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London, England, 1846-10-31 00:00:00

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out in the very calamities which have just befallen
her military indications of her ultimate advancement
among the most flourishing republics in the new
world. It is to be hoped that such anticipations may
at least in some measure be realised, and that after her
many decades of tribulation, Mexico may assume to
herself that majesty and prosperity which she is so well
calculated to attain, both by her geographical position
and by the voluptuous prodigality of her climate.
By the former qualification, if it may be so charac-
terised, Mexico is mora adapted to become a gigantic,
influential, and opulent nation, than any other terri-
tory in the western hemisphere. Situated in the
southern portion of the northern continent, and con-
nected by the Isthmus of Darien with the northern
portion of the southern continent, Mexico is the ne-
cessary receptacle of all the overland intercourse be-
tween the different inhabitants of America. By her
numerous ports situated upon her eastern and western
coasts, she commands both of the great oceans, the
Pacific and the Atlantic, thereby facilitating her
mercantile intercourse with the shores of Europe
and Africa in one direction, with those of Asia in
another, with the spice-islands in the Indian Ocean,
and the numerous clusters situated in the southern
seas. Beyond this the soil of Mexico affords oppor-
tunity for the accumulation of extraordinary wealth
through the medium of cultivation. It does not, like
the stubborn glebe of a more northerly region, require
to be fattened by artificial manures, or to be stimu-
lated by incessant applications of lime; it requires
neither a complicated irrigation nor an elaborate
drainage, but emits a spontaneous vegetation, and that
vegetation of the most profitable description. In addi-
tion to the capabilities offered by this embryo state,
it may be observed that the national character is one
which, despite its superficial degeneracy, presents ex-
traordinary facilities for a speedy and permanent im-
provement. The torpor and effeminacy of the Mexicans
have been superinduced, not by centuries of domination
and conquest, but by a protracted state of national
quiescence : hence these are essentially remediable.
Prom their very indolence the Mexicans are pliant
in disposition ; they may be modelled to any state of
excellence by a suitable government, and by being
brought into such immediate intercourse with
more civilised and thriving races as to be
excited to exertion by a consequent emula-
tion. Mexico possesses all the materials for
a grand and enlightened people ; those materials only
require to be fused by a correspondence with other
kingdoms, and to be shaped by a judicious Legis-
lature.
While the well-wishers of Mexico are meditating
upon her possible re-organisation ; while they are
actually recognizing in the minimum of her present
enterprise the maximum of her future prosperity, the
wily and unswerving invaders from the United States
are vigorously availing themselves of their previous
successes for the realisation of yet more important
victories. Hardly have Texas, and California, and
New Mexico yielded to the annexing influence of
American generalship,lbefore the forces under General
TAYLOR push forward to the battlements of Monterey,
and after a gallant defence of five days by the garri-
son and auxiliary troops, commanded by General
AMFUDIA, render a formal capitulation on the part of
the latter absolutely necessary. Although Monterey
is taken, and AMPUDIA vanquished, it must not be
imagined that this originated in anything like national
poltroonery. On the contrary, we would especially
direct observation to the gallantry evinced by the
besieged army—a gallantry which is not merely suf-
ficient to redeem the Mexican soldiers from indis-
criminate derision, but which has even evoked the
tacit acknowledgment of the conquerors.
The particulars of this engagement at Monterey
are the most interesting that have hitherto reached us
from the seat of war since the commencement of hos-
tilities. On the 19th of September General TAYLOR,
with a force amounting to 6,000 men, encamps at
the Walnut Springs, a spot removed some three miles
from the city. Monterey is reconnoitered im-
mediately upon his arrival, and arrangements
made in accordance with the information thus
acquired. On the 20th instant a futile attempt
is made by a division under General WORTH
to capture the heights overlooking the epis-
copal palace ; on the following morning the same
endeavour is renewed with better success, while a di-
version is made in a different quarter by two other
divisions, supported by the Tennessee, Mississippi, and
Ohio regiments. By the evening of the 22d
considerable advantages are gained by the assailants,
which advantages are materially increased during
the subsequent day; but not until a quarter past five
on the evening of the 24th--namely, five days
from the commencement of the operations—is
the capitulation extorted from the Mexican
General. It would be preposterous to deny
the vanquished army the credit of having
displayed considerable courage and fortitude during
this serious and protracted engagement. But, as a
lasting testimony of the valour of the Mexi-
cans upon this occasion, we subjoin an epitome of the
terms of capitulation given at length in our yestterday's
oolutnns ; and we are induced to call especial attention
to these terms, because, from their remarkable and
almost unparalleled lenity, they are a triumphant re-
futation of the sarcasms and aspersions latterly
cast upon Mexico. The terms of the capitulation
were—

