The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MoRNING, OCTOBER 7, 1845.

in India leaves to the Government little or no pretext
for demanding, of those who would chiefly benefit
by the extension and improvement of these high-
ways, fur,her contributions on account of the
expenses incident to the construction and mainte-
nance of such roads. Now salt is a very bulky
commodity. Without the advantages of roads f
its transport, of what value to the ryot who toils
iu the most sequestered villages within the Madras
presidency, or to the midland cultivators of Behar, of
the Mysore, or the Do:b, are the salt treasures of the
north-west and the north east, the eastern shores and
the western, and the south-eastern provieci $ of liin-
dostan ? If railroads existed, how different would be
the aspect of affairs in this instance ! That a hie!' is
now loaded with " transit" and other charges would
be delivered, at any or every village of the Peninsula,
with only a fractional charge to the consumer for its
carriage beyond the Government duty, which latter
&ready is much diminished, as well as the transit dues
(To unaccountably revived after their abolition by Lord
ELLENHOROUGH), will no doubt soon be finally extin-
guished. What would thus occur to salt would, of
course, equally take place with regard to treasure and
stores. The conveyance of the furrier, oning to the
great bulk of the currency of the country being in silver
rupees (not to speak of the cowrie shells, one thousand
of which represent but a solitary coin of this kind,
but which are not so much the object of transport
out of one district into another)—this conveyance
is a most formidable item of charge to private
individuals, especially if they be engaged in factory
property connected with the cultivation of indigo,
in inland trade, &c. But to the Government it is one of
enormous magnitude. The almost general impractica-
bility of the roads is aggravated by the tedious character
of the navigation of the great rivers, in boats which
every night are brought to an anchorage in the stream,
and delayed till daybreak text morning. Before the
introduction of steamboats on the Ganges, an officer,
ordered to Allahabad, consumed as much as three or four
months in the inland passage from Calcutta with his
baggage, &c. But we rejoice to find that the present
Governor-General, deeply impressed with the wisdom
and necessity of consolidating the permanency of British
power in India on firmer and more expansive bases than
those to be supplied by military conquests, is directing
all the energies of his powerful mind—ia the very firm.
place, after maturing his noble plans of native education
and advancement—to the application of steam navigation
on the Ganges and the Jumna, and even the Indus, and
to the organisition of a grand and comprehensive plan of
trunk railway lines throughout the length and breadth of
his magnificent government. Thus, over those fair but
benighted regions, which have slumbered for ages in the
disgraceful moral lethargy—encouraged, for their own
bad purposes, by the crafty ministers of a degrading
and idolatrous superstition—through the wide em-
pire bequeathed by the first Mogul Sultauns to their
degenerate successors,—and amidst the fertile but neg-
lected territories ravished from their original possessors
by the fierce and faithless Mahratta, or the piratical and
unscrupulous Rajpoot, European invention and capital
are about to extend the peaceful but nobler and more
enduring invasion, and triumphs of European science
and arts, and institutions. Railroads will bring the timid
and effeminate inhabitant of the plains of Bengal into a
safe, and by degrees a cordial commurion with his
fiercer compatriots of the mountainous regions of the
north-west. The military tribes of the ITpper Provinces
will gradually assimilate their more predatory and violent
pursuits to the tranquil occupations of the ctiliivatere
and the merchants of the Lower. Railroads have, al-
ready, so far triumphed over the prejuilicPs they had at
first to encounter, that they are HOW universally ad-
mitted to be adapted for the most rapid, most certain,
and most extended career of civilisation, in an empire,
which, like India, has witnessed in an era which even
tradition does but dimly reach, the highest point of re-
finement, of luxury, perhaps even of letters. From that
lofty position she rapidly declined, under the iron rod of
her Moslem masters; and eight or nine hundred years
of unmitigated despotism bad almost blotted out her
grander recollections from the page of history, when the
association of her native soldiery, with those of Britain,
once more opened for her a field of noble distinction, and
acquired for her people new rights and establishments.
Railroads, alone, were wanting to give combination and
effect to her reviving energies, in order to make them
available to the progress of her ameliorated civil and
social institutions; and she has now the happiness to
possess a Governor-General who is urging on that noble
work with all the profound sagacity and administrative
vigour of his bold, capacious, and unfettered intellect.

