The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. ter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir . --; min Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswies ; h. - as Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff ; ey, Mr. Gough; Moses, Mr. Webster; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir - Y. Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer well. 'Ars. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. Ater which the laughab:e Comedy, called lIY WIFE ! WHAT NVATE ? Captain Hector Tempest, R.N., sen , Mr. Fatten ; Captain T.(ector Tempest, R.N., jun., Mr. Henry Farren ; Syrnon Ppm, Mr. Keeley; Lady Longpurse, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Louisa, Mrs. Seymour. To conclude with the Farce of TWICE KILLED. Mr. Euclid Facile, Mr. Keeley ; Fanny Pepper, Mrs. Keeley. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commenOe at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented RORY ()WORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; ))e Lacy, Mr. Won ell ; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Be&oril, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD (the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; 3tdlle. Cherry Bounce, Mlll4 !:mina Harding. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Sayan. PRINC ESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MACREADY THIS EVE NING and MISS CUSHMAN, Will be performed Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CON QUER. Hardcastle, Mr. Gilbert; Young Marlow, Mr. J. Vining ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Emmeline Montague ; Miss Neville, Miss Villars, After which, a new Piece, called A ROMANCE OF THE RHINE. Characters by Messrs. James Vining, Palmer, Neville, Compton, Moe Emma Stanley, and Miss Villars. To be followed by the comic Drama of " LADIES, BEWARE!" To conclude with the Farce of LOVE, LAW, and PIIYSIC. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No.), Davidge-terrace,Kensington-road. Surrey. THIS EVENING, October 9, MT. the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. _ _ _ The music by Mr. Bitlfe, the libretto by Mr. Bunn. The whole of the scenery by Mr. Grieve. The properties by Mr. Blamire. The mechanism by Mr. B. Sloman. An enlarged chorus and increased orchestra, on a greater scale than any hitherto introduced on these boards, will be directed and conducted by Mr. J. H. Tully. Dramatis Persona—Count Arnheim (Governor of Presburg), Mr. llorrani ; Count Florestein (his nenhew), Mr. Rafter ; Thaddeus (a proscribed Pole), Mr. W. Harrison; Devilshoof (leader of a gang of Gipsies), Mr. 11. Horneastle ; Captain of the Cluard, Mr. Constantine; First Officer, Mr. Sanger; First Peasant, Mr. Pri , a'son; First Gipsy, Mr. Summers ; Servant, Mr. Richards ; Arline (the Bohemian Girl), Miss Romer; Budda (her attendant), Mrs. W. H. Payne; Ulrica (Queen of the Gipsies), Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Nobles — Messrs. Tyler, Loveridge, Jones, Fraser, Massoni, &c. Ladies— Mesdames Turner, Gardiner, Rooke, Foster, Levite. Sze. Pages Misses Desborough, Ives, Seaman, Harris, &c. Hunters :—Messrs. J. Field, Richardson, Platt, Cook, Godfrey, Thiriwall, Jonas, and Wyatt. Retainers :—Messrs. J. Sanger, Kitchener, Cooper, Mos sop, Gladstaines, Mawby, Boyce, Woolf, Johnson. Peasants : Les Sceurs St. Louin, Misses Fenton, Maurice, Sophie, Clifford, Mars, Beaufort, Ives, Desborough, I. Laws, Smithson, Angeline, Rosa Taylor, &c. Gipsies :—Messrs. C. Constantine, Sum mers, Miller, Dobson, Foster, Weston, Roberts, Rowland, I. Price, Pendygras, Jones, Henri, Galli, Lawler, Santry, Beale, Sharpe, Stirling, &c. Mesdames R. Hughes, Somerville, Maynard, Anderson, Rabin°. Deither, Mapleson, Tully, Connelly, Miller, Williamson, &c. Law Officers :—Messrs. Peters, Drifileld, Robins, J. Eculanler, &c. Solditrs, Citizens, Attendants, Banner Bearers, Heralds, Sarvants, &c. Mr. Grieve has prepared the following New Scenery —Grounds and Chateau of Count Arnhem , Presburg by Moonlight, View In the Vicinity of Presburg, Public Place in Presburg tor the celebra tion of the Fair, in which takes place a Pas de Deux, by Les Scours Bt. Louin, and a Dance by the whole Corps de Ballet. Precession of the City Trades • the Banner of the Butcher's Company ; the Manner of the Goldsmiths' Company, the Banner of the Drapers' Company, the Banner of the ArMOUITTS' Company, the Banner of the Bakers' Company, the Banner of the Wax-Chandlers' Company, the Banner of the Shoemakers' Company, the Banner of the Fish mongers' Company, the Banner of the Boo kbinders' Company, &c. The Hall of Justice, Saloon in the Count's Chateau.—The Opera of The Bohemian Girl is published by W. S. Johnson, Nassau Steam Press, 60, St. Martin's-lane ; and may be had in the Theatre, and of all Booksellers, price Is. After which LA. BAYADERE. To conclude with Mr. Bunn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Smith, Mr. °sherry ; Mr. Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. H. Hughes (her first appearance these five years) ; Mrs. Smith, Miss ISebecca Isaacs ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. R. Hughes.—Stage Director, Mr. a Ellis. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the principal Librarians ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is op en daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE MERCHANT'S CLERK. A Love Story. a After which the favourite Drama of WOMAN'S LOVE. To conclude with BOMBASTES FIJRIOSO. Boxes, ►s. ; Halt-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEITKE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. First Week of the Winter Season. Mr. Batty has engaged Mdlle. Valentine, from Paris, who will in todace her beautiful and highly-tEVE N rained leaping horses. THIS I NG The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES. The Ballet of the TRANSFORMED LOVER. Entirely new Scents in the Are na, supported by the talented Ar tistes of the Establiihment, in the carious modes of equestration. Box-office open from 11 till 8. Stage Manager, Mr. NIK,D. Broadfoot. TUE WEATIIER.—Strx Grimm, OcT. 9. T f v-om METER, Lowest, 50; Highest. 59 ; Noon, 60. B A ROMETER, 29.98.—W IND S. by W.; showery. WA.TER AT LONDON-imilow. "mill ITornin7,.. 49 minutes atter 1. 1 Evening .. 6 minutes after 2. i 4-"? e ~ c o l. t:01?/, , ,i , . ly c /o' t:...i• 1 i 'ii I E I 4 -1 , • , ' ~: t ‘--- - , -RT•los+ , ROIT .4* ' ~ o. '',l, - • OU/ni LONDt)N, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1847. After receiving the congratulations of many thousands of intelligent men in most of the principal cities of Christendom, Mr.ConnEN has been greeted with the farewell acclamations of the good citizens of Ham burgh, and taken his departure homewards. Never, we undertake to aver, has continental journey been more remarkable than this of the great English free trader; never has a mere excursion for the restoration of one man's health been signalized by so many brilliant festivities, or watched with so much of agreeable curiosity by the population of these islands, as the excursion of this simple cotton printer and burgess in the Imperial Parliament. In responding to the enthusiasm with which he was greeted in the Grosse Daehbahn, or Freemasons'-hall of Hamburgh, we observe that the illustrious traveller, with a modesty worthy of his character, protested that the language of approval should, on no account, be addressed exclusively to himself, but should be extended to many of his com patriots, seeing that he was merely one of the members of a distinguished association, and, that, with the mention of his name, should be coupled those of his reforming colleagues, CHARLES VILLIERS, JOHN BRIGHT, and their companions in the struggle against monopoly. In a literal sense that assurance was correct, but, without in any manner depreciating the services of his fellow-labourers, we cannot but think that the glory of achieving