The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

THE i SUN, E R MAJEST Y'S T HEATR E. memorable occasion, during the whole of those mo- TUE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. „ mentous deliberati o n s , it dwindles into comparative The Executive Committee, Directors , an d Mana g ers of The Grand National Concerts" have the honour to arinnn , ca insignificance 'when con tr as t e d w ith his subsequent TWELFTH CONCERT of th - FIRST SERIES, THIS El D. 4 Cr. , share in influencing the fortunes of the House of Second appearance of Mr. Sons Beeves. riiOORAMME. Braganza. To PALMELLA, indeed, may be attributed PART I. almost as large a participation in the responsibilities of the Portuguese Government as appertained for up wards of thirty years uninterruptedly to Prince METTERNICH in the government of the affairs of Aus tria. And, in the latter instance, it cannot easily be forgotten that the imperial occupant of the palace of Schoenbrunn bad throughout that period sunk into the subordinate capacity of a secretary, while his principal administrator had risen almost to the dig nity of a dictatorship. With the Duke of PALMELLA, however, the difference was that of a friend to a con stitutional form of government, instead of an aspi rant or an instrument for despotism. Having im bibed an early predilection for the liberal institutions of England, he endeavoured so far to apply the prin ciples of our Constitution to the administration of the affairs of Portugal as to secure a better understanding than had hitherto long existed between the Portuguese SOVEREIGN and the Portuguese population. While striving in this manner to effect a beneficial change in the political machinery of the Lisbon Government, bis efforts were interrupted by the contention which arose between DoM PEDRO and Dom MIGUEL imme diately on the death of their father JOHN VL—a quarrel which was ultimately brought to a settlement by the elevation of DONNA MARIA DA GLORIA to the Throne of the Braganzas. In arriving at this solu tion of her dynastic difficulties, Portugal had to thank the diplomatic adroitness of PALMELLA, to whose genius for negotiation the quadruple alliance was mainly attributable. Whatever may have been the cons( quences of the treaty arising out of that alliance it has never been imputed to the departed statesman that, in acting as he did on the occasion, he was actu ated by any other motives than those of the most patriotic character. Latterly, it is true, in conse quence of a lamentable infatuation in favour of the CABRALS, the Duke of PALMELLA had witnessed the declension of his authority in the royal counsels, and at length found himself ousted from the supreme posi tion he had so long occupied with honour to bimselt and advantage to his country. Notwithstanding this ungrateful treatment of one eminently distinguished by his services to the Crown, he himself only very recently responded to it by a generous display of magnanimity. At the period when the Portuguese nation was embroiled in a civil warfare which threatened at one moment to subvert the existing institutions of the country, at the time when the Royal Cabinet at Lisbon " paled its ineffec tual fires " before the then brighter luminary the Junta at Oporto, PALMELLA, in lieu of revealing his chagrin at the conduct of his ungrateful SOVEREIGN by joining the ranks of her antagonists, employed all his conciliatory skill and influential expe rience in bringing about a reconciliation between the infuriated belligerents. In this, as in so many previous undertakings, he proved to be eminently successful; for, however quietly or unostentatiously exercised, the adroitness of his diplomacy was scarcely second to that of Lord PALMERSTON in bringing about a rapid and, to a certain extent, satisfactory settlement. The clouds which at one period threatened to rain 'destruction on the head of MARIA DA GLORIA were dissipated through the influence of her faithful subject, PALMELLA, almost as much as through the force of British power, acting un der the ministerial direction of PALMERSTON. A brief interval elapsed, and the primary cause of this propitious change witnessed a renewal of every previous act of ingratitude—the Count DE THOMAR beefing at the first convenient opportunity restored to his post at the head of the Administration. For whatever satisfactory modification is visible in the political constitution of Portugal that country is almost entirely indebted to the Duke of PALMELLA. For inasmuch as corruption has crept into high places, fur inasmuch as discontent has been sown broadcast throughout the land, for inasmuch as the Ministers of the QUEEN have became objects either of suspicion or of abhor rence, the deceased patriot is altogether free from the responsibility of an imputation. His aim was to esta blish, during a blessed lapse of peace, a lapse of more than thirty years' duration, a constitutional mo narchy free from all the blemi,hes incidental to despotic government. To this end he strove, as far as was practicable, to take advantage of the ex ample presented to European nations by the wise and liberal fabric of the British C onstitu tion. Nor were these endeavours of his alto• gether ineffectual. Many of the principles incorporated in our written and unwritten coles were engrafted upon that which, under a modified form, still kept together in some sort of harmony and sub ordination the social fabric of Portugal. Yet in de fiance of all the incontestable advantages derived from their sagacious and beneficent innovations, the Duke of PALMELLA was compelled towards the close of his career to witness the dissipation of many of his dearly cherished dreams of improvement. In this he drank from the bitter chalice too fre quently drained by patriotic statesmen. Posterity will look to this, however, as to a misfortune rather than a culpability, as to a subject for commise ration, rather than one of reproach. It will recognise in PALMELLA a diplomatist distinguished by great achievements, a statesman unsullied in reputation, and a patriot who indulged in lofty and noble hopes of improvement, if he too often failed in their reali- Symphonle in D • • • • • • • • • • Mozart. Aria Buffs, Herr Jules Stockhausen, Il Postoglionne Balfe. Concerto in E, First Movement, Miss Goddard (her .. Hummel. " Or la stall' onda," Giura- third appearance) • . Cavatiria,lle. Angri, mento • . • • • - • • • • • • .. 3fercadsnte. New Valse, Tony (first time of performance) • • Labltzky. Aria, Mr. Sims Reeves, " Love in her eyes" (Ads and Galatea (his second appearance) • • • • Handel. Fantasia, Violoncello, t2Pgnor Pistil, on Airs from Linda di Chamouni Overture, Maritana .. Piattl. .. V. Wallace. PART IL Septuor for Violin, Tenor, Violoncello, Double ?-'.ass, elarlanet, Horn, and Bassoon, ;performed by M M. Sainton, Dando, Piatti, Anglois, Franc, Steglich, and Baumann .. Beethoven. Aria, Mr. Sims Reeves, "Tin impero," Le Prophete Meyerbeer. Cavatina, Madlle. Angri, " Ciel Pietoso," Zelmira Rossini. Fantasie on Airs from "Don Pasquale," Grand Pianoforte, Miss Godiard • • • • • - Aria, 3lr. Sims Reeves, "Love sounds the Alarm," Ads and Galatea • . Handel. New Polka, Charlotten (first time of performance) Labitzky. Solo Concertino, Mr. Blagrove (his first ap pearance) • • • • • • • • I s , , Galop Des Papillons (composed expressly for these Concerts) .. .. .. .. .. .. Carter. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will corn• mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum. and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh• menu and Wines, &c., &c. Thalberg. .. Blagrove. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. THE BERLIN CHORUS. This magnificent Choir from the Chapel Royal, Berlin, consisting of fifty male voices, under the direcana of Herr Keppel Master Nei4hardt, will, by the gracious permission of his Majes' y the King of Prussia, make their first appearance in England on FRIDAY EVENING meat, the Ist of November. In order to afford every person an opportunity of judging of the perfection of this Cnoir, and of the unparalleled amount of Orches tral talent brought together at the Grand National. Concerts, the Directors have determined to throw open, from Monday evening next, to the close of the season, the whole of the Half-Ci cle, Gallery, and blip Stalls to all persons attending the Promenade, free from any extra charge. li'otwithstanding the vast out' .y inseparable from such a union of Vocal and Instrumental forces, the prices of admis sion will be as follows—thus carrying out a - very important feature contained in the original prospectus : s. d. Box Stalls, First Circle . • •• • • .. • • 4 0 Box Stalls, Second Circle• Promenade (admitting to the Mel-Circles, Gallery / 6 and Pit Stalls) • • .. : • • .. _ _ Gallery .. l 0 The Orchestra will immediately undergo some important improve men:, for the reception of the Berlin Choir, and for the production of still greater Orchestral effects. With the view of meeting the wishes of numerous visitors, it is respectfully announced that lull di ess will for the future be only necessary in the Private Boxes. TFIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. MR. MACREADY. The Public Is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season. DAILY :WEATHER TABLE. The State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.