The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-07 00:00:00

. /~ / ~ r .1....,1 ~~ ~r „ a-- nt_ T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXIV., I IS THIS DAY PUBLIS H ED. CIIRTL3I . 6 : & Swig:atm Uwe. t 11,0,r) and PojeTtal of Sethprobation In Dagland. & Oeattear * from the Coarrtm of Bradt to the Sat* of aim A Yoe Oc.tor—Auterteea Conllll4ffee and Statistic.. I Stat of Cortafau Zelda.. 6. P.ouotel • Its Rural Imhottry Ma Dakillet 7. Nefael Ifloyeadne Heitr. t Mt A 3:74,t 4._ oni' • am na,i.a Poem W. Pferamtka et rime; mum &Macula& Leedom: Loans& sad Oa Edinburgh : A. arid C. Sleek. Ds COLTILDWIILL I 3 tiU MD TO II &ALT!! AN D LUNU LIPS. Irat t lO w' rZAT °e , eitigr lisiir'AViro ; with Daft WAN Ice a ui. Dr How Comeliest. / . 1 . .. Dl* s Vtf.......L.A.O i rjt sL Coirfirm to Wade mint a good .1 ▪ I .ok .a.Ldier Ilea% NW a — Weasheeratece of jo lbe aireffedy= woe le Ike lour gla dr= ll =lo l = e ra m alegetal "dappleteta sad Irgeedit gaill t e lte &lariat el M DOM .74,. 23, Paterotteter-toori Coreelho. 147. TINA. Moe Inyma. ; Nam. 457. West Steered; or direct tram therilme.... treell-olace. Ratentateeot SIIPPLinreWfA COMILACT. —Pork, 1,000 barrels, U. 19s. 4d.; beef, 2,000 hag barrels, 11.19 a. 3d. 1843.—Beef, 600 tierces, 31. 16a. 6dt Fork,l6oo tierce*, 31. 15s. 10d. tityrd lixrrss, Oct. 6.-The sales of Wheat nearly reneked to 382 qrs., at from 6s. 6d. to 7s. I Id. per bushel; the average 21. 19s. 71d. per qr., and 7s. 51d. per bushel. As compared, then, with the state of the market on the preceding week, the decline in price on the quotation waa 45.8 d. on the qr., or 7d. per bushel; while, on the average, it was 2s. Wid. only on the qr., or abort 444. per bushel. Flour wee re duced in price, and fine must be quoted at from 40s. to 445. per sack of 280Ibs. weight, at wholesale ; and from 46.. to 50a. per sack at retail ; amends was from 38e. to 42a. per sack at wholesale ; and from 41s. to 48s. per sack at retail. In Barley the business still increases; for prime old Barley the prim is maintained. Samples of new Barley were plentiful, and sold, on the average, at from 3s. 6d. to 4e. 6d. per bush., or 11. 2s. 6d. per qr. Oats firm. Indeed samples were by no saws freely shown ; and, looking at it u a whole, thss article must be !waded sa rather better worth ; the sales I barely exceeded 250 qrs., at from 2s. Bd. to as. 6d. per bosh., and raising the average to IL 4s. 6d. per qr., and 3s. Old. per bushel. In foreign Beans (Egyptian) Nome businris was done at ss. 3d. per bushel, or 2 guineas p:I. qr. Apart from this, however, the quotation must be continued at from 442. to 665. per qr., or Prom ss. Gd. to 7s. per bushel. Indian Corn begins tomtits much attention here, from its adaptation to several purpeses se animal food, and especially to the feed ing of pigs The yellow Corn was quoted at from 4e. to 44. 3d. per bushel ; the white at 4s. 6d. ; or say, an the range of quotation, from 325. to 365. per qr. Indian Meal, 4s„ Bd. per barbel. PALM/VTR, Oct. 6.—N.E. to S./I.—Sailed: The Express Packet, Madeira and Brans; More, Batavia. SCILLY, Oct. 4.—S.E.—Arrived Bl.raiseth, and Mid winter, Grenada. AROMA/lAN, Oct. 2.—Sailed Wolfville, and E'M.llan, Beaton. TXOOI4, Oct. 4.—Sailed : Juke'', Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, Oct. 2.—Selled : Singalese. Trinidad. 3rd, lie rinida, St. John's, N. 8., and not the " Herriot," as report,. d yesterday. CORE, Oct. 4.—E.—Arrived: Hermes Ist.), Halifax; Oliver, Adelaide, South Australia. Lottery=, Oct. 4.—Sailed: Caroline, Mobile. Gamier, Oct. 6.—S.E.—Arrived: Seraph, St. JAW., Newfoundland. YA mount, Oct. s.—Part of a boat's stern, painted green inside, and with a green streak outside, and markcd " Robert Cook," was waalsod as share ken last night. 1941Lii . t0f,15,000 tierces, taken at 7i. is, OT . I. TO ii. 3s. 10d.; pork, 18,100 tierces, taken at 71 Is. 10d. t 0.61. 4s. The prkss of singed pork for these Tura were in the mouth of September u follow : 1842, 365. per cwt. ; 1843, 26t. per cwt. ; 1844, 365. to 38s. per cwt.; 1845, 451. to 465. Ira cwt. ; 1846, 48s. to 50s. per cwt. The contract wes for 5,000 tierces of beef, and 11,000 of pork. The Admiralty left 1,700 not taken, in consequence ' of the high price of pork. A maerable port of the contract, namely, 1,900 tierces of pork, is to be furnished from Hamburg. No. 345.