The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, In I Tele., post I'M.. Y OUNG LOV E. By MRS. TROLLOPS. Authoress of " The Vicar of Vrrexhill," " The Widow Barnaby," &c. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER. t 2, Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera THE SYREN. Marco Tempesta, Mr. W. Harrison; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King; Zerlina (the Syren), Miss Rainforth. After which, the Grand Ballet, entitl e d THE CORSAlR.zonrsd, M. Al bert; Julien, M. Desplaces; SanguoM. Montessu; Me*lora, Miss Clara Webster Une Vivandiere, Mdlle. Auguste, Deltas ; Guinare, Mille. Adele Dumilatre. 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 22, Will be repeated Var!brugb's Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY. Adapted to the present Period. ------- The Principal Characters by Messrs. Strickland, W. Farren, Buckstone, and C. Mathews, Madame Vestris, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. E. Yarnold, Miss Tulia Bennett, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. Glover. After which. will be produced a New Comic Drama, founded on Den Caaar de Bazan, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr C. Mathews; Nlariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. _ To oonclude with a New Farce, by Bir. — Buckstone, entitled THE ri I sBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone , Sam Shindy, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even ing), ss. each. First Price—Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, t2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—B ixes, 3s ; 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Geller y, ed. Doors opened at Half past Six, Per 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-olliee, from fen till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 22, _ _ _ Will be performed an eni irely New Drama, entitled CESAR DE BAZAN ; or, Love And Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Cwsar ee B izan, Mr. Webst r • Maratina, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, cal.ed TELE %I ACHUS ; er, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Mi ss Woolgar ; Calypso, dr. 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, 'Jr Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box—odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 22. Will be perform d THE SIREN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Walton, G. Horn, Jun., Leffler, Allen,and Mdlle. Nau. DTo conclude with the New rama, called DON C/ESAR DR BAZ AN. Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the second, Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling ; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fo.broke. - Stage Manager Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist. Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4& ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 25. 6d. ; Boxes, 21. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, l'wo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half prst Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM. LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE _ - - Under the Management of Mrs, KEELEY. First Week of the New Grand Tale of Enchantment. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 22, Will be repeated THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS .ONS W.th entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Chars Aers by Mr. Diddear, Mr. .1. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Weolli tge, Mr. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mr s James, Miss Arden, Miss-Grove, Miss Fort scue, and Mrs. Keeley. To cone ude with a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHU ZZ LE. WI r. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, Craven, ranery, F. elathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, stantosi, J. W. Collier, YarnoM i and Keeley; Miss Portescue, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge , Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Mies Turner, and Mrs. Keth-y. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 4g.; tippet Boxes, 3e.; Pit, 2s:; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2.. ; Upper Boxes, is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (lidding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second i'tsr (bolding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Uoxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One (lulrea' The Box- dtice is open from Ten to Four o'clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTI. PY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY; Open every evening with its unequalled rotation Lf Equestrian and Dramatic Entertainments THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 22, and during the week at Seven o'Clock, The Splendid Spectacle from the Poem of the illustrious Sir Walter Scott, entitled LOCHINVAR ; or, The Bridal of Netherby, and Steed of the Brave. Entire change of the Scenes of the Circle, and n' vet feats of Horse- Manahip, by thee x tensive corps of French and Br tish riders. l'o conclude with THE BLOOD-RED KNIGHT; or, The War riors of Palestine. Acting and stage.rn-mager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 22, Will be performed a New Drama, enti led DON CESAR DE B A ZAN. supported by the entire Company. To conclu' e with a New Military Drama, entitled THE EVE OF BATTLE. Sup, orted by the whole Ctmpany, with New Scenery and Splendid Appointments. PLcei and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. Vince, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 22, Will be performed DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Principal Cha ratters I,y Messrs. I sba!diston, Dale, Herbert, and Miss Vincent. After which THE MANIAC'S CAVE. Octavian, Air. Graham FlAantlie, Mrs. W. West . To conclude with THAT RASCAL JACK. Private Family Boxes, XI Is. Od. and XI Ils. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, OCT. 21. ToarastosorrEn, Lowest, 44; Highest, 54; Noon, 45 BAROMETER, 29.62.—Wnin, S.E. _ Ivor.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u.vally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 4 minutes after 11 1 Evening ... 34 minutes after 11 Ineornintir 24111; LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1844. At a late meeting of the Bucks magistrates, at which the demoralizing Game-laws were made the subject of discussion, Sir H. VERNEY boldly stated a , a fact which could not be gainsayed—and to which no one present ventured to offer the slightest contra diction—that one-fourth of the Buckinghamshire crops was annually destroyed by game ; and that o , five hundred and thirty individuals committed to the county gaol, one hundred and sixty-nine were for offences against the Game-laws ! The worthy Baronet concluded by proposing that Government should be memorialised on the subject, but the pro. posal was rejected by a large majority. This is no more than we should have anticipated, for it is astonishing with what tenacity the aristo cracy—and more especially the squirearchy— of England, cling to those injurious laws, which are among the last remains of the oppressive feudal system. In their partial eyes they are everythiny that is just and beneficent in legislation, happily adapted to the tastes of the age in general, and t, their own special interests in particular; consequently whoever offends against them must be the mos , egregious and inexcusable of criminals. We really believe there is no offence—not even arson or murder —of which our provincial magistrates entertain s& great a horror, or which they punish with such re morseless severity, as an offence against the Game laws. A poacher is, in their estimation, s. miracle of depravity—a species of vermb, which deserves to be exterminated without mercy. 