The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

THIS EVENING

Will he pertbrmed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF SY-
RACUSE; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood; Pythias,
Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu-
merous Company, double Stud, &c.
After which, new and popular SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP,
by the extensive troupe of Foreign and British Artistes.
The whole to conclude with the laughable Afterpiece, called
BURIED ALIVE.

I,ox-office open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six
anti commence at seven o'clock.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Great success of the powerful attractions at this Theatre. "Breakers
Ahead" nightly received with loud cheers of approbation. Roars
of laughter at the new burlesque of " Hamlet."
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a powerful and highly interesting Nautical
Drama, entitled BREAKERS AHEAD ; or, A Seaman's Log.
Luke, Mr. C. J. Bird ; Allan, Mr. Florrington (first appearance in
London) ; Capt. Oakum, Mr. Archer ; Black Graham, Mr. Searle ;
Barnaby, Mr. Forman ; Amy Graham, Miss Vincent.
After which, the Burlesque of HAMLET. Introducing parodies
on all the popular airs of the day. Hamlet, Mr. Forman;
Ghost, Mr. Searle; King, Mr. Ranoe ; Polonlus, Ms. Howard;
Osric, Mr. Burton ; Queen, Mr. Cooke ; Ophelia, Miss L. Pearce.
To conclude with THE RAVEN'S NEST ; or, The Bride of the
Grave. Edith Grey, Mrs. H. Vining,.

BY SPECIAL COMMAND.
tinder the Patronage of het' Most Gracious 'Majesty.
ROYAL SCREE Y ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

AN EXTRA NIGHT, AND POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT

OF THE ERUPTION.

Siinthby's Grar.d Scene, representing AN ENGAGEMENT BE-
TWEEN A BRITISH CRUISER AND A PIRATE, will be
repeated each Evening.-
Oh MONDAY Next, October 5,

VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TI,)N of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79.
A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
co .;gtructed , which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
"The PROMENADE CON::ERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior
Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
11104 complete and effective scale.

Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend
from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet In Uight, to the surface of the
lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to
his chrystal home.

The Glass Conservatory Is splendkly ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to slew the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light.

Keeding of the Carnivora at four ; the Pelicans. Ecc.. at half-past
four ; Concer at fve ; Descent in the Car and Fireworks at half-
pas seven, and the Eruption at eight o'clock.

ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.-CHILDREN HALF-PRICE,

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 2.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest. 64 ; Noon, 62.

BAROMETER, 29 82 —WIND W., rain.

lIMU WATER AT LONDON-MUDGE TrllB DAY.
Morning minutes after—. I Evening .. 25 minutes after 12.

through the thoroughfares of the Peninsular capital
the utmost order prey ..ailed among the spectators, and
no indications of public disapprobation presented
themselves, there is less cause for gratulations than
in the event of a partial emeute.
The principal question for consideration in this
extraordinary affair is, whether the Spanish people
are rejoiced or enraged at the prospect of the Mont-
pensier alliance ? Upon that question is balanced
the futurity of the Peninsula. Upon the settlement
of that question rests the prospective tranquillity or
disturbance of Spain—the submission to foreign do-
mination, or the preservation of a venerable and
glorious nationality.
No conjectures whatever can be formed with any
degree of security as to the sentiments entertained by
a community upon any matter connected with them-
elves collectively, except by an assiduous investiga-

tion of a thousand minute and collateral circum-
stances. The inhabitants of those eastern provinces
of the Peninsula, which are designated in the aggre-
gate Spain, have not yet acquired sufficient muni-
cipal and constitutional freedom, they are not
sufficiently emancipated from the manacles of feu-
dality, they are; not indeed sufficiently im-
pressed with a deep craving for the blessings of
political independence, to arise simultaneously, as the
electors of this country would unquestionably do,
supposing any foreign Cabinet had the temerity to
encroach upon the prerogatives of the Crown or to
battle with the dearest prejudices of the population.
Nevertheless, it is possible to discern the partialities
or antipathies of such a people as the Spaniards
despite their subjection to the majesty of the Govern-
ment. Are the Spanish people, then, rejoiced or
enraged at the proposed marriage of their Princess
with the Duc DE MOISTPENSIER ? Those who have
watched the intelligence which has arrived from that
European territory since that proposition was first
announced will find the answer to that inquiry
obvious. The most brazen effrontery cannot find in
itself the moral intrepidity to maintain that the
Spaniards have given any indication of pleasure at

the advancement of this Orleans suitor. Unless the
rebellious declarations of newspapers—unless the
general fabrication of protests—unless the sullenness
of the citizens of Madrid on the appearance of the
Court dignitaries—unless the universal execration of
Afrancesados and "Gabachos"—unless the mobbing
of inoffensive postilions and tailors—unless the groans
of indignation uttered, even in Congress, can be re-
garded as testimonies of national exultation, we must
regard the proposition from the Cabinet of Louis
PHILIPPE as the subject of Spanish abhorrence.
Although the English Government has been de-
rided for its being " entrapped" by the cunning of
French diplomacy, and although our representative
at Madrid was declared by the National to have been
"juggled like a nut," we can see no reason for de-
ploring the recent conduct of our Ministry. The
refusal of Great Britain to advance any candidate,
her generous reliance upon the honesty and good
faith of her allies, the calm but emphatic protests
entered at Madrid and Paris by Mr. BULWEE and
Lord NORMANDY, every circumstance in this else-
where discreditable _ transaction, redounds to the

