The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-15 00:00:00

Obieninl

LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1846.

A decisive alteration has taken place in the beha-
viour of the belligerent powers in the southern por-
tion of North America. All the inuendos which
were recently promulgated respecting the likelihood
of a shameful compromise on the part of the Santa
Anna Administration, have, as we were throughout
fully convinced, and as we definitely intimated in our
last observations upon the Mexican warfare, proved
altogether fallacious. Those who were incapable of
recognising anything like magnanimity in the dis-
position of the new President, have been latterly most
officious in misrepresenting all the intentions of that
illustrious General. Some, indeed, so far indulged
their scepticism, as to insinuate, that his military
future would be little better than sheer poltroonery;
that his official proceedings would inevitably
be those of a time-serving hypocrite and
a profligate statesman ; and that altogether he
would fulfil their most malign anticipations by
evincing himself an ambitious and Unprincipled ad-
venturer. We would by no means arrogate to our-
selves any especial gift of divination, or any super-
natural powers of prophecy ; we are not particularly
desirous of being regarded either as the panegyrist
or the apologist of the Mexican President, but we
are most solicitous that no precipitate deductions
should be drawn from the preliminary actions of a
popular champion at the very moment when he ad-
vances to rescue his countrymen from foreign domi-
nation, and especially at the very moment when
himself, bis councils, and his native land,
are encompassed by an accumulation of diffi-
culties. There is a candour and a simplicity
about the recent proclmations of SANTA ANNA which
are most propitious; and we acknowledge ourselves '
to be the more disposed to regard his present conduct
with confidence, for two very particular considera-
tions—Firstly, because in SANTA ANNA, and in SANTA
ANNA alone, can the nationality of the Mexicans be
concentrated, and their physical energies so organised
au to afford any hope of their unconscientious in-

vaders being repelled beyond the frontier; and,
secondly, because we have so full a reliance upon the
political character of his race that we are assured he
would be hurled from authority, supposing he
attempted to perpetuate the dictatorship in his own
grasp after the present calamities of Mexico had been
nullified. The Mexicans are infinitely too fickle to
permit any individual to continue in the possession of
the supreme command longer than circumstances
would render such a continuance agreeable to them-
selves—no matter how magnificent might have been
the public services of that individual, or how systema.
tically he might have fabricated his Government.
It is the evil characteristics of the population of
Mexico, their partiality for indolence, the volatility
of their friendship, and their proverbial ingratitude
which form their surest preservative against any pro-

tracted despotism. It is the very possession of those
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disgraceful propensities which would impel the
citizens of the Mexican Republic to thrust any
individual from office immediately he had rescued
them from any dangerous predicament and
gave indications of unduly protracting his
domination. In the event of his then proving
an enemy to the freedom and regeneration of his
countrymen, SANTA ANNA will assuredly be rendered
a compulsory WASHINGTON, or an unwilling Cisr-
CINNATUS, by being compelled to retire to his estate
at Mango de Clava ; or, presuming that his defection to
the national cause were of a remarkably flagrant cha-
racter, he would unquestionably be driven forth igno •
miniously to a second sojourn of a much longer con-
tinuance at Havanna. We are, consequently, satis-
fied that there is no extraordinary peril to the
integrity of the Mexican Republic in the recent ele-
vation of SANTA ANNA to the Presidency. On the
contrary, it is that very elevation, w hich some are now
regarding with such unmerited jealousy, which has
pre served the Republic from the perilous guardian-
ship of PAREDES, and promises to afford her citizens
both the opportunity and the capability of re-asserting
their independence.

