The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON VRID'A y Erf.thrlNG, OCTOBER 31, 1845.

E.ONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.
The Shareholders are hereby informed, that the Bill for the
London and York Railway having, in the last session, passed the
House of Commons, and having also passed the Standing Orders
Committee of the House of Lords, will be resumed at that stage
immediately on the meeting of Parliament, under the resolutions of
both Houses giving this privilege to Railway Bills in the state of that
of the London and York ; and that the notices to that effect, re-
quired by those resolutions to be given in certain, newspapers during
this month of October and in November, are now in course of
publication.
Having now ascertained the extent of their liabilities consequent
upon the very severe and protracted, though succeasful, contest of last
session, the Directors have the satisfaction tO find that though the
expenses have been unavoidably great, amp' funds remain from the
original deposit of 21. 10s. per share to meet any possible cost in the
ensuing session ; and as in the case ofth's London and York Bill, it is
not requisite under the Standing Orts.ers, to increase .the deposit of Si.
per cent. on the capital already paid, and which continues lodged
with the Accountant-General of I'ne Court of Chancery, it will be un-
necessary to make any further, tall upon the Shareholders.
The Bill for the Waketiela 'branch which, for want of time, was
not heard last session, is to ly3 renewed ; and this branch is to be ex-
tended from Wakefield in4.o the town of Leeds. Additional extensions
will also be proposed fre,n Stamford direct to Spalding ; from Hat-
field through St. Albie.fs to Luton and Dunstable; and to Hertford—
alt which ar no corr.se of being surveyed preparatory to the usual
eposits and icr,s required by Parliament.
In conformity with the sessional orders under which Bills standing
over from last r.ession maintain their position in the ensuing session,
a new Subscription Contract will be prepared; and notice will
shortly be given to the holders of the London and York and the
Bawtry Branch scrip certificates of shares, to send the same in for
registry ; and of the time at which the new deed will be lying for
signature in London and at the principal country towns.
The cost of the IVaketield and other Branch lines herein-men-
tioned is to be provided for by means of Forty Thousand (40,000)
Scrip Extension Shard of the value of 251. each, with a deposit of
21. 10s. being ten (10) per cent. as required by Parliament, to be
allotted to the Proprietors of the original or existing London and
York and Bawtry Scrip Shares of 501. each in the proportion of one
Extension Share of 251. for three of the Scrip Shares of 501.—and the
Subscription Contrrhel for the Branch lines will be ready for signa-
ture at the same time as the New Deed for the London and York
original line. By order,

J. R. Offices, No. 7, Lothbury, London, Oct. 30,1845 WATT, Secretary.3lo.

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The Allotment of Shares in this Company is now completed,
and the letters have been this day issued. The Shares applied for
amount to upwards of one million four hundred thousand, while those
to be alloted were one hundred and twenty thousand only.
The applications by landowners and others locally interested, and
Shareholders in the Great Western, and Bristol, and Exeter Rail-
ways, have so reduced the number for general distribution that the
Committee have been compelled to make only small allotments in
almost every instance, and in many to pass over applicants of the
highest respectability and wealth. The Committee hope this ex-
planation will be accepted and be deemed satisfactory, as they have
endeavoure',l to discharge a most difficult and arduous duty with fair-
ness and i• alpartiallty.
The Cc munittee beg to add that all the necessary plans and docu-
ments v.lll be in readiness for the ensuing session of Parliament,
and th,:y have also the pleasure of stating that since the last publi-
cation of the prospectus they have received the cordial and strenuous
support of John Beathcoat, Esq., M.P. for Tiverton, and Lord
Duntan, M.P. for Bath, both of whom have been added to the Com-
mittee of Management, and also of many other influential gentlemen
10etilly interested on the intended line.
20, Poultry, London, Oct. 31,1845.

CHARING-CROSS-BRIDGE.
(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the proprietors of the Charing-cross-bridge
took place to day at the offices of the Company,
street, for the purpose of considering the offer made to the
Directors, by Mr. Fuller, of Parliament-street, for the pun
chase of the rights and properties of the Company, and for
authorising such further proceedings as might be deemed ex-
pedient.

- Mr. W3l. HAWES, on taking the chair at one o'clock,
called upon the secretary to read the advertisement calling
the meeting, upon which
Mr. Was. COPE, of 85, St. Martin's-lane, put in a protest
against the sale, leasing, or disposing of the bridge, or
the Directors doing any act that tended to cause the dissolu-
tion of the Company, or deteriorate the value of its property.
lie was determined to keep the thirty-one shares of which he
was possessed for a permanent investment.
The protest having been read,
The CHAIRMAN shortly addressed the meeting, and after
recounting the different proceedingsthat had occurred, and the
interview that had taken place between himself, Mr. Fuller,
Mr. Jackson, and his solicitor, stated that the drafts of agree-
ment had been so altered by the solicitor of Mr. Jackson that
it was considered necessary that a further adjournment
should tflke place for a week, in order that com-
nannicee.on should be made upon the subject. The clauses
to which the greatest objection was entertained were,
oblig..ng the Bridge Company to make the bridge a passage
for '-.ailway carriages, and also to pay interest upon the par-
ch Age-money till the contract was completed.
Mr. FEW and Mr. DUNE, the solicitors of Mr. Jackson,
addressed the meeting with respect to the first clause that
was objected to. All that was intended by it was that
thes Bridge Company shouhl afford them all the necessary
facilities to enable them to go to Parliament next session for
power to enable them to convert the bridge into one for rail-
way traffic.