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the grand Opera BOHEMIAN GIRL.
Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrami ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus,
Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies,
Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Rainforth.
After which will be produced Auber's popular Ballet Opera, called
THE MAID OF CASHMERE. The principal characters will be
supported by Messrs. Rafter, Weiss, Horncastle, Jones, Hodges ;
Mdlle. Anita Dubignon, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mdlle. Adele Benart,
Miss Missent, &c.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
FOR ONE MONTH ONLY.
M. JULLIEN has the honour to s tate that his Annual Series of
Concerts commenced on b'riday, Oct. 30th, and will be continued
FOR ONE MON 111 ONLY.
JULLIEN has great regret In announcing that he is impera-
tively called upon to terminate this Series of Concerts at a period so
unusually early, but the new Proprietors of the Theatre, having stipu-
lated for possession of the premises on Tuesday, December Ist, in
order to commence the demolition and rebuilding of the interior, for
their grand Italian Opera, M. JULLIEN has no alternative. The
last Concert will, therefore, most positively take place on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH.
Notwithstanding, however, the shortness of the Season, M.
JULLIEN has determined to present to his patrons every poss,ble
attraction, and has made such arrangements as will afford them
Four Weeks of Unrivalled Musical Entertainment. During the recess
he has composed a new Grand Descriptive Military Quadrille, to be
entitled,

" THE BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE,"
and Intended as a companion to " The British Navy," which was
last winter honoured with such distinguished approbation.
In order to render complete the Grand and Novel Effects intro-
duced in this Piece of Music, M. JULLIEN has (by the kind conde-
scension of the Military Authorities) succeeded in engaging, (entirely
in addition to his own complete and numerous Orchestra),
FOUR DISTINCT MILITARY BANDS,
viz. •
The Band of HER MAJESTY'S 2nd LIFE GUARDS, under the
direction of Mr. WAETZIG (by the kind permission of Colonel
WILLIAMS) :
The Band ofHER MAJESTY'S ROYAL HORSE GUARDS, BLUE,
under the direction of Mr. TUTTON (by the kind permission of
Colonel SMITH) :
The Band of HER MAJESTY'S GRENADIER GUARDS, under
the direction of Mr. SCHOTT (by the kind permission of Colonel
HOME) : and
The Band of HER MAJESTY'S COLDSTREAM GUARDS, under
the direction of Mr. GODFREY (by the kind permission of Colonel
SHAWE).

These Four Grand Military Bands will, during the progress of the
Quadrille, be combined with the Concert Orchestra, and form a
Musical Ensemble at once novel and extraordinary.
The whole conducted by M. JULLIEN.
The Immensely increased expense incurred by the above arrange-
ments is evident. The Prices of Admission will, however, remain as
formerly; M. JUILIEN (having considerably enlarged the space
allotted to the Promenade) intending to trust for his remuneration
to an increased number of Visitors, rather than to an augmentation
in the prices of admission.

" 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 6 pieces and 21 rounds of
ammunition ; that all the 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 occupy it until
evacuated ; that the cathedral, fort, or citadel, should be
evacuated at ten A. 31., next day, 25th; the Mexicans then
marching 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 Fernando."