From the intelligence which has just arrived by

the Royal Mail steamer the Cambria, and which in

telligence is detailed in another column, we might
augur a most critical juncture for the invading and
repellent forces. The refusal of the mediation ten-
dered by the British Government, and the petulant
garbling of an unfortunate verb in the future tense,
accidentally uttered by Lord PALmEasToN, are suf-
ficient indications of the intense relish of the United
States for this aggressive war. Their behaviour to-
wards England in this particular is tantamount to aa
expression of anxiety to " fight it out " quietly by
themselves. As to the proposition of a negotia-
tion with the plenipotentiaries of Mexico, it is a
species of impossible and inadmissible courtesy.
The conclusion of a peace with the United States at
this moment, when California is in the possession of
the Americans, and the frontiers are, to a consider-
able extent, violated, would be the virtual resignation
of Mexico to the rapacious and dictatorial policy of
Mr. President PoLx. One gigantic slice of the
Mexican territories would be submissively ceded to
the *assailants ; other fragments would inevitably
follow. The monster system of lawless annexation
would devour an independent principality piecemeal,
and nourish the cupidity of the American citizens.
SANTA ANNA has recognised the certainty of these
baneful cons,,quences. The offer of a negotiation
has therefore been answered by a promise to submit
it to the consideration of the National Congress. Con-
sidering that Congress will not assemble until the
approaching December, this response is a decided
evasion of the proposal, and the result of that evasion
will be the prosecution of hostilities. In addition,
moreover, to all these significant evidences of the
disposition of the new administration, President SANTA
ANNA has himself addressed the nation in language
of a most warlike and encouraging character. " Mexi-
cans," says he—
"My functions will cease when I have re-established
the nation in its rights ; when I see its destinies con
trolled by its legitimate representatives, and when 1 may
he able, by the blessings of heaven, to lay at the feet of the
inational representation laurels plucked on the banks of the
Sabine."

That is neither language of pusillaminity or
braggadocio ; it is the voice of a patriotic leader
calling upon his people to arise and repulse their
antagonists!

Much of public comment has been already offered
upon the recent hostile correspondence between Mr.
JOHN O'CONNELL, M.P., and Mr. JOHN SHEA
LAwLou, and which ended in the former having the
latter brought before a magistrate, who bound him
ever to preserve the peace. This affair has not been
treated of with the gravity it deserves. A humorous
vein of ridicule is oftentimes the pleasantest and best
way of handling a subject, but then the matter should
be suitable for such a method of treatment. •In the
present instance a most important public principle
was involved, and we deem Mr. J. O'CONNELL en-
titled to eulogy for the prompt, peaceable, and dig-
nified way in which he protected it. Mr. LAWLOR,
one of the seceders from the Repeal Association,
tenders his formal resignation in a letter fraught with
terms of the strongest reprobation towards those who
have zealously advocated moral force as the sole
lever upon which they would rely for the fulfilment
of their political wishes. This letter was designated
as having been " couched in terms of most unbecom-
ing discourtesy"—language, to our view, exceedingly
mild, when weighed in the balance with that which
evoked it. For this gentle rebuke Mr. LAWLOR
plainly enough sought to make Mr. O'CONNELL per-
sonally responsible. The mischievous intent was at
once thwarted by an appeal to the protection of the
law. Of Mr. J. O'CONNELL'S personal prowess we
know nothing, but we certainly are not inclined to
underrate it because he has evinced a becoming moral
courage, and, fearless of pitiful taunts, has secured to
himself and others, under the sacred sanction of the
law, a due freedom of speech in the discharge of what
he considers to he momentous national duties, and in
which he is taking a conspicuous part. Suppose that
Mr. O'CONNELL had played the game of his political
opponents, and, merging his public in his individual
feelings, bad met Mr. LAWLOR in the field, what would
have been the immediate retort ? Why, that the leaders
at Conciliation Hall were not sincere in their advo-
cacy of moral force, inasmuch as where their per-
sonal prejudices, as opposed to their national ones,
were concerned, they readily enough addressed them-
selves to physical force for their vindication. Had
Mr. O'CONNELL acted otherwise, he R ould infallibly
have fallen into the very pit his enemies had dug for
him, and the consequences to Ireland at this particular
juncture, from the vice of so flagrant an example,
might have been disastrously great. It requires the
utmost vigilance, and the most fervent and incessant
appeals from all quarters, public and private, and
especially from Conciliation Hall, to which, from
the untoward condition of Ireland, the people of that
country have felt inclined, in a remarkable manner,
to yield the 'greatest measure of their confidence_
it requires absolute devotion on the part of the lovers
of peace, to restrain that excitable and suffering
population from bursting the bonds of social order.
Would it not then have been seriously to
jeopardize the almost miraculous success which has
hitherto attended the exertions of public men, if one,
who had taken an energetic part in enforcing the pro-
priety of preserving the public tranquillity in every
way, had proved himself such a hypocrite as to defy
the law for the gratification of another's private
animosity, after having solemnly adjured his country-
men to respsct the law, how great soever might
be their public wrongs or privations ? We feel, there-
fore, that Mr. O'CoNNELL has adopted a praiseworthy
course, and acted with far-seeing judgment. He
has opportunely in his own person combined example
with precept, and defeated the ungenerous and in-
sidious designs of hi 3 opponents. He has acted also
in unison with the enUghtened spirit of the age.
Happily the crime of duelling is rapidly declining.
The most gallant heroes of the present day, naval and
military, as well as the most accomplished civilians
have alike joined in denouncing such a barbarous
custom, so degrading a relic of bygone times. To
those men who practically repudiate the abhorrent
practice society at large has reason to feel grateful.
In no country so much as in Ireland has the perni-
cious habit of duelling prevailed; in none, therefore,
will a wholesome example prove of greater service.
Above all, the public are interested in every pro-
tection against hostile proceedings being afforded
to those who are only threatened. with them
because they honestly and freely express their opi•
mons upon a public document addressed to a body of

