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(to be comprised in about 3 vols.), to range with the " Wel lington Despatches," of TILE DESPATCHES AND LETTERS OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON. Edited by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. Although numerous lives of the great naval hero have been written, no attempt has yet been made to collect his Despatches and Letters, and thus to render him, in a great degree, his own biographer. The ♦alue of such documents is shown by the publication of the Des patches of the Duke of Wellington, to which this work will be a fitting companion. Important as are the illustrations of naval history, which this collection will afford, during the most glorious period in its annals, the chief interest for the public in general will consist in the lights which it will throw on the private character of Nelson, without the glitter of biographical encomium, or the mistaken zeal of biographical suppressions. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. • - NEW ROMANCE, BY iRrA AUTHOR OF "THE KUZZILBASII," "ALLEE NEEMROO," &c. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 4 vols., post Bvo., THE DARK FALCON. A TALE OF THE ATTRUCK. By J. B. FRASER, Esq. Author of " The Kuz,zilbash," " Alice Neemroo," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, 0!TOBER 15, Will be performe I THE BRIDES OF. VENICE. Count Alberto, 141 r. W Harrison; Count Orio Soranzo, Mr Borrant ; Naama, Miss Rainforth ; Francesca, Miss Romer To conclude with the Ballet of Action, entitled THE DESERTER OF NAPLES. Henry, Mr. W. H. Payne; Sk]rinish. Mr. T. Mathews; Simpkin, Mr. Wieland; Louise, Miss Clara Webster; Annette. Madame Giubilei. The Box-ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15, Will be repeated Vanbrugh's Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY. . Adapted to the present Period. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Strickland, W. Farren, Sucketone, and C. Mathews, Madame Vestris, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. E. Yarnold, Miss Ju lia Bennett, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. Mover. After which. will be produced a New Comic Drama, founded on Don Cesar de Bann ' entitled A MATCH FOR. A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews; Malignity, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE lel I .nBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone , Sam Shindy, Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orche-tra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even. ing), Si. each. First Price—Boxes ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'clock—Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, IF. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Doors opened at Half past Six, Pei formance commence at :even. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each, Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box-ottice, from fen ti'l Eve o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Legitimate Drama—Sir John Vanbiugh's Comedy of THE CON. FEDER , s CY every Night, In which Mr. Strickland, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. H. Holl, Mr. C. Mathews. Miss P. Horton, Mrs. F. Yarnold, Miss Julia Bennett, Madame Vestris, and Mrs. Glover will perform. itn the successful New Comic Drama of A MATCH FOR A K ING, by Mr. Stuart. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. H. Holl, Mr Strickland, Miss Julia Bennett, Miss Lee, and Mrs. W. Clifford. And the New Farce of THE "I HIMB LE RIO. Ginger. Mr. Buckstonc. Private Boxes, &c., to be hat of Mr. 1. I'. Archer, at the Box. °Bic , hem Ten till Five. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15, Will be performed an entirely New Drama, entitled CZESAR DE RA ZAN ; or, Love And Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Cs or ee B izan, Mr. Webster; Maratina, Madame Celeste. Alter wriich. a New Eccentric Mytholegioll Purleeque, calved TELE WACHUS ; Cr, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Wool - gar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Mr. Cowell. .• To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. — Box-odite open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Unprecedented Success—CESAß DE BA ZAN every Night, in which Madam' Celeste, Miss Wool gar, Mr. Ho we, and Mr. Webster will appear. First Night of A New Grand Burlesque, called TEL ACHUS ; or, Toe Island of C.dypso, by, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. Wright, Mr. Cowel', Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin. And the New Musical Piece of THE FOX AND THE GOOSE, by Mrs. Fitzwil liam and Mr. Hudson. _ _ The Box-office open daily from Ten til' Five, under the diredron of Mr. T. Bennett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STHEb.T. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15. Will b 3 repeated a New Drama, called DON C.ESAR DE BAZA N. D.)4 Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Cnarles the t. econd, Mr. Walton ; Maritxna, Mrs. Stirling Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fo.broke. 'lb be followed by a new Divertissement, called The SLAVE MARKET, it which M. J. Rower. Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Tercsimie, Mr. Gilbert, and-Miss Marshall will appear. After which a New Farce, called TAKING THE PLEDGE. Augustus Larkins, Mr Osbert's , ' ; Alexander Paps, Mr. Walter Lacy; Emily Gussett, Emma_ Stanley. To conclude with I HE LOST LETTER, 8' age Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallace Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ,, - Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 24.; Gallery. Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2a. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, lid. Private Boxes, Iwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prorre. alum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half rat Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-ottice ' under the directicn of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be bad at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOIISE. Under the ManaiteineiiiTo Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15, Will be performed the Coni , c Scene, called 0 InGENERALF:D. (r, a Hint to Bachelors. Charles Stanley, Mr. F. Vining; Mrs. Stanley, hiss Walcott. To be followed by an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, 31elo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, Anded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian Nights' ElMPrtainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha racters by Sirs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley,- Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli ige, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Mi .2 James, &c., &c. After which, an Apropcw • Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters ! y Mr. I:.eeley, Mr. Wigan, Miss Walcott, and Mrs. lieeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 4i.; Upper Boxes, :Is. ; Pat, 25.1; Gallery, 6d.__Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2*. ; Upper Boxes, is 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes oh the ttamony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Iler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea' "The Box- xtice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER is, Will be performed Lord Byron's Equestrian and Dramatic Spec tacle of MAZEPPA, AND THE WILD HORSE, with all its Original Inds. New Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with THE BLOOD-RED KNIGHT; or, The War. riors of ralestine. tcting and stage.m4nager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessens in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE • THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15, Will be repeateo a New Military Drama, entitled THE EVE OF BATTLE. Sup. orted by the whOle Ctmpany, with New Scenery • and Splendid Appointments. . After which, the Wonderful Performames of the CHIAItINI FAMILY on the Corde Elattique. To condo e with PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. Ake, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.--►SUN OFFICE, OCT. 14 . THLRBIOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 53. BA.E.O3IETER, 29.4.—Wurp, S.S.W. Nora.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is menially placed cpposite 30, and rain at 29. Mani= ~,/1111.. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1844. DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH. His Majesty Louis PHILIPPE, after a sojourn of sii days, left Windsor Castle yesterday, at twelve o'clock. The QUEEN and Prince ALBERT, to do bondtar• to their illustrious guest, accompanied the Jimp, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, to Portsmouth ; and, as was understood, would pro ceed ; in the royal yacht, with the combined fleet of. England and France, as far as St. Helens, where they would take leave. The royal visit has been alto gether of the most gratifying character, and, from every account, Louis PlimirrE has been delighted beyond measure with his reception, not only from the municipal corporations. who presented addresses to the former exile at Twickenham, but from the hearty welcome which he received from all classes of Englishmen. Wherever he appeared there was no stinted applause. It was a universal burst of national feeling, as a compliment, not only to the SOVEREIGN, but to the gallant and intelligent nation of which be is the representative. France will appreciate the importance of such a visit, and the world at large will regard the friendly interview of the first Sovereigns of Europe as the emblem and the safeguard of peace. The propriety with which the French KING has con ducted himself in England excites general approba tion. He wanted no display of troops—no reviews —nothing but the object for which he came— to return the compliment of a friendly visit from the o upFSov - ptAiGs of a people who have been called the tatura i inentie , s of France, and who have happily con vinced him that , no people were ever more maligned. We believe iivisithe universal wish of the people of tireitCZttiialn 3 ithl Ireland that these peaceful rela tion.filter be interrupted, and that Louis has dorio so much for the tranquillity , of Europe, may be able to say, on his death-bed, " I leave the world in peace." At the Bingley meeting—a meeting memorable in more than one respect—the most satisfactory testi mony was borne to the success of the Allotment sys tem, which was first introduced into that parish about twelve months since. Mr. EDWARD SMITII, who was himself one of the allotment tenants, expressly observed that " it was the best thing for the inhabitants that had ever happened. Before it was commenced, they had to fetch their vegetables a distance of from twenty to thirty miles, and it was consequently very difficult to get them fresh. During the present summer the occupiers, and not only them, but the whole parish, had the pleasure of having fresh vegetables daily. He had been married twenty-six years, and never last summer had fruit earlier - than October ; and before the Allotment system was commenced, al though born and bred in Yorkshire, he had never seen a potato either cut or set. 'He was an operative, and never had the chance of following any agricultu ral operations ; but now he understood a good deal about them. When trade was good, they were sup plied with wholesome vegetables ; and if it slackened, they had enough laid by to keep them and their families till spring." Homely, unadorned facts like these are worth a thousand showy arguments, and go far to prove, not only that the Allotment system is perfectly practicable, but that it is one of the wisest and safest measures ever projected for the benefit of the humbler classes. It is not merely that it supplies them with work, but that it gives them a direct, personal, en grossing interest in that work, which is the best stimulus to exertion. Again, by keeping their atten tion usefully occupied, it prevents them from lapsing into idleness and dissipation; strengthens their phy sical energies ; gives a sunny, cheerful tone to their feelings ; and confirms them in habits of order and regularity. We trust that, ere long, we shall find the Allotment system carried into general practice, convinced, as we are, that the great landowners and farmers will find the measure not less beneficial to their own interests, than to those of the labourers whom they employ. We have said that the. Bingley meeting was a re markable one. It *a so from the circumstance of its being the first dirkt, attempt yet made by rank ti and affluence to bre down that odious system of exclusiveness which f ',years has been productive of so much mischief to the social community. Not only did high and low, rich and poor, all dine together without distinction—not only did operatives and la bourers propose toasts and make speeches as well as more distinguished individuals—but at the cricket match which was played in the morning, Lord JOHN MANNERS—with a manly, Un affected, old-English contempt for aristocra tic pretension which does infinite honour to his head and heart—took an active part in the game, and enjoyed it with as much relish as any of the pea santry. The sight of this high-spirited young Noble man with his coat off, and the cricket-bat in his hand, so struck the fancy of an elderly Yorkshire labourer who was looking on, that he exclaimed in the excess of his astonishment, "I declare if the great man has'nt doffed his coat, and is going to bat our JEM'S ball ! Well, to be sure, who could have thought it ?" Aye, who could have thought it in the haughty, finical, arti ficial days of the Regency, or even ten short years since, when the absurd system of exclusiveness was still in full vigour ; and the higher classes, in con cert with their sycophantic imitators, the middle classes, cordially agreed in one thing—namely, the propriety of keeping the poor and the humble at an awful distance ? No one in those convential days could have ever thought that a Nobleman would so far forget what he owed to his own dignity, as to engage in a cricket-match with a set of mere vulgar peasants, innocent alike of cash and respectability; and the naive remark of the old Yorkshire labourer —which, brief as it is, is full of significance and affords food for melancholy reflection—clearly shows how perfectly novel the spectacle was to him, and the hundreds who witnessed it. But, thank GOD, a nobler and more Catholic spirit is coming over the influential classes ! The first faint streaks of day are reddening in the east, after a long and gloomy night. In this simple—and as superficial people will regard it, trivial—circumstance of the cricket-match we trace the germ of a liberal and enlightened feeling which will at no distant period work a moral revolution in the country, and atone for that great social blunder of years, the Exclusive system—that is to say, the division of society into castes. And here perhaps the Political Economist—that rare quint essence of self-conceit, pedantry, and narrow-mind edness—may exclaim, " a cricket-match, indeed ! What business had these poor people playing cricket, when they should have been hard at work providing for their families, and endeavouring to make more money—the great object of exist ence ?" Our reply is, harmless recreation, when it does not interfere with the day's duties, is often times the truest economy—the most productive work ; for by giving a relief' to the mind, invigorating the physical system, and imparting a cheerful complexion to the feelings, it renders the operative or the labourer better able to grapple with his laborious lot—to toil with more diligence and readiness, and consequently with more effect. Besides, the accumulation of money is not the sole business of exis tence. Life was given us for nobler pur poses than merely to heap up pounds, shillings, and pence. Wealth, reverently as it is regarded by the majority, is not the summum bonum. It is—or should be—merely a means to an end,—and that end, the promotion of our own rational happiness, and that of our fellow-creatures. When Lord FRANCIS EGER TON said to Mr% D'ISRAELI, " I have founded a cricket-club for my cottagers, and you have no idea how they enjoy almost the first sight of the sun ! " he urged a poetical and convincing argument in favour of his club, to which the most dexterous Politics' Economist that was ever'spawned, would be puzzled to make a reply. We shall probably return to the subject of the Bingley meeting to-morrow. Madrid journals of the6th inst. have been received, and if some are to be credited a serious misunder standing has taken place between certain members of the Cabinet. According to the Globo, about thirty members of the Chamber of Deputies met on the sth, in consequence of a quarrel between NARVAEZ and Senor MoN the Minister of Finance. MARTINEZ DE IA RosA, among the rest, used his influence and re stored apparent harmony, but little doubt remained that the differences of opinion in the Cabinet were such that an explosion would soon take place. The Tieinpo, a Ministerial paper, expresses the confident hope that the quarrel will not aggravate the serious position in which the questions about to be submitted to the Cortes will place the Administration. The following are said to be the measures in contemplation :-1. The preamble, which speaks of the sovereignty of the people, will be suppressed, with a view to give more strength and prestige to the Royal authority. 2. The creation of Peers will be for life. 3. The jury will be suppressed, under the idea of incorporating that institution into the new Bill on the liberty of the press. 