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13, Great Marlborough-street. N 0 TIC E.-LE TT ICE ARNOLD. The NEW NOVEL, by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," Sc.c., entitled " LETTICE ARNOLD," will be published immediately, in 2 vole., by alr. COLItURN, and those who desire early copies are requested to send their orders immediately to the Libraries. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., pest giro., A NOVEL. 0 D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. Ile is a sv rater of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, awl 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 on 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 Disraelis, Man nerses, and Smythes."—Observer. " Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter sf 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 all." —Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The Ementive Committee, Directors, and Managers of "The (rand National Concerts" hate the honour to announce the YOUR= CONCERT of the FIRST SERIES, THIS EVENING. I'UOGRAMME. Paz T I. Overture, La Gazza Ladra • • .. .• •• Rc saint. Duett, Mr. Gustavus Geary and M. Jules Lzfort, " Quando di sangue tinto," Belisario Donizetti. Concerto, Violin, M. Molique (his drat appearance) Molique. Cavatina, Mille. Angrl, " Di placer mi Balza," La Gazza Ladra • Rossini. Quadrille, "Train de Rlaisir" (Composed expressly for these concerts; second time of performance) Bosislo. Grand Scena, "Through the Forest," Der Frei- Schutz, Mr. Gustavus Geary .• • • Solo, Trombone, Mr. Winterbottom •• Madrigal, "row is the Month of Maying," Overture, Jes3onda PART. 11. .. Weber. Winterbottom. • T. Morley. • Spohr. Grand Symphonte in Beethoven. Aria, Mrs. Alexander Newton (her first appearance at these Concerts) " Gil angry. d'inferno" .. Mozart. Caprice et Variations de Concert," Alexis," tester Heinrich Werner—his seeond,appearance Czerny. Aria, Mdlle. Amer' '," Brindisi," Lucretia Borgia • • Donizetti. linett. Mrs. Alexander Newton and Mr. Gustav - 113 Geary, "Da qull dl," ?Studs, di ChamoUni " Donizettls Solo, Flute—Mr. Richardson—National Air, "Rule. Brittanta" • • • • • . Drotiet. Valse, " Galop de Fascination , " Alma .• .. Costa. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Belle. Frincipal Violin, Herr Molique. The Executive Committee have the honour to announce the fol lowing arrangements for the week : Mademoiselle Angri will appear on this and every evening during the week. Madame Biscaccianti will appear to-morrow. Mr. Gustavus Geary will make his appearance this Evening and to-morrow. M. Charles Halle will perform to-morrow. Master Henrich Werner will appear this Evening. Molique will perform this Evening. Mr. Sims Beeves—Due notice will be given of the first appearance of this eminent tenor. 3Pr. George Matgarren's new Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened," is in rehearsal, and will shortly be produced. Spebes new Symphony, entitled " The Seasons," will be produced as speedily as the arrancements will permit. Mr. Edward Loder's New Serenata, " The Island of Calypso," is also in active preparation. Mr. Balfe's New Hunting Chorus, will be performed next week. The Executive Committee have the greatest pleasure in announcing that, by the gracious permission of his Majesty the King of Prussia, the entire Chorus of the Berlett Chapel Royal, under the clinches of Herr Kapelmeister Neidthardt, will make their first appearance early in November. The Music of the Serenatas will be published by Messrs. Cramer, Beake, and Co. Box Stalls, One Pair.. is. Od. I Gallery Stalls •• • ....• 2s. 6d. Ditto, Two Ditto . 3s. 6d. I Slip Stalls .... • • ...... Is. 6d. Half Circle, Ditto • 2s. 6d. Gallery .. • • • • ls. ()d. Promenade ..........Is. 6d. AN:lnca:Wens for Private Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Box office ; or l'to Messrs. Andrews, Alcroft, Leader, and Cock, Sew 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 respecttully announced that all persons attending the Private Boxes, and the First and Second Tiers of Box Stalls, will be reqstired to appear in Evening Dress ; and the Public is most earnestly requested to assist in carrying out this regulation, as far as may be practicable, in all parts of Her Majesty's Theatre. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal ISotanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, Re., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee rnd Manager, Old Brompton. The Public le respectfully infornaei that this; Theatre is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will bo performed LAITATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST. After which 'KIX JACOBITE. To by followed by TUN ROUGH DIAMOND. Co conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIM EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Atttr which the romantic Drams of RORY O'MORE. Scrubs, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Shan Dim, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mary O'More, Miss Collins; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is open for thu Season, under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. 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 DIVEIITIS'SEMEA, in which Mr. Fiearnore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madlle. Anriol will ap- pc r. Private Boxes, Bz.z., to be had of all the Bookaellers, and of air. Maesingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Boa-office, Om Cord-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of the Nsw Comedy.— First Week of Giralda at second price. THIS E Y.E.N I NG, WM be performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. H. Farrell, W. Farren, Compton, W. Farren, Jun., Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and El'en Turner will appear. To be followed by UIRALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup ported by 2dessrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, fun., Comp ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and Adele. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE SULTAN'S DREAM, in which Madlle. Louise, and Madlles. Adele and Lees will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season TIIIS EVENING, Will ha perfermed SE :ZVE n After which MY HE rvltT'S IDOL ; or, A Desperate Remedy. To conclude with the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DETILS ; or, Orpheus and Eurydice. AS'll.tY'S ROYAL A! , ,IPEITIIEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Patty. In consequence of the crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnilieent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in. the Metropolis, it will be continued for a few more nights. TINS TIVEND.TG, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of 3LIZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. Ltazeppa, Mr. N. T. 11icIS. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Fri i Cation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment, and grand Pageant of The Festival •f Flowers. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. WAIER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tun DAY —Morning 3 min. after 12 I Evening 116 min. after 12 To-M.ossocc— Morning 45 min. after 12 I Evening 4 min. after I TEE WEATHER.—Suzi Olr ci, OcroBEJ. 18. THEILMCiiiETF.., IN THE SIIADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day, at noon. BADOMETEP., 30.16. WIND S.W.—Morning, thick fog; Afternoon, fine sunshiny weather. 13:mina alut LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1850. Mr. CAUFg.