The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, NOTICE. its true light in opening the proceedings of the Bed- THE AUTHOR of ROCKINGHAM'S NEW ford meetin He said -WORK, entitled " LOV AND AMBITION," in 3 vols., g. will b.l ready in a few days, and those who desire early copies are " When the first intimation was conveyed to him that requested to send their orders immediately to the Libraries. a strong feeling prevailed throughout the county in Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. favour of holding a county meeting he at once expressed - his affeere desire that they should have a thorough Pro testanNemonstration, and not a mere political or sec tarian one.—(Cheers.) And he was happy to say that that wish had been heartily responded to.—(Loudcheers.) The names attached to the requisition included persons of all classes, of all political opinions, and of all the various Protestant religious denominations—(Cheers) — and he must say that he rejoiced to see that at this im portant crisis Episcopalian and Nonconformist had held out to each other the hand of fellowship against the common enemy—(Loud cheers)—that to-day they were rivals only in loyal devotion to a Protestant Sovereign, in ardent attachment to a Protestant constitution, and in a firm determination to resist the present or any other foreign aggression upon the civil and religious liberties of Englishmen." It is on this broad basis that we should wish to see formed a Protestant League, which shall include every individual of every sect who does not repudiate the name of Protestant, but who does protest against the usurped authority of the Bishop of ROME. At the same time we agree with Lord CHARLES RUSSELL (whose speech at the Bedford meeting was worthy his name), that we should take as our motto " No fear," and we fully subscribe to every syllable in the follow ing admirable and eloquent passage from the Noble Lord's speech " He looked upon the present opportunity as most seasonable for making that which, in his bumble judg ment, it was important that the country should have the opportunity of making, namely, a firm Protestant de monstration; and the only fear be had ever entertained was, that the opportunity might be neglected—that the warning voice might not be listened to.—(Hear.) In that, however, he had been nobly undeceived.—(Repeated cheers.) On all sides he saw his countrymen rising and giving expression to their sound Protestant feelings, and declaring their attachment to their Protestant institu tions in Church and State.—(Cheers.) He saw, also, that our rulers, both temporal and spiritual, had nobly spoken out, had faithfully denounced this act of aggres sion on the part of a foreign enemy, and he hoped had with some success shown forth and expressed their faith in our glorious national institutions.—(Hear.) On that score, then, be had no fear; and if we were called upon to enter into the contest between Protestantism and Popery, and between truth and error, how could he for one moment doubt the issue of it 2—(Prolonged applause.) Was not the power which struck down Popery in the fifteenth century sufficient to keep it down in the nine teenth?—(Great cheering.) Did it not, humanly speak ing, fall before the power of the printing-press; and did we not now live happily in the enjoyment of a free press in this country ?—(Loud cheers.) Whilst, however, he had no fear, there were no limits to his amazement at the audacity that had prompted this act." To this act of audacity the POPE has been prompted, not by the foe without, but by the traitors within the Protestant camp ; the encouragement to this act of audacity came not from Rome so much as from Oxford, not from Cardinal WISEMAN so much as from Bishop PHILLPOTTS, and Bishop WILBERFORCE, and Dr. PUSEY, and Mr. G. A. DENNISON, men who receiv ing the pay of the Protestant Church repudiate the name of Protestant. It is these men who have de ceived the POPE, and who have encouraged him to the commission of this amazing act of audacity and folly. As was well observed by Lord CHARLES RUSSELL— " The Pope had mistaken grossly—he had mistaken the falling off of a few dead leaves as symptomatic of the decay of the heart of the tree.—(Hear, hear.) He had gloated on the passion for a meretricious ritual displayed by a few, and hoped that it was tantamount to a total abandonment of Gospel truth.—(Cheers.) He had wit nessed with delight a recent attempt of the Church to establish a spiritual oligarchy, and for once he had come to a sound conclusion that a spiritual despotism must be preferable to a spiritual oligarchy— (Loud cheers)—and that the infallibility of one man was more consonant to reason than the infallibility of a dozen.—(Cheers.) But, again, he had committed a gross blunder, even in con nexion with this subject. He heard a wish go forth from the cloistered cells of England, and he mistook for the voice of the people that which England had since pro nounced, and was now pronouncing, to be a mere aspi ration of the feeble-minded." His Lordship might have added, and added with justice, dishonest; but whether feeble-minded or dishonest, it is absolutely necessary that all those " who repudiate the name of Protestant," who with the Bishop of EXETER arrogantly deny that the SO VEREIGN is the sole fountain of honour in this country, rebel against her supremacy in the Church as well as in the State, declare that they cannot consider this recent act of the Pore "as an outrage on the autho rity of her Majesty the QUEEN," cannot see in it any interference with her MAJESTY as " supreme governor over all persons, and in all causes, spiritual and ecclesiastical as well as temporal, in her domi nions," and blasphemously claim for themselves a divine superiority, should be at once removed from all posts of honour, emolument, and authority in the Protestant Church. We trust that the example of Bedford will be fol lowed by every county in the kingdom, and that at every meeting a memorial will be addressed to the QUEER, beseeching her MAJESTY to at immediate measures for the removal from all offices of trust, authority, or emolument in the Protestant Church, all persons who deny her MAJESTY'S supremacy, or who " repudiate the name of Protestant." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. Ifacfarren's Serenata, The SLEEPER AWAKENED. RHaroun Alraschid, 'gr. Frank Boicla ; Abeu Eassan, Mr. Sims eeves • Zulieka, 3ladlle. Angri. The celebrated BERLIN CHOIR every Evening. Great National Quadrille of all Nations. Band of the Ist Life Guards, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and a Corps of British Military Side Drums. The English Ckorus, and Choir of the Berlin Chapel Royal. Angri, Lefort, Frank Bodda, and Sims Reev es ; M o li nue , G o ff r l e , Piatti, Baumann. Barret, Richardson,. Remusat, Franc, Maycock, Arban, and Miss Goddard. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Ckapel Royal—Herr Neidhardt. Promenade (admitting to the Ha7f-Circles, Gallery . / 1 6 and Pit Stalls) .. • • • • • • The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Boxes and*Stalls to be bad at thee Box-office, where Programmes f the performance may be obtained. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Retresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. Correct Books of the Serenata, countersigned by the Hon. Secre tary. to be had only in the Theatre. All others are fraudulent and Incorrect. I'HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lesseft and Manager, Old Brompton, MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, _ . Will be performed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Macready ; Tap !r. Davenport ; Desdemona, Miss Reynolds ; Emilia, Mrs. Warner, To be followed by THE IRISH DIAMOND. After which MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, __ Will be performed a Tegpslciorianlitiiles;lue called ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Cele.ste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. After which, MT PRECIOUS BETSY. Principal Characters by Messer. W:•:ght, Bedford, Worrell; and Miss Harding. