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S. New Burlington-street. ST. ROCHE. A ROMANCE. From the GER MAN. Edited by JAMES MORIER, Esq., Author of "Raja Debt'," " Zehrab," s' Ayesha," Sec., will be published on the 27th Instant. + e • Orders should be forwarded immediately to the booksellers, to Prevent disappointment. WAGHORN and CO. beg to announce that their Firms >Y Zngland, India, ke will CEASE on the 24th Deeeneber nest, the Peninsular and Oriental Calumny baying e .per aeded Shear Overland Pared beldam. ALr. Wee:Lena makes this an nouncement bo the Pablo with the deepest regret, after having opened the Overland route, and after twenty years' servise for their ad veatage. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS KVENING Will be Preselatfla a new and original Play, called THE HEART AND WORLD. Sir George Hallerton, Bart., Mr. Brindal ; Osborne, ?dr. A. Wigan ; Thornton, Mr. Howe ; Vivian Temple Mr. Creswic.t ; Walter Ashbrook, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Transit, Mr. Gough; Laura Hallerton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Delmar, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Florence Delmar, Miss Helen Faucit ; Lady Parabout, Mrs. Stanley ; Miss Parabout, Miss E. Meesent After which, a New and Original Farce. called WHO'S Kt HUS BAND ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury ; Toot:es, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophouisba Mull, Mrs. E. 5. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with the comic) Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, J. Bland, W. Saner. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Humby, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. and Miss Woulds. Stage Manager, Mr. Farrell; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ; Pit, 7e. ; Gallery, 2a. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Dean open at ftalf-past Six. Performance to sommense at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. under the direction of Madame Celeste. Tins EVENING -vnu be perfbrmed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN USBES ;or, A Hundred Years Age. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell; Madame St. Aubert, Madams Celeste; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool • pr. To conclude with the Burlesque, entitled TAMING A TARTAR. Count Cracovieninski, Mr. Worrell ; Kickerwhiski, Mr. Paul Bed ford ; Masourki, Mr. Wright ; Ivan, Mr. Munyard ; Monsieur Cou pes, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Strelenski, Mr. Cullenford ; Countess Craco vieninglk4 Min Woolgar ; Mazourka, Madame Celeste. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at flail--pest Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Maaagemeat of Madams Yestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new Farce, called LIGHT DRAGOONS. Lord Alfred Martingale Mr. Charles Mathews ; Albany Lovelorn, Mr. Roxby ; Dr. R hatany, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Crowsfoot, Mrs. C. Jones; Matilda, Miss Howard. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Enckstone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Panel.; Miss H. Gilbert, 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, h. ; Pit, 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 Slx. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSHMAN , THIS EVENING - Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Macready ; Horatio, Mr. C. Fisher; Ghost, Mr. Cooper; Ophelia, Miss Susan Cush= After which, a new Piece, called A ROM SCE OF THE RHINE. Ilbaracters by Messrs. James V ning, Palmer, Neville, Compton, Miss Emma Stanley, and Miss Villars. To conclude with the Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Courtney, J. Vining, S. Cowell, C. Fisher, Wynn, Palmer, Stacey ; Miss Emma Stanley, Miss Villars, Mrs Fesbroke„ Miss Somers, and Miss Taylor. Drees Circle, 5+.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. • ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No.), Erehige-terrace,Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING. October 25, 1847. the performances will eminence with the celebrated Opera o THE ZNCHANTRESS Duke D'Aqul*a, Mr. H. Horncastle Don Sslvia, Mr. W. Harri son ; Ramir, Mr. Borrani . Stella, Miss Romer. To concliide with Mr. Bunn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S IF. Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Smith, Mr. ()cherry ;W MEr. Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. H. Hughes (her first appearance these lye years) ; Mrs. Smith, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. R. Hughes.—Stage Director, Mr. 3. Ellis. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the principal Librarians ; and at the Box-otlize of the Theatre, which is spew daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA TIIEATRE. 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, ts. ; Halt-price, Gd.; rit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Doors open affix, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Pr.vrletor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES Entirely new Scenes In the Arena, by the talented Arti.tcs of the ,stabliihment. in tl.c various modes or equestration. To conclude with the Ballet, NORAH, THE PRIDE OF KIE DARE. _ _ _ Bet-office open from II till 5. leting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West, lit WEATHER.—Stn; OFFICE, ()CT. 24. Timm ,stETEtt, Lowest, 39; Highest. 55 ; Neon. 52 BAROXICTER, 29.73.—W1ND S.S.W.; dull weather. OCTOBER 25. Titaßmomm-ran, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 47 BARODUCTEB, 30.08.—WIND W.; fine. , 1-0• Wk7l4. AT LONDON-ItItItqo• I,AY. Morninz.. 13 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 33 - lomat.' I,te , 2 ‘•+ J ir ail y . S 4r - - ' 011ta LONDON, MONDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1847. The accounts from all parts of the country are still gloomy in the extreme, still an urgent demand for money continues throughout the length and breadth of the land ; the public funds and every de scription of security and property are still sadly depreciated; and if sales can be effected, or loans obtained, they are limited in amount, and the parties obtaining money must submit to the most serious, it not absolutely ruinous, losses. But even this—fearful as it undoubtedly is, and heartrending as it must he to the sufferers to see the fortunes they have ac quired during a long course of upright and honour able conduct, swept away ; to be reduced from compe tence to poverty, and perhaps even to have their characters impeached, and suspicion for the first time insinuated against their integrity—is by no means the worst feature of the present financial crisis. Banks possessed of large paid - -up capitals, with numerous and wealthy shareholders, whose entire properties of every description are responsible for the full liquidation of every demand, have b een compelled to suspend payment, not from any doubts being entertained of their solvency or stability, or Of the positive certainty of every fair claim being fully satisfied, but simply because they are unable to obtain the usual facilities for carrying on their business. The Bank of England, from the undue restrictions imposed on its circulation by the Act of 1844, is un able to render the assistance it would otherwise most willingly afford. From a perfect knowledge of the causes of the present emergency, and that gold is not wanted to be exported from the country, which the present favourable state of the exchanges— the large orders for our manufactures from every quarter of the globe, and the bountiful and abundant harvest now gathered in for the food of the people, rendering them comparatively independent of supplies from other lands—makes perfectly cer tain, the directors are aware, that they could extend their issues with the most perfect safety, and