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

offer was made several times, and the same answer was returned. At the time they came in be was engaged with patients, and no time was lost in attending to the young women. They had not been waiting above twenty minutes. He did not see any reason for supposing that they were in immediate danger, and they only complained of being fatigued and exhausted. He did not consider that.their complaint was of an alarm ing nature. He had read an account in the Times, which was grossly exaggerated. That account was highly coloured. It was said that he had stated that there was a rule against the admission. He said no such thing. He was acquainted with the regulations of most of the London hospitals, and he believed that, under the circumstances, they would not be admitted into any. Consumptive cases are not admitted in the other London hospitals. Meant consumptive cases, not cases in the first stage of pulmonary disease. When he had said to the Coroner that if he would give 5,0001. plenty of beds would be provided, he did not speak offensively, as would appear from the statement in the Times. Relief is frequently afforded to out•door patients. The question about the funds of the hospital was put to the porter, which he thou2ht should have been asked of him; but he cer ta"nly did not mean to offend the Coroner ; and it ap peared to him, that when he was asked, the Coroner did not want an answer, for he did not wait for one. The examination of this witness being closed, Mr. PACaMAN said that he thought It right to state, that instead of the receipts of the hospital being 11,0001. a year, as stated by the Times, they only amounted to 5,072/. Bs., and the disbursements last year to 5,8261. 4s. From the City of London Union alone they had relieved during the last two years no less than 613 cases of venereal and fever. The hospital had received other donations to the building-fund, but these had nothing to do with the expenditure of the hospital part of the esta blishment. The income and expenditure in that de partment were as he had stated. The fact was, that the hospital was 6,0001. in debt, in consequence of affording more relief than the means of the hospital afforded. Dr. MARSDEN said out-doer relief was often afforded to no less than 300 patients daily on the average, and, if they could grant it, 500 or 1,000 might be relieved. Ar. Evans, son of the officer of the London Union, called—Had brought three venereal patients to the hos pital on the 19th of November. He brought them from Peckham. That was between twelve and one. He offered, at the request of Mr. Cooke, the surgeon, to take the two young women to the union, and Mr. Cooke said that he would take them back whenever a vacant bed could be procured in the hospital. He offered to take them in a cab, but they said they were sick and tired of the workhouse, and would sooner die in the street. On their refusal, he bad offered to take them to Guy's, Bartholomew's, or St. Thomas's Hospitals, but they would not go. He told them the hour at which admission could be got in those hospitals, but they would not g). When the rain was over they left the hospital. J. Evans, the father of the last witness, said that for three or four years he had been in the habit of bring ing ca.ual patients from the London union to the hos pit.al, and that he was never refused except when the h.,ue was full ; that he had never paid anything there, but that one guinea was charged at the Fever Hospital for every patient. He had, within the last two years, brought, perhaps, 600 patients to the Free Hospital. Harriet Warner, the cook, was next called—By direc tion of the Chairman she brought in cans of broth, such as was given to the two young women, which the gentlemen present tasted, and declared excellent. She stated that she put 11b. of mutton to every 11 pint of water. She corrwborated the evidence of the porter as far as the making and delivering of the broth was concerned, which she saw the young women take. The bread and broth were very good. Ws concluded the evidence. Tiw books of the hospital were then referred to, and proved the proper management of the establishment, to which the visiting members present bore their testimony. DA,,lticE proposed the first resolution, and expressed his apprebaLion of the establishment. :sts..SissPseer seconded the resolution. Mr. JOHN WATSON proposed the second resolution, and commented at great length on the unfair manner in which the statement in the Times had been garbled. He had been an attentive observer of the institution, and he had observed that it was conducted with the greatest regularity and humanity. The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON seconded the resolution, and agreed with the previous speakers. Mr. WATSON then proposed a vote of thanks :to the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, in a very able and eloquent speech, returned thanks, and the meeting separated. The resolutions, which were carried unanimously, will be found in our advertising columns. THE TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. ADVERTISING AGENTS. (From the Railway Express.) A system has lately sprung up, engendered and nourished by railway speculation, which " has increased, is increasing, and must be diminished." It is alike in jurious to the respectable advertisement agents, and to every journal which is the medium of advertisements. We allude' to the practices carried on, against railway companies and the press, by improper persons who take up the business of agents for advertising. It came out this week at a meeting of railway share holders, that out of liabilities incurred on the part of one company—liabilities amounting to 6,sooL—one item was for 2,200 L, on account of an advertising agent, "who had charged 251. per cent. for inserting the company's advertisements." The established, respectable, responsible advertising agents are bound to come forward and deny (for they can do it) that such a charge of extortion can or does refer to them. We have heard of an advertising bill, and for an un opposed line, too, made out against a railway company to the tune of 2,5001. ; a claim said to be incurred be tween July and November. Can any rational man believe that such a claim was ever fairly incurred ? Our firm belief is that one-fourth of the amount would be sufficient, and more than sufficient, to give proper and full publicity to any unopposed railway project. When such charges are made—amounting, in the case mentioned, to more than one-third of the entire liabi lities of the company—it is certain that they have not been fairly made. How, then, is the bill swelled up to an amount like this ? We can explain how the trick is done. Within the present week, several bills sent in by one of the mushroom agents against different railway companies were examined, to ascertain, by reference to newspaper files, whether the advertisements sqid to have been in serted therein, and heavily charged for, had actually ap peared. It was found that in numerous cases the adver t cement had never been inserted, and that the actual charges were always far beneath the agent's charges. In one instance, an advertisement charged 51. by the newspaper, was charged 91.95. by the agent. In another, a two-guinea advertisement was charged eleven pounds. Now these are transparent facts, and their operation cannot be other than injurious to the press. When ad vertising becomes such an enormous tax, railway and other people will naturally shrink from incurring it. The respectable agent s are con f oun d e d b y a d vert i sers with the swindling agents, and suffer, by such confusion, in pocket and in character. What' is the real state of the case? Every newspaper has an established scale of prices. On such prices the agent gets an allowance cf from sto 10 per cent. We belive that the custom is, for the a g ent further to charge the party who employs him with 10 per cent. on the gross amount ; nor is this a heavy allowance consider ing the agent's risks. The result is, that for an adver tisement which the newspaper would ordinarily charge IL ca4h, the company, ordering it through an agent, on credit, would pay IL 2s. This cannot be considered unfdr. The agent of the D )-'em-all class