The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-15 00:00:00

go on with their indecent jests on his glorious old age. Mar-
shal SOULT has not written, it is true, a Histoire du Conan-
lat de l'Empire,'—he has done better, he has taken part
himself in these events, the immensity of which crushes one
to the earth. His experience in business has been acquired
in the midst of the greatest events of the age. We do not
speak of the authority of his name, but any man would
be fortunate to possess his political glance, so just and
so sure, and often in the discussions of the Chamber a
word from Marshal SOULT weighed heavier in the balance
than whole speeches from others, for it is a most remarkable
circumstance that the old Lieutenant of the EMPEROR be-
came, when the change of regime demanded it, a true con-
stitutioi:al minister ! The Cabinet has therefore rendered
good service to the country, to the Chambers, and to the
Conservative party, in sparing no effort to engage Marshal
SOULT to preserve the Presidentship of the Council. The
Marshal, who would have preferred a complete repose, on
his side thought that he owed a last sacrifice to the wishes of
the KING, and to his attachment for his colleagues. On both
sides, everything in this transaction is honourable and dig-
nified, and we have no doubt that it will meet with general
approbation."

Some of the journals again report that the Government
intends to send, if not an expedition to Madagascar, at
least reinforcements to the French forces in that quarter, in
order to avenge the late repulse at Tamatave. It was ge-
nerally believed at Lorient that two companies of the mas
rine artillery are about to be embarked at Brest, in frigates
armed en flute, whose destination, though not positively an-
nounced, is understood to be Madagascar. The frigates
Pomone and Artnide, and the steamer Vauban, from Lorient,
and also a contingent from Toulon, are, it is said, to be sent
on the same expedition, The order for sending to Brest a
company of engineers for foreign service, as announced by
the Moniteur de F Armee, is probably connected with the
same object.

The Journal du Havre announces the arrival in that port
from Buenos Ayres of the Deux Freres Unis, with the por-
tion of her cargo destined for that place, and which she was
not permitted to land, in consequence of the decree of ex-
clusion issued by ROSA& The master of -the vessel in his
report estimates the loss by this disappointment at 50,000
francs, but expresses a hope that the French Government
will insist upon his being indemnified by the Argentine
Republic.
The Moniteur contains the following announcement rela-
tive to two important new lines :—" The laws relative to the
Paris and Lyons and Creil and Saint Quentin Railroads had
left certain questions undecided, which it was necessary for
the Government to decide before those lines could be adjudi-
cated. These questions having been settled to-day, the
Minister of Public Works immediately decided that the ad-
judication of the Paris and Lyons and Creil and Saint Quen-
tin lines shall take place on the 20th December." This in-
telligence had caused much excitement in the share market,
joined to the amalgamation which had taken place of the
companies competing for the Strasburg line.
The following is said to be a correct statement of the pro-
portion of shares awarded to each of the companies according
to the arrangement entered into between them by mutual
consent :—Compagnie de l'Est (Hainguerlot), 50,000; Roth-
schild and Co., 22,000; Gannerpn's Company, 50,000 ; Gentil-
Fol's Company, 50,060; Bechet's Company, 20,000; Gouin
and Co. (representing the companies of Odiot, de Hell, and
Arnoux), 33,000 ; Caumont Laforce's Company, 12,500 ; Laro-
chefoucalt-Doudeauville, 12,500: total number of share%
250,000. It is alio understood that the fusion of the Tours
and Nantes Companies is completed, Mackenzie's ',Company
having a fourth part of the whole number of shares, and hay-
n g the appointment of seven directors out of the whole.
A good deal of fluctuation took place in the Funds and
Shares, which closed as follows :

The Three per Cents. 82f. 45c.; Five per Cents. 117 f. 80c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares 1,152 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 982 f. 50c. ;
Northern, 737 f. 50c. • Havre, 780 f. ; Avignon,. 957 f. ;
Vierzon, 701 f. 25c. ; iordeaux, 630 f. ; Boulogne, 542 f. 50c. ;
Troyes and Montereau, 465 f. ; Basle, 258 f. 75c. ; Fampoux,
500 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 3814 ; Spanish Domestic
Debt, 3 5 ; Spanish Passives, 7.

