The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

Legislature, ought, as a gencral rule, never to be precipitated
Here is a cot:dition of things sui generis,nct to be governed by
any existing analogies, beyond the control of all precedents, as
such an exigency superior in its nature, extent, and conse-
quences, to the restraints of legislative systems. The only
safe course to be taken with regard to it is also the only
im-
mediate one. The Prime Minister must assume, if he
would avert responsibility for the cata•trophe which the
• advent of winter must otherwise bring with it, the grave poli-
tical responsibility of advising the Crown to issue an Order in
Council, virtually suspending the whole niachinery of sliding
scales end present prices, and price-adjusted duties. He
must make the importation of foreign corn free for some
weeks to come. It is true this proceeding may still more
embitter the resentment already kindled in the
ranks of the landed interest against him. Better for him,
and for them, that such a result be challenged at once, than
that both themselves and he should incur the more terrible
resentment of a needlessly starving and justly irritated people.
It is true that such an Order in Council will be jealously re-
garded by other classes of the community, on grounds of less
selfish and more constitutional displeasure than those of the
landed interest, at such an intervention with the working of
Acts of Parliament. But he has only to carry in with him
on the first day cf the session a Bill of Indemnity, and it
will be carried by the concurrent acclamations of three-
fourths of the people of the United Kingdom.

which was also wounded, was borne to the ground with his rider.
The officer, notwithstanding, wished to continue his way, but the
King, who had given orders to stop, would not permit it. The
wound will not, it is thought, prove dangerous.
A letter from Florence states that the family of Prince Jerome
Bonaparte has just been atilicted with a moat cruel misfortune.
'The Prince de Montfort, the eldest son of the ex-King of West-
phalia, and brother of the Prince, who came to Paris this year, bas
been suddenly struck with mental alienation. He held hi the
army of the King of Wurtemberg, his uncle, the rank of Colonel,
and it was at Stuttgard that the malady declared itself. He has
been removed from Germany to Florence to his family, but there
Is not, it is said, much hope of cure.
" Captain Olivier, the newly appointed Governor of Senegal, is
to take his departure from Brest in the course of a week for the
seat of his Government, in the steamer Phoque, which will remain
at his disposal, and explore the river as high as the cataracts of
Govitie.

OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA AND CHINA.
(Abridged from the Times.)
This mail brings intelligence from Lahore, where the Go-
vernment of the Queen-Mother and her brother, the Wuzeer,
is in a precarious state. Pechora Singh continues master at
Attock, on the Indus, and has beaten some troops sent
against him. He has been joined by Tej Singh, the well-
knowx successor of General Avitabile, as Governor-
of Peehawur, who is disgusted with the treatment which he
and his relatives and friends have received from the Govern-
ment at Lahore. The wily old chief, Ghoolab Singh, has
contrived to get away, on leave, from Lahore: and has re-
treated to Jamoo, where he is watching the course of events,
and regu'ating the web of his intrigues for his future ad-
vancement.
The Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, was to quit
Calcutta on the 23e1 of September. He embarks at Bar-
rackpore, and will receive the last salute which Serampore
can give as a Danish settlement, for it is about to be ceded
immediately to the British authorities.
The deaths are mentioned cf two gallant officers, Major-
General Considine and Major Leece, of the Bombay Ar-
tillery, who had distinguished himself during the late cam-
paign in Affghanistan.
From Sinde little is known; tranquility pervades its dis-
tricts. The small expedition to Kusmore on the banks of
the Indus above Sukkur has returned to Hydrabad. Sir
Charles Napier was at Kurrachee, whither the 2d Regiment
of Bengal Europeans was marching from Upper Sinde in
order to secure its health on the subsiding of the Indus.
There has been much talk respecting the letter written by
Lieutenant-Colonel Outram to General W. Napier, in which
strong charges are brought against Sir Charles Napier.
Indignant at them, Sir C. Napier had asked for a court-
martial, either on himself or Colonel Outram, which were
both declined by the Governor-General, on the ground that
such an investigation was not requisite, and would lead to
the production of evidence which the nature of the service
did not require to be made public.
In the interior of India tranquility prevails.
Further details of the horrible crimes of the Ameers of
Sinde have come to light, greatly to the dismay of those who
upheld them as "innocent and injured Princes."
Mr. R. Montgomery Martin has arrived with this
mail from Bombay. His object in coming to Eng-
land is to show the errors committed by the British
Plenipotentiary who made the treaty with China,
in having selected the insalubrious and barren rock of
Hong Kong, instead of the fertile island of Chusan as the
British emporium in China. Hong Kong is a useless acqui-
sition, or rather it is a charnel-house for her Majesty's regi-
ments, one of which must be sacrificed every three years, in
order to maintain it a•s a British colony. It would be worth
the while of the British Government to take notice of the
intrigues of the actual French diplomatists in China. They
have come there to seize every advantage which Great
Biitain does not retain ; and, amongst their present
schemes, is one existing in their secret treaty for getting
Chusan to be their island and emporium, as soon as the Bri••
tish relinquish that position next year. As they are but
mere imitators of the English, it has been recommended to
give them up Hung Kong, and to retain Chusan. It is an
undoubted fact that Great Britain would then only acquire
the advantages to which she is entitled; from the past trans-
action it is universally admitted that it would be an act of
consummate folly to give up Chusan in order to its being
appropriated by the French.
The appointment of Mr. Davis to be the Governor of Hong
Kong was, as it now appears, a blunder, for the Chinese do
not respect him, and he cannot converse i❑ their language.
One of the boldest, most talented, and most experienced
British diplomatists ought to be sent without delay to settle
with the Chinese Court as to the continued appropriation of
Chusan. The French intrigues in the Pacific are now
directed towards out-generalling England in China, and un-
less immediate care be taken the germ will be there
created of a bloody conflict with that power even in the
Chinese territory, such as was formerly the case in India.
Three of the newly acquired ports are good for nothing
as places of trade, viz., Amoy, Fow-chow-foo, and Ningpo.
There is more British trade carried on at Chusan
in a month than in those three places in a year.
The facts, of which we give here an outline,
are of sufficient importance to require the immediate dispatch
to China of a man of judgment. The name of the Earl of
Ellenborough is well known in the East. It would not be
beneath his dignity to go to arrange the difficulties which
are now arising with the Chinese. If this matter be ne-
glected, there is a proximate chance of another war with the
Celestial Empire, in which the schemes of France will have
contributed considerably to embarrass the good intentions of
England.
Lagrene, the French agent at Canton, appears to ex-
pect to proceed without delay to Pekin on a special mission,
iu the same manner as the actual Russian Ambassadcr.
The news from China comes down to the 10th of July, and
does not contain any remarkable fact. Trade was dull at
Canton and in the other four ports. The ship C. C. of Lon-
don was burned in the Chinese seas on the 21st. Crew saved
by the Judith, of Liverpool.
The cholera, after having ravaged many places, was de-
creasing. The rains in some places overflowing, in others,
particularly at Bombay, rather scanty; the quantity fallen
in the last-named place was little more than 53 inches.
Railways were proposed at each of the Presidencies,
and with the greatest hopes of success. The utility
of one from Bombay to Bengal will become manifest,
from the fact that the mid-monthly mails of the 24th of
July were conveyed in a steamer from Aden to Bombay, and
thence sent express to Calcutta, where they arrived thirty-
six-hours before those sent by the steamer direct from Aden.
Amongst the miscellaneous items of intelligence we may
mention the establishment of a new bank at Bombay, which
is called the " Commercial Bank," and the incorporation, by
an Act of the Legislative of the Assam Company, for the cul-
tivation of tea.
The arrival of the Hindostan steamer on the 3d, with Mr.
Simms, Mr. Stephen-on, and the railway surveyors who ac-
company him, has given new life to the railway proceedings.
Nothing can exceed the earnest anxiety of the Governor-
Gene•al upon the subject. All is bustle and activity. A
commission, consisting of Col. W. N. Forbes, Col. Cheape,
Capt. Greene, and Capt. Goodwyn, with two civilians, and
two mercantile men, has been already decided upon, and will,
in all probability, appear in Government orders in the next
Gazette.