the downfal of the protective system concentrates as conspicuously around the person of the representative of Stockport, as that of effecting Catholic emancipation does around the late representative of Cork, or as that of achieving IcegTo emancipation does around the deceased repre sentative of Bramber. The cause of the free traders has become as much individualised and embodied in Ric Fun., tha cause of the Roman Catholics was in DANIEL O'CON NELL, and the cause of the black slaves in WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. And History, in recounting the abolition of the Corn-laws, will give precedence to COBDEN, even when enumerating such advocates of liberty to commerce as VILLIERS, as BRIGHT, and as PETioNNET TnompsoN • just as she will grant a superior positi on to the LIBERATOR while commemo rating the eloquent exertions of RICHARD LALOR SIIEIL, of THOMAS WYSP.,and O'vrrOßMAa.i MAHON, or ga r age will besto w a more length ene d eu logium upon 'ILLIAM WILBERFORCE z : t 1.1(4 he ca n even d o upon his renowned associates, I in th an cxs,ro llAM, THOMAS CLARKSON, and FOWELL B u genuine magnanimityw as avowed with so mu c h i by Sir ROBERT PEEL, on the occas i on of ever memorable retirement from office as PrimeTtn er of England, will be corroborated by th e f uture ' st his torian of our country. 'Whatever cr e dit i s due to others, it is certain that the principal merit in the emancipation of British commerce from the thraldom of many centuries, and in its release from the bondage of a most venerable ignorance, is due to the over whelming logic and " unadorned eloquence" of RICHARD COBDEN. Convinced of ths moral superiority of the Member for Stockport, even over his many distinguished associates, it surely becomes us to testify, in some conspicuous manner, our gratitude to the paramount victor of free trade. `.;ow that Mr. COBDEN is returning to us with a renovated constitution, it were a fitting testimony of our appreciation of his character and of his inestim able achievement, to emulate the enthusiasm of Continental Europe. It would be the most inex cucable thanklessness on our part to allow him to return from his pilgrimage among the nations with out soine suitable demonstration of respect. Frtince has afforded him a welcome—Spain has afforded him a welcome—ltaly has afforded him a welcome Russia has afforded him a welcome, and so has Germany, and Belgium, and the Han seatic Towns. Shall England his father land—the land for which he strove for seven years so bravely and consistently against obloquy, and ca lumny, and prejudice, and scurrilous vituperations — shall England alone remain impassive at the advent of COBDEN ? True it is that a testimonial of several thousands of pounds has been accumulated during his absence, as a token of national gratitude ; but would it not be the most worthy evidence of our sen timents towards the leader of the League to present that testimonial to him on the occasion of some mag nificent banquet, given in celebration of his return to England—say within those walls of Covent-garden, which have so often resounded with his voice when pleading in the cause of the industrious classes ? Even among a race, notorious for being the most phlegmatic in the length and breadth of Christendom, the more intelligent Germans have forgotton their constitutional sedateness to greet with becoming earnestness the English apostle of free trade. Before the commencement of the dinner given to Mr. COBDEN, on the 4th instant, at Hamburgh, his entrance was announced by the band playing that renowned air from Richard Caur de Lion:— " Du stolzes England freue dick Dein Konig, Richard, liebt dish nosh. (Thou proud England rejoice, Thy Sovereign, Richard, still loves thee):' It was a compliment' as beautiful and enthusiastic as that which saluted the ears of Boz on entering the theatre at Edinburgh some years ago, when the orchestra struck up the Jacobite song—" Charlie is my darling !" or as that which brought tears to the eyes of the susceptible author of Gertrude of Wyoming, when a military band stationed in the dockyard of Portsmouth welcomed his appearance with the lively strains of the old Scottish march—" The Campbells are coming." If the sober Germans received Mr. COBDEN in a manner so peculiarly graceful, shall not the English commemorate his arrival in like manner, and by commemorating his arrival afford a fresh incitement to those true and practical benefactors of their fellow-countrymen who remove abuses from the constitution, and thereby extend and ripen the principles of civil and religious liberty? That we are not incapable of displaying enthusiasm as grace ful as that of the citizens of Hamburgh, of Edinburgh, and of Portsmouth has been recently evinced by the spontaneous ardour with which SHASSPERE'S birth place was purchased for the nation. One of her Majesty's Ministers (the Noble Lord the Chief Com missioner of Woods and Forests) has just paid an official visit to the humble tenement at Stratford-on- Avon, and has even made a pilgrimage to Shottery to view the cottage the thatch of which once sheltered ANN HATHAWAY, the mistress of the immortal poet We are not that unimaginative, unpoetical, stolid, or phlegmatic race which our enemies would represent us to be. We can appreciate and honour Genius and Patriotism. Let us, then, welcome our eloquent and patriotic countryman RICHARD COBDEN. On Monday last we alluded to the vast importance of the new " Act for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands in England " to the vast majority of the people of this country. There is not a single person of the middle or less wealthy classes that is not more or less deeply interested in its operation. It may, indeed, be said that the courts thereby consti tuted form the only civil tribunal accessible to the smaller tradesmen, and the entire body of artisans, operatives, and labourers throughout the whole king dom, in which their contracts can be investigated, and every demand and claim, either by or against them, adjudicated upon. It was for their especial use and behoof that this extensive jurisdiction was created, and it is essential that the utmost vigilance should be observed, to guard against any defects either in the law itself, or the mode of its administration, so that the entire stale, which is but in its infancy, should be purified from every abuse and made as nearly perfect as possible. This duty must chiefly devolve upon the public journalists. The more wealthy suitors in the superior courts are enabled more readily to put forward any grievance and direct the public attention thereto than their poorer brethren ; besides, in the former case there is a numerous body of acute and intelligent professional men, under whose observation every single case must come, and some of whom will, in all human probability, be actually engaged therein on one side or the other, who will not be slow to detect and comment upon any erroneous or unfounded decision, and there will always be the opportunity of an appeal to the full court from any objectionable decree or ruling of a single judge. Every safeguard is thus afforded to the parties interested. The occupants of the judicial bench are selected from those who have attained the highest eminence in their profession. ' The force of public opinion guards the purity of the ermine. Those who are well aware that every judg ment will be impartially scrutinized, and that if at all of doubtful character, or involving a disputed principle, it will be reported by competent persons, and handed down as a precedent, and that if dis approved of, or overruled, the person by whom it is made will necessarily be censured— will, for their own sakes, exercise the greatest caution, and maturely consider every difficult ques tion before deciding thereon ; there is also the know ledge that the judgment will be reviewed before others of equal rank, so that there will scarcely be