without in the slightest degree endangering the con vertibility of every note, in accordance with the terms of the Act of 1819. They know that such an exten sion would immediately restore the public confidence, and if it would not altcgether remove, would greatly mitigate the evil; and yet by that insane and fatal law ani theyfl are prevented from using the same weapons th esame course that preserved the coounotwriynln 18 25,under circumstances of far greater real danger. Accordingly,they have been compelled to suffer the t s oppage of bank after bank, without the power of p a o v o rti t t h ig the calamity. The Royal Bank o f Li ver Company, the U n i on Bank 0 ; N. Liverpool Banking ewcastle, have in turn suspended payments, and , this list is this day increased e b regret to say that South Wales Bank, which, it is said, thehasNorth and obliged for a time to bend to the storm. lh also been ward events, in addition to the causes by which were occasioned, have compelled many ofo ur they eminent mercantile houses to adopt a similar course, Highly Highly respectable millowners, although there is no ; want of demand for their manufactures, are in like manner compelled to suspend, or greatly to diminish, the working of their factories. Operatives are thus thrown out of employment, and, from obtaining their livelihood by their own honest industry, are driven to the workhouses, to consume, i n pfac#s of increasing, the resources -of the country The petty traders, and every contributor to the poor-rate, are thus affected ; and there are none who are not exposed to the greatest losses, except the money lendere, who increase their profits in pro portion to the exigencies of the country; and all this is occasioned while nearly nve and a half millions of bullion are lying idly in the issue department of the Bank, not a single sovereign of which could be withdrawn under the present system, were it to Preserve the credit of the country, although, for all practicable purposes, the boxes might as well be filled with any species of rubbish—the 3,070,0001. sterling of bullion in the banking department being the only portion of the treasure over which the directors have any real control. It is, however, to be hoped that the Government are at length awakened to the extreme urgency of the case, and that, even before the great majority of our readers can peruse these statements, some an nouncement will be made ealaulated to remove the panic. The laissez faire policy of Sir CHARLES WOOD must be abandoned. The apathetic Chancellor of the Exchequer must yield to his more energetic col leagues. On Saturday a deputation consisting of some of the must eminent London bankers, including Messrs. MASTERMAN, GLYN, ABEL SMITH, BEVAN, BARNETT, and others, waited upon the Premier, at his official residence, and adding the weight of their authority to the other remonstrances that have already been addressed to the Govern ment, urged the absolute necessity of some re lief being afforded by the temporary suspension of the Bank Charter Act. It would be impossible to disregard a warning from such a quarter, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who was much struck by the repre sentation, and who, we believe, if unfettered by the doubts and hesitation of his Financial Minister, would act promptly, vigorously, and efficiently, promised to bring the matter under the consideration of the Cabinet Council, then about to sit, and to return an answer to the deputation this day. Even in this day's publication we trust that we may be enabled to communicate the glad tidings that something is at length to be done, that a further issue of Bank paper will be authorised forthwith, and that Parliament will speedily be called together to deliberate upon the measures that may be essential to the restoration of England's prosperity, and the maintenance of the national credit. Meanwhile the people are not idle. A numerous and influential meeting took place at Birmingham on Friday evening, at which a memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury was adopted, by an overwhelming majority, in which it is boldly stated that "it is the madness of the law and the crime of the Legislature, and not the specu lative spirit of the people, that have produced the ruin that now affects the country." They also show " that the main principle of the Act of 1844 is alto gether erroneous, and cannot be carried out in its integrity without producing consequences too terrible to be contemplated ;" the principle referred to being that " which makes the foreign exchanges the regulator of our internal circu lation." This memorial is to be presented by a de putation of straightforward, plain-speaking men, who are by no means disposed to withhold a clear and full exposition of the causes of the present emergency, which the memorialists appear to be thoroughly acquainted with. The bankers and merchants of Liverpool, indignant at the total failure of the representations made by their deputa tion, and at the decision of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to hold out no hope, but to let matters take their course, have signed a requisition to their chief magistrate to convene a meeting, in order to petition her MAJESTY to sum mon the Legislature to meet for the pur pose of deliberating on the alarming condi tion of the country, and of devising measures for restoring confidence." Such demonstrations must have their effect. It is necessary for the people to show that they are not insensible to the evils now afflicting the nation. They should assemble together in every part of the country, and if the example of Birmingham, of Liverpool, and of Newcastle is generally followed, ere many months we shall be enabled to congratulate our countrymen on the adop tion of a new monetary code, under which we may hope for permanent prosperity for our afflicted land. Since the above was written, we have heard the result of the application of the deputation to which we have already alluded. The Bank are to be authorised to issue such sums as may be necessary, at a minimum rate of 8 per cent. diwount. This concession will, we doubt not, have the most valuable effect, and will induce those who have hoarded their money to bring it into circulation again—that it will, as in 1793, in a great degree, supersede the necessity for the relief by the almost instantaneous restoration or mercantile connaence. It is, however, at best but a temporary expedient, and the Legislature itself can alone afford a per manent cure ; we therefore must again express our hope that Parliament may be immediately sum moned. While the Imperial Parliament is sitting, but little opportunity occurs for the consideration of such matters as are not immediately connected with the circumstances of our internal legislation, or the casualties of international relationship. It is, there fore, by no means unadvisable to direct public atten rion to other events by which popular rights or municipal immunities are jeopardised during the temporary lull of a vacation, or the preparatory quiescence anterior to the assembling of a new House of &.presentatives. Now that the autumnal quarter of 1847 is approaching its completion, it especially correct that the journalist should endea vour to revive in the recollection of the community and authorities one of those petty grievances which transpired during the past summer in one of the most sequestered localities in the United Kingdom. The grievance to which we allude, although petty in the selfishness in which it originated, is nevertheless of no inconsiderable importance, in as far as it is a direct infringement of the rights of high way, and a procee3ing such as would scarcely have been tolerated during the darkest periods of feudality. Those who may have recently adventured, either as tourists, like Dr. SYNTAX in search of the Picturesque and Beautiful, or as botanical disciples of LINNXUS, or