4. The article relative to the National Guards will be re moved from the fundamental law ; this force will be created under another organic law, which is to be submitted to the Chambers. The Opposition journals have recovered courage as the assembly of the Cortes approaches, and spare neither NARVAEZ nor the QUEEN-MOTHER—called by one of them " the invisible power." "It is affirmed," says the ClamorPublico, " that the invisible power neglects no means of accomplishing its penitence. What enormous sin can it have committed? But the nation never will consent to its calming its scruples at the cost of the blood and sweat of the people. Our readers will guess that we are adverting to the concessions made to the clergy." We shall soon hear of strange scenes in the Spanish capital. The Three per Cents. were done at 27i a for cash, 272 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 20 ; and the Coupons at 27, at 60 days. Several of the Paris journals give full details of the arrival of the French SOVEREIGN at Portsmouth, his journey to Windsor Castle, and the hearty and en thusiastic reception his MAJESTY met with at every place, and from all classes of the British people. "We hasten," says the Journal des - Debatg, "to publish all the Particulars of the brilliant reception given by Eng land to the KING o f th e FRENCH. This recep tion so enthusiastic and so cordial, does honour equally to King Louts Pnuarrz and the great nation of whom -• V!,1,, , ,i , - ... A -Va , -...• y, ... ...,-, ... ",,,1 611 .•.1/1( ''.- 41 , ~/. Ipiii i - i i iii.;II.LI•A ... . ~,,,- ..., ,„„Zi , , , ..; "",- :4110141* 'erl' :1 7 - ''''.o.7s-'-_ ''''' . , 1 ,... ...,4r-mo -',...f.....? r• - - ' . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15 1844 1 he is the guest, and will without doubt be an object of the most sincere sympathy in France." The Con , stitutionnel, says " the KING'S journey to Windsor is accomplished in the midst of the most earnest mani festations of British courtesy and politeness. The English journals exhaust all the forms of praise, and place no limits to their enthusiasm. They style our KING the greatest, the most glorious, and the best Monarch that ever reigned on the earth. These praises, even if they were less hyperbolical, would affect the French people if they believed that they were really addressed to the . person of Louis PHILIPPE. But France knows too well that their sole object is the policy of the Ministry. It isithe:disa vowel of M. D'Au BIG N Y and the evacuation of Mogadore that appear to English journalists as the greatest, the most glorious, and the best thing that could be done." Every impartial reader must be struck with the bad taste and ingratitude of such remarks at the time when the people of England, who care not a straw for Mogadore or M. D 7 AUBIGNY, were spontaneously, and with their usual national, warmth giving the most decided proofs of their regard for the KING whom the French people themselves had placed on the throne. The Siecle surpasses even the Musts' journal in malice and falsehood. " The visit of the KING to England," says that journal, " the official demonstra tions which await him there, and the earnest con gratulations which M. GuizoT will not fail to receive, are not considered at Paris as a subject of pride and of triumph for France. There is not a little cause for atonishment that it should take place at a moment when the same voices which sing hymns to the praise of the preservers of a peace humiliating to us, but profitable to England, overwhelm our seamen with insult, denounce our admirals as assassins, and ac cuse our country of being the abode of meddlers or thieves. He amongst our princes whose energy has to the present moment best responded to public opi nion in France, has not been himself spared, and it was considered almost a favour to apply to him the term of buccaneer, whilst his companions in arms were styled cowards." The National, of course, is equally violent, but there is so much same ness in the remarks that it is needless to quote them, and we shall therefore close our ex tracts on the subject with the following excellent article in reply from the Journal des Debats :—" We had praised the KING for being a humane, liberal, and pacific Prince. This is what the journal of M. TRIERS calls gross encomiums, dangerous panegyrics, provoking formidable polemics. Let us understand each other clearly. M. TRIERS' journal does not allow praise, but it permits blame and abuse, more or less adroitly cloaked. Let it, for instance, meet with some generous expressions in favour of peace in a speech of the KING, and it will seize on these words, so humane, so touching, and so rare in the mouth of a Prince, to turn them into ridicule and disfigure them by an insulting commentary. Our eulogiums had not, however, provoked this discussion, not very formidable in truth, but not less unbecoming than un constitutional, and it is not the only time that M. TRIERS' journal has attacked the KING. It is well known that M. TRIERS, in his speeches, in the Chamber, as in the journals, is partial to this kind of polemics; it is therefore eulogium, and eulogium alone, that is prohibited. Formerly the Radical journals pretended that when some cried Vice le Rui! others had a right to cry A bas le Roi 1 M. TRIERS' journal, in that as in many other things, now goes farther than the Radicals ; it allows itself to blame, it forbids us to praise ; it is well inclined to have per sons cry A bas le Roi I it will not sanction Vice le Roi ! It authorises us to admire ALEXANDER the GREAT entering into Babylon, Junius CIESAR, LOUIS XIV., and NAPOLEON, but to assert that the KING is humane, liberal, pacific, and that he has not sullied his reign with any of those crimes which policy has too long excused, and which the folly of men has sometimes elevated to the rank of grand actions, is what M. TRIERS' journal calls gross encomiums. And we are not to have the right to laugh at this dynastic and constitutional opposition ! Con tinue as you have begun I Advance every day more in the evil path in which you are ! Ex cite passions which you do not feel ! Urge to war without wishing to have ' war ! Irritate national susceptibilities, envenom the slightest incidents, for get nothing likely to make the country believe that the peace which it enjoys is a disgrace, that its pros perity and happiness are not worth the price which it pays for them ! Does the KING go to England ? Say that the honours which are paid him, and the sym pathy shown him, far from reacting on France, are a new proof of the hatred which the English bears for us. If there is in any London journal, as there often is in ours, an article unjust, violent, bragging, calum nious, give that article as the expression of the general opinion in England. Does an English sailor take it into his head to seize on a cigar in a shop without paying for it, in place of simply allowing the cor rectional police to act, say that the English in France already imgine themselves in a conquered land : de scend to that ! Above all, invent dialogues between M. GUIZOT and Lord ABERDEEN, in is hich M. Gut- ZOT will sacrifice France, and will represent us as a nation of disorderly fellows and mad fools ! Blow the fire, in fact. You would not be the persons to extinguish it, once that you have lit it up ! Yen would perhaps be secretly inclined to do so, but you would not have either the power or the coura,Fo. But, we repeat it to you, happily you are :lot France !" THE rtfl OCT. 12. First Itighest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Freud:lnv. per Cants— 118 60 .. 118 60 .. 118 25 .. 118 25 Three per Centa •. • 82 30 .. A 2 35 .. 82 30 .. 52 35 Bank of France..." .• •••••3062 50 ••3062 50 .. 3060 .. 3060 Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. BharesllC7 50 ..1107 50 —llO7 50 ..11C7 50 Belgian Bank... ...... ..... 657 50 .. 657 50 .. 655 .. 655 Belgian Fives 1831. 1840.... •• • . wag .. Int .. 1031 •• 103/ Spanish Passive ...... . .. 61 . • 51 • • 5i Portuguese Five per Cents.. 51.11 50f .. 501 .. 50/ Neapolitan . ........ 38 75 .. 98 90 .. 98 75 .. 98 SO Rowan •.........• .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .............. 930 530 Versailles, R. 8.• •• .... 3 95 • • 395 - 980 .. 930 • • 345 .. 395 - L.B.— •• •• •••• •• 276 25 .. 276 25 .. 275 .. 275 Rouen ••• Rotten to Ilavre••.• Orleans Strasburg to Bale • ••. Avignon to 3tarseillos• •• • 775 . 780 • • 775 • • 777 50 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 4S. St. Germain ....... • • • • • • . 930 . • 930 .. 910 .. 930 Versailles, R.B.— .. • • .• • • • • 397 50 .. 397 50 • • 295 .. 395 L. 8.•• Rouen .•• • • ....... ..... 1015 ..1015 —lOO7 50 ..1007 50 Rouen to Havre •• • •••• • • • 762 50 .. 765 .. 762 50 • • 765 Orleans .... ... ....• • • 1020 —1025 ..1017 50 ..1020 Strasburg to Bale— ••••• 276 25 .. 278 75 .. 275 .. 275 Avignon to Marseilles.. •• • • 7110 .. 