Whether the Government of the United States will
accede to these pacific stipulations or not, it is mani-
fest that a vast proportion of Mexico has already been
wrested from her by the lawless aggression of an
avaricious neighbour.
Meanwhile SANTA ANNA maintains his preponderance
in the internal legislation of the beleaguered republic.
In his patriotism, the Mexicans have the true palladium
of their aggregate independence as a nation, and their
individual liberties as a people. If they consolidate
their strength and place their reliance upon their
present President, the fertile mountains of Mexico
will not be trodden by a conquering army, and her
people may yet emerge from this struggle with the
Americans unscathed, and even invigorated.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1m44.

available for cultivation, but would cause the Killi-
bricken mines to be worked during all seasons of the
year. Now, this is one of many cases in which an
advance by the Government of the funds necessary
for draining the bog lands would confer a permanent
benefit upon the district, for not only would three
hundred people be constantly employed, the country
permanently benefited by the increase of cultivated
surface, the habits of industry perpetuated amongst
the labourers, but, also (what is much wanted in:the
western parts of Ireland), a great increase to the
circulating capital in a comparatively poor locality.
We think this matter wants the attention of the Board
of Works.
Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived.

According to the Heraldo, the decree dissolving
the Cortes was to have been published on the 23d.
It is said that Don ENRIQUE is about to return to
Spain, and that the office of Lord High Admiral
will be conferred on him. It was reported in Madrid
that the Counts Boum and Das ANTAS were
marching on Lisbon.