considerable political influence. The efficiency of all
our public institutions—the Parliament, the Bar, the
Church, the Press—depends upon the privilege of
freedom of speech. Their very vitality is identical
with its enjoyment, Least of any one, is Mr. SIIEA
LAWLOR justified in placing this requisite freedom
under unreasonable restraint, seeing that his own
letter bears ample testimony to its value, and we are
not aware that he has taken out a patent for the
exclusive use of strong and objurgatory language.
We think Mr. SHEA LAWLOR has been righteously
dealt with.

Letters from Trieste announce that the harvest on
the Inas of the Danube and on the shores of the
Black Sea has been excellent. "We have not," says
the writer of one of these letters, "to join the rest of
the world in deploring the scarcity of corn ; for a
letter of the 19th ult. from Galatz, states that 700
vessels have left the Bosphorus with a favourable
wind from the south, bound for the ports of the Black
Sea and the Danube. The quantity of corn in store
is so great that a sufficient number of transports can-
not be found, although they have everywhere been
sought for."

The Provisional Government of Geneva has entered
on the execution of its duties, and everything con-
tinues tranquil in the canton. On the 11th the Pro •
visional Government declared that the Grand Council
of the canton of Geneva was dissolved, and convoked
a new Grand Council for the 25th of this month.
In the meantime the different members of the Pro-
visional Government have themselves undertaken the
administration of the various official departments.
The Executive Council of Vaud has sent President
DRUEY, and that of Berne has sent Governor OCII-
SENBIEN to Geneva, with offers of assistance to the
new Government. The Yorort (Zurich), on hear-
ing of the disturbances, dispatched two Commissioners
to Geneva.

Madrid papers of the Bth have arrived. The ac-
count of the arrest of a man charged with meditating
the assassination of the Due DE MONITENSIER is
confirmed. The Espancl gives the following ac •
count of the affair:—

"Yesterday, just before the arrival of the Frcncla
Princes at the palace, a retired officer was arrested in
the precincts, who had upon him two pistols loaded with
slugs. On being interrogated by the Minister of the
Interior, he replied among other things, that his intention
was to kill the Luke de Alontpensier with one of his
pistols, and to commit suicide with the other."

The persecution of the Opposition papers still con-
tinues, and the Government, in defiance cf the de-
cision of the courts of law—that articles not pub-
lished could not be considered as libels—have inflicted
a fine of 40,000 reels (4000 on the proprietors of the
4spectador. We may judge of the value of the
official accounts of the reception of the French
Princes from the fact that all the Opposition papers
published on the morning after their entry into
Madrid were seized, lest their accounts of the affair
should be found not to bear out that given in the
Heraldo.

The Gaceta gives a long account of the reception
of the officers of the garrison and the authorities
of Madrid by the Due DE AIONTPgNSIER. NARVAEZ
was Mot present on the occasion, and the writer in the
Gaceta is at particular pains to explain to his readers
that he was absent, only because his high rank as
Captain-General of the army did not permit him to
place himself under the command of the Captain- Ge-
neral of Msdrid.

Mr. BuLwER has left Madrid fur Valencia, in com-
pliance, says the Eco del comercio, with instruc-
ti9ns from his Government. In his way he spent a
day at Carabancha with Senor SALAMANCA.
On the 3d of October the British corvette Spartan,
22 guns, and the steamer Phcenix, eight guns, were
at Valencia.

The Fomento, of Barcelona, announces the arrival
of the Spartan at that port on the Gth.
MADUID BoLsa, OCT. B.—Three per Cents. for
cash, 351- ; Fives, 22 ; Eichange on London, 3Q.

