The Express. — London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

-: ~, MIMI / C ATION NEST THE "DAILY (F r om the Daily News.] WEDSESDAY EvaNitso, OCT. 28, 1848. d „,,,, obieet t o which we briefly adverted yesterday ""';nulnaation of the morning papers against the ii" ...! m. o It is one of great public as well as pri- Dollt•" -- ; fir it must be obvious that if the parties 06 2. 1 d in their object , there would be no other ess , " " e k s pugs of the London newspaper than the is sad su pposed interests of the proprietors. .eillok ince g o nue, tells us that it loves opposition—nay, it but then, it must be an opposition con alliall — ,,,, :— th ld principles, and involvmg a hopeless • ;,7 01. e ;bit the Times does noflove, is an • .. „di c e, honest opposition, which has in it 41. seeds of vitality. For a rivalry that may be left to the element of m ort ality mixed np with im e , e i. g isal constit u t i on, the Ti mes has the most ~mits in dulg ence : but one which has a new and "tritons princi p le Sr -- • le of health and life is to be met, at by a direct and systematic persecution directed, .. to nst cw? ' the new and proofiple itaelf. Of these ~..a , ,,,,"•— • the public had long a . go. When, for • last- 7--- , the Illorning Herald came into the hands of it s present rprictor, it was evident to the Times that it was ikely to be a successful rivaL Forthwith, sass cavilling and questionings, and objections ; and th e iferaid, on some pretence or other, was not per mated to join with the other papers in expresses. If a s ii, it must run them at its own undivided cost. m o nths had, of necessity, to intervene between the date of the exclusion and the period when the new and remo te agencies could be brought into play. In this interval, the Times was unusually energetic • and there was no term of scorn or derision :chit journal did not lavish'on its dangerous rival : th a pur pose of which the public has now the key ;the pur pose bf prejudicing the public mind against the Iferald, and inducing a belief that the latter was always late with its news, and a day after the Times. In this anxious and vehement assertion of the con trary did the Times cover its real apprehensions ; which were that the Herald, when its policy should be matured, and come to bear fruit, would be generally in advance of the Times. And this did, in fact, happen. When the Daily News came into the field, it was unn e • whit hastily assumed by the experienced in • pnatag Banslmren that it was to be one of those =hopeless expetiansatn which would die slaughtering ; and therefore, it was allowed to squander its thousands at its own free will, and without a word of remonstrance. Of course the Daily News united itself with the excommunicated Herald ; on terms, however, of perfect equality, pay ing one half the expense of the foreign agencies and expresse s. Here, then, was the Herald restored to a position of equal advantages, in spite of the Times; and here was a fair and legitimate opposition—the Times, the Chronicle and the Post, against the Herald and the Daily News. Well, for a time " all went merry as a marriage bell." The co-operation of the Daily News and the Herald was cordial and complete; and we took occa sion to bear public testimony to the freedom from all petty jealousies which distinguished the conduct of our ally. In the first flush of our success, while our mechanical resources were yet inadequate to the enormous demand made upon them, the effects of an accident, which would have disappointed thousands of our subscribers of their day's publication, were re paired by the prompt and generous assistance of the Herald. We are not disposed to forget these ser vices even now, when we have no longer the benefit of that co-operation and friendly rod; when our former ally has forgotten all the scorn and contumely which he endured in the past; when the scorner is forgetful too, for the sake of vengeance on the pre sumption which has established the most formi dable rivalry ho has yet encountered—and Herald, Times, Chronicle, and Post — Little dogs and all— Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart — are associated to run their expresses, so soon as cir cumstances permit, as a .joint-stock company, to the exclusion of, and, if possible, to crush, the Daily News. We will not say one word against our late colleague beyond what circumstances enforce for our own justi fication. The Herald has perhaps acted naturally, though we think shortsightedly, for its own supposed interests. Wanting the courage to anticipate, by a bold and timely movement, the redaction to which it mast inevitably come—and is now likely to come too late—the temptation which promised so large a light ening of its present load, and an opportunity so fa vourable of assisting to clear the ground of dangerous opposition, was not to be resisted. We are scarcely surpnsed, therefore, to see the Jupiter Timone of the press and the Mrs. Harris of former days, in amiable soft conjunction ; the Thunderer descending into the bosom of his Dana° in a visionary shower of gold. Nor does it fright us to see other quarrels forgotten with like facility. We are satisfied to be the outcast from this family of love ;—love for high prices and cheap expresses, which mast seem all the lovelier for our dear expresses and low prices. Yet, however reluctant we may be to allude to per sonal matters and private arrangements, the history, in outline, of the past three months must be told. The origin of the separation and combination in question we have already hinted at ; and the reader would have been at no loss for conclusions had we remained silent. The announcement of a London morning newspaper at twopence halfpenny, nestled others less generous and noble than our ally. It fore- shadowed an opposition altogether different from that which is the loved and courted. The offer of a cheap London morning newspaper was a clear cams &M— -ond the Daily Newt must be at once attacked, by fair means and foul, in its character, credit, and relations. Accordingly out came the Times, with solemn plausi bility, to prove, by the simplest rules of arithmetic, that no paper could succeed under fivepence • that the Daily News was virtually beggared, bankrupt, gone, and to be no more heard of ! To those who know the Tinier, it seemed strange that, the Daily News being dead according to Cocker, a fact so simple and obvious should require two leading articles in proof; that a problem which was solved by the merest ele ments of arithmetic should be encumbered by columns of elaborate special pleading. If the Times had any faith in its own figures, the natural and conscientious course was to abide the issue. If the Thunderer had made no mistake, it was clear that " when the money was gone the journal would die—and there an end:" and a paper so inevitably doomed might surely have been left to die in peace: the Times afterwards, like a generous foe, giving it friendly burial, and with sententious propriety writing its epitaph ; pointing