We hear from various quarters great complaints
against the late decision of the Court of Aldermen on
the election of Lord Mayor for the city of London. We
arc not surprised at the general feeling on the subject,
for anything so derogatory to the character of the City,
so:contrary to the established practice of the Corporation,
and so unfair, selfish, and revengeful, has hardly ever
disgraced a civic community. But we are surprised that
the affair has been allowed to pass by with so little noise,
and that the Livery and the different wards represented
by the junior aldermen do not bestir themselves, and
assert the honour and dignity of what was regarded once
as the most powerful, influential, and independent cor-
peration of Christendom. The time was when a vote of
that body carried with it an effect not much inferior to
that of the House of Commons, when it was looked up to
by all the civic bodies throughout the United Empire,
and could not be treated with indifference either by the
Sovereign or the Legislature. It gave its opinion on
questions of peace and war, on any great domestic event,
whether it was a Bill of Pains and Penalties instituted
by a libertine Sovereign against his Queen, or a State
prosecution against some obscure individual who risked
his property and his life in the cause of freedom—and
that opinion, not unfrequently, was echoed by a vast
proportion of the community. Within the last few
years, however, there has been a sad falling off in this
respect. If we recollect right, the present LORD
MAYOR tried to get up a meeting of the citizens to ex-
press their disapprobation of the Maynooth grant, and
same resolutions-to that effect were passed,•bitt it made
so little noise at the time, and was regarded with such
complete indifference, that the impression has been
almost effaced frcin the public mind. But this is only
one obscure instance. On all the great topics of the
day the voice of the city of London is rarely heard.
The income-tax, the corn-laws, the new tardy, the re-
dress of Irish grievances, and :eventy other pablie men.
sures, that %ould, under smiler eirtuna tances, have re-
cupied the attention of the City Parliament. have been
allowed to pass unnoticed, while their tittle has been oc-
cepied with personal affairs, or corporation jobbing,
tending little to raise the character of the City, ear benefit
the population over whom they have almost supreme
rule. Looking at their acts with the utmost impartiality,
we must say that their very last—the election of Alder-
man JOHNSON to the Mayoralty—is the least excusable
and the least creditable to the City. We will not enter
into the merits or demerits of Alderman WOOD. The
hasty, rash, and, perhaps, unfounded attack made upon
him by Lord DENMAN raised the cry against him, and
we are not surprised at it, considerince the just respect
entertained b y the great Ludy of the people jto-
wards the judges, and
the impartial maahnatinetyr
con-
clusion, which they perform their duties. But Lord DENMAN'S
opinions will not always betsr a strict scrutin. He
is, perhaps, more than any other judge
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impetuosityth o aofffahizrs temper
House of Commons and the rights of the subject, ahow.
a vacillation which lessens in a great measure the effect
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rather in a hbayl lhoi
s own
f compeers, by
his colleagues in office, men who have
known him long, and who have besides devoted no tale l
time to ascertain the weight of the objections urged
against him. He was returned by the Livery along
with
Alderman JOHNSON, and judging from the display in
the Common Hall, had a very large majority. The
Court of Aldermen, however, departed from the usual
course by electing his junior, but only by a majority of
two. An l how was that majority obtained ? By the
vott s of the aspirants to office who would not forego
for one year this rich prize, but like a brute
herd, ran down and trampled on the stricken deer
to make themselves more secure. Of the senior alder-
men, those who had served the office of Lord Mayor
and knew its duties, 'seven voted for him and only five
against him. Alderman LUCAS would also have voted
fur him, but was prevented by infirmity. The same
cannot be said of Alderman THOMPSON, but possibly he
had some other reason for not recording his vote. Thf n
of those who looked to the civic chair only, two had the
self-denial to forego their own claims, and that for one
year, while not fewer than seven, including his rival,
who should in fairness have remained neuter, if he had
not courage to be generous, recorded their votes against ,
him. We know not ho v Aldermen HOOPER and MOON
would have voted, but they had at all events the discre-
tion and good sense to keep away, and, as far as regarded
themselves, left the decision to parties who
had no selfish interests to serve. The pub-
lic cannot rest satisfied with such a result.
It is not only unfair to Alderman WooD, but an
act of contempt towards those whom he re-
irrtoce!:
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character stand aloof from these civic centests whg
they find, that after undergoing all the eanvassin' gaud!en