asks 25 For cent. from the newspapers, and charges another 25 per cent. to the parties who employ him. This gives a nett profit of 50 per cent. One might hope this would be sufficient. Not at all :—the Do-'em-all agent will not hesitate to take 53. out of every 20s. from newspapers, and then, multiplying the said 20s. by two or three, charges 25 per cent. on the amount thus obtained. We may state a case. A Do-'em-all agent inserted an advertisement in a flaws paper, the fair price of which was 30s. The newspaper, in self-daence, charged forty shillings, to allow the agent his 25 per cent. The agent made out a bill, not for the 21., but for 8/., and charged the company 25/. per cent. on that charge, making a total of 10/. for an advertisement which actually cost thirty shillings, and for which, with the usual credit to respectable adver tisers, the legit;mate agent would have charged about 335. N o wonder, the public will say, that certain ad vertising accounts are so heavy. licspeAable journals will not allow the Do-'em-all agent more than 10 per cent., and do not like to deal nab hln except for cash ; but there are petty mushroom papers, which aro glad to take advertisements on such terms, and the agent, h av i ng cre di t w i t h t h em, i nstea d o f putting the advertisements, as he is desired, into papers of good repute and ci rcu l a ti on , s lip s th em i n t o th e pet ty unknownjournals, where no one can see them, and thus ruby the established papers, and cheats the company which unhappily employs him. The press suffer v er y much from this class of agents. Unless they give them credit, advertisements are care fully excluded from them; and, when they do trust them, the payments are " few and f ar between," and, at last, when the bubble bursts and the crash comet, when ' the firm is done up, there are , usually amounts on the wrong side of the newspapers ledger s . E very way, then, the newspapers are the sufferers. The game cannot last long. Meanwhile, we believe atilt we discharge a public duty in making these re marks. COURT Cl RCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing on Wedne►day afternoon in the grounds adjacent to Osborne Ye,teidly morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Val: s, die Princess Roy a!, and the Princess Alice were tnken their accustomed exercise on the sea beach. Her Majosty and her Royal Consort took their early rno:ning walk yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. WiNnson, TuunsnAy.—His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arompanied by the Dowager Lady Ly ttel ton, was VOW& ied*Are"-tolroginore yesterday afternoon. .;, ~- ~, ,-,,... .. _ ' rruloo. , wsstaken out in the pleasure-grounds of 4 -; *- . ,„ l i 1111knkruing. A lb t... ...7 7, ~, 9,-..t , XXlnnet Ministers visited Sir Robert /04 - :i-- ' : "ItaitY •.' -:: $ s,c.l ... ' P ' • I - - DOMED AT NORTH SHIELDS . — For `N.,,goi tinall pasennmerous complaints have been made, by Pa joasfs, of the Puseyite ch anges an d i nnovat i ons in tro44_ aced by the vicar of North Shields and his curate; and, in deference to these complaints, the worthy vicar has very prudently abandoned the new ceremonies, and thus turned Lis back on PAseyism—a matter, we need scarcely say, of sincere congratiflation.—Tyne Mercury. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN] NG„ WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH AND ALFRED CROW QUILL, AND A PORTRAIT OF ALBERT SMITH, ESQ. The December Number, price Half-a crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, WILL CONTAIN THE CONCLUDING CHAPTERS OF THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS; A ROMANCE OF OLD PARIS. BY ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. Chapter 35—News for Louise Gauthier and Benoit. Chapter 36—The Journey—The Examination of the Marchioness. Chapter 37—The Last Interview. Chapter 38—The Water Question—Exill—The Place de Greve. Chapter 33—Louise Gauthier—The Conclusion. How Mr. Stubby did not dance with the Queen at the opening of Lin coln's Inn Hall. By a Law Student. The Lone Churchyard. Gaming, Gaming-houses, and Gamesters. The Way of the World. By J. W. Grylls. The King of Clubs. By Paul Prendergast. Memoir of Albert Smith. With a Portrait. The Old Woman at the Corner—Glimpses and Mysteries. With Illus trations by Alfred Crowquill. Miss Dora Hobbs, the Young Lady that was fond of Dogs —Young Ladies and their Idiosyncrasies. By Everard Clive. Dr. Magian —a Literary Retrospect. By a Middle-aged Man. The Duchess of St. Albans—Ennobled Actresses. By Mrs. Mathews. " Too Much Doctor"—Mrs. Fry—The Avenger's Witness against Murder —The Gaol Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. Railroads now are all the rage. Early Years of a Veteran of the Army of Westphalia between 1805- 1814. BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of "Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Leonora—Beethoven. Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernanr—Jullien. Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case. False, Fleur-de-Marie—Barrret. Symphony, The Andante, from Haydn's Surprise Symphony—Haydn New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PkitT 11. " Don Juan," Grand Selection, with Solos—Mozart. Valse, A Deus-tems (Second Set), The Bridal—Jullien. Selections from the Creation, with Solo on Clarionet, by Mr. Lazarus —Haydn. The Post-horn Galop--Kcenig. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and - Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. Gd. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN 11. INT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Red son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerald Pepper, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; 'or, A Hundred Years Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilllant will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 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, ,firs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTII SIDES. John Tweddale, Mr. Ozberry. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A'QUATRE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be produced a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. To be followed by the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Miss Kate Howard will perform. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. Wild. To conclude with THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERT EVENING. ENTIRE CHANGE.—GRAND ATTRACTION M. PHILLIPPE continues to give his peculiar and surprising TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, and feats of Magical Delusions. After which, the Ohio, Missouri, and Arkausas—the wonderful AMERICAN FAMILY. To be followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Chiarini Family. To cenelude with M. Phillippe's most extraordinary INDIAN and CHINESE Wonders. I oors open at Seven o'clock, to commence at Half-past Seven. Box Office open from Ten till Five ; Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS ; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. An eatire change will take place in the amusements of the arena, introducing Mons. Male, Mons. Dumos, Mr. Alfred Cooke, .Mlle. I)umos, 3ldlle. Hinie, dessr. Lupin, and the Brothers Candler. To conclude with a New Equestrian Drama, entitled STEEL CASTLE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. 4upported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, ~lrs.Vining, awl Mis 4 Martin. After which, OH, 'TIS LOVE. To conclude with JONATHAN BRADFORD. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 53; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 29.70.