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bushels ' • sugar, 5,2641 b. ; choeolate, 2 , 0931 b. ; tea in 8 whole cases), 6631 b.; vinegar, 54 gallons ; to bacco, 1,6281 b. ; soap, 1,2921 b.; preserved meats— raast beef, boiled beef, stewed beef, beef and vegetables, seasoned beef, roast mutton, boiled mutton, soup and bouille (sorted), 13,595!b. ; soup—common, vege table, ox-cheek, gravy, and concentrated, 3,7781 b. ; lemon juice, 2,2321b5., 31 cases, 558 bottles; pre served vegetables--turnips, green peas, carrots, beet root, parsnips, mixed vegetables (sorted), 3,8021 b. ; candles (composition), 1901 b. ; ditto, moulds, 3901 b. ; ditto dips, 2101 b. ; sperm oil, 140 gallons ; lignum vita, 1,4001 b. ; rice, 1361 b. ; preserved potato, 13441 b. ; preserved milk, 136 pints ; Scotch barley, 7901 b. ; black pepper, 541 b. ; salt, 1401 b. ; mustard, 1621 b. ; dried yeast, 361 b. ; pickles—onions, 4491 b. ; walnuts, 4951 b. ; cranberries, 61141b5. ; cabbages, 4201 b,; mixed pickles, 438i1b. ; patent fuel, about 38 tons ; fire wood; 3,4001 b. " JAMES J. RUTTER, Clerk in Charge." COPY OF A NOTICE LANDED AT POSSESSION BAY. TWO SIMILAR ONES ALSO WERE LEFT AT POND'S BAY. " This paper is placed here to certify that provi sions have been landed on the east side of the en trance of Navy Board Inlet, just within the Eastern most Wollaston Island, from her Majesty's ship North Star, sufficient (of every description) to last 100 men for twelve months, being for the use of the ships in search of Sir John Franklin and his party. It is, therefore, earnestly requested that no one will remove them except in cases of actual distress. It is further requested that this paper be replaced were found. A beacon (a cask on a pole) is erected at the entrance of Navy Board inlet, and about two miles north from where the provisions are landed, and must be seen in clear weather by any ship passing up the south side of Barrow's Strait. There is also a small stone beacon or cairn erected near the provisions, there not having been time to erect a flag-staff there likewise, the North Star having been obliged to slip her anchor and put to sea on account of a gale of wind coming on on the morning of the 29th cf August, 1850. She is now en her way to England. The provisions are landed in let. 73 44 N, long. 80 55 W. (Signed) - • "J. SAUNDERS, Master and Commander. " Her Majesty's ship North Star, off Possession Bay, August 30, 1850." DUCTJMENT FOUND AT POSSESSION BAY BY HER MA JESTY'S SHIP NORTH STAR, 30TH AUGUST, 1850. " Her Majesty's ship Resolute in Possession Bay, August, 1850, let. 73 30 N, lon. 77 20 W. " Captain Austin having left, in Pioneer, to exa mine Pond Bay at midnight of the 17th instant, this paper is signed by the senior lieutenant. Captain Forsyth, in Prince Albert, left us on the 17th at noon, to examine Cape Hay, visiting 'Wollaston Island and Cape Charles York, on his way to Regent's Inlet. Parted company from Assistance, Intrepid, and Felix on the 16th, and Captain Penny's brigs the day before. All well and in most excellent spirits. "ROBERT DAWES ALDNISS, Senior Lieutenant and Commanding Officer of her Majesty's ship Resolute. "Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a note of the time and place at which it is Ind.— Quiconque trouvera cc papier est prie d'y marquer le tams et lieu ou it l'aura trouve, et de le faire par voiir au plutOt au Secretaire de l'Amiraute Britan niqwa Londres.—Quienquiera hallara este papel, eAlt pedido de euviarlo al Secretario del Almirantazgo, a Londres, con una note del tiempo y del lugar en los quales se hallo el dicho papel.—Enhver 30D1 finder dette papiir an modes at intlsende samme ufortOvet til Reg j erinsen i Kiiibenhavn eller i Stockholm, leller til Secretairen of det Brittiske Admiralitet i London, med be.markning angaaende, tiden naar, og stedet hvor papiret er fundet.—Een ieder die dit patAer mogt vinden, wordt hiermede verzogt, cm het zelve, ten spoedigste, te willeu zenden, aan den Heer ItEni ster van de define der Nederlanden in 'S Gray en hage, of wel aan den Secretaris der Britsche Ad mi raliteit te London, en dear by te voegen eene note, inhoudende de tyd en de pleats alwaar dit papier is gevonden geworden." Descriptions iu the Russian language were also left. COPY OF THE NOTICE PLACED IN THE BEACON AT THE OUTER POINT OF NAVY BOARD INLET. " Provisions have been landed at the bottom of this bay from her Majesty's ship North Star, sufficient (of every description) to last 100 men for twelvemonths, for the use of the ships in search of Sir John Franklin and his party. It is therefore earnestly requested that no one will remove them, except in cases of actual distress. It is further requested that this paper be replaced where found. (Signed) "J. SAUNDERS, Master and Commander. " Her Majesty's ship North Star, east end of Navy Board Inlet, within Wollaston Island, 26th August, 1850." COPY- OF TILE NOTICE PUT ill' IN THE CAIRN, NEAR THE PROVISIONS. "Tl e provisions landed here from her Majesty's ship North Star, sufficient (of every description) to last 100 men for 12 months, for the use of the ships in search of Sir John Franklin and his party. It is, therefore, earnestly requested that no one will remove them, except in cese of actual distress. It is furth er requested that this paper be replaced where found. "J. SAUNDERS, Master and Commander. " ller 11,Iajesty's ship North Star, east end of Navy Board Inlet, within Wollaston Island, 26th August, 1850." The following memorandum was brought home by Commander Forsyth, of the Prince Albert : (G EN ERAL MEMORANDUM.) Her Majesty's ship Resolute, at sea, lat. 75 25 N., long. 61 34 W., July 25, 1850. In the hope that the expedition is now not far dis tant, from the North Water, and although the nature and 'movements of the ice are so varied in different seasons as to prevent any determination of plan until the moment for acting arrives, it becomes desirable that. what is contemplated in the prosecution of the chew assigned to me—the accomplishment of which we all have so much at heart—should be made known. I, therefore, here promulgate it, and it is to be re ceived as an addenda to the instructions issued 'by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and cair ried- out with all the earnestness and zeal that so higc*important a service demands. The circumstance of a tender being attached to each ship establishes in a great measure the security and confidence necessary in the prosecution of this seriinc, which would not be felt by one vessel alon e, 11 , 1(1 admits a partial separation tor the season, ,to enable' a more extended Fear oh being made. When maturely considering the most probabLe rou:e of the missing 'expedition in its return by way cf Lancaster Sound, or d any of the crews that might have left their vessels, it appears that they would have attempted to reach Pond's Bay, either during the late autumn of last year or the earliest moment this spring, with the hopes of meeting the wlralers in the prr sent season. Therefore, the Resolute and her tender will pro ceed to Pond's Bay, and, if it can be done, commu nicate with the natives there; then, as circumstances admit, search along the shore on her way to Whaler ku;nt. The Assistance and her tender will commence the search at Cape Warrender, continuing it along the north shore to 'Wellington Strait, examine its shores and neighbourhood, and proceed as far up it as is practicable and sufficient to fully satisfy that it has or has not been the course of the missing ships. AS Mr. Peony, in his Success, will traverse the northern part Cf_this strait, there is good reason to hope that so very important ti doubt will be set at rest. Should any record be found of Sir John Franklin having proceeded in that direction . , then it is to be made known to the - Resolute by depositing a notice thereof either at Cape Riley or Cape Hotham, and the search proceeded with most vigorously, in which the Resolute will hasten to join at the earliest moment. But in the event oT no record being found there— an4 it is most desirable and important that the ships should meet, or at least communicate results of labours to this point—then the rendezvous to be between Capes Rennell, Hothani, and Riley ; the Resolute standing to the northward from midnight to noon, and to the southward from noon to midnight, in the meridian of Cape Hotham. But should the examination of Wellington Strait be speedily accomplished - without traces being found, and the Resolute not having reached the rendezvous, then, in order to save time, the Assistance will take np`the search to Cape Walker, examining its neigh bourhood thoroughly as far as is practicable; and failing to obtain any information there, or to meet the