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder. Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Murray. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled MT WIFE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, Norton, Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and Ellen Turner will appear. To be followed by TIME TRIES ALL. After which ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, called THE WHITE HOOD. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, G. Vining, B. Baker, Homcastle, Belllingham; Miss Baker, and Mis. Macnamssa. To be followed by MY HEART'S IDOL ; or, A Desperate Remedy, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, G. Vining, Bellingham ; Madame Yes trio, Miss Kenwortby, and Miss I. Dickenson will appear. To conclude with THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronne of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING. Tbe Entartainntents will commence with a new and original Spectacle, entitled THE ENCHANTED PALFREY ; or, The War rior of the Crescent. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of qultation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment To conclude with the Farce of THE BENEVOLENT TAR. Boa-office open fiorn Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 42 min. after 11 I Evening 0 min. after • To-Moasow— Morning 3 min. after 12 I Evening 33 min. after 12 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE; NOVEMBER. 16. THERMOMETER, IN TES SHADE. 45—highest slice noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 50— this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'09. WIND S. W.— d all, dirty weather, with rain. We have recently expressed our deep astonishment and regret at the apathy exhibited by capitalists with respect to the valuable properties now submitted to public competition under the auspices of the Encum bered states Commission. Heretofore such unques tionable advantages as are now freely offered to pur chasers would have attracted numerous speculators, not merely those who sought bow - 111de investments, and the acquisition of estates that would have re mained permanently in their families, but others who might fairly calculate upon making a handsome profit by disposing again of their purchases. No thing, however, will do. The capitalists are keeping aloof, holding tight hands on their purse.strings. They will yield to no temptation ; they heed not " the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." And all the blandishments of the learned Commissioners, of Baren Itictiaaps, Professor LONGFIELD and Mr. HARGRAVE, are wasted on the obstinate class. Oc casionally some trifling lot may be disposed of at an almost nominal price, little more than one-half its real value, but the amount of sales bear an almost ludicrous disproportion to the quantity and value of the property set up, so as to render the sluggishness and want of activity more painfully perceptible. It is difficult to account for these strange results in a satisfactory manner. There is no lack of bidders —c uriosity or some feeling attracts numerous specta tors to every attempted sale ; but the sums offered are so ridiculously disproportioned to the actual value, that although no reasonable offer is rejected, nine -tenth s of the sales are necessarily adjourned, and properly so, for tae acceptance of such biddings would be but little better than acts of confiscation. We know not how persons can expect to obtain eligibly circum stanced estates at ten or eleven years' purchase on the rental, at a time when Three per Cent. Consols are quoted at 96f, and when we are told that there is an abundance of money in the market, which can be ob tained at an easy rate of interest, and when the amount of bullion in the Bank coffers, and the reserve of notes in the banking department, as well as the large importations of gold from California, afford the strongest guarantee that this happy state of affairs will continue some time longer. But so it is. It would almost appear as if a regular combination bad been entered into to depreciate prices, and that the " bearing system" was flourishing in rank luxuriance in the precincts of Henrietta -street. If we could be surprised at any result, after the proceedings in reference to the extensive and valuable Antrim estates of tke Earl of MOUNTCASHELL, on Friday, we should be so at the proceedings on Tuesday. On that day six properties were set up, the first and most important of which were the Waterford and Tipperary estates of Mr. WALL, c on . taining in all 3,340 acres, and producing a rental of 3,3531. 15s. 3d. This desirable property was divided into eleven well-selected lots, of which only one, pro ducing a clear profit rent of 2601., changed hands, being sold for 2,9501., or about 111 years' purchase. The other lots, or nearly 19-20ths of the entire, were postponed from the inadequacy of the sums offered. A small estate iu the county of Limerick, valued by the inspector under the Land Improvement Act at 971. las. per annum, was then disposed of for 1,0751., or about eleven years' purchase. The crowning ab surdity of the day was, however, witnessed, when another estate, also situate in the county of Limerick, containing 600 acres, and producing a net profit rent, over and above all outgoings, of 3491. 9s. 3d., was set up. This last-mentioned property had been previously put up in July last, b u t h a d b een withdrawn in consequence of 2,2001. only havin g b een offered, which was justly considered by the Commissioners as far below the value. On the present occasion; how ever, little more than one-third of the former bidding could be obtained, 8004 being the highest offer, and the DAILY WEATHER TABLE. The State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KLNGSTOWN ( DUBLIN) -Wind S.W., calm-overcast. PLYMOUTH-Wind S.E. gentle breese - overcast. Po ILTSMOUTH-Wind N.V., calm-foggy. BRIGHTON-Wind N,E., calm-partially cloudy. HASTINGS-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-cloudless. t • icarriumFros- Wind N.W., strong breeze-foggy. FoutzgrioNE-Wind N., gentle breeze-overcast. TUNBRIDGE-Wind N.W., calm-frost. BASINGSTOKE -Wind W., calm-foggy. -READING-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-foggy. GREENWICH-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. Swi:coox-Wind N., light airs-overcast. OXFORD-Wind S.E., calm-foggy. LEIGHTON - Wind N., gentle breeze-overcast. CAMBRIDGE -Wind W.. gentle breeze-cloudy. Ruc;av- Wind W., gentle breeze-overcast. BIRMINGHAM - Wind S., gentle breeze-rain. PP:IE./LAM:GI:GI' -Wind S. W., cairn-overcast. YAtotocrit -Wind W., gentle breeze-cloudless. Clialvir.- Wind S, light breeze-rain. MANCHESTER- Wind S., gentle breeze -rain. L E !LDS - Wind N. E.. calm - foggy. LANCASTER-Wind N , calm-scud, rain. WHITBY Wind S., gentle breeze-overcast. DARLINGTON-Wind S., gentle breeze-strong frost. SHAP ind S.W., gentle breeze-rain. SUNDERLAND-Wind W., gentle breeze-overcast. CARLISLE-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-foggy. BE ATTOCK—CAIM - foggy. Bzawicx.-Viiiind W., gentle breeze-overcast. Entseunoit-Wind N.W., calm - partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock CA RLOVI -Wind N. W , gentle breeze-rain. DUNDALK-Wind S., gentle breeze-rain. Poot.r. -Wind N., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. BRIGHTON-Wind N., gentle breeze-cloudless. HASTINGS -Wind N.W., gentle breeze-cloudless. WHITBY—Wind N., strong breeze -partially cloudy. WIIITEILLVEN - Wind N.W., gentle breeze-cloudless. DUNDEE -Wind N.W., gentle breeze-cloudless. , i 4. _...