-The stations are arranged in order of latitude. DUNDALK-Wind N.W. , gentle breeze-frosty. KINGSTOWN ( D [TWIN ) - Wind S.W., calm partially cloudy. PLYMOUTH - Wind N., cam overcast. BRIGHTON-Wind N., gentle breeze - partially cloudy. SOUTHA2IPr ON Wind N.W., genie breeze - foggy. FOLK/I:SION E —Wi n II N.. gentle breeze—overcast. BASIN G4TOR - Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. BRISTOL - Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. REIABiNci. - V, ind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. GRE EN W IC H.— Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. I:wiNDON Wind N., light airs—overcast. OX1 , 01: Wind S.W., gentle breeze— foggy. LiquirroN - Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CuLcH.- sTER S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAsintanos - Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PETEanonot:Gli Wi nd N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Yattsiount ind N.E., strung breeze—cloudy. CitzwE— Wind N., gentle breezy—partially cloudy. lioLYnF i an—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Lxv.unrooL—Wind N.W., calm—cloudless. ivlAlectizgrws—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YORa—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WurrnY—Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. DA ten NGTON-Wind N., strong breeze—rain. SHAP —W ind N., calm-partially cloudy. WHITRHAVE t Wind N. W., hard wind cloudless. HARTLEPOOL -Wind N.E., strong breeze-overcast. Su NDERLAND - Wind N.E., gentle breeze - overcast. BERWICK—Wind W., ca!m - partially cloudy. EDINBURGH Wind W., gentle breeze - cloudless. DUNDEE —Wind N.W., gentle, breeze cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock ; - CORK - Wind N.W., light breeze-clear. MuLmeo.i.u—Wind E., stiff breeze—principally cloudy. DuStBALK —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. litsos - r9ws (DUBLIN) —Wind S.E., strong breeze—scud, rain. ' ation. Next in importance to the question of the duration of the property and income-tax is its more just and equitable apportionment, so that every person shall contribute to the national expenditure secundum statum et fucultates, according to his means and condition• Nothing can be more unfair or unequal in its opera- t ion than the present system, which places the same charge upon every description of income, no matter how derived or whether it be cf a permanent or tran sitory character. The manufacturer, merchant, or tradesman, whose profits are sometimes found to be evanescent quantities, and must be looked fur at the wrong sides of the books, are placed upon the same footing with fundholders. Their income, which is not worth more than seven or eight years' purchase at the outside, is regarded as equivalent to the Three per Cents., which can be disposed of at any moment at thirty or thirty-one years. But this, bad as it un questionably is, is by no means the worst part of the transaction. The tax on funded property cannot be levied unless the stock remains in the hands of the parties chargeable. Nothing is paid until the divi dends are actually received ; but when the assess ment is once made under Schedule D, it is difficult indeed to obtain a revision. Although the profits may, and do vary considerably, the tax must be con tinued at the same rate as in more prosperous years. If any abatement is demanded, the account-books of the parties, their most private transactions, must be submitted to the most inquisitorial scrutiny. Nothing is respected or considered sacred from the search of the prying officials. So that many thousands of persons in each and every year submit to pay the tax on income which they have not earned, rather than pass through the ordeal to which they must necessarily be exposed if they make any objec tion to the demand. Even when their accounts would show that the trade expenses exceeded the profits, ar • d that loss instead of g ai n was t h e result of their trading, they would still pay a larger sum to the Exchequer, and their progress on "the road to ruin" would be materially expedited by the amounts levied under what is facetiously termed Poor.F.- - Wind N.E., strong breeze - partially cloudy. MEM Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. Wifirnv - Wind ,N .1.7., strong breeze—overcast. WrirrEtrANEs Wind S.W., gentle breeze - partially cloudy. DUNDEE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. , .•= }"T ~.. 4e. ' : -(---14 is •.i.”2 1 1/ N ( ~k, 415 ' 4 -s'ils -j.';.:4- :or - .1 .-,,.'' . , y • - , 1 , ... _ , N "an income-tax." Every prudent macs, too, will consider it advisable to allocate a certain portion of his earnings to a species of insurance fund, to guard against the " bad debt." that must occasionally occur in even the best regulated establishments ; knowing, too, that by far the larger portion of his earnings are derived from his own skill and industry, and that whenever old age or bad health prevent him from continuing the control and supervision of his affairs that had led to his comparative prosperity, these scurces of income will be closed up, he con siders it essential to put by a considerable pro portion of his profits to accumulate for the future provision of himself and family. Let us suppose that he is earning a yearly income of 3001.—how much can he fairly apply to his private expenditure ? His capital mly be about 1,000/. or 1,200/. The first claim that must be liquidated is the tax, 81. 155., then the allowance for Sixenina LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1850. Portugal has just experienced the loss of one of her greatest statesmen. October the 12th, 1850, witnessed the close of a career which had commenced in 1781, on the Bth of May, consequently the de ceased was in the seventieth year of hi s age , an d pre pared, as far as his political reputation was concerned, to resign a life not prematurely terminated. In the scroll of those annals which are adorned with the names of so many persons of illustrious character, that of PALMELLA will shine not the least conspicu ously. If on the tablets of Portugal CAMOBNS shines forth as her greatest poet, and Don HEN-. RIQTJD as her greatest navigator, PALMELLA will maintain there also a splendid pre•eminence es one of the wisest and purest of her statesmen. His celebrity will survive in the recollection of his coun trymen associated with the fame of his remarkable colleagues at the Congress of Vienna —with such PktU w ne.otiatcrs as CAS7I, REAGII, NESSELEODE, latrtlcaruca, and TALLEYRAND. Nevertheless, bril- %tut as was ths part taken by PALMELLA 011 that , THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. Rogers: Macbeth. Mr. Macready ; Bangui, Mr. Howe; Macduff, Mr. Davenport; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Warner; Hecate, Miss P. Horton. After which MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Peter White, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be perfermad a Terpsicorian Burlesque called ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsre. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss ,',"oolgar. and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitetlyer, Mr. Boyce; Major stiff, Mr. Worrell; Hr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. After which, MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Principal Characters by Mcas• r. W.:.;;ltt, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Mat thews. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. TLe Pubdc is respectfully Informed that this Theatre is open for the season, under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakespeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hanalei Mr. C. Kean: Ophel!a, Mrs. C. Bean. After which SENT TO THE TOWER. To concludo with a Ballet Divestissement called THE CALIPH'S CHOICE. Private Boxes, Br"., to be had of all the Booksel'ers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may t e taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE. G:eat success of the :NOW Comedy.—Last Nights of Giralda. TIIIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'S, D AUGIITER, in which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, . Farrell, jun., Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and lien Turner will appear. To be folio ed by ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. After which TIME TRIES ALL. -- To conclude, with a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Uncle.' the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will be performed SEL:VE 11D1 After wiiich. MY IIEaRrS IDOL; or, A Desperate Remedy, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, G. Vining, Bellingham ; Madame Ves tris, Miss Kenworthy, and Miss I. Dickenson will appear. To conclude with the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and Eurylice, in a hich Miss Rosina Wright and Mr. H. Iforncastle will appear. As'l LNY's ROYAL AMPLIITEIBATRK Linter the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Propr'etor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the crowuvd licuses to witness the attractive and rnagnififtut Spectacle of Mazcppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Anna, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the lietropolls, it will be continued for a few more nights. THIS EVENING, ' Spect a cle of XAUXICIP.A. Will be . produced Lorc yrota's gorgeous aid the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. nicks. To te suce,,,led by an inimitable Display of Itatty's Fedt oi vgaitation In the Cirque Olympiiue, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment, Vaulters, &c. To conclude with the last new laughable Farce. Loa-office open trout Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. t w A. r P:tt, A'l I.ON tPON BRIDGE. tars RAY —Morning 31 min. after 6 I Evening 4 Kiln. after 7 Tonxuasow— Morning 42 min. after 7 I Evening 27 nun. atter 8 THE WFATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Ocrosgs. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29-91. Wncn W.N.W.— fine sunshiny v. eather. Jri the evening the wind shifted to S.W., with rain. OCT.MUNDAY, 2B. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest sine noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. BAliora ET KR, 29.39. Wind ti. E.— dull, cLudy weather. Heavy rain during the right. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1850. bad debts, which must be at least 201. to 301., then the premiums on a policy of insurance on his life, for say, 2,0001, which if effected when young may not cost more than 2f per cent., or 50/. a year more than the money allocated to the "savings-fund" for a provision for his old age, which should be at least 20 per cent. on his income, or 60/. per annum. These various drawbacks will amount to at least 150/., or one-half his income, and if he can really apply 150/. to the personal expenses of himself and family, he may con sider himself very fortunate. All this time the fund holder, with 10,000/. in the Three per Cent. Console, pays only the same amount, 8/. 155., although he has the entire surplus of his income, 291/. 55., for his own use ; and there is not the slightest necessity for his insuring his life or saving any portion of his divi dends, as be is certain that his position will never be worse than it is at this moment. We appeal to the common seuse of the :people, whether this is just or equitable ? We appeal to the industrious classes, who are the chief sufferers under the system, whether they will still tolerate this glaring absurdity ? If they really feel the grievance as they ought to do, the remedy is in their own bands. They have only to show themselves really alive to the injustice, to give expression to their feelings of indignation at the injury inflicted upon them, and to give significant hints to their respective representatives that they will be expected to discharge their duty in endea vouring to obtain redress, or that if they refuse, or neglect to do so, they will have to answer for it on their next appearance on the hustings. The inti mation, if properly given, will he attended to. Sir CHARLES WOOD may learn that the system of which he is so deeply enamoured, and which he appears to consider absolute perfection, must be surrendered in deference to the voice of public opinion temperately but firmly expressed. We have given but one illustration of the injustice of the mode of assessment now in operation, we might multiply examples to no end. The case of professional men, who have no capital whatsoever save their educations and shill in their respective callings, is even harder than that of persons charged under Schedule D. Every argu ment applicable to the one will also bear upon the other with additional force. If a man of this character realises by almost incessant toil 600/. per annum, being compelled to keep up an outward appearance of wealth, he pays 17/. 103. for income-tax, as much as the pos sessor of 20,000/. in the Three per Cents. He must pay 1.34:h part of his entire property. Even supposing that he is so fortunate as to be free from deb, while the fundholder, estimating the value of his property at the present quotations, will only contribute the 1-1,148 th part of his property, or, in other words, the professional man, the barrister, or doctor, must pay 34 times more in proportion to the value of his property than the fund holder. Reformers of all classes—Englishmen, who love equity and justice, consider these matters seri ously and attentively, and say whether you will sanc tion the perpetuation of a system under which such things are not only possible but of every-day occur rence. Exert your mighty force, and you will speedily obtain adequate redress. The National Concerts, and the new chef d orchestra Herr Labitzky, have afforded us an opportunity, for which we have fur many a month longed, of hearing genuine music, applied to the purpose of the dance—of hearing originality in the place of compilation, and grace and beauty instead of a trick of effect. Herr Labitzky received a really British welcome the other night at the Opera, to which he replied by giving her Majesty's subjects some of the most lovely music we ever heard. The Berlin waltzes and the Herbst Blumen waltzes, have both a sparkling freshness, combined with some of the most delicate effects imaginable. VISCOUNT FIELDING.—This nobleman, whose re cent secession from the Established Church has been the subject of so much comment, is, it may not be uninteresting to state, connected with the royal house of Austria. His father, the Earl of Denbigh, late of the Queen Dowager's household, is a peer of the German empire, and also Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland. Viscount Fielding's wife, who has also joined the Church of Rome, is closely related to the Earl of Cardigan. Perhaps no family has more historical associations connected with it than this. Lord Denbigh has now in his possession a most magnificent miniature of Charles the First, which that unfortunate mo narch presented to his Lordship's maternal ancestor, the devoted Sir Henry Firebrace, while he was attenoing him on the scaffold. The miniature was given to Firebrace at the moment of decapitation. It is set in diamonds in a small ring. The baronet's granddaughter and heiress, Hester, married Basil, fourth Earl. The first Earl was a devoted Royalist, but, strange to add, his son, the second Earl, espoused the opposite cause, and while the father fought under the royal banner at Edge Hill, his son, Viscount Fielding, was on the right wing of the Parliamentary horse, which broke the left wing of the King's cavalry. The name of Basil Fielding has been well known in literature. Should Lord Fielding survive his father. his principal place of abode will be at the manor of Lutterworth, celebrated as being the scene of the birth and death of the celebrated John Wick liffe, the first preacher of the reformed doctrines in England. Sunday Paper. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM :MILBANK PENITEN TIARY.—A few days since a most determined and well contrived attempt to escape from the Penitentiary at Mil bank was made by two convicts confined in that prison, From the profound secresy observed by the officers of the gaol relative to this mysterious affair nothing beyond the subjoined facts of tke attempt to escape and the recap ture of the two prisoners has transpired :—lt appears that by some means, not at present ascertained, the two convicts were supplied with false keys to open the prison doors, and during the absence of one of the guards con trived to get out of their cells, which adjoin, and make their way to the turnkey's room, where they possessed themselves of the cloaks and caps used by those officers during their night watches. So effectual was this disguise that it was only by the voice they were recognized. In passing along the gallery one of the guards on Auty hap pened to hear a noise as if some person was moving about, and knowing that there was no officer in that part of the prison at the time challenged them, and, having received a reply that did not appear to him to proceed from any of his brother officers, mace an instant alarm. One of the pri secers immediately fled back to his cell, throwing off the cloak Li his retreat, the other was captured with the cloak on him, and both were conveyed before the governor. A very rigid inquiry into the circumstances attending the . possession of the counterfeit keys has been instituted, and is at present proceeding; but in what manner they were introduced into the prison is at present unknown. It is supposed that had they succeeded in opening the gates it was their intention to have liberated all the prisoners in the cells they would have passed in their transit. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO LASCAE SEAMEN.