" The Corsican journals publish a long account of a dinner
given by some of the principal inhabitants of Ajaccio, in honour
of the visit of M. Odilon Barrot, who had arrived there a few days
previously. In returning thanks for the toast to his health, M.
Barrot made an animated speech, in which he informed the com-
pany that his visit to Corsica was for the purpose of making him.
self better acquainted with its wants and its resources, and ex-
pressed his indiguation at the attempts which had sometimes been
made to describe Corsica rather as a foreign colony than an essential
part of the French kingdom. On the 30th ult. M. Barrot left
Ajaccio for a tour in the interior."

On the Paris Bourse on Wednesday the Three per Cents
closed at 82f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 60c. ; the Or-
leans Railroad shares, 1,207 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,0301. ; Havre,
850 f. ; Avignon, I,olof. ; Vierzon, 7401. ; Bordeaux, 625 f. 50c ;
Boulogne, 600 f. ; Troyes and Moutereau, 505 f. ; Basle,
275 f.

By the Levant mail we have received intelligence_ from
Constantinople to the 7th inst., Alexandria the 10th, Athens
the 9th, and Malta to the 15th. It appears from some ac-
counts that a misunderstanding had taken place between
the French Minister at Constantinople and the Porte, relative
to the government of Syria. Some time since a French priest
had been shot by one of the Druse chiefs, and the French Consul
at Beyrout had demanded of the Turkish authorities of that
place that the culprit (named ABOU NEKED) should be shot,
without a trial, in the presence of the crew of a French
vessel of war. The Porte objected to this, and de-
clared that the accused should have a fair trial,
and if condemned receive the punishment due according to
the Turkish laws. A trial accordingly took place and all the
members on the commission declared that there was no evi-
dence to show that ABOU NEKED was the murderer of the
PADRE CARLI, or had participated otherwise than having
been present commanding the attack on the village, along
with other Druse Sheikhs; and here the matter rests. The
proposition of the French Consul, to say the least of it, was
contrary to all rules of justice. Any Consul who could demand
that a man should be put to death without trial, would in all
civilised countries be put down for a madman. Accounts
from Athens state that considerable excitement prevailed in
the Chamber of Representatives, and that the Ministry had
only been able to carry the budget of extraordinary expendi-
ture by a majority of one vote. The Aliniteur Grec gives,
however, a satisfectory account of the state of the country
generally. 'MEHEMET ALI h-ft Cairo on the 4th inst., to be
present at the marriage of his daughter with CA3IEL PACIIA.
Sir JAMES EmEnstes TENNENT arrive d at Alexandria on the
7th from Eng'.aed, and contemplated visiting Thebes and
Upper Egypt before his departure for Ceylon. Not a word
is said in the intelligence from Malta respecting the yellow
fever, saia to have br. ken out in the island. The French vessel
which brought the news to 111arseilles reached that place on
the 16th, while we havo news to the 15th. The report, there-
fore, is entirely unfounded.

The following are the quotations for other lines :

Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 522 f. 50c. premium ditto
(Calon), 507 f.; ditto (Gauneron), 510 f.; ditto (La Pinson-
niere), 504 f. 50c. Northern Line (Laffitte), 574 f. ; ditto
(Rosamel), 537 f. 50c.; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 529 f.; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 5291' ; Paris and Strasburg ( Gan-
neron), 51S£ ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 513 f. ; ditto (Bechet),
505 f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 524 f. ; ditto
( Drouillard), 504 f.; ditto (O'Neil I), 513 f.; ditto ( Lefevre),
505 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 530 f. ; ditto (Lecointe),
512 f.; ditto (Compagnie 3,leridionale), 506 E ; Bordeaux and
Cette (Espeleta), 514 f. ; Creil and Saint Quentin (Ca-
rette), 513 E 50c. ; ditto (Colbert), 503 f. ; Dijon and Mul-
hausen, (O'Neill), 500 f. ; ditto (Allegry), 500 E
LYONS, OCT. 18.—Paris and Orleans, 1,2471'. ; Paris and
Rotten' 1,0611'., end of October ; Orleans and Vierzon, 762 E,
to the 15th of November.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Oar. 23.
Anglo-Belgian — Luxembourg
Boulogne and Amiens.. IIIA Namur and Liege 4/
Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica .... 1
Bordeaux and Toulowe Orleans and Vierzon .. 18
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2 Orleans and Bordeaux 10%
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel ....... ........ 1
Central of Spain
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish ...
Dieppe Sr. Paris Juliet — Paris and Rouen ..
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg
East Indian
Grt Northern of France Do. (Conipte deL'Est)
_. ..