*.1 5; 4. 1, -9 s ok. .• N A - g, ,(4-V-7) , , g . vc'z.4ef7Hri 1 - ‘4V-111. —.4 ,, ,, . e; • mos , , w iiii -j1.... 1 K 4,...r..1. ent Ini LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. To the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire is due the honour of having been the first to convene a county meeting to protest against the meddling of the Bishop of Rome in the ecclesiastical and temporal affairs of this country. That meeting, which was held on Wednesday, was convened in accordance with a re quisition signed by 400 of the most influential gen tlemen in the county, including persons of every political party and of every Protestant denomination, and we would earnestly hold up the conduct of the Bedfordshire gentry and of the Bedfordshire High Sheriff as examples to the gentry and high sheriffs of every county in the kingdom. This is emphati cally a question of the freedom of the laity ; it is the freedom of the laity that the supporters of sacerdotal espotism seek to annihilate, and it is for the main tenance of that freedom that we are more especially called upon to do battle. It is not upon the narrow ground of a sectarian squabble for authority between rival churches that this question is to be discussed. If the question of dispute be merely whether we, the laity, are to be the spiritual slaves of MasTAI FERRETTI or of HENRY PHILLPOTT3 (and from the tenor of the reply of the latter to the address of cer tain of his clergy, in which he almost traitorously repudiates the doctrine that the SOVEREIGN is in this country the sole fountain of honour, and almost bin phemeusly arrogates to himself divine authority, it is clear that he would fain have it so), then we say the matter is not worth the trouble of discussion. But we, in common with the Bedford re quisitionists, take far higher ground ; we consider it a question involving the right of every man to exer cise his . private judgment in the interpretation of the Scriptures, and stigmatising as tyrannical usurpation the right claimed, whether by the Bishop of Boa's or the Bishop of EXETER, to impose his interpretation of the Scriptures upon any other man, we stand u p for that which is the foundati on o f a ll Protestantism the right of every individual to exercise his own private judgment in all matters relating to religion. There fore it is that, notwithstanding the numerous meet ings which have been held of clergy in their various archdeaconries, and of parishioners in their various parishes, the latter of which even may be considered quasi ecclesiastical, as they are for the most part held in the parish vestries and presided over by the clergy.. man, we are rejoiced to find that Bedford has set the example of assembling a county meeting of laymen and Protestants to resist the daring attempts which are still perseveringly made by those who "repudiate the name of Protestant" to deprive the laity of all re ligious liberty, and to inaugurate mediaeval supersti tions, with their necessary accompaniments, mediaeval ignorance and mediaeval slavery. The High Sheriff of Bedfordshire (Colonel Gar's) put the question in LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER l6, 1850. lot was of course a second time withdrawn. It is unne cessary to go through the remaining luts ex uno disce omnes, Suffice it to say, that a property in Galway brought 12k years' purchase, while one in Kilkenny was withdrawn, little more than eight years' purchase having been offered. The only redeeming feature during the day was the sale of a small property in the county of Cork, which produced about twenty years' purchase on the net rental. It is needless to comment on this melancholy state `of affairs. We again ask, where are the English and Scotch capitalists ; or why will they let such extra ordinary bargains slip through their fingers ? There is, happily, no want of wealth—of ample and al most unbounded resources in the country. And why are they not now made applicable ? It is true that the market is largely supplied with estates, but that is no reason why the demand should wholly cease, and freehold lands be considered " drugs," which should be carefully eschewed as " unclean things," which should not be touched under any circumstances. Would similar results follow if the lands were situate in this country ? Most undoubtedly not. We venture to assert, without fear of contradiction, that if property, to four times the amount, in Eng land were offered for sale it would not occasion such extraordinary depreciation, but that fair and rea sonable biddings would still be obtained; and yet there would be the difficulties, delays, and expenses attendant on a tedious investigation of title, and the certain risks which a purchaser must always en counter in this country, all of which are avoided in transactions effected through the medium of the Encumbered Estates Commission in Ireland. It is also certain that various remedial measures will be introduced and most probably carried next ses sion, all of which will materially enhance the value of landed property in Ireland. Why then this panic— we cannot call it caution—which terrifies purchasers ? Wby this unreasoning and absurd fear ? If the Se curities for Advances Bill, which only required a little extension of the principle to all classes of pro- Ferty, to be the best and most unexceptionable mea sure that has for many years been submitted to Parliament—if, we say, Sir Jour? ROMILLY'S admi rable Bill had received the legislative sanction last session, we should not now have to deplore these untoward results, or again and again have to direct the public attention to the golden opportunities which day after day are neglected and despised. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received by electric telegraph, vie Trieste, the following summary of Indian intelligence, in anti• cipation of the overland mail. The dates of the last adyices were Hong-Kong, September 27; Calcutta, October 8 ; Bombay, Oc tober 17. No event of political importance had occurred in India Proper since the departure of the last mail. The hill tribes on the Kohat frontier were again manifesting a hostile disposition, and the passage through their defiles was interrupted. It is again announced that - the works on the Bom bay Railway had been commenced. Disaffections and mutinies among the Nizarres native regiments still continue. The Governor-General was on the point of depar rig for Peshawur. CHINA. From Hong-Kong we km that the insurgents were getting the better of the Imperial troops. Nu merous bands of robbers were plundering and burning throughout the provinces of Kangsi and Canton, and after the capture of th• city of Kintschan the insur gents had advanced to within 120 English miles of Canton. BORNEO. Intelligence had reached Singapore of a victory gained by the Dutch over the Chinese in the Sombas River, in Borneo, after a bloody engagement. It was reported that Sir James — Brooke's mission :o Siam had proved an utter failure. COMMERCIAL. Freights from Hong-Kong to Liverpool 31. 103. Exchange on London, six months' sight, Os. 9d. Calcutta—Exchange, 2s. lid. to 24. lid. Freights to Liverpool 3/. 103. Bombay—Manufactured goods dull. Exchange 23. lid. ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY. About three o'clock this mornin g , w hil s t t h e fi remen and engines were a t f u ll wor k i n th e t as k o f suppress i ng the threatened conflagration of a whole district in Crinucott-street, Grange-road, Bermondsey, the sudden bursting of an immense body of flame over the adjoining thoroughfare of Spa-road informed them that a further and a fearful call upon their exertions was made within a hundred yards of the spot where they were already engaged. It was found that the workshops, sheds, dressing-house, &c., of Messrs. Eastman and Son, the extensive tanners, were the premises then on fire. Every possible effort was made to check it, but nearly the whole was reduced to a heap of burning ruins before the progress of the filmes was at all repressed; and so late as half-past one o'clock this afternoon, when our reporter left the place, several engines were still necessarily at work. The smoking ruins cover a space of about five acres. It is said that two days ago sparks were observed flying from the chim ney of one of the workshops, and it is supposed that some of these sparks falling upon a heap of dry bark spread a smouldering flame through the combustible mass, which broke out in this destructive fire, vs hich involves the loss of several thousand pounds' worth of property, The has been no loss of life or personal injury sustained. CAPTAIN COLLINSON'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.-Fur tiler official intelligence has been received from the expedi tion under the command of C a pt a i n C o lli ns on, C 8., consist ing of the Enterprise, commanded by himself, and the Investigator, by Commander M'Clure. Captain Collinson, in the Enterprise, arrived at Woahoo, Sandwich Islands, June 24th, and sailed on the 30th for Kotzebue Sound. The Investigator arrived there on the Ist of July, and was to sail in a few days to follow her consort. These ships had re ceived supplies and dispatches sent by the Swift, 6, Com :sander Aldham, which arrived at Woahoo on the fith of June; and the Cockatrice tender, Master-Commander Run dle, sent by Rear-Admiral llornby, C. 8., with dispatches, Ice., from the Admiralty, bad arrived at Woahoo on the 3d of July, in time to catch the Investigator. The expedition was all well, in good spirits, and full of hope.— United Service Gazette. CONTEMPLATED REFORM MEETING IN LIVERPOOL. —On Thursday a numerous meeting of Reformers was held in the Financial Reform Rooms, Liverpool, Laurence Hey worth, Esq , M.P., acting as chalrman, and Mr. Jackson as secretary. It was unanimously resolved to forward the re quisition (which had been lying for signature in the town) to the Metropolitan Reform Association, praying for a depu tation to meet the Liverpool Reformers, and a subscription was entered into to forward the cause, and secure a hearty reception to the deputation. A great stimulus was given to the meeting by the reports that have been current regarding intended Ministerial retrenchments. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AT BATH.-011 Thursday a man named J. Worthy was charged, before the magistrates at Bath, with attempting to shoot Mr. J. Harris, of the Bath herald -office. The prisoner. it appears, was for several years a newsman in the Bath Herald establishment, but a number of papers having been missed, the prisoner was charged with purloining them, and dismissed from his situation. This appears to - have exasperated him greatly, and on Wednesday evening he went into the office, where Mr. Harris was sitting behind his desk, and as soon as he entered he said, "You are the man I want," and immediately presented a pistol to Mr. Harris's head. The weapon was held within two feet of the prosecutor's face, and he instinctively pushed forward and seized the prisoner's wrist. Worthy, however, extricated himself from his grasp, and again presented the pistol. Mr. Harris thereupon dropped behind the counter, and in a stooping position made his way round to the prisoner, whom he again seized, and a desperate struggle ensued, during which Mr. Harris asked the prisoner if he knew what he was going to do, and he replied---" Yes, I'll blowyour brains out, you villain." Some persons engaged in the office then came to Mr. Harris's assistance, and took the pistol from the prisoner. The cock was down and the cover of the pan broken off, but whether this was done in the struggle, or by the prisoner snapping the trigger, neither of the witnesses could say. On his way to the police station, the prisoner said to the constable, with an oath, "I meant to blow his brains out ; for he has taken away my character, and I may as well be dead as alive." At the station-house, when charged with attempting to shoot Mr. Harris, he also said— " I only wish I had done it." The charge was drawn by the inspector on duty, and found to consist of powder and paper, tightly rammed in 3 but no bullet or shot has been found. The prisoner, on being cautioned in the usual way, declined saying anything in, his defence, further than that Mr. Harris had taken ,away his character and means of living by saying he wa s a thief. He was committed to take his trial at the next a seizes for the county of Somerset. SUICIDE ON TF (E SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— Mr. W. Carter, the 'Ziaroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at Mr. Smith's, the Two Brothers Tavern, New-road, Batter sea-fields, upon the body of Mr. Robert Henry Hancock, a member of Trinity of a very large au fount of property, and brother-in-law to College, Cambridge, formerly possessed Mr. Gooch, late cl def engineer of the South-Western Rail way. The deceas sd, who was in his 37th year, and who had recently held the appointment of superintendent of the loco motive departmec t at Windsor, was found killed on the South-Western line on last Sunday night. Several witnesses stated their opinion to bc; that the deceased had destroyed himself, and it was shown that the pressure of indigence and a great reverse of fortune, had unsettled his intellect. A verdict in accordance with this evidence was returned. Lord Nugent is seriously indisposed at his seat at Lilies, Bucks. Why is a dentist likely to be a melancholy man ? Because he always lcoks down in the mouth. THE FRE 'We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Constitutionnel,'j the acknowledged organ of the Government, publishes the following announce ment : " The Government has increased by four regiments the military division of Strasbourg. We need not say that this measure does not indicate any change in the policy of the Executive. It is a simple measure of pre caution, in presence of the circumstances of Germany. The Cabinets of Austria and Berlin seem inclined to wards a policy of conciliation. But the population in Prussia continues in a state of great fermentation." The Assembly did not meet yesterday, but the various Committees sat, and in one of them the con sideration of the Bill for the re-organization of the National Guard, gave rise to a very e animated discus sion, in the course of which M. VATISMENIL, a Le gitimatist, and ex-Minister of CHARLES I_, expressed an opinion that the re-organization of the National Guard, in Paris, should be different from that of the provincial districts ; several Legitimatists went even further than M. VATISMEIMIL and made no secret of their wish to s e e th e National Guard altogether dis banded ; while M. LACROSSE, and M. MATTHIEU DE LA REDORTE defended the institution as eminently national. M. DE MALLEVILLR and the reactionaries of his class, consisting of the old Or leanist Opposition, contended that it was absolutely necessary that the authorities should make inquiries into the characters of the men before entrusting them with arms ; this of all the propositions is the most unconstitutional and the most dangerous, inasmuch as if carried out it would make the National Guards merely the armed Seides of the Minister for the time being. MT DE TINGuT has presented a proposition to modify the electoral law, according to which the electoral list shall be drawn up by the mayor, sitting in the municipal council, assisted by two delegates for each commune, and the council-general of the de partment. On that list shall be inscribed ex officio, and in alphabetical order-Ist, all Frenchmen, aged twenty-one, in possession of all their civil and political rights, and having resided in the canton for three years at least; and 2dly, those who not having attained, when the list was formed, all the conditions of age and domicile, shall have acquired them before it is definitively closed. The proof of the conditions mentioned above is left to the judgment of the municipal council and of the delegates. It is said M. Beaocuz has manifested a disposition to give way on the subject of the police of the As• sembly ; , the triumph of M. Yozs over M. CARLJEB is therefore complete. The following are the principal items in the weekly Bank account : Francs. Specie 340,948,916 Ditto in the departments ... 