Resolute, will then continue it on the north shore of the Parry Islands. And with a view to have a fixed place, where there is good reason to expect that vessels may reach, should the rendezvous, on account of time, fail for communication, then a full account of proceedings, which any change of plans celled for from circum stances not anticipated here, must be deposited at the southern extremity of Griffith's Island. In the event of the Resolute first reaching the ren- Cez:ous between Capes Pennell, Hotham, and then all endeavour will be made to prosecute to the entrance 'of Wellington Strait, touching at Cape Rtiily and Cape notham. in order, according to cir cumst4nce3 ; and failing to meet there with informa tion of the Assistance, or traces of the missing expe dition, will then proceed towards Capes Lennell and Walker ; and not finding traces in that directioe, will continue the search in the south-west, towards Mel ville Island, where it would be expected to take up winter quarters. But if, on the contrary, traces are found, then the object of reaching Melville Island • be, abandoned, and winter quarters taken in the s py "- west, according to circumstances. - ,' - faho Id Alsistance, on reaching Cape Hotham, dis cov Resolute has preceded her, and gone on mivitliout!finding any traces, she will make the best of nv SPA), ,~~-. 1C.;.- ,- ; ; 4f4;..1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1850. her way in the direction of Cape Walker ; and, failing to meet with Resolute in that neighbourhood, or any record, will, without delay, carry the search along the north shore of the Parry Islands. The Resolute, failing to reach Melville Island to winter, will endeavour to communicate in early spring with Winter Harbour ; and, should Assist ance similarly fail, she must do the same, indepen dently of other searching parties that may be dis patched, as it is most important that the results of the several examinations made up to this period should be communicated. On every occasion of visiting the shore a record must be deposited comprising every necessary parti cular, taking as a guide my minute of the 3d instant, and being careful to note that a considerable supply of provisions and fuel is deposited at Whaler Point, on the western entrance of Prince Regent's Inlet. With a view to attract the attention of any of the missing persons, care must be taken that, during the periods of darkness, and when fogs prevail, periodical signals are made—rockets, blue lights, guns, muskets, maroons, drums, gongs, bells, and whistles, being employed as most suitable, according to cir cumstances. When in open water a document is to be occasionally thrown overboard, containing the necessary particu lars as detailed in the printed papers supplied. The substance and spirit of their Lordship's orders under which I am acting must be the guide for any point not herein provided for, or wherever doubt arises—as they will govern all the operations of the Resolute. (Signed) HoRATIO S. AtriTth, Captain, and in charge of the Expedition. To Captain Erasmus Ommanney, her Majesty's ship Assistance, and the Lieu tenants commanding her Majesty's screw-tenders Pioneer and Intrepid. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM JOHN UAB, BSQ., CHIEF FACTOR, HUDSON ' S BAY COMPANY, TO SIR JOHN RICHARDSON. • Portage La Locko, 30th July, 1850. My dear Sir John,—l have now the pleasure to acknowledge your several kind and interesting favours of 15th August, from Norway House; of 18th and 19th, from Lake Winipeg ; and 6th September, from Rainy Lake, all of which reached me on the sth of April, by our usual winter express. By the Govern ment express I received three other letters from you on the 25th of June, and two more by L'Esperance, on the.2sth inst.—the latest being dated on the 3d of April. A list of all the articles brought from Fort Confi dence to Fort Simpson was made out, and credited to the expedition; but finding that all, or greater part, would be again required for the contemplated expe ditions, I do not send out any accounts of them. The quantity of dry meat remaining at Fort Con fidence before I left was i 2,200 pounds, the best of which, amounting to 1,600 pounds, was brought away by us, and the remainder being poor stuff, was given to the Indians, as our boat could contain no more. Of the 1,600 pounds 850 were used on the voyage to Fort Simpson and Slave Lake, leaving 750 available. _ You are aware that I was, if ;possible, to resume my search this summer for the unfortunate missing navigators. A Government express, conveying in structions to this effect met me on the 25th ult., one day's journey below Slave Lake. Commander Pullen being in company with his party received orders to the same effect, the route pointed out for him being to the westward of the Coppermine, as far as Cape Bathurst, and from thence out to sea in the direction of Banks' Land— rather a hazardous experiment with open boats. As the stock of provisions would not admit of two expe ditions being equipped, Pullen (who is much better fitted for such an undertaking in almost all respects than I am) had the preference, and will take with him pemmican and dry meat to the amount of, about 4,500! pounds, which is to be stowed in one of our large batteaux, and in one of the Plover's boats. So small a quantity of provisions is left at Port Simpson that I do not know how our fall business is to be car ried on. Two of the Government men who were unfit for active duty returned to England, and three of the company's men, including Niel M'Leod, have been engaged in their place. In order, therefore, that the expenses incurred may not be entirely thrown away, I have determined to re turn to Bear Lake, and pass the winter at Fort Con- fidence ; to build two boats there, similar to those of Dease and Simpson, and with them attempt, next summer, to reach Vollaston or Victoria Land, yid the Coppermine. That the time should not be un profitably spent, I shall, with two or three men, visit the mouth of the Coppermine this fall, and probably go as far as the bay where your boats were left in 1848, to see whether a " cache" of pemmican, de posited there last year, is still safe. This I doubt, as the stony nature of the ground was unfavourable to perfect concealment. Should we be fortunate in pro curing provisions during the winter, and our party be healthy in the spring, I shall endeavour to proceed twelve or fourteen days' journey to the northward, over the ice, in the month of May next ; and in the event of being unsuccessful, as in all probability we shall be, the boats will be ordered to meet me at the Kendall ; and should the ice permit I shall, with them, endeavour to blot out the memory of my last year's failure. In forming this plan I have been ac tuated by but one feeling—namely, the desire of pur suing the route in which there is the greatest proba bility of gaining some information, or finding traces of the gallant navigators or their vessels. To facilitate this I have requested Mr. Hargrave to procure an Esquimaux interpreter from Churchill, to replace poor Albert, and to forward him by winter to Mac kenzie's River; also to send the Halkett's boat that I bad, with one at Repulse Bay. Captain Pullen re quested me to make over all the instruments of your expedition to him as soon as he was aware of his re turning to the coast. This lat once agreed to do, as he may want most of them at winter quarters. I cannot say much in favour of the men that have been engaged for me. They are all, without excep- tion, either Indians or half-breeds from Red River— good enough men in their way, but not well fitted for what we have to do. I omitted to mention in the proper place that when the winter packet arrived, and I received your in structions respecting the establishment of an Indian party on the Coppermine, the Martin Lake chief " Tecoon•ne-beta]," with his party, was at Fort Simpson, and I had no difficulty in engaging them to pass the summer at certain stations in the route be tween the Kendall and the Bear Lake. The leader received three notes, which were to be delivered to any Europeans they might meet, in which the stran gers were requested to put themselves wholly in the hands of the Indians, who would guide them by the best roads to the nearest post, and feed them by the way. In the event of not seeing any parties, other notes, with a rough chart of the best route, were sup plied, well wrapped in oil-cloths, which were to be placed on poles in conspicuous stations. Having arrived here long before L'Esperance, and there being ten cargoes to take over the portage, our provisions would have been done ere this, had I not, fortunately, brought two nets, with which we catch as many fish in the lake as feed half our party. My companion at Bear I.ake will be Mr. Macken zie, whom you saw at Fort Norman. He is a fine active fellow, and a good shot. I have promised him 1301. per annum, which I do not think too much. I am yours most respectfully and truly, (Signed) JOHN RAE. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL WINGROVE. - This gallant officer, late of the Royal Marines, died at his resi dence, Wood-street, Woolwich, on the 6th instant. He served on board her Majesty's ships Sultan, Monarch, and America, 'according to Hart's Army List, from April, 1795, to March, 1797, and in the Agincourt from March, 1798, to February, 1801; the Theseus, from May 23 to June 10, 1801; the Buckingham, from June 28 to Nov. 1, 1801; the Her cule and Leviathan, from Feb., 1803, to Jan. 8, 1806; the Swiftsare, from Oct. 6, 1807, to March 29, 1811; the Ville de Paris and Boyne, from Nov. 24, 1812, to Sept. 5, 1814; the Vengeur, from Jan. 2, 1816, to Oct. 24, 1818, and the Leander and Liffey, from Au gus t 3, 18 1 9, t o S ep t. 14, 1820 ; was landed at Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, and served on shore from Julyl4, 1795, until the Cape surrendered, Sept. 16, 1795 ; at the attack of the pass of Muysenberg and sur render of the Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay August 17, 1796 ; at the chase and attack of the French frigate Pours ' uivant • chase of the combined fleets of France and Sp a i n to t h e West Indies; at the battle of Trafalgar; a skirmish with the French squadron off Toulon; in action with three French line-of-battle ships and three frigates; and at the surrender of Genoa. He entered the Royal Marines as a Second- Lieutenant May 17, 1793; was promoted to First-Lieutenant December 17, 1794; to Captain Lieutenant November 1, 1861 ; to Captain July 1, 1803 ; to Brevet Major June 4, 1813 ; to Major July 3, 1826 ; to Lieutenant and Second- Commandant of 'Woolwich division August 26, 1826; to Colonel April 21, 1832 ; and to Colonel-Commandant of the Woolwich division January 11, 1837; and retired on the full pay of that rank August 26, 1839. On the 23d of Novem ber, 1841, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General, which rank he held at his decease. END OF THE DEAD WALL AT THE BRITISH Mu arum.-Those who alarm may be expected to re-assure, when the danger is over. In our paper of the 28th ult. we inserted four-and-twenty lines from a correspondent, directing atten tion to the fact, that instead of continued iron palisades in front of the new British Museum, as originally intended, a high stone wall was to be erected at each end of the enclosure in Great Russell-street, extending some yards beyond the residences which are unluckily tacked on to the structure. Our contemporaries of the daily press reprinted and com mented on the letter, and the result, we are glad now to be able to state, is, that the walls are given up, and that the original plan will be reverted to. We need scarcely say that we heartily congratulate the public and the trustees on the determination of this question. The wall would have been a great eyeeore, especially at the Montagu -street corner, and would have blocked up the place most unnecessarily and ia juriously. The public, or rather their representatives, should take warning from this occurrence, and insist, with reg ar d t o pu blic buildings and works, in which their honour, con venience, and instruction are concerned, and for which they find the money, on knowing exactly what is going to be done before the works are commenced. Had this been done i n the case of the Museum its elf, that building, stately and noble as it will be when completed, would have been very dif ferent in character and arr an g ement,-much more convenient and spacious, and much less costly, as compared with com modiousness and extent.-Builder, NOTICE. T HE NEW NOVEL, LETTICE ARNOLD, By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," " THE WILMINGTONS," &c. WILL BE PUBLISHED IMMEDIATELY, in 2 Vols. Orders received at all the Libraries. Henry Colburn, Publish i er, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. WIFE'S SECRET will be produced on ' WEDNESDAY, IGth inst., in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. KeeleY will perform. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, When will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. To be followed by THE RQUGH DIAMOND. To ceneinde with W tiO'S*YOUR FRIEND? • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, • Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. To conclude with 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 Woolcar. To conclude with THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Characters by Mr. Lambert, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. 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. Keay and Mr. Keeley THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakespeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Mr. Flexmore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madile. Auriol will ap pear. Private Boxes, Sze., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may to taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Continued success of Giralda—First Night of a Nsw Comedy. THIS 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 be 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. ASTLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle 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. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of i , :gultation 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 a favourite Farce. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER Al LONDON - BRIDGE. Tim DAY —Morning 45 min. after 7 I Evenin: 26 min. after 8 To-Mositow— Morning 10 min. after 9 Evening M min. after 9 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Ocrouxa 14. THERMOMETER, IN. THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 4S—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.08. Wncn W.—cold, dull weather. --t %.%cv 7 l z -cir • • „i 4 cif,s mina ,_;t11,11two LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1850. Burglary has latterly become an offence of such fre quent occurrence that some preventive system must se riously be devised for its suppression. Otherwise the law will continue to be violated in a manner so flagrant as seriously to mar the influence of the constituted authorities. Without some energetic effort be made in this direction the consequences must be as incal culable as they have hitherto proved calamitous. From the impunity of previous offenders, others are induced to speculate in the perpetration of crimes yet more flagrant and audacious. From a burglar, a man is incited by success to become a systematic footpad. From the unpunished commission of petty larcenies, an offender has not unfrequently been in duced to adventure upon the exploits of a highway man. Matters are becoming altogether too serious in this regard to admit of any further trifling. Either the majesty of the law must be vindicated upon the gangs of robbers now infesting the country, or the inhabitants of this land of boasted security and civili zation must continue liable to have their dwel ling-houses broken open in the dead of the night, and their very lives placed in peril of assassination. The late melancholy catas trophe at Frimley has shown rather conspicuously how the guilt of murder may arise out of the less heinous crime of burglary. It is with a view, therefore not only to the well-ordering of society, but with , a solicitude to witness the better conservation of the lives and property of the unoffending members of the community, that we here direct attention to the atro cities flowing from a shameful laxity of vigilance and a most culpable insufficiency of punishment. That such repeated outrages should he per petrated throughout a kingdom like this, in an age like the present, under the vaunted shield of a constitution like our ow n , is a circumstance surely fraught to ourselves with shame and amazement. Where, in Heaven's name, are those manifold advantages said to accrue to the existing generation from the advancement of science and the general progress of civilization ? Where are the benefits arising from the municipal police and the county constabulary ? Where are the good results of all those lines of railway, of all those intricate threads of the electric telegraph which intersect the pro vinces in almost every conceivable direction, rendering our intelligence in a manner, so to speak, endowed with the mysterious power of übiquity ? Where are all these and a thousand other so-called beneficial consequences of the recent development