the pos sibility of a mischievous result, even if an error should be committed in the first instance. It is not too much to say, that every one of these protections are wanting to the party appearing before the county courts. It will not be considered disrespectful to the Learned Gentlemen who have been selected to pre side over those tribunals—against whom it is not our wish to breathe the slightest imputation, or to utter one disrespectful remark—to say that they cannot be considered on a par, as to legal skill or learning, with the venerable judges of our superior courts. It is natural to suppose, therefore, that they would be more liable to mistake, more particularly as they are called upon to interpret a new code, to administer a recent law, and they have not the advantage of the labours of their predecessors—the recorded decisions—to guide and assist them in coming to a just conclusion. There is also, for that reason, much greater latitude accorded. It will more frequently become their duty to make than to follow a precedent ; it would, there fore, be more necessary that such new decisions should be subjected to revision, and also to the con trolling power of public opinion. But this is not the case ; the small remuneration allowed for professional men, in order to give cheap law, has practically banished almost every respectable practitioner from 45„., —"rt. nr_ at least, prevented such persons from habitually attending, and any appeal or demanct for a new trial can only be made to the very person whose judgment is complained against, or alleged to be erroneous, as we pointed out on Monday last. It is, therefore, doubly incumbent on the press, as guar dians of the popular rights, to regard attentively every case, the consequences of which, if followed, may be prejudicial to the people. In another column of The Sun we publish a letter from a correspondent, who details a case of great hardship," and of which we think he has just reason to complain. It also illustrates strongly another of the defects of the law itself and of its administration. It appears that he was summoned to answer a demand for a sum of 1/. es., alleged to have been due since the year 1842. Since the period at which it became due he had been discharged as a bankrupt, which furnished a sufficient answer to the demand. He served due notice on the clerk of the court of the nature of his intended defence, pursuant to the 19th ru l e o f prac ti ce cer tifi e d b y th e Chi e f Baron ddirectly ree and four of the judges, and also wr o t e to the plaintiff apprising him thereof, and begging that he should not be put to the trouble and expense of leaving his home and going a distance of twenty miles to d e f en d himself against the unfounded claim. To this reasonable reques t noanswer was twenty to returned, and he was therefore obli g ed iln travel sef l a distance of forty m i les, and the same returning, and to absent h going from his business, and incur the unavoidable expense s of the jcurney, &c. He fully succeeded i n his defenc e, enss producing his certificate, and there was a decision in his favour. Its truth and accuracy must have been fully known to the plaintiff when he put forward his unjust demand, and it must have been persevered in for the sake of annoyance, after he received the notice of the defence, which was not merely sent to the clerk of the court, as required by the rule;, but for ; warded directly to the plaintiff himself. It would seem, therefore, that if eyed' there was 9 #ttic6 case 1 THE SUl4ii for the exercise of the discretion permitted to the judge to award costs against a complainant, that this was a proper one ; but it appears that it was peremp torily refused, and that the party who established the justice of his defence was obliged to submit to the expenses of his journey, and the loss of his time, without any satisfaction whatsoever. Now, we conceive that everything in the shape of an unfounded claim should be discountenanced in every possible manner. If a person is compelled to have recourse to a court of justice, in order to recover a just debt, it is but reasonable and proper that he should receive not only the debt itself, but also the costs and expenses to which he may be sub jected in establishing his claim, and they are therefore invariably adjudged to him. It is still more essential that he should be kept free from loss if dragged into court as a de fendant. One of the chief evils of cheap law is, that it holds out a great encouragement to speculative demands, which the makers, although well aware that they could not recover, if resisted, still put forward, hoping that the absence of the party may enable them to get a judgment. It might be cheaper to submit to pay a small sum than to encounter the annoyance and inconvenience of attending to contest it. In fact, the 79th section, to which our corre spondent alludes, was chiefly directed against such persons, for it says, not merely costs that might be supposed to relate to the sum he was out of pocket, but costs and satisfaction for his trouble and attendance, and it may fairly be assumed that the intention of the Legislature was to give compensation in every such instance for loss of time, and every contingent expense or annoy ance ; the general rule is laid down in the 88th sec tion, which enacts " that in default of any special direction the costs shall abide the event of the action," and this is the just and equitable view of the subject. The objection that the defendant did not ap pear by counsel or attorney, and therefore had no locus standi or claim for costs, appears very un tenable, inasmuch as the statute expressly discoun tenances the employment of such parties where the demand does not amount to five pounds, it being provided by the 91st section, that " the expense of employing a barrister or attorney, either by plaintiff or defendant, shall not be allowed on taxation of costs, in the case of a plaintiff when less than 201. is recovered, or in the case of a defendant when less than 51. is claimed." The Act, therefore, manifestly contemplates the giving of costs, where neither bar rister or attorney is engaged. A letter from Berne of the ad says— " The following is new intelligence which I can guarantee to you relative to the visit of Lord Minto to the President of the Vorort. It appears that the British Government, not being able to reconcile the reports which it receives at present from Mr. Peel, re ports in which the situation of Switzerland is appre ciated differently to those which were transmitted to it by his predecessor, Mr. Morier, a diplomatist of a narrow mind, who saw only by the eye of a Conser vative mummies like himself, desired that a member of the Cabinet itself should inquire into the real state of things. Lord Minto has now been put into possession of proper information, and having carried away with him the best opinion of liberal Switzerland, has, it is said, written in that sense to Lord Palmerston. M. Ochsenbein has not allowed him to remain ignorant that in the present crisis influential deputies bad interposed to engage the minority to be a little more tractable, but that all that could tend to a reconcilia tion and to mutual concessions has been disdainfully rejected by the League, which had not affected arro gant pretensions, but because it reckoned, in case of conflict, on the support of Austria. The Yorort re ceived to-day the important news that the Grand Council of Schaffhausen, which had not previously pronounced on the measures of execution to be adopted in the question of the Sonderbund, and in that of the Jesuits, has just voted almost unanimously instructions analogous to those of Zurich, and is equally preparing to place its military force in a state to answer any eventual call of the Diet. Whilst Schaffhausen was completing its instructions for its deputies, the Grand Council of Outer- Appenzell, which contains a population six times greater