the CHAIRMAN said the Bridge Company were willing to
do that, but they must object to the payment of interest for
the purchase-money.
Atter some further discussion' the meeting was adjourned
to Thursday nest, the 6th November, at half-past one
o'clock.

EWELL CATTLE FAIR, SURREY.-This autumn
fair concluded on Wednesday. Stock of all kind was offered for
sale, and of which there was more than usual, and a lively business
done. The sheep pens were confined to one part of the fair, and ex-
tended over a wide range of ground ; most of the principal sheep and
cattle breeders in Surrey sad Sussex were present. Sonthdown
wethers, fat, made 4s. Bd. per stone; ditto, for feeding, from 325. to
40$. ; tags, from 275. to 325. Lambs, fat, made ss, a stone; ditto,
for stock, from 16s. to 235. a head. Leicesters and half-breds, fat,
sold well, but inferior hung on hand. There were several pens
of superior bred Southdown ewes, which sold at prices varying
from 355. to 425. a head ; and aged ewes averaged 30s. ;
Lincoln, 355, ; Leicesters, 40s. ; 'Cents, 325. to 345.; So-
mesets, from 365. 40s. here were a few ns of Dorset couples,
whrich meole from to
T 425. to 50s. Welch ewespefetched 18s. to 255.
Sussex t- sasts, fat, made 4s. 6d. per stone ; ditto, for stalling, from
(ti.loi. to IIL a head. Prime Scots were caught up at ss. per stone.
.ows am i calves made from 141. to 181. • well-bred Yorkshire cows
the distrince theytet
coo;:lweping from 141. to 16/. ; heifers from N. to 12/. ; .Alderney
colts, from 161. to 20f. eritiotott;hs
Reid; they were
. isi email calf 15/ The Welch cattle droves extended over a
large poi lion of tl '.
in good condition, considering
at _ ravel daily, and many were sold for the London
Markets
l'uuti Priem Horses, young, made from 151. to 301. ; cart
and nags, from 10/. to 18/. Pigs, two
months old, Ps. ; three
fat pigs, 35. 6d., and porkers, 4ts'. 143.. ; and six months, 355. to 425. ;
6cl per stone. The pleasure fair ,
194 =An.
_ _