760 • • 777 50 • • 777 00 We have given, in another part of the paper, an official dispatch from Captain BRUAT, describing the combat at Mahahena, in Otaheite. It appears that the dispatch had already been published by Captain BRUAT, in the first number of a journal which he had established at Passaile, under the title of l'Ociune Francaise. It will be seen from the report that the French Captain attributes no blame to the English missionaries, but, on the contrary, admits that they did everything they could to pacify the natives, but without effect. The Constitutionnel, which first published the dispatch, gives extracts from private letters blaming the conduct of the Commander of the Basilisk, an English vessel of war, with other details, but they are not entitled to credit. M. THIERS and his correspondents generally see everything done by the English in a false light. We are, therefore, a little puzzled to account for the insertion of the fol lowing curious paragraph :—" It appears that Com mandant BRUAT has had to condemn and punish seve ral of our soldiers and sailors, for deserting and join ing the Otaheiteans, at the battle of Mahahena. One of the sailors has been shot. He was probably the ringleader, for petitions for pardon of the rest have been presented to the Governor." We are glad to find that the correspondent of the Constitutionnel had not discovered one Englishman among the deserters. It is stated that " the Charte, Uranie, Reine Blanche, frigates, and the Boussole and Ern buscade, sloops of war, have been ordered to quit the Pacific and return to France." It is not improbable that M. BRUAT himself may be ordered home. The Journal des Debats thus expresses surprise at his irre gularity in publishing the document in question•:-- " We knew that there was a Moniteur at Paris, in which the Government inserts under its responsibility whatever it judges proper ; but we were ignorant, at least a few days back, that there was in the Society Islands another Moniteur, in which the agent of the Go vernment, under his own responsibility, publishes re ports addressed to his superiors. Captain Bruat is at a distance, he has fought courageously for his country, and we should be sorry to say anything that might prove injurious to his personal consideration; but it will be allowed to us to appreciate the de• wee of discretion which he exhibits in the exer cise of his official functions. We cannot dissemble our extreme surprise that the King's agent. at Otaheite has thought it his duty to take on hiniself to publish, without authorisation, as far at least as we are aware, reports addressed to his superiors_ and whit.h hi. anvc.rn- ment alone had the right to dispose of. These are prin ciples which it is indispensable to maintain in all their extent, because they are essential to the regular exercise of the Executive power. It is impossible that affairs can be transacted in this way. If the representatives and delegates of a Government in all parts of the world, if the Ambassadors, Ministers, Consuls, and Governors of provinces took it into their heads to make their respec tive residences as empires within an empire, every kind of administration would be at an end, and, the Executive power would be delivered up to anarchy." STAB OF MonanonE.--The following is an ex tract of a letter received at Lloyd's yesterday from Gibraltar, dated Oct. 4:—" I have to acquaint you that her Majesty's ship Scout has returned from Mo gadore, where it seems the Kabyles had pillag e d a ll the goods and other valuables ; but the houses are not so much damaged as was expected ; that of our Vice-Consul and three or four others had been beset. I understand that her Britannic Majesty's Consul- General at Tangiers has officially announced that the Governor of Mogadore has written as follows : That the people of the place had returned to their dwellings, are settled in security, and that order and government had been again restored in the town.' The intelligence brought by. the Scout is so far con firmed, that order and the authority of the Sultan are restored. The inhabitants are returning to their dwellings, which they find in a perfect state of deso lation from the ravages of the Kabyles ; but the majo rity of the inhabitants were still absent from the town when the Scout left." THE AFFAIR OF MAHAENA. REPORT ON THE COMBAT OF MAHAENA (APRIL 17, 1844), ADDRESSED TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN OCEANIA. Papaiti, April 22. Monsieur le Ministre,—l had the honour of inform ing you, in my report of March 22, th a t th e insur gents had taken refuge at Mahaena. Information since brought by some agents showed me that their number was augmenting considerably; they were reckoned even at 1,500 fighting men. This estima tion appeared to me exaggerated, yet the intrench ments which they were raising, on a width of 1,800 metres, proved that they were exceedingly numerous. I neglected no means of preserving peace. Influ ential persons applied to the chiefs, and showed them that such persons as were summoned to appear had only to come and make their submission at Papaiti to be amnestied. They at first appeared disposed to re turn to us : the chiefs of our party then sent them a deputation, which was well received; but the female chief, Teritous, who is always at the head of the op position, declared, in the name of all, that they would not accept any arrangement, and that the multitude would not disperse. The people of Taiarabou alone appeared inclined to separate from the insurgents. The English missionaries, with my authorisation, made a final attempt, which completely failed. It then appeared to me absolutely necessary to profit by the presence of the Charte to strike a blow which might prove to the natives that not only we had nothing to fear from their attempts against our esta blishments, but that we could reach them in the po sitions which they had themselves chosen and forti fied. M. Mallet, captain of the Embuscade, received orders from me to dispatch, by the Clementine, the second section of the voltigeurs, in garrison at Tara vaoa, and twenty-five men of his crew. I took all necessary measures to set out the moment I learnt that the schooner, which was to carry this reinforce ment, had reached Mahaena. This intelligence ar rived on the night of the 11th, and, on the evening of the 13th, the Phaeton took the Uranie in tow, and, profiting by the calm, I proceeded with these ves sels for Mahaena. Violent and contrary winds hav ing got up during the night, the Uranie and the schooner the Clementine, which had reached us, con trived to crowd all sail to gain to windward. I took with the Phaeton the anchorage of Matavai, thus plac ing myself between the insurgents and Papaiti. On Sunday, the 14th, the wind having fallen, I set out in the night, having taken as a reinforcement the sec tion of voltigeurs embarked on board the Clemen tine, and on the 15th I anchored at Mahaena. The frigate came up on the 16th, and I took its an chorage at three hundred and fifty metres in front of the little bay where I wanted to effect the landing. On the 17th, at a quater past five in the morning, all the troops and sailors were assembled on board the Phaeton, and at day break the landing, di rected by Lieutenant Malmanche, the head of my staff, commenced on a shore defended naturally by the abrupt point of a mountain, the approaches to which were commanded by the Uranie and Phaeton. A hundred men were set on shore. The section of voltigeurs took possession of a height, and being at tacked, they beat off the enemy, which gave way after some loss. The sea, which was already heavy, became more so. The landing could only be effected in whalers, and notwithstanding all the precaution taken, two boats were thrown on the coast. One man was drowned, and we had a quantity of cartridges wetted; but thanks to the devotedness of several men of the Uranie and the Embuscade, who often ran the risk of being crushed or drowned, and to the good direction given by M. Malmanche, every one was landed at ten o'clock, and the losses were repaired. I found myself with two mountain howitzers, 45 artillery, 248 seamen sent from the Uranie, the Charte, the Embuscade, the Meurthe, and the Phaeton, and 148 infantry—in all 441 men. ' There were thirteen men who could not land in time, the Clementine having arrived in the harbour too late. From the intelligence which I had received, I knew that the insurgents were to concentrate their efforts in the intrenchments which they had dug, and which they considered so much the more impregnable, that a thousand men de fended them. These intrenchments consisted of three dykes, of six to seven feet in depth, dug parallel to the sea, on a length of 1,800 metres, and defended from the fire of the vessels by a glacis. They were covered by a horizontal roof of bourahau (a wood of the country), which hindered the defenders from being seen, giving them an opportunity of taking aim at their assailants, and hitting them almost hand to hand. It is true that if the position were once turned, re treat became impossible. From this information I drew out my plan of attack. M. Dollieul, with the section of the Embuscade, was to defend our rear ; M. Domezon was to seize on a hill that commanded the height where the flag floated, which the section of voltigeurs, commanded by M. Martin, were to make themselves masters of. The other section was then to join us. Lieutenant Gout, of the navy, had orders, with the company of the Uranie, to turn the redoubts, by placing his men as sharpshooters; and the bulk of the troops of the line, under Captain de Brea, with two pieces of artillery, were, in following the shore, to attack the intrench ments on the flank. These arrangements being made, Captain Nicolai, who filled with great distinction the functions of Captain of the Staff, carried to M. de Brea, in command of the line, the order to advance. At eleven o'clock the movement commenced. It was then that a petty chief of the island, who was in my suite, intrepidly carried off, before tht eyes or the insurgents, and from the midst of their bullets, the flags which they had planted on the hill. The fire commenced in the midst of cries' of " Vive le Roi !" a thousand times repeated ) both by the troops and the vessels in the harbour. The heights were crowned, and the flank movement com menced by Lieutenant Gout. The bulk of the column marched on the first redoubt ) keeping up a very sharp fire of mtsketree Ac twit as I learned that the redoubt was turned, I ordered it to be carried at the bayonet's point, which was executed with a bravery and energy that do great honour to our sailors and soldiers, The second redoubt was Oatfled a little after in the same Seventy-nine dead bodies found in the intrenchments attest the determination with which the attack and detente were carried on. 1 judged it right not to leave any repose to the insurgents, and gave orders .to march at once on the third redotibtt The re§istanet was less abetiiiate here, and after a fire ot but little duration the defenders took to flight, and easily es caped from our. attack) by saving themselves in the undet*ood which skirts the redoubt on the side of the river. Here they were for a loteg, time struck by the balls from the frigate ) which added to their heel. The fire of the sharpshooters continued also sometime in the Rattle tinderwood) but the loss n suetained by the insurgents forced them to retire. ilitlf-fiest font the fire ceased along the whole line. One hundred and two ,of insurgents rpmaititd i Q h ,the fielder betttl. 