as geological emulators of Aluacutsox, or as artistic copyists of STANFIELD, to explore the ac clivities of Ben-11uich-Dhui, or to loiter by the " wimpling burnies " of Glen Tilt, will readily comprehend that we refer to nothing less than the closing of a servitude road through the latter by his Grace the Duke of ATIIOL, and the establishment of a cordon of keepers around the skirts of the former by his Grace the Duke of LEEDS. How far this constitutes a violation of an immemorial prerogative, appertaining not merely to clansmen familiar with the neighbourhood, but likewise to such wanderers as have never before smelt the bloom of the heather or sipped the nectar of the genuine usquebaugh, all the population of the " land o' cakes," " Frae Maiden Kirk to John o' Groat's," can testify. Never within the recollection of topo grapher has a more wanton, or more unwarrantable, proceeding, brought the proverbial hospitality of Caledonia into discredit. But, for the extenuation of Scottish liberality, it must be remembered that one of the ducal delinquents is an English nobleman, who retains possession of the Mar estates merely as lessee under the Earl of Firs. The circumstances of this unprecedented inter ference with the popular rights of transit are already so notorious as to require no detailed reiteration. And it is almost superfluous to remark, that these impediments have been raised solely through an incom prehensible and most discreditable churlishness, under the shallow and insufficient pretext of preventing the disturbance of the red-deer and enhancing the en joyment of sportsmen. That such precautionary measures are preposterous in such districts as Glen . lui-heg, all practised deer-stalkors will acknowledge. That they are altogether unem'surable, the tourist will protest with a vengeance. That they are in no man ner to be justified or persisted in with impunity, the jurisconsult will more than insinuate. The proceed ing is as w h o l ly without palliati on as it i s w i t h out !ustice or authority. LThe RED livic himself—en thusiastic as was Ills parti a lit y f or the chase, and addicted as he wa s to restfict th e pr i v i leges of his villein s , w i t h all the sway of an irresp ons ibl e fuedal lord—WrwAso Rots N himself, when he i that the ewt Forest s h ou ld never be encroached upon by maso n or agriculturist, did not innroahe a more flagrant mark-ner set at d e fi ance the inalienable vileges of the peopl e . pri- Having ;submitted to the impertinences of the hirelings of his Grace of LZEDS during the past July, August, anti September, we would earnestly com mend all excurtionists during the summer of 1843, who may be desirous to tread the pinnacle of the loftiest mountain in these islands— Ben-:4ich-Dhu.i..—to buckle their loin 6 in by another THE SUN, LONDON, perforation, on reaching the station of Braemar, and to set out, best leg forward, stick in hand, wallet on back, chibouke in mouth, straight ahead—as straight at least as convenience will suggest—towards the summit of that famous acclivity. Are the keepers importunate ? Let the wayfarer proceed on wards at a brisker pace, as dumb and as passion less as Death, Do the guardians of the path way become insolent or outrageous? Budge not the length of one barleycorn backwards, but—on I like a blithe pedestrian. Does the Duke himself start forth from the wayside, like CURISTOPREIL NORTH "in his shooting-jacket ?" On still—unmoved by threats, unseduced by remonstrances, deaf to all expostulation. Is there an assault ? There is the compensation of a bit of blackthorn or of the moneys mulcted in damages. Is there a chase ? Let the tourist avail himself of the start and oxygenise his blood by a scamper—over the burns, down the corries, across the glens, skirting the lochs, up the hill-side, if he be nimble of foot, until he reach the top of Ben-iluich-Dhui, when he may refresh himself with a refection, and laugh to scorn the impertinence of his pursuers. All this he may do without peril of prosecution or annoy ance, for—be this remembered as the motto of all future tourists to Glen-lui-beg—The law makes no provision for trespass upon waste lands or uncultivated moors. It is said that intelligence has been received from Constantinople to the effect "that the Divan was not satisfied with prohibiting the Greek vessels from carrying on the coasting trade, and that it had ordered them to quit the harbours of the Ottoman Empire with as little delay as possible ; that the French Ambassador had applied to the Divan to stay the execution of this last measure, but it was thought that the Porte would pay no attention to the desire manifested by the representative of France, who meets with no countenance from the Ambassadors of the other Powers." The Pore published a decree, consisting of seven chapters and 56 articles, by which he constitutes a Council of State. The introduction is as follows : " When, by our circular of the 19th April last, we announced our desire to choose and call to Rome re commendable persons from each province of the Pon tifical State, our intention was to form a Council of State, and thus to enrich the Pontifical Govern ment with an institution which, if it be at present in existence in connexion with other European Govern ments, was not less in other times the glory of the States of the Holy See. We are persuaded that, when the co-operation of the enlightenment and the experience of the persons honoured with the suffrages of entire provinces shall come to us in aid, it will be more easy for us to take vigorously in hand the public administration, and to give it a character of utility, which is the object of our solicitude. That is an object which we are sure to attain, since to our fully decided determination is allied the moderation of the people's minds, which permits the fruit of seed al ready sown to be gathered. We shall thus make known to the whole world, either by the organ of the voice, or by the press, or by our conduct, that a population, in spired by religion, devoted to its Prince, and gifted with good sense, knows how to appreciate a political benefit, and to express its gratitude with a spirit of order and moderation. That is the only price which we demand in recompense of our constant care for the public welfare, and we flatter ourselves that we shall obtain it. Confiding in the aid of Divine Providence, and desiring that our sovereign resolutions shall be executed of our own motion, in full knowledge of the cause, and with our supreme authority, we have ordained and do ordain what follows." (Here come the articles.) The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Tus accoMpanied by the Hereditary Prince, made their solemn entry into Lucca on the 14th instant. The civil and military authorities, and the entire po pulation, went out to meet them at some distance from the town. The Grand Duke caused 12,000 f. to be distributed amongst the poor, and all the articles pawned at the Monte Pio for less than 4f. to be re stored free to their owners. A letter from Leghorn of the 17th says—" You are already aware of the annexation of the Duchy of Lucca to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany; but what is not generally noticed is, that in virtue of the treaty )f Vienna, the little province of Lunigiana is to be separated from Tuscany, to pass under the adminis tration of the Duke of MoDENA. At the news of the annexation, this unfortunate province sent a depu • ,„#;„. M thp Grand Duke with tho i+ , supplicating him to relieve it from this denationalisation. The people of Leghorn, sympathising in the grief of their brethren, yesterdaydrew up a petition, demanding from the Grand Duke that the province of Lunigiana should not be separated from his states, showing forth the numerous and important services which it rendered to the republic in 1450 and 1477, and par ticularly to the Grand Duke FERDINAND H. in 1650. This petition, which