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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1845.

intelligence from a country which is about to become, once
more, the theatre of stupendous events, in a renewed struggle
between the moral and physical energies of the European and
the Asiatic, becomes a neceesity of more than ever impera •
tive exigency with the British public—of mo:.e than ever in-
tense interest to the British Government. At such a time'
and with the recent exemplification before them of the spirit
and facility he has displayed in organising a new,
a shorter, and, in some respects, a preferable overland route,
available in the event of the existing one being interrupted,
whether from physical accidents or bad faith on the part of
foreign functionaries, Lieutenant Waononx has established
. new claims to the gratitude of this country, and to distinc-
tions of a solid as well as konourable nature at the hands of
her MAJESTY'S Minititers. We perceive with high gratifica-
tion the progress of the subscriptions towards the " WAG-
s onx Testimonial ;" but we earnestly hope that some pro-
motion in his professional rank, and some decoration or in-
signia of merit of a character as much beyond the ordinary
scale of such rewards, as his services to the empire have
been beyond the ordinary scale of simply professional ser-
vices, may be conferred upon him, with the approbation and
by the desire of his SOVEREIGN.

The great changes which have been effected by steam
within only a very few years have turned the attention of
other persons besides the Prince DE JOINVILLE and M.
TMERS to the means thus afforded for attacking the shores
of England and to the present state of our national defences.
The plans formed by BONAPARTE for the invasion of England
were complete abortions, and though the ex-Minister may
contend that the fate of the country was all but decided, and
would to a certainty have been decided in favour of
France, had her admirals displayed more courage, and the
great man himself left a little more to chance, no doubt can
remain, even from M. THIERS'S own showing, that with all
his vast preparations he was completely foiled by the spirit,
energy, and skill of the British admirals, and that the attempt
would have ended in the destruction or capture of the in-
vading army. BONAPARTE, from experience, had learnt

that the flat-bottomed boats and the other small craft, to
which he proposed to entrust his veteran troops, could not
resist the force which England had collected in the Channel,
and he had only the alternative of giving up the scheme, or
beating all the British vessels of war which swarmed from
Brest to Portsmouth. To cover his disgrace, he pre-
tended that he had been betrayed by his admirals,
that they were cowards, and could risk nothing,
while he knew, as well as they, that had they
approached the Channel at the only moment when,
according to his own account, he was fully ready for the
descent, a defeat would have ensued to which that at Tra-
falgar was but a mere shadow. Since then, however, cir-
cumstances are much altered. The French have a large
steam navy, and by means of merchant steamers and other
craft could convey across the Channel an army of 100,000
men, probably in one-tenth part of the time which would
have been requisite in 1805. It is possible, too,
that they might succeed—at least, to a certain
extent—even in the face of a superior English
steam navy, and the consequences to England would be, pro-
bably, most disastrous. In order to guard against such a
possibility, various plans of national defence have been pro-
posed by different writers, and, among the rest by Lord BA-
NELAGII, in a pamphlet just published. Ills Lordship takes
a calm and rational view of this important subject; and after
admitting the vigilance and bravery of our admirals and
seamen, he supposes, however, that the enemy might
elude them, and land an invading force of 100,000 men
on the coasts of Essex, Kent, and Sussex, and then
asks :—" What are our preparations on land for
their reception..? Our coast batteries,l such as they are,
are without artillerymen, unarmed, and useless. We have
no trained militia, and our yeomanry are few, and necessa-
ril3 slow in collection. Our population, even if they possessed
arms, are ignorant of their use ; and our regular troops, which
are scattered at great distances over England and Scotland,
would not, were their disposable numbers collected, muster
more than 10,000 bayonets. To these we may add the
very important and useful body of soldiers which have been
enrolled from the pensioners, amounting to 10,000 men. But,
while this defensive strength, amounting on the whole to
about 20,000 men, is being summoned from all parts:of the
country, our arsenals, miserably deficient in fortifications, in
soldiers, and in artillerymen, invite the enemy's attack ; and,
before we can give anything like shape to our preparations,
he has marched upon and destroyed Chatham, Sheer-
ness, and Woolwich, taken military possession of the Thames,
and threatened, or laid, an embargo on London."

