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NEW NOVZL, by the Author of "EMILIA WYNDIIA.M." In 2 vole., post Bvo. N OTICE.-LETTICE ARNOLD, By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," " THE WILMINGTONS," IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlbirough-street. ------- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TIIE GRAND NATION-AL CONCERTS. The Executive Committee, Directors, and Managers of "The grand National Concerts" have the honour to announca the EIGIITH. CONCERT of the FIRST SERIES, THIS EVENING. Second Appearance of Herr Labitzky in England. rItOGRANIME. PART I. Overtare Masaniello • • • • • . ••.. Anber. , Solo , an d Chorus, "Now Tramp o'er Moss and Fell , " Mrs. Alexander 'Newton and Chorus • • .. Bishop. Fantasie on Airs from L'Elis:r d'Amore, Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard (her first appearance in public) • - •• • • .. .. Thalberg. New pal-,e, Herbst Blumen • • • • .. •• . LabitzkY. Chant Sacre, M. Jules Lefort, " Noel" • • .. Adolphe Adam. Concerto, Violin, Mr. Henry Cooper .. .. 3lendelssohn. Cavatina, Mdlle. Angri, "Ah ! quel giorno," Semi rainido . .. .. .. Rossini. .. . Few \raise, " Berlina" (second lime of performance) Labitzky. l'airr 11. Beethoven. Grand Syrnphonie in F •• Fantasie, La Tarentella, Grand Pianoforte, Miss •• •. •• •• Thalberg. Goddard M. Jules Lerort, "Qnesta dunque," FO9Cari • • Verdi. New V&se, " La Douce Pensee," (composed ex pressly fur these Concerts) . knido, Jidlls. Angri, " Non pin mesta," Cencren tole • • • • • • .. Rossini. So'o, Flute, Signor Friecialdi (his first appearance) Briccialdi. GaloP• Californian (second time of performance).. Labitzky. Musical Director, Composer, aqd Conductor —IL Balfe. Conductor i.f La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. Principal Violin, Herr Molique. It is respectfully announced that all persons attending the one and two pair stalls, half circle, and gallery stalls, will have adm'ssion to the pr,menade ; and that th , se attending the pro emnade will henmentce wail have full access to the ho ;. lobbies, gallery, and refresh 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 Colosenm, and Royal Potanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. . Carter. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessen and Manager. Old Brompton. The Pn`dic is respectfully informel that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Comedy called VIZ HUS BAND OF MY HEART. The Viscount de Belletulippe, Mr. C. Selby ; Brioche, Mr. Backstone ; Eugenie, Mrs. Fitz william. After which SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lackaday, Mr. H. Bedford ; Lanra, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THF. GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago, in which Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford ; Miss E. Chaplin, Miss Wo,lgar, and Madame Celeste will appear. Aft r which the romantic Drama of RORY o'3lollE. Scrubs, Mr. Paul BedfordO'More, Mr. Hudn ; Shan Dhu, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mary o'3lore, Miss Collins; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA rRE, OXFORD-STREET. Tlie Pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre i 3 open for the Scason, under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will he performed TILE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wigm, 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 Divesticsement called THE CALorrs CHOICE. Private Boxes, to be had of all the Bookserers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may t e taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from E:even till Four o'clock. Itr)YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of the New Comedy.— Last Nights of Giralda. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'.; DAUGHTER, in wlich 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, Maalles. Louise and Adele. To conclude with a new Ballet, called TIIE SULTAN'S DREAM, in which Madlle. Louise, and Madlles. Adele and Lees will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Ma,lame Vestris. &le Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. The I'W - die Is respectfully informed that this Theatre Is OPEN fur the Season TIII3 'EVENING, Will be performed SE 74 1 7 E 11131 R:011 l'. Af er which MY HEART'S IDOL ; or, A Desperee Remedy, in which 3,lessr , . C. 31,thews, 0. Vining, I3chingh i n ; Mad4mc: Ves iris, Kenworthy, and Miss I. l_mkenson will itlVear. To voneAKie with the Extravawmza of 01.Y3t - PD; DEVILS ; or, Orpheu3 and Eurylice, in r hich 311;3 Rosins Wrigh: and Mr. 11. llorucastle will appear. I.SI LEY 'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and 31;inager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the cniwitcif Houses to witness the attractive and magni deem Soectacie of Maze; pet, which, with brilliant novelties in the iVonders of the Art na, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments la the Metropolis, it will be cOntinued for a few more nizhts. TILTS F,VF,NING, Will be produced Lord Byron'e gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA ald the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitaNe Display of Batty's Feats 01 Frmit.ation in the Ciraue Olympique, by the male and femrtle Eques trians of the Establis:.ment, and grand Pageant of The Festival of Flowers. To conclude with the laughable Farce of NEW LIGHTS ; or, The Irish Pedagogue. Dos-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. TO CORESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader" is informed that the price of Annul tie3 for 30 years, ending 1850, is about 7 9-16 to %. wATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAT —Meriting I resin. after 3 I Ece.Ring IS rain. after 3 To XotaOw —Morning 35 min. idle! 3 Evening 53 min. after 3 TUE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 23. 