The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-28 00:00:00

TILE TWENTY4IVE PER CENT. ADVERTISING AGENTS. (From the Railway Express.) A system has lately sprung up, engendered and nourished by railway speculation, which " has increased, is increasing, and must be diminished." It is alike in jurious to the respectable advertisement agents, and to every journal which is the medium of advertisements. We allude to the practices carried on, against railway eompanies and the press, by improper persons who take up the business of agents for advertising. It moo out this week at a meeting of railway share holders, that out of liabilities incurred on the part of one company—liabilities amounting to 6,5001.—0ne item was for 2,2004 on account of an advertising agent, "who had charged 25/. per cent. for inserting the company's advertisements. The established, respectable, responsible advertising splits are bound to come forward and deny (for they can do it) that such a charge of extortion can or does refer to them. We have heard of an advertising bill, and for an un opposed line, too, made out against a railway company to the tune of 2,5001. ; a claim said to be incurred be tween July and November. Can any rational man believe that such a claim was ever fairly incurred ? Our firm belief is that one-fourth of the amount would be sufficient, and more than sufficient, to give proper and full publicity to any unopposed railway project. When such charges are made—amounting, in the case mentioned, to more than one-third of the entire liabi lities of the company—it is certain that they have not been fairly made. How, then, is the bill swelled up to an amount like this ? We can explain how the trick is done. Within the present week, several bills sent in by one of the mushroom agents against different railway companies were examined, to ascertain, by reference to newspaper files, whether the advertisements said to have been in serted therein, and heavily charged for, had actually ap peared. It was found that in numerous cases the adver tisement had never been insetted, and that the actual charges were always far beneath the agent's charges. In one instance, an advertisement charged 5/. by the newspaper, was charged 91.95. by the agent. In another, a two-guinea advertisement was charged eleven pounds. Now these are transparent facts, and their operation cannot be other than injurious to the press. When ad vertising becomes such an enormous tax, railway and other people will naturally shrink from incurring it. The respectable agents are confounded by advertisers with the swindling agents, and suffer, by such confusion, in pocket and in character. What is the real state of the case? Every r:ewspaper has an established scale of prices. On such prices the agent gets an allowance of from sto 10 per cent. We helive that the custom is, for the agent further to charge the party who employs him with 10 per cent. on the gross amount ; nor is this a heavy allowance consider ing the agent's risks. The result is, that for an adver tisement which the newspaper would ordinarily charge 1/. cash, the company, ordering it through an agent, on credit, would pay 11. 2s. This cannot be oonsidered unfair. The agent of the Do-'em-all class asks 25 per cent. from the newspapers, and charges another 25 per cent. to the parties who employ him. This gives a net profit of 50 per cent. One might hope this would be sufficient. Not at all :—the Do-'em-all agent will not hesitate to take ss.'out of every 20s. f,•orn newspapers, :Lnd then, multiplying the said 20s. by two or three, char:?:es 25 per cent, on the amount thus obtained. We may st4,te a case. A Do-'ern-all agent inserted an advertisement ias a nsws paper, the fair price of which was 30s. The newspaper, in self-Menc:, charged forty shillings, to.allow the ag.tit his 25 per cent. The agent made out II bill, not for the 21., but for 8/., and charged the con tpany 25/. per (Tilt. on that charge, making a total of 101. for an advertisement which actually cost thirty shillings, and far which, with the usual credit to respectaisle adver tisers, the legitimate agent would have charged about 335. No wonder, the public will say, that ct!rtain ad vertising necounts are so heavy. ltespet:table journals will not allow the I agent more titan 10 per cent., and do not like to deal with bin except for cash ; but there arc petty r oushroom Papers, wisich are glad to take advertisements on such term; and the agent, having credit with them, instead of reltlng the advertisements, a 3 he is desired, into papers of good reetit e and circulation, slips them into :the petty unknown journal s , where RO ono can see them, and thus rob 4 the established papers, and cheats the company which unhappily employs him. '('he press suffer very :midi from this class of agents. Unless thew give them credit, advertisements are care fully excluded from therm ; and, when they do trust them, the payments are " few and far between," at last, when the bubble bursts and the crash comes, 'when the firm is done up, there are usually amounts on ffhe wrong side of the newspapers' ledgers. Every way, 'then, the newspapers are the sufferers. The game cannot latt long. Meanwhile, vre believe that we discharge a public duty in making these re marks. offer was made several times, and the same answer was returned. At the time they came in he was engaged with patients, and no time was lost in attending to the young women. They had not been waiting above twenty minutes. He did not see any reason for supposing that they were in immediate danger, and they only complained of being fatigued and exhausted. He did not consider that their complaint was of an alarm ing nature. He had read an account in the Times, which was grossly exaggerated. That accou nt was highly coloured. It was said that he had stated that &ere was a rule against the admission. He said no such thing. He was acquainted with the regulations of most of the London hospitals, and he believed that, under the circumstances, they would not be admitted into any. Consumptive cases are not admitted in the other London hospitals. Meant consumptive cases, not oases in the first stage of pulmonary disease. When he had said to the Coroner that if he would give 5,0001. plenty of beds would be provided, he did not speak offensively - , as would appear from the statement in the Times. Relief is frequently afforded to out-door patienti. The question about the funds of the hospital was put to the porter, which he thou :ht 040n1 , 1 have been asked of him; but he cer ta nly did not mean to offend the Coroner; and it ap puarLd to him, that when he was asked, the Coroner did not want an answer, for he did not wait for one. Ths examination of this witness being closed, Mr. PACK3IAN said that he thought it right to state, that instead of the receipts of the hospital being 11,0001. a year. as stated by the Times, they only amounted to 5,072/ Bs., and the disbursements last year to 5,8261. 4s. From the City of London Union alone they had relieved during the last two years no less than 613 cases of venereal and fever. The hospital had received other donations to the building-fund, but these had nothing to do with the expenditure of the hospital part of the esta blishment. The income and expenditure in that de partment were as he had stated. The fact was, that the hospital was 6,0001. in debt, in consequence of affording more relief than the means of the hospital afforded. Dr. MARSDEN said out-door relief was often afforded to no less than 300 patients daily on the average, and, if they could grant it, 500 or 1,000 might be relieved. W. Evans, son of the officer of the London Union, called—Had brought three venereal patients to the hos pital on the 19th of November. He brought them from Peckham. That was between twelve and one. He offered, at the request of Mr. Cooke, the surgeon, to take the two young women to the union, and Mr. Cooke said that he would take them back whenever a vacant b, , d could be procured in the hospital. lie offered to take them in a cab, but they said they were sick and tired of the workhouse, and would sooner die in the street. On their refusal, he had offered to take them to Guy's, Bartholomew's, or St. Thomas's Hospitals, but they would not go. He told them the hour at which atlmisaion could be got in those hospitals, but they would not go. When the rain was over they left the hospital. J. Evans, the father of the last witness, said that for three or four years I had been in the habit of bring ing casual patients from the London union to the hos pital, and that he was never refused except when the house was full ; that he had never paid anything there, but that one guinea was charged at the Fever Hospital for every patient. He had, within the last two years, brought, perhaps, 600 patients to