111 H E DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH,
and DEVONPORT RAILWAY,
By Chudley, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 40,008 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon Lord Graves, Thanckes, Plymouth
The Right Worshipflil the Mayor of Exeter
The Honourable F. H. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P. Berkeley-house,
Spring-gardens
John Stewart, Esq. M.P.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis, C.B, Exeter
Lieutenant-Colonel Newell, E.I.C.S. Seaton
William Hole, Esq. Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon
J. B. Dickenson, Esq. 55, Curzon-street, London
Colonel Sir H. Bayley, Burley-villa, Lyme
James Jones Tanner, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter
Edwaid Spencer Curling, Esq. George-yard, Lombard-street
George Thomas, Esq. Winchester-house, Broad-street, Director of
the London and Hounslow Railway Company
Joseph Henry, Esq. South-street, Finsbury, director of the London
and Hounslow Railway Company
Francis Chambers, Esq. St. Dunstan's-hill, director of the London and
Hounslow Railway Company
Major D'Urban, Newport-house, near Exeter
Sir William Twysden, Bart. director of the Chepstow and Forest of
Dean Railway Company
Charles Tanner, Esq. Plymouth
Major Selwyn, R.E. Exeter
W. H. Tanner, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
John Eyre Kingdon, Esq. Elm-cottage, Exeter
Benjamin Salter, Esq. Mourt Radford, Exeter
Captain Edward Foord, 11.C.5. Warwick-villas, Harrow-road
George Pearse, Esq. Bradninch, Devon
Major Arden, E.I.C.S, Hills-court, Exeter
William Curling, Esq. Hunsdon-house, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Samuel Burford, Esq. merchant, Poultry-chambers, London
Joseph Sayell, Esq Exeter
George Watts, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
George Lewis llollingsworth, Esq. Winchester-house, Broad-street,
and Godstone, Surrey
Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq. merchant, Comhill, London
George Parham Esq. Russell-square, director of the Leeds and Car-
lisle Railway Company
Richard Gray, Esq. 5, Adam's-court, Broad-street, merchant, director
of the Wisheach and Peterborough Railway Company
Robert Arscott, Esq. Southemhay, Exeter
Thomas Worthy, Esq. Exeter
Joseph Thompson, Esq. Director of the London and Brighton Railway
Company
Edwin Williams, Esq. Exeter
Francis Thomas Rodd, Esq. Doddiscombsleigh, Devon
John Brightman, Esq. Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the
General Maritime Assurance Company
William Lambert, Esq. Exeter
William George Harrison, Esq. merchant, Hill-house, Tooting, and
Bucklersbury
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 253, Piccadilly, Director of the Oxford,
Witney and Cheltenham Railway Company
E. Hunt Roberts, Esq. St. Leonards, Exeter
Robert J. Trewman, Esq. Weir Cliff Cottage, Bear Exeter
George Braund, Esq. Exeter
Captain Tanner, R.N. Exeter
Thomas Western Snell, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter, director of the
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
Edwin Force, Esq. Exeter.
Major Williams, 11.31. Mount Radford, Exeter
Charles Hubbard, Esq. Exeter
Captain Berkeley, Dix's-field, Exeter
Joseph Hopgood, Esq. Chichester-place, Exeter, director of the Li-
verpool and Derby Direct Railway
Jonas Levy, Esq. 15, Tavlstock-square, London
James Henry Toswill, Esq. Pitt-house, Chudleigh
S. T. Shalrp, Esq. banker, Totnes
Samuel Maunder, Esq. 3, Mont-le •Grand, Exeter
Sir John Osborn, Bart., 11.4nsington
William Gambier, Esq. Sacomb-park, Herts, Director ofthe Chatham
and Portsmouth Railway
George R. Peppercorne, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Chat-
ham and Portsmouth Railway
Major William Snow, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square
Captain James Williams, Alphingron-road, Exeter
R. 31. Preece, Esq. Park-square West, Regent's-park
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
John Blackburn. Esq. director of the Oxford and Chester Railway
Thomas Shepperson, Esq. Cheapside, London
Major Thomas Roles Soady, Emma-place, Stonehouse
Samuel Seger Bastard, Esq. Higher Summerland, Exeter
Thomas Neale, Esq. brewer, Browne's-lodge, Reigate
Thomas Besley, Esq. Exeter
John N. Hall, Esq. Clilton-place, Exeter
J. S. Dewdney, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
R. T. Abraham, Esq. Heavitree
W. Watson, Esq. Leamington
Charles Richards, Esq. Exeter
Samuel Davies, Esq. Exeter
J. D. Osborn. Esq. St. Sidwells, Exeter
N. W. Besley, Esq. Sonthernhay, Exeter
Charles Justice, Esq. Collumpton
R. Richards, Esq. merchant, Chudleigh •
Captain John Davies, R.N. Seaton
William Eales, Esq-Mincing-lane, London
George Henry Drake, Esq. Exeter
(With power to add to their number).
soticrroas.
London—Messrs. Fyson and Curling, 3, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry,
Exeter—Thomas Flood, Esq. 5, Bedford-circus
Plymouth—Messrs. Woolicombe, Square, Stephens, and Prance
Devonport—Messrs. Beer and:Rundle.
ENGINEERS.
John Baldry Redman, Esq.
A. H. Bampton, Esq.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—F. G. Farrant, Esq.
Locar, AGENT.—Chudleigh—Charles Langley, Esq.
BANNERS.
, London—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill
Exeter—Messrs. Saunders and Co., Exeter Bank
Messrs. Milford and Co., City Bank
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
West of England and South Wales District Bank
National Provincial Bank
Totn es—Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank
Plymouth—Naval Bank
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank
Xlevonport-31essrs. Hodge and Norman
3)evon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank.
This line of railway—forty miles in length—has at its termin-
Plyreouth and Devonport, with a population of 130,000 inhad
bittants (exceeding that of Bristol) at the one end ; an.
at the other, the very important and populous city of Exeteri
It traverses a rich and populous district, and will be a
most valuable tributary to all the lines northward and
eastward of Exeter. The position and chttracter of Plymouth Har-
bour, and the immense traffic thence to the interior of the country,
will render the construction of this line the most profitable invest-
ment by far in the West of England. The great local support it has
received attests the accuracy of the opinion we feel bound to express
upon this important undertaking.

AT a numerous meeting of the members of the
Common Council, present in the Council Chamber of the
Guidhall, on Thursday, the 30th day of October, 1843,
The Court having been broken up by reason of only one Alderman
being present, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to :
"That theimembers of the Court of Common Council now present
cannot separate without expressing their surprise and regret at the
conduct of the Aldermen who ought to have attended the Court this
day, and to have remained during its sitting, and not by their absence
have obstructed the important business fir the consideration of which
the Court was assembled.'
Resolved unanimously, that the above resolution, signed by the
Chairman, be advertised in .the usual morning and evening papers,
and a copy thereof be sent to each of the Aldermen.
JAS. ANDERTON, Chairman.

