inculcating, in its utter disregard of the popular demand for the open ing of the ports. A very much greater and more generous statesman than Sir ROBERT PEEL —we mean Sir ROBERT WALrotz—neither misunderstood nor affected to misunderstand the popular disgust elicited by his EXCISE SCHEME, about a century ago. That bold and unhesitating statesman did not during a Parliamentary recess assemble councils to deliberate only to adjourn with out coming to any decision on the propriety or impropriety of modifying his obnoxious-plan for creating or rather re viving new sources of revenue ; but carefully, repeatedly, and pointedly announced, explained, and reinforced the rea sons upon which he felt himself called on to persevere in it. Between the two Sir ROBERTS of 1742 and 1845 there is, to be sure, little enough of similarity; yet there does subsist one remarkable analogy. Both of them have mananifested a marvellously low estimate of the morality of public men, and of the dignity of public principle. But the man who " ran away with the clothes of the Whigs whilst they were bathing" (to use the felicitous metaphor of Mr. DISRAELI), is all nothing the greater perverter of that morality—the greater disparager of that principle. The contemporary of PULTENEY and, "honest" SIUPPEN was ill-advised enough to blurt out the stupendous fact avouched by his own Ministerial experi ence, "that every man" (of that day) "had his price." The contemporary and colleague of the illustrious CANNING, whose early-dated liberality he repudiated for the then stern Toryism of the Duke of WELLINGTON, since modified to his own sliding-scale of indefinitely expansive concession, according to the force of the external pressure brought to act upon it, sets about exemplifying the same proposition in a more cunning and less hazardous manner. Far too plausible to risk gratuitous avowals of dangerous frankness, our present Premier is neither too high-toned nor too unaccommodating in his political ethics to avail himself of those foibles in his friends—or opponents—on which, as WALPOLE was before him, he is at all times ready to extend the basis of his own power. Public men are no longer cor rupted in this country by rnuleaux of guineas " unexpectedly discovered on their breakfast tables," or large Bank-notes anonymously inclosed to them on the eve of debates on which the probable divisions appear likely to affect the ex- istence of decaying Governments, or to threaten them with relapse after their re-establishment. But patronage—(the possession, on the one hand, of official power or influence, and the careful appropriation of lapsed or vacated places on the other, not on the principle of deter optirno, but so as to be the exclusive reward of official service)—this is a lever as all-powerful, far safer, and more decorous, and less palpable than direct bribery. It has never been wielded—this patronage—with more effect than by Sir ROBERT PEEL; and to his skill in the use of this weapon we attribute the sort of disarmed and passive apathy wherewith public men of aU parties seem to look on, in vague expectation of the adoption of some remedy for impending scarcity. Rating the morale of the Premier's government at no higher value than this, and thereby not taking up any hypo thesis calculated to betray our judgment into any disparag ing estimate of his sagacity, we yet cannot compre hend the delusion under which he must be labouring if he imagines that he can with impunity attempt to obviate, by procrastinating, the opening of the ports. He who is so ready to school others about their inability to read the "signs of the times," must be seized with a chronic blindness—a defective perception pro hdc rice—if he cannot recognise in the condition of the country the imperious and paramount necessity for such a measure—in the quiet but emphatic bearing of the public upon it—the decree which must compel its prompt concession. The potato crop failure now shares, with Ireland, the fatal distinction of proving " his greatest difficulty." His tenure of power is staked upon the single cast of solving that diffi culty. The opening of the ports is the only card which can save the trimming and difficult game he has hitherto had to play against adversaries who have become more formidable as antagonists from the very successes he has achieved against them, and with partners who are inca pable of playing up to him. But why should Sir ROBERT hesitate to obey the wish of the vast majority, by virtue of whose past confidence or ap proval he retains the first place in her MAJESTY'S Councils? Is it because he would compromise his popularity with his own party, the Conservatives? 'Why he has over and over again relinquished and repudiated them on other ques tions, when he could command adequate support for his purpose from their opponents. Is it that he dreads a combination of the landed interest ? In how many instances has he already thwarted and re sisted them? Does any man imagine that he is afraid to appease the alarms of the empire, and to satisfy the clamour of the famishing, out of some delicacy for the trammels Of those views and prejudices which the political associations of his earlier official and Parliamentary career respected and uph€ ld as identified with the principles of a sound and saga cious policy ? Such a man needs only to be reminded that Sir ROBERT PEEL has thrown them overboard, from time to time, with as little ceremony as he knocked some hundreds of items out of the tariff of Customs' Duties retained by his predecessors. Besides, who among our modern Ministers has ever bidden higher, or more largely for the favour of the people than Sir ROBERT, in his measures for the relief of civil and religious disabilities— the extension of education—the relaxation of imposts on raw materials, of manufactures, &c., &c. In a word, it seems difficult, if not impossible, to ascribe his dogged re fusal to open the ports at once, under exigencies so fearful as those of the present time, to any other motive than personal deference or consideration for some colleague in offioe, the prestige of whose continued and close alliance he is rash enough to set before the cordial and firm support of a great and determined people. If this be the fact, the career of the Prime Minister draws as near to its termination as the past reputation of the statesman. The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains a circular issued by the Intendant of the Queen's Household, calling upon all persons whose pensions on the privy purse were suspended in 1834, to send into his office the documents necessary to prove that they enjoyed such pensions, in order that their payment may be resumed. These pensions, it is understood, amount to about 15,0001. The NARVASZ Government appear to be adopting a more merciful system. All the persons implicated in the disturbances which took place in Catalonia, and who had been imprisoned since at Palma, had been pardoned by the QUEEN, and permitted to return to their families. The municipal elections had commenced, and the Progres sistas had succeeded in returning their candidates at several places, among others Saragossa, Cuenca, and Guadalajara. A mutiny in the regiment of Girona broke out on the 3d inst. at Valencia, but with what object is not stated. A ser geant and twenty-five soldiers attacked the guard, killed its commandant and twoofficers, marched out, and being joined by some of the townspeople, attacked the Pilar barracks, where they were repulsed. Their plan being frustrated, they fled and concealed themselves. Eighteen soldiers and other suspected persona were arrested, and, two hours after, tranquillity was restored. The town and province bad been declared in a state of siege. A good deal of business was done outside the Madrid Bourse on the sth, and the prices were quoted thus Three per Cents. 