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No. 17,174.] LON DON, TH URS DAY -V E G
S 101 y OCTOBER 7, 1847.

The contract for six and three-quarters miles from Bettcsford is
Grantham, including the Gonerby Hill Tunnel. was commenced on
the 15th of March, the contractor being then put in possessive► of
some portion of the land.
The whole of the land for this contract is now obtained, and the
contractor is at work on every part.
More than five miles of the contract length is fenced in, and the
remainder of the fencing will be shortly completed.
About 200,000 cubic yards have been got out of the excavations
and put into the embankments, which completes more than one-
third of the earth-work.
Nine bridges are built, with the exception only of the parapets,
and nearly all the necessary culverts are put in.
In the Gonerby Hill Tunnel 420 yards of the heading are driven ;
the side lengths of four shafts, and one shaft length, making fbrty
ards of the tunnel is bricked, and the remaining portion is proceeding
rapidly.
Two miles of the line are formed ready to receive the ballast and
9'rmanent way, and about 500 yards of single line are laid down.
a. great quantity of ballast is Also provided, and en the ground.
.1 considerable quantity of permanent materials have been de-
vered.
There are now employed upon the works 729 men and 109 horses.
have great pleasure in stating that the works now done by the
contractor are executed in a good, sabstantial, and workmanlike
manner, and lam well satisfied with the exertion used by the con-
tractor in pushing on the works.
The whole of the plans, sections, and drawings for Contracts Nos.
2 and 3 are ready. Contractors are preparing their estimates is
tender for these works, which may be let any day after the 24th of
this month.
One of these contracts will commence near Nottingham, by a
junction with the Lincoln line, at Colwick, and will include the
bridge over the river Trent, and extend to Contract No. 1, at Bot-
tesford ; and the ether will commence at Grantham, and extend to
the junction of the Sleaford Branch, making a total distance from
Colwick, near Nottingham, of twenty-three miles, including the first
contract. _ . _ _

The whole of the line to Boston is staked out, as well as the line
to Spalding and the Branch to Sleaford, the plans, sections, and
drawings for these different contracts will be next proceeded with.
On that portion of the line from Nottingham to Bulwell, which is
making jointly with the Midland Counties, Nottingham, and Mans-
field Railway Company, a distance of four miles, several bridges are
now building, the fencing and earthwork of the line are advancing
satisfactorily.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
JOHN U. HISTRICK.

lig. 11, 1847.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 7111 Aram', 1847

RECEIPTS.

Excise-office, London, September, 1847.
"-- STE. A M TO INDIA, VIA EGYPT. From Feb. 8,
]To Feb. 8,1847. I 1847, to Total.
Regular Monthly Mail Steam Conveyance for Passengers and Aug. 7, 1847.
Light Goods to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d.
The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION To First Deposit of
COMPANY book Passengers and receive Goods and Parcels for the 11. 7s. 6d. per
above Ports by their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th share upon 27,897
end from Suez on or about the 10th of every month. shares in the Not-
For Rates of Passage-money, Plans of the Steamers, and to se- tingham & Bos•
eur,a Passages, apply at the Company's offices, 61, St. Mary Axe, ton Company 38,358 7 6
London. Upon 95 130 12 6 38,489 0 0
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. To First Deposit of
NEWMARKET RACES. 1/. 7s. 6d. per
Coaches from Newmarket meet the following Trains from London share upon 17,237
on MoNDAY and TIIESDAY, October 11 and 12, viz.:— shares in the Not-
Vla Chesterford-7 15, 9 30, and 11 30 A.m.-2 40, 5, and 6 P.M. tingham, Vale of
Via Cambridge-7 15 and 11 30 A.M-5 and 6 P.m. Belvoir, & Gran-
A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave London on Tuesday, at 8 A.M., re- tham Railway 23,700 17 6 23,700 17 6
turning from Cambridge at 6 45, and from Chesterford at 725 P.M. To First Deposit of
By order, 11. 75. 6d. per
C. P. RONEY, Secretary. share upon 18,480
Office, Bishopsgate Station, October 6, 1847. shares in the Not-
tingham, Ere-
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY bwqrts, haVa
tael UT, --
TENDERS FOR LOANS. chester Company 25,410 0 0 25,410 0 0
The Directors of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS To Second Deposit
/or LOANS on security of the Company's Debentures, in sums of of 11.55. per share
not leas than 1,000/. each, at ii. per Cent. interest, payable half- upon 63,621 shares
Yearly, and for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years. in the Amber
Applications to be made to the undersigned. Gate, Notting-
CHARLES A SAUNDERS, Secretary. ham & Boston, &
London Terminus, Paddington, August 20, 1847. Eastern Junction
Company ...... 79,526 5 0
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND Upon 120.. .. ..
150 0 0 79,676 5 0
WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. To Twelve Shil-
The Directors are ready to receive TENDERS of MONEY, to be lings per share
advanced upon Loan, on security of the Company's Debentures, for upon2s,244shares
Three, Five, or Seven Years, at Interest after the rate of Si. per Cent. in Grand Union
Per Annum, payable half-yearly. claims for Amber
The Tenders may be addressed to the undersigned. ' Gate shares..... 16,146 8 0
By order of the Board of Directors, Upon 915.. .... 549 0 0 15,695 8 0
NOEL THOMAS SMITH, Secretary.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton To Second Deposit
Railway Office, of Id. ss. per
fushare.so shares
upon
roAenshj 22,540
cGlaraimll d
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY
Worcester, Sept. 23, 1547.
mber Gate
COMPANY, 1847. shares .
FOURTH INSTALMENT. Upon 2,009 ... •
al. per Share of 111. 10s., due Ist of November, 1847, making 101. 4s.
per Share called up. To Interest re•
Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-named ceived
Company have this day made a Call of 21. per Share, payable on the
let of November, 1847. To Transfer Fees
The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at received
c 717 of the under-mentioned bankers, producing at the same time
the call letter, without which payment of the call cannot be ac-
219,271 6 1
copted.
TlTtennit ow. iewps