41 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 1111 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 c:.ntinued 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. It? 119 y ) 04 Av 4 • , (le/J-,' .1.e)111314. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1350. This day her MAJZSTY'ii Ministers will assemble in Cabinet, to consider and decide on the fneLsures to be brought forward, and the line of policy to he ', during the ap , ,,roaching session. Their va c s:ion has alrlciy terminated ; they must now ad dress themselves vigor,;us'y to the necessary prepara ton fur the forthcoming Parliamentary campaign. It Rill be one of unapu-.1 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 in no c?nts,” be brought forward, and finally disposed of, bu' there are other questions of the deepast interest which cannot lie poeponed or evaded. Ministers have to maintain a position of conskisrable difficulty, and if the popular representatives are only true to them selves, and turn to proper account the extraordinary acivantages 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 opportanity 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 he 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—:he window-tax, for instance, may be relinquished, a modified house-tax being substi tuted, if the Commons should appear in very gocd 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 o n this disposition on the part of Ministers ? Si m ply 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 half millions of pounds sterling, an amount which Sir CHARLES WOOD, to use his own stereotyped ex p., " is ioly not prepared to r,lit quish." This tax, which imposes an equal burden on in f every t ie,eription—w Lich makes no dis tinction between the precarious earnings of the hard-working professional man or the irdustri ous tradesman, and ground-rents issuing from landed property, or dividends from the public funds — is so unjust in pric.ciple, anc: uro qual in of eration, that we trust a firm resistance will be oppost - d to any attempt to ren-: w it in its insult oppressive and inequitable form, or to grant it for any prolonged term. The pea ple, through tht-ir represeotatives, will be enabled to insist upon a total revision of our taxa t.:n and expenditure, and that many of the burdens that now press down and paralyse the exertions of industry may be 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 years. 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 Sir CHARLES WOOD had occasioned a lamentable falling off i❑ the income of the country. A large sum -8,000,0001. 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 for 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 leas', 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 Metiny and Stock in- Trade Exemption Bills ? It is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of such a course. It would do more to consoli late and strengthen the popular power, to enforce a due respect fur 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 Excellency the Lord High Commissioner. Having articular 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 Lilian 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 sur prisiog 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 hose events in the correspondence of the Lord High Commissioner IA H - 1 her Bri,annic MAJESTY'S Govern ment. After poring over the 131 pages of this cor reapendence, 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 permissible to these harassing and unhappy differences. Without altogether exonerating Sir HENRY WARD from blame in these transactions, it must be bol ily 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 ther protecting Sovereignty, Sir HENRY WARD may not have, in some measure at least, exceeded the actual requirements of the occesion, 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 control of the L-gislative Assembly, and the modi• fication of the electoral law in such a manner that a right would be established fur 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 popu!ation tiroughut Corfu, Z mte, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Paxo, C'erigo, and Cephalonia, that Lord SEATON, in a dispatch dated the 21st February, 1848, assured her 1 M A JESTY . 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 meaning of the de-fired improvements, foremost amongst them being Mr. NA POLEON ZAMBELLI, termed by his Excellency in the same dispa`eb, " ene 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 THE SUN, LONDON, 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 C(rfu, printed in the newspapers of Malta, and a few days after wards 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 " IL 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 E srl 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 al3o be immediately corn plied,with." Than this nothing could be more truly conciliatory. And the consequence is, that on the appointment of Sir HENRY 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 lonian 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, I 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 : c` 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 borne to all." Yet as early as the 4th of Jane, 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 fehould be her MAJESTY% 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," be 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 charged. 