of knowledge, and of the extension of cur experience —when we find the houses of our peaceful citizens broken open again and again, their apartments ransacked, their plate and jewels purloined, their private papers wantonly de stroyed, and sometimes they themselves cruelly shot down on their own hearths, or most brutally blud geoned ? Nor must it be presumed by the unob servant that these things take place alone in the rural districts, in places to some extent with drawn from the watchful care of a police maintained with a cost and care so very considerable. Only a week or so back, we had to record an outrage of this character committed in the very heart of this busy metropolis, and that, moreover, not during the hours of darkness, when an oversight in the police might be pardonable, but actually during the hours of ordi nary business. Nor is the case of Mr. CURETON, the victim in question, strange though it be, so singular as to he unprecedented. Even since the recent period when that gentleman was nearly strangled by the ruffians, who carried away part of his curious and valuable property with such consummate, and, we might almost call it, admirable impudence, even within the last week we have bad occasion to notice a most daring highway robbery, perpetrated in one of our most crowded thorough fa however, it is unnecessary to par ticularise rie Unhappily, individual instances of crimes of this tershappily, cha racter, seeing that scarcely one broad sheet of a daily newspaper can be published without some new record of some additional offence of the description. The question is, in short, not Are these crimes of frequent occurrence ? but How can they be most effectually suppressed ? Various suggestions have been made as to the best method of henceforth_ guarding against burglary both in town and country. One of the latest and most in genious is to the effect that recourse shall again be had to the old plan of suspending an alarm-bell con spicuously on the outside of every secluded domicile in such a way as to be in communication with the different sleeping apartments. Robbers would no doubt be deterred in many cases by a precaution of this simple nature ; yet, beyond this, other remedies, reme dies, too, of a more decisive kind, must he adopted by the community, or otherwise the evil can never be effec tually eradicated. For the present we would briefly but most emphatically suggest, that in every instance where the police can be shown to have been grievously negligent, they may be visited with the most severe and summary punishment. We cannot call to recollection any instance in which the want of activity and vigilance on the part of these so-termed guardians of the public has been more glaringly dis played than that which has been mentioned by a provin cial contemporary as having within the last few days occurred at Birmingham. Elsewhere will be found the particulars of the murderous attack made on the 7th inst. by a party of burglars on the person of Mr. ThomAs MARSTON, a gold ,and silver beater of that city. It will be seen from the detailed narrative of the Birmingham Journal that, although the unfortu nate gentleman defended himself for a considerable time with the utmost gallantry in a hand-to-hand en couater with his assailants, tw o or three policemen (one of them a sergeant, and another a sub-inspector) stood outside the front door of the premises, quietly looking on and listening to the disturbance, while the robbers bludgeoned Mr. MARSTON into a state of insensibility, and then coolly made their escape unmolested. Any evidence of stupidity comparable to this we cannot call to recollection. There was the tradesman him self, shouting for aid as a man may be supposed to shout when defending himself from the blows of as saEsins, there were his daughter and a servant screaming from one of the windows for assistance,there were a sergeant and a rub-inspector of police listening for a long while to their entreaties for their inter ference—and yet only effecting their entrance when the street•door was opened for them on the in side, when Mr. Meas Tort was found lying covered with blood and in a state of insensibility on the stair case, and when the perpetrators of this murderous outrage had adroitly absconded at their convenience. Again we say, that one of the most effectual means of preventing the continuance of this organized system of burglary is the infliction of some punishment upon the police whenever they are proved to have betrayed a gross and culpable want of vigilance. The only subjects of any importance now agitating the political world in Ireland appear to be the enun ciation of the Catholic Bishops in reference to the proposed Catholic University, and the proceedings of the Irish Tenant League. We shall for the present, commit their right reverences to more pious hands, and shall turn to what we conceive the mcre impor tant subject—the Irish Landlord Question. We have frequently through the columns of this journal— long before the formation of the Tenant League— emphatically impressed on the Government the ne cessity of adjusting the relations between the land lords and tenants of Ireland by legal interposition. We were unable to see any other means of stemming the tide of crime and misery which overflowed that wretched country in consequence of the state of land-law there ;we conceived there could be no security for the life and property of the land lord till the tenant had al,fixed, safe, and permanent interest in the soil. Every day's experience convinces us that we were right, and our exertions shall not cease till we see this subject fairly and legally settled with a due consideration for the interests of all. This question has lately, through the proceedings of the Tenant League, occupied a considerable portion of public att en ti on at both sides of the channel. In Ireland, particul a rly, it has been invested with a pe culiar interest from the novel confederation it has produced —sects and classes, hitherto kept asunder by religious prejudices, have formed a holyalliance upon common ground. The Celt and the Saxon, the Catholic, Protestant, and Presbyterian have united in one solemn and peaceful league for the attainment of legislation upon this subject. With the propositions of the Irish Tenant League, or the mode which they would prescribe for the legal settlement of the question, we have at present nothing to do, and shall content ourselves to-day with a few words as to the propriety, nay, the NECESSITY, of legal interposition between the landlords and tenants of Ireland. Many who argue against legislation upon this sub ject put forward strange and, to our minds, very un tenable doctrines; some say the law should not inter fere with solemn and voluntary contracts, but should leave them to free competition. Now the most superficial knowledge of the laws of the land would convince this class that such contracts have been fre quently the subjects of legislation. Though we deem it scarcely necessary, yet we can refer to the Fac tories Bill, the Health of Towns Bill, the Truck Bill, and various others where voluntary contracts have been interfered with. Others, again, not rash enough to maintain this doctrine, adopt the artifice of ingenious sophistry, and would beg the question that land contracts differ in some imaginary essence from all other contracts, To theso we would say, all tenures and contracts of land are the creations of the law, and are subject to the revision of the power which made them, when ever social order or the public good require it. Is the shield of the law to be thrown over the factory girl and the miner, and refused to the tiller of land in Ireland ? Others, still blinded to facts and the history of Irish say—Show us the N EC E SSITY for in terfering with the ancient usages and the established landlordism, la wson this subject. The handwriting on the wall would, we fear, con vey no warning to such as these. Can they not read the dread 'necessity in the most cruel evictions ? Can they not see it in old roof-trees scattered to the winds, and the wretched inmates sent to perish by the wayside? Can they not see it in the midnight incendiary, who, in the reckless insanity of despair, consigns house, life, and p roper t y t o the flames? Can they not see the dir e necess it y f or l eg i s lation on this point in the mid-day assassin, who, in the broad light of heaven, with blood-stained hands, sends his viclim unprepared before his MAKER ? Will they still leave the Irish land question to such legislators as these ? If the hideous scenes of crime, and cruelty, and blood, which have resulted from the present state of land-law, or, perhaps more appropri ately, landlord-law in Ireland, will