11 they could have their own will in Parliament, they would make the laws against him more strip. gent than ever, and banish him for life to one of our penal settlements, there to meditate in anguish and solitude, on the atrocity of the crime he had perpe trated in snaring one of the 'Squire's superfluous hares, or making free with one of the hundreds of pheasants to be found in his well-stocked preserves Of course the majority of our readers are well aware of the causes of the antipathy which our rural magis tracy entertain towards poaching. Most of them are themselves keen sportsmen—preservers of game with the utmost strictness ; consequently their sense of justice is wondrously sharpened by their sense of self-interest. Generally speaking, we do not accuse them of undue severity in the administration of the laws entrusted to them ; they are consi derate, tolerant—we wish we could add that they are remarkable for sagacity—and by no means indisposed to visit with lenity such offenders as they may be called on to punish ; but let an un happy poacher once be brought before them, and away goes all their toleration—all their forbearance— all their lenity ; the frown deepens on their brow, and Justice pits on her most inexorable expression of countenance,_to mark her sense of the atrocious act committed by the criminal on whom she is called to adjudicate. This undue severity is deeply to be la mented, for it is productive of the most in jurious consequences by tending to widen the breach—already quite wide enough—between the labourin g classes and their superiors; but still more to be lamented is the existence of the Game-laws in their present tyrannical form. With all their harsh ness they fail of putting a stop to the offence of poaching—and they would fail to do so, were they ten times as stringent as they are—while they compel the humbler orders to re gar d those who support th as legal despots and oppressors o f the most petty an d , v exatious character. It must ever b e a difficult -- almost, indeed, an impossible—task to' convince the destitute labourer who may not be furnished with means enough to provide himself and his family with the day's meal, and who, moreover, from scarcity of work, may have more time on his hands than he knows how to employ ;—it must always, we say, be a difficult task to convince such a man, who -is, not unfrequently, among the most ignorant of the corn- inunity, that in taking a hare or a pheasant, or a ""- 1 4 4 % Me . • At .` 4, 7 , ,or, 0111 • 7 • • 4, 411 , 1 7 LA e• 'f 4 v . . — • •Al 0 ~ .11ZrEEVI T 4 V -- -EV ',h.- R.. 00 As.. „. 7 • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1844. curious remarks on the speech of the Queen of SPAIN " We find ourselves in the singular position of having to rectify an erratum. We have again examined the original text of the speech delivered by Queen Isabella at the opening of the Cortes, and we see there that the Constitutional Government of Spain expresses a wish that the field of political discussions should hereafter be closed. We confess that we feel more regret for this error on account of the Spanish Government than we could have for ourselves. If it were simply intended, as we still believe it was, to express a hope that the prin ciple of government should be placed beyond discussion, it is unfortunate that terms were not used less capable of a malevolent interpretation. But- if it were true, which we feel it impossible to imagine, that a Parliamen tary Government should entertain the idea of convo king a deliberative assembly, ~ to impress upon it the necessity of maintaining silence, in that case we should decline to make an apology for so strange a manner of compre hending free institutions, and we should be compelled to acknowledge that those who feel themselves scandalised at it are not entirely in error." THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, OCT. 19. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per •• . 118 35 .. 118 45 •.'llB 30 .. 118 35 F our _ an d_ a _H a lf„ 111 70 111 70 .. in 70 .. 111 70 Three per Cents.•. 82 20 .. 82 25 .. 82 20 .. 82 25 Bank of France. 3052 50 —3052 50 .3052 50 .. 3052 53 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ••1120 120 ••1120 5,000 f. Sharesso42 50 •.5045 —5012 50 .. 5045 Belgian Bank ..• •••••.• • • • • 66 5 •• 665 665 665 Selgilua Fives,lB3l.• 1014 •• 1011 .. 1014 1014 1840 ..... lo3i 103 f .. 1033 1031 1842 •••••••• 10 5 •• 105 105 105 Spanish Passive.• • ••• ••• • • • 5 „ 1 • • 5 $ •• 5; .. Active .. ••••• • • • • • 32 1 •• 32 if •• 324 .. 324 Threes .• ••••• • • • • • 35 .. 35 • 3 5 .. 35 Portuguese Five per Centa • • 501 •• 504 504 50 4 Neapolitan...• •. • • • • • 98 65 98 65 98 65 .. 98 65 Roman • 106_ 106 .. 106 .. 106 RAILWAY SHARES. -- St. Germain. •••••• •••• 915 •• 915 •• 915 •• 915 Ver5a111e5,R.8............. 397 50 .. 397 50 ...397 50 .. 397 50 L. 8.•• •• •• •••• •• 235 . 286 .. 210 .. 280 Rouen ..1020 . 1025 ••1010 —1025 Rouen to Havre• 1016 ..1017 50 —lOl5 ..1017 50 Strasburg to Bale 2BO .• 280 .. 277 50 . 278 75 Avignon. to Marseilles•• •• •• 781 25 • 781 25 ...781 25 .. 781 25 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 31. 397 50 .. 397 50 .. 397 50 .. 397 50 285 .• 285 .. 280 .. 280 Rouen •••• lOlB 75 .4026 25 ..1f.:18 75 —1026 V, /toiler! to Havre•• Orleans ...........1016 2i ..1017 50 —lOl6 25 . itrasburg to 8a1e.......... 277 50 .. 278 25 .. 2i7 50 Ds 7, Avignon to Marseilles— •• •• 781 25 .. 781 25 . 781 25 .. 781 2. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 10.—His Majesty presided in a Council of Ministers, and transacted business yester day with the Minister of War and the Minister of the Interior. A journal of Verviers says :—" The persons who, on the evenings of the 15th and 16th, manifested such a violent opposition to the Jesuits, were summoned this morning before the Justice of Peace. The cause is adjourned for a week, in order to hear the wit nesses and the counsel of the accused." The Governor of the Province of Hainaut being informed that the magistrates of several communes have received applications for information respecting a pretended unreclaimed estate of Jacques Dubois, said to have died in the Indies, leaving a considerable fortune, thinks it his duty to remind them of a notice which states that repeated inquiries made by the former India Company, and subsequently, never pro- cured the least certainty respecting the existence of this Jacques Dubois in the colonies : and.the fortune of that individual, said to be deposited in the coffers of the India Company, is a chimera, no sum payable on this head existing in the coffers of the Colonial Department either in Europe or Asia. M. Delpierre, of the Belgian Legation at London, has arrived at Brussels. Though he has not brought the Postal Convention concluded between Belgium and England, as was expected, we are glad to an nounce that it may be considered as having by this time been invested with all the necessary formalities. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Om 12. Five per Cents. Metalliques••••••• .................«.«s. 110". Four per Colts,. ««•«..«. ........ ....... 000000000000 iooq Three per Cents. Bank Shares •• —OO •••••••••••••••«••••••••••• ••• •••••• 1601 .111gemeine " Z;ituteg, Oct. 15. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, OCT. IS. Actua Debt 2% per Cent. Rothschild'sLein, Five per Cent lO2 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 98% Q+ —^ Three per Cent — Thirty-seven Wilms, ditto (1840).............. 108% .. 1844.... ......••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 104 1 p Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. lO3 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. —. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6 0% Issue of 1841.. ............ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• —Brussels P ap ers . 19. The report which we published on Thursday last of the proceedings at the Maidstone Petty Sessions involves a case, the importance of which is not to be measured by the miserable amount of the property — ten turnips valued at 4d.—for which the unfortunate delinquent, charged with the offence of stealing it, was brought before a bench of Kentish magistrates. Those magistrates, we at once admit, had no discre tion leit them in this case of SARAH GREENGROVE• The prosecutor, a farmer named BAXTER, disregard ing the statement of the unhappy girl herself, who acknowledged that she had taken up four turnips, prompted by the cravings of fierce hunger—unmoved by the simple but impressive appeal of the Chairman, who recommended him not to press the charge, per sisted in his demand for " justice" (!); and the Bench sentenced her to pay the value of the turnips and the amount of the penalty and the costs. Now let us examine the facts of this case a little more narrowly. They may supply a key to the origin of prevalent offences—aye,of prevalent crimes of a far deeper dye, and of consequences infinitely more wasting and ter rible. The girl, aged fifteen years only, was on her re urn from Marden, where she had been hopping ; and, exhausted with fatigue, thirst and hunger, she was observed by a labourer in BAXTER'S service to enter one of prosecutor's fields, and draw, not ten, but four, turnips. The Chairman remarked on the posi tion he was•placed in by her own admissions, sug gesting, however, that, as she did not appear to have committed any depredations of this kind before, he would leave it to Mr. BAXTER'S discretion whether to proceed further or not. BAXTER, not be cause he disputed the fact of the girl's being unimplicated in any former depredation, but " because he had lost a great many turnips by other offenders," and been subject to several severe "depredations" lately on his farm— insisted on pressing the charge against GREENGROVE. The Chairman in vain pointed out the difference between her case and that of the old offenders, of whom he was now speaking. BAXTER, who talked as if it was a question of hungry rabbits, instead of human beings, remarked that "he had a great difficulty in catching them, and he was determined to make -an example"—not of them, the " old offenders"—but "of the first one he could lay hold of;" old or new. The Chairman was thus compelled to proceed in the discharge of his painful duty. When he had delivered the sentence of the Court, the wretched girl stated " she had no money." With a degree of humanity, which it, does not seem that the prosecutor had the merit of originating, the Court desired her to sit down ; and we can well ima gine the trembling anxiety with which she must have awaited the making out of the order to commit her to gaol in default of payment. Was she, though young in years, old in crime ?