The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-13 00:00:00

11V HDITION! riIiGHTFUL OCCURRENCE LAST NIGHT. We regret to announce that last night an accident of a frightful character, attended with the sacrifice of two lives, took place on the line of the London and Bir mingham Railway at Harrow, in consequence of two traits, it is stated, having come into collision with each other. The engineers of both trains were killed. The Chairman of the Company, Mr. Creed, the Secrc tar", and Mr. BedfOrd, the Superintendent of the line, lefr. London soon after the receipt of the news in a special train, to investigate the matter. At twelve o'clock last night no fewer than five trains were due at the. Euston-square terminus of the London and Bir mingham Railway. The cause of this extraordinary stoppage of the trains is attributed to the breaking down of a heavily laden up-luggage train in the neighbour hcod of 'Watford. The luggage and broken carriages being thrown across both lines, prevented the trains passing either down or up. A train that left the Euston-square terminus, proceeding of course down wards, at six o'clock last evening was obliged to return to the terminus, and it and no other train could start from the terminus before a !ate hour. The down line, therefore. must be considered in some measure free from obstruction, but the up-line could not be so, since none of the five trains due from a quarter before eight to half-past eleven had arrived at the terminus by twelve o'clock at night. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) This morning the utmost consternation prevailed throughout the metropolis, on account of a dreadful accident which occarred yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, on th e li ne o f roa d on th e L on don and Birmingham railroad, near Harrow, by which three lives have been lost, and fourlersons dreadfully injured, so much so that their lives are despaired of, and ampu tations of the legs of two of the sufferers has been per formed. From the violence of the collision of the large luggage train with that of the passengers down one, the train was dashed off the entire line of road, across the other train trams, and the night having set in the utmost alarm was created' for the other trains proceeding to and from London, but the London six o'clock down train having arrived first at the scene of devastation, and on the accident being made known, immediately re turned to Euston-square. The seven, nine, ten, and eleven o'clock up trains arrived, but they could not pro ceed further than Harrow, until two o'clock this morn ing, when the train-roads were cleared, and they pro ceeded on their journey to London. The passengers got cut of the carriages, and were forwarded to London. It was feared that the road, would not be cleared for the morning up mails, which would have created consi derable delay, but fortunately that was not the case. The mail-train downwards, last night, ;was detained one hntlr and ttventy minutes, on account of the accident. 'lle. passengers that escaped injury describe the colli sion as terrible. Some of the carriages were dashed to pieces, and others considerably damaged, several other passengers were injured, though not severely. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. IINDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, NOV. 13. ' Will be presented Sheridan's Dramatic Piece of THE CRITIC ; OR, A TRAGEDY REHEARSED. Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. W. Farren ; Puff, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sneer, Mr. Cooper ; Don Ferolo Whiskerandos, Mr. Harley ; Tilburina, Mrs. Orger. tfter which will be repeated the New Petite Comedy, entitled FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Sir Thomas Oldton, Mr. W. Farren ; Nix, Mr. Chas. Ma hews : Captain Maitland, Mr. J. Vining; David Sureman, Mr. Bartley ; Mrs Maitland, Madame Vp , itris; Mrs. Doro thy More, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, 317..CV:IiarTi;oriTieachum, Mr. W. Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth; Lucy Lockit, Madame Vcstris. To-morrow, The Spanish Curate, with Two in the Morning, and Fashionable Arrivals. On Monday, The Midsumm r Night's Dream, with Simpson and Co. On • uesday, The Spanish Curate, with Two in the Morn ing, and Fashionable Arrivals. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 35. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, `2.s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to nminence at Seven o'Clock. l'‘lkets and places for the Boxcs to be taken of Mr. Grogan a. the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Private Boxes t• be had so'ely of Mr, Andrews, bookseller :67, New Bond-street. INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE. We extract the following from the Courrier de Lyon of the 7th instant, which had been forced to suspend its publication from the 3d, and now appears on uostamped paper, the Stamp-office in Lyons being closed Tee spectacle from the heights of the Croix Rousse commands the suburbs of Vaise is frightful. Teat town has already had upwards of sixty of its build ings crushed by the flood, and additional houses are every hour suffering the same fate announcing their fall by sendrug up clouds of dust. All the buildings which have stone foundations withstand the pressure, but those constructed el weaker materials gradually give way. Tne cause of the fire at the Fabrique d'Orseille, was the water reaching some unslacked lime. The accounts from the country ore deplorable. The ravages by the S lone at Lyons have extended all the way to Chalons, Belleville is said to be completely annihilated. Ville frenetic, although three quarters of a league from the river, has been reached by the water, and suf fered great damage. Most of the beautiful country hoses in the banks of the Saone, and which are not elevated on the hills which rise above it, have been washed away. The height of the Saone is three me tres (nearly ten feet) above any floods to be found in the records of Lyons. At one o'clock on the sth the increase of the Saone ceased, and an almost im perceptible diminution commenced. We have had no further disasters to deplore. The weather having been fi e for some time the inhabitants have been able to teas erse all such parts of the town as are not abso lutely inaccessible. We have been able to mount the hill of Fouvicres and reach the Observatory, whence a most frightful spectacle was spread before our eyes. • Nothing was to be seen but streets formed into canals of water, with here and there some few insulated points, the three bridges submerged, with crowds of people viewing them with mixed feelings of curiosity and dis- • quietude—the disturbed and muddy waters of the 6.10ne enveloping the houses, and rolling with turbid violence along the whole course of the town, and cover ing the peninsular of Perrache.-6th inst. The river has gone down six inches, but, our condition remains nearly the same. Tiie news received from the country is, hovs ever, good, as it announces a subsiding of the war. re, and that the inhabitants are beginning to recover corifideace: The Rhone has already retired within its own channel. The Archbishop of Lyons has issued a pastoral letter to his clergy to continue their prayers for the abatement of the flood until the 13th instant, and to make arrangements with the Mayor for collect ing alms and for affording asylums to those who have been rendered houseless. He also announces that his palace is open for the reception of the goods and pro• perty cf those who have nowhere else to place them. Our advises front up the river state that the suspen sion-bridge at Chateauvieu, over the Surest, has been carried away. The Saone above Lyons forms one im mense lake, and, with its tributary streams, inundates the whole country. At Sablons, opposite Serricres, fifty houses have been washed down, and the village is, as it were, swept away. The bridge at Vienne was car riM away in the evening of the 3d." The Ifelvelie of Porentruy says—" The small moun tainous cantons have been visited with fresh inunda datious. Almost every bridge has been carried away, or rendered impassable by the water, and the roads have been so encumbered or destroyed that it will be a long time before they can be cleared and restored. We learn from Coire that an immense quantity of timber and wood has been brought down by the Rhine, and it is said eight persons have been drowned. The Tessin has also suffered severely." The Messager says—" A mail-courier, who left Mar seilles on the 4th, arrived in Paris at four yesterday afternoon. He reports that he was stopped by the waters at about two leagues the other side of Avignon, which place he could not reach by any other means than in e boat irons Sorgues. The gates of the town were oh s' reel ed by the water, and he got into it through a win dow looking on to the ramparts. On the 2d a violent storm burst over Marseilles. The rain fell in torrents, real, in ices than an hour, the Rue de la Carrebiere nod the Plaec Royale were four feet under water. 