The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 17f. 50c. premium ;
ditto (Calon), 4f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. ; ditto (Lapin
sonniere), If. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 1 lf.
50c. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 111. 25c.; ditto ( Bechet), 4f. 25c. ;
Aymard, 9f. • Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 18f. 50c.;
ditto (Drouillard), 3f. 50c.; ditto (O'Neill), 91. ' • ditto (Le-
fevre), 2f. 50c. • Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 25f.; ditto
(Lecointe), lOf. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), sf. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette (Mackenzie). lf. • ditto (Espeleta), 12f. 50c.;
Creil and St. Quentin (Carette), Bf. ; ditto Charleroi (Kysaens),
If.; Caen (Delamarre), 3f.
LYONS, Nov. 10.-Marseilles and Avignon, 935 f.; Paris
and Orleans, 1,122 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 935 f. ; Orleans
and Vierzon, 707 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 14.
Anglo-Belgian Luxembourg
Boulogne and Amiens.. 9% Madrid and Valentia -
Bordeaux &Mediterran - Namur and Liege
Bordeaux and Toulouse - North Jamaica -
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - Orleans and Vierzon -
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. - Orleans and Bordeaux -
Central of Spain ..... - OverYssel ... 2 dis.
Ceylon . I% Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) 21/
Demerara • Ditto (Ganneron's). 3
Dendre Valley - Ditto (Caton's)... -2%
Dutch Rhenish
Dieppe & Paris Janet. - Paris and Orleans -
Dijon and Mulhouse - Paris and Rouen
East Indian ........ 2% Paris and Strasburg
Fampoux & Hazebrouk - (Ganneron's)
Grt Northern of France Do. (Aymards) -
(Laffitte's) -
Ditto (Rosamel's) - Paris and St. Quentin. -
Do. (Le Bosuf ) - Rouen and Havre...... -
Do. (Constituted) - Royal North of Spain. I%
Do. Pepin le Halleur - Sambre and Meuse .... -
Great Paris and Lyons - Strasburg and Basle ... -
Great Western Bengal % Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
Great Western Canada - dent, and Hasselt... -
JamaicaS. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes
Do. North Midland - (Mackenzie's) 5
Do. Extension - Do. (Lefebvre's) -
Jersey - Verona and Ancona.... -
Louvain and Jemeppe - West Flanders 414
Lyons and Avignon.... -

It is with feelings of great gratification tnat we have read
the report of the proceedings of the Committee appointed to
carry into effect the ball and concert to be given, on Wednes-
day next, at Guildhall, for the benefit of the Ward Schools of
the City of London. 11'e agree with Mr. Brown, the deputy
of the ward, who was chairman on the occasion, in expressing
a hope that the citizens of London, who, to their high honour
be it spoken, have always so zealously supported the balls
and concerts at the Guildhall for the benefit of the unfor-
tunate Poles, " will show at least as much zeal in a work
of charity involving the interests of their own poor."
There seems to be every prospect that such will be the case.
The Lord Mayor required to be supplied with a far greater
number of tickets than had been sent to him, of the whole
of which he had already disposed. It appears that the mer-
chants and bankers in all the wards have announced that
they will liberally contribute to the charity; and, no doubt,
the call, of the Lord Mayor on the opulent members of the
sevt!ral wards who no longer reside in the City, will be pro-
'perly responded to. We are rejoiced to find the L6rd
Mayor thus actively engaged in the cause of charity at
the- very commencement of his reign as Chief Magistrate.
It is a most auspicious beginning of his Mayoralty, and he
is setting an excellent example, which the other City mag-
nates will doubtless be but too happy to follow. To con-
clude in the words of the Chairman of the Committee, " we
expect to witness, on Wednesday, one of the grandest spec-
tacles which ever appeared in Guildhall upon one of the
noblest occasions."