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MISS STRICKL \ ND'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 1 vol., elegantly bound, with Portrait of the Author, price 10s. 6d., HISTORIC SCENES. by AGNES STRICKLAND, Author of "LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND." PRINCIPAL CONTENTS:- - 'Flee Sister Cities of the Thames—Queen Mary's Welcome—The Stronghold of the Bigods—The Grace Cup— Death of Edward of Lancaster —Tne Funeral of King Charles I The Captive of Carisbroke—The Royal Fugitive—TheMerry Monarch —The Escape cf Mary Beatrice, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The Executive Committee, Directors, and Managers of " The lrand National Concerts" have the honour to announce the THIRD CONCERT of the FIRST SERIES, THIS EVENING. PROGRAMME, PART I. Overture, Finiska •• • • •. Chernbini. Romanza, M. Jules Lefort, " Neel," Melodium, Mr. Willing. Concerto In G minor, Grand Pianoforte with full Orchestral Accompaniments, M. Charles Halle Mendelssohn Grand Scena, Mr. Gustavus Geary (his first ap pearance,) "Ohl 'tis a glorious sight to see I" Oberon .. .. • • .. • . Weber. Valse, " The Nightingale," Piccolo Obligato, M. Ren.usat Julien. Duett, 3fadlie. Angrl and Mr. Gustavus Geary, " M'abbraccia," Tancredi •. Concerto, Violin, Mr. Henry Cooper Aria, Madame Biscacciantl (her second appear ance), " Ombre oscure," .;uillaume Rossini. Grand Introductory Overture, M.S. (composed ex pressly for these Concern) • • Rossini. • • M endelssohn, .. Balfe. PART 11. • • •• .. .. Beethoven. "A to o cara," I Puri- Overture, Egmont . Aria, Mr. Gustavus Geary, taut • • • • Bellini Grand Duo on airs from" Lucrezia Borgia," Piano- Wolff and torte, M. Charles Halle and M. Piatti .. / Batta. Romanz Madame Biscaccianti, " Faditica Foresta," ciovanna d'Arco .. • • Verdi. Grand Selection from`Donizettrs Opera," La Figlia del Reggimento," with Solos for Violin, Bassoon, and Cornet-a-Pistons, performed by Herr Me -I,que, MM. Baumann, and Arban, arranged ex pressly for these Concerts, by .. L. Negri. Aria, "No ! No ! No 1" Madle. Angri, Les Hugue nots .. . Meyerbeer. Solo, Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Arban, " The Swiss Boy," .• •• •• •• •• •• •• " Galop Militaire," Trumpet Obligato, M. Zeiss .. Musard, M usical.Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Belle. Principal Violin, Herr Nolique. The Executive Couunittee have the honour to announce the fol lowing arrangements for the week : Mademoiselle Angri will appear on this and every evening during the week. Boehm. Ma ame Biscaccianti w►(11 appear this Evening and Saturday. Mr. Gustavus Gea , y will make his first appearance this Evening, and wl.l also sing to-morrow and Saturday. M. Charles Halle will perform this Evening and Saturday. Master Henrich Werner will appear to-morrow. M. Molique will perform to-morrow. Mr. Sims Reeves—Due notice will be given of the first appearance of this eminent tenor. Mr. George Mactarren's new Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened," is in rehearsal, and will shortly be produced. • Spohr's new Symphony, entitled " The Seasons," will be produced as speedily as the arrangements will permit. Mr. Edward Loder's New Serenata, "The Island of Calypso," is also in actiYe preparation. Mr. Balfe's New Hunting Chorus, will be performed next week. The Executive Committee have the greatest pleasure hr announcing that, by the gracious permission of his Majes7 the King of Prussia, the entire Chorus of the Berlin Chapel Royal, under the direction of Herr Kapelmeister Nehlthardt, will make their first appearance early in November. The Music of the Serenatas w ill be published by Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co. Box Stalls, One Pair.. 4s. Od. Gallery °tails • 2s. 6d. Ditto, Two Ditto . 3s. 6d. I Slip Stalls ............ Is. Gd. half Circle, Ditto • . 2s. 6d. Gallery ............ • • Is. Od. Promenade • ......... Is. 6d. Applications for Private Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Box office ; or to Messrs. Andrews, Alcroft, Leader, and Cock, I , ew Bond-street ; Hookham, and Ebers, Old Bond-street; Sams, St. James's-street • Cramer, Beale, and Co., and Bailey, Re gent-street ; Chappell, Bond-street ; and Dyte and Son, Strand. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate at Eleven. N.B. It is respectfully announced that all persons attending the Private Boxes, and the First and Second Tiers of Box Stalls, will be required to appear in Evening Dress ; and the Public is most earnestly requested to assist in carrying out this regulation, as far as may oe practicable, in all parts of Her Majesty's Theatre. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Potanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Mr. R. Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Bronipton. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIA EVE/sTI NO, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Aft .r which the romantic Drama of RORY O'MORE. Scrubs, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Shan Dhn, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mary O'More, Miss Collh,s; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA IRE, OXFORD-STREET, The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is open for the Season, under the Management of Mr. C. Keax and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Nay of TWELIeTH NIGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, Belton, Keeley ; Mrs. C. Keats, Miss Phillips, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. - To conclude with a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Flexuaore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madlle. Auriol will ap pear. Private Boxes, &1., 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. Great success of the New Comedy.— First Week of Giralda at second price. THIS EVENING, Will he performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'3 DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, W. Farren, jun., Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and Ellen Turner will appear. To be followed by uIRALDA ; or, the Invisible husband, sup ported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, jun., Comp ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and Adele. To conclude with a new Eal;et, called THE SULTAN'S DREA3I in which Madlle. Louise, . and Madlles. Adele and Lees will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. S - de Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. The !Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre Is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will h, , t performed 5E,7417E. HIM ItiGEIT. After which MY HEART'S ItIOL ; or, A Desperate Remedy. In the course of the evening "God Save the Queen," by the entire Company. To conclude with the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and Eurydice. AsTLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tinder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the ceewaeu Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arcna, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Nietropolis, it will be continued for a few more nights. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA aid the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of quitation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment, and grand Pageant of The Festival of Flowers. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tula DAY —Morning 39 min. after 11 I Evening 0 min. after 0 To-Moaaow— Morning 3 min. aftez 12 I Evening 26 min. after 12 WEATHER.—S OFFICE, OCTOBER. 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 55—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3009. WDTD S.W.