honour, the dignity, and the generosity of
England. We maintain this, notwithstanding the howl
of derision raised against our Government by a syco-
phantic press in the French metropolis. We maintain
it, in contradiction to the whining lamentations of
many among our insular journalists. While the
other Cabinets implicated in this underhand negotia-
tion are tarnished by its many humiliating charac-

teristics, the Cabinet of St. James's remains
untarnished, and is raised to a still loftier
position by comparison. " Weak Governments
protest, but powerful ones act," is the snarling and
insidious jeer uttered by L'Epoque. Can anything
be more contemptible than this endeavour to scoff a
great nation into -warfare ? Is it not the misprision
of all constitutional dignities? Much worthier is the
language uttered a few mornings since by another
Parisian print. "It is not without some feelings of

humiliation," says the National, " that we see our-
selves compelled to witness a family, a secondary in-
terest, take the place of great interests, agitate
Europe, and threaten France with some fresh degra-
dation." Had France acted with as much wisdom
and candour in her foreign policy as England, the
affairs of the Peninsula would not be plunged into
their present lamentable state of confusion ; nor
would royal and ambassadorial honour have been so
grievously compromised.

When Lord JOHN RUSSELL last stood as a candi-
date for the representation of the city of London,
consequent upon his acceptance of the Premiership,
he alluded, in his address to the electors, in very ge-
neral terms, to the cardinal points of reformation
which he thought it incumbent on the new Govern-
ment to promote, in every way, to the best of their
united abilities. He :ingled out the peculiar posi-
tion of Ireland, the state of the criminal law, the
dearth of general education, the defects of the law as
affecting the sanatory condition of the people,
and announced, that upon these several matters
the collective energy of the Administration
would be bestowed, with a view to the introduction of
most comprehensive measures for the amelioration,
political and social, of the great nation whose inte-
, rests his Lordship had been called on to preside over
and prosper. More important subjects than those
recapitulated in the Premier's address, to which we have
adverted, could not have been selected, and we be-
lieve that nothing more than this selection for future
legislation, especially when viewed in unison with
the high credentials for wisdom and integrity which
were stamped upon his political life, caused the coun-
try to hail with satisfaction the elevation of his Lord-
ship to the highest post in the service of his SOVEREIGN.
Whenever a change of Government takes place the
public,' by prescriptive usage, as it were, look
for the enunciation, from the fresh holders of
office, of some specific objects, in contradistinction to
those which have been more markedly favoured by
their predecessors. It has frequently happened that,
to minister to the gratification of this customary ex-
pectation, new Administrations have prominently
put forward declarations to which they were either
themselves indifferent, or were well aware must result
in disappointment. The field, however, which Lord
J. RUSSELL carved out for the especial labours of
hinself and his coadjutors, was not only new, in
the sense of being laid open to public view under
the influential auspices of a Government, but it was
one to which the records of Parliament attest that
Lord Joins had devoted his mind, long before there
was any prospect of his Lordship's assuming the head
of affairs.

During Sir R. PEEL'S public rule Lord JOAN
brought forward, in the House of Com nons, a
string of resolutions, declaratory of the neglected
condition of the humbler classes in many respects,
and of the duty of Parliament to legislate for their
wants—sanatory, educational, and moral. Sir JAMES
GRAHAM moved the previous question ; and, by a
large majority, the sound and judicious counsels of
the noble mover were for the time effectively shelved.
Nevertheless, at the first feasible opportunity, Lord
JOHN made known to his admirers and Great
Britain at large, that, with the possession of power,
he would not be unmindful of the principles of
social reform which he had advocated at the head of
a distracted and enfeebled opposition; and with his
Lordship's sincerity in this respect the citizens of
London, in their electoral capacity, were the first to
be made acquainted. The advanced period of the
session when Sir R. PEEL resigned, the multifarious
business that stood over, and required to be first dis-
posed of before the prorogation could take place, was
more than enough to cngro s the attention of the
Administration up to the commencement of the recess.
The public, then, have been necessarily contented to
have their hopes deferred ti:l the re-assembling of
Parliament.

It is, nevertheless, a source of satisfaction to turn to
NN hat transpired atthe inauguration dinner ofthe Sheriffs
of the city of London, on Wednesday last. At these and
ether civic entertainments, where parties of every
political shade meet together, it is a wise rule that
an abstinence from political references is, for the
most part, scrupulously observed. Still it not un-
frequently occurs, that upon these occasions much of
vast public import is judiciously elicited without
infringing upon the harmony which is essentially
respected. Mr. Alderman CuALLis, in proposing the
health of Lord J. RUSSELL and her MAJESTY'S
Ministers, offered some interesting remarks, founded
upon his own experience, on the state of our prisons,
the dwellings of the poor, and the deficiencies of

education that characterise the lot of many of our
miserable fellow-beings. Lord JOHN at once as-qired
the company that, to the subjects of such " utmost
importance," as the Alderman had broached, " the
unceasing and conscientious attention of the Ministry
would be given." His Lordship fervently added—
" Let us hope that those great problems, many of
which have hitherto been hid in obscurity, but which,
nevertheless, are matters well worthy of the attention of
statesmen—matters relating to the social condition 0,
the community—will receive such attention, that both
here and elsewhere the condition of the great mass of
mankind may be improved ; that not only may our gaols
be made places of less suffering, and greater hope 01 re-
formatiou, but that by more attention to the means of in-
struction many may be preserved from the guilty course on
which they now enter, in utter ignorance of their duty both
to God and man."