'ineir guns have been sleeked ; theie flagea half hundred muskets, and some ammunition, have fallen into our power. The artillery of the Uranie, commanded by M. letonard, as I have had the hoholir, infetehip/ I yotte Recepettey; yfeeentedb its good caiectioii the insurgents from spreading theta selves outside the intrenchments. The Clementine, commanded by M. Boyer, joined her fire to that of the frigate to amide , the ftigitiees lh thees retreat;.. and cut off the passage Of the river. The Phaeton, Cap tain Afaiggin, i il stired .the safety of our ambulance sta tioned at the Pebe 81' Ittfidl43 atid wpichzas at one period attacked. M. Vesco, surgeon of the ufira' . there struck with a spent ball. I have to inform your Excellency that ,the zeal, and eiolicitude of this Meet *its *orthy of all petiiee. I etti bound also to mention to your Excellency the cetidtict Gabrielli de Carpegna; Enselent de Vaisseatt i who speaks the labgtiege, and who fhad brought With ffie ) charged at first with the signals with the harbour, and afterwards with the care of having the wounded traneDorted to thg iellete their nutetber became considerable. M. de Carpegna acquitted him self of the task with zeal and devotedness. After having bivouacked that night in the place where we landed, I, on the morning of the 18th, during the re embathation) seQt Captatte with the reserte, commanded by M. d e l a V a i ss le r e, hnseleetie tit Veils• seau, and which had landed too late to take part lb the affair. M. Nicolai visited the field of battle in every directiblie He had the ammunition and arms picked up which the night beffirq bad escaped observation. He destroyed a half-hundred of canoes and three whalers which lay in a pond near at hand, and which might prove of great service to the insurgents. At five °lank the anchors were weighed, and the same night I was back at Otaheite. This victory hdii bet been without lamentable loss on our side. We had fifteen men killed, of whom two were officers—M. Nau sonty, of the navy, and M. Seignette, lieutenant of artillery ; besides fifty-one wounded, of whom two, Messrs. Colondre and Debry, were eleven. Every one did his duty well, but -several made themselves remarked in a striking manner. I have the honour, Monsieur le Ministre, to transmit to you the report of Chef de Batalilem Brea, in command of the troops, which points out to time the most deserving. From the manner in which this officer behaved, his name ought to be placed at the head of the report. I ad join a list of names for promotion and decoration, praying YrJur Excellency to lay them before his Majesty,, as justly meriting recompense. I have the honour, &c., BRUAT, Governor of the French Establishments in Oceania. The Brighton hunting season commenced yester day, when the hariers threw off at the Dyke. In fu ture their meetings will be on Mondays at Pateham ; Wednesdays, the Race Ground; and F r id a y s , a t th e Dyke; each day at half-past ten o'clock. A committee of gentlemen has been formed for the general manage ment of the hunt, by whom subserintions are received,--, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND PUbitt eptrttott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Journal des Debuts warns the public that the spe culations entered into in consequence of the late adjudi cations of railroads are illegal, the companies not having the faculty to issue shares, or promises of shares, until the usual formalities of their contracts were concluded, which would require a delay of several weeks. Until then, all negotiation is by law null. A Marseilles journal says ;--" We learn that the Prince de Joinville having, on his arrival in Paris, been made acquainted with the invitation addressed to him at Cadiz by the authorities of the city of Toulon, has written to the Maritime Prefect at that port, assuring him that the invitation did not reach Cadiz before his departure. The Prince, it is added, promises in his letter to pay a visit to Toulon in the course of the p resen t mon th.' The Patrie publishes a letter from Otaheite, giving an account of the affair at Mahaena. It agrees in most points with the letter published by the Constitutionnel, but gives the number of French killed as 32, and the wounded at 60. According to this letter, the French have, since their occupation of Otaheite, killed 360 of the natives, wounded as many, and burned 600 of the habitations, and 100 boats. The same journal says:—" Under a resolution come to at a Council of Ministers, M. Guizot is authorised to confer a certain number of crosses of the Legion of Honour, partly upon politicians, but in greater part upon men of learning and science in England. The engineer, Mr. Brunel, is to be promoted another grade in the Le gion." A letter from Valparaiso, dated July 4, announces the arrival there of the news of the disavowal of the pro ceeding of Admiral I)upetit-Thouars, and adds, that this decision must reach Otaheire very shortly afterwards. The King and Queen of Naples returned to the capital on the 25th ult., from their excursion into Calabria and the Abruzzi. The same day arrived at Naples, the King's brother, Count of Syracuse, returning from Venice, Trieste, and Vienna. His mission was, it ap pears, relative to the league of the Italian customs. M. Mendizabel has communicated to the Paris jour nals the address of the Duke -de la Victoria, to the people of Spain, which has already been published in The Sun. Count de Benkendorf, who has just died in a steam boat, whilst on his return to St. Petersburgh, he'd a high station in Ru,sia. He was the supreme chief of the police of the empire, and one of the Emperor Nicholas's most intimwe confidens. His death has made wgreat impression over the diploinat'c body. Count de Benkendorf was the brother of the Princess de Lieven, and the father of the Countess Rudolph Appony. The subjoined paragraph is extracted from the Castel lano's advices from Seville, of the 30th ult.:—" A mag nificent serenade was given on Saturday morning, to the English Ambassador, who is in our city. From the note that functionary has addressed to the Diario de &oillia, and which it inserts in its number of this day, it may be inferred that the serenade has been given by the Liberal party. The communication has been the subject of various comments." Important works, says a Paris paper, are proceeding at the Tuileries Palace. The internal apartments, which have been but slightly repaired since 1830, are being completely restored. M. Fontaine, the architect, has submitted to the King the plans approved of by Napo leon, and it is those plans that have been adopted with some trifling changes. It is said that nothing has been neglected to render the residence worthy of its destina tion, and to impart more elcat to the assemblies at which the Duke de Nemours will this winter preside. The King will live in a retirement justified by his age, and his sons will act for him at all the receptions not directly connected with politics. COURT-WASZIONABVIL The Count de Chabannes left town on Saturday for Witley Court, with several costly and magnificent pre sents from the King of the Frecch to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. M. de Rabaudy proceeded on Saturday afternoon to the residence of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda, with several sumptuous presents from the King of the French to her Royal Highness. The Duke of Somerset was prevented, by the effects of recent indisposition, from which he is not yet pro perly recovered, from attending the chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, held at Windsor for the in stallation of his Majesty Louis Philippe. The Duke Serra di Falco is at present at Munich, where he has arrived from Palermo, charged, it is as serted, by his Government, with some commercial nego tiation with the Zullverein. • The Duke of Devonshire has arrived in