The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-21 00:00:00

NVESTMI licatiNSTER IMPROVEMENTS (for
the on of certain Rates towards the improve-
r:- a it 3 author app
ised by the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845,
and to extend the improvements). Notice is hereby given, that
APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the
ensuing Session for an Act or Acts to alter, amend, and enlarge
the powers and provisions of au Act passed in the 9th year of
her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for Improving parts of the
city of Westminster." And it is proposed in or by the said Act or
Acts to confer further and additional powers on the Commissioners
appointed cr hereafter to be appointed, under the authority of the
said Act, for the purpose of enabling them more effectually to
carry out the improvements thereby authorised, and for extending
the same ; and it is further proposed to authorise and empower
the said Commissioners to take down and remove a certain
house and buildingesituate in the Broad Sanctuary, between West-
minster Abbey and Flood-street, and at present occupied by Mr.
Dean, and also that part of the north side of Tothill-street, from the
east end thereof to, and inclusive of number 5S in that street, with
the gateway adjoining thereon westward, and the lands, stabling, and
tenements, in the rear of Tothill-street aforesaid ; and also to take
down, remove, and temporarily or permanently shut up Flood-street,
Great Smith-street, Princes-street, Princes- place,Dean-street,Orchard
street, St. Ann-street, Old Pye-street, New Pye street, Pear-street,
Cottage-court, Union-court, New square, George-court, and James-
court, and all houses, yards, lands, courts, buildings, and premises
which are bounded en the north by Orchard-street, on the south by
Great Peter-street, on the east by Great Smith-street, and on the west
by Strutton Ground, all in the several parishes of Saint Margaret and
Saint John the Evangelist, in the City and Liberties of West-
minster, in the county of Middlesex, or one of them ; and also to
divert, alter, stop up, or enclose, or widen and improve such parts
of the present streets, courts, alleys, ways, or passages, and
void ground as will form entrances to or will communicate with
the intended new street or streets authorised to be made by
the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845, or as shall be necessary
to be stopped up and enclosed or widened and improved for
the purposes of the said Act or Acts ; and also to raise or lower
the ground of any streets or ways or subways which shall
communicate with the said intended street or streets, or as shall
be necessary to be raised or lowered for the purposes of the
said Act or Acts, and to make such alterations in the levels,
drains, and sewerage, subways, roads, footways, and pavements
of such streets as may require such alterations ; and also to
empower the said Commissioners to treat, contract, and agree
with the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the Governors
of the Grey Coat Hospital, in Tothill-fields, of the royal founds •
tion of Queen Anne, the governors or trustees of the hospital
of Saint Margaret's, in the city of Westminster, in the county of
Middlesex, of the foundation of King Charles, the master
and and fele
-
lows of Corpus Christi or Bennett's College, Cambridge, th
governors or trustees of Emanuel Hospital, or Lord and Lady
Dacre's charity estate, the, governor or trustees of Emery hill's
almshouses, the trustees of Palmer's" Charity, the governors or tins-
tees of the Blue Coat School, or other governors or trustees of any
charity estate or other incapacitated persons, whose lands or pro-
perty may be required for the said intended street or streets, or other
improvements connected therewith, or contemplated by the said Act
or Acts tor the sale to or the settlement upon them of new houses or
buildings upon the proposed line of the said streets or either of them,
in lieu of all or any of the lands, houses, or property intended to be
taken from them by the said Commissioners for the purposes of the
said Act or Acts,
And it is further intended by the said Act or Acts to obtain powers
for the purchase of lands and houses, either by compulsion or agree-
ment, through or into which the said proposed improvements will
be made or carried. And also such lands and houses within the said
parishes aforesaid, and to such extent as may be necessary for carry-
ing out the before-mentioned improvements and all other improve-
ments contemplated by the said Act or Acts.
And it is also intended to vary or extinguish all existing rights
and privileges in any manner connected with or incident to such
lands and houses which would in any manner impede or interfere
with the objects aforesaid, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is further proposed, in or by the said Act or Acts, to take
powers to authorise the levying, collecting, and appropriation or
application of any rates or increased rates, or of any annual or
other sum or sums of ,money out of, or in addition to, the
rates levied and collected, or hereafter to be levied and collected,
under and by virtue of the powers and provisions of an Act made and
passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George 11., intituled " An Act for the better Relief and Employment
of the Poor in the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan-
gelist, in the city of Westminster, and for cleansing the streets and
repairing the highways within the said parishes," or otherwise, and
to apply the same towards the improvements authorised by the said
Westminster Improvement Act, 1845. And also, so far as may be
necessary for the purposes aforesaid, to repeal, alter, amend, or
extend the powers and proulsions of the last recited Act of 25
George 11., and to confer, vary, or extinguish other rights and pri-
vileges.
Dated this tenth day of November, 1846.
BRIDGES, MASON, and BRIDGES, Red Lion-square,
Solicitors for the Bill.

