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

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING - _ Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarow, Mr. H. Phillips ; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. • To conclude with the First and Second Acts of DER FRE !SCHUTZ. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overntre, Leonora—Beethoven. Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"—Jullien. Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case. Valse, Flour-tie-Marie—Barrret. Symphony, The Andante, from Haydn's Surprise Symphony—Haydn. New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PART 11. " Don Juan," Grand Selection, with Solos—Mozart. Valse, A Deux-tems (Second Set), The Bridal—Jullien. Selections from the Creation, with Solo on Clarione t, by Mr. Lazarus —Haydn. The Post-horn Galop—Kcenig. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2e. Gd. M..Tullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday December 22. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TIIIS EVENING Will be repeated - an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN A , NT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farrrn ; Percy Sage, Mr. Ilvd son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Witnot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster Margaret, Mrs. Itumby. To conclude with TRF. WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerald Pepper, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELNIL THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Tears Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Maglo and Ma rourkaphobla. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Mies Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STr.BET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, 'Miss May. After which, a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTH SIDES. John Tweddale, Mr. ()sherry. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE AWATRIC. ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE, TILLS EVENING Will be produced a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. .1. 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 Misi Kate Howard will perform. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. WiLl. To conclude with THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; ` , ally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. NEW STRAND TREATER. OPEN EVERY EVENING. ENTIRE CHANGE.—GRAND ATTRACTION ! M. PHILLIPPE continues to give hie peculiar awl surprising TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, awl feats of Magical Delusions. After which. the Ohio, 'Missouri, and Arkansas—the womlerful AMERICAN FAMILY. To be followed by the new 'BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Chiarini Family. To conclude with M. Phillippe's most extraordinary INDIAN and CHINESE Wonders. s'oors opeh at Seven o'clock, to commence at Half-past Seven. Box. Office open from Ten till Five ; Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 15.6 d.; Gallery, fxl. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITLIEATRE 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 clunre will take place in the amnsements of the arena, introinfdirr along. Mille, Mons. Damon, Mr. Alfred Cooke, Mdlle. Damos, Jidile. lllnie, %lessr. Lupino, and the Brothers Candler. To conclude with a New Equestrian Drama, entitled STEEL CASTLE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIRATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. Supported by MesArs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Vining, and 511.34 Martin. After which, OH, 'TIS LOVE. To conclude with JONITHAN BRADFORD. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, TILE TOWER OF LONDON , or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported by Mr. Osbaldiston, 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. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 27. TRERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 51; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 30.03.—W1ND W.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 26 minutes after 0 I Evening .. 50 minutes after 0. and closed their portals to a large portion of the QUEEN'S subjects ; while the special education for the clergy at Oxford and Cambrilge 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 (there 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 Act!, 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. The bad feeling displayed by a considerable portion of the Paris press, relative to the disputes between Eng land and America, cannot tend to raise the character of the French nation, or entitle her to that rank as an im partial and generous rival, which her great power and independence ought to obtain for her among civilised communities. There seems to be a feverish anxiety and fear displayed by the writers in the journals, especially those of the Opposition, lest the misunder standing 'should be removed, and the two most com mercial states in the world should continue to live in amity. One journal calls upon the United States to remain " firm," and another expresses its conviction, we should rather say fear, that the storm will blow over, and that after a little display of bad temper and much coarse language, a time will come when both will listen willingly to the voice of reason, and conciliation be easy. The Siecle, in an article couched in fair language, contains sentiments but little calculated to heal the breach, or to en courage France to offer herself as a mediator, or the United States to accept her in that character. M. GuizoT in the Texan affair had sided so openly with England, and displayed such par tiality, that the American Republic could place no con fidence in any appeal made to the French Government. " The United States," says that journal, " have rejected the idea of a mediation. Is the remembrance of the deplorable conduct adopted by our Ministry in the affairs of Texas unconnected with this determination of the American Government ? Is it not calculated to give that power the measure of the friendship and equity of our Ministers, and to re move from its mind all idea of submitting its cause to the decision of a cation which formerly never failed it? What ever may be the motives which, at the opening of this new drama, have reduced our Cabinet to the sad position of a spectator, we sincerely hope that its tardy vigilance may at least spare us a denouement which would compro mise our interests and our honour." We leave our readers to judge what is meant by a denouement which could " compromise our interests and our honour," because they can form a sufficiently correct opinion on the sub ject from the spirit displayed by the writer, and the professions of attachment to American interests, which pervade all the Opposition journals. Such senti ments are unworthy of France ; they are not parti cipated in by the KING or his Ministers, and we would fain hope by only a small portion of the people. What adv *Map could ,France gain by a bloody war between England and America ? What atisfaction could a gallant nation enjoy in witness ing the destruction of property, the interruption of commerce (and in that respect France would come in for her share), the blockade of harbours, the slaughter of thousands of human beings, and all the other calamities of war ? In every point of view, for these writers do not see the full extent of the consequences the feeling displayed is of a most selfish character, and forms a sad contrast to the spirit dis played by the British Government, the British press, and the British people too, when, but a few years ago, France and America appeared determined to settle their dispute by guns and bayonets. America claimed a million sterling as compensation for losses sustained during the reign of NAPOLEON—the Government con sented to pay that large sum, but the Chambers were restive ; the lower Chamberliespticially thought that the time had gone by for compensation, that it should, at all events, have been enforced on the dynasty which had given rise to the claim, and they absolutely