—W1ND S.W.; fine clear weather. HIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Miming 25 minutes after I Evening minutes after 0. perly drilled and accustomed to the art of war, con stantly residintr On the so , h rt 9,): i•i:LE'! aggressions or supply the place • of the regular troops when the in!erests or warlike policy of the Government may require their services in other quarters. Besides these, there is a standing army of 400,000 men, more than four times the number that England can muster for in finitely more multifarious duties than France can be called upon to perform. To supply their place we have no force whatever entitled to the name, and should a war with America, or any other great power, break out, the defence of the - country must be left to raw levies, without experience in the military art, without discipline, and enervated by the repose of a long peace. Besides, the militia regiments have ever been found the best source of supply for the regular army, and during the war the glory acquired by British arms was mainly owing to their excellent training, their good character, and not a little also to their physical strength. Com plaints, too, prevail, that the surplus population cannot get employment, and that able-bodied farm labourers are compelled to submit to the horrors of a workhouse. Any condition is preferable to parish relief and parish imprisonment, and if employment can be obtained in such a legitimate and just cause as national defence, and in the assertion of rights essential to our existence as a people, Sir ROBERT PEEL will fail in the most important of ministerial duties if he de lays for one session more the accomplishment of a mea sure so imperiously called for, and so ardently desired by every one thoroughly acquainted with the utterly defenceless state of these islands. The Morning Herald of yesterday has indulged in much flippant criticism on a recent speech of 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. TIAwEs (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. —(llear, hear.) The great difficulty in all efforts for im provement of education was the want of good schoolmasters. Much had been done in this respect of late years by the excellent training schools—those cf the British and Foreign' School Society and the Battersea Training School, in praise of which too much could not be said. But Oxford and. Cambridge might do a great deal to elevate the school master, and - they not only did nothing, but worse than nothing. Ire (Mr. Christie) wanted to know what was done in all the colleges with the improved rents of estates left for scholarships and exhibitions. In many colleges, poor scholars, struggling with great difficulty against the ex penses of college life, in order to obtain the advantage of a degree, received only the small stipends fixed some centuries ago, when money went a very great deal further than now, while the greatly increased rents of the estates were divided among idle and luxurious fellows. The just improvement of the value of these scholarships would give the means of encouraging many young men who might afterwards de vote themselves to the honourable and responsible calling of a schoolmaster.—(Hear, hear.) No one would say that even the teacher of a village school would not be a better school master 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 schoolmasters pro fession was lowered. There were many endowed schools of -which colleges in the universities were trustees. These, by the influence of the colleges, had been excepted from pre vious commissions of inquiry. Many of them he be lieved had gone to decay, and the endowments merged in the college revenues. One of his objects was to diminish college expenses, and open wide the doors of the universities to poormen's sons—to the sons of tradesinen—(Hear, hear) — and to those designed for schoolmasters; for why should not the universities edueate the schoolmasters as well as statesmen ? And he wished above all, in furtherance of the great principles of religious liberty, which owed much to the British and Foreign Society, to open wide the doors of those universities to the members of all religious creeds.— (Cheers. ) If colleges have fulfilled their duties as trustees, why should they fear inquiry? A proposal to inquire does not nccessarily imply censure. Some schools are well-managed, some are ill-managed. Inquiry causes improvement where there has been neglect or miscon duct, but where there has not, it leads to honourable mention, and gives the public the benefit of a good ex ample. Why, then, should the schools, of which colleges in the universities are the trustees, have been exempted from the inquiries of the Charity Commis sioners? As to the masterships of endowed schools, Mr. CHRISTIE might have added that a great injustice is done to the Dissenters, in restricting them to gra duates of the universities and clergymen. The Morning Herald cries " cock-a hoop," and says every schoolmaster of eminence has been educated at one or other of the universities. Mr. CHRISTIE does not say o:herwise ; but he complains that laymen and Dissenters are excluded from situations of emolument to which they are as much entitled as Oxford or Cam bridge clergymen ; and for which we agree with him in thinking that eceteris paribus laymen are better fitted than clergymen. There is no hope of improving the status of the schoolmaster, unless the schoolmaster is allowed to rest his claims to social position and respec t o❑ the dignity of his own functions, and relieved of the embarrassing aid of the Church. The connexion between the universities and the Church has injured both. The Church has narrowed the aims of our national universities and closed their portals to a large portion of the QUEEN'S subjects ; while the special education for the clergy at Oxford and Cambriige 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 tie scene from the tiring monotony of college life. A nice training for the grave and saered duties of a clergyman It may, and probably will, take. time; but no reform has ever been carried in this country without long agi• tation— " Nil sine magno labore." The Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, Catholic Emancipation, Parliamentary Reform, we will add, anti cipating the now certain victory, Repeal of the Corn • laws—all these are instances of the necessity and efficacy of agitation. And in time, and with agitation, all the clerical and aristocratic interests which struggle to pro tect them against reform will cease to avail the uni versities. We have received Madrid journals of the 20th inst., which are occupied chiefly with details of the late royal fete and the grand ball given by General NARVAEZ to celebrate the event. The QUEEN, her sister, and the QUEEN-MOTHER, were present. Her MAJESTY danced first with NARVAEZ, and next with the French Ambas sador, and from all accounts the spectacle was very superb. No general amnesty had been published, but several persons confined for other than political crimes had been set at liberty on the occasion. The disappoint ment caused by these circumstances was adverted to in some of the journals, and in language which shows that NARVAEZ still allows the press great latitude. We give the following from the Clamor Publico as a specimen : " Console yourselves, unfortuates, upon whom has fallen the torment of usurpation, General Narvaez is a grandee of Spain ! Console yourselves, unfortunates, who pine in dun geons, without even being made acquainted with the cause of your arrest, General Narvaez is Duke of Valencia! Console yourselves, prisoners and exiles of all classes, console your selves, you overburthened tax-payers, General Narvaez has received a tine title, exempt from all taxes and obligations ! Is not this a national recompense to convey joy to the hearts of the people at large? Where is the unfortunate who will not find in this announcement a new and powerful source of consolation ? It is thus that a handful of ambitious men celebrate the fete of the Queen of Spain ! Everything for a dozen of intriguants—nothing for a suffering nation. Whilst a laborious and active nation is wearing out in slow agony, behold these decorated courtiers rolling through the streets in gilded equipages, and wasting in a night of enjoyment and pleasure what would give relief to an entire province ! Rejoice, ye people! Set up shouts of gladness ; your country is saved, for General Narvaez is Duke of Valencia and a grandee of Spain !" On the Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 36 for 30 days. The Fives not quoted. Exchange on London, 37k. The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and share market are very gloomy. From the opening to the close of the Bourse there was a continued fall in the prices of railway shares, all offering to sell without finding purchasers The fu' -lc 