town from Windsor Castle, and repaired to his villa at Chiswick. The Earl of Cardigan has arrived in town from Dun dalk. In the early part of next week the Noble Earl proceeds :to Deene Park, Northamptonshire. Earl Somers, at his audit last week, caused the liberal return of ten per cent. to be made in the rents of his numerous tenantry. Earl Craven and Sir F. Bathurst left town on Satur day for Paris. Viscount Curzon arrived in town on Saturday, from Gopsull flail, Leicestershire. Viscount Maidstone has arrived in town, from the tarl and Countess of Chesterfield's seat in Derbyshire. The Noble Viscount intends shortly to proceed to Naples, from whence he repairs to Malta and Constan tinople. Lord and Lady Ashley arrived in Bradford on Friday last, on a visit to W. Walker, &q. C 4*a, MO b In the late population reports, the number of clergy men of the Church of England is returned for England at 13,574. Tne tithe income of England and Wales e. ill this year be about 5,000,000/. sterling. The whole of the 37th Regiment arrived at Gosport - on Friday last, and are quartered at Hasler and Fortuu barracks ; the last division of the 47th left Gosport for Weedon the same morning. At a recent inquest, Mr. Wakley took occasion to ob serve, that be had held the office of coroner for five leant and a half, and had the two great termini, and upwards of 30 miles of the Most extensive railways in the kingdom in his district, and yet, notwithstanding the millions of persons that must have travelled up and down those lines during the period he had mentioned, he had never held a single inquest on a railway passer.ger. The " Shit:acme investigation " concluded on Thurs day, being the eleventh day of the business. Brophy, one of the p.►licemen implicated, has been suspended but no decision has been come to with respect to the Other parties, Mr. Parkes has been ordered not to leave Dubliii. Her Majesty's steamer Flamer, Commander Pestle, on leaving the Shannon, on Wednesday, on her voyage to Portsmouth, fell in with the brig Magnolier, of St. John's, Moore, master, bound from Limerick to Si. Jillin's f ?few Brunswick, dismasted and in distress. The Flamer Inimediately went to the relief of the dis abled vessel, and brought her to Kilrush, without fur ther damage. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a reward of 1001, for the apprehension and conviction of those con eerned in the murder of David Maxwell, at Clonakenny, county Tipperary, en the 6th inst. - We are happy to state that accounts have been received mentioning a most favourable and gradual improvement hi the health of the Attorney-General. . On the 30th of September Sir William Follett was at Baveno on the Lego Maggiore, whence he intended to proceed to Milan. The leatned getitieman will remain in Italy for some months. Mr. Sandrock, the superintendent of the F, or Covent -garden division of police, has retired from the service on a superannuation allowance. His successor has not yet been named, Mr& Gibbs (formerly Miss Graddon), the vocalist, has lately fattitned from America where she has resided for several years, and has been highly successful in her pro fessional career. Mr. Henry Phillips has arrived safe in New York, but no account of his " opening night " has yet ben teeeived, , OXFORD, WORCESTER, .AND WOLVERHAMTON RAILI•Fitt;-1 , -Ant Wednesday a public meeting of the in habitants of Chipping CleAnpden and the neighbourhood was held at the Town-hall, S. Hiron, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro priety of supporting the above projected line. The com ny represented by the following deputation i L wls t t srp f Mayor of Worcester; W. Stallard, jun. , T. N. Fostef, 11. G. Bushby, R. Beman, F. T. Elgie, and R. Varden, Esq.!. The outline of the company's project was put for the consideration of the meet ing hy Mr. Elgie, who also took up three objections which had ben. urged against the undertaking, as was understood by Lord Redesdale, who is a large landed proprietor in that district—first, that a railway was not required in that route ; second, that it would - do an injury to the landonners and occupiers ; and third 4 that the demoralising effect on the labouring and pet rtit population, during the formation of such great works, was scarcely ever eradicated. Tv the first ob jection, Mr. Elgie said it would be for the Board of Trade to say whether the line was wanted or not; on the second point Mr. Elgie showed to the satisfaction of the meeting that great and important advantages would accrue to the agriculturists from opening a communica tion with the manufacturing markets; and tc, the third, that if the argument were to be taken as conclusive against railways, it must likewise apply to every public Wink throughout the kingdom. Mr. Elgie's a ddress lasted upwards of an hour; after which Lord Redesdale put numerous questions to the deputation, which iYere so satisfactorily answered as to elicit the applause of the meeting; and on a resolution being proposed in favour of the line, and pledging the meeting to its support, the motion was carried, there being only three dissentients. A vote of thanks to the cienutation was afterwards passed. THE Isicomn• TA2c.—iVe le,arn that Mr. Pressley, the Secretary to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, is now, or has very recently been, at Liverpool, with sevaral members of that Board, making inquiries respecting the operation of the income-tax --with a view, as it is stated, to sonic modification of the tax. What the contem plated. Modification' (if any) may be, it is difficult to conjecture. It has been stated in some of the newspapers that Sir Robert reel intends to keep up the tax on in come from property, but to repeal it so far as regards in come from trade or . profession. This we can hardly believe ; but it is not improbable that some difference may be made in the , rates of charge on different descrip tions of income, which is indeed absolutely necessary to render it just and equal in its pressure.—Manchester Guardian. We understand the Lord Advocate has directed a rigid investigation to be made as to the conduct of the master of the ill-fated Windwor Castle steamer, on her passage from Dundee to g4iuburgh, last week,—Seotch DR. WOLFF. We publish the following from authority. Letters have been received from Dr. Wolff, dated Bokhara, June 27 and August 1. Their contents exhibit the same magnanimous self•devotion, but they stand in melancholy contrast with those idle reports which have appeared lately in the papers, and which, what ever may be the motives of those who employ them selves in originating them, can answer no other end than mystifying and misleading the public on this very grave affair. In his letter of the 27th, the Rev. Doctor says, " I have now been already two months in this place, and, though five or six times the King has promised to send me instantly to England with one of his ambas sadors, lam in the greatest danger. I cannot stir out of the house without a guard of three men. Dil Kassa Khan, the fellow sent with me by the Assoff Addaula, has shamefully robbed, deceived, and out raged me. The Persian Ambassador, Abbas Kolle Khan, is kind to me, but I think he will not have it in his power to rescue me. Nayeb Abdool Samet Khan has extorted from me a writing to pay him five thousand tomans to effect my liberation. I suspect him that he was the cause of Stoddart's and Conolly's death, in spite of his continued protestations of friendship. " The Ameer is now at Samarcand, and I am here awaiting the most fatal orders from the King daily to reach me. It is true that poor Stoddart professed openly Christianity after he had made a forced pro fession of Mahommedanism. Do for me what you can, as far as the honour of England is not compro mised. All the inhabitants wish that either Russia or England would take the country. Do not believe any former reports of my speedy departure, for I am in great danger. ." JOSEPH WOLFF." " TO ALL THE MONARCHS OF EUROPE. Bol:hara, Aug. 1, 1844. " Sires ! I set out for Bokh to ransom the lives of two officers, Stoddart and Conolly, but both of them were murdered many months previous to my departure, and I do not know whether or not this blood of mine shall be spilt. Id 3 not supplicate for my own safety ; but, Monarchs ! two hundred thou sand Persian slaves, many of them people of high talent, sigh in the kingdom of Bokhara! Endeavour to affect their liberation, and I shall rejoice in the grave that my blood has been the cause of the ransom of so many human beings ! lam too much agitated, and watched, besides, to he able to write more. " JOSEPH WULFF." HAMBURGFI MAIL. POLISH FRONTIERS, OCT. I.—Some .weeks ago above twenty youths belonging to the Gymnasium were arrested at Warsaw as members of a secret so ciety. The younger boys, of 13 and 14 years of age, were sent to the interior of Russia; but the elder ones were sent to the Caucasus, to serve as privates in the Russian army in that country. S-roctcnotzt, OCT. I.—An estate called Bolierup, belonging to the late king, has been purchased by Mr. Sylvan for 300,000 rix dollars banco. STADE, OCT. 3.