refused to vote the sum. England generously interfered, and possibly through her interference, the Chamber was induced to reverse its decision and grant the required compensation. Peace was preserved. We do not men tion these facts to point out the humiliating con dition in which the Deputies placed them selves, and of which they are occasionally reminded by some of their body, nor to aggravate the hostile spirit displayed by the haughty republic towards 'France, which the Siecle says has given suffi cient pledges of its friendship to the American union, but to show that England raised herself in public esti mation, and in the estimation too of her revilers, by her noble, disinterested, and peaceful conduct, and that when she finds herself in a similar position a cry of exulta tion arises in the country on which she had conferred such signal benefits. England and France long carried on a war, the most determined and ruinous, perhaps, on record, but they both fought honourably, both gained great victories, and the strife at last ceased, without either party having acquired one additional inch of territory from the other. What chance is there that a second contest would end in any other way, even suppose the French Government should madly ally itself with America against England? England has already had more power ful enemies on her hands at the same time, and she came out of the fiery trial with honour, and not unfre quently triumphant. Her strength isnot decayed, the spirit and energy of the people are still the same, and notwith standing her debt,which her enemies foolishly call a mill stone about her neck, her credit is higher than that of any nation throughout the world. The last war in creased her commerce, her colonies, and her wealth ; enormous fortunes were made in the midst of enormous taxes ; her sailors maintained their ancient character, and her soldiers were not afraid to meet the invincible veterans of the EMPEROR. What, then, has she to fear now ? The horrors of war, the arrest of civilisation, and the waste of property; and, on these grounds, she is ready to sa crifice much, but she will maintain her honour, her in dependence, and her rights inviolate. Almost every day brings forward some new advocate for the immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws—a measure which The Sun has been contending for, in season and out of season, for more than twenty years, and which but one session more will, in all probability, crown with complete success. Many of the Tory landlords have already aidel in the good cause. The services of Captain Rocs, and Lord ASHLEY, and Mr. ESCOTT, are well known and duly appreciated. The Whig aristo cracy have followed their example, and by their repre sentatives have announced their conviction that the time for a final repeal of the corn-laws is fully come, and that all further reserve on that important step is at an end. The manifesto of Lord MORPETH, which we have given in another place, comes out most opportunely immediately after that issued by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and is the more valuable as regards its moral effect, because it is the spontaneous expression of his Lordship's opinion, and could not in any way servo electioneering purposes. It now remains to be seen what Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the Duke of WELLINGTON will do. They have often been conquered together by the Liberals in Parliament, and out of Parliament ; they, in fact, have never been victorious in any great contest with the Commons, and should they not yield in time, their greatest defeat yet awaits them. The paper read by Baron CHARLES Durri before the Institute of France, on the 17th instant, on the subject of the report of the Commissioners appointed by the British Government, in accordance with the recom mendation of a Select Committee of the House of Com. mons, to consider the propriety of forming one or more harbours of refuge along the English coast, is not a mere scientific analysis of that report—it is a document of great political importance, and coming from such a. source is entitled to, and must command, the serious consideration of those to whom is entrusted the care of providing against any dangers which may threaten the safety of the country. For the last thirty years Baron CHARLES Dunix has been engaged in investigat ing the causes of Britain's greatness. There is not a dockyard or arsenal —nay, there is scarcely a single manufactory of any d escription in the United Kingdom, which he has not repeatedly visited, and with the minutest details of the management of which he is not inti mately acquainted. The results of his observations he has embodied in a work which has long since become classical throughout Europe, as the au thority of everything relating to the material stato of England, and which is not unfrequently quoted front by our own statesmen. A paper on such a subject from such a man is, therefore, a document of no ordinary im portanee—"Fas est ab hoste doceri." The Prince DE JOINVILLE has show us how Britain way be beet invaded. The Baron DUPIN has shown us how Britain may be best defended from invasion, and surely Sir ROBERT PEEL will not hesi• tate to immediately commence the construction of these harbours of refuge. We have heard much of late of central depots of troops, and lines of railway radiating from the centre to the coast, along which a sufficient military force could be conveyed to meet an invading enemy in time to prevent his effecting a landing on our coast. This all looks very well upon paper, but we confess that we have no great faith in the scheme. No enemy ought to be permitted to approach sufficiently near to our shores to render the execution of such a scheme necessary. It is to our navy that we must look for protection against in vasion, and fearful will be the responsibility incurred, awful will be the account required by an indignant peo ple from any Minister who shall, directly or indirectly, impair the efficiency of the naval force. The safety of England depends entirely upon her navy— 46 Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Iltr march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep." The sun of old England's glory will set for ever when the day arrives in which the requires any walls, save wooden ones, to protect her from invasion. Our mari time supremacy must be maintained at all hazards ; to that, and to that alone, do we owe our safety. In order to preserve to us our maritime supremacy it is neces sary that every care should be taken of our mer cantile navy as a nursery for seamen ; for, without able-bodied seamen, " ships are but wood.". Now, in no possible manner can the lives of our seamen, the property of our shipowners, the safety of our navy, and the greatness of our country, be so effectually preserved as by the formation of harbours of defence and refuge, which may, in case of war, become ports of aggression. No miserable considerations of ill judged economy—no ministerial intrigue to secure the adhesion of this or that particular class of electors, by the removal of an impcst which may be supposed to press more particularly on them, should be suffered for one moment to interfere with the execution of this necessary work, and admitting, as we do, the importance and the value of the alterations in the tariff of last year, Ivo should have been quite as well pleased if Sir ROBERT PEEL had devoted the whole of his surplus to the execu tion of those important, those nece:sary works. It ap pears to us that the present is the time of all others for commencing these works. A scarcity is threatening as—it will be absolutely necessary to provide the labour in g classes with the ne , ans of purchasing food of a superior quality than that to which they have hitherto been accus tomed; and how much better would it be at once to vote the sum required for the formation of those harbours of refuge-4,500,0001.