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London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

THE StiN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTO:I3EIt 29, 1846.

Dedicated, by permission, to her Majesty.
NOW READY, THE NINTH VOLUME OF
LIVES 01? THE QUEENS
OF ENGLAND.
By AGNES STRICKLAND.
Comprising the Ike of
31 ARY of MODENA, Consort of James 11.
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the day, and it is not here alone I raise my voice in cc-
kmowledgment to Sir Robert Peel for that. I did so in '
Parliament—in my place in the House of Commons, and
in the name of the Irish people I thanked him, and I ,
received the personal acknowledgments of Sir Robert
Peel, who came cross the House to thank me for what
he called an act of generosity, but which I call an act
of justice."
Mr. O'CONNELL must, however, have forgotten that
" active measures" taken by that illustrious
statesman, namely, the importation of considerable
quantities of Indian meal, were done in secresy that
Sir ROBERT PEEL himself acknowledged the absolute
necessity of not interfering with the ordinary arrange-
ments of commerce, and repudiated the notion of
having intended to make a Government-monopoly
by destroying the wholesome competition of indivi-
duals. He has overlooked the impolicy, to say
the very least of it, of destroying all mercantile in-
dustry in Ireland by rendering the corn-markets of
that country merely the scene of state barterings.
We are persuaded that Ireland is not to be relieved,
cannot be relieved, ought not to be relieved, by
the establishment of Government depots of provi-
sions. That would, in effect, be nothing more than
the removal of one calamity for the substitution of, if
possible, one still greater. The establishinent of Go-
vernment depots, taken in connexion with the Go-
vernment employment afforded to the poor, would be
nothing less than the establishment of the odious
truck-system upon a gigantic and ruinous scale.
Nevertheless, while we recognise the impossibility of
acceding to this recommendation of Mr. O'CONNELL,
we honour him the mere for the sentiments
in which that proposition originated. We be-
hold, in the very extremity of the remedy
propounded by him, the earnestness of his corn-
misseration for his countrymen, and the intensity of
his desire to ameliorate their sorrows. While she
possesses hearts so alive to her sufferings, and coupled
with intellects so active for the discovery of their
panacea, Ireland need never despair. Even
at this awful crisis of her existence there is hope
for her in the language of her most eminent coun-
tryman. What does DANIEL O'CONNELL say to Ire-
and at this moment ? He says this :
" I belong to no party but the people. I ought to be
attached to the people. I owe them everything, and they
owe me nothing.—(No.) Let no man mistake me, when
I say the people I do not mean merely the poor man,
who earns his precarious livelihood with the spade by
the sweat of his brow, or the cottier or the farmer, but
everybody from the highest peer of the realm to the
lowest peasant boy. 'ris my solemn duty to attend to
their interests—to watch over the rights of the land-
lords, and the interests of the tenant and the labourer,
and to do injustice to no man, to secure better prospects
for the country and to devote my heart and soul to the
best fulfilment of my duty to you."
Animated with these sentiments, the Hon. Member
for Cork has proceeded to Dublin to represent to
the Lord-Lieutenant—to that Lord-Lieutenant
whom he has so frequently and so justly eulogised
for his patriotism, his benevolence, and his enterprise—
to represent to Lord BESBOROUGH the urgency of this
/juncture, the wants of the Irish millions, and the
almost exhausted state of their patience. Ireland
could not have a better advocate in her most terrible
afflictions. 'We shall anticipate that the prayers of
O'CONNELL will be hearkened to by our Liberal Go-
vernment.

