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NEW NOVEL, by the Author of "EMILIA. WYNDHAM." In 2 vols., post Bvo. NOTICE.-LETTICE ARNOLD, By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," " THE WIL3IINGTONS," &e., IS NOW READY AT ALL THE, LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The Executive Committee, Directors, and Managers of "The Grand National Concerts" have the honour to announce the EIGHTH CONCIIRT of the FIRST SERIES, THIS EVENING. Second Appearance of Herr Labitzky la England. FUOGRAMME. PART I. Overture, Masanlello Auber. Solo and Chorus, " Now Tramp o'er Moss and Fell," Mrs. Alexander Newton and Chorus • • .. Bishop. Fantasie on Airs from L'Elisir d'Amore, Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard (her first appearance us public) • • • • New Valse, Herbst Blumen Chant Sacre, M. Jules Lefort, " Noel" • Thalberg,. • • Labitzky. • Adolphe Adam. _ _ Concerto, Violin, Air. Henry Cooper .. •• Menilelssohn. Cavatina, 31dlle. Angri, " Ah 1 quel giorno," Semi ramide .. .. .. .. .. .. Rossini. :New Valse, " Berlina" (second lime of performance) Labitzky. PART II: Grand Symphonle in F .. .. .. .. Beethoven. Fantasie, La Tarentella, Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard M. Jules Lefort, " Questa dunque," Foscarl New Valse, " La Douce Pensee," (composed ex pressly for these Concerts) - . • - Rondo, Mdlle. Angri, " Non piu mesta," Ceneren tola • • • • • • .. .. Rossini. So'.o, Flute, Signor Briccialdi (his first appearance) Briecialdl. Galop, Californian (second time of performance) .. Labitzky. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—X. Balla. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. .. Thalberg. .. Verdi. .. Carter. Principal Violin, Herr Molique. It is respectfully announced that alLpereons attending the one and two pair stalls, half circle, and gallery stalls, will have admission to the promenade ; and that those attending the promenade will hence iorth have full access to the box lobbles, 'gallery, and refreshment saloon. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate at Eleven. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Comedy called THE HUS BAND OF MY HEART. The Viscount de Belletulippe, Mr. C. Selby ; Brioche, Mr. Buckstone ; Eugenie, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which SWEETIIEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lackulay, Mr. H. Bedford ; Laura, Miss P. Horten. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Tears Ago, in which Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford ; Miss E. Chaplin, Miss Woolgar, and Madame Celeste will appear. • After 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 the Season, under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with a Ballet Divestissement called THE CALIPH'S CHOICE. Private Boxes, lsc., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massinghara ; of whom also places may to taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success oftheSTew Comedy.—Last Nights of Giralda. TIES EVENING, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, W. Farren, jun., Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and Ellen Turner will appear. To he followed by GIRALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup ported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, Jun., Comp ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and Adele. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE SULTAN'S DREAM, in which Madlle. Louise, and Madlles. Adele and Lees will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN fOr'the Season THIS EVENING, 40-performed SE XVE HIM RIGHT. After which MY HEART'S IDOL ; or, A Desperate Remedy, in litrieli'VdS§ro. C. Mathews, G. 'Vining, Rellinghain ; Madame Yes- Iris, Miss Kenworthy, and Miss I. Dickenson will appear. To copOide,With the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and F.ury,lice, in a hich Miss Rosina. Wright and Mr. 11. forecastle will appear. Ais'i'LEY' ROYAL AMPUITHEATRE. • Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highneu Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the crowded /louses to witness the attractive and magnitiKent Seectacie of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis, it will be continued for a few more nights. MIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA add the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitanle Display of Batty's Feats of Fquitation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment, and grand Pageant of The Festival of Flowers. - - To conclude with the laughable Farce of NEW LIGHTS; or, The Irish Pedagogue. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. TO CORRESPONDE STS. " A Constant Reader" is informed that the price of Annui. ties for 30 years, ending 1860, is about 7 9-16 to %. MGR WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tars PAY —Mc ruing 1 min. after 3 rEvening 18 min. after 3 ro Moaaow— Morning 35 min. after 3 Evening 53 min. after 3 THE WEATHER. — SUN OFFICE, OcronEv. 23. THERMOMETER, EC THE SHADE. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.20. The Barometer has fallen nearly an inch since yesterday. The wind shifted round to S.W. during the night, with heavy rain, which continued up to one o'clock this day, when the wind changed to N.E., with occasional rain and dirty cloudy weather, with every appearance of a storm. \ AT(' Tana LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1850. This day her MAJESTY'S Ministers will assemble in Cabinet, to consider and decide on the measures to be brought forward, and the line of policy to be pursued, during the approaching session. Their va cation has already terminated ; they must now ad dress themselves vigorously to the necessary prepara tion for the forthcoming Parliamentary campaign. It will be one of unusual importance to the Government and to the people. Not only must the several matters standing over from the last session, which were ruth lessly sacrificed at the annual " massacre of the inno cents," be brought forward, and finally disposed of, but there are other questions of the deepest interest which cannot be postponed or evaded. Ministers have to maintain a position of considerable difficulty, and if the popular representatives are only true to them selves, and turn to proper account the extraordinar) advantages within their reach, they may easily ob tain many valuable concessions, for.which it would be vain to hope under different circumstances. There will, indeed, be a golden opportunity which must not be neglected or thrown away. It is a tide in the national affairs which, if taken at the flood, may lead to results of no ordinary magnitude. We are quite prepared for a great display of liberality on the part of Government. Something will be done, and much more will be promised. Every effort will be made to conciliate the Parlia mentary and Financial Reformers, and to induce them to surrender the 'vantage ground on which they are placed. The doctrine of " finality" will be formally abandoned, and an ex tension of the suffrage in this country, as well as in Ireland, will probably be brought for ward as a Government measure. Some ob noxious impost—the window-tax, for instance, may be relinquished, a modified house-tax being substi tuted, if the Commons should; appear in very good temper and inclined to submit to the finan cial tricks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The utmost deference will be exhibited for public opinion. Nothing will be left un done to cajole the people and their representatives; and why ? Why is it that we indulge in such pleasing anticipations and so confidently rely on this disposition on the part of Ministers ? Simply because the property and income-tax imposed in 1842, and twice renewed for successive periods of three years, will expire in 1851, and if not renewed there will be a loss to the Exchequer of about five and a half millions of pounds sterling, an amount which Sir CHARLES WOOD, to use his own stereotyped ex pression, " is certainly not prepared to relinquish." This tax, which imposes an equal burden on in come of every description—which makes no dis tinction between the precarious earnings o f the hard-working professional man or the industri ous tradesman, and ground-rents issuing from landed property, or dividends from the public funds— is so unjust in principle, and unequal in operation, that we trust a firm resistauce will be opposed to any attempt to renew it in its present oppressive and inequitable form, or to grant it for any prolonged term. The people, through their representatives, will be enabled to insist upon a total revision of our taxa tion and expenditure, and that many of the burdens 11, •'' i ' . 