the Free Hospital. Harriet Warner, the cook, was next called—By direc tion of the Chairman she brought in cans of broth, such as was given to the two young women, which the gentlemen present tasted, and declared excellent. She stated that she put 11b. of mutton to every pint of water. She corroborated the evidence of the porter as far as the making and delivering of the broth was concerned, which she SAW the young women take. The broad and broth were very geod. This concluded the evidence. The books of the hospital were then referred to, and proved the proper management of the establishment, to which the visiting members present bore their testimony. Dr. RICE proposed the first resolution, and expressed his approbation of the establishment. Mr. Ststrsots seconded the resolution. Mr. JOHN WATSON proposed the second resolution, and commented at great length on the unfair manner in wl►ich the statement in the Times had been garbled. lle had been an attentive observer of the institution, and he hsd observed that it was conducted with the greatest regularity and humanity. The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON seconded the resolution, and agreed with the previous speakers. Mr. WATSON then proposed a vote of thanks .to the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, in a very able and eloquent speech, returned thezks, and the meeting separated. The resolltions, which were carried unanimously, will be fonnd in our advertising columns. COURT C IRCULAR. Tho Queen And Prince Albert took an firing on Wednesday afternoon in tbegmunds ax3jacent t o Osbor ne Yesterday morning thuir Royal Ifi , , , ,hnesses Vie Prince of Wak3, the Princess R.oyal, and the Prinevss Alice wer4., taken their accustomed exorcise on the set beach. Ho; Maj,:-sty and her Royal Consort took their early morning walk: yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne Howe. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—His Royal llighne!3 Prince Alfred, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytt Iton, was tak,•n n drive to Frogmore yesterday afternoon. The Prince was taken out in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle this morning. sveral of the Cabinet Ministers visited Fir Robert Peel yesterdtty. PUSETISM ABANDONED AT NORTH SHIELDKI—For seine time past numerous complaints have been made, by parishioners, of thlPusevite changes and innovations in tre.laced by the viNt. of "gorth Shields and hi s cura to ; an d , in doference to these complaints, the worthy vicar has very pru featly abandoned the new ceremonies, and thu s turned bie back on Pt seyism—a matter, we need scarce] y say, of sinoere congrafilation.— Tyne Mercury. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,_ NOVEMBER fB, 1845. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH AND ALFRED CROW QUILL, AND A PORTRAIT OF ALBERT SMITH, ESQ. The December Number, price Half-a•crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, WILL CONTAIN THE CONCLUDING CHAPTERS OF THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS; A ROMANCE OF OLD PARIS. BY ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. Chapter 35—News for Louise Gauthier and Benoit. Chapter 36—The Journey—The Examination of the Marchioness. Chapter 37—The Last Interview. Chapter 38—The Water Question—Exili—The Place de Greve. Chapter 39—Louise Gauthier—The Conclusion. How Mr. Stubby did not dance with the Queen at theopening of Lin coln's Inn Hall. By a Law Student. The Loue Churchyard. Gaming, Gaming-houses, and Gamesters. The Way of the World. By J. W. Grylls. The King of Clubs. By Paul Prendergast. Memoir of Albert Smith. With a Portrait. The Old Woman at the Corner—Glimpses and Mysteries. With Illus trations by Alfred Crowquill. Miss Dora Hobbs, the Young Lady that was fond of Dogs —Young Ladies and their Idiosyncrasies. By Everard Clive. Dr. Magian —a Literary Retrospect. By a Middle-aged Man. The Duchess of St. Albans—Ennobled Actresses. By Mrs. Mathews. " Too Much Doctor"—Mrs. Fry—The Avenger's Witness against Murder -The Gaol Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. Railroads now are all the rage. Early Years of a Veteran of the Army of Westphalia between 1805- 1814. BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHINCe. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of "Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cesar De Buzau, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips ; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. To conclude with the First and Second Acts of DER FREISCHUTZ. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Leonora—Beethoven. Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"--Jullieu. Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case. Valse, Fleur-de-Marie—Barrret. Symphony, The Andante, from Haydn's Surprise Symphony—Haydn. New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PAla " Don Juan," Grand Selection, with Solos—Mozart. Valse, A Deux-terns (Second Set), The Bridal—Jullien. Selections from the Creation, with Solo on Clarionet, by Mr. Lazarus —Haydn. The Post-horn Galop—Kcenig. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. tkl. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque Is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TA.UTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To eonelude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Walla•k; Trenryuet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fesbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, a New Faroe, entitled JACK O'BOTII SIDES. John Tweddale, Mr. Os berry. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE &'QUATILE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be produced a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. To be followed by the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Miss Kate Howard will perform. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Momns, Mr. G. Wild. To conclude with THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. ENTIRE CHANGE.—GRAND ATTRACTION ! M. PHILLIPPE continues to give his peculiar and surprising TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, and feats of Magical Delusions. After which, the Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas—the wonderful AMERICAN FAMILY. To be followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Chlarint To conelude with M. Phlllippe's most extraordinary INDIAN and CHINESE Wonders. I oors open at Seven o'clock, to commence at Half-past Seven. Box Office open from Ten till Five ; Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. (id. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS ; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. An entire change will take place in the amusements of the arena, Introducing Mons. Hinle, Mons. Dumos, Mr. Alfred Cooke, Mdlle. Dumos, Mdlle. Hiule. litessr. Lupino, and the Brothers Candler. fo conclude with a New Equestrian Drama, entitled STEEL SASTLE. THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, Nov. 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 53; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 29.70.—W1ND S.W.; fine clear weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 25 minutes after 0 I Evening .. SO minutes after 0. perly drilled and accustomed to the art of war, con stantly residing on the soil, and ready either to repel aggressions or supply the place of the regular troops when the interests or warlike policy of the Government may require their services in other quarters. Besides these, there is a standing army of 400,000 men, more than four times the number that England can muster for in finitely more multifarious duties than France can be called upon to perform. To supply their place we have no force whatever entitled to the name, and should a war with America, or any other great power, break out, the defence of the country must be left to raw levies, without experience in the military art, without discipline, and enervated by the repose of a long peace. Besides, the militia regiments have ever been found the best source of supply for the regular army, and during the war the glory acquired by British arms was mainly owing to their excellent training, their good character, and not a little also to their physical strength. Com plaints, too, prevail, that the surplus population cannot get employment, and that able-bodied farm labourers are compelled to submit to the horrors of a workhouse. Any condition is preferable to pariah relief and pariah imprisonment, and if employment can be obtained in such a legitimate and just cause as national defence, and in the assertion of rights essential to our existence as a people, Sir ROBERT PEEL will fail in the most important of ministerial duties if he de• lays for one session more the