HARRY VERNEY, Chairman.
WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary.
30, Great Geerge-street, Westminster,
lst October, 1847.
Interest at 5 per cent. will be charged by the Bankers on all Calls
which remain unpaid after the appointed day.
No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call
due by the Proprietor remains unpaid.
No transfer of shares will be received ou and after the 30th of Oc-
tober, 1347, until the call is paid.
*BANKERS.
London ..... Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-
street.
Utrmingham.. The Birmingham Banking Company.
Liverpool . • .. The Borough Bank.
Manchester .. Sir B. Heywood and Co.
AYlesbury .... Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and
County Bank.
lackinghani—Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn, and the London
and County Bank.
Banbury .. Messrs. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gillett and

DISBURSEMENTS,

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Tawney.
Oxford • • ....Messrs. Wootten and Co., and the London and County

Bank.
Bicester.. • ... Messrs. Tubb.
N.B.—THE OXFORD AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION, and
BUCKINGHAM AND BRACKLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANIES are amalgamated under the above title of the "BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY."

AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, and BOS-
TON, and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At the ordinary HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIE-
TORS, held on the 24th day of August, 1847, at the Exchange Hall,
Nottingham, for the purpose of receiving a statement of the pro-
ceedings of the Dir
intechetors and the Accounts of the Company, W.IF.
N. Norton, Esq., chair,
The following REPORT was read by the Secretary:—Since the
last ordinary meeting of the Proprietors, your Directors have con-
tracted with Mr. Wythes for the formation of that portion of
the line between Bottesford and Grantham, including the
Gonerby-hill Tunnel, and the Canal Branch (about eight miles), and
the works are progressing to the satisfaction of your Directors.
They have also been called upon by the Midland Company to fulfil
the agreement entered into for the joint construction of the four
miles west of Nottingham to Bulwell, which will effect a large sav-
ing to this Company.
Your Directors have not deemed it prudent to enter into any other
contracts, er to incur and other liabilities, in consequence of the mo-
netary pressure, and also from an assurance given at the last ordi-
nary meeting that no further call should be made before the present
meeting, when your opinions might be consulted and directions
taken. At the same tune your Directors have no hesitation in de-
claring that the tree interests of the Company will be hest promoted
by completing the line between Nottingham and Grantham at tbe
earliest period; and they regret that by this delay they will be en-
able to avail themselves of the summer months for the formation of
their works, which would have been greatly to the advantage of the
Company.
On the first application to Parliament for the construction of this
railway, the Midland Company vi ere large shareholders, and being
otherwise interested, it was sot thought advisable to incur the ex-
pense of making a separate station, wharfs, &c., at ;srottiinham, and
therefore ne powers in the original Act were taken for that purpose ;
but as that Company subsequently withdrew their connexion, your
Directors, under the sanction of the half-yearly meeting in February
last, applied to Parliament to deviate the line, and by increasing
their powers to secure an independent position.
As the Company's trains would have to pass over the Lincoln line
about two miles, the Midland Company had the power to charge
after the rate of six miles. To be relieved from that heavy toll was
another important desideratum—and though the Company by
the purchase of the Nottingham Canal had the best depot for the
accommodation of the town of Nottingham, yet co independent ac-
cess was secured. Under these circumstances your Directors deemed
it advisable to apply to Parliament to effect the above objects, and
they congratulate the ShareholLers in having succeeded upon terms
greatly to the advantage of the Company. After the Bill had been
introduced into Parliament, the Midland Company met your Direc-
tors in a very liberal and friendly spirit, and atter some negotiations,
an agreement was entered into under the corporate seals of each
Company, by which the Midland Company consented to repeal so
much of the Lincoln Act as enabled them to charge the six miles
rate, and a clause to that effect has been introduced into their
amended Act, by which this Company pay a mileage only. They
have also agreed to provide the necessary stations and other accom-
modation for the passengers and traffic, both at Nottingham and
Ambergate, the extent and terms to he arranged by a Director ap-
pointed front each Company, and in case of difference, to be settled
by an umpire.

Amount ex- I Amount ex- I
peuded up to pended from Bth Total.
Bth Feb. Feb. to 7tk Aug.

1847.

1847.