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 c-Juld not
fail to operate in the secret conclave. Alderman
JOHNSON 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,
us well as the country at large, that the great Corpora-
tion 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 Gazttte 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 Chilions 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 ormedicine
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. Uolonel ORTEGA, a
Member of Cortes, who had been arrested at Saragossa
and carried to Madrid, had been :,et at liberty, without
being able ►o obtain from the Government any reason
whatever for the proceeding. On the 26th the execu-
tion of a bandit, called PEDRO Vixam, 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
convicti-n he confessed that during his short career, for
he was only 34 years of age, he had murdered nine per-
sons and wounded many more. He had joined the Car-
lists at the age of 14.
O❑ the Madrid Bourse on the 28th business was done
in the Three per Cents. to the amount of 6,384,000 reals
at 32:1 cash.

DISTURBANCES IN ITALY.
The Paris journals announce another isolated and ill
contrived attempt to bring about a revolution in the
States of the Church. It appears that, on the 24th of
September, an insurrection broke out at Rimini, in which
certain of the inhabitants, and some Spanish and Pied-
montese refugees were implicated. On the night of the
24th about one hundred of these refugees landed near Ri-
mini. The insurgents immediately proceeded to the
fort of San Leo, situated at a short distance from the
town, and in which they are supposed to have had
partisans. They penetrated into the fort, and
set at liberty the political prisoners, who were
very numerous. They next entered Rimini, where
they stopped the couriers, and carried off the
dispatches. The Cardinal Legate of Forli im-
mediately sent troops to Rimini. On the 27th, at their
approach, the insurgents, who without doubt had found
no support in the people of the town and environs, hastily
quitted Rimini, after abandoning their arms ; some of
them re-embarked, the others took refuge in the
mountains. It dees not appear that any other
coovein,,nt whatever took place throughout the Le-
getions ; but the fact has excited the attention of
the authorities, and also the Government of Milan.
On the report of the attempt reaching Marshal BA-
DETZKI, the commander of the Austrian forces, he re-
inforced the garrison of Ferrara, and the Papal Govern
ment had ordered the garrison of Ancona to be strength-
ened and the coasts strictly watched. The volunteers
had been called out, and every preparation made for act-
ing with vigour against the insurgents. We regard this
as a most melancholy affair. These deluded people
seem to act entirely without concert. They have heavy
grievances to complain of, for the Government of the
POPE is the very worst in Italy; and it would be
difficult to describe it in stronger terms ; but
these partial risings only give additional power to their
oppressors, and bring down on the victims the most
terrible punishment. A Papal Commission will forth-
with be constituted, and some twenty or thirty execu-
tions will be the melancholy result.
RE-APPEARANCE OF ABD-EL-KADER.

