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13. Creat ,Mlrlbcrough- street. VOTICE--LETTICE ARNOLD. L.l The NEW NOVEL, by the Author of "Emilia Wyndluirn." !Ice., entitled " LETTICg be•published Immediately, in. 11 vols., by Mr. COLISURN•;nivi those wito desire early copiee are requested to send their orders immediately to the Libraries. NOW ready at all the Libraries, lu 2 vols., post A NOVEL. 0 0 D. *. The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage i which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man aerses, and Smythe.s."—Observer. " Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels Which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter 3f Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence [Toward, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a Wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Mornirg Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. JhER TIM GIRAAIDFNjASTITONYAL'S CONC T ER H TS E . THEATRE The lexecutivc Committee, Directors, and Managers of "The '{rind .National Concerts" have the honour to announca e YOLIETII CONCIAT of the FIRST SERIES, TIIIS EYEIYING, PICOGRAM3I.E. PA4T I 0 ,- erture, La Gazza Ladra Rc Duett, Mr. Gustavus Geary and M. Jules Ll:ort. " Quando di sangue Unto," Belisario DODlZettl. Concerto, Violin, M. Molique (his fleet appearance) Molique. Cavatina, Mdlle. Angri, " Di placer mi Reiss," La Gazza Ladra Yossini. "Train de Pialsir" (Composed expressly for these concerts; second time of performance) Bosisio. Grand Scene, "Through the Forest," Der Fie- sOutz, Mr. Gustavus Geary • • • • Solo, Trombone, Mr. Winterbottpm •• Madrigal, " Nov is the Month aralaying," Overture, Jessonda pear. 11. .. Weber. Winterbottom. .. T. Morley. Spohr. Beethoven. Grand SymphOnlie in F • • .. Aria. Mrs. Alexander Newton (her first appearance at these Concerts) " Gil angui d'inferno" .. Mozart. Caprice et Variations de Concert," Alexis," tester Heinr:ch Werner—his seeond,aPPearance Czerny. Aria, Mdlle. Angri , " Bratdist," Lucrezia Borgia •• Donizetti. Truett. Mrs. Alexander Newton and Mr. Gustavus Geary, "Da quit dl," blinds di Chamouni " .• Denizetti. Solo, Flute —Mr. Richardson—National Air, "Role; Brittania" • • • • . .• Duet. Valse, " Galop de Fascination , " A lma • • .. Costa. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Belle. rrinelpal Violin, Herr Molique. The Executive Committee have the honour to announce the fol lowing arrangements for the week : Madentqlselle Angri will appear on this and every evening during the week. Ma tame Blscaecianti will appear to-morrow. Mr. Gustavus Geary will make his appearance this Evening and to-morrow. M. Charles Halle will perform to-morrow. Master Henrich Werner will appear this Evening. M. Molique will perform this Evening. Mr. Sims Beeves—Due notice will be given of the first appearance of this eminent tenor. Dr. George 3fadarren's new Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened," Is in rehearsal, and will shortly be produced. Spohr's new Symphony, entitled " The Seasons," will be produced as speedily as tile arrangements will permit. Mr. Edward Loder's New Serenata, " The Island of Calypso," is els.) in active preparation. Mr. Balfe's New Hunting Chorus , will be performed next week. . The 'Executive Committee hays the greatest pleasure in announcing that, by the gracious permission of his Majes'y the King of Prussia, the entire Chorus of the fieriest Chapel Royal, under the direction of Herr Kapelmeister Neidthardt, will make their first appearance early in November. :he Music of the Serenatas will be published by Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co. Box Stalls, One Pair.. 4s. Od. ! Gallery Stalls • 2s. 6d. Ditto, Two Ditto . 3s. 6d. Slip Stalls .. ..• •..• • .. ls. 6d. I Half Circle, Ditto •..., 2s. 6d. Gallery .. •• • • • • Is. Od. Promenade •• . ••••• •• /s. 6d. Applicalons for Private Boxes and Stalls to be made a t t he Box effice ; or 'lto Messrs. Andrews, Alcreft, Leader, and Cock, • ew Bond-street ; Mitchell, flookliam. and Ebers, Old Boni-street; Sams, St. James's-street ; Cramer, Beale, and Co., and Bailey, Re gent-street ; Chappell, Bond-street ; and Dyte and Son, Strand. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Converts will com mence at Eight, and terminate at Eleven. N.B. It is respectfully announced that all persons attending the Private Boxes, and the First and Second Tiers of Box Stalls, will be required to appear in Evening Dress ; eta the Public is most earnestly requested to assist in carrying out this regulation, as far as may ue practicable, in all parts of Her Majesty's Theatre. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal eotanie and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATR ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. 'Kr. Ti. Wet ter, Solo Lessee and .Manager, 014 Brompton. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will be pertbrm , 'd LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOIILST. After which IJIE. JACOBITE. To be follovrecl by IBS ROUGH DIAMOND. robonclude wish OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. tinder the direction or Madame Celeste. THIN EVENING, Wlll be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mt r which the romantic Drama of RORY O'MORE. Scrubs, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Shan Dhu, Mr. 0. Smith; Mary O'More, Miss Collins; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre Is open for theUasou, under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. TIM EVE NIN G, Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wig=n, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. T. be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH ME 'TS, in wn:ch Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will app , :ar. lb conclude with a new BALLET DIVEETISSEMENT, in which Mr. Flexuaore, Miss Carlotta Lectercq, and Macllle. Anriol will ap pear. private Boxes, 57,1. , to he had of all the Bookselters, and of Mr. Massingliatn ; of whom also places may Le taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from lifiven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of the New Comedy.— First Week of Giralda at second price. TIll4 +NG, ' Will he performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER, in nidch Messrs. 11. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, W. Farren, Jim., Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and Ebea Turner will app-ar. To be Pilloried by (41 RALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup portLU by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, jun., Comp ton k xesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and jirle;e To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE SULTAN'S DREAM, w WWI Aladlle. Louise, and Madlles. Adele and Lees will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessct., Mr. Charles Mathews. The PL lie is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season TIT'S EVENING, Will hl performed SE '4. V 1.; n t tc, ac. .Af er which MT P 3 I ; or, A Desperate Remedy. To coneude with the Extravaganza of OLYNIPIC DEVILS ; or, OrphenA and Eurydice. AsTLEY'S ttOYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal highness Prince Albert. Pronrlator and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the crywdeti /louses to witness the attractive and vaagnihrera spectacle of Mazeppa, which; With brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, lorm the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the MatropolLQ, it will be continued for a few more nights. THIS EVENING, • acle of MAZEPPA Witt be produced 1,n%1 Byron's gorgeous Spect ald the WILD HORSE'. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T: Hicks. To be sucee, dent by an inimitable Displf Batty's Foots o equitation in the Cirque Olymplque, by the mal ay o e and female Eques f trians of the Establishment, and grand Pageant of The Festival of Flowers. To conclude with a raTOttlite Farce. Isoz-office open from Eleven till Four. Staue Manager. Mr. W. West. • wA riot Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts t)AT —Morning 3 rain. after 12 I Evening 26 min. after 12 To • vloasoar Morning 45 min. after 12 I Evening 4 min. after 1 THE WEATHEIL—SIIN OFFICE, OcrouEß. 18. THERMOMETER, IR TUB SHADE. 56--highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day, at noon. BAuomwrzn., 30.16. WIXD S.W.