(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf ) — Royal North of Spain.
Do. Pepin le Halleur — Sambre and Meusa .... 61/i
Great Paris and Lyons — Strasbourg and Basle .

..
Great Western Bengal. Tournay,jurbise, Lan-
Jamaica Junction — dent., and liasselt...
Do. Nort h Midland — Tours and Nantes
Do. Extension
Jersey - Do. (Letebvre's).....
..... . . ..

Louvain and Jerneppe.. I Verona and Ancona....
Lyons and Avignon.... 2 West Flanders 54

We have received Madrid journals of the 16th, and as
they make no further menlion of the collision said to have
taken place between the civic guard and certain of the
inhabitants of Gerona, we are inclined to think that it was
greatly exaggerated, or wi hout foundation. From all
accounts the people seem disposed to submit quietly to the
new income-tax. A rumour prevailed that it was the in-
tention of the Government to reduce to a considerable extent
the present military establishment, and we can easily be-
lieve that the Finance Minister, as well as some of his
colleagues who are labouring to restore public credit, would
gladly adopt such a measure, but without the consent of
NARvAEz we fear they can do nothing. The garrison of
Madrid has been greatly increased lately to keep order, it is
said, during the municipal elections. Some transactions
took place on the Bourse, but to no great amount. The Five
per Cents. were done at 22 for 'cash, but the Threes were
not quoted.

TO SMALL S

ECULATORS.

Calm your fears, and wait until the temporary storm has
passed over. Do not haste to throw yourselves into the pit,
that it may be quickly filled—emulate not the victims of
Juggernaut, who run a. race for the honour of sacrificing; but
hold ! hold ! ! hold ! ! ! and shares will again rise. What. are
the causes of this sudden shock? not any real but a combi-
nation of imaginary ones. A fear of calls and registration of
scrip ! a fractional advance of interest on the part of the
Bank I and a rage for allotments in no matter what fresh
"junction" may be advertised. These small -shadows of
shades have an effect upon weak and timid minds : a rush of
stock into the market is the consequence, and the already
successful and bold speculator will now come forward, and
by purchasing at this time lay the foundation of a fresh, per-
haps? five hundred per cent., increase of fortune.

The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and share
market, at the close of business on Wednesday, are mueh
more favourable. The panic appears to have completely sub-
sided, and prices were gradually recovering. The Three per
Cents. had advanced about 25c., and the Fives 20c. A con-
siderable improvement had also taken place in railway
shares. The papers are still occupied with discussions on
the retirement of Marshal SOULT, of which little doubt now
remains. It is only a question of time, and that too very
short, for the veteran feels himself oppressed with the infir-
mities of old age, and is desirous to have some repose before
he closes his long and active life. It appears that he will
resign the portfolio of the war department as soon as a tem-
porary successor can be found, but retain fur some time yet
the office of President of the Council. The following extract
from the Journal des Debuts warrants these statements :

INUNDATION AT HAMBURGH.
We arc indebted for the following information to the Se-
cretary of the General Steam Navigation Company. The
news was brought by one of the vessels belonging to the
company, which arrived in the river this morning:—
A most disastrous inundation occurred on Saturday morn-
ing last at Hamburg'', which flooded a large portion of the
town situated near the river. The wind during the previ-
ous night was from the north-west, blowing heavily. It
was high water about 8.45, A.M., but considerably be-
fore that time the water had risen to a height many feet
above the ordinary high-water level, and at last acquired a
height far surpassing any tide since 1825, when the outer
light .ship at the entrance of the Elbe foundered,
and Hanover was nearly under , water. To those who
know the town of Hamburgh the effect of the inundation will
be apparent, when it is explained that the water communi-
cation between the river and the ornamental water called the
Aister, formed by the ordinary water-gates, was not suf-
ficiently high to prevent the flow of the tide over them, causing
an immense body of water in the Alster. Although most of
the cellars near the river were filled with water, fortunately
no lives were lost. In many of the streets communications
could only be carried on by boat. The water subsided, and
the high tide was not experienced in the evening, and the
water had much abated.

