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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post gvo., S I L A NOVEL. 0 0 D. "The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could herdly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genlus, inspired by a high standard of morality and religien, ani by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage i which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions en the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraeli.% Man nerves, and Smythea."—Observer. " :Inwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed cg beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gag'.ng novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter :f Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie. Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them ail."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MISS STRICKLAND'S NEW SERIES OF ROYAL FEMALE BIOGRAPHIES. On November 1 will be published, Vol. 1., price 10s. 6d., LIVES OF T"E QUEENS OF SCOTLAND, and ENGLISH PRINCESSES Connected witr the Regal Succession o: Great Brlta!n. By AGNES STRICKLAND, Author of " Lives of the Queens of England." This Seres will he comprised in Six Volumes post iiro, uniform in size with t e " Lives of the Queens of England," embellished with Portraits and Engraved - Title;,ages. Volume 11. will he published early in 1851. tl "lam Blackwood and Sosis, Edinburgh and London. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. First appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves. This eminent tenor %NU mike his first appearance To-Nforrow, Saturday, Oct. 2i. Also the Fifth Appearance of Herr Labttzky in England. Box Stalls, One Pair.. 4s. Od. Gallery Malls • • 2s. Gd. Ditto, Two Ditto . 3s. 6d. Slip Stalls .. Bait Circle, D.tto I 2s. 6d. Gallery .. •••••. • • • • • • ls. 01. Promenade • • .. Is. 6d. Applications for Private Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Box office. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate rbottt Eleven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The Executive Committee, Directors, and Managers of "The Grand National Concerts" have the honour to announce the TENTH CONCERT of the FIRST 'SERIES, THIS EVENING. P 1, °GRAMME. P RT I. Symphon!e, Erolea" •• •• Beethoven. Grand Scena, M. dales L&ort, " Questa dunque," I dua Foscari .. • • • • • . • • • • Fantasia on Airs from " Lucia di Lammermoor," Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard (first time of per formance—her second appearance in public) Aria, Mrs. Alexander Newton, " Qui la voce," . New Valse, Herbst Blumen (fourth time of perform ance) .• .. • • • . Labitzky. Aria, Madame Biscaccianti, " Vedrai Carino," Don Giovanni • • • • • • .. Mozart. Fantasia on an Original Air, M. Sainton (third time Verdi. .. Prudent. .. Donizettl. .. Sain ton. .. Mendelssohn. of performance) Wedding March, Midsummer Night's Dream PART 11. Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, " La Figlia del Reggimento," with Solos for Violin, Bassoon, and Cornet-a-Pistons, performed by Herr Me lique, MM. Baumann, and Arbon, arranged ex pressly for these Concerts, by .. .. L. Negri. New Valse, "Berlins" (fourth time of performance) Labitzky. Song, Madame Biscaccianti, " The Lark" .. .. J. L. Hatton F antasie on Airs from L'Elisir d'Amore, Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard (second time of per formance) • • Thalberg. Overture, William Tell • .. Rossini. Solo and Chorus, "Now Tramp o'er Moss and Fell," Mrs. Alexander Newton ant Chorus • • .. Bishop. Fantasia on Airs from La Figlia, M. Sainton .• Sainten. Gal. , p, Californian (fourth time of performance) .. Labitzky Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Colosenm and Royal Potanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh. ments and Winos, &e., &c. TT' IATI-rE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. \fr. P. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. 0 1 .1 Brnmpton. The Public is respectfully infonnell that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Comedy called THE HUS BAND OF MY HEART. The Viscount de Belletullupe, Ur. C. Selby ; Brioche, Mr. Ruckstone ; Eugenie, Mrs. Fitzwillism. After which MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS. To conclude with SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lack. allay, Mr. H. Bedford; Laura, Miss I'. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. Til ES F,VENT NG. Will be performed THE GREEN Btrz , IIES; or, A Hundred Tears Ago, in which Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford ; Miss E. Chaplin, Miss Wo , 1;;•ar, and Madame Celeste will appear. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, in Three Actst entitled GIRALDA ; or, The Miller's Wife. Philip, Mr. Hughes ; Don Japhet dela Tromha, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Don Manual de 1 - ;l ar. Mr. Boyce ; Gil, Mr. Wright ; the Grand Duchess, Miss Emma Harding; Giralda, Miss K. Fitzwilliam. LOYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEA IKE, OXFORD-STREET. The Puble is respectfully informed that this Theatre is open for the Season, under the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley TIIIF, EVENING, Will be performed THE WIVE '3 SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kea. ,, , Mr. Wig-.n, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. .After which SENT TO THE TOWER. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Ta conclude with a Ballet Dlvestissement called THE CALIPH'S CHOICE. Private Boxes, Sec., to he had of all the Bookie! erg, and of Mr. Massincharn ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from E;evcn till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of the New Comedy. - Last .Ig;ghts of Giralda. _____ THIS EVE - NINO, Will he performed a new Comedy, entitled MY DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. 11. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, W . Farren, jtt i.. Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and E lien Turner will appear. To be followed by 44 IrtALDA ; or, the Inv;sible Husband, sup ported by .Nlet , srs. Leigh Murray, U. Cooke, W. Farren, ;mi., Comp ton ; I',lesdarues. Stirlinl and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and de:e. To conclude with a new Billet called THE SULTAN'S DREAM, In which Madile. Louise, and Madlles. .Idele and Lees will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Untie- the Management of 31adarne Vestris. Sole Le?see, 2.1 r. Charles Alathevrs. The Pit! lie is reveettu.ly ',termed that t. 1.14 Theatre is OPEN for the Seaton TTII3 EI77.NING, Will b' performed SE — :VI , . I 1 IA It; r. Af. er which MY HE AR.T's IDOL ; or, A Desperate Remedy. In which Messrs. C. M. , thews. 44. Vinirtg, Beliirwha.n ; Mmdsme Ves tris, Miss lienworthy, an Miss I, Diettenson will appear. To onclude with the Extravaganza of 01. Y M PD.; DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and Eury lice, iu hich Miss Rosina Wright and Mr. 11. Ilornea.,te will appear. a.:4 , 11.FY '8 ROYAL AMPiIITiIEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Fllghnesa Prince Albert. Proneetor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnifb-ent Boectaele of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonder.; of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Enterta:nments in the Nletropods, it will be continued for a few more nights. TUT A FNENING, Will he produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA aid the WILD HORSE. Maxeppa, Mr. N. T. nicks. To be succe• dcd by an Inimitable Display of Patty's Feats of rmtitation in the Or= Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the E.3tablistunent, and grand Pageant of The Festival of Flowers. To con,lude with the laughable Farce of NEW' LIGHTS ; or, The Irish Pedagogue. Box-offlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. It4ll LATER Al LONDON Is1t11)(4r.. Tina PAT —Morning 35 min. after 3 Evening .53 min. after 3 To-Sioasow—Morning 12 min. after 4 ! Evening 31 min. aver 4 111 E EATUER.— buN OFFICE, OCTOBER 21 TIIERMWIETER, IN TIIE SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.47. WIND N.E.—dull, cloudy weather. 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. KtsGsTows (Dun us) —Wind N.E , strong breeze—par- tially cloudy. PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH - Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Beauturox—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— overcast. HASTINGS -- Wind S., strong breeze—rain. t•ouTtLowToN - Wind N. W., strong breeze—f ggy. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.. strong breeze—rain. BASIN GSTOK E —Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. ERISTOL— Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. READING NY ind E., calm—overcast. GREEN W IC H —Calm—overcast. SWINDON— Wind N. light airs—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind N.W., calm—foggy. GLOUCESTkR—Wind S, calm—rain. COLCH FSTER —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—heavy rain. CAMBRIDGE— Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—. ind S.E., hard wind—heavy rain. CREWE—Calm—overcast. Ho LIM EAD—W ind N.N.W., strong breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. YORse - Wind , gentle breeze—rain. LANcAsrzn—Wind N.E., calm—rain. Wiirrny—Wind E , heavy gale—overcast. DARE. NGTON—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. SNAP—Wind N., calm—rain. SUNDERLAND—Wind E., hard wind—rain. BEA'TTOCK—Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain. BERWICK—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. EDINBURGH Wind S.E, gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nil.. o'clock : CORK —Wind N.W., light breeze—clear. 31 ULLD N.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. DUNDALK—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. Potursmount—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—rain. Yoa,.—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DariLtsioToN—Wind W.. gentle breeze—light Bost. WHITZHAVEN— Wind S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. t.‘ .27 (J -A. • ):::,4" ~% ~GZi/a: „4-). Tritirt acv LONDON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1850. . Another ineffectual effort has been made by the Sabbatari-2Ts to interrupt the running of passenger- I .) -, 11 , i. trains on Sundays. This time we are indebted to a - --T• 4- p.... . ).-' - - hrtain infatuated Mr. TsomsoN for the endeavour •= os './sti - :\C - - to interfere thus arbitrarily with the convenience of • 7 A\',..11 cl t. ..- j; . e population. From a report given elsewhere of t, ?isterday's half-yearly meeting of the Aberdeen ) -- ) kiz-Z (2,:. TA-/- ilway Company, it will be observed that that good ck— i _ At i=1.21.. ~ %--s.- ' gentleman availed himself of the opportunity thus & afforded him of thrusting his notions of morality upon the attention of the directors and the share- !,,y _. ~ a ~i~ holders. He should have remembered, however, that in addition to all this, his propositions were certain to arrest the observation likewise of the public and of journalism. Possibly, however, he was sufficiently conscious of the fact here mentioned, and, carried away by his devotion to the Sabbatical observance, propounded his scheme intentionally in defiance of the press and of the people. Whether this may or may not have been the case, it is certain that Mr, THOMSON laid his motion before the meeting in flagrant contravention of all common-sense and expe rience. Before thus foisting his suggestion upon the assembly of shareholders, he must have been per fectly aware that the idea of carrying it into actual operation was to the uttermost extent imaginable hopeless. He must have known from the diurnal record of the newspapers that the multitude in this country are wholly averse to any euch fanatical scheme as that of ot , structing the lines of intercommunication on Sundays. One would have imagined that this conviction must have been ferce 1 upon his judgment, if only by the course re cently pursued in regard to the insane intermedilling of Lord ASHLEY and his associates in the economy of the Post-office department. From that circum stance alone he might have learnt the folly of aspiring to elevate the morality of the masses by rendering the sacred day of rest a day of intolerable annoyance, or by investing with a repulsive instead of an attrac tive aspect the entire framework of religious observ ances. But no : Mr. THOMSON, like so many others in the United Kingdom, has been infected by the virus of bigotry, and in consequence of this has been incited to the commission of the old extrava gances of the Sabbatarians. Instead of gaining his point, the last advocate of the anti-Sunday-travelling humbug has only rendered this kind of psuedo-religion more than ever contemp tible. His motion was not only negatived by a large majority, but elicited from another gentleman the announcement that on a future occasion he would suggest the employment:on the Aberdeen Railway of two Sunday trains for the convenience of excur sionists. Doubtless the bare notion of such a change will appear terrible in the the eyes of Mr. THOM soN, hut he has only himself to thank for originating the idea of its introduction. But for the annoying revival of a scheme disgusting to a vast proportion of the community it might not have entered into the mind of this energetic shareholder to respond in this manner to the preposterous pertinacity of the Sab batarians. It is by no means our intention, in alluding to these proceedings of yesterday, to reiterate those plain and simple arguments against the opponents of Sun day travelling which by this time must have become sufficiently familiar to the population. We are not quite so enamoured of the subject as to exert our energies in proving for the nine hundred and ninety-ninth time the absurdity of such ideas of Christianity to men who are as blind as moles and as deaf as adders to the most lucid and incontrovertible arguments. Nevertheless, there is one remark in the observations uttered yesterday by Mr. Tuomsorr, so transpa rently fallacious that we cannot resist the temptation of an incidental reference to it. We allude to his statement that " he believed that the cases of charity and mercy which were adduced as reasons why lines should run on Sundays were of rare occurrence 1" As well might he have objected to the maintenance of such costly institutions as our public hospitals an the score that broken legs and other casualties of the like kind are of rare occurrence ! As well, indeed, object for the like reasons to all other eleemosynary establish ments. All peop!e are not paupers, and yet it is not unreasonably supposed to be advisable to erect work houses and almshouses and other similar refuges for destitution. All people are not blind, and yet on the like account we have our ophthalmic dispensaries and our blind asylums. All people are not mad, and yet we have Bedlam and Hanwell and similar build ings open for the reception of the insane. Pauperism, ulindness, and lunacy are the exceptions, and yet while the cases of these unfortunates are exceptional they are not considered the less entitled to commiseration or assistance. So also, in like manner, with the cases referred to, the cases of charity and of mercy. We should scarcely have presumed to argue with any degree of seriousness a question so obvious in its bearing, but for the dogmatism with which it was maintained yesterday by this Mr. THOMSON 'hat the contrary system was worthy of cora mendaticn. While we congratulate ourselves of course upon evr y new discomfiture, however trivial, encountered by the Sabbatarians, we begin at the sam , time to despair of ever witnessing tha extinction of their fanaticism. Wearied as the public must inevitably be by the repeated struggles it has had to maintain against the antagonists of Sunday tra velling, it finds its attention ever and anon demandeo by some new proposal for the stoppage of Sunday trains upon one or other of the railways. It may be demonstrated with the clearness of a syllogism that the carrying into operation of the ideas of the SAbbatarians, instead of diminishing the amount of labour, improving the general so briety, and inducing the multitude to pay stricter regard to the injunctions of religion, would cause, on the contrary, a greater amount of labour, drunkenness, and indifferentism : all this may be demonstrated, we say, with the clearness of e ,yllogism—yet, a week or two afterwards, some in fatuated shareholder in a railway will coolly rise to suggest as a sort of novelty the practice of a scheme which the community has shown again and yet again to be altogether impracticable. With all sincerity we must acknowledge that this con6tant repetition of the 4nnoy ance is becoming wholly intolerable, and that we view with increasing disgust the dunderheaded pertinacity of the Sabbatarians. The fiscal and financial reformers throughout the entire country should not neglect the golden oppor tunity (to which we recently directed the public at tention) afforded by the expiration of the property and income-tax Act of insisting upon a complete re vision of the national taxation and expenditure, with a view to the more equitable adjustment of the former and the reduction of the latter within the narrowest limits consistent with the national credit, and the maintenance of the public establishments in full order and efficiency. There is "a-penny-wise-and pound-foolish" economy which is as much to be deprecated as the wanton extravagance so justly complained of on former occasions. We would not leave the British empire at the mercy of every aggres sor, unable to resent insult or repel invasion, to