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 SEATost, the watchword had been Reform Under Sir HENRY WARD, it was to be Finality I 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 tba 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, unfortunatel3 the results have been hitherto only peculiarly la mentable and disastrous. How this has been accom• pliFled, 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, Rl., 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 Eddizbury, and the Hon. William Owen, twin with the latter, and two daughters. 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 sNith the noble house of Derby. The title and family property are now succeeded to by Lord Eldisbury. Her Royll 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 'Evilness 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 PERFORM ANCE OF SACRED MUSIC IN TEE CHAPEL ROYAL, WINDSOR, BEFORE THE COURT —Ar rangements are being made with nearly IUO 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 of the ensuing month. THE MARINE SOCIETY.—MUNIFICENT BEQUESTE• —Yesterday a general quarterly meeting of the governors of the above incorporated society, founded f. .r 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, 5001. from Sir Clifton Wintringham, and 9,908/. 6s. 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. r K ic E u i lt ' urist, took pla c e, on ESQ.—The death of D M E r. AT Blacker,H OFBtLA agriculturist, an 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, WALBROOK -- In the prosecution of the repairs of this beautiful church, it has been discovered that the columns, including their charming Corinthian capitals, which bad 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 IN ill re-open before the lst of December. INFANT ORPHAN 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 nut 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 IX- QUEEN OF TUE FRENCH.—* The ex-Queen of the French left Dovtr yesterday morning at eight o'clock, by express train on the South-Eastern Rail way, and arrived in London at half-past ten. Her Maleety was accompanied by the Duc de Nemours, tho Prince de the Drichef , se de Saxe Cobourg, the Due de Mar mier, and the .13arou de Montesquieu. WEDNESDAY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. There is no doubt now of the retirement of General D'IIAUTPOUL from the Ministry. lie will resign before the meeting of the Assembly. The Bulletin de Paris, which from its intimate relations with the ElysCe may be considered as good authority on this subject, has the following :—" The retirement of General D'H.AuTroui. 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 lofmtry." The PRESIDENT of the Republic, General CHAN GARNIER, and M. CARLIER, the Prefect of Police, met by appointment on Sunday at the country seat f the Baron DE ROTHSCHILD. It is said that the PRESIDENT intends to create General CIIANGARNIER 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 7/ 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 Carrousel, 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 Nievre 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.. BABEL DE LET VAL, M. DE RENNEVILLE, M. ACHILLE DUFAU, M. j - ULM HOCHET, M. EMILE MARTIN I &c.; were also present. The terminus was orna mented NI 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, immediately 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. DUPIN, 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 plat?. 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. PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 22.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cent. Renter, 93f. 55c. ; ditto, Three per Cents , 57f. 95c. ; Bank of France, 2,305 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 22. _ _ Boulogne and Amiens, 8L Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14%—Namur and Liege, 7',4 —Rouen and Havre, 10;t ex div.— Sambre and Meuse, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. A reinfOreement 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 increase the garrison of Cuba. MADRID BOLE A, OCT. 16.—Three per Cents., 34 9-16; Five per Cent., 13a money. Exchange on London, 50 30 money. EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1850. 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 at 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 resolution, but to allow the questions in dispute to be settled, if passible, by diplomatic nego tiation, which he hoped would ultimately lead to an amicable arrangement. This moderate and wise lan guage on the part of the Minister made a deep im pression cn the Council, which ultimately adjourned without coming to any resolution, but at the same time expressing a Nape that M. DE RADOWITZ would con tinue his efforts to bring the negotiations to a satis factory conclusion. The B ivarian Minister at War has ordered all sol,iiers 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 cificers who made the campaign of Italy under RADETSKY, and that of Hungary under IleyNAn, have joined the Schleswig-Holstein army. RUSSIA. Letters from Warsaw of the 15th announce the arrival of the Emperor of RUSSIA in that city, at five o'clock on the morning of the previous day, accompa nied by his aide-de-camp General Count ORLOFF. Count NESSELRODE bad preceded the CZAR, and there were also at Warsaw Count DE BRANDEBOURO, re presentative of Prussia, and the Baron DR METRE.. 