'On the 3,1 the rain again fell." A Correspondent of, Nismes writes on the 2d inst. : on Sunday last the Rhone broke over its bout deries, and submerged the plain of Beaucaire, and floe ing into the lower quarters of the town, spread ter ror•a'usong the inhabitants. The tocsin sounded. The rives forced the wall of the Grand Jardin into the mea dow, a:al overthrew several houses. The alarm-bell called out a company of the Bth of the line, who suc eeelled in stopping a fissure made in the bank below the ) clinal. We learn from St. Gilles that the wooden bride over the Rhone was carried away on Saturday. At Beauceir.s the chanting of public prayers is mingled with cries of distress and the solemn sound of the tocsin. Tito daughters of the congregation, bearing the statue of •the Virgin, have passed a whole evening on their kneca by the side of the labourers, and up to their gir dles in water." The Semaphore of Marseilles says—" A storm, greater than any known in the memory man, occurred here an d i n th e neighbourhoodonthe inst., at four i n t h e afternoon. The clouds, which burst in rain, were occasionally so thick and so near the earth that ever‘thin g ap eareuto be enveloped in a thick f og , w T h h i e eh qu w a a y sf a r r a s to titt.n streets leading v ersed by the lightning. to the port w ere deeply covered with water. all the ' The Coors, Cours, the Canebi ere , ano the Ru e Pa ra di s , had the appearance i of a v as t hike." ot . t Extract of a lett ar e 6th inst. from L ons -l e - Soulnier :—` c ln the village of L the w a t ers rose. 4) ce ntimetres (between 15 and 16n'gvY inches) o hi g h er t h an hase hundred iieeathe dw vio lence in. September , 1831 . Upwards n h o gs have been overflowed , andsuchof of the flood that twenty of them have been was h e d down. At Pet it-Noir the Doubs ha s l its emb Inkments at several points, destroyed seve ra l houses, and washe d the seeds out of a great portion o f e the new-sown groun ds." The Swiss papers mention that the Nola, and s ev other rivers in the Gr isons, have recently caused con siderable inundations , p articularly in the valley of Don _ letschg ; and that the bridge of Tardis, on the frontier of the canton of St. Gall, has been carried away. A correspondent of the Memorial Bordelais at Nismes estimates the damage occa-zoned by the floods along the lower course of the Rhone. to crops and buildings, at thirty millions of francs. The extent of the country flooded is calculated at sixty leagues in length by thirty six in breadth, or 2,160 square leagues. The Minister of Commerce has granted 50,000 f. to Macon on account of the damage done by the floods. HIGHW AY ROBBERY . —Yesterday, J o hn Con nell, who has been in custody since Sunday on a charge of having b een concerned in the robbery committed on the previous night between Staines and Egham, on the person of James Higgins, was brought before Ward, Esq., a ; magistrate for Surrey, at Egham, for first examination on 1 the charge. Evidence havin g been adduced, the Magis trates said it was quite sufficient to warrant his committal CD the capital charge of wounding with intent to murder, and he was accordingly committed to take his trial at the assizes. It was reported that the other ruffian, John karnes, had been captured near Kingston. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. This highly popular and interesting resort, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Dusk The Menagerie, which is unequalled in the number, variety, sod beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa ous and elegant buildings comfortably heated, and arranged vith the nearest possible assiraile4tion to the natural habits of ne animals. The most important additions recently received re the rare and beautiful blatc. Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, a pair of the scarce Curassows, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred Ibis, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of ' 2 -ossowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine nent), Sze, ft :ll,e splendid col) ection of Carstivora are fed at Four o'Clock, Hhich time the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular o w r AO.missio n , O ne Shi ll i ng. of tiles , , forest m onarc h s are di sp l aye d to th e utmost QU'EN ,„ Cu ri ß t e l n S t T i o i n N A o r — Q u T e e h n e that the original i Christina was Commerc e t o sa g y o s to Florence, then to R that Austria interferedeme. and ultimately to Naples, but and Sicilian Governm en , t a a n t d • caused the Tuscan, Papal, her presence in Italy was, for intimate to her Majesty that adds, that certain notabiliiiesr a t f hepresent, not desired. It rado party, in concert with some thef Queen's or the Mode fited by this state of things to tr of the Carlists, have pro alliance between the eldest try and effect : a matrimonial . Carlos and the young Queen Isabella. It was desi°rnd adds, that Queen Christina should establish herself first, it erself in France, near the frontiers . of the Basque p • rovinces, but her Majesty preferred coming to. Paris. The widowed Lady Munkaster and the infant Lord have arrived at the mansi,m of their late relative, Sir John Ramsden, Bart. , in P Scead ill y , from Muncaster Castle. Her Ladyship has conic up for medical advice. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.—We have never seen, or have I overlooked, and cannot now recover, the report of the meeting to which Mr. Ballantyne has called our atten tion. Where is it to be found ? In reply to the question of " Ciericus," " A Calculating Reader" calculates with certainty that the loan alluded to cannot be obtained, except at an exorbitant rate, if indeed at all. The value of the policy is determinable by the length of time that bas elapsed since the in surance was effected, and that value is ascertainable in a minute at the office in which " Clericus" is insured, whose Directors will give what the policy is worth ; or he may send it into the market, where it will fetch its price. But most likely the policy is worth little or no thing as a marketable commodity, either in the way of sale or deposit. The publication of the letter of "J. R." to a Noble Lord, we are inclined to think, would not be of any service. We would willingly oblige, if we could, the Rev. Gen tleman who has sent an account of the proceedings in stituted against him in 1828, but his complaints impli cate others, and we cannot be expected to g►ve currency to injurious reports on an ex parte statement. dividual perversity or caprice." So again our Contemporary s , would have an Act of Parliament for regulating the qualifications of engine men and the test by which those qualifications are to be ascer tained." We are as sensible as our Contemporary of the necessity of having properly qualified persons for engine-drivers, and, in common with the Times—if not, as it says so early, an assertion which we be lieve to be unfounded, though we care not to dis puteit—have insisted on the propriety of Railway Dir ectorsppointing persons of high qualifications and paying them well; but we never sup posed that the House of Lords and Com mons, thoroughly ignorant of the qualities of engine-drivers, should lay down rules for determining their fitness. In fact, those rules could not be rules laid down by Parliament, but by some Commissioner like Sir FREDERICK SMITH, and would be exclusively his rules. It would be no better than folly, in our estimation, to tie down the Railway Directors by law to any rules, whe ther concerning drivers or breaks, which Sir FRE DERICK, or any other person can suggest. How can he or any man tell what new inventions may be made in locomotive engines within the next six months, which may make very different qualifica tions necessary to the drivers ? We are as zealous for the success of railways as our Contemporary, and as anxious to make them perfectly safe ; but we repudiate the minute kind of legislation which he recommends, because it would deprive one class of all occasion for the exercise of discretion, and another of every opportunity for the exercise of prudence. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning......25 minutes after 5. I Evening 50 minutes after 5. The Publication of t e F.vening Edition of Tits Sum com menced at 20 =mites after Three. 4 A . Vitt, ' w ±r • (16, ilk • ' ••• e 01 4=o IC S " q•` %l P. 4 - pr s : - .5 t7 7-4 ' ; `*'"2_ l : so2ll tP 2-11 a 1'..6 • 7c):"T), LONDON: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1840. Again, as to Joint-Stock Banks, a pamphlet has just fallen under our notice, by Mr. LOWNDES, which contains many judicious observations, parti cularly some against the silly proposition of com pelling Joint-Stock Banks to have a guarantee fund vested in the public securities ; and these on the equally silly scheme of making the Board of Trade the judge of all schemes for forming Joint- Stock Companies : What then is it the duty of the Government of the first mercantile and manufacturing country in the world to do as to Joint-Stock Companies ? Surely, to legi timate every company, without reference to the purpose for which, or the persons by whom, it was established ; and instead of the President of the Board of Trade wasting his own or the pUblic time in conjectures whether such and such a scheme would be beneficial to the pub lic, to allow the pubic, who would be, after all, the best arbiters, an opportunity of judging for themselves. If the purpose be an absurd one, or unfit for a Joint-Stock Company, or if the affairs of the company be improvi dently administered, no powers with which such com pany may be invested for the conduct of its own affairs can sustain it : it must. fall by its own weight. The experience we have had as to Joint-Stock Banking Companies abundantly proves this. If, on the other hand, a company thus formed can sustain itself, it can only be by satisfying the public of its utility, and so ac quiring public support. But, notwithstanding this, Mr. LOWNDES is an t advocate for the Legislature interfering to insist that Joint-Stock Banks be established by deed — that they be made to keep accounts—that the pro prietors should not do as they like in electing Directors—that there should be a registration of Joint-Stock Companies—that the names of all the Shareholders should be registered, the banks be compelled to publish certain an nual accounts, &c. &c. What would Mt. LowitDEs think if every solicitor's office should be obliged by law, to publish the names of all those who derive benefit from the business, with an annual statement of profits and loss? He would repudiate such an interference with the old business of a soli citor, but because Joint-Stock Banks happen to be comparatively a new concern, like the discovery of the 'Western 'World, there is not a schemer in legis lation, however profoundly ignorant he may be of the subject,' who does not think it behoves him to suggest a plan for making Joint-Stock Banks per fect by law. Mr. LowNDES is well aware that the issue of bank-notes, on which the interference was originally grounded, is the smallest part of the busi ness of Joint-Stock Banks, anti that bank-notes constitute the smallest part of the currency. He must be well aware that all the arguments in favour of interfering with Joint Stock Banks apply with equal force to every firm in the country which draws and negotiates bills, and he ought to know that if this diseased desire to interfere with business by legislation be not checked, there is not a branch of human enterprise which will not come to law, and the n umber of the go. be regulated by verned will soon be equalled or surpassed by the number of the governors. This unceasing interference is an alarming social disease, which calls for powerful remedies. The most ignorant are the most prompt and anxious to signalize themselves by suggesting new and stringent iegulations ; and law-making, which can only be successfully accomplished, if successful at a ll, by the longest study and the highest human abilities, is now undertaken by such rash and vacillating empirics as the writers in the Times. What is still worse, if their recommendations are not immediately attended to, they feel insulted, and leave no efforts untried to break up a Government. Either way the nation is to be injured because the heaven-born wisdom of the empirics is not incor porated into a .law, and ratified by the seal of Parliament. Within a few years after COLUMBUS discovered the Western Continent, the people from every part of Europe bordering on the ocean, but more parti cularly the inhabitants of England, embarked in considerable numbers, and in crazy, ill conditioned vessels, to seek fame and wealth in the new world. The enthusiasm was not quite so great as that which had previously hurried them from Europe into Asia to recover the Holy City from the hands of the Infidels, but it was something of the same character. They cheerfully braved all sorts of hard ships, their vessels were wrecked, they were starved after they reached land, and before they could get fresh supplies, or could raise food for themselves, they were sometimes mercilessly cut off by the sa vages, and sometimes perished by pestilence. No thing daunted, however, by continual failure the people nobly persevered, and, in the end, founded the United States, now become one of the proudest and grandest empires of the world. The Government of that day did not interfere to check their enterprise, to prescribe the sort of ships they should venture to sea in, to appoint their captains and pilots, to examine their equipment and their force, but it sometimes gave them assistance, and sometimes, in common with its subjects, sent out expeditions of its own. If it had interfered, and had undertaken to regulate all the enterprises of the people, if none could have been begun without its sanction, if it had a►ranged all the establish ments, and every minute thing connected with the local governments, trusting little or nothing to the discretion of the people, it may be safely averred that the United States at this day would have been more backward than Mexico, if the people could have been able to surmount the combined difficul ties of a new country and an all-regulating Govern ment. _ The contest for the office of Chief Magistrate of Edinburgh has terminated in favour of Sir JAMES FORREST, after the longest and keenest contest ever remembered in that city. We wish we could also say it was the most honourable, in place of being compelled to denounce it as the most disgraceful exhibition, that ever took place in Edinburgh. The Tories, detesting Non-Intrusion, united with Non-Intrusionists, and certain Liberals joined their ranks, to reject the most consis tent and upright Reformer of the present day, because he was a Dissenter. We do not remind the reader of this trait in the history of mankind, without having in immediate view its practical application. What are the ob jects, similar, though not equal to the peopling of the western world by Europeans, which our enter prising people at present pursue ? Railroads and Joint-Stock Banks very much engage their attention. They throw themselves, as it were, on these two great branches of human ingenuity: one economises time, or shortens space—and the other money. Both, like the half-disc3vercd continent of Ame rica, are very partially known to the Legislature : in fact, their properties, because they are new dis coveries, like it, or new inventions, are only half de veloped. Stringent regulations seem as little re quired for them, in order to prevent the people from harming themselves by them, as they were to pre vent our enterprising ancestors