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 7, 1817. [3d. for them would have and Rothschild are said to have made strong repre sentations to the government against such officious interference, and to have declared that it would not be possible to conclude the realisation of the loan of last year, if it were not abandoned. Three o'Clock.—We have a report of the stoppage of a house in the Brazilian and Portuguese trade, whom for the present it is not necessary to name. It is not believed, however, to be of any greatimportance in amount. POLICE INTELLIOENCE.--Tins DAT. CIUILDHALL.—ThesaitanSHIRP SIaTIIPLILDMAI - the eeriesat of the market, informed the wor thy magistrate that in consequence of the orders received from the bench on Friday last, relative to the introduction of sheep affected with what was called "the trriall-pox" into Smithfield market, he had communicated with the Veterinary College, and after examining and testing the contagious properties of the disease, the result showed that a perfectly healthy animal could, by mere approximation, infected and die in the space of nine days; while, by the process of inoculation the disease could be conveyed in a much shorter period. It was highly dangerous to permit sheep so affected to approach healthy animals.—Aldermen Musgrove directed that measures should be adopted to take into cottony end destroy all sheep in a diseased state that might be brought into the market. ght erpregg. Now lady qUM.MERLY'S ART-MANUFACTURES, I deigned by eminent KdiSW , aflUta kgsyy of. UNA and the LION. A Scatuettg. E33R DT J. Eau,. CA AYES WOOD BRACKETS. BY S. Ihdod Tito Fair, ES S. A . BRIDE ' S INKBPAND. E 2 b.., and PAPER Sla By J. But. lIBBRJUO. DI R. J. Townaio. lik (Gold Modal of Boa of irk.) RATER-TABS IN GLASS tliscadtedl. BE Rem 14,1. A.R.A. 110. SOCIETY OP ARTS* PRIZZ AT P. Scummy. • Bold by J. Catalan:lt Old Road-amt. t A rod gesu all e respocudde deafen catalogue we on receipt of • og "Way. - - - - MAILS. The overland domed seeile, cur ltareeillet, to the bledlterranesn, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, ladle, item Kong, tbs., will be made up on the evening of the 7th October. The West iodic mils, excluding those roe Mexico, Honduras, and •. tie If ...motels, will be outdo uponthelSintrlg of the 18th October. HAYWARD'S HEATH, Oct. 6.—Wheat met ready Sale, at an advance of 29. to 31. per qr. Millers complain sadly of the want of water. Other grain sold steadily at the quota tions. Wheat, old white, 141. 10s. to 151.; new, 141. to 141. 10s. ; old, red, 14/. to 141. ss. ; new, 131. to 13/. 10s. Peasßarley, 31s. to 365. Oats, 20s. to 225. Boons, 445. t o 45 5 . , 40a. The mo ij,;Tg. vigo, oporioLiabon, un, Cube, and Gibe-CA.lr will be made op on the morning of the I fith October. The mails for British North Americo, Bermuda, and the Unite] items, will be made up on the evening of the lath October. overland malls for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the ]onion lalands, Emtpt, Aden, Ceylon, ladle, flong-Kong, and China, Me Southampton r will be made up ea the morning of the 20th October. The malla for New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand will be made up on the evening of the let November. The mails for the Brady, the Rim Plate, Monte Video, Pernam te=altiatti.ll4att t ar, and Boma. Ayres, will be made up on the CAUTION. —A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Rattoodawie&Loodoo. bee to citation the bobllitY Ind Veiny adpitet IMMO pliedby the lat4ollAe of some thotalepm, w h o t o co .. ham& a mow ein, We the lithe of " Muammar OIL" wiLal2; " &lento - -am* under th e tmptled mactios of m gma devownent departreentk with Author ahoy* a lm a= r uiwo rY eael the bthahe. bift edvertheyoente, log Iwo* and •eeeet for the red) et Or Mend r =Oll. Tbo on!Y remains blaosear 01L" and 2' are "Rowland's." and the &yapper of etc& ben the an o a f s llowboute • " pywedina that of the article. with Vier **sh=at ,* Yed Ink, A. ROW LAN D SON." eold by Hattoodardee. tendon. aml by all dm:ohm sod perfumer& hAvweltrowts ilM•071:10f /4/ne, OVealleg pope, Vl..t be ett the OSee, to...eerie-ewe" by Two or'eloett Ow day ot pubbeettoo. DIOR WATER AT LOlll/0/I.IIIIIDOZ. T.I. D• T mei se. 40 Ada..... • Twltonne•-MeralsA, 27 Min Ha I ; LiI8111110.11 ; 44 ;SUL past I LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o'Clock. WEST INDIA MAIL. We have a telegraphic dispatch, announcing the arrival in the Southampton water of the Teviot steam ship, with the West India and Mexican mails, at ten minutes past twelve this day. She brings 407,650 dollars, and an average cargo. The Teviot left Vera Cruz on the let of September, so that we have little additional news from Mexico to that communicated by the Caledonia, via New York. The American army was still about three miles from Mexico, awaiting the result of the armistice granted by General Scott. Commissioners had been sent from the city to arrange a peace, and it was generally supposed matters would be settled. There are no further accounts of battles. The newly-appointed Governor-General of India, the Earl of Dalhousie, has arri7ed in town from Dalhousie Castle, tit route to Calcutta. The cus tomary banquet to the noble earl by the directors of the East India Company will shortly take place. EXPRESS FROIVARIS. We have Paris papers and letters of yesterday (Wednesday), but there is nothing of public interest. The commercial and monetary crisis in this country engrossed the attention of the mercantile classes, and formed the sole topic of conversation on the Bourse. The King and Queen of the Belgians, accompanied by their children and suite, arrived by the Northern Railway, in Paris, on Tuesday evening, and proceeded to St. Cloud. King Louis Philippe completed his 74th year on Tuesday. A report was current in Paris that the French fleet had sailed from Naples for the Gulf of Spezzia. A probable change in the cabinet is spoken of in all circles, and broadly enough hinted at by La Proae. The truth is, that the old obstacle to the elevation of M. Guizot to the presidency has not been surmounted. M. Duchatel, the real businessman of the cabinet, proposes to retire, well knowing the difficulty, ap proaching to an impossibility, of the cabinet existing without him. His withdrawal would most probably produce a general break up, and he knows it. He is not content with his present subordinate position, and this is what is hinted at by some of the conservative opposition papers. The thing, however, is not immi nent, although, if matters be not patched up, it will probably take effect before the meeting of the Chambers. The cabinet is sensible of the discredit which at taches to its stationary policy, and, under an affecta tion of contempt for the reform agitation, there is real anxiety. No doubt a programme of reforms to come, and a retrospect of the measures already accomplished, will be put forth in the journals, to conciliate public opinion. PAIUS FOixcr, Ocr. 6.—For Money.—Three per Cent., 75 1S; Fives, 114 31. Bel t /tin Fire per Cent.., 1840, 971; Do. Flees. 1842, 995 ; Do. Foor.and.a.-11alr, —. Naples Rents, 98 50. Raman Loan, 984. Treasury Bonfle, S 4/. Bank Shares, 3280. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 25. Our despatches from Madrid of the Ist inst. con tinue to report the measures of administrative reform adopted by the cabinet. It was announced that a pressing order had been sent to General Fspartero to hasten to Madrid; that he was expected in that capital on the Bth or 10th, and that preparations were being made to celebrate his arrival by festivities and other demonstrations of public exultation. Thin re port is accepted by the populace, and although its details are questioned by the Heralds, it is not con tradicted in substance. On the other hand, we have been informed that a hotel is engaged for General Fapartero at Brussels, were he purposes to make some stay before his return to Spain. The Elpund says, that General Narvaez had given in his resignation of the Paris embassy, but soon after had withdrawn it. By a royal ordonnance, time bargains on the Bourse are invalid, unless the stock on which they are founded is deposited. The time is not to exceed N days, but the liquidation is optional. No operations took place at the Bourse on Ist inst. After the Bourse, the Threes were done at 26; cash, 261 paper; and the Fives at 16; cash. Exchange, 48 80-100. Ey the advices from Switzerland we learn that the canton of Schaffhausen had decided, by a majority of 46 against 28 votes, to support, by force of arm; if necessary, the decision