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London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

OBF, R 6, 1845.

presents, and holds out little encouragement to men of
respcctabily to court civic honours. We need not, there-
fore Le surprised if citizens of great wealth and high
character stand aloof from these civic contests, when
they find, that after undergoing all the canvassing and
drudgery attendant upon inferior offices, they may be
deprived at last of the highest by some popular clamour,
or unfounded accusation, and be rejected by the votes of
men who have a personal interest, and who in every
court properly regulated are not allowed to vote at
all. But there is another circumstance which could not
fail to operate in the secret conclave. Alderman
JOUNSON is a wealthy man. Turtle, and venison, and
champagne are indispensable requisites at City feasts,
and without them the Egyptian Hall would lose its
character. It is for the interest of the citizens, however,
as well as the country at large, that the great Corpora-
tio❑ of London should aim at a •higher character, and
that its decisions should not be liable to the charge
of partiality and oppression.

The Mad, id Gazette of the 27th and 28th of Sep-
tember contains three official documents. The first is
a treaty of peace between Spain and the Republic of
Chili, formerly a valuable colony of the mother country.
By this treaty a full amnesty is granted to all Spaniards
and Chilians who may have taken part in the hostili-
ties between the two countries. The independence of
the republic is fully recognised by the QUEEN of Spain.
The second is a royal ordonnance for the organization
of the Council of State, which is almost a copy of that
established in France, and the last contains instructions
for the formation of the new universities. According to
these, the rectors and the directors of the faculty arc edieine
are to resign their functions into the hands of the
political chiefs of the provinces. This regu-
lation applies to the Universities of Salamanca, Val-
ladolid, Santiago, Seville, Valencia, Granada, Bar-
celona, Saragossa, and Madrid. The accounts from the
provinces are said to be satisfactory, though several ad-
ditional arrests had taken place. tiolonel ORTEGA, a
Member of Cortes, who had been arrested at Saragossa
and carried to Madrid, had been set at liberty, without
being able to obtain from the Government any reason
whatever for the proceeding. On the 26th the execu-
tion of a bandit, called PEDRO VINALs, took place at
Gerona. It appears he had for a long time been the
terror of the province, and when hardly pressed has
made his escape into France, but was delivered up by
the authorities in virtue of existing treaties. After his
that clurl.g his short career, for
he was only 34 years of age, he had murdered nine per-
sons and wounded many more. lle had joined the Car-
lists at the age of 14.
On the Madrid Bourse on the 28th business was done
in the Three per Cents. to the amount of 6,384,000 reals
at 324 cash.

Colonel MONTAGNAC, which leaves no doubt that he had
been allured into a snare laid for him :—" Colonel
MONTAGNAC, who commanded at Djemmaa Ghiazaouet,
being informed by an Arab chief, who had never before
given any reason to doubt his fidelity, that Ann-uL-
KADER, at the head of only a few men, had come to
seek refuge in the environs, and was then in a spot inhere
he might be easily surprised, set out with a small
column of 450 men, composed of the Bth battalion
of the Orleans Chasseurs, and two squadrons of
Hussars. Oa arriving at the marabout of Sidi
Brahira (four leagues from Djemmaa Ghiazaouet, he
was suddenly surrounded by an enormous mass of
horsemen and Kabyles of the country, and of the fron-
tier of Morocco, whom he charged resolutely, with the
intention of forcing a passage. The melee was terrible,
for in a moment officers and soldiers were stretched life-
less on the earth, with the exception of eighty men of
the Chasseurs, at the Lead of whom was Captain Go-
REAUX, the only officer who had not been killed. Not-
witbstanding the efforts of the enemy, these eighty men
got possession of a neighbouring marabout, and
shut themselves up in it. ABD-EL-KADER in
vain attempted to force the place. He was
constantly received by a fire of musketry through
the loop-holes which our soldiers had made in the
vial's with their swords and bayonets, and the Emir
was compelled to raise a siege which had cost him
so many lives. For two days our men were
there pressing against each other, without sleep,
provisions, or water. Three times did ABDEL-
KADER call upon them to surrender, swearing
that no harm should be done to them, " For,"
said he, "you are humane towards Mussul-
man prisoners." Although reduced to the last ex-
tremity, our eighty brave men would not listen to
any terms, and under these circumstances ABDEL-
KADER retired, leaving, however, a large force to
blockade the marabout. Scarcely was the bulk
of the besieging force out of sight of the besieged, than
they attempted a sortie, and penetrating with bayonet
the line of natives who surrounded them, they directed
their course towards Djemmaa Ghiazaouet. At a league
from that place a host of Kabyles fell upon them. The
captain was one of the first who fell, and his soldiers, in
order that his body might not fall into the hands of the
enemy, fell by the side of him. In the meantime the
fusilade was heard at Djemmaa Ghiazaouet, where the
alarm had besides been given by a hussar, the only one
who had eseept a from the massacre of the two
squadrons. When the garrison of this place reached
the scene of the combat, only twelve men were stand-
ing. They were all easily disengaged and taken back to
Djemmaa Ghiazaouet—in all, fourteen living out of four
hundred and fifty !"
These unexpected outbreaks had caused great uneasi-
ness, as they were believed to be connected with a general
plan for attacking the whole frontier. General LAMORI-
CIERE, who succeeded Marshal BUGEAUD, had left Al-
giers with a strong reinforcement on receiving the in-
telligence.