vin dicate its honour, or afford protection to its citizens. It is vain to look for a general disarmament, to hope that the lion will lie down with the lamb, or that the despots and tyrants of the earth will cease to rule with the strong hand, or consent to be bound by the voice of public opinion. Our constitutional liberties are far more precious than any amount of gold or silver that could be brought into our coffers. A single war, into which,we might be forced, and most probsbly would if we exhibited any want of preparation, would be far more costly than the support of our military and naval establishments on a judicious and proper foundation for an entire age. No desire for economy and retrenchment would, therefore, induce us to de mand too great a reduction of the effective force in either branch of the public service. But very consi derable savings might be made in the non-effec tive force—in bringing the number of ge nerals and admirals within the limits which the exigencies of the country might require, and in terminating the ridiculous experiments in ship building, to which " my Lords" the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral are so exceedingly addicted. We would also have every payment incidental to the collection of the natienal revenue brought under the control of Parliament, and sanction no stoppage r t ntrans e i n t ms U , nder any pos s ibl e pr e t ex t, th e heredi ary pensions, more particularly those which have l n i e a v m e e r beenntshould brought teel under yinquired the coo s i i n d t e o r . a t T i on l7e question e i Par-on should be brought under the notice of the popular re presentatives, by what right the Dukes of GRAFTON have received for 178 years the annual sums of 7,191/. 12-. from the Excise revenue, and 3,407/. 10s from the Post-t.filce, and it should be distinctly shown whether that glaring injustice was to be per petuated, or when it,was to be brought to a termina tion. We have already shown that the support of "the dignity of the Peerage" conferred upon the illegitimate offspring of one of the most depraved and licentious monarchs that ever brought disgrace on THE SUN, LONDON, the British nation, has already cost the country more than TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLIONS OF POUNDS STERLING, or considerably more than once aed a half the amount of the national debt, that weighs down and paralyses the industry of the country. And it is, indeed, full time that something definite should be- de termined with respect thereto. The claims of Earl COWPER to 1,5951. 16 and the fortunate assignees of the late CHARLES Boors to 1,200/. per annum out of the Excise, and of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH to 4,0001., and of the heirs of the Duke of SCHOMBERG to 2,9001., out of the Post-office, should also be closely scrutinized, and every circumstance connected there with brought clearly before the chosen representatives of the people. If pressed before the re-imposition of the income-tax an investigation may be conceded ; but if the charge be renewed in its present, or even in a modified form, for any protracted period, it will he vain to hope for redress. The aristocratic element which still exists in what is called the House of Com mons—and even the person-A predilections of the Premier in behalf of his order—will prevent inquiry into the justice of the title of the fortuna'e wearer of the strawberry leaves to any portion of his income. An account of the sums 'wished on the favourites of monarchs would not find much favour in the sight of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The great desideratum, however, to be achieved is, as we have, already stated, to limit the duration of the renewed property-tax, or any substitute that may be granted in lieu thereof, to a single year. It.is the control over the national revenue, the holding of the national purse-strings that constitutes the popular strength. How greatly would that strength be enhanced if one of the principal items of income should be assented to in each and every session, as well as the application of that in come. It might not be practicable to do so in matters of indirect taxation. The Customs and Excise duties should be known beforehand, in order that merchants and manufacturers might be enabled to decide on the business they would be willing to undertake. But there is no such necessity with respect to a direct tix on property ; that might vary in each year with out the slightest inconvenience, so as to col lect a sum sufficient for the actual wants of the country, after the application of the funds derived from other sources. The consideration of the subject would afford an admirable opportunity for demanding the redress of any grievance, for ex posing any wanton extravagance, or insisting upon due economy and retrenchment. It would be strictly in accordance with the constitutional theory, which declares that the Executive shall be dependent on the legislative power for the necessary sup plies. While the money is there, while it can be legally levied on the people, plausible pretexts may be found for seizing on it, should any dispute unfortunately occur between the Crown and the Parliament of these realms. Such an event may be very improbable, but it has already happened, and it is at least possible, and therefore the contingency should be guarded against. If, however, the impost expired of itself, and the people could no longer be called upon to render accounts of their earnings, and to hand over a definite portion thereof to the tax gatherers, it would enforce a speedy submission, and prevent the possibility of any aggression on the rights and privileges of the people. It would indeed consolidate the liberties of the subject, and place them on a firm basis and foundation that could never be shaken. Again, then, we call upon the fiscal and financial reformers throughout the length and breadth of the land, and their name is legion, to exhibit a zeal and activity befitting the occasion, and to make their wishes known to their respective representatives in a manner that cannot be misunderstood. Let there be no possibility of mistake or misconception. LEGAL CHANGES. We are authorised to state that Mr. Baron Rolfe has been raised to the dignity of Vice-Chancellor, in the room of the Vice- Chancellor of England, deceased. This change from a puisine judgeship to the equity court does not increase the Learned Baron's salary, but it gives him higher rank. Besides, the duties of a Vice- Chancellor are less onerous than those of a common law judge, and the expenses of going two circuits in the year, about 5001., will be saved. The appointment will give universal satisfaction ; for the Learned Baron's predilections and earlier studies were given to the equity bar. The vacancy in the Vice-Chancellorship, caused by the recant resignation of Sir James Wigram, cannot he filled ua without a❑ Act of Parliament, which, it is expected, will be rendered necessary from the vast accumulation of business now in the courts of equity, chiefly arising from the increasing and whole some practice of filing claims i❑ matters where the slow and expensive process of a bill was necessary. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Referrirg to a paragraph in your edition of Monday, which states that in consequence of the re signation of Captain Plunkett, chairman of the Cale donian Company, Mr. Fawcett, the largest holder in the company, with four or five other extensive pro prietor., waited on Mr. Glyn, to ask the assistance of the Londomapd North-Western Company in the pre sent difficult9es of the Caledonian, and that the answer of Mr. Glyn to the application was that while there exi,ted differences among the directors the London and North-Western could not interfere, hut if once the directors of the Caledonian were united among themselves the London and North-Western would render them all the assistance in their power. I am instructed by Mr. Fawcett, who is at pre sent out of town, to request you to contradict the statement so named. Mr. Fawcett has had no communication with Mr. Glyn since the event to which you refer, though he entertains no doubt of the reediness of the North. Western Company to aid in the retrieval; of Cale donian aflairs.--.1 am, Sir, yours, very respectfully, pro T. T. Fawcett, N. J. BISHOP. 12, Trump street, Oct. 24, 1850. LORD CHANCELLOR'S HOUSE. (THIS DAY.) THE PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY—SIORDET ♦ND OTHERS, V. SYMONDS AND WALLEIt. Mr. GLAssE, on behalf of the Patent Galvanized Iron Company (the sole interest in which is now vested in Mr. Charles William Tupper and George Bowness Carr), applied to his Lordship for an injunction to re strain the defendants, or either of them or their work men, servants, and agents, from exercising, using, or putting in practice the plaintiff.' invention, and from galvanizing any iron or copper according to the said invention, and from selling any iron or copper, or arti cles of iron or coppi-r, which have been galvanized by them according to the plaintiffs' invention, and from in any manner infringing the patent of the plaintiffs. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated he knew all about the patent, having been counsel in a case in which a Mr. Pattrson was concerned in the Court of Common Pleas, where a verdict was given for the plaintif4 certain ques tions being reserved. Mr. GLASSE said that he believed that case was not yet decided, and that he was happy to inform his Lord ship that, although in this case the plaintiff 3 had some reason to complain of the defendants, he was bound to say that the defendants had met them in a fair and honourable spirit, and did not object to the injunction being granted. Kaentleman who appeared for Mr. Huddlestone on behalf cf the defendants, stated that the defendants had found they could rot resist the application, therefore no objection would be made to the injunction beiug granted. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that, as the defendants appeared and showed no cause, the injunction would issue as prayel It is difficult to understand the cause of the omis sion made by the Lord . Mayor of York, i n not i nc l ud i ng Lord Londesborough in hisinvitations to the gran d b anquet given this day (Friday) in support of the Art Exhibition of 1851, which conduct has been for the last two or three days the subject of general observation, both in Yorkshire and the metropolis. Lord Londesborough was a contributor o f 100/, towards the support of that Exhibition, and, we are in formed, that he has ordered from Messrs. Widdowson and. Veal, of the Strand, a piece of plate for the nati ona l compe tition at the cost of 1,500/. So far, his Lordship ought not to have escaped the notice of the Lord Mayor of York; but he could scarcely have overlooked the fact, that Lord Londesborough, since his recent elevation to the Peerage, has endeavoured to identify his interests with those of York shore, in which county he is now the largest landed proprietor (of something near 50,00') acres), and with estates reaching within eleven miles of the city of York, tenanted by five hundred wealthy and respectable indivi duals, who cannot fail to feel deeply the slight thus offered to their landlord. His GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—NO vi sible improvement as yet appears to have taken place in the health of the Noble Duke. Apparently he is in much the same state as this time last week. The Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln still remains at Clamber with his noble father, as well as the other members of his Grace's family. —.Derby Reporter. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO YORK.—TEe Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, left Euston square station by special train yesterday morning, rat 9-35, and arrived at York at 2-15—the entire distance having therefore been performed in four hours forty minutes. The journey to Rugby, :eighty. three miles, was accomp ished in one hour forty-five minutes, including a loss of about five minutes, occasioned by en ordinary train being a-bead of the special train. The Lord and Lady Mayoress were, on their arrival at York, received by the Mayor of that city, and conducted to his residence. Prince Albert left this morning by a special train in the Royal carriage provided • by the North-Western Company. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the following decrees of the PRESIDENT of the Republic : `• G.ineral of Division Schramm, President of the In fantry Committee. is named Minister of War, in the room of General d'ilautpoul, whose resignation has been accept( d." " General of Division d'll tutpoul, representative of the people, is named temporary Governor. General of Algeria. in the room of General Charon, appointed to other functions." It is generally considered that the PRESIDENT, whilst seeming to give way to General CHANGARNIER in making these appointments, has completely outwitted him ; General ScilltANlM is a man of determined temper and disposition, who has high ideas of his own dignity and importance, an apt pupil in the school of Marshal BUGEAUD. He is no more likely to give way to the exigencies Of CIIANGARNIER than did the Marshal himself at Algiers; whilst General D'HAUT POUL will thoroughly Bonapartise the army of Al geria, and will thus secure aforce of 60,000 men for LOUIS NAPOLEON to fall ha(k upon in the event of necessity. At Algiers General D'ElAuTrouL will he as independent of the Assembly as was Marshal Bu • GEAUD of the Government cf Louis PHILIPPE. General SCHRAMM, the new Minister of War, is the son of a general officer who served with distinc tion in the wars of the Empire. Fie is himself pre - sident of the infantry committee ; was Peer of France under the last reign, and was chef du personnel de la guerre when Marshal MaisoN was Minister of War, in 1837. These Ministerial changes are commented on in all the journals, and are regarded by the Bourbonists as a triumph. The Union says— " The fall of bl, d'Hautpoul is an event. His retire ment announces a retrograde movement; the policy of adventure is checked. We will add that it is a calculated retreat. It is evident that the whole Ca binet might have found itself compromised at the re assembling of Parliament, in consequence of the re• views of Versailles. M. d'Hautpoul carries away with him the responsibility of these disquieting attempts, and of those unconstitutional cries which so much moved the permanent Committee. Moreover, d'Hautpoul is not so much sacrificed, and to a certain point, he may think that he receives the reward of his devotedness. The replacement of M. d'Hautpoul must, moreover, be considered as a satisfaction given to General Changarnier. The PreSident of the Republic has, in this instance, yielded to the expression of public opinion; we must congratulate him on it, but on one condition; it is that we may see no more of these alternatives of an imprudent zeal, first encouraged and then disavowed. General Schramm has not, so to speak, any political antecedents; he passes for being an en lightened administrator. If this choice does not add strength to the Ministry, it delivers it from the peril and embarassment of appearing to he the accomplice of these tumultuous scenes, which looked like the ft:grant pre ludes to a coup de main plotted by an agitating and brawling party. May this return to moderation and good sense be of long duration." The Assemblie Nationale says "This Ministerial modification will no doubt produce a good effect on public opinion, and the idea which has inspired it may contribute to render more easy the relations of the two powers at the opening of the session. If General d'llautpoul had had more firm ness in presence of the Elytee, the deplorable faults which have created so much distrust would have been avoided. General Schramm possesses a firm mind and a conciliating character; he can render im portant services to the Government. But in what situa tion will we find the War Department? With the mania of reconstructing everything M. d'flautpoul leaves chaos after him. The new Minister will have a good deal to do; the army expects a good deal from him : he will, no doubt, be equal to his mission. The President has given a pledge of conciliation to the moderate party. General Schramm cannot abandon Government tradi tions, cannot be a political cassecou." The Opinion Publique, the organ of the ultra- Legitimatists, says : "It is then a good thing in itself to have understood, although a little lute, that the services rendered to the country by the General Changarnier have made him a position apart, which must be taken into account; that between the champion of the military spirit and of dis cipline, and the Minister of War who had assumed the grave responsibility of the scenes at the reviews, it was the Minister of War who ought to be sacrificed; and that it was opportune to give that satisfaction to the Assembly before its meeting, in order to avoid expla nations, which could not fail to be painful to the Execu tive Government, and the eventuality of a conflict dan gerous for the country. Without doubt, the Executive in so acting proves before France the moral power of the situation of General Changarnier; it makes a con cession to public opinion and to the Legislative As wmbly, and retrogrades in the path in which it had imprudently entered; but we should only see therein a cause for congratulating it, it some journals accustomed ,o receive its confidence did not seek, we know in what interest, to dissimulate the veritable hearing of the act, and to cover a movement of prudent retreat by demon strations which appear to announce a return of the offensive." The Ordre, the organ of the Odilon Barrot