tl ing to the rest of Europe. Neither Sweden nor Norway
can 19e looked to fur anything. The little kingdom of Den
mark alone has this year been extraordinary for its fertility,
and although what it will be able to export may appear
considerable when compared with the narrow extent of its
territory, it will in reality be but a trifle compared with the
mass of wants which require to be satisfied. The insuffi-
ciency of European agriculture is therefore demonstrated,
and we must turn our views towards the two Americas, and
particularly the 'United States." Accounts had been re-
ceived from Algiers to the 9th instant, but they bring
no intelligence of interest, and not a word about the
Governor-General. It was generally believed at Paris,
that Mr. ILLY, the British Consul-General in Morocco,
had declared to the EMPEROR the wish of England
that he should aid France in capturing or expelling
Ann. EL-KADER from Morocco. This has given great cause
of offence to M. TRIERS'S journal, which will allow England
no influence whatever in a country with which it has been
so long on good terms. The article which refers to the sub-
ject is a culiosity. Nothing will please M. TRIERS but ab-
solute and sole dominion. We give a few extracts :

It would not be the first time that Chatham and Sheerness
had been insulted, but under circumstances, it is true, of a
much more favourable character for England. The Dutch
had no troops to land—they could only bombard our dock-
yards and forts, and, after doing a great deal of mischief,
were of course obliged to retire. But the case would be different
with the French, and it cannot be denied that in the present
undefended state of the country, and with the vast wealth
which it contains, even 40,000 or 50,000 French troops eager for
plunder would, before any sufficient check be given, cause
an immense loss of property. It is the duty of the Go-
vernment, therefore, to prepare against such a contingency,
and not leave England undefended, while she is within
three hours sail of a country that possesses an army of
400,000 men, and a well-trained militia of nearly
1,000,000. Lord RINELAGII recommends five measures
as indispensable to our native defence. " The first and
most important consideration," says he, " is the condi-
tion of our arsenals. These must be strengthened by syste•
matic fortifications, garrisoned by adequate troops, and
amply manned by practised and able artillerymen.
In all these respects they are at present so wretchedly
defective as to be totally unable to resist any land
attack. To this sad description not one of our
arsenals affords an exception." The next is the
enrolment of the militia, or an organised force of some kind,
whether as militia, or fencibles, or volunteers, ready and able
at all times to repel an unexpected attack. A third point
for consideration is the artillery service, and to meet our im-
mediate and direct necessities in this respect he thinks an

" The active intervention of Mr. Drummond Hay, the repre-
sentative of England at Morocco, in our difficulties with Abder-
rhamann, has not been forgotten. Neither has it been forgotten
how unfruitful was this intervention, and the interpreta-
tions that were put upon it in France and Africa. To a cer-
tain degree, it was no doubt sincere. England really wished
Abderrhaman to accede to the terms of our ultimatum, which
were moderate to excess ; the wished to prevent a war be-
tween Morocco and France. She could not succeed, but, on
the contrary, the intervention of Mr. Drummond Hay pro-
duced an effect on the minds of the Arabs directly opposite
to that which it was intended to have. They regarded it ra-
ther as a mark of protection than a menace. They believed,
and not without reason, that England would put impass,ble
barriers in the way of our military operations. The deCara-
lions of the British agent, therefore, increased their confidence,
Instead of putting upon it a wholesome constraint. It is now
announced that Mr. John Drummond Hay has succeeded to
the functions of his father in Morocco, and that he has re-
cently received orders from his Government to go to the Em-
peror, and recommend him to assist, as far as might be in
his power, our expedition against Abd-el.Kader, and declare
to him that Great Britain acknowledged our right to pursue
our implacable enemy on the territories of his empire. This
step has the same character as the first, is attended with the
same inconveniences, and will be followed by the same conse-
quences. To be better able to judge of this, our real position
with regard to the Emperor of Morocco must be taken into
consideration. Abderrhaman is bound to us by two solemn
treaties—that of Tangiers and that of Lalla Maghrina—
by which together he has engaged himself to reduce Abd.el.Kader
into a state to do us no injury, either by confining him to the
interior of Morocco, or by delivering him into our hands. The
Emperor has done nothing, has attempted nothing, towardc
carrying his engagements into execution, We have a right
to punish this breach of promise, this flagrant violation of
the most express stipulations, and a fottiori we have a right
to insist upon a tardy concurrence, and to take all such
measures as are necessary for the security of our frontier.
This is so self-evident that the most unwilling are compelled to ac-
knowledge it What signifies then the officious interference of
England? What sense can there be in the declaration of Mr.
John Drummond Hay? In truth but one alone. That the most
formal treaties are obscure in the eyes of the Emperor of Morocco
until England has put her interfretation upon them ; that the as-
sent of England to his most solemn obligations is indispensable to
make him believe that he is bound by them; that the protection of
England will, if need be, defend Morocco against the most incon.
testible rights of France. The step of Mr. Drummond Hay, per-
fectly useless in the enlightenment of the question, cannot have
any other effect than to weaken the force of the stipulations, and
render still more vain treaties already trampled upon."

