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London, England, 1844-10-11 00:00:00

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LONDoN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1844.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

portion of the globe. We have this satisfaction in
addition —while nations able to pay their debts skulk
fr.!na their engagements like swindlers, England
maintains her credit, her funds are highe than
those of any other country, and she has a com-
mand of money surpassing that of all other States•
The "merchants of old Envland" deserve every praise,
but their sons have falsifiA the proverb of the ancient
poet, and surpassed their predecessors.

proclamation has been generally circulated in that
quarter. The Count DE FONTAO ba3 been appointed
by the QUEEN President of the Senate, and the Duke
DE Goa and General ESPELATA Vice-presidents.
MADRID BOURSE, 2D INST.—Three per Cents., 27-a
for Account ; Five per Cents., 20i for Account ;
Floating Debt, 66 for Account; Coupons, 261 for
Account.

The Journal des Debats publishes a list of the State
prisoners set at liberty by the late ordonnance-
Among thein are MM. DUPOTY, Dttroua, and BAZIN,
implicated in the attempt made by QUENISSET on the
life of Lours PHILIPPE; seven who took part with
Louis NAPOLEON in his ridiculous expedition to Bou-
logne, and BOURDON and seventeen others convicted
of illegal proceedings during the disturbances at Paris
in 1839. Several of the journals again comment on
this act of Clemency, and among others, the Consti-
tutionnel, in the worst taste. After a brief reply to
an article on the subject which appeared in the Journal
des Debats, M. TRIER'S journal thus sums up the
the grievances of France, and the burden of the la-
mentation is the insult offered to the nation by the
hospitable reception of the French KING in this coun-
try :—" In the panegyric which the Ministry thus
pronounces upon itself there is a phrase which has
been remarked upon by every one who has read it for
its assurance, which almost amounts to buffoonery.
This is the passage :—' Never, whatever has been
said, whatever may be said hereafter—never has
France been more respected abroad than she is at the
present day:. Respected ? By whom, if you please ?
By England, perhaps, which has just imposed
upon you the payment of a sum of money to
a man whose speeches have already cost the
lives of twenty-five or twenty-eight of our
brave soldiers; by England, which, after having
driven you out of New Zealand, has interdicted you
from occupying a little islet in the middle of the sea,
and rendered your remaining in it impossible! By
Russia, which will not receive your Ambassador ! By
The safe arrival of LOUIS PHILIFPE in this country, Austria and Prussia, which have always coalesced
and his enthusiastic reception by the people and their with your adversaries ! By the smaller powers, like
SOVEREIGN, have already accomplished a great maral Rosas, who murder your allies ! Like Mexico, which
demonstration. The two ereists have thrown down shoots Frenchmen in contempt of the rights of
in an instant the phantom barrier of sleepless trea- nations ! But you mean, no doubt, to speak of Mo-
chery, of irreconcileable animosities, of unquenchable rocco. Yes, our soldiers have made themselves re-
jealousies, of distrusts, suspicions, envies, which the spected there at the points of their bayonets; but a
ultra-Republican press of France has been busied for good army is in your hands like a sword which you
the last fourteen years in the attempt to establish be- are afraid of, and dare not use. You quickly cast
tween that kingdom and this. It has thus developed it down, or throw it far away, to obtain a peace upon
all the unprincipled baseness, the reckless defamation any terms. Twenty millions to pay a promise not to
of the most wicked—and, we fear we must add, the take an inch of territory from Morocco, an engage-
most able—partizanship which ever embarked in the
meat to be generous towards ABD-EL-KADER, and to
unholy enterprise of involving the two mightiest leave to ABDERRIIAMAN the honour of imposing cle-
nations of the globe in a war of races—in a conflict
tnency upon us—are the results of the campaign.
of political extermination. After a long and However, we see what you mean to say—that you
tumultuous succession of agitation, of crises
will receive banquets and loud applauses on the
of alarms, of fierce denunciations, and elaborate hypo-
other side of the Channel ; you will assist in doing
theses (all of them concocted or delivered with a view
honour to the victors of Waterloo ; you will win for
to precipitate hostilities) ; the French people are the KING of the FRENCH the Order of the Garter.
placed, by the act of their KING, in a condition to
Ascend the capitol. No one can be more respected,
judge for themselves of the truth or falsehood of the
more glorious than you."
appeals which have been so skilfully addressed to
It is some relief to turn from these mischievous
their pride, their passions, their love of military glory,
imputations to the following article in the Journal des
and the prejudices of their national honour! And in
Debats, in answer to the charges made by the war
what attitude—now that this delusive barrier has
party respecting the visit of Louts PHILIPPE to the
been overthrown—does "perfidious Albion" present Queen of ENGLAND :—" The Queen of GREAT BRl-
herself to their view ? What are the actions which
TAIN is preparing to give the KING of the FRENCH a
develop her alleged hatred of France ? After
reception worthy of him and of England. The nation
what fashion does she testify that ungenerous
unites in feeling with the SOVEREIGN, and is prepar-
and depreciating estimate of the French character,
ing festivities for the officers of the French navy, as
that, sordid envy of French greatness, which have
the Court is preparing a similar honour for the KING.
been so .!nudly imputed to her by the anti-monarchial
We should have imagined that such a spontaneous
section of the French journalists? Let the events
manifestation would have been regarded as a proof of
which have si,na:,'sed the Bth of October, 1844, sup-
good feeling and of sincere cordiality. It appears
ply the answer to these that we were simpletons to think so, and that Eng-
questions. They will not be
among the least glorious, or ~.Iland is perfidious. We should have thought that
..e least impressive asso-
aatse with the recol-
ciations which posterity will corn. those preparations were to- do us honour; it appears
lections of Portsmouth or of Windsor. that the purpose is to insult us. It is France which
We pause for a moment, to acknowles4,ge that has been sacrificed to prepare the KING'S journey; it
the rebuke which the incidents of Tusi‘ale is, again, France which will be insulted during the
last administer to the studied malevolence o. iss elec.'s stay in the country of an ally. What, then, is
the Siecie, the rabid fury of the National, that -and affront which England intends us? She sends
and the unblushing frabrications of the Presse, is of an
the tuke 0.4. WELLINGTON to meet the KING! This is
intensity so stinging as to be almost proportionate to
the insult offere2 taranee, and to theßevolution ofJulys
the offences it is addressed to. What is the picture , this is, in truth, to .4L'PIaY a strange knowledge of
which those incidents exhibit ? AKING of the FRENCH
the dignity of one's couary i Assuredly, we cannot
efface history. We can not
escorted by a gallant squadron of his navy, arrives— . precmit this name from
(on a mission of no higher political import than that well as with
which attaches to the return or acknowledgment of a being mixed with the most painful, as
similar visit last year, by the Queen of GREAT the most glorious, period of fur annals. Taut is
France, then, so feeble—is she so shall, that she can-
BRITAIN to his dominions)—on the shores of this not look those men in the face whom she formerly en-
country. In a noble and majestic confidence he tails
gaged on the field of battle ! When the first
leisurely but proudly into the most formidable of our Lieutenant of the EMPEROR proceeded to assist at the
seaports : that one which, of all others, during the last
coronation of Queen VICTORIA, did England perceive
and present centuries had been the most frequent re-
an insult in his presence ? Did she attribute as a
