The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. The royal mail steam-packet Hibernia, Captain 'Ryrie, which left Boston on the 16th, and Halifax on the 18th instant, reached the Mersey on Thursday morning, at half-past five o'clock. The non-arrival of the Great Britain, which, it was supposed, had been out twenty three days, bad created great anxiety, and it was feared that, like the ill-fated President, she had gone never to be heard of again. The news is of much importance. THE WAR. - SIEGE AND CAPTURE JONTEREY • The Great Western brought intelligence that General Taylor had arrived off Monterey, and news was hourly ex- pected that he had struck a decisive blow. By the arri val of the Hibernil, we learn that Monterey had been captured, atter battles of three days' duration. General Taylor, and the force under his command, after a tedious march, came in sight of Monterey, on the 18th Septem ber. The men were much wearied, and began to give out, their food having been spoiled by severe rains. The advance were immediately saluted with a heavy cannon- ade, the sound of which acted like a charm on the jaded men. All became life and motion, and severe fighting followed. On the 20th, a successful attack was made by Gen. Worth on the Mexican sorts, routing the artillery and capturing their ordnance. On the 22nd the well-for tified palace of the Bishop of Monterey was attacked, and after a severe struggle was captured. On the 23rd, the whole Mexican force, about double the American, was dri ven into the plaza, where, unable to run away, the Mexican soldiery occupied the houses which surrounded the square, keeping up an incessant fire from the windows. The conflict was tremendous, lasting from early morning till late at night. The 24th brought a cessation of hosti lities, by the capitulation of General Ampudia. The terms of capitulation were in effect as follows :—That the - Mexican officers should be allowed to march out with their side arms; that the cavalry and infantry be allowed to march out with their arms and accoutrements; that the artillery should be allowed to march out with one battery of six pieces and twenty-one rounds of ammu nition ; that all other munitions of war and supplies should be turned over to a board of American officers appointed to receive them ; that the Mexican army should be allowed seven days to evacuate the city, and that the American troops should not oc-upy it until evacuated ; that the cathedral, fort, or citadel, should be evacuated at ten a.m. next day, the 2.5 th ; the Mexicans then march ing out, the American garrison marching in; that the Mexicans should be allowed to salute their flag when hauled down; that there should be an armistice of eight weeks, during which time neither army should pass a line running from the Ranconada through Linares and San Ferando. It is said the American less is 300 killed and 200 wounded, and that the Mexicans lost about 500. The New York Herald says—" It was one of the most une qual contests in the annals of war; there were twelve thousand Mexicans in houses and under cover, against six thousand Americans, fighting in the open streets." There is nothing new from California or New Mexico. MExico.—The - latest advices from Vera Cruz are to the 15th September. General Santa Anna's popularity was said to be diminishing, partly in consequence of his non-appearance at the city of Mexico. Great efforts were making, however, by his friends in the cabinet, to push on the war, and thirty thousand men have been called for, to be drafted from the Central States. Muni tions of war are admitted free of duty, and the Roman Catholic Church of Mexico 'is called on to pour out its immense treasures in punishing the perfidious Americans. It is believed by some, says the American Sun, that Santa Anna desires to have the banditti of his native country killed off in this war, and thus rid Mexico of the turbu lent and licentious rabble of which her army has been composed. UNITED STATES.—After a session of one hundred and thirty-one days, the State Convention have passed, by a majority of 104 to 6, a new Constitution for the state of Isiew York, but of which we can give no account this week. COMMERCIAL.—NEW YORK, OCTOBER 15.—There has been a fair demand for foreign exchange for this packet, notwithstanding which quotations for sterling have slightly declined. We now quote prime bills on London at Bto Si per cent. premium ; on Paris at sf. 311 to sf. 30. Owing to the continued mild open weather, considered favourable to the picking of the new crop of cotton, com bined with the unexpected delay of the Great Britain, prices have been less firm since the sailing of the Great Western, with a falling off in some descriptions of Upland of fully id. per lb. The sales, also, within the past week, have been very limited. Flour has slightly receded in price since the last steamer, closing at a fraction under 5 dollars 50 cents per barrel for good Western Canal. Other bread stuffs have not varied much from the prices current at the date of our last. The quantity of wheat and flour received this year through the New York canals is equal to 717,116 barrels of flour over the quantity received in 4845. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool—Flour, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. ; grain, 101 d. to 11d. ; cotton, nominal. London— Flour, 3s. 9d. to 4s. ; grain, 1111. to 12d. ; tobacco, 455.; turpentine, 4s. to 4s. 6d. Havre—Flour, 80c. ; grain, 20c.; cotton, Vic, to sc. per lb. GRAlN.—Wheat is in fair request for shipment ; but owing to the dullness of flower, lower prices are offered by millers. The transactions include 1,000 bushels in inferior Southern for milling, at 80 cents ; and for ex port, 6,030 while Genessee, dols. 1,20 ; and 8,000 mixed western, dols. 1,03 to dols 1,36, cash. Northern rye is in demand, but the market is heavy, and prices somewhat lower ; the sales reach 45,000 bushels, chiefly for export, at 79 to 81 per cents. A lot of 2,000 bushels prime four rowed barley sold yesterday for malting, at 63i cents. Northern oats have declined to 35 to 37 cents ; shipments to the extent of 50,000 bushels (purchased in the interior) we understand, are about being made to England. 12,000 bushels canal were purchased on Monday for export to London, on private terms. Corn, on Saturday last, was very heavy, and the market entirely unsettled, with sales of 15,000 bushes, port for export, at 651 to 72 cents. for mixed western and yellow northern and 75 cents for southern white ; since then there has been more steadi ness, and the supply, too, is less abundant ; the transac tions Monday and yesterday consist of 28,500 bushels, at 68 to 70 cents for mixed and yellow western and northern and 72 to 73 for Jersey yellow, all weight. At Philadel phia, 12,000 bushels yellow have been purchased at 70 cents ; and at Boston, 22,000 bushels, white, 80, weight, both for export from those port. Black-eyed peas of the new crop, have been received, and are held at 2,50. PROVISIONS.—On Saturday last purchases of Ohio mess-pork were made, supposed for export to England, variously estimated from 3,000 brls. to 5,000 brls. at dols. 10,50; a small lot was subsequently sold at the same price. but the market closed heavily at dols. 10,374; indeed 500 brls. were offered at 61 cents less without finding a buyer. In prime, there has been nothing of importance done; we quote it 9,25 to 9,374. Beef is steady, with a fair demand for home consumption, for home use only, at our quota tions. Butter arrives rather more freely, and sales are less readily made at previous rates. Cheese is in quick request for export, selling mostly on arrival at 7 to 71 cents for good in boxes. INDIA EXPRESS FROM MARSEILLES —We have received by express from Marseilles our despatches in anticipation of the overland mail which left Bombay on the Ist instant. The intelligence thus brought is not of much political importance. At Lahore everything remained quiet, the troops were healthy, and were in expectation of an early visit of irspection from the Governor-General. Lall Singh betrayed great anxiety as the time for the departure of the British forces approached. From Cabul there were, as usual, rumours of intrigues and insurrec tions. A report that an English army would invade Pesbawur upon the arrival of the cold season, had pro duced much alarm, and it was said that proposals for a treaty of alliance would be made to Lord Hardinge. An Insurrection had broken out in Cashmere, fomented, it is reported, by the Lahore Durbar ; and a force sent against the insurgents by Gholab Singh had been defeated with some loss. Several English officers who were visiting the country had been seized, and would be detained as hostages, though no fears were entertained for their safety. Cholera was still raging in Scinde, and provisions were so enormously scarce and dear that an absolute famine was apprehended. At Bombay there was no news. Trade was rather dull, and all transactions on a very limited scale. A volcano had appeared on Saddle Island, in the lied Sea.