from venturing again and again across the ocean to establish colo nies in America. Yet there is a pitiable disposi tion i n many meddling individuals to subject these branches of industry to many noxious regulations, as if they were of themselves, and by their own na ture, liable to no laws, which will gradually correct their imperfections, or cause them to be abandoned. For example, the Times yesterday, in an article which we transferred to The Sun, asserts that on the matter of "breaks also, and on every point where the necessity of a given regulation (precau tion), not already in general use, is placed beyond controversy, it will be infinitely the wisest, the safest, and the most satisfactory course for Parlia ment to settle the question (which is already settled beyond controversy), and leave no latitude for in- At the e l ect i on t h e L ORD P ROVOST , an d som e of his f r i ends, seemed actually as h ame d o f t h e i r position, an d used every means to prevent M r. BLACK from speaking the truth. He was not, however, t o b e disconcerte d , an d ma d e a p ower f u l and manly spe ec h, w hi c h will not be without effect, eve n on those renega d es f ro m the ranks o f Reformers. He concluded in these words, no less ' descriptive of the b aseness of his opponents , than of his own int egr i ty o f pr i nc i p l e : In regard t o myself, I can say fearlessly that I have stated plainly an d d lst i netly m y own views. I have stood on the principles which I have ever professed. I have formed no unprincipled coalition. I have encou raged no unworthy intrigue. I have stated, and my friends with me have stated, that if you are pleased to elect me to that Ch a i r , it us t be dor.e without the smallest sacrifice of p r i nc i p l e o r honour. For . myself, I am not anxious fo r t h e di s ti n ction, and it I am un successful, I and my supporters have at least the satis faction of feeling that we have nothing to regret or be ashamed of. We have fought a b a ttle for puhlic prin ciple ; and we have the high grat ifi c ation . of feeling that if we have not a d vance d the cause of liberty and justice, at least it has not suffered in our hands. Though we earnestly des ____. ire that the Govern ment„ preserve peace, of Louis PHILIPPE s hould be str on g to s trong to oppres s an y part o f his people , or p ut we by no means wish to see hiin down the opinions of any class. The opinions of the National m a y appear dangerous t o those who have heretofore overtu rne d a throne by their opi nions, but amongst a nati o n of free an d e q ual men, one class, or one individual, has just as good a right to express his opinions as another. Equa lity is the basis of society in France, and that is violated when for opinions one man i s elevated to power and another consigned to a gaol) and his pro perty confiscated. Pursuing a kilid of brutal NA- TH MINI LONDO?riI FR .lAA►', NOVEMBER. l4, 189. PoLEoN:nurse hitherto, has now brought the throne of Louis PHILIPPE into jeopardy ; and we are to be numbered amongst his best friends when we warn his Government that to persecute men for matters of opinion, though they may relate to the subordination of the army, will only increase his danger. Both the Tory and Whig Journals will probably cheer on his Govern.trent in prosecuting the Press, but it will best, show its strength, and be most sure to increase in power, by disregarding the paper pellets of journalism. It might be necessary, per haps, for a Government, which, according to the satirical phrase of the Debals, was only a journal, to war against journals ; but a Government, which is more than a journal, will only degrade itself be low the level of the National, by entertaining a dread of its opinions. We wish to see the Go vernment of Louts PHILIPPE strong in the affec tions of his people, but the recent history both of France and England demonstrates that strength is not to be obtained by political persecution. We have received the whole of the French Papers of Wednesday, and have copied from them a summary of the discussions in the nine standing Committees of the Chamber of Deputies, on the election of the nine Members to serve as a Com mittee to draw up the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. This report of the first business proceedings of the Chamber will be read with lively interest. MM. THIERS and Gui- ZOT addressed their respective Committees, and though not without reluctance, threw consider able light on the policy of France with respect to the Eastern question. M. THIERS states explicitly enough that his intention was to settle the Eastern Question by an armed intervention in the Spring, at which time France would have been ready to take the field against Europe. In all his negotiations he only sought to gain time. Never, in fact, was there a better defence of the policy of Lord PALMERSTON than is supplied by the speech of the ex-President of the Council. It is true, he says, that any concession to France in arms would have satisfied her honour, and averted the cala mity of a general war. But who is there so silly as to believe that M. THIERS could have thus controlled the will of a whole nation in arms, and that nation France ? Who is there that does not know that the Four Powers would make no concession to France in such an attitude of defiance ? 'War then must have resulted from the policy of M. THIERs, however pacific were his intentions. Not that we believe that M, THIERS, whatever he may now say to the contrary, really intended to make war. What he intended was to terrify the Great Powers into any concessions which he might pro pose, and thus, without fighting, earn for himself from the journalists and contemporary anna lists, the laurels of a statesman and a con queror. He cannot avow this, but he can proclaim with a certainty of obtainiwg popularity among the war party, that he was bent upon measures which must have ended in war. Had, then, the shaft quo been preserved much longer in the Government, as at first recommended by Russia, and afterwards by M. Tx lERS, France would have settled the Eastern question after her own fashion, at the cannon's mouth. Such, at least, is the purport of the speech of the ex-President of the Council. Lord PAL MERSTON'S dogged determination to settle the question at once, spoiled the sport of the ex-Ca binet. His Lordship took the field a year too early. Can we, after M. THIERS' admission, value too highly the services of the combined British and Austrian squadrons on the coast of Syria ? Had they been beat off for the winter, we should have had war to the knife in the Mediterranean. MEIIEMET ALI would have placed the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the disposal of France, who would have manned and armed them against the Allies, and at once have out-numbered the navy of England under the command of Admiral STOPFOR D. The few observations made by M. GurzoT will be found to contrast curiously with the speech of his predecessor in office. The new Minister by no means participates in the opinion that France was taken by surprise by the Treaty of July. He stated fair warning was given to France, and that t 7erybody must have anticipated the conclusion of a treaty by the Four Powers. M. G urzoT directly, and M. Tel ERS, by implication admit the soundness and humanity of Lord PALMERSTON'S oriental policy. For what can be sounder or more humane policy than the prevenijon of a general war in Eu rope ? _ Deplorable accounts of inundations in the so ut of France fill the columns of the journals of Wed nesday. In the Moniteur of Wednesday we find the fob lowing official intelligence from Africa : lIONDON INSTITUTION, NOVEMBER 6„ .4 1840.-Notice is hereby given, that arrangements have been made for the delivery of the following COURSES of LECTURES during the ensuing season :- First Course-Eight Lectures on the Organization, Habits, and Distribution of the Higher Animals, by Thomas Rymer Jones, Esq., Professor of Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. -Mondays, November 16, 23, 30, December 7, 14, 21, and 28, 1840, and January 4, 1841. Second Course.-Three Lecturer on Heraldry, by W. Berry, Esq.-Thursdays, December 3, 10, and 17. Third Course.-Three Lectures on the History and Antiqui ties of Athens, by Robert Vaughan, D.D.