—Morning, thick fog; Afternoon, fine sunshiny weather. ,t e A 47 7 rr ), "4" :-, 1\ - - ii f is _•, , t , .., if -...., 4 ... ,,, .4 ~.,..., , ,_,... , A 7 , tr.' .- Ik l" l <‘'''- - : - 7 727 7 -- ‘ ''' 7 _....,;,.,...,‘ - A•r r , ~' 5 . kt'i , 1- --xt , , . ..---,,, .„N ~, , Ain .. ta vAllr,:A- " - V.! , C.TVZ, • i • 4 ,;,-. •A' t,...Le,- i Pt 7, IT ..,L.v.4. 1..M.7.17 \ 4 r1iZ1,....................-..- -. .' ' ‘ ... .....=•-••• A t Cl/ t :01i11 I ) 14 , I,r ( 4 f it LONDON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1850. Mr. CLII,PIikSL, the historian of the law of patents, should be afforded an opportunity of appending a supplementary chapter to his masterly work on this department of our jurisprudence—a chapter record ing the triumph of the reforms so long and earnestly required. Were it possible, we should rejoice to witness the interposition of the Legislature in behalf of scientific inventors prior to next year's great Industrial Exhibition. A suggestion to this effect, made by an intelligent correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries, has revived to our remem brance an et long the subject of our most serious consideration, and the almost simultaneous appearance of a congenial article in the weekly organ of CuwarAs picsEsts tends to emphasise a necessity now for a very considerable time recognised. The pernicious Influence of the present system has been altogether too long and too painfully experienced to admit of much cavil or incredulity. Insomuch have these ill-effects been perceptible that an effort was made in the Upper House of Parliament to ameliorate in some metsare the condition of so large and intel ligent a portion of the community as that of the con trivers of chemical and mechanical inventions. In the Act for the Provisional Regis'ration of Designs it was provided by the Lords that inventions hitherto only prot,,etible by letters patent, should, according to certain arrangements, be likewise rendered subjects capable of registration. Unf ztunately the endeavour proved abortive. Through the obstinite refusal. of • the Commons to c om p l y with the prniiosal s2nctioned by the Lords, patentable inventions were precluded f ro m the advantage of being provisionally registered. The consequence of all this is ,obviously disastrous. Either the public must be the A tifferers or the inven tor. Either (trough the inctipability of securing to himself a certain advantage from the results of his own ingenuity by reason of the costliness of the required expenditure), the would-be patentee is compelled to abandon the idea of publishing his design, and is thereby inflicting an injury upon the public, that might otherwise have benefited from his powers of constructiveness ; or (through the same lamentable and sometimes insurmountable difficulty) the unfortunate inventor is induced to reveal the na ture of his design without previously securing to himself a sort of copyright possession in it, and is thereby doomed to witness the proceeds of his own skill enriching others without bringing to himself anything more substantial than a barren celebrity. The alternative is to the last degree deplorable, and is unfortunately but of too frequent occurrence. Some adequate conjecture may be formed of the exorbitant charges levied upon all those ingenious men wbo are for protecting under letters patent their chemical or mechanical inventions-some conjecture, we say, may be formed of these exorbitant and un conscionable charges from the graphic picture just given in the miscellany of the distinguished writer before mentioned. The paper from which we are about to extract an epitomized quotation is entitled, simply but suggestively enough, "A Poor Man's Tale of a Patent," and recounts in the following manner the fees and stamp taxes, which gradually swell into a sum such as many find, when too late, to be alto gether ruinous. "After a deal of trouble," says the poor mechanic who gives a history of his misfortunes, I found out a Master in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, nigh Temple-bar, where I made the declaration, and paid 18d. I was told to take the de claration and petition to the Home-office, in White hall, where I left it to be signed by the Home Se cretary, and where I paid 21. 2s. 6d. In six days he signed it, and I was told to take it to the Attorney- General's chambers, and leave it there for a report. I did so, and paid 4/. 4s. The Attorney-General made what they called a report of course, and I was sent back with it to the Home office. They made a copy of it, which was called a warrant. For this warrant I paid 71.135. 6d. It was sent to the QUEEN to sign. The QUEEN sent it back signed. The Home Secretary signed it again. The gentleman throwed it at me when I called, and said, Now take it to the Patent-office, in Lincoln's Inn.' At the Patent-office, in Lincoln's Inn, they made a draught of the QUEEN'S bill" of my inven tion, and a docket of the bill.' I paid 51. 103. 6d. for this. They ' engrossed two copies of the bill, one fur the Signet-office and one for the Privy Seal office.' I paid 11. 7s. 6d. for this. Stamp duty over and above, 31. The engrossing clerk of the same office engrossed the QUEEN'S bill for signature. I paid him 1/. 13. Stamp duty again, 1/. 103. I was next to take the QUEEN'S bill to the Attorney-Gene ral again, and get it signed again. I took it, and paid 51. more. I fetched it away, and took it to the Home Secretary again. He sent it to the QUEEN again. She signed it again. I paid 7/. 13s. Gd. more for this. But I hadn't nigh done yet. The QUEEN'S bill was to be took to the Signet-office in Somerset. house, Strand, where the stamp shop is. The Clerk of the Signet made a Signet Bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.' I paid him 4/. 7e. The Clerk of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal made a Privy Seal bill for the Lord Chancellor.' I paid him 41 2s. The Privy Seal bill was handed over to the Clerk of the Patents, who engrossed the aforesaid. I paid him Si. 17s. Bd. ; at the same time I paid stamp duty for the patent, in one lump, 301. I next paid him for boxes for the patent,' 9s. Gd. I next paid 'fees to the Deputy, the Lord Chancellor's Purse-bearer,' 2/. 2s. I next paid, fees to the clerk of the Hanaper, 71. 13s. I next paid fees to the Deputy Clerk of the Hanaper,' 10e. I next paid to the Lord Chancellor again 1/. 1 Is. 6d. Last of all I paid ' fees to the Deputy Sealer and Deputy Chaff Wax,' 105. 6d." Thus, says he, in conclusion, " the unopposed patent for my invention, for England only, had cost me 961. 7s. Bd. If I bad taken it out for the United Kingdom, it would have cost me more than 3001." From this homely catalogue of the expenses in curred by the more speculative class of discoverers, it will be seen how gross and extortionate in its cha racter is the existing plan of arrangement. Nor can a syllable be uttered in its defence on the plea that the majority of these charges go to swell the amount of the national revenue. For this they do not. In stead of benefiting the Exchequer, they only drop into the pockets of the different underlings. They are the sops to the Cerberi of the law. They are bribes of the most transparent kind, or rather fees and bonuses equivalent to the " one thousand thanks" of the advertiser. Against them the indignant fiat of the Legislature should be pronounced. For, while they ruin, or at the least grievously embarrass, the in ventor, while they perpetuate a rotten and pernicious system of things, a system directly opposed to all ideas of justice, and injurious to the cause of public morality, so far from securing any advantage to the revenue, they affect it only in the way of its diminu tion. Upon this head we are satisfied. We are satisfied as surely as we are upon the propriety and policy of diminishing the charge of postage, and of decreasing the amounts of impost levied on our importations and exportations. Of the advantage of this moderating scheme of expense the tariff of Sir ROBERT PEEL and the penny postage of Mr. ROWLAND HILL are brilliant illustrations. As we have witnessed in reference to those two glorious innovations, so we are convinced it would be were a similar plan adopted in regard to the patenting of scientific inventions. Diminish the scale of charges and the revenue derived from this source would be very soon conspicuously swelled by the increase of applicants for such kind of intellectual protection. Let the sums