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WITH A PORTRAIT OF ALBERT THORWALSDEN,:BY HORACE VERNET, AND OTHER LLUSTRATIONS. THE NOVEMBER NUMBER, pricl Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CONTAIN ALBERT THORWALSDEN : A ANDE ftIOCI R RAPHICAL SKETCH. BY HANS C. SEN. With a Portrait by Horace Vernet . The Marriage of Philip 11., of Spain, and Mary of England: a Con temporary Account, from unpublished Papers. The Planar in Paris. By the Author of " Gisella." The Torch Speech. A Gallop illtrough Southern Austria—Boldo's Storyand the Roadside. By G. Marvel. lone. Brian O'Linn ; or, Lack is Everything. By W. H. MaXWell. St. Jerome's Love. A Letter from an Old Country-house. By Albert Smith. Rambles in Search of the Picturesque in Barbadoes. By Sir Robert Schomburgh. White Moss-roses. Some Account of the Last Expedition to the Ni g er. By John Dun can, Author of " Travels in Western Africa." Song of the People. The Wooden Walls of Old England. By Charles Whitehead. With an Illustration. Captain Spike; or, the Islets of the Gulf. By J. Fenimore Cooper. Author of the " Pilot," &c. ASS-ASS-INATION . AN HISTORICAL TRAGEDY. IN TWO ACTS. Edited by THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE, and NAVAL and MILITARY JOURNAL, for NOVEMBER, 1847. coNTENTs : Military Education in France, from Official Doeuments furnished by the Minister of War. Cruise in the West Indies. Recollections of Waterloo. By a Staff Officer. Part 111. Siege of Oldcourt House. Recollections of the Early Life of a Sailor. The Ruse de Guerre. The Fusilier ; or Bygones of a Bear-skin. Scenes in the Life of a Foreign Medical Officer. Crime and its Prevention. Naval Improvements of the Nineteenth Century. Shots from an Old Six-Pounder. No. 111. Original Anecdotes of Nelson. A Leaf or Two from an Old Log. Blackbeard's Island. Thiers' History of the Consulate and the Empire. The Scinde Irregular Horse. Stations of the Army and Navy—Promotions and Appointments — With all the Professional News of the Month. H. Hurst, 'Publisher, King William-street, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. For One Month only. Tenth Night of the new Swiss Quadrille. Solo by M. Sainton. Solo by Signor PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I.—Overture, " Willian Tell " (first time this season), Ros sini—Quadrille, " Zampa," Jullien—Solo, Serpenteleide, M. Prospere, Prospere—Valse, " Lepesir," with variations for the first and second Violins, Tenors, Violoncellos, and Contra Basses, Beethoven—New Ballad (first time), " Oh, tell me, Pretty Rivers," sting by Miss Dolby, F. Mori—New Quadrille, The Swiss Quadrille, Jullien. Part IL—Opera, " La Figlia. del Reggimento," grand selection, with Solos by Herr Koenig, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Barret, and M. Bauman, Donizetti (third time). "La Figlia del Reggimento" is considered Donizetti's chef d'ceuvre au genre, and is the Opera in which 3idlle. Jenny Lind created the great sensation, during the last season, at her Majesty's Theatre—New Polka, The Rhine Polka, Jultien— Symphony, The Allegro Fugato and Triumphal March from the Symphony in C Minor, Beethoven—National Song, " The Swiss Girl," aunt, by MI , a Dolby—Valse, :The Hyacinth, Koenig—Solo, Concer tina, Mr. Ca: 6, Case —Comical Polka, :The !American Polka, Jullien. The Concert commences at Eight. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be revived, Shakspere's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Baptista, Mr. Gough; Vincenti o, Mr. Tilbury ; Lucentio, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Petrucio, Mr. Webster ; Grumio, Mr. Keeley ; Katharine. Mrs. Nisbett ; Blanca, Mrs. Seymour. After which, a New and Original Farce, called WHO'S MY HUSBAND ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. ClitTord ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Hamby. To conclude with the Farce, called THE IRISH LION. Mr. Squabbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Captain Dixon, Mr. Brindal; Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzglg, Miss P. Horton Mrs. Crummy, Mrs. Stanley ; Miss Echo, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35. ; Gallery,Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to 40M111e11C0 at Seven. • --------- THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Won - ell ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly Miss Wool gar To conclude with the Burlesque, entitled TAMING A TARTAR. Count Cracevieninski, Mr. Worrell ; Kickerwhiski, Mr. Paul Bed ford ; Mazourki, Mr. Wright ; Ivan, Mr. Munyard ; Monsieur Cou pee, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Strelenskl, Mr. Cullenford ; Countess Craco vieninski, Miss Woolgar ; Mazourka, Madame Celeste. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new Farce, called LIGHT DRAIJOONS. Lord Alfred Martingale, Mr. Charles Mat ewhs ; Albany Lovelorn, Mr. It. Roxby Dr. Rhatany, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Crowsfoot , Mrs. C. Jones ; Matilda, Miss Howard. After which, a new Comte Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal cracters by Messs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Parselle ; ha Miss 11. Gilbert, r Mrs. C. Jones, and Madame Vestris. Te conclude with THE TWO QUEENS. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes , 4 s. ; 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten to Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MACREADY EVENING and MISS CUSHMAN. Tins Will be presented Shakspeare's Play of AS YOU LILE IT. After which, the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. To eonelnde with the popular Farce of FIGHTING BY PROXY, Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Conway, J. Vining, Ne• ville ; Mrs. Selby, and Miss Capel. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Es. ; Gallery, Is. • ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Da'ridge, No. I, Davidge-terraoe,Kensington-read, Surrey. THIS EVENING, October IS, 1847, the "performances will commence with the celebrated Opera o; TILE ENCHANTRESS Duke D'Aquilla, Mr. H. Horncastle ! Don Sslvia, Mr. W. Harri son ; Ramir, Mr. Borrani . Stella, Miss Romer. To conclude with Mr. Bunn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. S mith, Mr. Oxberry ; r. Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. H. Hughes (her rst appearance these lye years) ; Mrs. Smith, ff,ebecca. Isaacs fi ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. R. Hughes.—Stage Director, M Miss r. G. 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 Boa-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE MERCHANT'S CLERK. A Love Story. After which, an entirely new Drama entitled THE BOTTLE, from Cruikshank's celebrated Work of the same name. To conclude with the Ballet of THE FARMER'S MAN. Boxes, Is.; Half-price, 6d.; Pit, Gd. ; Gallery, 3d. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEA.TRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES. Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Arti.tes of the *_.stabliillment, in tLc .arious modes of equestration. To conclude with the Ballet, NOR.A.H, THE PRIDE OF KIL DARE. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Acting and Stage Manm,;er, Mr. W West. LIE WEATLIEIt.—ZiuN OFFICE, OCT. 28. THERM ,METXR, Lowest, 48; Highest. 52 ; Noon, 53. BARoNETER, 30.4.--W IND S.S.W.; cloudy. I ! f WATER IT LONDON-lITtIIME TIIIS DAY. Morninz.. 