36% to 36 15-16 for cash, 3i 9-16 for time ; Five per Cents., 25 1 4 1-3 for cash, 25% IA for time ; Coupons, 26 1 4 % for cash, 26 1 for time ; Ditto, with In terest, 8 1 % I ,i for cash, 8% 3 % for time. The Paris Moniteur announces the resignation of Marshal Sonia' as Minister of War, and the appointment of General ST. Yost to be his succesor. These and other military changes are made known by five royal ordonnances, dated the 10th. The first runs thus :—" Marshal SouLT, Duke of Dalmatia, having represented to us, to our very great regret, the impossibility in his state of health of continuing the functions of Minister Secretary of State of War, and being desirous of preserving the co-operation of his talents and long experience in affairs, we have ordained and do ordain as follows :—Mar shal SOULT, Duke de Dahnatie, ceasing his functions as Minis ter Secretary of State of War, will retain the Presidency of our Council of Ministers." A second ordonnance of the same date appoints Lieutenant-General MOLINE DE SAINT YON Minister of War; a third appoints the Baron MAR.. TINEA U DES CIIENES Under Secretary of State of the War Department; a fourth raises General Mo- LINE DE SAINT Yost to the dignity of the peer age; and a fifth appoints General Baron GAZAN, director of the personnel and military operations of the Ministry of War, in place of General MoustE DE SAINT YON, and Major- General Count DE LA RUE Director of the affairs of Algeria, in place of M. VAUCIIELLE, who has given in his resignation. The accounts from Algiers in these papers is not of a favour able character. The Generals, it is true, had recommenced the system of razzias, but these tended only the more to rouse the natives against the French. Five additional tribes had revolted from the French and joined ABD-EL-KADER. BUGEAUD had signalised his arrival in Oran province by a general razzia. What a contemptible warfare for a distinguished officer ! We give the facts from the Moniteur Algerien of the sth inst. :—" The troops under the immediate command of the Governor- General effected on the 27th ult. a very large razzia on the insurgent tribes south of Tiaret and Teniet-el-Haad. A co lumn of cavalry and infantry proceeded against the rebels, who had fled, and fell upon them after two night marches. Large numbers of cattle, and a considerable quantity of booty of all kinds, remained in our hands. The enemy, who had at first made a vigourous resistance, fled, leaving nearly 300 dead on the ground. Our losses are insignificant, in comparison with so great a result. Thus, ten days after leaving Algiers, the troops under the orders of the Marshal were striking energetic blows at a distance of 90 leagues from this place, and showing the tribes that they may be reached at whatever distance they may be." The Presse makes the following indignant remarks on the horrible war fare carried on by the Marshal : Not a report arrives from the army of Africa which does not contain a formal condemnation of the system persevered in by Marshal Bugeaud. We read in the report of General de Bar, ad dressed under date of Oct. 30, to the Minister of War :—' The Governor-General charged me to have the honour of informing you that all the insurgent tribes had fled twenty leagues before him ; that the insurrection had ceased to advance towards the east, and that lie was employing all imaginable means to endeavour to reach the emigrating tribes who are placing between themselves and our colony spaces too considerable to be passed through in one night.' Here. then, we have Marshal Bugeaud occupied in driving the populations from the west, and declaring that they place spaces between them too great to permit him to reach them, and consequently to stop them. Thus Marshal Bugeaud, not comprehending the Emir's policy, favours his projects of esta. blishing his sovereignty in Morocco, a n d t h ere fixing a people who by their mass may resist the Moorish populations , and create resources to enable him to live. it is now fifteen years that we possess Algeria; fifteen years that our statesmen seek to solve the question of fixing the power of France firmly in that country ; fifteen years that the best forces of France are wasted there; and, notwithstanding, it is not yet known what mode ought to be em ployed to attain that object. It is fifteen months since Abd-el , Kader, driven out of Algeria, and forced to the west with the remnant of his power, conceived the idea of founding an empire in Morocco. What does he do to succeed ?. He comprehends that power does not lie in an army, but in a numerous popula tion ; his design is not to wage war with us, but to withdraw from our rule the population which he want, and which are to form the bases of his empire. For that purpose he sets himself up as an avenger of the oppressed natives ; strikes at Djemma Ghazaouat a terrible blow in reprisal for the burning at the Dahra, and the injuries which for more than a year we have extended over the whole of Western Kabylia." Some of the journals again advert to Lieut. WAGHORN'S remarkable journey from Alexandria to Trieste and Germany to London. The Epoque regards it as a very serious affair, and thus urges the Government to take immediate steps to counteract the injury it might do to France : " Whatever may be the ultimate results of this enterprise, it is in Itself a heinous fact, which ought to awaken all the solicitude of our Government, and induce it to take the most prompt measures to prevent the consequences which would ensure from it to our commerce, should it succeed. The presence of Count Stadion,tbe Aulic Commissioner, and the directors of the Lloyd's company, on the arrival of Mr. Waghorn's boat, the congratulations given to him, the earnest zeal with which Austria lent her aid to him, fact. litating by all possible means the success of this his first attempt, the incessant efforts of Trieste to aggrandise itself at the expense of Marseilles, disputing with our port the trade with the richest markets of Asia, disclose a well conceived and concocted plan in forming and establishing this league of rival interests. To these indications of all indefatigable competition, it is advisable to oppose an equally strenuous opposition. It is at this price alone that we cart maintain our rights as a great nation, and make our strength and power manifest." The Constitutionnel publishes, from a letter dated Palermo, the following Court gossip. It certainly places the Duke DE MONTEBELLO in a very contemptible light : •` It was not without surprise that the Duke de Montebello, the French Ambassador .was seen to arrive at Palermo on the 30th ult. A Ministerial journal confines itself to stating that he had scarcely landed when he had an audience of the King, and that he returned the following day to Naples. On the subject of this visit we have received the following details :—" Without any communication with the other members of the diplomatic body, M. de Montebello took it into his head to go and make his court to the Emperor of Russia. With this intent he left Naples on the 30th, with only a single servant, and without any other suite, by the Norval. Instantly on his arrival at Palermo he waited on the King of Naples, who did not by any means expect such • visit, and acquainted him with his intention His Sicilian Majesty replied that the Emperor of Russia had expressed his desire to be treated as a simple tra veller, and therefore the foreign ambassadors had not been con voked. His Majesty concluded by recommending the Duke to relinquish his intention. M. de Montebello could not but yield to his Majesty's advice, given as it was with the utmost politeness, took leave of the King, went and passed the night on board the steamer, and returned the next day to Naples. It seems that this foolish enterprise of our ambassador arose out of an idea of his own brain. He evidently fancied that, inspired by his natural genius, he could by going over reconcile the Court of Russia with that of France. He had obtained lease to quit his post, and come and pass some days in France; but on learning that the Csar was coming into the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, he suddenly re nounced .his journey to Paris. He it was who first conceived the notion of offering to the Empress the palace at Palermo, which belongs to the King and Queen of the French, but the Neopolitan Government cooly intimated to him that the King had not for. gotten to provide a suitable residence for her Imperial Majesty. Is not this sufficient to recall to mind the dictum of Prince Talley rand—'above all, no Deal." The Courrier Francais has a paragraph respecting the Eli- PEROR himself no less curious. It says :—" According to a report in general circulation in diplomatic circles, the Em peror ..NICHOLAS proposes to abdicate the supreme power, and with this view left the reins of Government at his de parture from Italy, in the hands of the heir presumptive to the Throne." The writer adds :—•" This becomes probable when we consider that PETER the GREAT, by a ukase de clared that his descendants, on attaining a reign of 25 years, should have a right to issue ukases in their own name with out the participation of the Senate. It is generally known in Russia that no CZAR ever reigned for so long a period as 25 years; and if NICHOLAS should abdicate, perhaps this ukase may have been an influential cause of his resolution." The following are other extracts from the papers : The France says :—" Yesterday at ten o'clock in the morning, in all the churches of Paris, number of the faithful crowded round the alters to thank God and send up their ardent prayers. Re. ligious faith and monarchial faith possess mysteries of consolat ion and hope."