1 7 - The 'Er , r t , • the Fives 25c. Various causes are a::signed—such as I reports of three ce four more brokers being in a dan gerous position, the threatening aspect of affairs between England and America, &c.; but when a panic once commences it generally goes on for some time from sheer ignorance ald no real cause is required to eve it additional impulse. Several of the journals continue their remarks on theOreron question, and we are glad find in a somewhat less partial spirit. M. THIERS% journal has a long article on the subject, which only shows how little the real state of parties here is known by the political writers of Paris. That journal seems to infer that the advent of the old Tories to power is at hand, and that the nation would again submit to their rule, provided England could be fairly embroiled with America on the Oregon question. Nay, it even insinuates that the remnants of a broken facti.n would encourage a bloody war for party purposes, and that, for a time, they might be successful. These days are gone by. "The retire ment of Sir ROBERT PEEL," says that journal, " under present circumstances, would by no means surprise us. The result of such a step would be naturally to bring back the pure Tories to power. Without setting up for prophets, we find it difficult to imagine that this frac tion could have more chance of success at present than seventeen years ago. TI e position of such a Ca binet, in face of an Opposition considerably increased, and of the Anti-Corn-law League —in presence of Ire • land agitated by famine and stirred up by old hatred— would not be easily tenable, and now, as before, the ephemeral trial of the ultra-Tories would only serve to precipitate the downfal of their doctrines. To prevent either the triumph of the Opposition, which has placed itself so high in public opinion by the noble conduct which it has manifested in the late struggles hi Parlia ment, or the formation of a coalition Ministry, uniting with a view to a reform judged necessary by all the Liberals and moderate Tories, the ultra-Tory Cabinet would have but one resource. It would recur to the expedient so often employed by unpopular govern ments, or by ministers preferring power to the good of their country—they could throw England into a great war, and the Oregon question, which becomes more en venomed every day, would furnish them an admirable op portunity. There are some persons in England, it is said, who would net recoil from this extremity, and regard without fear such a perspective. It cannot be dissem bled that the opportunity would be well chosen, and a war with the United States would not be displeasing at first view to the English nation. This may be supposed from the wild applause which greeted Sir R. PEEL'S words when, at the commencement of the year, he de dared that if the just rights of England were slighted, he should know how to use force to make them re spected. The English pride was (1( eply wounded by ' the result of the war of 1812, and by the manner in which the United States, and the press of the continents spoke of the matter. Since that period, the upper classes have always nourished the idea of recommencing the struggle, and of giving, according to the popular phrase in Eng:and, a good lesson to Jonathan. The national feeling would, on the occasion, come to the aid of the Ministry. Besides, the self•love of England is involved in the matter. Since this question of the Ore gon has been mooted England has always lost ground, and each of her concessions has been immediately turned against her. The United States now refuse the arrange ment which they themselves offered several times, and which England had declined. England eight or ten months back made a warlike demonstration. At pre sent the United States contest her rights altogether to the Oregon, after having acknowledged these rights by thirty years' negotiation. At present Mr. POLK an nounces his intention of persevering in a conduct which, in the opinion of Sir ROBERT PEEL, was equivalent to a declaration of war. It appears, therefore, difficult for England to avoid a shameful humiliation, otherwise than by having recourse to arms." It adds in another place : " Will not the party of the ultra-Tories, supposing that they should now arrive at power, be forced, in order to retain it, to appeal to the popular passions, and will not they prefer war to the ruin of the monopoly, which forms the strength of the aristocracy ? Whoever may be the men whom a modification in the Ministry may raise to power, we think that, if the quarrel be not embittered beyond measure by unwise and useless provocations on the part of the American Government, they will look twice before they have recourse to this dangerous expe dient." The conclusion is very lame, and only shows that M. THIERS has formed no fixed opinion on the subject. Late intelligence has been received from Algiers, which gives rather a more favourable account of the state of the revolted provinces. According to the Moniteur Algerein, the different reports from Constantiaa announce that this province has remained an entire stranger to the agi tations which have taken place in the other subdivisions. All the accounts concur in stating that there is no pros pect of an interruption of tranquillity. The Kabyles in the environs of Gigelly are very calm, and it appears probable that they will remain so. The following curious piece of intelligence from Macao appears in the Presse " We receive from Macao a letter, dated Sept. 30, which informs us of an almost incredible fact, but which our cor respondent assures us to be true. Since France has had a consul at Canton, the French flag has always floated before the European factories, on the same line as those of England, Holland, and America. Formerly this flag was the only sign that reminded tho Chinese of there being in the west a grand nation called France. Since the treaty concluded by M. de Lagrene, it is a pledge of peace and alliance, the consecra tion of the rights which placed us on an equality with the English and Americans. It was, therefore, most important to maintain this emblem of French power. Well, scarcely had our plenipotentiary quitted Canton, after the treaty had been concluded, when M. Lefebvre de Becourt, head of the consulate in that country, decided, of his own authority, that the tri-coloured flag ought not any longer to float on the Chinese territory. And for what reason? Because the Government does not pay the rent of M. Le febvre at Canton, and, in consequence, because that gentle man, not having any residence in the factory called French, would be obliged to hire for a hundred francs a-year the ground in which the flag- staff was placed for half a century ! This conduct is the more shameful, inasmuch as the Consu late of Canton is one of the best paid of all, receiving not less than 40,000 f. a-year. Out of that amount, M. Lefebvre de Becourt could not find the paltry sum just named ! In truth, it is not to be believed! And yet nothing is more true. The English, the Americans, and the Chinese, have been stupified at this meanness of the French Consul, who, to save a few piasters, judged fit to take down the official symbol of his nation. Besides, this functionary, who ought from his official position to reside at Canton, inhabits Macao, where he is not recognised, and where he cannot render any swvice." We subjoin some additional extracts from the papers: " A Toulon letter announces the arrival there of Soliman Paella (Colonel Selves), Major-General of the Egyptian army, on the 20th, from Genoa, and his having taken apart ments for Ibrahim Pacha and . his suit e , expected to arrive shortly in the steam-frigate Nile. Orders have been re ceived by the port and municipal authorities to pay the Pacha all the honours due to his rank. The 3d Marines will form a double line for him to pass from the landing-place through the Arsenal, and the 19th of the line will pay him the same respect through the town to his residence. The Marquis de Lavalette, as Envoy from the Government ar rived at Toulon from Paris on _the . 