29 minutes alter 4 i Everting .. SI minutes sttter 4 , k 61.11 M arZ A • (.I`4‘'; il * arLirtZ fr 7. Zfeir 1 4, -Amok . simi s iom f , 11; u • A • • stos: Wolin k LONDON, THITRSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1847, On Monday we presented a remarkable document to our readers. It was an appeal to the Members of both Houses of Parliament from an aged gentleman, who, during a life of honourable industry and great utility, had amassed a fortune that enabled him to rank amongst the magnates of the land, and placed a junior member of his family in a position to assume a high and influential place in the national councils. That upright and independent gentleman hesitated not to uplift his warning voice, to pour forth the wisdom acquired by the experience of a long and prosperous life, to the Members of that assembly in whose deliberations he had participated for a period of thirty years, although in so doing he was opposing the favourite theory of his own son—of the future successor to his title and estates—whose name was identified with the measures that his father was deprecating. The convictions must, indeed, have been deeply and conscientiously entertained that would lead to such a course. On "a former oc casion, when the Bill of 1819 was before the House, the then Sir ROBERT PEEL was selected fir the honourable duty of presenting the petition of the bankers, merchants, and traders of London against the adoption of a measure which they submitted " would tend to a forced, precipitate, and highly in jurious contraction of the circulating medium of the country." In performing this trust he expressed his regret " that he should have to oppose a very mar and dear relation," but stated that "he was well satisfied that the head and heart of that relation were in their right places, and that although he had deviated a little from the path of propriety in this in stance, he would soon be restored to it." This predic tion may yet be verified ; that relation on two re markable occasions has proved that, when thoroughly convinced that he has been in error, he is prepared to acknowledge his fault, and to atone therefor, by lending all the aid in his power to the establishment of a sounder system. Let us hope that a third time he will be prepared to act in a similar manner, and that he will establish for himself a reputation as a currency reformer" not inferior to that which he obtained as the conceder of Catholic Emancipation, and the aboli Sher of all protective imposts. He has seen the utter failure of his Bill. He has, as we believe, himseAf assented to its suspension, and thus , confessed that it was wholly inadequate to secure the objects contemplated; and, having made this admis sion, we do not believe that he will ever attempt its re-establishment. On the contrary, we should rather hope that, being satisfied of the injurious effects of the law, he will be prepared to advocate a great and comprehensive measure of reform, untrammelled by any attempt still to retain any portion of the er roneous and exploded principle. In 1826, after a trial of the system which was es tablished in 1819, and after the country had been in volved in the most serious difficulties, the most pain ful distress, in consequence of its operation, the first Sir ROBERT PEEL, who, in consequence of his ad vanced years, had retired from public life, again came before the country to remonstrate against a continu ance of the law that had for three years—from 1819 to 1822—occasioned such misery and general suffering, that so greatly impaired the national credit and resources, which was then partially relaxed for a few years, during which there was a return of pros perity, until the desire to maintain " the integrity of the standard" again led to a contraction of the Bank issues, and, as a natural consequence, to a general panic, want of confidence, depreciation of property, failure of a great many of those embarked in a trade and commerce, and a general cessation of productive employment, which was only relieved by an increased circulation of Bank of England notes to the amount of nearly 5,000,0001. sterling. He pointed out, in plain but forcible language, the im possibility of retaining the gold standard ; and the injurious consequences which the mere attempt to do so had previously, and necessarily would on future occasions, entail on the nation. He said— " Having been long and extensively engaged in commercial dealings, I often witnessed a national em barrassment arising from a defective and impure cur rency, which resembled the present stagnation in trade, and I lament to observe that suffering and ex perience have failed in this instance of producing their usual good effects. In the enlarged scale of business carried on by this country, embracing a great variety of pursuits, a reliance on a metallic circulation ever did, and ever will, fail us. Gold, though in itself massy, often disappears t in consequence of war or speculation—nay, the breath of rumour itself is suffi cient to disperse it. Our domestic concerns are inter rupted and confidence lost for want of an ample and approved medium of traffic." Surely the opinions of such a man, more especially when confirmed by experience, should have had some effect upon the Legislature. But a species of insanity appears to have seized upon our lawgivers. In place of inquiring what system was best fitted for the wants and exigencies of the nation, which would afford the greatest degree of comfort to the people, and provide adequate employment for every man able and willing to work, the only object appeared to be to make gold the circulating medium of the country ; to restrict credit by every possible means. One pound notes had preserved the national credit, and averted a state of barter—therefore one-pound notes should be altogether prohibited. The Bank directors, by a bold and judicious exercise of their discretion, had saved us from a national bankruptcy— ergo they were to be deprived of every particle of discre tion, and bound down by the most stringent regulations, which were not to be relaxed, even though the Minis ters should unanimously approve of such a relaxation, and recognise the absolute necessity therefor. A vast extension of the currency by an increased circulation of the bank-notes had restored prosperity, and saved thousands of our countrymen from absolute ruin— therefore such an extension should never again be tolerated under any circumstances. This appeared to be the reasoning acted on by the representatives of the people. A question of the most vital importance, one affecting the welfare of the people, perhaps more deeply than any other that could have been brought forward, was almost wholly neglected ; few took the pains of making themselves in any degree acquainted with its details ; few addressed the House when the topic was under discussion ; enactments were carried almost sub silentio, and every suggestion of the late Premier was adopted by those who generally opposed him on other matters. The evils which undoubtedly existed when there was an unrestrained issue of paper money were triumph antly pointed out, andocommented on as if they were inseparable from an inBonveytiblesurrency. True it is that many persons who had no adequ'ate capital esta blished banks, and that very many who took the notes of ;these ,banks suffered severely from their failure, but notwithstanding there was general prosperity throughout the country, and a remedy could easily have been provided for the grievance ; the best course would undoubtedly be that none but national paper, such as we have repeatedly alluded to, should be issued, and that should be pro vided in sufficient quantities and distributed to all the bankers throughout the country, upon good and ample security, at an easy rate of interest sufficient to allow a fair and reasonable profit to the parties embarked in the business. The making money that would pass current has ever been regarded as one of the most undoubted prerogatives of the Sovereign. No person would dare to coin even the purest gold or silver, although it was possessed of intrinsic value ; it should have the royal stamp to make it pass cur rent in the country. Why should not the same course be adopted with respect to every repre sentative of value ? By permitting notes solely to be issued from a public office under the control of an officer responsible to Parliament, there would be no danger either of superabundant or deficient issues, and the recognised bankers would receive these notes (on ample security, as we have already said,) in proportion to the amount they are now