requisite for the purchase of letters patent be restricted simply to the discharge of a moderate stamp tax, and to the payment of the costs of a specification (abolishing en ,masse the whole of those iniquitous fees), and the beneficial result of the change would be speedily per ceptible. The revenues of the country would be in creased instead of being diminished ; the public would be benefited by the speedier acquisition of new in• ventions in matters affecting their comfort or conve nience, while the inventors themselves, in lieu of paying, as heretofore, a sort of penalty for their in genuity, would receive some portion at least of the rewards to which they are most indisputably entitled. When a few years since the amended Irish Poor law was carried through Parliament by large and overwhelming majorities, it was reasonably antici pated that the nation would thenceforward be spared the heartrending intelligence of human beings perishing by the way-side of actual starvation. It was said that the poverty of the country was at length a charge upon its property, and that the necessities of all should be provided for before any thing was allocated to luxury or even comfort. It might possibly occur, in extraordinary cases, that persons unwilling to enrol themselves among the pauper herd might linger on until their constitution had become so greatly enfeebled from inanition, that they could scarcely recover their former health and strength, or that they might even have died before they claimed or obtained the assist ance to which every destitute person is entitled in the British isles. Such things have happened iu this more favoured land, where a poor-law has been in practical operation for three centuries, and would be of course, still more probable in Ireland, where the humane enactment had only been in force for thre e years. But it could not be supposed that when once a person had been admitted into a workhouse, when his claims to support and mainte nance were recognized, that he could, under any possible combination of circumstances, be suffered to die from want of the commonest necessaries of ex istence, a sufficient supply of the coarsest and cheapest food. That such is the fact has, however, been proved beyond the possibility of doubt by the evi dence taken before the coroner of the county of Clare and a jury empannelled to inquire into the circum stances attending the death of an unfortunate child, named bErsis KEARSg, which the verdict declared to have been occasioned "by exhaustion from want offood and exposure to cold, and from the neglect of the officers connected with the present house and auxiliary house at Afiltown, together with the neglect of the Batty voughan guardians." Such a decision is sufficiently startling to demand the closest and most stringent inquiry, not merely into the particular circumstances of that melancholy case, but into the practical administration of the law which ivid led to such untoward results. The verdict above alluded to would, OR this side of St. George's Channel, be considered equivalent to one of manslaughter, and a warrant would have been immediately issued for the apprehension of the parties implicated, who would have had to answer before a judge of the land and a jury of their countrymen for their conduct. It does not, however, appear that any step has yet been taken to bring the offenders to justice, or to teach other boards of guardians and their subordinates the salutary and much-required lesson, that the lives of her MAJESTY'S subjects are not to be sacrificed with impunity, and that even pauper children are not placed beyond the pale of the law's protection. The evidence showed that the principal workhouse of the Ballyvoughan Union is situated at Ennistymon, and that there is an auxiliary establishment at Miltown Malbray, a distance of seven Irish miles, or rather more than nine English miles—the Irish mile being 2,240 yards, while the English is but 1,760. The inmates of the Miltown establishment consisted chiefly of children from .5 to 14 years of age, and there were also a few adults, male and female. The Ballyvoughan guardians desired to inspect the entire body of paupers for the purpose of deciding on their chargeability, and accordingly an edict went forth, that all paupers not sick were to appear at the En ❑istymon workhouse on Monday,the 30zh September. Nothing was thought of the sufferings that would be encountered by the miserable herd in journeying to and fro. No provision was made for food on the road, nor was it taken into consideration how children of five or six years of age, whose strength had been previously reduced to the utmost degree, could walk more than eighteen miles on a bleak cold day, and that without anything to nourish or sustain them on their painful journey. It was sufficient that the august board desired it, and no alter native remained. There is no such word as " im possibility " in the vocabulary of these excellent personages. In accordance with the irrevocable fiat, the wretched party, consisting of fourteen men, three women, and eighty-fire boys, varying from five to fourteen years of age, set out on their weary pilgrimage. Having received an early breakfast, if a few spoonfuls of thin stirabout to each could be so denominated, they started at a little after eight o'clock in the morning, and reached their destination between twelve and one o'clock, after something more than four hours' toil. There they were " checked off,' but no food or refreshment of any description was given to the sinking travellers, it being the opinion of the erudite clerk to the board of guardians that " the law does not allow paupers to be fed in the parent house, nor anywhere except in the house where they are located." The funds of the union received the benefit of the legal doubt, and nothing whatsoever was given. The wretched children were kept on parade until between five and six o'clock in the evening, and were then dismissed on what the porter of the workhouse describ?d to be " a hard, cold, dark night," to return to their cheer ful abode at Miltown. It may easily be anticipated that many of the parties began to fail on their homeward route. The porter was obliged to take two of the boys in his arms, and to leave them at a house on the road until the next morning, when a horse and car were sent for them. But all were not so fortunate. A person named SLATTERY, returning to Miltown from Ennistymon fair, encountered the ghastly crew. Lie first met a man against the wall at Raneen-hill, on the side of the road, who said "he was weak and not able to walk." Another, a little further on, declared "his sight was darkening, he was so weak from hunger." He then met a number of boys, and asked if they were able to walk home; ''some were, and some were weak." A sheaf of beans, purloined from a neighbouring field most probably enabled several of the party to reach their destination. Again, be overtook three boys— two of them endeavouring to bring on the third, who was not able to walk. SLATTERY took " the little boy that was weak by the arm, and led him along ;" but speedily one of those , who had endeavoured to sus tain his comrade told him that "he was falling dead with weakness." His road lay in a different direction, and he let the boys he had been holding go, when he heard a cry, and he again went forward out of his way to assist them. Before him was poor DENIS KEARNE staggering forward, he fell violently against a wall and was dead before he could be raised up. Re lay on the spot where he had fallen for the night, not being missed until "roll call" the next morning. Between nine and ten the survivors reached the workhouse, and the porter, ITENNESEY, declares that " but for the exertions of Miss SHINE (the matron) more of them would have died." On the postmortem examination no particle of food was found in poor KEARNE'S stomach, and the medical gentleman de clared that "death was caused from inanition." Such Are the facts of this ts ingular ly painful and distressing case, facts which are sufficient to excite the indigna tion of every parent, of every man of ordinary hu manity in the British dominions, and to imperiously demand a Parliamentary investigation into the work ing of the Lich Poor-law. [HE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The different parties into which France is divided are evidently girding themselves for the conflict which it appears must inevitably take place