addition, amounting to one-half of our existing force,
would be requisite. The only other meats of defence of
importance relates to our commercial ports, and on
that point he says :—" To defend such points of
attack, and to guard the vast accumulated wealth,
so tempting to our friends across, the Channel, nothing
can be more effectual than the employment of steam block
ships, forming a floating battery, equal in strength of
artillery, and in rapidity and precision of motion, to the
exigency of any probable attack. Such defences before the
ports of Liverpool, Hull, Bristol, Sunderland, Leith, &c., &c.,
seem to me not prudent only, but essential to that feeling of
security which always adds so much to actual national
strength." His Lordship thus concludes a brief sketch of
much interest in these words :
"Let a military commission be at once appointed to inquire
into this momentous question ; let such dispositions of the incal.
culable material strength of the country as I have ventured
to suggest be adopted; let our arsenals, the vitals of
our navy, be protected ; let our artillery be greatly in-
creased, our militia organised ; our population prepared, and, with
the facilities which steam power affords us, both for coast defence

The public is so apt to forget, in the easy enjoyment of
any novel, but very signal advantage, the price which may
have been paid for it through the personal experiences, inces-
sant fatigues, and inflexible perseverance of some individuals
endowed with more than the ordinary average of moral
courage, that we are very unwilling to see it relapse into
this evil habit—for it is not a question of bad feeling—in re-
ference to one of the most remarkable persons among our
townsmen of this metropolis. We have very recently, and
on many previous occasions, seized the opportunity of di-
recting attention to the extraordinary merits of Lieutenant
Wacuorm, R N., in devising, accomplishing, and organis-
ing the route for the overland mail between India
and Great Britain. It is scarcely possible for any
one to doubt the vast importance to be attached to
the achievement of this great object, which, by bringing,
so to speak, Great Britain and the noblest of her depen-
dencies tines months nearer to each other—(and this is no
longer a solecism either in expression or in fact)—has opened
a new channel, developed new methods, and crested new in-
terests of communication, of a value and significance pro-
portioned to the magnitude of the results which are bound
up in the intimate and perfect connexion of those two noble
regions, so remote from each other in geographical position
__so singularly identified in the evolution of political events,
and the collision both of European and of Asiatic interests
with one another. If any disparaging estimate could be
gravely entertained by any of our countrymen of
the high character to be attached to Mr. WAG-
HORN'S services to the commerce of the East with
this empire, we should refer such sceptics to the
earnest, yet temperate, discussions on the subject, that from
time to time appear in the French newspapers. The topic is
ably handled by our Contemporaries on the other side of the
Channel; but all of them, of whatever shades of party or
opinion in the political contentions of the day, are una-
nimous, and unqualified in the praise they award to Mr.
WAGTIORN; and in the zeal with which they press the
momentous sequences that may ensue on the full esta-
blishment and working of his lately tested route
to Engllnd rid Tricot', on the profoundest deliberation of
Lotus Pummel and his Ministers. Far from affecting to
Undervalue the interest of France in retaining the trans-
mission of the overland mail, they plainly treat it as an inte-
rest
of most extensive relations that must be absolutely sacri-
ficed, if the Executive do not forthwith so materially im-
prove their steam service and packet flotilla as to accomplish
the distance from Egypt to Malta, and from Malta to Mar-
seilles, in a period of time abridged to an extent greater
even than the difference between the present reute yid Mar-
seilles, and that which has just been so successfully tested by
Mr. WauiroaN, rid Trieste. Independently of the incalcu-
lable advantage realised by hie overland mail to our
commerce with the F,ast, we must remember
that he has achieved a benefit for universal
civilisation and peace, by the influence which he, of all Euro-
peans, first practically exercised over the powerful mind, but
strong will, of the Pacha of EGYPT, in not only convincing
that Illustrious Chief of the feasibility of the plan, and the
advantages to be derived from its operation to Egypt as well
as to England ; but in holding the PACHA steadily to the
same point until the route was laid out, secured, and worked
on the present -system. To the Pacha METiEmET Au, him-
self, we must all concede the distinguished praise of havinc,
recognised the paramount claims of peaceful commerce to
protection through his own territories, at a time when he
himself was involved in the issue of the fierce hostilities
commenced against him by the great European Powers
The PACIIA adhered to all his engagements,
with a rare regard for the spirit in which he had made them,
instead of falling back on the palpable degree in which his
adversaries had broken through the letter, as well as the
spirit of their contract, with him, which will ever attach a
lustre to his name, shared only by the greatest and the rarest,
because the most honest and truthful among the Princes of
and moral Christendom. The route he
had conceded, and all the commerce upon it, were
sacredly, promptly, uninterruptedly, protected. It
is known that Mr. WAGHORN is entitled to the credit
of having been permitted to maka representations to
MEHEMET Au on this subject, which in no little degree
probably contributed to fix the final determination of the
Pm:lu. The deportment of the Prince in this affair may
look in vain to be mated with parallels in the history of
European treaties and the maintenance of European diplo-
matic relations.