&EL, the historian of the law of patents, should be afforded an opportunity of appending a supplementary chapter to his masterly work on this department of our jurisprudence —a chapter record ing the triumph of the reforms so long and earnestly required. Were it possible, we should rejoice to witness the interposition of the Legislature in behalf of scientific inventors prior to next year's great Industrial Exhibition. A suggestion to this effect, made by an intelligent correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries, has revived to cur remem brance an evil long the subject of our mcst serious consideration, and the almost simultaneous appearance of a congenial article in the weekly organ of CHARLES PIC3iNS tends to emphasise a necessity now for a very considerable time recognised. The pernicious influence of the present system has been altogether too long and tco painfully experienced to admit of much cavil or incredulity. Insomuch have these ill-effects been perceptible that an effort was made in the Upper House of Parliament to ameliorate in some measure the condition of so large and intel ligent a portion of the community as that of the con trivers of chemical and mechanical inventions. In the Act for the Provisional Registration of Designs it was provided by the Lords that inventions hitherto only protectible by letters patent, should, according to certain arrangements, be likewise rendered subjects capable of registration. Unfortunately the endeavour proved abortive. Through the obstinate refusal of the Commons to comply with the proposal motioned by the Lords, patentable inventions were precluded from the advantage of being provisionally registered. The consequence of all this is obviously disastrous. Either the public must be the sufferers or the inven tor. Either (through the incapability of securing to himself a certain advantage from the results of his own ingenuity by reason of the costliness of the required expenditure), the would-be patentee Vl7 ? .W r • It V$ , )47 - rsfr u $ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY .EVENING, OCTOBER is, 1850. is compelled to abandon the idea of publishing his design, and is thereby inflicting an injury upon the public, that might otherwise have benefited from his powers of constructiveness ; or (through the same lamentable and sometimes insurmountable difficulty) the unfortunate inventor is induced to reveal the na ture of his design without previously securing to himself a sort of copyright possession in it, and is thereby doomed to witness the proceeds :of his own skill enriching others without bringing to himself anything more substantial than a barren celebrity. The alternative is to the last degree deplorable, and is unfortunately but of too frequent occurrence. Some adequate conjecture may be formed of the exorbitant charges levied upon all those ingenious men who are for protecting under letters patent their chemical or mechanical inventions-some conjecture, we say, may be formed of these exorbitant and un conscionable charges from the graphic picture just given in the miscellany of the distinguished writer before mentioned. The paper from which we are about to extract an epitomized quotation is entitled, simply but suggestively enough, "A Poor Man's Tale of a Patent," and recounts in the following manner the fees and stamp taxes, which gradually swell into a sum such as many find, when too late, to be alto gether ruinous. "After a deal of trouble," says the poor mechanic who gives a history of his misfortunes, " I found out a Master in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, nigh Temple-bar, where I made the declaration, and paid 18d. I was told to take the de claration and petition to the Home-office, in White hall, where I left it to be signed by the Home Se cretary, and where I paid 2/. 2s. 6d. In six days he signed it, and I was told to take it to the Attorney- General's chambers, and leave it there for a report. I did so, and paid 4/. 4s. The Attorney-General made what they called a report of course, and I was sent back with it to the Home office. They made a copy of it, which was called a warrant. For this warrant I paid 71. 13s. 63. It was sent to the QUEEN to sign. The QUEEN sent it back signed. The Home Secretary signed it again. The gentleman throwed it at me when I called, and said, Now take it to the Patent-office, in Lincoln's Inn.' At the Patent-office, in Lincoln's Inn, they made a draught of the QUEEN'S bill" of my inven tion, and a docket of the bill.' I paid Si. 103. 6d. for this. They engrossed two copies of the bill, one for the Signet-office and one for the Privy Seal office.' I paid 11. 7s. 6d. for this. Stamp duty over and above, 3/. The engrossing clerk of the same office engrossed the QUEENS bill for signature. I paid him 1/. ls. Stamp duty again, 1/. 103. I was next to take the QUEEN'S bill to the Attorney-Gene ral again, and get it signed again. I took it, and paid 51. more. I fetched it away, and took it to the Home Secretary again. He sent it to the QUEEN again. She signed it again. I paid 7/. 13s. 6d. more for this. But I hadn't nigh done yet. The QUEEN'S bill was to be took to the Signet-office in Somerset-house, Strand, where the stamp shop is. The Clerk of the Signet made a Signet Bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.' I paid him 41. 7s. The Clerk of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal made a Privy Seal bill for the Lord Chancellor.' I paid him 41. 2s. The Privy Seal bill was handed over to the Clerk of the Patents, who engrossed the aforesaid. I paid him 51. f7s. Bd.; at the same time I paid stamp duty for the patent, in one lump, 301. I next paid him for boxes for the patent,' 9s. 63. I next paid fees to the Deputy, the Lord Chancellor's Purse-bearer,' 21. 2s. I next paid, fees to the clerk of the Hanaper, 71. 13s. I next paid fees to the Deputy Clerk of the Hanaper,' 103. I next paid to the Lord Chancellor again 1/. 1 ls. 6d. Last of all I paid fees to the Deputy Sealer and Deputy Chaff Wax,' 105. 63." Thus, says he, in conclusion, "the unopposed patent for my invention, for England only, had cost me 961. 7s. Bd. If I had taken it out for the United Kingdom, it would have cost me more than 3001." From this homely catalogue of the expenses in curred by the more speculative class of discoverers, it will be seen how gross and extortionate in its cha racter is the existing plan of arrangement. Nor can a syllable be uttered in its defence on the plea that the majority of these charges go to swell the amount of the national revenue. For this they do not. In stead of benefiting the Exchequer, they only drop into the pockets of the different underlings. They are the sops to the Cerberi of the law. They are bribes of the most transparent kind, or rather fees and bonuses equivalent to the " one thousand thanks" of the advertiser. Against them the indignant fiat of the Legislature should be pronounced. For, while they ruin, or at the least grievously embarrass, the in ventor, while thy perpetuate a rotten and pernicious system of things, a system directly opposed to all ideas of justice, and injurious to the cause of public morality, so far from securing any advantage to the revenue, they affect it only in the way of its diminu tion . Upon this head we are satisfied. We are satisfied as surely as we are upon the propriety and policy of diminishing the charge of postage, and of decreasing the amounts of impost levied on our importations and exportations. Of the advantage of this moderating scheme of expense the tariff of Sir RoisuittT PEEL and the penny postage of Mr. ROWLAND HILL are brilliant illustrations. As we have witnessed in reference to those two glorious innovations, so we are convinced it would be were a similar plan adopted in regard to the patenting of scientific inventions. Diminish the scale of charges and the revenue derived from this source would be very soon conspicuously swelled by the increase of applicants for such kind of intellectual protection. Let the sums requisite for the purchase of letters patent be restricted simply to the discharge of a moderate stamp tax, and to the payment of the costs of a specification (abolishing en masse the whole of those iniquitous fees), and the beneficial result of the change would be speedily per ceptible. The revenues of the country would be in creased instead of being diminished; the public would be benefited by the speedier acquisition of new in ventions in matters affecting their comfort or conve nience, while the inventors themselves, in lieu of paying, as heretofore, a sort of penalty for their in genuity, would receive some portion at least of the rewards to which they are most indisputably entitled. When a few years since the amended Irish Poor law was carried through Parliament by large and overwhelming majorities, it was reasonably antici