11re subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers:—
A Royal Ordonnance has been issued, raising to the
peerage the following persons :—Lieutenant-General
Fabvier; M. Jard Panvillier, Counsellor, Master of the
Court of Accounts ; M. Laurens Humblot, formerly
Deputy, Member of a Council-General ; M. Legag-
neur, First President of the Cour Royale of Toulouse ;
M. Mesnard, Counsellor of the Court of Cassation, for-
merly Procureur-General ; M. Paulze, formerly Pre-
fect ; Baron Roederer, formerly feet and Member of
a Council-General ; and M. Rousselin, First President
of the Royal Court of Caen. .

The Duke -.3E MONTPENSIER reached Toulon on the
Ist inst. in the Gomer steamer. The Prince having per-
formed quarantine at Malta was immediately admitted
to pratique, and proceeded to the Prefecture, where
apartments had been fitted out for his reception.
A grand banquet was given to the Minister of
Finances at Havre, on Thursday, by the principal mer-
chants, manufacturers, and shipowners of that port. The
table was laid for seventy persons, amongst whom were
the Mayor, the Presidents of the Tribunal and
Chamber of Commerce, and the Foreign Con-
suls. The health of the KING was proposed
by the Mayor, and was responded to by the
company with great enthusiasm. The President of
the Chamber of Commerce having, in a highly compli-
mentary manner, proposed the health of the Minister,
M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE replied, in a speech which pro-
duced a great sensation, ant was highly applauded. The
Minister, after thanking the company for the kind way
in which he had been noticed, and complimenting the
commercial interests of Havre on their spirit of enter-
prise, one of the effects of which, he said, was to create
a nursery of seamen for the royal navy, added—
" If, thanks to the peace which we have enjoyed for thirty
years, the prejudices which divided nations are becoming
weaker—if nations are beginning to discover that what is in:
jurious to one is prejudicial to all others, and that if one be-
comes rich the others participate in the progress—if, in short,
it is permitted to us to hope that the well understood inte•
-
rest of each will contribute to the maintenance of that peace
which is so favourable to you—it is to you, gentlemen, the
instruments of international relations, that these happy re-
sults are due." _ _

" Letters from St. Petcrsburgh of the 23d ult. contain
some details of an affair which occurred subsequently to the
last operations of Prince Woronzow. The Russians having
returned to a cantonment after the taking of Darts., wer.
nusy in completing their means or attance, and adding
some new works to the forts of their line of occupation. Tae
enemy took care not to attack them on this point, but
this was not the case with the division of General
Schwartz, which operated against the Lesghis. That
division had to sustain a sanguinary conflict with the
determined mountaineers. After having severely chas-
tised the village of Taseli, which at all times has
distinguished itself by its invincible energy, the General
marched on the 11th of August towards Auzuch and
Kapuchin. The former place, when summoned, replied
that it would only yitld at the last extremity. Kapuchin,
which had been reinforced by the surrounding population,
was also placed on a formidable footing of defence. Hardly
had the Russian vanguard begun to display the first files of
its battalions when the mountaineers, under the shelter of
the entrenchments which they had made upon all the ele-
vated points, began to roll down enormous stones upon the
aggressaes. This proceeding threw disorder into the ranks.
and wowded a great number of men. The Russians were
beginning to give way, but at the voice of their officers they
again rushed impetuously to combat. At length, after ex-
traordinary efforts, they succeeded in taking possession of the
entire chain of hills and fortified mounts, with the exception
of one position, from which a dreadful fire of musketry was
kept up. This point could not be carried until the following
day. The Circassians did not abandon it until they were at
the last extremity, and then, as at Dargo, they retired in
good order, leaving about 100 dead behind them. The
Russian troops displayed rare intrepidity in this affair, but
the result is not of a nature to compensate the check of
Prince Woronzow at Dargo."
On Saturday the Funds and Shares were more firm on the
Paris Bourse.