bears more than 20,000 signa tures, announces that the inhabitants of Lunigiana are ready to repel by force every invasion by a frontier country, not connected with Tuscany. They appear disposed to abandon the natal soil en masse rather than submit to the Government of the Duke of MODENA. The following remarkable words ter ,ainate the petition of the Leghorn people The inhabitants of this city offer your Royal Highness all their goods and possessions to preserve to Tuscany the province of Lunigiana; and in the same way as they will be always ready to shed their blood for your defence, they are ready to give up their fortune to redeem, if necessary, their brethren.'" The state of affairs in Naples is very unsatis factory. The KING still continues his career of quivocation and double dealing, and the people are getting angry and impatient. A revolution is con sidered as inevitable. The Count DE BRESSON passed through Florence on the 13th, on his way to Naples. During his short stay in Florence, N. DR BRESSON had a private audience of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, and was afterwards received by the Grand Duchess. The Vapore of Lucca, informs us, that on the publication of the decree of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY abolishing the punishment of death, the people broke into the prison where the guillotine was kept, and having carried that instrument to the public square, set fire to it, while the bells of the town rang a merry peal. Madrid Papers of the 16th and 17th have arrived. The Gageta of the 16th publishes a royal decree, stating that the Government, considering itself suffi ciently strong to be tolerant, had directed that all pending prosecutions against the press instituted by the Crown officers should be quashed. The KING and the QUEEN had appeared together in public, and had visited the Duchess of Sass, the KING'S sister. Don FRA.NCISCO DE PAULA has received permission to return to Madrid. On the 15th a deputation of Catalonia manufac turers was received by NARVAEZ, who assured them that he would submit the cotton question to the Cortes, with a view to protect the home manufactures, and that he would neglect no legal means of advanc ing trade. Mr. BULWER and the Duke of GLUCKSBURON had each a private audience of the QUEEN on the 16th. MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 16.—The Three per Cents. closed at 271, at 50 days ; the Five per Cents. at 17 for paper; the Debt without Interest, at 51; and the Coupons, at 13k. .Mfer the usual hour of busi ness the Three per Cents. were done at 26f 9-16, for cash; and the Five per Cents. at 16i, for paper. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. On Monday the railway from Creil to Compeigne, a section of the Creil and St. Quentin line, NN hich is an embranchment on the Great Northern Railway, was opened for public traffic. The Afoniteur publishes a royal ordonnance for the encouragement of the fisheries of Algeria :—" Sea fish, fresh, dried, salted, or smoked, caught and cured on the coast of Algeria, either by French or native fisher. men, or by foreign fishermen domiciliated in the colony, and prepared with French or Algerian salt, shall be freely admitted into French harbours, on a certificate of their Algerian origin delivered by the Custom officers of the port of embarkation." There have b e,na tot Ni alreadynearlyem ploymentT4hooursdbaoyatws , as m sei an z n e e d d at by the n p ea o r s l: 1,500 seamen. T o .n ffice by th e authorities. Th e National of Friday , commenting on this seizure, tak es th e opportunity' MONDAY EVEN ING, OCTOBER 25, 1847. of reminding both the dynasty and the people of France of the compact of 1830. It says— " We read in the Moniteur Parisien that the Na tional was seized on Thursday at the Post-office and at the printing-house. Nothing is more true, and we must admit the accuracy of the above statement. We could have wished, however, that the journal abovenamed had carried its civility further. It would have been agreeable to us to learn the cause of our seizure, for we declare on our conscience that we neither know nor can we guess the cause. We vainly analysed our entire number to discover what remnant of a phrase, what ill-soundin g wor d, could explain the susceptibility of the law officers. We vainly examined through the magnifying-glass with which the Attorney-General reads the National, still the cause has escaped us, and we are reduced to the ne cessity of soliciting as a favour that the law officers would acquaint us of the crime we have committed. It is the more urgent to do so, as our ignorance exposes us to repeat the fault which caused a visit from the Commissary of Police. But an idea occurs to us. Under the Spanish In quisition prisoners were obliged to make an exa mination of their past conduct, and to demand the secret of the severity practised by the Holy office. It was thus, on their own confession, they were con demned. Does M. Delangle, the Attorney-General, and inheritor of those sacred traditions, mean to force us to a public confession ? If so, our examina tion of conscience shall be shortly concluded ; and there is no occasion for torture to unseal our lips. The Government, moreover, knows us. Well convinced partisans of the principle of the sovereignty of the people, we acknowledge no legitimate power but that which derives its right to direct society from that source. The existing Government has no other foundation ; and, if, denying its origin, it would es tablish its basis without the limits f that funda mental principle, in that case the nttion, released ' from every engagement, would resume the full ex ercise of its sovereignty. We go further, and we affirm that the law always remaining independent of the fact, nothing should prevent France from modify ing her institutions, if such seas her will. As ling as a constitutional monarchy shall be sufficient for the wants of our society, it shall be maintained ; but if the majority of citizens believed it neces sary or useful to the general interest to substi tute for it the democratic regime, for example, Royalty would have completely finished its task ; and if, notwithstanding, it endeavoured to prolong its existence, it would be the Government which would be in revolt against the universal wish of the nation. Have we been seized for having professed those un deniable truths? If so, the law officers ought to have begun by tearing the Charter, and even that would not be sufficient, the events of 'B9 and 1830 should be effaced from our recollection. But, per haps, though innocent in the domain of theory, we are culpable in practice. Of that we willingly admit that we are guilty. Yes, we bitterly deplore that the Government has cast the country into a course full of danger and misfortune. Corruption at home, revo lutionary reaction abroad, afflict and irritate us. Is this complaint a crime ? France, when establishing a new dynasty on the throne, did not, as far as we are aware, renounce the natural development of her destinies. The revolution of July was not accom plished for the exclusive advantage of a family —at least we believe so. But when we see the Govern ment, in place of marching in the road of progress, incessantly receding—when every day aristocratic tendencies are more and more manifested in complete disaccord with the desires and with the interests of the country, have we not a right to assert that the nation has been disappointed in its hopes ? and it is imputed to us as a crime that we point out the cause of its error. Some persons on our side imagine that a remedy for those evils may be found in electoral reform. Did we ever deny the efficaciousness of those means ? Did we refuse that pacific solution ? Not the least in the world. The experience of the past, however, inclines us to doubt that the Govern ment will ever consent to it. That opinion may offend them, but it cannot