of the diet against the Sur.dorbond. The canton of Zurich has organ bled its military contingent to support the diet. These forces consist of eight battalions of in fantry, seven companies of artillery, four companies of carabineeru, three companies of cavalry, two of sappers, and one of pontooneera Besides these the Landwehr, consisting of like divisions, will be ready, amounting in all to 15,500 fighting men. The advices received from Italy leave a doubt as to the accuracy of the report received yesterday of the evacuation of Ferrara on the 23th tilt. It is affirmed that the evacuation was arranged for the 3rd inst. Of the fact itself, however, no doubt is expressed. Letters from Naples of the 29th confirm the news of the defeat of the royal troops in the province of Salerno. The battle took place in the district of the Calento. Domiciliary visits of the police are continued daily at Naples, and even the persons of highest rank are not exempted from them. It is reported that the queen-mother has in vain urged or, the king the danger of the system of terror which he is pursuing, and the absolute necessity of yielding to the prevailing spirit of progress. Tho main insti gator of the king, in his present course, is his confessor, M. Code. The German papers give some frightful particulars respecting the decease of the Countess Goerlitz, at Darmstad. The noble lady is supposed to have been murdered, and suspicion attaches itself to her husband. THE PROVISION CONTRACT. On Thursday the navy contract for the supply of beef and pork for the enming year—and which may be con sidered as the index to the prices an the merest—was taken at Somerset:home. The following are the names of the con tractors and the prices: /Mil. 3,000 tierces — B. Bretlnll and Mow Phillips ............. ......... . 500.., Dinh .CB 1 GOO ... Hamburg Balbeimer 1,000 ... Ditto .............. ....... II 8 Jones Brothero 3OO Dintsdos Bare/wail and Row .......1,500 Irish Beeilidtt E. 31`Striney 4,500 . Ditto Annexed is a statement of the quantities made up, and the prices at which taken, for the lest five years 1844.—Beef, 12,000 tierces, W. 15s. to 71. ss. 7d. ; pork, 18.000 tierces, 71. 12s, to 71. 161. 61. 1845.—Beef, 8,000 tierces, 61. to 61. 14s. ; pork, 14,000 tierces, 61. 3s. to 61. 17s. 101. 1844.—Beef, 3,000 tierces, 51. 4s. 3d. to 61. 6s. 10d. ; pork, 11,000 tierors, 61. 116. 3d. to 61. 14s. VvcTasei THE IRISH POOR IN LIVERPOOL. (Continued arcet the Eritrea of Saturday Wt.) "2. Notwithstanding the great and increasing influx of Irish, the number of persons relieved with bread and soup, has not exceeded 10,845 in any one day ; and the total num ber of separate individuals relieved in the same way from Ist March to 30th April has not exceeded 22,226. " With respect to the numbers relieved, the following ob servations are important: " There is reason to believe that the resident population of Irish in Liverpool comprises not fewer than 80,000 persons. A great portion of them belong to the poorer clans of the inhabitants, but without being paupers. A considerable num ber of the Irish who have arrived at Liverpool within the last few months, came there with the view of emigrat ing to Canada or the United States. It may be as sumed that most of these persons were more or less removed from destitution; and that whilst they remained in Liver pool they were not compelled by necessity to seek parish re lief. Comparing the number of Irish emigrants from Liver pool during the lest three months, with the immigrants arriving from Ireland in the game period, it may be conjec Lured that not more than two-thirds of the Irish who have landed at Liverpool were in a state of destitution requiring parochial relief either at or after their arrival. And as many of those who land quit Liverpool nearly immediately upon their arrival for the interior, the number of immigrants re quiring relief permanently, or even for a comparatively short time, is, in all probability, mach under two-thirds of the number that land. In the first fortnight after an account was kept of the arrivals, they amounted to 11,474; and the destitute immi grants remaining in Liverpool and requiring relief, did not, therefore, agreeably to this supposition, much exceed 7,000. The increase in the number of Irish relieved, however, during the ume