—light breeee and fine weather. ev:lfitrtinft Pstttl;6 LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1850. A spirit of inquiry has arisen among agriculturists which, if we are not grievously mistaken, must lead to most important results. Many intelligent persons, who have embarked their capital in the cultivation of the soil, are at length becoming convinced that it is utterly useless to hope for a restoration of protective imposts ; that the corn monopoly is indeed defunct, and that there is no possibility of the resuscitation of the unsightly monster. If any reasonable doubt could have existed on the subject the recent speech of Lord STANLEY, at Bury, must have dispelled the pleasing illusion. The Noble Lord encouraged the tenant farmers to " go on boldly and improve the land," not by any promise of a new bread-tax, but because there is yet " room for the profitable investment of capital in wheat cultivation." That was no rash or hasty speech, delivered without premedita tion or forethought. It was put forward advisedly, after ample and mature . deliberation ; and iti object was to *show that he, the acknowledged leader of the Protectionists, would no longer maintain the hopeless struggle—to show to the agriculturists that other means must be adopted for the amelioration of their condition. The same opinion has for some time been gaining ground among the more intelligent. and clear-headed agriculturists, while some of their number are still shouting lustily for a corn-law, . and draining bumpers pottle deep to the memory of the good old times, when the rest of the community paid tribute to the farmer. Others, far wiser, are examining the question in all its bearings, in order to ascertain whether a fitting substitute may not be found for " protection"—one which, being based on justice, would enlist the popular sympathies in its behalf, and thus become easy of attainment, and which, if once established, would not speedily or easily be subverted. To these persons, and there are many such, who ap proach the topic without, prejudice or bias, the close and intimate connexion between " corn" and "currency" will soon become apparent. They will discover the error of looking only to what they have to sell— " corn," and tot-illy disregarding what they have to buy—L" money." If they hart no fixed payments to make, if rents and ' taxes, and the interest on borrowed capital, varied with the prices of their produce, it might be a matter of but little consequence what was the actual value of money, whether the circulating medium was " ap preciated" or " depreciated," whether they received a quarter of an ounce or an entire ounce of gold, one pound or four pounds per quarter for their corn• Twenty shillings would in the former case possess the same command over the necessaries and comforts of life, the same purchasing power, that eighty shillings would in the latter, and the result would be precisely similar. But, unfortunately, such is not the case. The farmer has to meet heavy outgoings ; be has to pay rent to his landlord, general and local taxation, and possibly to liquidate debts. For all these purposes he requires certain sums of money, and if he has to give in exchange two hundred quarters of corn for the quantity of coin, or bank notes, which he could formerly have obtained for one hundred quarters, it is manifest that he is deprived of one hundred quarters, which he would otherwise have had for the use of himself, his family, and de pendents. Now his rent was, most probably, fixed on the scale proportioned to 80s. per quarter. During the war, and until after the passing of the fatal Act of 1819—from 1794 to 1820—the average price of corn was 87s. 10d. per quarter. During this period no less than 600,000,0001. sterling of debt was incurred by the nation, for which the labour of the people was mortgaged. Many leases were also made on the estimate that similar prices would be maintained, and the landowners acquired habits of expenditure and encumbered their properties on the 'same supposition. Even after the triumph of the bul lionists, and the appreciation of the value of money, attempts were made to keep . up the prices of agricultural produce. The first Corn Law of 1815 was intended to secure the farmer 80s. per quarter for wheat, but it signally failed, for during the seven years after its enactment the average price did not exceed 694. lid. In 1822 another Act was passed. The prohibition price was reduced to 705., but there was to be a duty of 12s. if the price was under 80s., and ss. between 80s. and 855.; but the average never reached the 705., it amounted but to 593. 3id. In 1828 another meddling took place, by,-...vvhich wheat was to be sustained permanently at 64C, but again the hopes of the farmers were disappointesl—the ave rage for fourteen years only amounted to 58s. 10id. Then it was discovered that 565. was the- proper price, and the Act of 1842 received the legislative sanction; but even that failed, and justly and properly failed, because the attempt was made to sustain the farmers from the- ..natural consequences of the enormous increase in the value of money at the expense of the rest of the community, who were doubly sufferers, until it was finally swept from the national statute-book, amid the acclamations of the indignant people ; and now the farmers have 433. or 445., and eves this will be diminished if the " moneyocracy " be permitted to carry on their game with impunity much longer. It will be observed, that during the former period there was no " protection" save that afforded by a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exi gencies of the country. Every man able and willing to labour was sure of obtaining employment, of get ting a " fair day's wages fur a fair day's work.' The farmers were able to pay their way—to enjoy every comfort suitable to their station—to meet land lord, tax-gatherer, or creditor without terror, and to lay by some provision for a rainy day. But with the advent of " protection " times changed. From the period of the corn-law they obtained but fitful glimpses of prosperity. And why? Because, at the same time, they permitted a tampering with the currency. which produced a continued " appreciation" in the value of money, which has ultimately proved fatal to themselves as to the industrious classes generally— manufacturing as well as agricultural. The six hundred millions of debt, which at the time it was contracted could have been satisfied for one hundred and thirty millions of quarters of corn, or even much less, if we take the average price from 1809 to 1815, would now require three hundred millions of quarters to liquidate, and all public and fixed charges are in a precisely similar condition; for even where rents have been abated, they have not been reduced in ,anything like a fair proportion. As a strong illustration of the growth and progress of the spirit to which we have alluded in the early part of this article, we would invite the public atten tion to the proceedings of the " Market Bosworth Farmers' Association," reported in a recent number of a respected provincial contemporary, the Leicester shire Mercury. The members commenced their au tumn session by considering " how the currency affects the interests of the agriculturists of Great Britain,' , an exceedingly pertinent and preper inquiry, which will, we trust, be entered upon by every farmer's so ciety throughout the kingdom during the ensuing winter. The members of the association were so for tunate as to obtain the assistance of a gentleman who has closely studied, and is thoroughly acquainted with,; the subject, the Rev. JOHN TWELLS, with whose name our friends and subscribers must be well ac quainted. Mr. TWELLS possesses the happy faculty of making himself clearly understood, of rendering the subject he has undertaken to ‘elucidate compre hensible by' all persons of ordinary capacity. There were no specious fallacies, calculated to bewilder the brain or deceive the mind, contained in his brilliant address. He showed clearly and distinctly the happy results that invariably accompanied a judicious system of currency, with a sufficient supply of the represen tatives of value, and explained that similar effects would again follow similar causes if they were in operation. He entered into a history of prices, show ing the cause of each variation, and tracing it to the state of monetary affairs, as the natural result of the unjust and inequitable Acts of 1819 and 1844. The Reverend Gentleman then gave in his ad hesion to the " national taxation money," to which we have repeatedly directed the public attention, which he described as " a system similar to that which we had during the war, but better, im proved by all the suggestions which experience and philosophy can present ;" with which "the prosperity and happiness of the country might be increased to an extent scarcely yet contemplated." In pointing out the mode in which this currency would increase the national wealth, the Rev. Gentle man was peculiarly felicitous ; insomuch so that, although we have already exceeded our ordinary limits, we cannot refrain from making one quotation. " It would," said he, " replace a very expensive me dium of exchange—cup, by a very cheap one—PAPER. The fifty or sixty millions of gold which are now sup posed to be in circulation, and which are merely used as counters, would be then replaced by notes. Here at once would be a saving of more than two millions a year, by converting this large amount of dead stock into active productive stook. Suppose