party, say's " If we had still severe principles of administration; If it were not the present practice to confer the highest functions of the state according to mere personal consi derations, we might examine the suitableness of the choice which calls a disgraced Minister to direct our African colony, solely because he has not succeeded in another post, and that his presence iu Paris has become inconvenient. But, under a Republic, it would be per haps an extreme license to allow oneself such au observa tion; we shall, therefore, not insist on it. Still less shall we seek a serious political signification in the change which has just taken place. Were we not informed about a year since that always under a Republic the choice of ministers was not an affair of state, and that in despite of traditions, habits, Parliamentary exigencies, the twofold responsibility inscribed in the Constitution, and the ne cessities created by a centralization unknown to any other nation, ministers henceforth in France, as in the Unitsd States, would only be the passive agents of the ['resident? The latter has not complained, that we are aware of, at seeing his action thwarted, his will slighted, and his personality eclipsed by General d'Hautpoul; but what does it signify? This too faithful and too eager servant has become an embarrassment; he will console himself, in his government of Algeria, with the idea that he is sacrificed gto the new combina tions of the Ely. e and to the enlightened councils of Dr. ye -on." The cautious Journal des Debuts says : ti / f V a c e ti o f n o a o s u r a p i r a e r s t h , p h l a e i d l g e t h o i s f u M n i i n o i n s t b e 2 r t i a w l e c e h n a t n h g e e E w t e h st;t: cutive power and the Parliamentary majority. All pre text for sad distrust should now disappear. The Chamber will resume its labours on the 11th November next under better auspic es , an d if t h ere b e a strugg l e i t will, at least,. be only t h e necessary one o f goo d aga i nst evil, of the friends and defenders of society against the tplrit of faction and of anarchy." The _National holds up th e f a t e o f G enera l D'Haur roux, as a warning to his colleagues. It says— .. whatever may be the appearances, it is not to the r:vality of the commander of the army of Peri, that M. d'Hautpoul has been immolated. Is it they to the interest of the Elysipe? Has M. d'Hautpoul become suspected? Does the camarilla which agitates itself around the President of the Republic doubt of the blind, absolute devotedness of th e ex -Mi n ister to the projects of prorogation in spite of everything? We know that the Etysea had beneath its hand a general whose opinions, and especially certain antecedents to which we may return, specially recommended to its confidence. Thus, by the s u b st i tu ti on o f a devoted ness which is certain to one which had become doubt ful, two birds are killed with (no stone. In tho first place, a gain is made by the exchange; in the second, the Ely, a ppears to accord a satisfaction to General Changarnicr. It is all profit as the reader sees. How ever this may be, M. bchramm has been nominated, and M. d'Hautpoul leaves temporarily, says the Moniteur, for the government of Algeria. What has occurred appears to us a text for reflection s , no t very satisfactory, to his old colleagues. Certainly the ex minister had a right to thick that he had sufficiently made up for his incapacity by . his acts of complaisance, and yet he is constrained to quit the place. Th a t seems to prove that, if it be permitted to a man to be incap a bl e , it is not permitted when he is engaged r in a certain path to put limits to his devotedness. .I'he perseverance of abnegation is also, • t a ppears, a Ministerial virtue. Th ere are certain members of the Cabinet who would do well to think on this. Let M. Parieu, for example, remember M. d'Hautpoul." General SCHRAMM, the new Minister at War, wa s born at Arras, in the Pas de Calais, in Decemb er , 1789. He entered the military service . before he was ten years old. H e served his first campaign in the sth corps of the grande armee under Marshal Oudi not, who proposed him for decoration after the b a ttl e of Austerlitz. In the campaign of 1806-1807 he distinguished himself as the aide-de-catnp of his father at the siege of Dantzic, and was made captain in the Jenne Garde after the capture of that city. lie took part in the rapid and brilliant advance of the EMPEROR on Madrid, in 1808 ; and passing subse quently 'with his regiment into Austria, was present at the battles of Essling and Wa gram. He was pro moted to th e r a nk of colonel in 1813, and distin guished hi mse lf by storming the village of Kaya, at the battle of Lutz°n, where he was dangerously wounded. At the battle of Dresden he was pro moted by Napoleon to the rank or general of brigade, before he had completed his 24th year, and app o i n ted to the com man d o f a brigade in thz... , division Mouton- Duvernet of the 14th corps d'armee, under Marshal St. Cyr, who was charged with covering Dresden. Having re-entered France on July 1, 1814, General Schramm was only employed during the last two years of the restoration. The Emperor on his return from Elba appointed him, May 29, 1815, to the command of the Maine•et- Loire. From 1815 to 1828 Gereral Schramm held no active employment ; but in the latter year he re ceived the command of the Ist division of the camp of St. Omer. On the 6th of August, 1830, he was ap pointed to the command of the Bas-Rhin. In September, 1831, he joined the Belgian expedition as commander of the Ist brigade of infantry. During the siege of Antwerp he commanded the reserve of infantry. In 1839 he had the com mand of the 3d division of the army of Algeria, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 185ki and in 1840'the superior command of the province of Algiers during the absence of the expeditionary corps. Appointed head of the staff of the army of Al giers, on April 1, 1840, he took part in the expedition of Milianah, and was wounded in June following at the pass of Mouzaya. In January 1841 he was ap pointed to the command in-chief of the army of Algiers, which he retained until the arrival of Mar shal Bugeaud. Since 1830, in addition to his other services, General Schramm attended as a Councillor of State the sittings of the Committee of War and Marine. He was a member of the Chamber of De puties, and afterwards of the Chamber of Peers. In 1848 he was appointed, after the first month of the revolution, member of the Committee of National Defence. In the same year he became President of the Committee for the reorganization of the corps of sanitary officers ; and since 1849 he has continued up to the present time President of the Board of In fantry. ittf. FaEsnoN, who was Minister of Public Instruc tion under General CAVAIGNAC, has written a letter to the journals, contradicting the statement published by M. LEHI. relative to the gratuitous use made of the carriages of King Louis PHILIPPE by persons in office after February, 1848. M. FuEsLoN declares that he had himself hired and paid for the carriage which he used while he was in the Ministry under General CAVAIGNAC. M. DE FALLOUT passed through Avignon last week, on his way from Nice to Anjou ; he stopped and dined at the Chatesu Sauveterre with the Mar quis DE CAMBIS, ex-Peer of France. M. DE FAL LOUX, whose health is perfectly re-established, has announced his intention to be in Paris by the 11th November for the re-opening of the Legislative As sembly. _ _ Accounts from Cherbourg of the 21st inst., state that a violent hurricane was at that time raging there, vi hich had driven the waves fifty feet above the breakwater. Above 100 v essels had taken re fuge in the harbour. Admiral D ÜBORDIN'S division was still at anchor in the roads, under sailing orders for Brest. M. DE MONTALAMEERT 18 about to set off for Rome. The Evinement announces that M. GUIZOT, who has not quitted Val Richer since his return from Claremont, has refused to offer himself as a candidate for Cher. The candidates are M. DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, M. MONTALCMBERT, and the Mayor of Bourges. PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 24 —Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 93f. 20c.; Three per Cents., 59f, 70c.; Bank of France, 2 300 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCI( EXCHANGE, Oc,-r. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 —Dutch Rhenish, 3%—East Indian, 9%—Namur and Liege, ;14—Northern of France, 14%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% ex div.—Paris and Rouen, 24%—Paris and Strasbourg, 7 5 ,4—Rouen and Havre, 9% ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th have been received. A band of Carlists had been attacked and dis persed at Solsona, near Barcelona. Five prisoners had been taken and shot on the spot. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 19.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34i for time; the Four per Cents. at 13i; the Five per Cents. at 13/ ; the Debt without interest at 3i for cash ; and the Coupons at 7/. GERMAN Y. A Frankfurt letter, of the 22d instant, in the Kolner Zeitung, states, that the intervention of Aus trian and Bavarian troops in Electoral Hesse might probably come off within the next four-and-twenty hours, and that on the 21st instant part of the Bavarian troops at Aschaffenburg have taken up positions on the frontier of Hesse. Prince Taxis, the commander of these troops, came to Frankfort on the 221 inst. to consult with Count I'I:MN (tbe Aus trian agent) as to the dispositions of the various corps of the two armies. This news is, however, partly contradicted by a paragraph in the Augsburger Abend-Zeitung, in which it is statod that it has been resolved not to send any Bavarian troops into Hesse, and that the army on the frontier is to be quartered on the Bavarian towns of Aschaffenburg, Wurzburg, Bamberg', and Schweinfurt. The German papers have no advices from Cassel o: the 22d inst. Berlin letters of the 22d inst., in the Kolner Zeitung, state that Prussia has protested against the ratifications of the peace with Denmark, which has been sent in by the Frankfort Federal Club, in its assumed quality of a Federal Diet. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The French vaudeville of Merovile, which occasion ally served as an introductory piece at the St. James's Theatre, has been converted with much skill into a broad English farce, which was brought out last night under the title of My Friend in the Straps. the principal character in the intrigue is a gentle man blsesed with no small stock of impudence, who has a friend blessed with an exceedingly small stock of clothes. The man of the scanty wardrobe is invited by his uncle to meet a young lady, whom it is intended he should marry, and the impudent gen tleman lends him a suit, that he may make a decent appearance, and attends him in the capacity of groom. The drolleries of the piece are occasioned by the share groom constantly forgetting his ficti tious position, and offending the company by his familiarities; end these difficulties are further height ened by the fact, that not only the intended bride, but another visitor, the wife of a jealous East In dian, are old flames, who recognize him through his disguise. At the end he effects a reconcilia , ion with everybody, and takes to himself the intended bride, who prefers him to her proposed husband. The merit of this piece consists not so much in the plot, as in the force with which several ludicrous situations are brought out. So startling are the effects pro duced by the mistakes of the pretended servant that the stage is kept in a perpetual uproar, the impu dence of the offender being brought into strong relief by the wonder of the real domestic of the establishment, who, a natural friend of order, cannot understand his mate's vagaries. The English adap tor in working the subject has well fitted the xigen• cies of our own stage. The pseudo groom is made an Irishman, whose off-hand impudence is admira bly sustained by Mr. Hudson, whila the simple do mestic is a Yorkshireman, played by Mr. Rogers, who opposes an appearance of bluff hon es ty t o a show of off-hand assurance. The East Indian husband, who always feels himself insulted, and whose rage is so violent that it generally explodes altogether before it can accomplish any practical result, is ren dered quite a " character" by Mr. Bland, whose very whiskers smack of irrascibility. In short, there could scarcely be better farce-acting than that by Messrs. Hudson, Bland, and Rogers in this little piece ; and an excellent field has been opened for them by the author. A roar of laughter continued throughout the farce, at the end of which Mr. Hud son was universally called. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The Stranger was performed here last evening for the first time this season, 11r. and Mrs. Charles Kean appearing in the principal characters. Mr. Charles Kean is undoubtedly the very beat representative of the Stranger at present on the stage, and last evening he performed it better perhaps than he has ever done, gradually working up the passion of the part to the very climax of agony in the Last scene, which was a perfect triumph. The Mrs. Haller of Mrs. Charles Kean is a beautifully pathetic piece of acting. It is a matter of some difficulty to make a character, naturally so repulsive as that of Mrs. Haller, bearable, but Mrs. Charles Kean does more, she makes her interesting, most interesting; and when portrayed by Mrs. Charles Keen we cannot but sympathise with her sufferings, however deserved those sufferings may have been. At the close there were loud calls for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, who on their appearance were greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering. An amusing drollery (an adaptation of the French farce A la Bastile) followed ; it is entitled Sent to the Tower. Harley and Keeley, the first a xastrycook, the second a hair-dresser, are rivals in love, each as piring to the hand of a certain fair Abigail. The scene is laid in the time of William 111, and the pastrvcook applies to a friend to have his rival arrested for treason and conveyed to the Tower. The friend, however, is also a lover of the fair Abigail, and he manages to get up a sham arrest of both pastrycook and barber, and to keep them locked up in his own house until he has married the lady. Harley and Keeley, as the prisoners in the Tower, kept the house in a roar the whole time they were on the stage. Sent to the Tower will rival Box and Coz in popularity. How certain the man of a weak head, a bad heart, and great fortune, is to obtain the attention which needy merit is a humble competitor for. —Eliza Cook's Journal. MICIIAELMAS TERM.—Yesterday, on the opening of the offices of the Common Law courts the lists of arrears for the ensuing Michaelmas Term, which commences to morrow (Saturday) week, were exhibited. The lists present a remarkable appearance, numbering only 149 rules for argu ment and judgment in the three courts. Such a short fist has not occurred for a long time, and, unless the new applica tions for rules arising from the b., sinecs of the last circuit be considerable, it is probable that before the expiration of the term the arrears will be further diminished and leave but few on the lists. In the Court of Queen's Bench the number, exclusive of Crown cases, is 92, comprising 411 special cases and demurrers; and in the new trial paper two for judg ment, and 99 for argument. There is not one single special case or demurrer for judgment. In the Common Pleas the number is only 15, consisti,pg of four enlarged rules, and one for a new trial ; two matters are standing for the opinion of the Court, and eight demurrers are entered; while in the Court of Exchequer the number is 42, of which there are 11 special cases for argument and one for judgment, 11 motions and rules for judgment, and 19 rules for new trials to be argued. The ensuing terms will be the first in which Lord Truro will take his seat as Lord Chancellor, and Sir John Jervis as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.! ! The ra!es of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market closed with an up ward tendency, and American were nearly id. per lb. higher; other kinds were without alteration. Tut, sat, compriseds,oooAmerican, 400 Surat, at sd. to 51d., and 120 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to is. 9d. per lb.