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 fora short time so grave a determination. M. PINELLI replied that his instruc tions on the subject were precise, and that he had nt , t the power to alter them. Ttie attempts of his col leagues were consequently useless. ALARMING FIRES AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LI FE -- Yesterday morning a serious tire bro ke out in the residen ce of Mrs. Bridgett, No. 3, Great Coram• street, Russell-s q uar e. It commenced in the front drawing - room , and was occasi oned by the intense beat of a register sto ve. The flames cou ld not be extinguished until considerab le dama g e had been done to the building and its content s, including a great many valuable pictures, costly plate glass, &c. —About three hours later a fire, which was nearly attended with fatal results, happened at 34, Devonshire -street , Commercial road East. It was extinguished, but not nntil some furni ture was destroyed and the premises severely burned.— Shortly before noon on Monday a fire happened at No. 41, Union-, treet, 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 mating 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 RENCOUNTEIL.—One day last week, in the beautiful sheet of water, Hatherton Lake, Lichfield-street, Walsall, a novel rencounter was witnessed. A goose, while its beak was under water, was seized by a pike , and a strug ght for life ensu e d ; t h e pour goose was seen to go under water several times and 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. TER CoD FI=HEBIEs.—The ship St. George, ar rivGd from Greenland, has brought, b es id e s a large quantity of blubber , seal-ski ns , and whale tins, the large number of 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 wh ch 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 morning. 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, wbida 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 edmitted necessity of protecting mer chants of known character, who are forced, us is stated, to abandon their business as importers, owing to the competition of less scrupulous parties who evade pas rnent 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 yet to 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 is the habit of omitting to produce invoices of merchaudize 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 36th August, 1842, and the eighth section of the existing Tariff' Act of 30th July, 1846. " Whele 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 flea have been actually pur chased, on making entry of tve 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 tie fair market value abroad. " Where the value declared in the entry shall, on due appraisement of the goods, be found so far below the to • reign cost or market value as to raise a presumption of being fraudulently invoiced, seizure and coefiscation of the goods should take place under the previsions of the Act of 2d Merch, 1799, and prosecution of the offending party, under the 19th section of the Tariff Act of 30th Augus', 1842, instituted.' '• And on the 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 m%de:— " 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 tl;ts period of exportation. - 'That 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 IS m is committed by the laws the estimating and collection cf duties in such cases.'" It is satisfactory to notice a trifling reify 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 25 421 to 45 on Paris, 25 428 to .17i oil Antwerp; 11 19 to l9i on Amsterdam; 13 9i to 10 on Han burgh; 1191 toe on Frankfort; and 12 7on Trieste. Silver is still rising in value. Standards bars are now ss. id. and now dollers 4 10id. The market for Public Securities has been depressed this morning, the decline in the quotations being about 4 per cent. The wet weather has undoubtedly some in. fluenee, 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, a xcept speculatively and for the moment. Con sols have been 91 g for Transfer, and 974 4 for Ac count. The New Three and-z-Qauter per Cents have been 981 to 99, and the Three per Cents. 96i to 96g. Bank Stock has risen to 211 and 2111, and India Stock is firm at 269. Exchequer-bills are steady at 67s to 70s, and India Bonds at 88a. to 9 Is. 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 361. Mexican Bonds are 318 to 32, and Brazilian 90 to 901. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realized 34k. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 91. The Railway Share Market has given way, and lower values have been submitted to (or several of the lines. Great Northern continue in favour, but Midland, Great Western, South-Eastern, York, and North Midland, and Gthers, have lost the pre%ious advanee. Brighton keep up. and among the foreign lines Namur and Liege, and Sambr6 awl Meuse are well supported. East India are a shade higher. Mining, Joint Stock Bank, ani team Navigation Companies' shares have been in demand. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... .. ... ... 97i I Ditto Account .. ... ... 97 i . i - ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITInfI FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRIOEs. liana SV.,cli .. per Gent. Redneod Arne. 3 per Cent. Consols Ano uities... -... 