We, on Tuesday, alluded to the visit which the
Hon. and Learned Member for Bolton, in pursuance
of his annual custom, paid to his constituents, for the
purpose of explaining his Parliamentary conduct
during the past session. We then adverted solely to
the great and absorbing question of free trade, on the
success of which, and the recognition of its great
principle by the Legislature, the vast number of ad-
herents it has gained amongst persons of every class
in society, from the wisest and most intellectual of
our statesmen, the highest and most patriotic of our
nobility, to the humblest artizan, who earns his daily
bread by the sweat of his brow, and who sees in its
adoption the prospect of increased prosperity to his
trade and increased comforts for his family, the
Learned Doctor, one of its earliest and most zealous
advocates, may well utter joyous pceans. But there
were other subjects introduced in his speech, which,
although of less vital importance to the public
generally, and having less influence on the national
wealth, cannot but prove deeply interesting to the
philanthropist, to the man who feels himself concerned
in anything relating to the welfare and happiness of
his fellow-men.
First in importance ...a .f
this class stands the question of military flogging —a
ur bleb are now
understood by the nation, against which the
voice of public opinion has been most loudly uplifted.
Dr. BowuuiG had long been the opponent of that vile
description of punishment which, in nine cases out of
ten, destroyed the moral character, the feeling of in-
dependence and honour of every man who had been
subjected to the deep degrada ion of the lash, and
hich, often inflicted for the most trivial and
nificant cause, occasioned an untimely and painful
death to the unfortunate victim. Had Dr. BOWRING
rendered no other service to the public, had he been
an indolent and careless man, negligent of the great
duties which every representative of the people takes
upon himself on entering the Senate-house, he would
have gained immortal honour for the course he
adopted on that question. He seized the golden
moment, he availed himself of the intense enthusiasm
pervading the public mind, which had been thoroughly
aroused by the horrors detailed at Hounslow during
the proceedings of the inquest held on the body of
the martyred Wirer& He gave notice in the House
of Commons of a motion for the total and immediate
abolition of the abomination, and firmly resisted all
solicitations to relinquish or delay his motion until the
public mind was less excited and less sensitive on the
subject; he was told that he might embarrass the
authorities if he brought forward so ticklish a ques-
tion, and assured that if he would only wait every-
thing that was possible under existing circumstances
would be done ; but the Learned Doctor was too well
aware of the real value of such assurances to let slip
the favourable opportunity ; he knew that every
valuable and important reform has been obtained by
the pressure from w ithout, that he might never again
find a moment so propitious, and gallantly and un-
hesitatingly he persevered. His answer to the so-
licitations so made to him is deserving of the highest
credit, and should be a model to every independent
senator under similar circumstances. It was, " that
if any fragment was left of the system, that system
he would still denounce and endeavour to overthrow?'
His firmness and perseverance were not thrown away.
A vast improvement was effected; new rules and
regulations were promulgated, by which the number
of lashes which could by any possibility be inflicted
was reduced to fifty, one fourth part only of the
number that was formerly sanctioned. The oc-
casions, too, on which the cat could be called into
operation were greatly restricted, and the greatest
precaution directed in every case, in order to ascertain
that the victim was in such a state of health 'iii to
enable him to endure the torture without danger to
his life. Had the Doctor been satisfied with the as-
surances so made to him, it is, to say the least of it,
probable that the measure of reform would have been
more tardily granted, and of a more stinted character.
He was asked if he would be satisfied with these re-
gulations ? but his answer was, "No; while there
is a power to inflict one single lash on the back of the
soldier I will still protest, and divide the House ;"
and to that pledge he continued faithful; he brought
forward the subject in a speech of the most thrilling
pathos, the highest eloquence—one that will not

speedily be forgotton by any person who had the

good fortune to hear it, and which, although he failed

on that occasion in obtaining a majority, planted the

good seed that must speedily come to maturity an,
bring forth its fruits in due season. We need not ti

urge the Honourable Gentleman to persevere in
this course ; we doubt not that
,he will do so,

and bring all the energies or his enlightenet

awl powerful mind to bear on the question

wheresoever and howsoever it is suffered to exist

We would remind him that our naval brethren are

still exposed to the cat, that to them its horrors have

not been mitigated, that a commander may still at

his were will and pleasure sentence any one of his

seamen to the gangway, where four dozen lashes,

fully equivalent in point of severity, it is said, to two

hundred lashes, as administered in the army, maybe

given without his being permitted to speak in his
own defence, or even to inquire the cause of his

punishment; we would urge him to inquire into the

manner in which the cat is still used in some of our

prisons, where children of eight or ten years old have
been flogged in the most cruel manner—where a boy
of twelve years of age has fainted during the course

of the flogging, and been declared by the surgeon
unable to bear any more. These things cannot be
suffered to continue unnoticed, and they w;ll afford
2n ample opportunity to the Learned Doctor for exert-
ing himself in the cause of humanity during the
ensuing session—exertions which we most sincerely
hope may be crowned with well-merited success.
The other views put forward by Dr. BowRING
were of the most comprehensive and liberal character.
Full and equal justice to Ireland—the same rights, the
same laws, the same recognition of privileges which,
in every free country, ought to belong to every free
man—the education of the people—improvements in
ventilation and draining, and in the recreations of the
people, were all touched on in the most masterly
manner. There was one subject, however,
which he omitted, and for which he might
justly have claimed credit. We allude to
the absurd and unjust quarantine laws, by which
trade and commerce are fettered, free intercourse with
other nations restricted, morality injured, and vast
sums of money annually wasted and thrown away.
Dr. BOWRING has called attention to the anomalies of
the present system, explained the true theory of con-
tagion as adopted by the persons of talent and ability
who have recently directed their attention thereto,
and proved how useless as well as vexatious are
the existing precautions, and through his exertions
we may reasonably hope for a speedy amelioration
therein. We trust that many other legislators may
imitate the example of Dr. BowEING in rendering an-
nual accounts of- their conduct ; and if they as well
deserve the approbation of those they represent in the
Legislature as the Learned Doctor, they may fearlessly
meet the people, and be certain of being greeted with
the same unanimous applause that was accorded to
the Honourable Member.