NEW WORK BY MRS. THOMSON.
Just ready, in two vols. Biro., with Portraits,
M E OIRS of the JACOBITES,
Mrs.
B TH,
Author of " Widows ay nd Widoweors3lso.l7. ," " Ragland Castle," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street
(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty).

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the popular of THE ENCHANTRESS,
Don SyMc), Mr. IV. Harrison ; Stella, Miss Romer.
To conclude with THE FA WY vAK,

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING
Will be rrmed THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr.
Anderson; Julia, Miss Helen Faucit ; llelen, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which gill be repeated WHO'S THE COMPOSER? The
Marquis di Pompolo, Mr. Tilbury; ,ignor Cafarini. Mr. Buckstone ;
Fi;ippo. Mr. Hud' on ; Dorothea di Pompolo, Miss Fortescue ; Carina,
Miss Julia Bennett.

To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION,

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated 711 E GREEN BUSHES; 'or, A Hundred Years
Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates,
and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform.
To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma-
zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform.
To conolude with SEEING WRIGHT.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeakd THE LAST Matthews BRAVOES. Principal
Characters by Messrs. Keeley, F. , F. Vining, Bender, Yar-
fold, and Miss Arden.
After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR.
To be followed by a New and Original Comedietta, entitled PETER
JENKINS; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Principal Characters by
Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Dawson.
To conclude with ALADDIN and the WONDERFUL LAMP.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be performed HAMLET, Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Mr.
Macready ; Gertrude, Mrs. Tertian.
To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE
A QUATItr.

FRENCH PLAYS.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, KING-STREET.
First appearance of Mons. Latont and Mdlle. Eugenie St. Marc.
Mr. Mitchell begs respectfully to announce that the above Theatre
will be RE-OPENED on MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 3, 1545,
when will be produced the favourite Comedic Vaudeville, entitled
LA SOMNAMBULE, par MM. Scribe et G. Delavigne. Frederic
de Luzy, M. Lafont; Cecile, Mdlle. St. Marc.
During the Evening, the National Anthem, " God Save the
Queen," will be sung by the entire company.
To conclude with the Comedy oz LA PARTIE DE CHASSE DE
HENRI IV. Henri IV., Rol de France, M. Lafont.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
THIS Will be performed the successfulEVENlNG Drama of THE PROFLIGATE,
Characters by Messrs. Browne, C. Boyce, Romer, Cockerill, Witl.
dron, Brookes, G. Wild, Miss L. Melville, Miss Hamilton, &c.
After which, THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild I
Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard.
To conclude with THE BOYHOOD 01' BACCHUS.
The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; 3lomus, Mr. G. Wild.

NEW STRAN THEATRE.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.---D BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
M. PHILLIPPE will continue to repeat his wonder of MAGICAL
DELUSIONS and Extraordinary Tours d'Addresse. The Perform-
ances will be interspersed by a variety o Singing and Dancing.
To conclude with a NIGHT IN PEKIN, in wh,ch M. Phillippe will
execute several Chinese and Indian experiments, universally ac-
knowledged to be the most astounding Feats ever attempted by any
European.
J 'oors
open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter
to Eight.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE ROVER'S SECRET ; or, The Bridge •
St. Martin's. M. Martial, Mr. N. T. Hicks; William, Mr. 11. Hughes;
Clarisse, Mrs. Henry Yining.
After which, Mous. PLEGE and FAMILY'S extraordinary per-
formance on the Tight Rope.
To conclude with OLIVER TWIST, supported by the whole
Company.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIDCATRE OF ARTS.
PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY.
EVENING
Will be performed THETHIS BRIDE OF TILE NILE, and The Lily
of Memphis and The Horse of the Pyramids, in which the whole
Company will appear.
To which will be added, an entire change of the Arena novelties,
embracing the united tolents of the French and English Equestrians.
To conclude with THE LION KING.

THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, OCT. 31.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest, 57; Noon, 52,
BARO3IE TEE, 30.22.
WIND N.; light airs and hazy.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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quarterly tables of the revenue. On the premises above
recited he will receive into the Treasury coffers, on foreign
wheat in bond or in transit for importation, 200,0001. ; on
flour, 20,000/. ; on oats, peas, beans, and barley, probably
another 50,0001.: so that he will realise against the meeting
of Parliament some 320,000/. to 350,000/., wherewith to make
a parade of pseudo-financial " prosperity." If, under our
present system of corn-laws, modified even by the imposition
of fixed duties, results thus inconsistent can be realised—of
plenty to the Exchequer with destitution to the people—this
is, alone, sufficient reason for their immediate abolition.

