The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-10 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1845.

The present crisis in our social, as well as our political,
history, is one of a kind and degree of interest rarely attach-
ing to the affairs of an empire in the thirtieth year of pro-
found peace. The importance of the elements which have
created this crisis is equal to the rarity of their combination,
and well deserves— let us say, rather, imperatively demands—
the profound consideration of every man anxious to uphold
the grandeur and prosperity of this country. Abroad we
possess dominion in point of extent, variety of surface and
geographical relations, natural riches, population, com-
merce, intelligence, and power absolutely unrivalled in the
case of any other European monarchy. On the shores of
Africa we have trading settlements and forts, and immense
territorial possessions, with active and resolute colonists, and
all the mater;el of permanent and rapidly expanding establish-
ments. On its western coasts we lavishly expend our blood and
treasure, the health and lives of our devoted sailors and their
enterprising commanders, in the generous effort to extin-
',wish the Negro slave trade, and to elevate the moral cha-
racter as well as the domestic condition of the African peo-
ple. On the south and east of the same enormous continent
we are peopling the primxval solitudes of a fertile wilderness
with a race of English-descended settlers, who lire in the
enjoyment and exercise of the arts and comforts, the man-
ners, language, and religion of their mother country, and
who draw from their forests and their rivers, their vineyards,
their flocks, their corn-fields, whatever can contribute to the
support, the health, the vigour, and the physical progress of
the human race. The protection afforded by the mother
country our African colonists repay by the abundant sup-
plies and equipments they contribute to our fleets, the sani-
tory resources they offer to our invalided soldiers,
exhausted by service in our more Oriental possessions,
and the staples of wool, &c., which they supply to
our general markets. In Asia, we possess the supreme
dominion of that magnificent peninsula, which proves, with
the single exception of China, the noblest regiou of the finest
quarter of the globe. In that Indian Empire of ours, all the
majestic and all the useful bounties of nature are distributed
with a stupendous profusion. The noblest rivers, after pur-
suing their long-protracted course through some of the
wealthiest and moat beautiful countries to be found upon the
globe, roll their collected waters into the ocean at points
on the coasts of the peninsula which their alluvial deposits
have enriched, for ages, with all the principles of in-
exhaustible fertility in incalculable accumulation. The
richest and most abundant products, in some quarters,
spontaneously develop themselves ; in others, (reward
the slightest labour devoted to the cultivation of the
soil. The mineral kingdoms vie with the teeming
kingdoms of animated nature in their profuse yield of
the riches they contain. The finest grain, pulse, and drugs,
the most delicious fruits and flowers, are found in the same
country which produces the purest diamonds and the finest
metals. The mountain forests furnish the largest and finest
timber trees fur ship-building; the plains contribute their
precious products of raw silk and cotton ; the cities manufac-
ture the fabrics most prized throughout the world for the