country. Unfortunately there are few connected with
Ireland who have at their disposal the enormous

means, the princely wealth of the Noble Mai quis. Every
man, however, has something in his power, and al-
though the attempt must naturally be on a more
moderate scale than that proposed by Lord HERT-
FORD something, of a similar description may be
attempted which would, undoubtedly, prove beneficial
to all parties concerned. The landlord who is unable
to make the necessary advances from his own re-
sources, can obtain the national aid by availing him-
self of the provisions of the Million Act, or if he is
but the owner of an entailed estate, and thus deprived
of its benefits for the present, he can, by giving the
required undertaking, procure the necessary funds,
under the Labour-rate Act. True it is, that the
loan must be repaid within ten years in place
of 22, and that the instalments will fall more heavily
on his property ; but by inducing a sufficient
number of his brother landowners within the electoral
division to co-operate with him, and to apply for a
sum equal to the amount that would fall thereon
under the Labour-rate, he will escape from the burden
of any contribution to the expenses of works of a
useless and unproductive character, and have the
money advanced by the State expended in a much
more beneficial manner.
Lord HERTFORD justly conceives that the first duty
of a landlord is to provide employment for the people
belonging to his estate. The most valuable mode of
employing that labour is on the land itself. It would
be bad policy to pauperise the inhabitants, by making
them objects of charity, the recipients of bounty for
which they are to make no return. Such a course would
destroy the manly pride, that independence of cha-
racter which is the fairest possession of the sturdy
yeoman : deprive him thereof—let him lose his self-
respect, and he must inevitably sink in the social
scale ; he would on every occasion seek for gra-
tuitous gifts in place of an , opportunity of earning a
support for himself and family, by the exercise of his
honest industry, and after a short continuance in such a
course, he would become utterly demoralised, a
burden and weight on the resources of the country in
place of being the producer and creator of national
wealth.
Let it not be supposed that we are opposed to re-
ductions being made by the landlords to their tenants
under present circumstances ; far from it. The
rent payable out of any quantity of land can only
be fairly regarded as the value of the produce
thereof, after setting apart a certain portion for the
cost of cultivation, and the payment of county and
other charges that must in the first instance be paid
and satisfied, and also a reasonable support for the
farmer and his family. If that produce should wholly
fail—should it be destroyed or damaged to such an
extent as to be insufficient to pay the expense of seed
and tillage, there is a just and fair reason why the
proprietor should participate in the loss of the occu-
pier, and if the full value is paid far the land a certain
portion should be freely forgiven, and not kept hang-
ing over, a weight that must restrain the energies,
and cripple the resources of the hard-working man.
from which it may be impossible for him ever to
extricate himself.
Lord HERTFORD offers a premium of 2/. for every
acre of land, English measure, drained on his estate,
according to the Deanston system, with stones or
tiles, between this and the Ist of October next, sub-
ject to certain limitations in extent, according to the
size of the farms. And he further proposes (in ad-
dition to the premium of 2/.) to advance such further
sum as may be necessary to carry out the work
wherever the small farmer may be unable to take
advantage of the offer, by reason of his not having
the means within himself; the additional sum only to
bear interest at five per cent. Proportionate encou-
ragement will also be given for sod draining in
grazing and mountainous lands, where tiles or stones
cannot easily be procured, and also for subsoiling,
where draining may not be required. Rivers and
watercourses will be cleaned out and deepened when-
ever necessary without any expense to the tenants.
The above are the principal points of the proposition
made by the Noble Marquis, and it would be difficult
to speak too highly in its, favour. The large holder
will be encouraged to improve and drain his lands
while the man of less means, who is obliged to look
to his daily labour for his daily bread, will have
ample employment afforded to him at his very
threshold, and will be enabled to indulge in the
pleasing thought that, while receiving fair wages for
his work, he is increasing the fertility of the soil and
ameliorating his own future condition.
It is truly stated in the report of Lord DEVON'S
Commission, in speaking of the small farmer, whose
only capital is the labour of himself and family, that—
" If you show him in what manner the application
of that labour may be rendered most conducive to his
own comfort and permanent benefit, and assist him
with money or materials, which his labour cannot
supply you will generally find the Irish peasant ready to
co-operate with you in effecting improvements, bene-
ficial alike to himself and to the country."
Lord HERTFORD has taken upon himself to do this
in the most useful manner—he is ready to provide
the money and materials. The peasant so assisted
will not be found wanting. If his Lordship's offer
was restricted to making the necessary advance it
would be extremely valuable, but, further than that,
he offers as a free gift a sum which may amount to
120,000/. sterling ; for it is said that the lands re-
quiring draining on his estate exceed 60,000 acres.
Lord HERTFORD will, however, receive an ample
equivalent for this large expenditure in the happi-
ness and prosperity of his tenantry, the increased
security for his rents, which that prosperity will
afford, and the improved value of his property.