"The report which has been current that Marshal Bonn in-
tended quitting the 'War Department, which he has directed with
se much ability during the last five years, has given birth to a
number of absurd suppositions. The Opposition journals have
announced with the greatest assurance that the Ministry was die-
membered. We believe we can affirm that the Cabinet has
never been more united ; that all its measures, including the
most recent ones, have been taken with a perfect accord, and
that, in what concerns in particular the President of the
Council, all the motives attributed to his desire to retire are
pure invention. Had Marshal Soult consulted only his own
inclinations, and the want of repose which his long and
glorious labours entitle him to claim, his colleagues would
some time back have been deprived of hie aid. Several
months ago the President of the Council expressed a desire
to be relieved of the burden, which he believed had become
toe heavy for his strength. The request of his colleagues, and
of the King, have determined the illustrious Marshal to defer
the accomplishment of his resolution. It is possible that lately,
also, the President of the Council may have again manifested his
desire in a more pressing manner ; but the King and the Cabinet
are to-well acquainted with the value of the counsels of his old and
profound experience, and the advatitagts that his services confer
on the country, not to endeavour by every means to keep him at
the head of affairs. Marshal Soul, in his long and glorious career,
has too largely paid his debt to his country to be reitel.eti the repose
necessary to his age and his health; but we hope it will be pos-
sible to conciliate his legitimate demands with the wishes of the
King and of his colleagues, and that, whilst he lays down a part
of the functions which weigh the most directly on him, the illus-
trious Marshal will retain i❑ the Council the eminent position
which he has occupied to legitimately since the formation of the
Cabinet. It is not at a moment when the counsels of his expe-
rience may be of greater utility than ever that Marshal Soult
deprive his country of them ; and we have every reason to believe
that he will continue to afford to the Cabinet of October 21, not
only the high authority of his name, but, still more, the strongest
support."

It is much feared that the newly erected Gas-works have
been seriously injured, its situation being very low.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert took
their accustomed early walk this morning. Her Majesty
and his Royal Highness again walked out in the afternoon.
The Queen Dowager went in a carriage to attend the
early more ing service in St. George's Chapel Royal. The
k'iscounte,ss Barrington and the Eat]. of Denbigh were in
waiting on her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived from
Frogmore House, and visited her Majesty and the Queen
Dowager. The Royal Duchess tcok leave of the Queen
Dowager.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal; and the Princess
Alice, were taken their usual exercise this morning. Their
Royal Highnesses were again taken out in the afternoon.
the Queen Dowager left the Castle at a quarter-past three
o'clock for town, the Queen accompanying her august
visitor to the bottom of the grand staircase, and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert handing her to her carriage. The
Marquis of Exeter, the Earls of Jersey and Hardwicke, the
Hon. Captain Nelson Hood, Colonels Bowles, Grey, and
Bouverie, were in waiting in the grand hall. The Queen
was attended by the Viscountess Barrington (Lady in Wait-
ing) and the Earl of Denbigh (Master of the Horse).
The royal dinner party this evening will.include her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
Baroness de Speth, and Col. Sir George Couper.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle.

The engineer officers have alreaily been actively engaged
in obtaining such information as they conceived could be of
service to the cause, and among other valuable results may
be especially mentioned the decision to which these gentle-
men have come in regard to the practicability and ease with
which thelinc can be carried across the hilly range, after leav-
ing the alluvial plains of Bengal, a point on which opinions were
expressed very confidently to the contrary, until the correct
'levels were taken by the engineer officers in charge of that
portion or the road. lam not conversant with the detaiie or
technical terms sufficiently to give the particulars, but it ap-
pears to b 3 regarded as a point of considerable consequence
by the officers who surveyed the ground, and by those in-
terested in the railway, cs removing any doubts which might
have previously existed in regard to the engineering ob-
stacles to be encountered.