accomplishment of a mea sure so imperiously called for, and so ardently desired by every one thoroughly acquainted with the utterly defenceless state of these islands. The Morning Herald of yesterday has indulged in much flippant criticism on a recent speech of Mrl CHRISTIE'S about Oxford and Cambridge. It has had, however, the candour to extract what Mr. CHRISTIE said, and the public are thus able to judge between his statement of facts and the reply. The universities will have no reason to thank their champion for publishing Mr. CHRISTIE'S statement any more than for the defence. At a meeting for the opening of some new British and Foreign Schools in the Kent-road, at which Mr. HAwEs (in the absence of Lord JOHN RUSSELL) pre sided, and where Mr. WISE, Mr. CHRISTIE, and other friends of liberal education attended, Mr. CHRISTIE took occasion to refer to the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge, which, our readers are aware, he has more than once brought before Parliament. We will follow the example of the Herald, and extract his rennrks, think ing it important that the facts which he stated should be circulated : " There were many subjects less connected with each other than the condition of schools such as that which they had met to open, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. —(Hear, hear.) The great difficulty in all efforts for im provement of education was the want of good schoolmasters. Much had been done in this respect of late years by the excellent training schools—those cf the British and Foreign School Society and the Battersea Training School, in praise of which too much could not be said. But Oxford and Cambridge might do a great deal to elevate the school master, arurthey not only did nothing, but worse than nothing. Ire (Mr. Christie) wanted to know what was done in all the colleges with the improved rents of estates left for scholarships and exhibitions. In many colleges, poor scholars, struggling with great difficulty against the ex penses of college life, in order to obtain the advantage of a degree, received only the small stipends fixed some centuries ago, when money went a very great deal further than now, while the greatly increased rents of the estates were divided among idle and luxurious fellows. The just improvement of the value of these scholarships would give the means of encouraging many young men who might afterwards de vote themselves to the honourable and responsible calling of a schoolmaster.—(Hear, hear.) No one would say that even the teacher of a village school would not be a better school master fur having received a superior education ; and the humblest schoolmaster and the humblest school would benefit by such an elevation. If the universities did their duty they might do much for the advantage of the school master's profession.—(Hear, hear.) The universities and the church, which were so closely connected, had managed to monopolise, often indeed in violation of founders' statutes, the masterships of grammar-schools, many of which were very richly endowed. In many instances masters of grammar-schools were required to be graduates and clergymen of the Church of England, when the founder had made no such restriction, or even when he had expressly declared that the schoolmaster should not be a clergyman.—(Hear, hear.) This state of things had contri buted to lower the schoolmaster's profession. The school master derived his social importance from being a clergy man—and clergymen were not the best schoolmasters.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) They were apt to regard their school duties as subordinate to their clerical profession ; and they hoped to remain schoolmasters only until they got some good Church prefennent.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Thus the schools suffered, and the schoolmasters pro fession was lowered. There were many endowed schools of which colleges in the universities were trustees. These, by the influence of the colleges, had been excepted from pre vious commissions of inquiry. Many of them he be lieved had gone to decay, and the endowments merged in the college revenues. One of his objects was to diminish college expenses, and open wide the doors of the universities to poor men's sons—to the sons of tradesmen—(Haar, hear) — and to those designed for schoolmasters; for why should not the universities educate the schoolmasters as well as statesmen? And he wished above all, in furtherance of the great principles of religious liberty, which owed much to the British and Foreign Society, to open wide the doors of those universities to the members of all religious creeds.— (Cheers. ) If colleges have fulfilled their duties as trustees, why should they fear inquiry? A proposal to inquire does not necessarily imply censure. Some schools are well-managed, some are ill-managed. Inquiry causes improvement where there has been neglect or miscon duct, but where there has not, it leads to honourable mention, and gives the public the benefit of a good ex ample. Why, then, should the schools, of which colleges in the universities aro the trustees, have been exempted from the inquiries of the Charity Commis sioners? As to the masterships of endowed schools, Mr. CHRISTIE might have added that a great injustice is done to the Dissenters, in restricting them to gra duates of the universities and clergymen. The Morning Herald cries " cock-a hoop," and says every schoolmaster of eminence has been educated at one or other of the universities. Mr. CHRISTIE does not say otherwise ; but he complains that laymen and Dissenters are excluded from situations of emolument to which they are as much entitled as Oxford or Cam bridge clergymen ; and for which we agree with him in thinking that eceteris paribus laymen are better fitted than clergymen. There is no hope of improving the status of the schoolmaster, unless the schoolmaster is allowed to rest his claims to social position and respec t on the dignity of his own functions, and relieved of the embarrassing aid of the Church. The connexion between the universities and the Church has injured both. The Church has narrowed the aims of our national universities and closed their portals to a large portion of the QUEEN'S subjects ; while the special education for the clergy at Oxford and Carnbri3ge has been condemned by the highest authorities in the Church as a mockery, and it is notorious that there are no worse parish priests, as a rule, than college fellows. They enter the Church in the first instance to keep their fellowships (then) are, of course, honourable exceptions), and after living a life of luxurious ease in college, performing no clerical duty, they take a college living when their turn comes, which enables them to marry, and change the scene from the tiring monotony of college life. A nice training for the grave and sacred duties of a clergyman ! It may, and probably will, take time; but no reform has ever been carried in this country without long agi • tation— " Nil sine magno labore." The Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, Catholic Emancipation, Parliamentary Reform, we will add, anti cipating the now certain victory, Repeal of the Corn laws—all these are instances of the necessity and efficacy of agitation. And in time, and with agitation, all the clerical and aristocratic interests which struggle to pro tect them against reform will cease to avail the uni versities. We have received Madrid journals of the 20th inst., which are occupied chiefly with details of the late royal file and the grand ball given by General NARVAEZ to celebrate the event. The QUEEN, her sister, and the ' QUEEN-MOTHER, were present. Tier MAJESTY danced first with NARVAEZ, and next with the French Ambas sador, and from all accounts the spectacle was very superb. No general amnesty had been published, but several persons confined for other than political crimes had been set at liberty on the occasion. The disappoint ment caused by these circumstances was adverted to in Some of the journals, and in language which shows that NARVAEZ still allows the press great latitude. We give the following from the Clamor Publico as a specimen : " Console yourselves, unfortuates, upon whom has fallen the torment of usurpation, General Narvaez is a grandee of Spain ! Console yourselves, unfortunates, who pine in dun geons, without even being made acquainted with the cause of your arrest, General Narvaez is Duke of Valencia! Console yourselves, prisoners and exiles of all classes, console your selves, you overburthened tax-payers, General Narvaez has received a fine title, exempt from all taxes and obligations ! Is not this a national recompense to convey joy to the hearts of the people at large? Where is the unfortunate who will not find in this announcement a new and powerful