the moral and making it serviceable as a warning to all future rash and daring competitors. But the further tactics of the Times were not of a character thus inept. A mauccuvre far more success ful than tampering with Cocker was, the formation of a holy alliance amongst the members of the morning press, for the maintenance of absolutism and the im maculate fivepence. A negotiation was accordingly opened with the once rejected Herald. The oily voice of " a commissioner" was heard, insinuating that " 'Twas pity, so 'twits," that the Herald should go to such needless expenses in the way of rival expresses —had it not better join the league ? It would be thinking too harshly of human nature, and, we are convinced, both ungenerously and unjustly of our ally, not to suppose that, at this moment, some still small voice—some whisper of the conscience —asked, however faintly—But what of the Daily News? Here we understand the conference was broken eff. But the suggestive voice had left its haunting echoes; the poisonous distillation had been poured into the ear, and was silently doing its work. From that hour things never went pleasantly between the Herald and the Daily News. Coming events began to cast their shadows—and these to take a form daily more distinct. The figure of the great truth grew at length apparent, and was recognised by all agents, and influenced all sub ordinates; old associations were about to be broken up and new ones formed. To our courteous remon strances were returned courteous regrets; but no promise of redress. Our India express of the Ned ult. brought matters to issue. It arrived at the London-bridge terminus by ten minutes after two, A.M. ; and was, therefore, delivered at the Herald office before half - p ast two. The first pa ragraph of news reached the Daily News at a quarter to four! The result was, that the Herald pub lished eight columns of India news in its whole edition, while the Daily News was only able to Five a summary, in one column—and that only in its London impression. This was so obviously unjust—it was so manifestly absurd to incur an average expense of 400/. a month, for the sake of advantages which were so unequally distributed — that the proprietors of the Daily !rocs were com pelled seriously to remonstrate. towi us, thonoeursinageillenteoryk‘d of ' fr°anlinndiaSn4ps we be paper—rea llev ebind 'e' Alexandria Just in time to jump on loud the steam-boat—and arrived alone with his one India paper at Marseilles ; whence again the raper was forwarded by express to London. These facts being admitted—and we submit thins as they were submitted to us—the reader will see that there must have been treachery somewhere, when we add that the Times, Chronicle, and Post, all published a sum mary of India news, manifestly from the same source, at the same time, as the Daily News! The arrival of the October mail completed the mys tery--if mystery it could any longer be called. On t ha t occasion, the Times' express by Trieste beat ours by Marseilles. Hero was a triumph for the Times! and the nnws, as all the world knows, is not accustomed to hide the light of its triumphs, or share them with its adversaries; yet it so happened that a gentleman, in connexion with the Daily News, was present, when lo! into the office of our faithful ally walked a messenger from the Times, bringing with him " slips," as they are technically called ; but in plainer phrase, a copy of the news thus received by the Times express! For the reconciling of such matters, the reader will be apt, like ourselves, to find " a foregone conclusion." Bearing in mind that a negotiation had, as we have hinted, been opened between the Times and Herald some two or three months before, was this communication of news, we ask, a return courtesy, or a courtesy to be returned ? Common genie tells us it must have been one or the other,—while either ought to have been impossible. The news brought by our express was the joint property of the Herald and the Daily News ; and our ally re rived for its separate and sole use, the value for which it paid or was to pay with our common capital! But mark the further progress of events ! While the mail and the postman delivered letters and from India, at our office, between twelve ann er vo s o'clock on Wednesday the 7th, the Herald and Daily News express did not arrive till Thursday morning about five A.M. !—a circumstance of little consequence to the Herald, while on such good terms with so courteous' an adversary as the Times : but of vital interest to the Daily News, which is not so favoured. The public, we think, will agree that the time was come when, in justice alike'to ourselves and our sub scribers, the question as to the position of the Herald and the Daily News should be decided beyond all future doubt er cavil. It would be absurd to suppose that we would, could, or should continue to pay some 5,000/. a year, as our share of the expense of an ex press, which delivered its letters and papers sixteen hours after the common past! We wrote again, therefore, to our ally, and this time emphati cally ; and were informed, in reply, that no change would be made, and that the Herald was re solved on retaining all the agencies and all the power in its own hands. It therefore only remained for us to send a draft for the balance due—shake hands, and part. Our ally forthwith made his overt profession of adherence to the wisdom of newspaper monopoly—was received to the paternal embraces of the high-price league and the family of love have now only to consolidatC agencies, and arrange matters to their mutual satisfaction and for their future benefit; whilst the Daily News stands alone, to employ its own agen's, run its own expresses, and tight single-handed the battle against the combined press. What then? Have we any fear of the re sult ? None. We bate no jot of heart or hope we have firm and unhesitating confidence that the public, which in so many kindred matters has recently made its voice heard and its will law, in spite of ruder opposition than this, will here be true to itself. 