not convince such persons of the NECESSITY of legislation, further argu ment with them would be useless, for no reasoning could convince. One of the greatest organs of public intelligence — we will not say of public opinion —in this, or perhaps in any other country, has frequently pealed forth its thunders to obstruct the settlement of this question by legal interposition. The first argument advanced by this organ was, in substance, this—that the tenure of land in England and Ireland was the same, and was not the ly subject a trust in either country. In reply to of iswedemonstrated th a t the landlords in six counties of Ulster held their lands, not for their own private benefit alone, but for the ad vantage of the sett lers u p on those lands also , and t h a t, legally, any violati on o f those conditions would amount to a forfeit ure of their estates. It next ad vanced the strange proposition th a t vo l un t ary con tracts were beyond t he p rovince of the law. To this we replied by facts and precedents. Driven from these outposts, it then threw upon its adversaries the onus to show the NECESSITY for legislation upon land contracts. To this we think we have also What effect our reasoningmay satisfactorily have upna replied. the mutations of the kaleide s scope of Printing-house'quare we cannot presu me to say ; but, perhaps, what our plain reasoning could intelligible effect higher quarter, and. that in will b t hints from by a few recent and the future consideration of this question we shall have our contemporary as a powerful ally instead of a dangerous adversary. ou r pleasing duty to do jus- It has been frequently tine to the ability with which Lord CLARENDON has administered the affairs of Ireland. No Irish Governor had ever more difficulties to encounter—no statesman could have met those difficulties with snore firmness and wisdom ; his almost intuitive foresight enabled him to crush rebellion, without bloodshed, and the extraordinary powers with which he was entrusted by Parliament he exercised with a mode ration that does him honour. It would appear that the NECESSITY, which some of our contemporaries cannot see, has been fully recognized by this wise and able statesman. In reply to a very temperate ad dress from the "Ulster Tenant -Right Provincial Committee," his Excellency says, t , That it would be improper cri his part to discuss the relations that should subsist between landlord and tenant, As THE QUESTION WILL BE B ROUGHT UNDER THE as CONSIDERATION OF PARLIAMENT NEX T SESSION ; a n d you may r es t assure d it is the ea rliest desire of her MAJESTY'S Government to promote such a n arrange ment His E xce ll ency goes on t o say that landlords and may be satisfactory to all part ies concerned : , tcnant; are mutually dependent on each other, and that their interests are identified ; " but his Excellency is convinced that IN IRELAND, AS E LSEWHERE, respect for the rights of property will be found perfectly compatible with that SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE upon which the PROFITABLE INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL MUST DEPEND." Such is the emphatic and significant language of one of the best and wisest statesmen that ever ruled the destinies of Ireland, and we trust it will for ever silence the twaddle about the " sacred rights of pro perty," the " inviolability of voluntary contracts," &c. &c., and that henceforward those who have con trol over that mighty engine for good or ill—the public press—will exercise their power for the attain ment of that most desirable end, the rendering life and property really sacred, by procuring for the occupier of the soil a fixed, secure, and equitable interest. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. They are filled with reports of what passed at the sitting of the Commission of Permanence, but these reports are so contradictory that it is almost impos sible to believe that all the journals are speaking of the same occurrence. For instance, the Journal des Debats, in speaking of the proceedings of Friday, says : " The Commission met to-day, M. Dupin in the chair. All the members who took part in the meeting of TU4S day last were present, as also MM. Mole and Berrycr. The Commission heard the accounts of the review. It appeared struck by certain manifestations which took place after the example given by some officers. It is said to have expressed much astonishment that the Mi nister of War did nothing to prevent such manifestations, and which he himself had censured at the last meeting of the Commission. The Commission adjourned to the next day to resume their deliberations. On the other hand the Constitutionnel declares : " We can assure our restless that no Minister was re quired by the Commission of the National Assembly to give explanations about the review. The Commission did not see in what passed at Sartory anything which called for the extraordinary and immediate convocation of the National Assembly. ' Whilst the National reports that— " The Commission decided, after an animated discus sion, that the accounts given by the members should be inserted in the minutes for the information of the As sembly. The Commission, moreover, adopted a resolu tion to the effect that it saw with pleasure the calm and silent attitude of almost the whole of the troops, and that it blamed and deplored the seditious acclamations excited and in some measure ordered by certain officers of the cavalry in presence of the President of the Re public and the Minister of War. The Commission, re assured by the excellent spirit shown by the troops, whose commanding officers left them free to follow their own inspirations, inferred that military discipline would resist all attempts; and it therefore thought proper to do no more than merely note in writing the facts that had occurred and the impression produced by them." In seeking to form a fair judgment from the compari son with each other of these contradictory reports, we must bear in mind one important fact, the existence of which is scarcely compatible with the accuracy of the report of the Constitutional—the Committee, after sitting for some hours, adjourned to the next day. If the report of the Constitutionnel be correct, it is scarcely possible to imagine what necessity there could have been for any adjournment. It appears that at the meeting of the Com mittee, they refused to confirm the minutes of the proceedings of the former sitting, which had been drawn up by M. M LEON __ FAUCITEU, and which softened down the nature of the explanations demanded by General D'HAUTPOUL. Having referred back these minutes for correction, the Committee resolved that the accounts given by its different members of what each had observed at the review should be in scribed in the proces verbal, for the information of the Assembly. During the course of the discussion attention was drawn to the circumstance that Colonel DE MONTALAMBERT, the brother of the Comte DE MONTALEMBERT, the Jesuit orator of the Assembly, had made himself moat conspicuous by shouting " Vive I'Empereur," in which he was, it is said, en couraged by Colonel EDGAR NEY, aide•de-camp of the PRESIDENT. After a great deal of discussion the Committee ad journed to Saturday, and, on their re-assembling on that day, the following vote of censure on General D'llmrroun, the Minister of War, was agreed to, the Count DARN being the only member of the Committee who opposed it :—" The Committee considers it its duty to record in its procis verbal the disapprobation which it attaches to the facts which were reported to it at its sitting of yesterday, by the members of the Committee who were present at the review which took place on Thursday on the plain of Satory. It also disapproves of the acts of encouragement which produced these manifestations, and the absence of all repression of the acts coms plained of, notwithstanding the warnings given to the Minister of War, and the promises made by him on that subject to the Commission, to the effect that he would enforce the observance f the rules of military service and maintain the discipline of the army. Nevertheless, the Committee, considering the general altitude of the troops, who only yielded, and that to a very limited extent, and by a spirit of obedience to the illegal encouragement and provocations of some of their leaders at the moment of the defiling, is of opi nion that there is no occasion to convoke the Legisla tive Assembly at the present moment, and adjourns till the next meeting." The Bulletin de Paris of yesterday denies that Colenel NET, aide. de-camp of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, encouraged the officers to shout " lave l'Empereur !" and " Vivo Napoleon !" on the con trary, he tried, but in vain, to prevent them. •The Patrie has long been hesitating between Bona partism and Legitimacy ' • it has at length declared for the former, and all the Legitimatist editors have in consequence quitted it. The Moniteur publishes a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, reducing the export duty on cast iron from 25c. to lc. the 100 kilogrammes. The same official journal publishes a second decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, appointing Ad miral MONTAGNES DE LA. ROQUE to the command of the fleet in the Levant, in the place of Admiral TRE• HOURT, whose period of service has expired. The Moniteur publishes a notice from the Minister of Commerce, announcing that in future no cigars can be imported by foreigners residing in France without a special permission from the Minister. The Fi; , e per Cents. were quoted in the Passage de l'Opera at 91f. 70c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 12. _ Naniur and Liege, 8 Orleans and Bordeaux, Sambre and Meuse, 23A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have been received. It was rumoured that NARVAEZ had taken great offence at what he considered an insult that had been offered to General SEERANO , who had gone to Court at his suggestion, by the QUEEN and by the KING CONSORT, and that he bad determined to tender his resignation in consequence. It was .further stated that in the event of his so tendering it, his resignation would be accepted, and that to General MANUEL DE LA CONCHA would be entrusted the task of construct ing a new Ministry, of which PACHECO and Rios ROSAS would be members. The Bolsa was closed. GERMANY. The Kolner Zeitung publishes a letter. from Frank fort of the 11th, which states that the two Austrian corps in Bohemia and Vorarlberg were advancing upon the frontiers to carry out the intervention in Electoral Hesse, when they received counter orders and fell back into their old positons. Count MON, the Austrian agent at Frankfort, received this news on the afternoon of the 10th, when the Frankfort Council had just resolved to call in the intervention of Austria and Bavaria in Hesse. It is stated that Lord PALMERSTON'S protest induced the Cabinet of Vienna to abandon the thought of an armed inter vention. The Frankfort Council (says the correspondent of the Kohler Zeitung) was by no means edified by this backward move on the part of Austria, and much less so by the news that the negotiations at Rumpen heim may possibly lead to a change in the Govern ment of "Hesse. Our advices from Cassel are of the 10th instant. M. OETKER is still in prison. From Hanau we learn that the officers of that garrison have resolved to fol low the examples of their comrades at Cassel. Great excitement prevails at the Russian Embassy in Vienna, and it is said that Russia is urging Aus tria to interfere in the affairs of Hesse. The Austrian Correspondent speaks of an alliance offensive and defensive between Austria, Bavaria, Wirtemburg, and Saxony. A letter from Frankfort of the Bth says— " Now that the German Diet has ratified the treaty of peace concluded between Denmark and Prussia, Baron Bulow Ambassador from Denmark to the Diet, will, immediately upon the ratification being exchanged, make some propositions relative to Holstein. It is his inten tion to propose that orders should be sent, having for their object the reduction of the lleLtein army to eLe third its present amount; and that the tranquillity cf llolsteiu should be prserved by the federal troops—a proposition to which, we are persuaded, the Diet will give their sanction." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The two armies remained in stutu quo on the 11th. The Danes were fortifying their psitions on every point. Frederichstadt is a Op of ruins ; the inhabi tants have removed to Hasam. The short Danish official report of the attack. of the 4th, published by the War Department in Copen hagen, is as follows : " FIIEDERICIISTADT, OCT, 5. "After the enemy had cannonaded our work! , and the town itself, the whole of yesterday, with unusual vigour, I received at half-past 5 iu the afternoon, the report that they were advancing in strong columns of attack. The outer line of &foam as.yell.as the works lying behind, had already been occupied, and the garrison pre pared to received them. About a quarter to 6 the enemy opened their fire, and came on in four columns, of from one and a quarter to two battalions each, by the road on the Eyder Dyke, the Chaussee, and the Dyke of the Treene. The columns were supported in the advance by , a heavy fire from the batteries in our front from some guns laid behind the Holstein Eyder Dyke and from the cannon-boats on the river. The enemy made repeated attempts to take our lines by storin, but were repulsed each time with loss. Later in the evening they confined themselves to keeping up a heavy cannonade against our works, and about eleven o'clock at night withdrew to their former positions. Ac cording to the statement of a prisoner the enemy had a force of seven battalions under fire, that were led by General Willisen himself. The number of the troops we had actually engaged did not exceed two battalions. " The attempt to storm the town lasted about an hour. A captain and a lieutenant, both wounded, and 30 subal tern officers and pzivates have been brought in prisoners. Our loss in killed and wounded I cannot yet state. "HELGESEN." To this may be added the report sent to Copen hagen on the 6th, by the Commander-in-Chief in Schleswig : " The intelligence received last evening from Fried reichstadt is as glorious as satisfactory; it proves that this point can be very well held. With the most deter mined coolness the attempt of the enemy to storm the place was four times repulsed, although at ono time one of their flags was planted on a breastwork, and the con flict became hand to hand. " The earthworks and the guns, notwithstanding the heavy fire the enemy kept up from all his batteries, have sustained little or no injury; but the town is reduced to a total heap of ruins, with the exception of the north western portion, partly by fire and partly by the im mense number of heavy shot which have battered down the walls. " The spirit of our troops in_ Frederichstadt is excel lent. The enemy have gained nothing, while the severe loss they have suffered in the defeated attempt at storm ing the place must certainly have a depressing effect on their trOope. " In proportion to the obstinacy of the conflict our own loss is small, amounting (besides two officers, Lieu- tenants Vaupel and Wadskitei, killed) to 120 subaltern officers killed and wounded. The number the enemy have lost cannot be given, but far more than 100 dead bodies having been picked np in front of the works, it must be very heavy. " Of our officers, Captain Von Schaumau and Lieu tenant VOE 3 aro wounded." ITALY. The Italian loan proposed by the Austrian Go vernment for the Lombard• Venetian kingdom has turned out a complete failure. Only 600,000 lire have been subscribed, and ROTHSCRILD has remained completely aloof from it; while be has, on the con trary, taken the Piedmontese loan on advantageous terms. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. MR. F. W. BRANDAU'S CONCERT. Mr. F. W. Brandau gave on Saturday evening a concert in the theatre of the Royal Polytechnic In stitution, the performers in which were all young aspirants, as yet unknown, to fame—pupils, in short, of Mr. rand= and of various other professors. The young " aspirants" all acquitted themselves in a most satisfactory manner ; but among them Miss Law, a pupil of Signor Crivelli, is worthy of more especial mention. She sang Horn'l beautiful cavatina, " Through the Wood," and several other airs with exquisite taste ; her voice is a soprano of excel lent quality. Mr. D. E. Sutch bids fair to become one of the first buffo singers of the day; his perform ance of " Fayre Rosamonde " was distinguished by true comic gusto. The theatre was crowded, the applause was enthusiastic, and everybody was encored in everything. BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.—As the shares of this company have lately risen in the market, and promise to go up much higher, perhaps the di rectors will not be displeased at our drawing their attention to a little matter which would greatly tend to the comfort of the numerous passengers arriving by the Star Packet and other companies' boats at Blackwell. Send all luggage in by another entrance than that by which passengers go. If the arrival of the boat be too late for the train, the passengers are crowded into the waiting room, which is far too small for accommodation ; but to add to the inconvenience, a host of porters keep rushing in and pushing along amongst the crowd . to the ticket place, utterly regardless of ladies' bonnets, gentle. men's faces, and whatever obstructs their rude progress. Now, if these packages were ordered in by the side pas sages, of which there are several, it would not only tend to the public convenience, but would facilitate the business of the railway company, by saving much precious time, and enabling people to look about them ; for certain questionable characters generally press on the heels of the porters and take advantage of the confusion. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE HON. MR. DUNCOMBE. —We understand that, on Thursday evening, a serious ac cident occurred to one of the sons of Lord Faversham, whilst hunting, but we have not yet heard the particulars. Dr. Simpson, of _York, attended upon the sufferer late on Thursday night, and also yesterday. York Herald of Saturday. Owing to the late Eisteddfod at Rhuddlan, and the pressure of other business, we have not had an opportunity of noticing the subscriptions that have been made at Conway and Bangor - for the Polish, Hungarian, and Italian refugees in this country. The facts, however, are highly creditable to the parties concerned, and may be thus briefly stated. About three weeks ago a collection was made at Conway for the relief of these unfortunate exiles, which was most libe rally supported, and is we understand yet • open for further donations ; and in Bangor, on Sunday night last, at the Calvinistic Chapel, eight pounds were contributed, in small sums, for the same generous purpose. We are truly gratified to record these instances of the good feeling of our friends in the two localities referred to. Their charitable deeds will, we doubt not, be followed up by our countrymen at large, so that the sum finally raised may be such as to suit the mag nitude and emergency of the occasion. Independently, how ever, of the monetary aid so much needed by the exile, we attach importance to the expression of popular sympathy which these meetings make manifest to the world. They serve the important purpose of demonstrating the fact, that Great Britain is not only a " City of Refuge" to the unfor tunate, but that they find a home welcome in the hearts of the people.— Carnarvon Herald. FATAL COLLISION.---Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, the sailing barge Emma Clay, belonging to Mr. Meredith, potato merchant, of Hiflyer's wharf, Shadwell, was lying at anchor off Northfleet, waiting the turn of the tide, when an apprentice who was keeping watch observed a brig, apparently a collier, bearing down. He hailed her, bat finding they did not heed him, he ran aft and called down the companion to rouse Morris, the master; but he had scarce done so when • tke brig came stem on, striking the barge cn the larboard quarter. • The • apprentice cut the boat's painter and jumped in, and had hardly shoved off when the barge went down with Morris, his wife, and child. Morris, however, almost instantly came to the sur face, and was rescued by the apprentice. Mrs. Morris and her infant, four months old, perished. It was a clear, starlight night. Whether those.on board the brig were aware or not of the amount of mischief they had occasioned, they held on their course. DOINGS IN THE Docils.—A correspondent says,— " 'I here are upwards of GO landing-waiters, weighers, lockers, and gaugers taking stock in the vaults and warehouses of the St. 'Katherine and London Docks. In some of the ware houses there are tens of thousands of packages to be exa mined. There is great mystery observed about the stock taking, but the Custom-house authorities appear to be con fident that when their labours are completed they shall be able to make revelations about the practices in the above mentioned docks which will astonish the commercial public. At present there is no idea that the directors of the docks themselves are at all implicated in any improper trans actions." BREAKING OF BALLOCIZ SUSPENSION BRIDGE.— On, Saturday last, !while a small dock of sheep was passing along Balloch' Suspension Bridge, which spans the River Leven, near the entrance to Lochlomond, it suddenly gave way in the middle, at the south side, and sunk about twelve inches, the other side remaining as before.. The runture seems to have been caused by the snapping of two rods, each about an inch in diameter, and this has led to the twisting and breaking of other parts, which will make the whole fabric difficult to repair, and costly at the seine time, though we have no doubt that in a few days it will be all right again. In the meantime traffic, excepting for foot passen gers, is stopped along the bridge, though luckily the bridge at Bonhill, which is not far distant, will supply the want till the repair be effected. The bridge is upon Oredze's prin ciple, and is a very beautiful .object in the landscape, being much admired by,strangers. It has stood for upwards of eight years, and during the last Moss of Balloch Fair, was at times crowded with hundreds of people (exceeding in weight at least ten times that of the sheep) without evincing the least weakness. It is singular that the fracture took place opposite to the side of the bridge on which the sheep were placed at the time. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. —The following gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 11th inst.:— Messrs. Sidney Henson, Hull; John Wright Baker, Derby; George Harley, Haddington, Scotland; John West Walker, Spilsby, Lincolnshire; William Browne, Southampton -street, Bloomsbury; Henry Allen Aldred, Blackfriars-road ; Thos. Seward Helland, Cork ; and W illiam Heron, Belfast. TDB FRENCH NAVY.—The history of the Ville de Paris, line-of-battle-ship, just launched at Rochefort, is rather curious. Her keel was laid down in 1807, whenit was in tended that her name should be the Ville deVienne. At the restoration it was changed to that of the Comte d'Artois ; the revolution of July again altered it to the Ville de Paris, after one which was built at Rochefort in the reign of Louis XV. The total cost of this ship is estimated at 2,564,4211. TOc., viz.:—Materials and labour, 1,`21-30,633f. 79c.; arma ment, 90.2,6e9f. ; guns, 310,818 f. 33c. Roßiltnv AT ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH, FLEET -STREET. —A rob!>ery was perpetrated at St. Bride's Church, at mid day, on Friday. It appeared that divine service had been performed in the morning; and it is supposed that th e thief had secreted himself in the organ loft. Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon a waggon-load of coke or coal was being delivered at the church, when the sexton discovered that the poor-box had been broken open, and the centents carried away. On looking around hi m , h e also discovered that the cushions at the altar had been stripped of their rich velvet covering, and that oth er depre dations had been committed. On communicating these facts to the churchwardens, an instant examination was mad', when it was found that the sacramental plate had not been removed, owing, probably, to the thief being dis turbed by the sexton when he opened the doors to admit the coke. Not the slightest trace of the property has been discovered. ArrnoAcu or WINTER.—The Bradford Observer states that the hills surrounding HQlmfirth were on Saturday last slightly eevered with snow. MONEY and C6IVIMERCIAL :4ElO' CITY, TWO O'CLOCK'. Th) Kies of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday vol estimated at 6,000 bales, of w hi c h 6,00 American 6 0 200 6urat were taken for export Red 1,000 on specal l : A tion. market closed fi r mly. Th e sa l es comprise d 4,0)0 American, 350 Eiyptia.n at 9d. to 10d., and 1, 5 v: Su :at at .54d. to 6kd. per lb.—ln Railway Shares Duly r m ited business was done at lower prices. The G rain Market is quiet to-day. The steamer with the American has arrived, b 0 her letters have only just been delivered. The Cottal and Corn Markets were much the same, and puo securities on the advance. Accounts from Oregon state:—" Persons have col in from the Rooth: river country, who ar e con fi d e nt thl/. gold may be I found there in considerable quantitie though the waters were still too high to prospect,' oiti l f factorily. Gold, however, was found. Governor Labuo not finding things to suit him on Roque River, Lifter ne . gotiating a treaty of peace with the Roque E' Indians, had gone on to Trinity, on his way to fornia." In the Frankfort Bourse, on the 11th inst., Austlis4 Metaliics were 76, 1 i to 77e, and Spanish Three et Cents. 