at the meeting of the Assembly. In the Pouvoir M. GRANTER DE CASSAGNAC (ex writer of all-work to M. GUIZOT, but now the obe dient, humble servant of the existing " Powers that be") declares war irreconcileable against the Legiti matists, whom he accuses of having brought about the revolution of February, 1848, and of having been engaged for the last twenty years in one continued conspiracy to render all order and government itn possible. There can he no doubt of the truth of the latter accusation. M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC, from his former intimate relations with the party he now accuses, may perhaps be in a position to throw some light upon the causes which led to the outbreak against the Republic in June, 1848, and to state who were the real chiefs of that movement, and from what quarter the funds were supplied. The Legitimatists are not one whit less vehement in their denunciations of the Imperialists, and the Opinion Publique, speak ing in the name of the Legitimatist party, declares that the proposition " for the prolongation of the powers of the PRESIDENT is a ruinous absurdity, which no one thinks of entertaining," and that on this subject there is no difference of opinion among the Legitimatists. The Opinion Publique, however, does not tell us whether or no MM. DR MONTALEM• BERT and DE FALLOUY are to be considered any longer as Legitimatists. In the mean time, the PRESIDENT iS playing his cards with great tact, and never suffers the slightest opportunity of acquiring personal popu larity to escape bins. On Wednesday as he was riding, unaccompanied by any escort along the Champs Elysees, a man followed him holding a paper in his band. The PRESIDENT held out his hand to receive the petition but missed it, and the paper fell to the ground. The PRESIDENT at once drew up, and stopped still until the man handed it to him. There were numbers of people present who saw the act, and shouts were raised of " Vive Napo leon !" " Vive le President !" which followed him nearly to the Elys6e. Among the cries were several of " Vive l'Empereur I" The Patric publishes an article signed by M. DELAMARRE, the proprietor of the jsurnal, pledging suppert to any proposition for prolonging the powers of the PRESIDENT. The Gazette de France states that Don CARLOS is seriously ill at Froshdorff. In the same journal we find the following:— " A courier has been dispatched to-day from the Foreign-office with dispatches to the French ambassa dor at the Court of Denmark. Like those which were }•esterday sent to our ambassador at St. Potersburgh„ sthteln , yh a a nd have t f o or ths object they he P w a il d e fie e a m ti l of th the ratification ü b l y . Denmark of the project of a treaty entered into between. France and Russia, a treaty to which M. Fialin de Per signy has hek n charged to obtain the consent of Prussia." The Moniteur publishes a decree signed by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, opening the Custom house of Bailleul, in the department of the North, for the importation and exportation of grain and flour. The Evenement states that at the meeting of the Committee of Permanence to be held on Thursday, and at which M. Dueler is to preside, some questions are to be addressed to the Ministers. It says further, that at a Cabinet Council held at the Ely6e on Wed nesday it was arranged that M. BAROCHE, the Mi nister of the Interior, should attend the Committee PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 17.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 92f. 10c. ; Three per Cents , 55f. 55 c. ; Bank Actions, 2,310 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 17. Boulogne and Amiens, B %—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 4 —Namur and Liege, B—Northern of Prance, 14%—Orleans and Bor deaux, 2%—Paris and Strasbourg, 75,5. " THE DECLINE OF ENGLAND."—We only know one instance, and that is, England's declining to buy DI. Lenz Rollin's book. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER lB, 1850. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. The Ministeri , tl crisis had passed off and the Ministers remain in office. The Cortes are to meat on the 31st. 11.1Annxn BOLZA, OCT. 12.—Three per Cents. 34i ; Five per Cents. at 13i- paper. Exchange on London, 50 30 money. GERMANY. The Cassel Gazette, which is now published at Frankfort, under the direction of HASSENPFLUG, con tradicts, in its number of the 13th, the report of the abdication of the Elector of HESSE which had ap peared in the Deutsche Zeitung of the previous day. On the 14th the Deutsche Zeitung published the fol lowing note : Ttie statement contained in the second edition of this journal, published yesterday, was not ventured ex cept upon very good grounds, as we have since satisfied ourselves by further inquiry. It was only because the same influence which has worked so much evil through out the late troubles regained the ascendant that the act which eas all that was wanting to justify our statement was delayed. We regard this, however, as only a post onement of a fact which the text few days will clear up." It is said that the ELECTOR is beginning to see that HASSENPFLUG and Count Thing have'been misleading him to serve Austrian purposes, and that he is inclined to dismiss those from his service who would make of him a mere Austrian tool, and to call to his councils men who have the independence and interest of the country at heart, It was rumoured at Cassel on the 15th that HASSENPFLU G and the Absolutist clique hari been dismissed, and; the following Ministry ap pointed : ELORES, Ministerial President. DUYSING, Minister of Finance. LOSBERO, Minister of War. These men are all Constitutionalists. Certain it is, that the two last have been summoned to Wilhelms bad by the ELECTOR. Accounts, from Vienna of the 12th state that the cholera had again broken out in that city. It is said that Baron VAT has been appointed Stadtbolder of H ungary , an d J ons C ZERAKI Presi dent of the Supre me C our t o f J us ti ce . Letters fronr Verona state that the adjudication of the Lombardo-Venetian loan, which was to take place at that city on the Bth instant, has not been awarded, none of the offers having reached the minimum fixed by the Minister of Finance. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danish official account gives 180 as the number of killed and wounded in the defence of Friedrich stadt. It shou!d be borne in mind that the Danes were protected by their fortifications and field works. ITALY. Advices from Rome of the Bth state that Signor PIKELLI, the Sardinian Envoy, had demanded his passports, as he cannot consent to the propositions of the Papal Court for the settlement of the dispute be tween the two countries. The POPE has admitted to a private audience a deputati on o f E ng li s h C a tholics, who were presented to him b y Cardinal Murcia. The deputation, which w as compose d o f the members of the English College and several other Englishmen, went to thank the PON TIFF f or e l ev ating to the purple their old col league a n d super i o r, Dr. WISEMAN. PIUS IX. re ceived th em i n a very gracious manner, and on their departure gave them separately the apostolic bene diction. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 12th contains, in its official part, the appointment of Count CAVOUR to the Ministry of Marine, Agriculture, and Commerce. The Opinione reports that the Minister of War was disposed to resign. Count CAVOUR writes to the Risorgimento that be ceases henceforth to belong to the redaction of that journal. OVERLAMAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received a dispatch by the electric tele graph, via Trieste, announcing the arrival at that port of the steamer of the Austrian Lloyd's, bringing the Overland Mail. The following is the message of our correspondent at Alexandria : " ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 9. " The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Oriental arrived at Suez on the 6th instant, with fifty-two passengers. The dates of the intelligence brought by this arrival are Bombay, September 17 ; Calcutta, the 7th September ; Singapore the 2d of September ; and Hong-Kong the 24th August. " There was a total dearth of events of political importance, and the profoundest tranquillity reigned throughout India. " The works cn the Calcutta Railway had been at last commenced. "Sir Charles Napier was to begin his homeward journey from Simla on the sth of November, and the Governor-General was expected to return from Kona wur to Simla at the end of September. It was then expected that his Lordship would visit the Punjeub. " According to a report, which was considered very doubtful, Sir H. Laurence was said to have fallen during his travels in Cashmere into the hands of a tribe who had detained him in captivity. " A mutiny had broken out among some of the Nizam's native troops. " The cholera was still prevalent in Sinde, Moulin) and some districts of India. "From Singapore we learn that Sir James Brooke had sailed for Siam on the 31 of August. " The Indian and Chinese seas are still infested with pirates. _ `• The first expedition of the Dutch against Borneo has had but small success. " The intelligence from China is unimportant. We are glad to state that the health of the troops in Hong- Kong was improving. " The differences between the Chinese and Portu guese at Macao had not been arranged. " A sufficiency of rain had fallen in Bengal and the greater part of India, with the exception, however . of Bombay and Poonah. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Loss of the packet Ariadne. Destruction by fire of the Isabella at Penan g . The business season has commenced. Trade is and prices. there im port market. Sales of cotton commenced at Bombay 1 a good opening in the G is ray stuffs of middle quality a l looking o f k i.t favourable r u a p b , were sought after, and also Mad wallums. From the Calcutta market we have equally favourable advices. Mule twist commanded high prices, and much busi ness was done in red yarns. Metals were slack, and down. The were going The export trade was firm. The old stores of indigo were sold, and sugar was taken at moderate prices. Saltpetre Was constantly in demand, and so were rice and raw silk, of which the prices were looking up. Oil seeds were in constant demand. A great deal of business was done id opium. The money-market continued easy, and paper was looki ng up . Government , securiti es were wan t e d. Devis es issuing in favour of purchasers. Rates of e xc h ange for paper at six months' sight, 24 to 20 5.6 ; for cheques , 20 f to 20k. Frei g hts ri sing from V. 16s. 6 1. to 41., granted to London for sugar; 31. 7s. 6d. to 3/. 103. to Liverpool. AMERICAN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamer Franklin arri ved off Cowes this morning at seven o'clock, and after transferring her mails and p assen g ers p rocee ded to Havre. Sh e h a d 50 passengers , and experienced easterly winds during her voyage, which occupied twelve days. The New Y or k H e rald says—"By telegr a phi c communicatio ns from New Orleans we have highly favourable news from Califo rnia two weeks l a t er t h an th a t brought by the steamer a few day s will be learned with great delight. W e a re ago. Accounts from the g old r egion are very encourag i ng , and the restoration of peace at S acramento c ity affair seem s also happy to find that the city h as not b een b ur ned, 23 was reported ; the to have ended a fter the sacrifice of a few lives. Thi s ' w ill b e we l come news, for a large por tion of the community have had very serious appre hensions of the fate of their friends, since it was re ported that several more outrages had commenced upon the Pacific coast." _ The stock market was firm, with an advance in prices. A large dry goods house in Boston had failed, with liabilities 400,000 dolls. The advices by the Cambria bad strengthened the market for cotton, with a rise of one-eighth to a quarter of a cent. per pound. Freights e as i er . In a c o lli s i on of the s t eam -ship Southerner with the barqu e Isaac Mead the latter vessel sunk, and 34 persons were d rowne d . _ _ Mr. Webster was expected in New York. A destructive fire had occurred in Buffctlo. A Catly)lic Archbishop of Canada died at Quebec on the 4th of October. Frederick Douglas was to be seized in New York as a fugitive slave, but would probably escape to Canada. Messrs. Gassets, Balcha, and Co., of Boston, have suspended payment. The first ticket for Jenny Lind's concert at Provi dence, Rhode Island, sold for G5O dolls. Exchange on London was quoted at 1101 to 11.0... V. The Franklin's mails will be forwarded to London by the 11.30 train; she spoke the steam ships Atlantic and Asia on her ♦oyage. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The third of the series of Grand National Concerts took place last evening, and was exceedingly well attended ; the promenade, as usual, wa s qu it e crow d e d . Mr. Gustavus Geary, who acquired considerable fame as a concert singer last season, and who h a s s i nce then been singing with much success at Dublin, made his debit at these concerts last evening. His voice is a tenor of considerable power, compass, and sweetness. He sang the bravura, "Oh ! tis a glorious sight," from Oicron, a duet from Tancredi with Mdlle. Angri, and " Ah to o care," from the Puritani; the latter exquisite air was beautifully rendered. Mr. H. C. Cooper, the violinist, w hose performances at the Philharmonic Concerts have already acquired for him a high reputation, also made his first appearance. He performed Mendelsshon's violin concerto in E minor, and never have we heard a more artistical perform ance; the applause at the conclusion was enthusiastic. To this admirable performance of Mr. H. C. Cooper, to the equally admirable performance last evening by M. Charles Hall 6, of the first pianoforte concerto in G minor of the same great composer, to the magni cent rendering by the orchestra of Cherubini's over ture to Finiska, to the beauties of Balfe's MS. overture, the perfection of its instru mentation and the effective manner of its per formance, and to the magnificent p er f ormance of Beethoven's noble overture to Egmont, the com mittee of management may appeal as a proof that they last night, at least, fully redeemed the pledge of their programme. It would be an injustice to Mr. Balfe to close this notice without bearing testimony to the admirable manner in which he conducted Mendels sohn's concertos, affording the solo players ample scope, and at the same time keeping the band well together, and rendering with a feeling of reverential respect the true meaning of his author. THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN. The Dublin Evening Packet gives the following ac count of the farewell benefit of Mr. Henry Bedford, who will make his first appearance next week at the Haymarket, as Billy Lackaday, in Sweethearts and Wives : It is quite true, as the Freeman remarks, that " nothing ever seen in Dublin in the shape of thea trical enthusiasm could equal the reception afforded by the Queen's Theatre audience last evening to their favourite, Henry Bedford." To say that the house was crowded to overflowing would ill express the literal packing that rendered his farewell benefit a tribute of which this justly-esteemed favourite may really feel proud. Hundreds could not gain admis sion, and but one feeling pervaded the entire audience —a feeling of blended regret at his departure, and gratification that in his new engagement at the Hay market Theatre he will be afforded a wider sphere for the display of his rare genius. In the course of the evening Mr. Bedford delivered the following farewell address, written by J. J. Duggan, Esq., of this city : ree years have passed since first, a stranger here, I cr.me before you—shall I say with fear ? Yes, fear; lest my poor pow'rs should fail to please Your well-known taste—l did feel ill at ease— But, from the moment that I made my " bow," • You kindly cheered me (as you did just now) ; And, since that hour, I've ever had from you An Irish welcome, generous, warm, and true. (Prolonged cheering.) Believe me, friends, this heart can deeply feel, Though Thalia's mask its impulses conceal; And Bedford, the comedian, feels for you A gratitude sincere, and just, and true. (Renewed applause.) Three pleasant years we've laughed together here — That is, you laughed whenever I was queer — (Loud laughter and cheers.) And, having laughed at me for such long while, To drop a tear would but provoke your smile, Though There at parting I should let one NI; And so, there's no use crying lifter all—(Laughter)— And yet, to part from those that we esteem Is a more trying bus'ness than 'twould seem To those who know not what strong links there be Between the public and its protegee.—(Cheers.) 