—Times. THE LATH VICTORIES IN INDIA.—Mr. Wynn, of the Royal Mint, has received an order from the East India Company for the execution of thirty thousand medals, to commemorate the victories of Moodkee, Ferozesbah, Ali wal, and Sobraon, to be presented to the officers, non commissioned officers, and privates of the Company's and the home troops which took place in the same. The 16th (the Queen's) Lancers, and the 31st (Huntingdon shire) Foot, now on their passage home, will soon after their arrival have new colours, with badges commemora tive of their foreign Indian victories, presented to them. SPAIN REVOLUTION EXPECTED.—A good deal of excitement prevails throughout the southern provinces, where the population was in almost daily expectation of hearing of the landing of Cabrera on some part of the coast. When the Spartan frigate was seen off Valencia, the peo ple could scarcely be, persuaded that the Carlist chief was not on board. The government is said to have received most unfavourable news from Portugal. Immediately after the arrival of the bearer of the intelligence, a Cabi net council was held, which lasted until a late hour in the night of the 20th. Queen Donna Maria is believed to have demanded assistance from Spain, and an armed in tervention has accordingly been agreed on by the Spanish Ministry. On the morning of the 21st expresses were sent off to Lisbon and also to the Captain-General of Andalusia, Salamanca, and Galicia, with orders to march troops to the frontier of Portugal. General Narvaez is spoken of as likely to be invested with the command of the invading army. The Duke de Rianzares has been promoted to the rank of brigadier. An expedition is about setting forth, under the sanction of Spain, to recover Ven ezuela for that country. A large number of English and Irish have been enlisted for the purpose. Queen Christino, now that the marriages of her two legi timate daughters are accomplished, has turned her whole attention to the aggrandizement of her children of more spurious degree. Daughters never before spoken of are now brought forward, and honours are paid to them only inferior to those awarded to th e d aug ht ers o f F er di nan d. The Duke de Rianz ares i s to be created Prince of An tilles, while the husband s o f hi s s i sters are to b e made grandees of Spain, and saddl e d upon the stale for the funds to support their new titles. The Queen Christina's peccadillos have been rather expensive to the poor Spa niards. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier left Madrid on the 22nd. During the last fourteen years, 2257 bulls and 2,391 horses have been killed in bull fights at Madrid. The iron foundry of Gathore and Co , Dundas, Canada West, was destroyed by fire on the 4th ult. The loss was severe, amounting to 7000 dollars. A letter of the 20th, from Paris, states that such is the demand for Irish labourers on French lines, that they can earn from sf. to 6f. a.day, while the native workmen only receive from 3f. to 31f. A romantic couple were married on the 2nd of Septem ber,:by torchlight, on the summit of the Natural Bridge of Virginia. There were nine groomsmen, all bearing torches, and nine bridemaids clad in white. A Goon DAY'S WORK.—A correspondent of the Hartford Courant gives an account of a wedding which he ttended in Alabama, the bridegroom of which had done found the 'Squire, invited the company, rode his courting. 5 miles 42 miles for the license, was married, and rot for the whiskey, in 12 hours.—Ameriean Paper IBRAHIM PASHA.—No sooner did this prince reach his own dominions than he decided on sending two of his sons to England to acquire a knowledge of the habits and language of the people, with a view of infusing into Egypt the spirit of English civilisation. These youths, who are most intelligent, have been placed under the care of Dr. fleldenmaier, president of the Pestalczzian school, at Worksop. THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—The Journal des Debuts states " that the list of departments laid waste by the late inundations still increases, and every day an nounces disasters from a number of localities from which no accounts have previously been received. Nevertheless, the waters of the Loire are decreasing in every direction, and the last rains have not added to the inundations. Three mails from Marseilles, which had been retarded, had succeeded in reaching Paris on Monday afternoon, the roads in the department of the Loire having become ARISTOCRACY OF THE SKlN. — Robert, a young man, the brother of the Governor of the African colony of Li beria, composed of free negroes exported from America, quitted the colony to go to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in order to acquire the knowledge necessary to the exercise of his profession of medicine. The faculty of medicine admitted him to his studies, but another student born in the south refused to be in the same society with the black, and the College of Pittsfield signified to the young man that she was obliged, though with regret, to close her gates against him. The New York. Sun, indignant that the lie should be given by the philosophers of Massachu sets to their doctrines of equality,asks if this young negro will not find in New York a college which will admit him. None has hastened to give him a reception. Robert will have to leave the land of liberty, and find refuge with the tyrannical British.—Montreat Paper. THE LATE PREMIER'S CANADIAN POLICY.—On the very day of the official announcement of Sir Robert Peel's most extraordinary alliance with the rebel party, the fol lowing strange scene took place in the Commons' House of Assembly of the Canadas :—A Mr. Simpson, who is married to Mr. Roebuck's mother, was speaking in favour of Sir R. Peel's new prole'fie", Monsieur Girouard, and of the high appointment which had been offered to him, when Sir Allan M'Nab suddenly rose up, and, bowing to the speaker, said, " I am sorry, sir, to interrupt the hon. gentleman, but as he seems to be acquainted with this Monsieur Girouard, I big to inquire of him if be be the same individual for whose apprehension as a traitor the late government had offered £5OO ?" Mr. Simpson— "He is." Sir A. M'Nab—" Then I beg to inquire whe ther he was apprehended, and if so, whether the reward offered by the government has been paid ?" Mr. Simpson —" Mons. Girouard was apprehended, and the reward has bee❑ paid." Sir A. M'Nab—" To whom was this reward of £5OO paid ?" Mr. Simpson (confusedly)— "To me." (Laughter.) Sir A. M'Nab—" Then, I suppose there must have been some mistake ?" Mr. Simpson—" No." Sir A. M'Nab (smiling)—" Well, then, if the Queen's government intend now to make him her Majesty's Commissioner of Crown Lands, and an Executive Councillor, you will of course return the money ?" Mr. Simpson—" Oh, no—l have spent that." After the melancholy fact of her Majesty's Conservative government having offered, in the name of the Queen, one of the most honourable and important appointments in the gift of the crown to a person for whose apprehen sion as a traitor Lord John Russell's much abused " Whig. Radical government had honestly offered, and had paid, five hundred pounds sterling, it would be tedious as well as needless to detail other instances of this unna tural policy. " Who are the rebels now ?" said a con victed traitor, sneering over his shoulder, as he rode by a group of United Loyalists. " I guess it's you who are now opposed to your Queen's government." But, alas! it was the Queen's Conservative Prime Minister of Eng land who was opposed to them .'—The Emigrant, by Sir F. B. Head. '' .. q....