It was the general belief that Marshal BUGEAUD would be
appoirteci his successor, but as he could not assume office till
he bad settled affairs in Algeria, a temporary appointment
would be mads. Several names had been mentioned, among
others General LA PLACE, General PREVAL, and General
SEBAsTiam. Some additional news had been received from
Africa. The following appears in the Moniteur Algerian or
the 15th inst. :
" Our affairs are in a gond way in the subdivision of Medeah.
Ben Salem, who is ill, is said to have quitted the camp at the
Cheriff. Several douairs have abandtmed the latter, and have
come to solicit the Am.. The mountaineers are less and less
disposed in favour of the, insurgents. The column of Setiff was
on the 22d ult, at three days' march from that of General Marcy,
who was encamped at Oued.Goumaik. Nothing important has
taken place in the subdivision of Milianah since our last. In the
subdivision of Orteensy:lle, Colonel Saint Amend has visited the
post of the Khamis, in the country of the Beni Ouraghs. After
having left a reinforcement of 200 min at this pest, the Colonel
being intormed that the Beni Ouraghs had revolted, and were
waiting for him on the Oued Sensig, immediately marched thither,
and on the 11th, at six in the morning, was in the presence of
more than 3,000 insurgents. A very sharp combat ensued. Our
cavalry acted, as usual, with great vigour, and the enemy left a
considerable number of dead in our hands. The last courier from
Oran brings no news of interest. General de Lamoriciere had
sent no accounts later than the 4th, from which we infer that
he was still marching forward, and that no engagement bad taken
place."

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Vis-
countess Barrington and the Earl of Denbigh, arrived at her
ieAidence, Marlborough House, at half past five o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, in a carriage and four, from Windsor Castle.
his Excellency M. Dedel had an interview with Lord
Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The Right Hon. H. L. Corry had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.)

IMPORTANT RAILWAY AMALGA-

THE,BOMBAY MARKEr.

MATION.

BOMBAY, Seer. 15.—Although the business transacted since
our last has been, from the same causes as before, but limited
in extent, the aspect of the market for imports has continued fa-
vourable, and we have in numerous instances to report a satisfac•
tory improvement in prices. Fears were at one time entertained of a
failure In the crops, owing to the inadequate supply of rain; but
these apprehensions have been in a great measure removed bb a
plentiful fall within the last few days, and it is to be hoped the
threatened injury, it not entirely averted, will be at any rate ma.
terially lessened. From the present state of the market, and the
prospects which are apparent, there is every reason to anticipate a
hrisk demand for most descriptions of imports as soon as the com-
munication with the coast and the interior is fully re-opened.
Metals—But few transactions have _taken place in any variety of
metals, the importers holding their stocks firmly for an advance as
the current rates. We quote prices of copper precisely the same
as before, with the exception of the item nails, the price of Which
is Rs. 2 per cwt. higher. In iron the only change is in sheet,
which has improved to the extent of six annas per cwt. Pig lead
is a shade higher, and quicksilver somewhat lower than last month.
The prices of other articles remain stationary.

A considerable sensation was caused yesterday, in Liver-
pool, by the intelligence of the amalgamation of the London
and Birmingham Railway Company with that of the Grand
Junction, a mevsure which involves important and valuable
con-equences to the proprietors, and will, it is expected,
lead to results very advantageous to the public.
On a calculation of the respective interests of the par-
ties, it appeared, that while the London and Bir-
mingham line yielded the full dividend of ten per
cent., the Grand Junction was in a condition to pay twelve
per cent., so that the equalisation of the two properties, for
equal dividends in future, required that the Grand Junction
shares 'should be " written up" twenty pounds per share; and
it was, therefore, agreed that new shares, of twenty pounds
each, should ba created free cf cost, to he added to the
original shares, and the whole formed into common stock,
entitled to common dividends from thelst October inst. It has
been determined, also, we understand, that on the London and
Birmingham line the Company will now commence being
their own carriers, and that a considerable reduction will
at once be made in the charges for the conveyance both of
goods and passengers, so as to render the calculations upon
which any project of competing lines may be based extremely
unpromising. By arrangements in progress the consolidated
company will proceed to establish what has long been con-
sidered a desideratum, a complete system of trunk lines from
London to Glasgow (rid the Carlisle and the Caledonian);
and from London to Holyhead; and across Ireland; and they
have decided to encourage in every way the formation, into
such trunk lines, of the most direct lines subserving the trade
of the country.—Liverpool Mercury.