'Tis hard to smile when one is very sad, And parting from 3 ou scarcely makes me glad. What shall I do? How can I say farewell? I feel this moment snore than I shall tell. Farewell! farewell! your kindness long shall be Fresh on the " tablet of my memory." And should it ne'er be mine again to see You, my stout henchmen of the gallery; Or you, kind patrons of the critic pit; Or you, fair friends, that round the boxes sit; Yet, in " my mind's eye" shall you all appear; And then yes then, I'll fancy I'm still here, Drentn of happy time I've spent with you, And waft to Erin a sincere adieu; Whilst your own poet thus shall speak for me, " My heart, untravelled, fondly turns to thee." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, OCT. 17. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked this morning in Osborne Park and grounds. The Prince of "Wales, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived at Kew on Wed nesday, frem the Continent, and joined their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg-Strelitz. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of •Kent, at ber residence, Clarence HOUSQ, St. James's. COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF THREE MAIDENS.—A most daring burglary was committed at Mallon Cottage, situated about a quarter of a mile from Abbotskerswell, Devon, on Monday evening last. The proprietor was absent , and had left the care of the house to his three daughters, who had just retired to bed when they heard a noise below, as of some persons breaking into the house. The eldest of them, about 14 years of age, immeJiately jumped out of bed, struck 'a light, which she gave to her sisters, and arming herself with two pistols, walked down the stairs followed by her two sisters. On entering the parlour they found every thing in confusion, papers lying about, and the desk rifled. The burglars fled on the entrance of the girl, and the young lady with the pistols jumped from the parlour window into the lawn and fired both pistols after them. The thieves had stolen some money, papers, and plate,• but being eager to get off,. dropped some plate in the lawn, which was recovered again in the morning. Two suspicious looking fellows were begging• at the house in the morning, but they have not yet been apprehended.— Sherborne Journal FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN THE FULHAM-ROAD. — Yesterday morning the following serious accident took place appears that the cart of Mr. Gosden, fishmonger, of Gray's-place, Fulham-road, was left standing at the door unattended by any one but his son, a child of only four years of age, who was sitting in the cart and holding the reins. From some unascertained reason the horse took fright, and started off in the direction of Marlborough road, and• after knocking down several individuals in that crowded tho roughfare, it came in contact with the carriage of A. W. Warder, Esq., surgeon, of Onslow-square, in whichwas seated Miss A. Warder, a young lady of about five years of age. Mr. Warder's groom at the moment of the concussion was standing at the horse's head ; while Mr. Warder was in attendance on a patient. The result of the collision was that both the children were violently hurled from their re spective seats into the road. It was at first thought that Miss Warder was killed; but upon examination a very severe abrasion of the face, and some contusionlof the limbs, were all that could be ascertained. A more wonderful escape was never witnessed. Mr. Warder's carriage was completely smashed, the rumble torn off, and the near wheels and springs • entirely destroyed. Mr. Gosden's child, unhappily, was dreadfully hurt; it was taken up bleeding, and perfectly insensible, and has, it is feared, sustained some most serious fractures and injuries to the skull, the amount of which are not yet ascertained. Had it not been for the presence of mind displayed by Mr. Warder's groom, who, actively shifted the position of his horse, both children mu s t have been in evitably killed upon the spot. THE REFORM MOVEMENT.--it will be seen that the new Reform campaign commenced in the metropolis on Monday last, and judging from the space allotted to the pro ceedings in the daily journal's, it was far more influential in its character than some editors are willing to admit. After a laboured attempt to cast ridicule upon the movement, and to stigmatise it as vain and absurd, the Morning Chronicle con cludes by admitting that reform is needed, and accuses the Premier of having trifled with the matter far too long I Let the Reformers take comfort from this and similar significant admissions in the Times. A public meeting will shortly be held in Derby in support of Financial and Parliamentary Reform, and we hope to have the presence on that occasion of Mr. Hume, the veteran Reformer. —Derby Reporter. TORQUAY.—About WO feet of the sea wall at Meadfoot was washed down during the late gale, and which has now been replaced. BURIED ALlVE.—Yesterday morning information was sent to Mr, Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, of the death of a man named Michael Cushion. Deceased was at work with others at a house in South Audley-street, and em ployed in digging out a large quantity of earth for the pur. pose of enlarging the foundation. He had undermined a ccnsiderable way, when another man got on the top of the ground under which be was at work, and the whole mass gave way. He was completely buried underneath an im mense mass of ground, the other man falling with it on him. As soon as assistance could be obtained he was dug out, in sensible and much injured. He was taken to St. George's Hospital, and after lingering for a time expired, in conse quence of internal injury. - The ex-Secretary of the Treasury, the Right Hon. Henry Tufnell, and the Attorney-General, Sir J. Romilly, Members for Devonport, will visit that neighbourhood next week. They will stay at Saltram, the seat of the Earl of Morley, and during their visit will b e e n tertained by their conitituenta at a public dinner. MON Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales cf Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export and 1,000 on npeculation. The market was rather animated. The sales comprised ab ,ut 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maratham at 711 to Sid., and 500 6urat.—ln Railway Shares a good business was done at previous rates. The Corn Market is steady to-day. In the markets for Colonial and Foreign Produce the business done this week has been important, but not so much publicly as by private sale. The value of Sugar has teen further enhanced, but the accounts from Brazil, as well as those recently from the West Indies, justify the impression of large crops. Coffee was very brisk early in the weEk, but has become flatter since. The Indigo auctions have been brought to a close, and, as will ho observed by the market report, went off very high. Tea and Tallow have been steady. The arrival of a steamer at Cowes furnishes later news from the United States. There are no letters yet in town, but the commercial reports are favourable, if we except the statement cf a large failure at Boston, Ales.ts. Gassetts, Balchas, and Co. Th.) Californian advices are decidedly encouraging. Hamburgh papers of Friday last give the quotation for bills on London at 13 51. Stocks and Shares were better. Coffee had improv, d, and Sugar was firm. At Frankfort on the 15th inst. Austrian Metallics were 78'1 to 79, and Spanish Three per Cente. 34 to I-. The Amsterdam Bourse on the 16th inst. was buoyant. Duval Two and-a-Half per Cents. were .564. The English Funds have been very steady, though rather quieter than yesterday. Speculators are tolerably confidant, and seem to look forward to a further ad vance, while the rise in the quotations of the Rentes at Paris has given some stimulus. It is admitted on the other hand, that German affairs are by no means promising, and the question is what prospect exists of a satisfactory issue. It has been reported that the Hol stein quarrel may yet be terminated by the intervention of the allied powers, and that negotiations are already in progress to that end. Consuls have been marked 97 1 for Transfer, and 97i 4 for November. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 96,1 1. Bank Stock has realised 210 to 211. Exchequer-oills have been 675. to 705., and India Bonds 88s. to 91s. premium, both being firm. an the Foreign Market Peruvian Stock has again been in request. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 82 to 82i, and the Deferred 38 to 1. Mexican are dull at 311 There have been bargains in a secu rity scarcely ever dealt in, viz., Guatemala, at 32 to 34. Buenos Ayres Bonds have been quoted 59, and Brazi lian 90. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 181 and Portuguese Four per Cents. 33i 4. Russian Four and-a-Half per Cents. have been 97 to I-, and Dutch Two•and a-Half per Cents. 57 . i. The Share Market has not been quite so firm for the principal lines, but the sales are not large. Midland have declined to 431, and South-Eastern are fluctuating. Great Western are much the same, and North-Western have been rather better. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton are still in favour. Foreign Railways are dull. Congols ... Ditto Account QUARTER TO THREE ' 91 97i ..• ••• ONE CLOSINO PRICES OF BRITIMI FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. cant Stock I.er Cent. Reduced Arne. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 97 1 /.% 97% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus - ... .. ...... 99 99 3 / 8 99% Long Anus. to expire J an. 1860 7 13-16 7% 7% India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1.0001......... ...... Bank Stock for Account, 2ll Consols for Account 9 7 5 / a 9 /4 97 Exchequer Bills. 11,0. & 9d 1,0001. June 500/. June — p Small, June 67 p 67 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds 9O 90 Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 59 59 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... Ditto, 3 per Cent... ..... Guatemala Bonds aex:can, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent...... Ditto. Account Ditto, Deferred 38! 4 3 / 4. 38 38VA 383 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account ft ussian Bonds Ditto, 4% par Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lBll : 18% Ditto, Account ....-... Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cant. Certificates — 89 rEICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOt.INtI RAII.WAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PKICE el berdeen ... 50 Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 8 ~ .4 ..-.. 2 kyrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 ,4 1 Belfast & County Down 32 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 3 irming, Wolverh'ton, and liudl ey, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 Birraing.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Va11ey...... 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.... 26 Eiristoi and Exeter 100 ... .. ... 5 ackinghamshire Caledonian Do. New 101. Pret lO Ditto,blydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 10;4... .. ......... 10;4 Clarence Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 45 ...... Dundalk& Enniskillen 30 Eut Anglian, 254, L. & E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 181., E. & H....... 18 ...,.. Do., 31. 10s., Pref..— 3 1 ,4 Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. Preference. Ditto (71. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 Eastern Counties.... 2O ...... ......... ..., 6l Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/. 135.4 d.... p.. ... ...... ... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p... ...... ......% p x.d Do., Sew Pief.rence, ti per Cent ... lO ...... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 Eastern Union, (Hass A • (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - Do., Class B Si C 25 Do. &alp (6per cent.) 20 East Laratw•litre Ditto, New Quarterf.. 6'4,...... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pra t rrence Quarters ... 6 1 ,4 ...... - East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 pa Cent. itctinourgh and Glasgow 50 ...... -- Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport l5 ..... xeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2 5 4, Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. blasgow, Dumfries, and Carlige Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 5u Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 16 Ur ,at !Northern Do., ', , , 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., %3 13 6 per Cent... IVA...—. . 10 Do., n per Cent. Pref. 12 1 / 2 .. ... 12 reat South. end West. (lrelar d) ...... - - rhtli 24, _ • 31% Ditto, Eighths ,s ....... ..... L reat .:.. oat, of England.loo Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New ' l5 / — 3reat Western 100 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... _ 9 %4 i s ...... ..... 9% Hull and Se by .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares—. 12% ••. ••...• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancathire& Yorkshire.loo ...... 50 50'4 Do. Qud.rters - Do. Fifths—. ....... .... 10 Do. Thirds ....—. ....... 18 ...... Do. New, Gua.6 para. 10 ...... Ditto (Huddersfield and Shed;) 5O Do. (W. Biding Union) 1114...... ...... —'• —•— Leeds and Bradtord 5O ...... 931 h 94 .... ... 91 Leeds and Think Do., I'refer., 6 per Ct. 6 ...... Do., do. ' No. 217 ...... dis.... ~ die. Do., do. No. 3 5 ...... ... ........ .. Do., Pref. Quar , 1818 9 ..-- Liverpool, Crosby and Southport London & Black wa11...11 /. 65. 3 d 6% ......... ...... c % London, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 ...... ..... .. Ditto ditt0...... 18.52 50 ... ..... -- Do., New, guaranteed ..... "41 •..••N• • . OMR 6 per Cent . ... 100 London and Greenwich 12/1584d — Ditto, Preference 2O London and N. Wesitem 100 11 6 34 117% 117 117 Ditto, New Quarters 17 . Ditto. Fifth 3 —.... 12 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...~. London & S.W.iti.rn ...100 . ..... 70 70 L A Do, New 501.. Do. New 40/. 34 -8 -- Do., New Preference.. 6 Londonderry &Cc' ileraine 23 — Do. 1 4 Shares -- Londonderry and Ennis- killen .. ... 25 Do. Shares ... 7,4...~. Lowestoff, guar. 4 per et 20 .... .. _ , Ditto (6 per ct.) Manch thter,Buston,and rti atlock 5 14 .... Minchster, Sheffield, kud Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... , Ditto, New let. Vrof... 10 Do., , 2,nacllester and ..- W' i,inc,,iii 1.ini0r.......41. 25....... dis. ..... .. .... 44 lii Fan 1 Do. L•on;oti,iatedk'ret.ioti ....... ,334 .•••• •. _ ~ Co., 501. :,... I ,4arn ..... 35 ......... Do , Iftrna. .nd CoTtyr- !co Co. Consolid. Bristol & • l'A4 Birming., r.) per et.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Gloci.tr. 46 Ditto (itto . ". Dc.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 ...... ............... Ditto, Leieeels Swan- • •.• nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish .• vliddle.3bro' and Redcar, . .. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle. 100 . —•••-• ... Do. Quarters 25 "'''' --- .. ....... .. .. ... :skwmarket Do. Extension ...... ... 2/. 12s - .......... ~. e•Typort, Abergavenny, and Hereford .... ... 6 ...... .- ***** Mt . ... . ..• •• Newry and Enniskillen 7 evy IT, Warrenpoint, ..• -- ...... ... and Rostrevor .......... N0rf01k . .....,.- .........••100 - / .......... Do. Ni r . 201. - .... .... ••••• / Do. Extension . ...... 20 . - ...... Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 - ................ , Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - ....... ~.. 7i N, , rthern Counties Union 4 - ........ ... ~. `orr,:l Bril - xil, ... ...-.. 2,... 7A,.5." ..... ... . . ~ .. " Ditto Preference - ••• .. . .. ••••• •° North Statlordahire ... 1 7 % - '' ... ... North- W eqern . )xt-rd, Worcester, and :1 , • .. . ~ 41 ; . W Wye' hampion 2 1 i34 /e ..... , Preston & W yre ••• D 0. 14 Shares (A) 1(;%. - ........ . / ii.eading, Guildtord, .nd .. 4 Reigate lB ..... - ........... .... „..• Royston and Hitchin •• ........ .. / Do. Shepreth Exten . 14 - ....... •• / - - cottisli Central .... 25 - ...... . ...... • Scottish Midland - . ...... ....., ~ do Ditto, New - .:• """*.: .... 0 Shrewsbury and Birm 1 3 1% ._._ - .dis.• .. ........ .. !,.., Ditto ditto. Class B 9% __-dis...• . 0 ...... • Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ...... Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 - ............. Shrewsbury & Chester ....... (Nor. W. Mm.) 2O - ••• ... • ....., Ditto Halves "•-••- ' ......... Ditto Oswestry - .......... , . •'•••I Ditto New .. ... •• Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 - .. 1 .. ... -- .. ... ' . : ...' ..... Shropshire* Union , 6%..... - ....... ... South Devon .... 