Letters received flora Dresden, of the 23d instant, leave no
doubt that the Government and the Lower Chamber of the
States are in direct opposition on several important questions.
It will be recollected that the Chamber adopted an address to
his MAJESTY contrary to the wishes of his Ministers.
This circumstance gave the Cabinet great annoyance,
and a council was held in consequence to consider whether
the KING should not at once dissolve the assembly and issue
writs for a new election. After mature deliberation, this
proposition was rejected on the ground that in the present
excited state of the public mind, such a measure
would only increase the irritation. It appears also that another
symptom of misunderstanding had manifested itself. During
the discussion on the propriety of drawing up an address,
one of the KING'S Ministers declared that certain words used
by one of the speakers were revolutionary, and the President,
on the subject being referred fur his opinion, said the lan-
guage was perfectly in order. The Chamber also requires
important reforms in the courts of law, substituting oral for
written testimony, a reduction in the standing army, and
establishment of a national guard or militia to perform cer•
taro military duties now entrusted to the regular army.

We have intelligence from Madrid to the 23d instant, ac-
cording to which new conspiracies had been discovered, both
in the east and west of the Peninsula. The Herald() states
that sixteen persons had been arrested at Valencia in con-
sequence of another plot against the Government, and the
Castellano contains a letter from. Salamanca announcing that
the whole of the cavalry and infantry in that town had been
ordered to march to the frontiers of Portugal, in order to
watch some revolutionary movement anticipated in the Tres
os Mentes. NARVAEZ, accompanied by the Captain-Ge-
neral and Governor of Madrid, inspected all the barracks of
the capital on the 23d. Additional troops continued to
arrive. One of the journals states that " active preparations
are now in the course of being made fur the construction Of
a railway from Cordova to Malagra. The English engineers
are already on their way here to survey this line."
No business was done on the Bourse.

The articles in the Paris papers, with the exception, per-
haps, of one, possess little interest for the English reader.
That one appears in the Journal des Debats, and relates to
the wanton, unjust, and wicked attacks made by certain
London journals on'the character of the French nation, and
the pretence set up by (we are glad to say) only one jour-
nal of respectability for keeping possession of Chusan. The
Journal des Debate is justly celebrated for the ability of its
writing, the calm good sense, and the peaceful impartial
tone which pervades its 'columns. A reproach from a
paper like this tells, therefore, with great effect, and
cannot fail to be felt by every upright English-
man, the more especially when it is known that
there is but too much truth in its sarcastic remarks.
We only entreat our Contemporary, and the French
in general, not to take sentiments expressed in certain Lon-
don papers as the sense of the nation, or as an indication that
the wished-for peace with our powerful neighbour is at all
diminished in the breasts of our countrymen. If the people
were polled throughout Great Britain and Ireland, we believe
not one in a hundred would be found to concur in the offen •
sive remarks which from time to time have been
directed against the whole French nation. In ani-
madverting on the proposition to retain Chusan
in violation of treaties, that journal makes the
following remarks :—" The English did not take time to
appreciate all its advantages,- and, instead of appropriating
Chusan to themselves, they took possession of a frightful rock,
the den of pirates and smugglers, and caused the island of
Hong-Kong to be permanently ceded to them. They have
not been able to do anything with this sad conquest, not-
withstanding all the money they have expended, and Hong-
Kong has been a sort of burial-place for the troops and British
residents. As to Chusan, it has been occupied by the English,
but only provisionally, and it has been stipulated that it shall
be restored to China on the day when the last portion of the
ransom agreed upon shall be paid. If tse English have not
been able to habituate themselves to Hong-Keno., they have
well accustomed themselves to Chusan. During the three years
that they have had for experiencing all the inconveniences of
their permanent possession, they have been equally able to
appreciate all the advantages of their provisional possession,
and the regret that they feel at having established them-
selves at Hong-Kong, doubles that which they feel at being
obliged to quit Chusan. What is worth taking is worth
keeping, says a proverb; and the English journals are for
keeping what they have got. They are desirous, therefore,