cipent of the trophies of our maritime prowess and
crime to the veteran of all the wars of the empire the
success, won in a fierce and protracted warfare against
recollections which attach to his name and to his illus •
the powerful navy of France. 'We rejoice in the grateful
trious reputation ? Has nothing occurred during
privileges of rendering to him the most signal homage
thirty years ? And is the Revolution of 1830, which
that can bespeak, in a time of absolute peace, the cor- has replaced us in the first rank amongst free nations,
dial reliance of our SOVEREIGN, and the profound re-
nothing 2 England sends her most illustrious citizens
gard entertained for him by her people. That floating the Sovereign of France. This is termed
to meet .
shrine of our naval renown—that Victory, whose
an insult to the Revolution of July—we eon-
beacon flag and spirit-thrilling signal shone pre-emi-
Sider it as an act of homage paid to it. It
nent amidst the glories even of the fight of Trafalgar
is precisely because England sees beond th-
y—now thundered forth an honest greeting of friend-
KING, or rather, sees in, the KING the nation one
ship and hospitality to the ruler of its once competi-
which he reigns, and the Revolution from which he
tors for the empire of the seas. The great guns of
sprung, that the reception is given to him which does
the Queen and St. Vincent—majestic representatives
honour to the British nation. The men who are to
of impersonations dear to all English hearts—pealed
meet the KING are the same who the first acknow-
forth their echoing welcome; and on every side her
ledged and enthusiastically adopted the Revolution of
MAJESTY'S ships, and private yachts, decked out in July.
The Ministers who now govern Great Britain
all their bravery—the ensigns of France waving in
are the same who governed in the year 1830, and
happy harmony with those of Britain—vied with each
Who, in the midst of the alarm and of the umbrage of
other in their manifestations of a hearty and sincere
the rest of Europe, recognised, without hesitation, the
greeting to the KING of the FRENCH. The Con-
triumph of liberal and constitutional principles in our
sort of our QUEEN went on board his MAJESTY'S
country. We are aware of the tactics of the Opposi-
frigate, and was received with the same
tion journals—it was easy to have foreseen them.
affectionate friendship which had marked his
They wished to separate the KING from the nation.
Royal Highness's reception at Treport. But who
They wish to convert the honours which will be paid
accompanied the Prince ? The Great Duke. The
to the KING into so many insults to France. The
hero of a hundred fights was hailed by Louis
country will not be deceived, it will be proud of those
PILILIPPE with all the warmth that animates one
marks of respect and admiration of which its august
brave soldier in welcomine. another. The muni-
a representative will be the object in the midst of a
cipality of Portsmouth next congratulated the KING
nation so long enjoying liberty. It will take its part
on his arrival, and he replied to them in terms to
of it, and it will consider the reception paid to the
which distrust or misgiving would have known not
KING of 1830 as an extraordinary homage paid to the
how to give utterance. But when we arrive at the
Royal Castle of Windsor, and there find our young Revolution."
following
SOVEREIGN receiving, at the grand entrance of her The plan for the future government of
FRENCH Algeria appears in the Revue de Paris :
ancestral palace, the powerful KING of the
and his son, with the most remarkable observances positively say that for some
day"ts‘pVaestbtlie q.ueeswtieonmoaierecting the French possessions
of a dignified yet unbounded confidence and regard, in Algeria into a, Viceroyalty, and of conferring the
we are satisfied that the most angry prepossessions functions and title of Viceroy on the Duke d'Atimale,
of party cannot distort such intelligible indications Thahseecnoguagrtedor the
lattentione voe
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of implicit good faith and regard. And when, again, that the Princepde Salerno's daughter is destined to
we turn from these contrasted embodiments of Royalty occupy the exalted rank of Vice-Queen. The Council
—the one venerable alike for his age and the eventful have adopted the principle of this scheme, but have
eriods throuh which it has extended,
for his adverse come
hitherto,to naoleteiciiastiowne acsantosay theasmteothtobde ofp 0
je:ccetcrttsienlf
it.
p gis
and his prosperous fortunes, for his matured wisdom, that the Duke d'Auwale would have powers far more
fur Algeria,
lar
ge pAa-,
his various capacity ; and his career both as a warrior extensive than the Viceroys of Ireland and Sicily, that
and a statesman ; the other for her illustrious birth and the
u ltai trl eAwdomuilndisbtreactrnfewrroeudldobnehem ta for
sbsllliefde,
splendid elevation, her youth, her grace, her spirit,
and that the country would still continue to depend on
and her ability ;—when we turn from the two Sove- the metropolis. The Viceroyalty of Africa would have
reigns to the Courts which surround them, we feel a permanent army, comt.osedd
the par in tly of nativeisaenlfd partly
e
the presence of those auspicia melioris evvi to which
(nife}unrceinlehisintoenb toes htoweietsnlialt'tte q
ention on this countryu tsestion imme-
the pomp and circumstance of sovereign power are diately after the Duke d'Aumale's marriage, and to
themselves but inferior accessories. Even while the draw up a Bill to be presented to the Chambers or
As
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ad-
contemplation of his MAJESTY'S brilliant retinue jiurne d, according
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recalls some "historic fancies" of the gallant chivalry
is Marshalado, decline an appointment in France, the title
of France passing through those royal portals of of Generalissimo of the French armies in Africa will be
yore, to do honour to the great EDWARDS and the conferred on him."
victorious HENRYS, the puissant progenitors of Vic- THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, OCT. 8
Fint Highest Lowest Last
TORIA, we check our wandering references to the past, Price. Price. Price. Price.
in order to concentrate them on a nobler and a hap- 106 French 11(1)86 55 .. 118 65 .. 110186 55
•••• 118 60
pier future. If the France of our day can ever be Three per Cents •• 81 90 .• 82 5 ..
_Bl 90 ....
110802 5
taught to understand the genuine feeling, and charac- Leath Bank, 51,000000 f... rharareesoloiseoo
....51015000 ....i leo
5045 ..5045
ter, and policy of England as she is—to appreciate the Belgian Bank..•• •••• ...... 660 .• 660 .. 660 .. 660
integrity and frankness of a country which is too rich Belgian Fives,lß3l. •
1840 . .. 1031 .. 1031 .. 103 •• !03.
in all achievements of war, all the arts of peace, all
the triumphs of intellect, all the wealth and acquisi- Spanish ee51.8.4.2.:•.:::•.:: 11341 ..
.. 10341 .... 130541 .... 1304.51
Portului ese Five per Cents.: 49 65
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9489
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tions of commerce, to envy the growing prosperity of RomanN° ...........7....... 105/ .. 105/ .. 105/ .. 1051
a brave, though she may have been a less fortunate RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Ge sin. .............. 915 .. 915 .. 915
rival—it will be largely owing to the high bearing and Versailles, R.-8„,..„ ..... 385 .. 385 .. „5
.. 385
wise confidence, and mutual respect, of Queen Vic- Rouen .....• •• 29687 50 ...
2608
50 ..
2608 50 ..
290/3 50
TORIA and King Louis PHILIPPE that a consumma- Rouen to Havre• ..
•. 983 75 .. 985 .. 983 75 .. 985
tion has been arrived at so important to the best inte- Orleans
tibiir
Strasburg Bale: .. .. .. ... •• •• 260 .. 265 .. 260 .. 265
rests of their respective kingdoms—so essential to the 71651. 25
FORMißgrlnlWt°AAYlarSsHAeillesßE-S UTIHE2S .A.C7C601UN25 T., OCTOBER
repose and happiness of the civilised world ! Versailles, L.B. ••• • • .
Rouen •• •• •• •• •• .......... 988 75 .. 988 75 .. 988 75 .. 988 75
R.oven to Havre.• •• •• -- .. 752 50 - 753 75 .. 752 50 .. 753 75
Orleans .•• •• •• •• -........ 985 .. 987 50 .. 985 •• 987 50
Strasburg to Bale.••• .• .... 260 .. 267 50 - 260 .. 266 25
Avignon to Marseilles.. • • •. 761 25 .. 762 50 .. 761 25 .. 762 50