constitute a crime. But to what purpose would it be to carry this discussion further ? Though we have been seized, it is not that we were more culpable in the eyes of the Government yesterday than the preceding days. Our crime arises from our independence. That which the Go vernment prosecutes in us is the public voice, which will not permit it to demoralise the country, ever on the watch to defend the principles of authority and of liberty equally compromised. The Government has forgotten but one matter—between its dream of re venge and the reality—between the seizure of the National and its conviction, there is the jury. It is to it we submit with confidence the care of pro nouncing between us." The controversy on the affairs'of Switzerland be tween the Constitutionnel and the Daats is continued The former is cool and logical, the latter angry and abusive. The Constitutionnel of Friday thus argues the question : "Switzerland is a federal state; the cantons pre - •c tale - n :rt given up to the Diet. That is the character of all federal connexion. Now, the question lies in the limit between these two parts of sovereignty. What determines that limit ? The federal compact. What interprets the federal compact in doubtful cases—the majority of the cantons or the minority? The Debats must reply clearly to that question, which we will not permit it to elude. Forced to the wall, it endeavours to slip away from the business by saying all majorities may commit mistakes; the majority of the Diet may violate the compact, and attribute to itself too great a share of sovereignty ; therefore it violates at present the compact in the affair of the Jesuits; and therefore the little cantons have a right to resist by force. That is precisely the hypothesis and sophistry of the insurgents. All majorities, say they, may make mistakes, public powers may violate the charter, the parliamentary majority may render itself accomplice of the Government in an abrogation of the liberties of the citizens, therefore we decide that at this very time, in such or such a case, this violation of the charter is a certain fact ; therefore we have a right to take our muskets, and proceed to the market-place. Charter or federal pact, Diet or Parliament, citizens or states having part in the constitutional sovereignty, the question is ethelepgoailnittY is spok en o f. Wh o s h a ll s in disput e ?—th e ma j or it y o f regularly repre sen t e d, or t h e m i nor i ty ? legallyt he s am d e ec w i d h when the nation We must always return to that point. We hold the Ministerial journal to be an accomplice of all disorder, and of all propagandism, accor di ng to t h e d octr i ne of its own words on moral complicity, as long as it sh a ll not have pl t,' ied clearly t o th a t ques ti on so c l ear l y stated. exclaims th e Deb ats, i n i ts extreme T Bu e embarrassment, affirm that the Diet is wrong, and that the Jesuit affair is not a federal matter: Truly, you affirm it ? You act in consequence, and you send arms like smugglers ! And by what right do you act d th e u ci s s ions of yourSpeakl Is the S w i ss compact su bj ect to t h e caprice ? Prince Louis was named a citizen of Thurgau—that displeased you, and you cried out, ' The affair is a federal one !' The Jesuits were called to Lucerne to reign there, that is, to govern, for two years out of six, all Switzerland, and you exclaim, ' The affair is not a federal one ?' Answer, then, if you can, to this simple comparison which we have made of your conduct on the two oc casions. In every way you are reduced to equivoca tion or silence. One of two things, one, in fact, must exist ; either the Swiss constitution has clearly divided the sovereignty between the Diet and the cantons, and traced out the legal course to be adopted in order to terminate pacifically all conflicts of authority, or that constitution, incomplete and obscure, does not leave between the majority and minority, for the so lution of questions in dispute, any other arbiter than brute force. In the first case the legal course can only be the definitive decision of the majority of the states, regularly represented, since the contrary would be absurd, and in that case you are obliged to admit that the insurgent minority is factious, culpable, and in rebellion against the constitution and the law. In the second case, the evil must be in the constitution itself, and if so, we call on you to support the representa tions of those who demand the revision of the compact, alike odious, barbarous and sanguinary, since it inevi tably thr ows t h e Swiss nation on the first internal difficulty into the frightful extremities of civil war. There is no medium between these two conclusions-- take your choice." The Debate is so hard pressed by the arguments of the C ons tit ut i onne l , th a t, like Sharp in the f arce , it can " only swear an d call !lames." Contrast with the cool, logical, and argumentative style of the Constitutionnel the following furious tirade of the Debats " In Switzerland, as everywhere else, and more perhaps in Switzerland than elsewhere, the Radical party is the enemy of liberty as it is of soc i ety. When liberty embarrasses it, it tramples it un d er toot. What it cannot bear is that there are cantons which escape its tyranny. It will be ma s t er arid master without dispute—that is the secret o f thi s abominable war. Little matters it to cause blood to flow, to ruin Switzerland, to drive from that for merly hospitable land the foreigners who enrich it; all must cede, all must bend beneath the yoke of this Radical party, itself only an anarchical composi tion of the worst shades of revolutionary opinion. Under the empire of Radicalism, once solidly esta blished, Switzerland would become the asylum of conspirators of every kind, , the head-quarters of the most dangerous plots against civilization. Com munism would there establish the centre of its opera tions. Look at the warmth with which the cause of the Swiss Radicals is espoused by our own Radicals! With what sympathies an odious, unjustifiable war, directed against free men, inspires our pretended friends of liberty ! The Pact —they i adore it, now that the Pact is n the hands of th ose w h o have so often violated it ! Insurrection—they have it in great horror now that they consider the non-Radical democrats of Uri and Unterwald as insurgents ! They enu merate with a sanguinary pleasure the number of cannons which Radicalism possesses for crushing and burning down Friburg and Lucerne, those cities which dare to defend their rights against the corps francs, transformed into federal battalions. But it is because France is the old and faithful ally of Switzerland, that she will only see with horror this violence of Radicalism, and this monstrous war directed against the independence •f the purest and most honest part of the Helvetic republic. Radicalism is only a faction. Even in the cantons in which it reigns it is a burden to the population. It smothers the voice of the people ; it dominates over the autho rities; and its tyranny will fall a little sooner or a little later, for Switzerland will not allow itself for ever to be oppressed by some kings of a club. The most righteous cause, the cause of true liberty, will triumph after trials more or less long, and simple foresight would make it a duty to us not to attach ourselves to the Radicals. Radicalism will perish, and Switzerland will become herself. In the mean while open your eyes, profit by the lesson, you to whom is daily vaunted the mildness of the purely democratic system Only one country in Europe is delivered up to bloody agitation, and furiously pre cipitates itself into civil war, and that country is a republic conducted by Radicals !" Well may the Consitutionnel declare that in its fury against Liberalism the Debats has lost sight of reason. The Courrier Francais says, that should the Diet attack the Sonderbund, M. Bois