97%N, 97t cew 3% per Cent. Anna- ............ 98% 99 98% 98% L lag Anna. to expirs J an. 1860 ...... 7 13-16 7% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ...... 7 9-16 7 9-16 India Stock r dia Bonds, 1,0!01~.. 'onsols for Account 97%N% 97 1 J. T.xchequer Bills. 1 t,,,,1. & 24 1,0001. June 5001. June Small. Jane ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. srazilian bonds 9O WI 901 Xexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 lA, per Cent Bl 81 Ditto, Account ..... .. Ditto, Deferred 36 36% 3678 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. gust:dart Bonds •.. —•— Ditto, 4% par Cent 5T.4,n1.111 5 perC:nt. 1840 — Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. FRICES OF PAID. - RAILWAY SEARES.AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE berdeAn - 9 . Do. Preference Si. Os. Sd .. dis Amber. Nett., Boston, end Eastern Junction 8 1 ,..... kyrshire and Galloway.. 744 361. fast & County Down 32 ...... 3erka & Hants Extcna. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per et.) 6 •rnainghana and Ox.- lord J nnct., calls duly told, or with a guaran. 20 - ••• Do, without guarantee 20 sinning, wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 - •.. •• - ........ Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14a ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 26 3risto! and Exeter 100 ...... ... ' uckinghamshire ...... 17 1 4, Caledonian Do. Now 101. Pref..... 10 • Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead-. 50 Dittc, Preference l5 ...... ... .. — Clarence Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 45 ...... Oundalk& Enniskillen 30 - ••••• •••••.••• E est Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 181., E. & H....... 18 Do., 3/...105.,Pref... , ...,. 314 Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. . Preference...... Ditto (7t. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference 2 astern Counties... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.13 a. 4d.... p — p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13a. 4d... p x.d —p x.d Do., New Preference, 6 per Cent. .......... 10 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 c astern Union, Class A (late E. . Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B Si C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lanca,hirs 4..25 _ Ditto, New Quarters.. 6M ...... ... Do., 6 per Cent. PL'e ference Quarters ... 6M •••••...... East Ltneoirvatire, guar. 6 per Cent. li:duaourgh and Glasgow 50 ........ `air., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport ....... 15 .. Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Ex - mouth... 21s. 41- , ,vow, Dureries, and Carlisls B ,. 6s. 8d.... -- Glasgow,Kilmar. ' & Ayr 50 - Do.Preterenee Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 16 .....• , Jreai, Northern D0.,',.., A Deferred ... 12%...... 4 '.l-•• ••• • Do„ 1,6 B 6 per Cent... 12% ...... 10 -i i IA Do., 5 per Cent. Prof. 12 1 % .... 12,4 1 1 r.-K, ,out , i. and W est. (Ireland) Ditto, Eighths 2%•••••• 3 3 1 / 8 ..... ....... 3 , 4 3 mu North of Engiand.loo ...... ... — Ditto, Now, 40' 4O Ditto, New, 30/ ......... 30 -itto, ..N ..!w ,151... ...... 15 ...... —, G Tat W. stern ........... :100 7 O l/j, IA 7 1 1/ ... .• 7 1 it Ditto, New 171... . .... 15 ... 9y 4 .:::,.... 7 ... Ig: Hull and 011. y .....••• 5U ...., - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares... 1214 — ••••••... Lancaster and Carlisle— 50 ...... •., Ditto, Thirds I, sum li in: & Y orkshire. lOu Do. Quarters ... 231.4 — ......... ...... On. Fifths— ... 10 Do. Thirds ..... Do. New, Gua.6 per et. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Shen.) SO Do. (W. Riding Union) 111 . .. Leeds and Bradford 5 - Leeds and Think 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 Po.. do. No. 2 17 Do., do. ......No. 3 . 5 ........ Do., Pret. guar., 1818 9 Liverpool, Crosby aid Southport . l5 London Sr, Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d 7 l / 2 % 1 / 2% Limien, Brighton, and South .....100 Do.C.ugrant. 5 per et.. 9 Do. Pref , er. 5 per cent. 50 ...... Ditto ditto__ 18::2 50 ..... Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ..........100 IcindonandGreenwich 12115 s 4d — Ditto, Preference.-- 20 London send N. ern tut Ditto, N,..w Quarters 17 2O .... ........ 15:).. 8 /V 2 Do. 10!. (M. & B.) C. 1 Londor 4,.rn 69 1 /, 1 2 Do, New ......42% — ... . ..•• Do. New 40/ Do., Now Preference.. 5 Londyndorry&Colertbe 25 Do. 1 .4 Shares .. 5 LondAiderry and Ennis h i.len Do. % 'Shares Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ancht,ter,l3uxton,and at 10ck... 151 incheAcr, Shetheld, ,nd Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quartero (No. 1) 25 ... Now ICI. Prof... 10 Do., .''Manchester and Lincoln Unior..... 4/. 2s. - di5...... ...... di , . Ali Hand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., 501. Sham 35 Do., llirm. and Derby It 0 Do. Consolid. Bristol & Inrinin s z., 6 per et.... 100 1 .24% Ditto, brist. & Glocstr. 46 ...... ..... Ditto ditto .. .291. 16s. 0d... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 5U Ditto, Leizesl.B; Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.l(X) Midland Brest Western Irish - ****** • tiliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo Quarters N , iwmarout Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ....•• Newry and Enniskillen 7 N ewry, Warrenpoint, and llostrevor 2O Norfolk Do. New 201. Dv. Extension ........ 20 Da. Guaranteed si / ipc. 5 Do. do. W aveney V al. 2 N .rthere Counties Union 4 North 25 Ditto Preference North Starlordehire:... 