We have published in another part of the paper an
address from General ESPARTERO to the Spanish na-
tion. It is distinguished by his usual good sense,
patriotism, and moderation, and, we may say, every
statement he makes is founded on truth. No man
ever did more for Spain in the same time than the
Duke of VIITORIA ; he put down the Carlists, he es-
tablished a free constitution, paved the way for the
emigration of Queen CHRISTINA, the enemy of liberal
institutions, an 1 in every respect adhered to the
charter, which he hoped would restore peace and pros-
perity to Spain. All his constitutional acts, however,
were treated with neglect ; an adventurer, the agent of
CHRISTINA, intrigued with the troops, landed in Spain
from a French port; CHRISTINA speedily followed, and
the whole country was placed under martial law. It still
remains in nearly the same position. The Cortes, it
is true, have been summoned, but there has not been
even the semblance of a free election, military despo-
tism and the imprisonment, expulsion, or banishment
of ESPARTERO'S supporters, have been the orders of
the day ; and the Spaniards, as far as regards their
boasted charter, are as abject and helpless as the serfs
of Russia. ESPARTERO may well lament the fate of
his countrymen, he may lament that his patriotic
designs were frustrated by Frenchmen and renegade
Spaniards, but he has this consolation in his exile—
he took no selfish advantage of his high station, he
honourably performed his duty as Regent and Com-
mander-in-Chief, and was driven from Spain by
men who preferred slavery to liberty.