purposes of luxury or ornament. From k subject population
of ninety millions of souls (independently of almost as many
more, over whom set nominally exercise no more than the
influence of the paramount State over its tributaries,)wedraw
those fine bodies of native soldiery, who, under the
simple condition of being commanded by British
officers, compose the bravest and steadiest troops which
Asia has ever produced, and who form, at this mo-
ment, the great bulk of our Anglo-Indian Army--
an army which for its morale, its discipline, its high-toned
courage, its experience, its varied service, its miraculous
successes, its inflexible perseverance, and its indomitable
spirit, is, perhaps, without a:rival even among the military
powers of Europe. In America, we have extended the do-
minion of our flag—and consolidated that dominion by the
most populous, intelligent, and powerful colonial establish-
ments to be found in the world--over territories of all but
boundless extent, and also eminent for the value of their
native products—their sugars, coffees, spices, their timber
and corn, their rivers and lakes, their fisheries and their
trade. In China, we have established a paramount influence
and authority over all other strangers—with the single ex-
ception, perhaps, of the Japanese—whom the jealous policy
of that; imperial government has hitherto admitted into
c)mmercial and even municipal relations with its subjects.
And with all these means and manifestations of power,
strength, and dignity, abroad, we possess and we exhibit at
home a degree of opulence, a height of refinement, an ex-
tent of civilisation, an organisation of resources for the en-
largement and maintenance of our authority abroad, and
our domestic prosperity, in every way proportioned to these
indications of external grandeur. The history of human
societies does not produce a parallel to the rapidity, or the
amount, in which capital has been multiplied among us
within the last ten years. No Oriental fabulist ever ima-
gined, in all the unbridled license of his invention, a fund of
wealth, accumulated in one country, adequate to that which
must have formed the basis of railway speculations that have
been brought forward, in the latter half of that period, to a
nominal or hypotheticated amount of capital exceeding
640,000,0001. ; and this, too, among a people whose means
are annually charged with the actual payment of 50,000,0001.
of taxes, of which nearly two-thirds are devoted to
defray the current charge of interest on the debt of the nation.
But in the midst of all these blessings and distinctions of
internal prosperity and foreign power, it is but too evident
there are disturbing influences at work, which, if not counter-
acted promptly, may go far to sap and undermine the foun-
dations of this magnificent political and social fabric. Bad
economic laws, such as those which regulate the trade of
corn and of money—impolitic principles of fiscal administra-
tion—abuses or incompetency in great branches of our exe-
cutive departments—and, above all, un-Christian, unwise,
and antiquated civil disabilities, on account of religious opi-
nions, still affecting certain classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects,
these are fruitful sources of disunion, discontent, and disc.',
ganisation of public feeling, which it becomes, with the lapse
of every day, more and more the imperative duty of the ab-
vern rn en t and the Legislature to remedy or to remove. In
more than one quarter of the political horizon
every observant eye detects a threatened explosion
of that morbid animosity and insatiable envy which
the grandeur and the power of the position oc-
cupied by this country among the nations has generated
among the most unprincipled of other Governments with
which, up to this moment, we are on terms of ostensible
amity. Of all kinds of wisdom political wisdom is that
whereof " timeliness" is the most indispensable qualification.
The movement in our dockyards, arsenals, and harbours, is
all satisfactory enough, as being in the right direction; but
in the meantime the Government should reform all admitted
anomalies in our legislation and our civil institutions, so as
to " knit together, in the bonds of amity and peace, the
hearts and minds of all classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects,"
against the day of that catastrophe—a war—which at no
distant period may be forced upon us. Whatever enemy we
may have to combat with may be assured of ultimate and
signal defeat, provided only that we leave him no auxiliary
so formidable as the existence of rankling internal grievances
affecting large masses of our countrymen, and laws specially
oppressive to the poor, by their cruel enhancement of the
price of the first necessary for human subsistence.

