The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-10 00:00:00

TI-lEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. m. JEILLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES of CONCERTS, THIS EVENING, November 10, 1851. M. Jullien has the honour to inn= the nobility, gentry, and pub .lie, that his Annual Series of Concerts will commence TELLS EVEN ING, November to. In announcing the Series of Concerts for 1851, M. Jullien begs to assure his numerous patrons that his endeavours are still constant to enlist in the service of these Annual Entertainments the most re nowned executants of Instrumental Music, and thus, while insuring an Orchestra, the ensemble of which is totally unrivalled, he is en abled to present to his audiences some of the greatest Musical Cele brities in Europe. M. Jullien, in earrying out these views, has entered into engage ments with Signor SIVORI, Signor PIATTI, and Signor BOTTE SIN I. The nooses of the two first-named artistes at a former series of M. if ullien's Concerts is too well known to need comment. Signor not testni, however, will perform at them for the first time, the nature of the engagement of the great Contrabassists securing his exclusive services. The appearance of Signor Bottesini at the various con certs of the past extraordinary season created a sensation in the musical circles of the metropolis, as well as among the numerous continental musicians then assembled is London, but very rarely excited by an instrumental performer ; in fact, musicians and am , .- tears, as well as the public press, universally regarded the success of this yoang artiste as alone equalled by that of the great Paganini. THE ORCHESTRA will be complete in every respect, and include the following cele brated solo performers:— rar.d Trarper. T. Biseth Harper, C. Collect Holt Cooper H well Crnzler Jana Defolly Jarrett Di.lclfre Koenig Doyle Kreutzer Treion LaVigne. Godfrey Lazarus Bandley Lutgen Conductor —M. JITLLIEN. principa l cornet-a -Pistons — Herr K(ENIG, who, being exclusively en gaged by M. Julllen during th e whole year, can only be heard in his Concerts. Several of the instruments to which were awarded the Council Medals at the Great Exhibition having been purchased by M. Jul lien, they will be introduced during the Concerts. Notwithstanding that Instrumental Music has always been the special characteristic of 31. Jullien's Concerts, he has, as during for mer seasons, secured the services of an eminent Vocalist ; and this year he has made au engagement with 31155 DOLBY, who will appear on the opening night. The repertoire of M. Jullien, already one of vast extent, will this season be increased by tne addition of several most important works of the great masers. 31. Jullien has also arranged a grand selection from Mozart's celebrated opera, " Il Flanto 3lagico," and another from Beethoven's gland work, "Fidelio." Among the lighter portions of the music, will be presented the new Waltzes, Polkas, and Quadrilles, which M. Jullien lust year had the distinguished honour of composing, for her Majesty's State Balls, and also several entirely new pieces, composed expressly for the present Aeries of Concerts, among which will be found _ Mort Payne Phillips piatti Filet Pratten Sonnenberg T hirlwell Vogel Winterbottom THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, composed on East Indian melodies, and exhibiting the peculiar cha racteristics of the instruments of the native Indians, used in th.eir dances, festivals, sports, wars, religious ceremonies, &c. The decoration of the promenade will be entirely new, and the Whole theatre well warmed and ventilated. The Grand Crystal Curtain will also be exhibited. The Reading Room will contain six well-lighted reading tables, on which will be found six London morning papers, three evening papers, twenty-three weekly papers, and twenty provincial papers ; besides the Irish, Scotch, German, American, Italian, Swiss, Dutch, Indian, Chinese, Australian, New Zealand, Malta, Portuguese, lonian, Canadian, Belgian, and Spanish newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals. The Refreshments will be provided by Mr. G. Payne, and be of the best quality and at the most moderate prices. The Concerts will on each evening commence at Eight, and ten ni nats at Eleven o'clock. - PRICIS OP ADMISSION, Promenade, Boxes, and Galleries, One shilling. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 215., and 31s. 6d. Places and Private Boxes may be secured on application to Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five ; Private Boxes also at Mr. Mitchell's, Mr. Sams's, Mewl's. Leader and Cocks 's, Mr. Chappell's, Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s ; Messrs. Campbell, Ranstord, and Co.'s ; Mr. C. 011iviex's ; and at Jullien and Co.'s Establishment, 214, Regent-street. N.B.—The Theatre being let at Christmas for dramatic per formances, the Concerts can continue for One Month only. TI.IEATRE ROYAL, ADELPM. , nder the direction of Mr. B. Webster. Enormous success of the Yankee C0m 1%7 (~edian, Mr. Josh Silsbee'. fIIIS tiVE.M Will be performed the celebrated coatis Opera, entitled GO , OD RIGIIT, SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Tititofolo, Mr. Paul Belford ; Signor Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lelio, Miss Woolgar; Co lumbine, Miss Kathleen Fltzwilliam. Mier which, the lane:table comic Drama, entitled THE FORE ST ROSE! and the YANKEE PLOUGHBOY". Jonathan Ploughbly, Mr. J. Sisbee• Bellamy, Mr. Werre 1; Harriet Miller, Miss Col lins; Sally Forest. Miss E. Chaplin. To oe tol:oWed by a new and lanzhahle Piece de CirconstLance, entitled BI.OOMERI , M; or, The Follies of a Day. Mr. Agzhcola Green, Mr. Honey ; Mr. Flighty Bounce, Mr. Paul Bedford ; John Airey, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Weakly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia Ix erea/a Green, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE LOiTERY TICKET. 'LOYAL OLYMPIC TltE_kTitti.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Ferret rap-. 4;vi , . 1 N11.15(4 Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. H. Farren ; Portia, Miss Laura Keene. After which, a new Dramatic Sketch, called. THE ORIGINAL BLOOMERS. To conclude with AZAEL ; or, the Prodigal in London, supported by Messrs. Compton, Shalders, Norton, Kinloch, Clifton ; AieSditraeS A. PkiLlips, Fielding, Ellen Turner, and Lees. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Leasce, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The •riginal Bloomer Costume, by E. Stirling, received nightly with shouts of laughter—the Hit of the Day. Another New Farce. THIS EVFNLNU, Will be performed a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Belton, Rosner, Misses Marshall and liaskell. After which a naw Farce, entitled THE FIFTH OF NOVEM BER, by Messrs. Tilbury, Rogers, Hudspeth, Misses Saunders and Maskell. To be followed by a new Burlesque, called THETIS anc PELEUS. Characters by Messrs..T. Reeve, Romer, Attwood, Rogers. Misses !islanders and Marshall. Who a Farce, called A FIGURE OF FUN ; or, the Bloomer Costume, in which Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Hudspeth, and Miss Marshall will appear. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 41; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 25.; Pit, is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to cosunence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the BoxeS only at Nine o'clock —drat circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Ralf each. ASTLEY'd ROYAL A.MPIIITIIEATRE. Tinder the i'atronage of her Majesty and his Royal nightie= Prince Albert. Prc victor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced new grand Spectacle, from the pen of E. Fitzball, Bsq., founded on the celebrated Opera " R Prodigo," and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZAEL, TIIE PRODIGAL Of BILE MPIIIS, in which will be introduced the same highly-trained Items and Camels that appeired in the Opera at her Majesty's Theatre, with an addition of; Ostriches, Zebras, &c., &c., the whole of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever witnessed within the wells of a theatre, assisted with magnificent scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers having achieved an unparalleled triumph, will have the the honour of appearing every evening until farther notice. With Ratty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British Male and Female Artists of superior talent. To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece. Ticketa to be had at the Bea-office from Eleven till Four daily. itage Manager. Mr. `I. Thompson. wicia - WATER AT LOSDON BRIDGE T n DAT —Morning 33 min. after 2 !Everting 48 min after 2 To4donsow—Morning 5' min. atter 3 Evening 20 min attar 3 THE WEATHER—Sum OFFICE, NOVEMBER 9 THERMOMETER, Ili THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 38 —lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETNR, 2995. WrirD SE.