—and to commence them simulta neously, than to dole cut public alms to those who are able and willing to earn their bread as independent la bourers. The Commission, indeed, states that it is not pos sible to undertake at the same time the construction of three breakwaters, although why it should be more impossible to undertake at the same time the construc tion of three breakwaters than of three railways, or three churches, or three bridges, we confess we are at a loss to understand. Admitting, however, for the sake of ar gument, that this assumption of the Commissioners is correct, we come to their Lecommendation as to the suc cession in which the works should be undertaken— first, Dover, second, Portland, and last, Seaford ; and here again we cannot agree with them. It ap pears to us that Seaford should be the place chosen for the first harbour to be completed. It is natural that the Duke of IVELeincToN, holding as he does the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, should look upon the claims of Dover with a favourable eye, but we doubt much the propriety of constructing a harbour of refuge at Dover at all, and cannot but think that we should have a much safer and more efficient harbour, at a much less expense, by forming an inner port at Dungeness, and adding and strengthening the natural breakwater of shingle, " which there spreads over a apace of several miles, stretching out into the British Channel, and terminated by deep water, close to both its extremities, and which has increased ninety yards in length during the course of the last fifty years," than by erecting a breakwater and outer-works at Dover— (and it appears that on this pint there was a dif ference of opinion among the Commissioners themselves, Sir W. SYMONDS dissenting from the conclusions to which his colleagues had come in favour of the claims of Dover.) The Commissioners state, " that the two bays east and west of Dungeness afford an excellent an chorage. More than 300 sail of shipping have ridden at anchor at the same time in the eastern bay, and more than 100 in the western bay, as the winds caused the one or the other to be selected for a place of re fuge." This fact, we think, is decisive of the supe riority of Dungeness over Dover, and: with a har bour at Dungeness on the one side, and the Downs and Ramsgate harbour on the other, the formation of a harbour of refuge at Dover would be rendered unne cessary. But whatever may be the comparative merits of Dungeness and Dover, the claims of Seaford are paramount to either. Seaford, situated in a bay to the west of Beachy Head, is thus described by M. DUPIN :— " Here there is a magniticent anchorage, which fortunately is at an equal distance from Dover and Portsmouth. Such is the intermediary situation at which the Commissioners have not shrunk from r4commending to the Government the erec tion of great works. It recommends in a direction from N.N.E. to S.S.E. a breakwater or jetty, of one nautical mile in length, and having a rectilinear return at each extremity, be constructed. This jetty is to be constructed towards the middle, in forty -one feet water, and something leas at the extremities. Behind this long jetty there would be more than sufficient water for first-class vessels ; and nearer land there would be an extensive space for merchant vessels of all tonnage. This formidable situation would threaten, at the same time, all the French ports comprised between Havre and Boulogne. " Let us add, that as the crow flies, the distance from Sea ford to London is only about seventy-four miles, and that by means of the railroad from London to Brighton, from which a branch may easily be constructed, there will be no difficulty in getting from the capital to Seaford in less thaw two hours:" The British navy, adds M. Duris, will have nothing to wish for from Seaford to Portsmouth. Surely the works necessary to secure so vast an extent of our southern coast, which is at present unprotected, and which is absolutely without harbours capable of accom modating ships of war, or vessels of large burden, should be at once commenced, and prosecuted with that energy which their importance demands. Whether as regards commerce or war, our southern and eastern coasts would then be protected from Portsmouth to the mouth of the Thames. There is not the same urgent necessity for forming a harbour of refuge at Portland as there is at Seaford ; and although, when we consider the very small outlay which would be required to improve the natural capa bilities of Portland harbour, so us to complete our coast defences from Falmouth to the mouth of the Thames, we cannot but express a hope that the Portland harbour will be commenced forthwith, yet the claims of Seaford, are paramount to all others, and fearful will be the responsibility which those whose duty it is to cause the necessary works to be commenced will incur if they should neglect the performance of that duty. Madrid journals of the 19th instant have been re ceived. They are chiefly filled with accounts of the grand levee held at Court on that day in honour of the QUEEN'S file, and the ball given in the evening by the President of the Council. The Gazette contains a royal decree elevating General NARVAEZ to the dignity of grandee of Spain of the first class, with the title of Duke of VALENCIA for himself and his successors. The Bourse was closed in consequence of the festival. The Journal des Debatv of Tuesday contains an article on the results of the French mission to China, from which we learn, and the statement may be regarded as official, that there was no ground for the report that the French were bargaining for the island of Chusan or any establishment in that country, and that the chief object of the mission was to encourage the spread of Christianity in the East, and religious toleration. " It must be acknowledged," says that journal, " that we were not called to the mysterious shores of the Celestial Empire either by interests of territory or interests of commerce. We do not possess in these distant seas any establishment, and our vessels appear there but seldom. We could, therefore, only go there with a view to the future, and in some measure to claim the place due to our flag. The nations of the world, the most powerful or the most celebrated in various ways, had already made their entry into that part of the world. England was there by the proximity of her Indian possessions, and by the übiquity of her shipping ; Spain, by the Philiippines ; Holland, by Java and Sumatra ; Portugal, by Macao, and by the remembrance, now effaced, but formerly' glorious, of her history ; the American Union hurried there in full sail, with that spirit of adventure and love of gain which mark young democracies. France owed it to herself, to hz.r name, to the rank which she holds amongst nations, to appear also in those latitudes, and to sow there such seed as might be perhaps destined one day to produce something. Had the mission to China no other object but to ensure to French commerce the rights already acquired by Eng land or France, it would have been quite sufficient to meet the reproach of inutility sometimes alleged against it ; but it had another aim, and, we are happy to say, another result. M. GUIZOT, who will have the honour of having attached his name to this great thought, had comprehended that France could fill in China a part which was peculiar to it, and that whilst other nations carried there western civilization under the form of com merce and manufactures, she might in her turn convey it there under a Cum more pure and more disinterested, by propagating those ideas of toleranee and religious libel3' of which it is in Europe the most complete expression:. The Presse contains an article on the state of the French navy, which, somewhat in the style adopted by the Prince DM JOINVILLE, it represents as very defec tive. The following are extracts from it :-- " We cannot sufficiently enlighten public opinion as to the actual state of our navy. This situation weighs sufficiently heavy on our budget, and our political superiority for the future in the Mediterranean is of such eminent importance, that it becomes the privilege of every one to examine in all its bearings the state of our maritime inscription of our sea men, of our ships, and of the naval stores in our arsenals and dockyards. Moreover, the session approaches, and it is time to prepare the materials for the