The Diet at Frankfort has voted a recompense of
.100,000 florins to Dr. SCUONBEIN and DT. BCETTIGER,
the inventors of the gun-cotton, provided the federal
military commissioners and the authorities of May-
ence, after seeing it tried, should pronounce it to be
a substitute for ordinary gunpowder, and to possess
advantages that the latter has not.

The Diet afterwards adjourned to the 14th of
January, when the question of the Duchy of Schles-
wig-Holstein, and that of the liberty of the press,
will come under discussion.

Basle city has followed the example of Geneva.
Exasperated at the temporising conduct of the Grand
Council on the subject of the Jesuits, the people rose
on the 22d in open insurrection, and commenced un-
paving the streets. The Grand Council immediately
resigned, and henceforth Basle city and Basle
country will form but one canton. This, with the
vote of Geneva, will secure in the Federal Diet a
majority sufficient to pass an enactment ordering the
expulsion of the Jesuits and the dissolution of the
league of the Catholic cantons.

The elections at Geneva took place on the 24th•
Upwards of 7,000 electors voted. The result has
been to give an overwhelming majority in the Grand
Council to the Liberal party.

Madrid papers of the 19th have arrived. The
mails of the 20th and 21st are still due. They have
been detained by the floods in the south of France.
The French Ambassador's ball, on the 18th, had
gone off very brilliantly. The QUEEN and the IN
FANTA, who were present, treated the daughters of
CHRISTINA and MuNoz with such marked attention
as to attract general notice.

Mr. BULIVER was still at Aranjuez.
The British squadron was to leave Cadiz on the
1 ith, to re-enter the Straits, and cruise along the
eastern coast of Spain.

The Duc D'AUMALE was to leave on the 20th, and
the Duke and Duchess of 11101STPENSIER on the 22d,
for France.

These papers contain important news from Por-
tugal. The intelligence from Lisbon is to the 14th.
This news fully confirms the intelligence of the
arrest of TERCEIRA and the outbreak of a revolution
in the northern provinces ; indeed it appears as if
Lisbon was the only part of the kingdom in which
the QUEEN'S authority was at present acknowledged.
The Opinion gives the following extract from a
letter received from Lisbon :

" LISBON, OCT. 13.—1 t is now four in the afternoon.-
The official account has arrived of the insurrection of
Oporto. Terctira is imprisoned in the tower of the Foz.
Tnlit,,vg(l,9,(o.ttla d Don Pedro the
The Marquis of Loul6, husband 017-‘therilnfaifa l)onna
Anna, has put himself at the head of the Junta of
Coimbra; the Conde das Antes presides over that of
Optrto.
"They have organised four battalions at Coimbra,
which are to join the forces of Aveiro, in order to march
upon the capital.
" All the steamers—those of the state as well as the
mercantile ones—have placed themselves at the orders
of the Junta of Oporto."

The King, FERDINAND, has taken the command of
the troops in Lisbon, with SALDANHA as his aide-de-
camp. The Court, it is said, has applied to Spain for
assistance, and the Spanish Government has ordered
the Gallician corps to be marched to the frontier.
Braga has joined the insurrection, as well as Oporto
and Coimbra, and the troops of PEDRO V. are pre-
paring to march non Lisbon. The official journal
of Lisbon, of the 13th, publishes a decree betraying
the embarrassment and apprehensions of the Govern-
ment. The officers and soldiers dismissed in 1842 are
recalled into service. Those who comply are pro-
mised reward, and those who refuse threatened with
being treated as deserters.
MADRID BOLSA, Our. 19 —The Three per Cents. were
done atfor cash ;. the Four per Cents, at 211/ ; the
Five per Cents. at 21.3/1 ;.the Debt without Interest, at
6%; the Vales non Consolidados, at 83/4 ; and the Coupors,
at 201 i.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
They are filled with accounts of the destructive
effects produced by the inundations in every part of
France. The Loire has burst its banks at several
places along its course. The principal streets of
Tours are under water, and all direct communication
between that city and Paris is cut off. The Orleans
and Bordeaux Railway is impassable, except from
Orleans to Blois. At Nantes the Loire was rising
rapidly on the 23d; since that day all communica-
tions with Nantes and Angers have been cut
off by the inundation. The Same at Lyons
had, according to the last accounts, reached
an alarming height, and it was feared that steam-
boats, which since the commencement of the inunda-
tion had formed the only means of communication
with some of the districts of the country, would no
longer be able to ply. The progress of the Duke
D'AUMALE to Bordeaux from Madrid, had been inter-
rupted by the heavy rains. He only reached Bor-
deaux on the 23d, twenty-four hours later than the
time fixed for his arrival. The Duke and Duchess
DE MONTPENSIER were expected to arrive at Bayonne
on Monday. The floods have completely put a stop
to all the fetes with which they were to have been
welcomed in the south of France.
The Courrier Francais observes--
"Their Royal Highnesses, it is said, have, in conse-
quence of tie desolated condition of the provinces, de-
clined all the rejoicings which were in preparation, and
which form too great a contrast with the general suffer-
ing. Consequently thefetes are countermanded, mid the
funds voted by the municipal councils to celebrate their
arrival are, by their express desire, to be applied. to the
relief of the people who
are deprived of food and
shelter."

Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and on
Sunday, over which the KING himself presided, to
deliberate on the means to be adopted for the relief
of the sufferers by the inundations. The Minister of
the Interior was in the district of the Loire at the
time of the inundation, and he ordered funds to be
placed at the disposal of the authorities in the several
districts which he traversed in his route to Paris.
It is impossible to calculate the amount of the pro-
pertt• which his been destroyed by this fearful cala-
mity, but that is not the worst—the loss of life, too,
has been fearful.

The papers still continue the controversy on the
Spanish marriage, but no new arguments are pro-
duced on either side. The only article of permanent
importance in any
of these journals is one in the
Debuts, on the advantages to the public and to the
revenue of a reduction of the duties. The writer
thus argues his case : •
"The advantages that may
est result to the consumer, the
treasury, the shipping inter, and the naval force of
the kingdom, from a well-organised system of impost,
have been proved by experience. All that is gained
politically by proportioning taxes to the intrinsic value
of things, and to the resources of the greatest number
of men, is rendered evident. But what are the applica-
tions which France can make of this principle, and what
is the aid that may be obtained from it for the develop-
ment of French navigation ? England, with twenty-
eight WilliVP of population, mourned at Wasp

sixteen millions of kilogrammes of coffee, or I
about six-tenths of a kilogramme per head ; she joins '
to that 20 millions of kilogrmmes of tea, of which about '
a fortieth part is consumed in France. Belgium, with
millions of population, consumes 13 millions of kilo-
grammes of coffee, or about 2 2.3 d kilogrammes per
head, or five times as much as England. The reason is,
that Belgium taxes coffee only at 10f. the 100 kilo-
grammes, and she derives from it a revenue of
1,290,000 f. France, with a population of 34k millions,
only consumes 144 millions of kilogrammes of coffee, or
4-10ths of a kilogramme per head. The cause is, that
in France the duty is far more elevated than in Belgium,
and if it is found to exceed but little the English duty,
it must be borne in mind that the amount which is mode-
rate in England may be excessive amongst us, where
money is of less value. The average duty in France is
Blf. It is a high one for an article which, before cross-
ing the customs' line, is not worth altogether that
amount. Can an article, the price of which is doubled by
a consumption duty, be at its normal value? When the
present duty on coffee was fixed, coffee, in place of
being at 110 f. per 100 kilogrammes, was worth 300 f.; the
duty then did not amount to more than the third or
fourth part of the value of the merchandise. If this pro-
portion was recurred to, it is indubitable from the ex-
ample of Belgium and England that the consumption
would be much augmented. And as 1 kilog. of coffee
produces the consumption of 3 kilog. of sugar, it may be
conceived what encouragement our navigation would
receive from a diminution in the duty on coffee. In
place of 81f. on an average, let it be placed at 25f. or
30f. Take for the increased consumption in consequence,
only 1 kilog. per head—a moderate hypothesis certainly,
'since it is only the third of what is consumed in Bel-
gium, and less than England consumes of tea and coffee
united. In this way the merchant shipping would gain
the transport of 20,000 tons of coffee and 60,000 tons of
sugar; the reserved navigation of our islands becomes
almost doubled, and the treasury, in place of expe-
riencing any falling off, acquires an increase of revenue
by the double sources of coffee and sugar. It is thus
that the idea of the maritime aggrandisement of our
country, if well understood, may be connected with the
improved condition of the people, and bring into the trea-
sury, in place of being a charge to it. Such are the true
principles of political economy, and works in which such
ideas are strongly supported are worthy of the most
favourable reception from the public."
The Portefeuille, which on such a subject may be
considered as an authority, declares that a modifica-
tion of the Ministryis determined on ; that Marshal
SOULT will retire, and that M. Gunox will be ap-
pointed President of the Council.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 82f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 90c. ;
tha Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,255 f ; Rouen, 920 f. ;
Havre, 700 f. • Great Northern, 690 f. ; Avignon, 895 f. ;
Vierzon, 581 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 547 f. 50c.; Basle,
222 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 3571. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 495 E ;
Tours and Nantes, 5031. ; Paris and Lyons, 5201. ; Lyons
and Avignon, 4951. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f. ; Spanish
Domestic Debt, 3374.