X a. el. X a. d. X a. d.
By Engineering
and Surveyiag,
including Parlia-
mextary ........ 12,940 14 9 3,246 13 2 16,187 7 II
By Works . ...... 19,191 11 8 19,191 11 8
By Rails, Chairs,
Sleepers, Bc.c • • . • 13,450 0 0 13,450 0 0
By Land and Com-
pensation ...... 15,211 18 3 15,211 18 3
By Law Charges.. 9,957 4 6 11,129 18 5 21,087 2 11
Balance of Ses-
sion, 1846.
By Parliamentary 2 503 9 6 f 2,701 9 9 5,204 19 3
Charges .. . • • ' 11846 and 1847
By Traffic Taking 1,438 5 0 1,438 8 0
By Direction and
Audit.... • ..... 500 0 0 1,058 0 0 1,550 0 0
By Office Charges
and Secretary &
Clerks' Salaries.. 4,257 11 7 926 7 10 5,184 3 5
By Advertising,
Stationery, and
Printing.. • . • • .. 3,549 7 6 462 18 8 4,012 3 2
By Miscellaneous
Charges and Tra-
velling Expenses 2,339 7 3 480 10 3 2,819 17 6
By Banker's Com-
mission .....• 51G 12 2 31 9 4 " 547 12 6
Yy Interest, One
Shilling and Tw-
opence per share,
due Bth of Aprll,
1847, mecntBB,34l
shares • .. • • • • 5,153 4 6 5,135 4 6
••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••
ByPostageStampS
on hand .. • • • • 10 11 9
By Cash in Bank-
ers' hands 108,222 8 3 108,233 0 0

In consequence of this agreement your Directors only proceeded
to obtain powers for the construction of the Branch to tke Canal
Wharf at Nottingham, which they have obtained, and over wnich
the Midland Company have power to run their trains, on payment
of. tell.
2:ae concessions and powers thus secured are of the utmost int-
portai,r.o and advantage to the Compeny. The most convenient
swim, Led ample accommodation for passengers and merchandize
will be proy:fded, both at Nottingham and Ambergate, and the saving
in the outlay capital, as well as time and the convenience to the
public will be gi:naily effected. As the traffic in coal, corn, cattle,
and heavy goods, according to the estimates proved, will be very
large, the advantage obtained by the possession of tke Canal Wharf
is of the first consideation, as it gives to this Company the best
trading position in the t01.7n of Nottingham, which could not other-
wise have been secured, exeOpt at an enort,ions sacrifice of money.
The future prosperity and almost vitality of the line were most
. severely attacked during the last session of Parliament, by the Great
Northern and Eastern Counties Companies. The former projected
a lino frora Gosberton oa the Boston loop to Houghton Mill, north
;of Grantham ; and the latter projected a line from Spalding to
Newark, each of which. were parallel to the eastern portion of your
_lino, and if either had keen obtained, would have diverted a consi-
derable portion of the eastern traffic. The Great Northern and East
Lincolnshire also introduced other Bills, the effect of which, if they
bad not been defeated, would have been to destroy your proposed
station at Boston, and render the branch to the quay, at that place.
almost useless. The Great Northern also, by another Bill, to effect
a deviation of their line near Grantham. made another attack upon
your line at that place,
which would havy..aeoti Host prejudicial had
I.!, been successful. In accerdance. howevik. with their duties and
the active vigilance your Direcoitnofgrstthlhriexaovwe:ev:eaurntyea,nudttehhaeevyßoouniffresedre
efetpott the
several exer-
cise protecting the' interests
severe,' Bills every legal opposition, anZrthey are happy to say
starmepoireeringmotiree independent.
Clauses the nest COmplete success. hav
" to make the junction at Grantham
last, which was BO modfued
more advantageous, and, at theA
Clauses have lyean inserted in that
pino nequitableof thoseto
Act
empowering the Grearkioar-
nies to make a jo;nt station, and a
Nor-
thern to use a porfion of your line on
11.
These attempted pr.ojects are conclusattending the exertions of
ipvaeYthat n ti
no tfha:e
Powerful Companies the district is important capable of deve-
loping a large traffic, and by the success
your Directorate part of that district has been infringed upon—all
that the Legislature has %ranted has been preserved intact.
In thus defeating aggression, your Directors have not refused
friendly alliances when they would conduce to your interests. They
Are happy to say
that the host understanding now exists between
this Company and the Eastaris Counties. In fixing the station of
their Wisbeach and Spalding tine at tke latter place, theythe
• adopted your site, and an agreement has been entered into for tla
construction of such station at the joint expense of the two Compa-
nies, and the alliance has further been strengthened by arranging for
an interchange of traffic, and running of trains, between Grantham
and Spalding, and Spalding and Wisbeach, the terms and details of
which are to be settled by arbitration. This agreement will promote
alike the facility and convenience of the public, and the interests of
the Company, and may ultimately lead to a more intimate union,
and which agreement will be submitted to the Special General Meet-
ing en the 21st of September next, to consider the propriety of con-
firming the same.
In conformity with the Act, four of the Directors, and one of the
Auditors retire, whn are eligible for re-election.
The Directors are happy to state that the differences which have
elven between a portion of the Shareholders and the Board have
been ;:.,tijeably arranged, and that the Directors will be increased to
the tall ,i,ember of sixteen ; seven of whom are to be recommended
by the Com"nittees of the Shareholders. And for the election of three
of that number, a Special General meeting will be necessary, which
1$ fixed for Tue:day, the 21st of September next.
Company's ofite,se, Wheeler. gate, Nottingham, August 18, 1847.

219,271 6 1

Audited tke 11th day of August, 1847.
FRANCIS SIMES ALLIOTT.
CHARLES IdIDDLETON.