The last number of the Law Review contains an article on
the subject of the controversy between the bar and the press,
which is well worthy of attention. As might have been
naturally supposed, the writer leans rather to the side of the
bar. He would fain insinuate that no insult was meant to
the press by the members of the Oxford and Western Circuit
in passing their too famous resolution. We will not stop to
inquire whether or no insult was meant; certain it is
insult was offered, and such being the case, we are
glad to find that the Law Review, a periodical which
numbers among its contributors some of the highest names
in the profession, offers this excellent advice to the members
of thos.:e circuits:—
" We believe that in both circuits there has been, on the divi-
sion as to the resolution, an opposing, but of course unsuccessful
rnie.t)rity, although on the Oxford Circuit it was a small one. This
minority may then easily become a majority, and we sincerely
hope that no time may be lost in rescinding the resolution in ques-
tion. It is painul to us to offer this advice; it grieves us to find
that two bodies so eminent and respectable as the Oxford and
Western Circuits, so nearly allied to ourselves, and each of which
numbers among its ranks so many men whom we not only value
and esteem as distinguished members of the profession, but to
whose judgments we would gladly defer on other matters. But as
we feel a strong conviction that it Is for the honour of the profession
and the interest of the puhl:c that the step should be taken, we
would only say that the sooner it is taken the better. Circuits,
like all other public bodies, are fallible. If they have been led into
error, they have neither been the first nor will they be the last
placed in similar circumstances. It is quite possible that both
these circuits acted from a generous feeling. We therefore, with
all sincerity, tender them this advice."
This is wise, sensible advice, which we trust will be fol-
lowed ; and thus will this controversy, from which no pos-
sible good can arise, be brought to a conclusion. The
writer goes on to state that, in giving this advice, it must
not for one moment be imagined that he considers the
bar has anything to fear from the press. If, by
this phrase, he means the abstraction called the
bar, he may possibly be right, but if by the tar he means the
aggregate of barristers, he is decidedly wrong, for the public
would not be cognisant even of the existence of any one
single barrister if the press were invariably to exclude the
names of all counsel from its reports and notoriety—that
notoriety which the press alone can bestow, is the Pabulum
vita to a barrister. Besides, in a preceding portion of the
same article, we find the following passage:—
" One word more, which we address quite as much to the true
interest as to the generous feelings of the leaders of these circuits.
The bar owes its strength, its reputation, its standing in society, to
its power of attracting to its ranks from the lowest station by far
the greater proportion of the clever men of the day. It is its
proudest boast that its sons rise, without any other assistance than
their talents and character, from the lowest rank to be the com-
panions of princes, and to wield the destinies of the world. Let
the bar beware of shutting any avenue to this class of men; and
the public press is one which has already sent, and will again send, a
large part of the talent and character of the bar. The reporter of

to-day may become the reported of to•morrow. The bar of the
present day boasts but little beyond mediocrity ; we look along the
ranks, and, in the midst of a larger extent of average ability than
was ever before known, we find but few rising above the middle
height, and no one standing above the rest from his shoulders
and upwards.' Let us not, therefore, poison a spring from which
already so much good has flown, and which may help us in time of
need."

Now surely that bar which boasts little beyond medi-
ocrity, has every thing to fear from a contest with that press
which, to use again the words of this writer,
" Is a power properly called the Fourth Estate, before which
the Prime Minister, be he who he may, daily trembles; which dis.
poses of crowns and subverts empires; which changes the face of
nations and the very habits of the people."

It is most assuredly a great anomaly, that men who
exercise this vast power—who are in the nineteenth cen-
tury what the priests were in the thirteenth—the defenders
of the oppressed against the oppressor—the denouncers
of evil persons and evil things, the excommunicators of
those bold bad men wl:o set the laws at defiance, but who
yet fear that their evil deeds should become publicly known
—it is most assuredly a great anomaly that the exercisers of
this mighty power should have no fixed social status. The
writer in the Reniew regrets this circumstance, which in fact
renders the power of the press a perfectly irresponsible power,
but he endeavours to account for it by saying

"It the newspapers wish to be respected, they must 'how that
they respect each other. They impute to each other, in plain
language, crimes which, if true, ought to drive them. ot.'t of all
civilised society. Over-reaching, unfairness amounting to theft,
subornation of perjury, and lying, are repeatedly laid to each other's
charge."

To this, as a general accusation against the press, we
demur That it is true of some papers we admit, but t hat it
is so of all we as strenuously deny. Besides, this very fault
is owing to the fact that editors of papers have no social status.
The abstraction Star may abuse the abstraction Bee in the
most virulent language. Like corporations they have nether
bodies to be kicked, or souls to be saved ; but if; Mr
THOMPSON were known to be the editor of the Bee,
and were received as such, and Mr. JotiNsol were
known and received as the editor of the, Star,
then these papers, being no longer abstractions„ would.
be forced to respect each other, or a duel between ,Tkomisox
and THOMPSON would be the inevitable consequenc*..

The following accusation against the Press Iv% -meet at
once with an indignant denial :
" An impression has got abroad that in society no on* is safe in
the company of a gentleman connected with the press ; that there
must be an end to all the ease, and abandon of society in his pre.
scnce, that random thoughts and careless opinions wi (I be sedzed
upon, and at some future and convenient time divulged to the
world."