—The Share Market was flat, and closed at lower prices generally. The Corn trade is quiet in Mark-lane to-day, and Monday's prices are current. - - The amount of business done this week in foreign and colonial produce is not so large, and some articles, Cutle for instance, are cheaper. The home demand seems to be less active, and there are fewer export orders in the market. .This neccesarily deters speculators from ope rating. Dye goods:have continued to attract attention, and Indigo is dearer. The following remarks upon the Dried Fruit trade, by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson are interesting:— " The first cargo of new currants was sold at 455. per cwt., or 3s. above the opening price of last season; the s. coed at 435., the quality uneven and somewhat foxy. The long absersca of arrivals, and the receipt of further news from the places of growth, both as regards extent of rain-damage and advance of prices, have since give❑ a new feature to the market, and led to a brisk demand for old fruit. Two cargoes of Cephalonia were sold last week at 415., and parcels of Gulph fruit at 405., esta blishing an advance of 3s. to 4 , . upon the quotations as the beginning of September. The stock of old fruit now consiAs of four cargoes of fine Crphalonia, which are not offered for sale. The London clearances for home consumption, from 19th ult. to 18th instant, have been 1,075 tons against 1,010 tons in 1849, 1,215 tons hi 1848, and 915 tons in 1847, during the like period. Those at Liverpool, of the four weeks ending 15th inst., show 390 tons against 445 tons in 1849, and 260 tons in 1848. The latest official returns show a falling off of 1,360 tons in the consumption of the United Kingdom during the first eight months of this year as compared with that of the corresponding period of last year. It is obvious that the article of Currants has assumed a feature quite different from that of last season, and even from what might rea sonably have been expected only six weeks ago. The extent of damage to the crop from rain fully bears out the alarming reports received early in September. Whether or not the above deficiency in the country's consumption will be made up by increased de liveries before Christmas will depend upon the prices ruling during that interval, for recent experience proves that an advance in price checks consumption amongst the working classes, who now constitute the great mass of consumers. At the close of last month, in conse quence of further unfavourable news from Spain respect ing injury to the crcp, extensive purchases of sound keeping fruit were made at 40s. Holders consequently demanded 425., at which a few trifling sales were made; 41s. has since been accepted for good fruit, and 40s. for tender, of which quality a cargo offered at public sale this day, and taken in at 405., has since been sold at 395. We have had a succession of arrivals of Figs by the Southampton steamers and by the screw steam-ships Hellespont and Propontis, the price opened here at 65a., and has since receded 15s. to 20a. per cwt." The letters and papers by the Atlantic steamer were delivered this morniag. The accounts from New York, referring to the intelligence received from California, state— " The large receipts of gold from California, the fa vourable advices from the mining districts, and the pros pect of remittances of gold greater than any yet realised, have had a good effect upon the minds of holders of stock generally, and given them greater faith in a further rise in prices. Money is daily becoming more abundant; loans are more easily negotiated, at lower rates of in terest; prime business paper is daily becoming scarcer, and is more sought after in the street; and the probabi lity is that for the next sixty or ninety days the upward movement in stocks generally will continue, and prices considerably above those now current doubtless be re alised. The current is setting in strong, and it would be folly to attempt stemming it. It may be dangerous to become deeply involved in any of the speculations of the day. The wisest policy may be inaction; but that a spe culative movement, of considerable importance, is yet in the prospective, is beyond a duubt; and those who have nerve enough, may make a large amount of money out of most of the loading fancies." Santa Fi accounts of August 1 state that most of the traders have sold out their merchandise at a fair profit. Indian disturbances still occasionally occur. The old mines which were discovered in Chihuahua are not profitable. Previous reports relative thereto were greatly exaggerated. A letter from Fort Laramie, under the date of August 26th, states that the tide of emigration has almost ceased. Although it is supposed that not more than one-fifth registered their names, the schedule of this season ex hibits the following number of emigrants, together with their animals, &c. PERSONS. ANIMALS, &C. Men 39,000 Women Children Horses 23,000 Mules Oxen ...... 3,600 Cows Total No. persons 42,100 j Waggons 9,000 Of the number of persons above registered, 310 are known to have died on the route. The emigrants have suffered greatly from the want of food and by the loss of animals, and one thousand will not cover the number of deaths between the Missouri line and the valley of the Sacramento. The Mormon emigration, during the year, is calculated at 5,000 persons. The small-p;x is very prevalent among the Sioux Indians, and many of them :,re dying from its effects. The Ce.litornian news is most extraordinary, and ex cites more attention than ever in the City. The esti mates of gold for the present year have been made as high as 80,000 dollars. Politically and socially all seems to be going on smoothly in California. 'lhe accounts from the gold mines are still most encouraging, and we could fill columns with " placer news" if W 3 had recta for it. The editor of a Californian paler says—" We ere credibly informed that one man, at one haul, had taken out a 40/, lump of pure gold on the Tuba, about 14 miles from Marysville." The gold mines in the vicinity of Hum boldt's Bay, the Alta says, are perhaps at the present time fully as rich as the most profitable deposits in Cali fornia yet known. "On the Trinity, Shaste, and Kla math rivers tbowands are at work, with extraordinary average success, and new diggings are almost daily opening. Business, hitherto backward at San Francisco, has given some indication of improvement. In Sacra mento there is a decided briskness, -and in this city there is every reason to believe there will be great activity in the course of two weeks. The appearance of the city is much influenced by the flee rows of buildings lately erected, and the streets aro in progress of repair. The great cost cf freights, as well as the expenses of building on the site of the recent conflagration, have rendered money for some time scarce, but the gold dust begins to come in from the mines, and it will, doubtless, from this time to the remainder of the season, continue to flow in abundantly." ' Ad vices of August have been received from the Cape of Good Hope, and of 30th July from the Eastern pro vince. The most interesting items are from Natal. Land there was rising in value. Mr. Byrne's agent had pur chased largely, and it was supposed would giae increased allotments to the settlement, , . Public improvements were going on steadily, and the foreign end coasting trade was very active. From the Orange River country ample supplies of ivory, skins, and superior wool were arriv ing, and the farmers there are stave] to be prosperous and contented. Preterias was quietly pursuing his avo cations on the Moor river. The market for public Securities is heavy again, and until it is ascertained what turn the Holstein affair is likely to take, we may expect prices to be depressed. Consols have been quoted 97 to 974 for transfer, and 97* to + for account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98* to and the Three per Cent. Reduced 96f to Bank stock is worth 21lf. Ex chequer-bills have been at 665., and Indian :Bonds at 86s. to 89s. premium. Very little is doing in Foreign Securities. Mexican Bonds have been done at - 31, being firm. Spanish Three per Cunti. are 39+ to and the Five per Cents. 18+ to Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 34, and Brazil Bonds 89 to 91. Dutch Two•and-a-Ralf per Cents. have been at 58, and Russian Bonds at 110. Railway Shares have been lower again, and the de cline extends to both the home and foreign lines. Canada Company's shares have been done at 40, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam hays touched 79i. QUARTER TO THifEE, Consols ... Ditto Account ... 97+ * ... 9:1- * ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH NUND9 O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank stock ... .. 211 1 4 2113^ 3 nor Cent. Reduced Anna........... 96141 961 3 per Cant. Consols Annuities ..... 97 1 % 1 1 97 97 1 / s 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 96% 96 1 New 3 , 4 per Cent. Anne- "9 8 14 4,!, is 98 1 xt Long Anne. to expire Jan.lß6o Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 7 9-16 7 9-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 I- Al 8 : 8 India Stock — 267 India Bonds, I,OOOL — — Ditto under 1,000/...„..... ...... B6 89 p Clue°ls for Account 9 7 1 41 Vs Exchequer BilL3. I%d. a 2d 1,0001. June 5001. June Small, June 66 p 89 p 97 68 p 68 p 68 p CLOSING PRICES. 84 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds lilsxicart, 5 per Cent.lB4s, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 1 ,1 per Cent 31% Portuguese 6 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. Ditto. Account uPsi In Bonds Ditto, Account • Ditto, 4% per Cent Spanish 5 per Cant. 1840 Ditto, Account — Ditto s Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 3 9 14 Dividends on the above payable in London, 110 9714 18% 3% 39 !I ......--- - Beligan, 4% per Cent. ...... . butch 21+i, per Cont., 12 Guild. .., 58 . 58 Ditto, 4 Dor Cent. Certificates._ 89 89 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSM - 4 RAILWAY SHARES. AT UNL u'CLOUK. P R IC ES. Abndeen Do. Preference B/. 