The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-28 00:00:00

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 28, Will be performed DON C2ESAR DE BAZAN. Principal Cha raters by MeFsrs. sbaldiston, Date, Herbert, and Miss Vincent. After which, GEORGE BARNWELL; or, The London Mer ch nt. George Barnwell, Mr. Graham; Millwood, Mrs. W. West To conclude with GIOVANNI IN LONDON. Don Giovanni, Miss Louisa Lyons Private Family Boxes, XI Is. Od. and I Ils. 6d. HE WEATHER.—Sin OFFICE, OCT. 27. TitERMOMETER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 50; Noon, 47. BAnomirricn,_3o.3. 7 Wnin, Easterly. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometei denotes tht freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is actually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Moriing 50 minutes after 9. I Evening ... 7 minutes after 3. - -0 i. ~4'. ' Ar ' , , , • 0%1 ... • NAL . I aS. B ) 4, o P r i h ., t_ i .i M IS ~,, - ', ) 0' . ....LFAIIIII.H . 7 . A *b...., i ' ' 'go • ."--, •-.' zr ..1 ,'•:',. • r - ' 1 "4:;•-' D a V ;C, „ , 16 , .. M ° ' , ~“,, ,' .'...0:1150 7 , . F. "t - ' *Mi. ..- i'• - ~, - „ THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 28, Will be performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts ' entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Berrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton; Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. Conrsd, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu g Medora, Miss Clara Webster ,• Une Vivandiere, Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, :Mlle. Adele Dumilatre. The Box.orLce 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 2S, Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles Mathews; Vertex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Bucks tone; Ellen Vortex, Mrs. Edwin Yaraold; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford; Jess) , Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. Alter which. will be repeated a New Comic Drama, founded on Don Cesar de Bazsn, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mariqu:ta ' Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with YANKEE LAND, in which Mr. Marble, the popular delineator of Yankee character, will make his first ap,,ear. since. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Archer, at the Box-office, from Wen till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 28, Will be performed an en'irely New Drama, entitle& C/ESAR DE BAZAN ; or, Love ind Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Czesar de B izan, Mr. Webst,r • Maratina, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, cal.ed TELE lIACHUS ; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford; Dinah, Mr. Cowell To be followed by a New Com;c Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, NKr Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ottice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. I' c-morrow will be performed a New Drama, called THE MIS TERIOUI STRANGER, foundel on Satan; ou, Le Diable a Paris," now attracting all the Parisians. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE,Idr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 29, Will be perform d THE SY REN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Walton, C. Horn, Jun., Leffler Allen,4nd Mdlle. Nau. To conclude with the New Drama, called DON CESAR DE AZAN. Don Ciesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the :2 econd, Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess dr Rotondo, Mrs. Fo.broke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2a. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Iwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. alum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-HalE Doors to be opened at Half. pest Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box.odice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn Private Boxes and }roe Admissioes for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER Z, Will be produced a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. Tne characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A Wi g an; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. obe followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, and Keeley, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Kegley After which, the Comic Scene, called OUTGENERALEI); cr, a Hint to Bachelors. Charles Stanley, Mr. F. Vining; Mrs. lartley, Miss Walcott. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS With entirely Ne, Scenery, Machinery, Dresses. &c. Principal Characters ny Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Weolli ige, tirs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi s James, Miss Arden, MISS Grove, Mass Fort scue, and Mrs Keeley. PRICES OF A D MlSSlON.—Balcouy Boxes, 4;.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2 . ; Upper Boxes, is. ed.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the itAlcony Tier holding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second ler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea' fhe Boa- stlice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. P:eprietor and Manager, Mr. W.BATTY: Open every evening with its unequalled rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Entertainments. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER '2B, and doting the wee; at seven o'Clock, The Splend'd Spectacle from the Poem of the illustrious Sir Walter Scott, entitled LOCHINVAR; or, The Bridal of Netherny, and Steed of the Brave. Entire change of the Scenes of the Circle, and n'.vel feats of Horse manship, by the extensive corps of French and Br tish riders. fo conclude with THE BLOOD-RED KNIGHT; or, The War. Hors of Palestine. Acting and stage.m onager, Mr. W D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding Ly Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense Flit of D in Cwiar de Basan. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 2s, Will be performed a New Drama, enti led DON C/ESAR DE BAZ A N, supported by the entire Company. To be fo lowed by a New Military Drama, entitled THE EVE OF BATTLE. Supdorted by the whole Company, with New Scenery and Splendid Appointments. To concluee with THE CROWN PRINCE. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box_ anise, from Eleven to Four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The half sovereign sent by " One who thinks that such conduct should not go unrewarded," has been rcceive.i and will be forwarded to the boy or his friends. Atm LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1844. The royal procession to the City this day is cha racteristic of the habits, the genius, and the indusry of the English people. No similar display was made at Paris on the opening of one of the finest buildings of that metropolis—the Bourse. Royalty did not go in state for the purpose of encouraging trade and commerce, and throwing a halo aromse! the occupations of shopkeepers and merchants ; not are we aware that any such exhibition, as that which attracts the notice of two millions of inhabitants this day, is to be found on record in the history of airy great country. Possibly the Doge of VENICE, or tla first magistrates of the commercial Republics on the shores of the Mediterranean, who lived, and moved and ha.l their being in trade, might have done similar honour to commercial enterprise; but it was reserved for the Queen of ENGLAND to treat with the same august ceremony the nobles of the land, the representatives of the people, and the humble citizens who have toiled and struggled many a day to raise themselves to independence, and to establish the character of their country among commercial nations. Most of the leading men—nay, all who will be brought into the royal presence this day, belong to that class. Some of them have bef n saddlers, others paper-makers or stationers ; all of them have been engaged in some active occupation, conferring benefits on themselves and their country. The class, too, to which they belong, have extended the fame and the power of the British name into every quarter of the globe. A few merchants esta blished themselves some two hundred years ago on a small spot in llindostan —that sp increased to a mighty empire, and now forms the brightest jewel in the British crown. What have , they done, too, in the North American States ? They peopled the country by their skill and enter prise; and if it was finally lost to the Crown, the fault was not theirs, but that of the imbecile generals, the mad statesmen, and, the misguided SOVEREIGN, who urged the country on almost to the brink of rui , But what remains shows the ability and foresight V% tl; which our merchant princes carried on their v: St undertakings. The United States, though separated from the mother country, furnishes a better market for English manufactures than any other independent state. The people have the same habits and the same wants—there is a constant commercial exchange going on between the two nations, and England and America, theu:;ll rivals, are still the best sup porters of ( ac's other. Wherever we turn our e . es, we find nearly the same results. English s lips are foul d in every sea, exchanging the productions of the country fur those of others—an exchange equally advantageous to both. Queen ELIZABETH, it