It is not the gentleman connected with the new spaper press
of England who is the penciller by the way, this sketcher of
fashionable sketches, the betrayer of confidence., the purveyor
of scandal. No, it is the attaché—the fashionable: member
of the fashionable club—the man who has and isrho holds
his status in society—that is the retailer of " the it ter-dinner
nonsense." lie it is who brings his budget of pyssip to the
market, and sells it for what he can get ; and he it is who is
most loud in his denunciations against newspr per men, be-
cause his proffered services have by them been rejected with
loathing and contempt.

The intelligence from Switzerland is of an t infavourable
character. The excitement caused by the suicid a or assassi-
nation of M. LEU appears to be still on the is crease, and
several persons of rank and the greatest respe.s Lability had
been arrested in consequence of the confesiio, a s of a man
named HULLER, who calls himself an accom 11 lice. The
Basle Gazette of the 29th ult. says, that no rea: K )nable and
impartial man believes that Dr. PFYFFER, w 1 10 has been
arrested on the pretended confession of MuLtEr as an ac-
complice in the reported murder of M. LEI. 7, had mything to
do with the affair. The Federal Gazette of Zuric tr, expresses

the same opinion, and, in announcing the arrest of Captain
WRGEtax on the same charge, states that ti tnan, hint-
ever respectable, is nOW safe. The Grand Council
of Lucerne, however, actuated by the wildest spirit of perse-
cution against the Liberal party, takes all this man's evi-
dence for gospel, and acts on it. At a late meeting of the
Council the President read the confession of MULLER, with
the testimony in support of it, and also the report of the jus-
tices appointed to investigate the affair, from which it ap-
pears these magistrates assert that they have reasons to be-
lieve that deep and odious machinations have been carried on
in the dark. We fear that from such detestable means to
excite one party against another the most lamentable results
may be anticipated. Switzerland and the United States are
doing everything in their power to make republics odious in
the eyes of all good citizens.

We have received Madrid journals of the 2d inst. The
Gazette of the previous day puts an end to all doubt about
the assembling of the Cortes, and contains a royal decree con-
voking that body on the 15th of December: Before that
period about forty-live vacancies must be filled up—new
Members to supply the vacancies caused by the acceptance
of offices under the Crown, or other causes. From all ac-
counts, however, nearly the whole of the new Members will
be Ministerialists. The NARVAEZ Cabinet is not very
scrupulous as to means; and, accordingly, arrangements
have been made by which majorities must be in their favour.
Reports prevailed that the whole of the garrison of Madrid
was to be changed, and other regiments substituted, more
likely to be under the influence of the Queen-Mother and
NARVAEZ. The General, it is said, will have everything in
the army according to his own views, and CHRISTINA sup-
ports him. He is wise in his generation, for without the
adhesion of the army he could not remain in office for one
week.

The Bourse was closed on Saturday, the Ist, it being
All Saints' Day.

A sort of panic took place on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day, said to have been caused by the advices from London,
announcing the depression in the English Funds and the
resolution of the Bank to raise its discount to three-and-a-
half per cent. Great crowds flocked to the Bourse, which
was extremely agitated, and a great deal of

business was done. For the Account the Five
per Cents. and Three per Cents. had fallen about
25c., and the new Loan, 40c. Shares in the Gretit Northern
line had fallen lower than on any previous occasion, and closed
at 735 f. Most of the other lines fell in proportion. The
Ministerial journals contain articles on the present crisis
and the anticipated rise in the price of grain, which
they consider greatly exaggerated. The Epoque, for-
merly the Globe, a Government journal, says:—" As
to the financial crisis, one word is a sufficient
answer to all these predictions of ruin and bankruptcy. The
Chambers have decided that the railroads shall be executed
by companies, and capital has been naturally invested in
shares. There have been variations in prices, as must always
happen. But has money been wanting? No. Have works
been suspended ? Look at the numerous edifices rising
around—tell us what branch of industry is really in sufferance-
We proclaim with confidence that every affair which is pre-
sented with honour and solidity finds more capital than it re-
quires. The harvest has been bad in some parts of the country,
but it has been tolerably good in other parts, and positively
good in several departments. We do not live on potatoes alone,
as they do in Ireland, and by taking the measures, required
by circumstances, we shall have sufficient wheat, rye, maize,
chestnuts, and potatoes, to supply those districts which have
suffered in their crops. Of those who say that moral feeling
is lost in France, we ask if they reckon themselves among
those who have forfeited their probity and independence.
Assuredly they still hold themselves to be most honest, most
independent. Why, then, should they not believe their