LE COMTE has been ordered to present a protest to the Vorort, to quit Switzerland immediately and return to France. Similar instructions were forwarded by M. DE MET.. TERNICH to Baron DE KAISEESFELD, Minister of Austria in Switzerland. It is said that an expedition to Madagascar is in preparation, the object of which is to dethrone the QUEEN, and to place her son on the throne. The Presse of Saturday has an article on the finan cial crisis in England, and contends that it will be impossible to make any change in the Bill of 1844 without the consent of the Bank directors, inasmuch as that Bill constitutes a formal contract between the State and a public company, which places it beyond the reach of any amendment. The article concludes as follows : "It follows clearly, from these explanations, that the right of revising the Bill of 1844 has been alien ated tor 10 years, and that the legislative powers cannot exercise such a right until after that period. After that interval it resumes its entire force. In matters of contract, we repeat, the legislative powers are rigorously limited. It is not allowed to invoke exceptional circumstances in order to justify the re consideration of an Act of Parliament. The engage ments must be strictly executed in the terms in which they are inscribed and accepted by all parties. The Bill of 1844 is, therefore, not like ordinary Acts of Parliament, which may be modified from year to year according as experience may demonstrate the necessity of such changes. It has a perfectly special character, which must not be lost sight of, when the chances of a revision more or less proximate are dis cussed. We are convinced, for our own part, that a revision is not possible, unless the proprietors of the Bank place themselves in accord with the Govern ment, and it is not perhaps so easy to accomplish such an accord as it is supposed. The English journals, which exclaim so loudly against the Cabinet at this moment, appear to us not to take a sufficiently accu rate view of the difficulties against which it has had to contend in that respect." The same journal says—" There is a generally accredited rumour that the Bank of France is to take a considerable interest in the approaching loan. There is reason to believe that this decision will lead to another—to solicit the Government to authorise the Bank to augment its social capital, which, though it was at first, in 1806, 90 millions, has since been re duced to 68 millions. Since 90 millions were deemed necessary at a period when business was far from having reached the extent to which it has at present attained, it is evident that the 68 millions are in sufficient." His Royal Highness the Prince DE JOIN VILLE left the Island of Hyeres on the 17th, in the steam-sloop Titan, bound, it is believed, for Civita 'Vecchia. The Gazette du Languedoc asserts positively that the denial made by the Moniteur of a subscription having been opened at Nismes for M. TESTE was false ; and it adds, that the subscription, which it says was closed some days ago, has amounted to 90,000 f. Isle of Bourbon journals of the 18th August have been received. The Colonial Council had just brought its session of eight months to a close. The session had been several Liiiitm iuLVla ul,teu, urva.. 6 possibility of forming a majority for the nomination of delegates to the metropolitan Government. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Blurse on Saturday at 75f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents., 1141. 75c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,156 f. 25c.; Rouen, 900 f.; Havre, 512 f. 50c.; Great Nor thern, 526 f. 25c.; Avignon, 5211. 25c. ; Vierzon, 533 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4531. 75e. ; Troyes and Montereau, 235 f. ; Dieppe, 2451. ; Basle, 150 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 390 f.; Tours and Nantes, 370 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 382 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 473 f. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents. 28k. MARSEILLES, OCT. 19.--Marseilles and Avignon, 520 f.; Northern, 523 f. 75e. LYONS, OCT. 21.—Paris and Rouen, 898 f. 75c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 516 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 530 f. ; Northern, 522 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 378 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,151 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OcroßEft 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 13'4—Dutch Rhenish, 2 1 / 2 —Lux. embourg, lA—Northern of France, 10 5 ,6—Orleans and Dor deaux, 3% 7 —Paris and Lyons, 476—Paris and Rouen, 3314. NEW MUSIC. A VOCAL ALBUM; Words by various Authors, Music by Charles Goodban. Novello. We have been much gratified by the perusal of this work, which consists of four songs, two duets, and a trio. To our taste, the gem of the volume is " Fake Daffodils"—Herrick's exquisite words, set in the Jacksonian canzonet style, flowing and graceful in its melody, clever in the modulations and arrangement, and producing a charming effect when sung by two equal voices. The words of the trio are from Ben Jonson, commencing " Slow, slow, fresh fount," com posed in the old glee style, for two trebles and a bass voice, and will certainly please. Of the songs, we best like " The Blind Girl's Hope" and "The Willow Bower," and although Mr. Goodban's melodies may not always possess striking originality, they are, at least, appropriate, and we are persuaded that this pub lication will do much to enhance his reputation as a musician of talent, taste, and feeling. SUSPENSION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY ISIonNING.—We have re ceived a letter from our Liverpool correspondent, informing us that the Albion of this morning formally announces the suspension of the North and South Wales Bank in Liverpool. Our correspondent adds, that " to the recent cir culation in the metropolitan journals and commercial circles of unfounded reports in regard to the position of the bank is to be traced the origin of this new disaster ; the alarm generated among the depositors having led to a simultaneous run on Saturday upon the branch establishments in the Principality."— Times. IMPORTANT POST-.OIITICE NOTICE.—(THIS DAY —" General Post-office, London.—The Postmaster- General of the United States having given notice for determining an agreement under which the correspon dence between Great Britain and Canada has been con veyed in closed mails through the territories of the United States, as well as all other agreements subsisting between the Post-offices of the two countries, the mails to and from Canada will be landed and embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, instead of Boston. All letters and newspapers therefore addressed to Canada will in future be forwarded by the way of Halifax, unless specially directed to be sent by some other route, and as the ar rangement under which the United States postage has hitherto been collected in Canada, is also suspended by the notice alluded to, all letters for Canada which the writers desire to have forwarded by way of the United States should be addressed to the care of parties in the United States, or they will be detained for the postage due for the transit through the American territories. The charge on letters will be the same as at present, and newspapers free. In August the American charge on newspapers was increased to double the old charge." Baron Rothschild, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Rur.sell on Saturday, after the reception by his Lordship of the deputation of city bankers. The Earl and Countess of Leicester have been en tertaining, at Holkham, the Prince Sapieha, Prince Czartoriski, the Counts Zamoiski, Viscount rg, Hon. Colonel Keppel , M.P., Hon. and Rev. Th Bu omas Keppel, Hon. Jacob and Frank Astley, and Bradfield, Esq. The lion. Captain Gore, R.N., is appointed Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General at Monte Videu, in room of Mr. Turner, who has retired on his pension. The l'uchess of Savoy, wife of the Prince Royal of Sardinia, was safely delivered of a daughter at Turin, on the 16th. _ T HE CARLTON CLTJB - HOUSE.