175 % 7A.. ....... "... orth-W ebtern . l7 )xt rd, orcuter, and Wolverhampton Freston to W yre Do. IA Shares (A) 115 treading, Unildierd, And Iteigute lB .... Lteystou and Hitchin 71,4 Do. Shepreth Exten . 1 , / a — .. -cottish Central ......... 25 Scottish Midland Ditto, N ew S aewsoury s.hd Birm... 13%...... dis.. Ditto ditto, Class B. 9-y, Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 :_ihrewsbury and Herod. 5 Shrewsbury Z.t Chester (Nor. *V. Min.) Ditto Hal Yes Ditto Osweztry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shrop .bare Union Soatil anon Do. rrefermce Soatii Staffordshire B , / iii — - 31:11t' , k.ant-r. - E 0 i itt , •:. LA p r Cent .. 10 . &Lau V 1 aie. . ouch Yorkshire, Don caster, and (look) l5 SLetiield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua- • ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18 4 — ••• ...... ••• ..... ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 6 S nuns. is Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 10 "I.',w Vale Extenknon ... 91, 2 T anies Haven Dock and Railway ........ 17 1 ,4 Vale of Neatti ...... 13 N aterturd and Kilkenny 2U Waterford and Limerick 47 N at erfd,W xtrd,Wicklw. and Dublin - ..... ••• ••••• Ai ear Valiey 6 per Cent. Guarantecd Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 17 ..... iiest Cornwall ......... 7 t intOaaven & Furneso 20 Windor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 - yea" •••• ....... A iit:,,Somerstt,& V, ey mouth Vork, Newcaave, and Bei wick. ........ Uo. liewcastle Exton. 20 U.N.E.Preterence 9 ... - 5V s t 4 Do. do. .. Do. llartlepool Dock anti Railway lOO ...... ......... cr.;.and North Illidiand 50 24 24% 24 24 1 4 Oat, Preference FOUER.II.: RAIL'. a. Yb. Ang Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... Boulogne and t_micns... 20 dentral of Franc,. (Or leans and V ierzon)... 20 Demerara 17% Outeti IZhenish ......... 8 East Indian ....... 9 Ditto .... Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... Do. Do. ... l 3 / 4 Louvain I la i':'ambre ... Luxembourg Ditto ••• PO. Madrid and Valeutia... 2 ....... Namur :aid Lieg , ...... 20 ... Northern of France...... 16 •• ...... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... x, 'aris and Orleans 2O ..... .... ...... .. ..... P;_ris and Rouen 24!4 Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... x.d — x.d Sambre and rdeuse 2O ..... 3 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 :ours and .ti antra .14 ..... . -- l'ournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ..... 20 W oat Flanders Bll . • •-•— BILNE6. Australian 4 ...... 4% %... ... Asturian ..... Auglo-Alexican lOO Barossa laange .... ... 335. - . __ Blaenarvon iron & Coal LO Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..... British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCome%&Cuiaba 30 ...... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobra Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... ..... Santiago de Cuba lO Tin Croft ... ...... .... 7 .... ..... ..... United alexican ...... ... 281 JOINT bilk:li BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial tAmmercial of London 20 onclun Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 N xcional Prov. England. 35 Ditto New._. ..... 10 National of Ireland 22%...... ....... Vrovincial of Ireland LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-( THIS DAY. LONDON, OCT. 23.—Wind at noon W.N.W., light bre' zo and dull weather, with much rain. NEWPORT, OCT. 22.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Emerald, Ceylon; Eldorado, St. Thomas's ; Invincible, City Point, V. BERWICK, OCT. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Emma, 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 Rervig, has put in leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, having been aground. The Elsinoro sld. 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. reters bu-gb, has been assisted in totally dismasted. CAR, LMENSEIL, CCT. 16.—The 'hinge, Reich , ra, bound to Enel,nd, has put into \Yangercog, leaky. & 0., and must discharge and repair. VENICE, OCT. no Jackson, She'ds to this pert, bas I:een towed in dismasted. CAGLIARI, OcT. schooner Maid of At' ens was spoken sth kstant off Sardinia, under jury masts, making for this f ort. The Marts, Alexandria to Eng ul anndde. r p a r s put at iq u And i leaky, a nd been permitted to be docked has comfret ced di6charcii , g. DEAL, OCT. 22.—Wind N.B. fresh, to N.W. light.— Arid. Loin the River and sailed, Mary lontague, Ja maica. • COWES, OCT. 22.—Wird N. by E.—Arrd. Westmore land, Conway, Bahia. LIVERPOOL, UCT. 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Acrd. Albion, Turner, New York; J,s ,ica, St. Stuphen's; Midemse p, New Orleans. Sld. Jaeger, Calcutta; Mary Ellen, Mauritius; Ellen Jenkinson, Africa; Mariner's Hope, Sierra Leone; Zante Packet, lido Janeiro; Atlantic, - 1 Mosquito; Agnes, Jamaica; Themes, New °dears; Seat Kit ditto; Harriet and Jesse, Charleston; Queen ° the West, New York. Off port, Vanguard, lkianhsttan! Aurora, Lanercost, Richard Als , p, James Marow, an a Phi'alelphia. A derelict schooner ,apparently new, v•c s passed Ist inst., lat. 45., long. 44. ABERYSTWITH, OCT. 21.—The Hope schooner, Caer: narvon to Cork, put in to-day leaky, and is expecte d must discharge. ABERDEEN, OCT. 20.—Wind N.N.E.—Acrd. Paci fic ' Davis's Straits, with 3 fish; St. Andrew, ditto, 3 fisb. CLYDE.—Arrd. Mary Morris, New York. YARMOUTH, OCT. 21.