MADRID BoLsA, Oct 22 —The Three per Cents. were
at 343 for cash, and the Four per Cents, at 211,4 • the
Five per Cents. at 211/,, ;_ the Debt without Interest at '63A ;
the Vales, 83/4 ; and the Coupons, 201/2.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
The Presse, the organ of the Tuileries, thus sums
up the affair of the Montpensier marriage, and gives
vent to its hatred of England, her institutions, and
her people :
" French diplomacy has accomplished a work of the
most lofty bearing. It has effected this in the interest
of the country, in the plenitude of its right, and with all
the courtesy which a great nation owes to its allies.
In the great interest of the country—and, we may add,
in that of Spain likewise, which eseeffes by that alliance,
or rather by the renewal of its best alliance, from that
political and commercial servitude with which England
menaced her—France no longer apprehending that the
rivalry which pursues her on the seas will place itself in
her presence at the foot of the Pyrenees and threaten to
bring down on her that spirit of revolution of which she
is the evil genius. France is sure hereafter to find in
Spain, where the worship of monarchy will long be
perpetuated, a friendly power and a faithful guardian
of her southern frontiers, and, if Spain succeed in
recovering her ancient prosperity, and in resuming her
rank in the world, an ally which may aid her some day
to maintain the balance of power on the seas, so much
compromised by the formidable force of England. France
must find henceforth in the union which has been ac-
complished an advantage which cannot but ameliorate
her position in the world. A struggle for influence has
taken place in Spain between France and England, and
France has been victorious. This result alone would be
of the highest importance, but this importance is in-
creased still more by the dissatisfaction manifested by
Englanit, and by the impotence of the efforts which she
multiplied in order to avert the check which she had not
foreseen. The result is accomplished; and whatever
may hereafter ensue, the crown of Snain shall not fall
on the head of a prince devoted to the policy of Eng-
land. But France, whilst securing this result, has not
violated any of the bases of public law in Europe. She
has not interfered with that principle of the balance of
power in Europe established 150 years since to secure
the eternal separation of France from Spain. Should
events, impossible as far as human foresight can
imagine, produce that confusion which Europe wished to
prevent, the renewal of the renunciations which formerly
served as a means would soon place the matter beyond
the influence of any fears, still more now that Princes
never
belongsenjoybut a restricted power, and that the sovereignty
whole itheir assuredly
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ality. Their separation is secured by force of events
more powerful than any renunciation or any treaty; and
Europe, which already found a sufficient guarantee in
the fair-dealing of our Government, finds a still stronger
security in the constitutional liberty of the two nations
whose union she might fear. Nothing, therefore, has
been done contrary to the law, or contrary to the inter-
est of Europe. Nothing, moreover, has been effected in
violation of diplomatic courtesy towards England. The
French Government would have sacrificed its personal
convenience rather than depart from the provisional en-
gagements contracted with her ; but England herself
departed from them, and so dissolved those en-
gagements. The introduction of a new candi-
date, a stranger to the royal house of the Spanish
Bourbons—the efforts made by British diplomacy
to effect the success of the candidate devoted to
her interests—an intrigue on the point of being accom-
plished, clearly in contempt of the promise given—this it
was which the French Government discovered at the
very moment when she trusted in the engagements con-
tracted with her. The effect of that discovery was to
free her from her engagement, and permit her to oppose,
not an intrigue to an intrigue, but a negotiation as ho-
nourable as it was skilful to a manoeuvre as unskilful as.
it was perfidious. That was what caused her success
and established her right, and what renders as ridiculous
as odious those declamations which the British diploma.
tists have resorted to, and the manoeuvres which they
put in practice, in order to oppose difficulties to an an
eomplished fact. What remains of all that at present ?
The alliance is concluded ; but England has protested
beforehand against the consequences of that alliance.
She has declared that she would never acknowledge (the
case arriving) the accession of the descendants of the
Duke de Montpensier to the throne of Spain. That is
to say, that she wished to leave a perpetual menace of
war suspended over Spain and an eventuality of universal
confusion over Europe. England loves to create situa-
tions which cause nations to feel uneasiness respecting
their future prospects, and which, by occupying them at
home, prevent them from opposing her usurpation
throughout the world. It is one of the habitual
bases of the odious policy she pursues in Eastern
India, and even in Europe ; and the admirers
of her policy cite with enthusiasm the art with IN hich
she succeeded, in 1815, in confining the states of the
Continent within a net of internal embarrassments and
eventual conflicts which would effectually prevent them
from opposing her designs. But on this occasion this
menace, which might perpetuate agitation in Spain by
maintaining the hopes of all parties and of every pre-
tender of every colour to the Government of that coun-
try, is so vain that England might have spared. herself
the odium resulting from such an act. To believe that
Spain will force the daughter of her Kings to abandon
the rights she possesses by her birth and by the consti-
tution of the country—to believe that Europe will expose
itself to the chances of a new war of succession to re-
venge the discomfiture of a meddling Minister, whose
name will sink into merited oblivion—would be an act
of insanity; and assuredly neither France nor Spain, nor
Europe, need trouble themselves with such pretensions.
But the most certain result, and in our eyes the best
consequence, of this struggle, is the enfeebling of that
exclusive alliance which for some years past has placed
France at the tail of England. It is the
conclusion
of
all the sacrifices which the illusion of that alliance cost
us. It is a term placed to the unpopularity which re-
sulted to the Government in consecfuence of the tenacity
with which it adhered to that alliance. England has
proved herself throughout this affair, and in the discus-
sions which ensued from it, so haughty, so insulting,
so full of injurious and hostile intentions, that no person
in France at present—neither people, nor King, nor
Minister—can retain any illusion on the impossibility of
ever establishing a cordial and sincere alliance between
France and England. The veil which covered the eyes
of the most blind has tow fallen; and on the other
hand, disembarrassed from the grasp of the cordial
understanding, France comprehends that she ought to
return to her natural alliances with the states of the
Continent. And she comprehends it so much the better,
that in this affair of the Spanish marriages, where the
interests of the nation and the interest of the dynasty
were equally engaged, she found in Europe that assent
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has elevated the policy of France in the world, by
causing her influence to prevail over that of England.
We willingly permit the Opposition journals to bewail
the rupture of the cordial understanding, so much the
more as this rupture is hailed by public opinion with so
much satisfaction, that we may defy M. Thiers himself
ever to re-establish an alliance whose rupture and whose
fall excite such sentiments amongst us. The Opposition,
moreover (and that is one of the results we ought to
mention in terminating this discussion), has manifested
in this struggle so little political instinct, and so few
patriotic sentiments, that it will scarcely. ever recover
from the merited discredit with which it is at this mo-
ment covered. In a word, a fact great in its present
consequences has been accomplished—accomplished
within the limits of the law, and for the interest of our
country, and with all international courtesy. With a
vain menace for the future on the part of England—
a menace which, whilst injuring Spain in her dearest
interests, will infallibly render the position of England
in Spain more unfavourable—England separated from
France, and not having succeeded in dragging Europe
into a hostile demonstration against us. Such are the
present results of the affair. God only knows what
may be the future consequences ; but if new complica-
tions are to be produced by it, law is on the side of Spain
and on ours. The opinion of nations, and no doubt that
of Governments, will be on the side of the law. The
disgrace, and we trust the defeat, will be on the side of
England. But,
above all, may it please God that there
may arise from the new situation
in which this incident
has placed our Government a new system of alliances
which may at length unite all the nations of continental
Europe in a common understanding against their com-
mon
England 1 We were asked some days
since enemy,
since what nations we would desire combined in
to see
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this new cordial understanding,
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an alliance between our country tia why Vre incline
and Russia ? We wish
to sum up in a few words our entire opinion Oti that
subject, We are convinced that sooner or later a contest
will tuke place bet •
'''.`:;:ai the Continent and that Power.
divisions. This contest will be particularly a maritime
whit •uses it for her own purpose under favour of. its
contest ; and now that the naval power of Spain is de-
stroyed,
we
see Only Russia that can lend us that ega ca-
' cious support in Europe which the United States are re-
serving for us in America. It is our opinion, in aw word,
that for the repose of Europee
reduced, and that this
the
it is necessarythat.
power shall not fall except under the triple alliance
which her three national enemies will one day
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form—
namely, France, Russia,
with the Presse,
'he commerce, which, equally
and the United States:"