naval inquiry ordered by the Chamber of Deputies. We have already discussed the greater porticat of the questions relative to our maritime administration. Amongst other important questions which remain to be investigated, one of the most important is that of our naval supplies. It is necessary to ascertain whether the materials in our dockyards are proportioned to our political situation. We shall confine ourselves to the exami nation of the materials of our sailing fleet, having already sufficiently indicated the state ofour steam navy. The law of 1839 at present regulates the organization of our naval supplies. This law fixes our naval force in time of peace at 40 ships of the line, 50 frigates, and 220 ships of smaller di mensions. Of these, 40 ships of the line and 50 frigates ought to be kept afloat, whilst an equal number ought to be in our docks in a state of preparation equal to 22-24. In addition to this force, 13 ships of the line and 15 frigates ought to be kept in reserve on the stocks, advanced to the 10-24 degree of preparation. Let us now inquire whether facts correspond with the prescriptions of the Bill of 1839? They do not. It is true that we have 23 ships of the line afloat, but of this number there are three condemned and 16 re modelled; there are even some of them which have been remodelled several times. Our frigates are in the same state. As to our vessels on the stocks, there are 26 which are between the 18th and 22d debt ee of advancement. There are some as old as the republic and the empire. Since that period they have reposed tranquilly on the stocks. The same observation applies to our frigates. Let us now examine whether our arsenals and dockyards are in a better condition In the year 18.10, according to the report of Baron Tupinier, our magazines were deficient hi 20,000 stores of timber, 300,000 kilogrammes of copper and bronze, 700,000 kilo grammes of hemp, 2,000,000 kilogrammes of canister-shot 9,000 gun-carriages, 3,000 pieces of artillery, besides sail cloth, chain cable, and other articles. Is the stock on hand now superior to that of 1840? If we believe certain state ments made by the storekeepers, our magazines are still more scantily supplied than in the year 1810. Moreover, the bad quality of the materials is the constant subject of complaint. The timber, iron, copper, and hemp supplied are constantly rejected as unfit for use. Not only are our arsenals not sufficiently supplied, but ourdocks possess neither sufficient stocks nor even forges. Under the impression of so deplor able a state of affairs, the Committee of the Budget of 1346 observed in its report, Your last Committee placed under your eyes the description of the incessant decay of our navy : we might add some more significant remarks, but that would be a melancholy task, and we do not consider it indis pensable.' Is it possible longer to prolong such a state of things, particularly when we see England silently augment ing her naval establishments at Woolwich, Sheerness, Ply mouth, Deptford, Chatham, and Portsmouth, which are overloaded with articles for the construction and equipment of ships of war. Every year the Chambers addressed to the Government the same demands, and the Government re turns the same answer. The Chamber of Deputies, fatigued with this constant struggle, and with those irritating and fruitless discussions, believed that it was its duty to demand of the Government, that at the opening of the session of 1846 there should be presented to the Chambers a special and detailed account of our maritime inscription, our sea men, the state of our sailing vessels, and amount of stores in our dockyards. Let us trust that the Administration will satisfy the wishes of the Chambers, and that the country will at length be informed of its true position." The excitement in the share market still prevailed, and the ruin of many persons, who had embarked nearly all their property in railway shares, is confidently anti cipated. We gave the price of funds and shares on Tuesday in The Sun of yesterday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOR LONDON STOCK E: Anglo-Belgian Boulogne and Amiens 7 Bordeaux &Mediterrat Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 1 3 / 4 Do. (Mackenzie's) .. Callao, Lima, and Pa- EIGN RAILWAYS AT THE XCHANGE, N•v. 26. Mauritius ; 4 Namur and Liege 24 I N•rth Jamaica Weans and Vierzon chic Coast Central of Spain Ceylon . Demerara - Dondre Valley ...... Dntch Rhenish .. Dieppe & Paris Janet — Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Fampoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted ll Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons I% Groat Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey ... Louvain and Jemappe Lyons and Avignon 1 74, Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia — Orleans and Bordeaux 9% lOver Yssel ... Paris & Lyons (LatEtte) 24 9 Ditto (Ganneren's). 2 Ditte (Caton's).— - Ditto (Sud itst) IParis aid Orleans 44% , Paris aid Rouen . 35% Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) De. (Aymard's) 2 De. (Compte del,'Est) Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Hare Royal North of Spain — Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Basle .- Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan dent, and Hasselt — Tours and Naites (Mackenzie's) Do. ( Lefebvre's) Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad !Verona and Ancona.... IWest Flanders 314 DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 23. We have received Java pa pers to the 20th of August. The following are the •x tracts : " BATAVIA, AuG. s.—Accounts from Macassar an nounce that on the night of July 7, heavy showers of rain did great d image at Bouthain, on the south coast of Celebes, and caused the rivers to overflow their banks. The fields were from 2 to 5 feet under water. The rampart of Fort Rotterdam is almost wholly de stroyed, and there is a breach in the dock to the extent of 50 feet. " The River Bouthain, flowing by the Kampong of Baroe, carried away a piece of ground 50 feet in breadth and 200 feet in lenzth. with two houses standing upon it, the inhabitants of which were saved. " His Majesty's steam-frigate Brome, which left Sin capore on the 13th of August, an], after touching at Iteona and Munlok, arrived here on the 17th of thist month, has brought a part of the overland mails which lef Europe on the 7th and the 24th of June. Thus the regular communication between Europe and China is opened. It appears from the dates that the voyage was performed in a very short time. The mail which was expected from London on the 21st of June, reached Ceylon on the 27th of July, Panang on the 2nd of this month, and Batavia on the 27th of this month at Batavia. The voyage from London to Sincapore was, therefore, per formed in 42 days, and to Batavia in 55 days, including nine days passed at Sincapore. "If we are rightly informed, the delay at Sincapore was that the greater part of the mails of the 7th of June, and among them most of those from Java, seem to have been sent to Calcutta, and had not arrived when the Brame left Sinciiporc. Apart from such unforeseen delay, we may affirm that when the com munication is entirely organised, and the manner of sending letters and newspapers generally known, news by the overland mail may be received at Batavia in 50 days. " His Excellency M. J. Rachusser, General of our possessions in India, arrived at Batavia on the 28th of September, on board of her Majesty's frigate Jason. A royal resolution, of the 13th of February, 1845, annulling the decision of the Governor-General of India of 15th December, 1843, Mr. M. Le Roux, late resident at Banca, is relieved from all responsibility for the extrordinary measures taken by him to quell the insur rection of the Chinese miners iu the island of Banca, in September, 1843." DUTCH FUNDS.—AltsTzanAm, Nov. 24. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent •• ......... 59 3 ,4 60 Ititto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 7214 92 Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••• • " ......... • 95 q 955 4 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • • • • 99% 99N Ditto, 3% per Cent ..... • • • • • • • • • • • Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 158% 15914 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 12 30 Two months.. 