Resolved—That the report now read be adopted.
Resolved—That Benjamin Badger, of London, Esq.; William
Durham, of Manchester. Esq.; Herbert Ingram, of London, Esq. ;
and Richard Septimus Wilkinson, Esq., be elected Directors, in
lieu of Sir James Duke, Knight, M,P. ; Francis Braithwaite, Esq,;
Frederick Plant, Esq. ; and Frederick Fowler Robertson, Esq., who
retire.
Resolved—That Mr. Francis Simes Alliott be re-elected an auditor
to the Company.
Resolved—That the seal of the Company be affixed to the Register
of Shareholders.
Resolved—That the thanks of this meeting be given to the
Chairman, for his excellent, temperate, and impartial conduct in
the chair.

WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by
Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Commander-in-Chief,
and principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Half
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In London only of FOUGERE, Patentee, 6, Conduit-street, Regent.
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THE REGISTERED PALETOT OF LLAMA
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approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price which,
with its usefulness and gentlemanly appearance, has secured such
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Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the
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26, COP.NIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
w.th respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, th* power to borrow, without expense or for-
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EXAMPLES.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—On looking over the Act if the 6th of
Victoria, cap. 18, the surprise is that Mr. M‘Christie's
late decisions should have been received with anything
like astonishment by the parish authorities. It is
notorious that Mr. Arnold refused to allow them the
expenses of making up their lists, so forciblyim-
pressed was he with the neglect, or partiality, of the
parties employed in the responsible task of preparing
the rough work of Parliamentary registration. There
is a great distinction to be drawn between the case of
the rural and urban overseers. Considering the kind
of stuff of which the rustic authorities are made, it is
quite possible to suppose that, without any partial in-
tention or attempt at unfair play, they may have oc-
casionally erred in inserting or refusing the names of
parties who claimed to be registered as entitled to
vote for the election of Members of Parliament. It
may well become a question whether or no through-
out the agricultural districts of England some
better machinery than the one at present em-
ployed could not be devised for the purpose. We
should be slow, however, to propose any meddling
with the existing order of things where in a rough
way it is found to be sufficient. The complaints prac-
tically that come before the revising barristers are not
from the rural districts, but from the towns. From
Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool, we have received
innumerable complaints ; from the country alost none.
The fair inference is, that whatever of tampering
there is with the purity of elections on the Duke of
Richmond's land, or in tracts similarly situated, does
not take place at the-foantain's head . In these cases
trenches are dug at a convenient distance to divert the
equable flow of the constitutional stream into a series
of puddles ; or locks are constructed to retain and
dismiss the water at the pleasure of him who for the
time being shall have his thumb upon the ma-
chinery. In towns, however, it is different. The
circumstances of the population are shifting and
uneasy. That vote is refused or objected to when
the lists are made up which, it is presumed, will not
be defended when the revising barrister makes his
awful round. In the first place, the circumstances
of the parties are taken into calculation, and the pro-
babilities that they will not trouble themselves about
the matter, or will be unable to prosecute it to a suc-
cessful conclusion. Then, again, the legal difficulties
attendant upon town registration are taken into
account by the sharp Parliamentary agents. They
object to a hundred votes. If twenty objections
i
stick, their purpose s answered. Thus in towns
there are two classes of persons interested in making
frivolous objections; the first, the overseers, gene-
rally attorneys of the sharpest sort; and secondly,
Parliamentary /agents, who are to attorneys what
attorneys are to the rest of the human race. Against
one and other of these classes Mr. M'Christie has

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been waging determined war, in pursuance of the
powers intrusted to him by the Act of the
6th of Victoria, upon which it is only astonishing
that his confraternity should hitherto have been so
slow to act. In the strong and decided view he has

taken of the questions that have come before him,
Mr. M'Christie has proved himself to be a valuable
public servant, and his example will not, we trust, be
thrown away upon those who are entrusted with the
discharge of similar duties. By section 51 of the
Act, which should be the text-book of revising bar-
risters, it is enacted that any overseer of any parish
who shall wilfully refuse or neglect to make out any
list, or who shall wilfully neglect to insert therein the
name of any person who shall have given due notice
of claim, or who in making out the list of voters for
any city or borough shall wilfully, and without any
reasonable cause, omit the name of any person duly
qualified to be inserted in such list, or who shall
wilfully and without any reasonable cause insert in
such list the name of any person not duly qualified
shall for every such offence be liable to pay,
by way of fine, a sum of money not exceeding five
pounds, nor less than twenty shillings, at the discre-
tion of the revising barrister. Again, in section 46
of the same Act, it is provided that if any person shall
have made or attempted to sustain any groundless or
frivolous and vexatious claim, or objection, or title
to have any name inserted or retained on the list, the
barrister may in his discretion award such costs as
he shall think fit against any person or persons con-