is true, set the example, and the re sult only proves how worthy it is of imitation. It is needless to contrast the power of England during her reign with its existing power, its vast wealth, its countless ships and colonies, its enormous commer cial transactions, because every reader can draw the contrast himself. Commerce has made England what she is, and the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN, therefor , , cannot pay a more noble and more just tribute to its boundless importance, than by opening in state tint magnificent structure around which are congregated so many thousands engaged in the peaceful and en riching works of in lustry. The Anti-Corn-law League is actively bestirring itself again. After an apparent slumber of ten week —we say " apparent," for the sleep has been in s show—thi s great pearance only, as we shall presently national Confederacy has openly resumed the work cf vigorous agitation. On Thursday evening last it held its first public meeting for the season in the Free-trade Hall of Manchester, and a more impor tant meeting—whether as regards the numbers, the wealth, the intelligence, the influence, or the respec tability of those who attended it—never yet took place in that great manufacturing capital. Mr. WILSON, who as usual occupied the chair, opened the pro ceedings by some deeply interesting details respecting the success which the agents of the League had met with in their efforts to improve the registration of Lancashire. " The result of these efforts," said the Chairman, " has been to give us a gain of five hun dred and thirty-three votes for the Northern, Division of the county, and to give us two seats for the Southern Division ; and to leave the Mono polists three seats in the boroughs, or five out of the whole twenty Members for the entire county ; and I think you will agree with me, that there never was, in the history of registration so complete a sweep of a county as this has been ! I have also in my hand a list of returns for seventy out of the hundred and fifty boroughs over which the League has exercised some influence, and of these there are sixty-eight in which there has been a clear gain on the registration ; in some a great gain, but less or more in all." After a triumphant statement like this, what becomes of the declaration of the Monopolists—not once but a dozen times made during the last few weeks—that the League was fast losing its hold on public favour—that its funds were exhausted, its energies enfeebled, in short, that it had run its allotted course, and was already in the last stage of decrepitude ? Why, it now appears that in stead of being in the debilitated condition alluded to by its opponents, the League was in reality plying the work of agitation more briskly than ever, and quietly stealing a march on the Monopolists, while they good, easy souls were hugging themselves in the belief that, like Cardinal BEAUFORT, it " was dying and making no sign !" Yes, at the very moment when the opponents of the Anti-Corn-law League were congratulating them selves at their various agricultural meetings on the " great fact" that this popular Confederacy was on its last legs—at that very moment it was dealing them the severest blows they have yet experienced at its hands! " Look to the Register," said Sir R. PEEL to his friends in the days of Tory despondency. Well, the League has taken this advice—nam fas est ab hoste doceri and the consequence is, that they have already rescued Lancashire from the clutches of Monopoly ; and were a general election to take place to-morrow, the probability is, that at least a hundred additional Free-traders would be returned to Parliament. What say you to this, 'Messrs. Monopolists ? You may sneer, if you please, at the assertion, and hold it in utter discredit ; but we believe it to be as true, as your late statement of the exhausted condition of the League is false. This in fluential Confederacy, indeed, has never been in so healthy and vigorous a state—never exhibited such a decided promise of a long, active, and prosperous existence, as during the period when it was so kindly and considerately consigned to the " tomb of the Capulets" by its opponents. Though it made no noise or stir on the surface—though it held no prize manu - facture shows, in imitation of the Monopolists' prize cattle shows—yet it was actively working, like the mole, under ground ; and was never so ener getic as when to all appearance it was most lethargic. We now see the fruits of its noiseless exertions, in the thorough purification of the Register throughout Lancashire, as well as in several other places where the constituency has till now been corrupt, or if not absolutely corrupt, at least oppressed with torpor and indifference. Of the speeches delivered at the great meeting of which we have been speaking, the best was decidedly that made by Mr. COBDEN, who being, like Mercutio, in " a mirthful vein," read the agricul turists some pleasant sarcastic truths, better calcu lated, we suspect, to edify than to entertain them. How he lashed them for their fat prize-ox meetings ! What ridicule he cast upon their ploughing matches, and their annual thirty shillings reward to him who stood longest and worked hardest behind the tails of two bullocks in an unploughed field ! Had an agri culturist been present while this cutting exposition of his favourite system was going forward, it must have been as diverting a spectacle as mortal optics could desire, to have watched the varying expression of his prepossessing physiognomy, and the modest confusion that must have been diffused over it, when the humi liating conviction—thanks to Mr. COBDEN—was first impressed on him that he had been making a fool of himself regularly once a year, since he first patronised cattle shows and ploughing matches, as the best means whereby to improve the condition of the labouring classes. Madrid journals of the 16th have been received, from which it appears that great interest was dis played on that day by the inhabitants, to ascertain the new measures of the Government. The Cham ber of Deputies and all the galleries were crowded with anxious spectators. Several of the Foreign Min isters were present in their official costume—among others, Count BRESSON and Mr. BULWER, and also the Duke of GLUCKSBERG and M. DE BROGLIE, and M. GARNIER PAGES. General NARVAEZ, after a few introductory remarks, urging serious reasons for the measure,brought forward the Bill, and entered into long explanations of the motives of the Government, and of the principal changes proposed. 'We may ex pect a series of long speeches on the new Bill, unless it may suit NARVAEZ' purpose to cut them short, which will cause no regret. Upon the Exchange of Madrid on the 18th, the Three per Cents. were at 26, ready money, and 26 4 1 at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at 201, at sixty days. The Journal des Debats publishes a summary of the Bill presented by the Spanish Government for remodelling the Constitution, and prefaces it with thi3 significant remark :—" We confine ourselves to publish it to-day without comment." It will require some time and some ingenuity for the organ of a Go vernment, which has encouraged this inroad upon Spanish liberty, to make this outrageous attempt sup portable even by the adherents of the French Court. The outline published by the Journal des Debats differs in no respect from that which appeared in The Sun on Friday. The Republican journals of France display the highest state of excitement on the occa sion. The National is furious, and calls for a general rising throughout /Spain to put down the despots. A correspondent of that paper thus writes from Ma drid :—" Rest assured that a counter-revolution is proceeding, escorted by the representatives of Eng land and France, and that M. BULWER greatly out runs M. BRESSON in this race towards perdition. Rest assured, also, that at the end of this month, or the beginning of the next, the Cortes will have disap peared from Madrid—that the Chambers will be closed, and that MARIA CHRISTINA will remain abso lute mistress of affairs, either with the consent of the Deputies, or by the means of a coup d'etat." A cor respondent of the Siecle says : " I do not know what day the conflict will commence, but there certainly will be a battle. The Spaniards could not, in fact, without forfeiting the esteem which their national character has acquired, suffer with impunity the insolent and ridiculous re-action sought to be imposed upon them. A Bonaparte might effect an 18th Bru maire, to which a naion might submit without abdicat ing their dignity ; but that a Narvaez, aided by men all remarkable for the insufficiency of their talents and the impotence of their character should dare to say :—' Re nounce your national sovereignty, which broke the chains forged by monkish and monarchical despotism ; give me unlimited authority to make laws by ordinance, and answer for all'—such conduct is intolerable, odious, and absurd. The Minister has, however, presented his plan of reform, and is determined to support it, if necessary, by military force." Queen CHRISTINA'S paper, of course, is delighted with the bold scheme, asserting that it is absolutely necessary for defeating the disloyal intrigues of Young Spain." " These young men," says the Presse, " are neither Royalists, Conservatives, Pro gressives, nor Republicans. Between a party of Monte at the Cassino, and a dinner at GEVIE'S, they have picked up a certain jargon of Atheism which they call philosophy, and it is in the name of this philosophy that they mock at all political movement," Notwith standing the unfavourable aspect of Spanish affairs, the French Funds slightly improved. THE BOURSE--THURSDAY, OCT. 24. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. FrenchFiveperestits 118 40 .. 118 50 .. 118 40 .. 118 45 107 25 .. 107 25 .. 107 25 .. 107 25 ThreeperCents....• 82 25 .. 82 25 .. 82 25 .. 82 25 Bank of France....... 3060 ..3060 ..3060 ..3060 Lafattallank, 1,0001. Sharesll2o ..1120 ..1120 ..1120 5,000 f. Sharesso4s ..5045 ..5045 ..5045 Belgianl3ank 657 50 .. 657 50 .. 657 50 .. 657 50 Beigian/Ives,lß3l. Apanish Passive .. 51 .. 5f .. 51 .. 51 Active...... 321 .. 321 .. 321 .. 321 rEngT, Thr '" -- * ••• 341 35 .. aft 35 Nea 11 . ese Five ...... "•'•• 3 5 8 1 50 9: 1 60 98 4 50 17 1 50 ..... ........ 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 RAILWAY SHARER , Versailles, R. 33... 3 90 LAI . 28 . 390 390 .. 390 4 50 . 287 50 .. 286 25 .. 286 25 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1844. Bout* •• ..........1037 50 . 1045 ..1037 50..1045 Rouen to Havre Orleans •• • • ••••• •• •• 1025 ..1028 75 —1025 ..1023 75 Strasburg to Bale• ••• • • .... 278 75 .. 281 25 • • 278 75 . 280 Avignon to Marseilles— •• • • 780 . 788 75 .. 780 •• 788 75 RAILWAY SHAW'S FOR THE ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 31. Versailles, R. 8.. ........ 390 .. 390 .. 390 .. 390 L.B..••••• ...... 286 25 .. 287 50 .. 2116 25 .. 287 50 Rouen .... Rouen to Havre •• Orleans •• •• •• •• 1025 —lo3o ..1025 _ —lO3O ~.. Strasburg to Bale .• • • •• • • 278 75 .. 281 25 .. 278 75 .. 281 25 Avignon to Marseilles•••••• 782 50 .. 787 50 . 782 50 •• 7d7 50 We have perused, with much interest, the valuable tract just issued by the publisher , Mr. S. Clarke, of Pall-mall East, entitled the " First Report of the Committee of the Society for the Emancipation of Industry, bringing down their proceedings to the ter mination of the Parliamentary Session of 1844." It is a document every way worthy of the careful labours, the unwearied zeal, and the undaunted spirit of a body of individuals who have rendered so much good service to the common weal by their sustained efforts to enlighten public opinion, and to enlist the public voice against the disastrous fallacies in corporated in the monetary system of the Bullionists. A more complete and unqualified case was never established, upon inferences more logically drawn from incontrovertible premises, than is proved in this able and temperate paper against the monster mischief known as Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Bill of last session. It makes its appearance, we trust, in good time to invigorate and inspirit hose somewhat tardy, but determined eftOrts, which the agricultural, commercial, and banking interests of Scotland are now making, from Jedburgh to John o'Groat's House, against the threatened administra tion to their now thriving country, of the Premier's quack nostrum—the golden pills—which, notwith standing all the skill he has heretofore taken credit for exhibiting, as consulting physician to the State, have produced absolutely nothing but disorganisation and disease in her constitution. We warned our brethren, North of the Tweed, while the meditated mischief had been as yet but briefly announced, as kindly in tended " for England, only," that the apathy with which they looked on at the " Doctor's" " magnetic passes" on their southern kinsmen, would soon be converted into the alarm consequent on the fact of being themselves the next patients selected for expe riment. Our words have proved " owre true" almost sooner than we expected. The banking interest of Scotland certainly exhibited, pending the last session, a degree of moral timidity in not running to the rescue of their neighbour whilst the fire had not yet scathed their own roof-tree. Now that the incendiary intention of making them submit to the same disaster, is fairly announced, we trust they will be all "up and doing," and prepared for efficient resistance and defence before the next session commences. In a day or two we shall return to the Society's " Report." The sig nificant statements of our City Correspondent, corro borated, as they are, by the statements which appear in the " Money Market" articles of all our Contempo raries, are but too likely, we fear, to involve the in dications of an approaching re-visitation of some of these evil influences which have periodically developed themselves since the passing of Peel's " Currency"' Bill in 1819, as its unquestionable and necessary results. It occasions us much regret to learn that whilst the Imperial Parliament, and some of the principal municipal bodies of the kingdom are making the most praiseworthy and benevolent efforts to provide for the labouring classes of the people, in a more especial de gree, places of healthful resort, public walks, parks, &c., the Commissioners who preside over the adminis tration of the estates of his Royal highness the Prince of Wales, which are the hereditary pro perty of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lan caster, are pursuing a precisely opposite course. They have chosen, too, a season which has been remarkably distinguished by the prevalence of those disorders which arise from the overcrowding of tenements in densely-peopled and ill-drained localities, to hold out a premium for the profit of his Royal Highness's rent-roll, to the further indulgence of that spirit of brick and mortar investment, which is the local curse of all the suburban sections of this capital. Kenning ton- green--a small plot, heretofore a common " green" (as its name imports)—afterwards usurped as a market garden, and in either destination forming an open and cheerful space between the Vauxhall and Kennington roads, at their junction near Kennington-cross, is now let out for building leases. No greater nuisance to the houses on the east and west sides of the green, or the said two roads,trespectively, can be imagined ; but the question of health to the operative and indus trial communities who reside in, or habitually fre quent this vicinity, is, of course, of para mount importance. The contemplated nuisance is attempted to be justified on the plea that it is expedient to reduce the present charge of managing the revenues of the Duchies, to one of which the land belongs. The reduction of the salary of the Chancellor or the auditors would be equivalent, we should say, to the fee simple of twenty such plots, and would be unattended with one particle of that ill feeling which the execution of this notable project is calculated so justly to excite. We had hoped that the time had gone by for this species of land-jobbing, at the cost of the czmforts of the poor and the health of the public. Sir J. Graham arrived in town on Saturday from Windsor Castle, where, it is understood, the Right Hon. Baronet had been to make arrangements for the royal visit to the City this day, on the opening of the new Exchange. Lady Peel arrived in town on Saturday. ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX RAILWAY. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 23. The representatives of the Company Laurent, Ix zarche, and Mackenzie, had an interview with the Minister of Public Works this day, for the first time since the adjudication of this line of railway, owing to the illness of the Minister, and his subsequent absence from Paris, in attendance upon the King. The Conseil de Ministres (Cabinet Council) are to pro- nounce upon the ratification of the tender this day, at four o'clock, and the representatives of the Company are to meet the Minister, by appointment, in his cabinet, at six o'clock, to receive official notification of the result. • _ The result may be inferred from the fact that the Minister has invited the Directors to meet him, shortly, at Tours, to make an inspection of the works between Orleans and Tours, preparatory to delivery to the Company, The royal ordonnance, approving this Company, will appear, probably before the close of this week, in the Moniteur. It may be announced in the Messager, the evening Government paper of this evening, and not the Moniteur of to-morrow. PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUAL SALE OF LIVE STOCK. —WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The sale of his Royal High ness's live stock, selected from the Norfolk and Flemish Farms in the Great Park, and also from the Home Park at Windsor, took place yesterday, under the super intendance of Mr. Tebbott, at the Norfolk Farm, and attracted, as upon the three former occasions, a great number of salesmen and butchers from London and the adjacent towns. The sheep, which were in excellent condition, realised the following prices :-213 South down ewes averaged from 255. 6d. to 33s ; 160 South down two-tooth wethers from 225. to 255. The cattle sold as follows : 20 Scotch pole four-years old bullocks, fit for slaughter, averaged from 121. to 17L each ; 29 highly-bred Welch bullocks, from 111. 