12 20 93.25 56.75 On liainburgli, si 37 O TW . o pa nr is nth . s . . .. .. •. t •• • t • 5 . 7 5 Two inonths. —Dutch. Papers, Nov. 25. it • .I y IV AY:. i ,-' * Sti , c '- :5. ": 4 717---,, 5* , ;,,,, - ... - ) • ii. , 4; ' l ip l Of. l ll4' gc =.• - e . zi ..Fllll4/4. : ~S .•':''''4 - 4 -s. 7. •• .. -, rt`e-. ,-.., ..tbd.ct.:l. 4101104, • ~. ' O ,, , .. ~,,, ,_ ,,,,r , ;......,...,.. ~,,,,,, ,4. ,..,. , ,,, -, , - ...*. . 41 , 4 , ,•• Ro %Man Ailit LONDON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER.2B, 1845. The Morning Herald of yesterday has indulged in much flippant criticism on a recent speech of Mr. 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. WYSE, 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 remarks, 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 difficillty in all efforts for im- Movement of education was the want of good schoolmasters. uch had been done in this respect of late years by the excellent training schools—those el 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, and they not only did nothing, but worse than nothing. I-Ic (Mr. Christie) wanted to know what was done in all the colleges with the improved rents of estates left fur scholarships and exhibitions. In many colleges, poor scholars, struggling with great difficulty against the ex pen.ws 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 improvelinnt 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 for 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.—(llear, 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 preferment —(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Thus the schools suffered, and the schoolmasterss pro fession *as 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 nien's sons—to the sons of tradesmen—(Hear, hear) — and to those designed for schoolmasters; for why should not the Tiiversities educate the schoolmasters as well as statesmen? And he wished above all, in furtherance of the great principles of relieioue liberty, which owed much to the British and Foreign s So c i e t v to open wide the doors of those universities to the members of all religious creeds.— (Cheers. ) If colleges have fulfilled their duties as trustees, w hy should they fear inquiry? A proposal to inquire does not necessarily imply censure. S ome sc h oo l s are well-managed, some are ill managed. I nqu i ry 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 are the trustees, have been exempted from the inquiries of the Charity Commis sioners? - - - As to the masterships of endowed sch3ols, 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 sc hoolmaster 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 iu thinking that ca , teris paribus laymen are better fitted than elergymen. 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 miaowed the aims of our national universities 444 Ad g THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORN tNer NoVEMBER, 1845. FLANDERS MAIL. Ilnussims, Nov. 24.—. The Chamber of Representatives has concluded the long debate on the address to the King, in answer to his Majesty's speech on opening the session. The cause of the great length of this discussion was a speech of M. Van de Weyer, the Minister of the Interior , who at the ( b i e is g a i p n p n r i o n le g ,( o l f o t f li t e he de l b a a s t t e p n a a r a a ( g le raih a l long address, and in which he and moved the substitution of an amendment in the name of the Government. In the debate on the several articles. when the Chamber came to the last of them, the amendment was read. The President declared that this amendment was to be voted by appel nominal. Eighty-eight Members replied to the call of their names, and the amendment being put to the vote, was carried by a majority of 59 to 25; 4 Members declined to vote. The vote on the whole Address followed. Eighty-nine Members were present ; it was carried by 65 to 23 ; only one declined voting. The Company constructing the railway from Louvain to the Sambre has chosen Mr. Watson, an English engineer, to make the plans, and conduct the operations. Mr. Watson is the same who directed the construction of the tunnel on the branch from Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Watson arrived at Louvain on the 22d, and will there fix his offices. The working-class is impatient for the be ginning of the works, which will give them employment during the winter. A letter from Vienna, of the 17th, says—" The Hereditary Prince of Lucca and his young bride arrived the day- before yesterday from Frohsdoi-f, at the palace of the Duke of Lucca, at Vienna. They dined on the same day with the Emperor. They will stay here a week, and will then go tc Lucca. The Duchess Xngouleme has resolved to leave Frohsdorf, to pass the winter at Vienna, where she will occupy a part of the hotel of the Countess Esterhazy, her dearest friend an d f os t er s i ster, w h o was brought up with her at Versailles. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, Nov. 25. Actual Debt, 24 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • • • Itothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... •• • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent- •• • Ditto Three per Cent.................. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • • • • • • • • • • ' 109 % Dltto,ditto, 1842 .......... • ...... •• • 101% Ditto, •••• • • • • •*" 99 % Ditto, 1836 •••• • • • 96 % Ditto, 1838 D D i i t t t t o o , of rs t 4 h 3 e City, 1832 . ...... .. 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 Bank of Belgium • • • • • •• • • '' • ' ' • •• • • 763 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 19. 5 per Cent. 3fetalliques.. •••• • • • •• • • • I I 11, i 4 per Cent. ditto.... .... .. • • • • • • • • • • 101 3 per Cent. ditto • ••••••• • • • • • • 70 2 Loan, 1831 • • • • • • • • • • • • 160 Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • 129 Bank Shares .............. .•••• • • • • • 1600 Esterhazy'a Loan .. •.•• •• • ••• • • W. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were about 7,000 bales, with a dull market, though prices were not lower. There were 2,000 bales taken on speculation. Cotton was in full supply. Very little was doing in shares, and prices did not improve. There are no arrivals to-day with late news of any inte rest. Consols are 94 1 / 3 / 4 for present transfer, and 95 to 1 / 4 for Account, being rather firmer. Exchequer-bills have been 20s. to 245. premium. Bank Stock has realised 202 1 ,4 to 203%. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 95% to 95 3 / 1 . The possibility of a Bank Notice coming out again this afternoon checks business. In the Foreign market there is scarcely anything doing, and prices are more nominal than real. Mexican have been 28%, and are firm ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 58 to %, and the Four per Cents. 91% to 92. Shares are much the same, but it is almost impossible to effect sales at fair prices. Every seller is taken advantage of, although in reality there is plyntv of money in the City. A meeting has been held at Lyme Regis this week, at which it was stated that the undertaking would, no doubt, receive the Government patronage, and that in a few weeks such a plan would be prepared for the proposed harbour of refuge as to insure its final adoption as a great na tional work From the statements made, it appears that the sacrifice of life and property off Lyme Regis has been most serious during the last 40 years, and that a harbour of refuge there is most imperatively called for, all the other ports in the West Bay being bar-harbours, and therefore ut terly unsafe for vessels to enter in a galeof wind. The towns people of Lyme Regis are apparently greatly in favour of the scheme. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. 202% 20314 204 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4 34% 95 IA New 3 1 4 per Cents • 95 % 3 / 4 N 3 / 4 96 LongAnnuitiestoexoireJan.lB6o 10 9-16 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 10 t el 10 1 4 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 10% 10% India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... .