—By way of solving this enigmatical paragraph to ti.it uninitiated, we must remind them that the marriage of the sister of the Duke de Bordeaux took place yesterday at Frohsdorit" The Archimede left Sues on September 22, stopped for a few hours only, on the 29th, at Aden, and then went on to die southern point of Ceylon. She will make a short stay at Macao, and bring M. Lagrene to Suez. He will return through Egypt. The Cleopatra will also return to France, so that only two ships will remain with Admiral Cecille. The Augsburgh Gazette gives the following from Athens, 28th ult. ;—'• The note which the Opposition has been so long ex pecting from London, is arrived at last, but it does not appear to be very satisfactory to them, as it is not so much talked about as it was before. It is said to be in accordance with the sentiments of Sir Edmund Lyons. It is certain that it demands payment of one_ third of the arrears of interesr due to England, and the guarantee of the loan. It is also reported that Russia has made the same demand, and that her Charge d'Affaires has received instructions on the subject through the Russian Ambassador at London. The French legation has not received any such orders, which is held to be significative of the cordial understanding. The nate urges a reduction of the army, but this is repelled by the Chamber, which yesterday voted the budget of the Minister of War without any diminution. Recently twenty Greeks were massacred by the Turks on the frontier. It is important to bring this fact to the public knowledge, for if a Turk is killed an outcry is raised as if the Ottoman empire were in danger; but the murder of a Greek is spoken of as a natural ocenrrencc." " The last decision signed by Marshal Soult,'' says the 1 3 . esse, " relates to the clothing of the cavalry and of the squadrons of the artillery trains. He wished, it is said, before quitting the Ministry, to attack his name to a regulation which should settle definitively the numerous experiments made in the clothing of these troops by committees appointed for that purpose. The de parturef the Marshal has been signalised by favours of various kinds. Several decorations have been given in the bureaux, ad vancements have taken place amongst the employes of all ranks, and individual presents have been distributed." The Stock and Share Market at Paris, on Tuesday, was not so good as on the preceding day. Railway Shares de clined. Amalgamations, it was understood, would be formed between different companies for important lines, and it was reported that an agreement had alresdy been made between the company formed by Rorascumn, the Company DE GANNERON'S Company, and the Company DES MESSA GEHIES, for the Strasbourg line of railway, for a fusion, and that a treaty is in course of being carried en with the other two companies of GENTIL-FOL and of BECHET, but that it is not yet concluded. Ultimately the market closed as fol lows : The Three per Cents. 824 20c. ; Five per Cents. 117 f. 50e. • Orleans Railroad Shares closed at 1,1424 ' 50c. • Rouen, 997 f: 50c. ; Havre, 766 f. 25c.; Avignon, 9514 25e ; tiierzon, 697 f. 50e.; Bordeaux, 622 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 541 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 4671. 50e. ; Basle, 251 f. 25c. ; Northern, 7371. 50 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38%; Spanish Do mestic Debt, 3 5 1 %; Spanish Passives, 6%. The following are the quotations for other lines :- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 517 f. 50c. prem.; ditto (Caton), 503 E 50c. ; ditto (Ganneron), 504 f. 50c.; ditto (La Pinsonniere), 501 t. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron). 512150 c ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 5101. 60c.; ditto (Bechet), 5034 50c.; Aymanl, 74450 c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 518. 75c. ; ditto (Drouillard),so4f. ; ditto (O'Neill), 509 f. ;ditto (Lefevre), 505 f. ; Lyonsand Avignon (Talabot), 525 f.; ditto (Lecointe), 51411. ; ditto (Compagnie hleridionale), 504 f. 50e. ; ditto (Espeleta), 5121. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaen's), 5004 • ditto (Carette), 507 f. 50c.; ditto (Colb er t), 5001. 25 c.; Charleroy (Kysaens), 500 f. ; Caen (Dela-marre), 5031. 50c. LUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 12. Anglo-Belgian — Luxembourg Boulogne and Amiens.. 91/ Madrid and Valentia — Bordeaux &Mediterran Namur and Liege 3% Bordeaux and Toulouse North Jamaica ... Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Vierzon Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1 3 / 4 Orleans and Bordeaux 11 Central of Spain .. — OverYssel ••• Ceylon . . . ._ _. Demerara • uc Lyt. Ditto (Ganneron'3). Dendre Valley ... 14 Dutch Rhenish ...... 74 Dieppe & Paris Janet. Dijon and Mulhouse ... East Indian ........ Fampoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Ditto (Caloa's).... Ditto (Sud Est) l% Paris and Orleans...._ IParis and Rouen . 3B Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do._(Aymardl) 23i 21/2 (Laflitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) 3 1 ,, Do. (Le Boeuf ) Do. (Constituted) l5 Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada 3% JamaicaS. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland... Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe Lyons and Avignon — !Do. (COMPte de I:Tet) 2 1 , Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre...—. —, Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse — Strasburg and Basle — Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- To d u e r n s t, a a n n d Ha it (Mackenzie's) dNant.e.; Do. (Lefebvre's) — Verona and Ancona — West Flanders 41,4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000 bales, 2,5'00 being on speculation. Prices were 1 / B d. per lb. higher than at the close of business last week; 750 Maran ham, at 4 1 4 d. to 4%d. ; 60 Pernams, at 6 1 / i d. to 6 1 Ad. ; 400 Surat, at 2%d. to 3 1 ,4 d. ; and American at 3 1 / 2 d. to scl. per lb.—There was very little doing in Shares, and prices gene rally were lower. It is scarcely possible to estimate the results that will flow from the announcement of the free-trade principle which has been adopted by the Government, and by rliament, as respects the admission of articles of produce eft er duty' free or at very low imposts. The Customs bills of entry almost daily have new articles of import, and there cannot be the slightest doubt that before long there will be poured in hundreds of articles of produce from distant Darts of the world, which will be novelties in every sense of the word. There are no late colonial arrivals announced here to-day. An improvement in the Consol Market to the extent of IA per cent. has taken place this morning, and flie money value is 96%. The Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have advanced to 97 1 / 2 , a rise•of about 2 per cent. upon the quotations sub mitted to less than a month ago. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has fluctuated from 225. to 245. South Sea Stock has been done at 107. The supply of money stock has been much less to-day. East India Bonds have advanced to 40s. prem. A very firm market has ruled for the Foreign Securities to day. Mexican Stock has improved to 30 1 4 1 / 2 ; Portu• guese Four per Cents from 55 to 57, and Spanish for the Ac count to 294 3 . Dutch Stock is also higher. The Market for the Railway Shares is rather firm to-day but business is rather slack. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 964 96 96% 964 New 34 per Cents Long Annuities to eanireJan.lB6o 10% 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 irdia Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Sills, 1,0004 I%d. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ...... .... 24 22 pm. 25 ". •• _,. .- wiz- ‘ CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNPS. O'CLOCK rXICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto Small Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 16% 16% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 8 6 14 86 11 / Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18 3 7 so % 30 Sfq 90 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 35 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 57 X% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account 29 Ditto, Passive 7 1 Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... ........ Ditto, Account 3B! A3BA Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 40 . . R DONE Belgian 4% percent. 96 S PAID. EIISINE Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK , Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Aylesbury and Theme.. 1%...... Belfast & County Down ...... Bideford andTavistock... 1% ...... Birra in. and Gloucester. 100 ......124 Ditto New 17% 3O ..... •••••••1 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s ...... p Bridgewater & Minehead ..... _ Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... _ Bristol and Liver. June . ..... Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1, 4 4 Do. New .. Cambridge and Oxford.. 1 1t — ... Canterbury and Dover.. i% - Central Kent — ...... Chelmsford and Bury l% l% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .. ... , Clydesdale Junction.-- 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% — .. Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester 114...... 11,474 Chichester and Brighton 20 Coventry and Leicester 1 1 4 — Cliurnet Valley Chatham and Portsm'th 1 Dalkeith Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... —.. . ... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... ......••»•••• Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 5 1 / 4 ...... 4 3 / 4 3i ....... Direct Northern ' 2% 2 Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1%..... Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway... .. 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 21 / 4 Dublin and Cashel Dublin and Mullingar 2% — Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth- 1% — - Dublin and Belfast June 5 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. 2 0 1,E 20 ..... Cent,Ditto I ege o. t u l . a . l ~ 5 Ditto New .61p. 4 14 / 3r . 5 1 . 6 44 5.. . _6 3 4% p Ditto ditto, No. 2: 21. 13s. 4d... 1 4 % p EastDereh'ai andNoech 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 50 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 12% East Lincolnshire East & West of England 2 1 4 ..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 2 1 4 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 1 4 ...... ... Ditto, New l% Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 A — Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — ...... •-• Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 ,1 — Essex and Suffolk .. .. 1% l l4 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 Glom., Aberystwith, and Central of Wales 1%..... Goole and Doncaster GrandJnnction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters Grand Union • 1% 1%7/ 8 1A Great Eastern &Western 21,1 2 ...... 2 3 4 ...... GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7 1 Great Munster 2l Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 4 Great North of England..loo - ••••• ..... Ditto New 5 Do. New .... »........ 2 ...... 27 Great Western ... 80 ......151 Ditto 1 4 Shares 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares " 2% — Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2t4 ... Harwich Hull and Selby 5O lOO% Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 ..... ... ..... ... Hounslow Western Hull and Gainsborough 1% Inverness and E1gin...... 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland I Isle ofAxholme 2F Kendal and Windermere 1 1 1 Kentish Coast 1 •••• Killarney Junctions — Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena — Leeds and Carlisle 3% Leeds and West Riding Junction - Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedf or d... 22s % p... Leicester and Tamworth 425. — p Lived,. and Manchester.loo .. Do. % Shares - 50 Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingnmloo Do. Thirds Do. Shares Ditto Fifths ..... 2 Ditto Extension 1 V 4 London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. Do. New Ditto Extension London and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 35 . ..... Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d, 20% 4.......„, Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12/ 1534 d... -- Do. Preference ...18117a 2d -... London, Hounslow, and Western Lond.:Bc S.Western 4116 s I 0d...... • Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex London and York 2%...... 4% 3 / 4 London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 2% London, Saila,' id Jury, ani —.., Yeovil ..... ............. 21 4...... 3 2 3 % Londonderry & Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 •••••• Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 -•- Do. Sixteenths ... 4 1 4 — Manchester and Bimini. 40 Do. Quart ers Do. New Quarters __ 9 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction - ... ......... .. Manchester•Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 3 24 p... Manchester, Birm., and . . ... • ma ll n i c o h u e b s i t. Junction saatkam .. p ... t 1 .. .... — 3 Midland.- 190 l4l 145 Do. Fifths Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...loo ll5 ... ..... Midld. & East. Counties Midland Great Western ( Irish) Do. Eaten. to Sligo.- 2% Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... Do. New Brandli n g... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle andCarlisle-100 Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 1%,,., •- . ' - Newport& Abergave.:Any 2%...-. 7 - New Ross and Ca" . * 10w... 22s 1% -'- Newry and Er:niskillen 2% l% Newark, Skeflield, and . Boston ... North dritish .Jo., New ... ..... ..... 15 1 3 ... _ 21% ex div ...... 21%1 4 d '_North Devon 2 .. ,« 2 1i 2% Northern and E as t ern.. . 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Sh ares.. . 12% _ Do. New N. Kent & Di rec t D over 2 % .... 2a 3 p P North Staffordshi re 4 28. .....- 3!s P 3 l /4 p.• North Wal es North and South Wales and Worcester Norwich ano Brandon.- 16 Ditto New ............... 1 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ...... 2 Nottingham and Boston. lA 2% Nottingm.,Erewsh.Val ley. and Manchester 1% Nottingham and Man s field ............. .... Oxford, Gosport, Po'ets. 1 / 4 mouth, & Souther aptn 425. l4 dis Oxford and Worcei, ter... 2% 6% 7 7 Oxford, Witney, , and Cheltenham.-- ...... 1% - - Perth and Inver ness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmompheric ••• 1 .... . Portsmouth Direct ...... 34 • - Preston and W yre ...... 50 ...... 33 Do. !i t Sip res ......... 2% ..- - 3% 142% 19% 115 4% 33 96 60► 94 CLOSLNO PRICES. 6';6 , ~. 126 31 20 6% p - P P 4q - 7 p 215 49 27 151 ~ 102 ~ 20 . 20 - 3y, P 7s P 216 424 24 20 20 1 4 8 16% 43 / 4 164 3 % P 12% 22% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond . . 5 Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick — — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l% Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrews., Wolverhanip., Dudley, and Birru 2%..... Shrewsbliry and Trent Valley Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% — ••• Sligo and Shannon l,g Somersetshire Midland _? . 