'We believe it will interpose its omnipotence between us and the selfishness that would thus summarily put down our efforts, and its own good cause. The combination itself is proof— conclusive proof—that a cheap newspaper can succeed ; and that the high-priced journals know it. It is true that by this combination we are placed at a disad vantage : quite true that every express which we run, and every agency which we open, must coat us four times as much as it would cost any of our high-priced contemporaries; but the public will, we sincerely believe, willingly help us to pay that cost, and make those a g encies and expresses dear to our rivals. We feel assured that we have for our encouragement the hearts and hands of all honourable men and to back ' us, the purse of that'great millionnaire, the Public. By ' a nation that respects good faith, honours honour, and has 'fair play' for one of its mottos, this very combina tion will be turned against the interests of the combin ing parties. In the honest resentment and firm deter mination of the public, we place unhesitating confi dence, and propose at once to meet the machinations of our rivals by a simple measure, which will utterly defeat their purpose. We propose to find the fund for neatraltsing the effects of the combination, by the addition of one halfpenny to the price of the paper: that the monopolists may he resolutely and success fully defied, we will make the price of the People's Newspaper Threepence : an announcement at which we sincerely believe, under the circumstances, our subscribers will rejoice. And we may here observe, —as a correspondent noticed some time since,— that the Daily News will then be a half-price paper the penny stamp being deducted, two pence instead of fourpence will be the price received by the proprietors. But that no one may have a pos sible ground of complaint—and that all who have paid their subscription in advance may have the Paper according to the terms of that subscription—every Newsman shall receive the number of copies which his customers have heretofore required, for three months from this day, at the price heretofore paid for them. Let us be excused if we here repeat that the public arc as much interested in this question, and its issue, as we arc : that if the London morning papers can, , by combining, keep up the price to fivepence, the public must now and for ever pay just what the mo , nopolists choose to ask. One thing we desire to impress upon our renders. The triumph of the free-trade principle in newspaper literature is established even by this combination to defeat it. Our rivals are now upon their strong ground —having summoned the strength that consists in union, even when the cause is a bad one. The course and issue of these experiments have satisfied the pro prietors of the Daily News that the price now pro posed is (with the public support) sufficient for its establishment against any strength which the mono polists can muster. The Y'imes, which has taken such anxious and questionable measures to verify its own false calculations, will no doubt claim the additional halfpenny as proof that a morning paper cannot be published at twopence halfpenny. We answer that the proof is just. the other way. It is made manifest that a combination for, instead of against, the public, would have made the lesser price a remunerative one; —and that the additional halfpenny will defeat all the extra strength which the monopolists have been enabled to collect for the defence of their interest. At the price of threepence, and with such encouragement as the public gives us, we are content to fight them single-handed, and will bring down the price of news papers despite of them all. Had they fought fairly, we would have done this at twopence halfpenny :—we will do it at threepence, let them fight how they will. Let the fancied HERCCLES of the press "do what he may," the people shall have a cheap London morning newspaper, if they will. What we have done, and what in time we hope to do, is known to as large a circle of readers as the Times itself can boast; and a larger than that of all the other combined papers put toge ther. Within a few months we have created a power which requires a newspaper league for its counterac tion: and that league not for free-trade, but for monopoly. The public. however, must bear in mind, that the agencies of the combined press are co-extensive with their circulation—that the effects of this combination may be felt when least expected—in the nearest and the remotest parts of the three kingdoms. We have , for instance, already received complaints about the difficulty in procuring copies of the Daily News at railway stations and like places. These difficulties may for a time increase. The public, therefore, who desire to support us must be resolute, and when a copy of the Daily News is wanted, must insist on having it, and not be put off with fair words and another newspaper. No great measure has ever been carried but by the determination of the public. For how many years were private interests enabled successfully to oppose themselves to those of the public in respect to free-trade even in food. Could free - trade in intel lectual food hope for better fortune ? To this hour ROWLAND HILL has never been able to overcome the petty jealousies of interested opposition, and the public have not yet had the full benefit of his beneficent measure ! neither can a cheap periodical press hope to win its triumph without a struggle ' self-interest as opposed to public interest.— ' it must, and will, and shall : and if we . 1.1- against But triumph ~; - ?~. ~. kfOrtA INDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 29, 1846. [3d. New London Evening Paper, price Threepence, THE EXPRESS Contains, in addition to the news in the Morning Papers, a SUMMARY of the HOME and FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE which may arrive on the day. THE EXPRESS i as the benefit of the Foreign Expresses, Cor - espondence, and other costly charac tensties of a Minting Journal. But the full and carefully prepared REPORTS of the MONEY, RAILWAY, PRODUCE, CORN, CATTLE, and other MARKETS are the marking feature. Every respectable news-agent will transmit THE EXPRESS, on receiving a Post office order at the rate of 10s. 6d. per quarter; but should any difficulty arias, persons are requested to remit a Post-office order for that amount, payable to Mr. HENRY WALLBRIDGE, 90, Fleet-street, London. Over for advertisements and communications, Wlutefriars, and 90, Fleet -street. London. THE DAILY NEWS.—CirciunEtawes having arisen which lead the Proprietors to infer that difficulties may, In some caws, be found in procuring the DAILY NE A'S, this gives NOTICE that on a Post-kite Order, payable in London, at the rue of lee bd. a Quarter, twin remitted to Mr. Joseph Smith. Daily News dike, they will aodertal e to deliver theorder toa careful News Arnt, who will forward it mobil& eit h er by fter ermine mu- OVERLAND NEWSPAPER FOR INDIA. 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In Entremont and Upper Valais, secret meetings are held every night, and the report is current throughout the Canton that a troop of fanatics, armed by the mysterious persons who compose these meetings, are to strike the principal Valerian heads of the Radical party, who live in exile in the Canton of Vaud, Already M. Maurice Barman, who resides at flex (Vaud), has been near falling a victim to one of the fanatics, and he owed his life only to the vigorous opposition which he made to the man who attacked him." THE SICILIAN TARIFF—A Manchester paper has published the Sicilian Tariff, by which the duty on the fol lowing, amongst other articles, has been reduced, both the weights and measures according to the English standard, the adaptation of which to the foreign scale was the work of Mr. Hopkins GOAD% PAYryo DryY BY Tin WADY YARD. t. a. d. Welke broad cloths of all kinds. 