The accounts from Africa received at Paris
on Sunday, as published by two of our Con-
temporaries, are of a disastrous character. ADD-
EL-KADER bad again appeared in the field near the
frontiers of Morocco, had completely surprised the
French troops, and taken terrible vengeance on all who
opposed his progress. The Moniteur Alyerien, Sept. 30, an
official journal says :—" A general insurrection had
taken place among the native tribes in that quarter,
and ABD -EL•KAEER, placing himself at their head had
opened the campaign, by cutting to pieces a body of
450 French troops." It appears the scheme had been
well planned, and the French were attacked by strong
bodies of Arabs on two separate points at once. One
of the French divisions was under the command of Lieut.
Col. MONTAGNAC. He had been basely allured into an
ambuscade by the Arabs, who pretended to claim his
protection. He was soon attacked by ADD-EL. KADER with
all his forces, and the column, surrounded on all sides
and overpowered by numbers, was almost entirely de-
stroyed. The other division was under Colonel Boon-
JOLLY, and was more successful. The following are
the particulars of these disastrous encounters as
published in the Mon teur Algerien
"It would appear that the tribes residing on the western
frontier have risen in arms against ue. Colonel Cayaignac,
who had advanced into the trritory of the Traras with a
column of 1,300 infantry, had two warm encounters with the
1 enemy. In one of these engagements M. I'eyragsi, chief of
battalion of the Zouaves, was killed. On the 21st of Sep-
tember, Lieutenant-Colonel Montagnac, Superior-Commander
of the fort of Djemmaa Ghazaouet, acceled to the entreaties
-of the neighbouring tribes, who pretended to be menaced by
parties of the cavalry of Abd-el-Kader, marched out at the
head of 450 men of the Chasseurs of Orleans, and of the 2d
Hussars towards the Marabout of Sidi Braliim, situate three
leagues from Djemmaa, and one and a half to the west of the
Nedroma-road. On the 22d he advanced to Dar-el-Foul
about a league further.
4, The report of a brisk fusillade having been heard in that
direction from Djemmaa Ghazaouet, the captain of engineers,
in command of the fort, sallied out with 150 men to recon-
noiteo, (led open a communication with the column. He
however, obliged to retrace his steps before a numerous
teel.. of armed men, and to provide for the security of his post.
Co:Ootl Montagnac, basely betrayed, was allured into an am-
turee, le by the very Arabs who claimed his protec-
tion. At a distance of four leagues, within our fron-
tier he was surrounded and attacked by Abd-el-
Kader, followed by all his forces, and assisted by
the numerous contingents of the savage tribes of
that part of Morocco. Our small column, overpowered by
numbers, was almost entirely destroyed. On receipt of that
intelligence General Lamoriciere, Governor-General ad in-
terim, embarked on the 27th in the Tartare steamer for
Djemmaa Ghazaouet, bringing with him the 3d battalion of
the 6th regiment of Light Infantry, Two other battalions
and a battery of mountain guns followed the Lieutenant-
General on the same day, in the steamers Euphrates
and Etna. In conclusion, we will content our-
selves with observing that the Bth regiment of Chas-
seurs of Orleans, and the 2d Hussars have a sad but
most glorious page to add to their military history."
We subjoin official details from the same authority
relative to the division midi r Colonel BOURJOLLY. In
one of the charges it will be seen Colonel BERTHIER,
Aide-de-Camp of Louis PHILIPPE, was killed:—
GeneralArabsßourjollyfthe
ad n he tk to
erritotry heir
van oefoutnh-e
Plates to punish the individuals who had plundered a cara-
Desert,o r(i'thteeirre atvbac
try with
the grain they had rch din the T
pu a
inse ell. He
the entire little expected to find tribe open revolt. On the
21st he was vigorously
attacked, and after a very warm
engagement he succeeded in reaching the camp of Ben-
Atia. Hostile grou
l's showed. themselves during the
whole day in the
eennns.
The General had
given a rendezvous at B
tia, on the 22d, to the chief
of battalion. Mansion, corn
Intloander of the fort of the Khamis
of the Beni Ourags, on the
where that officer was sta-
tioned with his battalion
• Fearing that the enemy might
attack float small column with asu •
on the 22d to meet it, with two battalionseror force, he marched
leaving two other battalions for the defence
and his cavalry,
The junction took place without any difficulty,eence of the camp.
and General
Bourjolly returned in the evening to the car
after several encounters with the revel
sf Ben-Asia,
narrow passages through the mountains. The
the
him of Mostaganem had taken a supply of co-
pro-
visions and ammunition for an excursion of only
few days, in a country where some disturbances had occurreda
but which he did not expect to find entirely under arms,
and
' t icistn by the presence of a T roused to fanaticism o advance
still farther with the sick and wounded would have been im-
prudent. General Bourjelly resolved consequently to retire
on Bel-Acel, and there prepare to sesume the offensive: On
the 23d he encamped at Teuiza, in the country of the Beni
Dorgonias, having been constantly harnessed by the
enemy in his retrogade trim meat. The rear- guard,
consisting of
200 men of the 9th Chasseurs of Orleans,
was repeatedly engaged, and the squadrons of the
4th Chasseurs were obliged to execute several
charges to support them. Lieutenant-Colonel Berthier,
formerly Aide-de-Camp of the King, was killed in heading
a charge, and Commander Clere, of the 9th Chasseurs, was
wounded in the knee by a musket ball. On tha 25th the
column encamped at P.elizan, on the Mina, and the sick and
wounded were removed to Bel Acel. Colonel St. Arnaud,
Commander of the Subdivision of Orleansville, on receipt of
a dispatch from General Bourjolly, immediately marched in
that direction with his column. The Governor-General,
moreover, before his departure for Djemmaa Ghiazaouet,
sent off two battalions of the 6th Regiment of Light Infantry
to Mostaganem, under the command of Colonel Renaud."