—dutl, cloudy, mild weather. MONDAY, No WEMB ER 10. Tintemosnams, ca m &lame. 4—highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day, at noon. B alto+, 29 . 73. WIND N.W.—foggy, with occasional sunshine. Heavy rain during the night. DAIbY WEATtiEtt TABLE. 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. PLialoirrx-;-Wind W., calm--partially cloudy. Eisistrrom—;;ind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. EJAWLNGS—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. - SmirrHamvros—Wind W., gentle breeze—foggy. Poskitszoss— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNTIRIDGE--Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. erREENw ICH—Wind N.. gentle breeze-- partially cloudy. SweirAm—Wind N., light airs—overcast. LEIGHTON-- ind S.W., strong breeze—overcast . Cor.riaksTaa—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. —C ilm—fogy. N. ‘i ~ calm—partially cloudy. 31 raiNia flax N. W,, strong breeze—partially cloudy. or returns from the following_ places' indicate the state of "; wind and weather on Friday morning at nine • o clock : txgracw—Wind N.W;, calm—overcast. • GbitßlA)u L.-Win gentle breeze—rain. gentle 1; calm—overcast. tic:out—Wind N., Asimlos—Wind N. w vercast• g;ntre rre—partially cloudy. L I VERPoot —Wind N.W., overcast. NCAgrnt—Wind N., calm—overcast. . Warrwr—Wind N.N.E., stron g bree ze ' —0 DAELINGTON— Wind N., strong breeze _rain. YernaSt. SEA.P— Alind N.N.W., calm - overcast. TO CORIIESPONDENTF - 7 No cortrmu:Lies.tioa ern be attended to unless aut h en . floated by the n3nie 2ncl address of the writ er . Rejected communications cannot be returned. - , g ..,, 4_7e . 7 3 4 " • Ot-,- =Vic . si.t*-- . A •N. 4t,. 4 . 4 , - e'' ~, It-tt4nri LONDON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1851 " The Law of the 31 y," said the PRESIDENT of the French Republic,stllll National Assembly " esRI his Message to the on last—" the Law of the 31st May will be certain aday civil war," and thereupon he proceeded to he recommend e ve ef h the . repeal of that law which he declared to e n intended as 41 political act—a defiance to the democracy, rather rather e th r e ep l eal than as a serious legislative enactment, of which he foresaw at the time he proposed itself that he should have to demand. The of urgency male by the Ministers fer the Bill repeal ing this measure was, as our readers will recollect, rejected, and, had it depended on them, the measure —this most important measure—would have been relegated .to the dead-letter office of the Council of State, where it would have remained THE SUN, for two months at least. The Republicans have al ways considered universal sutfrdgd as tie key-stone of the Constitution ; at the time that M. LOUIS NA POLEON BONAPARTE and his accomplices perpetrated this " political act," and did their best, according to the PRESIDENT'S own admission, to provoke their ad versaries to civil war—on the 31st May, 1850, and almost de die in diem ever since the consistent Repub licans of all shades have contended that the law of the 31st May was ipso facto void, and of none effect, inasmuch as. the Legislative Assembly had in passing that Bill clearly exceeded its powers, and had attempted to do that which a Constituent Assembly alone had the power to do, viz., to deal with the question of the franchise; nay, they had always proclaimed their intention of treating in May, 1852, when the elections must necessarily come on, this pretended law of 31st May as void, and presenting themselves at the polling places and recording their votes irrespective of any of the qualifications which an usurping Legislature had pretended to introduce. They therefore consistently supported the proposition for the withdrawal of the law of the 31st May, openly declaring at the same time their doubt of the sincerity of M. Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE in proposing its repeal, and accusing him of being merely desirous of acquiring, under false pretences, a popularity which might secure to him a few thousand votes in his attempt at procuring an unconstitutional re-election, whilst at the same time be was no more prepared to carry out really, and truly, and honestly the principles which he bad proclaimed on the subject of universal suffrage in his Message, than he had car ried out in Rome the principles of civil and religious liberty which he had enunciated in his celebrated letter to M. EDGAR NET. At the meeting held at L'EMAR• DELAYS, it was resolved that the Republican Members of the Assembly should adopt every means to procure the repeal, pure and simple, of the law of the 31st of May, and the integral re-establishment of universal suffrage, and accordingly the Republican Members did, on Thursday, that which the Ministers ought to have done. They proposed that the Bill, instead of being referred to the Council of State, should be a t once referred to the Bureaux, and carried the question. Accordingly, on Friday the Members of the Assembly met in the Bureaux; the Republi cans were there to a man, as were the Committee of seventeen—MM. Benoist d'Azy, Daru, Mole,'Jules de Lasteyrie, Vatismenil, Berryer, Beugnot, De Broglie, Buffet, Chasseloup-Laubat, Leon Faucher, Montalambert, Montebello, Piscatory, Deseze, St. Priest, and Thiers, who,! according to the confession of their (now soi- disan: repentant) acomplice M. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, drew up this law RS " a political act," a challenge to their adversaries, a pro vocation to civil war. "To re-establish universal suffrage now," said M. Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, "is to deprive civil war of its standard ;" and yet on Friday, when the appointment of the Committee to consider this law in the Bureaux took place, the only three members of the Cabinet of M. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE who have seats in the Assembly, viz., MM. LACROSSE, FORTOUL, and CASABLANCA were absent; the personal friends of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, who are also Members of the Assembly, many of them ab stained from attending in their places to support the measure which M. BONAPARTE declares to be abso- lutely necessary to prevent civil war. Amongst these absentees the most conspicuous are MM. DE MORNAY, EDGAR NEY, DE MONTHOLON, DELAJIES, FERDI NAND BARROT, PEUPIN, and CLART. These absences occurring at such a critical time have, to say the least of it, a very ugly appearance, and will not tend to increase the faith of either friends or foes in the sin cerity or the firmness of M. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. The Committee appointed are 13 to 2 against the repeal of the law of the 31st May, and the Members voting in the Bureaux show that of those present there were-266 for the repeal of the law, and 352 against it. These numbers, however, are of very little importance, the doom of the law of the 31st of May is sealed ; there is no more chance of maintaining it now than there was in 1846 in this country of maintaining the Corn-laws, after Sir ROBERT PEEL had declared against them. The only question is as to the readiest means of getting rid of it. quently had to complain of the heartless indifference ul.aait.ted towurds the u,;!...c.L10 paupers, ..hurl• per haps unavoidable misfortunes had consigned to the tender mercies of the union workhouse. This cold-blooded parsimony is, however, occasionally coupled with a recklessness of expense and of the future consequences of their proceedings that might baffle all ordinary calculation as to the motives by which "poroch'al" authorities could be influenced. Circumstances will, however, sometimes occur which cast unexpected light on these transactions, and reveal the secret springs by which provincial " BUMBLES" may be actuated. It may be exceedingly correct to snub paupers, and to inflict heavy punishment—a refinement of suffering on the hardened wretches who require either indoor or outdoor relief, to render their condition a thousand times worse than that of convicted criminals. Such manifestations of zeal will unquestionably recommend those efficient officers to the notice of their superiors, and show them how fortunate they have been in the selection of subordinates. But still the proscribed individuals are essential to the comfort and prosperity of their oppressors—they are necessary evils. Over seers, constables, beadles, et hoc genus omne may join in the chorus— The St. Albans' Bribery Commission has, at all