5 4, — .... ... South Devon 25 - ... .. 29 South Midland 225.. . .... 3 1 h 3 / 4 p 3I A p South Staffordshire June. 21.4 South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 35 34% ..... Do., No. 1 Do., No. 2. Do., Ne. 3 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junetion 2 ...... St. Alban's, Hatfield , an d Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond .. 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / — South Wales ..... ... 2% 4 l /13 3A 45‘... Tean and Dove Valley 1% - ......... .. , . . Trent Valley 2 ...... 16 15 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 1% •• Waterford and Kilkenny 3 .. ... Waterford and Limerick 7% — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin : NV aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welch Midland West Cornwall l l4— . West Yorkshire %Vest London,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow ... 214 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 34 3 —. York and Lancaster 2 5 /8 2% ....... ... .. York & South Connecting York and North Midland 50 Ditto% Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby 2O Do. Extension l l4 24 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Boulogne and Amiens... 8 Bordeaux k Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. 1% Do. (Espelete's) ... 2 .... . Calais, Dunk, and West r Flandes ... •• .. • • -- Central of Spain ... .... 2 - Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara ... .. . ..... .4.. 214 ...... Dendre Valley ......... .. 2 ...... ... Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish East Indian... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France (Laflitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Do. Peppin le Halleur 4 .. Do. (Le Boeuf ) Do. (Constituted)..... Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. — Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Jamaica S.Mid.thinction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d — Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)..... .. 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2 Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 2O Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2 3 4 .Do. (Compte de L'E s t) 2 ...... -- Ditto ( Aymards)...... 2 1 4 — •• ... Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre ...... 18 Eoyal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 ...... 6 1 4 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan dent, and Hasselt...... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ........... ..... 2 Do. do (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 Verona and Ancona... 3 West Flanders .. 4 MINES British Iron Scrip lO Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. — London & Westminster. 20 FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS. BRUSSELS, Nov. 10.—The King presided to-day in a Council of Ministers. On Tuesday, the 18th of November, at one in the after noon, 40 bonds of the loan of 14 millions, to be repaid on the Ist of January, 1846, will be drawn by lot at the Town hall. Dumortier, Member of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Academy of Science, has just presented to that learned body a paper on the disease in potatoes. According to M. Du mortier the disease is not to be attributed either to microsco ptcal insects or to parasitical fungi, or to the degenerating of, the plant. The origin of the disease, he says, is that which commonly attacks fruit trees, especially peach trees, and it is here called Lucloque. The experiments made on an extensive scale at the Royal Institution of Grignon prove that potatoes of the crops which have been affected by the disease have no bad effects on the health. In fact, they have been used for food at Grignon for this month past without any injury to those who have taken them. The winter appears likely to be rather early this year in the north. On the 2d of November, in the evening, the first snow fell at Konigsburg ; on the following morning more snow fell, and in the evening there was a sharp frost. ANTWERP, Nov. 10.—The Observer and some other journals have stated as certain that the negotiations which have been carried on since the beginning of October between the Governments of France and Belgium for the renewal of the Convention of July 16, 1842, had not led to any result, and were broken oft: PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEmax, Nov. 8. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • • 98% 98% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • Exchange on London, 2 months— •• . 6 24% 6 23% —Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 5 5 per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. ditto.. ...........• ••••• • • • •• 76. 2 Loan, 1834 ... Ditto, 1839 .. Bank Shares .. Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ...... •• • • • • 197 Gloggnitz ... ............• • • •• • • .... 135% Vienna—Milan .. •••••• • • • . • 118 Pesth • ..... ..................... 108% Grosetto . . Zeitung, Nov. 8. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussm, Nov. 11. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . — Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• .. Ditto Three per Cent.:— Ditto Thirty-seven Millions. ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1840 . Ditto, ditto, 1842 . Ditto, 1844. . . . Ditto, 1836.. ............ ••.•••• • • • • • 96% Ditto, 1838 Ditto of the City, 1832 ........... ..... Ditto, 1843 .......................... 100% Bank of Belgium...—. • .. • • • • ••• . • •. • . 770 —Brussels Papers. Nov. 11. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Nothing is now talked of in theatrical circles but Wallace's new opera, which will be produced here to-morrow evening. The composition has been found to be of so high a character, as to require a great increase of numbers in the orchestra, which will. therefore, present a most formidable appearance. The house will be a complete bumper. THE DIAMOND STEAM -PACKET COMPANT.—The annual meeting of the Proprietors in this Company was held on Monday, in the large room' of the New Inn, Gravesend; Dr. Warren in the chair. It appeared that the receipts of the year amounted in round numbers to 27,000 L, and the expenditure to 23,0001., leaving a balance of 4,000/., from out of which a dividend of 5 per cent. was declared. The Chair man stated that after a year of extraordinary competition and low fares, the Company was in a position much more favourable than it had, in the opening of the season, any hope of attaining. DISSOLUTION OF THE SONS OF THE THAMES STEAM BOAT COMPANY.—Wednesday the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Sons of the Thames Steam-boat Com pany took place at the Company's office, 12, Mark-lane. Mr. Warren, having been called to the chair, read the report, from which it appeared that • the Company's boats had con veyed 178,939 passengers, amounting to 6,401/., being a fall ing off of 968/. from the previous year. It then proceeded to state that they had paid 2,000/. for a new boiler; that a re cent accident had cost them 400/. ; that there was a bill to Messrs. Miller and Co. for 6221., which they could not meet; their liabilities amounting in all to 6,0001. The report sug gested the selling of the boats, and winding up the affairs of the Company. The report having been received, Messrs. Angels and Wilson Were appointed directors• for the ensuing year. After a desultory conversation, it was ultimately pro posed by Mr. Hewer, and seconded by Mr. Manning, " The it is the opinion of this meeting, that the best means of extri cating the Company from its present pecuniary embarrass ment would be to sell the boats and dissolve the Company; and that, consistent with the provisions of the deed of settle ment, a meeting he forthwith called." The resolution was carried unanimously. DROUGHT IN INDIA.--We have seen a letter just received by a party in this town, from a clergyman at Ban galore, in which the writer says, "I am sorry to say we have had no rain yet. Everything is becoming dear. The wells are drying; up, and no likelihood of any crops. It is said such a season has not occurred the last sixty years. I fear there is every prospect of great distress, especially amongst the poorer clum."