The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 40c. ; the Five per
Cents., 118 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f. ;
Rouen, 1,070 f. ; Great Northern, 810 f. ; Fampoux, 535 f. ;
Havre, 883 f. 75e. ; Avignon, 1,225 f. ; Vierzon, 767 f. 50c. ;
Bordeaux, 6921. 50c. ; Boulogne, 630 f. ; Troyes and Mon-
tereau, 520 f. ; Basle, 281 f. 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 58%; Spanish Actives, 36%.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 30f. premium ;
ditto (Calon), 9f.; ditto (Ganneron), 10f. 50c.; ditto
(Lapinsonniere), sf. 25c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 72f. 50c. ;
ditto (Rosamel), 37f. ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 31f. 50c.; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 30f. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron),
16f. 25c. ; ditto (Hinguerlot),l4f. ; ditto (Bechet), 5f.50c. ; ditto
(Aymard), 11f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 10f. ;
ditto (Drouillard), 3f. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 12E ; ditto (Le-
fevre), 7f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 32f. ; ditto
(Lecointe), 22f. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
10f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 2f. 50c. ; ditto
(Espeleta), 14f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), If. 50c. ;
ditto (Curette), Bf. 50c.; ditto (Colbert), 2f. ; Charleroy
(Kysaens), 40E ; Maubeuge (Kysaens), lf. ' • Dijon and
ulhausen If. 50c. ; ditto (Allegry), 1 f.75c. ; Dieppe
(Sellieres), 37f. 50c. ; Caen (Delamarre), 6f.
LYONS, Ocr. 1.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,018 f.. end
of October ; Paris and Orleans, 1,232 f. ditto; Paris and
Rouen, 1,058 E ; Orleans and Vierzon, 758 f. ; Montereau, 517 f.;
Northern, 7971.
On Sunday the Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S
at 83f. 45c., and the Five per Cents. at 1181.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Oar. 4.

Anglo-Belgian —
Boulogne and Amiens 1314
Bordeaux &Mediterran
Bordeaux and Toulouse

Luxembourg
Namur and Liege 64:
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux

Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 214
Do. (Mackenzie's)
Central of Spain 21%
Demerara

'Over Yssel
Paris & Lyons ( Lafitte)
Ditto ( Ganneron's). 3t,4
Ditto (Calon's).... 2 LA

Dendre Valley ... 2%
Dutch Rhenish ... l2

Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen —

Dieppe & Paris Juact.
Dijon and Mulhouse —
East Indian 3%
Grt Northern of France
(Laffit te's)
Ditto (Itosamel's) 3,(1
Do. (Le Boeuf)
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons 2%
Great Western Bengal 1%
Jamaica Junction 5

Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)... ...... 2%
Do. (Compte deL'Est)
Paria and St. Quentin. 2
Rouen and Havre.—
Royal North of Spain. 2%
Sambre and Meuse .... 8
Strasbourg and Basle .
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt...
Tours and Nantes

Do. North Midland 2
Do. Extension

(Mackenzie's)
Do. (Lefebvre's)

Jersey 24
Louvain and Jemeppe 414

Veroni and Ancona....
West Flanders 7:

..0 auU J emeppt
Lyons and Avignon....

PRESENTATION of PLATE. --On Saturday evening
last, a most gratifying scene took place at the Surrey
Zoological Gardens, on the occasion of a deputation of the
artists of the establishment waiting on Mr. Tyler, and pre-
senting him with a massive silver salver, bearing the follow-
ing inscription :—" Presented to William Tyler, Esquire, pro-
prietor of the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, by the artists
of the establishment, as a testimonial of their high sense of
his generous and gentlemanly conduct to every person under
his employ. Oct. 4, 1845." As no previous intimation had
been given to Mr. Tyler, he was taken quite by surprise, but
returned his acknowledgments to the deputation, Messrs.
Godfrey, Southby, and Foster, in a very feeling manner ; and
after partaking of the hospitality of Manor House, those gen-
tlemen retired highly gratified with the result of their labours,
which were in fact almost impromptu, the subject having
only been broached two days previous to the presentation.
The salver, which was much admired for its simplicity and
elegance, weighed nearly 100 ounces, and was furnished by
Mr. Cox Savory, Cornbill.
WITLEY COURT, OCT. 2.—This morning his Royal
Highness Prince George a Cambridge, accompanied by the
Rev. Canon Wood, inspected the porcelain manufactory of
Messrs, Chamberlain's, Worcester.