— — 36 South Sea Stock — — _ _ . Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., PAd 25 26 24 pm. 24 Ditto 500!. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 3 %s 28% 15 564 25% 24% 23 1 / 4 21% 37% 58% 92 eRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837......... 28% Ditto, Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Do., 1842 Do., 1813 .. ••• Do., 1844 Do., 1945 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 3 per Cent. • .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 91 % 92 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSINO RAILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen,Banff. & Elgin ...... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Aylesbury and Thame.. 1X Belfast & County Down 2 tAi — Bideford andlavistock... 1% — Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 122 Ditto New l 7 lh — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct ••• . Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater & Min ehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New . Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. June . 2 1 4 .. Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 4 2 l / 24A Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 134 — ... Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — Central Kent ... 21% — Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% — Chester and Elolyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction ..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages • 225. Cork and Killarney ... 21 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1 % Cornwall CoYentry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l4 — 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)... 31,G 34 Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh I %..... • Dublin and BelfastJunc. 8 Dublin, Belfast, and _. . Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley ......... ..... 2% — Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 ,E — Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 1 6 34 1,,f lB% Ditto New 6/. 16e. 4% p............ 474 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....6/. 13s. 4d p p Ditto ditto, No. 2-4/. 13s. 4d... 1 4 % p par EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 Ditto Extension s — 000000000 ••.•• Do. Ipswich and Bury 1 ..— Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2 1 4 — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2112 — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1N—.... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 65 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .. .. Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — ... ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — Ely and Huntingdon ... 6 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 Essex and Suffblk .. ... 1% O% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeoril,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 l 3 /4 Glouc., Aberystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... ••• Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Grand Junction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% O% Great Eastern &Western 2 % ...... ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster 2 1,4 Great North of Scotland 2% Great North of England..loo .211 Ditto New Do. New .. . Great Western BO l4O 14 9 142 Ditto 1,4 Shares Ditto IA Shares 2% l3 11 3 A 12 ... 12 Ditto Fifths i•• • ••• ."'". •• Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2% ... Harwich Hull and Selby SO Ditto IA Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, aid Yarmouth 2 ...... -- ••• ... ...... •• Irish North Midland l% Isle ofAxholme 2% Killarney Jnnctions 1 Kendal and Windermere I — Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — - _ __ Leicester and Bedtird... 225. 1 4 die ... Leicester and Tamworth 425. — Li verp. and Manchester.loo ~. .. Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 _ _ _ _ Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 1% IX Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmin g h m loo 205 Do. Thirds Do. 14 Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 ...... 18 19 1 / 2 ... 20 Ditto Extension ...... 1 3 ,',, — • • London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d. 8 3 / 4 B 3 /4 Do. New Ditto Extension ...... 3 ...... . — London and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixths ' London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. ... 8 - ••• •• •••• Lon., Che!., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London an dGreen wich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/178 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western - ••-•• ••• Lond. & S.Western 411 6i 10d 7O 72 .... .... . Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2 3 / 4 ...... London and York London and Windsor ... I London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 2% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ... ..... ... .. 2%...... Londonderry& Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely 5 Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds .. 76 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters.. Do. Sixteenths .... 41 — Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 8 9 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buaton,and Matlock 425....... 1% p 134 p Manchester, Birm., and Monti Junction .. ... Manchester and Rugby Direct Marehest. &Southampt. 2 .--.,. 2% 2% M ~! ft.nd... lOO .....135 134 137 133 133 Do. Fifths 2 .. Do. New Miamd,liirm.,Derby„ 100 . *** ••• Midld. & East. Counties 1%..... Midland Great Western __. 78 41/2 7 3 / 4 2% 2% 1% ( Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo 2 ..... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 „ Do. New Brandling... 15 •••• •••• Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction.— 1 Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 / 2 -- New Ross and Carlow... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 24...,.. Newark, Sheffield, and Boston North British D0., New 1)o. Exten. to Carlisle lil t __ Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 5 ...... North Decor North of Norfolk .. Northern and Eastern 45 ...... 64 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 121,4_, Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 ,2.... 2 1 / a 4 North Staffordshire 42e. ...... 21 2 p........ North Wales .. 3l/ •••• ••• North and South Wales and Worcester — •...•• Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, : . and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 1 1,4 Not tingm., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester 1% — ... Nottirgham and Mans- field - Oxford, Gosport, Ports - mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford and Worcester 121, Oxford, 'Wan ey, and Cheltenham.. Ferth and Inverness ... 2 1 ,4 Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 Portsmouth Direct 3% —3o Preston and Wyre Do. 1 ,4 Shares ..... ... 2 1 ,4 — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Fugby and lluntingdon 2 Ruaby, Leamington, and Warwick 42.1 — Scottish Central Scottish Midland I% 1 Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birtn 2 l / 2..... 3 Shropshire Mineral 42s . . .. Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% — Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% • .• •••• South Devon 25 ...... 27 South Midland 425....... 11, p...... ..... . South Staffordshire Junc 2 l /2 — South Eastern & Dover 33! 2s 4d... Do., No. 1 Do~ No .2. Do., Ne. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 •••••• St. Alban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — .i.outh Wales .... ... 2 1 / 2 2 % 3, 4 1,4 Taw Vale Extension ... - - ••• ••• ••••••, Tean and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness ...... Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 2% Warwick and Worcester 425. — W aterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley .. . 2 - Welch Midland. Kest Cornwall ...... 