1 ..,4 .. t. fl . "..,44.".' 4: 101 ,,z. if• M A Ltv . -`';.,(-•,,....*-- ' .-illot ' „...i- - , - -, , . P2,'F " • : f.O ~ ~..' - t. . ' ....4 ' 7.-- • ' •-• 'zr• mo , „..:otoßk... . 'RO a a- :1!* .'" 1E.1 4 • ' ZAP -, . .......... A -- THE SUN, that now press down and paralyse the exertions of industry may ba removed and placed upon ac cumulated and realised property. The Free-traders will have an opportunity of pressing for the further extension of the prinCiple, and the abolition of many of the restrictions that still injuriously affect the trade and commerce of the country ; while the mone tary reformers can demand that the attention of Par liament be directed not only to the amount to be raised, and the manner in which it is to be levied, but also to the circulating medium, in which the liabilities of the tax-payers are to be liquidated . An instrument of tre mendous power will be placed in the hands of the people, which will enormously increase the popular strength, and those who would surrender it without receiving an ample equivalent will .have to account to their respective constituencies at the next general election for the fatuity, the apathy, or the treachery that could have induced them to pursue so unworthy a course. The first, and perhaps the most important point to be determined in reference to the new property tax is the period for which it is to be granted. The first income and property-tax since the conclusion of the war was introduced by Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1842, and imposed for a term of three years. The deplorable state of the national finances, the inadequacy of the public revenue to meet the public expenditure, the annually increasing deficiences at the Exchequer, had become too painfully perceptible to permit any doubt as to the imperative necessity of adopting some vigorous and decided course calculated to place the public credit on a firm and sound foundation. For this pur pose the income-tax was sanctioned, but Parliament was assured that it was but a temporary expedient, the necessity for which would speedily terminate. " The many" were induced to lend an easy credence to this " too flattering" tale, but the better informed "few," who knew the tenacity with which Ministers of Finance stick to any profitable tax producing a good round sum to the Exchequer, clearly saw that if once esta blished it would become a permanent charge. No alternative, however, remained. The national credit had to be preserved ; we should, perhaps, rather say restored. It would not do to go on increasing the na tional debt during a time of profound peace and tran quillity. So the impost, with all its glaring defects and inequalities, was granted for the term of three year. The general prosperity of 1845, and the many valuable fiscal improvements . effected by Sir ROBERT PEEL in the interval, induced Parliament to yield a willing assent to the renewal of a source of revenue that had led to so many pleasing results, and an Act was again passed for its collection for a further term of three years. Circumstances had, however, materially changed in the meanwhile. In 1848 no thing could be given up. The administration of Si r CHARLES WOOD had occasioned a lamentable falling off in the income of the country. A large sum -8,000,000/. sterling—had been added to the national debt. An attempt was made to increase the charge from sevenpence to a shilling in the pound, which was strenuously resisted, and eventually aban doned ; but the existing tax was renewed in the same form and fur a similar term as before, and it was again granted until the year 1851. An attempt will now be made to get it for a longer term, to make it permanent, or, at least, to continue it in force for five or ten years, but that must be vi gorously resisted. Why should it not be renewed for a single year? Why should not Ministers have to come before Parliament in each and every session as they do with regard to the Mutiny and Stock•in- Trade Exemption Bills ? It is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of such a course. It would do more to consolidate and strengthen the popular power, to enforce a due respect for the popular wishes, than any other step that could be adopted. We trust that the attention not only of fiscal re formers, but of those of every description, may be especially directed to the duration of the contem plated Bill.- It is the point of the moat vital import ance of any that will be submitted to the consideration of Parliament during the ensuing session. A Parliamentary document of no inconsiderable importance has just been issued, having reference to the unfortunate misunderstandings which have re cently arisen between the lonian representatives and his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner. Having particular allusion to the political sentiments prevalent among the inhabitants of that minor archipelago, these papers have been examined by ourselves with the closest and most dispassionate scrutiny. Our attention has been especially directed to the change of feeling manifested by the lonian multitude (through their representatives) towards the protecting sove reignty during the time when Lord SEATON presided over their administration, and that since manifested under that nobleman's successor as Lord High Commissioner. Throughout the latter portion of Lord SEATON'S stay at Corfu the most amicable relations were maintained by his Excellency with the local Parliament ; whereas almost from the first entrance of Sir HENRY WARD, the conduct of the affairs of that insular government has been dis turbed by a succession of lamentable squabbles, some times threatening the most serious and embarrassing consequences. To discover the reason of such a Bur priting difference of sentiment on the part of the lo nian Legislature, it becomes only necessary to ob serve with vigilant care the events which have one by one transpired, and to note down with a most cautious exactitude the references made to those events in the correspondence of the Lord High Commissioner with her Britannic MAJESTY'S Govern ment. After poring over the 131 pages of this cor respondence, printed with due sequence in the Par liamentary document referred to, we may be per mitted to allude somewhat more explicitly than might have been previously permissable to these harassing and unhappy differences. Without altogether exonerating Sir HENRY WARD from blame in these transactions, it must be boldly And honestly premised that they have originated in his Excellency's anxiety to withstand all efforts at precipitate innovation and in his strin gent endeavours to suppress the disgraceful insurrection in Cephalonia. Abstractly such at tempts to secure obedience to authority, and respect for the constitution, are entitled to the highest praise imaginable. It only remains to be seen whether in striving thus earnestly to vindicate the influence of the treaty of Paris, and to maintain a profound regard for the sway of the protecting Sovereignty, Sir HENRY WARD may not have, in some measure at least, exceeded the actual requirements of the occasion, mistaking severity for determination, and forcing upon the lonian Legislature the unwel come dogmas of finality instead of a simple recommendation of moderated improvement. that is the difficulty demanding solution in regard to these melancholy occurrences. For its better appreciation, it becomes requisite to observe the precise nature of the demands all along made by the constitutional reformers in the lonian Parliament. It will be necessary likewise to discover what where the views taken of these: same demands by Sir HENRY WARD'S immediate predecessor, and to contrast those views with the opinions entertained upon the same subject by the present Lord High Commissioner. As early as the February of 1848 (simultaneous consequently with the French revolution), we find the people of the lonian Islands petitioning for three extraordinary innovations—innovations no less radical in their nature than the emancipation of the press, the subjection of the extraordinary expenditure to the cantrol of the Legislative Assembly, and the modi• fication of the electoral law in such a manner that a right would be