50 . .. Do. Preference Se..th Sto.liordslure B% 4% .... ,_''' 21 Eater: , : . nth .. Ditt'64 l ,4 per Cent.... 10 - ....... l'i .•• SO alit Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l5 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% - ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 6 S "fans. & Loughor & Ca- ..... •• ... . ... meron's Stn. C0a1.... 10 ••• •• ••• ••••'" Taw Vale Extension .... 9' - •" TAames Haven Dock ........ ' and Railway ..... ... 17% - ........... ... Vale of Neath l3 -... +.. ••• Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% -• ....... Waterf et, Wxfrd,W ickiw. ..... ... and Dublin 3 ..... ..--. . ..... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. .. •••• ..... Guaranteed .. .. 6O - .... .... •" Do. do. do. ... 25 - ....... . ~... Do. do. do ; ... 174.... -- ... " .... West Cornwall ...... ... 7 1 / 2 ••• -•-• * ....... ' ..... ' .... W+litehaven & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and .... ... South Western ..... ... 14 Witts,bornerset,& W ey- . . a ......•' mouth - •• .. York, Newcastle, and . Berwick. ......_ . ... Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 -' " ".. . ••• Do. U.N.E.Prefercnce 9 Do. do. ........ 17 • •-• .... .. .° ....... Do. do. .. ..... 5 Do. Hartlepool Dock .... O 6, and Railway . 100 ..... . --•-- ............ . 5P rock and l'i °nix Midland iSC 0 5IA 24 3 4 Ai ........... -• Ditt., Preferences ...... 10 FOREIGN RA IL WA TS* , Ang:o Italian (late Ita ... . Ilan and Austrian). ... 6%...... - ......... ....‘••• Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- . .., ..... / leans and Vierzoa)... 20 - ...... ... / Demerara •••••••••••••••••• 17% - ........... ~. Dutch Rhenish ........ 8 - ......... ... .. East Indian .... ....... 9 - ... .. ...... .... • / .... Ditto ..... .... ... - 20 •••••• ..... . Great Indian Peninsular 5 - ............ -. . .... .., Do. D 0.... la, Louvain a la Sambre.. _. . 711 . - ................ ' Luxembo urg . .......... 8 - - ....... Ditto ......... lO Madrid and Valentin-. 2 - ........................ 14; Namur and Lies;: ...... 20 ..". - 7% •••••• . ' .... .. .sL I P Northern of Franco ...... 16 ... " - ........ ..• *. /, Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - - - ........ 4 1 , 4 Paris and Orleans ..... 2 2 0 0 2 - 1% ....:. .............. ... 1 / ,, Paris and Rouen ...... ..• • i v Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 10 .. .... ........... .... ........ '#/#' ! - itrashourg and Basle . "-- ........ . Tours and Nantes l4 ...... • ..... •-- .... Tournay, Jurbise, L an - .... / den, and Hasselt 2O - .............. ‘',.. est Flanders 8 34 - ... - 1: ............... 14 4 MIN ~ 0 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 -.... 14% .••••• Cobro Copper General 2O - ............••' 9Y I United Mexican ... 2816 7 ... ........ . ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. /, ` ondon Joint Stock lO ....„, _ ............... 0 L-mdon & Westminster 2O ...... cat 4 ............... tr ) ~' r s DA ,1 LIMY D'S 6111PPING.—(T"' — ir 11) day t noon i 0 LONDON, OCT. 18.—Wind this 6 fj airs and line weather. naebe c „, , ',,e OFF ABERDEEN.—Sylvanus, Anderson, -0 f or I.`" Stlilderintiti; Sir W. Wallace, 60e' t i castle; Sarah, Sim ditto for S k , , toe -ton. ..„, ~,7 vir,, -at- DEAL, OCT. 17.—Vv ind N.W. to ""* . N . sv ''' - 614' Arrd. Glenbervie, Fullerton, SydnaY• ' A r 11. 1 , - of Wales; American Eagle, Doane, New ' el s' "i tj o' Rienzi, Point ee Galle; Monarch, Punta Aren s ,' Ci e Dem eraro , d Wright, Valparaiso; Janet Willis, .1( pa tra, ditto; William Simpson, Batavia. A ° J.-I' 4 ' PENZANCE, OCT. 17.—A hogshead of brags-pa 0 " Renault and CO., Cognac, ,M.B• an ill . ognac, J. J. T. B. be has beou picked up near the Land's. end. _ or ha s JERSEY, OCT. Is.—The Polka stew.- - 0 raised. Jaffray, ditto, / , t ll e i e r ,: i r SUNDERLAND, OCT. 17.—The Eleanor (15°- t b : A1 6 0 o• as reported from Autwt r 14th inst.), he nca ; NO dam, struck on a sand-back and sank, near e .O 9th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 17.—Wind N• , .• -- sld• 5 ld• • 0 q lt steamer, West Indies. 0, S FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind variable.- -4r " 11, Dame, Gregan, Parnabocuf. $4 PENZANCE, OCT. 16.—Wind S.E.--Arrct 6t, Sebesque, Parmboeuf. TT K ist ; io h LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17.—Wind W.—Sld• , ---- f, &Ad' Thomas; Sarah, Sydney, New South Va le l'i:lff King, Calcutta; James Alexander, ditto; lir";; P o lk way, Valparaiso; Plata, Para; Daring. . 13 "' $11 0 014 '" ditto; Perla, Havannah; Maria Ignacio, al l “ °; s . ° l °°' New Orleans; Joshua, Badger, ditto • lai riv o i rotp er o s vannah; Lady of the Lake, Charleston:Three..., jco.o, New York; Jessore, ditto; Itql Grande, 1300),"'Csaild, Ilalifax; Emily and Eagle, Azores. Off Pr i : rr ol o - 1, steamer. The Chamberlain sloop, of an d '`)- f 19 " is at anchor inside Taylor's Bank, with loss ° . 6 3 and wilt ground at low water. ~ of r ill YARMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Fin fly schootlen, O' i o l from Newburg to London, has been assist ea ii ; 0 1,, - ; damage from contact with the Norwich iNie r a c- o le',o this port. The Kate and Jane, London t. 3 5".,,,..: 9 10„fri4 1 anchor in the Roads, was in contact with the Y t. '" U - , I) brig, of Whitby, and received damage., be e!'.l Cronstadt to Gainsborough, is riding off --Winterl'optoco loss of maintnait, &c., and quarter stove, ire/ o . c . be with tlie Betsey, of South Shields; a steamer b"" sent to tow her in. ~rowe° 6, t Yp e: DovER, OCT. 17.—The Tom Bowline, of P.,' J 3041 has been lost at S. a; crew saved by the Indlo gr liiie ' Sligo to Quebec, which was spoken with °1:1 De b September last, lat. 46 N., long. 55 W. 4 D' 6 " fi li e ' __Art • c V UEENTON, OCT. 16.—Wiud S. W Hea Q viside S , M W ou!mein, for Birkenhead; iii erchglill 0 1 Buenos Ayres. 1,7 W ' Atfif SUNDERLAND, OCT. 17.—Wind W.-- ' Brown, Wilson, Quebec. the HACKNEY CARRIAGES.—We understand tti OPefife! Commissioners of Police have no are to redne-the I -11/ of hackney. carriages. The fares are regulated tlY.Btooloot 2 William IV., c. 22; but it is open to the PITPLI r o'oo agreement amongst themselves, to establish a ie,ide. perA: fares than those fixed hy the Act. The fare „-abaav„vlty leadshas always appeared to us very inconvenient anuh'the r,lllB to constant disputes about change, in whic"nge. 3iog are sure to suffer, as cabmen never have any enteredC'ttl very low price of hayand corn may tempt sotto leaA), cab proprietor to reduce the fares to Id. per rn/":oerv Commissioners of Police should have the miles we" d defined by some public mark in the streets. • jiol/.0. I.llANsiori-nousE.--The Lord Mayor baaf Aro(' cards of invitation to the Master, Wardens, Court ants, and the Livery of the Worshipful ComPanY ftt chandlers, being his Lordship's company. iff"te OPENING OF THE GLASGOW AND SOI/T—„, % .000- djio RAILWAY.—We understand that the Governtbent'dtbelieff of tLis line will take place on the Nth current, antberg,ll, way be opened for general traffic in a few dal? 0000 0, whenever the certificate of the Railway Contreis9„ltage t°,oo tained. The opening of this line will boot ad va"„ 01.1°,04' inhabitants of Kilmarnock, as the trains will teti;,Clan direct by the branch from Dairy Junction the cupied reduced to an hour and a half from' Gis4° set gow Chronicle. 0, PARIS RACES.—The second of the sue glary. ings is to come off to-morrow in the Champ Of h 0 000 E, A stakes to be ruts for are three in number--01° ink Prineipal Stakes of 5,0001., and the National v • 001;001 fair amount of entries have been made. A InTcted, ° of sporting characters and of the public is eXP 001 the weather be favourable. after° 00° CLUB FOR ALL NATIONS.—YeSteru..I d 01" preliminary meeting of foreign merehantaniss.o,erml3llol the port of London was held at the London ~loca _AP! gate-street, at which it was resolved that the rt'._ot Eyer commercial and shipping restrictions, and the now_ air tion of 1851, would naturally bring an iln t herefrs, foreign merchants to the metropolis. and it vv. sirable as the means of facilitating intercourse u`'tionsb_o,o, gentlemen that a club of all nations should be roan O),P" all ttOneter coloisiotio London,modationtso, buelhro viindttedr,pri net additioninterpreters qti:ttlel 11.w5112. guages of the East and of Europe, guides an_ittee of cot and departments for information. A comet arty' orri men, merchants of London, was undertakin, elected