- . -- INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE The inundations in France have caused the most la mentable destruction of life and property. The main em bankment of the Loire has given way, not only at Amboise but at Meung, Beaugency, Vouvray, and other places along the course of the river. Most of the princi pal streets of the city of Tours—among others, the Rue Royale up to the Valais de Justice—are under water. The communication with Paris is completely cut off, except by the circuitous routes of Chartres and Vendome ; and the service of the railway (Orleans and Bordeaux) is restricted to the portion of the line between Orleans and Blois, the viaduct connecting the Orleans and Vierzon Railway with Orleans, and which cost six million francs, having been swept away. At Audrexieux, the part of the town situate on the Rhone has been levelled, comprising eighteen houses, and all the traces of the adjoining railway are lost. The barracks of the gendarmie are but a heap of ruins, and several persons perished. The number of houses de stroyed at Roanne amount to 115, and of 400 boats, laden with merchandise, lying in the Loire or in the canal, and made fast to the quay, 270 were sunk. The most fatal episode of the disastrous day of the 18th. at Roanne, was the loss of the municipal councillor, Merle, his son, and some other persons, who were upset in a boat within sight of hundreds of spectators, and perished. Another bark having struck against some wreck, a young woman was thrown out by the shock. By a spontaneous move ment she clung to her husband, and seizing him by the neck she prevented ;him from swimming; but, the hus band being a powerful man, ;of lofty stature, by a despe rate exertion, succeeded in bearing his burden near to some houses, where the inhabitants threw him two sheets twisted together, with which the husband and wife were hauled into a house through the windows. At three o'clock on the morning of the 19th, the Loire rose sud denly, and overwhelmed the whole of the lower part of Nevers, and joining the Nievre, formed an immense lake. Here and there were seen floating—timber, trees, cattle, and cries of distress were heard at every point. A poor boatman saved one after the other, about eighty persons ; when, while endeavouring to get his boat through a diffi cult passage, he fell into the water and was drowned. The visitation would, it was believed, prevent any fetes or other demonstrations in compliment to the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier in the south of France. The king appears, however, resolved on celebrating his suc cess by numerous and varied entertainments in the halls of his ancestors, particularly those of Versailles. The following details are given by a traveller in a dili gence, which was overtaken by a flood near Feurs— * We were eleven in the carriage, ten men and a woman. We quitted Feurs at four o'clock in the afternoon. At that period the bridge was thronged with spectators watch ing the progress of the Loire. We were advised not to proceed, but an inspector who was in the coach said, Whip on the horses, there is no danger.' The unfortu nate man lost his life by his presumption, and we must forgive him. We had scarcely proceeded a few dozen paces before the wheels were covered by the flood. Our position became most critical, as we could neither ad vance nor return. The postilion attempted to alight, but he found that if be persevered he would be drownt el. With great difficulty we succeeded in casting a rope from the top of the coach over a large tree, by which means we prevented the coach from being capsized. We remained in this perilous position until nightfall. A boat manned with seven men attempted to approach us but failed, and the crew were obliged for their own safety to attach the boat to a tree. We remained in the utmost consternation, the horses could no longer maintain their position, and M. Bremond, of Lyons, one of our passengers, cut the traces of one of them, mounted him, and taking a fellow traveller behind him attempted to reach the shore. At three yards' distance the horse fell, but the intrepid rider raised him, and two yards further man and horse disappeared in a whirlpool. M. Bremond disengaged himself from the horse, and swam to a tree, where he remained all night. His companion never re-appeared ; he was the first victim. Our position did not improve. The horses were in succession carried oway. The diligence leaned over to the right, forced by the flood. We were only kept from falling by our rope, when the lady who had remained in the coupi , , with the rector of Sail-sous-Couson, screamed to us to raise her up to the roof of the coach, as she was drowning. The conductor and inspector threw her a rope, which the priest tied round her waist, and we then commenced the deplorable change of position which caused the rope by which the coach was attached to the tree to break, and the diligence rolled over. The lady, and the two men who were raising her, disappeared, and were seen no more. The priest, when the carriage was turning over, jumped from the door, and seizing a leather strap, succeeded in obtaining a position on the side of the diligence. Another traveller from Limoges grasped the priest's leg, and supported himself. I was holding by a slight strap of leather, and was being carried off by the flood, when the priest laid hold of me by the arm, and lifted me, with the assistance of the postilion, to where he stood. The young man from LiMoges, exhausted by fa tigue, loosed his hold, and was carried off by the current. He was the fifth victim. We who remained on the coach were carried on towards the Loire, by the force of the waters, and after the diligence had struck against a tree, which was torn by the roots from the earth, we were almost miraculously saved from inevitable death by two trees which resisted the weight of the coach. I passed this dreadful night on my knees, holding the postilion and the priest." IRELAND. The collection of the repeal rent is entirely abandoned in Cork and Limerick. The sheriff of the city of Kilkenny is in custody on a charge of having forged several powers of attorney. The Protestant colonists at Dingle have suffered an other calamity at Dingle in the total loss of their mission ary boat, which was dashed to pieces against one of the cliffs during the late storm. SALE OF FIRE-ARMS IN CAVAN.—lmmense quanti ties of new fire-arms, of Birmingham manufacture, have been selling by public auction in the different towns throughout this county. GOVERNMENT PATIZONAGE. - Mr. M. O'Connell, one of the younger sons of the " Liberator," received on Saturday last the official announcement of his appoint ment to the lucrative office of Registrar of Deeds, in suc cession to Mr. G. 0. Moore, who retires on his full pen sion. The salary is about £l5OO a-year. The ex-repeal member for the county of Meath has for several years filled the situation of chief clerk in the office to the head of which he has just been promoted. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The works requisite for converting Cork into a naval station have at last been commenced; and we may anti cipate that this long-promised and very judicious interpo sition in favour of the population of the'South of Ireland, will now speedily be carried into effect. TIPPERARY GALLANTRY ! ! !—On Saturday_ last, two armed men visited the house of Mrs. Blake, at Kylepark, and handed that lady a notice, desiring her " not to look for rent, or if she did, that they would come again and settle her." When passing the avenue they fired two shots. STATE OF _THE COUNTRY.—On Sunday night an armed party of men were met on the road near Cottage by some labourers, who were employed by a Mr. O'Don nell to go to work on his farm. The armed party made them turn back, and informed them that they would not permit any strangers to work in the neighbourhood.— Clonmel Paper. The Irish provincial journals of last week furnish a large number of cases of disturbances. In the King's County the people have stopped and plundered cars laden with flour, and attacked the mills ; while in the same county, and in Alayo, they are betaking themselves to killing sheep and taking away the carcases. Burglary and the robbing of arms still continue, and the general demoralization seems on the increase. 141 E DUNGARVON RIOTERS.—On Tuesday, these men, fifty-one in number, were tried. The ringleader, Patrick Power, was sentenced to twelve months' impri sonment and hard labour, and the rest were liberated, on finding two sureties in 40s. each, and themselves in £5, to keep the peace. Power asserted to the bench that be had been four days and nights previous to the riot living on boiled cabbage, and that he had joined the riot in despair. A numerous meeting of the land-owners and others was held at Fermoy on Saturday last, to consider the state of the country. Mr. O'Connell was present. The speakers, lay and clerical, seemed disposed to account for the exist ing distress, not by the failure of the potato crop, but by throwing the whole blame upon the government, which, according to some of them, has merely to will that there shall be plenty of provisions and employment, in order to convert the prevailing destitution into peace and plenty. DREADFUL SUICIDE.