source of consolation ? It is thus that a handful of ambitious men celebrate the fete of the Queen of Spain ! Everything for a dozen of intriguants—nothing for a suffering nation. Whilst a laborious and active nation is wearing out in slow agony, ' behold these decorated courtiers rolling through the streets in gilded equipages, and wasting in a night of enjoyment and pleasure what would give relief to an entire province! Rejoice, ye people! Set up shouts of gladness ; your country is saved, for General Narvaez is Duke of Valencia and a grandee of Spain!" On the Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 36 for 30 days. The Fives not quoted. Exchange on London, 37k. The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and share market are very gloomy. From the opening to the close of tho Bourse there was a continued fall in the prices of railway shares, all offering to se,l without finding purchasers. The funds, too, were affect , e 1 by the panic. The Three per Cents. fell about 20e., and the Fives 25c. Various causes are assigned—such as reports of three or four more brokers being in a dan- ' gerous position, the threatening aspect of affairs between England and America, &c.; but when a panic once commences it generally goes on for some time from sheer ignorance and no real cause is required to give it additional impulse. Several of the journals continue their remarks on the Oregon question, and we are glad to find in a somewhat less partial spirit. M. Tuians's journal has a long article on the subject, which only shows how little the real state of parties here is known by the political writers of Paris. That journal seems to infer that the advent of the old Tories to power is at hand, and that the nation would again submit to their rule, provided England could be fairly embroiled with America on the Oregon question. Nay, it even insinuates that the remnants of a broken faction would encourage a bloody war for party purposes, and that, for e time, they might be successful. These days are gone by. " The retire ment of Sir ROBERT PEEL," says that jeurnal, " under present circumstances, would by no means surprise us, The result of such a step would be naturally to bring , back the pure Tories to power. Without setting up for prophets, we find it difficult to imagine that this frac tion could have snore chance of success at present than seventeen years ago. The position of such a Ca billet, in face of an Opposition considerably increased, and of the Anti-Corn-law League—in presence of Ire land agitated by famine and stirred up by old hatred-- would not be easily tenable, and now, as before, the ephemeral trial of the ultra-Tories would only serve to precipitate the downfal of their doctrines. To prevent either the triumph of the Opposition, which has placed itself so high in public opinion by the noble conduct which it has manifested in the late struggles in Parlia ment, or the formation of a coalition Ministry, uniting with a view to a reform judged necessary by all the Liberals and moderate Tories, the ultra-Tory Cabinet would have but one resource. It would recur to the expedient so often employed by unpopular govern ments, or by 'ministers preferring power to the good of their country—they could throw England into a great war, and the Oregon question, which becomes more en venomed every day, would furnish them an admirable op portunity. There are some persons in England, it is said, who would net recoil from this extremity, and regard without fear such a perspective. It cannot be dissem bled that the opportunity would be well chosen, and a war with the United States would not be displeasing at first view to the English nation. This may be supposed from the wild applause which greeted Sir R. PEIL'S words when, at the commencement of the year, he de clared that if the just rights of England were slighted, he should know how to use force to make them re spected. The English pride was deeply wounded by the result of the war of 1812, and by the manner in which the United States, and the press of the continent, spoke of the matter. Since that period, the upper classes have always nourished the idea of recommencing the struggle, and of giving, according to the popular phrase in ; England, a good lesson to Jonathan. The national feeling would, on the occasion, come to the aid of the Ministry. Besides, the self-love of England is involved in the matter. Since this question of the Ore gon has been mooted England has always lost ground, and each of her concessions has been immediately turned against her. The United States now refuse the arrange ment which they themselves offered several times, and which England had declined. England eight or ten months back made a warlike demonstration. At pre sent the United States contest her rights altogether to the Oregon, after having acknowledged these rights by thirty years' negotiation. At present Mr. POLK an nounces his intention of persevering in a conduct which, in the epinion of Sir ROBERT PEEL, was equivaleret to a declaration of war. It appears, therefore, difficult for England to avoid a shameful humiliation, otherwise than by having recourse to arms." It adds in another place : " Will not the party of the ultra-Tories, supposing that they should now arrive at power, be forced, in order to retain it, to appeal to the popular passions, and will not they prefer war to the ruin of the monopoly, which forms the strength of the aristocracy ? Whoever may be the men whom a modification in the Ministry may raise to power, we think that, if the quarrel be not embittered beyond measure by unwise and useless provocations on the part of the American Government, they will look twice before they have recourse to this dangerous expe dient." The conclusion is very lame; and only shows that M. TRIERS has formed no fixed opinion on the subject. Late intelligence has been received from Algiers, which gives rather a more favourable account of the state of the revolted provinces. According to the Mon:teur Algerein, the different reports from Constantires announce that this province has remained an entire stranger to the agi tations which have taken place in the other subdivisions. All the accounts concur in stating that there is no pros pect of an interruption of tranquillity. The Kebyles in the environs of' Gigelly are very cairn, and it appears probable that they will remain so. The following curious piece of intelligence from Macao appears in the Presse : " We receive from Macao a letter, dated Sept. 30, which informs us of an almost incredibl e fact, but which our cor respondent assures us to be true. Since France has had a consul at Canton, the French flag has always floated before the European factories, on the same line as those of England, Holland, and America. Formerly this flag was the only sign that reminded the Chinese of there being in the west a grand nation called France. Since the treaty concluded by M. de Lagrene, it is a pledge of peace and alliance, the consecra tion of the rights which pla ce d us on an equa lity with th e English and Americans. It was, therefore, most important to maintain this emblem of French power. Well, scarcely had our plenipotentiary quitted Canton, after the treaty had been concluded, when M. Lefebvre de B6court, head of the consulate in that country, decided, of his own authority, that the tri-coloured flag ought not any longer to float on the Chinese territory. And for what reason? Because the Government does not pay the rent of M. Le febvre at Canton, and, in consequence, because that gentle. man, not having any residence in the factory called French, would be obliged to hire for a hundred francs a-year the ground in which the flagstaff was placed for half a century ! This conduct is the more shameful, inasmuch as the Consu late of Canton is one of the best paid of all, receiving not less than 40,000 f. a-year. Out of that amount, M. Lefebvre de Becourt could not find the paltry sum just named ! In truth, it is not to be believed ! And yet nothing is more true. The English, the Americans, and the Chinese, have been stupified at this meanness of the French Consul, who, to save a few piasters, judged fit to take down the official symbol of his nation. Besides, this functionary, who ought from his official position to reside at Canton, inhabits Macao,where he is not recognised, and where he cannot render any service." We subjoin some additional extracts from the papers: " A Toulon letter announces the arrival there of Solifnan Paella (Colonel Selves), Major-General of the Egyptian army, on the 20th , from Genoa, and hi s h av i ng taken'apart ments for Ibrahim Pacha and his suite, expected to arrive shortly in the steam-frigate Nile. Orders have been re ceived by the port and municipal authorities to pay the Paella all the honours due to his rank. The 3d Marines will form a double line for him to pass from the landing-place through the Arsenal, and the 19th of the line will pay him the same respect through the town to his residence. The Marquis de Lavalette, as Envoy from the Government, ar rived at Toulon from Paris on the 20th. "A letter from Vienna of the 19t1, states that great pre parations were being made there fur the reception of the Em peror of Russia. " The Austrian Government has just published an account of its foreign trade for the year 1844, from which it appears that the whole movement amounted to 223 millions of florins, exch:sive of the transit. The imports amount to 114 millions, and the exports to 109. The transit amounts to 71 millions of florins, and the duties levied to 18. " A letter from Lucerne states that on the 21st Dr. Pfiffer was set at liberty, and the seals taken off his papers without any further proceedings." per Cents. closed Railroad at s 81f. ip h e a .: .es, th i e ms l o i f. ve ; per T C he ent l s ' . l , lr l e l e 6f. l ;se. ; the Orleans Rouen, 880 f.; Northern, 645 f. ' • Ilavre, 7351. ; Avignon, 797 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 605 f. ; Bordeaux, 555 f. ; Boulogne, 4951.; Troyes and Montereau, 440 f.; Basle, 2131. 