and for internal communication—England, against any invading
force, will continue to vindicate the integrity of her sea-girt terri.
tory, and the glory of her ancient renown."

We have received Madrid journals of the Bth and 9th
inst. The resignation of General CORDOVA bad been ac-
cepted by the Government, and General ORIBE appointed
Captain-General of Madrid in his place. The mutiny at
Valencia appears to have been a very absurd affair. The
ringleader was a sergeant, who had by some means or other
contrived to seduce a few of the soldiers to attack the bar
racks, though they were not one to ten. It was reported at
Madrid that he had been captured and shot, that several
soldiers have been condemned to death, and that the Com-
mandant of the Gerona regiment, whe had his arm ampu-
tated, in consequence of a wound received from the rioters
expired soon after the operation was performed. The
He•aldo infers, from a letter received from Valencia, that the
scheme had been formed by NOGUERAS and Ruiz, now
residing at Marseilles.
On the Bth the Spanish Funds declined a little. The
Three per Cents. were sold at 35%; the Five per Cents. at
41/2 3/4 ; Coupons, at 251 ; and the Debt without Interest
at the prices of the preceding day.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with articles on the
late amalgamation of railway companies, and the prospects
of the poor for the winter. According to:some of the journal!,
there is every probability that the price of bread will ad-
vance considerably more, as there is a deficiency of grain
in nearly all the States of the Continent. Bread at Paris is
higher than usual, but a rise is anticipated, as a sort of panic
had manifested itself in some of the provincial towns. The
Semaphore of Marseilles, of the llth inst., says :—" There is
a perfect panic in this city, not merely among the poorer
classes, but even among some of the tradesmen. People
there are laying in a provision of bread, as if they were
menaced with a siege, and saw no prospect of fresh sup-
plies. -
The'bakers' shops are beset with customers, and such
is the eagerness to obtain it, that increased prices are paid,
in order to be able to carry off a large quantity at once as a
store for the future." The same journal states that 'he
police, in searching the house of a woman, suspected to
have secreted some stolen jewellery, found—not the stolen
articles—but 100 lb. of bread, which this woman had
purchased, and stored up, under the apprehension of an
approaching famine. The Semaphore at the same time
asserts that there is no just cause for this excitement. The
National gives the following abridgsd accounts of the state of
the crops in the Continental States :—" In France this year
the harvest has been only middling, and even admitting that
it is adequate when considered by itself, it is certain that it
will not be sufficiently abundant t 9 compensate for the defi-
ciency which the absence of other produce, such as potatoes,
&c., ought to cause. Consequently France will not export.
Italy and Spain have been neither favoured nor ill-treated,
but their exports are too insignificant to afford en efficient
aid to other nations. The Austrian States, with the excep-
tion of Hungary, are so poor in corn this year, that the po-
pulation is menaced with great privations. The quantity of
wheat in store at Trieste has never been so reduced as at
present. No news has been received from Fiume (west of
Hungary). In the lower provinces of the Danube and in
Moravia, the harvest is anything but abundant. Going
up higher, wheat is found in tolerably great quantities,
but there is a complete absence of the means of transport.
Western Russia, Poland, and a part of Silesia, usually so
rich in corn, are this year in a bad position, and, from having
generally an overplus, they must most probably borrow this
year from abroad. Consequently, the Prussian ports of the
Baltic, which, under ordinary circumstances, export the pro-
duce of Poland and Western Russia, will not furnish any-