—On Tuesday last a resumed inquiry into the death of Dorgayah, one of the Lascar seamen who recently died on board the New Liverpool. in the Southampton Docks, was held before Mr. E. Coxwell, the borough coroner. Mr. Pocock, who appeared for Capt a i n B ow l es , sa id t h at every facility should be given fOr the prosecution of the inquiry. The principal witness examined was the " serang," whose evidence was in terpreted by Captain Lake. and who having after some ob jections from Mr. Pocock been sworn on the Koran, deposed t) the inferior quality of the rice served out during toe voy age, to the badness of the fish, and to the want of several articles of diet, which it was customary for the supply of the Lascars to be provided by the captain. Thomas William Yeathere, steward on board the vessel, gave evidence favour -4ble to the captain and in some respects at variance with that of the " serang." After which, the Coroner having read extracts from the regulations under the Act 4th George IV., chap. 80, for the guidance of masters and owners of ships, proceeded to sum up. It was clear from the meLlical evi dence that the Lascar had died from sea scurvy; if they were of opinion that the scurvy had been caused by wilfully withholding the provisions which ought to have been suii plied during the voyage, they would then return a verdict of wilful murh er against the person whose duty it was to have supplied them, and who had wilfully withheld them. It they were of opinion that they had been negligently with held, they would return a verdict of manslaughter against the person by whom they ought to have been supplied The jury then retired, and in about half-an-hour returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Captain Bowles, who it was discovered had left the court, and against whom the coroner said he should issue a warrant.— _Hampshire Independent. 18re are assured that there is no truth in the state. ment which has appeared in some of the public journals, that Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Solicitor-General, has accepted, or intends to accept, the vacant puisne judgeship in the Court of Exchequer. It is only surprising that the report should have been credited, for the practice of the Learned Gentleman brings him in nearly three times the amount of salary attached to the vacant puisne judgeship; while, with his great talents and high standing at the bar, he may rea sonably aspire to some higher judicial o't ce than the one which rumour has represented him as willing to accept. It is unnecessary to add, , that the reports a b ou t a vacancy i n the representation of Southampton are, of necessity, equally unfounded.—Advertiser. -...--- FOREIGN CATTLE.—We have so recently directed attention to the greatly increased importations of live cattle from the continent that it would not be necessary to refer again to them so soon were it not that they have further assumed a new feature of interest and importance in the extensive arrivals of horned stock from Denmark. It will be recollected that the arrivals from the state men tioned have not been so regular as those from Holland, and therefore the recent arrivals possessed interest on ac count of their comparative novelty, and this interest is vastly augmented by the fact that the individual cargoes from Tonningen, the produce of Denmark, not only exceed in extent all other supplies of the kind, but have now als o far exceeded in number all previous arrivals from Denmark, which have hitherto been confined to two or three arrivals at most in the course of a week. The steam- shin Trident, from Tonningen, has brought 286 head of oxen and cows and 40 sheep; the Tiger, froai Tonningen, 234 oxen and cows and 41 sheep ; an d t h e Wilberforce, also from Tonningen, 204 beasts and 10 sheep, the produce of Denmark. The an nouncement of three arrivals of the kind from Denmark, and to such an extent in One day, will be amply sufficient to show the importance which these supplies from that state have now assumed, being altogether unprecedented from that or any other foreign state of Europe. The fact of powerful steam-ships being emplo . ycd in the traffic is important evi dence of the interest attaching to this entirely new branch of the foreign cattle trade. It is reported that Mr. D. Hill, CounsF-1, Recorder of Birminglkun t has been offered, and has accepted, Mr. Baron Rolfe's seat in the Court of E xc h equer , i n th e event of the Learned Baron being appointed to the vacant Vice-Chancellorship. SATANIC.-Will Horace Greeley please to inform the poor Irishmen of New York, what has become of the sum of 25,000 dollars which they subscribed, out of their earningF, to make a revolution in Ireland ? Answer, old Slievegamon.— New York Herald. ÜBE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, to deli berate on the Schleswig-llolstein question. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Russian Charge d'AWaires had each a long interview with Lord NOR' MANBY, after which an extraordinary courier was dispatched to St. Petersburgh. The Pouvoir publishes the following official con tradiction of the statement that France and Russia had proposed a simultaneous invasion of the provinces of Prussia. It says— " We know not whence the Times has derived its in formation, but we do not hesitate to declare that it is completely incorrect. The policy of France, as well as of those who signed the treaty of 2d July, which was entered into in order to put an end to the deplorable war of Schleswig-Holstein, is traced out in the stipula tions of that treaty. Nothing can make us suppose that the French, any more than the Russian Cabinet, would depart from the common lice decided on in the conferences of London to violate this treaty, and to in vite England to violate it with them. According to the terms of this treaty, the solution of the difficulties which divide Denmark and Holstein belongs to the great contracting powers, in the number of whom figures Germany, represented by the Diet of Frank fort. It thence follows that an intervention of the kind mentioned by the Times is completely impossible. Doubtless, it is to be deplored that the negotiaions have not put an end to this sanguinary struggle. We have every reason to think that the great powers are actively engaged with the subject, and that the efforts of the French Cabinet tend to this object; but we think that it will be admitted that the heroic remedy spoken of by the Times would he a hundred times worse than the disease, and that it cannot be presumed that it will be had recourse tn. As to the appreciations of the Times on the necessities of the position of what it calls the Presidential policy, we think we can say that it deceives itself still more strangely than in the information which it gives on the affairs of Holstein. If the Times had more attentively followed the conduct of the President and the working of public opinion, it would comprehend that Louis Napoleon has nothing to gain by a war, how ever popular it might be. His future is more widely pointed out than the English journalist appears to think, and we may say that on this head his personal interests are in accord with his intentions and with his duties. He, in fact, has only to hold himself ready to respond to the necessities of the situation and to the will of the country." The Constitutionnel has the following on the same subject :—" When the armistice, which had suspended hostilities in Schleswig had expired, Russia and France proposed to England, either to put an end to the quarrel by common intervention, or at least to allow Denmark to follow up her success and re establish her authority in Holstein. England set aside these two plans through consideration for Prussia, and the Danes, out of deference for their allies, halted on the banks of the Eyder. The con sideration which has been twice shown for a state which notoriously breaks its engagements, and se cretly supports the cause which it dare not openly defend, certainly constitutes in the eyes of the medi tating powers a more rigorous right to demand that Prussia should return to the letter and spirit of the treaty which it had signed with Denmark. The state of affairs moreover changes to the prejudice of the Danes as time goes on, and the winter season advances. The ice will remove the obstacles which protect Schleswig, and Denmark will be threatened on her own territory, which we have guaranteed by treaties. It would be iniquitous to maintain a statu quo, which subjects Denmark to such a disastrous hazard, when stopped by a kind of moral barrier. She has abstained from following up the success of her arms on the German territory of Holstein. It may consequently be understood that if Prussia and Germany do not execute in a proper time the treaty ofßerltn, the con ference of London would relieve Denmark from the obligation which has been imposed on it, and engage even to lend assistance in the event of one or more of the states of Germany interfering in the war. But is supposing the most alarming prognostications to be realised; supposing that all the efforts of the confer. ence cannot set aside a conflict the most improbable, it is evident that the theatre of this conflict would be Denmark, and that neither Silesia, nor Rhenish Prussia, as the Times states, will have anything to do with it." The Ordre, in an article signed by M. JULES MARTINET, gives the following version of the cir cumstances which led to the retirement of General D'HAUTPOUL : " The following are some of the details relative to the resignation of General d'Hautpoul, which we have every reason to believe are correct. On the morning of the day in which the ex Minister