—an experienced depredator ? —a regularly trained " depredator ?" Was she of that character and those connexions which would justify, in the opinion of some, the remorseless se verity of the farmer towards her ? Why, what followed ? Let us judge of the probabilities by the facts. A little boy entered the court crying bitterly, approached the bench, and tendered the amount " decreed and decerned against her," as the Scotch lawyers would say, which amount he had raised by taking his shoes from off his own feet and pawning them. This was the poor delinquent's brother. Will any man undertake to say that the girl_can have been a depraved and ac customed thief, or her family one supported by field " depredations," or other courses of habitual dis honesty, in the face of so touching an example of afisleauft as this subsisting between the brother and the sister ? Is theirs a case with many parallels in higher ranks and among relatives of much ampler and loftier fortunes ? Do the records of our courts of law, or our criminal judicature, supply mans such examplifications of that principle of pure affection Alich prompts one individual to denude himself of his own property to rescue another, his kinsman, from the inability to meet the amercement of a criminal court or the finding of a jury in a civil action ? Be it remembered that the boy's sacrifice was fully a, great in proportion as any which wealthier parties could have made, to whatever amount they might have carried theirs. But now what shall we think of the landowner legislation—of the landlord-made laws—which enacts such monstrous immorality and injustice as are obviously illustrated by this very ;ase ? To steal turnips is an offence against property, and must be repressed by certain pe nalties. , Granted, if you will. But are there to be no checks, no modifications, upon those penalties, according to circumstances? The value of the pro perty, here, is found—(on no lenient mitigating re presentation, observe, of a reluctant accuser, but on the statement of a party, anxious, by his own showing, to inflict, on the first offender " he can catch," his re sentment for the depredations committed by others) — at fourpence. The bench, under the instructions of the statute, award fourpence for the property. But then the penalty ? How much, in such a trumpery ease, shall be the penalty to vindicate the offended law ? Sixpence more. The sum of tenpence the poor irl cannot pay—the hard-hearted prosecutor will not remit. Of non-payment, imprisonment for a limited period—nicely ascertained by a penal " sliding scale" .if terms of incarceration—is the assigned and only alternative. Hard enough this on the delinquent. .But is this all ? No. Property and penalty are satisfied, with tenpence : but costs—costs, that is to say, in the shape of fees to the magistrates' clerk, or the clerk of the peace, or some other cmall legal minnow of insatiable office appetite ;—these amount to rather more than four times the whole charge for penalty rind property I Away, then, with the trumpery pretence of vindicating law and property by such ainercennents. They are meant to feed the never- ending, everywhere planted, all-absorbing feelers of the law staff, which in this country are the beginning and the ending of all things. In the case of GREEN- GROVE, a benevolent man sat as chai rman , an d doubt. less his brother magistrates concurred in his feeling. The money was refunded—by slme one—to the noble boy. A word, now, to over severe farmers and landlord legislators. Do they imagine (we put the case we have been discussing out of the question, and speak of a whole class, not of a solitary example)—do they suppose that they will increase, in starving and pau perised labourers, respect for property, by overstrain ing the vengeance of the law against the most paltry transgressions upon it ? Do they fancy that the public cannot see through the flimsy disguise which interposes itself between the ostensible object of petty larceny and summary jurisdictive Acts of Parliament such as we have alluded to, and the miserable, sordid selfishness, which originates and passes them ? Do they expect to extinguish the secret torch of the prowling incendiary, by multiplying penalties upon their devoted heads when the desperation of hunger has driven to a twopenny outrage on the products - - of other men's fields ? Do they conceive that the best course of securing the abstinence of wayfaring paupers in search of work from pillage, and even violence,--" is to lie perdue," as it were, " tt t , catch the fir s t" an d most helplek‘, and most pitiable of fender? Do they persuade themselves that, to show no pity for others, is to ensure respect for them selves? Madrid jouanals - or the 12th and 13th instant have been received. The Chamber of Deputies met again on the 13th, and, after s+nne routine business, a d. journed. After the adjournment, about 150 Deputies partridge, from a neighbouring preserve that con tains hundreds of them, reared with no other view than to contribute to their owner's amusement, he is committing such a flagrant outrage against so ciety as his inexorable judges uniformly assure him is the case. Bitterly—most bitterly he resents the punishment awarded him for his transgression against the , demoralizing Game-laws ; and when the period of his imprisonment has expired, and he again comes forth into the word, a free man, his whole na ture has undergone a change ; he feels that he has been made the victim, not so much of justice, as of arbitrary, self-interested authority ; and this conviction renders him reckless—desperate—and eager to revenge on society the wrongs which he conceives he has sus tained at its hands. How many a criminal of the blackest die, who has held the blazing torch of " Swing," and even shed the blood of his fellow-creatures, may trace his ruin to the day when he was first convicted of poaching, and punished for the offence with as much remorseless severity as if he had perpetrated an act of he most atrocious character ! The Heraldo of the 12th instant states that the Stock Exchange was seriously affected by the decrees published on the 9th instant. The Minister of Finance had completely deceived himself. The hopes of the State creditors had been frustrated, and a disastrous fall in the funds was the consequence. The Three per Cents. were done at 26} for cash, and 26i at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 20k for cash, and 20 5-16 at 60 days. The Paris papers in general contain articles on the new Belgian tariff, which they admit is chiefly directed against English manufactures. They at the same time, however, condemn a system so ruinous to commerce. The Constitutionnel thus adverts to it : " The Belgian Government has organised a customs agitation. Not a month passes without its publish ing some order to modify the entrance duties on cer tain goods. At one time it is to frighten Prussia, at another it is to lay a snare for France, and, again, to let England see that there are customs in Belgium. The last changes in the tariff refer to machinery, chemical produce, cotton and silk goods, tulles, and lace. The duties on these different articles are aug mented in pretty considerable proportions. However, France and the Zollverein are temporarily excepted from the measure, and the new duties are not to be applicable to our cotton tissues until after a year has elapsed; silk tissues are to enjoy the exemption during the continuance of the treaty of July 16, 1842, that is about twenty months. With respect to the Zollverein, the old duty will still subsist for six years. At the end of a year Belgium will tell us, without doubt, that the additional tax will affect our cotton tissues, if we do not make her some new con cession, and a little after she will demand the re newal of the treaty of July 16, threatening us, in case of refusal, to increase the duty on our silks. All this is puerile. It is a bad way of preparing the road for arriving at a commercial arrangement. If Belgium totally prohibited our silks and other tissues we should lose a market of seven or eight millions, which is very insignificant for our foreign commerce, if, by way of reprisals, we should close France to the linen, threads, and cloths of our neighbours, we shouli reduce their exports to 18,000,000 or 20,000,000, and should ruin their linen trade. Let them look at the question in this point of view, and they will then perhaps renounce this sad system of tactics, which shows so little experience and good faith." The Globe, however, blames