The returns for the year and the quarter are in all
respects 'atisfactory. Every branch of trade and
commerce appears to be in the most prosperous state.
The Custams' Dufy has increased to an enormous
extent; the Excise, the Stamps, and the Post-office
also exhibit favourable symptoms of improvement ;
and in not one department, taking circumstances into
account, is there a falling off. We w ill give the
viocipal returns in detail, fur the satisfaction of
pubiic. The total revenue produced by the Customs
fo the year amounts to 20,243,5051., showing an in-
crease on the year of 1,723,1651., and an increase on the
quarter of 4733471. The Excise has not varied much,
hut, on the whole, is favourable, with the exception of
the ;last quarter. The total amount for the year is
11,959,942/. ; increase on the year, 173,8981.; de-
crease on the quarter, 5,6601. There is an increase
in the Stamps both for the year and the quarter; the
increase on the former being 69,1291., and on the
latter 15,3221.' The total revenue for the year is
6,533,385/. The Taxes produce 4,204,8551., showing
a decrease on the year of 2,9371., while there is an
increase on the quarter of 7,3391. The total amount
of the Property-tax is 5,1.58,4701.; increase on the
year, 106,413/. ; and decrease on the quarter,
89,193!. This, however, is no criterion of the
revenue from this impost, as only the money
received has been included in the returns,
and large sums, probably, are yet due, leaving
little doubt that this tax, which Sir ROBERT PEEL
modestly calculated at about three millions and a half
sterling, produces nearly the double. The public
will rej-,ice to learn that in one department, which in-
terests them all—the Post-office—there is a de-
cided improvement. The total amount for the year is
672,000/. The increase on the year is 82,000/., and
on the quarter not less than 40,0001., a proof both of
the increase of trade, and the successful working
of the new system. The Miscellaneous exhibits
a very small return, only 696,3571., showing
a decrease of 948,004/. on the year ; but this
falling off is easily accounted for. During the
previous year large remittances were male from
China as ransom, or compensation money, while this
year there has been very little, with the exception of
the last quarter, and during that period there is an
increase of 203,2171. The total income for the year,
including impreat and other moneys, with repayments
in advance, amounts to 50,741,622/. The increase on
the year is 2,390,264/., the decrease 994,9151.; the
increase on the quarter 739,2251., decrease 218,2811.;
leaving a total increase on the year of 1,395,349/.,
and on the quarter an increase of 520,9441.
This is a gratifying proof of the energy,
industry, perseverance, and indomitable spirit of the
British nation. - Though grievously oppressed with
taxes, though within the last two years trade has
seen at the lowest ebb, and the Zollverein of Germany,
fund the restrictions of other countries, threatened to
injure our commerce, the people never despaired; they
awaited their time, the manufacturers kept their mills
An cl their workmen ready for every emergency, and 1,
when the proper season came, they went to work in
good earnest. For many years there has not been
such activity displayed in the manufacturing districts
as at the present moment, and the state of the
is a proof of the fact. These
revenue
Eves - of industry are in full operation,
providing' raiment, fancy dresses, and all the neces-
of domestic life, for America, and
nary-artiej !,00,
--A ‘.,cl ma t• car. every habitable

Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have been received,
but they possess little interest. The Ministerial
papers contradict the reports in the English journals
relative to the QUEEN'S health, and state that it is
such as not to give the slightest uneasiness. We
would infer from this however, that her MAJESTY is
really not in the best health. Rumours of plots and
forthcoming risings in the Basque provinces are given
in some of the papers, and positively contradicted in
ilthpr% There is no doubt however, that a Carlist

GIBRALTAR, OCT. Z.—A circumstance occurred
yesterday, shortly after the departure of the Great
Liverpool, which has caused no little sensation in this
place, and will doubtless induce severe comment, if
not disagreeable consequences, on the part of the
Spanish authorities. A Spanish war schooner, in
close chase of a coasting vessel (whether or not en-
' gaged in the contraband trade is unknown), passed

T 1 41 SUN, uiOtDON, FRIDAY MORN !NG OCTOII Eit 11 1844
THE DUKE DE LA VICTORIA
TO HIS COUNTRYILEN.

Europa Point yesterday afterno.w., about three
o'clock ; when, baying failed to show her colours, as
is always customary, as well as imperative, in such
cases, a shot was fired over her from the signal bat-
tery, to remind those on board of the neglected ob- I
servance. This failing to produce the desired effect, 1,
a second gun was fired with more direct aim; but as
the Spanish vessel found herself considerably out of
range of the shot, she continued her course, disregard-
ing both intimations, and (it is currently reported)
still refusing to show her colours. A gun of much
greater calibre was then brought to bear on her from
the battery, when so correct was its direction, that
the shot told with fatal effect, and she sunk shortly
afterwards, whilst vainly endeavouring to make for
Algesiras. Very fortunately a Portuguese vessel was
Lot far distant, and with its timely aid, as well as
some of the boats of the war vessels in the bay, the
crew was saved. Herald.