tendered his resignation, he attended the Council of Ministers, and prepared to read before his colleagues all assembled a project drawn up, he said, at the demand of the President of the Re public himself. This announcement excited great at tention. General d'Hautpoul then communicated to the Council of Ministers the project in question, which con sisted in dividing the army of Paris, some say, into four, and others, into five divisions, two of cavalry, and three of infantry. General Changarnier would remain in command of the first military division, but he would receive orders to quit the Tuileries, and to establish himself at the Hotel of the Place Vendome. This would be the annihilation, or rather the dismissal of the Honourable General. Generals Canrobert, Foret, Jullien, and Eeibell, were to be removed from Paris, and Generals Newmayer and Guillabert would also receive commands out of the capital. A moment of stupor followed the reading of this document, and the Minister. remained silent. General Lahitte at length spoke; he expressed his astonishment at thus receiving a communication of a measure so im portant and so unexpected, a measure so contrary to his personal opinion that, if it were accepted, he should not hesitate to immediately tender the resignation of the func tions with which the Executive power had honoured him. Several Ministers, among whom were MM. Bareche, Romain-Destossis, and Rouher, m a d e th e same declara tion; M. A. Fould, Minister of Finance, shared in this opinion, and warmly expressed his opposition to the pro posed measure. M. Dumas, on the contrary, is said to have expressed his approval of it, but this support was not sufficient, and M d'Hautpoul saw that there was no other means of withdrawing himself from the embar rassment than by resigning." The above account is confirmed by an article in the same journal bearing the signature of M. DE CHAMBOLLE. It would appear that General D'HAUTPOUL, who has not yet left Paris, will not be permitted to enter on the Government of Algeria without having to fight for it. The Ordre says " A journal of yesterday morning speaks of a chal lenge addressed to a general by one of his colleagues, and it is easy to recogoiee the two personages referred to. We hope that this rumour is net founded, or that the difference will have no result, if it really exists; but, generally spread yest er d ay. It was said that Genersl Lpus de o this may te, the rumour was very t oily h a d obtained several months e however t i ago, from General d'ilautpoul, and from the Pre sident of the Republic himselt, the promise of the Governor-Generalship of Algeria. Some time after M. de Bo.irjolly demanded the e xecut i on of this promise, but the Minister of War is said to have refused it; M. de Boutjollv, very much , irritated at thi s refusa l , i s said to have waited until d Hautpoul ceased to be Minister to demand explanations. That wou ld b e, our readers see, a difficulty relative to the military service ; we be lieve, then, that it cannot cause any grave consequences." The Evenement gave the name of General REG.- NAULT DE ST. JEAN !D'ANGELY, instead of that of General DE BOGEJOLLY. Toe Constitutzonnel says that General CAVAIGNAC has declared in favour of the prolongation of the power of the PRESIDENT. On such a subject, how ever, the Constitutionnel cannot be considered as the highest authority, and thin statement is probably a mere canard, published for the purpose of eliciting some declaration, from the ex-chi e f o f th e execu ti%e power, on the subject of the revision of the Con- stitution. The new Minister of War has addressed the fol lowing order of the day to the army : " Soldiers.,—Called by the President of the Republic to the Ministry of War, I feel to the full extent duties me, and I have Duly accepted it with the firm resolution which this important and delicate mission imposes on of filling, it with solicitude for the army, respect for our institutions, devotedness and loyalty towards the chief of the state. With these titles I have the right to count on the co-operation of the generals who are placed at your head, and who, by their glorious services, and by the incessant care with which they occupy themselves with your welfare, are so worthy of all your respect and all your sympathy. They will second me in my efforts to defend your interests, to mike known the services you render to the country, and secure the just recom pense of them. Continue, then, to rally around the chiefs who so w e ll j ust if y your confidence. They have lear ne d as I have l earne d myse lf, in a military life of 45 year s , to obey as we ll as to co mmand, and they will give, as they have always done, the example of respect for hierarchical authority, to which they owe all their suc cess, and which by assuring the maintenance of discip line makEs the force of armies. Paris, 25th Oct." "DE SCHRAMM. The ex-Archbishop of Turin, FRANZONI, has ar rived at Lyons. The Paris journals state that M. GENT, late Alm. ber of the Constituent:Assembly, andLseveral other persons, have been arrested at Lyons on a charge of conspiracy; but the Lyons journals make not the least mention of any such occurrence having taken place. Mr. LTJMLEY has announced the opening of the talien TLeatre in Paris for Saturday, 9th Novena- Der, with Madame SONTAG as Amina in the Son- nambula. Tne French Government has prohibited the en_ trance into France of all unbleached linen cloths corning from Belgium. Snow has fallen in large quantities at Bourg, Or leans, and Sombernon, in the Cote d'Or, where the vintage is not yet all gathered, and at Rouen. According to official returns published at Agen, it appears that the electors in the department of the Lot'and Garonne who, previous to the late Electoral L tw, amounted to 105,493, are now reduced to 72,622. Ina leading article on the affairs of Germany, the Univers, the organ of MM. DE FALLOUX, DE MON.. TALEMBERT, and the parti-pretre, declares that the object of the Catholic and Absolutist Powers is the extirpation of Protestantism by force of arms. "It is impossible," says this writer, " for the two princi ples to subsist together; one or other must be de stroyed. Protestantism must be put down by force of arms, and will be put down." This throws a clear light upon the meaning of the recently published Papal bull, making a new territorial division of England. But forewarned is forearmed ; and neither i❑ Germany nor in England will the obscurantists find us unprepared. It is stated that in the PRESIDENT'S message to the Assembly the question of the prolongation of powers will not be touched on. There were but few speculators assembled in the Passage of the Opera to-day, and very little business transacted. The Five per Cents. were done at 92f. 60a. KOSSUTH AND HIS COMPANIONS. The Bulletin de Paris announces that the SULTAN has commanded that the Hungarians detained in his dominions shall receive passports and money to proceed to any quarter of the world they may desire. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON ST( 3C IC. EXCHAN(;E, OCT. 2 , 3. _ _ Boulogne and Amiens, 87; i —East Indian, 9%—Namur and Liege, 71h—Northern of France, 14 1 4—Orleans and Boor deaux, 2t/ ex div. —Paris and Rouen, 24 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 7%. SPAIN/. Madrid jourrnls of the 22,1 have arrived. The Queen of SPAIN has authorised the Duchess of MONTPENSIER to travel for a month out of the Spanish territory. She will accompany her husband to visit Quren MARIE AMELIE to offer her her con solations on her recent loss. A Madrid letter of the 21st states that the Go vernment bad received intelligence that a revolt had broke❑ out in the village of Pinar del Rio, at Cuba, but had been suppressed. General JOSE DE LA. CONCHA sailed from Cadiz for Cuba on the 16th, on board the Caledonia steamer. Brigadier VARGAS, Senor BASTARRECHE, of the Board of Health, with 12 superior officers, and 28 other officers belonging to the staff, and the detachments of troops on board, went with the new Captain-Ge neral or Cuba. The troops embarked in this steamer consist of 64 artillerymen, 120 sappers and miners, 87 cavalry soldiers; and 110 light infantry. They left soon after one P.M, and directly afterwards the Castella steamer arrived from Tarragona, with Ge neral MANZANO and 700 men of the Reina Regi ment, also destined for Cuba, and who were to have left very shortly for that island with the rest of the force now accumulated at Cadiz:and Port of S. Mary. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 22.—The Three per Cents., 34 9-16 ; Five per Cents., 131 money. Exchange on London, 50 30 paper. GERMAN Y. The Cologne Gazette says that Councillor ELVERS has written a letter from Wilhelmsbad to Cassel, an. nouncing that there is no longer any hope of an ar rangement being effected with M. DE HASSENPFLUG, that Minister being more firm than ever against any submission on the part of the ELECTTOB. The New Munich Gazette says it is well informed that the Austrian forces in the Tyrol and the Vorarl berg have received orders to bold themselves in rea diness to march. The Oldenburgh Chambers have been dissolve I by the following decree : " We, Augustus, &c., &c., decree as follows:-1. The general Landtag convoked y our ordinance of 16th De cember last is dissolved. 