disapproves of the entente cordiale with England, is
equally opposed to an alliance with Russia, which
the Presse has for some days past been advocating.
"Do you know," asks the Commerce," what you
would sanction by an alliance with Russia ? Ask
that nation of fifty-four millions of men, held in the
bonds of servitude and ignorance by a Sovereign
who, to the all-absolute power of political chief,
unites the intolerance of the supreme head of reli-
gion; ask the victims of Minsk and Poland, which
has not yet, notwithstanding three partitions, and all
the efforts of usurpers to denationalise it, become assi-
milated to the people which seized on its finest pro-
vinces."
The Constitutionnel has a long article on the affairs
of Portugal. The writer, who is evidently well
acquainted with Portugal, thus describes the cha-
racter of the Count DAS ANTAS, the chief of the in-
surrection in the north :
" The Count das Antas, then Lieutenant-Colnnel
Xavier, commanded at Terceira the sth battalion of
chasseurs, which was the first to rise in favour of Donna
Maria on the usurpation of Don Miguel, and which
preserved that island for the cause of the Queen in spite
of its inhabitants. He distinguished himself during the
war of Don Pedro; was made a general, and commanded
the auxiliary Portuguese force, which, in virtue of the
treaty of the quadruple alliance, contended in Spain
against Don Carlos. He returned to Portugal at the
head of his troops at the moment of the war of the
Marshals, and it was evident that the contest would
be decided according to the part which he might
take. Restrained by the bonds of past subordi-
nation to the Duke de Terceira, excited by the
perspective of ambition, which was opened to him by
serving the opposite party, he would become its arbiter,
and the first military chief. This consideration decided
him, and the Constitution triumphed. At a later period
he took part in the compromise between the Chartists
and the moderate Constitutionalists. Commanding at
the present moment in the north, he has large means at
his disposal, .and has begun to make use of them in
order to prevent his dismissal. He is a resolute man ;
with ambition, without having too much, his decision
consists in taking advantage of circumstances, and,
above all, in not allowing his own position to be lowered.
He is the friend of the soldier—the comrade of the chiefs
—more truly the officer in authority than the marshals
—and particularly so, from the fact of their not having
been for a long period in immediate contact with their
troops. It is impossible to know what is passing in the
mind of a man tormented by continual alternations of
power and reverses, heated by conflict, and having fre-
quently only a choice between supreme power and abso-
lute distress ; but if the Count das Antas has approved
of the declaration of the Junta of Oporto, which pro-
claims the dethronement of the Queen, it can only have
been under the influence of momentary anger, or from
having been led on by associates who are evidently more
ardent than himself."
The writer then proceeds to speak of the conduct
of the Court, and concludes the article in these
words—