'We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The National indulges in the following pungent
commentary on the accounts wLich have appeared in
the Ministerial journals of the reception of the French
Princes :

" An incontestible fact, which is asserted by all the
independent journals of Madrid, and confirmed by pri-
vate letters, is that the reception of the Princes in the
capital was mute and glacial. The people of Madrid dA
tot even return to the Duke de Montpensier the graci-
ous salutations which he lavished on them. The suite
of the Princes were, it appears, exceedingly alarmed at
the reception that awaited them, as the Dangeau of the
Debuts is d lighted that' no cry of evil presage arose to
spoil the effect of this fine reception.' He does not dis-
guise ' the sinister predictions and alarms felt by the
Queen for the safety of her guests.' Why this alarm,
it the enthusiasm was general? Why these apprehen-
sions, if an exceedingly small minority l eholds with
asure the Duke de Montpeesier's marriage!' De-
plorable excitations,' which led to menacing clamours,
are spoken of. Vivatr may be paid for, and the police
of Madrid endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to pro
cure them, but there is no person rich enough to purchase
silence ; and silence on such an occasion, in the midst of
a people so easy to be worked on, so enthusiastic, and
so expansive in their demonstrations, as the Spanish, is
an enegetic protest. It the procession which took place
on the morning of the 11th was saluted in the same way,
it is easy to comprehend that the telegraph would not
be too anxious to announce it. It is true that, to fill up
the void, there will always be the resource of the his-
. toriographer of the Debate. The young man who draws
up this recital is of a charming narvete. As he expected
enthusiasm, and it never came, he sought out something
which could supply its place, and this was what he found:
•An ardent and rapid content burst forth from every.
look.' This defies all dispute A rapid content burst-
ing forth from every look ! Deny that if you dare: deny
the rapid content of a look ! The whole is magnificent
in invention and style ! So much for the acclamations
of the people of Madrid! but nothing has been said of the
transports of Burgos. Still something must have been
known about it; it was notorious that the ayuntamiento had
refused funds for the Ate, and the Captain-General con-
sidering such conduct impertinent, arrested the whole
municipality, and simply thrust them into prison. He
then could use the municipal funds as he liked. This is,
it will be seen, a summary manner of governing; and it
II; quite clear that if by chance any individual, func-
tionary or not, happened to be there, without any great
inclination towards enthusiasm, this Captain• General
would have soon settled the matter for him. But this
kind of liberty is precisely what the marriage is about
to consolidate in Spain. How is it possible for the
people not to be delighted? Is another proof wanted of
what is passing? he Progressist journals of Madrid
wished to render an account of the entry of the French
Princes, and of the reception given them; the political
chief forbad it. A Conservative journal the .Espancl,
had drawn up an account in a most moderate manner ;
but it told the truth, and the political chief ordered
it to speak of something else. The same day the
Eco del Comercio was seized, for the eleventh
time in the course of a fortnight. All these facts
are public and undeniable. What is most mclan-
I chsly is, that the French name is again becoming
in Spain an object of hate—that even at the embassy
itseit the counsel is given to our countr.t men not to stay
out late at night in the streets, and to walk several
together. Such are the bonds created between the two
nations. Misfortunes have already occurred to several
French subjects in the streets of Madrid. An Andalu-
sian journal announced a few days back that our country •
men had but little security in that province, and that it
deplored it exceedingly. Spain, therefore, scarcely
hospitable for princes whom a whole army protected,
becomes absolutely inhospitable for the merchants and
travellers of our country. Thus it is that the marriage
draws closer together the two nations, and guarantees
the secular interests uniting us to the Peninsula, and
this is the reason, without doubt, that the Siècle offers
its aid to the system which it has the appearance of
combatting here, in order to support it more efficiently
in Spain ! We have shown the situation created by this
dynastic hymen with respect to Spain. We shall, some
other day, describe in what position it places us relative
to the other powers of Europe."

The Constitutionnel and the Epoque continue their
controversy on the subject of the conduct of the
Minister of Commerce, in admitting Russian goods
and ships to the ports of France, in accordance with
the terms of the recently-concluded commercial
treaty with Russia,before the ratification of the treaty
by the Chambers.

The Debats, in the course of a long article on the
subject of the revolution of Geneva,

" We sincerely regret this fail of a Government,
w Lich under the most difficult circumstances has uni-
formly punned the most worthy and honourable con-
duct Being a Protestant Government, and therefore
little to be suspected of sympathy fur the Jesuits, it
sustained, in defending Lucerne and the Catholic can-
tons, the cause of principle, confessional liberty, and the
nntonal sovereignty. Placed at the extremity of
Switzerland, this small canton, the weakest and the
youngest of the confederation, has by the force of reason
ilnd intelligence alone raised itself to the first rank, and
become the greatest obstacle to those tendencies towards
absorptions which thegreat cantons no longer dissimulate.
The policy of moderation, which brought Geneva to this
elevation, has been overcome in the streets, and we shall
see what will be the re-nit. It cannot, we conceive, be
expected that the Catholic cantons, in face of a re-
duplication of dangrr, will break the' alliance it had
formed for its protection. The union will rather become
closer and more indissoluble. In two months, Berne,
whence the free corps came forth to triumph, will be-
come the directory canton, and in the Diet the revoia-

f
tienary party wilt doubt be reinforced 1,3, !fin repro,
;lelrlet:ittilvinetiC:!n ream Government u Geneva. Such, is
whiciz Switzerland finds herself, and we
cannot conceal that it is by no means calculated to
inspire confidence."