of finding a means of retaining Chusan, without having the
appearance of violating too openly the faith of treaties.
We remember having a month or two ago insinuated,
without meaning any harm, that the English would seek
for some pretexts to put the Chinese in the wrong, and
they would not be sorry to receive some offence, in order
to have the right of demanding reparation. This inno-
cent assertion caused a certain outcry in the English press,
and regret was expressed that a journal, generally so mo-
derate, should thus take part in the accusation directed
against the ambition and cupidity of England. We
were really almost affected at these reproaches, and were be-
ginning to ask ourselves whether we had not given way,
without wishing it, to some old feeling of jealousy. Un-
fortunately, however, a light has come from the East. All
the letters from India and China call for Chusan, and one
of the members of the Colonial Government is coming
to England to demonstrate the necessity of retaining this
fortunate island. The English journals are a little em-
barrassed. How, indeed, is Chusan to be retained in the
face of the Pottinger treaty? It has been stipulated to give
it up on receiving the last payment. The time for this is
approaching rapidly, for it falls on the 31st of December
of the present year. In two months this island, in
which the English have found themselves so comfort-
able, must be given up, and they must bid adieu to
its seductive banks. If these accursed Chinese had but the
genius of bankruptcy! But no; they pay, alas! with a tor-
menting punctuality. The Americans have not yet had time
enough to teach them the improved system of repudiation.
This is what vexes certain English journals. They are in the
rather rare position of a creditor who is heartily desirous of pro-
testing his debtors' bills, and experiences the disappointment
of finding them solvent. The Chinese pay their bibs as re-
gularly as a Lombard-street banker. There is, therefore no
honest way of retaining possession of Chusan. If the English
Government should keep Chusan, which we are far from
thinking will be the case, it will be neither, more nor less than
an act of spoliation. To attempt to render us responsible for
such conduct is a rather light way of tranquillising con-
seience."
The following account of an imposing ceremony, which
took place at the Tuileries, on Tuesday, is extracted from
the papers :
At one o'clock the King, accompanied by the Prince Royal,
Count de Paris, the Princes his sons, and attended by his Ministers
and the officers of his household, entered the throne-room at the
Tuileries, when the Marshal Duke de Dalmatie, President of the
Council, presented to his Majesty the Commissioners appointed for
directing and superintending the erection of the monument to the
memory of the late Duke of Orleans. The Marshals of France,
the Generals of the Army, and the Admirals of the Navy now in
Paris; General Jacqueminot, Commandant of the National Guard
of the Seine, with his staff; the General Officers of the Na.
tional Guards of Paris and the Banlieue, the Colonels and Lieu-
tenant-Colonels of the different legions, the Prefect of the Seine,
the Prefect of Police, all the generals and superior officers in the
War-office and Admiralty, General SeSastiani, Commandant of the
First Military Division, with his staff; General Schneider, Com-
mandant of the Division without the walls of Paris, with his staff;
the Colonels and Lieutanant-Colonels of the Infantry, Cavalry,
Artillery, and Engineers; and the Military Intendants and Sub=
Intendants, were present at this ceremony. The Duke de Dal-
vaatie advanced, and presented to his Majesty the minutes of the
inauguration of the statue, with the following address :
" Sire,—l have the honour of presenting to your Majesty the
minutes of the inauguration of the equestrian statue of Mon.
seigneur the Duke of Orleans, Prince Royal, which has been
erected in the cot.rt of the Louvre, and which the Army and Navy
have spontaneously desired to offer to posterity in perpetuation of
the memory of his Royal Highness. The Commission, presided
over by Marshal Vallee, and of which were members Marshal
Count d'Erlon (deceased), Lieutenant-Generals Baron d'Athalin,
Count Baudrand, Baron Berthezene, Baron Woirol, Baron Ru.
patel, Count Schramm, the Military Intendant Meleioa d'Arc, and
M. Martineau de Cheaper, Auditor of the Council of State, Secre.
tary, has given to all the preparatory works of the monument at-
tentions which I hope the King will have the goodness to appre-
ciate. I bave also the honour to present to your Majesty the
medals which have been struck on this sad and solemn occasion."
The King Immediately delivered the minutes to the Count de
Paris, whom he held by the hand, saying—
"My dear Child,—l cannot do better than give als to you.
You will keep it as a precious testimony of the feeling of confi-
dence and, affection which the army entertained for your poor
father,"