neighbours to be as much so as they are? If, then, the old
press, instead of writing under the influence of its rancorous
passions, would write under the influence of truth and modera-
tion, it would find that things are not going on so badly as it
is so ready to represent."
The Journal des Debats thus endeavours also to dissipate
alarm as to the state of the crops :
" The evil •f a panic has no limit; it is contagious, and spreads
without meeting a cheek, and seizes possession equally of the most
violent, and most temperate, and most cautious dispositions. No
interest is more irritable than that of the stomach when it believes
itself to be compromised. Under such circumstances a popular
panic increases to gigantic proportions, and produces in a few days
the moat deplorable results. We still recollect the disturbances
which prevailed during the year 1839 throughout the country
situated between the Gironde and the Loire, and the scenes of vio-
lence which occurred at Marano, at Lugon, and at Brault, under
the influence of the fear of a famine. We refer to those events
because present circumstances are similar; and we trust that
the results of the present apprehension will not be more un.
pleasant than what followed that momentary crisis. The
harvest of the year 1839 was but indifferent throughout
England, Ireland, France, and parts of Germany ; and, as
it always happens under such circumstances, England, whose

consumption generally exceeds its production, was obliged
to make larger purchases abroad than usual. The price of wheat
In England rose in that year to 735. a quarter, a price which it
had not reached since the year 1816 ; and at that price the sliding-
scale opened a large field for foreign importation. Still the im.

portation was not exorbitant ; it did not exceed 7,312,428 hecto-
litres—that is, only the double of the usual average amount of
imports. 7,000,000 hectolitres is, at most, but the 24th part of
the produce of France. Had the entire amount been purchased
In our markets, the country would certainly have suffered ; but it
would not have incurred the risk of a famine. The Government,
however, in order to relieve the existing apprehension, thought it
necessary by an ordinance, dated the 25th of January, 1839, to
forbid the exportation of grain. Such a measure was economi.
cally, as well as politically, a wise measure ; for political parties on
one hand, and commercial speculations on the other, were
already hastening to take advantage of the popular fears.
Experience demonstrated how much exaggerated had been
the apprehensions entertained, and aker a few months the

ordinance having been withdrawn, the trade in corn re-
sumed its free and regular course in our ports. The expor.
tation of grain in France during the last quarter of the year
1839 did not amount to more than 870,124 hectolitres—that
is to say, to about the double of the annual average. But we must
remark by the way, that all this great foreign trade in corn in
France merely affects the re.expertation of grain, one of the prin-
cipal branches of commerce in Marseilles; the native produce of
France feels not its effects. In the mean time English speculation
is confined to the countries where grain is one-third or one-half
cheaper than in France, or to the grain from those countries stored
in France. What is the fact at the present moment, when specu-
lation and a panic combined cause the prices to rise in Western
Europe. The fact is that at Odessa, Riga, Dant.xic, those great
storehouses for corn, the price of wheat remains still at 12, 15,
and 17 francs the hectolitre (we speak of middling quality), whilst
with us the price Is 21E, and in London, at the end. of October, the
price was 555. 4d. the quarter, that is 24f. the hectolitre. If we
now calculate the difference between the prices in 'the Baltic and
in the Black Sea, and add the expense of freight aid commission,
and if we add a duty of 2f. imposed upon wheat exported from
France when the price exceeds 25f. the hectolitre, we shall find
that, at the price of 27f. for the English purchaser, our consumers
would be sufficiently protected both by the comp et ition of foreign
grain and by the nature of our tariffs."