2oth. , "A letter from Vienna of the 19th states that great pre parations were being made there for the reception of the Em peror of Russia. " The Austrian Government has just published an account of its foreign trade for the year 1844, from which it appears that the whole movement amounted to 223 millions of florins exclusive of the transit. The imports amount to 114 m illi on ; and the exports to 109. The transit amounts to 71 m illi ons ' of florins, and the duties levied to 18. " A letter from Lucerne states that on the 21st Dr. Mier was set at liberty, and the seals taken off his papers without any further proceedings." The Three per Cents. closed at 811. 70e. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 75c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,080 f.; limier', 880 f.; Northern, 6451. ; Havre, 73_5f. ; Avignon, 797 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 605 f. ; Bordeaux, 000 f. ; Boulogne, 495 f; Troyes and Montereau, 4401.; Basle, 213 f. 75c.; Fampoux, 450 f. The following are quotations for new lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), if. prem.; ditto (Cabl), par; ditto (Ganneron), lf. ; ditto (Lapinson- Mere), 4991. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 21, ; ditto (Hinguerlot), par; ditto (Becket), 4991.; Aymard, lf.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), par; ditto (Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), lf.; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Com pagnie Meridionale), par; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), 7f. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par; ditto (Carette), par; ditto (Colbert), par ; Charleroi (hysaens) 4901. LYONS, Nov. 24.—Marseilles and Avignon, 99f- ; Pa r i s and Orleans, 1,1381 75c; Paris and liouen, 947 f. 50c. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 655 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 27. Anglo-Belgian Boulogne and Amiens VA Bordeaux &Mediterran Mauritius Namur and Liege 2 North Jamaica Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Do. (Mackenzie's) — Callao, Lima, and Pa cific Coast Central of Spain .. — Ceylon . • • Demerara Orleans and Vierzon 6 Orleans and Bordeaux 9 1 / 2 Over Yssel Paris & Lyons(Laflitte) 2 Ditto (Ganneren's). Ditto (Caloß's).—. 1:11 1 Ditto (Std Est) Paris and 0r1ean5....,. Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ...... Divppc & Paris Jnact. Dijon and Mulhouse ... East Indian Fampoax & llazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted l l l4 Do. l'epin le llaHenn — Great l'aris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western 'Canada 3 3 / 4 JaniaicaS. Mid:Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jeniappe I Lyons and Avignon I% Luxembour g Madrid and Valencia — Yaris and Rouen . 'Paris and Strasburg - (Gan neron's) ...... 1 1 / 4 Do. (Aymard's)...... 1 1 % Do. (Compte de I.'Est) 1:)f, Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre.-- 27 Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Basle 'Num ay,Jurbise, Lan dent, and Hasselt... Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. (Lefebvre's) ..... Do. (O'Neill's). ....... Trinidad Verona and Ancona , _ West Flanders 3 1/1 THE CABlNET.—Summonses were issued by Sir James Graham yesterday, to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council, which is expected to be held this after noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. All the Ministers in town are expected to be present. _ - i 404 ; r:,t. ?1 ~. 4 * 't l ' ,. ~ -7r. ' t . s' l ~ .- ii. L.' . '.-....,'' vi, *); . N- , 0 4 -1 - ;`' , ,T 7 A, , - ',. k. 1 1, ~,-,'" . , ..- c,-.. ez, , ..0",...,-, , , Illiat.".. .. , F.l •', . . ..i ~ . 4 . 14 ' t %.• II -......- . - voirfilim .r.,,,' .r• m 0 J., , , pll . *... , ~ ,, i '', . , 117 , "' % i. 1., , . '''' " THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Nlll be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cxsar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarilio, Miss Poole. To conclude with the First and Second Acts of DER FREISCIEUTZ. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE TOWER OF LONDON ; tr, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported by Mr. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson, Alias Eliza Terry, &c. To conclude with THE LIFE RAFT ; or, The Two Reefers. Sup ported by the entire strength of the Company. {uFAyientikc LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1845. An Ipswich journal, some days since, announced that ciontracts had been entered into with parties in that qrnarter for the supply of uniforms for 40,000 militia, "We have known for some time that, in the neighbour hood of the metropolis, orders had been given and ac ei peed for large quantities of military uniforms, though vvithout the buttons or any distinguishing mark by which tle use for which these equipments were intended could bie ascertained ; and we believe it is admitted in most circles likely to be well informed, that the " militia capers . ' have been in readiness for some months, and that the embodiment of a strong corps of nailitia only awaits the sanction of the QUEEN and Parliament. We rejoice to find such symp t ;'ms of activity, and steps taken for carrying into e tfect measures become absolutely necessary, not only f the protection of these islands, but for putting our numerous colonies in a proper state of defence, and g Harding our commercial interests in every part of the g lobe. For such important purposes the strength of the rigular army h totally inadequate. With the exception ol the Indian troops, the whole military force fit for s , :rvice amounts to little more than 80,000 men, and with these England has to preserve order in Ireland, intaintain numerous detachments in manufacturing dis tviets, garrison some fifty or sixty colonies, and be at; the same time prepared to meet exigen cues which the jealousy or aggressions of h: r rivals may in a few months produce. We believe it would be impossible to point out any other gt eat power, in any quarter of the world, where such a pn eposterous system of policy is allowed to exist, or where interests of such vast magnitude are left in such an tu:iprotected state. The navy has hitherto been the main salvation of the country ; it saved England from the invasion contemplated by BONAPARTE, and would serve it again from any similar attempt ; but, when we look to its dwindled state compared with what it was in bygone days, the small number of seamen actually em ployed, and the time that would be required to equip and man fleets suited to a great emergency, to. Cher with the totally defenceless state of the country, it is impossible not to be struck with wonder and astonishment at the long-continued apathy of different Governments, and with fear for the destruction of life and property by means which steam has now put into the hands of those that might be the aggressors. We have a few corps of yeomanry cavalry, some divisions of old Chelsea pensioners, a body of police fully occupied in. preserving order in the capital, with occasional con stables in county districts not sufficient to guard life and property; but we have no militia, no volunteers, no military body, in fact, whatever, except the standing army, that could at first make a stand against disciplined troops and save the country from some great disgrace and calamity. The troops in Ireland cannot be spared ; Canada and the other American pro vinces are not half garrisoned under existing circum stances ; and, for aug ht we k now , t h e a ff a i rs o f th e Punjaub may yet require aoldional reinforcements. The 31inister, therefore, has no choice but to raise a strong body of troops, capable to guard Great Britain and Ireland, and dispense, if necessary, with the presence of the whole of the standing army. He has plenty of money ; the surplus caused by the ampl e procee d s o f the income and property-tax will furnish means for supply ing the necessary expenses ; and, should the in terests of the country, the maintenance of her inde pendence, and the assertion of her rights, require more, the people of thug country will neither be backward nor stingy in such a cause. Let them only compare the situation of England with that of our nearest neigh bour. In France there are a million of armed men, pro- '1 71,TT-; 7 ', / nr. J C , 1 . C.; 71 .7;.-; , ' '77 CITY, QUAIiiER 1 - 4.) TiLALI2,II.. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, all to the trade, at l A 3 d. per lb. lower than the quotations of last week. The business consisted of 250 Egyptian, at 6d. to 7 1 / 2 d.; 100 Pernams at 6d. to 6 1 4 d., and the remainder American, at 34d. to 7d. per lb. The market is very flat. Shares continued in a very depressed state, prices being still lower than heretofore. Among the commercial items from New York to-da:, by the Independence, we find the following:— " The foreign trade of any country is generally looked upon as being an index of the prosperity of the people, and is consi dered evidence of the progress made in commercial matters. The extent of the imports into any country is considered evi dence of the wealth of the people of of that country, and the extent of the exports some evidence of the resources of that country. The foreign trade of every nation comprises but a sin all port ion of its commei cial movements, but the outlet large exportations give to the products of any country is sure to pro duce a favourable state of trade at home. 'We export about one .tenth part of the total agricultural products of the country, whereas we do not import a one-hundredth part of the amount of merchandise consumed in the country. The foreign trade of the United States at the present time, is not so large, in proportion to the population, as it was in the early years of the history of the country. The agricultural exports of the country are not so great, in proportion to the popula tion, as they were forty years ago. The increase in the ex portation of products of the soil from this country since 1800 has been confined principally to the supply of cotton." The Flour markets in all parts of the United States were most active at the date of the present advises. The ship ments of Flour for Great Britain were upon a most extensive scale, and the supplies from the interior were considerable. Prices, however, had advanced to such a point that it was considered more than probable that the recent orders that had been received out would not be half exe cuted until further advices had been received out from Europe. There is nothing fresh in the present advices of importance connected with the Oregon question. The war party, how ever, was as rampant as ever, while all the respectable por tion of the public journals were inure strongly in favour of peace. The continuation upon Consols amounts to from 1 / 2 to 5 / 3 per cent. For Money the price now is 94 1 / 2 , and for the Ac count 95 1 / 8 . The market is heavy. The pay-day on the Consular Account went off very well, and cash is said to have become more abundant. A gcod deal has been done in Exchequer-bills this morning at premiums varying from 235. to 255. Bank Stock has fallen from 254 to 203. India Stock opened at 260, and it is now at 262. In the Foreign Funds the prices are still drooping. Alexi. can has receded from 294 to 28 3 / 4 • Spanish from 28 to 27 1 / 2 the Three per Cents. to 37 1 4. The Dutch Two-and-a-Hal per Cents. were at 58 1 4 3 / 4 , and the Four per Cents, at 91 1, .x. The Railway Share Markets are in a most heavy con dition, as the official list of prices will show:— ' ONZ PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 204 203 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 % 1/ rp 2 New 3 per Cents 9J/8 1 - ong Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 10 1 / 4 India Stock 260 262 South Sea Stock CLOSING PRICES 204 Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 ,14 d 24 25 23 22 pm. 24 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 86% 86 1 / Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2 0 3 /4 -- . 20 3 / 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ... , Ditto, Account 3 7 1% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 21 per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Ceitificites 91 !4 91% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen . . 5 Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin — — Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2 1 / 2 — • , Bideford andTavistock... 1 . )( 3 Binnin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New l 7 l, Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct — Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 .. Bristol and Liver. Julie . 2% .. ... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 2•h i % Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — . . . Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... 1% - ... Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexharn and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... VA Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester ll ...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby .. 1% ...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford NOVEMBER 6 28, 1845 ~~~_~ ... Londoialerry&Coleraine 5 ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 Manchester and Leeds .. 76 128% Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Sixteenths ... 4i4 — Manches!er and Birmm. 40 Do. Quarters 4 . 9! Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Baxton,and Matlock 425....... p Manchester, Birm., and Moul,l Junction ..... Manchester and Rugby Direct Mar:chest. &Southampt. 2 ...... M dtAll d 100 —1304 136 138 136 Do. T ifths 2 D.). New Birm.,Derby...loo lOB & East. Counties 1/ — ........ Midland Great Western ( Irish) Do. Ex tens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 — ..... Newcastle and Darling- . 108 ton Junction 25 ...... 50 1 / 49 Do. New Brandling... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 1% Newport& Abergavenny 2% New Ross and Carl0w... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston North British Do., New ..... 3 1 j2 — 1)o. Exten. to Carlisle 1 1 4 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 5 North Devon North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — 1)o. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 21. • 2%% North Staffordshire 425....... 2%% 1 4 North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern . Connecting Norwich and Brandon l6 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Not t ingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% — Nottingham and Mans- field - - Oxford, Gosport, Ports. mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford and Worcester... 12 1 / 2 14 1 / 2 4 Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..„ Ferth and Inverness ... 2 1 / 2 Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ...... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 3 34 Preston and Wyre • Do. 1 / 2 Shares 'Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, .Derby, and Man , cllester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central Scottish Midland l l /2 2 Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 - Shrews., WTolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 1,4..... 31/, .. . Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% — Sligo and Shannon 1 N", Somersetshire Midland 2% . . ..... South Devon 25 ..... 26 South Midland 425....... 1% 24 1% p South Staffordshire Junc 2 l /2 — South Eastern & Dover 33! 2s 4d 3 3 1 /2 Do., Ne. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 ..„... 11% 5t....A lban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% Qouth Wales .... 2% 23,a 1/2 Taw Vale Extension .. Tean and Dove Valley 1% — ......... Trent Valley 2 ...... 13 1 / 2 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness Vale of Neath - Warwick & Cheltenham 2% Warwick and Worcester 42s Waterford and Kilkenny 3 .. Waterford and Limerick 7% — ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin •• W at erford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 -- Welch Midland Nest Cornwall ll— 4 Yorkshire West London,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties .. l l / 2._ Wexford and Carlow ... 21/...... 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 ..... 1%... Worcester and S. 'Wales 42s Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby . 42s. ••• Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New .. l7 York and Carlisle 2 3/ — York and Lancaster 2% York and North Midland 50 Ditty % Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens... 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Central of Spain ... Ceylon „ . fiq — Demerara 2% ... . . . Dendr e Valley ....... Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish 5 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted ....... 5 ...... 10% 10 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction I Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension I Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . .. . .. Lyons and Avignon 2 I uxembourg... 4 Madrid and Valentia .... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. .. Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ... r. Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 9 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d — ••• Paris BeLy-ons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) 3 Paris & Lyons, f Calon's) 2 ...., Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 - Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 20 l'aris and Strasbourg (Ganncron's) 2 ... ... 1 3 ,i Do. (Compte de L'Est) . 2 ...... Ditto ( Aymards) 2 14 Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre loyal North of Spain ... 2 ambr and Mei se ...... 6 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 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 Union of Australia DEATHS OF Two CHILDREN BY FIRE.—On Thurs. day night Mr. W. Paine held two inquests at Guy's Hos pit 1, the bodies of John Bannen, aged two years, and Tamer Johnson, aged six. In the former case it appears that the parents of the deceased reside in Green-bank, St. Olive's, and on Monday forenoon last the child was at play with some other children in a room in which there was a fire, and in poking a piece of wood amongst the burning coals, his pinafore ignited, and he was shockingly burnt be tore the fire could be extinguished. He was removed imme diately to the above hospital, where he expired on Tuesday. In the second case the deceased's parents have the care of chambers in Great Tower-street, City, and on Tuesday fore noon she was sitting before the fire when a burning coal flew out of the grate and into her lap, and ignited her pinafore. Her screams brought assistance, but the fire was not extin guished before she was dreadfully burnt. She was taken to the hospital, where she expired on 'Wednesday. Verdict, in each case, "Accidental death." Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 5 q...... 4 Direct N °Ahern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 - ... Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 — Eastern Counties 141. 16s l9 18 1 / 2 Ditto New 6/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....6/.135. 4d. 3 /4 p Ditto ditto, No. 2-4/. 13s. 4d... p EastDereh'sn andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... • Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 A — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 1 Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 / 2 — • Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21 i ....... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 65 63 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... • Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ..... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/ — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 2 1 3 / 4 Glouc., Aberystwith, and Central of Wales IN, ...... .•• Goole and Doncaster .. 425. .. ... li t dis par Grand Junction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% o7g Great Eastern &IVestern 2 1 / 2 ...... ......... ... GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ... 7 1 /, — Great Munster .. 2 1 /, — Great North of Scotland 2Va.. . . . Great North of England..loo .212 Ditto New 5 — Do. New .... »........ 2 ...... • 3reat Western BO ......1411/2 143 140 1 / 2 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares SO Ditto 4 Shares 2 l /4 l 2 -y, 1, 412 Ditto Fifths 2O Guildford, Fare'in, Ports. 2 % ... .. Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midl an d l% •• Isle ofAxhohne 2% — Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 / Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction ... Leicester and Bedford-. 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. — Liver', and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. 1 /, Shares Do. Quarters Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingnmloo 206 204 Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 - ..... ... Ditto Extension ...... 1% — London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d B l4 Do. New Dit to Extension Londoi ' and Brighton... 50 ...... 59 1 / 58% 59% Do. consolidated Bths... 35 ..... Ditto, Sixtbs ... ...... 0 1 / 2 .-- London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18 1 4 1 A Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., che7. ' 0x.,G10., and Hereford London a ndGreenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western Lond. & S.Western 4116 s 10d 72 Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2 3 4 L ondon and York ...... 2 1 / 2 A % London and Windsor ... 1 ••• ......... •e London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 18% 5p 3 4 P 1% . - . . . 1 3% 14(,% 81% 13 23 99 19% 44% 2 1 / 3 281; - : 8 4 - 591/,!t 18V 2 •• 000000 • ••• 1 1 / 2 **** .." • 72 2 34 ~~:' 944 95% 10 1 4 262 55k; 14 1' 1 271/2 37 I/4 80 1 / 1 / 4 dis 7 1 4. 2% 2 1 / 2 2% .. _ . 1 3 IA MARKET NE V- -191Lir‘) n CORN EXCHANGE—FIt',/0 tft During the present week the arrivals of Englis" :- .1 1 00 4° our market have been rather limited: hence theasD samples of . that description of grain here, to-danit fro!, For all kinds, both Red and White, the denim ° ":7, fiat There 14a,-tserg; and Monday's prices were well supported. retail trade for fine Foretn Wheat on quite us g . °° ° , 3o lo but bonded parcels were n'eglected. The best malting 1:31.„ v it short ) • %4 11, ; I t 111 ait fA:tiiaghilie amount of business was doing full prices. Altf;$1:111, arrivals of Oats continue good, the Oat trade waS I t t;e be" some instances, a trifling advance in the value 0 parcels. Beans, Peas, and Flour ruled 9105 bet " notice no alteration in value. ARRIVALS. ' Wheat. Barley. 3,530 qrs. 10,410 qrs. 500 1,399 Malt, 4,640 qrs• The supply of Beasts on sale here too • and the attendance of buyers tolerably good, t ti h e i .,„olbe,r s° was firm, at Monday's quotations. ) co pes_ day being liras r , WO Oats 8,19 0 ' 8,660 4 1 1/ ' ----. 10, 190 ..." 4,530 English ...... Irish Foreign ...... 10,970 aw . which were small-sold sleadilv, but we can 11 0 1- - _d Co* tion in 'value. There were on ofler, 60 o%en. zal 0 6 1 0 1 in fa ir tt Sheep, and 30 Pigs, all from Rotterdam, en dea r. bu • as ' ad.! condition. Prime small Calves hand-e . so ld re - tr inferior qualities of Veal hung on Pig s 16/. t°' at extreme rates. Mulch Cows produced from each. ' Per albs. to sink the offal. 1. i ' 4 Al i 4 8 . 4 1 , 5. d. e. d. . di t ty Inferior Beasts •• ••2 10 3 0 Second eplallq, — ,,i t t 4 ' i ' Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-ivoolie.‘• ..,,° 411 Prime large Oxen 3 S 4 0 SoutbdownWetbT , , I Prime Scots 4 2 4 4 Ditto outoftheWo°: 3 11 i Large coarse Calves 1 0 4 6 Large nogg •• •• , 4 6 90 Prime small ditto 4 S 5 0 Small Porker•• • . 16 1 , Suckling Calves . • 111 0 80 I Quarte r old Figs '. , 1 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 4 310 Lambs •• •••• •• • 1 11 ' SUPPLY Al MARKET. 1 3 11 Beasts. I Sheep. Ca lves. 7i7 3,340 I IG4 liOti• NEW7GATE AND LEAD— .glf- o r We bad a steady trade, and prices were well 11 P Beef, inferior s e . d e . t 0 e 2. 1 d. o At per stone, by the Carceee• w e rlor ' Mutton, [middli ng" middling 3 0 8 2 ---- middli ng" 4 prune large •• 3 4 3 . ------ print° "*; Ilb prime small 3 0 8 S Pork, large• •"'•., 4 l e Veal... aII 410 —. &ma ll .• •••• • Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. ....., AtO,4 BOROUGH HOP MaSlC'nrtbe —ty The show of all kinds of Hops being t s ce s, a :0, has become very firm, and, in some Ins t3 ', — o els Pr more money has been aid for selected q es id ° f i v 1 5 Hops :—Sussex Pockets, 61 103 to 71 Ss; ~, 78 to of ditto, 6/ 12s to 71 128 • Mid Kent " wesil l ' Yearlings :--Sussex Pockets, ' GI 6s to 61 159; ' to 71; Mid Kents, 61 15s to 71 10s. r W , O I.° . ! AZ' SUGAR.