The following is another account of the affair under
Colonel MONTAGNAC, which leaves no doubt:that he had
been allured into a snare laid for him :—" Colonel

MONTAGWAC, who commanded at lljemcnaa Ghiazaouet,
being informed by an Arab chief, who had never before

given any reason to doubt his fidelity, that ABD-Zla•

KADER, at the head of only a few men, had come to
seek refuge in the environs, and was then in a spot,where
he might be easily surprised, set out with a small
column oF 450 mrn, composed of the Bth battalion
of the Orleans Chasseurs, and two squadrons of
Hussars. On 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
BEAUX, the only officer who had not been killed. Not-
withstanding 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
aal!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 A BDEL-
KADER call upon them to surrender, swearing
that no harm should be done to them, "For,"
said he, "you are humane towards bilitssul-
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, it,
order that his body might not fall into the hands of tL
enemy, fell by the side of him. In the meantime te,
fusilade was heard at Djemmaa Ghiazaouet, where tl.e
alarm had besides been given by a hussar, the only one
who had escaped from the massacre of the two
squadrons. When the garrison 'of this place reaches
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 heel caused great uneasi-
ness, as they were believed to be connected with a general
Plan for attacking the whole frontier. General LAMORI-
GIERE, who succeeded Marshal BUGEAUD, had left Al-
giers with a strong reinforcement on receiving the in-
telligence.

We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers:—
A Royll Ordonnance has been issued, raising to the
peerage the following persons :—Lieutenant-lienerai
Fabvier ; M. Jard Panvillier, Counsellor, Master of the-
Court of Accounts ; M. Laurens klumblot, tormerl)
Deputy, Member of a Council-Gent-rat ; 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 Prefect and Member of
a Council-General ; and M. Rousselin, First President
of the Royal Court of Caen.
The Puke DE MONTPENSIER reached Toulon on the-
Ist inst. in the Gomer steamer. The Prince having per-
flu-med quarantine at Malta was immediately admiitet
to pratique, and proceeded to the Prefecture, where
apartments had biea 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 fur seventy persons, amongst whom wert
the Mayor, the Presidents of the Tribunal tine
Chamber of Commerce, and the Foreign Con
sills. The health of the KING was proposed
by the Mayor, and was responded to by th,
company with great enthusiasm. The President o
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, and was highly applauded. Th,
Minister, after thanking the company fur the kind wat
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 creatt
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. Petersburgh of the 23d ult. contain,
some details of an affair which occurred subsequently to the
last operations of Prince Woronzow. The Russians havin
returned to a cantonment after the taking of Dargo, wer
busy in completing their means of defence, and adding
some new works to the forts of their line of occupation. Tue
enemy took care not to attack them on this point, bee
this was not the case with the division -of Genera
Schwartz, which operated against the Lesghis. Thai
division had to sustain a sanguinary conflict with

determined mountaineers. After having severely clia
tised the village of Taseli, which at all times lia,.
distinguished itself by its invincible energy, the Genera.
marched on the 11th of August towards Auzuch ant,
Kapuchin. The former place, when summoned, replie,
that it would only yield at the last extremity. Kapuchin,
which had been reinforced by the surrounding population.
was also placed on a formidable footing of defence. llardl\
had the Russian vanguard begun to display the first files
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 th,
aggressor;. This proceeding threw disorder into the rank,..
and wotinaed a great number of men. The Russians wer.
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 tht
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 a;
the last extremity, and then, as at Dargo, they retired it.
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 o•
Prince Woronzow at Dargo."