75c.; Fait& ponx, 4501. The following are quotations for new lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitt?), 1!. prem.; ditto (Caton), par; ditto (Ganneron), 11:; dim (Lapinson niere), 4991. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 2f.; ditto (Hinguerlot), par; ditto (Becket), 4991.; Aymard, lf. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), par; ditto (Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), if.; ditto (Lecointc), par; ditto (Coin pagnie Meridionale), par; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par ; ditto (Espeleta), 71. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysitens), par; ditto (Carette), par; ditto (Colbert), par Charleroi (kysaens) 4901. Lvoxs, Nov. 24.—Marseil and Orleans, 1,1381. 75c ; Orleans and Vierzon, 655 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOR LONDON STOCK E: Anglo-Belgian Boulogne and Amiens 7 l /2 Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Do. ( Mackenzie:9 .. ,_. .. Callao; Lima, and Pa- citie Coast Central of Spain .. — Ceylon . .0 3/ . les and Avignon, 99f. ; Paris ?Luis and Rouen, 9471: 50c. ; EIGN RAILWAYS AT THE XCHANGE, N.v. 27. Mauritius ...... Namur and Liege 2 North Jamaica !Orleans and Vierzoa Orleans and Bordeaux 914 Over Yssel ... .•• Paris& Lyons (Latiitte) 2 Ditto ( Gann eron's). Ditto (Calon's).... izs z , Ditto (Sud Est) ' Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen . Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Aymard'a) Do. (Compte de L' Est) 1% Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre.— 27 Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and 11:41,a TOurnay,Jurbise, Lau dent, and ilasselt... Tours and Nantes '• (Mackenzie's) ..... . . Do. (Lefebvre's) ..... Do, (O'Neill's). ....... Trinidad ................. Verona and Ancona.... West Flanders- Fiandefs- AIONE . Y and COMMERCIAL iv r CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, all to the trade, at 1 / B d. per lb. lower than the quotations of last woek. The business consisted of 250 Egyptian, at 6d. to 7 1 / 2 d. ; 100 Pernams at 6d. to 6 1 / I d., and the remainder American, at 34d. to 7d. per lb. The market is very flat. Shares continued in a very depressed state, prices being still lower than heretofore. Among the commercial items from New York to-day, by the Independence, we find the following:— " The foreign trade of any country is generally looked upon as being an index of the prosperity of the people, and is consi dered evidence of the progress made in commercial matters. The extent of the imports into any country is considered evi dence of the wealth of the people of of that country, and the extent of the exports some evidence of the resources of that country. The foreign trade of every nation comprises but a small port ion of its COMITIeI cial movements, but the outlet large exportations give to the products of any country is sure to pro duce a favourable state of trade at home. We export about one-tenth pat•t of the total agricultural products of the country, whereas 17ve do not import a one-hundredth part of the amount of merchandise consumed in the country. The foreign trade of the United States at the present time, is not so large, in proportion to the population, as it was in the early years of the history of the country. The agricultural exports of the country ate not so great, in proportion to the popula tion, as they were forty years ago. The increase in the ex portation of products of the soil from this country since 1800 has been confined principally to the supply of cotton." The Flour markets in all parts of the United States w,gre most active at the date of the present advices. The Alp ment s of flour for Great Britain were upon a most extensive scale, and the supplies from the interior were considerable. Prices, however, had advanced to such a point that it was considered more titan probable that the recent orders that had been received out would not be half exe cuted until further advices had been received out from Europe. There is nothing fresh in the present advices of importance connected with the Oregon question. The war party, how ever, was as rampant as ever, while all the respectable por tion of the public journals were more strongly in favour of peace. . The continuation upon Consols amounts to from % to % per cent. For Money the price now is 94%, and for the Ac count 95%. • The market is heavy. The pay-day on the Consular Account went off very well, and cash is said to have become more abundant. A good deal has been done in Exchequer-bills this morning at premiums varying from 235. to 255. Bank Stock has fallen from 254 to 203. India Stock opened at 260, and it is now at 262. In the Foreign Funds the prices are still drooping. Mexi can has receded from 29 1 4 to 28 3 4 ; Spanish from 28 to 27% ; the Three per Cents. to 37 1 4. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were at 58 1 4 3 %, and the Four per Cents. at 911.. 1 . The Railway Share Markets are in a most heavy con dition, as the official list of prices will show :- ONIS CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 204 203 204 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 % 1 /2 94 1 4 New 3 1 4 per Cents. 95%% 95% Long Annuities to exrareJan.lB6o - Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Stock 260 262 South Sea Stock - Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account .. ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 24 25 23 22 pm. 24 Ditto 5001. - pm. 22 Ditto Small . 2- 23 - - pm. 28 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK PRICES Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 86% 86 1 / 2 Equador Bonds Granada Bonds ' 1 per Cent. 20% 20% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 29 1 4 28 3 4 291% Portuguese 5 per Cents. - Ditto. 3 per Cent - Ditto, 4 per Cent. - Russian Bonds ... ..• .. .«... - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. •. - Ditto, Account 3 7 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% par Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ceitillcates 91 !4 81% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Banffi & Elgin - Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ..... 1% - Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2% - . Bideford andTavistock... lAi - Birm in. and Gloucester. 100 - Ditto New 17% - Birmingham and Ox ford Junction - Birmingham & Leicester Direct - Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s - Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... Bristol and Exeter 7O - Ditto, New . 2 - Bristol and Gloucester... 80 ...... - - Bristol and Liver. June . 21/„.... _ - Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lin co l n 1% 2 5 / 9 1 /2 2tA Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% - Canterbury and Dover.. 1% - Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury IA._ - Chester and Holyhead Chester and Manchester 425. - Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... - ... Clydesdale Junction 5 - Cork Blackrock, and Passages - Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / $ - Cork and Waterford ... 1% - Cornwall - Covent 7, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester... . 114....., Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe - Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1% _- ,. Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... - Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 5 1 4....... 4 Direct N orthern Direct Norwich - Dublin and Armagh l% - Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5 - Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine - Dublin and Galway..... 