established for the holders of the suffrage to elect their municipal officers freely, and without the interference of the Lord High Commis sioner or the Executive Government. So earnestly were these reforms desired by the local population taroughout Corfu, Zante, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Paxo, Cerigo, rud. Cephalonia, that Lord SEATON, in a dispatch dated the 21st February, 1848, assured her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secretary that the petition might be at once numerously signed by the intelligent inhabitants of those islands generally. Neither would these memorialists be men incapable of estimating the meaningof the desired improvements, foremost amongst them being Mr. NA POLEON ZA3113 ELLE, termed by his Excellency in the same dispatch, "one of the most eminent and re spected advocates of the bar of Corfu." As early as the November of 1844 Lord SEATON had written to Lord STANLEY " respecting the expediency of per mitting private presses to be established," for, in spite of the existing censorship, violent articles could be written at Corfu, printed in the newspapers of Malta, and a few days afterwards transmitted back to the bureau of the correspondent, and thence distributed throughout the lonian Islands without let or hindrance. At length, on the 29th of March, 1848, we find Lord SEATON going a little beyond this recommendation for relaxing the censor ship, writing to Earl GREY in his dispatch of that date thus emphatically : " I think it desirable that I should obtain im mediately the sanction of her Majesty's Government,— " I. To establish a Free Press I " 11. To place the extraordinary expenditure under the control of the Legislative Assembly! " 111. To alter the mode of municipal elections by establishing the right of the electors to elect their municipal officers freely and without the interference of the Lord High Commissioner or Executive Go vernment 1" Almost immediately thereupon two of these im portant changes were actually effected, namely, those relating to the censorship and the extraordinary ex penditure. " The other demand," says Lord SEATON, when writing to Earl GREY on the 22d of July, 1848, " I am now persuaded, after fully considering the subject and ascertaining the views and opinions of many of the best informed and most influential per sons of the community, should also be immediately com plied,with." Than this nothing could be more truly conciliatory. And the consequence is, that on the appointment of Slri:TEl.llly WARD, in the room of Lord SEATON, as Lord High Commissioner, we find the former writing to the Colonial Secretary, in an ac count of his visit to the principal towns in the lonia❑ Islands :—" I am enabled to:assure your Lord ship that upon one point the immense majority [of the inhabitants] agree, namely, that looking to the material interests of the lonian Islands, to the pro gress which they have made and are daily making in trade and agriculture, and to the benefits which they derive from their connexion with a power whose weight is always thrown into the scale of order and peace [his Excellency might have added, also, and to the readiness hitherto evinced by the repre sentative of that power to accede to their just de mands for constitutional improvement'], no greater calamity could befall them than a transfer from the protection of England to that of any other power, but more especially a transfer to Greece."—Dispatch, dated July the 9th, 1849. A comparatively brief period elapses, and the whole of this feeling of affectionate allegiance to the Pro tective Sovereignty appears to have evaporated. The reason becomes sufficiently apparent on a closer inspection of the correspondence. For instance, we find Sir HENRY WARD writ ing to Lord GREY from Argostoli (Disp. No. 18.) as follows :—" There is a general impression that large concessions will be made, that something like reality will be given to the exercise of electoral rights, and that a Parliament, freely constituted, will be allowed to deal freely next year with those ques tions of finance, and the better administration of their local resources, which in a small and industrious com munity come home to all." Yet as early as the 4th of June, 1849, we find his Excellency writing home from the palace at Corfu, that finding that his prede cessor entirely concurred with him in opinion, that it was desirable to impress the lonian people and Legislature with the conviction that it should be her MAJESTY'S pleasure to assent to the Acts recently passed, with or without modifications, " they must be regarded not as a stepping-stone to further demands, but as a settlement of all questions mooted hitherto be tween the protecting and the protected power," he had thought it advisable to take advantage of his first communication with the Legislative Assembly to make known his sentiments on this point. The truth was, the policy was changed. Hitherto the efforts of the Lord High Commissioner had been those in the way of conciliatory advancement. Henceforth they were to be those of intimidating repression. Under Lord SEATON, the watchword had been Reform ! Under Sir HENRY WARD, it was to be Finality ! No wonder the amiable sentiments entertained towards the Protecting Sovereignty, by the lonian population, were very speedily exchanged for those, at first, of suppressed wrath, and, ultimately, of openly expressed abhorrence. The harsh treatment received by the lonian reformers from his Excellency the present Lord High Commissioner was emphasised in its severity by the yet greater rigour of his behaviour towards the insurgent Cephalonians. No doubt his purpose in both instances was of the most loyal and laudable character; but, unfortunately, the results have been hitherto only peculiarly la mentable and disastrous. How this has been accom• plit , hed, in regard to the cause of reform in the lonian Constitution, we have here rather succinctly de monstrated. We might with equal facility draw a similar deduction from an inquiry into the punish ment of the rebels of Cephalonia. DEATH OF LORD STANLEY, OF ALDERLEY. Our obituary records the demise of this nobleman, who expired at Alderley-park, Cheshire, yesterday, at the advanced age of 84. The deceased John Thomas Stanley was eldest son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, sixth baronet, by the only daughter and heiress of Hugh Owen, Esq., of Penhoos, in the Isle of Anglesea, and was, therefore, brother to the late Bishop of Norwich. His Lordship married, in 1796, the eldest daughter of the first Earl of Sheffield, by whom he had issue Edward John, created Lord Eddisbury, and the Hon. William Owen, twin with the latter, and two daughtets. In politics the deceased was a Whig. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1807, and was raised to the peerage in 1839. The family property is situate in Cheshire and in the Isle of Anglesea. The Stanleys of Alderley claim a common progenitor with the noble house of Derby. The title and family property are now succeeded to by Lord Eddisbury. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left London for Woburn by the North-Western Railway yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn. The Lord Mayor of London and suite leave Lon don for York by the North-Western Railway, on Thursday morning, by a special train, in order to be present at the banquet to be given on Friday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave the Euston station for York, by a special train, on Friday morn ing, to attend the banquet to be given by the Lord Mayor of York. GRAND PERFORMANCE OF SACRED MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL ROYAL, WINDSOR, BEFORE TIIE COURT.—Ar rangements are being made with nearly 100 of the principal singers of the cathedrals of this country for a grand performance of ancient sacred music, to take place at the Chapel Royal of St. George. Windsor, before her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the distinguished members of the Court, in the early part ofthe ensuing month. THE MARINE SOCIETY.