1 4... . West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern . 30 o • .••••• 6. 114 ••••• •••••• .... 11 1 / •••• 1 ........ .. ... 234 ~ 25% .. I% P - - 33% , _ _ .. 314 ,•• 21/2 Counties Nexford and Carlow ... 2,4 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, Now York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 2 14 ...... ...... York and Lancaster 2% t ork and North Midland 50 Ditto 1,4 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby 2O Do. Extension MINES. .. 49 Real del Monte Unregd. ..... 34 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock .•• V. 4 I•• •• .. 13 24 .... 2% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo. Belgian 4 Barb illoes — ••• •• Boulogne and A miens 8 Bordeaux & lifediterran. 2 B3rdean x.'l'imlouse, and Cet te (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders - Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast — Central of Spain ... Ceyion ss. Demerara ' t % Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss• Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Gmat North. of France Constituted 5 ...... 10%%, Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. — Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... 3% 3% Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 , Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . IIA 1 l% Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg. . Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... .. — Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica.... ..... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... ... — Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 9 3 4% 9% Over Yssel 413 s 4d — Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) a Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 - Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. . Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 1 3 0,4 l l% Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 Ditto ( Avmards) 24 1 'A ...... l% Paris and St.Qeentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) .... Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 West Flanders .. 4 11' ERUPTION OF MOUNT ITECLA.—According to news received from Iceland to the 12th of October, the eruption of Blount Hecla still continued with the same violence ; the lava ran from the south-west crater without intermission, and had already covered a space of 3 miles, and heaved up a mass in a plain at the foot of the mountain 30 to 40 cubits in height. This river of lava presented on a clear night a spectacle at once magnificent and imposing. Let the reader picture to himself a river of flaming fire precipitating itself from the summit of a lofty mountain, and assuming as it ad vances from the crater a redder colour, or a sort of bluish red. Three immense columns of smoke constantly amended from the three craters which had formed and spread them selves over the surrounding districts. Up to this period the lava had not destroyed any farm, but the ashes which had fallen into the meadows had already exercised most perni cious effects upon the cattle, especially the cows. In some districts as many as 40 had perished. The pastares in the district of Itangarvalla, situate to the eastward of Hecla, were entirely devastated on the first eruption by considerable quantities of pumice-stone, and it is feared that a great number of sheep perished on the occasion. Much uneasiness is felt at the duration of the eruption, as the lava, when it revives fresh supplies, always approaches nearer to the cul tivated lands. A FrAnts OF THE RITEK PLATE.—The gentlemen entrusted with the memorial to Lo rd Aberdeen, against the policy of Government, whith was signed by a few of the British merchants residing RI 81161105 Ayres, but which the great majority of them positively refused to sign, at all risks to themselves and their property, had an interview with the Foreign Secretary on Wednesday. We understand that his Lordship gave them a very goo d rece p tion ; but he very quietly inquired what course they w ould recommend to be adoptel, and that they left him with a full conviction that the Government -gas determined to persevere in maintaining the independence of Monte Video. By so doing, it will pre vent the establishment Of Rosas' anti-social American system on the eastern aide of aae river Plate; will keep up a com munication with the inter i .'t by the waters of the Uruguay , and will uphold - ss em t of commercial freedom main tained at Monte Vid eo through all the di ffi culties of the Republic.—Liverpoo? Z'intedi 13 / 4 0% - IN 99 191,4 4 dis 18 3 4 13 1 / 4 2 614 - 4% 62 9 7 . COURT The Queen and Prince Albert took an a i r ing °n Wedneida n' y afternoon in grt•unds at l ja ccut to Obborne House. , Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses the 1361 ! ° !. of ‘l, al, s, the Princess Royal, and 'the Princess mice were i token their accustomed exercise 011 the sea We l ) Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their ear I f tmorning walk yesterday in the pleasure-grounde Osborne House. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—His Royal Highness Pt: Alfred, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytte ll 13 ' taken a drive to Frogmore yesterday afternoon. of The Prince was taken out - in the pleasure-grounes the Castle this morning. Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir Rob ert Peel yesterday. HAYMARKET THE A TR% u pgis A new, one-act farce, entitled The Miseries of o or The lier 48, Life, was produced here last evening• chose—is a certain Mr. Ally Croake.e_et.er mirably personated by Webster). He is a bouseiteet,o end a single man, possessed of an invaluable seev;of Margaret (Mrs. Humbv), a worthy friend, Mr. ri 'e . , " esk er (Tilbury), and a good property. But Mr. .Allee - r to is not content ; he wishes to purchase certain nottio take - Texas-terrace to round his property, and also .irs• unto himself a wife in the person cf a widow, ;)( • Courtney (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham). Ile wishe s and be new coat, in which to appear before the w idow , eet hie orders it accordingly ; and he wishes to cociu b u f a st, inner man by devouring a roast p a rtridge fo ergrgre. b r , e3 eloo which partridge is duly prepared by m Mr. Croaker hateth flattery, and according e eli hs is roundly rated Margaret for being eloquent. 1 ar ea praises, she, to please her master, describes bli: cio e f r avaricious, violent brute, to Mrs. Courtney, an d away disgusted. Proud of what she thin ks ber t s ot she relates what she has done to her master, wh°l33,e°lor come in wet through, and splashed up to his eYec'est''' the rain is falling in torrents. IL calls for his pe w °t hine it has been taken off by Mr. Mildmay, and be has n oref ee but a menkey-jacket in which to mak e his aPliebreolt' before the lady. Hungry and tired, he calls foe bo ge# fast—it is not ready; in a towering rage he who bet Margaret, and quits the house. Mr. Mildnisi , he eieg been asked to breakfast, arrives true to his tinie , elitek previously purchased the houses in Texas-leer Ana s t ater ing Margaret in tears, he inquires the cause , 50 obil s diately engages her as his eon bousekeePer'reoliS he is devouring the partridge; and when CroakeLereao' he finds himself minus houses, breakfast, en bitty eft° . Mrs. Courtney arrives, and has an interview 5 ." k 11 5 0 ! to P i t e iee re She drops her handkerchief ; in stooping Croaker bursts a brace-button, and stands 5 , ; oe ble; awkwardness until, by a hitch in a buckle , he ' s e , herb/ to remedy the mischief. He unwittingly ofreo7, - s ed abusing her kith and kin ; and he, in 11 , - „ele Pr e sits down on her bonnet, and upsets a e le" - being l e rre slte f e ' of china. Mildmay now enters, and with the lady, offers and is accepted, and ' h e ece deprived of coat, breakfast, houses, and wife , b e Y e beet genius, Mildmay, orders them all to quit Us' e yerse' determining to shut himself up alone, and breou ve er miseries. But his cup is not yet full. lie is by a policeman for an assault on a cabman, well%te, bs f e r been desired to drive him to the Stock FAcHs'Oew'f him down at