events, done one good—it has proclaimed to the public and to the world at large, that which every Member of both Houses of Parliament who has owed his pro motion to his Parliamentary influence, or who hopes to use his senatorial honours as his predecessors have done, knew well enough—that seats in the House of Commons are now, and always have been, bought and sold. Mr. BELL and Sir ROBERT CARDEN did but represent the rival candidates for many well known boroughs, in which at each returning election might be seen the man who had bought, and the man who was too late in the market to buy the votes of the constituency. To the LORD CHANCELLOR, to the chiefs of each court of common law, to at least two of the Chancery judges, we might with confidence appeal for proof that payment of purely legal expenses for elections formed no part of their claims upon their party for promotion. If the amounts which our legal functionaries have spent upon the elections necessary to bring them into position for preferment, could be detailed, the Member for St. Albans would have companions in the very highest quarters. And if to these were added the places in which large amounts had been expended by candidates for legal honours on the Tory side of politics, St. Albans would gain companions to share in its practices, if no . in its disgrace. Go a little further ; let candidates for popular favour tell their expenditure ;—let Bridgewater and Westminster be heard ; let Greenwich tell her taIe,—ROTHSCHILD what he has laid out on the city of London—let BAIRD tell what his election for the Falkirk Burghs cost him —let ATTWOOD tell how much he has laid out at Harwich-let GrNVYN declare what Falmouth has drawn from his pocket, and let them all declare truly, and then compare notes with Mr. BELL. Mr. BELL will have co-mates, as well as St. Albans. Far be it from us to justify the practices of St. Albans —disfranchisement is the least punishment that ought to visit its constituency L-but we do claim equal justice to be meted out for all such boroughs. Inquiry was not needed as to St. Albans, its character has been known for years and years ; inquiry is not needed for other such boroughs, whose characters are equally well known. Go to Mr. COPPOCK on the one side—go to the Carlton Club on the other— where Mr. HOLMES in his lifetime could, or Mr. BONHAM, or Major BERESFORD now can, give you all the details which they and all their associates know, and you may learn where you can spend your cash with probable advantage; how you may become a Member of Parliament, and remain so, if no City Alderman, thirsting foi. purity, seek to unseat you. Go into the City of London—find out the makers of Sheriffs—learn how they are made by money, and for money ; dealt in, bought and sold, year by year, and by men who will profess not to know the name of Bribery ; and ask how these things are done, and why they are done, and you will find they are regu larly performed for the benefit and advantage of aspiring • gentlemen of money and ambition, who long to bring themselves or their pet schemes into notice, and who having cash, seek position, and thirst for that promotion which merit alone would never achieve for them. We seek by these remarks to direct attention to the evil :—eradicate that, but do not th let all the sinners s e h fault, hoping e n a a r m d, e e i n f t s h t e . join so loudly in decrying an , their own delinque n cies may not midst of the clam our r a ised at the g ye iv r i y ng a franchi se Albans. Let all parties h onestl y j oin in unpurchaseable by its extent—in arranging t h e sphere of its exercise, so that no intrigue can control it; and then, with the Ballot, which you find desirable at your clubs, at the India House, and elsewhere, you will have as your reward an honest House of Com. , MOBS. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The Assembly met in its Bureaux on Friday to appoint the Committee to which the Bill for the repeal of the electoral law should be referred—of the Committee appointed two members only, viz. M.M. GREY! and LAROCHEJAWELIN were favourable tothe repeal. The Committee met on Saturday, and ap pointed Count MOLE President, and M. DARU re porter. The Committee refused to call any of the Ministers before it, and resolved to recommend the maintenance of the law if 31st May, and the refusal of a discussion to the Ministerial proposition. The proposition of M. BAZE for giving to the President or questors the power of demanding an armed force and appointing a General to,command it, has given rise to much angry discussion in the Com mittee of Initiation. The Republicans will not sup port it. The Siècle says— "ln other times, we should have loudly applauded the proposition of the qtestors. The Siecle then sup ported the principle which certain persons opposed. We shall even support it again, if it be proved to us that those who surround M. Louis Bonaparte conspire. But does not the proposition of the questors, coming as it does two days after the Message, appear to be rather directed against universal suffrage than against con spiritors and coups °Nat? It was after Satory and after the exploits of the Dix-llecembre that it should have been made. It should more particu larly have been brought forward, when M. Leon Faucher roused France against its fundamental law; when he solemnly declared at Rheims that the Con stitution was a barrier which must be either lowered or destroyed. Then there would not have been a voice in the country that would not have praised the Assembly for its precautions. Now, the proposi tion of the questors allows bad , inclinations to be seen, which are entirely foreign to the question of coups d'etat. The discussion will enlighten us as to its bearing. If there are really conspiracies going on, let it he voted; if it is only founded on vague rumours, if it is directed against universal suffrage, and not against the conspirators of the upper story, there is no reason for its being so, and we blame it both for its idea and for the time in which it has been brought forward." We regret to announce that M ARMAND MAR• EAST was on Friday suddenly attacked with paralysis. M. TRIERS has sacrificed the cause of the Prince DE JOINVILLE and joined the Legitimatists, who have strenuously, and almost rudely, rejected the ad vance of the ODILON BAREOT and LEON FAUCHER section of the reaction. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Birming., Wolverhamp., and kear Valley • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. &951. Consolidated Do., do., 201. Bristol and Exeter.. .. Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Junet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Eianiskillon D andee, Perth, and Aber- leen Junction .. • • Do, New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • .. Do, (181. E. & H.) Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .• " Dear creatures, we can't do without them." A pauper manufactory is now and then required, more especially since the legislative recognition of " the cheap loaf" has diminished the recipients of parish relief by some 30 or 40 per cent. If there were no able-bodied paupers, none who had seen better days, half the duties, and, far worse, half the importtince of the officials 'would have departed, " OTHELLO'S occupation" would then indeed "be gone," and the " BUMBLES" and " CORLEY!" might " hide their diminished heads" and indulge in vain repinings. But they are an energetic body, who will not pas. sively suffer a diminution of their quondam powers. If paupers do not come of themselves in sufficient numbers, the market may be stimulated and a supply created to meet the demand. There are many per sons just keeping outside the line, contriving not only to avoid making any demand for aid, but even to pay their own proportion of poor•rates— which are always the heaviest on the very poor--with tolerable punctuality. Some unforseen misfortunes may make these parties temporary defaulters. They may be unable at the moment to meet the liability ; employment may be scarce in their native districts, and they may have to seek remunerative occupation in other localities. It is true that their families may not be left chargeable on the parish—the honest pride belonging to the ratepayers of ten or a dozen years may induce them to submit to privations which would not be tolerated by persons of an inferior class. The officials may not therefore have any hold on them in that way. But, it appears that there is another and not less efficient mode of accomplishing the object—a mode by which the worthy " BUMBLES," keeping the old adage in sight, can combine business with amusement, and mingle the utile dulci. Should any rates be in arrear, costs may be accumu lated to an