Great Munster 2%
Great North of Scotland 2%
Great Northof England-100 2361/2
Ditto New
Ditto, New •
Ditto, New
Great Western B5
Ditto 1,4 Shares SO
Ditto 14 Shares lO —
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto 14 Shares - l2l/2
Do. Half Shares
••••••.
Ipswith .8 Bury St. Edm. 11% — •••
Do., dr , and Norwich 21,4 —
Killarney Junctions l4
Kendal and Windermere 11h _
Lsncaster and Carlisle... 45
Jo. New
Lame, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... ....... ....
Leicester and Bedbrd... 22s IA die
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 222 _
Lpool., Mnclostr & New-
castle Junction
Liverpoo: and Bury ... 14 ..,
L,nden and B adman. I€l. 135... 4d. 9%
Do. New
Ditto Extension . - 7%.,....
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 60% 59% 60...
Ditto, Fifths
40
L ndon and Croydon, 13/. Iss 91 21% 22
Do. G..zaran. 5 per cent. 9
' London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d —
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d —
London, Hounilow, and
Western - ...
London and N. Westernloo 199 198 200
Do. Quarters
Do., do., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 121/2 —
Do., New 14 Shares •
(G. J.)
Do 40/.Shares (L. M.) 8
Lend. & S.Western 411 64 10,1 7O ...... ....
Do. New Consol. Bths 40
Do. New
Do. New
London and York 214 l% ..... ....-
Do. 1/2 Shares -
.•••
London and Windsor . I,t ... .
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry& Coleraine 12%...... ...
lAndonderry and Ennis-
killen ...... ..... ... 122 —
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham :5
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
Ditto % Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths
Do. Sixteenths ... 6 q ...
Do. Extension 42s.
Manchester and Birmin. 40 -
Do. Quarters (A).
Do. Quarters (B) ... 5
Do. Quarters (C). 1
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 42s. 3A p
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..... .......
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 —
Midland lOO .....137 1351/2.--
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Do. Bien., and Derbyloo
Midlnd& East. Counties 2%......
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcsstle and Berwick 15
Do. North Shields ... 25
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newmrket &Chesterfrd 21.125 l4 % P.
Newport& A•bergavenny 22 -.h. ....... ....
Newry and Enniskillen 4 % — •••
Newark, Sheffield, and.
Boston ... .. 1 %.. ...
Norfolk .. lOO 132
Do. Half Shares ..... 7
Do. Extension
North British ... ..... ... 25 • 35 % ... .....-..
Do. Half Shares
Do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
Do. Extension AA__ 1%
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 1214 —
Do. New
North Staffordshire 425....... 2 p
North Wales
Northern and Southern
Connecting
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham 2
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..,
Portsmouth Direct 3% —
Preston and Wyre 25
Do. 14 Shares -
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 3/. 12s.
Richmond
Royston and Hitchen ... 1%
Rugby and Leamington 42s —
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12% l2
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek
Pottet ies, andCrewe... 1% —
'lMi.q,iiiy.trtlerr"tiiii=:7.l6'4 - ._ . . .....
Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 % —
Do. & Great Grim-by. 10 - ...... ...
Do. do. Extension 425.
Shrewsbury and Birm... 8
Shropshire Union . 42s. •
4 % dis ...
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsh, June. 2.1/2
Sligo and Shannon ll — ..... .. ..
............
South Devon.... 35
South & Midlands June. 425. .
......
• • •
SOU ti i S taliordshire June. 2%. • • • ......
• • •
south Ea,tera & Dover. 331/8 —
Do., No. 1 26
Do., N.. 2.
..... .... ...
Do., Ns. 4
SLAlban's, Hatfield, an d
Hertford Junction
Staines and Richmond 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% —
South Wales
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Still. Coal. ... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 2
Tring, - Reading, and
Basingsteke
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2
Wakefield, Pontefract, &
Goole 221,4
Warwickshire & London 425. —
Warwick and Worcester 425. ~...
Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .
Waterford and Limerick 221,4 —
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
1t aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley . . 2
Welsh Midland
West Riding Union 42s. 1%% p
West Cornwall
WestLendon,Old Shares 20
Wexford and Carlow -. 2% —
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
York and Carlisle 2%
York and Newcastle 25 ... . ....
.....;
Ditto New
Do. Preference ...... 2 ....„ 6 ............. .
York and North Midland 50
Ditto % Shares - 25
Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 - ... ....... •••.
Do. Selby
Do. Extension
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
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Barbadocs 1
Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21/4
Boulogne and Amiens... 16
Bordeaux & gediterram 2