Bedlam. Thus far all went w ell. ot eP, logue, which is written with great Pio6lo, went trippingly off, and the incidents t eto each other with such a rapidity, ei et° house was kept in a continual roar. .But t o 0 0 1 ends with a dangerous tag. Margaret whieperto, thing to Croaker, who, therefore, comes forwltneetb9l, addressing the audience, says that be bile le ar n o bss it en , certain friends who promised to support hits hey but that he trusts the audience will do whs ei t f eid e fs-' mised to do, and that thus they may enjoeef° r "ll ings to COMP, a hearty laugh at The Miseries tell Life. This tag was received with unequivo cal S lyer, _IP of disapprobation ; the opfosition were, h°,l, - , corn e t' voted, and when Webster, after the fall of "" or " 0 0 announced that, favoured by the approbaticieo be friends, the piece would be repeated, there e mc eed doubt that the ayes had it. The house was Cr every part. SPORTING IN TELLIGiI TATTERSALL'S—YESTICRPAT.,„ of v.,01{ The only bets laid were 45 to 1 apt The 0 1 '; 5 10',Iie mend's Tug Net, 45 to 1 agst Mr. WorthingtolLt fot'for colt, and 10 to 1, in poniesagst Mr. Forth'sylo'reisboe Derby ; 15 to 1, in ponies, ag'st ag Sir C. Monckt wi fe the Oaks •, and 500 to 8 agst Mr. Hutcbinsee' s Chester Cup. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AN A r * - ll CORPORATION OF LONDOe fet• eets e tSI We are given to understand that a v he te r of the Governors of Christ's Hospital "10011,00 Tuesday, mi and that a tiodiscussion took Pla ce ' mil ci 'osi natea in a resolun, in effect conden3oo- 0 0: whole of the proceedings of the late L or d l ye St e r the Corporation of the City of London, estteeeeo agitated question of the right of the Chief ffeseieeeter take precedence ,es of all other persons, with the , or of the Sovereign, within the walls of the the Alderman Thompson, the President of ,to pr e e pital, took the chair, which was powerfull F:4l by the benefaction Governors, who formed I to , r bulk everything ge their own and way. t l i e seemed determ ili There appeared to be a disposition uPen ed' eftr el eo ;l the majority to adopt a resolution ex pressiv e :opt Sy tentiou of the Governors to resist every e tt i e t ee lie the part of the Corporation to interfere wit" leges of the body without discussion ; but Joe" Sir P. LAURIE rose, and said that he csretbeeeb de ee the Court of Governors with the view, ale l :, per; of preventing any collision, which could 0°.,.',. - 0 10 7peo able to either party, from taking place. 'll;eocefee fact, tend very much to cast ridicule upon 5 j eeeec boeceit if a difference of opinion on so important 5 s- tci maintained by either in such a m anner ti e d he eti matter of adjudication in a court of justice' Ode; lieved that those who were capable of c alnq h - biet to question into consideration, would agree v v ' t " 00 e the more advisable course would be 10 ~c o t such an understanding as would P re f :oV ridicule which was so greatly to be 1;10 0 Ole He was most decidedly of opinion that ti%kielf, Mayor had betrayed a want of judgment in ' 33- clanlik parade of going in state, with his official ate; 0, 00 , demand admission to Christ's Hospital, 1 019 1 1 i:0 5 e s so ficult to suppose that his Lordship could ha v 'e e lci rant that an opposition to his entrance vve'ceteto take place. The demand was made and r e i, e „ o e the late Lord Mayor returned without tte ° ,'ee e 0 1 0 any object. Now, it was no credit to the sti“'",,, I. h ' 0 10 Mayor to be involved in such a predicarceiti, eiveee not agreeable in such a case to hear bra 001 seeing a bite; and he could not help expre ssj %pe S eli° approval of the course which had been talte, li jeri_l s , memorable occasion. He also could not, help ue' r eP i . t .l* objection to the principle upon which the late D"', 001, acted in summoning the Governors to as seni n ,b` h e o s o° o o ball, to supply him with corrected lists. -`'„ o ,ed 1 04 , power existed as that which had been at - 011. 0 . 0° never been shown. lie at the same time rtl- :ted that the plan upon which the Governors h s u, ti e 0 1 410 many years with respect to the lists, in pla c l,poti of the Lord Mayor before that of the Prese t not to have been violated, and he hoped tb s .." e st would be restored without an appeal, which et - the discomfiture of the intellectual character it party. ftlee/sraeje e tbs Alderman Lucas, as Governor of St. P 3- paid Le Hospital, was understood to say that be c°7fi c io 7 0 0 11 Lord Mayor for the time 'being to be ex ° eeld ed e th head of all the royal hospitals. When hlelivejor Lucas) was Lord Mayor, his late Majesty, t est toeo4, Fourth,.when Duke of Clarence, acted upott,,„- ' standing in refusing to take precedence of b - 7.1 0 1, 1 0 1 1 11 1. the Chief Magistrate had been, time iminern ° ej s ee o ett i upon as the principal person at every assei ri- t the e jeS dividuala in the City. Alderman Lucas t e e Pe e ' time that he acknowledged the privilege , 'llu e r n th ti amicable adjustment would take place bets petitors for the dignity of precedence. the r o 1 1$9 Sir P. LAURIE said that he did not c eased t° , e go of the Lord Mayor to comprehend the righ t - 01 0- 0 0 to P bo es royal hospitals, and take upon himself s matters of business necessarily arising from 0 o° - of the Governors. The Lord Mayor cou ld 13 0 01° 1 0 ' justified in taking the chair on such an 0ce 551 ; b as ,. / 0 4 should be justified in going to any wardni°f. the own and pushing the particular Alderman ° flee from his stool. r b r iet!;t l Alderman THOMPSON (the President 01 0 0 6" pital) altogether differed in opinion fromeeses,ei men who had advocated the line of conduct Pod 0 , the late Lord Mayor and the Governors vee'htistretgeo, his Lordship. He insisted that the Chief xileiv, not sanctioned by established prac tice, ° r A, tweets principle of reason or justice, in adopting 614.70000 tbei and he declared that if the Corporation of e? ove f disposed to try the question in a coat ° ules ° ea ° should he most resolutely met by the ant 00 ) 1 hospital, who were determined not to Sabo cj ery * moment to an usurpation. He defended tee the correspondence which had taken place on thasor the Governors of Christ's Hospital, as reP r i,ord of the Queen and the refusal to admit the o teee e ior s ' A into the hall, and repeated, that if the CorP ° f i t idlc a or tamed the fancy to appeal to the courts, %Pie °- they should certainly not be disappointed In o f de : to try the experiment. toc e The Governors generally approved of thecorpoe.diote fiance in which the President spoke of these detemcOrSe and the energy with which he expressed stet 0 1150 11 resi s ter th s o tion of the authorities of the hospital to attempt upon the part of a Lord Mayor too % t ed a a and occupy the seat to which he was •PP tv i o r t presiding officer of the institution. Ifee t e etl e' Resolutions were then passed, to the twee the conduct of Aldermap Thompson , t he peesu"' oft to Pidgeon, the treasurer, in the whole cos en title d ceedings on the question, were eminently, 0 ) . „ eh thanks of the Governors of Christ's HosP ttl ee l Sti s felin e We understand that a meeting of the Itegetto, et o vin Committee was subsequently held at Guile", te , 10 0 0, 1 / an account of what had taken place at Che' o ateleer was detailed, and that the members cam e Lord to the resolution to assert the right of the pc ii to p take recedence. bore or The p oceedings of Monday and TuesdaY.„loo it beyond all question that the matter be be t handed over to the lawyers. 0 0 els The tiol,!1/ MORTALITY IN TILE METROPOLIS --w ine pee of deaths was 909, showing a decrease of 32 5s ' t ee n i o se r the preceding week. We are glad to find theto cet i g t e from measles is on the decrease, as well as . t er eeeet a • diseases of the lungs and other organs of resP l % t be,'i, ing-cough exhibits returns considerably abo r k o ir. ~,etLO but still inferior to those of the week endingferoi ry role violent deaths were 23, of which 8 were or os, and collisions, 7 from drowning , 5 froneeee bol O P ' hanging, and 1 from murder — a child. r suicide. 2 v / s 20 5 iii 21% 2% p 20 3 4 _ l% 14 1 4 24 21% 7 % _: 03 / 4 24 OA 63%