This is sound and philosophical. It is probing the
wounds of the body politic to their lowest depths.
Elevate the mind of the nation throughout its entire
range with proportional enlightenment, and crime,
with its accursed legion, which now invests our
choicest citadels of civilisation, will be comparatively
scared from their very precincts. The fell monster
may continue to coast our walls, and hover around
us, but will cease, in progress of time, to eat into
the vitals of a contented, enlightened, affectionate,
and morally disposed community. Cessat causa
cessut affectus. A passing sentence or two of the
Lord Chief Baron came well in aid of the general
tone of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S speech. We extract
the following with pleasure :
"They might rely upon it that the question of the
suppression of crime did not depend upon the manner in
which they were to deal with criminals in gaol. It de-
pended upon the mode in which they treated the op.
pressed, the poor, and the ignorant, who were not in
gaol. By taking care of those classes, and instructing
them, they would repress crime, and would prevent the
gaols being filled. Let them, then, as far as possible,
raise the humbler classes, give knowledge where they
found ignorance, and ever relieve where they met real
distress."

These are sentiments of noble and enlarged charity
—reason applauds, and the heart approves of them.
It will be a happy day for this country to behold
them fully developed by the wisdom of our lawgivers.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL is a skilful navigator. tie
has traced out a chart, and noted down the dangerous
shoals and sunken rocks upon which, for want of a
provident helmsman, the hopes of many a nation have
been wrecked. He has embarked upon an arduous
voyage, and sure we are that millions of his com-
patriots will lend him every assistance to bring it to a
prosperous issue.

It is said that overtures will shortly be made by
Austria, Russia, and Prussia, to the Governments of
England and of France for the settlement of the
affairs of Poland in general, and of Cracow in parti-
cular.

Madrid papers of the '2sth ult. have arrived.
The Herald() contains a long account of the formal
demand of the INrANTA's hand for the Due DE
MONTPENSIER by M. BRESSON, the French Ambas-
sador, the whole of which will be found in another
column.

The Clamor Publico publishes the following corre-
spondence between General SERRANO, one of the leaders
of the Opposition, and Mr. BULWER, in which it will
be perceived that the latter distinctly and flatly con-
tradicts the assertion made by M. ISTURITZ in the
Chamber of Deputies, " that the marriage most op-
posed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her
Britannic Majesty was that of her Majesty the
QUEEN :-

" TO 11. L. BULWER, ESQ.

"Esteemed Sir and Friend,—The President of the
Council of Ministers, replying to a speech in which I
expressed my opinion relative to the message concerning
the marriage of her Majesty and the Infanta, made use
of the following terms:—' But what will the Honourable
Member think if I tell him that the marriage most op-
posed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her Bri-
tannic Majesty was that of her Majesty the Queen ?
What will he say if I add, tbat the desire and intention
of that Cabinet was to present, as the sole candidate for
the Queen's hand, another Prince, who, at the present
moment, is in disaccord with what is passing?' The belief
in which I have been until now, that the opposition made
by you and by the Government of her Britannic Majesty,
referred solely to the marriage of her Royal Highness
the Infanta, heir presumptive to the throne, with the
Duke de Montpensier, and the importance attached by
public opinion to a knowledge of the real sentiments of a
nation, the friend of Spain, regarding an affair which so
nearly affects our interests and nationality, induces me
(being desirous of forming a proper judgment and of
rectifying that of my fellow-citizens) to direct myself to
you, in the hope that, if there is no objection, you will
have the goodness to manifest to me what you may deem
prudent, and what may conduce to the elucidation of the
enigma, which the words of the President of the Council
of Ministers have created in the minds of the majority of
the Spanish public.
" What I would most appreciate is, that you will ex-
plicitly let me know as much as possible what have been
the general principles followed by your Government in
the affair of her Majesty's marriage, and what are ac•
tually its feelings in respect to the election of a husband
definitively made by the Queen. The object of this
communication being dictated solely by a principle
purely of public interest, I hope you will not limit me
in the use I may deem fit to make of the answer you
honour me with, and remain your attentive and faithful
friend.

(Signed)

"FRANCISCO SERRANO."