" How shameful is the conduct of these Polignacs, au
petit pied; of these imitators of the Gonzales Bravos,
of all these abortions of champions of absolutism, who
thus p'-ace in peril a throne and country! Let us
hope that their adversaries will have at once more
force and more sense than them. One of the best
things done by the Portuguese people was, when
after having conquered the attempt at counter-revolu-
tion of the King and Queen at Belem, their regarding
the madness of the act as expiated by its failure. Things
were replaced upon their former footing, as if the es-
capade had never taken place; but such follies are
dangerous; it is not prudent to tempt fortune too much.
On the other hand, the Portuguese Liberals must know
by their own example and that of Spain the dangers of
excess. Monarchy, in a country where everything else
has gone to dust, is the only common link; republican
virtues are not to be created solely by the faults of a
court. The Queen, and even the King, have good qua-
lities in spite of their blindness. The overthrow of
Queen Christina did cot profit Spain, and whilst Queen
Christina was a foreigner, the Liberals of Portugal have,
in the united names of Donna Maria and liberty, fought
for several years, and they have now the good fortune
of being able to respect their princes, whilst struggling
against the folly and madness of the Court. We wish
them to have the wisdom which has been wanting in
their adversaries."
It was generally considered in the political salons
of Paris that the Queen of PORTUGAL had acted
throughout by the advice of the King of the FRENCH,
and that the late counter-revolution was the result of
a French intrigue, the object of which was to give
France an opportunity of interfering by means of
her vassal Spain in the affairs of Portugal.
The inundations still continue, and cut off in a
great measure the communications between the
capital and the provinces.
At Marseilles no Paris mail had been received for
four days, in consequence of the inundation of the
Loire and the Nievre.
The inundation of the Rhone had subsided, and it
was found that the railway bridge at Tarrascon had
sustained no injury.
The Mon:tear publishes the following telegraphic
dispatch, dated Brest, Oct. 25 :
" La Somme, Loire, Allier, Recherche, Pilote, Cara-
vanne, and Jourencelle hare just sailed from this port ;
the first three for Oceania, the two following for Senegal,
and the last two for the West Indies."

The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENiI ER arrived at
Bayonne on the 26th. Before the Duke quitted
Madrid Queen ISABELLA presented him with the rich
and splendid insignia of the Order of the Golden
Fleece which was worn by her father on great occa-
sions, and also the sword which his late Majesty wore
with them, the hilt of which is entirely set with
diamonds, and the pommel of one large topaz.
The alarming aspect of affairs in Portugal, aggra-
vating the gloom and apprehension caused by the
Montpensier marriage, and adding to the unfavourable

state of our money market on Monday, produced a
considerable fall in prices on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday.

The Three per Cents. closed at 821. 70c. ; the Five per
Cents., 117 f. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,248 f. 75c ;
Rouen, 917 f. 50c.; Ilavre, 7021. 50c. ; Great Northern,
683 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 8861. 25c. ; Vierzon, 582 f. 50e. ;
Bordeaux, 5421. 50c.; Boulogne, 470 f.: Troyes and Monte-
reau, 3501. ; Basle, 223 f. 75c. ; Eimpoux, 400 f.; Diepp,
3551. ; Paris and Strasburg, 493 E 75c.; Tours and Nantes,
502 f. 60c.; Paris and Lyons, 5161. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon,
4951. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4801. ; Spanish Domestic
Debt, 3314.

BUSINL;iS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tim
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 29.
Barbadoes, —I ou ogn e and Amiens, IVA —Calcutta and Dia-
mond Ilarbour, % p.—Dutch Rhenish, 5!4 —East Indian, —Great
Indian Peninsula, I,4—Luxembourg, l%—Namur and Liege, 3j
Northern of France Constituted, I i 3 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 i
Over Yssel, 27i —Paris and Lyons Constituted, coA —Rouen and
Havre, 2G% —Sambre and Meuse. 4 N .