101,959,222 Bills in portfolio ... 50, 252,191 Bills in branches ... ••• 85,598,648 Bills lying unpaid ... 579,659 Bank notes in circulation ... 421,334,300 Ditto in departments ... 82,321,425 Credit to Treasury ... ... 48,254,689 Priyate credit accounts ... 67,608,142 Ditto in brunches— 26,099,451 There are no notable differences between the items of this account and those of last week. A new journal entitled Vote Universal, was pub lisbed on Thursday. It is a large journal, and is to be published daily. Its politics are those of the de funct Reforme, which was the organ of M. LEDRU ROLLIN. The Committee of the" Assembly, to which was re ferred the demand for leave to prosecute M. CHAROTI for having killed M. D UPON T in a duel, has unanimously resolved to recommend that the authorization shall not be granted, thus confirming in the case of the Republican representative the precedent which had been set in that of the Legitimatist representative, M. LEO DE LA BODE. There was not much business transacted at the Bourse to-day. The Five per Cents. opened at 93f. 10e., and closed at 93g. 25c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57e. 90c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 785 f.; Reuen, 610 f.; Havre, 245 f.; Great Northern, 460 E; Avignon, 175 f.; Vierzon, 3621. 50c.; Basle, 1221. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 387 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 342 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 2421. 50c.; the New Piedmontese Loan, 851. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 15. East Indian, 9A—Great Indian Peninsula, 1 3 4—Namur and Liege, 7%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. They do not contain any news of importance. The Bolsa was closed. GERMANY. The Legitimatist Gazette de France publishes the rollowing correspondence from Vienna : " A letter from our correspondent at Vienna, of the Bth, states that the note in reply to that which M. de Rosenberg brought from Berlir., on the subject of the free conference, lett on the 7th. As our correspondent hal led us to anticipate, the proposition was rejected. He adds that the reply of the Austrian Cabinet was very categorical on the subject of the free conferences. The 'Prince de Schwartsenberg once more refers the Cabinet of Berlin to the treaties of 1815, declaring that the moment would be ill chosen to deviate from them. sicce the Germanic Diet was almost reconstituted. The Prince, moreover, expressed his opini o n th a t th e con f erences proposed by Prussia would only throw Germany into a provisional situation even more dangerous than the for mer one. He observed that the Diet, being legally re established, might the more efficaciously occupy itself with the revision of the federal constitution, as it would have the character of power recognised by the great powers." The Journal des Debuts has the following from Berlin of the 12th : " It is affirmed that the Cabinet has sent a reply to the last proposition from Vienna. The Government persists in demanding that no time be lost in arranging the free conference, and refuses to pronounce, by way of preliminary, by the College of Princes, the dissolu tion of the union. It is thought that Austria will sus pend her armaments, the telegraph having brought news last night of an order to suspend their march having been issued to the regiments on the military frontier. The retreat of General Groeben upon Hersefeld and Cassel was a necessity. His position was compromised to a degree that his communication with the other Prus sian corps in Saxony and Thuringia might have been intercepted. With regard to the Duchies, it is positive that neither our Government nor that of Brunswick will allow a passage across their territories to the Austrians. It is just rumoured that General Nostiz goes on an ex traordinary mi , sion to Hanover. Nothing is as yet set tled with regard to General de Radowiiz. It is probable that, M. Manteuffel will retain the Foreign-office. As to the entry of Prince Solms into the Ministry, it is nothing but salon gossip." The warlike enthusiasm throughout the Prussian dominions is at its height, and the inhabitants of the Rhenish Provinces are no whit behind their fellow countrymen in their desire to vindicate the honour of Prussia ; the army and the people are deeply discon tented at the retreat of the troops from Hesse-Cassel, and General Vox DER GROBEN, the commander of Prussianthe wh in ich has been followed by has tendered his resig nation, an troops example Ge neral VON BONIN and Prince R ADZ[VIL . Th e li ne and the landwher are fully prepared to t a k e the field. r iie ich h The withdrawal of the troops from Hesse was in con sequence of a note from Russia declaring that the EstrEaou would consider a continuance of the Prus sian policy in the electorate a cans bells. The move ment of Russian troops towards Gallicia and Hungary still continues. The Berlin Constilutionelle of the 12th has the following " The news of the arrival of an English note, in which Lord Palmerston protests against the occupation of Hungary or Gallicia by Russian troops, in case of a cot Met between Austria and Prussia. circulated this day at the Bourse, and produced great effect among specula tors. Similar intelligence is communicated by the Ham burgh correspondent." It was considered at Berlin on the 13th that there would be no war; the Prussian propositions had been, it was said, accepted at Vienna. This idea receives confirmation from the Vienna intelligence of the 11th, which states that the Austro-German question was leading to a pacific solution. The Prussian troops have evacuated the territory of the Electorate of Hesse except the military roads; the Federal troops entered Cassel on the 12th. Encouraged by the aid which the Red IMPEROR has given the Elector of HESSE to violate a constitu tion which he had sworn to observe, the King o f WIRTEMBERG has:applied to Austria for military aid in order to enable him to violate the Wirtemberg Constitution. Letters from Frankfort of the 13th state that the Prussian troops will be withdrawn from Baden, and that the fortress of Rastadt will be evacuated. The King of HANOVER has protested against the passage of Austrian troops through his territory. A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette,chted 10,1 instant, says— " I hear from a well-informed quarter that England has put the question to Austria whether the latter, in the re -organization of the Diet, has in view the uncondi tional maintenance in their integrity of the treaties of 1815, and if the proposed. modifications will lead to any change in the territorial relationship of any of the Fe deral powers, as the admission of combined Austria (Gesami-Wsterreich) into the Diet would need the ad. hesion o f t h ose powers w h o s i gne d t"emselves guaran tees of th e D ie t. S uc h an a d m i s sion (that of combined Austria) would b e no l ess abtormal than the Prus sian Union. 