0 1 51 Tweeds of all kinds for moaners, also mixed with cotton 0 2 1 Cashmere clothe, plain or twilled, and all kinds of worsted stuffs of this description 0 1 8 Gambroons, laminas, says, furniture drapery, or mavens, white flannels, and balms, and all kinds of wonted stall of this description, either varnished or japanned, also plaldo, plashes, &e 0 0 5 Woollen carpets, mixed or Dot with linen or cotton Ditto, common, printed or Imitation carpets, also quilts, blankets, &a 0 0 71 Cotton counterpanes, wadded or single, or embroidered Ditto outdates, Scotch cambrica, plain, striped, dyed, or printed Oaths lands's, sadaed with wosi, Hem sr say ether material, and with not more than three to four threads of silk, or with a small flower of silk, gold, or Alcor 0 0 9 Cottons, colleen, musibui, Ora, grey, bleached, or printed ; plain or striped handkerehiels rke 0 0 21 Cotton muting, embroidered, also coloured handkerchiefs (not silk) . Ditto, ditto, with silk, gold, silver, or wool; also handker chiefs 0 0 10 Ditto, relrettens and moleskins, &e., plain, ribbed, printed, or dyed Linens, oath OS Trench (embalm, Irish and Spate . = and etc other Mat& sorb oat In tbe grog, Mamba% ar ielsA a slas sized mlat wool js &mallw Linen drtls, damasks. napidns. Marra gray or bleached, deed or minted, plan cr fancies, ribbed or striped Linen, mixed with cotton, wool, or any other material, and with not more than three to four threads of silk, or with a email flower of silk, gold, or Ore r 0 0 9 onor PAT - 1740 DITY DT irryorm Manufactures of cotton, wool, or Hien, or mired, such an purees, braces, fringes, gloves, night-caps, lams, hosiery, &r.. per lb. ... .. .. ... .. . ............ ... ... . . ... 0 1 10,1 Manufa"tures or all not kinds o f silk, mixed orwith wool, limn, or anv other material, per lb. Worsted slum* plain or striped, with fringes of wool, cot ton, or linen (exclusive of silk, gold, or River), per lb 0 S 9i Woollen yarns, dyed, per ewt. 4 15 11 Ditto, not dyed, per cwt. Limn, hemp, or cotton yarns, dyed, per cwt. Ditto, ditto, not dyed, per est Silk pocket handkerchief% printed or plain, not exceeding 38 inches in widtltper lb. Silk and cotton, or silt and linen, printed or plain, not exceeding 38 inches in width, per lb. Silk manufacture, mixed with cotton, wool, linen, or any tether material . . . . . 0 5 2 Silk manufacture, earnbdsed or japanned o 3 9S Certain discounts are allowed when the goods are sent to Messina, Catania, Syracuse, or Palermo. COMMERCIAL sr MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Half-past Tito.—We have a remarkable change in the aspect of the funds to report. The Consol market is all excitement and confusion, presenting an extraordinary con trast with the perfect ouietude, and absence almost of active business, which have been its chief characteristics for months past. The fall in prices, which is equal to 1 per cent., is not, and cannot be referable to any cause of domestic import. The apprehensions of a general scarcity of bread stuffs are notably assuaged by the continuous supplies poured in. and which will be pouring in for months, from the United States. 'the condition of Ireland is that of improvement, however partial and incomplete. It is true that bread stuffs have to be paid for, and that millions will be required, and abstracted from the general fund of money values for that I purpose, less the amount which may be represented by Bsitish products exported. It is true also that foreign ex- I change is receding, and threatening to turn against this country, which would lead to an export of gold. But all these are causes which have been in operation some time, the effects of which developc themselves gra dually onl y, , against which the money interests have been forecasting, and cannot, therefore, be taken by surprise. It should follow, then, that the agitation in the Stock exchange must originate in some disturbing foreign causes. Of these one will naturally be the state of our relations with Spain and France, who may be considered as having formally separated Or m selves from the English alliance. But that cause which come. more nearly home to us, and in which we are most drepl7 concerned, is the state of affairs in Portugal. A re volution has been there consummated, so far at least, in the sense of an entire subversion of all British political interests. It is believed, known indeed, to have originated in the counsels, and to have been effected through the intrigues of France. It meets with the sympathy, and it is to have the active support of the absolute government now ruling in Spain. Our own government, it is generally understood, has come to the determination, under these circum stances, of not remaining an idle looker on. Whilst Spain, therefore, urged on by France, is preparing to march an army into Portugal, to put down counter-revolution, and rivet the chains of a despotic cabinet on the people, our government is actively fitting out naval armaments, and reinforcing our squadrons on the coast of that country, or in the Tagus. It has not failed to be observed from the naval re ports of the journals day by day, what extraordinary preparations have been going forward in Sheerness and other government dockyards and posts, to tit out Teasels of war for service with the utmost dispatch. Hence the fall in the funds, and the sort of panic reigning in the stock- 1 market. Some influential parties commenced selling rather largely 1 some time after the opening of the house, upon which a general rush of sellers began, and Consols gave way almost immediately. They went as low as 941 to 1, but a slight reaction has latterly set in, and they are now 911 to 1, both for time and money. Exchequer Bills have fallen to Bs. to, 12s. premium. — All the attention of the dealers centres in the home mar ket, and foreign stocks are totally neglected. The prices are nominally as below, but no business doing. Mexican, 22 to 1. Spanish 'Fives, 241 to G; the Threes. 361 to 7. Portuguese, 38 to 9. ENGLISH FUNDS.—Temrc O'CLOCK. Bank Stork, 2044 51 Ditto for Acct., 941 4 3 per Ct. Bed. 931 1 3 1 per Cents, 951 4 3 per Cent. Consobt, 941 4 Exchequer Bill , Bs. 12s. FOREIGN FUNDS. S per Ct. Austrian Ms., I 1 per Cent. Grenada Ads., 41 per Ct. Belgian lids., Grenada Deferred 8d.., 24 per Cent. ditto, 5 per Ct. Mexican, 1846, 22 1 5 per Ct. Brazilian Bds., 65 6 6 per Cent. Peruvian 8d.., 34 8 5 per Cent. New Braz. Bds., 64 5 Portuguese Cone. Ilds„ 38 39 G per Ct. Buenos Ayres !kis., 42 4 5 per Ct. Russian Bds., 6 per Ct. Milian Ms.,— S per Ct. Spanidi 251 6 per Cent. Columb.def.Bels.,— 3 per Cent. Spanish Ikla., 361 7 Columbian Equador 8d.4. 