extent sufficient to crush any struggling individual, while the constables may make many pleasure excursions, under the pretence of searching for the missing individual, with the pleasing reflection that, although the defaulter may not be capable of liquidating the enormously increased liability, the parish fund must ultimately satisfy his claim. If any person should suppose that we have been indulging in any undue exaggerations as to the con duct of the "poroch'als," we would request him to peruse the report of the proceedings at the Mansion house on Friday and Saturday last, in the case of an unfortunate man, named R. KING FLETCHER, a white , smith, from Tewkesbury, which will be found in another part of this day's impression. Mr. FLETCHER, whose, family (as he stated) had been known in Tewkesbury for more than a hundred years, who had himself been more than nine years a rate payer, and wilt had never sought parochial relief during that entire period, had left his native town in order to seek employment in his trade in London. A. rate had been struck, but had not been applied for before his departure, his proportion of which amounted to Bs. 6d. Some time after his departure he was followed by his wife and two children, who were not left a charge on the parish, and who had made no application of any description for assistance. Here was a case of leze majeste, of treason against the guardians and overseers. It might be supposed that a person, who had paid for nine years would have been let alone—that it would appear a very good bargain on the part of the authorities to pass him without notice, even if within their reach—to have rather aided then retarded his efforts at independence. But no, that would not at all have answered. Three several journeys to London were under taken to look after the fugitive. It has been insinuated that the Crystal Palace was the locality searched on each occasion for the almost destitute man. We pass that by, however, for in truth it scarcely changes the character of the transaction, whether the accusation were well-founded or otherwise. Suffice it to say, that the debt was increased from Bs. 6d. to 8/. 7s. 61, the costs being. 7/. 195., and bearing about the same proportion to the original debt that FAL STAFF'S bill for sack did to his halfpennyworth of bread. For that sum he has been carried back to Tewkesbury in custody, to suffer imprisonment as a criminal, while his unfortunate wife and children will probably be passed back as paupers—and perhaps the entire family may become a permanent burden on the rates. If this be local management the sooner it be got rid of the better. At all events, the sooner a thorough and stringent investiga tion be instituted into the entire circum stances of the case the better. If the conduct of the authorities has been unjustly cen sured, it is due to them, that they should be fully ard completely exonerated, and none will make the amende more gladly than ourselves; but if other wise, if they are really guilty, every precaution should be taken to prevent the possibility of similar occurrences for the future, and that not only by the Poor-law guardians of Tewkesbury, but by the Legislature of the 'United Kingdom. Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M.& B (e, London and .-Westera Do. new 501. The Pays says : " The intelligence which we receive from MAcon con cerning M. do Lamartine's health is very unfavourable, although not precisely of a nature to alarm his friends. The attack of rheumatism which has seized him has become more intense, and has spread over every part of the body. He suffers severely, and is unable to make any movement. His medical advisers fear that he may continue in this state for some weeks." Do. 501. shares .. . General FABVIER has presented the following as Ji counter proposition to that of the questors : " Art. I.—The National Assembly, strong in its ma jesty, renounces all armed force for its security. " Art. 2.—The artillery now stationed ,in the courts shall be placed at the disposal of the Minister of War." M. CARLIER is a candidate for the representation of Paris. _ _ The failure of an old established Parisian banking house was announced on Saturday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 8. East Indian, 20% —Namur and Liege, 6—Paris and Stras bourg, 121/13. Scottish Midland .. . Do. Class 8.. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 4th inst. have arrived. The Gageta publishes the new regulations re lating to the management of the public debt, and the simplification of the conversion of the outstand ing public securities, in conformity with the Royal ordinance of the 2d August. A Royal ordinance appoints M. GABRIEL DE ARISTIZABAL REUTT to be President of the Junta for regulating the National Debt. MADRID Boma., Nov. 4.—The Three per Cents. closed on the 4th at 36k cash; the Five per Cents., 16/ ; Coupons 8 ; Debt without Interest, 6k paper. Do. Ogwostry .. . GERMANY. It is said that the Prussian Minister of Finance, BODELSRV(ING, has resigned. DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen of the 3d, in a Ham burgh journal, says :—" We learn that the question of the succession to the throne is settled. There are only a few formalities to be accomplished. There will be only one order of succession for the whole monarchy, and the powers interested in the affair will guarantee it to Duke CHRISTIAN of Glucksburg. The Ministry will soon present to the Diet a Bill to modify the Royal law, which admits females to the succession. By the proposed Bill females will be ex cluded. For this Bill to pass there must be a majority of three-fourths in the Diet." LINES LEAS: ROYAL COLLEGE OF -SURGEONS. -- The following gentlemen having undergone the necessary ex am i na ti ons , were admitted members of the college on the 7th i ns t. : Messrs. R. Bowman, Richmond, New South W a l es; W . Naughton, Dublin ; J. B. Paterson, London ; H. S. Colston, Bombay; J. W. Howard, Fenchurch Meet; J. Wills, Shaftes bury, Dorset; W. T. Colby, Mew Mahon, Yorkshire; W. Robinson, Carlisle; and W. W. Harris, Australia. At the same meeting of the court, Messrs. F. Manger and H. IL Smith passed their examinations for naval surgeons. WooLwica, Nov. 6.—A young man, a painter by trade, enlisted on Saturday last into the royal Sappers and Miners at head-quarters here, and when attested yesterday stated that his name was William Ships. On the evening of the same day on which he was attested he went to the con cert rooms at the California Gardens, not far distant from the Sappers's barracks, and appeared in good spirits, but in a short time after he was found in the gardens with his head nearly severed from his body, evidently done by himself. He was taken to the Ordnance Hospital, and although it was only a short distance, he died before his arrival there, and the body was taken to the deadbouse. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The usual monthly meeting was held last Friday evening, at the So ciety's Rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Strand; A. Henfrey, Esq., Vice-President, F.L S., in the chair. Among the interesting donations announced were a case of preserved flowers ex hibited at the Great Exhibition, presented by Mr. Stevens; also, " Impressions of Forest Trees " exhibited at th e G rea t E x hibition, presented by Miss Stirling. Mr. G. E. Dennes, the secretary. announced that some thousands of specimens of valuable British plants had been received, and would be distributed to the members at the ensuing distribution. Various donations to the library were announced. Mr. I. I'. Syme (curator) read a paper " Sparganium natans," which led to some discussion. The Chairman announced that the fifteenth annual meeting would be held on the 29th instant, being the anniversary of the birth of the celebrated English botanist, John Ray. GRANTIIABL-Sir John Charles Thorold, Bart., has withdrawn his consent to contest the borough of Grant ham in the Tory interest at the next election.—Stamford Mercury. ADDRESSES TO KOSSUTH.-013 Saturday addresses were presented to Kossuth from a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras; from inhabitants of St. Leonard, Shore ditch; from a meeting of inhabitants of Newcastle-on-Tyne; from the Financial Reform Association ; from some British ladies; from working Builders of Pimlico; from "members and friends of the Temple Discussion Forum ;" from members of " Discussion Hall ;' from inhabitants of Islington ; and from inhabitants of Woolwich. THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.