On
BSaotuurrsde.ay. the Funds and Shares were more firm on thi

The Three - per Cents. closed at 83f. 40c. ; the Five per
118 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f.
Rouen,ave 1
3f
,8070,
; Fampoux, 535 f. ;
i rierzon, 7671. 50c.
Bordeaux,. 692 f. 50c• ; Boulogne, 6301. ;
• ir-87;5c G.
;rea Avignon,
Northern,ignon,l22sl 810 f..
; 1
Troyes and Mon-
tereau, 520 f. ; Basle, 2811 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Hal!
per Cents., 581/2 ; Spanish Actives, 361 A.
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. 2.5 c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 72f. 50c. :
ditto (Rosamel), 37f.; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 31f. 50c.; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 30f.; I and Strasburg (Ganneron),
16f. 25c. ; ditto (Ilinguerlot),l4l. ; ditto (Becket), 0f.50e. ; ditu
(Ayrnard ), llf. • Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 10f. ;
ditto (Drouillerd), 3f. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 12f.; ditto (Le-
fevre), 7f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), :32f. ; ditto
(Lecointe), 221. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
10f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 2f. 50c. ; ditto
(Espeleta), 14f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), If. 50c.;
ditto (Carette), Bf. 50c.; ditto (Colbert), 2f.; Charlero;%
(Kysaens), 40f.; Mattbeuge (Kysaens), lf. ; Dijon and
ulhausen (O'Neill), lf. 50c. ; ditto (Allegry), lf. 75c. ; Dieppt,
(Sellieres), 37f. 50c. ; Caen (Delamarre), 61.
Lvoss, Ocr. 1.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,018 f., end
of October ; Paris and Orleans, 1,232 f. ditto; Paris and
Rouen, 1,058 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 7581. ; Montereau, 517 f. ;
Northern, 797 f.
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 E

;XCHANGE, Our. 4.

Anglo-Belgian
Boulogne and Atniens 1314
Bordeaux &Mediterran

Luxembourg
Namur and Liege 64
Orleans and Vierzon

Bordeaux and Toulouse
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2M
Do. ( Mackenzie's)
Central of Spain 2M
Demerara

Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel
Paris Sr Lyons (Lafitte)
Ditto (Ganneron's).
Ditto (Calon's)....

Dendre Valley ... 21/s
Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 12

Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen

Dieppe & Paris Junet.
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian ......... 3%
Grt Northern of France

Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's) •• 2%
Do. (Compte de L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin. 2

(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf)
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paria and Lyons 2%
Great Western Bengal Us
Jamaica Junction 5

!Rouen and Havre.--
Royal North of Spain. 23,
Sambre and Meuse .... 8,/,‘
Strasbourg and Basle .
rournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hassell...
Tours and Nantes

Do. North Midland 2
Do. Extension

(kackenzie's)
Do. (Lefebyre's)

Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe 4l,
Lyons and Avignon —

Verona and Ancona....
West Flanders 7%

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were only
2,000 bales, including 500 bales for export. The market
was dull and heavy. The Stock Exchange was closed on
Saturday.
The subject of the establishment of railways in the East
Indies has obtained more attention from our capitalists in the
City since the receipt of the last letters by the overland
mail. It appears from the best information that can be
Obtained, that the matter has been taken up most warmly
in the several presidencies, and there was but one opinion en-
tertained as to the practicability of connecting most
Of the important districts of the East Mutes by
means of railways. We are informed that the Bom-
bay Government has approved of the plan for the
construction of the Great Indian Peninsular Rail-
way, and of the Indian Railway Association of Bombay.
The parties here who have taken up the former, have con-
certed measures for a junction with the latter, as well as to
extend the influence of both in the East Indies. It is wor-
thy of remark that the names attached to the prospectus of
the Great India Peninsular Railway are chiefly of parties
who have traversed the whole of India in their several
official capacities. The principal point in the first instance
to be obtained appears to be a trial upon a fair scale, which is
to be made under the auspices of the Government of India,
persuant to dispatches sent out by the India Board and the
Directors of the East India Company, some time back.
There are not any arrivals of the least interest to-day.

The state of the grain markets is a subject of much
interest at present. We believe that upon the most •
authentic information it may be stated that the
whole yield of the United Kingdom will be an average. The
present high range of prices is principally caused, we are
assured, from the fact that the new Wheats at market are
unfit for grinding without a very considerable admixture
of the produce of the last and previous year. The price
of beans and peas rule extremely high, as the export demand
is very considerable.
The Consul Market has been firm to-day, the ruling prices
for the Account having been 95!.4 %, while, for immediate
transfer, 981/ has just been paid. This is anything but an
indication that capital is scarce. It is also remarkable that
Exchequer-bills, after opening at 48s. premium, have risen like
Cons ,ls, and are now worth 535. premium. Bank Stock has
fallen from 212 to 2111/2.
The Foreign Stocks are scarely attended to. In the Belgian
4 per Cents. there has been an improvement from 981/2 to
99./i. The Spanish Three-per-Cents. are worth 38, and the
Mexicans have improved to 32% %.
The Railway Sham o market has been very firm to-day.
The demand is very steady, and no apprehensions appear to
be entertained that prices for some time to come, at least,
will undergo any material alteration for the worse, such is
the confidence di played by the holders of nearly all descrip-
tions of investments in shares.

ONE
eRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9841,4
India Bonds, I,oool_
Ditto under 1,0001... 65
Bank Stock for Account 212 2111,2 2111/2
Consols tor Account
Exchequer Bill 3, 1,000/., 11/0 4B 50 52 53 pm. 53

CLOSING
YRICES
98 li2

ONE
O'CLOCK

CLOSING
PRICES

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto, Account ...... .... 32%
Ditto Deferred —
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, Account
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto Account —
Russian Bonds —
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account —
Ditto, Passive
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... ..
Ditto, Account 3B 38%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 43
Belgian 4% per Cent. .... 981.6 993/4 9934
:Dutch, 2% par Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certific — 94%
Ditto Bonds 934
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINt,
3,kILWAY SHARES AT ONK o'CLocli. PRICEs
iirmin and Gloucester. 100 128% 128 l2B
Boston, Stamtd, & BirM. 22s
3ristol and Exeter
3ristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 58%
581/i
:ale:lonian
Ditto Extension
Jambridge and Lincoln 1%... 5%:%4% 5%
Do. New
Canterbury and Dover.. 1% 3
,Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425. . 141% p
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... 3% 31.,:2
'Cork and Waterford ... 11/ —
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester l% ...... 4%4 4%
Derby, Utto:zeter, and
Stafford
Direct Manchester
( Remington's)
Direct Norwich
mblin and Galway..... 4
astern Counties 141. 165...... 2215% 22%...
Ditto New 41. 16s.
ADitto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent. No. 1....61. 13s. 4d l% p
East & West of England 1% —l4 li p
1%
Edinburgh and Perth... 1%...... 5 5
e:xeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 234 3% 3%
Glouc., Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%..... 2% 3 3
Goole and Doncaster .. 1%..-... 7% 77/t
Grand Union l% 374 4% 414
Great Eastern &Western 2% ...... 3% 3l
Great North of Scotland 2% 4
ireat North of England..loo 216
,rest Western SO ... .
Ditto Fifths
;ruildford, Fare'm,Ports.
_2 % ... .. 4%

831 A

32%
:

6114
111

2 7 Vs
6 %

si7t
22%
8 p

38
414

dull and Selby 5O -
Do. Half Shares
Leicester & Birmingham 225. 2iq p 214 p
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
Leicester and Tamworth 495.
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 6% 7% 6% 63/4
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
castle Junction
London and Birmingnmloo
Do. Thirds .
Ditto Extension ...... IV, 24 3 3
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9A % 9l/2
London and Brighton... 50
Ditto, Sixths - 2'lZ 2%
Loudon and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 244 244
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Lend. & S.Western 411 6s 10d —_ ... ........ .. 79

15%
7

Do. New
ondon and York 2l/s 6% 7
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster 2% 4%34 %
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .....- ........... 2%...... 4
L.ondonderry &Coleraine 2% 6
•ianchester and Leed5... 76
4ancherter and Birmin. 40
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction ... 1% 3% 3%
,lanchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 22s. ..... 8% 34 p B3/4 p
lidland 100 173 175 172%... 172%
Do. New
iTidland,Birm., Derby 100 133
,ewcastle and Darling-
ton Junction... ... 25 ..„.. 67 66 68.........
Do. New Brand!ing... 15
;,sweaile and Berwick 5 - 2 l 2l ......... ......
:4ewcastle Durham, and
Lancashire Junction... 1% 4%
ewark, Sheffield, and
Boston
......„
, orth British
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
4orth Devon
northern and Eastern... 45
4. Kent & Direct Dover 212.... 4141/s ...
orth Staffordshire 42s.
worth Wales
orwich and Brandon... 14
corthampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
4ottingham and Boston 1% 4%
.)xford, Gosport, Ports-
mouth,& Southamptn 425.
)xford and Worcester... 21/2 l9 %%14 lBl4
'-/xford, Witney, and
Cheltenham...,
lerth and Inverness ... 2%
'ortsniouth Direct 2% 53%
'reston and Wyre 5O
t.ichmond
3ugby and Huntingdon 2
scottish Central
4eottish Midland ll/i. ...
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 8%
ihrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
Somersetshire Midland 2% 6t4 5% 6%... 6%
south Midland 22s 87% 81,„1 p... 814 P
Raines and Richmond... 1
South Wales 2%...... 7%14.3/11%3/4... 7:Yi
irent Valley 2 ..... . 18% ... 18%
['rent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2
Warwick & Cheltenham 1% V; 1/8 3l'
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 ..~..
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
.r aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Areleh Midland
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ..... 1y... .. 4%% 3% 3%
Worcester and S. Wales 425. 34 !x2% P•••••• p
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 —
York and Carlisle 23/4 — ... 6ls
York and North Midland 50
Ditto 1/ Shares .. 25
a .„ .. 571
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25

Do Selby
Do. Extonsion
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ..... 13q
iiordeaux,Toulouse, and

68
58%
21

54
26
67/

414
6%p
7 4
22%

2%
534
42

21/,
3%
4%

8u 1,4
30

Cettt (kackenzie's)... 2 .. —
Do. (Espelete's) .. ... 2 .... —
Central of Spain ... .... 2
Dendre Valley
i )utch Rhenish
Eii.St Indian ... ..... .... ss.
:.at North. of France
(Latlitte's)
Do. do. (Roiamer -,s) 2 ......
... ..

Do. Peppin le Halleur 4 .. ... 4%.....
1) s. ( Le Boeuf )
;reat Paris and Lyons 2
x rcat Western Bengal... 55....... I%
[olXel abourg
S:.ani.ur and Li? 2.-.
Orleans and BordeAus 4
'‘iris & Lyons, Latritte's 2
Parts and' Lyons (Gan-
neron's) 2
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's
Do. do (Lefebvre's \ 2
West Flanders .. .. ...... 2 74... ...
MINES
British Iron Scrip lO
Real del Monte Ihnegd. 434
"• •••

25
43/4

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 LAO. 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 of Cambridge, accompanied by the
Rev. Canon Wood, inspected the porcelain manufactory of
iSlessrs. Chamberlain's, Worcester.