authorised to issue, or in such other manner as the Legislature might approve of : this would at once take away the chief ground of a panic—there could be no possibility of the undue depreciation of such paper. We may, in the words of the late Sir RI PEEL, say, " if such an improvement in the banking system could be made available, gold would become less requisite, and the country would be supplied with a stationary medium of exchange originating with ourselves." Asylums have been, at different periods, and in dif. ferent localities, established for the shelter and pre servation of those among our fellow-creatures whom PROVIDENCE has afflicted with mental or physical afflictions. Christianity has inspired this benevolence. Civilization has developed this generosity. Reason has declared the policy, both in a moral and econo mical sense, of such charitable institutions ; and Religion has enforced the necessity by the promul gation of the principles of beneficence. The blind have been harboured ; they have been tutored to a pro ficiency in such manual exercise as did not require the guidance of sight; they were thus preserved from the miseries of idleness, and enabled to earn their liveli hood by industrious occupations. Nor was basket weaving alone reduced to their comprehension ; the ingenuity of philanthropists has brought the delights of literature as a solace to these unfortunates. The deaf have been rendered independent of the sense of hearing ; the dumb have been enabled to communicate their ideas with facility without the employment of articulate language; the insane have been prevented from committing depre dations and outrages upon their fellow-creatures— have- been preserved from the brutalities inflicted upon them by an obsolete and exploded system—have been tended with gentleness, and extricated from the sloughs of a preternatural despondency by the seduc tions of a novel mode of tuition. Dancing, music, the fine arts, and theatrical representations have been adopted as the ordinary entertainments of those hitherto regarded as incurable lu natics, as demanding perpetual incarceration, periodical scourging, nakedness upon a litter of straw, chains, and solitude, and a systematic and dian b s brutalizingthose wretched e u t a e l h o e r d. beings s it w y has hoar p d e r h o e v l i pl ed essgufraorm the decrepitude produced by age, or from the prema ture infirmitie s resulting from disease. Veterans maimed in the milit ary or maritime service of their country have received compensation for their mis fortunes by obtaining admission to those magnificent structures which may be termed, • without the slightest approach to exaggeration, the Palaces ' of Patriotism, raised by a grateful and con siderate nation for all who have evinced their loyalty by their bravery, or by their prolonged exertions as seamen and sol diers. The widowed, the orphan, the bastard, the destitute —every grade and species of calamity has acquired a retreat and a consolation. But hitherto the most forlorn and miserable of human creatures, 1 that wretched being whose condition most impera- tively demands assistance, has been altogether neg lected—hitherto the Idiot has not received practical commiseration in England. Considering the deplorable affliction of those who are cursed with imbecility of intellect from their in fancy, it is marvellous that until yesterday no movement whatever had been made in their be half by the citizens of this metropolis. The preliminary step has, however, been at last taken, and the meeting convened yesterday for the purpose of preparing the way for the establishment of an asylum for the Reception and Education of Idiots may be regarded as the inauguration of a resolute society, animated with a profound solicitude for the conference of such a splendid benefaction on the multitude. Those who are unacquainted with the exertions recently made in 'France, Germany, and Switzerland, will be disposed to deride the notion of introducing anything like a feasible system of education among the idiotic occu pants of such an association. That such is not a merely miraculous possibility, but an actual and de monstrated fact, has been proved beyond all denial by the plans of instruction success fully adopted on the Continent. It is this consideration, doubtless, that has aroused the present enterprise, and elicited the sympathetic enthu siasm of the promoters of the proposed association. If their aspirations be only responded to with a fractional portion of their own earnestness, the de plorable victims of idiotcy will no longer remain the eyesores of our market-places, and the laughing-stocks of their ignorant frequenters. These distorted spe cimens of humanity- 7 beings afflicted with moral blindness, deafness, dumbness, and decrepitude— will at length be enabled to acquire habits of in. dustry and cleanliness, and to emerge in some measure from their lamentable state of isolation. Besides numbering several Members of the newly-elected Parliament, and various influential clergymen and physicians, the meeting to which we have already alluded was enhanced in importance by the chair being occupied by the Right Hon, the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The resolu tions proposed, seconded, and accepted at this assem • blage, the addresses delivered by the Chairman and Mr. Under-Sheriff WIRE, and the prospectus ex planatory of the object and character of the intended asylum, separately and collectively attest that the project suggested by benevolence has been conceived in no crude or impracticable spirit of innovation. May the structure destined for the reception of Idiots very speedily adorn the streets of the metropolis, and constitute another evidence of the advancement of civilization. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon of the 22d instant, by the steamer Iberia. Her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER arrived there that day, on board the Howe. The municipal elections, which took place on the 15th, have terminated in favour of the Costa Cabral party. On the day previous the Progressista Electoral Commission presented to the Minister a final protest against the illegalities employed to secure the majority for the Cabral party. The Septembrists were appa rently not disheartened, but greatly exasperated at the result. The Revoluvo still urges the people to pre pare for the approaching election of deputies. It considers that it is the duty and interest of their party to show that redress for them is impossible by legal means, and it openly declares that another defeat at the urn will be followed by an appeal to arms. The Duke of IDALmELLx and his family have ar rived in Lisbon. The Duke was to proceed to Madeira on the 23d. The members of the University of Coimbra, to the number of 262, have signed a remonstrance to the Government, in which they demand justice and protection from the brutal soldiery, as a student of the University had been wantonly sabred by a cavalry soldier. The Government has contracted a loan, to be re paid through the Custom House in a month, at the rate of 15 per cent. for the month. The interest on the internal debt has not been paid since the accession of SALDANHA to power in October last. There were rumours of a modification in the Ministry by the accession of Count DE LAVRADIO and Senhor RODRIGO DA FONSECA MAGELHAES to office. Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived. The octroi duties, which were abolished by SALA MANCA, have been re-established, and the retrograde policy of the Afrancesadoes is, as might be expected, in full operation. General Plum has been appointed Governor of Porto Rico, to get him out of the way. The Eco del Comercio says, that it was reported that dissensions existed in the Cabinet, and that there was a talk of a modification of it which should com prise the Duke DE RIANZARES, as Minister of War; MoN, as Minister of Finance ; PIDAL, as Minister of the Interior; and GONZALEZ BRAVO, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs; General NARVAEZ remaining President of the Council without a portfolio. The same journal states that it was also reported that for some days Queen ISABELLA had not transacted busi ness with the Ministers. Another rumour, said by the Eco to be current, was that the Duke DE MONT PENSIER was to arrive at Madrid at the end of the present montb. It is said that on his arrival in Spain the Due DE MONTPENSIER will be appointed Commander-in- Chief of the Catalonian army, in which case it is not improbable that he may make the personal ac quaintance of some of the Carlist chiefs in a manner any way but pleasing to himself. The Heraldo announces that the office of Secretary to the Council of Ministers was to be revived and bestowed on M. ZARAGOZA, a Deputy. Several dis missals are about to be made among the members of the QUEEN'S household, and the Eco del Comercio says, that those who are to be dismissed have hitherto possessed the QUEEN'S fullest confidence. There has been a great deal of underhand work in the recent capitalization in the Three per Cents. of the arrears of the royal household. The Espanol insinu ates that some of the parties concerned have mis appropriated the funds. Both NARVAEZ and SALA MANCA are implicated in the job, the object of which is to reimburse CHRISTINA and Louis P_ nuirrE, for the sums expended in bribing SERRANO, and corrupt- ing the army. • MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 21.—Three per Cents., 2 at 50 days; Five per Cents., 162 at 50 days; Debt without interest, si, Si paper; Coupons, 13 paper. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The National has a long article on the rumour attributing to the Bank of France an intention of subscribing to the new loan. If the Bank has means sufficient to take part in loan speculations, argues the National, it has been guilty of gross injustice to the public in having so long kept up the rate of discount beyond the usual rate. The National also contends that it would be illegal for the Bank to subscribe to that loan, inasmuch as by its statutes it is expressly forbidden to employ any portion of its capital for other than banking purposes. The following admirable reply to the observations put forth in the Debats on the English commercial crisis appears in Galignanis Messenger:— " The Debats has a long article on the commercial crisis in England, consisting rather of quotations from the articles of London journals on this subject than of original remarks, but being on the whole so framed as to convey a very gloomy impression of the state of things in England, and to make people in this country better satisfied with their own condition, when they see what calamities an over-trading in credit is producing among their neighbours. It is very natural and perfectly fair in the Debuts to take this course, but we cannot help thinking that in many of its articles on the subject it has assigned the mischief to wrong causes, and taken credit for the comparative commercial pros perity in France in facts which, as a general rule, are not susceptible of eulogium. If in England the system of credit has been carried to such an extent as to give birth to reckless speculation, and induce men to plunge themselves more and more deeply into debt in the endeavour to recover lost ground, rather than come at once honestly before their creditors whilst ldw the may deplore they have something left for division, it is not the less true that bounds,h e . the system of credit, kept within reasonable I f s a se the p s r o i u d r e c whiche o f national roo dt u g ce r greatness, andreckless ttrading d greatly in as in the want of commercial probity n England, it i s impossible notp exist ing pressure in th a t country ismoredtie to admit that the legis lation in financial matt ers th an to any bad other cause. Nor is it just to attribute the comparative security here in commercial affairs to good le g isla t i on or a higher degree of probity in commercial men. There are various causes which prevent all analogy in the two countries. The system of credit is imperfectly understood in France, and therefore it is very limited. Dealers have less faith in each. other than the same class of men :have in England, and the spirit of trading is not the national character of Frenchmen. They like to accumulate, but they do this with a prudence which, although individually commendable, is, nevertheless, fatal to national enterprise; they know when to stop, and when they have attained the highly-prised position of rentiers or proprietaires there is an end of all speculation, and their accumu lations remain dormant. This is not a national good, as some of our contemporaries suppose; it is an ex treme, like the over-trading of the English. In our country there is not sufficient confidence to lead to national enterprise, and although commercial crises must be of comparatively rare occurrence, there is evidently an absence of national energy, and conse quently a want of national greatness. In England when commercial shocks• happen, they are terrific whilst they last; but credit, though it may have been terribly shaken, revives again with the first diminu tion of the causes which checked it. It certainly would be well if traders in England had a little of the timidity of those in this country, but we doubt whether it would be a blessing for England if the want of confidence, which produces comparative secu rity here for individuals, were to take the place of the opposite evil—excessive confidence." The Presse publishes the two following statements, which it says have been communicated to it by an officer of the navy : " On the night of the 20th of June last, an English brig fired, without any previous notice, two guns loaded with ball on the French brig the Abeille, one of the squadron off the western coast of Africa. The commandant of the Abeille, a M. Legras, immediately replied shot for shot. The English vessel was so astonished that it made signals to entreat that the firing should cease; whereupon the French brig ap proached it, and the commandant exacted that the English captain should make an apology that very instant. The Englishman accordingly went on board the Abeille, and made an apology in presence of the officers and crew, and afterwards entered the cabin of the captain and repeated his excuses. Notwithstanding this adventure, the English and French on the African station are the best frieuds in the world." The other story of the Presse is as follows : " The Abeille was anchored off Quito, a Danish possession in the Gulf of Benin, on the western coast of Africa, when the Danish governor demanded assistance, he being besieged in his fort by 6,000 blacks, and having only a stock of two days' provi sions. The Abeille immediately sent out its men, who, by firing grape-shot and musketry, succeeded in conveying provisions to the besieged ; and this so frightened the blacks that within forty-eight hours after they had all decamped. The Governor of the Danish possessions then went on board the Abeille, and thanked the commandant. He next requested that he might be conveyed to Affrie, another banish possession, and his customary place of residence ; and with this request the commandant of the Abeille im mediately complied." That the Presse received these statements from a French naval officer we believe ; their fanfarronade sufficiently betrays their origin, but that there is any truth in them we do not believe. They must be classed in the same category with the imaginary naval vic tories of which M. Tames speaks in his " Con sulate and Empire." The Courrier Francais says— " The agent of the Sonderbund, who has been for some days in Paris, where he has had frequent inter views with the highest diplomatic personages, left yesterday for Vienna." COURS AUTHENTIQUE.—PARIS, OCT. 26.—French Five per Cents., 1151. 11151. 10c. Four per Cents., 100 f. Three per Cents., 75f. 65c. 70c. 75c. 80c. 85c. 80c. Treasury Bonds, 44 Bank of France, 3,300 f. Obli gations of the City, 1,340. Neapolitan Rothschild's, 100. Roman, 100. Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 984. Exchange on London—One month, money, 25f. 62ic. ; three months, money, 25f. 17ic. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OcrosEa 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Central of France (Orleans and Visrzon), 14 3 4—Namur and Liege, s—Orleans and Bor deaux, 4 1 / 4 —Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Strasbourg, 3 1 / 2 —Rouen and Havre, 20—Sambre and Meuse, 5 3 / 4 —West Flanders, 134. DREADFUL FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE.—(THIS DAY.) This morning, shortly before three o'clock, Drum mond-street, Euston-square, was visited by the out• break of a serious fire, which was the house numbered 97, in the before-named street, occupied by Mr. F. Lawson, stationer and bookbinder. The police dis covered a dense mass of black smoke pouring forth from the basement; an instant alarm was given, and the inmates were aroused, who with one exception effected a safe retreat. In less than ten minutes from the first discovery, the building became wrapped in one immense sheet of flame. The excitement at that period was most intense, the inmates who had escaped having informed the crowd that Mrs. Mackie, who was sleeping in the back attic, was in the midst of the fire. A general shout of " save her" was raised, but the fire had obtained too great a head for any one to enter the premises. The engines of the London Brigade, Parish, Birmingham Railway Com pany, and the county establishments, arrived in rapid succession, and after some time the firemen succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but not .until the premises were nearly destroyed. At a sub sequent period the firemen, whilst searching the ruins, discovered the body of an unfortunate female most shockingly burnt. The parochial officers took possession of the same, and sent information to Mr. W o M.P., who has appointed to-morrow for h Before the firemen had left, their attention was holding an an inquest. directed to the south of London, by perceiving a light in the air, which convinced them that a confla gration was raging in that quarter. Thither the Brigade, West of England, and County engines started, guided only by the reflection in the sky. After some trouble the exact scene was reached, when it was found that the extensive premises in the occu pation of Messrs. Pinchin and Co., tanners, of the Grange-road, Bermondsey, were in a general blaze. The engine .house, drying rooms, and other parts of the establishment—in all, upwards of a hundred and fifty feet in length —were burning furiously. The firemen, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, Mr. Henderson, and Messrs. Connorton and Garwood, set to work, but they were unable to get the mastery over the destructive element until the premises before spoken of, together with the steam-engines enema chinery, were destroyed. The total loss must be very considerable. The origin of both fires is un known. SUICIDE OF ♦ GENTLEMAN AT ST. PAUL'S, ny THROWING HIMSELF FROM THE WHISPERING GAL • LERY.-At about one o'clock P.M., a gentleman respect- ably dressed, threw himself from the Whispering Gallery into the body of the St. Paul's Cathedral. He is about fifty years of age; in his possession was found one 101. note. The body now lies at St. Bartholemew's Hospital to be identified.—l`'unTnErt PARTICULARS.-3 o'clock.— It has just been ascertained that the above unfortunate gentleman is Mr. William Davison, solicitor, 21, Blooms bury-square. THE SANITARY STATE OF WESTMINSTER. —Last night at nine o'clock a meeting was held at the Carpen ters' Arms Tavern, Pimlico, for the purpose of consider ing the frightful state of the streets adjacent to Bucking ham Palace, in consequence of the want of every sort of sewerage or draining. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P., took the chair amidst great cheering. The secretary, Mr. Portwine, said the memorial which had been sent to the Commissioners of Sewers as to the frightful state of disease to which the inhabitants of the districts of William. street, Buckingham-street, Catherine-street, and part of Palace -street, were exposed by the putrid matter either lying in or passing through those locali ties, calling the attention of the commissioners to the as tounding fact that no sewer existed within two hundred yards of the place. The memorial further called the respectful notice of the court to the fact, and praying for their interference. To this the commissioners sent an answer by their clerk, that their memorial should have their earliest attention, an announcement that was re ceived with cheers. Mr. Lushington, M.P., then ad dressed the meeting. The delay that night had not been his, for he was there punctually at eight o'clock, but they had been waiting in hopes of the attendance of Alderman Johnson, whose advice, from his experience and great local knowledge, would have been invaluable. For himself, be could only say that all he had to offer in the cause they had met to promote, to provide for the wants of the poor in their infected dwellings, was but good-will in place of substantial information. On the motion of Captain lloughton, a memorial was agreed to be sent to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests as ground landlords. A committee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman. the assembly broke up. ALARMING FLOOD.--Two LIVES LOST.—DOH. CHESTER, TUESDAY.—A serious flood, arising from an influx of water in the River Parrett, by the late heavy rains and high wind, took place on Saturday evening, when the lowlands in the neighbourhood of Thoreford and Bradford were inundated to an alarming extent. Very considerable damage was occasioned, and unfortu nately two persons lost their lives by being swept away in their waggon by the stream. OPENING OF THE BIRMINGHAM CORN EXCHANGE. —Yesterday evening the formal opening of this splendid edifice, at the back of High street, was celebrated by a public dinner upon a magnificent scale. Mr. W. Lucy, the eminent corn-dealer, presided on the occasion, and was supported by about two hundred agriculturists and others engaged in the corn trade. The party a social one, none but the provincial press ha vin g invi tations to report the proceedings. The bui ldin g will be a great convenience to the brokers , cor n-dealers, and farmers attending the Birmingham mar ket. NEW YORK PACKET.—The We stminster, New York packet, embarked passengers and sailed for that port from Spithead, on Tuesday evening. w as purely MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, but there was a disposition to sell. The quan tity disposed of was 4,500 bales, including 3,500 bales American at sd. tc 61d. per lb., or id. to .d. per lb. higher than on Friday last.—Railway Shares were not quite so good. The failure of Mr. J. P. Howard, colonial broker, for about 100,0601., revives the question of the soundness of the present plan, whereby the merchant draws upon the broker to a heavy amount, instead of awaiting the sale of his produce. The losses incurred now will, doubtless, operate as a check hereafter to the pursuance of the system. Accounts from Manchester state the stoppage of Mr. Gardener, and of Messrs. Fairbridge, was likely to in convenience other firms, and injurious rumours were already in circulation on that account. From the continent there is nothing important, except the mention of a stoppage at St. Petersburgh. There is an injurious report concerning another pro vincial bank. It is stated in the circular of Messrs. Witherby and Hanson, dried fruit brokers, as follows : CUBRANTS.