—At the Sheriff's Salmi Debts Court, at Aberfeldy, last week, the following certificate was produced, subscribed by a bone doctor, to establish that a master had, by chastising his herd boy, dis located the boy's foot : " the 12, 1851. " W. W. :v ase h ere Wi th his son in October the 19th of the last mounth and his foot was Wroung. We have from time to time directed the public attention to various evils occasioned by the Poor-law system, chiefly arising from the operation of the iniquitous law of settlement and the maladministra tion and jobb ery i nsepara bl e f rom local " manage , ment, or perhaps " mismanagement" might be the more correct designation. We have but too fre —Perth Courier. " im yours, THR " A. B." JARDIN D'HIVER IN PARIS.—The Jardin d'Hiver was purchased a few days dgo for 515,000 f. The purchaser immediately discharged the two men who had been employed to watch it day and night. The next day it was found that some persons had entered the place, cut to Its and committed other depredation 4, of the rarest plants, and of the pictures, destroyed many ITALY. The King of NAPLES has dissolved the National Guards throughout his dominions. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY NIGHT, 9.30. The Royal mail steam-ship America has just passed up the river, bringing three days' later intel ligence from the United States, Canada, &c. The America sailed from Boston on • the 29th ult., and made the fortnightly call at Halifax, N.S., on the 31st ult., to land and receive mails and passengers. She brings over 150,000 dollars. in specie, and 30 passengers. The Liverpool and Boston Royal mail steamship Europa called at Halifax, on her way to Boston, on the 28th ult. The political advices by this arrival are not im portant. The steam propeller, Henry Clay, was wrecked on Lake Erie on the 24th ult, and 30 lives were lost. The steam-boat Empire, from Dunkirk to Detroit, w as missing, and supposed to have sunk with all on board. . Tha latest advices from Mexico report that the suc cess of the insurgents was becoming greater daily Government was powerless for want of funds. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money was tolerably plentiful in New York. Busi ness was in a more prosperous condition. Stocks and securitiez remained unchanged. There was scarcely any activity perceptible in the breadstuff market, and prices were unchanged. Western Canal flour was very firm at 3 dolls. 8710. to 4 dolls, per barrel. Indian corn, round yellow, 60c. to 62c. per bushel; steady. Indian meal, 3 dolls. 37Ac. to 3 dolls. 50c. per barrel. In cotton a good business has been transacted at New York. Former quotations were not only fully main tained, but in some instances an advance of lc. per lb. had been established- This was owing to the lightness of the stock held by spinners. The crop accounts were very good, but receipts were heavy. There is no change to report in either freights or pro visions. Exchange on London was in moderato demand at 110 to 1101; Paris, 5.16; Hamburgh, 36 to 361; Bremen, 7 8 / 1 to 784. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending Nov. 8, 1851 ... £10,572 0 7 Traffic --Week ending Nov. 9, 1850 ... 10,884 16 5 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 269,999 1 1 10 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 242,435 15 7 Total number of Passengers—Week ending Ncv. 8,1851 ... 55,178 Passengers £8,277:17 5 Goods ... 2,294 3 2 Total... £10,572 0 7 Total miles open, 1851, 173 LA ; ditto, 1850, 171 1 4. London Terminus, Nov. 10, 1851. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. — The Royal Mail steam ship Africa, Ryrie, commander, sailed from the Mersey at 11 A.M. to-day for New York direct, with the usual mails and upwards of 100 passengers. The United States' Mail steam-ship Baltic, Comstock, commander, will sail for New York on Wednesday next, with the mails, &c. - - The accounts from Vienna show a further severe aggravation of the condition of the money market, a rise in the rate of exchange having again taken place to the ex tent of 2% per cent. The Government, it appears, are now pur chasers of bills to cover the draughts on L o ndon, which they caused to be sold in order to produce a sudden appearance of im provement at the time when they brought forward the recent loan. A hope is said to be entertained that one effect of the further adverse movement may be to induce foreign purchases of that loan, since although its price remains nominally the same, its cost is, of course, reduced in proportion to the in creased sum obtainable for the bills which in such circum stances would be sold against it. The state of affairs in Paris, however, apart from all other circumstances, is likely to operate effectually against such a result.—Times. THE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN BALL.—The COUP. mittee of Management met again at Guildhall on Saturday last, under the presidency of Mr. Deputy Holt, the chair man, and completed all the necessary arrangements in re ference to it. Nothing has been spared to render this ball a brilliant one, and no doubt Kossuth, who is to be present at it, will carry away a favourable impression of the civic splendours. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WEST MOOR.-011 Friday the adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the nine persons who were killed by the explosion that day week at West Moor Colliery, was held at the School-room , Killingworth, by Mr. Stephen Reed. George Ellison, another of the sufferers, had died since the inquest was opened. Mr. Matthias Dunn, the Government Inspector of Alines, Mr. N. Wood, one of the owners of the colliery, Mr. Johnson, one of the viewers, Mr. Liddell (of Gosforth), Mr. Armstrong (of Low Fell), and Mr. Easton (of Hebburn), were in attendance. Mr. Philipson was also present, to watch the proceedings on be half of the owners of the colliery, and Mr. Brewis, on behalf of the Miners' Association. A considerable number of miners were present. Several witnesses were examined, and at the close of die day the inquiry was again adjourned. Last week the St. Pancras, Marylebone, and Pad dington Freehold Land Society effected three more purchases of land, eligibly situate at Walthamstow, and the Harrow and Sudbury statioas, comprising in all 35 scree. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1851. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid. Nominal Prices, 9% to 9% 4% -4% 9 - 934 ilk¢— 10% a. la% 164 6%dls. 77 —79 12% 12% 18 —lB% 23 —2l d. 17' too lyi -2% 6 -64 Do. do. do. .. Do. de., B & C shares East Lancashire -. . • Dg.. New quarters • • East & West India Docks and Birm. Junc. .. East & West York. Junc. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West, De. do. G. D. &C.stock Great Northern 3% -..- 41,4 2% —2% 14% lb Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. .• Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do, thirds • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and) orkshire Do. quarter el ares Do. fifths .. • .. Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwall Do., Tllbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters .. Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Midland .. .. .. •• Do. firming & Derbyl Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford . Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpeint, do Reetrevor • • .. • • Norfolk • • • • .. • • Business done to-day. Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties tralen North British • • .. North Devon .. • • 49 - M North Staffordshire .. North-Western North & Sth.-West. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverb.ampton.. Scottish Central .. Do. new .. .. .. Shrews. & Birm., Class A Shrews. & Hereford., Ohl Do., do., New .. ihrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves 25 -21 3% -4% 12% 34 11114n18 Do. New.. :• •• Shropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, 86 D, filly paid up at per cent .. South Devon .. .. South-Eastern •• South Wales.. .. .. South Yorksh. and Rivet Dun •• •• • • •• Shoff., Roth., and Geole, South Division .. Stockton and Hartlepool ciwansea ik Loughor, he. Taff Vale.. • • .• • • Taw Valo Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway •• •• • • 1 13 4 47% 100 100 4254 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford. Wax., Wick. and Dublin .. .. West Cornwall .. .. Whitehaven and Furness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle)Extension .. ... Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland 16 •• U - 16% 4% - 5 12 - 12% 6X % 14% % IN N 5 12% 34% - 36% Bf%-82 76 -78 7 % - 8 3 i P 54% - 55 8% —B% d. 64 —5% d. 11% 12% • • • - • 6% - 7 93 -94 113% —II4X 2X —2% p, 1% —2 p. 1% 1 %1 0 . 