the French Govern ment even more than the Belgian, for want of libe rality in commercial intercourse. After pointing out the arrangements and concessions made by both coun tries up to 1838, it says :—" Now, let us see, how the two Governments have since acted. The Belgian Government has maintained all the concessions, while the French Government has successively and almost completely withdrawn them, so that there remain scarcely any of those granted by the French ordon nances of the Bth of July, 1834 ; 10th of October and 28th of December, 1835 ; by the two laws of the 2d and 3a of July, 1836, except the reductions in the duties on linen cloths, and even these are almost annihilated by the ordonnance of the 24th of September, 1840, and by M. DELESPAUL'S amend ment with regard to thread. Things were in this state when forth came the ordonnance of the 26th of June, 1842, which, by a general measure, doubled the entrance duties on threads and linen cloths. Was it just to impose this aggravation of duties on Bel gium, which had paid for the reduction of the duty Upon linen by such numerous and important conces sions ? Certainly not. The concession of the 16th of July, therefore, was not a favour but an act of justice. We shall not carry our patriotism so far as to disguise the truth, and we are of opinion that we render a greater service to our country by pointing out to it an error or an act of injustice, than by endeavouring to conceal it." To say the least of this new system, amounting almost to prohibition, it shows anything but a friendly disposition on the part of King LEOPOLD. The Journal des Debate has an article blaming, in rather strong terms, Captain BRUAT for publishing dispatches at Otaheite before they had been sub mitted to the Government at home. "M. BauAr," it says; " set a bad example, and therefore we thought it necessary to protest. There cannot be any pri vilege for M. BRUAT. Whether he is 4,000 leagues distant from France or not does not affect the question. At 4,000 leagues as well as 200 the prin ciples are the same. Had M. BRUAT a right to publish officially his report ? Could he make himself a judge, and the only judge, of the utility and propriety of this publication ? If this state of things be per mitted, what M. BRUAT did all our agents would be authorised to do ; and not only would they be authorised to do it, but the Opposition would soon imperiously require them to do it. M. BRUAT is a brave officer, but see how he has increased in import ance in the eyes of the Opposition since this indis - - creet publication ! lie is a hero, and we want to - - - make a victim of him ! Would it not, in fact, be con venient for the Opposition to receive at the same time as the Government the diTatches of our Ambassadors, and the reports of our officers by sea and land ? Would it not ha agreeable to oppose the Ministry and sometimes to cut its throat with its own arms, with the documents received from its agents ? And then, let the Government take it into its head to refuse anything to a commandant of a province or colony who shall have transmitted his demand by the channel of his private Moniteur. All this, we repeat, is anarchy. If M. 13a1AT acted without reflection, we have considered it our duty to reflect on it very seriously, and if M. BRVAT is excusable, those who supporthere a principle subversive of all government and of all order are not so." The result probably will be his speedy recal. The Paris papers contain the following speech made by the Sub-Prefect to the KING on landing at Calais : " Sire, during your absence we have listened with pro found sj mpathy to the echoes of the acclamations with which you were saluted on the friendly soil of Great Britain; and bythe side of her august Sovereign, to whom we have offered from afar our respects and grateful good wishes. Sire, this memorable day, on which you are restored to us, will be the finest in the annals of the faithful city of Calais, and it is in the full effusion of our hearts that we exclaim Vive le Roi !" 1115 MAJESTY thanked him for expressions so conge nial to his own feelings, and added that he was happy to find himself again among the inhabitants of Calais, mho had given him already so many proofs of attach ment. • The Journal des Dekas contains the following assembled at the residence of M. SALAMANCA, and it was unanimously agreed to support M. CASTRY Y Oaozco for the Presidency of the Chamber. It is said that a considerable number of Deputies desire a modification of the Cabinet, which would preserve General NARYAEZ. The other fractions of the Chamber, who do not desire a change of Ministers, will support M. IsTuaiz for the Presidency. The following gloomy picture of the state of parties in the new Cortes appears in the Clamor Public() of the 13th : " New dissensions, and serious divisions, are about to separate the men who represent the fatal period through which Spain is at present progressing. The question of reform is for those men a point agreed upon, but they are neither agreed on the manner of accomplishing it, nor upoa the period at which it ought to take place. The Cabinet, alarmed at the fate which menaces it, regards as urgent the destruction of the constitutional basis of the fundamental law, and the conversion of the Ministerial plans into organic laws, promulgated in haste to enchain public opinion, which repels them as an attempt against public liberty, and the laws and guarantees of the Spanish people. The Carlist faction requires the restitution of the Church property, and the marriage of the son of Don Carlos with Queen Isabella 11., in order afterwards to declare the intervention of the Cortes incompatible with the dignity of the throne. The Franco-Spanish party wish for an enlightened despotism In place of the Constitution of 1837, and desire that the present Ministry should retain office. There remains a very small fraction of Moderados who make a show of being opposed to the Government of the sabre, but who endure it. They reject the marriage of the Queen with a son of Don Carlos, but they flatter the partisans of that measure. They approve of a Parliament, but they detest popular institutions. They condemn the principle of the national sovereignty, and present but an incoherent assemblage—a handful of men without a will of their own, or without a principle. Such are the elements of which the Spanish Cortes are composed which assembled on the day when Queen Isabella IL attained the age prescribed by the Constitution for ascending the throne of her ancestors. The middle classes will have no re presentatives in the Chambers. It may easily be con ceived that all these heterogeneous elements, this dif ference of opinions, of principles, of exigencies, and . .•f miserable jealousies, will convert the Chamber into a rC gular camp of Agramont, and that the work which will result from all these exalted passions can neither bear the stamp of wisdom or of stability which becomes the code destined to define the political rights of a civilised nation." DUTCH MAIL. PORTSOKEN WARD, ELECTION OF ALDERMAN. A wardmote was held yesterday ia thecourt-yarel of the Three Nuns Tavern, Aldgate, for the purpose of electing an Alderman, in the room of David Salomons, Esq., lately rejected by the Court of Aldermen. The candidates were Mr. ex- Sheriff Moon, and J. R. Bousfield, Esq., cloth-worker, of Houndsditch. Popular feeling seemed to run strongly in favour of the late Sheriff and various surmises were hazarded, as to his opponent's intention to proceed to the poll. Precisely at one o'clock, the Lord Mayor and Civic func tionaries arrived, and the wardmote was opened in the usual manner. Before commencing the proper business of the day, Mr. Salomons entered a pro test against the whole proceedings. Mr. D. W. WIRE also entered a protest, signed by many of the most influential inhabitanttof the ward, against the election of another Alderman in the room of David Salomons, Esq., duly elected by them on a previous occasion. Both protests were received by the Lord Mayor. Mr. SALOMONS then, amid much interruption, pro ceeded to address the ward, on the anomalous situa tion in which he and they were placed by the decision of the Court of Aldermen. Against that decision he was determined to appeal, and he felt assured that the Courts of Westminster would do him the justice which had been refused by that of G u ildh a ll,— (Cheering and indescribable confusion, during which not a word could be heard.) The LORD MAYOR threatened to dissolve the ward mote, unless something like decencyl was observed. —(lncreased disorder.) Mr. SALomoNs again attempted to address the meeting, but after the delivery of a few sentences was obliged to finish somewh a t a b ruptly. Mr. WARD then rose, and after passing a high eulogium upon the late Sheriff, Mr. Moon, proposed him as a fit and proper person to represent the ward. —(Cheers, groans, and confusion.) Mr. BULL felt great pleasure in seconding the no mination.