—The demaCOXiONZnd for West India haara t i n d",' and better rates have in some instances bea isve quantity on on show is not large. Brown so rco to 50s, and yellow 48s to 56s per cwt. # 67s P e t eitt ii , REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been d fOr There has been a decided increase in the denisa en t goods for home consumption, hence the imPr elle° 'O 4 4,0 4 prices. EAST INDlA.—There has not been much &Lt . brown has realised 40s to 475, yellow 48s to dliglisr Aie much lower than last year, though prices are„,;d bags Bengal were partly taken in, low an i d ,;;lbr e ' 48s 6d is 51s Gd, good at 53s to 54s Gd, t O jt to 45s 6d per cwt. lion FOP:MON.—There has been very little dislt g oss,,'" COFFEE.—West India is firm, but the -",, - 0 0 Myr, limited. Ceylon has been firm, and about t0e...00 been sold at 44s to 68s 6d per cwt; for Pr, to reg good ordinary pale is about 50s per cwt. been taken in at 41s to 665. Mocha has bee' in to i , at full rates. COCOA.—The demand for West India bal. 70 fo Age ' o h o rather better prices have been' rea lised. P e ,, 5 taw Trinidad is 39s to 49s per cwt. The suPP IY d tbe t creased. 01 / RICE.—The demand for Bengal is less active & 6a , a larger supply. Low to mid w hite is 1 93 to -- perior 21s to 22s per cwt, being cheaper. to , bs t en SPICES.—Not much has been done in P iffi - v u g clt have been steady at 3 1 / 2 d to 3:yd per lb; to , d etr been purchased with caution ; 4 Malabar at tee ti e Eastern at 2%d to 276 per lb ; white 10 ' 5 goo dtf vately at 4d to 7d per lb. er _A67 SALTPETRE.—BengaI has been rather de3„l.--:. grey, 5 3 4 per cent. refraction, has realised -Ad"' 2 5 1 1 a fir 3 1 tt fraction 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. , RUM.—Leeward Islands has been 2s 3d t° for proof, and Jamaica 3s to 4s for 29 to 3 5 e e ,, i v . eat also has risen, owing to the notice of a Gover tbr, for 100,000 gallons. diav t .61 1 ' TEA.—The market was dull, notwithsl3n fair consumption. The trade take °sly f° r 9 1 / 2 d to ot , g Common to good common Con is • common yellow leaf Twankay is 2d to is 21.4 ' 3d P ate TALLOW.— P. Y. C. has been at 42s to 42 the spot, and Town 41s 6d to 42s per eVft . nett. _ DELIBERATE MUl tv- LAMBETH POLICE-COURT.--- (AV f ir IS / Last evening, about a quarter past fiv e Se omnutrhdeerpwerassoncooolflypacnoimelmFitittezdgerinaldP.eacock - s tre-t. 1,1 be sbtrao S tui a og m n : ti e l l ouup t f u o e ro n ne n x el a l,a i a labourer, was taken % t ot, °S git at the Lambeth suspicion Police-court. O dd ! ie l A i tenance, stands about a a6 e ' dl The prisoner is of t f l s i i' s being morninghe 11 ; re-re- l‘tr.' five feet f d ee a t rk a c v o e m n pl i e: ti e ; or built, and may be about twenty-eight years °' . 4 00 9 put into the dock he appeared depre , sse d; eyes heavy with trouble and sadness. P eril* t Lion he was observed to weep. 0 0 1 ! / ,, eThe first witness called was 0 n M`Cn rthl t :'9 1. 0 was a labouring man, living in w Queen - et re %ll,b ut ire l Walworth. Has been working for Mr. 42n en13- is b t° , 4 the last nine days. Understands the prisoner i,eae a f Mr. Quennell. Saw prisoner yesterday Ad; lane about twelve o'clock, near the . ll ers p - icl 11 0 -1 0 0 b b . t t i n t hed no . conversation with Wm' r of again till the time of the Int ut il e d ort • raid. nn Fitzgerald is a labouring man- " - wag "bff" 4 ' down K e2 e i nn n i la n n g y ton ye la a n rs e, when he met deceased about five o'clock. , s ll , o lt A r d walked out of the yard, down Kennington'e-eO4 '; P A ; eamYeastuerpdatoy thweitynaerilewspitbasadicle4 over into Peacock street. They had 'list d: t the pump stands, when some person came were e s° er j. gerald in front. Witness and deceased W e i ,' t e o9 :iff: abreast. Immediately a bright flash of light of: fte s .ii r dazzled his eyes. He thought he heard the a n but for the moment he was stunned. I ll !: saw the deceased with his hand pressed ag7 - ,i st' ''',",:/ 1 ,, t and bending double to the left. Deceased 000"0/: man." He said no more. At that time Wit e6 i ; frO o were close together. Prisoner came up Tig i3 L -- ,, d el r.; t i gerald. Prisoner said nothing. Deceased u`-o,tse,:e. ways, holding his side, and said, " a d ee 7, - i f f i r '"":„; the shot prisoner did not run. Witness saw , 1 0 5, 111 " A . 44 4 leisurely away, as the light dazzled in h ie b r A d tinned walking till witness holleed ' 34 0 "0 P ' ieg shot ; stop him." Witness beard 0 P- cow or after the shot, except the exclatna'A'°i- : t t)sl 4 gerald. Did not overtake the prisoner, and CAtIADIIOI);,4 the station-house with prisoner after be h adoPbeiritir, sent and told Mr. Quennell that Fitzgerni . s. Did not return to the spot where Fitzge rala does not know of any quarrel between Fitzger tu r j e / 'el e soner, or bad feeling, or heard any ang r y at t ile g tj ll l . He did not see whence the prisoner came frel:ofeetr the inurder. The road where they were _„10 41 . 0 c. not a thoroughfare for carts. It is very na t-11. 135' teu' Henry Cottin is a messenger in the Court of y es e ti Basingliall-street, and lives in Vauxhall- l e , le evening, about five o'clock or a quarter Pa s ",, eo be, j ' e je r down Kennington-lane, towards Vauxhall, pistol report. He was then just by the corner e' v 0 1P, the Kennington-road. He had not walked e lb° ,, c i e oBl yards before he saw a crowd and a man 10 . 111- 4 0 d it (0: him, running. He went and took hold of bin' , - 0 ir r i t tis taken to the station-house. Prisoner is that init P b ti , n r o . little resistance. As another man came running" 11- v i prisoner said, "Take me to the station-hors' He toi"4; to last he heard him illy nothing except tbg t A t on, but nothing in his hand when running- Thoell house a pistol was taken from him out o f his tr° orP s on the right side. feet , OA , Henry Martin Allam—Lives in Agnee - T,teig")" . ,l road ;he was passing down Kennington-190,18,00t 014°- five o'clock ; saw the prisoner running as if ` gfi t ,es .!aii f4 mediately after heard a cry " Stop him." '" P' come up with him till Cottam,had stoppe d ec , hear any report. .„,et, A Ann Westwood—Lives at 11, Peacock -s"- u per Brentwood, a greengrocer, in the sarae ileu a se j( 19 ,, 1/14 , lived at. Was within doors when a loud kn ock at the outer door. Mrs. Brentwood called , ra t er , , no one answered. A pistol report was he a o beli O ij after, which led Mrs. Brentwood to the door,whe,l3oof, man had fallen. She in consequence Nv ett ,A " c lece P iier Fitzgerald in a heap. She and a man lift . --ed with Too the Peacock public-house, where she ravine ' _, VI" the surgeon came. : 4 0 te , M'Carty re-called—Knows Mrs. Westivu— bro it , l l murder occurred very near there. , he % f el Frederick Bunn.-Keeps Mrs. Tubb's 5i013' pieser, in the New-cut. A man came on Saturutfir,i, wit a t st rt eight o'clock, and bought a pistol. The Pisi more, was hanging up at the door. The 1113Poiclifo, of them, snapped it and broke the cock , for fur t ai' charged him 25., and then sold him anotberboi . O i l T believes the prisoner to be the man " ell° . e ac then. The pistol taken from the prisone rtl r it ie eo ,l to the one lie sold ti . • tt One of the officers here remarked the r G eo prp re ante of the pistol being very large ill of the stock). Witness said they 113 ' v similar, and they bear no private niaroitie,llo.ll4 le% es to be the man, would not s WearP t 1' prisoner kro 13° was similarly dressed, does not remember " et 0 0 coP w eP it M was 'C the n wore, arthy m recalled—the prisoner used a nd csli , 1 4 o.c. work ; saw prisoner on Saturday between ° A the causeway ; does not recollect whether he if ° „rot' f rl r. IWO* John Marne—ls a gunmaker in W i. 4 s P r ' Jog 14 1 could not say whether he bad ever seen t" s ten ) ; o e o ,l rre ;y e $ fore or not. A man came the day be' e e wisb e 30 1 le bought sone bullets at his shop. He r fir !Alio, to fit his pistol, but then put aside the . 1 " - 11 ply it t bullets. This pistol (the one taken froln . • exactly the same. It was a peculiar pio t ev e r) butt-end. He had gauged the pistol tl ti i Coei 4 l tef f I found it 48. This (he gauged the ore bane`/ and this, I see, does not screw down the ore tlO stock, very well, which was the case with tile _ 61A, 1% p 2% 2 p 14 1 / 2 3 34 - 123/4 % dis 27 1 3 / 4 p _ 32% 13% 2 1 4 1% 6 4 1% 44 IN 25 24!4