2. A new election for repre sentatives to a general Landtag shall take place. 3. The regencies of Oldenburg, Eutin, and Birkenteld, will take the necessary steps for carrying out the elections. 4. The newly-elected deputies will meet en the lath De cember next, in our residence town of Oldenburg, where the business of the states will be opened on that day, at ten in the forenoon, at the Melitaerhaus. 5. The dura tion of the sessionlis limited to eight weeks. (Signed) " AI7GUSTITS." . . The Cologne Gazette of the 26th publishes a letter from Hanover of the 24th, which states that the Ministerial crisis is not over. It appears that the Ministry demanded of the KING the recall of Count KRYPHAUSEN, the Ambassador at Berlin, and the dismissal of Count PLATEN, his MAJESTY'S Aide•de- Camp. A discussion thereupon arose between the lirr.G and Count BENIGSEN, which ended in MM. DE SHEELE, LINDEMANNS, ROSSING, and KIELMAN sEGGE being summoned. It is thought that the resignation of the Ministry is inevitable. Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the 25th. The College of Princes bad held its 38th sitting. The note of M. RADOWITZ to the Danish Government, conveying to it the ratifications of the Berlin treaty, with the Prussian protest against the form of the ra tifications, was communicated. A letter from Frankfort of the 23d, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The Germanic Diet has resolved to disarm and dissolve the army of Electoral Hesse. This measure will be executed very promptly, in order to present any resistance to a hostile invasion. It is to disarm them that the troops have been sent to their former cantonments. The Prince of TOUR and Taxis has returned to the command of his corps d'armie of Franconia." The Cologne Gazette states that General DE Gam- BEN left Berlin on the 23d with the reply of the Prussian Government to the threats of B wads and the Germanic Diet to intervene in Electoral Hesse ; it declares (says the Gazette) that Prussia will oppose intervention by force. The Ministers of Foreign Af fairs and War were having conferences on the mea sures which might become necessary. RUSSIA. The Emperor of RUSSIA, accompanied by Prince CHARLES of Wirtemburg, reviewed the troops garri soned in Warsaw on the 20th inst., and afterwards attended a sumptuous banquet given by the Prince of WAR3AW. The departure of the Emperor of AUSTRIA from Vienna was fixed for the 24th. In the Russian province of Lithuania the landed proprietors of the class of nobility are falling rapidly into poverty. Almost every number of the official journals of the province contains announcements of the sale of the estates of insolvent proprietors. In many other governments of Russia the class of nobles includes individuals who have become im poverished. According to an official report made to the Minister of the Interior, there were in 29 govern ments 21,148 proprietors of the class of nobles whose whole possessions were confined to 25 serfs, and in many cases a less number. In the same Government there are many noble families who own only half a " dessatine" of land, or about two acres English, without serfs attached to it. To assist these impo verished families es far as possible the Government has resolved to settle them on the Crown lands of the Governments of Simbirsk and Tobolsk. On account of their inability to educate their children, one san from each family is entered in the battalions of the military colonies. ITALY. Count CAVOUR, the new Minister of Agriculture and Commerce of Sardinia, has addressed a circular to the Syndics of the kingdom recommending them to lay the question of the bread. tax before the Muni cipal Councils, with a view to decree its suppression if possible. In this circular Count CAvoux strongly advocates the principles of free trade in corn, and quotes many instances of other parts of Europe, where the unrestricted system works well. Letters of the 16th from Pontremoli, in the Stututo of Florence, give an account of the Duke of PARMA'S visit to that town, from which it ap pears that he received the authorities with unusual affability, and had an interview with the Bishop, who gave him some salutary advice on the necessity of a change of system ; the cor respondence further says that the words of the Bishop seemed to have produced some effect, the Duke having immediately after ordered the military auditor to show him the proceedings relating to the me of a man who had been bastinadoed for having laughed at a soldier. The Podesta, a man generally hated by the people, had been unable to obtain an audience; and, immediately after the Duke's departure, he (the Podesta) received a notification that he was di.smi•sed from office. These acts had produced a good effect upon the public, and it was expected that on the Duke's return from Massa, whither he had proceeded, he would be greeted with cheers. By a decree of the Tuscan Council of Ministers, dated the 18th, the Florence journal II Nazionale has been suppressed. THE PALACE OF GLASS IN HYDE PARS:Yester day being so fine a day Hyde Park was visited by numbers of persons anxious to see the progress made in the building for the exhibition of arts and manufactures in 1851. The pillars and preparations give but a faint idea of what the finished erection will be, and though this erection is from the best design amongst the plans sent in for competition, yet it is not a new one, as the Messrs. Turner, of Dublin, had pro posed and erected buildings of glass several years since, and plans proposed by him were adopted at the Regent's Park Botanic Gardens, and at the Royal Gardens at Kew; a similar plan being adopted by Mr. Paxton at the magnificent gardens belonging to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. The British and North American Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Ryrie, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday morning for New York with the usual a large freight, and 120 passengers. The United States' mail steam snip Atlantic, Captain West, will sail for New York on Wed nesday next. A chronometer has been picked up on the beach, aboutlour miles from Port Dynllaen harbour, also a wreck of a large long boat ; the chronometer has been identified as belonging to the Jeinima, which sailed from Liverpool for Africa, Ist October.—Norl4 IVales Chronicle. WHITECHAPEL CHURCHYARD. --The parish of Whitechapel is setting an excellent example to the metro politan parishes whose churchyards will be closed under the operations of the new Interments Act. Under the superin tendence of Mr. Curtis, who planned and planted the new Victoria-park, the churchyard is now being planted with evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees. As it is a well ascertained fact that trees absorb and convert the noxious gases given off by the process of decomposition, we hope that so laudable au example will be universally followed. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. TY, T O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at CI Liverpool on WO Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bules, of which 800 American and 1,200 Bri.zil were taken on speculation. The market closed firmlv.—Railway Shares were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. TLe Grain Market is exceedingly heavy to-day, owing to the large arrivals of foreign Flour. Cape of Good Hope accounts of August 16 state that the Boers beyond the Vaal River, having thrown them selves across the interior roads to the Great Lake, Messrs. Galt and Anderson, the enterprising travellers, who had determined to explore it, intended to proceed from the west coast. The Kafir fever had committed great ra vages in the Zulu country. Most praiseworthy exer tions were being used at Natal to relieve the emigrants shipwrecked in the Minerva. The 'general tenor of the American advices is en couraging. Money was abundant, and Public Securities were tending upwards. It is stated from New York:— " The upward movement in prices is not confined to this market. Speculators in Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, have exhibited the same spirit, and telegraphic dispatches are daily received by brokers in Wall -street, from parties in other cities, ordering, purchases of diffe rent stocks in this market. Several of our leading fancy stocks are largely held in the above-named cities, and hundreds of shares are daily purchased here on account of speculators in all parts of the country. The tele graph affords wonderful facilities for stock speculators, and during the sitting of the boards of brokers in this city, Boston and Philaslelphia, dispatches are continually passing from one to the other. This mar ket is the great regulator, and operators in other cities hardly dare move until they are posted up relative to movements here. " There appears no indication of any unfavourable change in the money market. The supply is largely in excess of the demand, and loans can be easily negotiated, on satisfactory securities, at five and six per cent. in terest. Business paper of the right stamp is not plenty, and all offering is freely taken at