than that of Inner-Appenzell (favourable to the League), has at last pronounced for the immediate employment and energetic measures against the Sonderbund, and the Landrath has voted the credits necessary to com plete the military force." Tranquillity having been perfectly re-established in Gallicia, the Austrian Government has given orders to place the troops there on a peace establishment. It is stated in a letter from Lemberg, in Gallicia, dated the 28th ult., and published in the Augsburg Gazette, that the cholera had reached Jassy, and that a sanitary cordon was about to be established on the Austrian frontier. A letter from Rome of the 28th ult. announces the recal of the French Ambassador, Count Rossi, whose attempts at betraying the cause of Italian indepen dence have drawn upon him well-merited rebuke from the POPE. The letter says— "M. Rossi is recalled. It appears that M. de Broglie is come directed by the Ministry to recom mend him to apply for an unlimited leave of absence. His position at Rome has become completely a false one. The Pope has distinctly forbidden M. Rossi to interfere in the affair of Ferrara, assuring him that he knew how to manage it himself. His Holiness, in fact, wrote a letter to the Emperor of Austria, in which, after saying that he would use every pacific means to induce him to withdraw his troops, he added, that if he were not successful, he must have recourse to that measure of excommunication which is placed in his hands as head of the Church." The Felsineo of Bologna of the 30th says— " We have heard from an authentic source that England has communicated a note to the Pontifical Court, in which she applauds the Pope for his reforms and the liberal institutions he has bestowed on his people. She declares, moreover, that she will not in any case suffer foreign intervention, and that she will, if necessary, defend the independence of the Pontifical dominions and of the other Italian states, provided no alteration be made in the territorial limits of those different states. England, however, recognises the right`of the latter to form alliances among themselves for their mutual defence ; but she gives to the word place, applied to Ferrara in the 103 d article of the Treaty of Vienna, a meaning which would justify the occupation of the citadel and town by the Austrians." Madrid journals of the 2d have arrived. The Gageta publishes the following letter, addressed by the Minister of Finance to the Director-General of the Public Debt, on the subject of the coupons of the public debt, which should have been paid by REID, IRVING, and Co. : " I have laid before her Majesty the report drawn up by you in consequence of the suspension of pay ment by the house of Reid, Irving and Co., of Lon don, who were charged by the Spanish Government with the payment of the interest of the Three per Cent. The President of the Finance Committe demands in thatdocument if he is to pay the coupons of the half-yeardue which had not been paid by the house in question. " Her Majesty has had laid before her the opinion of lawyers and persons acquainted with the commer cial laws of England, which is, that the Spanish Go vernment having forwarded in due time to the said house the funds necessary for the payment, and the fact of the intended payment having been duly an nounced, those parties who delayed to apply for such payment have no right to claim it, and the Spanish Government are not bound to pay a second time the funds which were forwarded in due and proper time to their accredited agents. " Nevertheless, her Majesty, in conformity to the advice of the said committee, and wishing to uphold the faith of the Spanish nation from the slightest sus picion, has ordered the payments of those coupons which it shall be duly proved have not been already paid by the house of Reid, Irving, and Co." The Gaceta then publishes a list of sums paid by REID, IRVING, and Co., signed by that house. The Carlists in Catalonia are making great progress. On the night of the 28th they took Berga, a fortified town of Upper Catalonia, by escalade. They re mained in possession of the place six hours, arid car ried off all the public funds, together with three rich householders, for whose release they demand heavy ransoms. The Carlists were commanded by the Cabecilla CASTELLS, who the evening before en ticed the garrison of Berga to a distance, by making a demonstration with 200 men, commanded by BooutcA, on the side of Castellar de Nuch ; he thus resistance_wa n a d s h e n i s a bl 2 o d m‘ t v o ee e n nt eh e na r ivee t r h e esdi since c o je. : n al ne w a or i nn t h e t o dh u e t t 111 satt e metingany inßsot7 a i c andA mid n er as abl o e n b: oo t fy that has occurr e d Since e The bmreoas breaking ni surprise poo urt at on o ft f t eh ß ve e e Berga a -s ;I that ninety-thr ee ee Carli s t o ffi cers have re cently u r l r t e c i s ti s o a n i entered Catalonia from France. MADRID BOUM, OCT. 2.... The Three per Cents. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENT.I4.M, OCTOBER. a, 1847. were done at 261 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 17 for paper; the Debt without Interest, at si; and the Coupons, at 14. The elevation of NARYAEZ to power in Spain is the subject of comment in the greater number of the Paris papers of Thursday. The new Ministerial journal, the Conservateur, crows out its song of triumph over England on this occasion in the most joyous manner imaginable, while the better informed Debats and Presse observe a discreet silence. They know too well the means by which the accession of NARVA sz to power was brought about to make any stir about the matter, and, adopting the maxim of NAPOLEON, wisely wash their dirty linen at home. It appears that the accession of NARVAE2I was the result of a palace intrigue rather than of a poli tical combination. The story is thus told in the National t-- " The Moniteur Parisien has published a piece of news which will probably cause considerable surprise. The Salamanca Ministry is overturned, and Narvaez in power. Although we had no confidence in the , duration of the late Ministry, still we did not expect its fall to be so sudden. Even yesterday it seemed sure of its position, but at the Court of a young Queen, what is most unexpected most prevails; ca price gives the law, and there is nothing true but what would elsewhere appear impossible. It is there fore as difficult to explain this coup d'etat as it was to foresee it. The curious confidences, however, pub lished within the last few days in the Presse may, perhaps, give us the key of the enigma. It was not without motive that the Moderadoes addressed certain eulogiums to Serrano, which were strange enough in their mouth. Serrano, they said, was a man who respected himself; he had not been able to forget the position which he occupies and the part which he played for a moment ; Mr. Bulwer has already found that there are certain limits beyond which it is useless to attempt to lead him. But, as every one is aware, Serrano was the first to declare against Espar tero. There was not therefore much difficulty in working on the feebleness of his mind and his ex cessive vanity,' by showing him that the return of the ancient state of things would be a check for him. The Moderadoes had besides another reason to put forward in order to obtain his co-operation. A new influence at the palace was appearing in the royal horizon; it is the Presse which has taken care to in form us of it ; and it is probable that Serrano dreads this rising rivality. Hence his sudden change of plan, and in consequence not a change of policy, the favourite never thought of such a thing, but a change of persons. Narvaez is charged with the task of pre venting Gandara from passing the threshold of Isa bella's chamber. Whatever may be the real causes of the overthrow of the Salamanca Ministry, we can at once affirm, that the return of Narvaez will become for Spain the