—In our last report of the 25th ult. we announced the arrival of the first cargo of the new crop, and the sale of it at 455. Ten cargoes have since been reported, all from Patras, making the total importation of new Fruit to this day to be 1,271 butts, 1,433 car roteels, and 1,793 barrels, or about 1,500 tons, against 2,000 tons received to 27th October, 1846, 750 tons and 1,100 tons to the like period of 1145 and 1844. Only three cargoes have as yet arrived at Liverpool. The clearances for home consumption from 20th ult. to 21st instant, have been 1,030 tons, against 1,100 tons and 1,000 tons in the like period in 1846 and 1845. Whilst the metropolitan clearances have thus been about the same as those of last year at this period, those for the manufacturing districts , exhibit a considerable diminu tion, the Liverpool Clearances for the five weeks, end ing 19th instant, having been only 370 tons, against 500 tons and 600 tons in the like period of 1846 and 1845. " The price of new Fruit remains much the same as at the opening of the season. The trade, from the same prudential motives which have influenced their purchases in other articles, have bought with caution. Some parcels of old Fruit have been offered by auction, but have not met with purchasers ; there are orders on hand from the continent, but the late monetary pressure has contracted the operations of foreign as well as home purchasers." The Stock Market has been quieter to-day, and the speculators appear undecided how to act. In the mean time the operations for money, whether sales or pur chases, have not been to an extent that would stimulate business. Consols have realised 82i to 821 for present transfer, and 824 to 834 for November. Exchequer bills have been quoted 15s. to 21s. discount. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 82k to 83, I and the Three per Cents. 811 to 81/; Bank Stock is 184 to 186 i. In the Foreign House the dealings are also limited. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 274; Portuguese Four per Cents., 21i ; Brazilian, 754; and Mexican, 164 Russian Stock has been 104 k to 105, and Dutch Two-and-a-Balf per Cents. 53 to 534. For Railway Shares the demand is restricted, and prices are heavy again in most instances. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 81A% Bll% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 82318 %% 821 /s New 3 1 % per Cent. Anns ...... 82 3 4 83 82% 82% Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 ... 8 5-16 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... ...... 8 3-16 8 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 9-16 8 11-16 India Stock 226 225% 228 228 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... . . 20 dis 30 dis Consols for Accpunt... 83% 82% 83 1 82 3 % 83 8214 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 5001 Small ONE CLOSING RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds 75% 75% Ditto, Small 77 78 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 16 % 1/2 16% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 25 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 21% 21% Russian Bonds ........... 104% 105 105 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent 27% 27% Dividends on the above payable in London. 114 f. 50c. 25f. 85c. 88 53 82 French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange —f. —c. Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 88 Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 53% 53 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 81 3 / 4 % 82 PRICES or BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% - •• • "..m Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and,Dudley 10 ..... Binning., Wolverlepton, . , and Stour Va11ey..... 8 ...... - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 / 4 , Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire B/. 4s. • 2 3 / 4 di5.......... 2% dis Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3% 1 Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 Chester and Holyhead... 37% ••• •• ...... ••• Ditto, Preference Cheltenham and Oxford 2 - Clarence 784 Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do: Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ..... Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31.103., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties 20 16 107:153i..176 16 Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d... .....••.......• .-14....... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % dis ............ Do., York Extension 19 ...... 8 7%:h ......... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do~ Quarters Do., New Eastern Union 5O .. •••"'•"" Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / Q — *************** Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4d East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., Exten. Scrip 1 1 ,4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...••• 49 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,E ....•• Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 7 .....• Ditto, ditto, New ....• 1 % — Edinburgh and Perth... 2 Ditto, Extension ..... 10s . , ..... Exeter, Yeovil, & Doreh. 2% — Ditto, New . Glasgow, Dumfries, arid Carlisle Bl. 6s. 8d Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 .„„... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consol. 121/ Great Northern 8 - 1 / 4 2 %Al." Do., London and York 2 4..... Great South. and West (Ireland) Great North of England-100 Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/ l l/ '2 •••••• reat Western. Ditto, 1 / 2 5hare5.....,., 50 57 56% Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 17/ ...... -.. 7 Huddersfield & blanches. 22 ...... Ditto, Thirds ... 7 Hull and S e lb y 5O .. . 93 . Ditto, halt Shares.... 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares....... 12 , A Ipswich& Bury St. Edm. 15 . Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens.Scrip (late Canab. & Ely)... 2 1 / 2 I % IA Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds lO Laneashir+, & Yorkshire 82 Ditto % Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares..., 14% l2 Do. Fifths 6 l / 2. ... 6 _6 Do. Sixteenths Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101.45. ... 5 1 / 2 dis 5 l /2 dis. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1, (late Hud dersfield and Slieff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract. & Goole Do. (W. Ridinglinion) 4/.2e 2:4 di5.......... VA dis. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 4 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 / 4 Leeds and Bradford 6O ...... 85 1 / 2 Leicester and Bedford... 165..,•••• Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 / 2 ...... •••""•• •••• Do., Branch 1 ,4 Shares 12 1 / 2 .. ••• Do. New Branch( blue) 21 / 2 .... ••• Do. Extension (green) 21..... Do. NewExten. (pink) 2 1 / 2 ...... .... ....... Leeds and Thirsk ......... 31 ...... . ••• ...... 1/2 Ditto, New ............ 17 , 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 2 . .. .... Do., Prefer., - I) , Li v erpool, Crosby and 2 Southport .... .... .... Liverp., blncbstr& New y castle Junction 2 2 ...... London ,nd Biackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. ... ....... Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 3/ l3s. 4d.... Do. Extension l5 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20 •• Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ... London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — .. . Ditto,Preterence ...18/I;s2d. London and N. Westera 100 l5O 151 149 l5l Do., Quarters L.& B. 17 • 3 9 3/ THE SUN, LONDON,_ THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1847. Do., do., Now Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Do. LA Shares (G. J.) 25 1)0 40/. Shares(L. M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. i.wi. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham .. 2 .. ... ... ........ Lond. & S.W astern ...41/. 6.v. 8d... 56 ... 56 D o . New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 501. .. Do. NOW 401 26 ... . Do. Tenths (Consol. ) 50 Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 61. 138. 4d.... 1 1 1 4 dis l l4 dia. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... ... ........ 1 1 ,i...... Londonderry ScCuleraine 27% —..............— Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 3 3' M anal ester,B uxton,and Maio, k .. 3 ...... 1 1 4 l l4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . 7 •••••• ......... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7% Manchest. & Southampt. 2jq — kildand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares lO Do. Binn., and Derby100 Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo 117% Brist. &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto 71.9s ..... Midlnd,Leicest.B; Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar. 50 Midland treat Western Irish N ewcastle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 5O .... . Newmrket&Chesterforel 13%_ Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 10 Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. .. 5 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British . ....... ... 25 Do. Half Shares WA.— 11 , 4 10 3 j 4 11... Do. Quarters 4% 4 3 4 Do. Extension _ Ditto Thirds North Staflordshire 7% —...... North Wales North Western. 6 Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... 19 1 / 19 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate . . . .11 Royston and Hitchin ... IY4 1 ... ........ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 17% Ditto, New......... ..••• 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, _ _ . and Goole ... 5 Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 _ . Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ........ Ditto Oswestry 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference •••• •••• •••• South Staffordshire 21. 125.... South Eastern & Dover 33 1 / s 28% Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3.. ..... ...... 15 ...... 10 Do., No. 4 South Wales ... .. 15 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Stni. Coal. ... 4 ••• •••••• •• Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway I 7 IA ...... Vale of Neath 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 1312 Waterford and Limerick 3i Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 8 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 42s — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick....... 25 Do. Original New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do. North Shields Put*. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 8% 8 V s York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and \Vest Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo• Belgian Bar badoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 .., .... 13%% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon . ss. Demerara 2 IA Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian 5s Great Indian Peninsular 5s Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 314 Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre 6 ... . ........ Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 5 Madras Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Namur and Liege Northern of France lO ..... 11 1 ' 11 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... 10 ...... 5 1 ,E Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Bonen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 16 .... ..... ..... ... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ['ours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and L1a55e1t....... 12 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 8 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Galvanized Iron ...... .. 10 Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 28.—Wind S., light airs and dull hazy weather. DEL, OCT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Richard Cob den, Archibald, Ceylon; Denison, King, Antigua; Ellen, Pittingal, Quebec; Mary, Doubleday, Quebec. OFF DOVER, OCT. 27.—Hannah Codner, Hamilton, Mauritius; Robert Dyatt, St. Kitt's. COWES, OCT. 27.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Vesta, Benohr, Bahia; Anna, Jackson, Porto Rico. PLYMOUTH OCT. 27.—Wind S.—Arrd. Spermaceti, Moor, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Cor sair, Daly, Cuba ; Edmond Perkins, Tracey, New Or leans; Ina, St. John's, New Brunswick; Edinburgh, Lawson, ditto; Ganges, Smith, ditto; Oceana, Jones, ditto; Bridgetown, Wilson, ditto; Swan, Prince Edward Island. Sld. Pacific, Jamaica; Ganges, New Orleans ; Windermere, Africa ; Horatio, Canton ; Antelope steamer, Rio Janeiro. LANCASTER, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Mary, Arkle, Quebec ; Burrell Foster, ditto. CARDIFF, OCT. 27.—Arrd. Marion, Meyler, Quebec. YARMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Port Glas gow, Quebec, for Southampton. WHITEHAVEN, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Wasdale , Antigua. MARYPORT, OCT . 26 - -Wind S.W.—Arrd. William Fell, Warren, Quebec. OFF FALmouTu.—Joseph Anderson, Quebec. BnisTon, OCT. 27.—The Torridge (steamer), hence to Milford, passed 23d inst. off the North Point during a gale at S.W. by S., a large light ship, under close reefed maintop-sail. On her return passage, 25th, about the same point, she fell in with a large round house, painted yellow, and gilded, and part of the quarter deck of a large vessel. SCILLY, OCT. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 24th, from Macao, Hale, Quebec, for Penzance, with damaged keel, struck the rocks in entering. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) HAY MARILETS. SMITHFIELD. Meadow hay, 21 Ss to 3/ 12s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 1110 s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 12a to 41 12s; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 11$ per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.— Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 153; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. ITAILSHAM, OCT. 27.—We had a fine trade at very full prices. Beef, from 4s to 4s 10d; Mutton, 49 4d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 48 2d ; and Pork, 45 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, OCT. 26.—Beef from 4s to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s Gd per Sibs. A moderate supply and a steady trade. CHICHESTER, OCT. 27.—Beef sold at an advance of 2d per Blbs, and the value of other kinds of stock waa well supported. Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 25s ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mulch Cows with their Small Calf, 161 to 171 5s each. SOUTHALL, OCT. 27.—Prima Beasts sold readily, at % dig 7 3 / 4 4914 47 92 56% 14% 22 74% 34 Li 85!4 2d to 4d per 81bs. more money. All other kinds o stock were quite as dear. Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s Bil Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6.1; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. RUMFORD, OCT. 27.—We had a very fine market for stock, and prices had an upward t:nd.ney. Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8,1; Mutton, as 10d to 53 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 43 8d per 81bs ; Suckling Calves, 183 to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 20s; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. r~rEW GATE AND LEADEN BAL L. We had a steady trade here, to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. Adair's Main ...... ... 17s Od Buddle's W. Hartley 19s 3d l lotte ...... 183 3d Carr's Hartley Davison's West Hartley 19s Od Hasting's Hartley l9s Od Holywell Main ..... 18s Od New Tanfield l6B Od North Percy Hartley 19s Od Original Pontop l7B 6d .—. Ord's Redheugh _ Tanfield Moor ..... Townley l7s Od West Wylam West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. _ Acorn Close Bell and Brown l9s Od Bewicke and Co l9s 01 Framwellgate ..... 18s Odl Gosforth l9s 0(11 Heaton Idedley .......... 19s Od Ramsay l6s 6d Riddell's l9s Od Walker Willington Washington Eden Main l9s 9d Belmont 2os 041 Braddyll's Iletton ... 20s 31 Crawford .. ...... .... 18s 6d 240 arrival Is-197 sold. The Dutleion Foreirn Grain are now sus" pendei. COAL MARK ET. -..