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Bordeaux,'FOulouse, and ....
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2
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Do. ( Espelete's) ...• • 2 .... . ...............
Calais, Dunkrk,andWest
Flanders ... 2 ......
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Calcutta and Diamond ......... ...
Harbour .... 7B.
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast
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Ceylon ••• ss. ...... ...............
Demerara
Dendre Valley 24
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Madras
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Dutch Rhenish 6
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East Indian ... ••••• •••• ss. . jtB
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
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Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...
Great Western Bengal 5B. ...
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Great Western Canada... 314
Italian and Austrian.... 4 ...
Jamaica &Mid. Junction 1
Jersey ........... 1 ......
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . I'A 3/4 .•
Luxembourg 4
Lyons and Avignon

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Arcot l9 .— .. ..... ....
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
Mauritius 1
Naniur and Liege
Nu ofFrauceConstituted 5 ...... 121 12
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 •••••• 131/2
Orleans and Bordea-ax.... 6 ...... 71/2% - ..... .
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Paris &Lyons Constituted 5
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and l'i.ouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
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Sambre and Meuse lO ....
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic
Tours and Nantes Con-
stituted .... ..... ...
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt. 8
Trinidad
`Vest Flanders ...... .... 6

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London & Westminster. 20
Commercial of London 20 —