The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers—

The Constituticmnel says—" Letters from the frontier of Ro-
magna, dated the 4th inst., state that in the evenings of the Ist
and 2d a sanguinary conflict took place at Bologna between the
Swiss, on the one part, and the Pontifical dragoons and custom-
house guards on the other. The troops were subsequently con-
fined to their barracks. Cardinal Cazoni, legate of the province,
wished to bring the volunteers of the country into the town, but
the municipal authorities gave him t• understand that this would
increase the disturbances, as the Bolognese were ever adverse to
this corps In its stead, they proposed to call the citizens to arms
in the form of a civic guard ; but as the formation of such a guard
is one of the demands comprised in the manifesto of the insurgents
of Rimini, the Cardinal became alarmed, and refused the offer, but
at the same time relinquished the idea of calling in the volunteers.
It is also said that disturbances have occurred at Perugia, towards
which town a column of Swiss was on its match. The sentences
of the commission at Ravenna, anterior to the late disturbances,
have been confirmed at Rome. More than forty persons have been
condemned to the galleys for various periods."
" A letter from Toulouse announces the death of Lieutenant.
General Count Compans, at Blagnac, near that city, after a long
and painful illness. He entered the army as a simple volunteer in
1792, and in four years became a general of brigade. He was
made general of a division at the battle of Austerlitz, and so con.
ducted himself in Russia, and afterwards at Lutzen and Bautzen,
that Napoleon, in one of his bulletins, called him Un general de
bataille du premier merite.' After 1814 he retired, and was made
a peer.

The Orleannais states that the Orleans and Tours Railroad will
not be opened to the public before the month of March next.
" We learn from Copenhagen, Noe. Pith, that great embarrass-
ments have been created in Denmark by a deficiency of the cir-
culating medium, and that the National Bank of Copenhagen has
contributed to them by restricting its discounts. It was reported,
however, that the Bank had received from Hamburgh a large
quantity of bars of silver, for the purpose of coining four millions
of rix dollars.

" A Constantinople letter of the 2.2 d ult . in the Augsburgh
Gazette, states that the Porte has agreed to give an indemnity of
70,000 piastres to France for the pillage of the two convents during
the late insurrection in Syria, and also an indemnity for the ex-
penses of the French, who were compelled to quit the Lebanon by
the order of Chekib-Effendi."

The railway share market continued in a very unsettled
state, and the few companies that had announced their in-
tention to offer for the Paris and Strasbourg, and the Tours
and Nantes lines, on Saturday, caused an additional impulse
to the downward tendency. Only two companies out of
twelve for the first, and two out of nine for the second, had
been announced. These facts are thus stated in the Journal
des De"bats

" The period fixed by the Minister of Public Works for sending
in the registers and other documents of the companies determined
to tender for the Paris and Strasbourg and Tours to Nantes Rail
ways expired last night at twelve o'clock. The companies which
have deposited the necessary papers are, for the Paris to Stras-
bourg line, first, that represented by the Duke de Galliera, General
Cubieres, M. Rlacque Belair, and M. H. Pellapra ; and the next
company represented by Count d'Anthouard—in all two companies
out of twelve announced at the Bourse. For the Tours to Nantes
line, there were, first, the company represented by MM. Dailly,
Lippmann, Muret, Degenete, Fanchet, Martin, Jourdan, Caillard,
and Dailly, jun., Maitres de Poste ; and next, that represented by
MM. Mackenzie, Drouillard, O'Neill, Dufeu, Lecroix, Leroy, and
Surville ; in all, two companies out of nine announced at the
Bourse."