83 —83% 9% —8% dis. 7% —6% dis. 2% -2% 27 -28 4 2 0 100 3 1 4 —2% di.. 48% 49 2l -26 100 47% •• • 7N- • 8% 5 —4% tilt .. —.. die, 18 —2O 14% 13% dia. 3% 2% die. 5% 516 • —B% dis. dis. P 13% 14% 12% 13% x.d ▪ 9 6% —7% 6 —6% 4 —4% 5 4 dis. 15 —l6 734 8 11 12 % % dis. 3% —3% d. 12 -14 ltili - 19% 26 - 27 16 2-3 all 126 4 —3 d. II -13 • -- •• 160 - 163 • • ..... .. Cllg. 16 —l5 dls., • • — ai •• •••• .. • • —.. dig. • AT 17% 18% 3% $% d. 19% 19% FIXED 823 f 82 34`.i 5 5 U ;4 % 93 94 114 m 24 % % % 83% 83 % [49% 48% 49% 49 19% a 25% 17% IS 434 19% % % Leasing Business Railways. companies. Paid. Nominal Mee& dens sa_day, Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, er with a guarantee • • Gt. Western all 2834 —`2934 Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. •• all 28 —29 Birm., WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 8 10 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • . .. 15 7 9 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1736 —lB 17% Clvdesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 32 •-• 3234 3 234 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 234 p Hartlepl Dock Yrk, New., / and Railway t and Ber. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 100 102 Do. 54 Shares Do .. • • all 50 —5l Do. )( Shares Do • . .. all 23 —24 Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 9934 100 34 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 123( Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 24 —25 Lowestoft., Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk .• all 1 3 34 14 34 Do.. 6 per cent De .. all Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stocktlis Dar all •• —•• N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 54 —56 Do. New .. Do 43 4 --6 p Preston and L. &N. W. all 42 —44 Wyre • • .. t &La.& Y. Do. )4 SharesA Do .. •• 11 834 9 34 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21 21)4 Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern all . 7% )o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 4 - 544 - p. Shef., Roth. and . • ,_, Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 1311 6 '.- e'• South Staffords. Mr. M'Clein 3 Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gun. •• Stock.& Dar. all .. • • Do. do. .. Do .. .. 25 -0634 —27 ,;•.• Do. do. •• Do .. 25 , Wilts &Somers, Gt. Western 100- 4 3 01c'ell*r- 1 .1. • .11,Erz: SZAILES,: Railways. I Pad. Nominal Prices. 'Business y. done to-day Aberdeen Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. et. Caledonian 101. •• Chester and Holyhead .. Hand. Per. SD Aber. June.: East Angliaa (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. .. • • Eastern Counties Exten., b per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 .. • • .. Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. Do. 101. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. &W. York. June. sths Edln. Per. & Dun. 5i Glasgow & S.- W. Consul. Gt Northern, 5 per cent. Do., 5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Gt. Western ( Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .. • • Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1 Do. quarters, lan London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. Do. pref., I p et. 5k,1851 Do. new guar.. 6 per ct. Lon..& N. West. (Cov. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. London &S.-W., new Manch., Sheffield, and Lino., quar. shrs., No. I Do. new, 101. .. • • Do., 61. .. • . Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock Do. Consul. Bristol & Birnaing., 6 per cent. • • Do. Bristol & Glonces. Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. Do., Preference Norfolk Extension • • Do. guar. 5% per cent. North British .. Oaf. Wor. &W 01.15 L 6 p.c Shrews. & Blr., new guar. Shrews. and Cites. (Nor. W. MM.) 8 per cent. South Devon • • • • • • South-Eastern, p. ct. York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N .of E. Pur. Do. York and North Midland IL and S. Perch. .. .. ••• •• d. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. Ditto (Railway) .. Ditto (Canal) .. Madrid and Valentin .. Maria Antonia Ditto, Now Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strwboarg Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Tours and Nantes .. Tonrnay, Jurbise, Lan den. and Has 1t ►. West Flandezt ez 134 -1% 36 P %db. P lOn 11% 5%-10 •• -- % •• IM dia. ii N :ii % I - IMP, .. _.. p. 130 -H2 P .. -.. p •• ...• •• •• ••• •• 2 .... 23fi p. 10 -11 11% - IN % - % I, 128 -129 15 —ji 4 434 4% —5 I %Ca 9 % 10 15% - 16 11 -13 15 -16 3% -4 I% —1% die. POREIGIC 22 27165 8d 04 all 10% - 10% 1674 I 7 51, , , b U dia, 24 — 2 % P. % - X P. %- % P• • - •• 1214 ..- 2% .rain. 7 8 x.d 354 x.d 54 —6U 14 14% 5% —4% d. 83 —33 22 22% 6 —s%clls. 8% —B% x. 2% —3 10 --• ON al. .. ... •. 1% iii 2% onutai 15 4 1 13 ( 13 5 24% 100 8 6 8 Asturian .• •• •••• • • • • Australian • • •• _ . •• • • Barossa Range •. • ..... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .....• • • • • British Iron.. . • . Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/ : p.) IN - - . - Do. Cocaes and Culaba Do. St. John del Itey • • Cobra Copl'lr • .... .• • Copiapo ..... • • • General •.• • . • • ...... • • Mexican& S. American Real Del Monte, Unreg. 20% -- 21 33 - 31% 6%-- 7% 13% - 14 334 - 341 Do. Black Debentures . Do. Red Debentures .. Aantiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. • • • • •• .... • • United Mexican • • . ZOINI 10 4 76%-8 28 28% 3 2 STOCK DANIELS all 37 38% 50 15 46 25 10% -- 11% 20 25 -- 26 4 10 18% - 17% 20 28% 29% 35 .. Australasia • • British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ........ —:. National of Ireland .. Oriental Bank Corporat. Provincial of Ireland.... 14% - 17% 26 -26 4 42 - 44 Do. New ....- .. •..... Union of Australia .. •• Union of London •• .... Union of Madrid •- - - 157 16% 35 36% a —3% 1454 15% Canada •• Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. ANEOUS. 48 - 49% 26% -28 x.(1 1 68 -70 14% - 1614 78 - 79% Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • ..1 rWe cannot be answera will lot be Influenced by i Settling days in the 11101 tered shares, 13th ant Lble for ti intereste , nith of N td 27th. le errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] rovember. Ticket days for regis- Account days, 14th and 28th. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500 Surat were taken for export, and 500 American on speculation. The sales comprised about 6,000 American, 1,000 Surat, at 2id. to 34d, and 60 Sea Island, at ls. sd. to ls. Bd. per lb. The market closed firmly. and prices of American were a shade higher.—The Share Market was quiet but steady. In answer to an application from a shareholder, the registrar of the Great Northern Railway Company stated that, in the event of calls upon the New (re deemable) Scrip being paid after the due dates, there would be a failure of the 5 percent. dividend during the period of arrears. Such statement being deemed unsatis factory, and, probably, incorrect, the following official correspondence has taken place:— " 1. Letter from Mr. Slaughter, dated 3d instant, to Mr. Mowatt, the Secretary of the Company. • " A further difficulty has arisen in connexion with your company's redeemable Scrip, and which I am re quested to bring under your notice with the least pos sible delay. The whole matter resolves itself into the fol lowing inquiry:--Supposing a call on the Scrip to remain in arrear some given time, say twenty days from the due date, but to be then paid to your bankers, with 5 per cent. interest, would the computation of 5 per cent, in the dividend warrant run from the original due date of the call, or from the actual date of payment? In other words, is it intended that there shall be a failure of di vidend during the period of arrear; and, if so, will such loss be upon the amount already paid up, or merely upon the particular call in default ?" " All dealings in the Scrip will be so materially af fected by your decision on the point suggested, that I shall feel much obliged by a reply to the inquiry at your earliest convenience." "2. Mr. Mowatt's Reply, dated sth instant. " In reply to the inquiry Made by your note of the 3d, received yesterday, I beg leave to refer you to the Company's Clauses Act, 8 Vict., cap. 16, sect. 123, v.h:ch provides that payment of dividends shall be with held so long as calls due are in arrear, but that Act is silent as to the forfeiture of dividend, and I am not aware of any other authorising forfeiture of dividend under any circumstances; and I am, therefore, of opi nion that dividends will become due on this Company's Five per Cent. Redeemable Preference Shares of the 26th Atigust, 1851, from the dates respectively ap pointed for the payment of the several calls; viz., the 24th September and 24th December, 1851, and the 24th March and 25th June, 1852." Two meetings of the shareholders in Cameron's Coal brook Steam Coal Company have been held during