signal of new troubles. The nation will not support without resistance this insult offered to all its sentiments and wishes. The reactionary party triumphs, the Tuileries are satisfied, and Madrid is tranquil, as the 2Woniteur Pariaien says. How long will that last ? That is the question. For our parts we patiently await events ; a closet intrigue has led to a coup d'etat, which will lead to a revolution." The Carlists are delighted at the change, and also at the manner in which it has been brought about, as they calculate, and not without some show of reason, that the consequence of the restoration of those to power in Spain whose all but openly proclaimed in tention it has long been to attempt to depose ISABELLA, will soon leave no choice to those Spaniards who wish to maintain the nationality and independence of their country, but to join the standard of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, as between him and the Duke DB MONTPENSIEIt the contest will eventually lie. The Union Illonarchique, the organ of the Legiti matist party, speaks of this change in a tone of trium phant banter. It says— " Another Ministry has entered by the back door, by the mysterious door which leads to the boudoir of the most capricious, the most irresolute, and the most inconstant of women !It is to-day the turn of Nar vaez, that adventurer of the revolution, to resume and direct for a few instants the helm of that crip pled ship which is commonly called the Government of Spain. Narvaez has again become a Minister ! He was no longer talked of. That silence was cruel for a man who, like him, is accustomed to make so much noise. Silence was more than death—it completely annihilated him. He left Paris for Madrid to terminate the Palace question, and he terminated nothing. He presented himself at the Palace, and was turned out. After that check it required some great master-stroke to re trieve his importance. The attempt was made. The innocent but inconstant Isabella gave her adhesion to the new trial, as she would have given it to any other unforeseen combination, without heeding the con sequences of all those wretched Ministerial in trigues. Mr. Bul wer has been for a moment worsted; Isabella has proved unfaithful to him. For whom and why ? The Gazette of scandal will, no doubt, soon tell us. If it were possible to rely on the stability of the new Cabinet, we should readily applaud its formation. If the return of French in fluence appeared to us to result in a permanent manner from the change, we should be the first to congratulate M. Guizot. But the versatility of the daughter of Ferdinand VII. is known. There is nothing stable at Madrid but instability ; and, for that reason, do we regard the sudden accession of Narvaez as a chapter the more to add to the history of the Folies d'Espagne." At a Council of Ministers, held on Wednesday, at St. Cloud, the retirement from the Cabinet of M. CUNIN-GRIDAINE, the Minister of Commerce, was decided on. lie will be succeeded by M. MURET DE BORD. The girant of the Mforme was on Wednesday tried before the Court of Assizes, upon a charge of attempting to excite hatred and contempt against the KING'S Government, by the publication of the article in that journal on the 20th of August a last. The article in the Refurme, for which the prosecution was insti tuted, was under the head of " Assas s i n ati on o f th e I2ssDEPRASLIN," a n d was as follows : T horrible event is th e su bj ect of all conver uchhies conver sations. In ordinary times such an event would have excited the most profound emotions, and it may be imagined what it produces at the period in which we live. The other day an aide-de-camp of a Prince was surprised in the very act of robbery. The next day two Ministers were condemned for the crime of corruption. Each morning a crowd of accusations are brought forward against men in power, and re main without an answer. In fine, night also is determined to have its share in crime. What men ! what mortals I If gambling is is the matter in hand, a cheat is sure to be discovered—if peculation, the corrupters and the corrupted present themselves—if a duel, the arms are unfair—if contracts, the ignoble pot-au-vin or secret present forms part of the bargain; if love, adultery marches forward with the cudgel or poniard in the hand. Our statistic mongers, in collating the judg ments of the Courts of Assizes, seek in the number of condemnations the tariff of public morality; but let them turn their eyes towards the bi s h... quarters of society, and say if for the last six months there a single crime, meanness, or opprobrium, has been heard of which has not left there its stain. Can it be believed that such a mass of horrors and shameful acts was accumulated by the mere effect of chance, and that all human views and ignominies had capriciously made a rendezvous to swell the annals of 1847 ? He must be blind who sees in this only a game of fatality, instead of recognising the tardy but inevitable ven geance of all the sentiments of honour, right, justice, and morality which have been trampled under foot, which it was a tt empte d t o d e stroy, and on th e ru i ns of which a cynical shout was set up of—" We are the masters." Th e prosecu ti on was support e d b y th e Ad vocate-General, M . DE T HO R IGNY , w h ose argu ments were r ep li e d t o W ith great ener g y b y M . LEDRU-R ; but the jury, after consulti ng OLLlNto gether for tw enty m i nutes , brought i n a ver di ct of guilty, and the Court sentenced M. LECOUYRE to four months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 3,000 f., ordering . all the copies of the journal seized to be destroyed. The Presse announces the determination of the Cabinet to contract for the loan forthwith, either altogether or in part. This decision was arrived at on the 6th of October. It is said that Baron JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD and Mr. BARING are in communi cation with the French Government on this subject. The ex-King of Westphalia, JEROME BONAPARTE, the only surviving brother of the Emperor, arrived in Paris on Monday. Count MOLITOR has been appointed Governor of the Invalides. The Prince DE JoINVILLE has left Penis for Toulon, to resume the command of the Mediterra nean squadron. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 75f. 40c. ; the Fire per Cents., 114 f. 70c. !the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,157 f. 50c.; Rouen, 9051- ; H avre , 5171. 50c. ; Great Northern, 518 f. 73c.; A v i gnon , 5221. 50c. ; Vicrzon, 537 f. 50 c. ; Bordeaux, 4501. ; Dieppe, 250 f.; Bask, 155 f.; Paris 4nd Strasbur g , 388 f. Mc. Paris and Lyons, ;sof.; Lyons and. Avignon, 461 f. 25c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 29f. LYONS, OCT. s.—Paris and Rouen, 891 f. 25c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 513 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 625 f. ; Northern, 511 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 372 f. SOc. ; Orleans, 1,142 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OcrosEs. 8. Boulogne and Amiens, 13A—Namur and Liege, 3 5 4 — Northern of France, 10%—Paris and Lyons, 4 3 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 3%—Rouen and Havre, 201,4. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 9.—Wind, S. by W., moderate breeze; hazy, with rain. SHEERNESS, OCT. 7.—Sid. Charles Buchan, Rio Grande do Sul. DEAL, OCT. B.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Olinda, Taylor, Cochin; Clyde, Africa; Alecto, Amwyl, Cuba; Parsee Merchant, Poole, Coraigne, N. 8.; Kath. Stewart Forbes, Wright, Quebec; Ann, New Zealand ; Edward, Mauritius; Ceres, Sierra Leone; Parrock Hall, St. Kitt's; Agnes, Jamaica; Brilliant, Belize; Junior, New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. B.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—SId. Vt-r4n, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—Wind W.