J. PARKES, Parliamentary Agent, 21, Great George-street
Westminster.

The in4puiry is still going on into the frightful ex
plosion in Mr. PARKER'S colliery, at Oldbury, by
which so many human beings were deprived of life.
We hope it will not be suffered to close till after the
calamity shall have been most searchingly investi-
gated in every conceivable shape. The scene of the
disaster itself should be minutely inspected, and
men of competent skill and science be called
upon to examine the locality, and report as to
whether in their judgment prudent and proper
attendant ;
and
precautions had been taken, to generate a
sufficiency of air through the several passages of the
mine, where operations were carried on. We know
that
upon
theadoption i n
osubterranean
human
of h
lifetworkse u
arreeexceedingly theirm e expenses
heavy
ts for
h e preser-
vation
there is reason to think, that this consideration,
slighted by the promptings of avarice, and the know-
ledge of their always being surplus labour at com-
mand, where population is so abundant as it is in this
country, have frequently spurred on speculators to
prosecute their undertakings, heedless of the en-
dangerment to life engendered by a heartless
and repulsive economy. We would not impute that
such a selfish spirit animated the proprietors of the
mine in question. From the evidence of Mr.
THOMAS HAYNES, the mine surveyor, it appears
that " one road. had been driven at an ex-
pense of 300 t., for the purpose of getting a greater
body of ait into the present workings?'
But we desire, on public principle, that such and
other matters should be judged of by disinterested
persons of experience and suitable intelligence. It
is necessary that, in these cases, the public should be
satisfied that th( lives of their fellow-creatures have
not been wanto lily risked. And this is the more
imperative, be.ca us ;e ignorant and poor men, desirous
of employment, 'be stow their toil on work, surrounded
by occult dang€ Ts , which can only be properly esti-
mated by persons of geological, engineering, and
chemical attainme a ts. Humanity itself dictates that
where people are lb urried into eternity in such num-
bers as we have of late witnessed, by explosion and
other accidents In 1 she different mines throughout the
country, their : selt( Tal causes should be jealously and
rigidly investiE ;atE .d. Since steam has been so exten-
sively applied to locomotion, by sea and land,
to stationary engines, and a variety of other
purposes, the sacrifice of life has been fear-
ful. Public attention became aroused, and it
was ascertain ed that many of the catastrophes
were attribute ble more to ignorance than negligence.
The consequence is, that a superior order of men, with
qualifications d uly examined into, has, for the most
part, been app [tinted to superintend the vast ma-
chinery, on the siUlful management of which thou-
sands of lives are momentarily dependent. But this
improvement has. been hitherto chiefly confined to
steam-boats end r iilways. Against pure negligence,
we have :wino cl eck provided by the first law of

THE SrN, LONDON, SATITRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 21, 1846

nature, self-preservation ; for a man is not
prone to be grossly negligent, where, either by acts
of otnis6ion or comaiission on his part, his own life

would probably be involved in the fate he might
bring down upon his fellow-workmen. But, as
against sheer ignorance, and its effects, which are
occasionally so awful, particularly in subterranean
undertakings, we have no such primary protection.
The following evidence was given before the coroner

at Oldbury on Friday :
" William Clift, a miner, said, two months ago I
worked in the pit for two days and part of another : it
was much given to damp, but middling clear of sul-
phur ; it was the choke damp, and put the candle out.
The third morning I went to the pit there was a side of
work where I was full of sulphur. There was a head
way driven out of this side of work, and in it there was
also much sulphur. I said to Holland, the butty,'
that I was dissatisfied about working on that side of the
pit, because there was sulphur; it kept getting worse,
and I said that I should like to have the lamp ; he
(hIolland) said he would take it ; he lighted it, and I
went with him to the side of the work of which I had
complained. Holland tried the lamp, and said the place
was fit to work in. I then took the lamp and tried it my-
self. I found that there was a great deal of sulphur. I
then said to Holland that I would not work in that sulpur,
if he would give me the pit. I told him I should go out of
the pit, and I put on my clothes and went away."
Mr. THOMAS HAYNES, the mine-surveyor, subse-
quently stated, that " he believed the explosion to have
been occasioned by sulphur having congregated in a
part where a portion of coal, attached to the roof, had
broken down."
Now, upon these facts, it appears to us, that a
strong case of suspicion is made out, that Mr. HoL-
LAND—" the butty"—is not a person qualified to fill
a situation where the grave responsibility rests of de-
ciding whether the atmosphere in a mine is in a fit
state or not for men to work in, without danger
to their lives. Two months ago, though HOL-
LAND had tried the air with the lamp, the
man, CLIFT (who also tried it immediately
afterwards) was so dissatisfied with HOLLAND'S judg-
ment, that he actually put on his clothes and walked
away ! Within eight weeks, in the very same pit,
and from the congregation of sulphur (as believed by
the surveyor), which caused such apprehension in the
mind of CLIFT, this frightful accident has happened.
We hope the wealthy owners of these collieries and
the like undertakings will, for their own credit, look
well into these things, and by employing as their
subordinates (to whose superintendence the protec-
tion of the lives of thousands is committed), men
only, whose steadiness of habit, good repute, acuteness
of intellect, and education expressly adapted to mining
operations, will afford the public the best guarantee
against the repetition of so heart-rending an occur-
rence as the one to which we have drawn the atten-
tion of our readers.