-Thursdays, Dec. 31, and Jan. 7 and 14. Fourth Course.-Six Lectures on the Physiology of the External Senses, by Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R. S., Lecturer on Physiology at St. Thomas's Hospital.-Mondays, Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1,8, 15, and 22. Fifth Course.-Six Lectures on the Drama, by Thomas Jas. Serle, Esq.-Thursdays, Jan. 21, 28. Feb. 4, 11, 18, and 25. Sixth Course-Six Lectures on Music (Fourth Series), by Edward Taylor, Esq., Gresham Professor of Music.-Thurs days, March 4, 11, 18, and April 1,8, and 15. Seventh Course.-Four Lectures on Mineralogy, by James Tennant, Esq., F.G.S.-Mondays, March 8, 15, 22, and 29. Eighth Course-Six Lectures on Voltaic Electricity, by J. F. Daniell, Esq., F.R. S., Professor of Chemistry in Ki n g 's College, London. -Mondays, April 12, 19, 26, and May 3, 10, and 17. N. B. The Lectures will be uniformly commenced at Seven o'Clock in the Evening precisely. By order, EBR. TROTMAN, Assistant Secretary. On Tuesday, December Ist, in foolscap Svo., with Frontispiece and Vignette Title, beautifully engraved, from Designs by Geo. Jones, R. A., price ss. handsomely bound in fancy cloth, lettered, Vol. 11. of T HOMAS MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS, Collected and Edited by HIMSELF, with New Prefaces, &c. To be completed in Ten Monthly Volumes. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) atrer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES. • HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the next Distribution may re ceive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS-'ECTUS sod PARTICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DE LAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBIJRGH. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION, managed and guaranteed by the Austrian Government, contains TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £954,888, The Dividends being £15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 7,500 300 50 0 37 0 3,900 200 42 II 36 0 1,900 150 40 10 35 0 , 1,200 100 39 0 ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. THIS EVENING, NOV. 13, The entertainments will commence' with a Comedietta, entitled HOW TO RULE A WIFE! Due Aranza, Mr. Butler ; Juliana, Mr. H. Beverly. After which, Two Acts of ENGLISH ETIQUETTE. Mr. Handel Hibbs, Mr. Balls ; Achille Townsend, Mr. St. John Horton ; Miss Agatha Bloomington, Mrs. Garrick ; Peggy, Mrs. H. Beverley. To conclude with (considerably altered), THE ROMAN LADIES Cato, Mr. Tumour ; Papirius, Mr. S. Roxby ; Calrhurnia, Mrs. Garrick. Dress Boxes, U.—Olympian Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s —Gallery, ls. Ralf-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, Is. 6d ; Pit, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Mr. ELlAgoNt;eg;leiv; most respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSARD. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, NOV. 13.'" PART FIRST. Overture—La Muette de Portici—Auber. Valses—Le Bon Gout—Strauss. Overture—Semiramide—Rossini. Quadrille Militaire—Solo Cornet a Pistons, Herr Koenig, Solo Trombone, M. Dantonet—Musard. Grand Air from Guillaume Tell—Trombone Alto and Cornet a Pistons—Rossini. Solo Bassoon—Le Gout--Willent Bordogni. Locke's celebrated Music in Macbeth. PART SECOND. Solemnelle, Grar.d Overture and Triumphal March, composed fir the Musical Festival at Cologne (1832)—F. Hies. Cent Suisse—Quadrille, 11 S. Solo, Cornet a Pistons, Herr Koenig—Solo, Trombone, Mons. Dantonet—Musard. Fantasia Flute—Reminiscences of Herold—Herr Frisch. Overture—Freysehutz—C. M. von Weber. Quadrille—Reine Victoria—Musard. Galop Militaire—Trumpet obligato, Herr Muller.' Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. # Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will ter the fu ture be opened at the admission of Is. to each person. Doors .pen at half-past Seven o'Clock, to commence at Eight precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, No. 33, Old Bonds t, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. Prices, 10s. Is., and 1/. lls. 6d. Boxes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on application to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten till Four o'Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept during the whale of the evening, if required. PRINCE,SS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. THIS EVENING, NOV. 13.—PROGRAMME. Overtures--Neron, Chevy Cliase. Grand Fantasia from Mei erbeer's Opera, Les Huguenots. Haensel's Fantasia, introducing Solos for the principal Instru- ments. Trio—Two Violoncellos and Contra Basso. Solo on the Trombone by Mr. Holt. Quadrilles—Jack Sheppard, Astoria. Waltzes—Brandhsfen, R osenblatter. solo on the Clarinet, Herr Itjen. Duet, Ccrnet a Pistons—Mr. 11 1 I'Farlane and Mr. Keightly. Ts conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle Symphony, for which an addition has been made to the already numerous and efficient orchestra. Promenade, Is.—Dress Circle, 25.—Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Private Boxes, 1/. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE . Mr. Maywood in several popular Characters, and Second week of the astonishing Negro Melodist, Yankee Smith. THIS EVENING, NOV. 13, Will be acted the New Nautical Drama, entitled THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL dEORGE ; OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. Preceded by a Grand Pictorial and Scenic Induction, repre senting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the awful ca lamity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c. To be followed by the astonishing Negro Melodist, Yankee Smith, in a celebrated Extravaganza, called JIM ALONG JOSEY, _ _ In which he will introduce his Long Island Break Down,' .....-.. and also the Mississippi Melody, " Zipcoon." In this part of the performance, the extraordinary Picca ninny, Colman, will appear in the OlLt Kentuckian Grape Vine Twist. . _ . After which, LOVE A LA MODE. Sir Archy M'Sarcastn, Mr. Maywood. To conclude with CRAMMOND BRIG. MAP OF CHINA. AT WAR WITH CHINA-WHERE IS CHINA? VERY FEW CAN TELL. The Sun Newspaper will soon answer the question by publishing a Beautiful, Large, and Highly Correct MAP of CHINA, with a Complete History of that Extensive Empire, and its Singular People. THE MAP will nearly occupy a page of The Sun, It is got up under the special Superintendence of the celebrated Mr. JAMES WYLD, Geographer to her MAJESTY the QUEEN. It comprehends also a large portion of India, from the Mouths of the Ganges—the Islands in the Bay of Bengal— Birmali —Assam Thibet— Nepaul —Cochin China—Canton, and the immense Islands and Bays along the coast of China to PEKIN, situated One Hundred and Twenty Miles inland from the confines of the Yellow Sea. The next News from China is expected to be ex ceedingly interesting and decisive. The Island of CHUSAN, the first point of attack by the Expedition, commands the great Bay of Nankin, from which the Imperial Canal communicates with Pekin, the Capital of the Empire. Chusan is about half way between Canton and Pekin. ORDERS FOR " THE CHINA SUN " May be given to all Newsagents, or sent direct to the Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, where prompt attention will be paid to each communi cation in the order it is received, and the Paper duly forwarded. Parties sending Orders should write their Ad dresses distinctly, to prevent mistake. On former occasions several letters had been received wit out either Name or Address. The Price of the CHINA SUN will only be SIXPENCE, which can be sent by post FREE. N.B.—No EXTRA Charge to Regular Sub scribers, who will receive their Papers in the usual course. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov. 11, 1840. " MARSHAL VALES TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " Blida'', Nov. 2. " The expedition of Medeah has completely succeeded, Abd-el-Hader has not dared to oppose our march, and we have had no serious engagement. We have had 32 me n killed." " THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. " Toulon, Nov. 7. " A razzia has been executed on the 22d, with the greatest success, over the tribe of Beni Macomb (province of Oran). " Twenty men, women, and children have been taken, among whom were the wives of different chiefs, as also a much-venerated marabout. 