ANSWER.
"TO THE MOST EXCELLENT DON FRANCISCO SERRANO.
"My dear General—l know of nothing in the spirit
of true and honourable diplomacy that should induce a
Minister representing England, in moments and upon an
occasion like the present, to involve the opinions of his
Government in the mystery of forms. This Govern-
ment is honest and frank, and I speak to a gentleman
equally frank and honest.
" I at once, then, answer you, saying that the English
Government, whilst respecting the election of her Ma-
jesty the Queen of Spain, whoever might have been the
Prince she chose for a husband, has always wished it
might fall on a Spanish Prince, judging that such an
election would be the best calculated to preserve
the existing relations in Europe and the independence
of this country, and which, being most advan-
tageous for the interests of Spain, possessed the greatest
probability of meriting the approbation of the Spanish
people. The manifestation which all parties made a short,
time ago in favour of the pretensions of his Royal High-
ness l)on Enrique, and the manly, independent cha-
racter of this Prince, joined, it must be said, with the
objections made by persons in this Court, competent to
judge of such a matter, in regard to his Royal Highness
Don Francisco d'Assis, induced the British Government
to believe that Don Enrique might better unite than any
other candidate the qualities which should adorn the
consort of Queen Isabel, and this opinion was expressed
as one friend might give advice to another in an affair
of importance.
" I cannot declare what has passed in such conversa-
tions; but the formal protest which I have presented on
the part of my Government, the notes which I myself
have addressed to the Minister of State of her most
Catholic Majesty, in which question has not been made
in any way of his Royal Highness the Infante Don Fran-
cisco d'Asis, together with this simple relation, fully
justified, in may idea, your belief that the opposition made
by me and by the Government of her Britannic Majesty,
alone r lerred to the marriage of her Royal Highness
the Infanta, and whatever may be said to the contrary,
I have the satisfaction of affirming, with the confi-
dence of a person who knows his language is that of
truth, that the Government of her Britannic Majesty
will see with pleasure the election which has been
made of a Spanish Prince, and if this Prince, upon
whom has now fallen the choice of her most Catholic
Majesty, corresponds with the opinion manifested in his
favour, and acts according to the sentiments natural to
the blood which circulates in his veins, that is to say, as
a Royal Prince and true Spaniard, evincing a love of
liberty, respect for the laws, and a firm adhesion to the
independence of this country, not only will lie be re-
garded with a just and and favourable sympathy by the
British Government, but likewise will attach to himself
the affectionate and ardent approbation of the English
people, who regard Spaniards as brothers, with whom
they have shared the glories and perils of war ; as
allies, with whom they have ever been anxious to culti-
vate friendly relations ; as men worthy of enjoying the
benefits of peace and independence ; and, finally, as
friends, to whom, as you may perceive by this commu-
nication, their representative can speak with sincerity and
without disguise.
"With this motive, I have the pleasure of offering to
you the assurances of my distinguished appreciation
and friendship, remaining your very attentive servant,
"11. L. BULWER."
It is needless to add, that the Clamor Publico was
seized for the publication of these letters.
It is said in Madrid that the Austrian, Russian,
and Prussian Cabinets are in perfect accord with the
Brithh Government in the view which the latter takes
of the Montpensier marriage. They consider that
i-s consequences threaten the ”reservation of the ha
lance of power in Europe, and dynastical and com-
mercial interests of many countries, and, in conjunc-
tion with Great Britair, they have delermined to
observe jealously the future conduct of the French
Government in the Peninsula.
NARVAEZ is restored to favour, and has quite inden-
tified himself with the Afrancesado party.
The Government were still endeavouring, by every
species of intimidation, to prevent persons from sign-
ing the petitions against the Montpensier marriage.
The English squadron, under the command of
Admiral Sir W. PARKER, was cruising on the 20th
off Cape Trafalgar.
MADRID Boma, SEPT. 25.—Despite the tranquillity
as yet prevailing, so many rumours of an unpleasant na-

t (Eeveral of them, however, very con'radi:tory) were
allout, that the funds were 100 king downwards. Three
per Cents., 35. money Five per Cents., 221 murky ;
Debt without interest, 64 ; Coupons, 201. Exchange—
London, 361 money.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.

The Montpensier marriage is still the all-absorbing
subject of comment. It is evident that the opponents
of the match have by far the best of the argument,
and one proof of this is to be found in the anger, ill-
humour, and acerbity manifested by the Presse, the
Epoque, and the Journal des Debats, the only three
journals which support the marriage.
The latter paper speculates on the embarrassments
which may be occasioned to the English Government
by the famine in Ireland. In reply to the reiterated
assertions of the Ministerial journals, that the mar-
riage is popular in Spain, the National says :
" That nothing can be more unpopular in Spain than
the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier. That ques-
tion has roused all parties, and it meets with a strenuous
and warm opposition even amongst the most considerable
fraction of the Conservatives. The Tiempo and Espanol,
organs of that faction, wage as fierce a war against
it as the Progressista journals. If the Government
had been assured of the public assent, what need
had they of increasing their violence against the
press, of seizing five journals in one day, of
arresting one five times in a week, of sending police
agents to suppress an article at the moment of printing
it, of menacing. citizens guilty of signing a petition, and
of patrolling the streets of Madrid with strong detach-
ments of infantry and cavalry ? And all that proves
that :Spain anxiously and joyously accepts your mar-
riage ! You must suppose your readers to possess an
extraordinary portion of credulity to dare to affirm it.
Revolt has not yet taken arms,' writes our correspond-
ent, but it is to be found in every heart. I know not
at what hour it will burst forth, but I am certain that
every moment advances the band which points to the
hour. Christina has played a terrible game, but she
shalt lose it.' "

The Siecle is not so opposed to the Montpensier
marriage as some of the other Opposition papers are,
and strenuously urges the French Government not to
permit the INFANTA. to renounce her right of succes-
sion to the throne. Yet, even the Slide, although
urging the Government to persist in the marriage,
now that it has been entered upon, thus foretels the
consequences of the policy of M. GuizoT, and the
intrigues of M. BRESSON. It asks—" Is our Govern-
ment prepared to meet all the contingencies likely to
accrue from the open or concealed resentment of Great
Britain? Have they their eyes fixed on every snare that
she will lay for it in the Peninsula ? Do they sup-
pose that, the day after the family alliance about to be
concluded, the policy of France toward the Spaniards
will become easier ? Will they continue to accept
in their eyes the responsibility of acts of violence and
reaction, such as have of late disgraced the Govern-
ment of Madrid ? Will they involve the name and
the future prospects of the young Duke DE MONT-
PENSIER, who is personally animated with widely
different dispositions, in the embarrassments of a
forced situation? Do they wish that the Prince, and
the dynasty, and France herself, should be irrevocably
engaged in that deplorable solidarity, of which the hatred
of all Spain will be some day the unavoidable result,
and the just expiation ? What a strange contrast in the
conduct of two rival Powers ! Whilst aristocratic
England, faithful to the policy she has already
marked out for herself, supporting liberal and pro-
gressive ideas, fomenting discontent, caressing na-
tional prejudices, artfully flattering that Spanish
pride of which the susceptibilities are so warm, will
command all the passions of Spain, we shall scarcely
be able to command family and Court influences !
Instead of availing ourselves of the double revolution
effected on both sides of the Pyremles to replace the
family compact by national sympathies, we have
adopted the contrary course, and the result will be
that an alliance which would have drawn closer the
natural ties between two nations will perhaps serve
to render them irreconcilable enemies, and will create
dangers where we should have found support and
security !"