-YESTERDAY. "East Hetton Haswell 2os 9d Hetton Keepier Lambton Lumley 195 6 d Morrison lBs 9d Murton Russell's Hutton Richmond l9s 3d Shotten Stewart's Cassop. . . Hudson's Hartlepool l9s 6d High Thornley Ileugh Hall Kelloe South Kelloe l9s 6d Thornley Adelaide Tees I Cowndon Tees ... Denison South Durham Seymour Tees Tees West Hetto* lB5 Sa West Coinforth l9s Od West Tees lBs Oa ,Garestield Coke ...... Cowpen Hartley W. Hartley Netherton 19s Od Sidney's Hartley CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF D BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Oct. 21, 1847, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Ragland and Wale° per Imperial Quarter. WIZAT. I BAaLBT. I OATS. I WTI. I ZEINS. I tale% PRICE .. 115 s 2d ii3s 7d !3e 4d 28s Od 47s Id I 471 9e• _ . SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY•) SIMPSON V. HEMSWORTII. This was the only case set down for hearing, and was understood to be connected with sporting affairs' The record was withdrawn under peculiar circuur stances. It appeared that the witness who was to be called had been subpoenaed on both sides, each party considering himself entitled not only to his evidence but his safe custody ; the altercation became very warm, when the witness gave an explanation which upset the plaintiff's case, as the attorney withdrevl the record, declaring he was dead beat now, but that he would certainly indict the witness for obtaining guinea under false pretences, for he had completely turned round in his tale. The witness said, if his words had been twisted to suit a particular purpose he could not help it, a nd be would take the consequences of accepting a guinea when offered. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the CHIEF BARON and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Mary Ann John' son, a married woman, aged 36, and who had an infant in her arms, was indicted for uttering cowl' terfeit coin. Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Payne. A police-constable stated that the prisoner wa s tried in April, 1842, under the name of Mary A r e Allen, for uttering base coin, and convicted of tue charge. A witness stated that the prisoner on the 2a o f October last went into the King of Prussia public' house, Stratford, and called for half a pint of beer, In payment of which she gave half•a-crown, and I T: ceived back the proper change. The coin wa s sum sequently found to be counterfeit. stated A person of the name of Burtenshaw also sta that the prisoner purchased some articles at his sb o ' , and tendered a base half-crown. Mrs. Middleditch, wife of the proprietor of the Coaeh and Horses public-house, Bow, depose d to ° f prisoner calling for half a pint of beer on the 2d October last, and giving 6d. in payment, which sh° found afterwards was counterfeit. The female searcher at the police-court produced two half-crowns, a sixpenny piece, and some copper. , which were found upon the person of the prisoner. Mr. Powell, inspector of coins, from the Min a stated that the two half-crowns were counterfeit, an were made from the same cast, and that the sixpenc e was also counterfeit. Mr. PATNE having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, His LORDSHIP carefully summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. BODKIN here stated that the prisoner had bese convicted four or five times, besides the former eon, viction to which reference had been made. Sentence deferred. r o of POSITION OF THE WITNESS-DOM.—III the cou.- the the,morning the CHIEF BARON directed attention t ° position of the witness-box, which he observed ° °l 4 not be placed in a less desirable spot in the court, I° , l it was quite impossible for the jury to see the festur.e_ of the witness. He considered it, he said, of th e utmost importance that some, if not all, of the jai should have an opportunity of seeing the counts' nance of witnesses during examination. His Lord' ship then (addressing himself to Mr. Alderman Gibbs , who was upon the bench,) complained in a rather , severe tone of the conduct of the City authorities i° not attending to the complaints he had frequently made on the subject. Subsequently the box was r e : moved two or three feet further hack from the boo" MIDDLESEX SESSIONS• (THIS DAY.) Lewis Levi, a dealer in old clothes, was indicted f°l stealing a coat, cloak, and various other articles, the property of Isaac Davis. It appeared that the prisoner, about three rontilli: ago, got possession of a number of duplicates for the above articles, belonging to the prosecutor, 110 re pretence of seeing their value, where they 0 pledged, and then sgiving the prosecutor so much they might be worth over and above the su m the ‘l, were pledged for. He, however, never return ed Davis, but released the a things and sold them' . ii o ll" n Davis having met him last Monday, gave b i n t custody. The jury found the prisoner Guilty; and fou r The ASSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced him to months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Thomas Robins was indicted for stealing a sh illing from Thomas Wells, and brutally assaulting him. 0 It appeared that the prosecutor was induce d t e g t down one of the courts leading fr o m Tothill-street towards the Almonrv, when he was a ttacked by ib st or five women, and the prisoner coming up. ab le immediately afterwards, accused him of insulting t. females, knocked him down, and, after kicking hi a savagely about the head, knelt upon his breast, an . took a shilling (all the money he had in h is posses sion) from his waistcoat pocket. A verdict of Guilty was returned. 1, ci a “ The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said the prisoner ha narrow escape from transportation, but he might de: pend upon it this was his last chance. He shoal sentence him to nine months' imprisonment, with har t ' labour. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DA V O 4 . 2 6 14 of Septembert he Pri- Henry Wall was indicted for stealing 28110. c'' rope and a sack, valueon thes. taking the above property . _fr ° 7 4 . o t a d, , p v p a e s a appeared thatseen ,-,, he soi i ie t r a Wood Cutting Company's Wharf, Belvidere Lambeth. The prisoner, who received a good character, vi found Guilty, lisa 'mercy, a but recommended to 5 it vi his first offence. ii. The COURT sentenced him to three months' mPr sonment and hard labour. •Ity of John Williams, aged sixteen, was found gu' one an ß stealing on the 27th ult. one pair of trousers d , ier waistcoat, the property of Edward Grove, clet.oo.. Lambeth, and sentenced to three month s' iMPIIS ment and hard labour. d e The offence was committed on Sunday, a nd not CHAIRMAN directed that the prosecutor should ... have his expenses for having opened his shop on hat have day, which he stated was the only way i n Iv of the Court could punish such acts of desecration the Sabbath. L p l: i i l i t ip O so ' n - , S a T itEE r i 1 o d be' l'i JohnAitwas p, a c - - a solicitor's—clerTk,HlS 9A Ir.) fore Mr. Hardwicke, charged with being drunk a n assaulting police. constable Metcalf, C 133. si% The complainant stated, that about a quarter to o'clock this morning he was on dut in the 0 9 ): y market, when he saw the defendant leaning aga inst door in a state of intoxication. Witness told hir n that he could not allow him to stand there, an d : : quested him to go home. Defendant, instead of VI .0 mg his advice, turned round. and, putting himself 111. a fighting attitude, attempted to strike. Complainath: jumped off the pavement to avoid the blow, whe n the defendant kicked him with great violence on to lower part of his person. He then took him into custody. "Wane'added, that he did not think the -s defendant kicked him purosely. The defendant said he had not the least rscolleci: tion of what had transpired, as he was very d.r nn ,.. at the time. He trusted the magistrate would ve as lenient as he could towards him. kis was Willing bii the he 8% 41 8 82 117 1 / .i 88 24 LA 11A 0% -- % - 214 1% 23/2 27% 10% 10 27% 12% 10% 8 IA 70 14 13% 10 4 5 1 44 _ .5 34 8 14