We are glad to see in the. Debate the following,
which we consider as an official contradiction of the
report that M. GUIzOT had demanded of the English
Government the extradition of the Count DE MON TE-
Nom, :—" A London journal has pretended that the
French Government had demanded from the Eng-
lish Governir.cnt the extradition of the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN. We are authorised to give to this
assertion the most formal contradiction?'

The Courier de Nantes publishes the following
letter from Otaheite. It is dated May 28th :
" On my arrival at Otaheite everything was going on
well, and I thought I should succeed here as well as the
Marquisas, from which I had come, but suddenly the
horizon became overcast, and war commenced at Ma-
hine. From this moment business was at an end. An
expedition of 500 men set out to bring the natives to
subjection, but it was not successful. Two days after-
wards the str.amer returned. As lam well acquainted
with the captain, I went on board to learn the d, tails of
the victory which we supposed we had gained. I saw
about forty men lying on the deck. 'Pr adier,' said the
captain to me, we have been beatt,n. There are the
wounded. We have had twenty-six dead and thirty
hors de comb rt.' This was the first affair. The Cannes
of Otaheite, as soon as the news had reached them,
assembled in their camp. On our side we organised a
column to proceed against them. The Queen, who is
in another island, sent word to her sutjects by her
brother-in-law that she was about to return.
Our forces being short, we were com Felled to wait for
reinforcements. At length Admiral Hamelin arrived.
We remained forty-two hours in the same position, but at
length, one fine morning, when everybody was at dinner,
the Callao entered the town, began to burn the
houses, and fired upon all whom they met with. Our
troops got posses-ion of the heights, and for three hours
kept up a constant fire. We at length drove off the
enemy, but we had five men killed. From this moment
everybody was under arms, and every night we were
obliged to keep up a discharge of musk, try to prevent
the natives from burning us out. We embarked on
board the vessels everything belonging to us the most
valuable. Thirty- five days passed thus, during which
we lost only seven or eight men. In the meantime a
slight affair took place at Tapouna, in which we had ten
men killed, and the same number of woundc-J. At
length arrived two corvettes with troops commanded by
the governor. The column being soon organised, set
out, and up to the period of my quitting Otaheite, did
not cease beating the Canacs, and burning all their
houses. But the natives always escaped, and therefore
lost few men. We had seven killed and fifteen wounded.
The governor is to make the tour of the island. If our
troops can coop up the natives and kill a great many of
them, they will not fail to solicit for peace. Otaheite is
a fine country. The natives are very mild, but they are
too much attached to their Queen, and our friends the
English do all they can to excite civil war between them
and us."

The latest accounts from Algiers are of the 6th of
October.

The Moniteur Algerien of that date has the follow-
ing intelligence from the Morocco frontier:—
" We learn through Tlemcen a new instance of the
anarchy that reigns in the west of our frontier near
Morocco. At the beginning of the last month the Halafs
pillaged a numerous caravan returning from Ouchda to
the interior of the empire. It was in vain that it de-
manded succour from the Caid of Ouchda. The booty
taken by the Hulas and their allies is estimated at 50,009
dollars. This is probable from the high, price at which
the goods have been sold. We are assure d that some of
the cavalry of Abd-el-Fader were among the robbers.
The Caid of Medtomah has just given an additional
proof of his fidelity in arresting two emissaries sent by
Boa Maza to excite insurrection in the town."

PARIS BOURSE, Ocr. 13.—The market has continued In
the same feverish state to-day, and a further depression in
prices has taken place, Threes closing at 82f. 50c., and Fives
at 117 f. 40c. Nothing done in foreign securities. The mar-
ket closed as follows :—Three per Cents. for Cash, 821. 50c. ;
for Account, 82f. 50c.; Five per Cents. for Cash, 117 f. 50c. ;
for Account, 117 f. 40c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,480 f. ;
Spanish, nut quoted.
RAILWATS.—The Share Market has been also in a very
dull state throughout the day, and all the lines at the close
were quoted much lower, the reduction for Account being
still gi eater than for Cash. Paris and Orleans, for Cash,
closed at 1,257 f. 5Cc. ; Paris and Rouen, 935 f. ; Rouen and
Havre, 712 f. 50c. ; Strasburg and Bale, 225 f. ; Northern,
703 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 555 f. ; Montereau, 350 f. ; Paris and
Lyons, 515 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 495 f. ; Nantes, 505 f.;
Avignon, Vierzon, Boulogne, Fampoux, and Dieppe, not
quoted.

DGSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 14.

Direct Bombay and Madras, —Dutch Rhenish, 4% —Luxem-
bourg, 1 4 —Northern of France Constituted, 12% Orleans and
Bordeaux, 7% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, S%.

It is said that Mr. Charles Villiers, a gentleman
and a man of talent, will obtain the government of Bom-
bay. We should rejoice in such au appointment for two
reasons. First, because Mr. Villiers is a gentleman and
a man of talent; and, secondly, because we believe him
to be an ill-used and neglected man. If there be any
merit in the tree-trade s) stem, Mr. Charles Villiers de-
, serves all the credit of it, for he maintained and propa-
gated the doctrines, and at some risk, too, before the
Cobden, Brights, Wilsons, Smiths, or Foxes had been
ever heard of. Yet he has obtained neither pudding nor
praise—neitl:cr a statue nor a subscription.—Merning
Ilex aid.
The Parisian correspondent of the Brighton Ga-
zette, iu describing the opening of the Italian Opera at
Paris this season, says that the French dilettanti com-
plain " that the once-charming Grisi is becoming—may
the word be spoken—teofat."
ADELPIII.—The followingdistinguished personages
hare visited this theatre to witness the races in the new
ex tratavinza of the Jockey Ch:b :—Prince Treobetskay,
Prince Count Koudriaffski, Hon. W. Wel-
lesley, Lady Bosville, Baron Rehausen, Mrs. Henry
Baring, Mr. Henry Broadwood, M.P., and Mrs. Broad-
poundt,g-
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BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION CRICKET Burgh, lion. Spencer Cowper, Mr.
MCLUB.—CLOSE OF THE SEASON.—The first anniversary
dinner of this excellent and praiseworthy society, was
held yesterday. at the club's head-quarters, mine host
connoisseurs
orn' would be a
Hart's,
soefutrisieorSill.
laeinbge Walham-green. To say that the
things of the table had " lenten
l on their judgment in the selection
of a caterer ; on the contrary, a better dinner, better
served, than the forty friends of humanity, charity,
fellow-feeling, and healthful sport, sat down to discuss,
it has seldom fallen to our lot to have seen spread on
the social board. When an association combines those
warm sympathies and good intentions which make " all
mankind of one common kin," it leaves but little for the
chronicler to record, save an expression of regret that
such sunny spots in memory's waste are not more fre-
quent. After the usual loyal toasts, that of "Prosperity
to the Club which there assembled," called up Mr. IL
Collins, the secretary, who, in a speech to the point, an-
nounced that fifty pounds had been added to the funds
of the Butchers' Charitable Institution by the exertions
of the club. He trusted that as they progressed a wider
field would open for their useful and benevolent efforts,
instuti buton
and that by the infusion of fresh blood into their ranks,
in the coming spring, 1847. might put its predecessor of
ilnB4i
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ebfflue effectiveness
e nnoeofsttshiaennedearnestnessopmomwietrteoefdoing good. Mr. of purpose,
of the institution,
and the president
and other gentlemen, also addressed the assembly ; and
after a pleasant evening, diversified by excellent harmony,
and an interchange of encouragement to perseverance in
the laudable and benevolent undertaking in which all
present seemed most heartily embarked, the company
separated with the hope to meet again as early as the
next season will permit, to serve the cause of " Charity
and Cricket." _ _