a farmer had been taught that it was necessary to use a golden ploughshare, worth 1,000/., and a man came to him and said, ' I will make for you a ploughshare of iron for 100 pence which will do the work just as well;' it is plain that the farmer would have the difference between 1,(;001. and 100 pence to employ as active capital. Ho would improve his land, drain, manure, and what not, when he had substituted a cheap ploughshare for a dear one." He also pointed out that it would benefit the nation by " rendering our circulating medium independent of foreign exchanges," and " that we should obtain r a circulating medium capable of expansion, a money, in which prices would be able to rise as taxes are im posed, so that taxes might be added to the cost of pro duction, and a remunerative price be obtained. And further, as our population increased, and our commo dities increased also, in other words, as our buyers and sellers increased, and the things to be bought and sold increased, money, the medium of exchange between man and man, might increase in due pro portion." It is almost unnecessary to add that Mr. TIV'ELLS carried conviction to the minds of his auditory— that resolutions were unanimously adopted in favour of his views, the object of which, as he truthfully and ' eloquently declared, was " to extend commercial en terprise —t o restore to agriculture its just remunera tion—to insure to the rich man the safe enjoyment of his abundance, and to the poor man the just reward of his labour"—"to promote the greatest possible happiness to tl - e greatest passible number, with the least possible injury to the least possible number ;" or that the pro ceedings were terminated by a rapturous and en thusiastic vote of thanks to the Reverend Gentleman, whose efficient and energetic exertions in the cause of monetary reform have merited the gratitude of the community in general. Startled by the melancholy and fatal catastrophe at Frimley, which deprived au amiable family of their guardian and protector, the Surrey magistrates have shaken off the apathy in which they long indulged, and are beginning to take active measures for the protection of life and property within the portions of the county beyond the radius of the Metropolitan Po lice. At the General Quarter Session, held at Kings ton, on Wednesday, a committee was unanimously appointed to consider and report upon a plan for the adoption of a rural police in the hitherto neglected districts, where the habitual violators of the law car ried on their nefarious operations without fear of dis turbance or detection. That this step has not been taken without an urgent and pressing necessity may be gathered from the fact stated by the mover of the resolution, that since March last " there had been no less than eighteen cases of burglary, accom panied with violence, in the Godalming district." It is painful to reflect that the offenders in any of these cases would, by an easy transition, have become murderers; that they were prepared for any degree of brutality to have ensured the coveted booty ; and yet, during that entire time, while the more remote localities were handed over to the tender mercies of gangs of lawless ruffians, nothing prac tical was done, no suggestion was offered calculated to bring this untoward state of affairs to a conclusion. It was as if a well-stocked preserve were thrown open to a body of poachers, the caretakers and game keepers being prudently sent out of the way. What materially enhanced the danger was, that there was no such negligence in the adjoining coun ties of Hants or Sussex. An efficient body of police were maintained in these more distant shires; while the wealthy inhabitants were left without protection. The plunderers were thus induced to carry on their depredations in this favoured district, where they were at the same time assured of a handsome booty and reasonable time to make their escape before any im pertinent inquiries would be instituted as to their innocent amusements. If they trespassed in this quarter, patrolled by the Metropolitan Police, it was certain that there would be a speedy and energetic pursuit, that the scent would be actively followed ur, and every point in the trail closely observed, so that if they even escaped conviction they would still be marked men, kept under close surveillance, and subject to arrest on every occasion when any reasonable sus picion could be entertained. The same might be as serted of Sussex and Hampshire, but it was very dif ferent in the lower portion of Surrey ; that was the land ,of promise, to which the gallant souls who scorned to be bound by legal trammels flocked when ever the neighbourhoods which they had previously pairalsed became too warm to hold them. The number and magnitude of the offences are, therefore, by no means so surprising as that the inhabitants should have so long remained contented, without making some effort to obtain the much-required pro tection. A simple fact in connexion with the Frimley murder will explain the entire state of affairs— " from the want of proper authorities on the spot, no less than sixteen hours elapsed before any policeman was engaged in endeavouring to detect the guilty parties." Under such circumstances the refusal to appoint a rural police on the ground of expense must be acknowledged to be of a piece with that policy which is generally denominated "penny wise and pound foolish." It must not be supposed that the appointment of such a force would alone be sufficient to protect the inhabi tants. Offences will occur in the best-watched districts Reckless and desperate men will seize on every op portunity that may offer for crime; even in the busiest and most carefully guarded localities outrages of the most formidable character will be attempted, and fre quently with success. All that can be done is to en sure prompt attention to every case, and . a strict and vigilant search after the offenders, so, as fAr as prac ticable, to abridge their chances of escape. No pains, no expense, should be spared to detect the criminals, and make certain punishment attend on guilt. But this is the duty of the authorities, and not of the par ties injured—of the public generally, and not of indi viduals. It is too much the habit to consider that the whole duty devolves on the person previously ag grieved. He is expected, whatever may be his cir cumstances, to offer a reward for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders, and to take upon himself the onus of their prosecution If any deficiency should occur, he is censured ; and what should be regarded as a great act of public justice, degenerates into the gratification of private vengeance. It may be said that in cases of magnitude there wi be public prosecutions. Undoubtedly so, where in dictments for murder or capital felonies are preferred ; but petty cases of robbery and offences against pri vate property are comparatively disregarded, and the offenders are but too frequently suffered to evade the penalties due to their crimes, through the apathy, incompetence, or careless good nature of those whom they have injured. Many, alas! too many, persons have ' become practised bands, going through the several gradations of crime, until society has been{ horrified by some sanguinary murder, which! can only be expiated by an ignominous death upon the scaffold, through the impunity that followed their earlier offences from the want of an efficient public prosecutor. For this society is often nearly as much to blame as the wretched cri minal who may be strangled in due form of law, upon the scaffold. Who can say that Mr. HOLLEST would not now have been in full vigour of mind and body, in the en joyment of health and strength, if the Surrey magis trates, dreading an additional farthing rate, had not reported against the appointment of a rural police? May not the fearful event that has harrowed up the feelings of the community, deprived Mr. HOLLEST of life, and converted ordinary robbers into blood stained murderers, be owing to this fit of economy on the part of the worshipful justices? Did they place the temptation in the way of the burglars, and must they not in some degree be responsible for the result ? THE STAR STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—The an• nual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at Gravesend. The meeting was nu merously attended. James Harmer, Esq., the chairman, said that he had great gratification in being able to congra• tulate the proprietors upon the prosperous condition of their affairs during the season just passed, notwithstanding the great difficulties they had to contend against. The audi tor's report was then read, from which it appeared that the gross receipts for the year amounted to 19,7291. 