—The Lady of the Lake schooner, of and from London, for Seaham, drove oa shore on the beach. CLYDE, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Lady Falkland, Smith , Mi. ramichi. Sid. Sunbeam, Acapulco; Janet, Honduras; Lludw n, New York; Jane Duff, Newfoundland; Mi - chief, Jamaica; Christian, ditto. DUBLIN, OCT. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Lorsns9,Ncvi York. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 19.—The Hoop, Aarhuus t? t 1 o Maas, was on shore on the island of Romoe 13th in" assistar ea has been sent to Ilk r. • PLYMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Amer ear, Congress, Williams, New York fur London. CARLISLE, OCT. 20.—Arrd. Ada, Carter, Q ü bee. BELFAOT, OCT. 21.—Wind N. E.-61d. Demerara, De' merara. LOWESTOFT, OCT. 22.—The whole cf last nigh t 3 blew a strong gale from E.N.E., with heavy squalle. A BOSTON, OCT. 22.—The Generous, of Sunder' s " Riga to this uort, is aground on the Mills Reach, lit 000 her broadside, and the cargo (linseed) is walbitig over. - P 49 2 3 / 4 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS 1)AY•) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESD AY Although upwards of 2,700 quarters of English IV ht have arrived this week coastwise, our market to daY" from several cargoes having been disposed of prior to arriva—was scantily supplied with all kinds; never b e ; less, the demand, owing to the small number of buYe r in attendance, ruled inactive at Monday's quointi°l.'„°' From abroad 9,480 quarters of Wheat have ce tae 1". The show of samples of that grain was seasonably largei Selected qualities sold at late rates, but the middling 0 , inferior kinds were very dull. Fine mailing Barley scarce, and quite as dear, but damp qualities of for m "g is were offering on somewhat easier terms. The' of trade was heavy at last wee k's prices. The suPPY,g Irish Oats was larger than for some weeks past, but ID% of English was smsll. On the whole a fair holy° was doing at late rates. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corot and Flour, no change took place. ARRIVALS nil WEEK 11 .- our• ' Wheat. Barley._ Oats. Malt. ____,..... 4 . Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. n e fo English •• •• •• 2,760 2,050 740 3,160 " .eoteh•• .. • • .. -- Irish •••••• .. 9,720 ...- Foreign ...... 9,4+0 120 6,630 1202E,OUGH HOP 111.1111GILET. . I , all Our market being very heavily supplied wi t h 0 kinds of Hcp3 of the present year's growth, the devo . i i f is less active, and prices are barely supported. p j 230,0001. WIIITECHAPEL. The general demand has ruled dull to-day► on tile following terms:—Boef, from 23 to 3s 4d; Muttoto 2s 4d to 3s 84 1 ; Veal, '.23 10d to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 10d 4s 2d per 81b3, by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron POLLOCK and Mr. Jii" .l°6 ERLE ) at Edward Cocks, aged 39,:a letter-carrier, was FitiCr the bar on an indictment charging him with steala ol be letter containing a half-sovereign, the property Postmaste r- General. for Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarkson conducted the refs for the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Wootlett. s ea l, thorpe, appeared from the evidence of Mr. W. B. x c e e, thorpe, one of the presidents in the London Post - e s e ris the principal witness for the prosecution, that the Co o soner was employs d as a letter-carrier and sorter / 0 . Tottenham branch post-office, and that having ochre, to suspect the honesty of the pri s oner, Mr. SculthorPr: on Saturday, the 28th September last, made up into which he put half a sovere i gn , p rev iously nis t- ca , which letter he add resse d t o ''Miss Mary Ann I n g r- as Cliff-terrace, North-bars, Margate, Kent," a & I ' d° t name and address. Th a t l e tt e r was posted 6 n 3 the Tottenham N or th- o ffi ce , on M on d a y O rlir t, the 30th S- ptember by a man named Peat, by the d lre Lions of Mr. Sculthorpe. The letter in the or dipt l l e course would be for w a r d e d by t h e ma il cart to the principal office at Tottenham, where it would s f r ri o , about ten o'clock. It wou ld t h en b e laced in the m f ai don bag, and for war d e d to t h e principal Of fi ce in 1 don. About t en o ' c l oc k on M on d ay morn i ng , the - 4P l 1 of September, Mr. Sculthorpe arrived at Stamford -hi which is on the road to Tottenham, to meet the Wi A cart which would b r i ng th e b ag conta i n i ng the letter question. There he took possession of the Totte nhs d. bag end opened it, b u t it did not contain the lette r ti n dressed to Miss Ingr am . Th ereupon , M r . Sculth° r ,r r e .: accompanied by a Mr. Col e , an i ns p ec tor of le n '', t , carriers, proceeded to th e p r i nc i pa l o ffi c e set en tenhem, which they reached about balf-past. te r o'cicck in the morning, They met the Pri, s° . - „d about fifty yards from the eflice, whom they stoppt„." asked whether he had cat open the Tottenham, et -h e ahem bag that mottling. The prisoner replied ter, he had not, but that ore Boners, anolf er 1 ° 1 '1; carrier employed in the sarre ffice. had done ' . ( l Mr. Sculthorpe then a kid the prisoner if he had sate any of the letters. Ile replied that be had not. Scul.horpe then told him tbat a letter was missing , t: vehich the prisoner made no answer. Mr. Scultho r pi: and Mr. Cole then caused the prisorer to be sear ch ': when they found in bis coat pocket the letter in Lion, containing the half-sovereign. The prisoner " been employed 13 years in the Post office. Mr. WOOLLETT addressed the jury for the deft/A til t suggesting the possibility of some person haeirig - n o screen himself, put the letter into the prisoner's c os pocket. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, e d The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recorrev,: s e him to mercy, and he was sent e n ce d to 10 years tea portation. 1 8, CHARGE CF FORGERY.—Aujustus Robinson, aged clerk, remanded from last session, was indicted for besz:ement and larceny as a t. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, serva and n the prisoner Wa s de. fended by Mr. Parry. Mr. Charles Keyser deposed, on the part of the Po i se ] ; cution, that he is a stock-jobber. the 30th of d u j• last the prisoner was in witeoSe's service. n It was Pi b r o . of the prisoner's duty to keep a book as a check t° t o bankers' pass-book. I t was a l so t h e pr i soner 's d° l , o o get from the bank ers ' a bl an k c h eque -b oo k w h e n w" ° ;' , o wanted it. Messr s . L u bb oc k an d C o . wer e el trif- t 6 es bankers. It was the duty of the prisoner to comPar e i ,: as s cancelled chequ e s w ith w it ness ' s cash-book.is was debited with a sum of 201, on the 30th of the bankers' pass-book. That sum d d not appea r o f the prisoner's ch e q u e-b oo k. Wit ness neve r drew " cheque on the bank ers f or 201. on th e 30 t h o f Jul.) nor did he authorise the prisoner to draw any such eL e l s el or to receive the money fore it. If such a logo . - bts ever come into the hands cf the pri sone r it was °- duty to have accounted for it in hi s b oo k. Witness h P r° b o deiced two five-pound Beek of England notes whi e t ," ele (witness) got from his bank ers , S ir J o hn and Co. p c P S Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—Witness 0 13 -e, e k :be one clerk, the prisoner. No other person, * lll 2', ei prisoner had been in his service, was in the h°"'" e he fetching cancelled eh! qusra from his bankers' besides ' o t prisoner. Witness is in the habit of drawing 0 g re a t' many cheques every day; keeps a book coetainieg 00 account of the che ques which he draws. The eheta are generally drawn on a de c k in th e E xc hange, f iat often in a hurry; each clerk has a desk there. "' e a never signed a cheque in blank whilst the prisoner 1.". been iu his service, a period of two y e ars. D ace s , month it was the prisoner's duty to tale the ehe c t u r e book home, to make the ch e q ues ou t f or the ordttrk monthly acccount. The che que-book is kept in a dc's in the Stock Exchange, of which the prisoner only a ,,„e key. The prisoner was in the habit of leaving tbe in the desk to enable witness to get to the cheque-ht%. There are about 800 clerks on the Stock Exchaa The prisoner had a salary of 1001. a year. of Mr. Thomas Briggs, a clerk in the banking 1/ 0138a, - , 0 1. , Sir John Lubbock and Co., proved that the prose eo ;bo kept an account with them. On the 30th July last e ise pt isoner presented at the counter a cheque for 201. lo t (less paid the money in two five-pound notes, end oe in gold. The notes were respectively numbered 78/' e , and 78,408. It was the practice of the prisoner t° ceive his master's cheque-book, containing the PP' cheques from the bask once a week. Cress- , examined—No person received Mr. Nei" eirs che Mr. que-book at the bank besides the risoner. John Farren a junior clerk at p Messrs. Lubboelts . bank, proved that he entered in the prosecutor'e poly book the payment of a cheque for 201. on the 30tb Mr. G. C. Stringer, a clerk in the firm of Heron 9.. g e Co., wholesale chemists, in Bishopsgate- s treet, P r t l o6 that in July la,t he received from Mr. R. 113vf- e l di Cooper, a chemist, one cf the five-pound notes etr e produced in part of a sum of 20/. which he owed thew' e Mr. R. 11. Cooper, a chemist in the Royal Exchle: proved that he was indebted to Messrs. Heron sw i spee in the sum of 201, which he paid on the 30th July ,lye prisoner was a customer f his, end owed him 2 1 . - pr.:senor paid witness that day by a five-pound note. K . Mr. Charles Pell, a clerk in Sir John Lubbocks t o knew the prisoner. On the 9th July last, deliver ed she prisoner a blank cheque-book containing 150 ehe c i tt , e . C . The book prcduccd, cont a i n i ng 40 c h eques , was the re- The mains of the blank ch t quo-book g i ven to the pris on that d .J. W. Henley, of 42, Hemingford-terrace, Te l t f; ton, deposed that the prisoner l o gg e d with him / 0 ' o r last. One day in August or S -ptember, a police-O f seine d at his house and exam ned the contents Gbe dressing-case belonging, to the prisoner, in Whi ch found a cheque-book. i n to 'tele rt Taylor, a police-officer, took he prisoner, A ir • custody on the 31st of August, by the directions °f of Keyser. Took from the prisoner some keys, °oe ' which fitted a dressing-case, which he s xamined ti bbolL miser er's lodging, and in which he found a chequ e ' (produced). W. servedl .Po 1 a h r e e' , p c: i e s r o k r. e t t r t c a e t t n th ey a f or th e P o r: iti S GE C CM p u t t e ri nk nW b ' er and October last, cal ing or. him to pr o d I ha a cheque for 2J1., drawn on 30th July 'a t, tit Q° Lubbock and Co. The prisoner had not produced the cheque. Mr. Briggs was recalled, a id proved that the ° leg° in question was signed C.K. This was the c see kr the pros' eution. (The trial was proctediug wiun our 'sport left') -. 5.--.., ( r~'l (8~f., a Ass IT i!che Th e f pri .01111 l'n''nc 4b,tlr. SUR / 7% 84% 1 9 i/ 4 15 €9 I A 19x.n 13% 18 1 / 4 - 41,43 12 1 4 - 7 lit 4% 8 204 17 12 ;, e 5% 84 - 9, 7% 14 3 % • .-' 6% 43%