—The magistrates have issued a notice respecting a treaty of commerce and naviga tion (which is shortly to be ratified), concluded with the Danish Government, by which Danish ships and their cargoes are placed on the same footing with re gard to charges in the Hanoverian ports as our own. This notice states that this equality is to take place from the Ist of this month. BREMEN, OCT. 9.—The treaty of navigation of 18th July, 1844, concluded between Sardi n i a an d th e Hanseatic cities, was discussed in the meeti ng o f th e. citizens yesterday. This treaty, which has been al ready published, has been ratified by the Semite and citizens. BERLIN, OCT. 6.—lt is new positively decided that the King will not go to Copenhagen before his birth day, which is the 15th of October, It is probable that this journey will not take place at all this year. SAILING OF THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT WESTERN.— LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNIN G .---The Great Western steam-ship, ' under the able command of Captain Matthews, left the Coburg dock yesterday morning about eleven o'clock, and proceeded on her voyage to New York. Amongst her passengers, 140 in number, were his Excellency M. de Bodisca, Russian Minister at Washington ; M. Jung, bearer of dispatches from Paris, and Mr. Hapman, Dutch Consul at Charleston, A most dreadful fire broke out last night, about nine o'clock, in the works of the New Cross station, on the South Eastern Railway, which destroyed the octagon, containing Mr or five locomotive engines, a number of tenders, and other property. It also communicated to the fitting house, which contained a great quantity of machinery and valuable materials, The other parts of the station were with great difficulty saved from the de vouring element. The damage is computed at upwards of 25,000/. ST.' GEORGE'S, HAN "ER - SQUARE.—The Rev. H. Brown, M.A., incumbent of St, J a n ses ' s; Shoreditch, son in-law to the bishop of London, has been presented by his Lordship to this valuable living, vacant by the death of Dr. Hodgson. It is a curious coincidence, that at the time of Dr, Ned stet presenta tion he was himself moe. ,, int'ae to the then Bishop of London, Dr, Pettelli. PettLlC WALKS, PARRS, &c.—We are glad to find resh proofs of the general interest manifestri hi this 'xcellent object, in the rapier suplettli ng shoscription, 'ist, which. since the last was advertised, has been noreased by about 1,7801., and now amounts to nearly 22,500 i. The most recent sub scr i pt i ons i nc l u d e a hand tome donation by Mr. W. Atkinson, of Ma, and one )f 2501., by our representative, Mr. Milne Clibbon, M.P. There are also several liberal stibseriPtitThe fthm •I distance, from parties thus k t-ttbtfully acknowledging tnd maintaining their Connexion with the town. Mr. F. Thompson, of Primrose, Clitheroe, has given 100/. 'imongst the supporters of the measure in the clergy of the Establishment, it gives us pleasure to ste thb bathes If two of the canons of Mancheater, the Rev. C. D. Wray sod the Rev, R. C. Clifton, for 25/. each. There is another class of subscriptions; of which, as yet, we have mly the commencement, but which have it peeuliar value, as the contributions of the working-classes thetn ;elves. The subscriptions are by far the most signiftearit nd decisive answer that can be given to those who )bject, that when parks are provided, the people will not ;se them. Pew will suppose this likely, when they find hat the workmen in a calico-printing concern (that of Messrs. Thomas Hoyle and Sons) have subscribed 67/. ; and those of a machine-making establishment (that if Messrs. Sharp, Brothers, and Co.). upwards of 50/., n aid of the fund for public walks and parks. If these ire not satisfactory proofs of the earnest approbation and 'c,rdial support of those for whom these parks are mainly we know not where to seek them.—Manchester uardian. PROPOSED PUBLIC PARK IN LEEDS.—Some of our benevolent townsmen, among whom we may mention our public-spirited Mayor, are desirous that Leeds should not be behind other towns in the formation of public parks or walks for the healthful and rational recreation of all classes. It has been suggested that the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, which comprise nearly twenty acres, in a beautiful situation and well laid out, might be pur. chased for this purpose. Some of the larger shareholders in the gardens are, we know, disposed to transfer their w hole property in them to the town-council, or some other body, for the benefit of the public ; and we think it likely that many others would follow this liberal ex ample, thinking it more agreeable to see their fellow townsmen of the humbler classes enjoying themselves in the gardens than to walk there in comparative seclu sion. Those shareholders who took shares as an invest ment, and who could not afford to give them to the public, would probably accept a moderate sum for that which now yields them no dividend. A subscription would, therefore, be required to purchase , the gardens for the public ; and we think this would be forthcoming, as the amount would probably not be very large. A yearly subscription would also be requisite to keep the gardens in order. We hope to be able shortly to report progress in this laudable attempt to promote the healt; and recreation of the industrious classerh—Lr x d s Mercury. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.— IV e l earn that Lord Brougham strongly supports• this un d p i tak • in(;; and is to take charge of the Bill through. the House of Lords. The Hon. Colonel Lowther and Alderman Thompson will conduct it through the Hou ie of C am _ mom __Lancaster Guardian_ WS MONLYIAND COMMERCIAL a- - a CITY, MoNDAY quota tions A reaction occurred this afternoon in th,e ( I t 1 00 of the Public Securities, Consuls leaving, off fora for Money and the Account. Sellers natne er C ell° rather freely. The New Three-and-a-Quarter P,11,414 declined to 102 1 and the Three per Cent. B eu Bank Stock was done at 206. 1. Pill' The Fdreign Investments also left. off rat_ b Thr ee P et e Sp:.nish Five per Cents. were 23k and the 0 . 8 5 ' Cents. 34t1- Portuguese Old Bo nds 851 1,101 Mexican receded to 34f. Brazilian were at Peruvian at 241. Colombian realised 1 4 1• res bate The additional transactions in Railway o. ( A fi b ijostlo been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 14 , Thildtl Belfast, 2i 1 ,-; Great Western, 694 ; Birru in F ilam ilare 34 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 19 ; 'siert Eastern, 121 ; South-Eastern, 71 ; York and No,riroce, land, 55 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 47 ; Central 01 14 ; and Paris and Orleans, 191 premium. ' O3 gid Counties, ; and Midland and Birminglin Derby, 184 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) t per There was a moderate demand for Cotton 0 5,1. 1 of on Saturday, and prees remained the sar tle 'irenc t 4,000 bales, of which speculators took 400. eo psP Shares continued in brisk demand, and others wilri u Del' the same.—Chester and Holyhead, 7t ; Du Fil lip W ilcZl ; fast, 5* ; Grand Junction, Halves, 104 1 ; Pijl Quarters, 381 ; Loudon and York, 31. 53. 'f 3u 'itilat t° chester and Birmingham, Quarters, 51. ls. 3d ; A 0 7 1 0 Counties, 1101 ; North British, 5/ ; Preston 011 " oat 19 ; Scottish Central, 21 ; Sheffield and M ail , o c oo o , 95 ; South-Eastern, 414 ; Ditto, New, 131 i 1 V or is 0 1 ' Avignon, 2/. 6s. 6d ; Paris and Lyons, 2 i' Strasburg, 2 1-5 ; Rouen and Havre, 24 , Tours, and Bordeaux, 34 ; Central of Fra nce, 37' d logne and Amiens, orti Ship arrivals from Rio, and one or two other P o d ift South America, are the only on es announce d ; do not ht ar that there is any late news by tbeh l ' 0 lt s The Funds are rather more animated to-daP,, payments of the dividends has commenced. inortl! large speculative purchase has also been ati w- p rictt . : new account day, the 28th November, a nd tbe ted understood to be 101, an advance being c alcula ;1 11 , in Consols, owing to the divicb nd which wiling is ft so much ntarer payment. The value of ,C°o transfer to morrow has been 1001 to I: and f °Orbeep November 1001 to 101. Exchequer Bills ha ve oe- 11° ‘1.4 fl at thepremium of 755. to 775., and East India rtefre!, realised 945. to 965. The New Three-and - a -421 404 1w Cents. are 102j1 to 1024 ex dividend. Bank b•-en nominally 206, and India Stcck 289. - SP A The advices from Madrid and other par ts 1, -- noth7i have so long been rt (lidera of civil war, although yet has come, that parties in the City, nolvitnee the comparative agreement in the correspondeurest e'; public journals, begin to tax the writers with ( 1,0141 aggeration. There, is, however, very little the c that either matters are unsettled or that it wit s ` t he ft of Narvaez to consider them so, otherwise, vvb ts bleb to quent military demonstrations, of another of ... ? are again advised to-day, in t!:e Madrid letter,;.breeer, Five per Cent. Stock is dull at 23 and the ' 4 PA Cent. at 34/. Mexican Bonds have been 34 t° , : fto s r .l tuguese Converted Bonds have been mark ed 5 0$ 1f being tolerably steady. Dutch Two-and -a' Cents. are 62k cel The Railway Shares have been in moderate,be the smaller lines, however, being decidedly buoyant, as in the heavy shares there is 00 1 1 609,', business doing as yet. Brighton, South-Easter. c°P Western, ,&c., are higher. The French rahvlitet tinue to improve, and the transactions are exter,i,d, PRICSE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE VEIN' (From the Official List.) We gg sitli 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........ 