34 1 Spanish Deferred Bds., 1(1 17 3 per Ct. DaWsh Bd.. Spanish Passive Ilds„ 54 24 pre Ct. Dutch Ws:, 59 4 2 perCt.Veneruela Bela., 41 2 4 per Ct. Dutch Ccrts, 91121 Venezuela Deferred Ws, 12 13 RAILWAYS. - - - - The market is extremely heavy, although with a partial decline of prices only in some of the weaker lines. East Indians are not much better than I to The trans actions have been on a very limited scale only. The fall in Consols has created distrust among the dealers. SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO THIS DAY EV LONDON. (Yesterday's prices will be found in last sage.) Aberdeen, 161 16 Manche'., Buxton, & Mat., 4 4 p Amb., Not., Boa, &E. Jo, 34 i Munches. & Southampton, 1 Birm. and Dudley, S(S p Midland, 136 Bit. and Oxford in., 81 71 Do. New, 31 4/ Boston, Stunt, & Mr., par Newcastle & Berwick, 274 Bristol & Exeter, New, 9 North British, 3514 Caledonian, 231 4 Do. Quarters, 31 4 Do. Halves, 21 1/ Do. Extension, If 1 Eastern Counties, 221 4 North StaSiordehire, 2p Do. New, W 71 1 p Do.' York Er., 31 Oxford, Wor., & Wol., 61 1 Preston and vre, 34 East Lancashire, 181 171 Royston and liitchen, 114 Ditto New, 81 Scottish Central, 204 Min. & Glat., f 1 701 Shrews. and Birm., 31 Do. Halves, 184 1 Shropshire lake, 1 4 d Exeter, Yeovil, Sr Duch., 34 S. East. and Dovor, New (kis. at Goole, Don.,& Shefild., &c., 11 p 331. 6s. Bd.) No. 2, 131 Gt. & and W. (Ireland!, 291 Do. New, (Lea at 1514 No. 4, 21 Great N. of England, New, 61 South Wales, 4 3 Do. New, 541 West Riding talon, 11 1 p Do. New, 21 1 York & Newcastle, 42 1 Great Western, 139 7 Do. N ew, 17( j Do. Halves, 801 Do. Preference, 6 Do. Piftha, 301 York & N. Midland, 97 Leeds & Bradford, 734 4 Do. Extension, 394 9 Leicester and Bedford, 1 d Do. E. & W. R. Eaten, 181 1 London and Blackwa ll , New, 51 Bartodoes, 1 Land., Brigh., & S. Coast. 60 Calcutta 8z Diamond Harbour, 1 p Landon and Croydon, 214 Dutch Rhenish, 51 lan, and Greenwich, 91 East Indian, / 4 Do. Pref. or Priv. 21i Great Indian Peninsula, 1 Landon and N. We stern, 1981 200 Luxemtourg, 11 4 Do., Qrs.,New, 161; Namur and Liege, 31 Do. Fifth*, 20 Northern of France Const., 114 lan. and York, 2 Orleans and Bordeaux, 721 Msn. & Leeds. 1051 Over Yssel, 2/ d Do. Qrs.. 6 Paris and Lyons Coast., 54 Do. Extensico, 11 p Sambre and Meuse, 44 Wm & Bit., Quarters (A), 13 MANCHESTER' Arr., Not., Boston, &¢., I p Illrk. Um & Chesh. In, R P Ihr. sr Oxford Jn.. 5 5.16 4 p Mrs. Marra, & Oxford I P , Bolt., 4 p 11 d OlogiNfp ond 11 . UMMitt York 44 Ex., II p Irtlarstkin, ler. ItOksiow, Halves, 81 p Fleetird. Parr. &W.R.J., i d Gook. Thoi, Moe, Sze., i d Mobil& & Mr. M. & C., 21 p Thilo Extension, i 1146 p Lane. mod N. Yorkshire, 11 Leeds and Think, 5 d HULL' ~, Halves, 53 SALES, Ocr. 28. Leeds, Dews., & Man., 3 5-16 p Livpl., Orm., & Preston, 31 p London and York, i d Manchester and Leeds. Ex., 11 1 p Mane., Sheff., & Midland, A d Mancbeeter&Southampton.ls-16d Oldham, Birk., &c., 115-16 d Prest. 8: W H (.t), p Do. do. yre (), f palves RoPrinn and B linenen. i p Sheffield & Linoain, 1 f d Shropshire Un. R. & C., 5-16 i d S. E. and Dover, No. 4, West Biding Union, 1 11-16 4 p Bull & Selb y, Pr( l l° N W'R"!.' 51.] LONDON, TB LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. Four o'Clock. There was a report in Paris on Tuesday that tele graphic despatches had arrived from Madrid, an nouncing that the Queen of Portugal had been dethroned, and that 30,000 Spanish troops were to march into Portugal under the immediate command of General Narvaez. . . The news from Madrid, which comes up to the 21st, indicates pretty clearly the policy to be pursued by the Spanish government in the affairs of Portugal. An armed intervention had, it was understood, been decided upon at a meeting of the Cabinet on the pre vious night, at which the probable opposition of Great Britain to such a proceeding was long and anxiously discussed. The result was, to brave the hostility of England, which it was estimated would go the length of a few ineffectual protests. The Portuguese go vernment were stated to have forwarded a requisition for Spanish troops to the Captain-General of Old Castile, and General Pavia was to move with all dis posable forces from Salamanca, and Castello Branco, which still acknowledged the Queen's authority, from thence co-operating, as occasion may demand, with King Ferdinand, who had, or was about marching from Lisbon, at the head of some 2,000 troops. The course of events are evidently conducing to the esta blishment of a French influence in Portugal, as paramount as that which now reigns in Spain. There are accounts from Lisbon to the 16th inst., which announce that Viscount D'Oliveira had retired from the administration, and been succeeded by M. De Souza-Azevedo, as Minister of Finance. ~It was stated by the Diaro, that news had reached the go vernment from Castello Branco, A vrantes, Se„ Deja and Estremoz, of a very satisfactory kind. The population and the troops are said to have submitted to the Queen's orders, and is was expected that the next accounts from the northern provinces would announce that her Majesty's authority had been acknowledged in those parts. There appears to have been no further intelligence from Oporto, Coimbra, or Braga, or, at all events, it had not been suffered to transpire. The master of an English vessel, which had arrived in the Tagus from the North, was prohi bited from reporting the state of affairs at Oporto. Symptoms of disaffection were manifested at Lisbon on tho 13th, but the troops having been called out quiet was restored. There was a disposition to revolt at Cintra, and a rebellion at Minho was rather expected. The result of the elections in Geneva has turned out, as was to be anticipated, eminently favourable to the Liberal party. Of the Grand Council, which consists of 93 members, upwards of 60 are staunch supporters of the new government, the remainder being either neutrals or persons of uncertain politics. In Bile the Catholic party has resigned the govern ment, unconditionally, to the Liberals ; according to some accounts, voluntarily, having taken alarm ; ac cording to others, having been coerced by the free corps from the neighbouring country. All was quiet on the 23rd; but, in fact, the public peace had not at any time been disturbed. 'rhe following letter from St. Maurice (Valais) has appeared in the Constitutionnel : " The revolution of Geneva has alarmed the govern ment of this canton, menaced with an approaching downfall by the victory of the Liberal party. The Council of State, in these circumstances, has put under arms some of the citizens, but their number is insufficient, and it fears to entrust arms to others whose devotedness to the govern ment is very doubtful. Attempts are made to excite the fanaticism :of one part of the population against the other, and the tables of the cabarets are covered with proclama tions drawn up in the name of religion. A public func tionary has been even seen declaiming from the balcony T ~~~ ~~ ~~ York 12 Newest* New, 31 p York E. & W. yog, 18/. ls. 3d. Arab., Nods., Ika, le .. 395. 6d. 61s. Si Peat Leasesblre, New, 3i p East Limalsalke, 21s. Yes. Line IV Halms at p Hodlosikil alga Leek owl MIL id New Media, $ inississ e Ns. tas. "lll 2Lesek Ma, Muds. Tot la, Nadi p Irish Doelsary 31 81 p New Orile. 126. p North Wales, 17s. 6d. Northlst, 21. 2a.. 21. Os. 6d. p w. nion, 1 d = 31. 13s. Stains 111iliktaabood, 265. oor. s. Talria.o•lll6 Ilesseb, 435. p II Ex.,12 1111 Aribmision. 