The Constitutionnel thus alludes to the breach of
the verbal convention of Eu by M. GUIZOT
" The Journal des Debars reposed yesterday after the
effort which it made the day before. Once that the
words of the oracle have been pronounced the sybil has
become mute. After that, complain that the reply
made to the public is remarkable neither for clearness
nor even for sincerity, you will get nothing for your
pains. It is in vain that you knock at the door of the
sanctuary—the occupant of the tripod will speak no
more. The rumours circulated a week back by foreign
journals, and already forgotten, are willingly recurred
to, but not a word is sad about that which occupies
most deeply the French public. You will be told
of the file of equipages, and the slightest details of
an itinerary already so frequently traced out; but to ex-
plain why so public a departure has not been officially
notified to the representatives of the various powers—
that will be carefully avoided. If the Debate supposed
that it was satisfying the public it much deceived itself.
In its wish to systematically extenuate what it would
have done far better to expose frankly, it has let avowals
escape complete enough to cause attention to be directed
to what it concealed, much more than to what
it permitted to be seen. Besides, the truth has
forced its way out on all sides. Every one is aware, in
spite of the reserve of the Debars, that Lord Nor •
manby's note was founded, above all, on the convention
concluded at Eu—a convention, the violation of which
is the principal complaint of England, and on which ex-
planations must be given, for the whole truth will be
spoken in the English Parliament. Every one also
knows that the word " protest " is written in the note,
although the Debate asserted to the contrary three days
back. Every one knows that Lord Normanby declares
himself authorised to make the most energetic remon-
strance. It would, no doubt, be a great piece of curiosity
to ask what reply has been made to Lord Normanby's
note. But that, however, is what the public is most in-
terested in learning. We supposed that the departure of
the Duke de Montpensier has,not been the only reply made
to the energetic remonstrances of the English Govern-
ment- What is the character of this reply? What is
the capital point, the very-hinge of the whole question,
as on that reply depends the turn which our relations
with England will take. The Debate affirms that these
relations will preserve the character which they have
hitherto had. That is not what the tone of Lord Nor-
manby's note leads one to suppose. It is from the reply
of our Government that the Debate draws this favour-
able augury ? To allow something to be seen would
have been the most certain means of calming the public.
Meanwhile the Debate, yesterday, copied an article from
the Standard, exceedingly insulting to the Whig Ministry
in general, and to Lord Palmerston in particular. Are
we to perceive in this amiable attention of the principal
and demi-official organ of our Cabinet a first step to-
wards the good accord and good intelligence of the two
Governments ?"
A telegraphic, dispatch from Angouleme an-
nounced the arrival there of the Dukes DE MONT..
PENSIER and D'ALINIALE, on Tuesday, at three o'clock
in the morning. They were expected to arrive at
Bordeaux at four that afternoon, and were to start
for Bayonne on Wednesday morning.
The Marquis DE VALDESPINA, Generals Gounz
and VILLAREAL, and M. DE VARGA, who were resi-
dent at Bordeaux, have been transferred to the chateau
of Blaye.
The Major-General of the Navy reviewed at
Brest, on the 25th, the troops destined for

Oceania. These troops consist of 1,300 Marines,
200 soldiers of Artillery, 50 Artillery operatives,
and 50 Sappers and Miners. 50 Gendarmes will
shortly be embarked for the same destination.
The Constitutionnel says :
"It is stated Out the Dugueslin, a third-class ship of
the line, now •n tb.e stocks at Rochefort, is about shortly
to be launched. F ince Aug. 4,1840, when the Friedland
took the water at Cherbourg, not a single man-of-war
has issued from oar five great building ports. At Cher-
bourg three ships of the line, the Austerlitz, the Tilsit,
and the Henri 1V.., have been in a course of construction
for several years, and there is not the slightest talk of
their completion. A large steamer, the Sane, the keel
of which was laid down immediately after the launch of
the Friedland, is le ft to rot in its place."
The Prince ins JOIXVILLE'S squadron in the Gulf
of Spezzia has :been reinforced by the steamers
Casta, Asmodee,:. and Descartes, which sailed from
Toulon on the 271.11 ult. They are to be followed by
the Alger ship-o4?-the-line. It is said the squadron
has been ordered back to Toulon.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 82f. 95c, ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. ;
the Orleans Railroa d Shares, 1,273 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 961 f. 25e. ;
Havre, 725 f. ; ( ;-reat Northern, 731 f. 25c.; Avignon,
935 f.; Vierzon, 6:4'1. 50c.; Bordeaux, 5661. 25c.; Dmilogne,
4821. 5Cc.; Troyes and Montereau, 370 f.; Basle, 2311. 25c. ;
Paris and Strasbu !g, 503 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 508 f.
75 ; Paris and 1 .yons, 531 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon,
49:2f. 50z. ; Bards aux and Cette, 452 E .50c.; Belgian Two-
and- a-I laif per C( nts., 56q ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
; Ditto Dome; tic Debt, 33%.
Tile following are the quotations for the new lines :-
LYONS, Sear. 23.-- Avignon and Marseilles, 920 f.;
Northern, 723 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5261. 25c.
ilustsEss DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON S' COCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER I.