17s. 2d., and that the gross expenditure was 17,806/. Os. 5d.. leaving a balance to the credit of the company of 1,9231. 17.3. 9d. for appropriation by the proprietors. Mr. W. F. Dobson, secre tary to the company, read the directors' report, which, after referring to the difficulties before alluded to, recommended payment of a dividend of 51. per cent. out of the balance to the credit of the company, and that a further payment of 1,000!. out of the same be made in liquidation of the balance of 3,0001. still due by the company for their new boat the Jupiter. After those payments had been made a balance would still remain to be carried over to the next year's account in favour of the company. The reports were adopted unanimously. The existing board of directors, the auditors, and the secretary were re-elected, and votes of thanks were passed to those officers respectively. The meet ing then separated, in evident good humour with the pros perous condition of the company's affairs. Loss OF THE SHIP CORSAIR.—We are sorry to state that the fine ship Corsair, of 700 tons burthen, Nance master, of this port, belonging to Messrs. Price and Co., timber merchants, has been totally lost. The intelligence which has reached home is meagre • but it would appear that the Corsair was laden with iron rails, and bound for Quebec. In leaving England the weather was thick, and no sights could be taken until the vessel was found to be close to the Azores islands, and of course considerably out of her course. On investigation, it was ascertained that the compasses of the ship had been deflected 21 3 / 4 points by the attraction of the iron forming the cargo. 'The vessel was boarded by a pilot at the entrance of the-river St. Lawrence, and at that time the compasses were wrong, but on nearing the land they got right again. In the narrows of the river, how ever, the attraction returned, and a course was shaped which it was thought would clear the land, but during thick weather breakers were discovered a-head, The helm was immediately put down 'bout ship, but before the vessel's sails filled she struck violently, , and stuck fast. The vessel was,bilged by the shock, and it was believed would even- 1 tually go to pieces. The sails and great part of the stores bad been saved, and it was thought the cargo would be also caved. It is stated that two other vessels laden with iron are also on shore within thirty miles of the wreck of the Corsair, and the master of the latter reports that he passed a brig laden with iron in the same predicament that led to the loss of his ship. The ship we hear was uninsured, but the cargo was insured.—Gloucester Journal. ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY AT A CLERGYMAN'S. —Yesterday evening information was received at Scotland yard, that the .parsonage-house of the Rev. W. Mudge, at Pertinhall, near, Sharnbr(x)k, Bedfordshire, had on Tues day night been burglariously broken into by a gang of armed ruffians, disguised with their shirts over their cloth • Jog, and their faces blackened. The fellows made use of horrid threats, and having secured the family in one of the upper rooms, proceeded to ransack the premises. The fel lows also regaled themselves with bread, meat, fruit pie, and several bottles of port wine, carrying off 2001. worth of sil er plate, some money (amount unknown), and a church mis sionary box, which has since been found in the churchyard broken open and rifled of its contents. The thieves effected their entrance through the larder window. THE DUKE or NrwcAsTr.E.---The health of his Grace continues in much the same state. Great anxiety is manifested by all the members of the Noble Duke's family, who still remain with Wm.—Derby Mercury. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yeiterday. M. TRIEL, the ex-coachman of Lours PHILIPPE, ambitious of the fame of M. CHEMJ, has published what appears to be a police-concocted narrative, showing "as how " the members of the Provisional Government rode about in the royal carriages, and after using them for twelve months, returned them much in the state in which a carriage might be well supposed to be after twelve months' wear and tear. Seeing that after the fall of the monarchy these royal state carriages, which were no more the private property of the Sovereign than is the state coach of the city of London the private property of the Lord Mayor, became national property, we certainly cannot see any impropriety in this being devoted to the use of the members of the Provisional Government. However, the narrative serves to amuse the gams mouches, and its publication at the present moment by the monarchical intriguers is evidently a piece of " red herring trailing," but which will scarcely be successful. It is said that the Orleanists have split into two factions ; the first the " rump" of the " conspirators of 15 years," has for its organ the Journal des Dibats, the second the Thiers and Odilon party, as the party of the Regency, has for its organ tbe:Ordre. The carpenters who struck for higher wage's at Liverdun have been sentenced by the Police-court of Assize of Toul for coalition to periods of imprison• ment varying from two to six months. The price of the 41b. loaf in Paris has been re duced to 56 centimes, in consequence of the decline in the price of flour. PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 16.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 92f. 10c. ; Three per Cents , .551. ; Bank Actions, 2,3001. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 1 /—Dutch Rhenish, 34—Namur and Liege, 81i,—Northern of France, 14%—Paris and Stras bourg, 7 , A—Rouen and Havro, 10—Tours and Nantes, 3%. • i `Tc' ,_ - 4\ _.' l :l4lk- • ' l4 4' -4 -4 ' t *Ott i ii . t y.."" ,414 , Xtib 'lR' , todt.,. r • " t°* -•? •. : -, :. , " * THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1850. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. General NARVAE Z was buffering from indisposition The first division of troops for Cuba sailed from Cadiz on the Bth. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 11.—The Three per Cents. closed at 34f) cash; the Five per Cents. at 13i paper ; Coupons, 7i cash ; Debt without Interest, 3i cash. GERMANY. Accounts have been received from Cassel to the 11th, at which date everything continued tranquil. The Cologne Gazette says HAYNAU has sent all the requisitions for retirement from the service to Wilhelmsbad, where a pretty sharp contest has now arisen between HASSENPFLUG on the one side, and HAYNAU and BAUMRACH on the other. It is im possible for either party to see their way out of this labyrinth. HAYNAU, notwithstanding all, continues to commit the greatest follies every day. Thus he summoned one of the staff officers, and asked him re specting a Prussian spy, named VOIGTS, who is here at present, meaning the Prussian Major VON VOIGTS RHEETZ, and requested him to have a watchful eye upon him, offering to place a subaltern officer, in a civil dress, at his disposal for the purpose. The staff officer of course, declined such a commission. Another article, dated Cassel, Oct. 11, says :—"lt is impossible to form any idea of the conflicting state of feeling here. Some conception may be formed of the general detestation of HASSENPFLUG and his clique from the circumstance that nearly all the subaltern officers have pledged themselves with an oath not to accept an officer's commission." Several of the Hessian officers intend joining the Schleswig-Holstein army. Lord BROUGHAM arrived on the 10th at Hanover, where Herr DITMOLD is engaged in the formation of a new Ministry. The Emperor of AUSTRIA and Prince SCHWARTZEN BERG had an interview on the 11th with the King of BAVARIA and the King of WIRTEMBERG at Bregenz. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export. The market was heavy and prices were rather in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 600 Pernam and Maranham at 71d. to 80., 150 Bahia at 84d., 400 Egyptian at 84d. to 11d., and 500 Surat at sd. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares were in good &mead and generally ut higher prices. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 15th instant was more animated. Dutch Two andsa-Half per Cents. have been 561 to 9-16. A merchant writing from Bolivar for the information of American capitalists, states certain facts that may be useful likewise here. He mentions that " A commercial house of one of the English Antilles has asked here for a sample of the gold which is found in the river Yumaro, with a view to send it to England, and by this means encourage an exploring expedition in the interior of Opata, and then to found an establishment on a large scale. The sending out of the above-mentioned sample, however, has been delayed for some time past, in order that the United States might have the start in this undertaking, for the clutches of John Bull are objects of no small fear here, as it is by no means uncertain that he would not, before long, seek to become master of both rivers and country. It would, moreover, be a matter of considerable inconvenience to the North Ame ricans, masters as they already are of the navigation of the Oronoco, to have ouch unpleasant fellow-workmen as the English, whose earnest desire has long since been to get possession of the Oronoco; its colonies in the Antilles having, for a long time back yielded them nothing. They see, too, the immense tract of country of which they would become masters in South America, were they only in possession of this river, which by means of its branches holds immediate communication with two of the greatest and most industrious re publics, viz., Venezuela and New Granada. They would have, moreover, a water communication which ,would enable them to invade even Brazil, by the union of the Casiquaire with the Oronoco and the Amazon, by means of the Rio Negro. " Through G—, who has arrived at Grtviada, I have been apprised that Mr. Beeler and others are about seeking to obtain from the Government of Casanaire the privilege of navigating the river Meta, and that they will even lay this petition before the Con gress of New Granada. If this privilege of navi gating the Meta be granted to persons uncon nected with the company of the Oronoco steamers the interests of the latter company will su ff er great ly ; for it is a fact important to be known that the provinces of New Granada that will patronize the Meta enterprise are almost as important as Venezuela itself; while many of the traders with the products they have for sale, who are now unavoidably obliged to make:use; of the Magdalena, will employ in preference: the,: navigation of the Meta. By means of this they will convey their products and fruits to Oronoco with less risk, in less time, and at a lesser cost than by the Magdalena to Carthagena and Santa Martha, the old route to the greater Antilles and to Europe. " Were we to take into account solely the mules that would be sent down the Meta, we would find that the sums paid for these would amount to no less than four thousand dollars annually —say 800 at 5 dollars each. Besides these, there is the leather, the cotton, the wool, the wood, in fine, numberless articles, which at present go either through the Magdalena or Lake Maracaibo; cattle, too, would, beyond a doubt, soon be convey, d by this route, a result the more important from the fact that from the Oronoco to New Grenada, these are an object of universal speculation. The over land route, which is now pursued, is one of extreme difficulty and loss, from the great number of rivers and mountains that have to be crossed. If, in stead of pursuing a course so manifestly disadvanta ge.-ms, those engaged in this traffic could send their cattle to the plains of San Martin by means of the Meta steamers, they would do it with joy. Remit tances would be less uncertain and more expe ditious, the expenses of conveyance would be less, and the whole trade would be bene ficially influenced. What is beyond a doubt, how ever, is, that the trade of the Magdalena would be transferred, by means of the Meta, to the Oronoco, a thing which, as is well known, was done some ninety years ago by the former iehabitants of New Granada. The foundation of Carthagena being of a more remote origin, and its inhabitants more numerous, the commu nication with Guiana, by means of the Meta and the Oronoco, was pr9hibited by the Spanish Government." The English Stock Market has been very firm again this morning, but there is rather less business doing. Consols have been quoted 974 for Transfer and 97i for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99 to Bank Stock has realized 209} to 210 i. and India Stock 268. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 665. to 70s. premium, and India Bonds 83s. to 910. premium. The attendance at the Bank of England for the receipt of, dividends is comparatively large, and there is the retire inclination to call thus early for them, in consequence of the greater opening that exists for the employment of the proceeds in railway and other in vestments. In the Foreign "House" Peruvian Bonds take the lead, and they have borne very high prices, the Four and-a-half per Cents. being 814 to 824, and the Deferred 371 to 38/. Mexican Bonds have been at 31-1. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised 384 j. The advices from Lisbon are considered to be more favourable, but this has not stimulated speculation in Portuguese Securities. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 97 to 97i. The Railway Share Market has been very brisk again, and prices range higher fur several of the principcl lines. The reduction of the stamp duties has already been found to operate most beneficially, and the number of real purchases made in consequence has greatly increased. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures, as under:— 1830. Great Western £17.720 North-Western South-Western 11,361 Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stafford Caledonian Consols ... Ditto Account 1849 ... £15,863 . . 45,079 ... 10.392 ... 11,002 ... 23,243 ... 13,003 ... 4,367 ... 6,705 QUARTER TO THREE. ... 97j i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. think btock. ..... 209 2091 Q 210% 210 , 4 3 ter Cent. Reduced Anne. ... 97 96% 96 3 4 3'oer Cent. Consols Annuities........ 97 3 4 4 97% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna.. ... ........ 99 , 6 99 99 Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o ...... 7% 7 13-16 7 13-16 India Stock 268 266 India Bonds, 1,000/..... .. 91 88 p 88 p Ditto under .. SI 88 p 88 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ..... 97% , :ionsols for Account 97 F s % F.xchequer Bills. 1 1 4 d. dr 2d 1,000/. June 69 66 70 p 70 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. irazilian Bonds 90% 90% 31sxican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... — Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B2 82 3 4, Ditto. Account ..... .. ..... - Ditto, Deferred 3B 371•4 38 1 4 37 3 / 4 37 1 ,E Russian Bonds ... —11 0 1 A Ditto, 4 1 ,E per Cent Ditto, Small spm,,,,i, 5 per Cont. It4o — Ditto 1849 12 1 ,y 12 1 4 Ditto, Passive 3 34Y8 3% Ditto. 3 per Cent French Rentes, 5 per Cent —92 f. 25c. Exchange Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. ?RIC itS OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. .therclaen .... 50 97% 97% Do. Preference .. . 81 Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 8 1 4...... •....„....... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 32 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 ;: , irmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a gnaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 , 3irming, Wolverh'ton, and L udley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 00. without guarantee 15 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 26 3riatol and Exeter 100 ........ ckinghamshire 1 714 Caledonian . 50 Do. New 101. Pref.._ 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... •• Clar€nce Direct London & Ports mouth Oublm and Belfast June. 45 ...... /undalk & Enniskillen 30 E ist Anglian, 251., L & E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 181., E. & H....... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref.. . 3% — ••• Do., ( 5/) 7 per Ct. Preference — Ditto (7i. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference 2 e:astern Counties... -6%% •••••• oitto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/. 135.4 d.... % p•• ...... ... Ditto ditto. No. 2-6/. 13s. 4d... p Do., New Pref.rence, 28 8 % 10 1 / 2 6% t p % P 6 : er Cent.. .... ..... 10 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ... ... 50 ...... Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 Eaetem Union, Class A _ (late E. U. Shama) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B& C 25 — ... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 - East LaFtcawhire• 25 Ditto, New Quarters.. 614 - .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 , 4 ...... ._ ......, East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. almburgh and Glasgow r,O ...... 25 Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. „. .„ Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 , 5 , — , Exeter and Exmouth... 21e. 19% HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, OCT. 14.—His MAJESTY has ap pointed Mr. A. J. DIIIJMAER VAN TUIST President of the Second Chamber of the States General during their present sitting Mr. BRINE, Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, has taken the oath at the hands of the KING, who conferred upon him the Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown. The Queen of the NrrnExualuas has returned from her tour. GREECE. Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. state that some English vessels had taken in their cargoes without performing the legal formalities. In con sequence the authorities were unwilling to allow them to sail, and for this delay England has demanded reparation. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—By the arrival of the William Russell at this port, from Pernambuco, we have received advices to the 11th ult. There was little doing in cotton, in consequence of the high price demanded ; the last sale was made at 7 7-16 d. to lid. per pound free on board. Exporta tion since Nov. 1, 1849, to August 31, 1850, 30,946 bags, and for the same period last year 36,964 bags. No sugar on the market. The coming crop, from all appearances, promises to be an average one. The exportation sincb November, 1849, to the end of August amounted to 1,566 cases, 302 boxes, 46,384 barrels, and 405,545 bags, in' all about 42,000 tons, showing a decrease, as compared with laic crop, of about 10,000 tons. Hides were scarce, at 10.5 to 110 rein per pound. Freights dull, at id. and 5 per cent. per pound for cotton to Liverpool. Exchange had advanced from 27d. to 283. and takers hold out for a higher rate. Money was very scarce. Exchange at Rio Janeiro very firm, at 28d. to 281 i and at Bahia 28d. EITENSITE CONFLAGRATION (THIS MORNING).- This morning, between the hours of one and two, a fire of a very alarming character, and attended with a considerable destruction of valuable property, broke out in the immense range of premises belonging to Messrs. Beach, the leather manufacturers, situate in Wright's-road, Bermondsey. Owing to the highly inflammable nature of the stock-in trade, coupled .with the equally ignitable character of the buildings, the fire extended with unusual swiftness, so that, in less than a quarter of a n h our after the fire was first seen, at the lowest calculation, upwards of one hundred feet of the three floors of the manufactory presented a regular blaze, and it was nearly three o'clock before the fire was tsohreyd.was levelled with the ground, and the houses By that peri o d a considerable portion of the omexnatnitnuhreacoipposite side of the road much burned ; fortunately, the other part of Messrs. Beach's premises have escaped comparatively uninjured. The cause of the fire is at present unknown. SHIP LETTER-BAGS EOR THE BRITISH COLONIES. —Notice was issued y est erday at the General Post-office th a t mails will be made up for Van Diemen's L an d, t o b e con veyedgenia, which is e x p ec t e d t o sa il f rom days. Lett ers to Van Diemen ' s Land will be liable to a post a g e of B d. per half Woolwich t i h n e ounce, and news papers Id. each. Letters and newspapers intended to be sent by this vessel must be specially addressed By the a Em fe m w a Eugenia, Emma Eugenia." Mails will be made up on the evening of the 31st inst. for Madeira, San Nicholas (Cape de Verde Islands), St. Vincent, Ascension, and Sierra Leone, to be forwarded by one of ber Majesty's steamers from Devonport on the morning of the lit proximo. Letters to Madeira, &c., will be charged Is. 10d. per half-ounce; newspapers, 2d. each, which must be pre - paid. For Sierra Leone, &c., ls. per half-ounce; newspapers free. Ship letter-bags will also be made up for the following places :—Algoa Ban Port Na tal, Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, New South Wales Port Bhilip, Australia, New Zea land, the River Gambia, St. He lena, Sec., by the vessels appointed to sail this month. From London, &c., newspapers to the British colonies by private ships must be pre-paid Id. each. The Avon steamer con veyed the West India mails of yesterday morning, and the Montrose steamer the Peninsular mails, via Southampton. The Canada steamer will eonvey the British North America, Bermuda, and the United States mails of to-morrow evening f. om Liverpool on the 19th first., via Halifax and Boston ; and the Ripon steamer the Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, India, Hong-Kong, and China mails of the evening of the 19th inst. on the 20th from Southampton ; and the overland mail via Marseilles on the evening of the 24th inst. EXCORSIoN MAINS ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAL—This company's excursion train, from Frome and Westbury, on Sunday, took about 2,000 persons to Bris tol and Bath, while the trains to London from the two latter places on Monday conveyed between 800 and 900. The company have projected some " express" excursion trains, the speed of which will be considerably greater than those hitherto started. ARTICLES OF UTILITY FROM HOME-GROWN PRO DUCE.—We pay to the foreigner about half a million an nually for silk plush employed in the manufacture of very " shiny" and stiff hats, whilst our own flax fields would afford us a much tnore agreeable and cool material, and one more closely resembling beaver. The flax, for this purpose, should be prepared Without steeping ; retaining, by t hi s omission, all the natural gloss and silkiness of the fibre, and rendering it capable o f receiving a permanent jet dye without at all injuring this appearance. In the other essentials— economy, flexibility, and lightness—no other material, ani mal or vegetable, can excel plush made from fine tax ; a n d, if upon a similar foundation, the hat may be folded into any shape without breaking it.—(From a Correspondent.) DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. ----The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor gave last evening, in the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, a sumptuous banquet to the principal bankers and merchants of e of London, and the ] city mas ters and wardens of many of the City companies. TRADE OF DUNDEE.—We have still little doing i n our flax market. The late large arrivals have encouraged spinners to hold back, expecting lower prices than holders are willing to accept. Prices are, therefore, quite nominal. In a short time we shall be able to ascertain the whole amount of imports into Great Britain, the shipment at the Baltic ports being now nearly closed. — Dundee Advertiser. AMERICAN FLOUR.—The ves , el Washington, just arrived from New York, has brought 10,962 barrels of flour as part of her cargo, which is probably the largest impor tation of flour which has ever taken place from the United States of America. Glasgow, Dumfr;es, and Carlisle G!asgow,Kilme.r., & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Ccnsol. Gloucester & Dean} orest 16 ...... treat Northern Do., !; g A Deferred ... 1214 . ...... 4 1.2 % ... D 0.., W a B 6 per Cent... 12;k... 9% 10 9% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 / 2 — ;great South. and West. (Ireland) ... 5O ...... Ditto, Eighths 2 W — ;.; reat North of England.loo ...... ..... Ditto, New, 401. ..... ... 40 Ditto, New, 301 30 Ditto. New ,15/ l5 Great Western 100 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 48% Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ... ... ••• •••••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshirc.loo . . — Do. Quarters ... 23% — Do. feitths... Do. Thirds ....... ....... 18 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Shoff.) SO Do. (W. Biding Union) 11 2 4 — ...... .. ..... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk 50 ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 Do., do. No. 2 17 Do., do. No. 3 5 .. — Do., Pref. Quer ,18 IS 9 . — ..... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport l5 London tic Blackwall...lll. 6s. 3d 6 ...... London, Brighton, and South Coact—. ..... 100 Do.Guarant. 6 per et.. 9 ... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto-- 18)2 50 — Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . —lOO ••• ...... •• LOndonand Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Ditto, Preference 2O ..... -- London end N. Western 100 ~,,,,1171 , 4 116% Ditto, New Quarters 17 19 3 4 12 . ..... 14% Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 3 London & ti.W.stern .. 71% 70 70 Do, New 50/. Do. New 40/. 34 Do., New Preference.. 5 Loncionderry&Coleraine 25 ........ Do. % Shares .. 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 Do. % Shares ..... 7% — Lowestoft guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Mandieter,Buxton,and Niat lock 5% Manche.ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto, New le/. Pref... 10 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Uni0n......4/. 2s. - dis Milliard IOO Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., 50/. Sharon ..... 35 Do., Birm. and Derby 100 Do. Consolid. Bristol & Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. &Glocstr. 46 Ditto ditto Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest&Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Hidland Great Western Irish aliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 ...... Do. Quarters Nvwmarket Do. Extension ewport, Abergavenny, end Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O N0rf01k.......»...........100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Do. do. Waven e y V a l. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 — North British ........ ... 25 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 175 North-Western . l7 Uxierd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Preston & Wyre 25 ... % Shares (A) lO% eading, Guildford, •nd Reigate lB tioyston and Hitchin 614 Do. Shepreth Exten ' , ;cottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and 131/. — dis Ditto ditto. Class B. 9% Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves Ditto Oswestry ....a, 2O Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Statiorashire B% 4%... I,outa Eaat,r , Do., Registered No. 410 ... .............. South -.".? aies watt,. I orkshire, Don caster, and Goole l5 Stiedield, Rotherbiun, Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18 !4, Du. do (Sou. Div.) ••• 6 ...se ...... fp. S WWI& & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 10 TAW Vale Extension ... 9 aames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17 % — Vale of Neath .....- l3 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% N ater fd,'Wxfrd,Wickiw. and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. dots ... 17% ..... rV est Cornwall .. 8 bitehaven & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 ...... ilts, Somerst t, & Vt ey mouth ork, Newcastle, and Berwick. ..... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten, 20 De. G.N.E.Preference 9 5 Do. do. .• • ..... 17 ••••• ••• • ..... Do. do. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and R a il way lOO ...... York and North Midland 50 25% % 25 25% D*tte, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWA ib. Ang o Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... doulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzoia)... 20 Demerara ...... 1 7 1,E — Outch Rhenish ......... 8 ..... ...... East Indian Ditto ..... Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 13 / 4 . Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ...... Northern of France ...... 16 Orleans and Bordeaux 7 Paris and Orleans 2O ..... ...... Paris and.Rouen 2O .••, M Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ... ...... • •••• •• • Strasbourg and Basle Fours and Nantes l4 ...... Fournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt 2/J West Flanders B 3 / 4..... MINES. VA - Australian 4 eve 000 - ••• • 0.0 000000000 Asturian Anglo-Mexican lOO ...... Barossa Range ... . ... 335. •• Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 ...... • . •• e• Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..." _ British Iron Brazilian Imperial ...... 24%..,... —. .. ...... _ BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 ...... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... 14 United Mexican ...... .. 28%,..... 7%% JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia , British North American 50 Colonial 25 .....• :ommercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 .....• N itional Prov. England. 35 Ditto New... ..... ..... 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 17.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze and fine clear weather. YARMOUTH, OCT. 15.—The Xanthus and the Indus try, both of Sunderland, were in contact yesterday Even ing off Hasborough, when both received some damage, but will proceed on their voyages. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind S.—Arrd. Unity, La bradors. Sid. Duke of Wellington, Adelaide, South Australia; Sir Edward Parry, South Seas. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Harbin ger, Cundlish, Callao; fiebbert, 11• Coy, Buenos Ayrea; William Russell, Shelford, Pernambuco. Sld. Cham pion, Valparaiso; Old England, ditto; Tyrer, ditto; Ivanhoe, Elavannah; Pacific steamer, New York; Loch maben Castle, Staten Island ; Symmetry, Newfound land. GOTHENBURG, OCT. IL—The Earl Bathurst, Lunds wall to Southampton, has put in leaky, and with rudder disabled, having struck on the Skaw Reef 9th instant. TTERDAM, OCT. 14.—The Meta, Konigsburg to the Nsz ,, , was lost on the Westplaat this morning; crow saved. The Frauwina, Stienhuysen, London to Am sterdam, has put into Helvoet leaky. LYNN, OCT. 16 —A great quantity of square timber was passed 9th Oct., lat. 55, long. 3 E., and on the 11th a wreck, supposed to be that of a foreign vessel, with mast head out of the water, Flamborough Head bearing N.W. by W. about 60 miles. BRISTOL, OCT. 16.—Wind N.W.—ArrJ. 4--Serenader' Rt. Mauritius; Charm, Young, Ne %fellnd !fiD % SUNDERLAND, OCT. 16.—Wi n d W.N.W. —AII Mary Ellen, Graham, Richibucto; Isabella, Quebec' MARKET N.EWS.—(THIS JAY') NEVJGAT'E AND zz.a.DENELAZZ" The general demand ruled very inactive, at " ye stationary prices.—Beef, from 2s to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2 d ar to 3s 8J; Veal, 3 s 2d to 3 s 8 d ; P or k , 3s o d to 4$ 4 d r 81bs by the carcase. MEAT MARZETS. SOUTHALL, OCT. 16.—Our mar k et h a s been ivli• supplied with each kind of stock, in which only 1100, mited business was t ransac t e d , a t b are l y l as t week'si tO tations.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton; 10 7 0, 43 2cl ; Veal. 3s to 3 s 6d ; P or k , a s to 3s Bcl per to sink the offal. er 3 ROMFORD, ()CT. 16.—P r i me B eas t s an d Sheet ° de• scarce, and quite as dear as last week, otherwise IWoo, mand ruled heavy.—B ee f, f rom 2 s 8d t o 3 s 10d; Mttild 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3 s 2d t o 3 s 6d ; P or k, 3s ,°,—ter par 8 1 bs. Sucklin g C a l ves, 18 s to 255; and 411"" old Store Pigs, 17s to 23s each. i n se' LEWES, OCT. 15.—The g enera l d eman d is veil — jo active, but no material change has tak P iti f2d; prices.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4 ' Pork, as 2d to 3s 6d per Sibs. 313.A.1e lea ZETA. 10 16 SMITD FlELD.—Meadow H a y, 21 lO s t o 3115 - ; C oh 31 Os to 41 4s ; and s traw , 11 2s to 1 1 6 s per A moderate supply, and a dull trade. C UMBEULAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 12 s to 21 ~,,d, Clover, 3/ Os to 4/4 s; an d S traw, 1 1 3 s to 1 1 70 per "- Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. t i OS; W lIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to u• ia d, Clover, 310 s to 4145 ; an d S traw , 11 i s to 1 1 6$ per A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COOOOll. For the Week ended Oct. 10,1850, made up from the RanIWO Inspectors in the different Citi es and Towns in England al' per Imperial Quarter. o I WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. RTE. I BEANO. I 19, ?s fa PRICE ' 41s 2d 24s 2d 1 17s id 125 s 8d 1 29 s 6 d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. OAII. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEAN& I is 01 Is Od is Od is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN . SOLD IN THE PAST WE'lsesth Wheat, 105,225; Barley, 25,923 ; O a t s , 18 ,270 ; Bye, 281; "" 5,276; Peas, 2,416 quarters. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DA (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuncuEu..) SHAW AND ANOTHER V. SREY. BC l ' This was an action to recover the su m o f 61. 11 1 . olf for goods sold and delivered. Plaintiffs are le v 7,oC printers and publisher s , an d t h e d emand was for "'"tis law Forms" and sundry numbers of a publicatio n . Justice of the Peace. Defendant, who is an att orney , p l ea d e d i n t h e fir s ,4 stance the statute of limit a ti ons , an d secondly psYlner,"eid Mr. Johnson, the plaintiff's warehou se man, P r v e ed that for some years previously, and up to the litto r l; of 1847, the goods and numb ers were transm i tte d tbraa cs the post to defendant, who th e n carr i e d on his Pic ti at Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire. Sometime' ife e, papers or books were posted at the General Post -C is ie at others given to th e po s t man, w h o calle d at t he P tiffs' shop in Fet:er-lane. tbi The plaintiffs' porter proved th a t h e t o ok s.