—MUNIFICENT BEQUEST:. —Yesterday a general quarterly meeting of the governors of the above incorporated society, founded for the equipment, maintenance, and instruction of poor and destitute boys for the royal and Indian navy, merchant service, and the fisheries, was held at their offices, in Bishopsgate-street, for general business, John Weld, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the past court were read and confirmed. During the past quarter ninety-five boys had been received on board the society's ship ; eleven had been sent into the royal navy, twenty into the Indian navy, and sixty-one into the merchant service. Since January last 300 boys had been thus pro vided for, making a grand total, since the formation of the institution, of near 50,000 boys. A legacy of 1001. had been received from the late J. Peacock, Esq., of the London Tavern ; and during the past year 5001. from the late John Curteis, Esq., 100/. from Mr. Alderman Lucas, 5004 from Sir Clifton Wintringham, and 9,9081.65. Bd. by John Masser,Esq.. in the Three per Cents., after his widow. The usual routine business having been gone through, thanks were accorded to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. DEATH OF WILLIAM BLACKER, Esq.—The death of Mr. Blacker, the eminent agriculturist, took place, on Sunday, at his residence in Armagh. Mr. Blacker, while agent of the Gosford estates, wrote several essays on improved modes of agriculture. The deceased was in the 75th year of his age. RESTORATION OF ST. STEPHEN'S, WALEROOR In the prosecution of the repairs of this beautiful church, it has been discovered that the columns, including their charming Corinthian capitals, which had been " church wardenised," by repeated whitewashings, without cleansing, are all of the most exquisitely carved stone. These, with the shields, palm branches, and roses, in fret work; and the panels of crochet work, which ornament the unrivalled cupola, are now fast emerging from the filth which has so long obscured their beauties; and attract the daily visits of a great number of architects and persons of taste, who evince much anxiety in the progress of the restoration. It is ex pected the church will re-open before the Ist of December. INFANT ORPLIAN ASYLUM.—A special general Court of Governors was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to receive the report of a committee appointed to consider the resolution of the 10th of June last, ordering cer tain accounts to be prepared and presented. The report stated that the resolution having been brought forward with out notice could not be legally acted on. The report was adopted on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Bacon, who, in moving its adoption, said that charity, not economy, was the first principle of the institution. ARRIVAL OF THE It.X.QUEEN OF THE FRENCH. — The ex-Queen of the French lett Dovf r yesterday morning at eight o'clock, by express train on the South-Eastern Rail way, and arrived in London at half-past ten. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Due de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the Duchesse de Saxe Cobourg, the Duo de bar mier, and the Baron de Montesquieu. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1850. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. There is no doubt now of the retirement of General D'HAUTPOUL from the Ministry. He will resign before the meeting of the Assembly. The Bulletin de Paris, which from its intimate relations with the Elyse may be considered as good authority on this subject, has the following :—" The retirement of General D'HAUTPOUL is still spoken of. It was yes terday stated as certain in a well-informed quarter that the post of Minister of War would be given to General SCHRAMM, President of the Committee of Infantry." The PRESIDENT of the Republic, General CHAN GARNIER, and M. CARLIER, the Prefect of Police, met by appointment on Sunday at the country seat of the Baron DE ROTHSCHILD. It is said that the PRESIDENT intends to create General CHANGARNIER a Marshal of France, and, as it is impossible with the dignity of a Marshal to hold the command of the army of Paris, it is hoped by this ingenious device to render the dreaded General powerless. It should be remembered, however, that the Assembly has the power of electing CHANGAR NIER President, in which case he would have the right of calling out what troops he chose, and of him self taking the command of them. The section of the Centre Railroad from Nerondes to Nevers was opened on Sunday. Two trains left the Orleans terminus, one at seven o'clock and the other at half-past seven. In the former were the Minister of Public Works, some representatives of the departments of the centre, and the directors of the railway ; and in the latter a number of gentlemen ho had received invitations to be present. The ter minus of the Orleans Railway was gaily dressed out with flags and trophies on the occasion. The total length of the line between Paris and Nevers is 303 kilometres, or 76 leagues, viz.:—From Paris to Or leans, 122 kilometres; Orleans to Vierzon, 80; Vierzon to Bourges, 32 ; Bourges to Nerondes, 38 ; and Nerondes to Nevers, 32. This distance was gone over by the trains in 74 hours. There are several very fine works of art on the section just opened, the principal one is the bridge thrown over the Loire, over which the line passes into Nevers. It is constructed of cast iron on a plan somewhat similar to that of the Pont" du Carropsel, with seven arches of 42 metres span each. The train stopped at this bridge to enable the Minister of . Public Works to examine it; he expressed himself highly delighted with the construction, which he said added to the already high reputation of the directors of ,the iron works of Four-Chambault. At the terminus the Minister was received by the prefect of the department, surrounded by the civil and military authorities, and many of the leading in habitants of the Tievre and adjoining depart ments. M. DUPIN, President of the National Assembly; M. JAUERT, ex-Minister of the Ist of March ; M. BENOIST D'AZT, M. COM.. BAREL DE LEYVAL, M. DE RENNEVILLE, M. ACHILLE DUFAU, M. JULES HOCHET, M. EMILE MARTIN, &lc., were also present. The terminus was orna mented with garlands of flowers and flags, and the tents which had been erected were filled with ele gantly-dressed ladies. The Bishop of NEVERS, as sisted by a large body of his clergy, i mme di a t e l y commenced the religious ceremony, giving the usual benedictions to the locomotives. After visiting the cathedral and other parts of the town the company assembled at a banquet in one of the rooms of the terminus. The chair was taken by the Minister of Public Works. At the dessert the health of the PRESIDENT of the Republic was drunk with great enthusiasm. M. DurrN, in a speech which was greeted with loud applause, expressed- his regret that the PRESIDENT of the Re public had not been able to be present at the inaugu ration of the line. He spoke in the warmest terms of the anxiety and deep interest felt by Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE in the prosperity of the commercial and manufacturing interests of the country, and added that, although the PRESIDENT of the Republic would not on this occasion have seen either fleets or armies, he would have witnessed scenes with which he would have been equally delighted. The Minister of Public Works proposed a toast for the town of Nevers, which was replied to by the mayor of that place. The party left Nevers at ten o'clock in the evening and reached Paris at five o'clock on Mon day morning. The Evenement states that M. GUIZOT is about to offer himself to the electors of the Cher, as a candi date for that department at the approaching election. His election appears certain, adds the Evenement, as the Republicans have resolved unanimously to abstain from voting. Palm BOURSE, OCT. 22.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cent. Rentes, 93f. 55c. ; ditto, Three per Cents., 57f. 95c. ; Bank of France, 2,305 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Our. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, £O4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14%—Namur and Liege, 7 1 A—Rouenand Havre, 10% ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. A reinforcement of 1,500 men embarked at San tander on the 15th, for the Canary Islands, where they are to join the forces sent from Barcelona and Cadiz, to inureaie the garrison of Cuba. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 16.—Three per Cents., 34 9-16; Five per Cents., 13i money. Exchange on London, 50 30 money. GERMAN Y. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin was received by the French Government on Monday. It brings the result of the deliberations of the Council of Mi nisters of the King of Prussia relative to the grave difficulties which exist st this moment between that Power and the Austrian Government. The Prince of Prussia, who was present at the meeting, repelled all idea of conciliation. He showed himself strongly opposed to any species of concession, which, accord ing to him, had for too long a time exposed the Court of Berlin to a diminution of 'its moral authority with respect to the other Powers of Europe. He added, that it would be . paying too dear for the internal peace of Germany, if it were to be purchased by the sacrifice of the dignity of the nation. M. DE RADOWITz opposed the warlike language used by the Prince, and endeavoured to induce the Council not to come to a premature resolqion, but to allow the questions in dispute to be settled, if p oss ibl e, b y di p l omat i c nego tiation, which he hoped would ultimately lead to an amicable arrangement. This moderate and vi ise lan• guage on the part of the Minister made a deep im pression, on the Council, which ultimately adjourned without coming to any resolution, but at the same time expressing a hope that M. DE RADOWITZ would con tinue his efforts to bring the negotiations to a satis factory conclusion. The Bavarian Minister at War has ordered all soldiers on furlough to return immediately to their regiments. The Second Chamber of Saxony adopted on the 16th the proposal of the deputation from the Saxon- Silesian Railway. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Several Austrian officers who made the campaign of Italy under 10DETSHY, and that of Hungary u n d e r HAYNAU, have joined the Schleswig-Holstein army. RUSSIA.. Letters from Warsaw of the 15th announce the Emperor of RUSSIA. i n that city, a t fi ve o morning of the p rev i ous d ay , accompa nieda,rorliovea k l of on the Emperor by his aide-de-camp General Count ORLOFF. Count NESSELRODE bad preceded the CZAR, and there were also at Warsaw Cou nt DR BRANDEBOURG, re presentative of Prussia, and the Baron DB M EYEN• DORFF, Russian Ambassador at the Court of Vienna. ITALY. When it was known at Rome that M. PINELLI had presented an official demand to the Roman Govern ment for his passorts, several of the representatives of the Catholic powers waited upon M. PINELLI, and urged him to postpone for a short time so grave a determination. M. PINELLI replied that his instruc tions on the subject were precise, and that he had not the power to alter them. The attempts of his col leagues were consequently useless. ---- —About ALARMING FIRES AND PROBABLE L oss ODLIFE.-- Yesterday morning a serious fire broke out in the residence of Mrs. Bridgett, No. 3, Great Cora m-street, R ussell - square. It commenced in the front drawing - roo m, and was occasioned by the intense heat of a register stove. The flames could not be extinguished until considerab l e damage had been d m o a n n e y t o the val u a b b l u e i l d p i i ti c t g u r e a s n , d c its s t l c y o n plate te n t s , g i I n a c s l a u , d i s, n e g a great . three hours later a fire, which was ne a rl y attended with fa , al results, happened at 34, Devonshi re- street , Commercial. road East. It was extinguished, but not until some fund ture was destroyed and the premises severely burned...._ Shortly before noon on Monday a fire happened at No. 41, Union-greet, Middlesex Hospital. A child between seven and eight months old was so badly burned that its recovery is almost hopeless. CHANCERY REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The first public meeting of this Association took pace last evening at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings. Mr. Merry weather Turner presided. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Ashton, Captain Dowling, Mr. Rainey, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Alfred Richards, and Captain Saumarez, and various re• solutions in favour of Chancery reform were proposed and carried. AQUATIC RENCOUNTER.—One day last week, i❑ the beautiful sheet of water, Hatherton Lake, Lichfield -street, Walsall, a norel rencounter was witnessed. A goose, while its beak was under water, was seized by a pike, and a strug. gle for life ensued ; the poor goose was seen to go under water several times anti come back, only the body being visible, its head not rising above the surface, till at last it sunk altogether, a prey no doubt to its ravenous assailant.— Staffordshire Advertiser. _ THE COD F IS HERIES.—The ship St. George, ar rived from G reen l an d, h as b roug ht, besides a large quantit y of blubber, seal- s ki ns , an d whale-fins, the large numb er o f 1,700 cod..fish, the produce of that district fishery.. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm, sales about 6,000 bales, nearly all American, of which 500 were taken for export.—The Share market was active, and a good business was transacted at about previous quotations. Some of the continental mails are behind time this At Stockholm, recently, there has been an unusual number of ships, and this occasioned a slight de pression in freights. The imports were moderate generally, but large supplies had been received of grain, coals, and spirits, which consequently were rather dull of sale. Coffee, tallow, and some other articles were brisk, and had an upward tendency. In our notice yesterday of the important letter from the Secretary of the United States Treasury, concerning frauds upon the revenue, we by no means exhausted the subject, for it has numerous bearings, and not the least interesting is the admitted necessity of protecting mer chants of known character, who are forced, as is stated, to abandon their business as importers, owing to the competition of less scrupulous parties who evade pay ment of the full duties. Whether the American Legis lature will make the required alterations, and substitute valuation in the Atlantic ports for the European in voiced prices, is 3etto be determined. To elucidate more fully the real and existing state of the law, we give the following extracts from the circular of the Customs' officers, which was called forth by the allega tions that importers were in the habit of omitting to produce invoices of merchandize on the alleged ground that none had been received, and asking entry to be al lowed on appraisement:— " The frequency of these occurrences forbid the idea that the non-reception of an invoice usually proceeds from mistake or accident, but induces the belief of in tention and design, probably with the view of evading the additional duty imposed by the 17th section of the Act of the 30th August, 1842, and the eighth section of the existing Tariff Act of 30th July, 1846. " ' Where goods have been actually purchased, the law requires the invoice to state the true cost, and not the market value abroad. The privilege, therefore, given in the eighth section of the Act referred to is to enable importers of any goods that have been actually pur chased, on making entry of the same, to add to the cost given in the invoice to bring it up to the true market value abroad. " Where goods have been obtained by the owner in any other way than by actual purchase, the law re quires the invoice to exhibit the fair market value abroad. •• • Where the value declared in the entry shall, on due appraisement of the goods, be found so far below the fo• reign cost or market value as to raise a presumption of being fraudulently invoiced, seizure and confiscation of the goods should take place under the provisions of the Act of 2d March, 1799, and prosecution of the offending party, under the 19th section of the Tariff Act of 30th August, 1842, instituted. onthe sth of July, 1850, it became necessary to repeat, in substance, the rules and regulations prescribed by Secretary Walker, in regard to the date in reference to which appraisements of the market value of imports should be made:— " That the period of the exportation of merchandise is the time at which the value or price of any article is to be fixed by the appraisers. That in ordinary cases the date of the bill of lading may be regarded as the period of exportation. " "Ihat where merchandise shall be entered at ports where there are no appraisers appointed, the foreign value is to be ascertained, in the manner before pre scribed, by the revenue officers to whom is committed by the laws the estimating and collection of duties in such cases.'" It is satisfactory to notice a trifling rily in the rates of exchange for bills upon the principal cities abroad, but upon inquiry we could not learn yesterday afternoon that any large amount of business was done; on the contrary, there were in bills upon Vienna and one or two other places, scarcely any dealings, confidence con tinuing at too low an ebb in respect to Austria. Bills at 90 days date were quoted 25 424 to 45 on Paris, 25 424 to 474 oil Antwerp; 11 19 to 194 on Amsterdam; 13 94 to 10 on Hamburgh; 119 a to 8 on Frankfort; and 12 7on Trieste. Silver is still rising in value. Standards bars are now ss. d. and new dollars 4s. 104 d. The market for Public Securities has been depressed this morning, the decline in the quotations being about / per cent. The wet weather has undoubtedly some in. litience, for the foreign intelligence is not of a different character to that of late received. Everything is un• settled abroad, and at any time political trouble may be renewed, but as far as England is concerned, these will not generally be of a nature to affect the values of Stock, except speculatively and for the moment. Con sols have been 974 for Transfer, and 971 for Ac count. The New Three-and-s Quarter per Cents. have been 98k to 99, and the Threo per Cents. 