943 bullocks, 2,600 sheep and goats, 60 horses, 3 camels, 40 mules, 300 donkeys, 20 complete saddles, arms, money, &c., fell into our power." A letter from Tripoli, of the Bth of October says:— " The greatest confusion prevails here. The Paella has ls%tely sent by sea about 300 soldiers to succour those of Misurata who were attacked by the Arab hordes of Abd el-Ghelil and Ghuma. A serious action took place in which the Livantines were defeated, 400 of them were left on the field of battle ; amongst whom were four superior officers. The Pacha on learning this disaster fell into a violent passion, and to avenge the death of his soldiers, immediately caused six Arabs to be shot— four of whom had been six months in prison, for no other reason but that they were born in a country which does not acknowledge his authority. The massacres in the prisons continue."—La Gazelle de France. The Lucca Journal of Nov. 2, publishes the following Account: "The Levant steam-boat arrived at Leghorn, on the 30th of October, and brought us letters from Constanti nople of the 18th, in which we remark the following im portant passage : The political horizon begins to clear up. The Porte has accepted the mediation of France to settle amicably the difference with Mehemet Ali. The Ambassador of France is at present on good terms with the Porte, and has continual conferences with Redschid Pacha, to bring the question to a pacific solution. In con. sequence of this people's minds begin to Le more easy, and peace is considered as certain and near at hand."—Le commerce. BO URSE.--PAnts, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price 112 ... 112 ... 111 ,0 ... 111 5,1 F r ench 5 per Cents 4 per Cents 96 75 ... 96 75 ... 9t3 75 ... 96 7 5 SO ..... 80 ... 79 50 ... 79 5 0 3 per Cents Hank of mince ! 1:1360 ...3370 ... 3345 ~. 3345 t i e i gia n Bank 945 ... 950 ... 910 ... 1/4 9 9 ',” ~. 99 .. SkN ... 99 . 5 ',er Cents ier Cents 69 25 ... (9 25 ... 69 15 ... 69 15 Spanish Active 23 ... 2311, ... ;23 ... 23 Passive 5% ... 5N ... 5 , ,i t ; ... 5 ,I t ', 104 ... 104 25 ... 104 ... ,04 25 Neapolitan 10J ... 100 •... 99.3( ... 99% Roman RAILWAY SHARES, St Germain Versailles, It, li 9OO ... 4' 0 ... 397 50 .., 307 50 L.B. Orleans .. 495 .., 407 50 ... 405 —.7495 S.rasnurg to Bate BELGIAN 1' UNDS—BuuasELs, Nor. IT, Actual Deot..2!„;, per Cent, It ,ithschild's 1...411, 5 per Culit ll7 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent B7 3 per Cent. —Thirty•seven------- •• ( 1944_ Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent rtJ Society of Conniwce, 4 ',, per Cent llO Bunk of Belgium, 5 per Cent... t-if National Society . Exchange on London (short) —b'russels Papers, Nov. 11. DUTCH FUNDS.—Asfs•refwAst, Nov. 10. Money. Bills. ictual Dstit, 214 per Cent :RR°, ditto 5 per cent. A mot t Syndic, , l},i per cent B7 'g 88 Milo, ditto, 34 peg cent 7 . .ey 7:1 Commercial Company, 4., Percent l6oy 161% Ditto (18.35 and 1837) 5 per cent. ....... Loan 1: . • , :i7, S per cont. Exchange on London, One month ll 97 1 4 Two months Dutch Papers, Nov. 11. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, Nov. 3 rive per Cents. Metalliques For per Cents Three twr Cents. Bank !shams —Allgoneine Zeilung, Nov. 8. The subjoined intelligence, Which we have rea son to believe is well-founded, although corning from a questionable source, copied from the columns of our old fashioned, garrulous Contem porary, the Morning Herald, now deep in the confidence of the Parisian and Newcastle Ur quhartites Lord Palmerston has. we understand, delivered his ultimatum to the new French Cabinet. If Mehemet Ali submits, without further delay, he will be secured Egypt hereditarily, and the Pachalic of St. Jean d'Acre, with the exception of the fortress, which is to be restored to the Porte. The Soult and Guizot Administration, it is expected, will accept these terms, and recommend an immediate submission to the Viceroy. M. St. Aulaire is, we understand, to be the new French Ambassador at our Court. We likewise are infcrmed that Austria and Prussia have delivered notes to the French Government, complaining formally of the large military preparations made by France, and announcing their intention, if these levies continue, to raise their establishments to a war footing. To which note the French Government has replied by giving every assurance that no further increase should be made to either the military or navtl force. The confirmation of this news will give great pleasure to every fr;end of peace in Europe. We repeat that we have good grounds for believing it to substantially correct. The author of " Sam Slick," alias Mr. Justice Haly burton, seems to be a person of good memory, and to be capable of using some of that information, acquired when in petticoats, which most men are apt to despise as the amusements of their childhood. For example, in " Peter Parley's Annual," published by Simpkin and Marshall, there is a story by Mary Howitt, drawn, of course, from an American source, called " Barzillai Bunker and the 'filler which narrates very pleasantly that the food of Barzillai's cattle was plundered nightly by a worthless neighbour ; that one night he detected him carrying off a truss of hay, to which Barzillai set fire unknown to the thief, who, thinking it had been kindled by fire from heaven, was scared out of his wits, and made a confession to the plundered Barzillai. Mr. Justice Halyburton, remembering this old story, which is said to have occurred near New Concord, in 1795, has put it into the mouth of SAM Slick, and it forms one of the most arousing, and not the shortest of the anecdotes told wi , h much gusto by the Clock maker in the volume just published. We can no more find fault with Mr. Justice Halyburton, than with Captain Marryat, for vamping up old stories, whether of the cockpit or the nursery, for the amusement of landsmen and grown children ; but it is somewhat pleastert to know that they have both largely borrowed from such sources, because it makes ordinary mortals look with less astonishment at the supposed boundless imagination of these men of genius. For the comfort of such, we take the liberty of stating that some portion of " Sam Slick " is borrowed from the books which our children read ; as many of the best things of Marryat's are old cockpit stories. PosT-OFercE.—Notice has been issued by tbe Post master-General, " that on and after the 20th instant, the commission charged on money-orders for transmis sion, will be reduced on sums not exceeding 21. from Gd. to 3d., and on sums above 2/. and not exceeding 51., from Is. Gd. to Gd." This is an excellent regula tion, for which the Post-office authorities deserve great credit. It will confer a great benefit on the middle and lower classes, and put a stop to the robbery of money letters, so long a disgrace to the establishment. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TWELVE O'CLO CK: LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.-1 he sales to-day are 3,000 bags at about yesterday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, Nov. 12.—Chester and Bir kenhead New Shares, debs. ; Grand Junction, 213 ; Great Western Half Shares, 484- ; Fifths, 84 ; London and Birmingham, 1651; Quarter Shares, 27; North Union, 73. (From the Singapore Free Press.) In our number of the 16th Nov. last we announced that the Dutch had captured Barns, and there was every pro bability of their soon taking the other two neighbouring ports to the southward. By the return of the brig Har riet to this harbour, we are enabled to acquaint our readers that Capoas and Sinkel have been conquered by the Dutch, after a struggle, in which 2,000 Achinese arc said to have been killed, with only a trifling loss on the part of the Dutch, who have since declared their new acqui sitions free ports for the next three years, with liberty to all nations to trade and settle there. Several hundred Chinese have already emigrated from Padang to Barns, Tapoas, and Sinkel, at each of which places the Dutch lava established opium, spirits, and other farms or mono polies. By the arrivals from Penang during the week vt e have received Penang Gazettes of the 23d May, from which wu notice with pleasure that our friends there are stirring themselves in the matter of the Dutch aggressions in Su matra. Private advices of the same date state that produce was generally declining. 