—Liverpool Courier. I A P l'i RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Derby and Crewe, 41t—Grand Junction, 229—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. M.), 52 Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 9 1 / 2 —Leeds and Thirsk, 13 1 A—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 23/4—Mid land, 138—Ditto, 404. Shares, 204—North Uniun (A), 203 —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 5 3 / 4 — South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 2, 10%.—Water ford and Valentia, 1 3 / 4 —D u t c h Rhenish, 71,x. LEEDS. Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Brighton, 59—Midland, 139—York and North Midland Extension, 26 —Leeds and Bradford Extensions, 39—Leeds anti Dewsbury, 18 3 / 4 c. n.—Leeds and Think, 13 1 A—Newcastle and Ber wick, 13 1 ,4—North British, New, s —Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 41—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 41/2—Lon don and York, 4/. 113.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 31. 1 Is.— Cambridge and Lincoln Extensions, 4%—Direct Northern, 2—Liverpool. Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 1 4—London and York (Bawtry), 3%—West Riding Union, 7 3 / 4 —East Lincoln shire, 2 3 / 4 —Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 2s. 6d. dis.—Leicester and Birmingham, 103. p.—Leicester and Bedford, 10s.• p.—Man cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 p.—Nottingham and Boston, 12s. 6d. p.—Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber gate, B—South Midlands, 3%p.—Wakefield and Bradford, ss. p.—Welsh Midlands, 2%. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 12. STOCK Exclwroz.—The sales are—Huddersfield and Manchester, I3%—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 22 Leeds and Thirsk, 13 1 / 2 —Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 17%—London and York, 4%—Grand Union, 2% —North and South Junction, 25s.—North Western, 33/4. HULL, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The 'sales are—Hull and Selby (10 pr cent. guaranteed), 101—North British. (Carlisle), 3 Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 1% —Derby and Gainsborough, 136-1lull;and Barnsley Junction, 255. YORK, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANCM—The sales are—York and North Mid land Extension, 26:%—Newcastle and Berwick, 13—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3q—Londun and York, 4% —Grand Union, I%—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 23 Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 1 / 2 p.—Welsh Midland, 2%. BRISTOL, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.- The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 83-Ditto, New, 7 3 /-Bristol and South Wales Junction, 2/. 13s. 9(1.-South Wales, 4 3 /-Vale of Neath, 3%-Welsh Midland, 2/. lls. 3d. EDINBURGH, Nov. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Aberdeen, 77. 155.- Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-British and Irish Union, 31. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 103-Caledo nian Extension, W.-Clydesdale Junction, 201.-Direct Northern, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and A r b roa th, 361 . -Ditt o , New, 171.-Dundee and Perth, 91.-Edinburgh and Bath gate, 41. 55.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 72/.-Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, New, 131.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbar ton, 1/.-Edinburgh, Leith, and ranton 24/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 4/. 2s. 6d.- Edinburgh and Perth, 5/. 10s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 721.- Ditto Quarter Shares, 21L 12s. 6d.-Gl asgow an d G arn ki r k, 45/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 221. 10s.-Ditto, New, 10/. I ss. -Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle, 31. Os.-Great North of Scotland, 31. 135.-Inverness and Elgin, 21.-London and York, 51.-North British, 221. -Ditto, Halves, 51.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 95.-Scottish Central, 16/.-Scottish Midland, 4/. 10s.-Scottish Western, 2/. 125.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 2/. 15s. DUBLIN, Nov. 11. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Cork and Waterford, 1 1 / B —Dublin and Drogheda, 82—Great Southern and Western, 20—Great Southern, Clonmel to Thurles, 1% Midland Great Western, Extension to Sligo, 2—Killarney Junctions, I%—Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junctions, 3%—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, I%—Wexford, Water ford, and Valentin, 13%. PROJECTED RAIL WAYS. IN 7% 2% - 141,4 24 33 / 4 104 - 1 5% 4l i i 234 4% 25 Notices that application is intended to be made to Parlia ment in the ensuing session in behalf of the under-men tioned schemes appeared in the Gazetteof Wednesday night : South Wales Railway, with several branches. Midland Railway—Syston and Peterborough deviations and branches. Dorking and Brighton Railway, with three branches, and for letting a certain portion of the said line to the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company. Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct Railway, with a branch to join the Manchester and Leeds Railway. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway, with three branches. Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. For a Bill empowering the Eastern Union Railway Com pany to buy a portion of the Eastern Counties line. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway, with four branches. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway— (Barnsley Branch). Ditto—(Whale 'bridge and Hayfield Branches). Ditto—(Peak forest and Macclesfield Canal, purchases). Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway, with two branches. Chelmsford and Bury Railway, with several branches. Leeds and Bradford Railway—Enlargement. Eastern Counties—(Brockley-grove and Billericay Exten sion). Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal—(Brad ford Branch). Midland Union, Burton- on-Trent, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Leicester Railway, with a diverging line to the Trent Valley Railway at Atherstone. Hull and Selby, and Hull and Selby and Bridlington Branch Railway transfer. Leicester and Birmingham Railway, with a branch to Coventry, and other branches. Leeds and Bradford Extension. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway. Harwich Pier and Railway, and branch railways. Birmingham and Worcester Direct Railway, with a branch to Redditch. Liverpool and Preston, and Manchester and Southport Railways, with several branches. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Worcester and Shrewsbury). Erewash Railway branches. Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under Lyne, and Manchester Railway; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway • Grimsby Docks ; H u dd ers fi e ld and Manchester Railway and Canal (amalgamation). Furness Railway, with several branches. York and Lancaster Railway, with several branches. Lowestoft and Beecles Railway and Drainage. Chester and Manchester Direct Railway. Great Western and Uxbridge Railway. Huddersfield and East and West Coasts Railway, with several branches. Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Com- pang•. Manchester and Birmingham Enlargement, and Branch Railways. Ne‘vcastle and Darlington Junction Railway, with branches and Dock. Kennet and Avon Canal Railway and Great Western Junction. London and South-Western Railway Enlargement and Extension. Newmarket and Chesterford Railway. Gainsberough, Epworth, and Leeds, Wakefield and Ponte fract Junction Railway. The Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Union Railway. Great Redwin and Trimley Junction Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Exten sions No. 1). ➢ianchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal Company. East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway —Harrogate, Knaresborough, and York. South-Weaeim Railway (Salisbury Extension). Maldon and Braintree Railway. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway—Methley, As kern, Moss, and Oakenshaw branches. Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway. Portsea Railway and Docks. Manchester, liebden-bridge, and Keighley, and Leeds and Carlisle Junction Railway. Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (Extension and branches). Newcastle and Carlisle Branch Railway to Allenheads. Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions. Preston and Wyre Extension and Darwen Junction Rail way. 'West Cornwall Railway. Morecombe-bay Harbour and Railway. South Devon Railway Extensions. Dover and Deal Railway, and Cinque Ports, Thanet, and Coast Junction. Leicester, Tean, and Dove Valley, and Stafford Junction Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Extension No. 2). York and North Midland Railway (Whitby and Pickering Extension). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Alterations and Extensions). Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway. York and Carlisle Railway. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company—Shrews. bury and Stafford. Wakefield, Ossett, and Dewsbury Direct and Atmospheric Railway. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Surrey Grand Junction Railway. London and Croydon Railway—Alteration and Extension. Launceston and South Devon Railway. Ipswich and Buty Extension, and Norwich and Yarmouth Railwitys Junction. East and West India Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway. Great Grimsby and Gainsborough Junction Railway, with branches. St. Helen's Canal and Railway. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway. Lincoln and Grantham Direct Railway. Ashbourn and Derby Junction Railway. Walchet, Taunton and Crewkerne R a il way. St. Albans, Hatfield, and Hertford Railway. Ascott-under-Wychwood and Alston Junction Railway. Manchester, Wigan, and Southport Railway. Deptford, Thames-tunnel, and St. George's-in-the-East Railway ; and Croydon and tlackwall Railways Junction. Sheffield-and Lincolnshire Extension Railway. Bolton-la-Moors and Garston and Speke Railway. Midland and Leeds and Bradford Railways. Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., M.P.; is shortly ex , pected to return from a tour in the Peninsula. We are enabled to state that the Bishop of Car lisle, who, at the close of last week, was dangerously ill at Rose Castle, near Carlisle, his Lordship's episcopal residence, • is now much better. FUNERAL OF THE LATE HON. CAPTAIN LEICESTER. —WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The remains of the late Hon. Captain Leicester (who expired at his apartments in the In fantry barracks on the 7th instant), the only brother of Lord de Tabley, were interred this day, at St. George's Chapel, with military honours. CONFIRMATION OF THE ELECTION OF THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.--On Wednesday forenoon, at eleven o'clock, the solemn ceremonial of the confimation of the elec tion of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (late Bishop of Oxford) took place at Bow Church, Cheapside, in the presence of a numerous congregation . Among those present on the occa sion were Dr. Burnaby, vicar-geneal, Dr. Phillimere, the proctor, Dr. Lee and Dr. Twist, the counsel, Mr. Bedford and Mr. J. H. Tyhe, the registrars, and the Rev. Mr. Trollops, the curate of the church. The oaths having been adminis tered in due form, and the proper service read, the newly made prelate retired, receiving the congratulations of his friends, and the bells ofßow Church rang the bishop's peal. THE UNITED STATES.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNES DAY.—The Hibernia, with the usual mails of the Ist inst., is expected to arrive lii the course of to-morrow morning. It is now concluded; from the non-appearance of the Great Bri tain that she did not sail on t he 25th ult. THE LATE ELOPEMENT. —lt iS stated in the Edinburgh Advertiser, that Captain and the Lady Adds Ibbetson arrived at tke Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, on Friday night. COURT CIRCULAR. Albert WisDson, TriunsDAy—The Queen and Prince p,i 7: ce walked for some time this morning, previous to the n ets leaving the Castle to hunt with his harriers. the The A bi l Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg acconaPani-v Royal Highness, and M r . A nson , Lieut.-Colonel ') and le Baron de Freiberg„attended. Aug °. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Princess to tus of Saxe Cobourg r o de ou t i n a p o ny Phaet °ll l ,' the hunt, ab ut noon, f o ll owe d i n a p o ny landau If s id 0 ' Portman, Lady in Waiting; Hon. Miss Stanley, Honour in Waiting ; and Madame Angelet, LOY al 0 1 ing to the Princess Augu s t us . L or d Ch a rles WellesleY,.lo in attendance on horseback. Th e w h o le of the i llusw party returned at. two o'clock. The Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg visited her Rpm' Highness the Duchess of Ke n t thi s morning, at R eg "' House. A NO The Royal Family we r e a ll t a k en f o r their usua l and walking exercise this morning. in ,dtbl Her Majesty and the Prince Consort walked out ~e afternoon, as did the Prince and Princess Augustui Cobourg. • JO el The Marquis of Sali s b ur y an d th e Ri g ht Hon. Se 0 and Lady Graham arrived a t th e C as tl e t o -day, on A C "'" 3 the Queen. f 130 Prince Albert hono ure d M r . L ane , a miinufacturer. tbe mingham ' accompanied by Mr. Muntz and Mr. Spaelle;beg Members for the borough, with art audience this days . 09 for the former submitted a pair of magnificent pole scr e ', presentation to the Queen, and a sumptuous chess-tableyoorr present to his Royal Highness. These articles are eft m ate pletely new manufacture, being composed peep' of Y 5 mache, partly of mother-of-pearl, and partly or g, " iteer i patent has been taken out for the manufacture, CO sc it les having yet been offered to the public. The Prince l' i otc• minute examination, and inquired into the mode of ru a os gel ture. Specimens of the invention in all its variu tis lased were produced. His Royal Highness was graciously Food to express great sati s f ac ti on , an d con d esce ndinglY l e -tibia the screens on the part of h er M a j es t y , an d the che ss presented to himself. , L A O Mr. Muntz, M.P., M r . Sp ooner , M.P., and kr , e l to after partaking of refreshm en t a t th e astle, rettul town. The royal dinner party this evening included her 'OOl4 Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria DA and Baroness de Speth. The band of the Second Life Guards attended dinner. itb Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended is Castle. to The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George went on o mond Park yesterday- morning on a shooting el ic n a. l , Their Royal Highnes ses returned to town in the sn or t" pi Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Talljter an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer day, at his official residence in Downing-street. Oil Sir James Graham left town for Windsor Castle j:es afternoon. rr Dispatches from the Governor of Newfoundland " ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENC • TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord E. Ru:sell's Sting—take 8 to - to '64 17 to 1 agst Ge nera l Shubrick's Brocardo—tai•e -25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ginger—taken to 1 . °4 40 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken '4l, 45 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken W OAKS. 1 01 13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice" -- ; o SP/ 20 to 1 agst D u k e o f Ri c h mond ' s Cuckoo—taken 6-ti There were not a do zen su b scr ib ers present at atki.r the afternoon. SWAFFHAM COURSING MEETING. THE CUP. nide' Mr. B. Smyth's Sh erwoo d' s b eat Mr. Hanbury's Gert—Daof Mr. H. Villebois Dewdrop beat the Hon. S. Cowper 's (Swing). Mr. Cardwell' s R e p or t (Fl as h) b eat Mr. Bennet ' s War °. Mr. Bagges's Top beat Mr. Burrough's Client. tteri' Mr. Villebois' N ovem b er b eat t h e H on. S C o wper's Le , Mr. Buckwo r th' s B a k s h ees h b eat Mr. Gu'rney's Apple es ' l oo Mr. Chute's Here I-am-again beat Mr. White's Fine " • Mr. Caldwell's Reginald beat Mr. Bagges's Traveller. First Ties. November beat Baksheesh. Top agst Here-I-am-again (undecided). Report beat Dewdrop. Sherwood beat Reginald. TIIE . Mr. Hanbury's Griselle beat Mr. OAKS Mild' Bennet's Willing Mr. B. Smyth's Sylvia ran a bye. Mr. Burrough's Camilla beat Mr. Bennet's Witch. • Mr. R. Bagges's Treasure beat Mr. Gurney's Agnes. , 4 1. Mr. R. Bagges's Tippiti w i c h e t b eat M r. Buckwort h'S Mr. Villebois' Nosegay ran a bye. First Ties. Tippitiwichet beat Griselle. • . . Treasure beat Sylvia (drawn). . .