The Journal des Chemins de Fer gives the following as the
state of the fusion of eight of the Tours and Nantes. Railroad
Companies :—Mackenzie, 8,000,000 f.; Carrette and Minguet,
6,000,000 f. ; O'Neill, 5,000,000 f. ; Drouillard, 5,000,000 f.;
Raigecourt, 5,000,000 f. ; Lefebvre, 5,000,000 f.; Delamarre,
4,500,000 f.; Basle-Loire, I,soo,ooof—total, 40,000,000 f.
On Saturday the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 45c.; the
Five per Cents. 117 f. 70c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,151 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 980 f. ; Northern, 731 f. 25c. ; Havre, 775 f. ;
Avignon, 950 f. ; Vierzon, 687 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 618 f. 75c. ;
Boulogne, 5321.; Troyes and Montereau, 4601. ; Basle, 256 f.
25c.; Spanish Actives, 371-/ ; ditto, Three per Cents., 881,4 ;
ditto, Passives, 7.
The following are the quotations for other lines :

Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 15f. premium; ditto
(Calon), 4t. ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. 50c.; ditto (Lapin
3f.; ditto (Ilinguerlot), 6t. 50c.; ditto ( Bechet), 3f.; ditto
sonniere), 2f. 50c.; ditto (Mornay),lf. 50c. • ditto (Itosamel),
50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), Of. :ditto Messageries,
(Aymard), 7f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 7f. ; ditto
(Drouillard), 4f. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 6f. ; ditto (Lefevre),
if. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 22f. 50c.; ditto
(Lecointe), Bf. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 4f. 50c.;
Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie). 50f. •, ditto (Espeleta), llf.
75c. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Carette), 6f. 50c. ; Dieppe (Sel-
lieres), 10f.; Caen (Delamarre), 3f.
MARSEILLES Nov. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 950 f.;
Boulogne, 542/. 50o.; Vierzon, 708 f. 75c. ; Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 612 f. 50c.
LYONS, Nov. 13.-Marseilles and Avignon, 946 f. 25c. ;
Paris and Orleans, 1,132 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 943 f. ;
Orleans and Vierzon, 690 f.; Northern, 718 f. 75c.
titiSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 15.
Anglo-Belgian - Namur and Liege
Boulogne and Amiens.. 9% North Jamaica -
Bordeaux &Mediterraa - Orleans and Vierzon
Bordeaux and Toulouse - lOrleans and Bordeaux 11%
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) !Over Yssel
Do. ( Mackenzie's) - ;Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) -
Central of Spain .. - Ditto (Ganneron's). -
Ceylon . ........... .. - Ditto (Caloa's).... -
Demerara - , Ditto (Sud Est)
Dendre Valley ...... - Paris and Orleans 45%
Dutch Rhenish ...... 7:j4 Paris and Rouen .
Dieppe & Paris Janet. - Paris and Strasburg
Dijon and Mulhouse ... - (Ganneron's)
East Indian • ••• 2% I Do. (Aymard's)...... 23A
Fampoux & Hazebronk - iDo. (Compte de L'Est) 23/4
Grt Northern of France (Paris and St. Quentin. -
Constituted l4 ißouen and Havre......-
Do. Pepin le Halleur - Royal North of Spain. -
Great Paris and Lyons - Sambre and Meuse .... 6
Great Western Bengal - Strasburg and Basle ... -
Great Western Canada 31/2 Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
JamaicaS. Mid. Junction - dent, and Hasselt... -
Do. North Midland - Tours and Nantes
Do. Extension - (Mackenzie's) 6
Jersey - Do. ( Lefebvre's) • -
Louvain and Jemeppe.. -
Lyons and Avignon.... - Verona and Ancona -
Luxembourg - West Flanders
Madrid and Valentia... -