On the 10th of October, 1844, her Majesty Queen
Isabel 11. is constitutionally called upon, in con-
formity with the fundamental law of the monarchy,
to begin to govern the kingdom. On this da.y, dis-
charging a pledge of loyalty, honour, and conscience,
I was to have placed in her Majesty's hands the
royal authority which the Cortes, in virtue of their
constitutional prerogative, had deposited in mine.
From the moment the national will selected me
amongst my fellow-citizens to elevate me to the
Regency, I looked forward to this day as to the
brightest of my public station, when, from the
pinnacle of supreme power, I was to have descended
to the quietude of domestic life, devoting my last
words to the banner of the Constitution which the
people had raised to recover their liberties—that
glorious banner under which the people had shed
their blood, and with which they had, twice during
the present age, saved the dynasty of their Sove-
reigns. Providence, however, has not allowed the
accomplishment of my hopes; and instead of speak-
ing to you surrounded by the splendour of a royal
and solemn ceremony, I address you from my exile.

MONEY ANL) COMMERCIAL ‘..E WS
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The English Securities closed steadily. Consols at
100+ for Money, sad 1004 -1 for Account. Bank Stock
improved to 2094 to 210. East India Stock was at 289.
The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 103.
Spanish looked slightly firmer, the Actives being 23+ ;
and the Three per Cents., 344 1. Mexican Bonds 3411;
and Colombian 141 1. Brazil Stock touched 86. Rus-
sian were 1184 to I.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Chester and Holyhead were 2+ 1 ; Churnet
Valley, 2+ to I- ; Dublin and Belfast, 21 ; Edinburgh
and Glasgow. 13 ; Great North of England, 24 ; Great
Western, Fifths, 144 ; Kendal and Windermere, 3 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 4 ; South-Western, 314 to 30+ ;
Northern and Eastern, Scrip, 104; Norwich and Bran-
don, 6; Ditto, New, 21 ; Portsmouth, Direct, 1 ; South
Devon, 4 to 4 : Central of France, IS to 2 ; Boulogne
and Amiens, 21 ; Orleans, Touts, and Bordeaux, 21
and Paris and Rouen 181 premium. Blackwall have
been 10/ to 10 discount. British North American Bank
Shares were 6 discount ; and London and Westminster
9 t- premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Co•ton at Liverpool yesterday were 6 000
bales, including 1,000 American at 34d. to 31d per lb., on
spf culation ; 1,000 Surats, to the trade, at 21d. to 34d. ;
100 Egyptian, at 51d. to 64d., and the rest American, at
24d. to 54d. per lb. The market was very steady.—A
good business was done in Shares at steady rates. Bristol
and Gloucester, 464 ; Chester and Holyhead, 7 ;
Dublin and Cashel, 134 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 691 ;
Eastern Counties, 131 ; Grand Junction, 208 ; Ditto,
Half Shares, 104 ; Great Western, One-Fifths, 26 ;
Liverpool and Preston. 535. ; Liverpool and Manchester,
202 ; London and York, 4 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 51 ; Manchester and Leeds, 115 ; Midland Coun-
ties, 111 ; Preston and Wyre, 19 •, Runcorn Gap, 211 ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 96+ ; South-Eastern, 401 ;
Ditto, New, 13 ; York and Selby, 40 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 20 ; Lyons and Avignon, 445. ; Paris and Rouen,
381; Rouen and Havre, 21+; Central of France, 71s. 6d.
There are no late arrivals to-day.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's proprietors
have held their meeting to-day, and the report of the Direc-
tors seem to have given more satisfaction, showing an in-
creased revenue and a diminished expenditure. The
Company is certainly better managed than when it was
formerly deemed necessary to make certain strictures
upon its proceedings in another part of The Sun, but even
now it appears that Government has been compelled to re-
mind the Company that they have something further to do
in order to fulfil their contract. In fact, slight as it may
appear, the remaining link—from Jamaica to Nicaragua
—is of great importance in perpetuating steam communi-
cation; especially as Mr. Wheelwright's new plan, for
establishing steamers to take the Pacific coast, not at
present enjoying the advantage, will come into operafrom
tion
next year, and afford facilities for a quicker passage
Australia.
The Public Securities are to-day again quiet, and
there is not much buoyancy observable. Consols have
been 1001 4, for present transfer, and about 100+ 1, for
account. Exchequer Bills realise 755. to 775. premium.
East India Stock realises 289, and Bank Stock 2091, there
being less doing in these also.
The private advices from Madrid and other parts of
Spain, continue to allude to the uneasy state of public
feeling in that country, and, even allowing for exaggera-
tion, it is impossible to resist the impression that the
Government of Narvaez is not so secure or popular as
may be necessary for its endurance. The Bonds, there-
fore, are necessarily heavy, the Fire per tents. being 234
1, and the Three per Cents., 3414. Portuguese Converted
Bonds have been firmly supported again, being 501 to
514. Mexican Stock is at 354 4 for the Active ; at 151
for the Deferred ; at 141 for Colombian ; and at 85.
for Brazilian. Danish Stock has been marked 891 ; and
Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents., 621 1.
The Share Market is very passive also, and although
prices are steady generally, there is no particular feature.
South- Western and Croydon are easier, while Mid-
land, South-Eastern, and French Shares are in request.
PRICSE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List)
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities .....»..,.».«.«.» 100%%
India Stock
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities 904
Bank Stock for Account ..»....».......»•».» 9(9%
Consol for Account 100%
Exchequer Bills **lir