96i to 96k. Bank Stock has risen to 211 and 2114, and India Stock is firm at 269. Exchequer Bills are steady at 67s to 70s, and India Bonds at 88s. to 91s. premium. The foreign market has been very quiet, and rather flat. Peruvian Four-and-Half per Cents. have been quoted 81, and the Deferred have been done at 36 and 364. Mexican Bonds are 31i to 32, aed Brazilian 90 to 901 3 4 . Portuguese Four per Cents. have realized 344. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 874. The Railway Share Market has given way, and lower values have been submitted to for several of the lines. Great Northern continue in favour, but Midland, Great Western, South-Eastern, York, and North Midl an d, an d haveothers, ave lost the previous advanee. Brighton keep up, and among the foreign lines. Namur and Liege, and Sambre and Meuse are well supported. East India are a shade higher. Mining, Joint Stock Bank, and Steam Navigation Companies' shares have been in demand. QUARTER TO THREE. ... 97j i Consols ... .. Ditto Account BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 211 211% 3 per Cent. Reduced 9 6 3 / 13 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3% per Cent. Anns. 9BX 99 98% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 13-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 7 9-16 India Stock 269 Do. Bonds, 10001 BB 91 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 114 d. 2d. March. . June. 70 67 p 68 67 p 67 p 1,0601. 5001. Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9O 90A Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian 80nd5,4% per Cent Bl Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bond:, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 Der Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent. 9 73 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o 29% Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. terdeen Ditto, Preference 8 — dm... to -tmbar.,tiotting.,Boston,&c. 8 1 / 2 to tyrshire and Galloway R;:tfast and County Down .. 32 .. .. 3 erks and Hants Extension tGt. West. Ferpet. 5 per ct.) 6 --lirtningtiam & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 . Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 Do., without a guarantee... 15 Birming., Vol., & Stour Val. 131.143 — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirs Junction 26 Bristol and Exeter Buckinghamshire f - aledonian Ditto, New 101 Preference 10 ...... Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - Mester and Holyhead... 5O ..... Ditto, Preference larence ... 7814 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Bel :4st Junction.. 45 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 E tst Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D.... Ditto, 18/., E. fa H Do, 3/. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref.... 3% — Do., do. (51.) 7 per Cent. Preference. Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 Eastern Counties Do..Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61. 139. 4d — p to Do., do N 0.2,61. 133.4 d... p x.d. to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 Ditto, New . .. 43 . .... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, ditto, B & C .. .... . 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 . per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent.... . 00" 25 F.dinburgh and Glasgow 5O — Edinburo, Perth, & Dundee 25 ...... Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — .. ... to Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. -• •• to 3,lasg., Dumfries, is Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd — .• ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —..—. .. Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 16 - •••... to .m• Great Northern . - Do. % A Deferred ...- - Do. % B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Ditto, Eighths Great North of England 100 - ..... to .... Ditto, New 401...- ..... .. .. 40 Ditto, New 30/ 3O ••• •• ••• .. to Ditto, New 15/...... ... . . Great Western ........ .. .. ...100 Do. New 171 l5 ..... 94...... t o Flu!: and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 .. ... to Ditto,Quarter Shares l 214 — ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 - Do~ Thirds Larcashire and Yorkthire -.100 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditt o . T hir 4 s ..... ~. ...... ...... to Do., ':(111, Guar. 6 per cent. 10 to Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West biding Union— 11 Leeds and Bradford .......0.... 50 ..... 95 - Leeds and Thirsk Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent 6 . .... - - Ditto, ditto... - dig.... to - Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - to - Do. Prof. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port l5 14 , ndon & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d 7% ix, 4 % to - London, Bright on,& S. Coastloo - Do. Gu arnteed 5 per Cent. 9 ....- - - !Jr., Preteential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... - - Ditto, dito 1852 50 ..... - ...... to - Do., New, gua. 6pr Ct.... 100 - ...... to - London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d - ...... to - Ditto Preference 2O - - London & North Western.....100 Do. New Quarters. l7 - Do. Fifths l 2 - Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 Loudon and S. Western .......100 - Ditto, New 504.-- - ..... 421...,.. -...... to - Ditto, New 401 34 Do., New Preference Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - ..... to - Do., Half Shares 7% - ....- to - 14,westoff, guar. 4 per of 2O - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - to - Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 1 4 - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.lOt) - Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... - ..... to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... - - die Midland.. lOO ...... 43 1 / 2 1 ,4 to - Ditto, Conso. Preterence 100 - - Ditto, 501. ,`..' hares ..... .....:35. - Midland, II irm., and Derby...loo ... .. - - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ......124%. to - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 46 ... .. - - Ditto ditto 29/.165. 6d .. - - Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 - -. Midland, Leices. and Swan riington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - - iklidld. Great Western (Irish) 4711 - - Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. 5O - to - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - - Ditto Quarter Shares .-.... 25 ... .. - Newmarket - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s - - Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ......... 20 , - ... .. to - Norfolk lOO ...... 18 1 4 ... .. to - Ditto New 201. l5 Do. Extension Do. Guar. 5% per cent... 5 - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - ...... to --- Northern Counties Union ... 4 - to - North British -.. ...... .. . 25 ...... - to - Ditto, Preference .._ ~.. 5 - North Staffordshire........... 17% - North Western l7 - to - t /xford, Worcester, and Wol- ' verhampton Preston and Wyre Do. Half Shares— (A) 10% - Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 18 ...... Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 6 1 4 .. 7% 00. Shepreth Extension... 1 1 / 2 ..... ..... to -- Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... Ditto, New 22% — to Shrew sbury and Birmingham 13 1 4 — die..., to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9 5 / 2 .