We learn by letters from Rome that the Govern-
ment of the new POPE having found the finances of
the country entirely ruined, in consequence of the
disorders of the last Administration, is under an
absolute necessity of having recourse to a loan. The
confidence is so great in the present head of the State,
that he has already received advantageous offers from
several important houses. It is stated, that before
concluding anything, he has called on Cardinal Gum
to present him with an exact statement of the wants
of the Treasury, and of the resources of the country.
But the necessary documents have been exceedingly
difficult to find, in consequence of the carelessness or

ill-will of the provincial officers, who had not their
accounts in proper order, and never supposed that the
taxes were to be levied with exactitude. Cardinal
Gizzi has, however, succeeded in drawing up a state-
ment, and in forming a plan for organizing the State
finances. The result may be long in being arrived
at, but the Government is determined to persevere,
and carries with it the sympathy of all well-thinking
persons.
41i

The Augsburgh Gazette of the 15th states that the
proclamation for incorporating Cracow with Austria
has been prepared, and will be published almost im-
mediately. _

Madrid papers of the 13th have arrived.
The Gaceta publishes a royal decree for the adop-
tion of the necessary measures for the Government
taking in hand the collection and administration of
the salt duties on the 30th, when the period for which
they had been farmed out will expire. It also pub-
lishes a decree fixing the 6th of December for the
commencement of the general election.
On the 4th two small vessels of war arrived at
Vigo from Portugual, with the rest of the Spanish
emigrants who were in the depots. They consist of
private citizens, soldiers and police, and custom-
house officers. The emigrants entered the town
amidst general expressions of joy. On board the
steamer which arrived from Lisbon on the 2d were
also many emigrants, most of them officers of the
battalion of Oviedo. They are to go to Santiago,
and place themselves at the disposal of the Captain-
General.
A letter from Vittoria of the 9th November, which
appears in the Tiempo, says—
" General Flores, who was yesterday at the theatre
with several of the officers who are to accompany him in
his expedition to the Equator, left to-day for Durango
and Orduna, where he intends passin-, his troops in re-
view. The number of reeruits is not considerable, but
the men are picked. Amongst the officers are MM.
Guillem and Dominguez. It is said that not more than
1,000 men have been got together.
MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 13.—The Three per Cents. are
per cent. higher to-day, being reported at 34/ buyers;
Five per Cents., 211 with the Coupon; Coupon, 23;
Passive Debt, 64 buyers. There was a fall of above 3
per cent. in the shares of the General Assurance Com-
pany, owing to the news having arrived of the losses
sustained in the terrible hurricane at the Havannab.