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.,
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm,
at the previous advance, although the accounts from Ame-
rica notice some relaxation in the speculation going for-
ward. Sales 7,000 bales, including 500 bales American
on spec ulatien, and 500 for_ exportation. Shares were
steady, though not active.
The sale of railway shares, to-day, at Messrs. Lamond
and Co.'s, was well attended, and a large business was
done at rather advanced prices. The following are a
few of the principal sales :
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union £o 11 0
East Indian
Goole and Doncaster 1 17 0
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. ....
02
1617 6 0
Leicester and Bedford
Churnet and Blythe
London and Blackwell, New
5 0 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
Boston, Newarla, and Sheffield 0 15 6
Great Eastern and Western 0 16 6
East and West India Docks and London
and Birmingham Junction
Manchester, Sheffield, Sr Midland Juliet 2 6 6
Shropshire Union and Canal
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 0 15 0
Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c.
Manchester and Southampton, 1847 1 2 6
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush
1 15 0
Northern and Southern Connecting
South-Eastern and Dover 37 0 0
Cornwall
a Viallalneyd,DMeiv Midland, and
Central adrand Junct. 2 3 0
G
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, & Dublin 0 3 3
in Mexico, which are again, despite rather a gallant re-
sistance, all in favour of Brother Jonathan. The
fr
om
occupiedthe
the States,
Hibernia,
areoperationsmarkets for produce have been active again, and large
Tahlemos accounts
entirely
shipments continued to be made to Europe.
Respecting political affairs in British North America,
the following is interesting :—" There has been no
change in the beads of departments, forming the Execu-
tive Council or 'Responsible Government,' since the
departure of Lord Metcalfe, excepi:ng the appointment
of Mr. Cayley as Inspector-General oi Accounts, and
the retirement of Mr. D. B. Viger, who wap; President
of the Committees of the Executive Council : v,*.e have
not heard of any other being appointed.
" Some new signs of life, have, however, been shown
without,conc urri
concurring
livne voelrd,
apnrdo proposing n g
taxes,an
on the part of the Ministry, who resigned in 1843
although they had a decided majority in the Assembly.
The ensuing election put them in a small minority, and
they kept up a continued clamour and opposition during
imposing now law-gi and new burdens on the com-
munity."
he twwohpeanstifsle:lo.na:(;
thing in the shape of reform, of which we had heard any-
thing in
They, in fact, sanctioned all the past expendi-
,iirgs, in ;,;..f.(i,blishing which, they, indeed, had some
share,
Upon the subject of the timbe':* trade, we are advised
mautnity.,,
by Messrs. Forsyth and Bell, of Canada, that " the
winds, which in August and the early part s?f September
were prevalent from the west,, have changed, anu ,fq• the
last fortnight have brought up a very heavy fleet, about
300 having arrived since our last, and our port now is
in full bustle and activity.
" White Pine.—The accounts from Liverpool are to
the 18th ult., when a steady demand for wood goods was
experienced, and prices had gradually advanced since
spring 4d. to 2d. per foot on mostly every kind of
aquae timber. Wigs, with the tonnage now in port,

and daily expected, would, in ordinary times, have been
very perceptibly felt in our market ; but the heavy
stock on hand in some measure neutralises the effect of
the progressive advance in England, and many sellers
are most anxious to realise. Still the sales have been
on an extended scale, at prices varying from 3d to sid.,
in the raft, measured off."

The accounts from India by the overland express bear
out what was stated under this head when the pre-
vious arrival took place, and there seems to be
a continued heavy appearance 'in the markets for im-
ported goods. In exports there had been a slight
increase of business at Calcutta, and the rate of the
exchange was again lower. At Bombay the markets
also were dull. Freights were tending downwards.
The weather and the approaching Poojal holidays
checked business, but as regards imports the stocks no
doubt were too large.
At a meeting of parties connected with the Indigo
trade, it has been decided that the fusaire sales shall be
held in February and May, and that goods in second
hands shall be separately catalogued.
The Stock Market is to-day by no means in a better
state than at the conclusion of business yesterday after-
noon, and it is certain that the nature of the intelli-
gence from Lisbon, Madrid, and Gibraltar, combined,
made a decided impression here in encouraging Bear
operations. Consols are now 94 to 1, being full per
cent. lower than they were yesterday morning for imme-
diate transfer. Time bargains have been effected at
94i- to 941. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 94 to 95, a similar decline on the previous rates of
this week. Exchequer-bills are almost nominal at Bs.
premium. Bank Stock is worth 204 only, and India
Stock 256 to 257.