Another journal, published at Algiers, states that Colonel
Ganz, who was in the subdivision of Mostaganem and Mas-
cara, having heard that contingents had been furnished to
Bou-MAzA by the inhabitants of Calah, proceeded rapidly
against that town, took possession of it almost without firing
a gun, and gave it up to pillage for two hours.
Two hundred and fifty Arabs were killed; only the
women and children were spared. The same paper
confirms the report in the Toulouse journal, which we pub-
lished yesterday, of the assassination of Captain BILLET and
some of his companions in the neighbourhood of Zebdou. It
says, " A new act of treachery by the Arabs has just cost the

Cot:un Manufactures—The goods which have been principally
in request since the departure of the last mail have been gray and
bleached shirtings, madapollams (save very low deseriptions),
gray and bleached jaconets of fine quality, and domestics of all
kinds. The last-named fabrics have obtained advanced
prices, as have also 45. inch gray shirting. and mada-
pollams, and the finer qualities of bleached shirting. For
the other descriptions of goods sold very full rates have, almost
without exception, been paid. Satin stripes and spots, and jaconet
checks and stripes, have been in fair demand. For bleached mulls,
nebra dresses, and lappets, there is little inquiry, and scarcely any
sales have had effect, save of the finest descriptions of the latter.
Turkey red cloths are dull of sale, and the same may be said of
prints of different kinds.

lives of two excellent officers and some of our brave soldiers.
M. BILLET, chef de bata.llon of the 41st of the line and com-
mandant of the post of Zebdou, had gone to visit the Caid of
one of the neighbouring tribes, who had sent for him. He
was accompanied by 31. MATHIEu DE DOMBASLE, lieutenant
of the Zouavw, charged with Arab affairs, and was escorted
by five hussars of the 2d regiment. They were all assas-
sinated in the tribe."

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY.—It waS expected
that the shares in this Company would have been distributed
by this time, but we understand the allotment has not yet
been completed. The applications for shares from persons
along the projected line have greatly preponderated over
those from other parts; and as the Directors very naturally
wish to give preference to the former, without entirely ex-
cluding the latter, their office of allocation involves both
time and difficulty. We are informed that the shares may
not be expected before the end of next week, as the lists
of allotment are undergoing a scrupulous revision.—The
Railway King.

The Constitutionnel, in reference to.the expenses of the new
expedition, says :—"lt appears that it will cost 20,000,000 f. The
expenses of the war against Morocco amounted to 20,000,000 f.
Nor can we be certain to be let off for that sum. But that
will depend alogether on the chances of war, and the diffi-
culties which the capture of the ex-Emir will present.
Should he resist longer than is expected, should the ruses
which he will most probably employ to escape from us be
multiplied and prolonged, new cr dit' must be demanded
under pain of having the campaign rendeud abortive, and
the success of the soldiers compromised." There is no ex-
aggeration here. Vi hen the twelity millions of francs are
expended. We believe Alin-EL-KADER will be as fir out of
reach as ever. The Moniteur contains a royal ordon-
nance, calling out the f ourtcen thousand conscripts of
1844, who had been allowed to remain at home; and
the Journal des Debuts announces that the adjudication
of the gr, ater part of the railways, voted last session, would
take place before the 15th of December, and that in a short
time the Firance Minister would fix the days for adjudica
Lion. A private letter states that the Frei ch Government
had received a telegraphic dispatch announcing the arrival
of the Emperor of RUSSIA, and also the Emperor of AUSTRIA,
at Milan, on the 18th. The following are miscellaneous ex-
tracts from the papeis :
" On Monday morning, when the King set out from St. Cloud
for Chantilly, on arriving at the Porte d'Orleans, at the entrance
into the Bois de Boulogne, au officer of the escort, belonging to
the 7th Hussars, wishes to pass at the same time as the carriage, in
order to mask the window, but the space was too narrow to allow
both to p.,3s Lib1v...;,1, 'The Lacer was in mi,ctiuthce violently
crushed by the whecli, and had his thigh much torn. His horse,