—The exterior of a portion of it is finished, and looks very well. The con trast of the polished granite columns with the light stone of the rest of the building being unusual amongst us, the opinion of the majority is adverse as to its good effect. —Ruilder. DEPUTA.TIOIN OF BANKERS TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. (THIS DAY.) THE BANK EMPOWERED TO EXTEND ITS ISSUES. On Saturday a deputation from the bankers of the city of London, consisting of Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Abel Smith, M.P., Mr. Glyn, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Barnett, and others, waited upon Lord John Russell, at his official residence in Downing street, to represent the present state of the money market, and to endeavour to induce him to grant relief by the suspension of the Bank Charter Act. His Lordship consented to lay their repre sentations before the Cabinet Council, then about to assemble, and to give his reply this day. At one o'clock this day Mr. Masterman waited, on the part of the deputation, upon the Premier, to receive his reply. From the annexed letter it will be seen that the directors are merely recommended to extend their discounts at a minimum rate of eight per cent. ; that the profits thereof are to be carried to the public account in a manner hereafter to be spe cified, and that an Act of Indemnity is to be introduced for the temporary departure from the terms of the Act of 1844. Downing-street, October 25, 1847. Gentlemen,—Her Majesty's Government have seen with the deepest regret the pressure which has ex isted for some weeks upon the commercial interests of the country, and that this pressure has been aggravated by a want of that confidence which is necessary for carrying on the ordinary dealings of trade. They have been in hopes that the check given to transactions of a speculative character, the transfer of capital from other countries, the influx of bullion, and the feeling which a knowledge of these circum stances might have been expected to produce, would have removed the prevailing distrust. They were encouraged in this expectation by the speedy cessation of a similar state of feeling in the month of April last. These hopes have, however, been disappointed, and her Majesty's Government have come to the conclu sion that the time has arrived when they ought to attempt, by some extraordinary and temporary mea sure, to restore confidence to the mercantile and manufacturing community. For this purpose they recommend to the Di rectors of the Bank of England, in the present emergency to enlarge the amount of their discounts and advances, upon approved security; but that, in order to retain this operation within reasonable limits, a high rate of interest should be charged. In present circumstances they would suggest that the rate of interest should not be less than 8 per cent. If this course should lead to any infringement of the existing law, her Majesty's Government will be prepared to propose to Parliament, on its meeting, a Bill of Indemnity. They will rely upon the discretion of the Direc tors to reduce as soon as possible the amount of their notes, if any extraordinary issues should take place, within the limits prescribed by law. Her Majesty's Government are of opinion that any extra profit derived from this measure should be car ried to the account of the public, but the precise mode of doing so must be left to future arrangement . Her Majesty's Government are not insensible to the evil of any departure from the law which has placed the currency of this country upon in the present circumstances, the measure which they have proposed may be safely adopted ; and that, at the same time, the main provisions of that law, and the vital principle of preserving the convertibility of the bank note may be firmly maintained. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servants, (Signed) JOHN RUSSELL. CHAS. WOOD. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England. Resolved, —That this Court do accede to the re commendation contained in the letter from the first Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, dated this day, and addressed to the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, which has just been read. That the minimum rate of discount on bills not having more than ninety-five days to run be 8 per cent. That advances be made on Bills of Exchange, on Stock, Exchequer-bills, and other approved securities, in sums of not less than 2,0001., and for periods to be fixed by the Governors, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. (Copy of Reply.) Bank of England, October 25, 1847. Gentlemen,—We have the honour to acknow ledge your letter of this day's date, which we have submitted to the Court of Directors, and we enclose a copy of the resolutions thereon, and We have the honour to be, Sirs, your most obe dient servants, (Signed) JAMES MORRIS, Governor. H. J. PRESCOTT, Deputy-Governor. To the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We learn from Vienna that the Marquis de Ricci, the Sardinian Minister at the Court of Austria, has left for London, charged, it is said, with an important mis sion relative to the state of affairs in the territories of the King of the Two Sicilies. SEIZURE OF THE PARIS NATIONAL.—The National having been seized on Thursday at the Post-office, and at the place where it is published, that journal expresses great astonishment at the proceeding, as it cannot, it says, imagine on what article in its number of Thursday it was founded. GENERAL Por..Locs.—This distinguished Oriental officer, since his arrival in this country, has been staying chiefly at West Drayton. The Gallant Officer last week had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Prince Consort, at Windsor Castle. WOoLwIGH.—APPREHENSION OF TWO MEN FOR STABBING Two GAMEKEEPERS.—On Friday evening be - wen the hours of seven and eight o'clock, Mr. Charles Hollington, inspector of the Guildford Police, with the assistance of some gunners of the Royal Artillery, suc ceeded in apprehending Arthur and Reginald Bristow, who are charged with stabbing two gamekeepers, named George Target and James Martin, at Horley, near Gu:ltord, on the 9th inst. A reward of 1001. was offered by the Home-office for the apprehension of the prisoners, and inspector Hollington traced them first to B r i s t o l and afterwards to London and Woolwich, at which latter place he apprehended them at the Crown and Cushion public-house. MR. COBDEN AND T HE R EPRESENTATION OF THE WEsT - RIDING. We understand that Mr. Cobden, M.P., intimated his intention not to " pronounce" as to whether he will sit for tha West-Riding or for Stock port, until the assembling of the new Parliament. — Leeds Intelligeneer. SWITZERLAND. The Swiss Federal Gazette of the 20th states that the federal courcil of war has called upon the twelve cantons of the majority to place all their military stores upon the war footing. MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.