74. p Mu. sot bob Extern, I p = i d, A1id.,156.11&156.4 4i 4p North Wasters, Ia d wad Lig Unica, 126.31.115. kbrelpilire Uolsa. 71. d millaby Q 46, 716.! - DQBLIN 8 Gt. essers it Worm 181 M Deb. ildewy, Da.. k Rata, da id. l, 13a. M. G. W. Es. to anation Gal., laid. Wat.,Wen.,Wie.., t¢ Dub., 34.6 d. BELFAST SA Arm, Col, & Por., 7.. GC 91. 9d. Bandon and liaatry, to. 9a. Belk* k Ballymena, 106 101 Cork an Killarney, 3s. W. Goat and Waterford, 2e. Dub awl &Mg Ja., 44 Doh. NOM k MIAs and Drogheda, 58 59 • Do. New, idi 134 Bob. & }Donato. n, We., 84 91 Galway and Ennis, 3s. 3d. 5.. Gd. Gt. WWII. and West., NI 294 Irian N. Midland, Ito. 9d. 12s. LElle Ow 22 . . - arca.. OIL, it Petrab., 9d. 9s, I Erik Men sad Sligo, 13w 8e1f.,& Bally,l2w 6d. N. Hors. Car..lkKiL .172.„ ks. 6d. Woad. & Tramore, 21s. LES, Ocr. 26. Killarney in.. 14a. lts. 6d. Larne, Bel., & 8a11y.128.6d.124.9d. Lim, Ennis, & Kil. in., 1 le Mid. Gt. West. R. & C., M Mid. GL West. Ex. to Gal, New. Arm. & Lon..M., 128.6 d. Us. Newry, War., and Rost, 5 Se Water. and Kilkenny, 44 51 Waterford and Limer., 101 11 Watesiori and Trainore, le Win-, We: & Dub., 3a. 6d. 3e. Wew. Car., &Dub.in., 4a.6d.4a.9d. Wes. Water. & Talent* 4s. Si. • - - Aberdeen, 141 - Caledonian, 231 Do. New, 39e. 40s. Cornwall & Devon Central, 15e. Meet Bombay & Madras,l3e.9d. Diner Northers, 31s. Duodee and Perth, 23 Do New, 71 E. Indian Railway, 15e. East of Fife, 20s. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70 GLASGOW Aberdeen, 16 lei Caledonian New, 435. 6d, 41e. Caledonian &Dumb., 23e. 56.. 6d. Fist of Fife, ltts. Erg Indian & Iss. 9d. ldial Glasgow, 71 Do. ar rew, si 171 Glee. Gen. Terminus, 91 Glen,lilL and Ayr, 68 Do. Qrs., 5 per cent. guar., 171 Do. do. Halves, 7/. 12s. Glen, DumL, & Car., s4e. ALES, Ocv. 27. Edinb. and North., 134 131 Do. Newport, 575. 6d. 50s. Edinburgh and Perth, 40.. GrL North of Scotland, 17s. 64. North British, 344 35 Do. Quarters,6B Do. New, Qrs.,Fcrip, 268.298.6 d Scottish Central, 21/. 20/. 19 Stirling & Dunferrn., 2 . 08. Fd. 19s. Strathearn Junction, 475. 6d. 465. LES, Ocr. 27. Oka. and Greenock, 161 Ghia., MIL, a Ardron, Mnr. fid. 32a. Gt. %Void. of ltentral, 7s. tot. Gt. Indian Pen., G. N. of India, 6s. Madras, Nellnre, to Arcot, Sis. 3d. Man. and riouthartipton, 21s. 22a. Midland New, 665. 3i N. British Qrs. (with New), 82n6d. Do. New Qrs., scrip, Dissfst. 29.5. Goo Central, 204 20f. IGs. 6cl. Stirling h Dunfertulim, 20s. lid. PRODUCE. MINCING -LANE, Iligf-past Two.—There has not been a public Pale to-day of Sugar, but the market continues to be very firm, and the turn is in favour of the sellers. A full amount of business has been done in West India by pri vate contract. Refined also fully maintains previous rates. The public sales of Coffee have gone oil steadily. Grenada Cocoa went off heavily, 328. to 40'. Riee.—Good white Bengal sold at 18e. 6d. ; inferior, chiefly bought in, 16s. 6d. to 175., which did not alter gene ral quotations. Roan steady, at 2a. 44d. to 2a. bd. Cotton has great confidence ; but the amount of buried= done has not been large to-day. Spices steady. The Tea sales ore progressing heavily, and nearly all of the current qualities are being bought in or withdrawn, In other articles no alteration. PRICES CURRENT. &GAR, per cwt. lArTt PAID rife, Ito. I. W. India,B.P.bwn.g.42 d0..644 Gd Hoops ll 10...12 0 Yellow b: Grey ... 45 0..47 Cargo at Cardiff bar 9 0_ 0 0 Fine 4B 0...52 Swedigh ll 0... 0 0 Mauritius, brown... 35 0...43 lagn, at per ton. Yellow 45 0. 47 Pig, best Fine 4B 0...53 Milled, ehcet l9 10... 0 0 Bengal 5.*. Madras, b. 34 0...42 Bars 2O 10... 0 0 Yellow 43 0...47 Patent shot ...... ..... 22 0... 0 0 White 44 0...57 red or minium ... 19 0...20 0 Foreign, brown 34 0...43 Speller l9 0...19 5 Yellow 44 0...46 Ong, per 232 imp. gal. d.p. Grey and white 47 0...56 Fish, Seal, pak 3l 0... 0 0 Refined, Mainbro'.. 68 0...72 straw 9l 10... 0 0 Lumps 63 0...67 brown & yellow.. 30 0.. 30 10 Curran, in Bond. 68 0...90 0 West India, ordi- Sperm Head Matter 6B 0...90 nary 35 0... 40 0 Cod 27 0...27 1 Good Fine 7O 0...100 0 Olive,Gallipoli,p.tan 42 0... 0 Ceylon, good ordi- Cocoa Nut 39 0...10 nary 3B 0... 39 0 Seed, Rape, pale, Fine ordiniuy 39 0... 45 0 per ton 33 10... 0 Flne 59 0...89 0 Unwed 24 10...241 Mocha, good to fine 50 0... 66 0 Paorislogs, per mt. Cosa Rica, ordi- Butter—Cork, lot 96 0...97 nary to fine 34 0... 55 0 2nd 92 0 93 Sumatra and Pa- led 88 0...87 dang 22 0... 25 0 Dublin, lit 0 0... 0 Cocoa. Limerick, do 92 0...94 West India 34 0... 46 0 Carlow, 15t..„.... 98 0...102 Foreign 32 0... 35 0 Newry, lit ..• 0 0... 0 Tea, at per lb. Waterford 0 0... 0 Congou,oomons- 0 04...0 104 Beef, India, per Ric.; at der cwt. tierce Beseil whits lB 0... 19 0 Prime Mesa 0 0... 0 Carg0.............. 16 0... 17 0 Pork, prime men_ 72 6..75 Java. l5 0... 18 0 Baeou-l'oek,Lrark 1 70 0. . 72 6 Patio 24 0.. 26 0 80., Belfast Omani.— 30 0...36 0 Bacon, Waterford, Srtans. pee eat. 62 0 CS 0 RUM at per gall. Belfast Leeward Island Laril,llelflist,prfrk i 46 0...56 0 Proof. Demerara, 26 to Ditto Bladder 67 0...72 0 38 per cent. thugs, Ox and Cow, at per lb. ox. ... .. . 2 9 ... 3 1 B. A. and M. Video, Jamaica: 30 io se dry • 0 dilipx6 074 per cent. O.P. 3 2 ... 3 8 Favourite mans 4 2 ... 4 8 Braidl,d7 ••• 0 6 0 _._ 13 Brandy, Id iTunla i 0 ... 0 0 Fur., per ton. Riga, P.T.R t 44 0...53 0 St. Petersburg, 9 head 4O 0... 0 Dutch and Flemish 3 5... 8 5 Friesland Ilinsr, at per too. Bt.Petetsbtuy,ektrag3S 0... 0 0 outobat half clean ....„ 39 0...30 0 Riga, Rhine „ 33 0...33 0 outabot puss Manilla Eai.t India Bons l3 0 . 16 0 Bombay l4 0 . 18 0 Jute Tnr, Et per ewt. Banta 100 0... 0 0 Straits Com. in blinks 93 0... 0 0 hem, at per ton. Bars S9 10 E 9 13 Dryouritei - BM, dry 0 ...0 6 Lima& Valp. dry 0 3 ...0 West India, dry 0 41...0 6 Salted 0 3 ...0 41 East India 0 4 .0 101 It B.Ayres, dry 0 7 ..0 8 Russia, dry 0 113...0 9 S. Amer.llonie, per hide 8 0...18 0 Meek, ditto 6 6...10 6 DYE Woona, at pet ton. Loprwood, Jamaica-fa 5... 4 10 Honduras 5 5...815 Cruarpeachy 610...7 10 Futile, Jamaica 5 10... 6 0 Cuba 9 C.. 9 10 Nicaragua, large aad solid 14 0...15 0 Nmall Lima 13 0...16 0 Nairan 14 0...17 0 Bed Sanders. 510.515 Brazil 50 0...55 0 TALLOW. The Tallow market continues firm, with an excel lent demand. retoraburg Y. C. on the spot soo. Od • All the ;ear delivering - - January to March delivering CORN. 496. 3d. r zra. rm. BASINGSTOKE, OCT. 28. A larger attendance than usual at this market. Best samples of Wheat, parti. cularly the white, were quickly sold at a further advance of at lest 3s. per quarter above this day week's prices, some making 80s. per quarter. The average price of Wheat sold this day was 625. and 80e. per quarter. Malden were mak ing diligent inquiries for best Barley, which is becoming either very scarce, or the growers are still holding back, though as much as 60s. per quarter was bid to-day, being from 2s. to 3s. more than was given last Wednesday. Good grinding Barley, though somewhat discoloured, made from 40s. to 445. per quarter. Oats were brisker, at a trifling ad. ranee ; some we saw sold at 328.,when the highest price lost week was 309. per quarter, Beans are getting into fewer hands ; good old toched an extravagant pnce, 60s. per quarter, being this day asked. New Beans sold at 50s. per quarter. White boiling Peas cannot be bought here under 5Ce. per quarter, some asking even higher. Grey Peas are very scarce, and dearer by 2s. per quarter; we did not ob serve any offered by the growers, the factor's being now the only holders. Tares sold at from 6s. to 6s. per bulhel : beat seconds Flour 445. to 47. - - DEDDINGTON, Ocr. 27.