cerned in resisting such claimor objection. The only
question that could possibly arise under the provisions
of this Act would be under the " wilfully." In rural
districts it might be fair to leave a large margin for
agricultural dimness of understanding. In towns,
where a parcel of sharp attorneys are the parties con-
cerned, it would be but prudent for revising bar-
risters, in reading the Act, to leave out of the ques-
tion altogether the " scienter." Attorneys are not
lambs. If a mistake should be made once or twice,
the public interests would not suffer serious dilapida-
tion, and in the end the lists would be brought nearer
the intention of the framers of the Reform Bill.
mtwheitatrweAhat act she
Nothing in the meanwhile could be more disgraceful
than the conduct of the agents of the political clubs
and others who deal in sporting objections to bona
fide votes.
CHRONICLE.—The Austrian troops, it would
appear, have evacuated Ferrera. For the present,
then, the danger that threatened the general peace
maybe considered as at an end. The Cabinet of Vienna
may be congratulated upon having escaped so easily
from the effects of its own indiscretion. It has
been of late not an uncommon practice to lay a great
stress upon the weakness of Austria, and thence to
infer that the haughtiness of her demeanour and the
violence of her actualautstbrioattwomas
dg
little to be feared. Some, indeed, who adopted this
line of
to argument,ge
t them carried rtroi eadekit aggressionsosowflea r that it became im-
possible
insolence
swo
lreonnege. Let her commit
pevleearsedin
otfh
or injustice, they always ma-
naged to discover some plausible excuse for her. The
overwhelming influence of Russia, or the lukewarm-
ness of France or England, in
some case where they
were bound to counteract that
unteract that influence, have been
generally the scapegoats
on which the sins of Austria
were laid. We do not
was
au i
not much that was 1 s' p ble in speculations of this kind,
had they not been carried too far. The annexation of
Cracow was the joint
act
of the Three Powers, and
doubtless Russia reaped more real advantage from it
than Austria,
and Prussia
scarcely less, while it
was expected that theu
0 nd'll would have attached
to Austria alone. That was a case in which, apart
from principle and respect for treaties, the balance
of mere expediency was so much against the
r
act, that it was reasonable to suppose either that
Austria had been partly cajoled, partly coerced into
it, by Russia and Prussia; or else that sheer despera-
tion at her failing strength and increasing embarrass-
ments had herdrivenn into such an excess, contrary to
judgment.
her better The causes and motives for
political acts of
this kind are frequently so complex,
that a certain latitude must be allowed in attempting
to account for them. When a person commits a deed
that calls forth universal
indignation, he is always
ready to excusehimself, not only to others but to
his own conscience, by throwing the blame on his
advisers. Possibly in
the case of Cracow, the
entire truth will never be known. Our own impres-
sion is, that the Austrian Government foresaw the
storm brewing in Italy, and that they sought, by
effacing the last vestige of Polish independence,
both to strike terror into Italy, and to be more at
liberty to act against the latter,
if that warning
should be unheeded. The character of Pius IX.
would appear to have been suspected by
Austrian
Government long before the the A •
ustri
world had heard of
him. The genius and firmness of the man they
could not have foreseen ; but th •
eir spies had pro-
bably made them familiar with so much of his ideas
and tendencies as in a private st •
atioa he allowed to
transpire. The pains which they took to prevent his
election, and which mere accident caused to be un-
successful,
are a proof that they shrewdly foreboded
that his accession to the tiara would notfail to
aggravate the difficulties of their position
Of course the success of Pius
a-da.,
~ and the pru-
dence with which Austria has, on second thoughts,
e avoided coming into collision at present with th
in-
dignation and enthusiasm of united Italy, will be laid
hold of as a strong corroboration of their
views, by
weakness those with whom the intrinsic and ap-
proaching decay of the Austrian power are familiar
themes. They may find, for all that, that they
reckon without their host. Austria has given way
for the moment, but only to recommence her anta-
gonism to Italian liberty under different circum-
stances, on more specious pretexts and at times and
places more favourable to her. It will need great
self-composure and watchfulness on the part of the
Italian nations, and much steadfastness and decision
on that of their true friends, to bring about a state of
things in which the hostility of Austria can safely be
disregarded. Italy must be consolidated and rege-
nerated in other senses than she is as yet ; the free in-
stitutions which she has lately obtained
must have
had time to bear their proper fruits ; the sources of her
prosperity and strength must be mightily de 1 - a ve et,e
indeed before she can afford to make light of the
jealousy of Austria, or look back to the domination
of that power as to a dream that can never return.
If Austria were not, both by the unprogressive cha-
racter of her dominant races, and by the
very con-
stitution of her empire, as what we may call a federal
absolutism, perennially hampered and enfeebled, and ,
constrained to be unusually circumspect, what danger' i
have the liberties of Europe ever run so fearful au

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would be implied in the fact of an empire which
already holds such a commanding position in the
centre of Europe, and whose sway is acknowledged
and implicitly obeyed by near 40,000,000 of people,
adding to that dominion and strengthening that posi-
tion by the mighty increment of the Italian penin-
sula, with its 20,000,000 of inhabitants, and all the
unrivalled advantages of its maritime position ? What
dominion that the world ever saw, except the Roman
empire, which sprung up in that same Italy, and
made the Danube solong its northern boundary, could
boast of such " pomp and prodigality " of power as
would be enjoyed by this new Austrian empire, with
its sixty millions of inhabitants, and with a sea
coast whose extreme ports would be Ragusa on the
one side, and Genoa on the other ; with Sicily and the
whole Mediterranean at its feet, and with the Alps
as a perpetual frontier against the assaults of her too
liberal western neighbours? If anything were want-
ing to the compactness of this new empire, which we
may thank the firmness and foresight of Pius IX. for
nipping in the bud, we might advert to the cantons
of the Sonderbund, as certain in such an event to be
appropriated, as a comfortable addition to the Alpine
frontier. To this solution the question was approach-
ing ; and nothing puts in so strong a light the mis-
fortune of the French people, and the infatuation of
their rulers, as the fact that so long as they dared
the latter took every means in their power to bring
it to pass, and to discourage the struggles which
Pius IX. was instinctively impelled to, for the
liberties not of his own country alone, but of
Europe. With or without a Pius IX., Italy could
not have remained in the anomalous - -position in
which her internal disunion and the pusillanimity
of her nominal rulers had kept her so long. Had
she not fortunately found a man with genius and
resolution adequate to guide her in her new career,
she might have madly and prematurely risen
against the tyranny of Austria; and had she failed,
and been crushed once more, Austria would have been
placed in a position effectively to consolidate an em-
pire of the population and power which we have indi•
cated above. It must be, indeed, a fundamental
weakness and tameness of character which the en-
couragements of such: a position would not develop
into an overwhelming and aggressive strength. And
yet this mighty peril, the most sagacious sovereign in
Europe, and that statesman who was believed to have
most deeply fathomed the principles and appreciated
the lessons of history, were content, for the sake of
their own paltry personal schemes, not only to
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the
severalnations of Italy as much as possible a homogeneous
s o
united people, and to prevent their being made,
either in the hands of their own rulers, or in those of
foreign intriguers, an instrument of aggression or
empire.______ _