—Arrd. Linton, Forbes, Calcutta; Ennerdale, Beadle, Calcutta; Bee, Murray, Islay; Columbus, Green, Pernambuco, sailed 6th ult.; Chandler Price, Ewer, New Orleans; Tuskar, New York; Express, Paraiba; James Porter, Reed, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Ward, Chapman, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Enchantress, Findated, Bathurst; Ann, Stonehouse, Madras; Patriot King, Ponsonby, Chir.a. Put back, Henrietta, for Calcutta, leaky ; Bee, for Mobile. Off port, Balfour, Bombay; Lord Althorp, Bridget, St. Patrick, Ranger, Elizabeth Frith, and Royal Mint, BEtorasT, OCT. 7.—Wind S., fresh.—Arrd. Elgin, Hannah, St. John's, New Brunswick. YARMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Louisa August, Honge, Bergin for L'Orient, assisted in leaky ; must discharge. MONTROSE, OCT. 7.—The Irompt, Lodge, Archangel to Newcastle, and the Patriot, Reger, to this place, went on shore here to-day during a severe storm. OFF WEYMOUTH, OCT. B.—Autumnus, Sydney. SHOREHAM, OCT. B.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Medora, Africa. NEWPORT, OCT. B.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Eleanor, Ber muda. SWANSEA, OCT. B.—Wind W.—Arrd. Appleton, 01 ver, Port Adelaide. CLYDE, OCT. 7.—Wind S.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Gallo way, Porto Rico. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Plums, 2s to 5s 6d; French Beans, Is 3d to 2s; Apples, is to 3s ; Pears, 2s to ss; and Onions for pickling, 5s per half-sieve; Walnuts, 6d to is per hundred ; Greens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; Onions, is 6d to 2s 3d; and Carrots, 2s to 5s per dozen bunches; Red Cabbages, 2s 6d to 6s ; and White ditto, 8d to is per dozen; Melons, is 6d to 4s; and Pine Apples, 3s to 8s each; Celery, 9d to Is 6d ; Horse-radish, Is to 4s ; and Leeks, Id to 2d per bundle ; Mushrooms, 4s to 7s, and English Hazel Nuts, 2s 3d per bushel ; Hothouse Grapes, 2s to 4s ; Out-door ditto, 3d to 8d ; Filberts, 4d to Bd, and Cob•nuts, 6d to 9d per lb ; Peaches and Nectarines, 2s to 5s per punnet ; Potatoes, 5s to 6s per cwt ; Bro.. coli, 8d to Is per bundle ; Spinacb, is 6d to 2s per sieve ; Cauliflowers, 2s to 4s per dozen. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d per Bibs. HUNGERPORD. For most articles of roduce, the supplies of which were seasonably good, we had a very slow inquiry to day, and prices had a downward tendency. NEWGATE AND LEADENNALIG. Prime Beef and Pork moved off steadily at full prices. All the other kinds of Meat were very dull, at barely late rates. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 611 to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. Geese, 5s to 8s ; Fowls, 2s 6d to 4s ; Capons, 3s 6d to 6s ; Chickens, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, Is 81 to 3s 3d ; Rabbits, 10(1 to is 6d ; Leverets, 3s to ss; Grouse, is to is 6d; Partridges, Is 3d to is 9d; Pheasants, 3s to 4s 3d; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 43 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Blbs. 33XX.I.INGSbILTE. Only moderate supplies of fish were on offer here to-day, and which met a steady demand at fully last week's quotations. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7id to 8d; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MAIMET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d per Ib; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 34 to 34d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, aid to 3id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 41d to sd; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, sid to sid; Calf Skins (each), 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 2s 6d to 3s Id; Half breds, 2s 2s to 28 6d ; Downs, 2s ld to 2s sd. HAM IMILIt3LETS. SmittimELD.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 12s; New ditto, 21 8s to 31 68 ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 12s ; New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 5s ; and Straw, 11 108 to 11 138 per load. Supply moderate, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 13s ; New ditto, 2/ 8s to 3l 56 ; Old Clover, 41 to 4/ lOs ; New ditto, 31103 to 4/ ss; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at drooping prices. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 12s ; New, ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 6s; Old Clover, 41 to 4114 s ; New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 83 ; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 13s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. COAL MARK ET.- FRIDAY. West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Adelaide Tees Eden Main sls Od Denison l9s 6d Crawford .. ...... . ... 18s 9d Brancepeth Hetton ... 2ls 6d Cowpen Hartley Shotten Hudson's Hartlepool 2ls 0 18 arrival; [3-11 sold. MANCHESTER YARN AND CLOTH REPORT. (From the Stockport Mercury.) MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK. --- On Monday the stoppage of the large mercantile and banking-house of Messrs. Rougemont and Co., and Messrs. John Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, of Lon don, for very large amounts, caused an unusual sensation here, as it was well known that the extensive Russian house of Messrs de Jersey and Co. derived their funds immediately from the latter source. All doubts, however, weae at an end on Tuesday morning by the suspension of Messrs. de Jersey and Co. distributing liabilities through out the manufacturing districts variously estimated at a very large amount. This being one of the largest houses in the trade for the exportation of yarn to Russia, some idea of its magnitude may be formed from the fact, that during the shipping sea son 80 tons of yarn have been daily in the habit of being packed and forwarded to Hull for shipment. For a period of twenty years and upwards, this mercantile house has, notwithstanding the im mense amount of engagements, successfully suf• mounted every vicissitude of the times during that long period, and p reserve d it s i n t e grity inviolate, and its honour unsulli e d. S angu i n e hopes are entertained that the firm will shortly resume payment. At the same time Messrs. James Nephew and Co., commis sion merchants, also announced their inability to meet the claims upon them which amount to 22,0001., but being divided in many hands will on that account not be so severely felt. In Liverpool numerous failures are current, the most important being Messrs. J. and H. Murry and Co., merchants, and Messrs. V. Higgins and Co., iron merchants, besides several others engaged in cotton, -orn, or railway speculation, which has caused an un easy feent, to h ang over t h at market, and daily to reduce prices of colonial produce. We have pleasure in announcing the continual payment by Messrs. Birley, Corrie, and Co., whose business has hitherto proceeded as usual, without the slightest interruption, having never been suspended. The practice yet pursued by the Bank of England, requiring all bills to be retired instanter, before due, when discounted by them, in cases of insolvency. calls loudly for redress, and has proved one of the most fruitful sources of disaster during the present crisis. The export demand for yarn and cloth, though quiescent, is not subdued —very little business has this week been transacted, but prices, under all cir cumstances, continue firm ; indeed, the want of confi dence, and the fear of imp en di ng ev il , operates with far more influence upon the market than want of orders. The home trade continues lively. Sir W. Colebrook is appointed Lieutenant-Go ,vernor of British Guiana. Sir Edmund Head is to succeed Sir W. Colebrook in New Brunswick. Gover nor Light retires for the present, meriting alike repose and reward. PIRACP ON THE WEST COAST OP IRELAND.