-- 6 di5....1t0 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. U. Blin.) Ditto Halves. Ditto lO ... .. Ditto, Oswestry 2O Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 .. ... Shropshire Union 6% . - t 24 to South Devon Ditto, Preference ....... . South Staflordshire B I,E - South Eastern Ditto, 4% per Cent lO :oath Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole ls Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goolt (N. 1)) Gua. 5 per ct. 18%...... ... - to Do. do. (South Dir.) 6 ..... Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.......... 10 raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17% — to - Vale of Neath .. . „. 13 - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ..-.. ...... to Waterford and Limerick 47%..... Waterford, W exford,Wieklw, and Dublin - Wear Valley, 6 per Cent. Guaranteed — ...... 50 ...... ...... to Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall VA — to Whitehaven and Furness 2O ..... ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 50 ..... ~ to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 171..,„ to Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Prof.. 9 Dc. do. Do. do. - Do.Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 York and North Midland„;... 60 24 , A1 24 24% to 24 Ditto, Preference lO - FOREIGN RAILWAY'S. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 6% — to Boulogne and Amiens 2O ... ... i)! ~ Central ct France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ..... Demerara. - Dutch Rhenish ........ . ...... 8 ...... - East Indian ..... Ditto .. Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do l% — to Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege..... Northern of France l6 ..... Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ...... :to Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg - Rouen and Havre • 2O - Sambre and Meuse . Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... ... .. 14 - ... .. to •-• Tournay, 3 urbiae, Landen, and Hassell .. .... .. 20 ..... ..... to West Flanders B% m... to &UNE& Anglo Mexican lOO ••• ••• - Asturian ........ ........ ..... 15 ...... ..... to Australian... Barrossa Range 33s. Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24;,,.......-- Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper General Real del Monte, Unregistered Do. Black Debentures — ... Do. Red Debentures Santiago de Cüba Tin Cr, ft United Mexican JOINT STOCK DANES. Australasia Britiph North American .... 50 Colonial .. ........... 25 ..... Commercial of London ...... 20 London Joint Stock •.... lO London and Westminster. .. 20 N ational Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ...... ...... 10 Union of Madrid COURSE O Amsterdam ...... •• .. 11 18% Ditto, three months.. 11 19% Rotterdam 11 19!si Antwerp •••••••• •• .• • • 25 45 Brussels.• 25 45 llamburgh ..... • M.B. 13 10 Altona • • ........ • • .... Paris, 3 clays'sight .... 25 22% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 42% Marseilles ••••••• • .. • . 25 45 80urdeaux......... • Vranliforton 1193( Berlin • • .. • • • • •... • • • • Vienna, effec. flo.• .• •• 12 8 Trieste, ditto.... •..... 12 10 Petersbargh,Sll.ltble.. 37% Madrid .... • • ........ 49% Barcelona SaYille•• •• •• •• •• •• •• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar• • • • •• • • •• .• •• Leghorn .. ...... • • •••• 80 85 Geaoa ••• • • • •• •••• •• 26 923 !Elan .• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • Venice Naples ...... •• 4156 Palermo, per0z........ 123% Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 123• X Li5b0n............ •• •• 53% Oporto 83% Rio Janeiro ...• • • Buenos Ayres •• New York, 60 daya'sight Philadelphia • • • • ?BIM OP BULLION, OIL Foreign Gold in bars.. X 317 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .. •• 0 4 10% Saverin bars ........ 0 & 0% LLOYD'S SIiIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 23.—Wind at noon W.N.W., light bre( ze and dull weather, with much rain. _ _ NEWPORT, OCT. N.E.—Sld. Emerald, Ceylon; Eldorado, St. Thcmas's ; Invincible, City Point, V. BERWICK, OCT. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Ern r a, Arkley, St. John's, Newfoundland. ELSINORE, OCT. 16.—The Belize, of Sunderland, Wy burg to London, has come in leaky, having been on the Swinebottoms. The Solide, of from Dranorn to Rorvig, has put in leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, having been aground. The Elsinore old. hence 13th for Dunkirk, after repairing, and will, pro bably, return, having been in contact with an English vessel. BOLDEREA, OCT. 13.—The Gaston, from St. Peters burgh, has been assisted in totally dismasted. C AROLMENSEIL, OCT. 16.—The Junge, Rmchers, bound to England, has put into Wangeroog, leaky. &c., and must discharge and repair. VENICE, OGT. 16.—The Jackson, Shields to this port, has been towed in dismasted. CAGLIARI, OCT. B.—The schconer Maid of Athens was spoken sth instant off Sardinia, under jury masts, milking for this port. The Maria, Alexandria to Eng land, has put in leaky, and been permitted to be docked under pratique, and has commenced discharging. DEAL, OCT. 22.—Wind N.E. fresh, to N.W. light.-- Arrd. from the River and saned, Mary Montague, Ja maica. COWES, OCT. 22.—Wind N. by E.—Arrd. Westmore land, Conway, Bahia. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Albion, Turner, New York; Jessica, St. Stephen's; Midemsep, New Orleans. Sld. Jaeger, Calcutta; Mary Ellyn, Mauritius; Ellen Jenkinson, Africa; Mariner's .dope, Sierra Leone; Zante Packet, Rio Janeiro; Atlaulir, Mosquito; A gnes , J ama i ca; Th e mes, New °rieans; King, ditt o; Harriet and Jess-, Charleston; Queen 'or the West, N ew York. Off port, ‘ Vanguard, I‘l3lll32ltsrui A ) m:ora, Lanar cos t, Ri c h ar d Alsop, James blaretn, 1 hilafelphia. A derelict schooner, apparently new' Ra passed Ist kt. 45., long. 44. r. ALELYSTIVITH, OCT. 9 1.-110 Hope scboonci, Coe d narvon to Cork, p u t i n t o -d a y l e aky, and is "P ee must discharge. ---Arr— ABERDEEN, OCT. 20.—Wind N.N.E. A roi6 , b. Davis'sis's Straits, w i t h 3 fi s h ; St. Andrew, ditto, 3 "5 CLYDE.—Acrd. dary Morris, New York. Fe 00 YARMOUTH, OCT. 21.—The Lady of t 'A - r ,,v0 011 schooner, of and f rom L on d on , f or Seahavap u - shore on the beach. ' b CLYDE, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Lad Falkland, Stnit ' • L e da ramichi. Sid. Sunbeam, Acapulco; Janet, ov Hudson, New York; Jane DL chief, Jamaica; Christian, ditto. Vof r,„;ns DUBLIN, OCT. 21.—Wind York. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 19.—The Hoop. Aar.- --5 ,,; n t.; NewfoundlaLdi Maas, was on shore on the island of Romoe 13t' . assistance has been sent to lit r. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind N.N. can Congress, Williams, New York for London. CARLISLE, OCT. 20.—Arrd. Ada, Carter, Cia'b ee : lie' Dem ers BELFAST, OCT. 21.—Wind N.E.-61d. Deal merara. figh t " LOWESTOFT, OCT. 22.—The whole of last v iw. blew a strong gale from E.N.E , with heavy f used.glu ll , BOSTON, OCT. 22.—The Generous, of SO' co I, lifo `1 Riga to this port, is aground on the Mills Reach' of er , her broadside, and the cargo (linseed) i 6 wa s b i°s W.—Arrcl, Accell' MARKET NEWS.—(THIS 00 1' CORN EXCHANGE—WEDN-L'," bo f have upwards of 2,700 quarters of Eng llB-6 :11 / from arrived this week coastwise, our market tor7 a ; to of pr io r , tbe , several li cargors having been disposed arrival —was supplied with all kinds; 91 e g eri less, —d scantily the demand, owing to the small number 0 ' at iovi , In attendance, ruled inactive at Monday's q t1 ,..,, °.- aa From abroad 9,480 quarters of Wheat have large' The The show of samples of that grain nabli d was seaso i _ ivre or Selected qualities sold at late rates, but the 031(1° 'is ° inferior kinds were very dull. Fine malting 1314 1" e ' eigil t scarce, and quite as dear, b u t d amp qualities ofr-bffm,r. were offering on somewhat easier terms• trade was heavy at last week's p • The tl ls ' Irish Oats was l arger t h an f or some w rices. ds past'b •)l 3 of English w as sma ll. O n the whole e a fli t ; ; and of°' was doing at l a t e ra t es . I n Beans, P C Flour, no change t oo k place. (1115' ARRIVALS TIIII WEEK :4t. 1 . 5% j Wheat. Barley. I O a t s . 131 _--- cki , Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. T 6 o' l ', 3° English .... • • 2,760 2,050 740 ",_- ...- 5c0tch........ _- •-• Irish • • • ••• . 9,720 Foreign .• .. • 9,490 120 6,630 .