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 6.—By the arrival of the
packet yesterday we are put in possession of inte-
resting details, of the movements of Sir Charles
Napier's squadron :
" September 14.—At 3 P.M. the Vixen steam-sloop,
Commander Ryder, parted company .and proceeded
with dispatches for England, taking letters from the
squadron then off Cape Roco, ample time being given
to write. At sunset exercised reefing topsails and
courses by the watch only. The Stromboli steam-
sloop was ordered to get her steam up in case of
being wanted during the night, it being a dead calm,
and the ships quite close enough to each other.
" 15th.—Signal made to man and arm boats.' At
11 A.M. the boats assembled alongside the flag-ship,
and commenced a brisk fire from guns and musketry,
which was kept up with much spirit until 1 P.M.,
when the boats returned to their respective ships.
The paddle-box boats in this manoeuvre were most
conspicuous, owing to their build and their buoyancy
on the water. It was a perfect calm, with considerable
swell from the northward, the ships rolling consider-
ably ; the boats were often out of sight from the swell,
and, being extended over aconsiderable space, presented
a highly interesting and animating appearance; each
launch, pinnace, barge, and cutter, being commanded
by a lieutenant, and each being provided with an
assistant surgeon as in actual warfare. All surrounded
the St. Vincent, and commenced a formal attack upon
her, firing great guns and small arms, which the
three-decker used in repelling the attack. This was
a fine spectacle especially when viewed from the other
ships. When the attack was over the boats proceeded
against an imaginary enemy. First the launches ad-
vanced
to action, firing shot ; after a short time, these
boats being supposed to be disabled, the pinnaces ad-
vanced to keep up the action and to cover the retreat
of the launches; they in their turn were succeeded
by the barges, and so on ; the exhibition terminated
by a general volley of . musketry, the boats returing
to their respective ships about 1 r.as. At sunset ex-
ercised reefing topsails and courses as usual; mode-
rate breeze from N.N.E., tacked and wore during the
night as required by night signals.
" 16th.—At 9 30 A.M. the signal was made for
the Canopus, Queen, and Vengeance, to try their rate
of sailing. At 10 A.M. the trial commenced, the ships
close hauled, under courses, single-reefed topsails,
topgallant sails, jib, and spanker, as much sail as
they could carry to a fresh breeze from the N.N.E.
At 10 45 A.M. their inclination, as per signal, was—
the Vengeance, 7 deg.; the Queen, 9 deg.; the Ca-
nopus, 8 deg. At eleven o'clock they tacked, Canopus
about four cables ahead of the Queen, and the Queen
a mile and a half ahead of the Vengeance ; from this
time until one P.M. the ships continued on nearly the
same bearings from each other; but both the Canopus
and the Queen weathered very considerably on the
Vengeance. At two o'clock the trial ended. The
Canopus had the advantage over the Queen by half a
mile; the Queen over the Vengeance three and a
half miles, to windward. The opinion of the squa-
dron was asked upon the trial by signal, and given
in favour of the Canopus. The squadron was ex-
ercised in forming line of battle in single and double
columns, and inverted order, &c. ; at sunset reefed
courses, double-reefed the topsails, and stood off under
easy sail.
" 17th.—Gleomy hazy weather, fresh breezes from
the N.N.E. ; squadron exercised tacking and wear-
ing, together and in succession, forming order of
sailing, &c. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall,
signalled making 18 inches of water in 24 hours.'
The Vengeance shifted her foretopsail-yard ; at sun-
set exercised reefing topsails and courses; sent down
topgallant yards and struck topgallant mast; stood off
the land under easy sail.
" 18th.—At nine A.M. the signal was made to
shift main-topsail yard.' In this manoeuvre the St.
Vincent was 74 minutes, the Canopus, 84 minutes ;
Queen, 115 minutes ; and the Vengeance, 117
minutes, from the signal of lower away' until the
topsail was set with two reefs in it. At ten, the
steamers, being under double-reefed topsails, fore-
course,: jib, and driver, close hauled, their incli-
nation by signal was, Odin 6 deg., Avenger 7 deg.,
Sidon 8 deg., Dragon 9 deg., Stromboli 9 deg. :
they were then signaled to make more sail. At this
time the Dragon was 1 miles on the Sidon's lee-
beam. At 1 30 P.M. she was observed to cross
the Sidon's bows ; and at 4 P.M. she was as much
to windward of the Sidon as she previously had been
to leeward. At 3 P.M., under all sail that they could
carry on a wind, their inclination was per signal—
Stromboli, 8 deg. ; Odin, 9 deg.; Dragon and Avenger,
11 deg. ; Sidon, 12 deg. At this inclination they were
ordered to fire four rounds, which was done by the
Sidon, Odin,-and Dragon. The Avenger and Strom-
boli did not fire. At 10 minutes past 5 signal was
made hands' shift topsails.' From lower away'
until fresh sails were set, double-reefed, Lthe Queen
was 15 minutes ; Canopus, 26 ; St. Vincent, 32 ;
Vengeance, 46 ; with the steamers it was optional.
The flag-ship signaled well done, Queen and Strom-
boli.' Afterwards the Canopus shipped her maintop-
sail yard. At 730 P.M. squadron tacked in succes-
sion and stood off, Cape Roco Light E. k S. six or
seven miles. The Canopus, instead of tacking, wore ;
consequently she and the queen were wide of their
station when they came to the wind on the other tack.
19th—At 6 30 A.M. tacked in succession and stood
in for the land ; the steamers kept their stations well
during the night. At 10 30 the steamers were signaled
to make more sail; when under all the sail they could
carry, the Sidon and Dragon, with maintopgallant:sail
set, their inclination, as given by signal, was—Strom-
boli 6 deg. (she had steam as well as sail) ; all the
others 9 deg. Signal was then made to know if
they could go into Lisbon under sail only, which
was answered in the affirmative. At noon signal
was made to know if the masters of the
respective ships and vessels were pilots for the
Tagus. Being answered in the affirmative, the
St. Vincent bore away for the south channel, followed
by the Vengeance, Queen, and Canopus, the steamers
standing in for the north channel ; the Vengeance
was observed to round too and allow the Queen to
pass and follow the St. Vincent, as per signal to that
effect, Canopus following Vengeance. The anchorage
signal was given for the St. Vincent, Queen, and
Vengeance to anchor in a line eastward of the Cale-
donia, the Canopus westward of her. At 4.30 the
squadron were all anchored abreast of the packet
stairs, the steamers in a line in shore of the line of
battle ships. The Admiral signaled that those men
who had not had leave were to have it. Foreign men
of war anchored here—the French frigate Iphegenie
(gunnery ship), carrying a commodore, and two
steamers ; a Spanish corvette ; the Portuguese flag-
ship, frigate, and two corvettes.