—The Catharine, of Newry, John Cook, master, from Sligo to Belmullet, with Indian corn meal, was plundered of about two-thirds of her cargo, on the night of the 3d and morning of the 4th instant, at the entrance of Black Sod Bay. The master states, that the pirates carried away about 293 out of 440 sacks. The Observer of Sunday, Oct. 10, will contain the fullest particulars of the monetary affairs of the week, and up to the latest hour of Saturday. The information in the City Article is derived from the most correct sources, many of which are original, and only attain able by the conductors of the Observer, and is regularly quoted in most country papers as the most authentic in formation on the presen t all-engrossing subject of commer cial difficulty—the Revenue, the Funds, and the Railway Prices. The Observer, sixpence. The extensive pub lication of the Observer commences a t s i x o'clock on Sunday mornings, and concludes at ten. Monday's Observer, best adapted for the country and abroad, is published at lour on Monday afternoon. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, a s M r. Ed wards, surgeon, of Ingatestone, E ssex, was returning Hall - lane, from a pro.essi o n a l v i s i t a l ong the his horse suddenly shied, and b oun di ng from the road, struck its head against a tree with such force that it instantly dropped dead. Mr. Edwards escaped unhurt. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a better feeling yesterday in the Liverpool Cotton Market. Sales of the week 22,370 bales, at id. to id. per lb. decline. The stock is 387,500 bales, against 642,100 bales at this time last year.—Railway Shares have been dull. The Washington steamer does not bring us intelli gence either of an improvement in the exchange, or the probable early return of specie to the United Kingdom, although the continued failures here began to create an impression that there would be increased difficulty in the mercantile world. There had been a few failures, but not anything - like to the extent we have to apprehend. The state of the Money market is bringing the ex changes to a favourable position for this country, and imports of bullion are already the result. The rates for foreign bills of exchange were yesterday afternoon again higher, but we wish we could state that the improve ment arose from more legitimate causes. The following are the principal features in the Bank of England weekly return to the 4th inst.:— Notes issued now £22,121,695 Decrease 69,180 Rest, now Increase Public deposits now 9,329 057 Decrease 128,794 Other deposits now Increase 477,725 Seven day and other bills now 864,883 3ncrease Government Securities now 11,661,340 Increase Other Securities now 21,259,929 Increase Notes now Decrease Bullion now 8,565,307 Decrease 217,396 Active circulation now 18,712,395 Increase The variations have, therefore, been of considerable importance, and all illustrative of the stringent condition of the money market. the Bank has had to take a large amount of its reserve of notes, as well as its bullion, to meet the urgent applications of the mercantile com munity for temporary assistance, as evidenced by the remarkable increase in the other securities. The in crease in the other deposits is another sign of caution on the part of the trading interest, and as the same thing is doubtless taking place in other directions, and the balances with the private bankers are no doubt less freely loaned than those in the coffers of the Bank of England, we may have a ready solution of the cause of the existing artificial scarcity of money, and the import ance of restoring confidence. As there can be no doubt that the uncertainty re specting the probable amount of railway calls is almost more injurious indirectly than the reality, the following remarks from the Bankers' Magazine appear to be ap posite : " The sooner some similar course be adopted, the better a gradual diminution and economy of expendi ture will then take place; shareholders, knowing the amount that will be required, will be prepared to supply it; fear being removed, a feeling of security will be en gendered, that will operate materially in easing the money and share markets and increasing the value of railway property. That some such plan must ere long be had recourse to, is certain, for who that heard or read Mr. Glyn's speech at the London and North- Western meeting in August last, could have supposed the directors of that company would immediately after make calls for no less a sum than 500,000 L—half a million ! Tet such is actually the fact. The maxim of Put not your trust in princes,' is evidently as applicable to directors as monarchs." In the City to-day affairs show no improvement. Money is held with a " clutched hand," want of confi dence is more apparent than ever, and few venture to predict an improvement unless something is done, and that speedily. The Stock Market exhibits a heavier appear ance even than in the early part of the week. Money sales continue to be pressed with per severing assiduity, necessity compelling. Consols have been 834 to 83k for transfer, and 83i to 831 for the 14th inst. Exchequer-bills, however, have not been lower than 65. to 10s. discount, while India Bonds range from 235. to 30s. discount. India stock has been at 227. The revenue returns, it is said, will be unfavourable. The Foreign Investments have been flat. Mexican, notwithstanding the receipt of a good sum for the divi dends, and the prospect of more by the sale of the cotton warrants, has been heavier at 18k to 19. Spanish Five per Cents. are 18, and the Three per Cents. 271, Dutch Four per Cents. have been 82k to 83. Railway Shares have given way again, and there is a larger amount in the market than buyers can be found for. As yet, however, the changes are not material. CITY, THREE O'CLOCK. More failures are reported in the City—East Indian and Portuguese houses. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 28 83 N VIA %IA 83% India Stock India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001... . . 3O 16 dis 16 dis Consols for Account 833 / a rs:VA 83% Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0004 5001 Sinall ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small — 76 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l9 19 Ditto, Account l B l /2 18% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent. 22 l a 22% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 27% 27% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 83 82% 82% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... 7s Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down, 10 Birmingham and Ox ford J unction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour va11ey..... 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June._ 61/ 2 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire B/. 4s. 3 3% 3 dis Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 2 1 ,4 Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 Chester and Holyhead... 32% l7 16 Ditto, Preference 4 Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent- lO ..... Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 12% East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D....... 25 ...... 20 Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties 2O ...... 16A% 16% Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, IN o. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % dis l4 is Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 8 Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... 49 3 4 49% Do., Quarters ... l2 l / 2...... Do., New Eastern Union 5O .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%•• Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 13s. 4d — East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do., Exten. Sci 4 1 1 4 ..... . — East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 7 ...... -- Ditto, ditto, New . .... 1% — ............... Edinburgh and Perth... 2 ...... .. Ditto, Extension los. .... -- ...... . Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%. .. :: ....... ..... ..... an d Ditto - New Dumfries, - ' 2%• .................... ".. Glasgow, CCarlisle . Si. 6s. 8d ..... .... Glasgow, Kilmar., & A yr 50 .... .. __ ••••'•.••...•.• Ditto, New ..... '— . GreacteNnotrtglauaerrn?.... ** .....23/4 York 4 . ........ 8 114 . . ... . -- 3 Do., London and 2 l' .. ••• - - Great South. and IVest. (Ireland) ............. 35 Great Northof England...100 Ditto, New 40/. . 5 - Ditto, New 304 ........ . 30 Ditto, New 15/ l% 99 Great New .......... .. 85 Ditto, % Shares ..... —. 50 • ..... 5 7 Ditto, 1 4 Shares". 11..... .15 ...... 1 16% 16 23 Ditto, Fifths —29 .. Ditto, New 17/ --. 7 8 7 Huddersfield &Munn/se. 7,2 ...... Ditto, Thirds ....... 7 .. Hull and Selby ....... 50 .. ... - ........ .... Ditto, Half Shp re 5....25 Ditto, IA Sitar as 12% ••• - Ipswich & Bur y St. Edm. 15 .... Do., do., P .nd Norwich 12 Do., do. MO r %Ailab, & Zly).., 2% "1 , Extens.Scrip Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Dit to, Thiris .. 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 82 Ditto % Shares . ... 38 ...... 3714 38 Do. Quarter Shares... 141% l2 Do. Fifths 6 l /..... 7 6% Do. Sixteenths 6 1% 6 14 Do, Thirds (Reg.)....71. , 15....... Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 28 ___ _ . _ .. 38 1.•• • 12 V 2 71 4 6 :i Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s — De. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ~.. 2:r 4 d'is. 34 Do. 14 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) 1 1 4 — Leeds and Bradford 45 Leicee,er and 8edf3r61... 165....... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% — ,,, ,,, Do., Branch Shares 12 1 4.. Do. New BranCh(blue) 2 1 % — Do. Extension (green) * 2 .. Do.NewExten s .(pink) 2 1 /7 2 — ..... Leeds al d Thirsk 3l Ditto, New Do., l'refer., 6 per Ct. 3%. ... 1%. Livci pool, Crosby, and Southport ........ ...... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr & New Junction . ....... London and Blackwall..l6l. 13s. 4d. 5 Lo New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension l5 Lordon, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20 Do. l,uarant. 5 per et. 9 Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 ... LundonandGreenwieh 121 15s 4d Ditto, Preterence...lB/. I;s.2d Loudon and N. Western 100 152 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do., New ...... 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Do. Shares (G. J.) 20 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & - B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (➢l. & Is.) B. 5 Do. 101. M. & B.) C. I. I,oadon, Oxford, and Cheltenham L md. & S.Wt stern ...41/. 6i. 8d... . Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 501. ..... 32 1 4.. Do. New 401. 26 ... Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto . 40 Ditto, Thirds — 61. 13s. 4d London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ........ 1% Londonderry&C araine 25 •• •••••I Londonderry and Ennis killen...... ..... 22% Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock... . . 3 MancheAter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — ..... Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . 7 •••• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 71,( ..... ••••• Manchest. & Southampt. 2 Midland Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ..... Ditto, ditto 71.95....... ..... Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar. 50 ...... ...... Midland Great Western Trish 3O Newcastle and Berwick 25 Ditto Naw Ditto North Shields 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 5O .. . Newmrket&Chesterforel 13%_ — Do. Extension . ..... —2l. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor lO — Nod olk ... 100 Do. New 204 - ..... ••• Do. Extension De. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ..... .... Northern Counties Union 4 — North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares l 2 l / 2..-.. Do. Quarters 4 3/ — Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 ... .. 1 1 ,g 1 North Staffordshire...... 7% ...... 7 3 / 4 %% North Wales North Western 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 17% — . ......, Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 0411111 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Zinn.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New •••• Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...„.. Shropshire Union South Devon 4O Do. Preference South Staffordshire 21. 125.... 13 3% 8 1 4 1114 814 41 28% 493 40 _94 25 li 12 IVA 74 1 ' South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / 8 28% 29 .. Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 .. Do., No. 4 South Wales ...... 15 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17%...••. Vale of Neath ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13%. Waterford and Limerick 3i Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - West Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 8 — Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 425....... ..._ Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York , Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. 25 .• ... ...... .••• Do. Original New and Berwick Do. North Shields Pu r. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 5 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference lO Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo. Belgian... Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 13 11 4 l3 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted) )... 4 .. ... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon .......... .... .. .... ss. Demerara 2% ...... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and ... Madras Dutch Rhenish ....- East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ..... ..., Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... ...- Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... s s . ••••• ...... .... ...- Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... .... Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ..• .. ....• Jamaica S.Mid. J unction 1 . — ..-- Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . •• .... Luxembourg...... ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon Madras ... 1 .. Madras. Nellore, and Arcot IA — ..... .. ...... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... ................... . 10 5 Namur and Liege 4 • Northern ofFrance.... . .... .. 10 .. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4135 4d 43,4.. Paris and Lyons ...... .. 10 .... ...... -- Paris and Orlea ns ........• 20 ..-- 1 , Paris and Rou en ........ 20 1 •• li Paris and -Strasbourg 8 • ..... •• 9 Rouen and Havre Sambre and M euse ...... 16 •••• ......... " "' Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ..•-• 8 den, and Hasselt. Trinid a d 2% — ........... West Flanders ...... •••• 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - ••• ••• •• •• • London Joint Stock 10 British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 — Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ...... ••••• • London & Westminster. 20 Ditto New... ..... —... 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New...... .. ..... 10 National of Ireland 22% Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto,New... 2% ...... ••••••• Union of L0nd0n......... 10 Union of Madrid 174 4 4IJ ..... 104 28 //4 1 3 , ,‘• A few evenings ago (or early in the morning) a: /f , little girl, who had b een emp l oye d i n hop . p i ck i ng at ""t John Smith's, of Wi c k, was pass i ng a l ong B roa thstre e r ; she picked up a small canvas b ag, an d fi nd i ng that tbedi, was money in it, took it to her mother, who itnine ( l ately mentioned th e f ac t t o t h e po li ce, w h en i t was foul, that the bag contained bank notes and other sec uritie A s . 6 , the amount of 1,0001. Th e owner was shortly after I covered. We are pleas e d t o a dd th a t h e presented le little girl with 1001., and also gave the mother 5 Worcester Journal.