pated that the nation would thenceforward be spared the heartrending intelligence of human beings perishing by the way-side of actual starvation. It was said that the poverty of the country was at length a charge upon its property, and that the necessities of all should be provided for before any thing was allocated to luxury or even comfort. It might possibly occur, in extraordinary cases, that persons unwilling to enrol themselves among the pauper herd might linger on until their constitution had become so greatly enfeebled from inanition, that they could scarcely recover their former health and strength, or that they might even have died before they claimed or obtained the assist ance to which every destitute person is entitled in the British isles. Such things have happened in this more favoured land, where a poor-law has been in practical operaiion for three centuries, and would be y of course, still more p robable in Irelan d , where the humane enactment had only been in force for thre e years. But it could not be supposed that when once a person had been admitted into a workhouse, when his claims to support and mainte nance were recognised, that he could, under any possible combination of circumstances, be suffered to die from want of the commonest necessaries of ex istence, a sufficient supply of the coarsest and cheapest food. That such is the fact has, however, been proved beyond the possibility of doubt by the evi dence taken before the coroner of the county of Clare and a jury empannelled to inquire into the circum stances attending the death of an unfortunate child, named DENIS KEA.aziv, which the verdict declared to have been occasioned "by exhaustion from want offood and exposure to cold, and from the neglect of the officers connected with the present house and auxiliary house at Miltown, together with the neglect of the Bally voughan guardians." Such a decision is sufficiently startling to o.emand the closest and most stringent inquiry, not merely into the particular circumstances of that melancholy case, but into the practical administration of the law which had led to such untoward results. The verdict above alluded to would, on this side of St. George's Channel, be considered equivalent to one of manslaughter, and a warrant would have been immediately issued for the apprehension of the parties implicated, who would have had to answer before a judge of the land and a jury of their • countrymen for their conduct. It does not, however, appear that any step has yet been taken to bring the offenders to justice, or to teach other boards of guardians and their subordinates the salutary and much-required lesson, that the lives of her MAJESTY'S subjects are not to be sacrificed with impunity, and that even pauper children are not placed beyond the pale of the law's protection. The evidence showed that the principal workhouse of the Ballyvoughan Union is situated at Ennistymon, and that there is an auxiliary establishment at Miltown Malbray, a distance of seven Irish miles, or rather more than nine English miles—the Irish mile being 2,240 yards, while the English is but 1,760. The inmates of the Miltown establishment consisted chiefly of children from 5 to 14 years of age, and there were also a few adults, male and female. The Ballyvoughan guardians desired to inspect the entire body of paupers for the purpose of deciding on their chargeability, and accordingly an edict went forth, that all paupers not sick were to appear et the En nistymon workhouse on Monday, the 30th September. Nothing was thought of the sufferings that would be encountered by the miserable herd in journeying to and fro. No provision was made for food on the road, nor was it taken into consideration how children of five or six years of age, whose strength had been previously reduced to the utmost degree, could walk more than eighteen miles on a bleak cold day, and that without anything to nourish or sustain them on their painful journey. It was sufficient that the august board desired it, and no alter native remained. There is no such word as " im possibility" in the vocabulary of these excellent personages. In accordance with the irrevocable fiat, the wretched party, consisting of fourteen men, three women, and eighty-five boys, varying from five to fourteen years of age, set out on their weary pilgrimage. Having received an early breakfast, if a few spoonfuls of thin stirabout to each could be so denominated, they started at a little after eight o'clock in the morning, and reached their destination between twelve and one o'clock, after something more than four hours' toil. There they were " checked off,' but no food or refreshment of any description was given to the sinking travellers, it being the opinion of the erudite clerk to the board of guardians that " the law does not allow paupers to be fed in the parent house, nor anywhere except in the house where they are located." The funds of the union received the benefit of the legal doubt, and nothing whatsoever was given. The wretched children were kept on parade until between fire and six o'clock in the evening, and were then dismissed on what the porter of the workhouse described to be "a bard, cold, dark night," to return to their cheer ful abode at Miltown. It may easily be anticipated that many of the parties began to fail on their homeward route. The porter was obliged to take two of the boys in his arms, and to leave them at a house on the road until the next morning, when a horse and car were sent for them. But all were not so fortunate. A person named SLitTTERY, returning to Miltown from Ennistymon fair, encountered the ghastly crew. lie first met a man against the wall at Raneen-hill, on the side of the road, who said "he was weak and not able to walk." Another, a little further on, declared "his sight was darkening, he was so weak from hunger." He then met a number of boys, and asked if they were able to walk home; "some were, and some were weak." A sheaf of beans, purloined from a neighbouring field most probably enabled several of the party to reach their destination. Again, he overtook three boys— two of them endeavouring to bring on the third, who was not able to walk. SLATTERY took "the little boy that was weak by the arm, and led him along ;" but speedily one of those who had endeavoured to sus.. tain his comrade told him that "he was falling dead with weakness." His road lay in a different direction, and he let the boys he had been holding go, when he heard a cry, and he again went forward out of his way to assist them. Before him was poor Dzlns KEARNE staggering forward, be fell violently against a wall and was dead before he could be raised up. He lay on the spot where he had fallen for the night, not being missed until "roll call" the next morning. Between nine and ten the survivors reached the workhouse, and the porter, HENNESEY, declares that " but for the exertions of Miss SHINE (the matron) more of them would have died." Oa the postmortem examination no particle of food was found in poor KEARNE'S stomach, and the medical gentleman de (flared that "death was caused from inanition." Such are the facts of this singularly painful and distressing case, facts which are sufficient to excite the indigna tion of every parent, of every man of ordinary hu manity in the British dominions, and to imperiously demand a Parliamentary investigation into the work ing of the Irish Poor-law. THE FRENCH EEPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The different parties into which France is divided are evidently girding themselves for the conflict vihich it appears must inevitably take place at the meeting of the Assembly. In the Pouvoir M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC (ex writer of all-work to M. Guaaor, but now the obe dient, humble servant of the existing " Powers that be ") declares war irreconcileable against the Legiti matists, whom he accuses of having brought about the revolution of February, 1848, and of having been engaged for the last twenty years in one continued conspiracy to render all order and government im possible. There can be no doubt of the truth of the latter accusation. M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC, from his former intimate