333, to The position of the French Government attracts col: siderable interest here, and it is doubted whether ti the re-opening of the Legislature there will not be car siderable agitation to an extent affecting public alai dente. It is at least, however, satisfactory to learn 1 1 1 0 the French Government will not require to realise t„. 11 e 2,000,000, francs of Rentes belonging to the savin g s banks; and it is stated that the improved positiooL the Treasury will render it unnecessary for th . Am y° nance Minister to avail himself of the authortzwrr, granted by the law of 1850. The payment of the dividends at the Bank of Engil‘,, commenced this morning, and already exercises an: fluence upon the money market. Oa "call" two r y cent. is about the rate for accommodation, while counts are at 2-4- to 2 l i per cent. The amount of ai deeds now to be distributed being upwards Ot t 7,500,0001., it remains to be seen vibil t any large surplus will be brought forward investment in stock or shares. Probably '& opening will be found to be more ample , the mercantile markets, or a preference may be gtt to shares, while it should be borne in mind that el c, l quarter does not yield :an equal surplus of dividendstt towards the close of the year various engagements il i a to be provided for. In France we have seen the fundlt recently upon the payment of the dividends, alteoorj good deal of bullion was withdrawn from the Bank, we have ever to bear in mind that Consols rule ooton ratively high, and might not withstand the shock of violent political movements abroad. A letter from the British Consul at Vera Cruz to Committee of Mexican Bondholders reports most fain ably of the prospect of an arrangement of the debt, 4, suggests that instructions should be given to Mr. NA connet to obtain some security for the punl,,ts carrying out hereafter of any agreement. -) ',ho gentleman further states his knowledge that • Mexican Government fully appreciates the saerifikl, making :by the bondholders, and desires to LO A , perfect good faith. This is so far cheering, andL, chief thing will be to gaard against what a future vernment may do. The committee, however, have Pr a t vided Mr. Falconnet with power and instructions w0 1 ... 7 0 all these difficulties, and there is therefore every to anticipate a favourable solution. The bondholutif are naturally very anxious to handle the sum of ne e a million dollars that is now in tie Bank of Englan d their credit. The Stock Market is extremely buoyant, and s large amount to be purchased by the National 1 , Comtnissioners gives support to prices. Consols 010 risen to 971 i; the New Three-and-a• Quarter f Cents. are 9S to 98-, and the Three per Cents. 96 t; Exchequer-bills have been 653. to 685., and Je Bonds 89s. prf-mium. yet/ Foreign Stocks have been steady, and are not i d active. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 18i and Portuguese Four per Cents. 331 to' r e Brazilian Bonds, ex-dividend, have been at 925. nada Stock is 181 4. Mexican Bonds have been 314- to f i l; and Peruvian Deferred 335. Dutch Two -Pr a-Half per Cents. hive realized 57g. t pß Railway Shares are a little firmer, and there is 11 ° increat3 of business. QU4RTER TO THREE' Consols Ditto Acc0unt.........97f f BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOO (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 1/ 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 31A per Cant. Anus. Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 13-1 6 7 i7 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1560 8 India Stock - Do: Bonds, 10001. B9 p South Sea Stock — Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account 9 7 14% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2c l . March. Jltil * 1,0691...,.. — 65 P 5001 Small — 65 e s r O PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CL % 1 Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 9 2 1/ z- u Grenada, 1% per Cent. Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent Ditto Deferred 33% ' Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 Der Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 18%.14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto for the Account .... BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O 'Cl ' v" - - RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia SHADS. Alterdeen - Ditto, Preference Eii ...... - dii.... to ••• Amber., Notting., Boston, &a. 8% - to ' kyrshire and Galleway - to - Belfast and County Down .. 32 .. .. -e. 3erks and Hants Extension tGt. West. Perpet. 5 per et.) 6 - •• to ,""' iiirmingham & Oxford tltinct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ~.., , .... to Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd. or with guar. 15 - Do., without a guarantee-, 15 Birreing., Wel., & Stour Val. 131.14 s - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 26 '''. •••••• Bristol and Exeter 100 ...... - Buckinghamshire Caledonian •• 5O ..... 8%%... tO " Ditto, New 10/J Preference 10 ....... - Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 . - tO nerter and Holyhead 5O ..... 101,N„.. to .'" Ditto,Treference •.;larence - ...,.. to "' Direct London & Portsmouth 51 - to " Dublin and Be , , est Junction.. 45 - ... to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ... . - East Anglia, 251. L. & E., 'cad L & D. Ditto, IS/. , E. & 11 D 0,3/. De.,6 p. Ct. Pref.... 3% - - Do., do. (51.) 7 per Cent. reference - ...... to -"' Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof 2 - to "" Easter , : Counties .... Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - Do, ' do . ..... N 0.2,6/. 135.4 d.. - p...... to "" Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 - to Do., N orthern tic Eastern... 50 - Do., 5 per cent. .4,. 5O - Ditto, New - .eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 - ...... to •"" Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - to Ditto, ditto, B & C '....... 25 - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6per ct.) 20 o:ast Lancashire, ... 25 - ...... to - Do., New Quarters - to 0" Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares Fast Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. ... ... 25 dinburgh and Glasgow 5O - Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 25 - Ditto, New port l5 - ...... to --" Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - „,...,. to •••• Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. - ... .. to *". Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6s.Bd - ..... to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ~....., to •••• Do. Preference Consolidated - Gl ou cester and Dean Forest.. 16 - ....it. to ! A ii G re at Northern . Do. % A Deferred ....• ... 12% 4 k 14... to -• Do. 1 , 2 B 6 per Cent...... 12% 9 % 34- to **"., t Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12 1 / 2 ...117 e 12 x.i. to I" . Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 .., 31% ....,.. to •-•" Ditto, Eighths ..... ~. 2% - great North of England 100 212% to .."' Ditto, New 401..„..... . .... 40 - Ditto, New 301. - ..... to Ditto, New 15/...... ... - Great Western ........ .. .. ...100 7 0 14 71 .. to 7 " . Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 9%..„... to ..‘" Uull and Selby 5O - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ..... - Ditto,Quarter Shares ... 12% - ...... to " Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds - p to -" Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 - .. ... to 23% - ...... to - Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths lO .. ... 2%% to Ditto, Thirds.... lB ...... - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 -• Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union.... 11 1 4 .... — ...... to Leeds and Bradford ..... ........ 50 93 ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...-... ...... 50 D0..d0., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 . Ditto, ditto... No. 2 17 Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. - •• .• to - London ez 21ackwa11....-111. 6s. 3d 6 14.... to London, Br;g1:ton,& 8. Coastloo ..... 84 Do. Guarnteeds per Cent. 9 ...... 1 . ) , ., Prefoential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... Ditto, alto 1852 50 ..... ...... to Do. New, gua. 6 pr Ct.... 100 ...... to --- London and Greenwich... 12i. 15s. 4d... ...... to •"*" Ditto Preference London fs North Wettern.....loo ......116 , to 1 1 Do. New Quarters. l7 ..... 19 1 4 to '"" ) Do. Filjas l2 .... 145 Do. 101.— M. and B. (C.) I Londo:: :111,d S. W e5tern.......100 Ditto, New 504 Ditto, Diew 40/. 34 II ••••• to ..... Do., New Preference Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. „„ „.. to •"'' Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do.,llalf Shares ••• to " P " , L,T,restoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... blanch Buxton, & biatiocit 5 1 A ..... ~,„,. w"°• 4' DI