the past week. At the meeting on Monday, with reference to the petition before the Master for winding up, a reso lution was adopted that, in consequence of negotiations wits creditors and others, it was inexpedient to wind up or dissolve the company. On Friday the committee suc ceeded in what before they had never been able to ob tain—an interview with a deputation of the dissentient shareholders, and the meeting stands adjourned until Monday, the 17th inst., during which period there are hopes that an amicable understanding will be come to, and arrangements made for saving the property, and for the benefit of all parties concerned. A meeting of creditors and debenture-holders of the Company of Copper Miners in England was held, on Friday, at the London Tavern, when the report and sug gestions of the joint committee were read and approved of. A meeting of stock and scripholders was subsequently held at the same place (Mr. Joseph Henry Goodhart in the chair), when the same report was read to them, which was unanimously adopted ; and little doubt now remains but that a satisfactory solution of affairs will be arrived at. The steamer America has arrived at the outport; but her letters are not yet in town. She brings 150,000 dolls, in specie, and the exchange on London continued firm at 110 to /. A good business was doing in cotton. Breadstuffs were dull, and business prospects generally had itaproved, money being easier. The state of affairs in Mexico appears to be alarming, and the impoverished condition of the Treasury is against a speedy pacification of the northern provinces. From Central America we are advised that a post has been established between Isabel and I3elize, in commu nication with St. Thomas's. Accounts from Belgium state that the congratulations. of the King in his speech upon the opening of the Le gislature are entirely unwarranted, as the commercial prosperity of the country is far from satisfactory. Thu merchants, it is affirmed, have every reason to be dissa tisfied, and the tonnage inwards and outwards shows a great falling off. The year 1851,•in fact, is said to have been the worst since 1848. A good deal of party feeling is mixed up with these newspaper comments, but the statistics, wo presume, are correct. The Funds at Amsterdam were firmer at the close of last week; both home and foreign discounts were 2, and loans 24 per cent. Tho English Stock Market has been buoyant again, but the transactions hare not been numerous; speculation running just now more upon Mines, and Consols having advanced 'to a point that momentarily checks the Bulls. The quotations have been 98 to 98+ for Transfer, and are now 98+ sellers. For December 11, the current values are 98+. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been marked 98+ to 94, and tile Three per Cents. 97+ to +. Bank Stock has been nominally 214. Exchequer-bills are 525. to 545. pre mium, being firm, and India Bonds are 60e. premium. Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. 20 to /, and the Threes nominally 38+ to 39+. Mexican Bonds are still 25 to I. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 33i. Russian Five per Cents, have been quoted 111; Belgian Four-and-s-Half per Cents. 89 to 89+; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 583. Venezuela Three-and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock is at 354 to 36. Railway Shares are improving. Great Western are up +- to 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire I to -1; North- Western It to 1; and the others in proportion. Agna Fria Gold Mine shares are 2i to +, and West Mariposa + to 1 premium. QUARTER TO THREE• Console .•• •• ••• ••• 98k !Atte Account, Dec. 11 ... 98* BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 974 V I .4 per Cent. Consols Anne. 9BlB 98 li New 3'4 per Cent. Anus. 9BA,'4 4.. ?ong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 6 15-16 India Stock Do. Bonds,. 1000/... .............. Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account 98 % 14 E tehsouer Bills- 1 iitz d. 1,0001... VA/. - 54 52 p Small — 51 52 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK M.xican Bonds, 1846, ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account ... .- .............. 25 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .....• Ditto 4 Der Cent. .................. 33% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent... 111 Ditto 4% per Cent. .............. 102 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 20 Ditto Account . Venezuela Bonds Dividengs on the above payable in Loridot, Belgian 4% per Cent .. . . 84% 69 87% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild LLOYD S THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 10.—Wind at noon N., light breeze Nov 9. — Wind W.—Arrd. Soventi, Quebec ; Stella, Riga; Ruby, St. Petersburgh. and fine HULL, c lear weather.. BIDEFORD, Nov. 9.—The Russian ship Pollux, from Drom, Dublin to Alexandria, dismasted, &c., got on shore in a ttempting Cloverley Pier; was assisted off last night at high water, and taken in tow for a port of lea sudden gale from N.N.E. compelled the steamersafety, but to abandon her and put to sea. YARMOUTH, Nov. B.—The Darien of Blytb, from Amsterdam to Shields, while lying in the roads, at anchor, last evening, was run into by the Grantham brig, of Shields, and had bowsprit carried away, and other damage, but will repair in the roads. DEAL, Nov.;B.—Wind W.N.W.; 9, W.—Arrd.Lady R o wena, M`Donald, Alexandria; Habetha Abalker,' and Caviente Giovani, Alexandria; British Queen, Tagan. rog; United States, from River for Alexandria. Sid. New Express, Trinidad; Solide, Branca, Alexandria; Argonaut, Constantinople. LIVERPOOL, Nov. S.—Wind S.S.E. to N.; 9, W.— Arrd. Aspasia, Constantinople; Niagara, Monro, Mon treal. Sld. Ibrigar, and Acachne, Calcutta; Queen Mab, and Adman* Bombay; Earl of Liverpool, Benin; Sleang, San Francisco ; Keiji Gioladys, Buenos Ayres; Ohio, Rio Janeiro; Daring, Hayti; Susan Green, Vera Cruz; Creonella, Chieftain, and North Atlantic, New Orleans; Clarmont, Charleston; Af r i ca stea mer, New York. Arrd, America steamer, Boston, with 156,720 dollars. l'i,yxouTu, Nov, B.—Mind lie—And. Sir liobert MI: :scEL: -------------,..._..-------'-- 'de OP d Hope. Sld. Ad -'; el° . 't it !?eel steamer, Cape of Goo A - ' -.. •j: ...,ataiid; Darauue e amer, Odeo' land, New South Walea. , , • 6'o ol QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 8.-The Catherine Drips big Demerara to Liverpool, in Biting under OW! $ water took the round near.Ceckhig, WI reinslnkfiviss, Rana., Nov. 8.-The Harvest Home, of rat '''' bound to Runcorn, with slates, has been totally ire. Conway Bar; crew saved. l ifflia PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 8,-Wind Wral• W * " argu e ' 9, E. to S.-- A i rd. Elide, Longsound. Slch blot) Celeut.a; Standerings Malta. . Sid.. 11r$111H TORBAY, Nov. 9. ' - Wind N.N.E -- r Tarragona. a _ yotori* FALMOUTH, Nov. 9.-wind W.-- - Ar r- •'' irsier Licata;wt witch, 11 lerlna'n,dCrioa.ncel; Lady Weight, Gal° l° ' Bader CLYDE, Nov. 8.-Wind S.-Arr Acl°nls'd. ssllld9 ' btle; uo snd euritius; Alarm, Groves - Trinidad; ae M Glasgow steamer, New iork; Lev antine sle°l Hero, Newfoundland. , , ~-„,. Lt 2,felef k " La I y V g A ti T H E , R G FO i R at D z ,. Nov. 8.-Winu TY . -- " Arr ` - . sid L . o j az o n h o a N n ia n zn Alomdi.ht; 2.___,.......... cen0pti0n, cßlr, Nov. 6.-Arrd. Cleoopostsoo, twt ,, , lb s tsill ple: ------- niiiit.) MARKET NEWS.—(THIS . 1 ' 4, „ .--........---- ...., ~pAI.. CORN EXCHANGE--31°'„, coor Notwithstanding that most of the counenior el held on Saturday were seasonably well , B °P,P i o SI home-grown Wheats, the demand for ad P o d on 0 5 steady, and, in most instances, the quotations ,_. rsh . ward tendency. All descriptions o f Vereir o dsOP were held at extreme quotations. Tbe ri ari S 0 1 °1 active, at fully is per quarter more WOO' „ i s Or took place in Oats, Beans, Peas or Filor'tecl, ri articles a fair amount of business was tr° 119 ,,, that .„ I „ e r The latest advices from New York sta" - po t to 9' s little business was doing in Flour for ebil/ P1- Iticle' s ad 0 land. The French as well as the Baltic - 'e i h markets have been very inactive. 38''' • als 14 9 Up to our market, last week, the arrtv go d 10 Grain were limited. From abroad, live rec oats, 3 ' 3 0 quarters of Wheat, 596 Barley, 1414 8 d oda' Beans, 3,851 Linseed, 5 Rapeseed, 20 su° I. J Be et sacks and 3,147 brls Flour. . ell ' I Fresh up to this morning's taarkes, a T. fo il avel e k supply of English Wheat came to receipts ; e re f° l ;sati condition. By land carriage, the receires bot b o' l .ol extensive, and the show of saMPl,os.ltbotsediAnfo, tfia white was comparatively limited. rio• -- &r ola° p rioe' the attendance of buyers was s mall, the , di , 61 a d 0 kinds of Wheat of home produce Vl.,ag steady, 14. 