Hie ifajesty then, turning towards the Committee and officers
with which the throne-room was filled, said—
" I appreciate, my dear Marshal, the zeal with which the Corn-
raission, under your direction, has fulfilled the wish of the land
and sea forces, and I thank them as well as "you. On receiving
this new homage to the memory of a beloved son, over whom
Francs mourns with me, I am too much moved to be able to ex-
press as I would all that I experience at this moment. But, how..
ever painful it may be to me now to make my voice heard, I
recover my powers when called upon to express to the Army, the
National Guard, and to all France, how deeply my heart, and the
hearts of all belonging to me, are penetrated with such a homage,
and to testify, at the same time, to the people of Paris how much
we have been touched by those striking demonstrations with which
they have surrounded the statue which you have offered to me in
the name of the Army."
In the course of the day his Majesty, in the hall of the throne,
and surrounded by the Royal Family and his Ministers, delivered
to the Duke d'Aumale the insignia of the Grand Order of the
Golden Fleece, conferred upon this Prince by the Queen of Spain.
The Spanish Charge d'Affaires was present.
Prince Ferdinand and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
arrived on Monday at the Palace of St. Cloud.

_ ... .....
It is said that the King is shortly to pass in review the troops that
have lately arrived in Paris.

" The funeral obsequies of Count Eugene Ncy, who was re-
cently Chargé d'Affaires of France at the Brazils, were peformed
on Tuesday at the Church of St. Roch. His brother, the Prince
de Moskowa was the chief mourner.
The _Frew says :—" It will be recollected that the negotiations
pending a few months ago between Prussia and Denmark, relating
to the Sound dues, did not terminate in any decided result. We
now believe, however, that this negotiation, which interests all corn-
mercial nations in the same degree as Prussia, will be resumed
during the next month. At the same time, it must be remem-
bered that the existing conventions do Hot expire till 1851."
A further depression of stock and prices of shares took
place on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday, but to no great
extent. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 25c.; tlae New
Loan, 82f. 40c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 40c.; thy, Orleans
Railroad Shares, 1,187 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,002 f. 51;c.; Havre,
787£ 10c.; Avignon, 985 f. ; Vierzon, 725 f.; Be.rdeaux, 626 f.
25c.; Boulogne, 565 f: ; Troyes and Montere&J, 500 f.; Basle,
265 E ; Northern, 771 f. 25c.
The following are the quotations for othrr lines:—
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte),s'ilE 25c. prem. ; ditto
(Caton), 504 f. ' • ditto (Ganneron), ; ditto (La Pin-.
sonniere), 5031. 75c. ; Northern Liar.: (Laffitte), 570 f.; ditto
(Rosamel), 535£ ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 528 E ; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 528£ ; Paris av,tl Strasburg (Hinguerlot),
515 f. • Tours and Nantes (Maesenzie), 521 f. 55c. ; ditto
(Droitillard), 50c.; dittc, (O'Neill), 512 f, 50c.; ditto

(Lefevre), 506 f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 530 f.; ditto
(Lecointe), 512 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 506 f.;
Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 512 f. 50c. ; Creil and Saint
Quentin (Carette), 511 E 50c. ; ditto (Colbert), 501 f. 25c.
Lroxs, Ocr. 27.—Paris and Orleans, 1,198 f. 75c.; Paris
and Rouen, 1,023 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 30.

Anglo-Belgian
Boulogne and Amiens lO%
Bordeaux &Mediterrau
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Do. & Cette (Espeleta)
Do. (Mackenzie's)
Central of Spain
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish
Dieppe & Paris Juliet —
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian
Grt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf)
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons —
Great Western Bengal 14
Jamaica S Mid. Junction 4%
Do. North Midland —
Do. Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe —
Lyons and Avignon —
Luxembourg

A Cabinet Council was held
residence of Sir Robert Peel;
meeting being summoned thei
Baronet suffering from an attar

Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege 43/4
North Jamaica ......
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel
Paris &Lyons (Laffitte) 21,!
Ditto (Ganneron's).
Ditto (Calon's)....
Paris and Orleans —
Paris and Rouen 393/4
Paris and Strasburg
( Gann eron's
Do. (Aymards)
Do. (Compte de L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre.—
Royal North of Spain.
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Basle
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt...
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
Do. (Lefebvre's)
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders

this afternoon at the private
, in Whitehall-gardens, the
-e owing to the Right Hon.
k of gout.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner GovLamm)
IN REAY ♦ND BEAY.

To-day was appointed for the bankrupt, John Reay, to pan his
last examination. The bankrupt carried on business on a most
extensive scale as a wine.merchaut, in Mark-lane, City, and
failed for a large amount, upwards of 200,0001.
The official assignee now reported to the Court that the bank-
rupt had given every pnssible information, and had rendered what
he the official assignee considered, the best accounts in his power,
and did not consider that any advantage would be gained by any
further adjournment.

The Solicitor to the trade assignee said, that after the report of
the official assignee, he should not make any opposition to the
bankrupt passing.
The Learned COMMIiiSIONER asked whether any creditor wished
to oppose, and no one answering, the bankrupt was declared to
hare passed,

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000
bales, all to the trade. The market remains quiet, and is with-
out any appearance of change whatever.
We have had a heavy market for Shares, and former prices
are barely supported. The scarcity of money is severely felt
at present in our market.
Almost any feature connected with the affairs of Ireland,
and tending to bring the manufactures of that country into
favourable notice, is much liked in the City. It is
a boast, therefore, to-day, among Irishmen con-
nected with trade, that Ler Majesty yesterday, on the
occasion of opening the new building in Lincoln's Inn, had
on a splendid dress formed of Limerick lace. We trust that
the example of the Queen will be followed in future by all
having a love of country, and a desire to see the manufac-
tures of Ireland advanced, and the general prosperity of the
kingdom promoted.
Mr. Waghorn has succeeded in bringing advices from
Bombay and Calcutta within a month. The details of the
n;cont arrival will be found in another part of The Sun.
The merchants connected with the India and China
trade are loud in their commendations of the
skill and perseverance cf Mr. Waghorn. A public
subscription, or a Parliamentary grant, must be
granted to an individual who has so successfully
established the " great fact" of abndging by one•sixth, or
one-eighth, the period required in " olden times" for the
transit of a convnunication between England and India, or
Chine, and vire versa.
The. Funds opened heavily, but they have since rallied.
Consols for Account have since risen to 97k, and for Money
from 96,1 to 971/x. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has
scarcely been so firm as yesterday. Bank Stock has flue-
tuated from 2051/ to 2061.
The Foreign Funds are heavy only in a few instances.
Brazil Stock has declined to 82, but Danish has advanced to
87, Peruvian from 34 to 351, and the Dutch Four per Conts.
to 93.