seven per cent. Se cond and third rate paper is not easily negotiable, and for some time past certain names have been refused by note brokers, except at exorbitant rates. The banks discount freely all good paper offered, and keep their lines full up to the highest point." It is stated that several persons have been deputed from the Southern States, and are already in England for the purpose of making some new commercial ar rangements here by which a direct trade may be opened between the south and Europe. The Fall business in Canada was commencing. From Montreal Vk e are advised that the business of the week had not been very spirited, " although several large gro cery auction sales have taken place, and a number of ex tensive ones are advertised for the ensuing week, amongst which is the cargo of the Bulley, direct from China. This vessel also brought a quantity of Chinese fancy goods, which will be offered the day fol lowing the Tea sale. This and the other sales announced will, in all probability, bring a large number of pur chasers into the market during the present or next week, when we hope to record au extensive Fall business. The stocks in market of most articles of hardware are pretty complete, but there is rather a heavy stock of bar iron; however, if the Fall trade is at all brisk, it is not anticipated that there will be much overstock. Pig iron continues in steady demand at 41. 15s. to 41. 17s. 6J. "The regular traders to this port having nearly all arrived, and the principal houses in the dry goods trade have received all tbeir Fall importations, which we believe have been rather over an average, and as but few of the buyers from Upper Canada are yet in the market, the warehouses look full and stocks well as sorted; as many of the Upper Canada and country mer chants may put off coming to the city till the week of the Provincial exhibition, an extensive business may be looked for soon." At Frankfort, on the 25th instant, Austrian Metallies were 76i and Spanish Three per Cents. 33 1-16 to 13-16. At Amsterdam, on Saturday, Public Securities were quiet. The following are the latest alterations in the Stock Exchange rules:— " Rule SB. When the ticket-day shall be fixed for a Saturday those members who have to pay for stock or shares shall pass a name for the same before twelve o'clock. " Rule 98. Registered shares, if not delivered within ten days, may be bought in against the seller at or after tvielve o'clock on the eleventh day, &c, &c. " Rule 99. Every member who allows fifteen days to elapse without availing himself of his right to buy in, &c., "That the foregoing resolutions shall take effect on all transactions made for and after the 14th November next." Some of these changes will materially facilitate busi ness, and are calculated to render share business more legitimate, and to protect railway property from exces sive fluctuation. The English Stock Market has been firmer this morn ing, but business is very restricted, in the absence of later intelligence. Consols have been quoted 97 to e, the New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. 98 to 4, and the Three per Cents. 961. Bank Stock is worth 211 to 212, being firm, and East India Stook has improved to 268 and 270. Exchequer-bills realise 655. to 68s. premium. in the Foreign Market the transactions have been very limited. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 311. Peru vian Deferred 36, and Chilian 103, but with very few bargains. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. hare been marked 974. Spanish Three per Conti. have been at 394. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 918 to 918, and Dutch Two-and a-lialf per Cents. 578. Railway Shares have been tolerably steady, and with moderate trantacticns. QUARTER TO THREE, ... 97 i ... 91 Consols ... .. ... Ditto Account .. ... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) 211 212 Bank Stock.. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Ananitiee...... 96 3 per Cent. Coneols Anne New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Anne.. Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 13-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 7 9-16 India Stock 268 270 Consols for Account 97% 97 Exchequer Bills. 1 !,¢ d. 2d. March. June. 65 68 p 68 65 p 1,0001. . - 5001 - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 103 Mexican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 4 per Cent 974 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o ... 394 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian , i,i per Cent. Dutch 21 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAY& PAID. PER SHARE. • t•erdeen Ditto, Preference t tuber., Notting., Boston, &c. 8% — to '‘yrshire and Galloway Icifast and County Down .. 32 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Pcrpet.s per ct.) 6 - .•• •• to , Irmingtiam & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 . Birminghs.m,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd. or with guar. 15 ..... ...... to Do., without a guarantee... 15 3irming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14. a — iirk enhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 26 lristol and Exeter 100 !uckingliarashire 'aledonian Ditto, New 10/,. Preference 10 ...... Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 .hester - d Holyhead __ foster an- Lolyhead.... ..... 50 ..... Ditto, Preference larence Jirect London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to )üblin and Bel ' , st Junction.. 45 )undalk and Enniskillen ... 30 - East Anglia, 251. L. & E., wad L. &) .. Ditto, l ail., E. & H lB ... .. Do, W. 1:)a ~ 6p. Ct. Pref.... 3 54 — ..... t o _ Do., do. (Si.) 7 per Cent. Preference Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 Eastern Counties ..... Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.135.4d... p to Do., do N0.2,64, 138.4 d.. 4 p x.d. to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 ...... ...... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 ...... 56% to Ditto, New .4:astern Union, Class A (late E. 11. Shares) ...... .. 25 - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, ditto, B & C .. ...• • 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ... Do., New Quarters ......... 6 1 4 — Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire, 6 per guar. Cent. ......,. „ ......... ..... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 25 ...... Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — -- ~, to —• Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. 31asg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 65.8 d — ....• to —. dasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —..— — ....• to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 16 *eat Northern . _ .. Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 4% to Do. 1,4 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. It. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 ...... 35% to Ditto, Eighths ... .. ... 2% — to 4reat North of England 100 Ditto, Now 404... ...... .. .. 40 - Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. ..... to -- Ditto, New 151. l5 ..—.. ...... to ... Great Western ........ .. .. ...100 Do. New 171 dull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quartor Shares ... 12% __ ..... to _ cancastor and Carlisle.... -... 50 to —.. Do., Thirds - Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 . ..... 98 1 / 2 3 4 Ditto Quarters 23 %”•••• ••.... to Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds —.... 1 t 3 10 Z ... . —2%...... to -- Do., New Guar. 6 per cant. 10 ...... Do. (Hudders. and she'll) 50 . —. to Do., West Riding Union... 11 1 A.: .. • L 0 eeija and Bradford 5 ' " ' ...•. .... to —• -----------7,, moat. BusiNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE v hAILWAYS. PAID. PER Milt . Leeds and [her, k ... 5O ...... •••• • Do. ,do.,PrefFr., 6 per Cent 6 . .... .... t 4 ... Ditto, diUc... Ditto, ditto - Do. Pref. Qrarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout- to •"' n port ls „ 14 Lorido 1 tie ffitt2,1.wa11......11/. 6s. 3d...7 1 44 7e 78 w .... London, Briyht fn,& S. Coastloo "" Do. Guarnte ( d 5 p er C en t. 9 ...... ...... t to o ~.. Lt.., - refeential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... ..... to .... Ditto. dito 1852 50 ..... ••••.. to ...... Do., New, gua. 6 p r Ct.... 100 137 to •""' London and Greenwich... 12/. 15 s . 4d ••••" Ditto Prefc-1 ence ''''' tO London !Is North Westem.....loo ll7l/21A .. to Do. New cuarters. no. Fifths l2 Do. IN. ... M. and 11. (C.) I rn.. ° -- T_on.lon and S. Weste .......100 vino, New 504.-- .. ..... 42%••••• t-- ............ It: •o Ditto, New 40/. Do., New Preference to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares ... •• ••• Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - --• --• .... to -- ........ Do.. II alf Shares 7% —..••-• 0 L zwestoff, guar. 4 rer ct . Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 - _ tO Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 ..- .... to lanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo !./ x., w ...• Ditto 14 Shares (No. 1) ... 25 - Do., New 101. Pref er e nce .. 10 .• — .....