ADVERTISER.—It is always matter of sterling
interest for creditors to observe and listen to the
plans and proposals of a deeply involved debtor,
whereby he endeavours to secure, at least, an approach
to an honest and honourable settlement of his obliga-
tions. It is much in the same spirit (though its
ardour of expectation may be somewhat damped by
the failure of previous arrangements), that the Eng-
lish holders of Spanish Bonds regard the schemes just
propounded at Madrid by the Minister of Finance,
relative to the debt of that nation. Great and per-
severing efforts have long been made to obtain some
satisfactory recognition of the heavy money-debt due
from Spain, to the interests in this country in par-
ticular. Those efforts have, however, gene-
rally been not only fruitless, but hopeless, such
were the difficulties and impediments that
seemed to lie in the way of any settlement of
the just and peculiarly strong claims of the foreign
creditors of Spain. Still, latterly, there have arisen
certain grateful indications of some scheme being in
a forthcoming state ; and at length some royal de-
crees have been issued, which afford ground for at
least a slight anticipation of approaching improve-
ment in the condition of the long•despairing and
oppressed bondholder.- It will be zeta Wry, we are
cautious in our manner of expressing the nature of
the hopes that may be justified by these official do-
cuments. We are so, because it is too late in the
day to place entire reliance on the accomplishment of
all that is thus promised; and it is far better to mode-
rate the extent of the anticipations aroused by such
a cause, than afterwards to have to lament the bitter
disappointment of sanguine and confiding expecta-
hens. Certainly, M. le Ministre de Finances, Jose
de Salamanca, commences the preamble to the first
decree with an assertion that it is truly delightful to
hope) proceeds from the heart as well as the pen of
the writer. It is a recognised axiom (he observes)
that credit constitutes the greatest element in the
strength and power of modern nations. It is, there-
fore, devoutly to be wished that, by adopting such
an axiom, and by pursuing an entirely new and dif-
ferent course in its financial policy, Spain may
rapidly restore to herself the valuable blessing—
Credit—and thereby secure what Don Jose de Sala-
!llama so properly estimates as the greatest element
in. the power of modern nations. The Eng-
glish creditors of Spain will, assuredly, not grudge
her the utmost amount of power and influence she
.may obtain from such a source. We can easily
imagine that they will fervently pray that she may
become a very Colossus in might—a Peninsular
Hercules in vigour—a true Atlas in bearing and
sustaining qualities. Certainly the more "interest "
she devotes to England, the more will she become a
sure and proper subject of interest, not only to the
bondholders, but to the whole people of this country.
But, to return to the important documents above
mentioned. The first Royal Decree was " given at
the Palace, and signed by the Queen's hand, on the
24th September, 1847;" and its purport may be thus
briefly described. The produce of all the national
property, of the Almaden, Almadenejos, and other
quicksilver mines of the kingdom, and " the excess
of all the coffers beyond the seas," are to be " applied
to the general direction of the public debt, in order
to devote them to the payment of the interest on the
Three per Cent. internal and external debt, conform-
ably to the provisions of the fifty-first article of the
Royal Organic Decree of the 11th June last." The
directing Junta of the Public Debt is to draw
up a projected contract with the San Fernando
Bank, " whereby that establishment shall engage
for the period of ten years to keep at the disposal of
the direction of the public debt, on the 30th June
and 31st December of each of those years, the
amount of the half-year's interest, conformably to
the budget approved of by the Cortes." The decree
of which the above statement gives the leading pro-
visions appeared in the Madrid Gazette of the 26th
ult. On the following day the same official organ
contained two more financial decrees, the first dated
Sept. 23, and the second Sept. 25. The former re-
peals "the suspension of the selling of property be- ,
longing to the brotherhoods, hermitages, and chapels,
ordered by the royal decree of the 26th July, 1844."
The selling of the dues is to take place after Ist
January, 1848 ; but they may meanwhile be redeemed
by the owners of the property charged with the said
dues paying a sum equal to the capital in Three per
Cent. titles. The second decree authorises the sale of
the property called proprios (excepting some parts of
it), and sets forth the proportion of the proceeds that
is to be allotted to the redemption of the public debt.
We have directed this marked attention to the
question, because it is one in which a large class in
this country is somewhat deeply interested ;
also, because the steps en the part of the Spanish
Government which have just been described, afford
some ground for believing that earnest and honour-
able efforts are really about to be made to discharge
the just obligations incurred by Spain towards her
foreign as well as domestic creditors. It is gratifying,
likewise, to observe the improving prospects of that
country, as set forth in the preamble to the first
decree. The Minister therein states that the effects
of peace have not been fruitless, and that the Trea-
sury is daily discharging its obligations as the collec-
tion of the taxes becomes easier. That he will soo'a
be able to submit " a project for the general regsala.
Eon of the public debt, which will consolidate ,estab-
lished rights, satisfy just hopes, dispel appreaensions
calculated to distrust the expectation of s'4e-urity, and
restore the confidence on which the cvedit of the
State's paper is founded," These atsttements sound
'erell; and
n we
Win herself, that the autripai ton
may be fully and faithfully realised.
holdersad otfrlt, ecp:ally for the sake of the bond-
therein held forth.
Locke has defir.led credit as
"nothing but the expec-
tation of mr,ney within a limited time: If Don Jos!)
de P,,,,.larP!Anea wishes to restore to Spain her credit
anion -nations, let him make every effort to secure
, y(soltonbf,
ddis .
due
"aexlpeimcittaetidontimofon
eTme
may no
.tiaho°lke:r)ntegdwi.ainthdi'sn