111. de Persigny is said to have induced the French Government to take a similar view of the case, and instructions have been sent to that effect to M. de la Dour, the French representative here, to be communicated by him to Prince Schwartzenberg. At all events, a recognition of the Frankfort Assembly by the two great western powers is not yet contemplated. In the Council of Generals, held yesterday, R,adetaky strongly expressed his disapprobation of the aggressive policy of the Diet, and of the untimely and injudicious article in the Vienna Gazette (that of the 6th Kist)." EPUBLIC ! DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, Nov. S. Prussia has lately made two propositions to the Danish Government. The first is to appoint a com mission of Prussians, Austrians, and Danes, to con sider the differences existing between the Danish Crown and the Duchies. The Cabinet of Berlin de sires that that of Copenhagen should make the ne cessary advances at Vienna to obtain the adhesion of Austria to this proposition. Answer has been made, that it was not for Denmark to prescribe to Germany in general, and to Austria in particular, in what manner either should fulfil its obligations. The second proposition is for an armistice. This has been neither accepted nor repulsed. As it was concluded in obscure terms, the Government has applied for the explanations necessary to determine its meaning. Desiring, however, to furnish a new proof of its good will, it has announced its readi ness to order General KEOGH to cease hostilities for a fortnight, provided that a similar engagement is taken with the Holsteiners. The Danish Govern• ment cannot accept the conditions which the Seat thalterschaft has attached to this suspension of hos tilities. Prince CHRISTIAN of Giuckiburg. and Count VON Pl./158EN are on their way from Warsaw. They are the bearers of an autograph letter from the CZAR, in which he declares that he will not ailow the question of the duchies to remain subject to the arrangement of the quarrel of Austria and Prussia. HEN, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The committee last evening fully redeemed the pledge they gave in their programme, that these concerts should have, as one of their great objects, the encouragement of the cultivation of a taste for music of the highest order by the production of classi cal works, vocal and instrumental, by living English composers. Last night was produced a classical work which will do honour to the English school of composition wherever classical music is appreciated, and which is destined, if we mistake not, to take its place hereafter by the side of the master- pieces of Mozart and Handel. We allude to Mr. G. A. Macfarren's serenata, The Sleeper Awakened, which was pro duced last night at these concerts with a perfection which left nothing to be desired, and with a success as genuine as it was triumphant. Our non-musical readers may, perhaps, be inclined to ask what is a serenata ? A serenata is, in fact, a secular oratorio, a dramatic musical composition, produced without the aid of scenery, machinery, or gorgeous cos tumes—an opera minus the usual stage accom paniments. Handel was rather fond of this style of composition, and in his Acis and Galatea has given us what has hitherto been con sidered the model serenata; but Handel, in the composition of serenatas, confined himself ex clusively to serious subjects ; and to Mr. G. A. Mac farren is due the honour of being the originator of the comic serenata, for such is his Sleeper Awakened, and as perfect in is way as is the Adis and Galatea of Handel; taking Mozart as the standard of comparison, we may say that what the Acis and Galatea is to La Clemenza di Tito, that is The Sleeper Awakened t o th e Nozze diFigaro. The libretto is by Mr. John Oxenford, and Mr. G. A. Macfarren has consequently enjoyed the great advantage of having words and songs with meaning as well as rhyme to set to his music, an advantage not l i always enjoyed by composers, but one of which Mr. Macfarren has well known how to avail himself, for he has always seized the meaning of his author, and translated it admirably into the universal language— music. A composition more brilliantly sparkling, more dramatically expressive or more perfectly instru mented, we have never heard than The Sleeper Awakened. It took two hours and a half to per form without any entre-acte or interval of rest, and yet there was nothing heavy, nothing common-place about it, nothing that the most fastidious critic could have wished removed; the attention never flagged, the audience were carried on with the author, the com poser, and the performers, in the development of the story, and at the conclusion there was not, we are sure, a person in the house who would have wished to have it curtailed in the least. The following is the official programme of the cast and arrangement of the serenata DRAMATIS PERSONS Haroun Alraschid (Caliph of Bagdad), Mr. F. Bodda. Abon Hassan - - Mr. Sims Reeves. Zulieka (Hassan's Wife) - Mademoiselle Angri. Guards, Slaves, &e., by the Chorus of the Establishment. The scene is in Bagdad, partly before and in Hassan's House—partly in the Caliph's Palace. ARGUMENT. The first scene takes place before the house of Abon Hassan, in Bagdad. Hassan is telling an admiring party a tale which sets forth the happiness of constant love. On the announcement of evening prayer the party dis perse. When all have departed, the Caliph Haroun Alraschid arrives in a palanquin, attended by a grand procession. He alights, and dismissing his train, as sumes the disguise of a merchant, that he may examine the manners of his subjects. He knocks at Hassan's door, and is hospitably entertained by him and his wife Zulieka, but is somewhat shocked by the introduction of the forbidden liquor—wine. When left alone with Has san, Le infuses a drug into his cup, which sends him at once to sleep, and then commands his slaves to bear the sleeper to the palace. Tne second scene takes place in the place, where Hassan wakes, and is made to believe that he is the Caliph, the real Caliph enjoying the scene in conceal ment. Clothed with his new honours, Hassan orders presents of all sorts to be sent to Zulieka, whom the beauties of the seraglio cannot erase from his mind; and as a wholesome exercise of his power, be cancels the prohibition against wine. In the midst of the revelry consequent upon this edict, Hassan is again sent to sleep by the Citliph's drug. The third scene is before the house of Hassan. whose absence causes great grief and indignities to Zulieka. The Caliph, delighted with the constancy of Hassan, wishes to test the virtue of Zulieka, and for this pur pose he courts her, in his previous disguise, but is in dignantly repelled. The fourth scene is in the interior of Hassan's house. He is brought in, still asleep, by slaves, and when he wakes, he is so m uc h vexe d b y t h e l oss o f hi s sp l en d our, that he at first treats Zulieka with unkindness. The fond couple are, however, soon reconciled, and are con vinced that the supposed merchant is a magician. Ac cordingly, when Haroun Alraschid arrives (still dis guised) he is coolly received;Lbut he soon explains the trick he has played, orders the presents to be brought in, which Hassan bespoke in his Caliph state, and reward s the constant pair by appointing them to high offices at court. The overture is amongst the most felicitous of Mr. Macfarren's compositions, and the opening chorus "Applaud, applaud him," at once arrests the attention by its lively brilliancy; then follows a duet for Zulieka and Hassan, "Oh ! where the weary heart is blessed," which was exquisitely given by Mr. Sims Reeves and Mademoiselle Angri; immediately afterwards came a most dramatic preghiera, "Mighty Alla rules the East," which contrasted most effec tively with the lighter music by which it had been preceded. Our space will