• to ail to •-• Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s — ...... .... slidland.. lOO ...•.. 4214.••••• to - to Di! - *o, Conso. Preference 100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... "35 lvlid 1 and, Birm., an d Derby...loo ... :: Midland, Consul. Bristol and to ...- Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ..., 124%%••" t ; .... 'Midland, Bristol and Gl ouc . 46 ... s - .... ; ...• Ditto ditto 29/.1 6 5. 6d .. ...... Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan- to "' nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . _.•......0. .ia idld. Great Western(lrish) 471¢ ..- ...... to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 tO ••• per cent. guar. - ...... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... ...... tO '- Ditto Quarter Shares . 25 ... .. ••••" to •" to- Newmarket .. 23 ..... ...... •-• Ditto Extension Scrip 21. 12s — ...... to , ~ *•••• N ewport Abergy., and Heret. 6 . ...... to ... . Newry and Enniskillen ...... i ~ to Newry, Warrenpoint, and •*" Rostrevor .......... .....,.... 20 to ~.. Norfolk ... ..... 100 ...... ••••• ....• Ditto New 20/. ~... Do. Extension - - Do. Guar. 5 1 / per cent... 5 ~, - Do. do. Waveney Vall e y... 2 •••••• tO to "" orthern Counties Union ... 4 'North British .. - ...... .. . 25 Ditto. Preference ... 5 North Staffordshire........... 17% North Western l7 , xford, Worcester, and Wol- —.. to to ....... . ... o .... t -; - verhampton ... . .. 50 Preston and Wyre ...... ---. to .. .. .. :.. W ......' Do. Half Shares..:... (A) 10% — •••••• " .._ Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 18 ...... 184.••••• w w .0 Royston and Hitchin ..... 614... •.- *** 'to Scottish Central 00. Shepreth Exten s ion ll /2 .... - ~..• 0 ... 25 ..... - ••'": t o ••'' seettish Midland 25 Ditto,New 2 21 - ..... to to ...• ShreiN shury and Birmingham 13 1 4 - dis•••• - .... Ditto, ditto, Class B . 9% ~. , 6% dis• . 1 : , Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ' - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Cheater "''. (Nor. NV. Min.) 20 ...... .... ............. L e o ....... Ditto Halves, Ditto lO ... .. - Ditto, Oswestry 2O ...... - ..... to •*'' Ditto (New)... - .....• .... W Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref...„.. 10 .. - ...... to '''' Shropshire Union 6 %** . •• - • ..... ~ . `Guth Devon i 5O ...... -, tO ••••• - Ditto, Preference ...... .. South Staffordshire B% - •••••• to ...•• South Easter') ..... ... 30 ..... 20% 1 A--• t 0 - Ditto, 4% per Cent........ 10 ..•••• - .„,.. south Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l5 - ............ :°. Sheffield, Rotherham, and to bcoii (N. D) Gila. 5 perct. 18% - ••• •• to •••• Do. do. (South Div.) 6 - ...... Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... .10 - _ raw Vale Extension ........ 9% -,•••••• t° Thames Haven Dock and ... Raiiway ..., 17% - -tO ...... _ Vale of Neath - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... 4 ...... 0 5, Waterford and Limerick.,, • 47 4.. .. - ...... t° Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, and Dublin - . 0 •••• Wear Valley, 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 5O ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. - 2 57% _ 23 ............ t l t 0 : . 0 5 17%... . - ..•. • West Cornwall Nbitehaven and Furness 2O ..... - ...» 0 ... Windsor, Staines, and South Western...., 14 ...... to Wilts , Somerset,&Weymouth 50 - ... .. to 5 York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 25 - ••• ... Do. and New cas tl e E a t en. 20 ...... Do. G. N. E. Pur. or P re f.. 9 si i i Do. do. ... ' ... to ..0 Do. do. S ••..•. Do. Hartlepool Dk. & Ely. 100 ... to 110. 5 York and North Midlank... 50 .. 23%%% to - Ditto, Preferences ~. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A.nglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 6% - to •"*. ...• Boulegne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans ...• and Vierzon) ..... . Demerara. ............ ........... 17 1 ,4, - .... Dutch Rhenish ........ . ....... 8 .... 3% to ...,. East Indian - ...... 0 , Ditto .. to Great Indian Peninsular 6 ....•• - .•..• . to ... Do. Do 1 - Louvain L. la sarubre .....«.... 7% - ............ to .••%-' Luxembourg - •••••• • to .... Ditto.. .. - ..... ....• . to Hadrid and Valentia Namur and Liege ... . - Northern of France l6 - M to , ....... to (etl:. and Bordeaux ... .. 7 •••. • • - •••• - ... to - Paris and Orleans.~ ....• .- Paris and Rouen ... . to ....•.. to Paris and Strasbourg, ......... 14 - • ... .....„., ......., ; Rouen and Havr e ........ -..... 20 Sambre and Meuse ..... ...... 20 - ...- Strasburg and Bale l4 ~.... - ...... Oto - Yours & Nantes ... . Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to ....• • '- and Hasselt .. -•• .. 20 ..«.. --- •••'' to , 0" West Flanders .................. 8% - ""4. MINES. to m ° Anglo tlexican 100 wee ••• ... ''''' te ...° Asturian ..... ... ..... 15 ...... • ..... to **** Australian Barrossa Range . 338. — • tO Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 ... Bolanos Scrip - ... tO British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..-. ..... 24%..- — '~". to •"" Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 to 00 Cobre Copper ......... ......... 40 General .. Real dcl Monte, Unregistered .- .. •• "_ to '". Do. Black Debentures ...... Do. Red Debentures .... ..... Santiago de Cuba ............... 10 United Mexican ...•.„„•,.... 28% 7 .... JOINT STOCE. LINKS. to Australasia 40 ..... ...... to British North A mer i can ....... *"*. to "". Colonial . .., t 0....... Commercial of Lcndon ...... 20 -....— ...... to "‘ London Joint Stock ..- ..... 10 . London and West m i ns t er... 20 . to ~. National Pro vinc i a l o f E ngld. 35 Ditto, Now .... 10 ...... ...... to / National of Ireland ' ...... 22% —."' . to '''' Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ........ ..- .....10 25 to .••••• ---- ..... Ditto, New. ... Union of L0nd 0n ........ ..... 10 - •••••• . 9 Union of Madrid ......... ..—. 40 /'/t LLOID'S SHIPPING. —(IIII , -/ c - n 1 4 .' 0 LONDON, OCT. 28.—Wi n d th i s day at 13°°•,1111.°-t ligh breeze and cl o udy.—Th e J u li an, Moran/ " i - - e le 49, .° the Sandwi c h I s l an d s fi rst wee k i n Octo b e r,, Valparaiso, and h as no t s i nce b een hear d of. 2 11 :: DEAL, OCT. 2G.—Wi n d N. to N . N . E., Eclogi b e „ l Icos t 7 N.N. %V. to N. W.—Arrd. Zemindar, Poole, `1„ rlo°"' Wellington, Villacott, Singapore; NorthllZ PK i l e i ti o r r . d, ANrerwd.Yofrrokra; A th b e eo ß n i a v , er M a i n ll d s, s ß ai a le t d b , urst , P '' P e.' bourne; Lady Sale, Cape Coast Castle; G n eelai ll; °III maica; Grecian, ditto; General B kraut). l ' ae v e ern °l9° Buenos Ayres ; John Philips, Bombay e- ; Vale, '"- buco; Ocean Wave, Dominica and St. Lucia . PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27. Wind .N.W"-Sict $v PORTSMOUTH, 2 ce 7 s lt s h,A , , P Lvm o a r or t uja P Tbu lat ie i , l . h S a C s 0 ender,tpi a t , t Callao. for i leaky.ni-13°dtT. oo c Anh T Nre: rlevde 2 wa. 6 akem . i — ayi see, :WI Newcastle r n elli d wets;:i E tssthhc . u N eotdi atec E imrs . :hap t y i rg o e em:o:loo!irciottle. 01„Ted:6:0113:0:: 0 , .: mai ° . sli D go 7 T E o tt r , q o ua C y T : 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Al g a' o col: tact with the Erin's Queen steamer, of . 13 ,en„ on , P , 4 3", lienrica, Batavia. The Robert, Bangor to J -4° ;abotP, - , put in with damage and part of cargo thrown °,`," t he e*" ° having been in contact with a screw steamer s' trance of Prince's Channel. / W C; BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 27.—The Cuniberi, an-i ow jo• castle to London, is sunk near the r•purn be r ceos water mark; m as t er d rowne d . , vire d YARMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Th e V rou w Dieting, B b e • to London, has put in, having been on the Cr° Bs e a 1 and th e Alid a, Christiansand to Havre, having 'ci-oos% the Ower S an d ; t h e latter las rece i ve d ouch from° and will discharge. Antwerp, grounded o n A. rin b g re: btoi t 1 1 , ° : ,r . ale , 0 SHIELDS, OCT. n — The not appear to have sustained damage. The A r go:th :r" suit, and some other vessels, in entering, on the Saud ceived s ome d amage . o ,l° 14 GRIMSBY, OCT. 27.—The Antioch, of from s tro c ,, er s Oms , land to London, in pulling into the Sno b , ha , heavily near Clear Ness, came off with the tid e In some water. , c hielaot . 0 % STOCKTON,27.—TEe Francis, oi ~ e bei been put into Middlesborough dock to discha r g ; :i d. very leaky and much straint d, PimuouTu, OCT. 27.—Wind N. Arrd. C2",j e lei!:, toria, Nixon, uebec; Pestonjee Bomenjee,fq`' 13roll' vu'llisol I‘. Sld. Tartar, Sydney, New South Wales; v , ,,. 1 1 ,, yor ham, Sierra Leone. Off port, York Town, 174 e OFF FALMOUTH.—Condor, Daly, BonibsP,_. ~.. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 26.—Wind N.N.E.; 27t 0 ,, 01st, having been saleo 17.1,0:, Alber a il go OP" Arrd. Siddons, Howes, New York • Delano, New York; William Peile, Bap Pile ti! nl4 tlelt) hag 4 l 3 th, t ai 46 POt 4,30 1; arrive 14 soh Shows A full ,pi no lur e Wheat bit Ape( ey ktl h; Qeei b tlt aft4ate' fi Last4 'd t _ o , k ids Ner tvh ieh ketu Th To t , 449.1 !"'try,, 411 11.4, I:r,t , It ...,:•v,,