15s. to 131. ss. ; and 13 short-horned barren cows, from 101. to 17Z each. Several Hereford oxen, Alderney cows, cart-horses, &c., realised very excellent prices. The proceeds of the sale amounted to upwards of 1,4001. Mr. Tebbott sold at the same time several fine Hereford working oxen belonging to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. We understand that Sewell and Co., of Old Compton-street, Soho, silk-mercers in ordinary to the Queen, purpose closing their establishment this day, in consequence of her Majesty's visit to the City. BRUSSELS, OCT. 24.—The Senate had a short sit ting yesterday, in which the draft of an address, in answer to the King's speech, was brought up. The draft was, as usual, an echo of the speech. The Chamber of Representatives chose for its President M. Liedt, who had 62 votes, the number of Members present being 67. SOMERSETSHIRE.—The following is an exact copy of a notice lately posted up in the village of Crow , combs--" Take a notis that ther will be a lickter, preached by the Riverant Measter Fooler, on chrishen confarmation at the bapteas chipple at Stugumber on Sonday eveling next."—Taunton Courier. We have received a letter, dated from the Hospital Beaujon, mentioning that Lord Robert Grosvenor a few days since visited that establishment, and, with a kind ness which much enhanced his noble donation, contri buted most handsomely towards the relief of the only English inmate of the institution.--Paris Paper. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CRUELTY.—On Fri day a girl named Emma Kimberley, about 17 years of age, was brought before Mr. James James, at the Public-office, charged under the following circum stances :—lt appeared that she had been employed by Mr. James Davis, of Francis-street, as nurse, and that in that capacity she had the care of an infant three months old. About a w ee k ago M r. D avis, on hearing theinfant crying excessively, went into the room where the girl had it in her arms, and inquired the cause of its uneasiness. The girl replied th a t th e c hild seemed as if it was choking, and that it was al wa y s b etter w i t h the mother. Mr. Davis took no further notice, nor was any suspicion entertained that the infant had been the victim of ill-treatment, until Thursday morning last, when Mrs. Davis discovered in the evacuations of the infant two small pebbles, two buttons, a button-mould, and a hob-nail. The appearance of these things naturally excited her h alarm,ieh s and hea t sheon once confessed questioned th e e m,un w stones, buttons, &c., down the child's throat. A police-officer was the th thatse servant n had t about pu t immediately sent for, and, on his arrival, he asked the girl why she had been guilty of such barbarous conduct. She replied that she intended to kill the child, because the parents made so much of it. She was then taken to the station, and a surgeon was called in to examine the child, but there were no external injuries found upon the body. In the evening the infant discharged four pins, a hob nail, a brass button, and two pieces of a hard substance. The prisoner, when before the magistrates, refused to give any information touching the motives which had induced her to commit this act of wanton cruelty, and she was remanded.—Birmingham Journal. HONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales at previous rates.—Railway Shares continued dull except Duvers. Chester and Birkenhead, 31i • Direct Northern, 51; Grand Junction, 205; Ditto, Half, 1021; Flarwich, lls- ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 321. ; London and Birmingham, 212 ; London and Brighton, One-Eighth, 24 ; Midland Counties,_los; North Union, 1291; Sheffield and Lincoln, 2 ; Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, 3f ; South-Eastern, 431 ; Ditto, New, 164 ; Trent Valley, q ; Lyons and Avignon, 46 ; Paris and Lyons, 2i ; Ditto and Orleans, 29i ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4*. The truly absurd clause in the regulations issued by " My Lord Mayor Magnay," prohibiting parties even from attending to their own business, within the pre scribed limits, noted by us yesterday, now creates dis gust, as well as ridicule. A host of letters have been addressed to the " Home-office," on the subject, and sans dente, the higher powers, will control the vagaries of the Civic authorities, on the subject referred to. The following letter was posted at the North and South American Coffee-house this morning : " An outrage of a serious nature, nearly attended with loss of life, was committed this afternoon, about four o'clock, upon Captain Woodhouse, the respected com mander of the New York packet-ship Queen of the West At the hour mentioned, Captain Woodhouse was leaving his vessel in the Prince's Dock, when passing through the gate he was assailed by a tall powerful man, in a sailor's dress, who, without a word, sprung towards him and struck him a tremendous blow with an iron ball or stone slung in a cotton pocket-handkerchief. The blow took effect on the forepart of the temple, near to the eye, and laid him at once senseless on the pavement. He was picked up by a few persons who witnessed the attack, and carried to the Northern Hospital, where he received immediate attention from the house-surgeon, who reported that the injury, although of a most serious nature, did not amount to fracture of the skull, which was no doubt the villain's object. The assailant, on seeing Captain Wood house fall, uttered some expression not distinctly heard by those who witnessed the attack, took to his heels, and in the confusion escaped. He is known, however, and cannot long escape detection. He is one of Captain Woodhouse's own crew, amongst whom a mutinous feel ing had existed during their late voyage from New York, though with this man Captain Woodhonse, we understand, never had an ill word. Two police officers hare been placed on board the Queen of the West for the protection of the mates, stewards, &c." In the public Securities this morning scarcely any business has been transacted. Consols for the Account have been quoted at par. For the first transfer day next week an improvement from 99* to 100 has just taken place. Bank Stock has advanced to 2024, and Exche quer Bills are at 735. premium. The Rtduced Three per Cents. are rather heavy at 99. The firm of Messrs. de Rothschild, Brothers, have taken a contract for 3,894,415 Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Rents, placed at the disposal of the Govern ment of Holland, pursuant to the recent treaty between the two countries. The certificates will be granted at 591, and to be entitled to interest from Ist January next. The payments are to be made as follows :-20 per Cent. on the 4th proximo; 20 per Cent. on the 2d Dec.; 20 per Cent. on the Ist Jan. ; 20 per Cent. on the 3d Fel .; and 20 per Cent. on the Ist March, 1845. The Exchange is to be calculated at 25 francs per pound sterling, and a discount of 3 per cent. is to be obtained for payments in advance. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been firm, this morning, at 63. In Belgian Bonds there have not been any bargains effected. Spanish Three per Cents. are at 344 e ; Portuguese Converted at 521 , , for the Account ; and in Mexican Bonds only one bargain has been made, at 34. In the Railway Shares a slight improvement has taken place ( PRICSE OF BRITISH NUN DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... 0010,4 99 3per Cent. Consols. Anne New 314 per Cent. Annuities lOl% EV 101% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12 1-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Bonds, 92 Ditto under 1,000...........«.«.«.«.».».«.«.« 9O Bank Stock for Account ..».......«...« 202 Consoi for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d 1,009!. ..“•••••••••••••••••••• ..... 1 5 , N ra m: 73 pm. Ditto Small., Ditto Advertised. — ••..... 00000 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ..»........h.... Ditto for the Account ..... 34% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent . ........ ....... Ditto Converted 51% Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 — Ditto Three per Cent. 34% Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 34e% Dutch 2% per ...... tt3 Dutch 5 per ........... 98% PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE Birmingham and Gloucester...." 100 .........103 Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..»..... 43 Caledonian ..... ......... 5 Churnet Valley 2 3% to E astern Counties 25 13%%% to Edinburgh and Glasgow •••••••••••• 50 ••••••••• 59% ••• to Ditto 1 4 Shares 12% 15 ..... to Great Western •••••••••••••••••••••••• 75 to -- _ Ditto 34 Shares .•••••••••••••••••••• 50 ••••••••• 84 34 •••••• to Harwich London and Birmingham. London and Brighton ..... .......... 50 .....".. 4734 % ... to London and Croydon ..... .......... 13N ...... 16%%36 to London and Y0rk ..„.„.„.„.„..... 2% 3li% to Midland ............ ...... .. ..... ....... 100 .........10134 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 ......... 44 North 8riti5h........ ...... ............ 5 .... 5)4 South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 3234 Ditto New .....„.................... 4 .... ..... 16304 Trent Valley York and North Midland ..-.- 5O .........107 1 4_. .... tc o. Crirai of France (Masterman's) 9 ........ 4306 - ... to Ditto Constituted .. 2 Boulogne and Amiens 2 ........ 44, 1 ,4% .. to Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ........ 316 1 ,4 to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orielt118.•••••••••••••••••••• 20 ••••••.•• 30% Parisand R0uen.."....«•............. 20 ••......