Dutch Rhenish, 4% r.usetnbourg, 1% --Namur and Liege, 1%
Northern of France Con .titutod, 14 —Paris and Lyons Constituted,
5 7, —Paris and Orleans, 4.'44 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4%.

MORTALITY OF r LIE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths registered in • the metropolis during the week end-
ing Saturday, Septe tuber 26, wus 808. Of these, 792
were deaths from disease, showing a decrease in the
number of deaths from disease, as compared with the
week preceding, of 94, There were 7 deaths from
cholera, 3 from dirs. utery, and 52 from diarrhcea. The
number of births cly ring th 3 week was 1,280.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, OCTOBER 1.
The Spanish Mail has not arrived at Paris, which
causes some uneasiness.

The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from
Algesiras of the 27th of September.
The English fleet, under Admiral Parker, which
had just left Cadiz, has been obliged to steer towards
the Cape Trafalgar, on account of the high easterly
winds, and is again under sail for Cadiz. It is re-
ported that the squadron is to be reinforced by eight
sail from the fleet in the Mediterranean.

The Constitutionnel contains the following :—" We
have just received a letter from the frontiers of Spain,
stating that 80 insurgents, amongst whom are several
priests, have been taken and shot. At Seu d'Urgl
several priests have been strangled, amongst whom is
the Vicar Gazi."

BOURSE, ONE o'cLocx.—Five per Cents., 117 f. 90c. ;
Three per Cents., 82F. 80c.—Tinies.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.
CLOSE OF THE FOURTH DAY'S POLL.
The cause of Alderman Wood, or rather that of the
independence of the Livery of London, progresses as
well as its best wishcrs could hope for or expect. At
three o'clock yesterday the fourth day's poll closed,
and before half-past three the following was declared by
the Sheriff to be the state of the poll:
Mr. Alderman Wood
Sir George Carr01l
Mr. Alderman Hooper
Mr. Alderman Farncomb.
Mr. Alderman Moon 1
We need not again repeat the statement of yesterday,
that the two last announcements were received with much
laughter.
In the course of the interval, between the closing
of the poll and the announcement of the state
of it, jests among the members of the Livery
were at a premium. Among them was one,
for which we take some little credit to ourselves :
one of the Livery seeing Mr. Carroll (we presume the
son of Sir George, on the hustings), exclaimed, " Well,
Mr. Carroll, have you seen The Sun newspaper of
yesterday? because there is something there for you to
mark, learn, and inwardly digest !—(Laughter.)
The state of the poll having been announced,
Mr. Alderman WooD came forward amid tremendous
cheering to address the Livery. It was not his purpose
to detain them for any length of time. The state of the
poll demonstrated the steady progress that was being
made on his behalf, and showed the good feeling that
was entertained on his behalf by the Livery.—(Hear,
and cheers.) For himself, he returned them his most
sincere thanks for the exertions they had made in his
behalf. He was gratified beyond all measure at the way
in which they had supported him.—(Cries of " We are
determined to do so.") The contest was peculiarly that
of the Livery, and he was happy to see that a liveliness
had been thrown about their proceedings tkat day which
had relieved the dull tedium of a slow election.—
(Cheers.) He begged of them not to forget to-morrow
morning, at nine o'clock ; and he was sure he need not
request of the Livery to continue their exer-
tions, and augment the splendid majority that
appeared that day in his behalf.—(Cheers.) Between
himself and those who were associated with him on the
poll no unkind feeling existed, and he was sure there
never would—(Cheers)—for himself he had only to say,
that he should be the last to disturb it.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ENGLISH (the editor of the Mining Journal, as
we understood) then came forward to address the
Livery ; he was met with considerable confusion, when
Mr. HOLT stated that it was the wish of Mr. English
to explain away an injury that he had unintentionally
inflicted, some time ago, on Alderman Wood.
Mr. ENGLISH said that he had nothing to retract,
but something to explain. It had been re-
ported, he knew, in particular quarters, that as
far as himself and Mr. Alderman Wood were con-
cerned, a compromise had taken place between
them. He begged most unequivocally to state
that such a report was totally without foundation—that
he had not seen Mr. Alderman Wood since the statement
he made some time ago till the day previous, and that no
communications had passed between them.—(Cheers.)
Mr. lIOLT was delighted to see the Livery adopting
the course they were now pursuing.—(Cheers.) They
were showing to the world and their fellow-citizens that
they were alive to their rights, that they were deter-
mined to show their abhorrence of injustice, and give to
Alderman Wood the only reward in their power—the
high post of the chief magistrate of the first city in the
world.—(Clieers.)
The Hall was then adjourned till this morning at nine
o'clock.