—Trade brisk, more parti cularly so for Barley, which reads higher prices. Old Wheat, 48a. to 565.; new du., 481. to 645. ; Barley, 355. to 455. ; Oats, 245. to 325. ; old Beans. 40s. to 48s. • new do., 38s. to 425. ; Boiling Peu, 56 5. to 60 5.; Hog do. , to 425. ; Vetches, 325. to 401. per qr. - - - • - • - - - NEWCASTLE, Ocr. 27.—The weather since this day se'nnight has been extremely wet, which has completely put a stop to seeding operations. To-day is dry, with a tendency to frost, which, if it continue, will enable our farmers to resume sowing in a little time. At our market this morning we had a good supply of Wheat from the country, having, at the same time, several parcels offering from the coast. The trade ruled slow, although in the salts effected full rates were realised. For Foreign there was rather more inquiry, choice Bostock It'd commanding up to 655. per qr., and other sorts in proportion. Flour was scarcely so free a sale, and only approved marks maintained their value, other qua lities being a trifle higher. Rye very scarce, and much sought after. Malting Barley was held for an advance of Is. to 2s. per qr., which had the effect of checking business. falt must be again noted 2s. higher, extra Chevalier being now saleable at 70s. per qr. Beans nominally unaltered. Boil ing Peas in better request, and looking higher. Oats in good demand at on advance of Is. per qr. - - DUNBAR, Ocr. was a large supply of grain in our market to-day. Sales were not easily made, and prices do not look so well as last day's. Wheat, weigh ing 621 lb., brought 6.55., and prices to 525. Barley, weighing 53: lb., brought 375, and prices to 255. Oats, weighing 411 lb., brought 365., and prices to 265. Beans and Peas, weighing 63 lb., unsold. FOREIGN.—The Baltic markets offer but little of interest : the stocks at all the shipping ports are very much reduced, and the transactions are consequently upon a re stricted scale. In Dantzic, the stock of Wheat es estimated at from 80,000 to 90,000 qrs., which quantity will probably remain over till spring, the arrivals from the neighbourhood about covering the quantity shipped.. In Stettin, Rostock, and the other Baltic ports, the stocks are very trifling. Prices at Dantzic are 535, to 575. for high-mixed, and 50s. to 541. for mixed. At Stettin, the new Wheat, which is of light weight, can be bought at 50s. per qr., but:the old heavy Wheat is held at 565. At Rostock, the price paying for new Wheat is about equal to 565. per qr. The markets in France are advancing generally throsghout the kingdom ; the supplies are falling off, and the farmers complain very much of the yield of the last crop. Flour rose 1 to 2 francs per sack during the week. Odessa advices are to the 12th of October. Wheat was a trifle cheaper, in consequence of the scarcity of money, occasioned by the absence of vessels, thereby pre venting the shipment of Wheat which has been bought and ( / 4) t' 1 1 STONE HALF-YEARLYTAIR..---There was an ample supply of Cheese at this fair, nearly the whole of which was sold at prices from 595. to 641. ; one prime dairy of thick Cheshire at hit. Good judges remarked that the quality was much improved since the establishment of these fairs, the year 1840. HOPS. BOROUGH Mmuurr, Tic° o'Clock.—Megfas. Patten den and Smith, Hop hilits, repent as niteratket in prices or duty since yesterday; the Utter is expected out in a few days. Mid and Rut Kent; teass....--par Cirt.tt Os. to CC 104 Weald of Keats „ 4 4 to 5 0 Swan, from _. » als to 4 10 Farnhams ... ........... „ 512 to 7 7 *Yearling lions .„. „ 310 to 4.10 Yearling Sagami ..... ....... „ 3 3 to 4 4 Old Hops WORCESTER, OCT. 28.--At hint market tiers was again a brisk demand for the best Hops, which sold reattilr, at previous rates ; the only change to be noticed being to the inferior sorts, which were bought rather lower. Present priers : fine, 86e., 925. to 965. ; low sod middling, 635. to 78s. Weighed in the week: new, 1,121; on Saturday, new, 1,196. In a late number we published an estimate of tho duty of the kingdom, as calculated by the backer of a high figure; we this week give the state of the business as now doing by the speculatists: Itoehester, 74,000/.; Canterbury, 45,0001. ; Sussex, 61,0001. ; Worcester, 31,5001. ; Farnham, 14,0001.; kingdom, 6,0001.-234,5001.—Kentish Gazette. • BASINGSTOKE. OCT. 28.—There are several largo holders of Haps residing in Basingstoke, Odiham,.and near there, who are unwilling to part with their stock at present prices, asking St. up to eight guineas for prime beat Farn ham,; and Ti. to 71. 11:1r. for Alton and Froyle do. they being by many consid e r e d near ly equa l to t h e Farnimms ; some even giving the preference to the Alton frown ones. It is the opinion of many those prices will be obtained, if not a greater. SKLNS. B.tslNGsroxt, Orr. 28.—I3est Ox Skins are selling at 2jd. per lb., or about 4s. 6d. per score lbs., at the most. Cow, or inferior Hides the s ame . Calf-skins at4id. per lb. ; for Sheep-skins there is a competition. Best half-bred made this day 3s. each to 3s. 21. Downs, from 2s. Sd, to 3s. Lamb, from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d. each. HAY. SMITHFIELD, Two o'clock.—Mears. Cooper and Dalig. Hay ano Straw Salesmen, report a good demand and prices having an upward tendency. Prune Meadow e6, to 78n I (lover .. Inferior ditto GU. to 656 Strawßowel. 42s to 63a 0 to lava ...... to CATTLE, &c. BASINGSTOKE, Ocr. 28.—Lean store Pigs were in great quantities offered for sale thin day, yet but few in com parison would be sold. The priers now arc supposed to be ruinously low. Fair•aired Porkers could be bought this day at from 12s. up to 20s. each; and large Hops tor two guineas each. Fat Hogs, killed, range between 9s. 9d. up to 10s. Cal. per score pounds. DEDinsoroN ' Orr. 27.—Our market this day v a s but small, Cattle being very scarce. High prices were ob tained. lIORNCASTLE GREAT HORSE FAIR.