Yarns—The lower numbers both of mule and water twist
have been in brisk demand since our last, and owing to the
firmness of holders, a general improvement in the prices
of these counts has taken place. Nos. 20 to 50 mule have
advanced to the extent of from e at I of an anna per lb., and Nos.
20 and 30 water from jat an anna. The stocks in the hands of
dealers are believed to be light, and this may perhaps lead. to
greater improvement. We hear of no sales in water, but soma 71
per lb. have, we believe, been refused for No. 20. Both Turkey
red and orange yarns are without change in value, but the inquiry
for the latter appears to have somewhat improved, and the prospects
of the market are more favourable for it than before.
Woollens—Woollen cloths of all deecriptions are still greatly ne-
glected, and the prices offered quite unremunerating. The only
sale of which we have heard is one of 2,000 yards at rs. 2.6 per
yard. Flannels are in somewhat better demand, though prices
still continue low. We are apprised of sales of 6,700 yards at
annas 11, and 920 yards at minas 6 per yard.
Marine Stores—The only change we have to record in the prices
of the articles under this head is an improvement to the extent of
rs. 1 per barrel in coal pitch, of which 322 barrels have, as we
hear, been disposed of at the rate of rs. 5 per barrel. Of tar the
market is nearly bare, and consequently no transactions in this
article have taken place. Paints are still without inquiry.
Beer—There is no alteration to notice either in the price or de-
mand for the superior brand. Supplies are still held firmly, and
scarcely any transactions have taken place. For inferior dese rip.
tions there is no inquiry whatever.
Spirits—Prices aro without change. We have been informed of
a sale of 28 puncheons of rum, at rs. 1 14 per gallon.
Red and White Lead—Red lead is a little lower in value tha n
before. White without alteration. Of the former about 50 0
cwt. have, we understand. been disposed of at Rs. 11 10.0 •to
11.12 0 per cwt. We have heard of no sales in the latter—taut
the rate quoted is, we believe, obtainable for good qualities.
Cochineal—A sale has taken place, since our, lost, of 2,0001 b
at Rs. 3.6.0 per lb. Dealers; however, having for the ties e
supplied themselves, this price could not now be obtained.

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR NEW RAILWAY COMPANIES.
—The. following hints, gleaned from experience, may be of
service to new companies :—To make the flanges to the
wheels much. deeper, as such will be more secure and cause
sal* sao
makekt °e
s confine
no more friction, as they would still touch the rail only at
et
NI itvni zincittha,tsNhivleiotei
htsien.tgh,e,isioi
tehryis moderate
oadnq
euri. quan-
tity one point. To have the sides of the passenger-carriage
etwintlie'beollefs us
them tesodt 1711
stations in the duct instance, but so to construct them that
they may hereafter be enlarged. To paint the name of the
station on the walls, so as to save the expense of the two
large standard b Ards, which cost at least 20/. at each station;
the word "station" is also useless. To place a large mile-
stone at the end of each mile,
.but wine at the quarters. To
give the superintendents an uniform that they may be easily
known. To ring a bell when the train is to start. and not
call out as many do. To swear in all the police, porters, sce.,
as constables.—From a Correspondent.
SOUTIIWARK.—We are informed that at the dinner
to be given to Sir William Molesworth, on Wednesday,. by
the electors of Southwark, the Hon. Baronet is expected to
be supported by a strong muster of those Members of Par-
liament who are prominent as advocates of free trade; and
That, from the limited m culls o . ti stewards
will have some difficulty in satisfying the demand for tickets.

THI4: SUN, LONDON, SATURDAN. MORNING, OCTOI3FR 25, 1845.

In Saffton, boqies, corks, &c., we hear of no change in value,
and previous quotations for these articles are retainad.