'l'in had been sold as low as 15 30 dollars, latterly at 15 dollars. Sumatra Black Pepper had been sold at 5 dollars. Exchange on London 43, 101 to 4s. 10d. Money was very scarce. SIAM, —The Fairy has brought us letters during the week from Bankok, from which it appears that the rumours of our preparations against the Chinese had created sonic sensation there. Singapore Exchanges on London de dining—Navy Bills at 30 days' sight have been sold 4s. 6d., and private bills at six months' sight at 4s. 9d. (From the Bombay papers to the Ist of October.) " The order for the assembling of the army of observa tion upon Nepaul is out. The following corps to rendez vous at Mazufferpore-3d, Bth, 23d, 36th, 50th, 59th, 68th, and 73d Native Infantry, also a wing of the 2d Local Horse, and the Bth, 40th, and 41st Native Infantry, to hold themselves in readiness to move at a moment's notice. Her Majesty's 21st, 31st, and 62d are the Europeans to be employed, if the rascals do not come to terms. " A letter from Rangoon states that a fire broko out and destroyed 3 ,500 houses, the night after the coronation at Ameerapoora ; many lives were lost in the fire, or by water." We have received Demerara papers to the sth Oct.:— " The ship Captain, which arrived a day or two ago from Martinique, brings intelligence that all the war vessels and forts in that Island ware being equipped and victualled, in anticipation of a speedy outbreak of hcstilities. One of the first questions was on:landing, ' Have you heard nothing yet of the war between France and England.' " BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10. —The Dutch Funds, without their having much improved, were still firmer than yesterday. The Actions of the Society of Com merce improved I per cent, and the Integrales were buoyant. Half-past Four o'Clock. Integrales, ; Bills of Exchange, 22 1-16 ; Society of Commerce, 1611. CAIVIBRIDGE ELECTION OF HIGH STEWARD,-(BY EXPRESS.) FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL—THIS DA The polling commenced this morning at e ight o'clock, but it was carried on very languidly , and up to nine o'clock not more than sixty fresh vo tes were polled. at that hour the numbers were as follow: Lord Lyndhurst .................... 961 Lord Lyttelton ..................... 479 Majority ......... . .............. --482 At half-past nine o'clock, his Grace the Bishop uf to coin entered the Senate House, ac companied byb Lou L:.ndmliAt tenurst, and he recorded his vote for that No leman aid trem o'clock theendous cheepo rin ll closed. The numbers were, as follow : Lord Lyndhurst. ...................... 973 Lord Lyttleton ...................... 487 Majority for Lord Lyndhurst The proceedings then ended. TILE FUNDS. Consols wiiich left off at S9l both for Money and Time, opened this morning at 88i for the Account, with a buoyant market, owing to a report that Lord Pnl merston bad delivered his ultimatum to the new French Cabinet, and it was expected that the Soult and Guizot Administration would accept of the terms ; that is, if Me hemet Ali submits without further delay, he will be se cured Egypt hereditarily, and the Pachalic of St. Jean de Acre, with the exception of the fortress. Exchequer Bills, par, 2 prem. ; India Stock, 236 238 ; Bank Stock, 159 160. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has taken a start, and improved from 22i a to 231 ; Deferred 1 ; Pas. sive 5i ; Portuguese left off 36. E 1, improved to 371; Three per Cents., 231; Colombian, 2541; Mexican, 291 ; Chilian, 55 60 ; Brazilian, 73 75 ; Dutch Two•and- a- Half per Cents. sq-1 ; Five per Cents. 99g. SHARES.—Great Western Railway, 20 22 prem. ; Lon. don and Brighton, 12,- 12 dis. ; Blackwall, 5 4i dis.; Birmingham, 74 76 prem. ; Southampton, 52 53 per share ; Croydon, 114 a per share; Greenwich, 6 7 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 12 10 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby WO . . 68 Birmingham and Gloucester 90 great Western London and Brighton London and South Western 3Si .53 ...... to Alanchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Midland Counties Ditto i Shares North Midland Ditto New fork and North Midland ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland 25 . .. 44 Union of Australia.. HALF-PAST ONE. Extract of a Letter from on board the Madagascar steamer. Capsingmoon Bay (China), June 18. " I write a few hasty lines to say that we arrived here, being the first of the fleet who sailed from Singapore two days before us, but we are now hourly expecting them. The arrival of the steamer excited great sensation among the Chinese, and they were quite astonished when the vessel was under way, steaming in. The nu merous boats here in the water veil) crowded to ex cess with men, women, and children, to have a sight of the fire-ship, as they call us. The Mandarins sent some fire-ships down among the sips, which did not cause any damage, and we expect another batch down shortly. From information obtained here, there are are some more be . nl prepared. The Chinese at this place supply us with bul locks, fo.vls, and ducks. Upon the whole, we are not so badly off. There are several other vessels here, opium smugglers; and upon the east coast ten or eleven more. Tae drug is in great demand, selling upon the coast from 600 t) 800 dollars per chest. The Chinese smug :ling boats come here and purchase opium at all risks. They are fortifying the Bogue. It is reported here that they are willing to pay for the opium seized by Commis,ioner Lin ; but this is mere report. Matters are now daily coming to a nearer crisis." Cot sols at present are a shade lower than in the morn ing, 891 for the Account ; Money, 39i ; Exchequer Bills, 3 prem., par, 2 prem. ; India Bonds, 13 10 dis. ; Bank Stock, 159 k 163. In the foreign Market Spa nish Active 371' ; has improved 1 per cent. ; at present 24 ; Portuguese Dutch, Three per i ; Cents., 231 ; Colombian , 251 i; Mexican, 29 Five per Cents. receded from 99 to m 98f. Shares rather better. Birmingha and Derby, 68 Birmingham and Gloucester, 66 63 ; Great Western, 861 ; London and Brighton 27,'-; South Western 534 Mid land Counties Quarter Shares 9 ;:North Midland 73 ; New 37; South Eastern and Dover 68. „HVENIN:.6. .01)1.11(04. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS P The COURT took the special paper this 1110111ing. cases argued were not of any public interest. .MP•M=I.MMW BAIL COURT.-(THIS DA .11P" (Before Mr. Justice ParrEsoN.) , SCOTT V. VAN SANDAL'. Mr. RicnAhns, on behalf of the defendant in t his eal e applied to the Court to revoke his submission to en s rbi ‘ t f iation. It appeared that the action had been brought as. ar back as the ycrr 1838, and on the 19th June in th s ' year Mr. Justice Coleridge had orde ed a commission to issue . to examine witnesses in Scotland upon interrogat% r i les, at the same time ordering that the defendant Sb°,%. l a a n y d eproper notice of the sittings of the said COrninissitc: have power to cross-examine the witnesses upon I g terrogatories. The defendant's affidavit set forth Oil such a commission did issue, but that the clef e . nc i al P instead not proper notice, and that the commissior: h teenaddanotf to et returned to the Judge' s chart:ll3t h; upon def oath, as it ought to have been, so as to enable t . . was kept i by inv a a su li r d e . s. co T n h t e he affi tr d ia a l vi a t t also set . forthnse. ratio get o ffi ce copies before the trial, the plaintiff in his own possession, and that it was full re. gularities, which the Learned 'Con l contended insaer, nisi prius c oin . A ssibility of the Chief Justice, these points as to the autarinud, but at the evidence under the commission je, were r e s_ ai referre d to , suggestion of the Chief the case was o nly 0 arbitration, the arbitrator to have the li ad Br est tbe Judge at Nisi Prius. The arbitrator ti had stated he doubts as to the admissibility of the. evidence un de b r i c . commission, but that he should acanit it, and any ° ;on mentioneniacd lions