ARMAGH, COLERAINE, and PORT-
RUSH RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday, at
the London Tavern, at the instance of five of the scrip-
holders, to determine on the propriety of dissolving the
Company. Mr. Griffin C. Galt was called to the chair.
The SECRETARY read the requisition of the scrip-
holders and the advertisement convening the meeting.
Mr. CREED wished to know why this meeting had
not been called prior to that which was convened to de-
termine on amalgamation with another company ?
The CHAIRMAN said, because the requisition calling
this meeting had not been sent in before that.
Messrs. James Stride, William Palmer, and Thomas
Culverwell were appointed scrutineers.
The SECRETARY then read a report from the directors
of the affairs of the company since the date of the last
meeting. It stated that, in January of the present year,
an amalgamation with the Dublin, Coleraine, and Belfast
Company was resolved on, and such parts selected from
both lines as, in the opinion of the best authorities,
would make a good line ; and the directors were of
opinion that, but for the state of the money market, it
would have perfectly satisfied the whole of the shareholders.
They had at once complied with the requisition, and
called this meeting, and were resolved to remain neutral,
that the shareholders alone might determine the ques-
tion of dissolution. If the result of this meeting should
be the dissolution of the company, then the directors
were prepared to return the money of the shareholders,
less the expenses, as settled by the deed of
agreement. If, however, it should be resolved
to go on, then the company would either go to Parlia-
ment during the coming session for a line between
Armagh and Portrush, or they would endeavour to effect
an arrangement with the Dublin, Coleraine, and Belfast
Company for the exchange of scrip. To do the former
would b 3 most: ruinous, and the change of scrip with
the other company, if it could be effected, was the most
rational course which they could adopt.
Mr. WATT, Queen's Proctor for Ireland, thought it
monstrous folly to go to Parliament for a line from Ar-
magh to Portrush. As a representative of 6,000 shares,
he had come to London to vote against a dissolution of
the company. An Act had been granted to the Dublin,
Coleraine, and Belfast Company, for a line along the
same route, which was a good line, and one that would
pay. He moved that the company be not dissolved.
Mr. B. FAULKNER seconded the motion.
Mr. SCHULTZ thought that Mr. Watt was out of order
in moving this other than as an amendment. He moved
that this company be dissolved.
Mr. CREED, in seconding the motion, complained of
the conduct of the directors and secretary, and asked if
the chairman would lay a financial statement before
the meeting ?
The CHAIRMAN said that question was not before this
meeting ; they had met only to determine whether this
company should be dissolved. He then put the questions
to the meeting, and the shareholders proceeded to the
vote ; the result was—
For dissolution....
Against it 9,965
Majority against dissolution --8,305
The CHAIRMAN said the directors would take this as
a confirmation of the amalgamation of the 28th of August.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was unanimously
passed, and the meeting separated.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000
bales, including 2,500 American on speculation. The
market is steady.
We have not any late arrivals to announce to-day
from the British colonies.
The following extract contains some interesting facts
relative to the Cotton trade, crops, ikc., which must be of
interest here and at Liverpool:—
" The cotton year closing on the Ist September, it
now appears that the crop of 1845-6, as indicated by the
receipts at the shipping ports, amounts to 2,073,529
bales, in comparison with 2,394,503 bales of the crop of
1844-5, being a difference of 320,974 bales ; the amount
of the crop of the State of Texas, 27,008 bales, being
added this year, makes the crop of the United
States now 2,100,000 bales. This crop was gene-
rally estimated at 2,400,000 bales up to the
Ist of January last, in consequence of the healthy state
of the plant during the whole growing season —a late
frost, and the picking season being the longest and most
favourable on record ; and, in fact, it was only in Feb-
ruary last that the estimates at New Orleans and Mobile,
of the best informed persons, were reduced to 2,100,000
bales, the receipts of those ports falling far shortof the no-
minal growth. The quantity taken fur home use this last
season, stands at 422,597 bales against 389,000 bales
last year, and 346,744 the year before. Of the present
crop, the quantity received at the shippingports is about
300 bales against 8,700 last year. In all remarks
during the growing season, we have referred to
the backward state of the plant, and to the excessive wit
and unpropitious weather, and latterly to the estimated
njiiry of the army worm, and the boll worm; of the
latter the complaints have ceased to any large extent;
but, inconsequence of the first, the picking proceeds very
slowly, and it is evident that the growing crop will,
under any circumstances, and even if frost should not
appear till November, ba under an average one.
There arc no late arrivals this morning,
except the
usual mails from the Continent. According to the ac-
counts from Hamburgh, some districts in Germany will
suffer considerably from the deficiency of the rye crop;
but the failure of the potato crop will not be so extensive
as was apprehended a month ago. Emigration to Ame-
rica was still going forward on an extensive scale, not-
withstanding the lateness of the season, particularly from
the districts bordering on the Rhine.
The leading subject of interest is the accounts re-
ceived from Ireland yesterday, announcing the first
contact with the military and the peasantry from the
failure of the potato crop in that unhappy section of the
empire. Similar collisions to that which appear to have
occurred at Dungarvan, are, however, not unlikely to
follow in other districts, and as nobody can clearly see how

it is possible for the Government to proceed against them,
a priori, An increasing degree of anxiety is felt for the re
sult in the money market. In the meanwhile the price
on provisions keeps steadily advancing in the county mar-
kets in England, and there is no doubtwhatever thatmany
of the farmers are so ill advised that they are withhold-
ing the usual supplies under the impression that they
will obtain a further advance.
The Consol Market keeps heavy. Some sales for
Money have been made to-day at 95*, and for Account
at 951 India Stock is at 258, and India Bonds at 28s.
premium. Exchequer-bills command from 15s. to 18s.
premium. _ _ _

Business has been flat in the Foreign Stock Market
this morning. Brazilians are at S 5; Portuguese Pour
per Cents. at 42; Old Spanish at 261; the Three per
Cents, at 371-a; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. at 59 kit
In the Railway Share Market there is not a feature of
interest.