51 ' 10 1 fully equal to those obtained on 01°°"-0/01 to m ' so good clearance was easily effected. A s s 410 1 coast, very few offers arrived to sbiP we re r7,; f oe close of the present month; but ere, fair v o . silorf from Cambridgeshire, &c., to forw tird ss. po l l . parcels of 621bs. per bushel, at 369. to Su. A pe! but the amount of business doing was small the.7llo With fresh Foreign Wheat--as 00! the h a d ote reported last week went direct into b''othellgtio4 millers-we were rather scantily d. x' Oh • r city on offer supplied' v;o4wily ex-granary was tolerably goo ea at , fo to commanded a steady, though by no 0 ? "" st al °' s ,oo o quiry, at full currencies. In the u° ales' Tel kinds, very little was doing at low to tolls quarters found buyers for shipment to P A o ff Ve';; 0 10 111 few floating cargoes have lately srriv°"er for ' 1 ~11 Sales were reported at 32.. 6d per c l usti pio . Odessa for Holland. were very scantily with both' s aes We supplied vos Of 0 and Foreign Barley, the sale for Whi c ' hit °. tensive currencies. „, hroug „., Very little Malt ready for deliver)! wa s D e: IP ,A : ward. The trade ruled steady, at f Oll c l -ti ett ° ';eio' The supplies of Irish Oats being 0w ^ , trade was somewhat heavy, and nevr ° Floc" per quarter cheaper. -- . .-- an , ayorie , ir , We had a fair sale for both Engo Bll ir - ' fe ri folly fall : at currency. I B lr f nrn u e ea l a pn l i n ace p s nya r .s i stead c c e o s m . y p , a a r n a d t , 4 :l i l y : w sold 4 , 0 5 ,0, g t o 3 ' i ' . pel a if ~ 6 O P if Corn, afloat, sold 01 gds. .-..,, . 0 , fur Galatz. ros . 0 i ''' gos . ..* 00 . CURRENCY PER IMPEICLAI, 10 . 0 . Wneat—Essex & Kent, Ditto ß ,W ed hi . t . e, Nie Malt---Clialopl ed I. Norfolk and Lin w.. 3 3 5 6 5 5 t0 4 4 0 5 ; oats j oi l tso luilw ..:ll ,4. o .: . ; j o s ouglis!' 11° # coin, Red. •• .. 31i; 40s . I.- ' " 9 0 " Ditto, White ••• • • • 36s 431 ~,,, Wit" •• ,0 i I D r i i t s t h o , ,W ße h d i . te . :: :: :: - 2 - 6 s: - - 28 s s s Beans .2 "l °.-t Ti ll i: i . ', -. ..,: : : :: :: : . 11 I F Rye-Old .. •. - •• • • • • New. —-•••• .. 268 2As Piggy. ••• ~. 0 2 10 Barley-Grinding. •• .. 2155 2455 Feas.-7;;; . ".‘:... Oft* 0 Malting ......... 255 27s e h riie: : • . : , '' 00 0 10 Chevalier -- - 3 0 8 320 80 105 ";;0 1" # # Malt-Suffolk and Nor- Kingston and Ware 499 54s , '-- 91 o r 4 4 3 5 : 4428: P"tirtitiDto:o9°lll;.°ll4. 'oloi SEW:W . • WOO ". 9 0 9g , A full average business is doing 1 ° wo mb 93, 0 ' 19 1 ' . 1.1,' P the spot at full prices, Riga being, /I° „ s 'i go; stil',,? l , l 39s to 40a, and East India 44s 6 0 40 1 0 ' s ePo 7 quarters Black Sea have changed m o 00 0 Ire cill et 433 to 43s 6d; and from 10,000 to l is ee API at 402 per quarter. Linseed Cak° ° „ w di+ ' . per 1,000. Rape are held for More " stO t a t° 0 .' articles very dull. ....„..,..,,, d e se Turnip,White, per bush. 69 to los Carravre_l,..,...*, ka° Red wad Green.... Ss 118 Coriatidn • pe r it, s ,se Mustard, 8r0wn...-. 755 As IferaPse et " , .9P - /0 8 Bed, Ow .... ~., White now .. .. 38 6d 4s Od oa itic ' ..e_ . / ' I °. 0 . R ,_ reeso,l_wa .in. i.e.,.... ......6s Cd 750 d Wileroloo...,••••'‘ 4. 1 Canary, per quarter — .... 36s 40$ Os Od Os Od Y " ass -.. '' '' '' 24s 30s Lin ash of Ora. le Clover,RedEns. (cwt.) 30s 4s ° lg iand e ind li it ° h . i . t . e . ... White .. • • .... • • Odderst;:k,r4;,l: 10102 34s 44s YrBrol9,..Pronol 00 Foreign r e d...-. 32s 40s ftaPe -_,/ 11011,. i Trefoil .... . W .. Duty Was paid on the following (Ph" 4.0 ; . :: 1:55 2 ' g itaPeSu''..antiso ll ' •, lr c ii Ole Clover Seed - up to the Ist 1 1 1851. 400 London ............ 89 ,460 ...... 0 , ...... 040• Liverpool ......... 8,21 0 .l OO OO Hull ............... 32,9 68 ..... ,4,,, Last week's imprtZsr fl'forigrieforr,lll7+l .w e e a r d eseasonably large, but the" (34 0 00 1 1 .0 ' I frir From were comparatively small. The 1 0 00 n o ss it, l tolerably good. The total 412 in 049 ,4 . h ßren:e a n : and 4,950 in 1847. against 6,072 in 1850, 4,41 x i'• 00.001 „ T o l'gafti' IMPORTS INTO LONDON Vi....--,,Ds. •0 .1 ., / Beasts. Sheep. A'"' --- . '' / Antwerp —•-• -"" •-- 1 4 .0 / 47 --- ••• „ ..• 11 - ,/ Ostend ••• Dordt Tonningen 491 ..., 10.5 ." „. /"" ' 0 Dunkirk 60 ... 246 13. ~.. / '. ! / Nieu Diep Rotterdam - .:' /1 ° <l4 n ar sterdam.- 84 ... 1,052 ... " .../,.. 9v - 11 H lingen Total 1,465 •. 5,70 7 •••• .:ee.ill iiii rit,„, The yearly comparison of tae - e ., r i CP , . o'l , W f onbs. gtv ~, / Beasts. Sheep. .. .0 i ll j , ~ 1849 892 ... 3,208 ••• „,„ .0 91 OP, 1850 1 5lB ... 4,166 ..• 5 ~• 'l4 ' ;iv dsctr seder:—O w forei g n oilvat u w l ias rBB onl 4isn7B:nad:72B ... 3,2 . 3 3 •-• „ .0 f? Oe o f 810 ... 3, 949 ". 0 1811 tlie li el joeCle,vg di9 00 0 market to-day was but c) year—upwards f Stoc k. o e t a vs Beasts s t h oF s fw t r a eos n re: were i o o n O u n : tllloseval /511ri t g: t el i f f 61 1 :: e l l e ( f rri ii t hat the li ge ► al r io co l exteothe 031 5 14 o c, country buyers was 0., on offer were mostly disposed c) . but 9 ' l , , I leon 0 0 prices viz., 3s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs' tss" V.' declined in d ti to ote rt .0 .11 value 2d per 8 1b , en I,e/e e bOr'96 depressed state. Ilovrever, f ot Jio 01 6 0 0,1 Northamptonshire we received not effected. From Lincolnshire, por l " 0, Ord ,00 0 0, SOO vitl iti o, other s, parts of England 800 geref°ed Atidrotel A O o.; and from Scotland, 140 horn hnoiyooo pd, With Sheep we were tolerably well, but Posildre s p e t:fm n et ht' ol n d o a p e supplied, both as to number a nd qu o oti . , o : a MI ing da that the Mutton trade we 1 1 9 :01 0 bP ; so , e s , Downs the y v ery 00 0 0 Calves , the supply of which Was ..-• we 0 rs' 0 off slowly, staplrlotdooulici4ls4, 0004004:0 fored at barely late rates. t lArB were quite as dear as last we ek; I* much neglected. i - i ---- 1 0 0 . $ i 0• 1 0 0 9/0 1P A;P '‘ 1 6 f -u the 0114. 10 . 1 Per Blbs. to !Ix' 0. d. to s. d• w eer - 0,,,- 6 1 A • I laterlor Beasts 2 2 2 4 • p w coil_. A o o lle g t ot i°. 11, Second vaLity •• 2 6 2 6 o—c-)08e• -r-_,A.148;00116 6 Primo largo Oxea 210 3 2 ;"00.41007;030 . : 1 Prime Scots .. 3 4 3 6 o Thuse_dr - d f , ''. i I; t argo coarse Calves 2 8 3 6 .r.—• all 1 ' o° ,l- Primesmall ditto 3 8 310 4103 5 r 111 ' ° ' e u . t i" Stickling Calves •18021 0 -- a ro/ . old T , 00 Lambs .• —..•• • • 0 0 0 0 '`,/,'10•11° I el I TOTAL surPLY 4 * -- calf - ' f l+ c j I SheeP. 3 /6 6 0 26,780 ....Do. ~ I Jo FOREIGN S u ' 'Oaf 1 4 r ;io,(,, ' B:ask , ,, I sheep. I 307 id t tli P 1,784 I 5,560 SOP? i d OP ok Of the • Jitie l 00 A Statement and Comparison Sys A l , Fat Stock exhibited and sold in, '-', b i, 9 de' ,M, on Monday, Nov. 11, 1850, Oa .roa. la 10,1851. cti l tdt P 4' i 'nk tb B 1 lb''' O. 0 Per Sibs., to s 1 , d. „ 0 .Nov. d. 0. 3 ; 6 6 s' 6 tA:t 9 1 10 1 Coarse and inferior Be asts ... ••• 210 0 8 5 il 0' / Second quality ditto ... •.• " 3 4 4 • 1 ,li i Prime large Oxen .. .. ••• 3 10 5 5 il, , Prime Scots, t, c• ... ... •••• 2 10 4 6 4 F t ! Coarse and inferior Sheep..• .• 3 10 '; 0 , 11 , I Second quality ditto ... •.. ••• 3 b •;} 1 ; 0! ,0 1 Primo coarse-woolled ditto ••• 4 0 0 0, 8 e P, , Prime Southdown ditto ... •• 0 0 5 6 3 0 0 ;II Lambs... ... ... ... .. :•• 2 : 3 10 8 1 1 8 1 1 Large coarse Calves ... —• • 3 3 3 1 1 Large Prime small ditto ... ... ' 3 0 4 "A r? i Large Hogs .. ~. •-.—• ."' 3 1 0 3,1 41 Small Porkers ... ... ... •• ...„3.54 0 ril Beasts ... ... •• ... ...* 'OP St i ~ Sheep and Lambs ::. ... 38 0 00 0 I f Calves ... .. ••• . .0. .... -1 300. 55F Pigs .. ..• ••• 12, 1' p i " ~01 * SUPPLIES ON SALE, N °l : . „04 9 ; o tiv" 4 i Sh s ee o p v. an j,LiaBm4Bb.s_, 21.35e,5a45t05:3CA::,. shee p_ 4ol:,o _4o o, f o r o ifi Calves, 118 ; Pigs, 260. ~_3o,lot7up._,' d e 66 AnCliAr.a.TS .3- 11133 A,7 7,000 carat i l il7e 1',7f0; . 5 1 Since Monday last rieaa r l e ts frot",,,, _ e te. have arrived up to these 0 13 _010(10; wer.:oo, 4 on nisotrffi full 0 3/er°s s' oo extensive ; nevertheless, 9 ' taco '„sso . °; : 1 11 transacte on the following. _ . 11 _ (~,, offer s ' t to-day, h d i a f y il , Y l; killed g d railwayintbe umetr°P').ll,:e I)" 0,11 0 0 Beef,-- n 910(11111 . ; •••• 2 6 2 0 We ' ".. Olfec l p inferlor...... 2 2 •••' : ......-------prna...,. $ i priroolarge .. 2lO 3 2 fort , 1 011 , ',OA al, A s t . p d o . r t s o to g n . 0 10' ed'llY);atgton,i'lliedeAPv—vr :,:, : ; ; 1 , ..... 2 8 3 ,3014N r. tO O rdi --- prime small .3 0 8 ocs 0 ;s4tosp,:orho: 330AOUGII 11 013 of '• 1* Xorktl.hiro, and cotlAnd. i the e °s watersidet i',nelisrtlyw3ee,oko,o io0:035:0:40,0,001 Beasts. 5,22 twSza.., to-day. 6, ,; ~~ `~ ~ !~i • 411 S tki i~ .~