-
We have received the Paris papers of Thursday,
The determination of Russia, Austria, and Prussia
to suppress the republic of Cracow seems to have
struck M. GulzoT aghast. It is evident that he is
now desirous if possible of renewing the entente cor-
diale with England, but once broken it is not so
easily renewed. Those who have once deceived
can never again expect to be trusted. England will
no doubt do her duty as one of the parties to the
treaty of Vienna, but we should hope that she will
do it independently altogether of M. GUIZOT. The
following article from the Journal des Debuts may be
considered as the official announcement of the views
of the French Cabinet on the subject :
" When, yesterday, we reproduced an article from the
Augsburgh Gazette which announced that, with common
accord of the there, protecting Powers of the Republic
of Cracow, this city was incorporated in the domains of
Austria, we abstained from all observation, for the
strange news appeared to us to be at least doubtful.
We could not believe that the three great Powers,
Austria, Prussia, and Russia, had concurred in giving to
the world such a manifest example of so dangerous a
violation of solemn treaties. The evident fallacy of the
motives alleged by the Augsburgh Gazette in palliation
of this act of violence contributed still further to render
us suspicious of the news. Who ever has read the
treaties of Vienna must know full well that the esta-
blishment of the Republic of Cracow was not the exclu-
sive work of the three Powers who now arrogate to
themselves the right of destroying it, and if there exist,
as the Augsburgh Gazette pretends, private conven-
tions, in virtue of which Austria, Prussia, and
Russia, considered the independence of the Republic
of Cracow as a simple experiment which they
were always at liberty to abandon, it is too evident
that these conventions are without force or value with
regard to the other powers who signed the treaties of
Vienna. Europe has never heard of these conventions,
and this is the first time of their being revealed to the
world. We had therefore every right to mistrust the
assertion of the Augsburgh Gazette. It is, however, but
too true that this journal was well informed. It is now
certain that Austria, Prussia, and Russia, borrowing
from the Emperor Napoleon the formula for which he
has been so much reproached, have pronounced with one
common accord that the Republic of Cracow has ceased to
exist, and that this city, the last remnant of unhappy
Poland, is to be united to the Austrian dominions. The
news was on Tuesday notified by the Prussian Minister
to the British Ambassador, Lord Normanby; and yes-
terday M. Guizot received the like notification from the
Austrian Chargé d'Affaires. The act, therefore, is con-
summated. But right still subsists, and the marked de-
clarations that were made last summer in the French
Chambers and the British Houses of Parliament, by
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two nations, are
sure pledges that right will not be given up."
After quoting from the speeches of M. GuizoT and
Lord PALMERSTON, the article thus concludes :
" These quotations sufficiently show the true light in
which France and England ought to view the act of vio-
lence which the throe Powers, who, by a painful incon-
sistency, still call themselves the protectorsof the Republic
of Cracow, have allowed themselves to commit. The im-
portance of this republic is not the question : we know
that the incorporation of the city of Cracow in the
dominions of Austria will not disturb the balance of
power iu Europe ; but the question is upon a prin-
ciple on which reposes the public rights iof Europe,
and the independence of all its states, small as
well as great. If the existence of the Republic of
Cracow was really incompatible with the repose of three
such Powers as Austria, Prussia, and Russia, it would
still have been no reason for a violation of right. Refer-
CLICO should have been made to all the Powers who signed

the treaties of Vtennn. France and England would cer-
tainly- have taken into serious consideration the inquie-
the (0 ha\
the Emperor of all the Russias and to the two great
German Sovereigns. But for three to tear in pieces
treaties which had been concluded between seven is a
nlvelty never before heard of in the annals of diplomacy.
For to-day we shall confine ourselves to these reflections."
The I.7poque has an article on this subject, which
from its style we should guess to be from the pen of
M. Guizor himself. It is a most remarkable article,
and in it AI. GVIZOT has passed the most severe con-
demnation of his own policy with regard to Spain and
has shadowed forth the fate which most assuredly
awaits himself, if he do not alter that policy in time.
The following is an extract from this very remark-
able article :