4 - Dudley, 51adely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 254 - - Eastern Counties 141. 16s l9 18% Ditto New Cl. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....61. 13s. 4d 3 /4 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...4/. 13s. 4d... - p EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 - Eastern Union 25 - Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 4 - Ditto Extension - ......... ..... Do. Ipswich and Bury 19/ - Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2 1 - • Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 /,,...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 65 63 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 ... . Ditto, New 5 - Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 - ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 . Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ...... - ...••• ......... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 - Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% - Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth - Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% 2 1% Glouc., Aberyatwith, and Central of Wales 1 %..... . - Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O - Ditto Quarters 25 - Grand Union l% O% Great Eager!' & Western 2% ...... - ......... ... GreatGrimsby and Shef• field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7 1 / 2 - Great Munster ... 2% Great North of Scotland 2,6 Great North of England-100 212 Ditto New 5 - Do. New ..., - ........ 2 ...... - . ••• - Great West ern BO ......1411/2 143 140% 140% Ditto % Sha res 5O BO% . Bl% Ditto k i Shares 2% 1 2 14% 12 Ditto Fifth - Guildford, Fare'in,Ports. 2% . Harwich 1 - ** ": .................. - Bull and Selby Ditto 1 4 Shares Do, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 - Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ...... .. ...... frishNorth Midl a nd 2 ...... - ..„.. ...... .. 1% - Isle ofAxh o l me 2% - Killarney Junctions l l4 - Kendal and Windermere 1 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle - Leeds and West Riding Junction .. -.- - ... ......... Leicester & Birmingham 225. - ... • • Leicester and Bedfo r d... 223. .., par Leicester and Ta mwor th .425. - Livers.. arid .Manchester.loo ... .. - Do. % Shares - Do. Quarters 25 - .• Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 2% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction Landon and Birminghmloo 206 204 204 Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 .4 l9 %... .. ..... ... 21 Ditto Extension ...... IV, - London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 1 / Do. New - Ditto Extension ...... ...... . - London and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bth:... 35 - Ditto, Sixths - London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18 1 4% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford - London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... - .............. Do. Preference ...18/17: 2d - London,' Tiounslew, and Western - '; Lond• &S.Western 411 6: 10d 72 Do. New Consol. Bth: 20 - Do. New - Do. New ' 6 - London& South Essex 2 3 4 ...... - 1. ondon and York 2%...... 21/, , ,e% . London and Windsor ... 1 - •••• ........ gre London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... ...... 21 , 2 OO4 10 . !/ 262 55 1 / 2 111 1 4 271/2 t37! 4 80 1 ,4, - 1:3!4 18% 5 p 3 4 I ) 1 % - 1 O 7 44!4 -2 1~ :8i 18% , ... ... .. .. •• • ••• 1 1 / 2 •••• • 72 2 3 4 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ... . 2%... Londonderry& Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 Manchester and Leeds .. 76 l2 B l /2 l7l Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Sixteenths ... 4il t Manchew.er and Binnin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 9% Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. P A p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. ... — Manchester and Rugby Direct — Manehest. &Southa rn p t . 2 ....... M•dland 100 -.136 1 136 138 136 136 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New N) ~ iland, Birm., Derby...loo . / 108 ... Nidid. & East. Counties 1%...... ....... ... Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 — ..... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 50% 49 Do. New Brandling... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 11; — Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2 1 1 Newark, Sheffield, and - 6% G 9 1 1 / 1 p 16 1 4 108 49 39 9i.i Boston North British Do., New - Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 1 / 4 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 5 • North Devon..... 2 .. ... ...... • North of Norfolk .. — Northern and Eastern... 45 - —• Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 A.. .. 2%% 2% North Staffordshire 425....... 2%% 1 / 4 p..... 2% p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern 1 Connecting — — Norwich anct Brandon-. 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Nottingin., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% Nottingham and Mans field — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425. — Oxford and Worcester... 12% 14 % 1 /4 Oxford, Witney, and Che1tenham.........,., 1% F erth and Inverness ... 2% — ... ...... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 Portsmouth Direct ...... 33/ 3% Preston and Wyre 5O — Do. 1 A Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 — Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central Scottish Midland l% 2 ... ...... . Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%•••• • 8% Shropshire Mineral 425........ Shropshire Union 'hrewsbury & Hereford 2% — ...•••• Sligo and Shannox 1 y .8 Somersctshire Midland 2% •• •• ••• • •••••• South Devon South Midland 425....... Iji 2 1 / 4 W I p 1% p South Staffordshire June South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2a 4d... 33% •••• Do., Ne. 1 Do., N(0. 2. Do., Na. 4 Southampton, Moriches- ter, & Oxford Jun ctien 2 St. Alban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... St aines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh• & Shropshire 2 3 q — south Wales..... -.... ... 214 "3 ,414 Taw Vale Extension ... - •••• •••• Teen and Dove Valley 1% —• • Trent Valley 2 ..... . 13% ••• Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Readi ng , an d .... Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness ...... Vale of Neath 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 2% Warwick and Worcester 42s — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% — -•• Waterfd,Wxfrel,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall l l / 4... .. West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties . •• Wexford and Carlow ... 2%...... . •• Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 42s. ..... . ........ ....... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow •-•-• ••• Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — Ditto, New - .• York, and Carlisle 2% — ........ York and Lancaster...,.. 2% — ...... ...... York and North Midland 50 Date% Shares 25 - Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby Do. Extension 14% 3 3 / 4 12 3 / 4 % dis 32% 2 1 / 2 13% 2 1 / 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes ... Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 7 1 A ....... 7 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 - Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... ... .. ..... •-•— Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara 2% .. .• Dandle Valley .. 2 - .. • . ....... .... -- Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 - Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted ... 5 ...... 10% 10 ..... —.. 10 Great Paris and Lyons 2 - Great Western Ben ga l... s s . Great Western Canada... 3!/ ...... - ••• - Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 - ..... -•• ••••••• ...-.. Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey - Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... Lyons and Avignon 1 uxembourg... ...... ... .. 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. — -.. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ..... .... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris &Lyons, ( Calon's ) 2 ...... Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 - Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen ... 20 Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's)....... ...... 2 ...... 1% 13% Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ...... Ditto ( Avinards)....„ 21 — . — Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre lloval North of Spain ... 2 • — • ambr • and Mersa ...... 6 ...... 