HEALTH OF EARL VERULAM.—In answer to the
latest inquiries, it was stared that this Nobleman remains in
the same dangerous state, there not being any hope enter-
tained of his recovery.
On occasions of this kind I have generally said a
few words as to the bearing of the corn-laws on agriculture,
but that part of the subject has been taken out of my hands.
A little pamphlet, published by Messrs. Trimmer and Mor-
ton, practical agriculturists, has quite superseded any obser-
vation I could make. They looked on the corn-laws in a
debtor and creditor point of view. They took different farms
in different soils, and they showed what their owners gained
by protection, and what they lost. The, first time I re-
ceived that book, I was a little staggered by the facts which
it adduced; but having read and considered it several times,
I am now quite satisfied that it underpaints, rather than
overpaints, the real state of the case. ~'Now as I know a
great many willing and anxious to see a repeal of the corn-
laws, and to secure full commercial f-eedom, who have some
lingering doubts as to whether their agricultural friends may
not suffer in some way or other front such an event, I re-
commend all such persons to lay out a couple of shillings in
the purchase of the pamphlet, and to read it carefully through.
—From Earl Ducie's Speech at the Birmingham Meeting.
THE CITY TERMINI—A very complete survey is
being made at all the spots adjacent to Smithfield and Far-
ringdon-market from Battlebridge, which will be useful in
case of the Corporation agreeing to grant Farringdon-
market, or the parties being compelled to seek another ter-
minus.

ELECTION OF MASTER, OF CATHARINE HALL.—
The election of a Master of Catharine Hall, to succeed the
late Rev. Dr. Procter, took place at six o'clock
.on Friday
morning. The choice of the Fellows fell upon the Rev.
Henry Philpott, B.D. The new Master was Senior Wrang-
ler, second Smith's Prizeman, and a first• class Classic in the
year 1829. The statutes of the College require that the elec-
tion should be commenced not later than the fourth day After
TAGAncy.—Cambridge Chronicle.

But a time has now arrived—a crisis perhaps the most
eventful, for good or fer evil (and we conscientiously believe
the former), in the future destiny of India, and of its British
connexion—that has ever happened. Early and uninterrupted

THE stiNT. LONDON, TUESDAY IVIORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1345.

Do. New
Ditto Extension ...... ...... . —
London; and Brighton... 50 ..... 621/2 62
Do. consolidated Bths... 35 ......
Ditto, Sixths ... Ol/2.—
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 211/2 224
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent. 8
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
llereford - ...
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... 91/2
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Load. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 77 76
Do. New Consol. Bths 20
Do. New
Do. New
London & South Essex ......
London and Y0rk...... ... 21h 4l/278
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster 2l/2 234 •••
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &Coleraino 5
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
Lynn and Ely ..... .. ..... 5
Lynn and Dereham 5 —
Manchester and Leeds... 76
Ditto IA Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Sixteenths ... 41% —
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do Quarters
Do. New Quarters
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... 334 4 p...
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..
Manchester and Rugby

-
gih

47r,

71/..it

71 x n

33A
145

Direct . — —
Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ..-. . . 3IA 3/4
Midland .. . ......100 145 147
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ll5 ...... ..... ... 115
AI idld. & East. Counties — —
Midland Great Western
(Irish)
Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2% —
Newcastle and Darling- _ _

ton Junction 25 ......
Do. New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick 5 133/4 14 13 %...
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newcastle, Durham, and
Lancashire Junction... 1 X
Newport& Abergavenny 2 %
New Ross and Car10w... 22s
Newry and Enniskillen 2% 1314
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston
North British ... l5 ... .. 2214 23
Do., New ... ..... ..... i
North Devon... 2 .. ... —.... ...
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
Do. New
N. Kent & Direct Dover 2%.... 314 3...... 3
North Staffordshire...... 42s 33/4 4% p 4l/8 p
North Wales
North and South Wales
___.