Ditto I I i•••••
Ditte Advertised...—. --
PRICES:OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ....... ..... 85%
Columbian Bonds. ..... .............»..... 14%
ilaolkij ponds, 1825, 3 per Cent BB%
Maximo ponds, 1837, 5 per Cent
-'*),3 for the Account 34%%
"s-rerred
Ditto 5 per Cent •••
Portuguese 80,
Ditto Converted .....
Ditto for the Acc0unt......... 0,4
Rianish Bonds. Five per Cent 15.... 23%
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Three per Cent.
ount 34.14
Ditto for the Ace
Dutch 2% per Cents ...... ....... 62N )4
Dutch 5 per ........ 98%
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS.
_PAUL PER SHARK

It is well known that there never was a more open,
free, and general discussion, than that which pre-
ceded my appointment as Regent; I accepted the
trust, not as a mural crown granted to victories, but
as a trophy placed by the people on the banner of
liberty. A faithful observer of the laws, I never
transgressed them ; I neglected nothing tending to
the welfare of the country ; every law presented to
me by the Cortes, I readily sanctioned—the free
action of justice was uncontrolled by the Government,
which never usurped the functions of the other public
authorities—and the sources of riches and prosperity
received all the encouragement and protection which
circumstances permitted. If, at any time, in order to
maintain the purity of the law, I was compelled to
have recourse to strong measures, it was justice, not
the government, that decided on the fate of the hap-
less. I shall not descend to the details of my conduct
as Regent—history will do me justice, and I submit
to its inflexible judgment. History will say, with that

impartiality not easy to be exercised by my contem-
poraries, whether I Ever aspired to anything but the
welfare of my country, or was moved by any other
thought than that of delivering, on this day, into her
Majesty's hands, a nation prosperous within, and re-
spected abroad. History will show whether, in the
midst of the vehement contests of parties, I ever fol-

lowed any other device but that of saving liberty, the
throne, and the laws, from the violence of contending
passions. History will also explain the causes
which arrested the completion of many useful
reforms. When new disturbances were being
prepared, I omitted nothing within the compass
of the law to counteract them. I shall not
look back, nor attempt to depict, the mournful events
we must all deplore, and which, leaving me without
the means of resistance, compelled me to seek an
asylum in this hospitable land, protesting, before-
hand, in the name of the sanctity of the law, and of
the righteousness of the cause.

Spaniards—l protested, not urged by any motives
of ambition, which I never contemplated, but be-
cause the dignity of the nation, and of the crown,
thus required it at my hands. As the constitutional
representative of the throne, I could not silently see
the ckstruction of the monarchical principle; entrusted
with royal authority, I was bound to guard it against
every aggression ; invested with executive power, it
was my duty to raise my voice when I beheld all the
laws trampled under foot. The aim of my protest
was to avoid the pernicious precedent of coun-
tenancing, in the name of the throne, the destruction
of the throne itself. It was not a war-cry—it spoke
not to passions or parties—it was the plain statement
ofa fact, the defence of principles, and an appeal to
posterity. Removed from you, Spaniards, the
slightest complaint in the kingdom has found an
echo in my breast—not a single victim has been
bereft of my compassion.
When circumstances may allow me to return to
my beloved country, I, as one issued from the people,
shall again dwell among the people—unmoved either
by rancour or recollections, satisfied with the share
which has fallen to my lot in securing public freedom,
the enjoyment of its advantages will be my only
desire in my private station—but, if the institutions
recovered by the Spaniards should be endangered, the
nation, to whose call I have ever responded, shall find
me ready to offer my life in her. support. If Provi-
dence, however, in its inscrutable decrees, should
doom me to die in exile, resigned to my fate, my
last and most fervent prayers will be for the inde-
pendence, the liberty, and the glory of my country.
'Qicrned) EL DUQUE DE LA VICTORIA.
nctober, 1844.
Otis