—On Saturday, a private soldier of the 34th depot, named John Rankin, put a period to his existence, by deliberately shooting himself whilst on sentry at Clonmel. He loaded his musket, into which he put two balls, placed the muzzle under his chin, and with the aid of a string tied to a trigger and brought round his foot, actually blew the upper part of his head off. The deceased on previous occasions made two unsuccessful at tempts at suicide ; once by drowning, and subsequently whilst serving with the regiment in Canada he partially cut his throat. I DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.-011 Thursday evening, about six o'clock, as Mr. Benjamin John Cooke, of Galbooly, near Thurles, was proceeding across his own yard in the direction of an out-house, he was fired at, one slug entering his temple, and completely destroying one of his eyes ; two more shattered his jaws ; three were lodged in his neck, and four in his shoulder. The gentle man now lies in a most precarious state. Mr. Cooke is an excellent man, and, but a short time previous to this dreadful attempt at his life, offered to forgive his tenants a year's rent, and to give them a considerable sum of money each, if they would give up land, for which they refused to pay anything near the value.— Tipperary Paper. THE DOWNSHIRE ESTATES.—The Marquis Of Down shire, whose estates are, generally speaking, amongst the most improved a nd prosperous in Ireland, has, with a view of mitigating,the present distress, made a temporary, but at the same time a very important, reduction on the scale of rest now due and payable. The scale, indeed, excludes the holders of old and valuable leases held at a rent approaching to nominal, from any abatement, but including the payers of rent from £1 to £lO, up to those paying from £25 upwards ; and, considering that the average rent paid by the tenantry of Ireland does not ex ceed £2O or £25 a-year, the scale, if carried universally into operation, would amount to a reduction of nearly one-half the rental of the whole country. THE PEASANTRY ARMED.—The peasantry of Tip perary are armed to the teeth ; every man has his gun, blunderbuss, or pistol. It is fearful to contemplate what may be the result, but such is the fact. The people do not disguise their possession of the arms ; they walk about with them in the noon thy. and it is a common expression amongst the lower classes to say " here are the fowlers," when they see those desperadoes traversing the country. The government, as we said in our last number, must step forward—they must disarm the revolutionists of Ire land before it is too late. Ireland requires, nay, demands, a stringent arms act. If strong measures are not taken forthwith, this country will present a scene of bloodshed and rapine unparalelled in the annals of crime. We use strong language, but the times require it.—Tippera , y Constitution. PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.—" Like people, like priest, and I will punish them for their ways and reward them their doings !" Solemn and awful words, spoken of a corrupt race and a corrupt priesthood nearly three thou sand years ago ! but alas most applicable at the present day. It is sad indeed to look on things around us, but it is more sad to witness a judgment unimproved. That it is so, in some instances, may be gathered from the follow ing circumstance :—On Sunday, the 18th instant, in a large borough town in this county, the Roman priest ad dressed to his flock this precept :—" It would be sinful of you to see your families perish with hunger while the fields are full of cattle." The hint was not lost by those who in solemn mockery are styled " the most moral, (n and religious ! people on the face of the earth, as may be seen by the practice :—On Tuesday, a large mob marched to a gentleman's ground near the town referred to, and drove off a flock of sheep, which, after some difficulty, the people recovered. On Monday, they were about to slaughter two cows, and would have done so bad not the owner made some sacrifice to them. here we have " Pre cept and Practice"—the precept worthy of the priest, the practice of the people."—Cork Constitution. EXTRAORDINARY BIGAMY CASE.—At the Dublin Commission Court, on Friday, Mary Downes, alias Fitzgerald, alias Browne, a respectable looking young woman, about thirty years of age, was placed at the bar, and indicted for having intermarried with Henry Augustus Browne, in the month of June, 1842, her former husband, William Fitzgerald, being alive. Considerable interest was attached to the proceedings in this case, from the fact that Mr. Browne, who is a barrister, and the prisoner's second husband, was himself tried and convicted of bigamy a few months since, and sentenced to seven years' trans portation, for marrying Miss Copeland, daughter of Mr. Charles Copeland, the manager of the Royal Bank in Dub lin, having previously married the prisoner. The court was crowded to excess at an early hour, and particularly by members of the bar. Mr. Browne was in court,seated beside his counsel, having been brought up on a habeas corpus. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but put in an affi davit mitigatory of punishment, to the effect that she and Mr. Fitzgerald, were Roman Catholics, and had been married by a clergyman of the Church of England, who she believed was degraded, and that consequently she thought at the time of her second marriage that her first union was not valid. She was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, and it is thought that the effect of the con viction will be the acquittal of Mr. Browne. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATIOY.—The attendance in the hall on Monday was wretchedly small, and the proceed ings altogether destitute of interest. The Mayor of Kil kenny occupied the chair. The Head Pacificator, Mr. John Reynolds, Capt. Broderick, and Mr. John O'Con nell, were the only occupants of the bench appropriated to the speakers. Two letters were read from the " Libe rator," one commenting on resolutions recently adopted by the Cork Repealers, advising a reconciliation between Old and Young Ireland—and the usual weekly epistle on the subject of the distress. Mr. John O'Connell repeat ed his speech of the previous week, and denounced the " criminal negligence" of the government in not admi nistering relief more promptly,—when a large document was handed to the chairman, who rose and said—Gentle men, this paper has been banded to me, but I presume it should come through the secretary. The worthy mayor then banded the document to Mr. Ray.—Mr. O'Connell immediately got up, and having taken the document from the secretary, pitched it over the rail, and desired one of the clerks of the hall to throw it out, amidst loud cheers.—Mr. Steele : Throw it into the street. That is the proper way to treat it. (Hear, and cheers.)—lt was said that the document was the remonstrance got up by the Nation newspaper against the proceedings of the as sociat on. In a few moments after it was expelled, when Captain Broderick was addressing the meeting, a noise was heard at a side door. Immediately on hearing it, Mr. Steele rose and said—Mr. Chairman, I have given directions to the police to put out any intruder. (Hear.) —Mr. O'Connell : If that is the individual who brought in that paper, put him out ; he is not a member. (Cheers.) —The rent for the week amounted to £ll5 9s. 4d., in cluding £52 from Liverpool. ENGLAND AND IRELAND When future economists strike the balance of favours and duties between England and Ireland, they will pro bably scrutinise the traffic of the Irish Channel more closely than we are wont to do. They will insist much on the fact that the food of millions did annually pass to the rich and happier shore. They will not reconcile this with the alleged improvidence of the Irishman quite so easily as we are wont to do. They will inquire very diligently what England gave in return. When their researches bring them to that crisis which we are now actually suf fering, they certainly will be struck, perhaps even unduly by the fact that while England was avowedly feeding Ire land—while both countries agreed in that view of their position—while all classes of Irishmen were flinging themselves more and more upon the bounties of the em pire, whole fleets of provisions were continually arriving from the land of starvation to the ports of wealth and the cities of abundance. Scarce a day passes without every great port of this country seeing this visible contradic tion, or rather this painful anomaly. We are emphati cally reminded that it is not to Ireland herself, but to her social state, that the famine is attributable. This is no exaggeration, no paradox. What, also, will the future historian feel when in the very columns which he is searching for the distracting and harrowing notices of Irish destitution, he lights on such a paragraph as that app( ared in the London papers last week, and which, in fact, is only one out of many we could quote from the last few weeks : " No less than 16 ships arrived in the river Thames on Monday from the Irish ports, laden almost exclusively with food and provisions of various kinds, the produce of that country, having collectively 14,960 packages of butter, 221 packages of pork, 1047 hampers and bales of bacon, several of hams, 140 sacks, 2926 barrels, and 7,88 quarters of oats, 431 packages of lard, 75 of general pro visions, 40 of oatmeal, 44 of porter, 259 boxes of eggs, and a variety of other articles of lesser importance, which it would be quite needless further to particularise. Of these almost unprecedentedly numerous arrivals from the sister island 5 were from Limerick. 