—(Cries of "Go home to your shop," " Put a sheet of foolscap on Moon," &c.) There being no other candidate, Mr. Bousfield having declined the contest, Mr. Moon was declared elected. Thanks were voted to the Lord Mayor, and the most noisy wardmote which it was ever our lot to see was then dissolved. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at the Castle at twelve minutes past seven o'clock in a car riage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by Cornet the Hon. G. W. Milles, from Osborne House, Isle of Wight, which place the Royal party left at twenty minutes before two o'clock. Her Majesty and the Prince were attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, the Earl of Liverpool, Major-General Wemyss, and Col. Bouverie. On alighting at the Castle her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received by the Hon. Misses Murray and Kerr, Maids of Honour, Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting, and the Earl of Hardwicke. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Hardwicke, Sir Henry Pottinger, and Sir Henry Wheatley, arrived at the Cattle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal Family were not taken out to-day, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. Yesterday afternoon their Royal Highnesbes the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken for a walk in the pleasure grounds adjoining the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw ' and Sir George Couper, joined th e roya l di nner circle, at the Castle, this evening. A deputation from the Chester, Stockport, and Manchester Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Lot Gardiner, Mr. William Wanklyn, and Mr. Elli combe, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday after noon, on a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica were re ceived yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governors of the West India Colonies. Windsor Henry Pottinger left town yesterday for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 16.—8 y what we learn from a quarter generally well informed, considerable pro gress has been lately made in the conversion of the Five per. Cent. Act debt; it is affirmed that the option of changing the Five per Cents. for Four per Cents., at 96i per cent., will decidedly not be continued be yond Saturday, the 26th of October next. The session of the States-General is to be opened on Monday, the 21st, at noon. It appears by the programme, which is now published, that it will be opened by the King in person. BERLIN, OCT. 15.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia is, in every respect, as well as he can be under the circumstances. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The Funds closed with a heavy appearance, and the prospect of British capitalists taking part of the new French loan causes some anxiety. Consols have been 99i for Money, and 99i to par for Account. Exche quer Bills have been 71s. to 735. premium. Bank Stock rallied to 205. Spanish Fite per Cents. closed a little flat at 23- ; and the Three per Cents. at 34;',, 1 f. Mexican were 341 ; Chilian, 102 ; and Belgian, 104. Tho additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these : —Birmingham and Gloucester were 2 ; Bristol and Exeter, 5 to 6 ; Direct Northern, 4 1 : to * ; Great Western, 62 to 63 ; Ditto, Half, 34 ; Harwich, ; Hull and Selby, 12 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 3 ; Kendal and Windermere, 31 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 102 ; London and York, I* ; Midland, 5 ; Newcastle and Dar lington, 25 ; South-Eastern, 8* ; Yarmouth and Nor wich, 5 ; Central of France. 1k- ; Boulogne and Amien , , 2 ; Orleans and Tours, 2to ; and Paris and Stras burgh, k- premium. Brighton, 2i- s ; Midland and Birmingham and Derby, 25 ; West London, 18 ; and Ditto, Preferred; 2 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a moderate demand for Cotton at Liver pool on Saturday. Sales about 3,000 bales at previous rates. Speculators and exporters were quite inactive. — There was still an active demand for Railway Shares. French were duller, however. Caledonian, 4 ; Churnet Valley, 4i; Dublin and Cashel, 13; Eastern Counties, 13i; Glasgow and Greenock, 12:1 ; Grand Junction, Half, 1031 ; Great Western, Fifths, 26; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 34; London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 361; Ditto and Brighton, 47j-; Ditto and York, 31 ; Direct Northern, 2/. 14s. ; Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarter, 51; Sheffield and Manchester, 99} ; South-Eastern, 419 ; Ditto, New, 144 ; Ulster, 39; Paris and Orleans, 39k; Paris and Rouen, 391. To parties connected with the West Indian and South American trades, much satisfaction is expressed at the regularity with which the Royal Mail Packet service is now performed. The immense difficulties with which the Directors of the Company have had to contend need not further be alluded to. Notwithstanding the severe cri ticisms as to bad management, &c., indulged in by too many of our " brethren of the broad sheet," the ma nagers of the Company have steadily proceeded in their course of improvement. In conjunction with this splen did line of mail steamers, there will shortly be added another line, reaching from Vera Cruz to Panama, thus embracing in a series of routes the whole of the valuable coast of South America. As soon as the plans have been arranged for carrying out this great object, an outline of the operations will be noticed under this head. The contents of the private mercantile letters which have come to hand this morning by the Teviot steamer, are unusually destitute of matters of interest. A steady ad vance in the sugar trade is one of the prominent features in the letters, and upon many plantations the use of guano had proved of esse n ti a l benefit where a laxity of management bad been exhibited. The majority of the planters appear to have been put upon their mettle by improvements carried out in foreign parts who* the cane is cultivated. This is just as it ought to be ; and the more scientific manag e rs of p ro p er ty i n the West Indies do not apprehend that any loss will accrue to them by the admission of free labour grown sugar at the reduced duty now imposed upon the article. We understand that the negotiations which have been in progress for a junction between the managers of the projected lines of railway between Staines, Richmond, and the Hungerford Suspension-bridge, has been all but brought to a favourable termination. Of the great ad vantages this short line of railway will possess, not a doubt can be entertained ; and by the combination of interests now on the eve of completion, not only ex penses will be saved by carrying on separate interests, but the rapid completion of the line will be ensured by mutual co-operation. The Funds have been very heavy - to-day, and sales having been pressed, there is a fall of to per cent. in the quotations. Consols for Money have receded from 1001 to 999, and for Time from 100-/- to par. The Com missioners bought at par. Exchequer Bills were 745.. to 71s. prem. Bank Stock has realised only 2041 to 203. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 1029 to 1011, and the Three per Cents 994 to 99. The Foreign market has been very dull, but prices generally are steady. Spanish Actives realise 231 ; the Three per Cents. 34i 9 ; and Portuguese Converted, 50 1 • Mexican Bonds have been 34k, and Columbian, 141 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 621 to 63. The Railway Shares have been drooping, and there is a decline in most of the quotations. The Great Western are decidedly lower on account of the opposition line from Windsor. The others also have been in less re quest. PRICSE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank 5t0ck.,................•.. ••• •••••••••• ****** •I 1 20 QM 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann u itie s •••• 99% 99 3 per Cent. Consols. Amis. lOO% 99% 100 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities .. 102% 101% Long Annuities, Expire sth Tan. 1860 l2 1-16 'Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1959 India Bonds,l,ooo ............. ......... .. ...... Ditto under 1,000 9l Cons°lg for Account ..........- lo oli% I& 15d 1,0004 .....«..........«..... .....«..... 74 71 pm. 5001... ~ .. "............... ............ 74 71 pm. Ditto Alan.... ...... —..-.... .... 72 71 pm. Ditte Advert ised... — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. .......... ............... lo# Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds ' 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 5O Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 — Ditto for the Account 23% Ditto Three per Cent. ........ ......•.....•.....•..•• Ditto for the Account 3 4%% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 43% Ditto Deferred 12% Dutch 2% per Cciit. 62S, % 73 Dutch 5 per Cents 9814%% PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. •• • • • RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol aed.E4eter Briitol and Gloucester Eistern Counties .......... ........... 