• 4033 % ..._ Paris and Strasbourg PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, OCT. 24. 3 per Cent. Consols 99% Three and a Quarter Stock,.. Ditto New, 18.30 — 3% per Cent. Debentures — Lo - g Annuities Bank Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock — 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures — 4 per Cent. City Debentures Kingstown Railway Debentures lO2 LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SUARE. Dublin and K. Railway Drogheda Ditt 0... Great Southern and Western. .... ...... 5 Dublin and Cashel ditto .. Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 ... 4% Athlone Railway ..... ............... Hibernian Bank 25% Royal Bank ...... . lO National Insurance Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland., 100 ........ 106 7 l4 Wicklow Copper Mines 50 52% Ditto Ditto, 1836 ...., ...... ... so 52 British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 CitypofitDoublinDSittetoam Company Steam Ship Building Company Li me rick Extension Railway M ANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 25.—We can not report any improvement in the state of our market to-day.—Caledonian, 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2* ; Churnet Valley, 38 ; Hudder s fi e ld, 4 1 5 ; L ancaster and Preston, Three-Fourth Shares, 45+ 46 ; North Union Stock B, 73; South-Eastern, 43-1 ; Ditto, New, 061 Leeds and Dewsbury, 7 ; Manchester, Bury, and Ros sendale, 53- ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 15-16 2 ; Centra. of France, 4. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH 1 , UNDS. Bank 5t0ck..........ex div. 202% Ditto Bonds £1,C30 91 pm. 3 per Cent. Red . .............. 99 Ditto under £l,OOO 9O .. 3 per Cent. Cons. .... ..... 99% South Sea St oc k .CrELnodniasßolsisltlsocf: 334 per Cent. Red ............ Ditto Old Annuities New 3% per Cent ............. 101% Ditto New Annuities FOREIGN FUNDS. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/. New 5 per Cent.............. lan. 1860 l2 1-16 Ditto Small O ct. 1852.....„„„„,,„ 11 1346 Bank Stock for Acct 2/32 Jan. 1860............. Indian Stock. ....................... Russian, 5 per Cent........... Ditto, Metallic ..... .. .. . ..... Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... Jitto, 1841 ........ — Ditto, 1842... ...... ........... Ditto, 1843........ .......... ... Ditto, 1841 — Ditto, 3 per Cent ....... Venezuela Bonds, 2 per 1 rench, 5 per Cent....... —t. -c. Exchange ....... ...... .... —f. —c. French, 3 per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto,:s per Cent 99% r k l ' "A forct * A . .:ad. .1 1001 7 33 p pm. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent Brazilian Bonds . . ....• Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent ChMan, 6 per Cent ..... Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent . . ...... Greek, IS_5, 5 per dent Mexican, 5 per Cent Neapolitan Bonds, 5 perCt — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Veruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct -- Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) ICI Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian (5 paid) Churnet Valley, 2 paid ..........„ ..... .. .......... .. Eastern Counties 125 paid) .. .... .. ...... % Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) Great Western (75 paid' ._ ... Ditto Half Shard, 50paid Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid 214 London and Birmingham (Stock) Lon ion and Brighton (50 paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 16% London and York, 2% paid 3% Midland (100 paid) ..... ...... ... ....... -......... Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid ..•••• 45 North British, 5 paid 8% Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ..... •••• 43 16 Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Trent Valley, 2 paid York and N o France,rs thlia 53X ...... ...•-•• Central Ditto Half of Ditto Constituted B% re52id(pa1zanidp.d.!)..p.ai..d.).................: ...... ... Boulogne and Amiens, 2 p a id ...»..•••• paid 3 "- 4 Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, I 3% Paris and Lyons, 2 paid !e A , s'aris and Orleans (20 paid) ................... ..... -••• 391 Paris and Rouen. 20 paid 40% Paris and Strasbourg, 2 paid `% --- - - -- BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS RAILWAY.— The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway was com menced on Wednesday last by Mr. Wythes, the no n _ t ractor, worksthe Earl being on h ofC t hi a c ht portionester'sl land d the at ,linae. lm eEey r, v the r heaviest for th e remaining arrangement i no portion rt making ion ot. f t o h r e then line ; purchase .ln of thee the ° land ut e of a few weeks the whole of the works will be in actil e operation.—Brighton ilerald. At the Suffolk quarter sessions, held at Bury, on Tuesday last, it was decided, on the motion of Mr. ievan. to introduce the rural police into the western divb.ion of the county. The numbers were—fur the motion 19, against it 16.—Chelmsford Chronicle. THE AMERICAN FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE.—(From a Correspondent.)—The old well remembered American frigate the Chesapeake, which, between thirty and forty years ago, when under the command of Commodore Laurence, was captured by Captain Broke, then Com manding his Majesty's frigate the Shannon, during the American war, has been broken up for many years past, and at the present time forms the constituent portion of a flour-mill, situate upon a stream which runs near the small town of Botley, in Hampshire . A f e w d ays s i nce, the workmen, whilst engaged in repairing the mill, h a d occasion to remove certain parts of the timber fabric, and l' s found the wood of the old vessel to be as Illd fresh as the day on which she was first launched. Several curiously disposed persons have purchased sundrypiecesi of the craft, with a view of having the wood turned into 1 snuff-boxes, and other fancy articles of turnery,—Post, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the grounds adjnent to the Castle yesterday forenoon. Afterwards his Royal Highness went out shooting in the royal preserves, attended by Colonel Bouverie and the Hon. Captain Duncombe. Her Majesty and the Prince promenaded in the afternoon in the Slopes and Home Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken for their morning air ings yesterday. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham left the Castle for London yesterday. Her Royal :Highness the Duchess of Kent left Frogmore Housl, for St. James's, yesterday morning. This morning the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took equestrian exer cise on their ponies in the :grounds adjoining the Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Court, and a portion of the royal domestic Household, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The lion. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Queen and Prince Albert and the Court left the Castle soon after half-past five o'clock for town, proceeding to the Slough station of the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty and the Prince arrived at Bucking ham Palace from the Paddington terminus at a quarter before seven o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, in a carriage and four, at half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from Froginore Lodge, Windsor. Her Royal Highness honoured Drury-lane Theatre with her presence in the evening. Yesterday morning the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Lady Charlotte Dundas was in Waiting on her Royal Highness. gir James Graham arrived in town on Saturday morning, from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet had afterwards an interview with Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Henry Wire transacted business at the Foreign office on Friday. The Duke of Wellington arrived in town on Satur day evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town on Saturday, from his seat, I3eechworth House, Surrey. The Right Hon. G#ntleman had afterwards an interview with Sir Robert Peel. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign- office. Lady Peel arrived in Whitehall-gardens on Satur day from Brighton. Lord Boston and family arrived at Farrance's Hotel on Friday afternoon. SPORTING IN BETTING AT MAN TELLIGENCE. CHESTER-FRIDAY. TIRE STARES. 18 to 1 agst The Altered One —tgli , n 18 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's two 25 to 1 agst UT Y. caatnnincEs] Even on Foig-a-ballagh—t 7 to 1 agst The Cure—t 18 to 1 agst Evenus 18 to 1 agst Newcourt DEI 11 to 1 agst Alarm—taken 17 to 1 agst Xedger 17 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 25 to 1 agst Newsrnong;er•—t 27 to 1 agstFitz-Allen 7 t 28 to 1 agst Connaugh Ranger—t 30 to 1 agst Old Eng!and -40 to 1 agst Laundress c—t 40 to 1 agst Lycurgus—t COURSING. CARDINGTON 7 OCT 22, 23, 24.—The Derby Stakes was won by Mr. Inskipp's Impetus, the Oaks by Mr. Hennessy's the Cup by Mr. Arch's Admiral, and the Port by Colquhoun's Hornsea. MACCLESFIELD.--The Derby was won by Mr. An drew's lianquo, the Adlington Cup by Mr. Wascoe's Topper, and the Macclesfield Cup by Mr. Thomas's Linnet. DEEPDEN, NEAR DORKING, OCT. 23.