1 from Belfast, 2 from Waterford, 1 from Galway.) from Kilrush, 2 from Dublin, 1 from Youghal, and 3 from Cork." UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD, OCT. 29.—1 n a congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor in Civil Law—C. C. Clifford, fellow of All Souls.—Masters of Arts—E. V. Richards, and C. W. F. Glyn, students of Christ Church ; N. F. Senior, Christ Church ; Rev. W. P. Wood, St. John's; Rev. .J. Lloyd, Worcester.— Bachelors of Arts—R. T. H. Griffith, Queen's ; T. B. Macnamara, Magdalene Hall; J. E. Kirkpatrick, Lincoln; T. Stainton, Wadham ; M. W. Gregory, Wadham ; C. Warner, Worcester. The Bishop of Chester has arrived at the episcopal re sidence in Chester. Dr. Scoresby has broken up his establishment at Brad ford, and is about to repair to the Isle of Wight. The parishioners of Bradford are about to present their late pastor, Dr. Scoresby, with a splendid service of silver plate, valued at 150 guineas. The Bishop of Newfoundland will preach at Leeds on Monday next, for the Gospel Propagation Society. The Rev. Wray R. Hunt, late of St. Saviour's, was presented, on the occasion of his leaving Liverpool, with a copy of Scott's Commentary on the Bible, and a pocket Communion service, by a few friends, members of the congregation. Sir J. Gladstone, of Fasque, has munificently contribu ted to Trinity College, Perthshire, the sum of £2OOO, in addition to his former most liberal subscriptions. The Duke of Buccleuch has also augmented his former muni ficent contribution by an additional £lOOO On Monday the Bishop of Ripon consecrated a new church at Woodside, Horsforth, near Leeds ; and on Wednesday Dr. Hook ltiid the foundation stone of a new church in 1 ork-road, near Leeds, for which the munifi cent sum of £lO,OOO has been given by an unknown indi vidual. Dr. Short's promotion to the see of St. Asaph appeared in Tuesday's Gazette. A Cambridge paper, which pro fesses to be well-informed, states that it is intended that Dr. Short shall hold St. Asaph and Sodor and Man; at least until Bangor also has become vacant. If this be the arrangement, it seems to indicate the immediate erection of the see of Manchester. INTRIGUES AT LITTLEMORE, NEAR OXFORD.—The Oxford Herald of Saturday last states, in confirmation of the rumour we noticed a fortnight since, that the lease of the monastery at Littlemore, which it describes as but an humble description of lodging, has been transferred by the Rev. J. H. Newman, " to a friend of:'his, to provide for his own personal convenience." Our own more pre cise information, which we derive from authority, and in which we place the fullest confidence, is, that the mona stery is actually in the hands of the chiefs of the Romanising party, to make what use of it may be found convenient hereafter. We should be but too happy to be able to place full confidence in our contemporary's implied assurance, that the Church. Commissioners had either de clined or been unable to effect the contemplated separation of the chapel of Littlemore from the Mother Church of St. Mary the Virgin ; but our information leaves no doubt of an offer having been made by parties in connection with the Anglo-Catholic Library to endow the chapel on condition of having the first presentation ; and our con temporary may rely on it that such a consummation will, if at all, be prevented ohly by the watchfulness of those friends of the Protestant Church whom it charges with " seeing Romanism in everything." Romanism is just now in everything, and we will not imitate the Oxford Herald by shutting our eyes to the fact.—Church and State Gazette. THE'WORD " PROTESTANT."---II has been attempted within the last ten years or so to bring the word Protest ant, as applied to the Church of England, into disrepute, and some individuals have declared their determination to un-Protestantise her. They found their objections osten sibly on the well-known fact, that the word Protestant does not occur in the Liturgy, nor in any of the authorised formularies of our Church. But in the Litany of our first reformed Liturgy there was a petition to be delivered from the tyranny of the Pope, and from all his detestable enor mities, which, in fact, amounts to a protest. The first German Reformers were called Protestants from the cir cumstance of their having protested, at a second Diet at Spires, in the year 1529, against the revocation of a de cree of a former Diet at the same place, in the year 1526. In consequence of the dangers with which the German empire was threatened by the Turks and other enemies, the Diet of 1526 resolved, that all the German principali ties should allow ecclesiastical affairs to remain as they then were, until a general Council should decide on the subjects in dispute betwixt the Church of Rome and the Reformers. The immediate danger having ceased, the Emperor Charles V. convened:another Diet, or Parlia ment, at Spires, three years afterwards, in which he revoked the toleration which had been granted to the Re formers arid laid them open to the tender mercies of the mother and MISTRESS of all Churches. The minority at this diet, consisting of six princes and the representatives of fourteen imperial cities, solemnly PROTESTED against this, their practical carrying out of the doctrine of keep ing no faith with heretics. All the faithful Christians everywhere who obeyed the Divine call to come out of the corrupt and idolatrous Church of Rome, have been called Protestants ever since. Protestant became after that a generic name for all churches and sects that with drew from communion with Rome,and also for all the sects that have separated from the Protestant, or Reformed Catholic Church of England. In the Popish catechisms, the words Protestant and heretic are synonymous. The Reformers did not protest against the religion or the faith of Rome, but only against the corruptions and the idola tries which Rome had engrafted on the Christian faith ; in the fundamental articles of which, as they are con tained in the Apostles' Creed, the Churches of England and of Rome are agreed. The Protestantism of the Church of England sternly rejects the idolatry and apostacy of the Church of Rome, which consists in image-worship, the worship of the Blessed Virgin and other saints, in the ex altation of her into a med'atrix betwixt God and man, instead of the Man Christ Jesus, who is the only mediator of the New Covenant, and in several other heretical tenets. Our Church, therefore, considered it absolutely necessary to come out from among them—to separate and not to touch the unclean thing, Popery.—The Church Warder and Domestic Economy. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Charles Phillips, Esq., Insolvent Commissioner, will, at the spring circuit, attend at Carlisle, Monday, March 1 ; at Appleby, Tuesday, March 2 ; at Kendal, Friday, March 5 ; at Lancaster, Monday, March 8 ; at Liver pool, Tuesday, March 16 ; at the Castle of Chester, Thursday, April 1. COURT OF PASSAGE.—At the Court of Passage last week, the following was the only case of public interest. — Anthony v. Hind and another.—The plaintiff was a por ter, and sought to recover damages which he had;sustained by a pile of flax, belonging to the defendants, falling upon him and breaking his leg. As the plaintiff was mending cotton-bags in a warehouse in Formby-street, the pile of flax, which had been insecurely stowed, fell, and injured him in the way stated. A. verdict was given for the plain tiff, damages £65. SALARIES OF THE JUDGES.