The Foreign Bonds all share in the decline. Spanish
Three per Cents. are 361 "„ the Five per Cents. 251 ;
Portuguese Converted, 388 to 40 ; and Mexican, 21i to
t. This is settling-day, and there are some rather con-
siderable differences to make good.
Shares Lave been generally well supported. There is
a call upon North Staffords, and this makes them lower.
French lines are dull.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .204
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....- 93% 92%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9414% 9414
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 9514% 94% 95
Lon g Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o
India Stock 256 257
India Bonds, 1,0001 ...... --
Ditto under 1,0001... . .. 16 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities ..
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 11/2d.... B— p
Ditto, Small

'CLOSING
PRICES.
204

.
12 p
CLOSING
PRICES

ONE
O'CLOCK

eRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846...
Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 213/4% 22
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto 3 per Cent. 4l
Ditto, 4 per Cent 39'g
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account
Ditto. 3 per Cent 36%34
Ditto, Account 36%%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,f per Cent
Belgian, 2% per Cent 54 54
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 par Cent. Certificates 91th 911

PRICES OF PAID' AT
DONE CLOSING
.
• RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%...,., 2%% 5X3 2
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%
Belfast & County Down 4% ......
Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... .. 514 5 p...
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo -
Ditto New l7l/ •••• •••• .....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 234
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares 214 2
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 27% — ......... ....
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Cheltembam and Oxford 2 ..... .
Clydesdale Junction..... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 2%
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2%
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2%
I )erby and Crewe 2% -
Dir e c t Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublip and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
EasternCqunties 141. 165....... :12,4% 22 ....
Ditto New l2l. 16s 7% p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... ....
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3N%
EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union 35 .. ~
Ditto. Quarter Shares 834 —
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — ......... ....
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21A.. . . .
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
—• • • 8% %• • • ......
East Lincolnshi— i„

34 di s.
231/s
2 IA

re
East & West of England ly(3•
..... •
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 :..... 7 : 74 *:
:
Ditto Half Shares ,
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 7"
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — • -
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5%
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... • ------ •• ••
Ditto, New -- ••-
Do., 4 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%.....•
Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and
Central of Wales l%.—
Goole, Doncaster,
_ the. .. 425•
Grand Union (Notting- _
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2% ...... ........ ...
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) .........
Great Munster 21,4 ......
Great North of Scotland 2%...•••
Great North of England 100 236
Ditto New
Ditto, New .
Ditto New
Great Ditto,
55 l3B

22
7 1/s P

••••• •• ......
7

Ditto % Shares 5O
Ditto 14 Shares
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Hull and Selby
Ditto 4 Shares
Do. Half Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edin. 111%
Do., , drand Norwich 2%...... ..
Killarney 4 unctions 114.— ............•
Kendal and Windermere 114. —
...............
Lancaster and Carlisle
D.. New
Lame, Belfast, and Bal-
6
lymena - 425.
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
••. ............
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ...
.......
...
Leicester and Bedfjrd... 225.
.......•
... .....
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% —
...............
Lpool., Mnchstr & New-
castle Junction
........... ...
Liverpool and Bury • 14 .i, ... ......
..
............
London and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4 d.
•• ............
Do. New
......
...
Ditto Extension ~ 7 %......
.. .... ...
London, Brighton, and ..... ...
South Coast 50 .. •. 59% 59 .
Ditto, Fifths
London and Croydon, 13/. 155. 9d. 21% ....... ............
Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9
...... ..: . ...
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... ..
- ''"
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — ...............
...... ..
London, Hounslow, and ......
Western
London and N. Westernloo 19823%% 199
Do. Quarters .• . 2
......
Do., ao., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths ...... .... 2
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% --
Do., New 14 Shares •
(G. J.) ............... 5
Do 40/. Shares (L. M.) 8 . — -
-
Lond. & is. Western 41/ 6s 10d
De. New Consol. Bths 40
Do. New
Do. New . ..........
•
London and York . 21,4•
Do. % Shares
London alld Windsor . IN, ... •
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ...... ~. ........ 214.-- -
Londonderry & Coleraine 121/4
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen .. ........ ... 121
L•ynn and ry
Lynn and Dereham :5
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
.oitto Shares
i 4
Do. Q'garters
Do. Fifth:
Do. SixteentL2 614 —
Do. Extension .... 428.
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters (A).
Do. Quarters (B) ... 5
Do. Quarters ((r.l) 1
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... % p
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction .. ... ....., _
Manchest. & Southampt. 2
Midland lOO .....135 134.. ... ......
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
kx•iu,._ d& East. Counties 2%
.......
Midland i.-.'reat Western
Irish l5
/1/
Newcastle and Berwick 20
Do. North Shields ... 25
Newcastle andCarlizle-100
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