47
13%

and Worcester — ••.•••
Norwich and Brandon l6
Ditto New 1
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham ...... 2
Nottingham and Boston 1%
Nottingua., Erewsh.Val-
ley, and Manchester 1% —„,
Nottingham and Mans-
field
Oxford, Gosport, Ports-
mouth, & Southamptn 425. —
Oxford and Worcester... 121,E 1714 17
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1
Portsmouth Direct 3% 4l/2
Preston and `Pyre
Do. 1/4 Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond 5 —
Rugby and Huntingdon 2
Rugby, Leamington, and -
Warwick —
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland l%
Sheffield & Manchesterloo
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%.... • ......••••• ...
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% —
Sligo and Shannon ly: , -
Somersetshire Midland 2%
South Devon 25 ......
South Midland 425....... 43% p
South Staffordshire June. 21/ —
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 36% -•
Do., No. 1 l 2
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
_

i',4
3%
23

Southampton, Manches-
ter, & Oxford Junction 2
St. Alban's, Hatfield ,and
Hertford Junction ...

Staines and Richmond... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire
4outh Wales 214 414%
Tean and Dove Valley 1% — ••.......••.

414

13/4

3;6 P

364
16
10%
41/4

4%

Trent Valley ...... • lb%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction

Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke 54
Vale of Neath
Warwick & Cheltenham 2%

•. -• ........ ...
Waterford and Kilkenny 3'."
Waterford and Limerick 71,4 — •••

Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
W aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia . ...... 1%......
Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 -
Welch Midland.
West Cornwall ............ 114 ... . •
West Yorkshire ...... ••• 23/4 —
WestLondon,Old Shares 20 .....
West End and Southern
Counties
Wexford and Carlow
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ... .. 1%...
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 —
Ditto, New
York and Car1i51e......... 2% — ....•• •
York and Lancaster 2% — ••• ••
York & South Connecting —
t ork and North Midland 50
Ditts %Shares .. 25 ...
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do Selby 2O —
Do. Extension

234

26%

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo. Belgian 4
Boulogne and Amiens... 8 9% 10
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2.. 1%
Do. (Espelete's) ... 2 .... .
'id West

, any

Calais, 'Dim-,
Flanders - •••••• - •••
Central of Spain ... .... 2
Ceylon ., ... se.
Demerara ... .. ..... ...... 21/

Dendre Vallex -

Dijon and MUlhouse ... 2
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian... ..... .... ss.
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2
Great North. of France
Constituted ...... ....... 5
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... 55....•••
Great Western Canada... 314
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland 1
Do. Extension 1
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 2%
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourg... 4
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... ..
Namur and Liege
North Jamaica .. 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6
Over Yssel 4135 4d 2%% .. ...
Paris &Lyyns(Laflitte's) 2

14%

-
2 ',113

1714
11
2%
3

Paris and Lyons (Gan:.
neron's) 3
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 —.. .. .......

Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen 2O
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ...... 25/8
Ditto ( Aymards)...... 214 25A%
Paris and St. Quentin ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spam ... 2 - •
Sambre and Meuse ...... 6
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt....„ 4
Tours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's)
Do. do (Lefebvre's \ 2
Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 ...... . •••
Verona and Ancona.... . 3
West Flanders .. 4 - ••. ...... ••••
MINES
I Real del Monte Unregd.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAEIL-Mr. Cook, who has re-
cently been making experiments for carrying the telegraph
between Dover and Calais, speaks with great confidence o
his ultimate success. His only fear is that it may be injured
by the dragging of ships.
Wanstead Park, once the celebrated seat of the
Earl of Mornington, is now converted into a brick-field.
When the whole of the brick earth is exhausted the site will
be covered with elegant villas.
The Earl of Courtown's eldest son, Lord Stop-
ford will succeed to the lieutenancy and captaincy in the Gre-
nadier Guards, vacant by the death of the Hon. Captain
Leicester.
SUNDERLAND.—On Monday last, at a very large
meeting of the Town Council of Sunderland, Robert Brown,
Esq., solicitor—in politics a Liberal, who supported Colonel
Thompson against Mr. Hudson in the late contest for the
Parliamentary representation of the borough, and in reli-
gious creed a member of the Wesleyan Methodists' Society,
in which he is also an eloquent local mmister—was unani-
mously elected Mayor, on the motion of Andrew White, Esq.,
late M.P. for Sunderland, sec4ncled by Anthony John Moore,
Esq.—Leeds Mercury.