rim0mm0m.r.••••...•••••••••••.................••=.........-
MONEY and COMMERCIAL NVWS'
CITY, QUAI?T ER TO THREE.II, ry
The CuLtun market at Liverpool yesterday 6
quTi,ht.e
items Sales 4400t0hebaBleasn.r,
oSfhaErnesowane
account present
t
some alteration this week, the bullion being rather higher
in amount. The principal changes are these:--
X2B 246,2,95
Notes issued 10,410
Increase .•• ••• •••
Bullion ... ... ...
Increase ... ...
Public deposits, increase ... ....:. 141:8324488888:::29‘2'190749
Other deposits, decrease ••• 46,499
Seven day and other bills, decrease
372,896
Other securities, increase ••• 571,715
Notes, increase ... ••• •••
nieTs
,11 earned
,are
uponlat et
he
whole,accounts frm
theyell tb e We s t
blentdoilaerc:bl;
good upon the subject of the wealithpepreaarntdothe pr_o:tneder.
for the next crops. Nevertheless, there wei's some ep. •
cations of tempestuous weather in JaralliCat
,o_7',„ini.
cited a little apprehension. etheronuct ot Or L'7,B of
grant labourers from India, from the nis'ePr'clis-
due regulation, or tkeir inherent vice, had ratite _
gusted the Jamaica people ;
female chastity was not safe in the districts job °
them, even in open day. g IS
raornot
as it is even as.odtectillb/
The rather tempestuous weather of Friday e the
rde o,
reported in accounts received today from 50.0.
outports to have done damage to several vessel.n eoesr
The English Funds continue rather flat? 7,
the
quence of the fall in prices at Paris, and te66;ools
tainty as to the effect of the Cracow affadtr.
about fLti,e,.
have been 941- i for present Transfer, an
same for Time. The New Three-ad-a-Qua_r.terferts...
Cents. have realised 95i 1, and the Three per_lindie
93i 1. Bank Stock has been marked 206, fate 110.,
Stock 257. Exchequer-bills have realised vs
premium. likewise'
The Foreign Investments have been heavy pat
Spanish Three per Cents. are 37, and Portugeerwort.
per Cents. 36 to 364. Mexican Bonds have lo_sAii..ivolt.
211 to 22, and Brazilian 84i. Dutch Two-euu .
per Cents. are 59. i ;n seo4/
, ally, '- doh
Shares generally have declined Amin, 0 so
cases, ratther considerably. Great Wester_
__. 91,
from 133 to 128. Northern of France have b_oe,;(4;s.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE U 14
(From the ()facial List.) .P!
Bank Stock ................................... .206 ~
931 i A J
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities......... ... , 1
3 per Cent. Consols Anns .................. 94 A
New 374 per Cent. Annuities ........... . 85%0 16
Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire„ 1860 2
India Stock ................................ 25Y.,
Consols for Account ......................... 9470
Exchequer Bills. 14d•
1,000/.
500/. ..,, , ........ 8 11 "
811 --- pra.
...... s 1 ..-- -"no
Ditto Small ..................... :::.. ...
r-,i,clz 0,a,5,-5'
I-RICE OF FOREIGN. FUNDS AT v.' 5414
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ....•••••' ~
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 Pere ent.... °:,`,),
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 p Cent. -,1'.5L
Ditto for the Account ............. 1--1: 36
Portuguese 4 per Cents ............... 0....."
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840...
...„
Do., 1838-40, div. fin. MAY, '414-1 21
Ditto ........................... 18 _
Ditto 3 per Cent..................... •--37
Ditto °l3
for the Account ..... ......... Leed.
Dividends on the above payable'.. 5g 91
Dutch 2% per Cents ................. 904
CLOGS
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ." 00
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIARES 'AI 00'
Amber.,Aberdeen RAILWAYS. PAID. ro sto --
Notting., Boston, &c.
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Birkenhead, Lancashire, and to
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Bristol and Exeter
BristolßrDite.
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Cheltenham and Oxford - ..... .1:
Clydesdale Junction -
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Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. ...... --• • ... to
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Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% ...... ---
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East and West of England IA ...... -- ",,,.' /
Edinburgh and Glasgow
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Ditto, Half Shares - "
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Ditto, Quarter Shares
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Edinburgh and Northern
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Edinburgh and Perth - •o ,
Ely and Huntingdon ...
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Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
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to:: 52.
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Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle ........
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Leicester and Birmingham... 225. ..... •' to '',o
Leicester and Bedford ......... 225. ...... ";;;14 ...... to ,'.
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 221 .... gV2.• ••• to -
Ditto, Branch (Blue)
21 ...... , .."" to
Ditto, Extension (Green) 2 h ..... , ...." to /
Leedsand Thirsk
Ditto, New
••• ...... •• " to /
Liverpool, Manchester, •and 27,e/5". to ,
Newcastle Junction ....... ..• 2% ......
...„ ...... to -
Liverpool and 8ury......... ... 14 ......
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London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d .......
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Do. Extension ...... ................... 734 ......... ---__. ....•:: t't°o*/:',
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 . ..... . ..... ~:,
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Do. Fifths .................... 40 ...... •--.....
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Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 - •••• „, •••••• tp •/,
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d••• ~.." to •'„g
Ditto Preference ......... 18/ 175 2d•••
...., ~...• 0 17'
London,llounslow.&Western 2 • •::19454 ... to /
London and North Western..loo •..-• ~. ...... to ''
Do. Quarter Shares .••.••... 2 ...... 15 ...... to /
Do. do, New .....• .... ...... 2 ......
.... ....• to 5
Do. do. Fifths ............... 2 '•"*. .-- ...... to
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Do. Eighths ......... G. J. 121/4 ......
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Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & Si. 8 •••• • • .... ••• "to
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Do. New consolidatedBths- 40 ...... 29u...." 0";
Ditto New
Do• New - ..... .. .. 18 ...... 04
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Ditto Half Shares ......... 21/5•• ''' .....• ...... tO ~
London and Windsor ...... ... 1*•"*" 11/4 .. ..... to _
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2th 11,• 11/'•,.••
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Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 ...... _- ...... to ''''.
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 ..... 16 ....- to /,
Lynn and Ely .................. 15 ....... ~.... ••••" to •":„
Lynn and Der eham ............ 15 .....
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Manchester and Leeds ......... 82 •• •••
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Ditto Quarters ............... 2 ...... , ...." to <
Dittosifths .................. sj. , .......... , .., to ..°:
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Ditto Quarters (13) .....•.•• 5..
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Manchester,Birmingham, and
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Ditto New . .................... 1