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London, 1

Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 -.- -17i14,..... to 105
Dublin and Belfast Juncti0n......... 2%.
1) iblin and Cashel.... ........ ~.. 5
E..
stern Cou •ties ..... .......... 25 „„,„., 143/i
Eastern Union .....................•••••• 5,, - to 1370
to
tireat Western •••••••••••••••••••••••• 75 145 to
Ditto % Shares ................... 50 ......... 89%
Harwich ........ ... ....... ....~ 1
London and South Western ..... 41t ....., 70
—4 to
London and Croydon
•
London and York ...............
Manchester and Leeds ......•"•••••• 70
Nlidland Counties .....»........»•• 100 .........110
Birmingham Derby ..........100 ..
..... to so
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 ....
Northern and Eastern 45 Mai to
Ditto 14 Share 4 .. . ..................... 12% ...... 16.
South Devon .... ........ • ••• •••• b.. 5
....... to
S nab Eastern and Dover 32%
Trent Valley ....................... .... 2
York and North blldland „....„,. 50
.. 914». •to
...... to
Ditto % Shares. .................... 25 „ 52
Ditto Selby Scrip
Central of France.... ......... ... 2 ....... 3% to
Boulogne and Arnie ,s
Orleans. Tours, and Bourdeauxi to 3%
1
20 38%
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7 4 IL

FLANDERS
BRUSSELS, OCT. 7.—The Magdeburg Gazette :2 vs'
that it is believed that diplomatic relations will shortly
be established between Russia and Belgium.
The Belgian officers sent to Metz, to be present at the
reviews which have just taken place there, have returned
to Brussels. They all speak in the highest terms of the
cordial reception given them by the French army, and
they cannot find terms to express their admiration of
the precision with which the troops executed those fine
manoeuvres.
The Journal du Commerce, speaking of the refusal of
the Government to confirm the sale of the British Queen,
says, that if the second attempt to sell, it does not prove
impossible, it is thought that it will be given up to the
Navy Board to be taken to pieces, and that the materials
will be employed in the construction of some gun-boats
and schooners, of which we are in much need, for, besides
the Louisa Maria and the Duke of Brabant, now fitting
out at Bruges, we have only the Congress. which is so
old and rotten that it cannot move without risk of
sinking.
The number of passengers between Ostend and
Dover in September, 1843 and 1844, was—
In September, 1843—landed by the Mail
packets (18 voyages)
Ditto embarked

Parisand R0uen.............*•••••••••• 20 ••••••••• 39' to
MANCHESTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, OCT. 9.—A consi-
derable amount of business has been done, and prices
are well maintained. Churnets, 4 I-16 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, No. 2,20 s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63f ; Leeds
andd uI,
and
dw
York,shu ry ,
3r,-,1
81 ; Liverpool and Ormskirk, 2i ; Lon •
Rossendales,
-8 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 51 ; Buxtons, 2 ; Preston and Wyre, 191;
Lincolnshires, 2 7-16 i ; She
B;
96 ; Euxton, 404- ;
Trent alley,
9
C York and Selby, 40; Assurance, 10i.
LOSING PRICES.
V
BRITISH FUNDS
239
.3 per Cent. Bed .............. . ,Ditto Bonds — Pm.
Bask Stock ...... ............... Indian Stock
3 per Cent. Cons. ............ 100% Ditto Old Annuities ...
3% per Cent. Red ............ IDitto New Annuities ...
New 31i per Cent............. 103 Ex. Bills, 1,010. I 56d
New 5 "per Cent...« ........... Ditto 5004 Pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 75 Pm.
lan WO — ,Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859 — Consols for Act. lOO%
Jan. 1860 — llndia Stock for Acct.... 2094(

307
315

- 622

In September, 1844—landed by the Mail
packets, in 17 voyages
Ditto by the Princess Mary, belonging to the
Dover Company. in 9 voyages 475
Embarked in the Mail packets in 17 ♦oyages 839
Ditto in the Princes Mary, in 9 voyages 1033
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, OCT 6.
Actua Debt, 2% per Cent ,

Rothschild's Lioin, Five per Cent. 10'234
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... 9B}.
Three per
---- Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto .......
(1840)„,,,,„ ........ tus%
1844........ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 101%
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent.
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent
Issue of 1841
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 8.