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THE. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN-.
MADRID, OCT. 19.—Letters were received here listhis
morning from Cadiz, dated the 15th. The Eng
uadron was at that date at some distance off the
the eeon. It was to have left for the Mediterranean tent",
17th, for the purpose of cruising along the eastern coast
of Spain.
A good deal of excitement prevails throughout tile,
southern provinces, vv here the population wns In elel°sl
daily expectation of hearing of the landing of Cabrfse
on some part of the coast. When the Spartan feiesel.
was seen off Vaiencie, the people could scarcely be Pe'
suaded that the Carlist chief was not on board.
We also leern that the new works at Gibraltar ereed
going on with surprising activity. Nothing can le•
the energy of the Governor in pressing on their cooly,
tion. He is at the works at five o'clock in the merino;
where he personally is seeets everything. lberethat
about 1,000 convicts employed. it would apPetle"bie
the new water-line batteries are of the most terteoue„,
description. The effect of the guns, a fieur deag,"
ships must be terrible. f
It is understood that the Portuguese Government
hgof
requested the Spanish to send troops to the frontieiro
Portugal ; end the necessary orders have beenci,ope
in consequence. This explains the movement ' :a.' nee
in Galicia which I noticed a day or two ago. It '''er
tended that the Spanish soldiers will not cross the
tier, and it is said that Senor Isturitz has givenl
rances to that effect.. The word of Senor Ista'iiet
examples
however, but poor security ; with of bad 'll
e no
so freil in our memory, it would be as well to plat ot
confidence in the promises or assurances of the pre'
Cabinet. plats
A third bull- fight took place yesterday in tb•eof
Mayor. The wetness of the day, and the repetition
to
monotee°
nearly the same ceremonies producing raco
effect, deprived the spectacle of the enlivenine ebeess
of the previous days. The tree d, notvvithsiandle, do
immense ; as where are bull-fights that Spenie nds?
not coneregate in thousands and tens of.thees:-v et
Pan y toros are as much objects of equal necesiite
this day as they were in the time of Jovellanos. asnee
The Queen; besides, was fatigued from the atten
dN
of the previous day, as well as the palace ball. °lot
cumstance occurred which must not be passed unn°eiegel
As the Queen was leaving the square in her 0040
the usual respectful salutes were paid her. Bet Wel
Munoz and Maria Christina appeared a hiss broke or
the assembled crowd. Munoz put his head to tbiei obe
riage windows, but hastily drew it back again jelferli
beheld the angry countenances of the multitude. fed t 4
Christina also looked at the window, and endesereemol
smile and nodded her head, but the hiss did net' ree
e anlee,e
on the contrary, the sight of the Duchess 0. -i he
to render still stronger the signs of dielike
person. She hastily drew back to the corner ottheejol%
riage, but the unpleasant sound followed as it 113°311000$
Her great anxiety to parade her children,
bet
on every occasion, since her daughter's
added to the feeling of dislike with which this to je
lady is regarded. Spaniards, who are Ptierio-ifeed'
fault, of honours paid to downright royelty,,,arhe -Qttee4'
at any one else encroaching on them. 1-uee (Pee-
nearriegebtopy
Mother and her children—l (to not allude to tet,/, night
and the Infanta—were at M. Bresson's ball 107 re'
and the same circumstance was noticed on wh'eeiebel
marked yesterday, of their occupyingchairs either, per
or on a level with the daughter the Infenh";arefi
Francium de Paula. The elder of these two
has just been created Countess of Castilleja, °-
other Marchioness of Vista Alegre nreieg
Colonel Fitch arrived here at five o'clock this 010
from Cadiz and Gibraltar. He reached the fortnerh; fel
on the evening of the 15th, andleft
Madrid. Ile has brought dispatches from Sir It oat fOl
and the Admiral. On his arrival he at once se -fur tij
Aranjut-z, where Mr. Bulwer has been staying
last few days, to deliver his dispatches.
In giving a description of the ball at tberren-hesegere
„,
bassador's last night, the Popular—one of the based
on of the Governinent—says, " the Eetglish iell3h--05 bee'
was pre,ent.” This is incorrect Mr. Bulwer
at Aranjuez for the last three days.grant"
r-
The Duke of Aumale is expected to set tfo
eenotrpe
to-morrow ; and the Infanta and the Duke of eve
sier leave on the 22d. bl-nghb
One of the caballeros en plaza in SaturdoY's ;eel
is said to have died lastnight,in conseqiienit.-ail fe°"
severe bruises he received inhisvncoutiter, a" he'o
his horse. What matters the life of a bnilliTieesl
when lost to give sport to Most Serene,Freneb
Their Highnesses applauded as obstrepereneyy tly he'
most tauromaqui,h manolo in the crowd. To, ge.de• ,h
occasion to do so a dozen lives are well sacrifice ebt ""4
Four
he Three per Cents. are quoted at 35k for es,7la;
per Cents., at 211.2; the Five per Cenol" ILte-ratel'°
Debt without Interest, at 61; Nonconsolidated
84, Coupons, at 214. Exchange, 36g. v I
BAYONNE, OCT. 22, 4 o'cLocee His -L.ell on -
our city ness the Duke d'Aumale has just' leached
return from Madrid.
rit!'
The bad state of the roads and incessant ineriee?'
in the Basque provinces have much retarded the
to IV
journey, as he was expected here at an early b°
. nee/ 6,1
afternoon.
The Duke and Duchess de Mentpensier. 1;03;
ranged, are to sleep at Tolessa on the 25th, hr else
tt Tru the next mornine, and enter Bayonne on t
noun of that day.— Times.

