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it is stated that the Christmas under General Espeleta
had thirty-five killed, and fifty wounded, and that the Carlists
suffered much loss.
" Fort St. Bartholomew, near St. Sebastian, is abandone4
Gomez,occupies all the environs of St.

Sebastian.
" The Carlists daily add to the number of their cannon ; on
the 16th they received twentytfour cannon and one howitzer,
which were in park at Oni.te.
" It is affirmed that the Viceroy of Navarre, making a sally,
fell into zn ambush and was wounded.—Messager, Oct. 28.
FRENCH FUNDS—Pura._ Oc-roazit. 28.
Five per Cents., I OSf. 90c. 85c. 75c. 7. c.
Four per Cents., 99f.
•I'liree per Cents. slt:3 C. 60c. 55C.
Bank Actions, 2,170 f.
Rente de Naples, 92f. 45e. 4'c 'llsc.
Roman Five per Cents., 104 1014.
itente d'F,pagne, -nice per Cents., 20114.
Royal Spanish Lew'. 3:1z4 84. •
Rente Perna. 0.'1.19)41e, Fire per Cent., 34 33! %.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102.
Portuguese Three per Cents 58!4.

EXCHANOD ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 95f 55 ; money, 251 55:.
Mee wombs, paper, 25f. 40e. money, 25E 40c.
—Colas Anthentiaue.
QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 80e. ; Three
per Cents., Slf. 65c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, 331; Three
ter Cents, Spanish, 20)t. • Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
hards. 34; Differcs, 14k ; New Loan, 43 ; Actives, 43 ;
Passives, Ill; Diteatg, 09 40 ; Romans, 104; Pedros, —;
Belgians, 104.'1. Dutch, —f, —c. ; Haytians, —f. ; Miguels,
; Brabant Barg'; Belgian Bank, 9i.

South American Papers to the 19th of August
have been received. The several Republican Govern-
ments of these States, were by no means in a condition
which promised a long repose; but no recent revolu-
tionary proceedings had taken place, and generally
the people were apparently contented.
spe,Aing,

Brussels
pers of the 20th inst., contain no news
of importance.

,
instant, contain tue
German Papers of the
following :
" VIENNA, OCT. 20.—The prices of the funds yesterday and
to-day show how they have risen within a few days The
reason is chiefly local, though the adherence of the Govern-
ment of the Juntas in Spain to the Government of Madrid may
have contributed to it. It appears that the four chief banking
houses of this city have agreed with the Government on the
terms of the new loan. A. s they- who are always masters of
the Exchange have hitherto found it their interest to keep
down the prices, in order to obtain the new loan for the Go-
vernment on the most favourable conditions, it is their interest
now that they have agreed with the Government, to make the
prices rise, in order to induce other capitalists to take a share
in the new loan. It may be inferred, however, from various
circumstances that the terms are very advantageous to the
Government.
VIENNA, OCT. 19, 20.—Five per Cents., 1024 ; Four per
Cents., 99i ; Bank Shares, 1,374.
AUGSBURG, OCT. 24.—1 t appears (says a Bavarian Journal)
from certain indications, that Lord Durham, when at Athens,
brought permission to issue the third and last series of the loan
of 60 millions, guaranteed to the kingdom of Greece by
France, England, and Russia. The new bills of the Greek Go-
vernment on London are already in circulation.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, Oct. 25.
DUTCH FUNDS—mismteisr, OCT. 27.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 55 55%
Loan (1830) 5 per cent.
A mort Syndic, 454 per cent...........
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 794 79%
Commercial Company, 4,4 per cent 11756 115
Ditto (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 25 -
Two months
—Dutch Papers, Oct. 28.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beaux, OCT. 23.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. SO., 4 per cent. lOl 11-12 101 5-12
l'russian Englisi: Loan, 1830, 4 percent 100
994
—Prussian Slate Gazette. Oct. 24.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, OCT. 24.
FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills. Money.
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1355 1353
Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 106
Ditto, 5 per cent. lOO% 10,14
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Itusaian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Reger'icy Bonds, 5 per cent 851.6 854
Ditto, 3 per cent 564 56
Dutch 24 per Cents. 544 514
Ditto 5 per Cents
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 74 744
Norwegian Loan of 1834. 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents lB 17
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 4O 30%
—Hamburg Papers, Oct. 24.