" However elevated a throne may be. it is subject to
the eternal principles of honour. We have the happi-
ness of living in an age in which principles seated at the
depth of the conscience of man form there a tribunal
before which emperors and kings must appear like the
rest of mankind. When the world, still in its semi-
savage state, was only enlightened by the uncertain rays
of the moral theories of philosophers, princes who had
force on their side had a chance of being unjust and
wicked with impunity. But since Christianity has vul-
garised and universalised the fundamental system of
right and duty in all, there is no longer, in any sphere,
an act of violation of what is true, and just, and holy,
that can hope to escape condemnation. In this point of
view the three Governments of Russia, Prussia, and
Austria have lowered themselves in the opinion of their
own people. There is no division in good faith. When
the foreigners have been cheated, natives may also be
cheated, and they who have suppressed the liberties
of one town may be justly suspected of being capable
of suppressing the liberties of twenty others. If we
were citizens of St. Petersburgh, Berlin, or Vienna, the
fate of Cracow would give us ground for reflection."
• The French of all parties agree with M. GUIZOT
in thinking that when foreigners (Spanish and
English) have been cheated, natives (Frenchmen)
may likewise be cheated. They, too, are of opinion
that those who have suppressed the liberties of one
town (Madrid, for example), may be justly suspected
of being capable of suppressing the liberties of twenty
others, and to the citizens of Paris, Bordeaux, and
Marseilles the fate of Spain gives ground for serious
reflection.

M. GUIZOT has laughed at the English protes,
against the Montpensier marriage, holding it to be an
absurdity to protest against un fait accompli, and yet
in the case of the annexation of Cracow, we find that
M. GUIZOT himself proposes to commit this very
absurdity. " France and England," says the Epoque,
" cannot, and certainly will not, accept without re-
servation and energetic protests, the perpetration of
the fact in question. M. GUIzoT has given pledges
on this point which we cannot suppose he will violate.
Lord PALMERSTON, on his side, has given even more
precise and positive pledges, and he would deceive
the whole world if he should forget them."
The Legitimatist journal the France says
GUIZOT flatters himself to turn this affair to accoun,
as regards England. He will say to her, "If you
had not abandoned me, we would have protested in
concert against the powers of the north. Suffer,
then, the punishment of the isolation to which you
have condemned me." We doubt, however, whether
this mode of reasoning will offer much consolation
for M. GUIZOT. England, although she signed the
treaties cf 1815, is very little interested as to whether
the Republic of Cracow be incorporated or not. The
revolutionary Government of France, on the con-
trary, has for sixteen years set itself up as the official
protector of the Polish cause—of that cause which
in the town of Cracow, is about to lose its last
bulwark."
The Journal des Debats contradicts the report that
Rear-Admiral MONTAGU'S DE LA ROQUE, Command-
ant of the African station, had received orders to re-
turn to Toulon, in consequence of disease infecting
the crews of his ships.
The announcement of the annexation of Cracow to
Austria has produced an extraordinary sensation in
Paris, and created a panic on the Bourse.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Thursday at 81f. 45c. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 60c.; the
Orleans hailroad Shares, 1,200 f. ; Rouen, 865 f. ; Havre, 660 f. ;
Great Northern, 613 f. 75c.; Avignon, 852 f. 50c.; Vierzon,
561 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 537 f. 50e. ; Basle, 215 f. ; Paris and
Strasburg, 472 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 482 f. 50c.; Paris
and Lyons, 495 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 465 f.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32k.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 20.
Belgian Eastern Junction, Vt—Boulogne and Amiens, 13%
ex d.—Dutch Rhenish, 47(3—East Indian, % Jamaica South
Midland Junction, 13%—Louvain A la Sambre, I%—Luxem-
bourg, 3/4—Northern of France Constituted, 94—Paris and
Lyons Constituted, 4%—Rouen and Havre, 26.