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4‘ 20th.—The Canopus was ordered to shift her
berth as denoted, viz., due west of the Caledonia, and
the Queen to shift further towards the St. Vincent.
It appears that the cause of the Dragon's leaking so
much was from the defective fitting of her cocks and
valves. The Dragon and Sidon were decidedly the
best sailers amongst the steamers, and latterly the
Dragon bad the best of it.
" 21st.—Sir Charles inspected the Caledonia to-

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day and expressed himself much pleased at the manner
in which her excercise had been performed.
Portuguese, firingise—
" 22d and 23d.—Quietly at anchor. The packet
r ehnaclhf.,
mSapsatrAitshh,
ranrtued Pgrte
from England arrived to-day (23d).
" 24th.—To-day being the anniversary of the
death of Dom Pedro, all the ships and vessels in tine
minute guns from 8 A.M. until sunset.
" 25th and 26.—M0 movements.
Tagus
t—English, sigFs
" 27th.—The Admiral inspected the: Queen. We
understand he did not express hir-lp,elf particularly
pleased with her gunnery, &c., lAct we do not know
for certain that this report is correct.
"28th.—The packet from ciibraltar arrived this
afternoon and leaves to-marrow morning for Eng-
land. Foreign ships of 'or;ar at anchor, same as on
our arrival, with the fuldition of another French

steamer.
" 29th.—There is, no mystery made as to what
our movements are 'to be. If contrary orders do not
come out by the Amphitrite and Trincomalee, or the
packet due on W ednesday, the squadron will go on
another cruise next week.
said the Sidon will leave for England
directly after the arrival of the packet. •
" John Bull cannot complain that this is not a
squadron of exercise and manoeuvring.
" During this cruise the Canopus and Vengeance
have sprung, one a main, and the other a foretopsail,
yard.
" The packet for England was leaving the Tagus
the moment that the squadron were anchoring.
" The Vixen got foul of the Sidon in the early part
of the cruize, and carried away or damaged her quar-
ter boat.
" There are various rumours afloat as to the ulti-
mate movements of the squadron, but none to be
depended upon, nor will there be until the dispatches
arrive in the Amphitrite and Trincomalee.
" All the caulkers in the squadron are employed on
the Canopus ; she is undergoing a general caulking,
being very leaky in her upper works.
" The St. Vincent has landed her upper deck guns
and carriages, and if her sailing qualities are found
1 to be improved thereby, report says her poop will
be cut off and her armament reduced from P. 2,0 to
100 guns.

BOOKS FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—A parcel of
books, intended for deposit in the British Museum, has
arrived by one of the steamers from Havre, and the
Lords of the Treasury have given directions for the de-
livery of the package duty free for that purpose.
" Come down this instant !" said the boatswain to
a mischievous son of Erin t " come down, I say, and
I'll give you a good dozen, you rascal 1" " Troth, sir,
an' I wouldn't come down if you'd give me two dozen."