not allow us to give a full analysis of the music of this delightful serenata, and we must therefore confine ourselves to the most remarkable of these admirable compositions. Fore most among these is the contralto song, " Should joy with smiling face invite," which was deliciously ren dered by Mademoiselle Angri, whose pronunciation of the English language is admirable, and so clear and distinct as to put many of our English vocalists to shame ; " A vision most gorgeous," which was ren dered by Mr. Sims Reeves with infinite spirit; a very delightful song, "Beautiful Night," carefully rendered by Mr. Frank Bodda, and a fine canon for three voices, "Good Night," which is one of the most perfect specimens of vocal part-writing of which the English school of music, rich as it is in music of this peculiar character, can boast. The instrumentation throughout was full and complete, and Mr. Macfarren has amply availed himself of the immense orchestral resources placed at his disposal. The success of this serenata was triumphant, and at the conclusion there were loud calls for Mr. Macfarren. The theatre was crowded to excess by one of the most delighted audiences ever assembled within its walls. LIFE BOATS.—Arnong the various contrivances for diminishing the risks to which the lives of our maritime population are exposed, the life-boat is unqueetionably en titled to the highest praise; but it is equally certain that the life-boats which are at present in use fall far short of the perfection attainable. Great loss of life having occurred from time to time on the coast of Northumberland, and other parts by the upsetting of life-boats, the Duke of Northumberland, with the benevolent view of improving in future the construction of such boats, by the judicious disposition of the centres of gravity and buoyancy, has offered 100 guineas for the best model of a life-boat; and a number of scientific and naval gentlemen have formed themselves into a committee to examine the models and conduct the requisite experiments. The Royal National In stitution for the Preservation of Lives from Shipwreck (which has already expended nearly 4,4001. on life-boats and other ipforoved means of saving lives from shipwreck) has offered an: additional 100 guineas to build a life-boat after the model which hie Grace may approve of. It is consi dered that the chief 'objections to the present life-boats are— firzt, that they do not right themselves in the event of being upset; secondly, that they are too heavy to be launched or transported along the coast in case of need; thirdly, that they do not free themselves of water fast enough; and, fourthly, that they are very expensive. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE OLD VICTORY.--It has of late been confidently stated that the old-time-and cir.limstance-honoured ship, Nelson's Victory, was to be put out of commission, and to be laid up, or broken up, and that another—a seagoing ship —was to substituted as the flag ship for Portsmouth. We are glad, however, to be enabled to state that such is not the fact. The old Victory, it ii true, is to be paid off on the 2d of December next ; but the Admi ralty have ordered her to re-hoist the Port Admiral's flag at the main the next day, and to continue in commission.— United Service Gazette. GOTHIC ROMAN CATHOLIC PALACE.--A very hand some residence, a Gothic palace, is now nearly finished for the new Boman Catholic Bishop of Clifton. - It is situate behind the chapel (nearer to 'York-place). This, with the convent of the Sisters of Mercy, the schools, the chapels, &c., form quite a little Roman Catholic colony in that part of Clifton. The Cathedral or Church of the Holy Apostles is to have a new Gothic casing. --Bristol Times. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid. oniiital Prices. 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York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Anglo-Italian (late Ita• llan and Austrian) .. Boulogne and _Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara g.. Dutch Rhenish East In dian7. Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg Ditto •• • • ** Madrid and V alentia Namur and Liege .. Northern of France • • .....-- Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen • • • • Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .• . Sambre and Meuse • • Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt .. West Flanders . • Australasia British North America.. Colonial .... ••..•• • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock —.I London and Westminster' National Provincial Eng. Do. New .. National of Ireland .. •• Provincial of Ireland.... _ Do. New .. • • • • • Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid [Settling days in the me tored shares, 14th an 6 13 4' 20 8 14 :NT STC Inth of i 28th. days for regis and 29t,12.1 MINES. Win• den,e" raid. Nominal Prices. Anglo•Mexican(is. 51. p.) 100 • • Asturian ..... 15 • • •'; Australian • • • • • • • • Barossa Range 1 13 0 3% • Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 • • —• • Bolanos Scrip ...... •• • • • • • British Iron 13 5 • • —' • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% • • • ;sz Do. Cocacs and Cul a b a 30 3% Do. St. John del Rey.. IS 14% —l5 Cobra Copper • • .... 40 33% —3 2 A General • • —'• Real Del Monte, tihreg. •• •• Do. Black Debentures • • Do. Red Debentures .. •• 9 • • Santiago de Cuba .. .... 10 Tin Croft United Mexican ••• •• .28 2 8%, 5 % 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ... 42 Gen. Steam Navigation . 1432 4 261 71 Penh]. & Oriental Steam 50 79% — so Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 66h ------ mc ,,,, T , ‘ , —" 1 and COMMERCIAL Nkil , aoCa' CITY, TWO . Tn The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday weresere ti mated at 8.000 bales, of which 2,000 At:cler ic l, st taker, on speculation; the market closed hee l '' e d previous prices.—Rsilw ay Shares were I et firm At i nI P I rates. tt. o f the An item in the weekly account to the 9th in . g floc Bank isat ot of England that will attract obserrationJu "ooi n " othe; deposits," because of the red ucti I om plo O a , them, which seems to tell of more active --. 7 '.. stric t° for money. This might well arise, from the a b- h e re il t o h f e si f l a ver for exportation to the Continent, but g' o r presented to us in this account that no o ber menu cl et demand arose for accommodation uli n r ,„ o iv' securities, and that the gross amount of the 13 01 "4jett creased. As to the active circulation it " i s fat tO' since the withdrawal of private balances W a , dep osit . weighed by the increase of the Governmen t f oie The c,lllh thato parison of the present account with .-- preceding wet k is as follows: ^95 29,41 4, 10,0 45 n ••• 3,1 36,2 4 s "' ••• 2 4 947 Increase ~3 02,189 . Public Deposits •,•.• ••• ••• Increase • ••• 7 7 ' 1 1- 35 Other Deposits ••• 9 " 1 8'493 Decrease Z ••• 2-3 ' 7 65 Seven Day and other Bills • ••• 1,3 3° ' 6- s "' 49, 94 s ISO Decrease . . Government Securities ••• •••• f t = 1 0 Other Securities ••• • 10,ss -11 ... "' 58. 346 Decrease s o 66 Notes ••• ••• ••• 10, 1 s - ' 7 Increase 44 s 's 6 Bullion ••• ••• ••• 16, 0 sfel l ••• ••• 70 , 301 Increase ' sO ••• . 6 4,0 s . 