In the Share Market two or three more failures are con-
sidered as more than probable. The settlements still may
be said to proceed satisfactorily. The corrected list of prices
will show the different variations.
In Mark-lane to-day business is all but suspended, and all
parties are anxious to hear what will be the altered duties
upon the admission of foreign grain for home consumption.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. eRICES
Bank Stock .. .2061 X 205% 2064 205 !. i
i per Cent. Reduced ......... ...... 95% 9614) 961,i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 3/i 971 97'
New 314 per Cents ... 98% 97% 981'
,orig Annuities toexiaireJan.lB6o 10 11-16 10 11-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 101 9-16 10 0-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 10 15-16 10 15-16
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d 3B 37 39
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small
ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B6 87
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3l
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 34 35%
Ditto, Converted 571 59
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 58%
Ditto, Account 69
,Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
2)itto, Account 27
Dato, Passive
Dutch, 21. per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 921,41/2 93

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE
t',AILWAY SHARES D. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen ' 5
A rinagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% —
Belfast & County Down ......
Bideford an dTavistock... 1%
Bimini. and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New l7l/2 —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Boston, Stamed, & Birm. 22s
Bridgewater & Minehead ...
urisi... arid Exeter 7O
pitto, New...
BriFt,,l and Gloucester... 30 .......
Bristol agd Liver. June . ......
dri'ton, Lewes, & Hast.'.2o
6atcoonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 11,i 5 4%%......
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — .., .....
Canterbury and Dover.. 1% —
Chelmsford and Bury... lA', —
Chester and Holyhead... 15
•• .
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford ;,2
Clydesdale Junction 5
Cori: Blackrock,: and ..
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 21/2
Cork and Waterford ... 11,4, —

Cornwall :
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir
and Leicester ll4 — ...
Chichester and Brighton 20
Coventry and Leicester lIA —
Churnet Valley
Chatham and Portsm'th 1

Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby ... ......
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford .. . 2%......
Direct Manchester
(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 51,4' SIA •
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh 1X.....
Dublin and BelfastJunc 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk & Enniskillen 21/ —
Dublin and Cashel;, 5
Dublin and Mullingar... 21/2 —
Diss. Beccles, Yarmouth 1
I )üblin and Belfast June 5
Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 22-1A34 22 ......
Ditto New 41. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1.-61. 13s. 4d
Ditto ditto, No. 2...2/. il3s. 4d p
East Dereli'm andNor'ch 1
Ei.,tern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 214
Camb. and Ely 21,4 ......
East tii:colnsliire
nest & wo: of England 1%
Einiburgh ann Vla,gow 50
Ditto, Quarter Shi,ares 121,x —
Ditto, New
E,linburgli & Northern..
Edinburgh and Perth... 11/2.-- 33/4
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ......
Enniskillen and bligo
Essex and Suffolk ..
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 23/1 —
Glouc., Aberystwitb, and
Central of Wales 1%......
Goole and Doncaster .. 425.
Grand Junction ...100 205
Ditto Half Shares 5O ll5 ...
Ditto Quarters 25
Grand Union l% 2%
Great Eastern &Western 21{
GreatGrimsby and Shef •
field
Great South. and West.
(lreland)
Ditto Extension ...... 71i;,
Great Munster 21,4 —
Great North of Scotland 21/2
Grat Z;.orth of England..loo
Ditto New 5
Do. New .... . ......... 2
•••
Great Western BO ......158 1551 158 IA
Ditto % Shares 5O
Ditto Fifths
Fnre'm, Ports. 2%
fiarwich
Hull and Seiby

Do. Half Shares
Hounslow Western ..
Hull and Gainsborough 1%
Inverness and _Elgin 1 —„
Irish North Midland l% —
Isle ofAxholme 2%
Kendal and Windermere 11/ —
Kentish Coast l% —
Killarney Junctions: — —
L inoaster and Carlisle... 25
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and West Riding
Junction
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... .... , ...
Leicester and Bedford... 22s
Leicester and Tamworth 425. —
Lisrerp and Manchester.loo ... ..
Do. % Shares
_ _

Do. Quarters 25
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% ..
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New
castle Junction
London and Birmingurnloo 220 218 222
Do. Thirds
Do. 4 Shares
Ditto Extension ....... 1
London and .131ackwall. 161.133.4 d. 10% 9% ...
Do. New
_. .

Ditto Extension
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 65 643/4 ......
Do. consolidated Bths... 35

Ditto, Sixths
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d..
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
London andGreanwich 1211584 d...

95%
97%
pm. 37
pm. 37
pm. 37
CLOSING
PRICES
82

Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d —
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Lond. & S.Western 411 6a 10d 74 76...
Do. New Consol. Bths 20
Do. New
r)o. New
London & South Essex 41/. 6s. 10d — .„
London and York 2l/2 5/4
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Warwick, and

Kidderminster
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry& Coleraino 5
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham 5
Dianebester and Leeds... 76
Ditto V. Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Sixteenths :....,4;i —_,

1214
41'
5iM

4%

22%
P

3%

103%

49%

`ll
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51%
222
45

9%

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