- parce to te post-office, as directed. Theplain the post-office, as directed. The plaintiff's cashier-;.was called, and his evi ke pi went to show that t wo separate accounts had been "bati between the forms and the publication. Mone y tb° been received an d app li ed to the settlement e' otee " forms' account." It was no unusual thing to st le ,tee? of their customers for a part of the account, y e "„ - c eOf the accounts open in the ledger, for if credit was I s ° „r; i ati fifty attorneys ia the country would have their sec " up atu tB Defendant's att orney contended that the pies re t b' of limitations ought to have been replied to, a nd tt° sequent promise t o p ay a ll owed, and that, as fat — 1,41)% first item was conc e r ne d, w i t h out such a replicat i o n put on the record, d e f en d ant was clearly entitle d — to verdict. The UNDER••SHERINF was of opi n i on t h a t that R , question tor discussio n b e f ore the Court above. wig Defendant's Attorney then argued that a ei t ted could not split the account, and that as it was sue, n that a payment had be en ma d e, i t ought to be tio',;,--actr payment of the account for the Justice of the 4(14 for the amount demanded on that account, 61. 1614 Di se was paid in compli ance w i t h a l etter received from P tiffs' attorney, Mr. Nicholson. A 013 4 Mr. Nicholson, of F urn i va l' s I nn, was calieloit proved that he su e d d e f en d ant f or t h e sum in tle e , ee te and received the amo un t, w hi c h h e handed °,'," is Messrs. Shaw and C o . H e cou ld not te ll w h at count was, as he had no particulars. Plaintiffs' Counsel contended that there were 01° p j• parate accounts, and therefore the oversight in 11 ° 1 log the second account ought not to prejudice the P tiffs, and was not a splitting of accounts, for the aP; vi s cation was not the fir s t or second, and defendant s letters proved th a t h e was aware that he was ealf r ing on the one account. 64 4 The UNDE R -S HERIFF h e ld t h at, as regarde d lk gi • sei perhaps th e sta t ute o f l i m i tations might apP l )", ha ' l e t sgt might be a quest i on hereafter. The only question Ma whether any further sum was due after that paid - ' Nicholson. If t h ere had been an error it was: 11 fur defend an t to ta k e advantag e of it. ll° ha— tle produced o ne rece i pt, b ut not t he one for the o which he was now sued for. The jury found for the plaintiffs. 'ESTMINSTER COUNTY COVE (THIS DAY.) (Before FRANCIS BAYLEY, Esq.) DWYER U. SIR A. W. HILLEARY, BART. . i 0 His IioNOUR gav e judgment its this action, w hich " f a tried on Tuesday last, to recover the sum of 61. to preparing and transcribing for defendant an addresSfor the electors of the county of Limerick, as candida te t o the representation i n P ar li ament o f that county, °,,11;0, vacancy created by th e coav i ct i on of Mr. Smith the tormer Member, in the year 1849. The p 1 ,4 I ;,a had been for 27 years the private, confidentia'; g oi foreign correspondent of the Morning Post, and ful'o, tiffs duties in that capacity during the civil war la qpr , and upon his return to England was, introduced by pit Williams as a person whose literary qualifi" - %14 coupled with his extensive political ex be of service to the defendant, who then desired W O %l tain a seat in Parliament. They had, howev e c r' we - rai during the civil war in Spain, in the year 1837. of the letters were produced, for plaintiff held out " n - Z,etl in glowing terms to Sir Augustus that if he ad vs , c of 150/. for the publication of a new work, the " Home," and distributed 150 copies amongst the the clergy of Limerick, it would ensure success, a ß r i o t , perience, iv° be plaintiff would write such an eulogium upon the Pa ha ' . ; it tam of the defendant in the preface of the work, 6 0 0 would convince the electors of that place that they do nothing better than support the " English Bar° - Another note recommended presenting his Holiness 0 0, Pope with a copy of the work through Dr. Wi lh : o lia who no doubt would issue a roscript to the Cat A " clergy in his favour. The Learned Judge concludeuso, saying that the only question he had to deoids a to whether the defendant had employed the plai tlti- tbs write the address in question. lie thought froat.4 correspondEnce that he had not, although the pi el y - e r might have inferred so from the tenour of some cs i l t iff sations that had passed between them. The r must, therefore, be nonsuited. Au application was ma d e for the costs, but was - ft er wards withdrawn. The court was crowded. • BOW-STREET. —(THIS DAY') John Stark and William Preston, two persons res t e t; ably atti re d, th oug h known as swell-mobsmee, ,;"Lebe placed at th e b ar b e f ore Mr. Jardine charged with - following assau l t: — ebo l George Ives, m essenger to the Admiralty, stateak`nif. he was on d u t y d e li vering letters last night about roe past five o ' c l oc k , and was on his road through 11110 street, Adelphi. A s he passed along he sort ed t o documents, and when he reached Duke-street he 51 9 the prisoners with a female. He attempted to get e t them, but they jogged against him, and th e pr ison.. Stark, catching hold of witness's waistcoat, tore it oil; and, pinioni ng hi s arms, tr i e d to f orce hi m to drop 1019 letters and other Admiralty documents. The fett i o seemed to act as a spy , an d P reston came up to o tb . Stark. Witn ess , h owever , gave t h e l atter a bl o w on nose that sent hi m r ee li ng into t h e m i ddle of the rcta d e Stark then struck wit ness v i o l ent l y in the face . iv sittance arriving they were given into custody. of This morning they pleaded drunkenness as 511 , cuss. They were fi ne d 21. each, or a month's in3Pr's"- na ment.—They were locked up. MARLBRO'-STREET .-(THISD--,„§ EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY.--John Collins • eg brought before M r . H ardwick, charged with havtio stolen a quantity o f s i lver plate, value 2001., auction-rooms of Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, Salllje row. Mr. Edmund Rushworth deposed that he was in 1)1114 0i nership with Mr. Jarvis, and carried on the busineqj auctioneer in Savill e - row, and that in June, 1849, h° a quantity of plate come into his rooms for s ale, a ; bo property of Mr. Thomas, silversmith, Bond-street. 4 0 plate was advertised for sale on the 3d of July. 011 t h' e Saturday previous, which was the 30th of Janet :g plate was exp ec t e d to b e delivered, but not arri ll-„ r before witness went away, his clerk sent a messetigtil to Mr. Tho mas to te ll him not to send it u-tnhe the following Monday • but unfortunately t he message was not delivered. In the course 0 f :be same evening the plate arrived and was delivered to t .,` r , prisoner, who at that time was in their employ a° ,/ 13 ., - „e, ter and warehouseman. On Monday the 1d of "T o r 1849, witness went to his rooms, and saw the jutd, porter standing outside the door, which was close They tried to get in, but, not succeeding, a mitt' ; J r sent for to pick t h e l oc k , an d when they effected so t he trance into the auction - room it was discovered that g whole of the pl a t e was sto l en. T he prisoner not nialgiji his appearance as usua l was suspected to b e the t h and information was forwarded to the police. James Edw ar d s , s h o p man to M r. Thomas, s ilversinil b ; Bond-street, s t a t e d th at , on S atur d ay, the 30t h of JIIV 1849, between six and seven o'clock in the evening • took to Messrs. Rushworth an d J arv i s ' s auct i on teen y, quantity of silver plate, cons i st i ng o f spoon s, f o r he butter-boat, and dishes, to th e va l ue o f 20 0/., whic h pro delivered to the prisoner i n th e ware h ouse . The P oo soner locked a part of it in a aid e -b oar d i n the prose of witness, and he (witness) then left the house. Id Charles Cardwell said he was a porter, in the elnP r i. of Messrs. Rushworth and Ja rv i s . H e was w ith tbe T he Boner when the last witness brought the plate. st prisoner looked over it, and finding it tallied with tke locked i up stowed most of it in a a id e -b oar d, which he m,. at,d put the key in his pock e t. Wit ness having sion to deliver som e lette rs l e ft th e p r i soner to Iv' 35 3 71% 10 4S 50i 2% dis. 6tAi 84% 136 116 1 19% 14% 703i42 7 M dig. 44' 133/4 17 74 12 3 i, 11% dis dia 4% 18 lzs/q 24% 8% ...... 314 14% 2 7% 14 1 4 7IA - 24% Du Lo 111 Ali liu L