relations with the party he now accuses, may perhaps be in a position to throw some light upon the causes which led to the outbreak against the Republic in June, 1848, and to state who were the real chiefs of that movement, and from what quarter the funds were supplied. The Legitilnatists are not one whit less vehement in their denunciations of the Imperialists, and the Opinion Publique,_ speak ing in the name of the Legitimatist party, declares that the proposition " for the prolongation of the powers of the PRESIDENT is a ruinous absurdity, which no one thinks of entertaining, " and Cant on this subject there is no difference of opinion among the Legitimatists. The Opinion Publique, how ever, does not tell us whether or no MM. DE INIONTA:LEM BERT and DE FALLOUX are to be considered any longer as Legitimatists. In the 'mean time, the PRESIDENT is playing his cards with great tact, and never suffers the slightest opportunity of acquiring personal ptpu larity to escape hire. On Wednesday as ha was riding, unaccompanied by any escort along the Champs Elysees, a man followed him holding a ' paper in his hand. The PRESIDENT held out his hand to receive the petition but missed it, and the paper fell to the ground. The PRESIDENT at once drew up, and stopped still until the man banded it to him. There were numbers of people present who saw the act, and shouts were raised of " Vive Napo leon I " " Vive le President !" which followed him nearly to the Elysaie. Among the cries were several of " Vive l'Easpereur I" The Patrie publishes an article signed byr M. DELAMARRE, the proprietor of the *nal, pledging support to any proposition for prolonging the powers of the PRESIDENT. The Gazette de France states that Don CARD )3 is seriously ill at Froshdorff. In the same journal we find the following :-- " A courier has been dispatched to-day from the Foreign-office with dispatches to the French ambas so der at the Court of Denmark. Like those which were yesterday sent to our anabassador at St. Petersburgh, they have for object the Pacific all(4l of Schleswi g -11°1- stein, and to thi s en d th e y w ill demand the ratification by Denmark of th e p ro j ect of a treaty entered into between France and Russia, a treaty to which M. Fialin de Per signy has been ch arge d to o bt a i n the consent of Prussia." The Moniteur publishes a decree signed by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, opening the Custom house of Bailleul, in the department of the North, for the importation and exportation of grain and dour. The _Evenement states that at the meeting of the Committee of Permanence to be held on Thursday, and at which M. DUPIN is to preside, some questions are to be addressed to the Ministers. It says further, that at a Cabinet Council held at the Elysie on Wed nesday it was arranged that M. BAROCIIE, the Mi nister of the Interior, should attend the Committee PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 1 7. — Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 92. f. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 55f. 55c. ; Bank Actions, 2,310 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS'AT THE LONDON sroca EXCFIAiiGE, Our. 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 844—Dutch Rhenish, —Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 14%—Orleaus and Bor deaux, 2 3 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 75,5. " THE DECLINE OF ENGLAND."—WO only know one instance, and that is, England'd declining to buy M. Ledru book. SPAIN Madrid journals of the 12th have art ived. The Ministerial crisis had passel t off and the Ministers remain in office. The Cortes are to meet on the 31st. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 12.—Three :per Cents. 342 ; Five per Cents. at 131 paper. Exchange on London, SO 30 money. GERMANY. The Cassel Gazette, which is now published at Frankfort, under the direction of HASSENPFLUG, con tradicts, in its number of the 13th, the report of the abdication of the Elector of HEsssi which had ap peared in the Deutsche Zeitung of the previous day. On the 14th the Deutsche Zeitung ;published the fol lowing note : " The statement contained in the second edition of this journal, published yesterday, was not ventured ex cept upon very gocd grounds, as we Lave since satisfied ourselves by further inquiry. It was only because the same influence which has worked so much evil through out the late troubles regained the ascendant that the act which was all that was wanting to justify our statement was delayed. We regard this, however, as only a post ponement of a fact which the next few days will clear up." It is said that the ELECTOR is beginning to see that HASSENPFLUG and Count Tuusi have:been misleading him to serve Austrian purposes, and that he is inclined to dismiss those from his service who would make of him a mere Austrian tool, and to call to his councils men who have the independence and interest of the country at heart, It was rumoured at Cassel on the 15th that HASSENPFLUG and the Absolutist clique had been dismissed, and] the following Ministry ap pointed ELORES, Ministerial President. DUYSING, Minister of Finance. LOSIIIIRG, Minister of War. These men are all Constitutionalists. Certain it is, that the two last have been summoned to Wilhelms bad by the ELECTOR. Accounts: from Vienna of the 12th state that the cholera had again broken out in that city. It is said that Baron VAY has been appointed Stadtholder of Hungary, and JoaN CZERAEI Presi dent of the Supreme Court of Justice. Letters from Verona state that the adjudication of the Lombardo-Venetian loan, which was to take place at that city on the Bth instant, has not been awarded, none of the offers having reached the minimum fixed by the Minister of Finance. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danish official account gives 180 as the number of killed and wounded in the defence of Friedrich stadt. It should be borne in mind that the Danes were protected by their fortifications and field works. ITALY. Advises from Rome of the Bth state that Signor PINELLI, the Sardinian Envoy, had demanded his passports, as he cannot consent to the propositions of the Papal Court for the settlement of the dispute be tween the two countries. The PorE has admitted to a private audience a deputation of English Catholics, who were presented to him by Cardinal WisEmA.N. The deputation, which was composed of the members of the English College and several other Englishmen, went to thank the PONTIFF for elevating to the purple their old col league and superior, Dr. WISEMAN. PIGS IX. re ceived them in a very gracious manner, and on their departure gave them separately the apostolic bene diction. The Piedinodese Gazette of the 12th contains, in its official part, the appointment of Count CAvouß to the Ministry of Marine, Agriculture, and Commerce. The Opinione reports that the Minister of War was disposed to resign. Count CAVOUR writes to the Risorgirnento that he ceases henceforth to belong to the redaction of that journal. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received a dispatch by the electric tele graph, via Trieste, announcing the arrival at that port of the steamer of the Austrian Lloyd's, bringing the Overland Mail. The following is the message of our corresponden at Alexandria : " ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 9. " The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Oriental arrived at Suez on the 6th instant, with fifty-two passengers. The dates of the intelligence brought by this arrival are Bombay, September 17 ; Calcutta, the 7th September ; Singapore the 2d of September ; and Hong-Kong the 24th August. " There was a total dearth of events of political importance, and the profoundest tranquillity reigned throughout India. * The works on the Calcutta Railway had been at last commenced. "Sir Charles Napier was to begin his homeward journey from Simla on the s th of November, and the Governor-General was expected to return from Kona wur to Simla at the end of September. It was then expected that his Lordship would visit the Punjaub. " According to a report, which was considered very doubtful, Sir H. Laurence was said to have fallen during his travels in Cashmere into the hands of a tribe who had detained him in captivity. " A mutiny had broken out among some of the Ni2am's native troops. " The cholera was still prevalent in Sinde, Moultan, and some districts of India. "From Singapore we learn that Sir James Brooke had sailed for Siam on the 31 of August. "The Indian and Chinese seas are still infested with pirates. "The first expedition of the Dutch against Borneo has had but small success. " The intelligence from China is unimportant. We are glad to state that the health of the troops in Hong- Kong was improving. " The differences between the Chinese and Portu• guese at Macao had not been arranged. " A sufficiency of rain bad fallen in Bengal and the greater part of India, with the exception, however of Bombay and Poonab. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Loss of the pac ket Ariadne. Destruction by fire of the Isabella at Penang. The business is a season has commenced. Tra d e i s looking up, and there good opening in the im port market. Sa les of ,cotton commenced at Bombay at favourable pric es. (Tra y s tuffs of middle quality an. pave equally favourable advices. Mule twist comin.ed high prices, and m uch busi ness was done in re d y arns. Metals were slack, and Cwaelrceutta soughtafter, and also Madwallum s . F rom th e market prices were going down. The export tra de was firm. The old stores of and sugar w as taken at moderate indigo were sold, prices. Saltpetre was consta ntl y i n demand, and so were rice and raw silk, of w hich th e prices were looking up. Oil seeds were in constant demand. A great deal of business was done in opium.. h . Rates of The money-market c ontin ued easy, and paper was looking up. Government securiti es were wante d . Devises issuing in favour of purchasers. exchange for paper at s ix months' sight, 201 to 20 5-6; for cheques, 9.0 i to 20j. Freights rising from 3/. 16s. Gd. to 41., granted to London for sugar; 3/. 'is. Gd. to 3/. 103. to Liverpool. AMERICAN NEWS. oc a e n e ed e e d t o (BY ELECTRIC TEL EGRAP H.) o c p SOUTH A MPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The United States mail steam er Frankl in arrived offC nwes her mails this morning andpassengersat sevenand o 'clker, experienced after ee d transferring Havre. She had 50 passengers, e asterly winds during her voyage, which occupied twelve days. The New York Herald says—"By telegraphic communications from New Orleans we h ave highly favourable news from California two weeks later than that brought by the steamer a few days ago. Accounts from the gold region are very encouraging, and the restoration of peace at Sacramento city will be learned w ith great delight. We aro also happy to find that the city has not been burned, as was reported ; the affair seems to have ended after the sacrifice of a f ew lives. This will be welcome news, for a large por tion of the community have had very serious appre hensions of the fate of their friends, since it was re ported that several more outrages had commenced upon the Pacific coact." The stock market was firm, with an advance in prices. A large dry goods house in Boston had failed, with liabilities 400,000 dolls. The advices by the Cambria had strengthened the market for cotton, with a rise of one eighth to a quarter of a cent. per pound. Freights easier. In a collision of the steam-ship Southerner with the barque Isaac Mead the latter vessel sunk, and S 4 persons were drowned. W.r. Webster was expected in New York. A destructive fire had occurred in Buffalo. A Catholic Archbishop of Canada died at Quebec on the 4th of October. Frederick Douglas was to be seized in New York as a fugitive slave, but would probably escape to Canada. Messrs. Gassets, Balcha, and Co., of Boston, have suspended payment. The first ticket for Jenny Lind's concert at Provi dence, Rhode Island, sold for 650 dolls. Exchange on London was quoted at 1101 to 110 E The Franklin's mails will be forwarded to London by the 11.30 train ; she spoke the steam- ships Atlantic and Asia on her voyage. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE: The third of the series of Grand National Concerts took place last evening, and was exceedingly well attended ; the promenade, as usual, was quite crowded. Mr. Gustavus Geary, who acquired considerable fame as a concert singer last season, and who has since then been singing with much success at Dublin, made his deblit at these concerts last evening. His voice is a tenor of considerable power, ,compass, and sweetness. He sang the bravura, "Oh ! tis a glorious sight," from Oberon, a duet from Tancredi with Mdlle. Angri, and " Ah to o cars," from the Puritani; the latter exquisite air was beautifully rendered. Mr. H. C. Cooper, the violinist, whose performances at the Philharmonic Concerts have already acquired for him a high 'reputation, also made his first appearance. He performed Mendelsshon's violin concerto in E minor, and never have we heard a more artistical perform ance; the applause at the conclusion was enthusiastic. To this admirable performance of Mr. H. C. Cooper, to the equally admirable performance last evening by M. Charles Halle, of the first pianoforte concerto in G minor of the same great composer, to the magni cent rendering by the orchestra of Cherubini's over ture to Finiska, to the beauties of Balfe's MS. overture, the perfection of its instru mentation and the effective manner of its per formance, and to the magnificent performance of Beethoven's noble overture to Egmont, the com mittee of management may appeal as a proof that they last night, at least, fully redeemed the pledge of their programme. It would be an injustice to Mr. Balfe to close this notice without bearing testimony to the admirable manner in which he conducted Mendels sohn's concertos, affording the solo players ample scope, and at the same time keeping the band well together, and rendering with a feeling of reverential respect the true meaning of his author. THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN. The Dublin Evening Packet gives the following ac count of the farewell benefit of Mr. Henry Bedford, who will make his first appearance next week at the Haymarket, as Billy Lackaday, in Sweethearts and Wives It is quite true, as the Freeman remarks, that "nothing ever seen an Dublin in the shape of thea trical enthusiasm could equal the reception afforded by the Queen's Theatre audience last evening to their favourite, Henry Bedford." To say that the house was crowded to overflowing would ill express the literal packing that rendered his farewell benefit a tribute of which this justly-esteemed favourite may really feel proud. Hundreds could not gain adialis• sion, and but one feeling pervaded the entire audience —a feeling of blended regret at his departure, and gratification that in his new engagement at the Hay marhet Theatre he will-be afforded a wider sphere for the display of his rare genius. In the course of the evening Mr. Bedford delivered the following farewell address, written by J. J. Duggan, Esq., of this city : Three years have passed since first, a stranger here, I came before you—shall I say with fear ? Yes, fear; lest my poor pow'rs should fail to please Your well-known taste—l did feel ill at ease— But, from the moment that I made my " bow," You kindly cheered me (as you did just now) ; And, since that hour, I've ever had from you An Irish welcome, generous, warm, and true. (Prolonged cheering.) Believe me, friends, this heart can deeply feel, Though Thalia's mask its impulses conceal; And Bedford, the comedian, feels for you A gratitude sincere, and just, and true. (Renewed applause.) Three pleasant years we've laughed together here — That is, you laughed whenever I was queer— (Loud laughter and cheers.) And, having laughed at me for such long while, To drop a tear would but provoke your smile, Though 'twere at parting I should let one fall; And so, there's no use crying after all—(Laughter)— And yet, to part from those that wo esteem Is a more trying bus'ness than 'twould seem To those who know not what strong links there be Between the public and its protegee.—(Cheers.) 