65.8 d... 1 % dis 1 3 / 4 dia. Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 8%...... 134 .. ... ... .. •A •,, 1 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 32 Barks & Hants Extens. •• (Gt. West. Per. 5 per et.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calla duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 B i rming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calla duly pa, UK 11 , 11,1 rAuul6ll4.. 15 ..... Do. vc.ch , -1- L , ,•,•-, n t o , 15 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and oCoar vane; - i3/. 14s ... .............. • Birkenhead, Lancashire, ... and Cheshire Juno 26 ..... r1:.,.0 ~',.. i. , ~(.,.:;, I" -- .. — ........ . ...... ..._ ' uuanlvharnsinre tlectonian L. I.levi . 10/. Pref...., 10 Ditto,Clydescial tsi J unc 50 Obeit , :ir ar.,l Ho'; head... 50 Ditto, i'referTmcf.) ... ~. .tarence Direct London & Ports- ..• mouth , 514 - ...... ~••• .... , •u ban etaki ..Gutia.6:. ~. ,AD A.% 45 undullie.z. Enniskillen 30 E.'t Anglian, 2/.%... i.. & .... E. and L. and D... 25 ".." ....«•••••••• .... DO. thi., E. &, H..-- 18 .... Do., 31. 10.5., Pref..— 3 14 ..............• Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. ••• Prefertnice.... ..... ... 5 -• ............... Ditto C . I. 175.) 7 per ••• Ct,nt., Pretcr,dlee... 2 +_+'. astern Couutiea... ..... 20 ~.a,....,,,a:...A.tei,di0n,:, per .... P ant., No.l 61 . 1 3 ,4 4d.... p.. .... ..... -.... p $1 (1 C Ditto niLtu. iNo. Z-61. 13s. 4d... p x.d....•••• ..so., New Pr.i.rence, 11 1 4 6: er gent.. Go. North. & EAstern, ..- 6 par Cent. ..... .... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent._ 5n .... Do. New 43 cia.i.,“ tmien, Claas A OB __ (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Glass A, ditto... 6 .. 25 Do. 6crip tent.) 20 ...........• &t at Lanraihino Ditto, New Quarters.. 6 1 4 — •• 0 0000000 .•• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre firence Quitrters ... 6!,4 East LincohLwirk, guar. 6 per Cent. ••••• .......... I.4ll.4purgn and Claagow 50 ..kiln., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .• ••• ••. ............ ' xeter.Yeovit, & Dorch 25,,,, — •.............. Exeter and E..mouth... 21s. ..-,Lis:ow. Dumfries, and Carlisle ..81.65. 8d.... ....,.......0 .0 Ghlsgow,liilmar ,& Ayr SU ..... , .......... .... U0.1.' rei,rence Consul. ...... .... ..... ~,,.. Gloucester & Dean Forest 16 .rent Northern D0.,1°y 2 A Deferred`:::l2% -.... 4J,i... .. ......... I 'l l Do,, %B 6 per Cat 1 2 1, 4 2. 9.. ......... .. IPs Do., 0 per Cent: Pref 1 2 1A...... 12 ........ ....." r3at South.. and West . 36511 (Ireland) 50 .."•• 35141 A ........ ... •' Ditto, Eighths 2 % — ...... .. ....... ..,,, rt:at.Norto. of .Engiand.loo Ditto, New, 401 Ditto, New, 301 Ditto. New ,15/ Great Western 100 .oitto„New 171— ..... 15 ... dull and Se.by .. ...... 50 Ditto, Halt Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares.- 12% 22 ...... .....'"' 0/ „ Lancaster and Carlisle-. 50 Ditto, Thirds La-lcathir tic Yerkshire 100 Do. Quarters ..... ......... .. . ...... . .............. Do. iiths . 10 Do. Thirds ........ 18 ........... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto (I - bidderSi:TM .0 and Shoff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 11% — ... ..... •• ••• 9 6 .? Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds ana Thirak ...... 50 ..... Do., Prefer~ 6 per Ct. 6 .., (DJ Po., do. No. 2 17 Do., do. ...... No. 35 . — ..........• .. 0 . Do., Pref. Quar., 181 S 9 ''. • • *cm. ......... 10 0 , Liverpool, Crosby i.nd ...... • 7A Southport London & Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d 7 IA% !ii ••••••". 84 London, Brighton, and South C0ut........100 .... T)o.Gua.raut, 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto kiitto...... 1::,.. , 2 50 — ..... .......... Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent —.loo .136 ... ..... ... •• .. a LAidenauctUrv.nwien 12/15s 4d... ... ......... ••• %. Ditto, Preference Lo,,d,iii and N. 'Nctoria 100 - 117 1 / 2 /6 4e 117. " 19 Ditto, N..w Quarters 17 . 0: , 1.o. Fift?... ...... _...... 12 1;o. 107. (M. & B.) C. 1 ~,•,.,, .. . ....... ••• 69 London 806,14 - stern ...HO Do, New 50/. . ....... 424 —. ... ... ....... • / Do. New 40/. Do., New Preference.. 5 Londonderry&Oolerain, 25 •••... ........ 4,0 Do. lA, Shares ......... 5 - ........ .••••• Londonderry and EMUS.. 00 kid' , 25 -. ............... - Do. i t i Shares ..... .... 7% — ........ ...... ..,• Lowestoff, guar. 4 per et 20 Ditto (6 per et.) ;;.lanch-.:.ter,Bunton,and. OP ' 1 1.; - .1.10C11.... M inehe,fer, Sheffield,.... 01 and Lincolnshire —IOO Do. Quarter. (No. 1) 25 ... ............... „, $." Ditto, New It',., Pref.. 10 --- X..n. ........ r 40. Do., Manchester and ..... d i Lincoln liniou. ..... 4/. 23. Mi :'.ant .. .100 ... 42M1 42 427 g oo t i lk. t,:0n.,,0i idated .I'r ef. iOO ...... - ~,..: ......... IS* Do., 50/. Sham , . ... . 3 5 _ _. . ..„ Do., ;itrm. and Herby 100 Do. Consolid. Bristo, & 104 _ fi :. r a117:16.., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,brrnt. Liz 6 lot Ar. 46 ..........• .•• 4 „, Liiuo ditto o `2.9/. 16s. 0d... . .......... ... .0 Do.,ErewasliVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Lei , i.es .I.'s Swan- . 01 r ington, 8 per ct.guar.leo At Claud Ureat 'Western .... lnsh. At; ddlesbro' and Railcar, .0. ti per cent. guar. Newcaitle and Odrlisle.,loo .............. .1_1,~ QuartQrti ti,winarket Do. Er-Unsion 125.... ...........•••• :t twport, Abergavenny, ,nd Hereford 6 ..—.. .............. tiewry and Enniskillen 7 - ....... . ...... Newry, W arrenpoint, and liostrevor . . 20 - .. ........ ...• Norfolk 100 1)o. New 204 Dc. Extension .........20 Do. Uuarant&ed Olp, : pc. 5 Do. do. W avou‘y Val. 2 S orthern Countiestinion 4 North British •••..... ... 25 Ditto Preference North utaisordrblre North-\1 estern . Oxi , ,rd, NV orcester, and _ _ _ _ - -.• . . Wolverhampton 5O ...... 114..... Preston & Wyre 25.. .. .. ... ......... ''' Uo. , h, Shares( A) lt l ii ....... ............... ,••• 117:ailing, Guildiord, .nd 1 1 ,4 Itelgate Royston and HiTcnin 1.3 ... , 4 - De. Shepreth Exten . 1% 2% .............. Scottir,b. Central ''''i Scottish I. , aidianti Ditto, New Shrow.,uury :oar , !Jim Ditto ditto, Class B. 9%. 6 14. dis ....... • ..• Unto, .N cw tillartalted 0 Shrewhury and iieretd. ii S itew;.ibury & Chester (Nor. W. Al iIL ) Ditto halves Ditto thwestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropsnire Union S)...ttt I). , i7ub. ..........••• Jo. Preterefice 6o uth . :stailorilshire S I4 ..... 4N......••• **" nth &Ann Litt . 4% p r Cent .. ; . South Waits •.a../,,,, 1:Orli.BLIIL., .b(10- caner, and tioole S'oedield, Rotherham, & (iooe (N. Div.) Ulla rant,Led 5 p‘zr cent. ... 18% •_ ... ...... • a' Du. do (Son. Div.) ... 6 S ov.ine. Sf. Loughor & Ca moron's Still. C0a1.... 10 ..... ........ ' law Vale 'Lx - tension ... 9; 2 . — ....•••••••''• 'll , ,ames il av en Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 th — ............... Vale of Nuath ... ,v aterford and Kilkenny 20 Wate:ford and Limerick 47% •-• .......•••'"'• OiateXia, i,Vxfrit,Wicklw. and Dublin - ~...•••••. .• Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Unaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. doe ... 1714., ..... .., ~. West Cornwall ••• 7%••• .. ... ... ......... .. 'V %itehaven & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 - ....•• «••••' .. Wilts, Sot:Arse to& Wey mouth liork, NeWCi.t,de, and Berwick. ................... 25 ,;o. NelVeaS'.le E2.•tora. 20 Do. G.N.E.Pretorenee 9 Do. do. ........ 17 Do. do. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 lock and isiorth alithann Si) FOREIGN ta.. RA 11,2 : 338 ; .T.541/14.5.:::::::::::.::::::: Dittos, Prefarer=a Angio Italian (late 10 , .. Ilan an and Austrian). ... 6% .. ........ . . .".. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ....« 8 . ............ , Central of France (Or- . / ......... leans and VierzoP.)... 20 ..... ... .... Demerara ... 17% - ........ .. ..... Dutch Rhenish ...... ... 8 /' ..... •• East Indian •7 .. ,• ... . / „5.~ 9 ... Ditto ...... ..... .... ..... 20 ..... Great Indian i'eninsular 5 - •- ......... ••• / Do. Do. ... ....... 1 3 / 4 ...... ... .......... / Louvain it la Sambr ... 7-h - ................ / Luxerabotlrg ...... A Ditto ..... Madrid and Valentin 2 ...... -- . .......... ~ 141 Naufui• and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ... .. / Faris and Orleans ...... 20 ...•• •-••• ••" ........... 1 Paris and Rouen 2ll ....... ........... $' Paris and Strasbourg 0 ,., Itauen and Havre ....,••• •••• Sambre and Ileum% 2O ... .. ............ .••• Strasbour. , and Baste - ............ Tours aueNantet -14 ...... --- •••• ..... / Tournay, Jurbi!e, Lan- ...... / den, „aid Hat:sell. ...... 20 ...... •-• "' ........... West, Flanders....... 834..... -- ........ gi MUTES. ..... ' ... • ' Anglo-51exican lOO ..... ..... P"'" ..... ..... ..... 4% ~4~ 1 cc Ge he Fa Tit