FINE ARTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PICTURESQUE

ANNUAL. •
Tilt. London : 1835.

These Illustrations, of one of the most favourite
Annuals of the day, are twenty-five in number; and
consist wholly of views of St. Petersburgh and Mos-
cow. Both these imposing cities show to advantage ;
but Moscow is by far the most showy and picturesque,
realizing all that we could conceive of beauty and
magnikence, The Palace of t►►e Kremlin, the old
residence of the Czars, ere yet Peter the Great had
resolved to transfer the seat of Government to the
banks of the Neva, Exhibits a more splendid and ex-
tensive front than even the Seraglio of Constantinople.
Our English Palaces, even the best of . them, at
Windsor, would cut a ,most deplorable fighre when
compared with the Kremlin at Moscow. The present
Illustrations contain not loss than four views of this
extengive pile of buildings, not one of which but con.
veys a vivid idea of its grandeur, The sketches of
St. Petersburgh, though equal in point of design and
execution, will yet bear OQ comparison with those of
Moscow. The best are the views of the Admiralty--
a stately fabric—and of -the late Emperor Alexander'',
triumphant column, beside ..which, our lately-erected
pillar to the Duke of York, would, we suspect, show
no better than a ►Wile-stone. The most carefully and
gracefully-finished engraving in this pleasant series of
Illustrations, is the 66 Tower of the Niekolskoi
Church" at St. Petersburgh, which has been engraved
by Radcliffe, from an able design furnished by Vickers.

LITERATURE.

THE MERCHANT SEAMAN'S ACT.

With Forms, Copies, Notes, and a full Index. Also the Act for
Encouraging the Enlistment of Seamen in the Navy.
BY 011.411 LES F. F. IVORDSWORTII, ESQ.
Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
London : Butterworth, 1'835.

Mr. Wordsworth is a most useful and indefatigable
labourer in the field of popular instruction ; for no
man can render a more essential service to society than
he who diffuses a knowledge of the laws and institu-
tions which regulate and govern its various relations.
The several Treatises of which Mr. Wordsworth is the
author, are pre-eminently distinguished for their prac-
tical' character. They possess the two great requisites
for a lasting popularity : they are available to every
person, and every person is more or less interested in
the subjects of which they treat. His " Law and
Practice of Elections for England and Scotland," and
his " Digest of all the Election Reports," are works
which ought to be in the hands of every constituency
in the United Kingdom.

The Earl of MULGRAVE is gathering golden opi-
nions at every place he visits in Ireland. On Satur-
day last a splendid public entertainment was given to
hiin in Belfast, at which a vast body of the intelligent
and respectable citizens of that thriving commercial
town were present. His Lordship's speech on this
occasion was marked by his usual straight-forwardness
and sagacity. He observed that, as the representative !
of MAJESTY, he felt bound to do, justice to all par-
ties, and to grant to no body of men in particular, a
monopoly of favour and interest. His speech was lis-
tened to throughout with the 'most marked attention,
though the Tory journals would fain have us believe
that his Viceroyalty has been, and still is, unpopular ;
and has wholly failed as an instrument for the pacifi-
cation of Ireland. We hazard little in predicting—
despite our Contemporaries' often repeated assertions to
the contrary,--that if Lords MULGRAVE and MGR..
PETII do but go on as they have commenced, steadily
following up the principle of administering justice with
impartiality, neither unduly raising the Protestant on
the one hand, nor unduly depressing the Catholic on
the other, they will become, at no distant period, the
most popular men that ever exercised official authority
in Ireland. We should not omit to mention that the
toast, " His Majesty's Ministers," was drank at this
dinner with as much enthusiasm, as ever was the
" Glorious, Pious, and Immortal Memory," by the
Orangemen of Derry. Yet this is the Government
which is said by the Tory faction to be the object of
such universal contempt and execration, from its syco-
phantic obsequiousness to O'CONNELL and his
" forty-jointed Tail !"