'Tia hard to smile when one is very sad, And parting from you scarcely makes me glad. What shall I do? How can I say farewell? I feel this moment more than I shall tell. Farewell! farewell! your kindness long shall be Fresh on the " tablet of my memory." And should it ne'er be mine again to see You, my stout henchmen of the gallery; Or you, kind patrons of the critic pit; Or you, fair friends, that round the boxes sit; Yet, in " my mind's eye" shall you all appear; Whilst s waft t your to Erin own poet a sincere thus o s shall And then, yes then, I'll fancy I'm still hero, Dream of the happy ti me I' ve s p en t w ith you,A n " My heart, untr ava ll e d, f on dly t urns t o t h ee ." adieu; speak for me, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, OCT. 17. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked this morning in Osborne Park and grounds. The Prince of Wales, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived at Kew on Wed nesday, frem the Continent, and joined their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meek lenburg-Strelitz. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at her residence, Clarence llouse, St. James's. COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF THREE MA IDENS.—A most daring burglary was committed at Mallon Cottage, situated 'about a quarter of a mile from Abbotskerswell, Damn, on Monday even* last. The proprietor was absent, and had left the care of the house to his three daughters, who had just retired to bed when they heard a noise below, as of ssrne persons breaking into the house. The eldest of them, about 14 years of age, immediately jumped out of bed, struck a light, which she gave to her sisters, and arming herself with two pistols, walked down the ,stairs followed by her two sisters. On entering the parlour they found every thing in confusion, papers lying about, and the desk rifled. The burglars fled on the entrance of the girl, and the young lady with the pistols jumped from the parlour window into the lawn and fired both pistols after them. The thieves had stolen some money, papers, and plate, but being eager to get off, dropped some plate in the lawn, which was recovered again in the morning. Two suspicious looking fellows were begging at the house in the morning, but they Lave not yet been apprehended.—Sherborne Journal. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN THE FULHAM-ROAD..-- Yesterday morning the following serious accident took place :ss-It appears that the cart of Mr. Oosden, fishmonger, of Gray's-place, Fulhamsroad, was left standing at the door unattended by any one but his son, a child of only four years of age, who was sitting in the cart and holding the reins. From some unaseertained reason the horse took fright, and started off in the direction of Marlborough•road, and after knocking down several individuals in that crowded tho roughfare, it came in contact with the carriage of A. W. Warder, Esq., surgeon, of Onslow-square, in which:was seated Miss A. Warder, a young lady of about five years of age. Mr. Warder's groom at the moment of the concussion was standing at the horse's head; while Mr. Warder was in attendance on a patient. The result of the collision was that both the children were violently hurled from their re spective seats into the road. It was at first thought that Miss Warder was killed; but upon examination a very severe abrasion of the face, and some contusion of the limbs, were all that could be ascertained. A more wonderful escape was never witnessed. Mr. Warder's carriage was completely smashed, the rumble torn off, and the near wheels and springs entirely destroyed. Mr. Gosden's child, unhappily, was dreadfully hurt; it was taken up bleeding, and perfectly insensible, and has, it is feared, sustained some most serious fractures and injuries to the skill, the amount of which are not yet ascertained. Had it not been for the presence of mind displayed by Mr. Warder's groom, who, actively shifted the position of his horse, both children must hare been in evitably killed upon the spot. THE REFORM MOVEMENT.—It will be seen that the new Reform campaign commenced in the metropolis on Monday last, and judging from the space allotted to the pro ceedings in the daily journals, it was far more influential in its character than some editors are willing to admit. After a laboured attempt to cast ridicule upon the movement, and .to stigmatise it as vain and absurd, the Morning Chronicle con cludes by admitting that reform is needed, and accuses the Premier of having trifled with the matter far too long! Let the Reformers take comfort from this and similar significant admissions in the Times. A public meeting will shortly be held in Derby in support of Financial and Parliamentary Reform, and we hope to have the presence on that occasion of' Mr. Hume, the veteran Reformer.—Derby Reporter. TORQUAY.—About NO feet of the sea wall at Meadfoot was washed down during the late gale, and which has now been replaced. - - - BURIED ALlVE.—Yesterday morning information was sent to Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, of the death of a man named Michael Cushion. Deceased was at work with others at a house in South Audley-street, and em ployed in digging out a large quantity of earth for the pur. pose of enlarging the foundation. He had undermined a considerable way, when another man got on the top of the ground under which he was at work, and the whole mass gave way. He was completely buried underneath an im mense mass of ground, the other man falling with it on him. As soon as assistance could be obtained he was dug out, in sensible and much injured. He was taken to St. George's Hospital, and after lingering for a time expired, in conse quence of internal injury. The ex-Secretary of the Treasury, the Right Hon. Henry Tufnell, and the Attorney-General, Sir J. Ilomilly, Members for Devonport, will visit that neighbourhood next reek. They will stay at Saltram, the seat of the Earl of Morley, and during their visit will be entertained by their constituents at a public dinner. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for expoit and 1,000 on speculation. The market was rather animated. The sales comprised about 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham at lid. to Sid., and 500 Surat.—ln Railway Shares a good business was done at previous rates. The Corn Market is steady to-day. In the markets for Colonial and Foreign Produce the business done this week has been important, but not so much publicly as by private sale. The value of Sugar has been further enhanced, but the accounts from Brasil, as well as those recently from the West Indies, justify the impression of large crops. Coffee was very brisk early in the week, but has become flatter since. The Indigo auctions have been brought to a close, and, as • will be observed by the market report, went off very high. Tea and Tallow have been steady. The arrival of a steamer at Cowes furnishes later news from the United States. There are no letters yet in town, but the commercial reports are favourable, if we except the statement of a large failure at Boston, Messrs. Gassetts, Belches, and Co. The Californian advices are decidedly encouraging. Hamburgh papers of Friday last give the quotation for bills on Loudon at 13 si. Stocks and Shares were better. Coffee had improved, and Sugar was firm. At Frankfort on the 15th inst. Austrian Metallics were 781 to 79, and Spanish Three per Cents. 34 toll. The Amsterdam Bourse on the 16th inst. was buoyant. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 564. The English Funds have been very steady, though rather quieter than yesterday. Speculators are tolerably confident, and seem to look forward to a further ad vance, while the rise in the quotations of the Rentes at Paris has given some stimulus. It is admitted on the other hand, that German affairs are by no means promising, and the question is what prospect exists of a satisfactory issue. It has been reported that the Hol stein quarrel may yet be terminated by the intervention of the allied powers, and that negotiations are already in progress to that end. Consols have been marked 974 4 for Transfer, and 9714 for November. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 964 4. Bank Stock has realised , 210 to 211. Exchequer-bills have been 675. to 705., and India Bonds 88s. to 91s. premium, both being firm. !In the Foreign Market Peruvian Stock has again been in request. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 82 to 824, and the Deferred 38 to 4. Mexican aro dull at 314 4. There have been bargains in a secu rity scarcely ever dealt in, viz., Guatemala, at 32 to 34. Buenos Ayres Bonds have been quoted 59, and Brazi lian 90. Spaui&h Five per Cents. have realised 184 and Portuguese Four per Cents. 334 1. Russian Four , and-a-Hall per Cents. have been 97 to 4, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51. The Share Market has not been quite so firm for the principal lines, but the sales are not large. Midland have declined to 434, and South-Eastern are fluctuating. Great Western are much the same, and North-Western have been rather better. Oxford, orcester, and Wol verhampton are still in favour. Foreign Railways are dull. Consols ... Ditto Account QUARTER TO THREE. 97i 97 I ONE , CLOSIYG PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 13en1 :3tock ..... 210 1 4, 211 210 210 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns. ..... 96::% % 96% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... ..... 97 1 A % 975 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus ....... ...... 99 99 ~, 4 99 y s Long Anus. to empirsJan.lB6o ...... 7 13-16 77g 7;R India Bonds, 1,0004 9l 88 p 83 p Ditto under 1,0001........ ....... Bank Stock for Account, 2ll Consols for Account 9 7% % 9734 Excllequer Bills, I JA I d. tic 2d 1,000/. June.— ..... ... 500/. June — p Small, June 67 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds 9O Ditto, New, 1529 and 1839 Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent.— 59 Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent . Ditto, 3 per Cent....... = £2 Guatemala Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — Ditto. Account Ditto, Deferred 38!.4 , 3 /1 38 38% 1 A 3834 ii Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Rnssian Bonds ...... ............ Ditto, 4% per Cent Bpanlsh 5 per Cent. 1840 1 8%',4 : 18 1 / 2 Ditto, Account ......... Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates — 89 PRICES OF "D ...„ . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. "-- AT ONE O'CLOCK. piticE,,, Aberdeen ... 50 -. Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 8%...... 2 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 32 ...... ... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. Wost. Per.s per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford junct., calls duly paid, or w ith a gnaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Birming, Wolverif ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 67 p CLOSING 89 'a 31% 31:y4 Birming.,Virolverlfpion, and Stour Valley 131. 142 ... -- ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 26 Bristol and Exeter 100 ...... t nekinghemshire ...... 17% Caledonian 5O Do. New 101. Pref..— JO Ditto,ClydeadaleJ Lille 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 10%... .. l O l4 Clarence Direct London & Portz mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 45 ...... Dundalk& Enniskillen 30 —' Eut Anglian, 251., L. & fi, E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 18/., E. liz 1/....... 18 Do., 3/. 10e. ' Pref 3% — ••• Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. Preference 174 Ditto (71. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 Eastern Counties... Ditto,Extension, 3 per Cant., No.l 6/. 135.4 d.... p.. ... ...... ... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61.135. 4d... p 3i p x.d Do., New Preference, 6 per Cent. lO Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shams) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire 25 Ditto, New Quarters.. 6% ...... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 ...... -- 6% .:erenct, East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... -- Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 ...... Ditto, Newport - Exeter•Yeovii, & Dorch. `25/5...••• . — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. f j la sgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.68. 8d.... ..... ...... ... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 — Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 16 Great Northern Do., 1, A Deferred ... 12% .... .„ .......... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 12% —. .. i 10 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% l 2 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto, Eighths 2%..•••• Great N orth of England.loo ...... Ditto, Now, 40/ 4O Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New,lsl l5 Great Western 100 Ditto, New 171........ 15 .. Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 — Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ...... •••••.... Lencaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire.loo Do. Quarters .... ..... 23% Do. Fifths... ....... .... 10 Do. Thirds ......... lB ...... Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 14 35 3 4 31/9 -- P 49% 2% Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 1 A — •••••••• .• ••• Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 Do., do. -• die. No. 2 17 ...... dis Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 ...... . ... ........ Do., Pref. Quer., 1818 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport l5 London & Black wa11...11/. 68.3 d 6 %... ....... ..... 6% London, Brighton, and South C0a5t........ 100 ; Do.G uarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 -•••••— ..... .. Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. ... Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 London and Greenwich 1211554 d Ditto, Preference 2O Loudon and N. Western 100 1163% 117% 117 117 Ditto, New Quarters 17 ... 1 9% 1 9 54 Ditto, E ifthe l2 ...... 14 %8 14% 3 1 / s London &S.Western ...JO ...... 70 70; 4 Do, New 50/. . ...... . 42% ...... Do. New 40/. 34 ...... Do., New Preference.. 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 — — Do. 1 Shares ......... 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen ...... ... ........ ... 25 Do. % Shares ..... .... 7% Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchester,Buston,and Matlock s!,‘ .--. .... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .. Ditto, NOT( 101. rrof.~ 10 - - - Do., Manchester and Lincoln Uni0r.......4/. 2s - dis — dis Mi.Tand ... ..100 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., 50/. kill arm .....35 Do., Rim. and Derby 100 Do. Consolid. Bristol & .--. ISirming., 6 per ct.... 100 - ..... .•• ••.. J • 124 Ditto, Brist. & Glocatr. 46 - ...... ..... ... .... Ditto ditto 29!. IGs. 0d... - Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 - Ditto, Leicest.& Swan- ...- nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middleabro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Oarlisle.loo ~.... Do. Quarters - •Newmarket: .. 23 Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • 6 ....•• --- Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ......... ...100 - Do. New 201. Do. Extension . 2O ..... Do. Guaranteed 514 c. 5 ...... . -••• Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — - Northern Counties Union 4 ...... - t North Pritish ........ ... 26 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire „„ 175 ;:7 or th -W ester n . l7 Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Preston & byre 25 ... .. 414 1 41% De. 1,6 Shares (A) lO li — Reading, Guildford, ind Reigate lB ..... itopiten and Hitchin ... 6 1 4 .. ... 7% .. Do. Shepreth Exten . 11%Q — Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New .- ~ 22 1 , , 4 .....• 7 IA 41 •• • • • - • • •• • ......... Shmwsbury and Bina-. 13 1 - dig Ditto ditto, Class B. 9% . —Ldis.... .. .....- 64 d ig Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - .. ...' Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nur. W. Min.) - Ditto Halves - Ditto Ogweary Ditto N 3P7 - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 - Shropshire Union - South Davon Do. Preference South Staffordshire B% 4% ... ... 458 'SI nth Eastern .... ..... - 50 ...... 21 , A 20% 21% l DittV% per Cent.... 10 ...... ....... ....... Soutli Waleo South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l5 Sheffield. Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% . -- ••• Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 6 ...... .-, - Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 10 T. Ti V ale Extension ... 9% — ••• ... ..... ... --' 11,1111C0 Haven Dock and R P.ilw ay ..... ... 17 IA Vale of Neath ... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% .... --• Waterif,Wxfrci,Wiciaw. and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cont. ..- Guaranteed ... .. Do. de. do. ... 25 ...... 23% Do. do. ' d 0:... 17 1 ,4 - ... WE , st Cornwall ...... ... 7 1 / 2 ,- -•-• VC.izeli,:.•ven a Fur:lees 20 WindEcr, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 - .••• Wilts,Somersat,& Wey mouth York, Newcamie, and Berwick. ......--- - 25 D. Newuzi,l3 Eaten. 20 D. G.l.Z.E.Preference 9 .. 5 D. clo. ....... 17 ...... Do. do. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Ilailway 100 ... York and North Midlsndirio 25 1 4 24 3 4% - 24% 13i Ditto, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 6% — -•• 51 Boulogne and Amiens-. 20 ...---' Central of France (Or leans ....° ..- • and Vierzon)... 20 -- ••••• i Demerara l 7 l /2 — .•••• Dutch Rhenish ••••••••• 8 ... •• ... ...... •••• .•••• East Indian ... ...... ...... 9 Ditto ... ~. Great Indian Penin,sular 5 ...- Do. D 0.... ...... 1:-,4 — .... Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 ' ....• Luxembourg .... Ditto ...• Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... N 7% amur and Liege ...... 20 ... ... 7% ...... .. 14 , / , Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 •-• Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O ..,... 24% Paris and Strasbourg ... 14 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 10 Sambre and Meuse 2O ••• .. ••••••• ...... ..... ••• Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes l4 ...... -- Toumay, Jurbise, Lan dm' and Hasselt • 2O ...... West Flanders ..... .. ..... Ss% ..... DUNES. Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... 14%......,.. Cobro Copper General 2O United Mexican 17 5 / 1 1 JOINT STOCK BAIN KS. London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 ..._. 2714 144 62% 5 1 / 4 LLOIXD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY •) LONDON, OCT. 18.—Wind this day at noon W.. lig 1, -- 1 airs and fine weather. OFF ABERDEEN.—SyIrannS, Anderson, Quebec , f or Sunderland; Sir W. Wallace, Jaffray, ditto, for New castle; Sarah, Sim, ditto, for Stockton. DEAL, OCT. 17.—W ind N.W. to W.N.Yir.. And. Glenbervie, Fullerton, Sydney, New 55" 1 ,1 Wales; American Eagl e , D oane , N ew Y or k. ?; Rienzi, Point de Galle ; Mon arc h, P unta A renas; , 14 , 11 ;' Wright, Valparaiso; Janet Willis, Demerara; pa tra, ditto; William Simpson, Batavia. PENZANCE, OCT. 17.—A hogshead of brandy, ' " Renault and Co., Cognac, J. J. T. M. R. and has been picked up near the Laud's , end. JERBICY, OCT. 15.—The Polka steamer has ee raised. SUNDERLAND, OCT. 17.—The Eleanor (not the klel eD r i t as reported from Antwerp, 14th inst.), hence to Amsted a, struck on a sand-bank and sank, near Arael a " 9th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 17.—Wind steamer, West Indies. trn FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind variable.—Arrd. No Dame, Gregan, Parmboeuf. PENZANCE, OCT. 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Pq - Sebet-que, Parmboeuf. st. LIVE'RrOOL, OCT. 17.—Wind W.—Slcl. Hotspur. 6 Thomas; Sarab, Sydney, New South Wales; IL, ll3 k r i f s King, Calcutta; James Alexander, di t t o; R o b e rt way, Valparaiso ; Plata, P ara; D ar i ng, H ay ti ; Az",4 3 , ditto; Perla, Havannah ; M ar i a I gnac i o , di tto; Octsg,",,; Now Orleans; Joshua, Badger, ditto; Intrinsic , e. vannah; Lady of the Lak e , Charleston; Three Brotli v e New York; Jessore, ditto; Rio Grande, Boston; Halifax; Emily and Eagle, Azores. Off port, steamer. The Chamberlain sloop, of and for Pres to is at anchor in s id e T a yl or ' s B an k, w i t h l oss of Isl a and will ground at low water. 0 and YARMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Firefly schooner, -f • t j, from Newburg to London, has been assisted in wi of damage from contact with the Norwich Merchant, this port. The Kate and Jane, London to Gool e, 11 ; anchor in the Roads, was in contact with the Britai n brig, of Whitby, and received damage. The Olt Cronstadt to Gainaborough, is riding off Winterten w" s loss of mainmast, &c., and quarter stove, from coati!, with the Betsey, of South Shields; a steamer has bee n sent to tow her in. DOVER, OCT. 17.—The Tom Bowline, of Newcastl e ' has been lost at sea; crew saved by the Industry, Thin e i Sligo to . Quebec, which was spoken with on the 2 ' September last, lat. 46 N., long. 55 W. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 16.—Wind S. W .—Arrel. v . Heaviside Moulmein, for Birkenhead ; M e rch a nt, 1 0 Buenos Ayres. W.N.W.--AST e d SUNDERLAND, OCT. 17.—Wind Brown, Wilson, Quebec. HACKNEY CARRIAGES..—We understand that t 7 s Commissioners of Police have n o p ower t o re duce the or' d of hackney.carriages. The fares are regulated by the 1 $11 1 ,./ 2 William IV., c. 22 ; b u t it i s o p en t o the p r oprietors , 't agreement amongst the mse l ves , t o e stabli s h a lesser sca le ; fares than those fix e d by th e A c t. The fare of Bd. per Int has always appeared to us very inconvenient and absurd. o , leads to constant disputes about change, in which the Vo l e are sure to suffer, as cabmen never have any change- log very low price of hay and corn may tempt some enterprizthe cab proprietor to reduce the fares to Ed. per mile, an d ~1 Commissioners of Police should have the miles measur ed defined by some public mark in the streets. (' MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor has I ss s cards of invitation to the Master, Wardens, Court of Ass ;‘• ants, and the Livery of the Worshipful Company o f Tallo chandlers, being his Lordship's company. OPENIPiG OF TUE GLASGOW AND SOUTII-W..--11;00 RAILWAY.—We understand that the Government ifisPec-o. of this line will take place on the 19th current, and the r,3, way be opened for general traffic in a few days theres•ii,seb, whenever the certificate of the Railway Commissioner s is "tip, tained. The opening of this line will be of advantag e to eel inhabitants of Kilmarnock, as the trains will then a ll direct by the branch from Dalry Junction, and the tir nar cupied reduced to an hour and a half from Glasgow.' gow Chronicle. t ° PARIS RACES.—The second of the autumn T h e logs is to come off to-morrow in the Champ de Mars. je stakes to be run for are three in number—one of 2,000 f., Principal Stakes of 5,000 f., and the National of 6,000 , fair amount of entries have been made. A large gath,e2r„lljd of sporting characters and of the public is expected, 60°- the weather be favourable. „„n CLUB FOR ALL NATlONS.—Yeaterday aftern.-- of preliminary meeting of foreign merchants and shiPle r the port of London was held at the London Tavern, Biß i o gate-street, at which it was resolved that the removal of 1 commercial and shipping restrictions , and t he great 13 „ o f tion of 1851, would naturally bring a n immense nuslue"do, foreign merchants to the metropolis, and it was therefor, e bo so sirable as the means of facilitating intercourse bet Ween in gentlemen that a club of all nations should be establizbe „,,, London, to be provided, in addition to the usual club r.cen, modations, with interpreters acquainted with all tie 1176 guages of the East and of Europe, guides and comm and departments for information. A committee of got men, merchants of London, was elected to 901 undertgtkiPg, MAR Colt] Th e qii , car msrhe quarters hi and Kent. Was limits prices quit Middling c transact e d of Poreip/ Sae Eta( Pare much net very 1, forward. grinding Malt —the ,t barely . I nquiry f a ioreigu corn, and Xngli s k I( cote.4. •' IPoreign Th e „ increa se trad e m i t to those , "" not E Infcrior, falling of de re „ d actual dei 81 , 1 1 ) pHod a figur e e ! from aoti fro m 141 Interior B 4 pOrld qu, ,rittle Irv 4 Time Large sz 1 crirLlC 31113 liucklia, Ittsom 1,11( Left, Thes e general , 4e r,irtfa / Prita eqArtn, Th e to b e a l; I : l , (l7 meei the d ena a nd Old . elv t , d "Lo, 3/ Si for 1( LI gal 12 id