The sale of railway shares to-day, at Messrs. Lamond
and Co.'s, went oil' bet•er, with but little improvement
to be noticed except in Cornwall and Devons, and East
Indians. Leicester and Bedfords very low. The follow-
ing are a few of the principal sales:—
London and Manchester, (Remington's) £0 9 0
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot 0 3 3
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular
Buckinghamshire
Sambre and Meuse
Paris and Lyons 5 16 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 0 18 0
Direct Northern 1 11 6
Vale of Neath
Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junct 2 9 6
Leicester and Bedford
Cambridge and Oxford
London and York ... 1 15 6
Welsh Midland
Goole and Doncaster 1 9 0
P.iris and Rouen
Cornwall and Devon Central
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 2 17 6
Staines and Richmond ... 1 2 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Northern and Southern Connecting
Manchester and Leeds Extension

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9514 Ai % 95%
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
India Stock 258 258
India Bonds, 1,0004.
Ditto under 1,000/.
Bank Stock for Account ... ... 2101/
Consols for Account... . .. 95% 958
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/24.... 15 18 pm. 18
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

OGLE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B5
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Ditto. Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents. B5
Ditto, 4 per Cent 42
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 26% % 26%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, '2% per Cent .
Ditto, Account 92 V.% ex div 92%
CLOSING
PRICES.
141/4

CLOS IN G
PRICES

PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,

and Eastern junction 2%..
Armagh, Coleraine, and

Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Thame..
Belfast & County Down 21./ ..... .
Birmin. and Gleucester. 100

Ditto New l7l/ —
Birmingham and Ox-

ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc.... 23/4
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O .......
Bristol and Liver. June 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares 2l/e
Ditto Extension
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%
Central Kent .... —l%
Chester and Holyhead... 27%
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425.
Chelteaham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction 2O —
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 21/2
Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ...
Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% —
1 Jerby and Crewe 2 %
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-

ford, and Sheffd. J unc. 2% —
Direct Manchester
( Remington's)
• ••••- ------
Ditto (Rastrick's)....• • 5Vi ...... • • •••• .....
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast Juno. 10
Dublin, Belfast, and

Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 7% — ...,
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. ..... . 21% 34 .. ,
Ditto New l2l. 16s. 6% p...
Ditto Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d.... ......
Ditto ditto. No. 2,- 61. 13s. 4d... ........ ,
Do., York Extension.. 105. ...... 1% 2
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union 35 .
Ditto, Quarter Shares 83/1 . ...
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1743 —
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21/.i......
East Lancashire
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1% —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
•••
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
...
..
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ... .
Ely and Huntingdon ... 71/2 ...... 5%
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 514
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New .. 15 . — --
Do., -
11 Shares (5 per
cent. -tar.) .. - 121/ —

211/2
••••• 6% p
o•••• P

....19 LA x n
.•••• %

. gua..) ... ,--
Glouc.,Abei ystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%...... ..
Goole, Doncaster, &c.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 21/2 _
........
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Great Munster 212
Great North of Scotland 2 A
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . l5
...... ........................... ...
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 137 ...........
Ditto IA Shares
Ditto 1/1 Shares lO ...... . ..............
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
••
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 5 ...
• Harwich and Eastr ••• ......... ..
- -

..••• % dis.

138 -181 A
.••••

31
5% p

........ r., .ern
Counties Junction ..• 2 . ..... Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto 4 Shares . ..... 121/2
2
211/2.....
Do. Half Shares 25 5Ol/2
5011/2
1/2 Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 111/2 —
Do., do , and Norwich 21/2.-- 1 % l3
Killarney Junctions...... 1 i
Kendal and Windermere 11/2 ..... .. ...
Lancaster and Carlisle... 45
Do. New
Larne, Eelfast, and .13a1-
lvmena
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225.
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
die % dis.
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 221/2
Lpool., 3lnchstr ,& New
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury
-...-*
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 83/4 91A ......... 91A
Do. Nee
Ditto Extension ~- 5 ..... .. ........ ...
London and Brighton 5O .. ... 59 5834 ....... . 59v
Ditto, Fifths ... ..... 4O ...... ............... 4
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 2134 ............... 213/
Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9
......
..
... _ 4
LOndOnatidGrreenWiCh 12/ 15s 4d... --... ..
..
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — ......"""•••......... . .
London, Hounslow, and .. •• --

Western
-•.• .. ••••
Lon d o n and N. Westernloo
...... 1991/2 199... 199
Do. Quarters
............... Do., do., New Shares 2 ...... 16%.. •......... ... 161/2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% ...... . —
Do., New 1% Shares
(G. J.) ............... 5 ......
LoDDDndOOO...
N:4oes/I.:;.Swhc
.aeo.
srn. et.
se.s
0.1(.1.n.L.8.4
......................... .......... 6.1; %
...... . .. . _
2691/2
Do. New . ............ 18
London and York 2l
Do. 1/ Shares ......... 2%
London and Windsor . 1Nd••• •
London, Salisbury, and •
Yeovil ~...»...
........ 2% --••••••
Londonderry& Coleraine 12 LA. ..... •••••• .........
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
15
Lynn and Ely
13
Lynn and Derehain
Manchester and Leeds
38
Ditto IA Shares
Do. Fifths . Do. Quarters
3 . .... 9 ... ........ ... 9
Do. Sixteenths 6%1
425. ll4 p l4 p
Do. Extensie3 .
mM
aDaDnnoocc. . Do.
hhQQeesg:utaaee Quartersirßrassdx ((
tAC(I3OBin)7),
an:. 4510
Matlock 42s. % P 1 p
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction .• ... — —
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 „...•
Midland
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midlnd& East. Counties 2%
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and Berwick 15
Do, North Shields ~. 25

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