that he deemed important he should the face of his award. Now he (Mr. Richards) ° u n i t e, was other i.r it that the arbitrator had no power to adminitgthOanto7ortt not legal evidence, and that some 0105 t imP lig ° f objections might be made, which the arbitrator thinitdi to o no consequence might not notice, and if they Wa : i A te , by it. he gave his award they would be ' bound to al) , " ' an Besides the admission ' of the evidence would les d t g IA enormous usess expense, which , if it were not legal, would it, eachl. . of attended with m e e a t r i i e g g: p t . : l ;d st least 151 On these grounds he founded h is f Mr. Justice PATTESON said the a lication W i r 11 0 , P ola ectly novel one ; but under all . pp ces -(3' 0 the circumstan grant a rule nisi. ------. nA Y ) -- -------- ------- COIVIYION PLEA S.,(THIS --- . moo. gr. This was an actio (Sittings in Banco.) P a ßl b E r S e T u L g Y ht V. to F o d L e tKeEr. mine 11,th 11113" Aire and the construction of the Act of Incorporation, th e r $ Calder Canal Lompany were bound to keep in repaLlich sewer in the parish of Whitby. The argument' which and the Court ruled that the Company was •morn ing was strictly technical, occupied the whole of• the . _... the sewer in good repair. 1•1•••1313.21 . - n A Y. EXCHEQUER COURT— THISA,— The COURT took motions this morning, which were matters of course. nsel st In consequence of the continued absence of Coo. hi Cambridge it waa found impossible to proceed with t o the Court TO cases in the new trial paper n uontly at half-past eleven o'clock. ' c° seq bound to Kew ~1........e.t1Ym11......11.N111MN• --- ______. THE MARKETS.— ( PAY') .. CORN EXCHANGE• but o f The supplies of English Grain ha ve been stn T hine Oats from Ireland there was another good quantt a ty.. cie io has been very little disposition to p urchase any li l a , tot the Corn trade since Monday, and prices remt± m !, ll .., tro la stated, with a firm trade for good Oats. The I'" still very heavy. SMITHFIELD MARKET. 5 74. Beasts, 464 ; Sheep, 2,710 ; Pigs. 457 Cal ve 'v e st, Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 55 ' ; very 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to 53. The supply 11 ,, r , at short, and the trade dull, there being but few bOrfizca market. Good Calves were in demand, and fu ll y re in the above quotations. Small Porkers were tatic b quest. Other descriptions went off slowly. COLONIAL MARKET. There was only a limited business transacted pri/atefl os i but prices underwent little variation , the quantity Of 1 3.-# duce for sale being light. The arrivals were small 100 most parts. TEA MARKET. Holders requiring higher rates checked business at t b : large public sales of Free Trade ; and the principal P it ' offered was taken. TALLOW MARKET. There was little variation in the value of Russia° 1 ; 1 1 ; low, but the demand was limited both on the spo t an arrive. BRUSSELS and GEKMAN PAP 'Nessus, Nov. ll.—Prince Esterhazy, the A u e l: Ambassador to the Court of London, arrived at Br u te. at one o'clock yesterday, with his Secretary and a et,llo-ica roils suite. The Chamber of Representative s floe e;Lati, for its President M. Fallon, and for Vice-o . ° i ere Messrs. Dubus, sett. and De Behr. We shall reeeiveoce long the account of very great losses at sea, ir, COD of the late storms. fre e FRON TIERS OF POLAND, OCT. 31.'"--ACCOUIItS erficat Odessa . of the 19th positively contradict the state army given by several Journals, that two divisions of t h ve sdl assembled in the ports of the Black Sea, hav e i hat f° ll been conveyed to Asia Minor. It is, indeed, true t the some weeks everything was in readinest to ernh a a h er. given tr()olj en s i i g r a i th t h o e a rd ni e t m o e b n e t's ce n r ° t l in e i t h n a a t y ;h t e h v a e t s t s h e e l s wou ld l ee , last anchor fo r e t b n i i t g li it the t tbe s s h t o a r te te o st f t t p l i o n s; s b , l ° cen t :e l be e w to tti w ii far altered, that so hasty an embarkation aalanrdl.B:s;:g:bi: though l u.ce o ghla n i hri g msm e tiha r oyeab t e i zge o urrt u s g saaei ht necessary, perhaps not P e6s4 The e e ' regiments have returned to their quarters. e c!e. to tpas:u disappointment)er officers e nfl s ide s eer o r f st h t l ae t e r ei ttt oe Allies v oewpoolti. c e ; ftu S i Y hainitobe l lcl N .eoaroi s i s hrd t ( a e..01 11 : i ° ioa f has merely abandoned the sea coast, as n°t ca in , he tt fence, and that as soon as the bad s eason se t° Ou beengro u ground sent it fromis sa i e t that t ol of r o g l collect his whole force for offensive operati°l;„ Turkish frontiers, to be rea dy, in et " e 0f o thers neecit:bili t• -k e ‘ vance into the interior of Asia Minor ; . r." that the reason why the twelve thousand 11 1 . 1 5. 513 , 00 Pot are to be encamped between Scutari and Ism:el,. " in the ir been embarked to Asia Minor is, that the Frene" ca ses jealousy of the Russians mi ht declare this to o h,e; re e is s us to maintain. The policy of &Ili, and thus lead to a breach of the peace nt eel!: etoboßdaiethsul)nfi tar:(l°P'Poti, Dear thdd.: which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg!' is at P,rs c il e . t hat ght of he r jests i s i a l y t , h s e h E e adsote,sbnuottfor rathera ruvio,aniitestrZitufbolsorisaaeissipacitlf,,cr pro, tunity to carry them into effect, than to risk a r breach with the powers of Western Europe, favonra S DAY' ) LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THI— • - hod LONDON, Nov. 13.—1 t commenced blowing he ra. Y er igil er last night at about 11 .m., and increa sed tea and continued throughout the greater part of t s l 7in d ing, accompanied with heavy falls of ra in. A c lo ud day at noon, fresh breezes from S. to S.W.,ap gar DEAL, Nov. 12.—Wind W. S. W.—Sailed t°,,erettoti,' flower. Hedley, for Hobart Town ; Gladiator, :6000' New York, with near!) , the whole of the outwit'. Sottlit Put back the Lady Kinnear, for Sydney, Se's: ger WalesCarshalton Park, Jica. A the LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12.—Wind ama S. w.— Arrive", Salle lance, Browning, from Savannah and St. T hoina' sur er e': the Joseph Winter, Hodgson, for Mauritius ; d b o c Murray, Monte Video ; Themis, Le Bas, ditto; ~..iereirtg' ; Demerara Zante, Masters, Tampico; Samuel Sirpr Mobile ; Grace Brown, Duff, Baltimore; Gest"l;traelt" son, Havannah ; Fanny, Sloane, Charleston; Webster, New Yoik. Sail ed br PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 12.—Wind H. to S. --•"'" Qat- C ' Montreal, Grilling, for New York. Off port, th e ebard, from New Yotk , sailed 23 d ult. Iles , f ro 1° El HASTINGS, Nov. 12 —Arrived off , th e JohnWre Demerara. go er° ' PooLE, Nov. 1 2 .—Arrived the Ol ive Branch, J . " from Newfoundland. Tortnav, Nov. 11.—Sailed the Miranda, Antigua; Favourite, Arriens, New Orleans. Argyle' PLY NIL UTE!, Nov. 12.—Wind N. W.—Sai led the sierra Hov er, Gatenby, for Sydney ; Lady Fitzherbcrt, Leone ; Kerswell, Gorer. Demerara. l3 Sit: YARMOUTH, ISI.E O from Lond F WIGHT, Nov. 12.---The si r chier Wrey, Stokes, on to Lisbon, wa 6 11 to rte from her anchors in Lymington Road s during , r i e ert,s" gale Gth inst., to the high part of the mud ill tueitioat• and remains, and it is expected roust discharge to 0_ ttrir!' a ' Sumi.os, Nov. 11.—. The Victoria, Hill , bound to _ o r 0 port, while proceeding to sea got on the sand, but , off the following tide, and will proceed. ic M r *- --. Salt ed FALMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind W. to W. '•`• the packet Stirling, for the Cape of Good Hope. oitr• ' Beis - rol,, Nov. 12.—A r rived the Hear t of Oak'seaithP risme from Quebec , D yer, tk, ... a • Anne Trinidad. Qu ebe° 4 l l MARY PORT, NOV. 11—Arrived Indian, Fearon, orotare CORE, Nov. 10.—Arrived the An n Erni-acre!' ; from Dalhousie, with loss of deck - lo ed, boats, 00%,,ick. Thomas Hanford, Veale, St. Andrews, New Pros / Is 00 0 0 PRINCE DE JOINVILLE.—The frig ate ? hie t arrived at Toulon, from Bourbon, on the sth inst._ whic h vessel left St. Helena on the 21st of September The date th e Belle Pottle had not reached the Island'__.olo, prep-rations ashore for embarking the remains of Is , P were nearly terminated. their scat l in Suffolk. d anti Lady lienellesham ha ve left tor/.0 far 1 ! • ..-