3 per Cent. Camels. Anna ......................... . 100 S Der Cent. Annuities, 1726... .............. ...... 10 1 / „ibil New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities • ••• 0 0 Long Annuities. Expire sth Jan. 1890....•••••• •• 141 t Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 ......••»•• pi • India Bonds,l,ooo ........... Ditto under 100% 7 ' Consol• for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. 110-, 00 . 1,0004 ..... Ditto ... .. .. """..."..... 75 77 P° . Ditto Advertised " — ... ... .. ....„ ,OCO" PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0 C s ro Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .......... ..„„ss • Sp Portuguese Bonds ' 5 per Cent.... ........ ••• - sot Ditto Converted ..••• 70 Ditto for the Account ......... „ ....... Spanish Bonds, Five per . .... 1:640..••••••••"'" 51t • Ditto Passive Bonds .. ..•..........•»••.•«.»•' s t „ Ditto Three per Cent. ........ W0., 1 1 Dutch 2% per • 98, Dutch 5 par Cent 5........... .. •.. •••'," PRICES OF SHARES ' AT *ONE 0'C1.,0 spas 0 RAILWAYS. PAID. - Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .....«•• t ° 5 Bristol and Gloucester 9O 45 .•••• to 410 i " • o Char. et Valley Dublin and Belfast Junction... .• " $0 5 Dublin and Cashel. Einem Coufrties 25 14 iz 1 ,0 to Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......••• Oreat'North of England... ..... . 100 "▪ . Oreat" Western Ditto Fifths l2 , •" A 7 ' ........ Kendal and Windermere ... •' 3. to Lancaster and Carlisle lO .... ..... 11 London and Birmingham. lOO ...... T 4 ~.„• ; 414 Ditto New Thirds 2 ......... London and Brighton ........ 50 _.....••••• .."•••••,‘ to London and South Western 41% „•••• 07 9^. . to London and Croydon London and York ....... ... . to ." Midland Counties .... lOO 8 0% •"" to •"' Birmingham and Derby ......., lOO ...... 11% .• to Norwich and Brandon , 6 ........ ...... to Ditto New . IVA 3/4 to li South Eastern and Dover' .....» 32517 ........... Ditto New 4 13 6 1 i • ipief Trent Valley , 2 .... ..... York and North . 'Midland Ditto % Shares 25 - . ..... 52 ... ~ . •••• 0 ,, Ditto Scarboro ' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Central of France.... Boulogne and Arnie,s Orleans, Town, and Bourdeaual , (n'Anthouard's Company).....s . 33tlit% ! .i to Paris and Lyons .. Paris -nd Orleans ..... ... ..... ....... 20 Parrs and Rouen ..... ................... 20 ..... ....Wit , ' ... 0 , JOINT STOCK NAMES. 10 Union of London. ~-) --'rb e t oz MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. OCT. .-• f ora • ket continues good, with 4 considerable intro . jr ii . jec i 00 1 1: generally. Barnsley tturt`cLiin, 31 prem. ; s Die cti e 41 ; Churnets, 4i ; Leeds and L'carsbuX, Si t, Po! shire, 2916 ; bhetlields, 96 ; Dituo, QuElrte 0 13i ; Euston, 3i. ; Trent Valley, 91. - CLOSING PRICES, i BRITISH FUNDS ... 1 , 0 Bask Stock ex di v. 206 Indian Stock .....••••" ...• 0 " , 3 per Cent. Red ~............. 99%( Ditto Bonds ..........•••••• 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities &I r p p New 3% per Cent • 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0091. 130 ''' I' fie . New 5 per Cent....... _,,' Long Annuities to expire I Ditto Small.. ••••••*".. ' , AL lan ltell) 12% "Bank Stock for IIPP! Oct. 1859...... Jan. 1860 lndia sock for Acct... FOREIGN FUNDS: e nt ...' / Austrian, S par Cent ... ...... Portuguese, 8 per • a- . ..0* 4 Belem, 5 per Cent - ...... 103 Ditto, New Ditte....' . " „. / B raz ilian Bonds B5 Prussian, 5 per Cent 7, 0 ..... 1 Buenos Ayres , 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent•••".......' 0, hllian, I; per Cent Ditto, Metallic ...•••••:........ 9. Colombian, 6 per Cent ...., Jitto, 1824.....- Ditto, 3 per Cent ...••••,,,, 1 . , Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred.......'--t; if Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent...- — Exchange .......r...•"' . ..<a1i . Mexican, 5 per Cent ~ aN French, 3 per Cent...o . Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cento#_%lP7 Peruvian, 18`.15, 6 per Cent 24% Ditto, 5 per Cent ...0 1- , SHARES 0 i Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid ........................ Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid ............... 0 - Eastern Counties (23 paid) ••• ...... ••••o ....... *""" 1441' Great. Western (7a paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) ... ........... .. ..... 4 ~ Ditto, N ..j ew Thirds, 2 paid ........................... - '„ f if Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .................... •••• 49,/ Ditto, Half Share', 30 paid .... .................. .... 81* 1 Biriaingham and Derby, .4100 paid. .................... 5 7% , Northern and Eastern (15 paid) ..... . .................. 0,1 South Eastern and Dover (33 2s ed paid) ..... .... 05,50 York and North Midland (50 paid) ..................... 3 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ........... . ...... ...••••" 5 Central of France, 2 paid ?axis and Orleans (21/ paid) -- C .9' ~ .......-- • a if WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS--(FFOr n 7 ~, il spondent.)—lt is evident, from the r esolutl e ts " o f '0 passed at a meeting of many of the inlaabitah.itiel Margaret, Westminster, that a powerful opPe:so 0""j contemplated, through the medium of petitioooofro, Houses of Parliament, to the proposed new l il line, Os at Westminster, known as " Rigby Wason'a old) though it has, it appears, in some degree Bloods sanction of her Majesty's Commissioners of ; t he ci t , Forests, as also that of the Commissioners f or his '4O his ti'opolitan Improvements. The opponents W to r k ol say that it is by no means 'so direct, or so adv l/ 0 1; 4 1 1 to the public, as might appear at a first glanc e ; o o l A P the one which they are about to suimit for aP,P 0 ,11)7 embrace, 'via only the superior object of broaal l oe o 0 4 some, but short and direct, communication bet 0 4 Palace. and Pimlico, and the Houses of ParliOured to open the west front of the Abbey, too long oht g rac t osi disfigured by buildings which, in truth, are $ "" s be A il' that venerable and magnificent edifice ; that h Towoo most desired, and most direct, should be thro„°_„g 004' street and York-street to Arabella-row, Pitoiro'red I Broad Sanctuary, while that of Wason's mug" ofifri city, make an abrupt curve by the workhouse. t•C 4' 0 * over a portion of the consecrated burial-gruu ll i i.bri 00 Church, and have its termination in the Vatut" 00. %e road. They contend that the selected line ate, 0)0 touch a very ill-drained and low nei diately contiguous to the Palace—Castle - la ue Letoe courts and alleys branching from York-street, tv d ise i ,ll g hbourb v- 00,,# from which is productive of fevers and othe r f op' lly tood The removal of Pye-street, Duck-lane, &C., weed io - ; , have the effect of transferring the demoralis.,,. 0 0 .4 tants thereof to the courts and alleys branchlret 07011 York-street and Tothill-street, a movement wh i o it, jo o l templated with dismay and regret, inasmuc h i t3 di ° t oef not only deteriorate the property of e ver / 00 00 0 0 0 within the circle of its influence, but affect i°., t ere o p rions degree, morally and spiritually, the best IP ogr eo ifi g • the parisioners. Subscriptions are already r,„ c ol Jr to defray the expenses necessarily arising `-- t ow, their resolutions into effect. 0 st 0 ,„,,,' 0; THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT PETRIE. --- 'liell',ol readers will, no doubt, royal to mind that 0 l'lce Petrie,ll.-N., when in command of a rn erch° o tta c o e the crew of which had broke into mutiny, w ss to g° tio by an American seaman, who was preparigtroltdo out his eye, and, in self-defence, Mr. Petrie , 8 britil ° wan with a sheathed cutlass; unfortunately, t jot o o • th.e bottom of the scabbard flew off, and the.Pp c 'ei° 6 t weapon being bared, cut off part of them ut ll3 b - E , 10,40 1 :, For this act the Lieutenant was tried at , t .,ort, ',..01r brulry sessions, in the Central Criminal t' o blit " 0 0; Mr. Justice Coleridge, and the jury—fro ci , he fio:01 0 ; w,t cannot tell—brought him iu guilty, an d usi sP- ere gi c ten ced to eighteen months' imprisonment----111; a f I that: was considered extremely severe, an cl .„ hate; measure inconsistent with justice. Vi r ?, r - 41 , '$ e r Or state,. that on Saturday afternoon her Alo.l e- A ' c ° d for Ail - r. Petrie was received at Newgate , ai l `lie, ar his lilieration followed.—United Service' Gaze' i to ii, SiR. WILLIAM FOLLETT.—We are h a P P g sOe0 11) : that accounts have been received this morail i ti olt-A, 0 0 ing a- most-favourable and gradual improl e . ve , v i , ll i health of our highly-esteemed represents verso 0010; 30th of September, Sir William wBy as s,, e a to , ," Lago Maggiore, whence lie inter del to Rrcit'Lla '0 The Learned Gentleman will rurc.in in ' =Tabs.—Exeter Gazette. a Tg~ the 1 nets Bahr \j a i l 'ter , eNr; the