IMPROVEMENT of the N.V.E.
FISHERIES.
cit.
followint..: gratifying announcement appear'
IVL
t-'
Dublin Evening Post of Saturday:—
jett
. :tarty to perceive, trom the litlic”*A":tfliOlei
in r,.ply to an application to the Lords of the 0 sell
for a school slip for the training of able seam' ". es have
as from other sources of information to whichivitior
had i.e that active ex. rtio-ii are being reauhe 6,14.0
improvetnutv of eon btion of the Claridge 00 tt
men, rind the encouragement of the fisheries ,
• wet . 0,1310'0
" The Rev. Mr. Rush, to whom this letter Is
,:eakA;4l
is co-op,rAtilt;!' with the friends of the lon.a
id
fishermen of tie we,t in the establishment of are sloielp,
and Fishery InstitutiOn' at the Claddag:iistwriii:f:toeotvieLeieitte
hands may be trained up for the development ()yeti
to rf
sea fisheries, and a nautical education to he g. t P'o.
growing generation of that populous
leritimut encoura::enaent on the part of t
merit will, we are sore,' be afforded to an}' p.r? 03 et'
aims at the encouragement of the fisherie''lootsol
training of able seamen for our naval and feellr, 040;
vice. However in"redible the fact may 3,l3Pet- e itirfrhet,
is true that the fishing colony of Claddagh ht, thi
in the empire) is not provided either with aus ith g
hoi
sheds, salt, or .the means of communic.ttien d tis"tioa
town of Galway, which every well-regelat,"„-er/14),
community should possess, for the prirr I,3.`,:fitteljtleo
'of a uhelesome article of food. We trust t"' vtoe' to
of the Government will be turned to thu'e 't'verrr'
measures, and we are glad-to have it in eal 6,1.00,
say that the peaceable conduct of the CladugbroYi'd'or
teen, and their unwillingness to join in the res of
riots at Galway, entitle them to shale in minftrrati°,ll:i,
provement at the hands of a paternal Admoct•
" Admiral dally, e'tle
oiat
" Sir,—ln reply to your letter, lam COig' sa:oo'
my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty gt' oce
you, for the information of the Galway Bay ore
mittee, that their Lordships are sorry that ac- rowsid
with the request made by the Committee isellel3.
tible either with the resources or practic? thinteeri
of Admiralty ; but if the Committee shot!' folitr bf
desirable `and would send twenty boys, betweednstott:ioSe
and sixteen years of age, and well grown and p 4" ;01,
any steamer, to the Admiral at Cork. the~dN
and maintenance would be paid by the .ty
and if found tit, on examination, for h-r
vice, they would be entered accordinglY.---
your most obedient humble servant,
"`W. A. B
The Rev. Thomas Rush, West ChaPe" eft
it Claddagh, Galway.' Jag sari'
" We have been favoured wth the follea'-,tareti •
subsequently received from the Admiralty. „ 0140
Cove of Cork, to the Rev. Mr. Rush, atatl,7ool)-for
man-of-war is to be stationed during the Win'bo' tb°
at Galway, where the boys can be sent oil oder
examination and entry, if in all respects fit 1 h
1'
regulations
Oc t
t'ju to
" Admiral's•office, Cove of Coil' sir to
" Sir,—l am directed by Rear-Admiral licatitioli
Pigot to r•-quest, with reference to your 0,04 yOU the
the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, as Tad
withhold sending boys to Cork for the prese,n, 7,0 oru,; be
.course of three or tour days a man-of-war will
to Galway for the_winter months, when the lade olyeti
sent on board for examination and entry, if
oar
spects fit under the regulations.—l am, Sir'
feta&
obedient servant, • See—
" JOHN W. NICHOLLS,,ave tan
" The Rev. Thomaa Rush, Claddagh, ued tbacotr
" It gives us great pleasure to have learlipt 1111 trolls
institution fraught with so much good has Ee-nae, ills
the support on the other side of the Chtloollii4
the liberal and generous friends of Ireland, teio
Rev. Mr. Rush has 'applied for funds, to aid
out his benevolent labours."

the

' 0 '-'10(1'
We understand that it is in conten3laiiles 01t1
Protectionists of Somerset to invite W 1,. jet's° is
M.P., to a public dinner, in testimony of .the'lcter. d „
esteem and admiration of his political cbar;jetst";ot
the event of the invitation being accepted, vibe-- etell>
that Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and vital,.
politicians of the same principles, will also be 'll
I, irlsi,'
Sherborne Mercury.
THE ARCHDEACON OF SURREY'S GEOSitycoltr6o
TATION.—On Tuesday the Venerable Willialn (1 sober'-
D.D., Rector of Clapham, who was presenw ivilof
Archdeaconry of Surrey on the elevation of PLfierY,. hf
force (the present Bishop of Oxfordo the -,- Cl3°-ch'
Westminster, held his visitation at Sit. Saviourfstbe arty,
Southwark.. Nearly the whole of the clergy „.° the i/.„00
deaconry were present. Prayers were read vie serit,
J.
Bet:son, chaplain of St. Saviour's, and ,ter eal
iw)eatierc)r,eached by the Rev. G. Lewis, Min's-nd '-' 5'
verse. t. f Southwark,the Second
o f
the register having been called, the Veneta er
deacon delivered his charge. corn bet
INDIAN Com—The quantity of Incuarsepte°l‘,lo
ported from this port previous to the Ist or ia. r-to
of this year is estimated at 562,000 busbecoteclug,
Philadelphia, during the same period, it I°so 5°,,r0
941, - itio-
r 4th
aut
tcohtithpotecroxetithirocrir
105,707 bushels, and from New Orleans,
.., gip ate
The export of this article from Boston au,' his. 'tiV
each, was probably larger than from Philadel ted 7
„do .i 4 0
product of this country this year 15„,,,-; ceps
some at 500,000,000 of bushels. "hoe Lser
1840 states the product of that Year ti.° the ste-rlce
377.531,875 bushels. The news received u): - the Pebot
of this and other articles, but warrants
yesterday not only announces an advatee '11,,,,.1ief 1,,,¢
the "'" OP"'
the exports f
Cork,
._fci,
the next ' rom the United States to a„,l.°Pe rice'
eight months-will be immense. rk, o'4
P° Yet
tobacco, and all sorts of bread stuffs, beef Neto,
cheese, apples, rt,
'est. `4.c., will now be sent out,
.Uveningl'"