The two Acts-embodied in the little volume now
before us, are as important to seamen of every class,
as a knowledge of their duties on board ship. We
had some idea of making a digest of them, but we
find that it would be impossible to embody the sub-
stance of them within a compass suited to the space
unoccupied in our columns. We must, therefore—
having expressed a hope that this little Treatise will be
extensively circulated among all sea-faring and mer-
cantile men—conclude our notice of it with the fol-
lowing extract from Mr. Wordsworth's preface
" There are two principal features, however, in the pre-
sent Act which at once command attention : the first is,
the establishment of a register of all the British Merchant
Seamen of the United Kingdom,—a provision calculated
to add to the unity and strength of that branch of na-
tional power, at the same time that it affords the paeans
of readily ascertaining its condition, and the amount of
contribution which might be required from it in any na-
tional emergency. Subordinate to this important feature,
is the provision under which there must be an agreement
in writing, of a certain form, between the masters of ships
and their crews. Hitherto, many irregularities and frauds
have been practised against Seamen—a class of persons,
in a great degree, indifferent about ,their rights—from the
want of proper enactments on this subject.
" The other great improvement is the empowering of
justices of the peace to adjudge summarily upon claims
for wages not exceeding twenty pounds,—whereas seamen
were formerly but too often driven to the Court of Ad-
miralty for a remedy. This provision may be said to be
analogous to one contained in the recent " Law Amend-
ment Act," enabling plaintiffs to try certain cases under
twenty pounds before the Sheriff, at an inconsiderable ex-
pense. Again : when a voyage was terminated, a certain
time must have elapsed before a Seaman could claim his
ges—but now, when he shall have an opportunity of
at once shipping himself in another vessel, he may pro-
ceed before a justice and obtain immediate payment.
" It will be seen, also, that under the 38th Section,
where assaults and batteries shall have been committed
on I_ oard ships, a summary remedy before two justices of
the peace is now created. That Section extends the
provi lions of the 9th Geo. IV., c. 31, for consolidating
and amending the statutes in England relative to offences
against the person,' to Merchant Seamen whilst on board
ship.
" Humanity pervades several of the clauses of this Act.
By the fortieth, and four following Sections, the forcing
on shore, or leaving behind, any person belonging to the
crew, is made a misdemeanour, and such offence may he
tried in any part of his Majesty's dominions, instead of
the United Kingdom only, as hitherto ; nor can a Seaman
be discharged abroad without the sanction of Consuls or
other functionaries ; nor left abroad upon plea of his not
being in a condition to proceed, &c., without a similar
authority, and without the Master paying such Seaman
his wages. The• mere enumeration of these provisions
will manifest the anxiety of the Legislature to provide,
in behalf of Seamen,_against every contingency. In fur-
therance of this humane object, accumulated duties are
thrown upon Consuls, resident British merchants, and
other persons.
" Every ship-owner and ship-master must furnish him-
self with the Act of Parliament ;—it has therefore been
my object to append copious Notes, in order that an epi-
tome of all the laws relating to Merchant Seamen might
be comprised in one publication. There are two or three
of the Notes relating to those benevolent establishments,
the Corporation for the Relief of
although not
S Seamen,'
and the Seaman's Hospital Society,' which I have had
withinmue
the pleasurepre
present
sou
lbesgcarli b i
objectng, bee aof use,
this
publication, they
cannot be too extensively known to Merchants and Mer-
chant Seamen.
" Some forms are added,—most of them fit for practical
purposes : those which are not so in precise terms, will be
found useful as guides in the framing of others. These,
with the Notes, and A tolerably full Index, constitute the
claims which this little book may be considered to have
upon public attention."

A Report of the proceedings which took place
at the first general Meeting of the Proprietors
of the Great Western Railway at the City of
London Tavern yesterday, will be found in an-
other part of The Sun. In directing attention to
it, we must take leave to observe, that we feel almost
as much pleasure in recordhig the success of this
great national work, as very charitable people do
when relating the thriving state of the children
of their adoption. The sentiment may not be so
acute, but it is certainly the same, a little modified by
circumstances which are in themselves mere accidents.
The Sun is the only London Journal which, if we
may be allowed the- expression, adopted railways, when
they were almost without advocates in the country,
When they were opposed both in and out of Parlia-
ment, it lent them all the assistance in its power ; and
after their prospects had begun to brighten, it never
once withdrew its support from them ; although it
would have done so, had its regard for its own pecu-
niary interests outweighed its solicitude for the ad.
vancement of the national welfare.