25 Eastern Union 5 Great North of England. lOO 12534 ...... to Great Western ....................... 75 Ditto Shares OOO”” 50 ••..•.... 8534 Ditto } ifths l2 ..... .... 25%% ... to Hull and Selby Kendal and Windermere London and Birmingham. lOO ......... 212 2133 to 212 London and Brighton 5O 47% ... to London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% London and South Western ...... 41% ...... 723{ ...... to London and Y0rk..................... 234 3% to Midland Counties lOO .........105 ......... to Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 2l ..... .... 4734 Norwich and Brandon Ditto New — ..... .... 134% ... to South Eastern and Dover ...... Ditto New ................ ....... Trent Valley 1- Yarmouth and Norwich 2O ..... .... 253434% to York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch ..... .... 10 .... ..... 35 Ditto Selby Scrip ............. ..... ......... 494 Boulogne and Amiens Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ..... .... 334% to Paris and Lyons 2 2% to —• Paris end Orleans ..... ......—.. ..... 20 Parisand Rouen ..... .....•......•..•..•. 20 .......• 40343( ••• to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 19.—We have had a quieter market to-day, and some of the lighter Stocks have rather declined in price :—Burnley and Accringtons, 31 ; Churnets, 4-i 9-16 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 281- ; Manchester and Birmingham ' Quarter Shares, 54 ; Sheffield and Man chester, 99 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13k; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 34 ; Direct Northern, 535. 6d. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock ex die. 205 (Dittolndian Stock 3 per Cent. Red 99 Bonds .............. » , » „91 pm, 3 per Cent. Cons . [99% Ditto Old Annuiti es ... 3% per Cent. Red !Ditto New Annuities ... New SU per Cent. lOl% EL Bills, 1,0004 I%d ... 73 pm. New 5 per Cent. ....... ....: — Ditto 5001. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11..........„ 73 Kr . -Jan. 1660 l2 1-16 ( Bank Stock for Z .. ett.... Oct. 1859 l l% Consols for Act. ' 99% Jan. 1860 'Consols Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... — Portuguese, 5 per Cent . -. Belgian, 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto, New Ditto _ Brazilian Bonds ............. Prussian, 5 per Cent ......„ _ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent — Chinon % 6 per Cent ............ 102 Ditto, Metallic ...... ...... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 .......... .... ........ Ditto, 3 per Cent 34% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — ,Ditto, Deferred.... ..... .....„. _ Danish, 3 per Cent — French, 5I er Cent.... —t. -c. Greek, 18:5, 5 per Cent — Exchange .... .......... .... —f, --c Mexican, 5 per Cent .... Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1841 —, , Dutch, 234 per Cent.... 63 Peruvian, 1825,6 per Cent -. , Ditto, 5 per Cent ........ 9834 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester k 1u0pa1d)...„,„.....;, 1112 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ....... ......... 76 Great Western (75 paid) .. ...... .. ....... ........... l3B Ditto Half Shares, s(i paid....... at Harwich, I paid l4 Hull and Selby, 50 paid 62 Kendal and Windermere, 1% paid. 54 Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) London and York, 2% paid • 3% Midland Counties (100 paid) lO5 Birmingham and Derby, £l6O paid... ........ ... .... " 75 Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 46 South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) Central of France, 2 paid .••... 3% Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid .. .. . Orleans, Tours, and BourdeauX, 1 Pld 1.1•9 3}i ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. A numerous meeting of the subscribers and sup porters of this charitable institution was held yesterday at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The chair was taken shortly after twelve o'clock by Admiral Cord Radstoek. Amongst those present, we noticed Capt. Feade, Capt. Dickinson, Lieut. Andrews, Lieut. Thomas Ledford, Copt. H. Hope, Commander T. G. Dick, Capt. Beague, &c. &c. The sceretary commenced by reading a statement of the finances of the society for the. last year•. Sir 6corge White was appointed Vice-President, in the room of Sir John Beresford, deceased. After the transaction of some further routine business, the amount of money to be expended in donations to officers in the navy, their widows, or their orphans, who were in distressed circumstances, was stated to be about 500/. A vote of thanks was then passed with acclamation to the Chairman, who briefly returned thanks, and the meet ing separated. SAVINGS' BANKS.—We are glad to find th a t t h e trustees and manag ars o f Savings ' have, wherever their profits will enable them, resolved to allow deposi tors, after 20th next month, the highest rate of interest allowed by the recent Act of Parliament affecting those institutions—namely, 3/. Os. 10d. In future, those hav ing the management of Savings' Banks will a2t prudently by excluding improper persons from depositing. It is clear from the first law that was passed relative to Savings' Banks, what the object of those institutions were, for the Act says the aim is to provide for the safe custody and increase of small savings belonging to the industrious classes ; and thereby recognising those classes only. The abuses which have been coratnitted" upon Savings' Banks ought to be counteracted now. SUMMARY OF EVIS AND Pubitt (t ptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Duke d'Aumale arrived at Toulon on the 15th. At twelve o'clock the landing took place under a salute of twenty-one guns from the vessels, which was re turned from the batteries of the town: The l)uke wore a Lieutenant-General's uniform, with the kepi in use in the army of Africa. He appeared in good health, though somewhat fatigued with the passage. A great crowd flocked to view the cortege as it passed. The Toulonnais states that much activity prevailed in that port. The Suffren has been taken into dock to be repaired as well as the Gemappes. The latter vessel; which suffered severely at Mogadore, bears the trace of several• cannon shot. The Gemappes will be ready for sea before the end of the month. The ship of the lint Triton suffered but little ; she has, however, need of some repairs. The Inflexible, man-of-war, which is to remain on the Morocco station, has sailed. The steam frigate Gregeois arrived on the 14th in our port ; she lost her commander, M. Fortin, who died of consump tion on the Bth inst. A letter from Otaheite relates the following :—" A short time before the affair of Mahahena, a duel was fought at the Marq uesas , b etween M. Bertholin ' and M. Menard, both enseignes of the Somme. In the first ex change of shots M. Menard was wounded in the shoulder; but, notwithstanding the earnest prayers of M. Bertholin, insisted on having the pistols reloaded. At the second discharge M. Menard received his adversary's ball in the body, and fell dead. M. Bertholin has been brought to Otaheite under arrest." The late heavy rains have caused considerable damage in the French provinces. The Ardeche has overflowed its banks, and the Rhone has burst down the new dykes at St. Esprit. At Beaucaire the Rhone covered the plain where the fair is held. Three bridges and three milk, have been carried away at Vallerangue. The river has risen so high that all the shops on the quay have been injured, the water having mottled the first floor. The Garden has also overflowed. • The Belgian Chambers will meet on the 29th instant. They will be -e pened by the Ki ng i n person. At the last sitting of the States of Hungary, the pro position of extending the land-tax to the nobles was re jected by a majority of 33 to 13. The Spanish historian Don Martin Fernandez Nava rete died on the Bth inst. at Madrid. COT—PARZZON oABf G. Her Royal High Uß ness the Duchess Gloucester intends to honour the Earl and Countess of Vernlam with a visit at Gorhambury, the delightful seat of the Verulam family, near St. Alban's, on her Royal Highness's return to town from visiting the Queen Dowager at Witley Court. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice have left Lansdowne House for Bowood Park. The MarqUis ,of Bute arrived on Monday last at Mount Stuart, his seat in Scotland. Lord Wharncliffe and the Hon. J. S. Wortley were expected to arrive on a visit to the Noble Marquis on Thursday last, from Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. - The Earl of Mansfield arrived at Scarborough last week from Scone Palace, Perthshire, to join his youthful family, who are staying with the Dowager Countess and Ladies Murray at that watering place. The Earl and Countess of Beverley and Lady Louisa Percy have arrived in Portman•square. The Noble Earl has Completely . recovered from his late illness. Lord Loyaine is also In town. The Earl of Haddington's official residence at the Ad miralty is undergoing a thorough internal repair, and the extensive range of reception saloons on the ground floor are to be suitably embellished by the ensuing spring. The Earl of Glasgow has arrived in town from New market, but the Noble Earl intends to be present at the Houghton Meeting, so his stay in the metropolis will be exceedingly brief. Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby are prolonging their stay in town, and next month repair to Brighton, with the intention of residing there for the winter. Viscount and Viscountess Howick are with the family circle assembled at Howick Hall, the seat of Earl Grey. The venerable Earl is in the possession of better health than for months past. Lady Dover and family left Whitehall, on Saturday, for her Ladyship's villa at R )ehampton. Her Ladyship does not intend going to the family seat in Ireland this year. Viscount Clifden and Mr. Start had arrived at Brussels when the last letters reached her Ladyship. 'The Noble Viscount has made arrangements to be ab sent from England at least twelve months. Lord and Lady Glenlyon are shortly expected to arrive in town, from Dunkeld, on th e i r way t o B r i g h ton. Lord and L ady. Colchester have arrived in town, from their seat in Sussex, expressly to meet her Ladyship's brother, the Earl of Ellenborough. Sir Henry and Lady Pottinger and family honoured Mr. Burford's Panorama of Hong Kotag with a visit on Saturday. Sir Henry expressed himself highly gratified. MIS C 311.111.11117 E 0 ITIB Yesterday was the anniversary of the battle of Tra falgar, which took place in 1805—thirty-nine years since. The Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council have di rected that instructions should be given to the super intendents of quarantine at the different ports, to re lease from quarantine, immediately upon their arrival, het Majesty's ships of war, as well as foreign men-of•war coming from the Mediterranean, provided all persons on board are in good health, and have not been less than fifteen days on their voyage, after having touched at any Turkish port in the Mediterranean. A rumour, says the Dublin Statesman, has been for some time gaining ground that a sum of 100,000/. will be asked .for and (as a matter of c o u rse ) grante d i n next Parliament, for 'the erection of a great university in Ire land, in which cheap education will be afforded in a system of secular instruction, in which also professors of all denominations (Roman Catholics and Unitarians) will be eligible, and where degrees of all kinds will be conferred. There will be an election to a fellowship in Lincoln College, Oxford, open to natives of the county of Lin coln, on Thursday, the 31st of October. Candidates are required to present to the rector, before twelve o'clock on Saturday next, satisfactory proof of the place of their birth, and also testimonials of good conduct. In the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy, on Thursday, the Commissioner committed to prison a bankrupt, named Hutton, a lime-burner, for giving prevaricating answers. A linendraper. named Goodenough, late of Newton Abbott, had the consideration of his application for a certificate adjourned for four years from the date of the fiat, in consequence of attempted fraud. The Chartists have resolved to call immediately simultaneous meetings throughout the kingdom, to peti tion for the free pardon of Frost, Williams, Jones, and Ellis. In case their petitions be rejected, they state that they will bring the subject before Parliament at the ear liest opportunity next session. Government are immediately about to erect extensive and defensible barracks for cavalry and infantry two miles from Bristol. The Ring of the French presented Captain Hay, of the metropolitan police, with a portrait of his Majesty, mounted on a gold snuff-box set with diamonds. -- Barnes, the carpenter's mate, who was last week sentenced to be hanged, by the Court-martial held on board her Majesty's ship, San Josef, remains on board that ship a close prisoner. The state of mind of this poor fellow was for a considerable time after the termination of the proceedings wretched in the extreme. He was a prey to the wildest fancies, and appeared to imagine that each person en tering his place of confinement, came to summon him to his fate. The humane visits, however, of Mr. Beer, who was engaged as his counsel at the Court martial, and thoe of other parties, relieved him from such feelings. There has been no order received from the Admiralty, but after the result of the Court martial, held on the Boatswain, there can be no doubt entertained that a reprieve, if not a free pardon, will he extended towards him within a few days.—Devon port Telegraph. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE CITY.--Shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning, one of the most determined attempts at murder took place in St. Paul's Church-yard, that has ever been heard of. The object (if attack was Collins, of the City police, whose beat has been of late a meeting place for prostitutes and thieves. The inspectors and Collins have been the means of re moving some, but other persons have taken their situa tions. Yesterdi y morning, about half-past one, Collins was walking on his beat, when suddenly a tall, stout fellow, about six feet high, tripped the officer up. lie fell heavily, but not being at the time insensible he endea voured to draw his truncheon, when his assailant, stand ing over him, unfortunately got possession of it, and struck him several blows over the head. Shortly after wards the officer was found bleeding profusely from his wounds, and quite insensible. The wounded man was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he re mained when our informant left, without the least hope of recovery. The murderous assailant has since been apprehended by the police. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AN ETON BOT.— On Saturday last the. Duke of Wellington, whilst on a visit to her Majesty at. Windsor Castle, walked to Eton Col lege, accompanied by the Duke of Rutland, for the ex press purpose of inspecting the room in the house of his " dame" which the Galle,ut Duke occupied when an Eton boy. The house, known as the manor-house, is now in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. Bulston, one of the masters of the College, arid the " Duke's" room i s occupied by an Et on i an , the sou of Mr. Mulkey, the banker. The Noble Duke remained in the room some time, contemplating the scenes of his Eton days, and was much gratified in recognising and pointing out to his companion several relics which were familiar to his Grace's recollection, although it is sixty-five years since he occupied this apartment. ALLOTMENTS OF LAND FOR THE LABOURING Poorr.—A vestry meeting of the ratepayers of the town ship of Hunslet, near Leeds, was held in the town schoolroom at 12 o'clock, the Rev. John Clark, incum bent of Hunslet, in the chair, when it was unanimously resalved, on a motion proposed by Mr. Joseph Beckett, and seconded by Mr. Richard B4yidop, road surveyor, that the money (about 1,000!.), which was paid by the North Midland Railway Company as a compensation for the land required for their works passing over Hunslet moor, should be plaoed in the hands of trustees and j under a committee of management, with a view of Eller purchasing or renting land, and resetting it to the la bouring poor in suitable plots for gardens, or employing the able-bodied poor when out of work during depres §ions of litho, THE OPENING OF -THE NEW EXCHANGE. GUARD OP HONOUR TO THE QUEE N ' The Right lion. the Lord Mayor received from Sir James Graham, her Majesty's Secretary ofO 4te for the Home Department, the following letter, cora. plimentary to the Royal Artillery Company:— " Whitehall, Oct. 18, 18 44 7 : ,. " My Lord,— I h ave t h e h onour to i n f orm yo ur Lo r":, ship that a communication has been made to his Dar; Highness Prince Albert, Captain-General and Colonel Commanding the Honourable Artillery Compank ill ; torining his Royal Hi g h ness t h at h er Majesty- as bee graciously pleased to signify her pleasure that de WC Above named should attend as a Guard of Honour at t Exchange on the occasion of her Majesty honouring ! II Corporation of London by being present at the opening that building on the 28th inst. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, t " Your Lord s hip' s ver y o b e dient serven P " J. R. G. GRAHAM." VICTO I: 1,4. Don Ccesar de Bazan having made the round Os the hou ses on t h e M iddlesex side of the Thames, hag adventur e d i n t o S urrey ; and last night witnessed Jal first appearance at the Victoria, Mr. Osbaldiston..,Pe l sonating th e re d ou b ted Don himself, while Ru ss Vincent sustained th e no less difficult character °f the Gitana. It would be an oft -repeated and WL grateful labou r t o d eta il the plot of the drama, whic h ' thanks to its intrinsic qualities, is so well known n : 0. the theatri ca l world. It is a more pleasing task ' 3 chronicle th e exce ll enc i es of the artistes. The D ° —the brave, the honourable, but very reckless Don"; was enacted to the very life. The careless a dventure r transformed in one moment, b y the action of wound'.,, honour, into th e hi g h -m i nded and haug hty Grandee, exhibited nothing of the startling and discordant abruptness which might supposed to arise from the sudden change. The true nobility of nature but wanted occcasion exhibit itself; and the King, Charles 11. (Mr. D 4.7 by his attempt up on th e v i rtue of his subject's at once aroused the bitter feelings, which had before lain dormant. Miss Vincent's acting Wag above all p ra i se . I n t h e ballad singer of I,4adrid, , in the wife of the fiery Count, she exhibited a delie 9 ,l of senti men t, a su bd ued energy of purpose, wiLc proved th a t s h e h a d carefully studiedthe trying P J 7j, assigned her. They were excellently well suppor' t by the inferior personages. The drama was ra° l s 3e successful, and not a little of that success may ascribed to th e manner i n which it has been got n ~„. P U by the talent e d l essee. T he costumes are faithfully copied from th a t worn b y the proud Court of Spai n at the troubl e d per i o d to which the romance ha; ; reference. Th e scenery reflected credit on artist, and a moonlight view in particular el hibited the finish of a cabinet painting. T"; drama was rec e i ve d th roughout with every mar . of appr o b a ti on , an d will, we are assured, become a first favourite with the good folks of Lambeth. -V,7 3 Cesar was succ ee d e d by Coleman's Maniac, in Mr. Graham sustained the principal character with his wont e d a bili ty. The evening's amusements vvere., wound up by th e c l ever f arce of That Rascal Jac k s , the scapegrace being personated by Mr. Jonn Bert, who se n t hi s au di ence home in the best o f tern' pers. W e most cord i ally recommend our friends It° all pleasure-seekers to visit the Victoria. CITY OF LONDON. The Belle's Stratagem was produced at this theatre last evening, and it is a pleasure to witness the chang e of taste in the a u di ences f rom combats and red fire, sterling good come d y . M r. Wilione was the .71` George Tou c h woo d • DoricOurt, Mr. Roxby. 1, Flutter of Mr. J. firowne was a spirited perforin; ance. Mrs. W a lt er L acy, as Letitia Hardy, wit beautiful; ind ee d, a b ove all praise. The charac te,. of Miss Ogle was very excellently acted by Misl i t g Lee, who made the most of so trifling a part. K Lee K. Howard was t h e Mrs. Racket, and Mrs. D• Lady Touchwood. The comedy was excellently 8 13 up, and the house crowded. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. to 5 on Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—taken to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's E%enus—taken to 1 agst Mr. Griffith'. Newcourt—takoi to 1 agst Mr. Beresford's The Altered One to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Philip—taken to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Rowena to 1 agst Mr. S. Scott's b g by Defence, out of Negress 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wesley's Counsellor—taken 1 , 01 40 to 1 agst L or d Alb emarle ' s The Emperor--.,ta*, The freedom with w hi c h the Cure, Evenus, and New, court were backed, so f ar i nfluenced the favourite's Pc)he tion, that 6to 5, although laid on him frequently t a in r t course of the day, was not to be got at the close; In Ia.:0 so obviously was the field advancing in favour, that - shall not a t a ll b e surprised to see the odds reversed - the next betting day. 20 2.5 25 25 15 to 1 sg s t th e Irish Iot DERBY --taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 16 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 25 to 1 ag s t L or d Chesterfield's Newsmonger— t 30 to 1 agst Mostyn's Black Prince—taken, 33 to 1 a gs t M r. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—r 4 40 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Lillah colt 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way 66 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus—taken- N'ORTHALLERTON RACES.--FRIDAIr• The Gold Cup. Two miles. , 1 Mr. Bell' s Wi nesour, 4 yrs, Bst (Templeraso) Mr. Robin son ' s M orpeth, 3 yrs, 7st 2 , . Mr. Dawson's Lightnin g , 3 yrs, 7st ................... • A THE THEATRES. LYCEUM. • de Ever since th e appearance o f L es my s teres f Paris," the name o f E ugene S ue h as b een a tower °f strength to publisher and manager. The manage ment of the Ly ceum , therefore, has exhibited under its usual tact in pr o d uc i ng a t th e present momen t, Un a uja the title of Th e S even C ast l es o f t h e P ass ions, " Irama Les Sept Chateaux du Diable, at the perform' ance of which a ll P ar i s i s ( to use a F renc h Wit/ nightly assisti ng . Thi s d rama i s d escr ib e d in the bill as a " Roma n ti c , Di a b o li ca l , C e l est i a l, Terre'trial, Legendary t a l e o f E nc h antment, " and this de i scription is true / to th e l e tt er . W e have two pairs of lovers—Raymohd (Mr. Cra ven ) an d A z ele ( 4 ' Fortescue), and Canuche (Mr. Keeley) and Be; gaillette (Mrs. K ee l ey ), on a p il gr i mage to th e shrine of our Lady of Grace. Satan (Mr. Diddear) end ea- . vours to get them i n t o hi s power b y su bj ec ti n g them to the temptati ons o f E nvy, P r id e, Idleness , Rao Avarice, Love, and Luxury—while their guardian angel, Sathaniel (a somewhat anomalous designs ; tion for an an ge l o f li g ht), invariably interferes in ° as they are ab ou t t o succum b to the evil influenne ° !, and conducts the m i n sa f e t y. to t h e end ' O f t h e ir ~ grimage. As .a spectacle this piece is beyond I' m praise. Nothi ng can excee d t h e magn i f i cence o f W a. castles of the respective passions. We are not de"; tained too long in any of them, and whenever.theii7: serious sayings and doings of the sentimental pair lovers " darken to sublimity," the Keeleys begin tar.;` fun, and aff o rd a mos t agreea bl e rel i ef. i t i s by I'l' the most agreeable allegorical drama we have ev er seen, and which will be just the thing for the veniles during the holidays. The actin g was ex" t lent. Miss F a i r b ro th er as Sathaniel was the 1 12 ° fascinating of guardian angels ; and the pilgrims o r : thinly showed exce ll en t t aste i n submitting thernselve" to such delightful control. His Darkness was P er ; sonated with becomi ng ma j es t y b y that exce llent actor, Diddear. In th e C as tl e o f L ove, an i nc id e nt" i divertissement was introduced, in which Miss Jann as Cupid, danc e d i n th e prett i est and most gracet.liu, style imaginabl e . Th ere were several admirwi" scenic effects—all of which told admirably. The care and expense besto we d i n gett i ng up the piece must have been immense. At the fall of the curtain it w ll5 announced by Keeley for repetition every evening amidst load applause. SURREY. The popular drama lately produced at the Adelph i d and Haymarket Theatre s , . o f MM . Dumanois s Dennery, entitled D on Cesar de B az a rs Was 105 , night brought o u t a t thi s pu bli c place of entertai°' went on the Surrey side of the water.. The prod' tion of the piece at an earlier period has been dele3: 4s to the present time in consequence of the engagent i , of Mr. Charles Mathews and Madame Vestris. It it unnecessary to ent er i n t o th e p l ot of th e piece, e s , b , has already been presented to the public at Adelphi and Haymarket Theatres. It will .be 511 1, ficient to say that it was eminently successful, thoug we think a littl e caut i ous pruning would do it _u effectual service. The scenery, by Messrs. Brunw; and Turner, from D. Roberts's celebrated view s . Spain, cannot b e t oo hi g hl y spoken of; and the Inn'.l; which has b e e n arranged by that unive rsa l favouri t e Stansbury, reflects great credit upon him. Johns ( "' Hughes, and Hicks sustained the characters elV t°- , priced , to them with great ability ; the pu n , of Lewis, although many of them were J' 6l , fetched, elicited r oars o f l aug h ter, ' and kept the vg9., in good tempe r , an d t h e excellent acting of Ost 'Torrey was most d eserve dl y applauded. We m ug not forget the perf ormance o f Mrs. H. Vin i ng a° Mrs. Honner, as Lazarillo and Maratana ; they sus' tamed their parts w ith th e i r usual talent, and m ade the most of them. Th e piece was announced fat repetition every evening until further notice, by ix Hughes, amid.general plaudits. We understand that several new pieces are in preparation, and will shortly be produced, and that engagements have been entere d : into, Py the spirited fem a l e l essee, w i t h many eminen t performers. The evening's amusements w ere eon' eluded by The Eve of Battle, or Woman's Nerv e ' and The Crown Prince, or The Buckle of which, having been performed for some weeks, have become deservedly favourite pieces. Whi a f e a t y e „ ` 0( Ot t 4- 1 Priv?, ~ r eds 4t , Yea, 01 tiri als , 4t ReA q keittina o re t) th e ;- age Q° , 14, 03.1 c/, the c tfh‘(ir t es _ W ks h e fo 1 ' 44 , 4 1 froto tb ea: t l "l ed ° l ir s toj I N en