1P AS Active Circulation 457 6 s b ar ge Decrease . s The amount of business done— in ”Bills ;wee r , upon the Continental cities was yesterday again limited, and tbe altered feeling wi thin - Ori lai two is strikisigly exemplified by the fall that cine r • a bl° the rates. It will be recollected that last Tee lu o s reeP, 6 ; dente was in the mouth of every one, the we ilt i „ - 0 of occasioned an enhancement in the 16 " — o rt4 r a nPw pound sterling, b ut as soon as o lities wear 0 m ising aspect, we see th e d owar d tendency m ead gig, chen c• and a reaction ensue unfavourable to the Del ia ef has payments to make abroad. The diffict,,dge*"l counting for this adverse state 'of the eariole h ie $ in the assumption that the balance eis, trade not in our favour, but it is obvious tin, 01 0 '4 applies to the Continent, it cannot hold goal 1,„ Ssors„ to B our commerce with more distant parts of t'v ore ef,,; By transmission of specie or by arbitration, 5 h ot ti is state of things may perhaps be brought ab °° a . a road must suffer by the renewed convul i°l l:off FA T. ; proportion as there will be a disposition to pus,„pg duce that will rea li se cas h , t h ere w ill be o co shoe sire to curtail expendit u r e , an d c ensequeot l i ;; fst io from the consumption of imports. The days' bills yesterday were 25.35 to 371 ° l3 ,7 l : i t i o o °ll on Antwerp, 11.171 to 18 on Amsterdato, 3 ' -11 Hamburgb, 1191 to on Frankfort, and 12'25 f 0 -1' Vienna. t :O P ; Taking the Railway Traffic Returns of the t ti , s ,, and comparing them with the like date of Ipo isOr still exhibit an increase, and although i C i 5 !ir e' so considerable as in the summer roonthe• ', 5 0 1 d t cause fir the cholera raged, it is still gratifYi n g'ilese,f the of the view that gradually the total I% Rees er United Kingdom will yield as muc h $5 1 0 14 years. That the opinion on this bead grow ° 1 .01 j e we may conclude from the numerous mope alive to made in shares this week, in the face of e funds. tool , 1 00 At Amsterdam on the 11th inst Du tch 5 5 4 11' rather weaker at fir s t, b u t closed • better, vz" - good deal was done in Spanish, &c. Dd At Frankfort on th e 13 t h inst., Aus trian 42 11.. 1 were 714 to 72-1, and Spanish Three per Cel l°. • ,:l'oo °I S The exports of the p rec i ous meta ls fr.o l t rA s v iol 6 ' °l week comprise 113.0 0 0 ounces of efive" rsf e• ounces of gold. sat eicte The accounts from th e manu f actur i n g ""- ott sen T t b b e us f iness as being rather depressed. lo os oP oreign intelligence again to-day Fon d alore 61° as being rather paci fi c, sad the English s to , 9 ,, re e Pt • in consequence. Consols have been 9° ,4 4 of Trausfsr, and 97 to for Account. The 1- 4 P O-c. and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97i to 9 : • • quer-bills have realized 68s. to 695. preiniute• WO: have The Foreign Securities are generally &WS c b been done at 32 and 32i, but this eu r g l e ts I I I ": sought forward sellers. Spanish Three per — „ - e l3 o Bll nominally 39 to 1 ; Dutch Twosand•a-lie lf 57 to 4 ; Russian 1084 to 109. th . w ee k i 4 Railway Shares are ve r y buoyant. A very extensive bu s in ess h as b ee n done —l5 Alining Shares. ° QUARTER TO - Consols 97 ••• •• Notes Issued Decrease Rest -- -- 50 Ditto Account, Dec. 11 ... ••• 9i oL O , - 0 1 . oNE li t '96 ..RICES OF Biti'rim]. FONDS O'CLOCK. r 7e : ,• , ern. Hoducen Arms. ..„ 0 7 9 3 per Cent. Console Annuities........ 97 96'74 '6 7 4 E $ P New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann5.,...... ...... 97 'ii 98 8 69 tudif. Ronda, 1,000/. BB p , 9i Ditto under 1,000,........ .. .... 86 p Consols fo r A ccount 9 7% 9 ‘ SO 6 9 P 'chequer Hie. IS d. it 65 P 1,0001. June 500/. June Small. June 7O 66 p 000 1 0 , oNE rs l PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. SO Brazilian Bontts Ditto Account .. Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Ditto, New, 1843 nivxicar, 5 per Cent, 1846, w ith Coupons' ~ , 3 1 1 1 Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... ..... „ t i 9270 Ditto. Account Peruvian'Bonds, 4% per Cent__ 80 7 9 7 4 ..e Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Ceuta. Ditto, 4 per Cent. raissian Bonds Ditto, 41,E psr Cent Divniends on the above payable in I ,o ' 57 1 ,/ . , Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 G u ild. i, 81S Ditto, Account Ditto, 4 per C en t. C ert ifi cates B7 97:4 aoa L fnnt LQed L LB rhyuoh O oNEsarNEuze Y y,Noo. sNNDnii dischargingootN'vh: e.oN NOV. :". pAl t d ;) . 1 - 1 1 1 6. 12 -) W l in N d G d . rs (2; 11 1 1 S p oon 5 ' T. o. orl Il i ,. Nov. 14.—Wind S.E.rth pr . c ,.._. ,, , , b e t and Anne, Thomas, Constantinople, for 1- , '":..". 10 1 li" - o ft, be s a n r h u , c with KEt oLciuo n a — r g r a t T h S o l h e a l endhdWaemlre2acstathmer Nor.,damage. L ars, in and db' a t::b;e-eed° t° g°V f r j o 10 : er -p c t., Los La rs, ,iii , Paskallavik, w 'll as sLliN t dsop o e.o w v ed 6inioTChagerlsCrcotri 2 6th ber o ce mainmast cut away, after being driven from bo re off Tjacki, d ur i ng a ga l e. O/1 - , 4 A ROSTOCK, Nov. 11.—Tbe Julie was dr l ~;:,, bo t d ° o n o tr l t w h i e th Fi lu n s n e isuhf both coast hu buynnthheuris and wouldce,onthe;, to frool Cronstadt. ~.,,h nott 10 00° f BREMERHAVEN, Nov. 13.—The ..7 -6 ,, f itP . Hartlepool to Altona, has put in here leaky ' ou tlt boat, sails, &c., and the master overboard. _ ysr o the 171Assannos, Nov. 13.—Th e Argyle, fr nw po 00 to Dauzic, went on s h ore o ff Landhotner' o f 14 es' night of the 9th N ov . er, - p p , GUERNSEY, Nov. 14.—The Thetis schOon b oot° et a ton, was picked up yesterday, off Alderney, te bes r to r and towed in here. On being righted her b i t d `‘`. found open; the cargo (flour, in bags), n 35 ',.. 6 ,to nay," appears to have been long in the wa re te Ai e , ben t he CARDIFF, NOY. 13.—The Active, of u. et ot• oc i t Malts, in going out of dock this morning , d e sOn l os bank of the Guttawav, and laid badly, and folio(' °0 water when the tid e fl owe d , that a b e es° sit, beach to prevent her sinking. , ~! 0 w itb ,:itb; with A p fi a r r -b t u o i f l t h et schoonerforemast or s brigantine, tan d ing , w a bsy l et l e i eard i r tl inotr - 4 Sept. 8., in lat. 41 N., long. 13 W was Wa ies scuttled, il °Pki.ll ' her abandoned and stripped of everything ° „d lei . ' i be beingwhch sent a boat on b 1A t . 11 , 13 ,106. 6 0 5 0 in the truck of vessels, ai- boar d, I , sinking state; from some papers found on I el. jpyt a eo p eorht p reska e rtn a ;e r na e am d setroo,pßbheirsot,hiv,ein, 'Tank. n n k ig o he d d e e s u s a , .ofTons b e r g • d• ') ri ' SOUTHAMPTON, NOV. 15.—Wind 0... • 01, ar ...-Arr • to N . 0 .-- WATERFORD, Nov. 14. London. Wind N. W S•VVl ) clle tt DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind N.W. to • Cr o f ( s uppos S e e d l3 ), l3, Ba ß hia te ; li M ie' ad ß di i sOn j , S ap rn ie it r h ° , ; / 1-13nrtivilr :Fn i. , 1411 0 e16 , from th L e u lt e rve W r f r o i r i H n :)bart Town; pak e : Ror ka, C s l t n a g n i t i i e n , o C p a i e l c ; u tt Planet,a S (I N : l n h ' . n i f e t x , l u d , c, Sid. " lii hal; LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—Wind S.S.v." sou ,- le o L a ing, o bor Calcutta ; Charlotte, ditto; Anne • . . Sir - 6 0 13, nefo. - ;re, Arequipud, Casseterides, San Francisco., I„, Napier, Panama; May, Buenos AY l : o, __ d . g0:11 ) :_ e , n a d ji ;a wr nd aA . icsaii';;l-111711ingvet°e11;' Maranham; Cuba, Gonnives; Frederick 05.,,,0ck5hn,5, Cy N ri e lrae w rnleee Ct s,to ri ns e , a .t c . s; Persian, Apalachicola 'York; l 'el ; V - Andrew's. New Brunswick. vor itills; OFF WEYMOUTH. —Jenny Lind, ... g B o John's, r n u a ' n s s•T r ' mondstone, Cape of Good Hope. : A NE , 16til for ; he PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15.--Wal. • •,,, wo ii,awndiNckeS.widdoßnsr,unl:l,:rnkii mop, Arrd. Carolina (Austrian ship of war), m" ~,T rth Star, Mediterranean. , , a E __MM. ';',,. ° A3rof ir ' FALMOUTH, NOV. 15.---WIOLI ..., • ~.. r o om, n on, Mauritius; Constantine, Sterling,:Ga isisi . CO° r f o r cDreonnissiadOt,fffoprorLlTHerinpdooolo: Dl T e a p y t l u or n , e, r j i r n o a o lg i ir oo n . as Clyde; Gateshead, Newcastle for San x Fit" b 4 1 , 1 z 0 .114 ~a ~~ ,_ t ig 4 ,, f t , 1 , 6 13 4 6 13 4 15 11 6 3 100 I 12 lb 41 118% 118 U 19% 15% 3 69 6d '4 % Ni 69U [l'N% 18 173 j % 18 ez. d 13 5 3 9 12 1