—There are twenty-two judges of the superior courts in England, whose salaries amount to £123,577 a-year. The five judges of the Court of Chancery are paid £33,000. The Lord Chancellor has £lO,OOO, Master of the Rolls £7OOO, Vice-Chancellor of England £6OOO, and the two Vice-Cbancellorf, Knight Bruce and Wigram, £5OOO. The s;x judges of the Court of Queen's Bench are paid £32,000. The Lord Chief Justice has £BOOO, and the Puisne Judges £5OOO each. The six judges of the Court of Common Pleas have similar sums, as also the six judges of the Court of Exchequer, with the exception of the Chief Baron, who has a salary of £7OOO. The judge of the Court of Admi ralty has £4OOO, and the average emoluments of the judge of the Prerogative Court amount to £3577 ; making the number twenty-two, and the united salaries £123,577. THE CLAIMS OF THE POOR, TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. SlR,—Argument was useless. The mention of the constitutional rights of the poor was. subject for derision. The people were too numerous—the "surplus population" must be driven away. There was no connexio❑ between the poor and the land. They must be removed or perish ! Such was the award of our "enlightened and liberal phi losophers !" A pretty mess they have made of it ! Noule won't die c.f want quietly. They become troublesome — dangerous. They must be fed. We grumble that they areim patient. •We are now receiving the just reward of our cruelty. We listened to the philosophers—we deserve our punish ment, because we have turned a deaf ear to our good and wise ancestors. They assured us, that the poor have a right to live ; the philosophers exclaimed, " Nature has made no provision for them—let them die !" We have believed that lie, and our sin has found us out. This, Sir, is our case. _ _ _ We do right, now, to feed the poor. Let us, however, remember, that, in doing so, we are acting in direct con tradiction to the whole school of our "enlightened and liberal philosophers." No provision for the poor, is still their creed ; although fear compels them to relent, they dare not enforce their exterminating principles? How often have they been warned, that God was wiser and stronger than they ; and assured, that, if they would per sist in altering our laws on their diabolical principles, He would exert His power! They answered in jeers and in vectives. They removed the landmark of the poor, and are now at their wit's end. Why do I write thus? It is once more to warn. It is not enough to feed the poor now. They must be provided for hereafter. Their right to maintenance must again be fully recognised by our laws. They require, and must have, Protection ! Yes, Sir that despised word will, after all, triumph over all its foes. Protection from first to last —from the monarch to the pauper—else England's sun will set in gore. 1 have warned the landlords until I have become hoarse. I told them their doom, should they rob the poor by the new Poor Law. I appeal to the Duke of Wellington —have not my predictions been verified. Let the landlords now resolve that the first act of the next session of Parliament shall be one recognising the right of the poor to liberty and life in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Then the philosophers will be confounded, and, having thus set our faces constitutionward, we may expect prosperity and the blessing of our God. I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, London, Oct. 21. RICHARD OASTLER. P.S.—lt is no use to mince matters. If we persist in refusing the constitutional right of the poor, they will hang, like an incubus, on the state, and we shall become the derision of the world. The philosophers may storm and rag e —G o d w ill l aug h a t th e i r f ury . T ru l y , s ir, if we will not bend to receive lessons from our "greybearded ancestors," starving millions will demand that the state shall resume its right to the land and the property. In the future distribution, their rights must be s anctioned. It were wis er t o grant grac i ous l y th an t o yi e ld ignomi niously. IL. 0. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The railway from Lynn to Downham Market and Nar borough in Norfolk was opened last week. At the first ordinary meeting of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway on Friday it was resolved tgamalgamate with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway. The half-yearly meeting of the Preston and Wyre was adjourned until November 25th, in order to give time to mature the terms for amalgamating with the Manchester and Leeds. It was stated that the half. yearly dividend would be 15s. per share. During the late storm, great damage was done by the sea to a portion of the railway works at Pencoaen-mawr. A considerable extent of the well built sea-wall, on the Bangor side of the cliff, has been destroyed ; and all the materials, masons' tools, &c., were washed away. It is said that £2OOO will barely cover the damage. At the meeting of the West Lancashire, or Liverpool, Southport, and Preston Railway, at Manchester, on Wed nesday, Mr. R. Stephenson and Mr. P. P. Bidder were authorised to arrange terms with the Liverpool. Crosby, and Southport Company, as to the price per share the lat ter is to give for all the plans, maps, goodwill, &c. of the former. The Midland at its special meeting authorised the raising of the requisite capital (X 2,567,000) for carrying out their new branches, making their total capital amount to about £11,000,000. The only call on new shares this year would be £2 per share. In 1817 there would be calls of £8 per share. Resolutions were passed to create Midland shares to replace those of the Birmingham and Bristol and to include the extension of the Leeds and Bradford in the lease of the Midland. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—An accident, by which two men lost their lives upon the above railn ay, took place on Thurs day, between the Brighouse and Elland stations. It ap pears that two plate layers heard a luggage train upon the up line, and unfortunately stepped on the down line out of its way. At that instant the express train, which leaves Manchester at a quarter-past eight came down, and both the men were killed before they could get out of the way. The morning was very foggy. The Gloucester Journal says, "We hear that the Mid land Company will shortly arrange for spedial trains, to carry 150 tons each, to Gloucester at regular intervals, and that they are under promise to provide slips for shoot ing the salt into vessels in the canal. Should these, and some other appliances for carrying on the salt trade be properly and quickly carried out, we may be able to anti cipate the efforts which are being made at Hull to sup plant us, and may be in a condition to put salt on board ship at Gloucester as cheap, if not cheaper, than at Li verpool." A special meeting of the York and North Midland unanimously assented to Mr. Hudson's proposal respect iny the capital of the East and West Riding shares—the providing money to pay for the Hull and Selby in 1850, and the capitalizing a debt between £500,000 and £600,000, which arrangements have the effect of making the total capital amount to £4,721,250. And the York and Newcastle, likewise under Mr. Hudson's presidency, agreed to capitalize certain extension shares, and to pro vide for the purchase of the Great North of England by a further issue. The total capital, exclusive of the New castle and Berwick line, will amount to £6,625,000. MEDICAL USE OF TILE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The electric telegraph between Norwich and Shoreditch was, on Thursday, made the means of communication between a physician in London and his patient in the former place. On Wednesday, Dr. L—, a celebrated obstetric phy sician, was sent for from London to attend a lady lying there in a dangerous state. On his return to town, he left instructions to the medical attendant to convey in formation of the state of the patient the next morning, by means of the telegraph. This was promptly done on Thursday morning, and the prescription was as promptly returned. The telegraph completed its communication by announcing the death of the lady. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—A special general meet ing of the proprietors was held at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, on Tuesday, for the purpose of entering 10,640 new sl ares, at £5O each, in this company, to be exchanged for the existing shares. of the same number and amount, in the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Company. Mr. George Hadfield objected . to the Leeds company taking £200,000 of stock from the Liverpool and Bury Company, and granting them no interest upon that sum, while they were allowing the Huddersfield com pany interest. The chair man reminded Mr. Hadfield that that would be a subject for discussion at the meeting of the company in November. The resolution was unani mously agreed to. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.— This line is fast rising in public estimation, and we are glad to find that it is meeting with that support which must make the application to Parliament in its favour success ful. Since the prospectus first appeared, the list of direc tors has received the additional names of a number of gentlemen of wealth and standing, and whose interests are connected intimately with the line. An arrangement is also proposed for securing to the promoters of this line the interest and goodwill of the old " West Lancashire Com pany," which, as our readers are probably aware, failed in the application to Parliament for a bill last year. The line is very likely to prove of very great advantage to this port, as well as to the whole of the district through which it passes, as was abundantly proved before the parliamentary committee last session THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. Having, in a former number, laid before our readers the somewhat impudent circular signed by the secretaries of the " British Anti-State Church Association,"and ad dressed to all the money-giving members of the Anti. Corn Law League, we now proceed to fulfil our promise by bringing under their notice the machinery of this Asso ciation. It has its treasurer, its secretaries, its auditors, and lastly, its executive committee, which is composed chiefly of Dissenting Reverends, located in different parts of England, Scotland, and Wales. Its "scheme of organisa tion" declares that this society is to be based upon the following principles :—"That in matters of religion man is responsible to God alone; and that all legislation by secular Government in affairs of religion is an encroach ment upon the rights of man, and an invasion of the prerogatives of God (I ) and that the application by law of the resources of the State to the maintenance of any form or forms of religious worship and instruction, is contrary to reason (.'9, hostile to human liberty, and directly opposed to the word of God." It would not be easy to cram a greater quantity of trash into this space. The object of the society is then declared to be " the liberation of religion from all governmental or legislative interference ;" and this object is to be sought "by lawful and peaceable means, and by such means only." Every person "contributing not less than one shilling annually to the general fund is to be admissible as a member." The functions of the executive committee are thus de fined : 1. They shall meet once a month, at least, being sum moned by circular from the secretaries, at some fixed place of business to be selected by themselves. 2. It shall be their first duty to carry out the plans of the Council. 3. They shall take measures for the collection and di gest of statistical and other information relative to State Churches, and shall procure, by public competition or otherwise, the writing of such tracts, or larger treatises, on the question of national religious establishments, as they may deem requisite to further the objects of the So ciety. 4. They shall regulate the movements of the public lec turers engaged in the name of this Society. 5. They shall carry into execution, as opportunities present themselves, the several modes of action prescribed by the Council ; shall act as a central committee of advice whenever occasion may require; and shall have power to call together the Council whenever, in their judgment, it may appear desirable. 6. They shall hold themselves responsible to the Coun cil, by whose decisions they shall be bound. Next come the " modes of action contemplated by the Society," which are embodied under eight heads :- 1. The collection and digest, from authentic and public documents, of all such information as may throw light upon the nature and tendency of State Churches. 2. The securing original mays on the question of State Churches, for popular use, and fitted to supply to the public, and especially to Dissenters, needful and useful information on the subject. 3. The employment of lecturers, gratuitous or other wise, under the sanction and direction of the Executive Committee; to explain and enforce the fundamental prin ciple of this Society; to expose the evils which have re sulted, and are inseparable, from any form of alliance between Church and State; and to rouse the public, and especially Nonconformists, to an earnest consideration of their duty in this matter. 4. The promotion of the return to Parliament, wherever practicable, of men of known integrity and ability, con versant with the principles of this Society, and disposed to avail themselves of all suitable occasions for existing discussion thereupon, and ready to promote its object; and the furnishing of such members, when returned, with all the special information the Society can command. 5. The support of such members, whenever the Council shall deem it advisable to agitate the question of State Churches in the Legislature, by means of petitions to the Houses of Parliament, and memorials to the Throne, and in other appropriate and constitutional ways. 6. The removal of the question of national religious establishments as much as possible from under the influ ence of party feeling ; the placing it upon the ground of what is due to pure and undefiled religion, and to the best interests, temporal and spiritual, of the people ; and the enlistment of the sincerely religious of all classes of the community by energetic appeals to conscience. 7. The adoption of preparatory measures for obtaining the repeal of all the existing laws directly or indirectly involving the union of the Church with the State; and the enactment of laws to carry out, to their legitimate extent, the principles of religious liberty. S. The employment of whatsoever lawful and peaceful means may be adapted to promote the one great object of " The British Anti-State-Church Association." We especially invite the attention of our readers, and of the electoral bodies throughout the kingdom, to the fourth arid fifth of the above " modes of action." On several occasions we have warned the latter, that no con fidence must be reposed in Dissenters at the hustings, and we placed before them proofs of the fact. Supporters of Maynooth Grants and Popish Colleges will be supported in return ; if they will only bind themselves not to sup port the Established Church. Churchme❑ therefore, must fight their own battle, and fight it maigplly, or the unholy alliance of schismatics of all kinds wM overpower them. They must never forget, too, that these schisma tics, however much they may hate each other, have one common bond of love and union in their more intense and compiehenaive hatred of the Church.—John Bull. Nov. 3, 1846. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the John Bull.) SATURDAY MORNING. Very little business was transacted in the public sem. rities in the early part of the week, and though prices presented an unfavourable appearance no immediate decline was expected. Ever since the Montpensier marriage there has not been that buoyancy which had before character— ised business, but dulness has been gradually increasing though the retrograde movement was far from being ex cessive. The excitement occasioned by the proposed alliance had less influence upon English Stocks than was anticipated, but it was remarked at the time that in all probability there would be more real cause for apprehen sion after than before the event had taken place. This• now seems to be the case ; for Consols have suffered a depreciation of nearly 1 per cent. in the course of the last week or ten days, owing to fears entertained respecting the contemplated expedition of an armed Spanish force into Portugal. The great fall in prices occurred on Thursday, when this intelligence was first spread, and as it seems preparations have been made for such a pro ceeding, the speculators feel alarmed for the consequences. Under these circumstances they have manifested a strong disposition to get rid of stock, in order to be prepared for any great change in the position of foreign relations. The intelligence from America yesterday was not altogether regarded as favourable, and the vigorous prosecution of the war against Mexico is considered indicative of fresh diffi culties in that quarter of the