—The Droit states that nothing has yet been decided as to the course to be pursued with Mdlle. Deluzy, but that it has reason to believe there is nothing in her correspondence with the late Duke de Praslin which can form the ground of s trial before the Court of Assize. The Journal des Chemins de Fer says " Pope Pius IX. does not confine his interest and care to poli tics and railroads, but does all he can to encourage in, dustry in general. Four suspension bridges are to be constructed at Rome by a French company, with the Duke de Broschi at its head, to whom the concession has been granted." MONEY and COMUEIICIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TU THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 2,000 bales. American 4id. to 6fd. per lb. Shares were better. The " Secret" is out, and although the relief which Government intends to afford is not considered to be sufficient, we have a strong impression that it will have a favourable effect throughout the country. B has been announced from the Commissioner's box in the Stock-Exchange that the Bank will make advances upon stock and Exchequer-bills at the rate of 8 per cent. This is relieving the mercantile community, and will afford a resource to the bankers in obtaining facilities. The Bank loans upon stocks, Exchequer , bills, and bills of exchange, not having more than 90 days to run at 8 per cent, for not less than a fortnight, nor longer than six weeks, and, as is presumed, must be ed to isstte notes, or this could not be accomplished. The state of trade, according to the advices received to-day, is likely to be better at Liverpool and in the provinces. The North and South Wales Banking Company have suspended payment. The Funds have been subjected to extreme fluctua tions. Consols, after rising to 81k for Money, are down to 81i end from 83 they have d r opped to 81i g for Account. This is the effect of over strained anticipation, and of the disappointment which appears to be felt under the idea that the measure is not sufficiently comprehensive. Exchequer-bills are 275. to 20s. discount. Bank Stock is 181 to 184. The New Three-and. a Quarter per Cents. are 80i to 81:1. East India Bonds are 20s. to 255. discount. The Foreign Securities are very quiet still. Spanish Five per Cents., 17 ; and Portuguese Four per Cents., 20 to 21. Chilian Bonds have been at 86. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 53. Railway Shares have improved, but have since gone back again a little. 1, ONE CLOSING i•RICEs OF BAITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 79% 80% 81 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities...Bl 81 1 / i 80% 81% % 82 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. _Jong Arms. to expire Jan. 1860 8 3-16 IA 814 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. Consols for Account B 2 l/ 81% 83 81% 82% Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 500/ Small ... .. 3p par 9 dis par ONE CLOS 'ING :'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Austrian, 5 per Cent •• • 103 Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 744 744 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent B6 86 Equador Bonds kexican, a per Cent. 1846 — 17% Portuguese 5 per Cents. -- Ditto, 4 per Cent 2O 21 21 Russian Bonds •• ..., —• • • 104% 104% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account — Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 / 4 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 53 53 27 33 i 4 PRICEb or PAID. BUSINESS DONE cLOSIII a nLwAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRleg° Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... ..- Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — Belfast tic County Down 10 Birmingham and Oa- ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 13% .. l3 Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley... .. 8 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 6 1 , 4 . — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds ..... Buckinghamshire B/. 4s — ....... ........ Cale lonian - 50 . ... 34% 35 Ditto, Half Shares..... 3 3 / 4 — Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 ...... - Chester and Holyhead... 37% 23 ... .. ...... ... 224 Ditto, Preference 4 — - Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .• ••• ..... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, .... 4 per Cent. lO ..... .... Dublin and lielfastJunc. 20 .... Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do. ' 3/.105., E. &11. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per % Cent, No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d... MN dis i diS Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... % die 3 / 4 % Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 7 /A Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters •• •• ..... Do., New - Eastern k3i5,....._ ... 50 .. LA... ........ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 ...... Ditto, Thirds .......13s. 4d — C':ast Lancashire Ditto. New Do.. do., Exten. Scrip 1 1 4 — - 15% lq sg 42 East Lincolnshire - 9 ...... 88 IA Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... Ditto, ditto, New . .... 1% — Edinburgh and Perth... 2 .....• Ditto Extension los. ..- Ex eter, Yeovil, ... Yeovil,& Dorch. 2% . . . • Ditto, New . .. 2%...... Glasgow, Dumfries, an d Carlisle B/. 6s. 8d ....• Glasgow, Kilmar., &Ayr 50 ...... ..- Ditto, New .. 35 Do. Preference Cons o l. 12% ..... 4 Great Northern 8 ...- Do., London and York 24.. Great South. and West. .... (Ireland) 21 5 Great North of England..loo .21 3 1,E 214 ...- Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/ l% ...... .. 100 Great Western Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares ..... ... 50 19, / Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares_'...... 15 r Ditto, Fifths 71 Ditto, New 171 ..... Huddersfield & blanches. 22 ...... Ditto, Thirds ... 9 6 Hull and Selby 5O .. ... 96 . . •••• Ditto, Half Shares.... 25 ...-- Ditto, 1 % Shares.— .. 12% — ••••• Ipswich & Bury St. Ec.m. 15 ••••• Do., do., and Norwich 15 De., do., Extens.Scrip ••••• (late Camb. & Ely)... 2 1 ,x Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Thirds .. 10 Lancashir & Yorkshire 82 ..••• Ditto t,, Shares . ... 38 ...... ...•• Do. Quarter Shares... 141,4 Do. Fifths 6 1 / 2 . •• • 7 ...• Do. Sixteenths 6 14 % di.g. . Do. Thirds (Reg. )....101.4 5 . •••• Do. Ltverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1/ (late find- ....0 dersfield and Sheff.) 33 — Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract. & Goole ... ...... ....• ..... Do. ( W. Riding Union) 41.2 e — .•• Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. I ,‘ Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) 1U — Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedfarel... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 ,4 — ...... Do., Branch 1 / 2 Shares 12 1 / 2 .. ............ Do. New Branch( blue) 24 1 — ......... •••• • • Do. Extension (ireen) Do.NewExten. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 8%. Liverpool, Croeby and Southport.... .......... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New . _• . casilO Junction 2%. ..... .-- London and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. 5% 5. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 31 l3s. 4d.... Do. Extension l5 London, Bright on , an d South Coast 50 Do. Consol. Ei g hth s .. 20 Do. Guara n t. 5 per ct. i% Do. Pref. Con. 5 'per ct. 50 ... .. 45 ... ..... ....• .ondon and Greenwich 121 15s 4d... Ditto, Preference ...18117s 2d... ~ondon and N. Western 100 147 150.........••• Do., Quarters L. &B. 17 Do., do.. New Ditto Fifths e% 148 ** 73 l i 12 • ..••• 7 Do. 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/. Shares(L. M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. ( M & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. Ai. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Lon.l. & S.Western ...411. 6s. 8d... 57 56 ......... •• Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32 1 ,4.. Do. New 40/ .26 ..• . ............... Do. Tenths (Consol ) 50 Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 6/. 13s. 4d.... .............. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &C .leraine 27 1 / 2 . — «.••••••••••.. Lon 4 onderry and Ennis killen Manclester,Buiton,and Matto k... , . .... ... 3 Manchester, _ Sheffield, 1 a~ , N..../. 14 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 714 — ............ ... ..• Handiest& Southampt. 2k — .. • .. ...