—The All-aged Stakes were won by Young Spring, the Dog Puppy Stakes by Mr. Chitty's Cotherstone, and the Deepden Stakes by Mr. Chitty's Cobweb. DEPTFORD INN CHAMPION MEETING. FRIDAY. Third Ties for Great Western Cup. Feathers beat Pirate ; Agitation beat Walberga. Third Ties for Fisherton Cup. Nell beat Kotzebue ; Benevolence beat Why-so. First Ties for Elston Bitch Puppy Stakes. Flask beat Beat Beau Brownell ; West-End agst Ca taract (not run). The AmeibprYftakes'for Bitches. Mr. Agg's Arriabo ~ ,: r ,Make's Risk ; Mr. A. Graham's Screw beat4riL- 4:i :13 ; Mr. Gordon's Crape litOt: " ; 12 6 : . •': - ,lis's Lustre ; Captain Wyndham's Vesuvius lainwes's Contrast ; Mr. French's Frolic beat Mr W. Etwall's Witchery ; Mr. Foley's Lady Peel beat Mr. Lawrence's Laura ; Mr. Bowles's Brocade beat Sir G. Quentin's Vesper ; Mr. 1 - arkinson's Passion beat Mr. Palmer's Perseverance. TheStonalenie %akes. Mr. Etwall's Elasticbeat Mr. Clowes's Cabool. (The others were not run when our account left.) INCENDIARY FIRES IN YORKSHIRE.—We regret to have to announce that the crime of incendiarism has appeared within the last few days in the East Riding of Yorkshire, two destructive fires of agricultural produce having occurred. On Saturday night last a sheet stack was maliciously set fire to on the farm of Mr. T. Robinson, at Ellerker, near South Cave. The stack was consumed, and some adjoining stacks and other property narrowly escaped destruction. - On Thursday morning, four corn-stacks, belonging to Mr. Richard Horusea, of Wold Farm, near North Newbold, together with a threshing-machine, were destroyed by fire. A labourer passed the premises a few hours before the fire was discovered, and all appeared to him to be safe. There is no doubt that the conflagration was the act of an in cendiary, who, it: is conjectured, had had his malignity aroused from the fact of Mr. !lonises having had a threshing-machine at work on the previous day. Re wards have been offered for the apprehension of the re spective offenders, but nothing has yet transpired likely to lead to their apprehension. IMPORTANT APPLICATION OF THE STEAM-WHISTLE. —lt is well known that one of the most common causes of the explosion of steam-boilers has been the want of a sufficient quantity of water in the boiler at the time that the heat underneath was very large. In many in stances the deficiency of water has resulted from the negligence of the attendant engineer, combined with the fact that no alarm was given, previous to the moment of explosion, of the exact state of the water in the boiler. Happily an efficient and simple exponent of the depth of water in the boiler at the time of working, and which will act as a powerful alarum in case of danger, has just been applied to the steam-boilers at one of the largest manufacturing establishments in the neighbourhood of Leeds. By affixing a small pipe in communication with the interior of the boiler at the point below which it is well known to be unsafe to allow the water to be consumed in the generation of steam, and at the top of such tube putting one of the common whistles that are attached to the railway locomotive engines, a very effi • cient alarum, as we have said, is formed ; for as soon as the water within the boiler has been consumed below the point where Ifs pipe enters the boiler, the steam will rush up the pipts and thence into the whistle, giving a timely warning of the deficiency of water in the boiler. We are not aware whether any similar means of safets , has been tried at any other place ; but whether it has or not, we think the subject is of sufficient importance to warrant us in giving the information conveyed in this pa ragraph to the public. SPLENDID PRESENT FROM THE KING OF THE FRENCH.--On Thursday last a massive gold snuff-box was forwarded from Windsor Castle to Scotland yard for Captain Hay, one of the Commissioners of Police, as a present from the King of the French, for the atten tion paid to his Majesty while in this country by that gentleman. The box is of th e m ost c h as t e workman ship. On the lid are the initials "L. P." fizmed of the most sparkling diamonds, surmounted with a regal crown formed of brilliants, and it is of the value of 250 gui neas. Captain Hay also received a handsome present (a ring) from the Emperor of Russia while in England, but its value is trifling compared with the magnificent gift of Louis Philippe." Shap Fells, so well known and dreaded by travellers, is at present like an ant bed—all alive with nuveys, employe d in forming the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. These industrious but sometimes unpleasant neighbours have built themselves a long line of dwel lings of the turf and heather, which is denominated Regent-street, and they have nearly also completed Queen-square. The next batch of mansions, we believe, is to be called the Quadrant, so that the west end of our metropolis will soon be out rivalled by New London, on the mountains of Shap.—Cuniberksd Paquet. An alarm has been spread in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton, by the sudden death of Mr. Sheldon, of Cosley, near Bilston, a gentleman of great respectabi lity ; and directly after him the carpenter who made his coffin ; both cases being considered as instances of Asiatic cholera. The former was taken ill at six o'clock in the evening, and died within twelve hours, and the latter with nearly the same rapidity—both commencing with the same violent cramps, and marked by the same severe and summary results.—Birmingham Advertiser. We understand that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer the Garter vacant by the death of the late i tike of Grafton upon the Earl of Powis.—Evening Paper. .141 E UGLIONIANS.—There is a public-house in de neighbourhood of the Theatre Royal, where a set ( f creatures, enjoying the euphonious title of " he Uglis onians," meet nightly, to have what they are pleased to call a lark. One of the clique seats himself in the bar, and, on the entrance of a stranger whom he thinks he can delude, comment-es talking about weights, and offers a small wager that the new cower is not so heavy as he states himself to be. When a bet is effected, the party is conducted into anther room, where he is informed he can be weighed. lie is then placed on a machine, so constructed as to bring his thirds tzinlk the influ.nce of a galvanic apparatus. so powerful in it,; nflects that, when the scalebeard is removed from under him, I ts I , left suspended for a time, to suffer the most excru ciating tortures, and, not uotr , quently, the most severe convitisi , Jis ; and many young men upon being liberated, dropped down almost insensible. While their victim is in this exhausted state, they easily extort from him his name, if they do notaltraepai:ty,i4kungohwteriot: which is entered in a book kept for the purpose, anti he is then allowed to depart, amidst thea these wretches, who ifferin hhn that he is duly i ss:- •• in the mysteries oT rhe of the Liverpool Mercury. ortespondent Ugly ..ated SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt Optnton. " Who runs may read." PORIAXO72. Louis Philippe and the rest of the royal family arrived at St. Cloud from Eu, on Wednesday. Accounts from Madrid state that Queen Christina has more than once presided over the Council of Ministers. The Clamor Publico, after adverting to the marriage of Christina with Munoz, adds that a person who, accord ing to the Constitution, has no right to take such a course, had twice on the day of this ratification presided over the Council of Ministers. The Queen-Mother is evidently the person alluded to. The National states that Count Bomfin, the leader of the last insurrection in Portugal against the Government of Costa Cabral, is at present in Paris. The Berlin journals state that Lord Palmerston, pre vious to leaving that capital for Dresden, paid a long visit to M. de Cornelius, and conferred with him on the subject of fresco paintings with which it is intended to adorn the new Parliament House, his Lordship being one of the Committee for directing the decorwion of that edifice. Lord Palmerston was to leave Dresden on the 15th for Vienna. The King of Sardinia has published an ordonnance abolishing all the privileges and restrictions of trades in his states, and declaring' that every man is now free to exercise his calling without control from any of the va rious bodies whose consent was hitherto necessary. The Moniteur Parisien has the following:—" Nothing can prevent the women from gambling at the Stock Ex change. They were first excluded from the hall, next from the galleries, and afterwards from the portico. Now they have taken refuge under the lime-trees on the right and left of the Palace of Plutus. There courteous and discreet chevaliers come and acquaint them with the fluctuations of the funds, receive their orders to buy or sell, and, in short, affairs take their accustomed train." LAIN AND PDXACD. Harvey, the policeman, who attempted to murder his sergeant at Edmonton, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to fifteen years' trans portation. The Common Sergeant, in the New Court, committed a witness, named Smith, to Newgate for giving a man a good character, at the same time being perfectly aware that the man had committed several robberies, and, among others, had robbed the witness himself. A curious system of plunder was disclosed at the Man sion-house. Several tradesmen have recently received orders for goods, with halves of notes inclosed. The orders having been executed the other halves were not forthcoming, and on inquiry