• Camilla beat Nosegay. DERBY. Mr. Hanbury's Glaucus beat Mr. Burroughs's Clear-tli e Mr. Burroughs's Coriolanus beat Mr. Bennet's Windstm oo , Mr. H Villebois' Dancer beat Mr. Buckworth's 13LOP I Mr. Villebois' Nautical beat Mr. Hanbury's Gunner. , Mt. R. Bagges's Touchstone beat Mr. Gurney's Achnoli - Mr. Smyth's Sam Slick ran a bye. First Ties. • • Sam Slick beat Touchstone. Nautical beat Glaucus. • Coriolanus beat Dancer. WESTACRE STAKES. Mr. Caldwell's Regard beat Mr. Burroughs's Cassaatil l ' Mr. Gurney's Amelia beat Mr. Bagges's Tempest. MARIIAM STAKES. Mr. B. Smyth's Selborne beat Mr. Villebois' Niobe. Mr. Gurney's Aspasia beat Mr. Burroughs's Creole. VICTORIA STAKES. Mr. Smyth's Songster beat Mr. Bennett's Warrior. Mr. Burroughoto Counsellor bout Air. Gurney's Magi'. MATCHES. Mr. Hanbury's Gulaare beat Mr. Burroughs's Clio. Mr. Bennet's Wildrake beat Mr. Burroughs's Clara. PRINCE ALBERT'S HARRlERS—TrwasvAii e dbf His Royal High ness th e P r i nce Consort, accornpaniivb. his Royal Highn ess Prince Augustus and his Seren e Liefness Prince Leop o ld o f Saxe Cobourg, and attended 121 i herit tenant -Colonel Wyld e , M r . A nson, and Baron de l'grer, hunted with his h arr i ers t o -d ay. T he meet was at 3.1 t0 ti° son's Farm at Chipp en h ain. T he party returne d Castle after two good runs. AMALGAMATION of the BRIGI I - frOS • CROYDON, AND DOVER LINES. TO IWE EDITOR OF THE SUlV:,„ b bf i Sin,—There is no pa r t o f M r. H u d son ' s policy winvt been more successful than that of uniting the in" . „ — t/P; different conflicting lines of railway by amalgamatio n e sir decreasing their expenses, and increasing their influe_l o ili o lj ability to resist attacks, and to bailie any opposition them ; making, in fact, feeders of former enema dr • strengthering them by what was intended for the struction. If this system of amalgamation has been thus sue., tb e ' in the northern, why i s i t not more attended to 'r ri tIO southern lines? Whv is it not tried, for instance , Brighton, Croydon ; and D over lines, lines which, a r t poi!'' do not show anything b r illi ant i n the i r manageol,e,,, n jut seperately, but whose i ncome po i nts out clearly, WD-0017' cious management, an u n it e d b o d y m i g h t b e forme d eci th e.; any in the empire? P er h aps th e present Directors o r d ° seperate lines cannot agree to bring the matter ab0u , .,, , ,ogi; not like to deprive th emse l ves o f t h e i r power and pab:Aire` But why do not the proprietors set about it thet o fif One staff would manage the concern, and the reduction penses thereby, as well as other material advantage s th e ing from a joint management, would not only inet v ''lslt fr dividend immediately, but soon place the price o, ,ii'elc joint stock at a very different figure in the lists tt i . of e are now quoted at, merely by giving the public just' c ; Or, confidence that a great and permanent improvemen t speedily follow this wise and necessary step. e etiOV Allow me to suggest, through y our me di um , that to c ol' of the provincial proprietors b e i mme di ate l y ca ll e d lopo - pool, Manchester, Leeds, &c., and there resolutions be e , summoning a ger eral meeting o f delegates from ° a id b o l , vincial meetings, in London. The amalgamation I r ibe easily brought about, and would u p se t a ll th e bearish gok', Jews at once. Singlehanded, th e li nes w ill d o no united, they will prosper.—l am, Sir, &c., -GOP A PROPIW• 114 LONDON, SALISBURY, and YE° JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. er, A special general meeting of the Shareholders in OP b e . pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern, l3i . s gate-street, for the purpose of taking into consideratior complete amalgamation of the three undermention ed , ,0 60. palms, so soon as they shall have obt a i ne d their resP oftit.; Acts of Parliament—namely, the London, SalistorPfrar, A y- Yeovil Railway Company, the E xe t er , Y eo vil, tillu A De chester Railway Company, and th e C ornwa ll Central Railway.` I' Mr. John Chapman, one of the Directors, occ u r • chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the ° I h pv - remarked that their Noble Chairman was p r evented 7(rler • country engagements from attending; while their 0 00. 0 f ' Chairman (Mr. Ashley) was detained by his duties a: tendant upon her Majesty the Que en D owag er, in " • tershire. He might, however, add, that he had.that received a letter from Lord Winchester, w h ere in he e- 1 4; 0 0,:. his regret at being unable to atte n d, and said he was t p ir ' in favour of an amalgamation. Of course h e n eed Inl a out to them the nature of the thr ee C om p an i es , becatis; r b must long ago have made themselves masters of t he ir:sr project, but he might just pr em i se th a t th e three !IL' formed a complete and uninterrupted line from the . ibes s .'; • Western line to the Land's End. The first of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, proposed to g° it e ste' re Basingstoke to Yeovil; the Exeter, Yeovil,' and I) °_, l ji IC • ran from Yeovil to Exeter; and the thi r d, the Corn' Devon Central Railway, continued the line on ( 10°43 01 061 Land's End. The two first Companies came to an I r .. l eer:, ment some time ago to amalgamate, and so far as the4viet.... concerned, there was hardly any necessity for their them together. It was at all times, ho w ever, of T r, Iwo_ A P portance that the Directors and Sharehold e r s should 'fi g ete7 a good understanding, and every imp or t an t item et'm ys i with the undertaking should both h ave the aPPr°is' sr,. ,b . ' the Shareholders as of the Direct ors . I n ternally ;i v be 7; rangenients to be submitted to the m e eti ng had etre? agreed upon; but before going into Parliament bi, importance that those arrangements should be vat - 010, • the unanimous voice of the Sharehold ers , and mac e known to the public. The Legislat ure in the last s i Sr acknowledged that the object they had' in view was o f v the importance ; and that object bein g - countenanced almost unanimous support of the population o f th pot • tricts through which their line passed, and of the public generally, they had every hope and cba so f success. If any Honourable Proprietor wished to 45 0 f. tbe. questions, or make any observations on the subject amalgamation, he should be most happy to hear thew'' • After a pause, ed t'. The CHAIRMAN continued. No one appearing "'wiltrok, llo ' • make any remark upon the que s ti on b e f o re the Mee", t hew:. ' presumed they had perfect and entire confidence In f o r for Directors, and he, for one, f e lt flatt ere d an d g rateful to t u f,or , it. With the permission of the meeting, he would voltl7ooed little information. The Times newspaper had 11011 . 1 0 0 1' upon all the new companies to tell the public whet - e ase; • of subscription they had raised, and the nature and., hot of their funds. Now, as neither the public nor the ' anything to do with their books,they declined to o m P t ill- the request of the Times, but th e y had no objection to t heir Proprietors, who had a right t o know what t h e state of funds were. The amount to be subscribed by the London' were • vil, and Salisbury Company was 1,500,0001. The delo si D orn. all paid and the shares distributed, with the exception o s tw os. • 300 or 400, and the subscription list contained nanr no clott. would do credit to any company, not excepting the 14 _14w and Birmingham and Grand Junction. The subscribednho of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, was 1,300,001. with deposits were all paid, and the shares distributed' 4% 34 2% 3 jg rnE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 14, 1845 r