-- 130ROUG8 HOP M.O.WOLIST,' d pit h 611 6 Our market bein g v e ry h eav ily supPl' e h ,clel ol; ,i kinds of Hops of th e pr esen t y ear ' s gr owth, t d. JP . ' is less active, and prices aro barely sup Po rte 230,000/. On the WHITECHAPEL. The general demand has ruled dull to-da9 9 04' followin g t erms: —B ee f , f rom 2s to 3s 4 d ' 04 10 1 ' 2* 4d to 3s 8d ; V ea l, 2 4 10d to 3s 6d ; Pork, `" 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron Pouaacre and ERLE.) nlac ed Edward Cocte s , age d 3 9, ; a l etter - carr i e r, w 55 ,IlOg the bar on an i n di ctment charging him with ere of 110 letter contai n i ng a half-sovereign,op ertY the pr for Postmaster-General,ool,4l Mr. Bodki n an d M r . Cl ar k son conducted rThe6al the prosecution. The prisoner was defend Woollett. /1 , It appeared from th e ev id ence o f Mr. W r ia --- ,t.off e :' thorpe, one of th e pres id ents i n the L on don l e " the )1 1 ; the principal wit ness f or t h e pro sec ution, tha t ~4, ,- r" soner was employed a s a letter-carrier and sorrel Tottenham branch cost-office, and that having 1001 76 to suspect the honesty of the prisoner, Mr. S cu t on Saturday, the 28th September last, made UP - 01 0 : into which he put half a sovereign, previous l 9 T o grow; which letter he addressed to rr Miss Mary Air c k atio S i Cliff-terrace, North-bars, Margate, Kent," a : s od s ; name and address. That letter was, P a are ir , l ' i the Tottenham North-office, on Monday -- het airo - ; the 30th September by a man named Peat, bY tdip sta tious of Mr. Sculthorpe. The letter in th e to tb course would be forwarded by the mail cart aro" principal office at Tottenham, where it vo rl ' l d a e Lop about ten o'clock. It would then be placed in .", don bag, and forwarded to the r . ci offic e '- { - 10, 3°1 1 - don. About ten o'clock on Monday in Morning, ra-dailil of September, Mr. Sculthorpo arrived at Stara f , ° h r e which is on th e roa d to Tottenham, to Meer l° to cart which w ou ld b r i ng t h e bag conta i n i ng th,e„ question. Th ere h e took possession of t h e 01 '‘ bag and opened it, but it did not contain the r e i t aerf e ' dressed to Miss Ingram. Thereupon, Mr. S eti f: le(t' er accompanied by a Mr. Colo, an pector , Tot' carriers, proceeded to the pri ci office s; ref tenham, which they reached naboptiat half-06104 o'clock in the morning, The y met the P r st h about fifty yards from the office, whom asked whether he had cut op: , office bag that morning. The priso ner th e 'tt rePir ecl ip t er he had not, but that one Bois , anothe r carrier employed in the same ofecea had d i o Pe or t!' 4 Mr. Sculthorpe then asked the prisoner if he ha d 5- 'IP any of the letters. He replied that ho had nor' to g „ Sculthorpe then told him that a letter was wi' e ,r h `re ahich the prisoner made no answer. Mr. Son":ado and Mr. Cole then caused the prisoner to be 'tee pas when they found in his coat pocket the leftlr tion, containing the half-sovereign. The Pr-sc33 bsti , been employed 13 years in the Post-office. aeferld°o" Mr. WOOLLETT addressed the jury f o r tua - t suggesting the possibility of some person h a % cos t screen himself, put the letter into the prison er pocket. The LORD CIIIEF BARON having summed I . l P' n oldd The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but reco °3 7ol o6 ' him to mercy, and he Ras sentenced to 10 yea rs portation. d CIIARGE OF FORG ERY . —A ugustus R o binson, eg e t clo' a clerk, remand e d f rom l ast session, was i n dictsd le bazzlement and larceny as a servant. s (I°' Mr. Clarkson pr osecu t e d , an d the pr i so ner 1/11 fended by Mr. Parry. a h„, op J 0 Mr. Charles Keyser deposed, on the part or t h " - ,*f J O ,l cution, that he is a stock-jobber. On the 3 rj tr :,, - a P h „' last the prisoner was in witness's service. I t 1, t s o r", ° of the prisoner's duty to keep a book as a eh er- atiti .° hankers' pass-book. It was also the prisoner's 006 get from the bankers' a blank cheque-book when wanted it. Messrs. Lubbock and Co. wer° ' l oe I ": bankers. It was the duty of the prisoner to conrci-itve, 3 „ cancelled cheques with witness's cash-book., 1 -,,iy,!'„ was debited with a sum of 20/. on the 30th cI sr 1 ; the bankers' pass-book. That sum did not aPr v ," 0 0 )„ the prisoner's cheque-book. Witness never dr e is , cheque on the bankers for 20/. on the 30th of ?„13e ; c1 ri t e ' did he authorise the prisoner to draw any such or to receive the money for it. If such a ch rg- a e s ever come into the hands cf the prisoner it ' 4- s pro' duty to have accounted for it in his book. W itilc h s ich be duced two five-pound B an k of England notes 17, 1 - tack (witness) got f rom his bankers, Sir John and Co. bcP Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—Witness °Ti l t 11 1 one clerk, the prisoner. No other person, "' a r c% prisoner had been in his service was in the L','"a b a l s ty t fetching cancelled cheques from his bankers' bes'-- prisoner. Witness is in the habit of drawing 11 4 many cheques every d a y ; k eeps a b oo k contar n ' - gO 6 l account of the cheques which ho draws. Th e are generally d rawn on a d es k i n t h e Excha n g e, S . often in a hu rr y ; eac h c l er k h as a desk tbere' r never signed a che que i n bl an k w hil st t h e prisonb e rr been in his service, a period of two years• v ati c ; month it was th e p r i soner ' s d uty to tile the c :aieir r i, book home, to m a k e th e c h eques out f or t he el - t , dor monthly acccount. Th e c h eque -b oo k i s k e pt il l -aed , in the Stock Exchange, of which the prisoner 004101 key. The prisoner was i n th e h a bit o f l eav ing P ao ol4 ' in the desk to enable witness to get to the ebealu e ; i 4e . There are about 800 clerks on th e St oc k -k;° - of The prisoner had a salary of 1001. a y ear . us e Mr. Thomas Briggs, a clerk in the banking b e att )t Sir John Lubbock and Co., p rove d th a t the pro °e- t tb kept an account with them. On the 30th JulY prisoner presented at th e counter a c h eque for 2°" 1 0 ; ness paid the money in t wo fi ve - poun d no tes, j erj a s,4 o ' in gold. The note s were respect i ve l y num b e red and 78,408. It was the p ract i ce o f t h e pr i s oner " pilLr ceive his master's c h eque -b oo k, conta i n ing th e cheques from tbe bank once a week. Cross , -examined—No person received Mr. se get cheque-book at the bank besides the prisoner. oci 4 Mr. John Farrel), a junior clerk at Messrs. 1 - 41-b oao l ' bank, proved that ho entered in the prosecutor ' t Pelf' book the payment of a ch eque f or 201. on the 3 01 ' n ttel Mr. G. C. Stringer, a clerk in th e fi rm of ner e- f ase" Co., wholesale chemists, in Bishopsgate-street , ,P;aio 6 that in July last he received from M r . IL -r i l r 'asOi l Cooper, a chemist, one of the five-pound notes a h " - 0. produced in part of a sum of 20/. w hi c h h e owed tR a - aag e ' Mr. IL H. Cooper, a chemist in the Royal Ex Cc' proved that he was indebted to Messrs. Heron an T he in the sum of 201, which he paid on the 30th du l l' TV prisoner was a customer of his, and owed him 2 ` a . t prisoner paid witness that day by a five-pound D" - b e ;t" Mr. Charles Pell, a clerk in Sir John Lubbock's,. e a P ) knew the prisoner. On the Sth July last, delivf a ' a tici . the prisoner a blank cheque-book containing 15 0 eP t i v ; re' The book produced, containing 40 cheques, wa s 'ison er mains of the blank cheque-book given to the P r ' that day. Mr. J. W. Henley, of 42, —OOO Hemingford-terrac e '. ' l ot ice' ton, deposed that the p r i so n e r l o d ge d w ith hill ) ' last. Owl day in August or S e pt e mber, a tt called at his house and examined the conteh tf . 4 A hs dressing - case belonging, to the prisoner, in O il " found a cheque-book. Robert Taylor, a police-officer, took the prisor 3ef f custcdy on the 31st of August, by the directione ( 0 ) 00 or Keyser. Took from the prisoner some ker' A a t tit ) which fitted a dressing-case, which he exan3ine",,,ao o °' Prisoner's lodging, and in which he found a ch ec l e ' (produced). a l e P r°' Mr. W. ti. Pollard, clerk to the atto; ney for ,ae aecution, served the prisoner twit i with 13t)tiL' o:Ir re° September and October last, calling on him to c ,l?' Jolla a cheque for 201., drawn on 30th July last, on Pir Lubbock and Co. The prisoner had not produced the cheque. a beqn e Mr. Briggs was recalled, and proved that the in question was signed C.K. This was the ca3e for the prosecution. (I he trial was proceeding when our zePQis 11/If.)