The Journal des D(bats, however, though generally con-
ducted with ability, occasionally diaplays crude,;:notions, which
will not bear the test of examination ; for instfmce, in refer-
ring to the numerous Cabinet Councils held leis ly, it comes to
this conclusion :—" The most likely result h; an Order in
Council opening provisionally the ports of Ire land, but the
ports of Ireland only, to foreign corn. Nev,g rtheless, if we
are to judge by the language held by the Vi( :eroy of Ireland,
we may believe that the English Ministry is ;inclined to wait
until it has acquired more complete informallon. However
this may be, the resolution come to will pro bably be soon
known." This shows how sadly the writer is puzzled to form
any idea of what will happen. The inference :that the Irish
ports only will be opened displays great ignorance, for of what
use would it be to confine this measure to Ire; Ind? If corn
were admitted into that country free of duty, it would in a
few days find its way into England on the sang e terms. The
ports of both countries, if opened at all, must bet opened at the
same time.

In the Flotte (a Paris journal generally de‘ toted to naval
affairs), we find an article on the present state o f the French
and English navy, extending to more than six -columns. It

claims credit, and justly, for the superiority or the French
in constructing large vessels of war, but allows England the
advantage in building smaller vessels, such :as corvettes,
brigs, &c. It wisely, however, comes to the co nclusion that
" France may build the finest vessels in the wo: rld, and have
also the largest navy, but to have a grand x oarine, which
may live more than a day, she must IL Ave a vast
maritime commerce ; she must have large am 1 flourishing
colonies, and laws for favouring navig stion, even
should that be done at the expense of other `au terests. At
present we have nothing of all these, not ever, the right of
pre-emption for forest trees, a wise provision of the great
COLBERT, of which one ruinous vote of the r spresentatives
of France deprived our royal marine. Our maritime com-
merce is sinking more and more every day -folder the in-
fluence of existing laws. As regards colonies, we have only
ruins. This is the disastrous state of affairs ; and when the
Chambers, which wish for a grand In arine, shall
have re-established by new laws whatever they have
destroyed by law, then France will reap the
fruits of a quarter of a century of sacrifices." Tht compara-
tive state of the two royal navies is thus stftted :—" The
French navy is numerically about one-third of that of Great
Britain. This immense inequality is moreover greatly in•
creased by the great number of three-deckers which the
English possess. The number of vessels upon the stocks is
nearly the same in both countries. Our neighbours are far
from having any advantage over us as regards the 'construc-
tion of first-class vessels and frigate!. They are incontes-
tably superior to ns as regards the construction of inferior
vessels, such as corvettes, brigs, schooners, Sce. And if
the artillery on board our (the French) vessels is
in general as well-disposed as that on board the Eng-
lish ships, there are some notable improvements to ,be made
on board all our vessels, by arranging our guns so :as to be
used either when giving chase or when in retreat, and also
in the manner in which our vessels are equipped. In refe-
rence to the trade with China, the Constitutionnel contains the
following sensible remarks, conveyed in a letter, it says, from
a person worthy of confidence :—" Notwithstanding the am-
bassadors and the commercial commission, we shall rot obtain
advantages from the treaty as long as the French trill not
make up their minds to drink tea, and the Chinese claret.
Our commerce in this country will be always limited, from
the want of a commercial organization, for which everything
is yet to be done."