tt IN,

MARKET NE W S.-(THIS DAY
COVENT-GARDEN.
Pine Apples, 5s to 7s ; Hothouse Grapes, 3s to 4s ; and
Foreign ditto, 10d to is 6d per lb ; Apples, 3s to 8s per
bushel ; Pears, 5s to 15s per half sieve ; Filberts, 95s to 100 s ;
and Cob Nuts, 100 s to 110 s per 1001 b ; Walnuts, 3s 6d to
4s per peck; Cabbages, Sd to is 3d; Brocoli, 4s to Gs per
dozen; Potatoes, 4s Gd to 8s per cwt; Turnips, is 6d to
2s per dozen bunches ; Horseradish, 2s to Gs, and Celery, is
to 2s per bundle; Carrots, 3d to 8d per bunch; Onions, 5s
to 7s per bushel; New Oranges, 6s to 10s per 100
NEWGATE AND LEADENRAX.Y..
Prime Beef and Mutton were in fair request, at full prices.
Otherwise, the demand was in a very sluggish state. Beef,
from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton,
the
carcase .
Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s; Geese, 5s to 7s; Ducks, is 6d to 2s
3d ;Tame Rabbits, Is to ls 9(1 ; Wild ditto, 6d to Is ; Pigeons,
4d to 8d ; Pigs, 4s 6d to 7s 6d each ; Surrey Fowls, 5s to Os ;
ditto Chickens, 3s to 5s ; Barn-door Fowls, 2s Gd to 4s 6d
per couple. Eggs, English, 8s to 9s ; and French, 7s 6d
to 8s 3d per 100. Fresh Butter, is to is 3d per lb. Phea-
sants, 2s to 3s ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; Hares, 2s to
; Leverets, 2s to 3s; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d;
Grouse, is 6d to 2s 3d; Ptarmigan, 8d to Is ; Snipes, is
to is 9d; Teal, 6d to is 3(1; Wild Ducks, is to is 8d;
Widgeons, is to is 6d ; and Plovers. 6d to is each.
HUNGERPORD.
We had a very inactive general demand, and in some in-
stances the quotations had a downward tendency.
NEWPORT.
Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per Slbs. A
moderate, supply, and a sluggish demand.
BILI.INGSGATE.
Only a moderate supply of Fish was on offer to-day, on
the whole the trade was steady, at full prices. Cod Fish,
5s to 9s • Whitings, Gd to 10d; Lobsters, is 8d to 3s 6(1;
and Crabs,' Sd to 2s 3d each. Soles, 8d to 3s 6d per pair.
Oysters, 36s to 52s per bushel.
WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s Gd; Mutton, 3s 6cl to 4s Gd; Veal,
3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs.
BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
9d to 91,(1 ; of Household ditto, 71/2d to 81,0 per 41bs loaf.
RIDE DIARRET. -
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d
to 314(1; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31,2 d ; do. 801 b to Stilb, 31 (1
to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4%cl to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to
ad ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Polled
Sheep, 4s 4d to ss; Kent and Half-breds, 3s to 4s 3d; and
Downs, 2s 9d to 3s 2d.
w air MARMETS.
SMITIIPIHLD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 41; Clover ditto,
3/ 8s to 51; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load. Trade
steady at our quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ 2s ; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load.
supply moderate, and trade dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 47; Clover ditto.
3/ 5s to Si 58; and Straw, 11 108 to 1/ 15s per load. A full
average supply, and a sluggish demand.

WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday a pri-
vaitndiemey7 Esq.,
M.P.,
was held at the residence of Charles
Hindley,
in Dartmouth street, Westminster,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the West-
minster improvements. A great number of parties who
areinterested in the proposed new streets were present,
among whom were Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., Dr.
Bowring, M.P.. Colonel Short, Sir General de Lacy
Evans, M.P., Dr. Payate, &c. &c. Upon the motion of
Dr. Bowring, General Sir de Lacy Evans took the chair.
He said the meeting was a preliminary one, for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the proposed West-
minster improvements, and that they intended to make
a new street from Westminster Abbey to James-street,
Buckingham-gate. Mr. Thine, who appeared for Lord
Darmouth, said he was instructed by his Lordship to
say that his Lordship would give 1001. towards the pre-
liminary expenses. Several gentlemen addressed the
meeting, among whom were Dr. Bowring and Charles
Hindley, Esq. It was stated that Rigby Wason s line
would not carry out the object of the meeting. It was
also stated that at a recent vestry the parish had agreed
to allow a certain portion of the poor-rate towards the
completion of Wason's line, on the following terms:—
" That the Commissioners should first spend 75,0001. of
their own money, and when they had purchased pro-
perty with that sum, the Government were to back their
debentures for 20,0001., after which the parish would
allow them the improved rate for thirty years." After
some discussion, a committee was appointed to wait upon
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
FIRE AT SOUTHAMPTON.—SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
—An alarming fire broke out at eight o'clock last eve-
ning, on the premises of
.Mr. Jones, the eminent coach
builder, above bar, in this town. Flames were seen to
is sue at the above hour from the workshops in the rear
of Mr. Jones's house, and the fire made such rapid pro-
gress that before water could be procured the roof had
fallen in. The flames were considerably abated by ten
o'clock, but not until they 'lad destroyed the whole of
Mr. Jones's workshop, some stabling in the occupation
of Mr. Hurst, livery stable keeper, and several small
tenements in the rear. It is feared that Mr. Jones, who
is highly respected, and for whom there is much sym-
pathy felt, has been a great sufferer by this unfortunate
event. The horses were removed without injury. Much
property was removed, but greatly injured by an uncon-
trolled mob. It is supposed the fire originated by a
spark flying from the forge into one of the stables.
The notice of some of the colliers, west of Dudley,
for a rise of Is. per day, terminated on iiaturday. They
havo since quietly resumed their work, at the old rate of
Wages,—Shrewsbury Chronicle.