globe. It was reasonable to expect that after so great a decline as one per cent. in prices some little reaction would occur, and the market did in fact recover in a slight degree yesterday afternoon on purchases effected at the lowest quotations, while after the regular hours of business, the dealings among the outside operators carried the value of Consols from 94} for the Account to 941. Whether the dealers were led to suppose, from information which has not reached the pub lic, that they had forced the market to a point of un warrantable depression, is a question which the next twenty-four hours may decide : but in the mean time it is perfectly certain that large buyers at an advance ap peared late in the day, and that this circumstance had the favourable effect of bringing quotation to this better level. Bank Stock was last marked 204 to 205 ; India Stock, 259 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 to 12 pm. ; Reduced Three per Cents., 93 to k. The Foreign Securities maintained much steadiness until the change in the value of those negotiated in the English market, when prices gave way. The dealings since have been of 'less general interest than before. The fall in Mexican, Spanish, and Portuguese not producing speculation, is solely attributable to the manifest dislike of operators for heavy dealings in securities, which are so readily influenced by the political events of the day, and in some measure because the public, as a body, shun them altogether. The jobbers are, therefore, left to act entirely upon one another, and as shares are in more general fa vour, and the home Funds of a more important value, they direct their speculative dealings to the latter. Mex ican closed yesterday at 22. Spanish Five per Cent., 25f to 251 ; ditto Three per Cents., 36+ : Portuguese 38 to 40 ; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 58+ to 9#; and Columbian 15 to 16. The share market was buoyant and brisk during the whole of the early part of the week. The operations were in many cases considerable, and speculation was active. SATURDAY NIGHT. There was more firmness in Public Securities, this morning, and Consols were ',done for money at 941, and 91 for the account. The market did not close, how ever, quite so firm as was expected, the latest quotation being 94 for money and 93ii for account. Reduced Three per Cents. were done at 935; the Three•and_a- Quarter p.r Cents. at 951 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 11, and India Bonds, 22 premium. Bank Stock was done at 2041. The accounts from Paris were considered leis equivocal respecting the affairs of the Peninsula, which was the chief reason assigned for the market being better. Portuguese Four per Cent. Bonds were last done at 391 ; Spanish Five per Cents. at 2b; and the Three per Cents. at 371. The transactions were limited, but the quotations will show that the decline of prices was arrested. Mexican Bonds were done at 22 and 211 for money and account, and the Unconverted Bonds also at 22. The business was trifling, and there is evidently no disposition to extend the operations until further accounts are received from Mexico. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates were done at 92. FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Black continues to be the favourite colour for walking dresses in velvet, silks, or woollen materials. Daum: will be fashionable for soirees as well as the promenade, reps broches. Plaids and stripes, particularly the carreau royal, reps bluet, taffetas d'Ralie, &c., &c., rank among the principal materials for winter toilettes. Double and triple skirts are not so much used, but the trimmings on robes de soirees are very deep in gauze, tulle, or ribbon, rendering the skirt bouffante, increasing rather than les sening the width. Many of the richer materials are made with trains for full dress a little raised in front; and the corsages with points both before and behind. The caracos, b issues, and waistcoat corsages—all that has been at tempted to recal the costumes of bygone days—are now to give place to the Diana style, a kind of tight body con fined at the waist and widening on the hips. Embroidery in soutache is superseded by the ne w g i m ps of every width mixed with beads and chenille ; th e ze phyrtne IS executed in silver, gold, silk, or worsted, and is equally applicable for dresses, coiffures, bonnets, caps, corde lieres.&c. Ribbon is also very generally used this season ; long broad ceintures are much worn, called icharpee; the new ribbons are very elegant, either brocaded or with edges resembling blond, termed guipure ribbon. For morning wear, the finest cachemires and cloth dresses are worn, the latter with gimp trimmings, the former with flounces festonne's and embroidered ; some are with so deep a tuck as to have the effect of a double skirt. Mantel of taffetas d'ltalie, lined with sarcenet, the small sleeves lightly wadded, replace the visites of summer; the form is pretty, reaching low behind, with one and sometimes three pelerines. Marquises of satin form short mantelets in front; the sleeves are formed in the material; these are tii'nmed with a very deep flounce; the manteau infanta is, in the Spanish style, of black velvet, with large collar trimmed with rich laces ; besides these we have the Rouliere, Mouresque, Garrick, and Grecian, Bonnets have undergone but little change ; the form is small, and lace trimmings much in favour ; bavolets are added to the winter bonnet; velvet ones are much enli vened by coloured linings ; cerise is a favourite mixture with them ; the fashionable colours for velvet, or velours e'pingle, are myrtle green, violet, blue jacinthe, and black, ornamented with velvet flowers, frequently of the same colour. For children, the gipsy form in beavers is pre ferred. EMERALD AUXILIARY SCREW STEAMER. (From the Steam Navigation Gazette.) We have much pleasure in giving our readers the extract from a letter by Captain Prichard to Lieut. Sarsfield, R.N., the intelligent Marine Manager of the City of Dublin Company : _ " Belfast, Oct. 15, 1846 " This is to inform you of our safe arrival in this port from London, after a passage of four days and three hours. The first thirty hours we had a strong breeze from the west ; after, for five or six hours, the wind was flying about to the south-west, until we got to the Isle of Wight. We then got the wind to the northward, which carried us to the Lizards, after this little or no wind ; but at ten that evening it came on like a hurricane from the westward to the north-west and round to the southward, and then came a-head. There were two screw-boats which had left London, one twenty-four hours before us, for Lim erick, and we passed her off the North Forelands. The other left thirty hours before us—we passed her off the Isle of Wight. The Pearl—(built by Ditchbourne and Mare,—engines by Maudslay and Field)—left the same day from Southampton that we left London; we spoke her off the Land's End, and arrived here seven hours before her. Close haul'd we beat them the most; we went to windward more than any we tried with ; we acted well both with the wind a-head and fair, and did not labour in the least—were quite dry, and ran much better than I expected." We wish particularly to draw attention to this account in consequence of the Emerald being the first of several vessels of various sizes, built at Liverpool, with auxiliary steam power, having Mr. Grantham's pateiAt arrange ments, by which all spur wheels and multiplying gear are removed, and the engines applied direct to the screw shaft as in paddle-wheel steamers : thus obviating one of the greatest objections ,to the screw propeller. The vessel was also modelled by Mr. Grantham. Besides t'.o fact of the Emerald's great superiority over the other thr e e screw vessels, as stated in Captain Pritchard's would notice a still more important circumstance. The speed of the Emerald has been about equal to the coasting paddle-wheel steamers. These average ab out 700 tons measurement, and 250 horse power , • and cost about £28,000. They carry about 200 tons dead weight, besides their coals, burn from 80 to 100 tons per voyage of the same distance. On the other hand, the Eme ra ld can take from 200 to 300 tons cargo, burns about 25 t ons of coals, and has cost under £9OOO. We shall wait with much interest for the r esu lt o f th e Sarah Sands, a vessel of 1000 tons, now building under Mr. Grantham's directions, and fitted on the same prin ciple. letter, PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE. 1 Outward Jamaica Leewaid Isl. 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