The Report, read by the Secretary, gives a most
cheering account of the progress of this great under-
taking. The following extract from it is particularly
deserving of attention :
" A Company has already been formed to establish a branch
from Swindon, to communicate with the clothing district of
Gloucestershire, and with the important towns of Gloucester
and Cheltenham. Another branch is in contemplation from
'Oxford ; a railroad from Bristol to Exeter is also before the
public, under most favourable circumstance. A Company is
formed for another from Merthyr to Cardiff, and, finally, a
Company is in possession of an Act to carry a railroad from
Limerick to Waterford ; measures likely to promote the inte-
rests of the Great Western Railway, and to realise the expec-
tations entertained of its value and importance."

The Report calculates that the whole line of road
between London and Bristol will be completed in
1840—a brief period truly, if the extent of road, and
difficulties of carrying it on be taken into considera-
In the meanwhile it is proposed that both ends
e great line be finished ; the one from London
tidenhead ; the other from Bristol to Bath ; thus
:ng every facility for carrying on an extensive
y traffic between these several places, This is
agaciously resolved, and we have no doubt b,44-,
'More the road is finished, the profits arising
fiaished parts will defray the expenses of the

The actual admeasured length of the New River is
thirty-eight miles three-quarters and eight-eight yards.
Estimating its flowing At tWO miles an hour, its produce
every 24 hours amounts to the enormous quantity Of
65,197,440 imperial gallons. This would give about 1,000
gallons a-day to the number of housos the Company supplies.
The Catholic Bishops, by command of the Pope,
have abolished many holidays in South America, the ob-
servance of which was hitberco 414 to be strictly obligatory.

AN ATTENTIVE MEMBER.-Pitt once said of
Mr. Ferguson, of Pitfour, on seeing him enter the House
whop 09 Speaker's bell was heard, " Here comes Pitfour,
who is never prepot at debate, and never absent at a
division."

LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1835.
'fie central situation of the Com-
xreiit,yosf_ttvtiirnorlv.
LAI( ri, proves the admirable resard
Alltlillial“:ni had
proprietors.
to whatever promised to advance
k]lappy to observe by the Report, that the
thes interest
reWatemeritsare
of t
of Mr. SAUNDERS, the indefatigable
Secretary of the Company, have not been overlooked.
We have been often struck with the great perse-
verance, industry, and energy of this gentleman, in
fq)mbatitig the powerful oppositiim arrayed against
him. The conduct of the Directors also entitles
them to bleat praise as public benefactors. The re-
muneration voted to them by the Proprietors must be
regarded in the light of an expression of thankfulness
—not as an adequate reward for services, which will
yet obtain for them the grateful tribute of a country's
esteem and lasting remembrance.

FALMOUTH_( WEDNESDAY.)

His Majesty's steamer, African, arrived here this morning
from the Mediterranean with mails—left Corfu on the 3d of
October, Malta on the Bth, and Gibraltar on the 19th inst.
The English fleet were at Zante ; the accounts from Greece
continue to represent that country as still being in the most
unsettled state—the Ministry were not fully formed, and the
utmost insubordination existed in many of the provinces, where
the brigands were numerously threatening the extermination
of the Bavarians. At Athens the epidemic, which had pre-
vailed there, was rather subsiding.
The African, on the 28th, touched at Cadiz, where the
general feeling was manifested in a powerful manner in sup-
port of the present Queen's Ministers at Madrid, end the
people throughout Andalusia were resolved to take up arms in
aid of the Government, for the purpose of an immediate ter-
mination of the civil war. The: Governor of Cadiz and In-
tendant of Customs had suddenly been dismissed from their re-
spective offices. His Majesty's ships Endyn►ion and Malabar
remained at the latter place, and the Childers had proceeded
to the south of Spain.