—On Tuesday this fair, which is one of the largest marts in England fOr the sale of Horses, commenced in open field. Although a very considerable amount of business was transacted on several days merlons to the fair in the neighbourhoed, there was a large attendance of the principal horsedealers and breeders, and the sale was brisk. The show of young carriage Horses was exceedingly good, and they were eagerly sought after. Four-year old compact and strongly built carriage Horses, broken to double harness, made prices varying from 3.5 to 45 guineas, and well-matched pairs of greys and bays sold at prices as high as 90, 100, and 1 110 guineas the pair; strong Colts feteh«l 18 to 20 guineas l each. There were some fine hunters brought in, but many of the best bred and celebrated Horses were bought up pre vious to the fair. Aged horses, equal to heals , weights, sold at 40 and 45 guineas, and well-seasoned hunters of celebrity and good pedigree, and adapted to hunt heavy vainties, met purchasers at prices as high as 60 and 70 guineas each; anti Colts of good stamp sold well. Many entire Horses and brood Mares were purchased by com mission to go abroad. Nags fetched 10 to 2.5 guineas, and well-bred Ponies made 141. and 161. each ; well.shaped and compactly built Cobs fetched from 18 to 26 guineas ; Cart horses varied in price from 22 to 30 guineas, and Welsh and forest Colts sold well. Several large strings of Horses left the fair for London. LEEDS FORTNIGHT FAIR, Oei. 28.—This being the lost fortnight fair before the Leeds Annual Winter Fair, there was a eery large supply of lot Cattle, but there were not so many beasts of superior character as at the last fair. Those of that class that were exhibited sold readily at the prices obtained a fortnight ago, but some of the leaner kind weredriven off unsold. There was rather under nn merago supply of Sheep, which mot tolerable sales at late prices. - - - NIARKET ])RATTON FAlR.—This fair was abun dantly supplied with Cattle, Sheep, Hones, and Pigs. Some fine fat Beasts fetched 7d., and others varied from (id. to fild. per lb. ; stores sold at g ood prices, some certainly a little lower than they have lately done; there were a great num ber of Irish Cattle at this fair, and of a much-improved appearance ; some were sold, but a large number were driven away. Sheep, we hear, were not quite so high in figure as they have been, but the large number penned were mostly disposed of at very good rates. Pigs were mach lower, and so numerous were they, and so little feed Is there in the country, that at last ruing stores might bahad at almost any price. The Horse fair was full, but the Colts neither so numerous nor so good as in years ago ; the useful were well sold, but the old and worn-out had not much notice. NEWCASTLE, Ocr. 27.—At our market this morning there was a fair show of Beapta, which were of a very middling quality. A short supply of Sheep, the quality generally speaking inferior. A good show of Swine; for which tho demand is brisk, and prices have an upward tendency, I especially Sheep. The following quotations were fully sup ported : Neat cutters, 7s. ; large Oxen, 65. 6d. to 6s. Od. ; Sheep, white-faced, 7d. ; black, Sid. per lb. - - STESNING, Ocr. 26.—Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 3d.; Wether Mutton, 54. to 501. 6d. ; Ewe Mutton, ss. ; Veal, 4s, 4d. to 4s. Bd. A short supply of stock ; trade about the same as last day. Wheat, white, 16!. to 171.; ditto red, 151. to 161. 10s. Barley, 38s. to 461. Oats, 20s. to 325. Beans, 40s. to 445. Peas, 40s. to 441. WELLINGTON FAIR, OCT. 26.—A very scanty sup ply of stock, both Cattle and Sheep. Mitch Cows were eagerly sought after, at prices varying from 121. to 161. Beef realised 6d. per lb. ; Mutton, from 6,d. to 71d. Pigs were considerably lower than what they have been lately. AYR, Ocr. 27.—Milch Cows sold from 8!. to 12/. Beef sold from 84. to 9s. per tron stone. Blackfaced Ewes, 12s. to 15s. ; blackfaced Weddcrs, 18s. to 19s. AT DOLLAR HALF-YEARLY MARKET there were about 500 head of Cattle exposed in the market-place, for which the demand was brisk. The Beasts were chiefly lean stock, and the advance at Falkirk last tryst was easily ob tained, Common country Stills sold from 6/. to 6/. ; two rear olds, from 6/. to 91 .; and three-years do., from 91. to i 1 1. 10s. GIRVAN FAIR. —This half-yearly fair was well attended. The number of cattle shown was above avenge, and many sales were made. The prices asked were high, which made business not so rapid ; but before the close of the market, buyers and sellers came to terms, and the trans actions were numerous. The prices may be quoted as under:—Ayrshire Cows (calving), 81. to 121. 12s. ; three. year-old queys, 6/. 10s. to 9/. ; two }car-olds, 61. toil. 155.; six-quarter stills, 3/. ss. to M. There were some horses shown, for which high prices were asked. There were a number of Hersc-dealers. Sales few. SHIPPING. MAILS ARRIVED.-3 Dublin; 2 Waterford; 1 Guernsey and Jersey; 1 French; 1 Flanders. LONDON, Oct. 29.—Wind this day at noon, N.; light I breeze, and hazy, with drizzling rain at times. DEAL, Oct. 27.—N.W. light breeze, and thick weather. Arrived : Emily, Quebe c. Arrived from the river, and sailed for : Ocean Queen, Aden ; Water Lily and the Fan tome, Jamaica. DOVER, Oct. 28.—N., hazy.—Off: Daniel, Rio Janeiro; Samiote, Maracaibo, both for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, Oct 28.—E.—Sailed Eidano, Rio Janeiro; Princess Charlotte, Cuba. SWANSEA. Oct. 27.—E.—Arrived Underley, Cuba. LANCASTER, Oct 26.—Sailed : Commerce, New Orleans. CLYDE, Oct. 26.—N.E.—Sailed 24th, Parrsboro, Bar badoes. MVMDLES, Oct. 26.—The Mary Ann, of Liverpool, from Portheawl to Dublin, is on shore near the light-house, but is expected off next tide. MARYPORT, Oct. 26.—The M‘Lcan, tug, which sunk out side the pier on the 22nd inst., ha, been raised. GALWAY, Oct. 2.s.—Arrived : J. Beg, Richibucto. PF.NARTH ROADS, Oct. 26.—Arrived: Velocity, Quebec; Corsair, Liverpool to Newfoundland, much damaged. TOSERMART, Oct. 24.—The Andromelia (query, Andro meda), of Dundee, from Onega, to Bristol, went on shore south west, during a gale, 10th inst.—crew saved. Poets, Oct. 27.—The Gem, of and from London, to Bridgewater, run aground on the Hook Sand; assisted off and into Hudland Bay, rather leaky. SHIELDS Oct. 27.—The Elizabeth and Sarah, arrived here from Quebec, has received damage. PORTRUSH, Oct. 2.5.—A vessel, apparently a brig; timber laden, bottom up, came on shore near here 25th inst. A fragment of the stern has "Isabella, A, Stockton," painted on it, and on the cover of a quadrant box is marked " A. Carmichael." Fatstervit, Oct. 28.—5. W., fresh.—Arrived: Grace, Liverpool, for Palermo, leaky, and much strained. Sailed : Da_phne, Alcoa Bap JERSEY, Oct. .. s.—Arrived : St. George, Cadiz, front Newfoundland, with loss of bulwarks, topmast, and fore topmast sprung, and one man washed overboard. BELFAST, Oct. 27.—Variable.—Arrived: Danube, St. John's, N.B. Sailed : Sea King, New Orleans. Poursatouvit, Oct N.—A vessel of abort 100 tons was passed, bottom up, 17th inst., off the Jetland coast, by the James Freeman, arrived here. Sr. IVES, Oct. 27.—A barque on shore on the Three Storm Ore, has been got off with the bottom out; will be towed into Hoyle. YARMOUTH, Oct. 28.—The Orelia, of London, from Dantzic to Guernsey, struck on the Lemon and Ower Sand, came off leaky, and will be brought into this harbour. DUNDEE, Oct. 25.—Arrived ; Princess Charlotte, Davis' Straits, with five fish ; 28th, Active, ditto, with six fish. V 4 1