4 33% 44 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 4 Tours and 'Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ...—...- ..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's) 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders ...... .... 4 tr 5,4 , , • .i • • , „-' 4 ,-- -,---..;,, y*, k,le• imi cesci , _s-%--, - .°- -i c' .• . „,. * . t x h,,,,b loric:' f., e ,411,1NV,-; • . ~. ' . f.-•' t.. mv .i,o r r'' '•' , 3r, -'• '''''".", l'e:' . s - 4..- •• writ THEATRE ROYAL, ILIYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. Atter which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerald Pepper, Mr. Hudson. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING New Will be performed a N Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Yining, and Miss Martin. After which, OH, 'TIS LOVE. To conclude with JONATHAN BRADFORD. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, TIIE TOWER OF LONDON ; or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported by Mr. Osbaldlston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson, Miss Eliza Terry, &c. To conclude with THE LIFE RAFT ; or, The Two Reefers. Sup ported by the entire strength of the Company. 1 " beitililla :7 4 ) Mt LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1845. An Ipswich journal, some days since, announced that contracts had been entered into with parties in that quarter for the supply of uniforms for 40,000 militia, We have known for some time that, in the neighbour hood of the metropolis, orders had been given and ac cepted for large quantities of military uniforms, though without the buttons or any distinguishing mark by which the use for which these equipments were intended could be ascertained ; and we believe it is admitted in most circles likely to be well informed, that the " militia papers" have been in readiness for some months, and that tho embodiment of a strong corps of militia only awaits the sanction of the QUEEN and Parliament. We rejoice to find such symp. toms of activity, and steps taken for carrying into effect measures become absolutely necessary, not only for the protection of these islands, but for putting our numerous colonies in a proper state of defence, and guarding our commercial interests in every part of the globe. For such important purposes the strength of the regular army is totally inadequate. With the exception of the Indian troops, the whole military force fit for service amounts to little more than 80,000 men, and with these England has to preserve order in Ireland, maintain numerous detachments in manufacturing dis tricts, garrison some fifty or sixty colonies, and be at the same time prepared to meet exigen cies which the jealousy or aggressions of her rivals may in a few months produce. We believe it would be impossible to point out any other great power, in any quarter of the world, where such a preposterous system of policy is allowed to exist, or where interests of such vast magnitude are left in such an unprotected state. The navy has hitherto been the main salvation of the country ; it saved England from the invasion contemplated by BONAPARTE, and would save it again from any similar attempt ; but, when we look to its dwindled state compared with what it was in bygone days, the small number of seamen actually em ployed, and the time that would be required to equip and man fleets suited to a great emergency, to. ;ether with the totally defenceless state of the country, it is impossible not to be struck with wonder and astonishment at the long.coatinued apathy of different Governments, and with fear for the destruction of life and property by means which steam has now put into the hands of those that might be the aggressors. Wo have a few corps of yeomanry cavalry, some divisions of old Chelsea pensioners, a body of police fully occupied in preserving order in the capital, with occasional con stables in county districts not sufficient to guard life and property; but we have no militia, no volunteers, no military body, in fact, whatever, except the standing valley, that could at first make a stand against disciplined troops and save the country from some great disgrace and calamity. The troops in Ireland cannot be spar e d ; C ana d a a nd the other American pro vinces are not half garrisoned under existing circum stances ; and, for aught we know, the affairs of the Punjaub may yet require aidional reinforcements. The Minister, therefore, has no choice but to raise a strong body of troops, capable necessary, with G Great the presence of eatßritainantl Ireland, and dispense, if the whole of the standing army. He has plenty of money ; the surplus caused by the ampl e p rocee d s o f t h e income and property-tax will furnish means for supply ing the necessary expenses; and, should the in terests of the country, the maintenance of her inde pendence, and the assertion of her rights, require more, the people of this country will neither be backward nor stingy in such a cause. Let them only compare the situation of England with that of our nearest neigh 'hour. In France there are a million of armed men, pro- licn:erara Dend re Valley ... dutch Rhenish ...... Dieppe & Paris Juliet. Dijiiiand Mulhouse... Ea'At Indian Fampoux & Ilazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted ll% Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal, Great Western :Canada 3 3 / 4 Jamaica& Mid. Junction Do. North Midland Do. Extension Jersey ....,.. . ~ Louvain and Jemappe 1 Lyons and Avignon l% Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia THE CAI3INET.—S*Minses were :issued by Sir James Graham yestercl4 to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council, which is expected to be held this after noon at the Foreign-office, Dowsing -street. All the Ministers in town are expected to be present. MINES. Real dcl Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 Union of Australia 25 24 ys DEATHS OF Two CHILDREN BY FIRE.—On Thurs. day night Mr. W. Paine held two inquests at Guy's Hos pital, on the bodies of John Bannen, aged two Tears, and Tamer Johnson, aged six. In th e former case it appears that the parents of the d ec e ase d res id e i n G reen - bank,- St. Olive's, and on Monday forenoon last the child was at play with some other children in a room in which there was a fire, and in poking a piece of wood amongst the burning coals, his pinafore ignited, and he was shockingly burnt be fore the fire could be extinguished. He was removed imme diately to the above hospital, where he expired on Tuesday. In the second case the deceased's parents have the care of chambers in Great Tower- street, City, and on Tuesda y fore noon she was sitting before the fire when a burning coal flew out of the grate and into her lap, and ignited her pinafore. Her screams brought assistance, but the Eire was not extin guished before she was dreadfully burnt. She. was taken to the hospital, where she expired on Wednee4ay. Verdict, in each case, "Accidental death." ._----- MARKET is w A 'I CORN EXCHANGE—FRID-10 During the present week the arrivals of English Si s , o , our market have been rather limited: hence the,.suo samples of that description of grain here, to.dn,"_!,, For all kinds, both Red and White, the demand 7:, and Monday's prices were welfsupported. Theo ll' ie retail trade for fine Foreign Wheat, on quite ssg.' w r 4 but bonded parcels. ere neglected. The besf nialtiag_ (which was in short supply) sold readily, at extr.e.lr';‘,o but other kinds were a dull sale. In Walt A t a i ,' di amount of business was doing at full prices. Al fire arrivals of Oats continue good, the Oat trade was of the), some instances, a trifling advance M the value . 01 , 0 . parcels. Beans, Peas, and Flour ruled slow, IN R. notice no alteration in value. fv! A ARRIV.ALS. 00 1 08' I Wheat. Barlay . 8 660 Llr3' / 3,530 qrs. 10,410 qrs. , i 10,19 0 500 4,33 0 1,390 Malt, 4,540 ors. . :0 smarririnzam.hero, liil The supply of Beasts on sale here to' the i. l; e ei , , ,, and the attendance of buyers tolerably good , t i„ v e no o; l l w v! l s firm, at Monday's quotations. Sheer -tu t ? c e l id inch were small—sold steadily, but we csn no od coos o inferior i c i i . ual P i t r i e i m s o e f 8 Veal all tion in value. There were on offer, CO O' in Or s' . d Sheep, and 30 Pigs, all from Rotterdam, m' I : des r, t!f at extreme rates, Niich Cowsproduced each. Tro'• Chaulsn,egsoun'etraenqdnitri,,iabgs:_iwiad.7 English ...... Irish . Foreign ...... 10,970 ink the 001. Per 318 s. to s l. _„,d10 04 , inferior Beasts •••• 2 10 3 0 Second 63,'"''' Gait 6110 4 ' Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 630 wetber i , Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 4 0 Seuthdowli,,' „ c ool 1 1 Primo Scots ......4 2 4 4 Ditto out of u'''' .3 / Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Largo Hog s ...'::.• 4 0 Prima small ditto .. 