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day at 81f. 95c.; the New Loan at 821.; the Five per Cents.,
117 f. 25c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,140 f.; Rouen,
970 f. ; Great Northern, 735 f.; Fampoux, 505 f. ; Havre, 76,5 f.;
Avignon, 955 f.; Vierzon, 7071. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 6131. 75c.;
Boulogne, 5401. ; Troves and Montereau, 500 f. ; Basle,
246 f. 25c.; Spanish Actives, 37 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
384 ; ditto, Domestic Debt, 35 ; ditto, Passives, Q.
The fallow ing are the quotations for other lines :
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 171. 75c. prem. ; ditto
(Calon), 4f.; ditto (Ganneron), 7f. ; ditto (La Pinsonniere),
IL 50c. Paris awl Strasbourg (Eliaguerk,t), 10E ;

Ayntard), 8f ; Tours and Nanttis (Mackenzie), 20f. ; ditto
Drouillard); 4f, ; ditto (O'Neill)) 10f1 • ditto (Lefevre), 4f. ;
yons and. Avignon (Talabot), 24f. ;' ditto (Lecointe),,,9f. ;
ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), sf. ; Bordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), if. 25. ; ditto (Espeleta), 12f. 50c. • Creil and
t. Quentin (Carette), Bf. ; ditto (Colbert), 11. ; Charleroi
(Kysaen's), 500 f. ; Dieppe (Selliere6), 26f. 25c.; Caen (Dela-
marre), 3f. 50c.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 4.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,005 f. ;
Boulogne. 580 f.; Vierzon, 74)f.; Orleans and Bordeaux,
662 f. 50e.

LYONS, Nov. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,000 f.; Paris
and Orleans, 1,177 f. 50c.; Orleans and Vierzon, 730 f. ;
Northern, 761 f. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 8.
Anglo-Belgian — 'Luxembourg
Boulogne and Amiens.. 9 tAi Madrid and Valentia —
Bordeaux &Mediterran INamur and Liege 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse I North Jamaica ...
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Vierzon 17
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. Orleans and Bordeaux 10%
Central of Spain ..... lOverYssel
Demerara
Dendre Valley ... 1 Ditto (Ganneron's). 21A
Dutch Rhenish ...... I Ditto (Calmes)....
Dieppe & Paris Janet. IParis and 0r1ean5......
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Rouen
East Indian
Fampoux & Hazebrouk (Ganneron's)
Grt Northern of France ! Do. (Aymards)
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's) 3% , Paris and St. Quentin.
Do. (Le Boeuf) — !Rouen and Havre 27
Do. Pepin lc Halleur.. I Royal North of Spain —
Great Paris and Lyons. ,Sambre and Meuse
Great Western Bengal Strasburg and Basle
Great Western Canada 3% Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
Jamaica S Mid. Junction I dent, and Hasselt —
Do. North Midland ... Tours and Nantes
Do. Extension
Jersey — I Do. (Lefebvre's)
Louvain and Jemeppe.. 2yl Verona and Ancona —
Lyons and Avignon.... 1% !West Flanders ...... 4

Sir Robert Peel is expected to arrive in town this day from
a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.

CH ANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor did not sit to.day till eleven o'clock.
CLUN HOSPITAL V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
This case came before the Court upon the petition of the trustees
of Clun Hospital praying that 2,5001., part of a sum of 3,3501.,
might be raised and paid to Earl Powis. it appeared that a sum
of 3,3501. had been approved of by the trustees for certain buildings
and repairs connected with the hospital. Buildings and repairs
to the extent of 2,5001. had taken place, and the object of the peti.
tion was to have that money paid. The petition also prayed for an
order with reference to the increase of the salaries of the warden,
nurse, and barber of the hospital, which had been approved of by
the Court.
His LoaDSHIP made the order as prayed.

DAVENPORT V. BISHOP.

The further arguments in this rppeal occupied the Court the
remainder of the morning.
THE NEW LORD MAYOR.

Shortly before three o'clock the new Lord Mayor, accompanied
by the late one, the Recorder, and the Civic authorities, appeared
in Court, and invited the Lord Chancellor to the Civic
banquet this evening. We understand that the cause of the Lord
Mayor arriving at so late an hour was in consequence of his Lordship
not being enabled to land at Westminster-bridge, the state of the
tide rendering it necessary for him to proceed as far as Vauxhall_
bridge, and from thence to Westminster.hall, in his carriage.