TALLOW CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—
Yesterday a meeting of the Governors and Subscribers
of this Society was held in the nail of Commerce for
the election of four candidates to the benefit of the in-
stitution. Sir George Larpent, Bart., the treasurer,
took the chair. John Cattley, Esq., the president, also
attended. The candidates were thirteen in number.
The successful ones were Sarah Carter, 532 votes ; John
Redfern, 453 ; John Phillips, 389 ; and James Shrimp-
ton, 384 v.)tes. In the report presented to the meeting,
the directors called the attention of the subscribers to
the new rule, allov:ing the votes polled for unsuccessful
candidates to be continued. to their credit for four suc-
cessive elections, after which the accumulation shall
cease. There were eighteen men and seven women re-
ceiving the benefits of the institution.
NEW ERA.—We have had several eras; for in-
stance, the Elizabethan era, the Georgian era, &c. The
statue of Field-Nlarshal the Duke of Wellington will be
known, we are afraid, when it comes down, by the awful
name of F.M.-era (ephemera).—Punch.
DECLINE IN CONSOLS.—The settlement in the
English market has turned out rather unfortunately for
those speculating for the rise, decline of about per
cent. having occurred in Consols. '1 his is a great con-
trast to the appearance of the market on Tuesday, when
everything was looking firm, and is attributed to heavy
sales trade by a leading house, and to the failure of a
party who is a
principal member of what is called the
"New Stock Exchange." Although this party has, of
course, no connection with the Stock Exchange pro-
perly so called, the large amount of 150,000/. stock
which, it is said, was thrown upon the market, could not
fail to produce a depressing effect.-7 imes.
GENERAL ALARM OF FIRE THROUGHOUT LONDON.
—About half-past five o'clock yesterday morning, infor-
mation reached every engine-station in the rnetrhiyilii
that a very extensive conflagiation was raging in the
direction of 131ackwall. The horizon at that time pre-
sented all the appearances of being illuminated by the
glare of some tremendous fire. The river for miles
down looked like burnished gold, the dome of St. Paul's
and the windows at the water side of Somerset House,
wero compretely lighted up; indeed, the latter build-
ing appeared as if the interior was encircled in flames.
The firemen declare that such a light was never before
witnessed by them. Seven engines of the London
brigade, with thcse of the County and West of England
offices, instantly started in search of the supposed scene
of conflagration. After travelling for some distance,
it at length became apparent that the extraordinary
light in the sky was caused from no hing else than
the rising of the sun in the east, and the engines were
sent back again to their several stations.
OPENING OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.— The session
in the faculty of Laws and Arts, in University College,
commenced yesterday, on which, occasion Professor T.
Taylor, of Trinity College, Cambridge, who has recently
been appointed to one of the vacant chairs in University
College, delivered an introducrory lecture to a crowded
audience, on the education of all classes in England.

M.ONEY and COMMERCIAL 'NEWS.
CITY, Q i"/A 1? TE I? TO THi,EE.
he sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were from
14.000 to 15,000 bales, of which 8,000 were en specula-
tion. The market was very animated, and prices in
most instances were lid. per lb. higher. Holders deem
the accounts by the Cambria in their favour; the crop of
Sea Islands' being estimated at 15,000 bales. The quo-
tations are as follows:-200 Pernams and Maraehains,
at 5/d. to 7*(1.; 400 Bahia, at bid. to 7d.; 300 Egyp-
tian, at 6ld. to 7d.; 500 Surat, at 3d. to 4kd.; and the
rest American, at 5. to bid.
The papers and letters received by the Cambria
steamer are of considerable interest as respects the
qUantity of supplies coming forward of flour, &c. The
exports are represented as being very heavy indeed.
The weather, too, continued satisfactory fur getting in
produce. The weather is thus referred to in the last
number of the Quebec Gazette which has come to
hand:—
" Tien WEATHER.—The north east wind which com-
menced on the night of the 18th inst., continued only
till the following night. Yesterday the wind was west,
the air again smoky, and the thermometer up to 75 deg.
in the shade ; towards evening the wind went round by
the south, and it began to rain about ten o'clock, and
continued till towards daylight with a light easterly wind
which still continues. Some farmers in the new settle-
ments have got in their potato crops in good order, in
some cases a thousand bushels. Ploughing is commenced
on moist grounds."
In the English Steele Market the settlement of the
Account has formed the principal business of this day.
As yet all has gone off well. The failure, talked of so
much, which occurred yesterday, was a mere bagatelle.
The party was a reember of the Exchange just
started—rather an ill omen as respects the
future prosperity of the concern. Consols for the
Account have been done at 95k, and for Money at 95k;
but just now sales were made of the latter at 94k. The
Exchequer-bill market is heavy, at 14s. to 17s. premium.
Bank Stock has improved from 205 k to 206 f.
Speculation is rather active in Mexican, in Spanish,
and in the Dutch Funds to-day. Prices are, for most of
the foreign investments, anything bet firm.
There is a better opinion entertained of Railway
Shares to-day. The official prices are annexed.

• ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. /PRICES.
sank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Atin5........ 93% 94 ex div 94
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 94% 947
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
New 31% per Cent. Annuities 953/ %% ex div 95%
Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 9 13-16 15-16 9 15-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Consols for Nov. 26. ..........
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d l4 17 pm. 17

ONLOSI
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CL O E CPR
CK ICESNG
Brazilian Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 223j % 23
Ditto. Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred l7 17
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 41% 411/2
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cant. 9714 98 98
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 9134 % 9114
PRICES or PAM. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
114ILWAY SHARES AT ONI: O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.....
Armagh, Coleraine, and
I'ortrush l% --
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%......
Belfast & County Down 4% ......
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 1271A 123 l2B
Ditto New 17%
.... .. - ..... -
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June—. 23/4.
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
Bristol and Exeter 75 —
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. June . 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 214 — .... .... .....
Ditto Extension ... .. 21/2 —
Cambrian & Grand thine 42s ......
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% lss
Chester and Holyhead... 27% 2314%
Chumet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ......
Clydesdale Junction 2O —
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages .... 225.
Cork and Killarney ... 21%
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2% —
1 ierby and Crewe 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Itet-
ford, and Sliettd. J enc. 2% —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich 1
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10
Dublin, Belfast,• and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway... .. 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 71/2
Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 21% 1j21........
Ditto New l2l. 16a. 614% P
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1.......6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % p % p
Do., 'York Extension.. 10s. ...... 1%34 l;h
EastDereli'm andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union —
Ditto, Quarter Shares 834 —
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1%
Do., Cam b. and Ely.. 2%......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
East Lincolnshire .... 114. 76 1
East & West of England 1%......
Etilnburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 68
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .....
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 %...... 4% 5
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 514
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50
Ditto, New .. 15 ,
Do., IA Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12% —
...

6% p

Glouc.,Ab;iystWith,and
Central of Wales
Goole, Doncaster, &c.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
.....
Great Eastern &Western 2 %...... ..
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
...... ... ..
field ..... 10
• —"•••
Great South. and West •••• •
(Ireland)
Great Munster ... 21A — -
Great North of Scotland 214 — -
Great North of England..loo ...... 234
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New . . ......... 15 -
Ditto, New
21 21
Great Western B5 136 137 137
Ditto 1/2 Shares .. 50
Ditto 1 Shares lO
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2
Harwich and Eastern
Counties Junction ... 2 ..—.
Gull and Selby 5O 106% 107%
Ditto 14 Shares
... ........ ...
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11%
Do., do, and Norwich 21,4
Killarney Junctions ll/1
Kendal and Windermere 114 —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 45
00. New ............... 5
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lvmena
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ••• ....... "''
Leicester and Bedf3rd 225......•
Leeds and Dewsbury
Lpool., Mnchstr & New
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury
L .ndt n and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4(1.
Do. New

29%

19
3017 i

741.,

Ditto Extension ...... 712...... 5% ..
London and Brighton... 50 .. ... 59 % % ...... .....
Ditto, Fifths
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. --
Do. G-.laran. 5 per cent. 9 - •••
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — ••
London, Hounslow, and
Western ........ ....... 2 - ...... ......
Lsndon and N. Weaternloo 194
Do. Quarters
Do., 00., New Shares.. 2 ...... 16% 16 .. 16
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% — . —
Do., New 14 Shares
(G. J.)
Do 40/. Shares (L. M.) 8
Load. & S.Western 411 6.: 10d 6B ...... .... ... 68
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 -
Do. New
Do. New
London ar.d York 214 .1.:; ..... .... ....
Do. % Shares
London and Windsor . 1A... .
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &Coleraina 12%.....,
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 12%...... ..............
Lynn and Ely ..... - l5
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
Ditto % Shares
Do. Quarters
..............
Do. Sixteenths ... 614 ......
Do. Extension 42s.
Manchester and Birrnin. -i 0
Do. Quarters (A) 5 •••.•• Do. Quarters (B)
Do. Quarters (C) 1 ... .. "'••'••••
... ...............
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 42s. % p ............ % p
Manchester,. Birni., and
Mould Junction
-- ...........•
Mauchest. & Southampt. 2
100 ....
...
..... 133 13434
Mid1and......... •• •••
Do. Fifths •••
Do. New
Do. Birm., and Derby 100 14 ............
Mid;ral& East. Counties 2%...... ''
.... 7..... ............•••
Midland ( reat Western ...............
Irish
Do North Shields
.........
.....
Newcastl, . .
and Carlisle 100
..
Ne wm rket &Chesterfrd 2/.125..... 1,
Newport & Abergayeany 2%......
....'s P

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