at the banks it was dis covered that the halves of the notes had been stolen. John Hahn, a German baker, was committed to the sessions, from Marlborough-street, for nearly cutting off the nose of one of his fellow-workmen, with a bread scraper. At Worship-street Peter Dixon, the street-keeper of St. Luke's, and policeman Coley, 126 G, were bound over to the sessions, for assaulting Charles Thwaitps, a poor costermonger, and detaining his barrow, value 40s. They had seized 10s. worth of cauliflowers belonging to the poor man, and confiscated them to the us e o f th e workhouse. Mr. Kipling, the clerk to the trustees, en deavoured to justify their proceedings, but the Magis trate expressed his opinion as to the injustice of their proceedings, and advised them to make compensation to the man. COUIZT—PASEXONA.232.Z. The Earl of Ellenborough entertained a select party at dinner, at Farrance's Hotel, on Thursday evening. Amongst the company were Lord and Lady Colville, Lord Brougham, Sir Robert and Lady Sale, and Mr. Sturt, Sir Geo. Murray, and Sir John M'llonald. Lord and Lady Prudhoe are at present staying at Alnwick Castle. Lord and Lady Ravensworth have returned to Ravens. worth Castle, after spending several weeks at the plea sant marine village of Whitburn. Lord and Lady Delamere and the Hon. Miss Choi mondeley have been visiting Lord and Lady Wenlock, at their seat in Yorkshire. The marriage between Lord Loftus and Miss Hope Vere is definitively arranged to take place on Tuesday next, when it is expected the Duke of Wellington will give away the bride at the altar. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, accompanied by the Ladies Anna and Catherine Loftus anal Lords Henry and Adam Loftus have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, from Ely Lodge, Fermanagh, Ireland, to attend the marriag e of Viscount Loftus, eldest son of the Noble Marquis with Miss Hope Vere, daughter of Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere. The Earl of Aberdeen does not intend to be absent from town beyond a month, the Noble Earl having made arrangements to pass at least a fortnight at Haddo House, his seat in Aberdeenshire. On his return the Noble Earl will wake several visits—among others to the Earl of Haddington, at Tynninghame House. The Earl and Countess of Ripon, with their son, Vis count Goderich, are at present sojourning at Swallow and Bower's lodgings, in Hall-gate. The Earl at pre sent is slightly indisposed. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery and the Ladies Primrose are passing the autumn at Dalmeney Park, Linlitbgowshire, where they expect to remain till the meeting of Parliament. lIMISOZZAJLNZOI7II. Lord Teynham preached on Sunday week at the Scotch church, Adelaide-place, Dublin. He is a fluent speaker. His Lordship also preached at the Dorset In stitution on Tuesday evening. The annual exhibition of the Keighley Agricultural Society took place on Wednesday last. This being the first show in which prizes have been given for all sorts of stock (last year there being little else but pigs shown), there was a very numerous list of competitors, and some of the finest animals brought into the field that have been seen for some time ; particularly pigs, and to this department, the labouring men were large con tributors. The new mail between Newcastle-on-Tyne and Man chester has commenced running. At a late vestry meeting of the ratepayers of the town ship of Hunslet, near Leeds, held in the town school - room attwelve o'clock, the Rev. John Clark, incumbent of Hunslet, in the chair, it was unanimously re solved, on a motion proposed by Mr. Joseph Beckett, and seconded by , Mr. Richard Bayldon, 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 placed in the hands of trustees and under a committee of management, with a view of either purchasing or;renting land, and reletting it to the labour ing poor in suitable plots for gardens, or employing the able-bodied poor when out of, work during depression of trade. At the Lynn Quarter Sessions last week the business lasted only one hour, and at the Thetford Sessions there were only two prisoners for trial. 'Considerable misrepresentation has prevailed within the last few days respecting the number of tickets for ad mission to the Royal Exchange which it is said had been obtained by the Lord Mayor for himself and his friends. In one instance it has been stated that his Lordship had engrossed no less than 700 tickets. The fact is, the Lord Mayor has had nothing to do with the issuing of the tickets for the Royal Exchange. The distribution of tickets for admission to that building has been entirely under the management of the Royal Exchange and Gres ham Committees, and the number of tickets awarded by that body to the Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, and friends, amounts only to 12. Of that number three alone admit to the room in which her Majesty will receive the address. We believe that about 500 tickets have been distributed among the Common Council, thus affording two to each. Those members of the Common Council who have been so fortunate as to be also members of the Royal Exchange Committee, of the Gresham Committee, of the Royal Entertainment Committee, in addition to their share of tickets as Common Councilmen, have also received an additional number of tickets on account of their services on each of these committees ; and we have no doubts the labours of those gentlemen well deserve the extra number that has thus been awarded to them. Another subject has also been mande the foundation of a series of misrepresentations. It has been from time to time stated that the Lord Mayor has not manifested that degree of hospitality which the citizens have been in the habit of receiving from his predecessors. Those who have partaken of the hospitalities of the Mansion-house are best able to testify how cordial and ample their re ception has been on all occasions. That his Lordship has failed to satisfy some disappointed or discarded ser vant is perfectly clear by the remarks which he has been subjected to, and we are not surprised at it. On coming into office the Lord Mayor placed the whole of the civic establishment upon board wages. By that course he re served to himself the right upon all occasions to apply to the relief of the poor of , his own ward the remains of every public dinner given by him during the season. This practice has been strictly adhered to, and numbers have profited by a distribution of excellent food, which, under other circumstances, would have been most likely misapplied, if not wasted.— Times SERIOUS CAB ACCIDENT.—OD Friday a poor old man, aged 60 years, whilst in the act of crossing the Strand from Cecil• street, was run over and knocked down by a cab, which was proceeding at the rate of five miles an hour, this part of the Strand being at the period greatly crowded with vehicles. A surgeon directed his immediate removal to the Charing•cross Hospital, to which place he was conveyed in a cab by two policemen, in a most distressing state. The cabman was taken into custody and conveyed to the Bow•street station, to await the result, the surgeon having stated it to be his opinion that from the nature of the injuries there was not the slightest chance of his recovery, and that the accident would be attended with fatal effects. SOUTHWOLD, OCT. 24.—At nine o'clock this morn ing, the wind blowing fresh from the N.E., the Jubilee yawl was launched from the beach to carry off a pilot to a vessel in the offing. A very heavy sea struck her before she cleared the surf, which drove her back to shore bot tom upwards, most of her crew being underneath. Every mans were immediately taken to rescue them, and all were saved except Edward Palmer, formerly a ship master, who when got out had ceased to breathe. The usual process for resucitating drowned persons was resorted to, without effect. The deceased was much re spected, and has left a widow and large family to deplore their loss. The Jubilee was the largest yawl on the beach, and is all to pieces.—Suffelk Ckronicle. LEEDS NPllttszt RAILWAY.—The s h ares i n A this projected line, which were last week at iSa. prep mium, were yesterday selling at 2/. premium. The rise is attributed to the probability of the atmospheric rail way being adopted.—Leeds Times. We regret to state that the Rev. the Sub-Dean of Lincoln is at this time suffering under so severe an attack of illness that but little hope is entertained of his regp very.—Lincolnshire Chronicle, Oct. 2.5. OPENING OF THE ROVA LXt ilA~r(ii,. PREPARATIONS IN THE CITY. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) r e. As the day approaches f or th e a bove into esting mony the preparations are rapidly advancing to pletion. Tie noble building itself—the sashes Navin', been all inserted and the squares of glass polished e",, now a highly interestin g appearance, and, notwithstani ing the very unfavo ura bl e weat h er y es t er day, attr a c t a throughout the day a vast number of spectators , .r. cularly in Cornhill. The chimes of the clock, by Dent, were again tried severa l ti mes during the d 4; The clock itself will 13J in full operation this Liq ° Monday. The barriers by the Mansion-house, King cour Lombard, Newgate, and other s tr ee t s , we re in the of erection yesterday, an d a ll are ex p. c ted to be COW' pleted in the course of this day. The fronts of several public as well as private Ve il io d i ings are being cle a n se d an d beautified, and a t ' t he houses of business in the li ne o f p rocess ion. wher e royal arms are displayed, th e l a tt er h ave been regil ta/3 decorated. At the Bank the seats erected on the roof are covrl ea 9, in at the top, as well a s th e es-t, north, and wes t su ' e s o with stout weather boarding. At the Mansion - bee tb the steps at either end l ea di ng t o t h e b a l e ony bei ge s , the portico have been cov ere d w i t h fl oor i ng boardi, to continue the esplanade of the balcony, and upon W a be erected seats, to be covered with scarlet cloth,el)4 the whole decorated with b e au tif u l d raper i es in the 5t b of the Duke of Devon s hi re ' s sp l en did pav ilion, wh`,,, was erected in Piccadilly a t th e ti me o f her Alaienk coronation. The seats at th e M ans i on -h ou se and m B " ti e will command the best e xt erna l v i ews o f the gorge, ° be pageantry throughout the li ne . Th e nex t best wih, o f the vast range of seats on th e sout h s id e an d cast an d , b St. Paul's Cathedral, and the pl a c es f or s t a nding ben eey the south portico. of Independent of the vast in crease o f annou ncemen?, be seats to be let, exhibited in the windows, seve ral 0 1 shop windows have be e n r emove d, t h e goods taken c ' n u4 and in their place ranges of s ea t s h ave go been fixe d --o ‘ covered with crimson, purpl e , an d ot h er co l o ured deb* and at several houses designs for illumination were er hibited. OFFICIAL NOTICES. Tnrd Yesterday the following notices, issued by the e a Mayor, and printed in large characters, were exhib it at all the principal entrances into the City : tlist " Order by the Court of Mayor an d Ald er men, „ 0 the streets and thoroughfar e s i n th e li ne o f process i l v! between Temple-bar and Le a d en h a ll- stree t — ll ° 3e Bishopsgate• street, Gracechurch-stmet, Cornhill, M. try, Cheapside, St. P a ul' s Ch urc h yar d , Ludgaie' bi T and Fleet street, will be c l ose d f rom seven o'clock jo the morning of Monday, th e 2sth of October, and ,"4 not be again re-opened until s i x o ' c l oc k i n t h e ev" .,; — of the said day. " October 24, 1844. " MEREWETHEIL" SMITHFIELD MARKET. " NOTICE TO DROVERS AND oTHERS. " eattiO of any description will be allow t ibe pass over Biackfriars-bridg,, or throu g h any ( ",.0 streets or.thoroughfares in the line of p 0 rocession " - o f Temple-bar to the New Exchange ; between the hours Q. seven o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the k el 4 e 3fl ink;; anil that th e route f or catt l e l eav i ng Swit"'"be market be Smithfield-ba rs an d St. John's-street 1..b!"t0, western and northern dist r i c t s ; L ong -l ane, arble,, Chiswell.street into Sun- s t reet , to t ouns ditch, for l' rs , eastern and southern districts. Th e po li ce h av e nr de • to see these directions carried out. " By order of the Lord Mayor, " S. R. GOGDMAN, clerk?' The following police order was issued this ruurn ili , i g : o - ; " REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING OBSTRUCTI ON ' e. THE THOROUGHFARES, TO BE OBSERVED ON ° C DER 28 :ed " 1. No carriage of any descripti on , nor person 0 horseback, will be allowed to remain i n the si6' trefe through which the roy a l p rocess i on passes, unti l of her Majesty's return. " 2. No carriage of any description will be perlut fo r to pass into the streets of th e li ne o f t h e process ion 1 1. 0 1, the hour of nine o'clock in the morning, except as lows, viz. : poial First. The carriages o f th e f am il y o f the '''„."te Family, the Cabinet Mini s t ers , an d t h e Offi cers of,s , who precede the procession, may pass at any hour' 0 " fecund. Company having tickets for a dmission 0 the Royal Exchange, will b e p erm i tte d to pas s until te o'clock. " 3. The company havin g ti c k e t s f or the BuY— d kith change, and wishing to f o ll ow i n t h e roya l process'sr will be admitted through the barrier in St. J ail ffos street, on showing their tickets to the police, and s r st, will be assigned for their carriages to draw up„ i joire James's-street, until the r o y a l procession As" will passed into Pall-mall, after which such c arriage s ter s, iollow those of the A m b assa d ors an d F ore i gn MO.:bids and of her Majesty's Mini s t ers , i n t h e or d er is - they have sucessivelv drawn up. •ttOe b ' " 4. The police have o r d ers t o prevent a ll el u tions of the thoroughf a r es , i n th e vicinity of the ", - 0 procession, and not to all ow car t s , carr iages, or wagbio to stand in such thorough!ares at any time fron t o'clock in the foreno on unt il a f ter t h e re t urn of the rni' - procession. " RICHARD MAYNE, " Commissioner of Police of the Diet e opolm " Metropolitan Police-office, Whitehall-place, Oct. 26, 1844." ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS. rir The following notice has been issued by the O w chial authoriti e s of th e p ar i s h o f St. Martin's-ill't Fields:— " St. Martin's-in-the-Fields Vestry-office, Oct- 24l•" Take notice that b arr i ers w ill b e erected i n the yr lowing streets, in this parish, on the occasion e f <e i Majesty's proceedin g i n t o t h e Ci ty, to open t he Royal Exchange, on the 28th instant:— • "OPEN BARRIERS. '5ll l " The Haymarket, i n con j unct i on with the parl- St. James, at the north-west corner of Suffolk-plac e. " Villiers-street, at Duke -street. , r , " St. Martin's-plac e , a t t h e north corner of the c i ‘ , - -11 steps. " Spring-garden s , a t th e crossing, east end of ATair street. ab " Warwick-str ee t, across the same, at the par' b oundary. " CLOSED BARRIERS. " Dorset-place, at St. Martin's -street. "Icing Wiilitun-street, at the west end. " Adelaide-street, at the north end. " Agar -street, at the north end. " Bedford-street, at Maiden-lane. " Southampton-street, at the parish. boundary. A joft " Burleigh-street, a t t h e nort h end, in conj 1111" with the parish of St. Clement's Danes. "Exeter -street, near the Strand. t44e "Adam-street, Adelphi, at the corner of John -st. "Buckingham-street, at Duke -street. Sr° " Brewer's-yard, a t th e b ac k front of the houses. " Durham-street, at the back front of tho houses. i n cl‘ "The open barriers will be closed at nine ac. - , o tbe, i f the morning until after her Majesty's return., ° J. , - sr barriers will be closed at six o'clock in the motail i, -P,:hicle remain so until after her Majesty's return. ..S 0 LS° of any description, or horses, will be allowerl to the, a any of the streets or places withi n t h e h arr i erg, 1.4'0/0 line of her Majesty's progress to open the- Der Exchange, on Monday, the 28th inst. "By order of the Paving COMJ nitteet "A. BURSTALL, surver 3 ' . . 4 10 A POST-OFFICE REGULATION FY J R MO.- - NEXT. COIThe following noti ce was issued 'fast evening by 0 00" mand of her Majesty's Postmaster -.General Post-office, October 25, 1844. - Z.ClotiCe to the of u the several departments of the General Post-onc e, , g p St. Martin's-le-Grand, except the inland and fc re : ft ill the ship letter, and the Londe,n district Post-offic es ' 0 0 he closed for business after- twelve o'clock a t nonjo' Monday next, the 28th inst., on the occasion of b e ,:"„,' jesty's visit to the City, to open the Royal Y.O-' l it° The offices, above excepted, w ill rema i n open fo rof receipt and di s p a t c h o f l etters as usual. The M'')eive order Office will be open from ten o'olocfs until t at noon, for the " payment a n d i s sue o f In - orders. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME THE STA OI PROCESSIOIi, The procession is to leave Piuckingham p a l a ce 3r y, quarter to eleven o' c l oc k. Th e route is along the r lfr I' through the iron gat e s by th e G erman Chapel, into os, mall, along P a ll- ma ll, C yc k spur-street, Cbaring - e i y the Strand, Fle e t- s t reet , L udgate-hill, St. Paul ' s C hu r yard, Cheapside, to the Royal Exchange. Detachment of Life Guards. es. Her Majesty' s C arr i ages, each drawn by six h°r .Two Grooms The first Carriage, Two Cir walking. d rawn b y s i x bays, wa , ikiab Conveys Gentleman Usher of the Sword of Staice, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber, Exon of the Yeoman of the Guard., Page of Honour in Waiting. ( . 1 . 0 000 Two Gr ooms T he second Carriage, Ts;iearkipg. " walking. d rawn b y six ba:vs, Conveys Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert (Lord Geo. - 1 ," Groom in 'Waiting (the Hon. Captain Dunc ombeiLoP Groom in W a i t i ng to Prince Albert (Capt. F. SeYw Silver Stick. 0 6 Two Groom s T he third Carriage, Two n,.00 u— walking. drawn by six bays, w4k itig. Conveys Lord in Waiting (Lord Byron), Treasurer of the Household (Earl Jerivri)' Vice - Chamberlain (Lord Ernest Bruce), 00 1/0 C ,mptioll er o f t h e Household (the Right He " Colonel Dawson Darner). The fourth Carriage, drawn by six bays, Conveys, „i s of Groom of tho Stol e t o Prince Albert (the :gall? Exeter), Captain of th e Y eomen o f the G':. ard (the Earl of 1 3 e . verley), Captain of the Gentleman - :;':-Arms (Lord Foret.ter)' Master of the Buck Hotr.,(ls (the Earl of Ro. , s l Y" ) ," n int 4 Two Grooms Th' filth Carriage T" , ro g. walking. drawn by six bays, walk° Conveys, Maid of Honour ( t h e H onoura b le Lucy icerr) , Bedchamber Woman, Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk), Gold Stick, Two Grooms Two G r°°lls vi9J'Aivg'