4 8 S 0 Small PorkT igii „le / Suckling Calves ..18 0 80 9 Quarter 01d ' ....• inferior Sheep .. • 3 4 310 Lambs •' .• ft, SUPPLY AT MARKr:' I 3 1 ' Call a " I 3,340 Cheep. I 16 4 ipleVr ilP r -t oo 61 NEWGATE AND ZVI- pop. We had a steady trade, and prices were We ~ 1. ( , At per stone, by the Car , 0 s. d. to s. d. . 10 /dor ', 4 : Beef, inferior—. •• 2 $ 2 10) Mutton , .4111 0 t. 4 middling .... 3 0 3 2 ---- -- ,60 t' 3 l ' 1 prime large .. 3 4 3 6 -- --- r,' ..'... 4 prime small .. 3 6 . 3 13 Pork, Veal.... ----111 410 -- 198.' ... -'• Od• Beast,. 787 Lamb. Os oe to Os - _ at e. 10 ,105 SOROUGH HOP riffniall, The show of all kinds of Hops being ;' has become very firm, and, in some lris-aecll more money has been paid for seleel en v , , C eal d 9l t Hops :—Sussex Pockets, Cl lOs to 71 8 e 71 76 ,1 P L is ° ditto, 6/ 12s to 71 12s; Mid ICen, t n ; ; li e Yearlings :—Sussex Pockets, Cl es to Cl ' to 71; Mid Kents, t±l 1.5 s to 7/ 10s- COLONIAT-4- rstb e isl. SuGan.—The demand for West India be 6„ 0 00 4 and better rates have in some instance* be e r - 0 11 0c 4 quantity on show is not large. Brown ,„ pf r i to 50s, and yellow 48s to 56s per cwt. at °' - f,s REFlNED.—Standard lumps have be e f„„0 1 ? There has - been a decided increase in the "` - ro cv i sl goods for home consumption, hence the Or lu prices. e iok ped EAST INDlA.—There has not been mu chd 4n ; f ° brown has realised 40s to 475, yellow 48°k/ much lower than last year, 'though pric are tinVo bags Bengal were partly taken in, low el gen ° 48s Gd is bls 6d, good at 53s to 54s 6d, 811 " O4 to 45s 6d per cwt. P CISti YI' FOREIGN.—There has been very little T s , Cos - FEE.—West India is firm, but t') ; " I limited. Ceylon has been firm, and abon"vasy,p been sold at 448 to 68s 6d per cwt tb , r 1 4 7,,1 good ordinary pale is about 508 per en L e ' el° been taken in at 41s to 665. Mocha has o (6 at full rates. • 0 1 COCOA.—The demand for West India La rather better prices have been realised. 11 30 J O Trinidad is 398 to 49s per cwt. The suPP creased. Pie' EV 4 RICE.—The demand for Bengal is less e- , t o '2( 13 • a larger supply. Low to mid white is 19 9 ' 0 1 4 perior 2ls to 22s per cwt, being cheaper. „no/5N SPICES.—Not much has been done lr! l-1 1311 1 , e ',N have been steady at 3 3 / 2 d to 3 3 /d per In; t 3 , ` t eil" been purchased with caution ; 4 Malaba r - 5 Eastern at 2%d to 2% per lb; vately at 4d to 7d per lb. , tt er,g`i SALTPETRE.—BengaI has been rather_iee# grey, 5 3 / 4 per cent. refraction, has realls'' 1, 1 fraction 2Ss to 28s 6d per cwt. 0 5 V R Mi. —Leeward Islands has been 20 3 "Kof for proof, and Jamaica 3s to 4s for 29 to also has risen, owing to the notice of a 6°. n'if for 100,000 gallons. to dn i , kl TEA.—The market was dull, n otwitb s i o r 0 fair consumption. The trade take 05 1 Y e dt 0 4 COmmon to good common Congou i 9 914k1'Pl common yellow leaf Twankay is 2d to 1s - 457 TALLow.—P. Y. C. has been at 425 to nett. the spot, and Town 41s 6d to 42s per e W " 11 white vis DELIBERATE LAMBETH Last evening, about a quarter past °ren t ' . murder was coolly committed in Peacock // on the person of Daniel Fitzgerald. s In to e Samuel Quennell, a laboure r , was te l ‘ e , e - O°Y , station-house on suspicio n o f b e i n g the e fin t brought up for examination this morning 0 ,1114 at the Lambeth Police-court. I , l tin°' b e fr l The prisoner is of a very dark coni9. - tenance, stands about five feet seven 0 4 o f k+ i i ! l ,l built, and may be about twenty-eight Ye_ l P- : put into the dock he appeared depresn'W eyes heavy with trouble and sadness. P l° • ii7 ,l tion he was observed - to weep. t 4 The first witness called was Owen 11r- re et , st was a labouring than, living in Queen 0 10 'ills* Walworth. has been working for Mr. tor Ve l , the last nine days. Understands the P t '', in el, Mr. Quennell. Saw prisoner yestert ' oe t • lane about twelve o'clock, near the j r but had no conversation with bile' te him again till the time of the n t-rt iln i ii) raid. Fitzgerald is a labouring rae ll 'on %,eJ Quennell many years. Yesterday O ' O J down Kennington lane, cam e u p to th e / -O Z, when he met deceased about five o'cle c t o ln °6 ll r A walked out of the yard, down KenninV";oolo6 3nr over into Peacock-street. They bad k lst , 0 6) ,,1 the pump stands, when some person ee ll , A l ' e'e r : gerald in front. Witness and de 10 i' t l abreast. Immediately a bright /10 1 ; ft i er e l )‘7 o l9, d . dazzled his eyes. He thought he heard On o f r but for the moment he was stunned. ri ; a is st , , C l° ,/ saw the deceased with his hand presse d s e r,al+ l and bending double to the left. Deee ese toOtwf ° man." He said no more. At that d,j trine ” ig bti ll were close together. Prisoner came r D e°t ) o ' gerald. Prisoner said nothing. Deeee s 'aciet,, ' ways, holding his side, and said, " rin 3 ifbi I t p the shot prisoner did not run. Witne ss 1 , 5 ; leisurely away, as the light dazzled in„, --i oe t ,,ielf tinned walking till witness hulloed poly iso 0) " shot ; stop him." Witness bee, r6 ,oo° ° er after the shot, except the elce rA La d rd gerald. Did not overtake the prisoner , 7 0 the station-house with prisoner afte r went and told Mr. Quennell that Fitige.„l,l Did not return to the spot where Fitzgr;erel' Ater' " does not know of any quarrel between fi , ,, / t° ' j o , soner, or bad feeling, 'or heard any e ft- fro 0 !(0A He did not see whence the prisoner con e hos ° the murder. The road where they w ere t or °fl c not a thoroughfare for carts. It is vo, - a rt ° At ' •fl.ll Henry Cottin is a messenger in the ti t) It, Basinghall-street, and lives in Vaulth ell „ . pa5b,,, 11 0 116 1 /? evening, about five o'clock or a qua rt all, 'l, ov ,ijai I n it 10 M 1 down Kennington-lane, towards YOU' , r eer,,,," g e pistol report. He was then just by th e the Kennington-road. He had net Yre i-e s d'l s ' at l t ' yards before he saw a crowd and a fr f e,, him, running. He went and took hold ° jo t 40° 11 ,1 0 4 0'; taken to the station-house. Prisoner i 3 „ I';6 little resistance. As another man cam e ' prisoner said, "Take me to the station-that, t to last be heard him say nothing eXeePt; 'bird on, but nothing in his hand when rtn ill- f - r is tr° house a pistol was taken from him ou t, t 0 It c. • tfe ° '4 l) on the right side. e s t Henry Martin Allam—Lives .Ag i li t s l e' 13 10 1) 1, road ; lie was passing down Kennington—f se''',oo;,,P" five o'clock ; saw the prisoner runni n g r mediately after heard a cry " Stoll hi rtl ' ne d v come up with him till Cottam i llad hear any report. Ann Westwood—Lives at 11, P e t ° , : Brentwood, a greengrocer, in the se'' o o,llo l° ,: ot en lived at. Was within doors when 3 i l l at the outer door. Mrs. Brentwood eels be ar Abe d no one answered. A pistol report I ° s ro glie n o o after, which led Mrs. Brentwood to the do w elt jecej,iin man had fallen. She in consequence lied Fitzgerald in a heap. She and a W en the Peacock public-house, where she refl. . 0 bo ld the surgeon came. o °4 $ M'Carty re-called—Knows Mts. " o i s murder occurred very near there. o or, niy Frederick Bunn—Keeps Mrs. Tubb'e gate rcis o ) ; , ol! eit 0 1 ' in the New-cut. A man came on he pis t ,,loo l '„ ,e ° eight o'clock, and bought a pistol. The p ia 6ri le more, was hangingnn at the door . fo r r for , of them, snapped it and broke th e et)e 0 00 1 01 c harged him 25., and then sol d hllltoe onoitsctli believes the prisoner to be the WO', oe r o r t then, , The pistol taken from t he Pr's te P " I) it to the one lie sold. 3 th e th° One of the officers here remarke,„o in a ) 1). once of the pistol being very 13 11 :y 1 13 ; of the stock). Witness said t , In s ,o itP a of' similar, and they bear no P rts o weS tr o li ° w ould e mbe r 0 11 'at lieves prisoner to be the man, was similarly dressed, does not ren ew _ enl! c lo‘ 4 l ,, used ° IV ) n r i it was the man wore, use et of' M'Carthy recalled—the prisonerve 0 3 e t , iv re ° , t work ; saw prisoner on Saturday he ti , ;he ° t oy , o $L the causeway ; does not recollect whe t '' Ayala °l,O pr John Marne—ls a gunmaker ili ~ se en t I I pi could not say whether be had ev e , be fer e lf pli el o er ) fore or not. A man came th e li e 1 04 0 ,00 16 1 .0 0 at bought some bullets at his shol ) . , A 0 the the }:„.? to fit his pistol, but then put f r oln_ 1 : e „i0;;F bullets. This pistol (the one taru tar pi , t ° o exactly the same. It was a P eet ' 6 ' CO, ' I t)2 l / found it 48. This (he gauged th 4, th_ o e tP butt-end. He bed gauged the P l a ne htt ovn and this, I see, does not screw 1,13 .1 :4 the stock, very well, which was the cos wit " the sat M. the per gaa wo Cons Oil the gone ri 1) 1 ' 4 th • th e •a 11' to e cour 114.1", '118we: es `C~ L It i3 I t4.s jug. Sirnila San one wl Is not Wil 811 °P, man said In near tl Prison heist