fortnight, was nearly double that number. There are facts to show that this increase consisted in some measure of fictitious applicants, or of pretended persons for whom real applicants demanded relief. But, beyond a doubt, a great portion of the increase consisted of Irish persons who were not destitute immigrants, but who belonged to the resident Irish population of Liverpool, or who were immigrants necessarily waiting there to emirate, and induced, by the extraordinary facility of obtaining relief afforded by the lax system pursued at first by the parochial authorities, to apply for it under the pre tence of being destitute immigrants. If the system of relief carried on up to the let of February had been persevered in much longer, it is probable that a very large portion of the resident labouring Irish in Liverpool, and many of those waiting to emigrate, would have been in the regular receipt of parish relief. And the principal operation of the improved method of distributing relief has been the restricting it as far as possible to the Irish more recently arrived in Liver pool. At the same time it may be observed that, by an ar rangement of the relieving officers with the assistant reliev ing officers, many of the Irish who are not quite recently come over from Ireland, but who are in a destitute condition, have been relieved at the district station, and they are com prised in the returns of the numbers of trial immigrants re lieved. Their number I was induced at fiat to believe to be larger than at present I think is the case ; but the general want of veracity on the part of the applicants renders it very difficult for the relieving officers to determine the length of residence with anything like accuracy. " The improved system of relief has been persevered in since the 2nd of February, a period of eleven weeks. In the first eight days the numbers relieved increased from 4,996 to 8,177 per diem ; and, during the last nine weeks, they increased from 8,177 to 10,845 per diem. The last number occurred on one day only, via ' on 10th April, since which time the daily numbers relieved have fallen to 8,214 per diem, viz ,on 30th April. These numbers do not include the sick Irish, who have been relieved all along by the ordinary relieving officers. In the fourth table to the ap pendix to this report, I have given the average daily 'Lumber of the sick Irish thus relieved. -t " In changing the distribution of relief from the office to the districts, a proceeding was necessarily adopted which had a tendency to inspire the applicants withliapi cions that further relief would be followed by the removal back to Ireland of those who received it, or that it would be attended with some other unwelcome condition. From two o'cleck in the afternoon until late at night of the Ist February, all the assistant relieving officers were assembled ' together, and with most praiseworthy patience and temper examined every applicant as to his residence. The object of this was to ascertain the applicant's place of abode, and to determine the officer from whom he was to obtain relief for the future ; and a card was thereupon given • to him containing the name and situation of the station at ' which he was to apply, with directions as to time of applica tion, itc. The proceeding was necessarily protracted to allow of a careful examination of every . applicant being made; and owing to the length of time (during which the immense crowd of applicants was kept waiting), I watched its progress with considerable anxiety. I had the opportunity of observing that in some instances the applicants refused to take the cards, regarding them apparently with a feeline of dread; and in many cases the refusal was accompanied by the declaration, that they were unwilling to be removed, and that they preferred to die in Liverpool to being sent back to Ireland. The feeling of distrust in the intentions' of the parochial officers, by the Irish paupers, was so general as to deter many from applying for some days' . after the alterations for relief at the district stations ; and it was not till after the lapse of a week, when it was found that the parochial authorities had no concealed object in view with regard to the really destitute, that the latter fully renewed their applications for relief. Since that time there has been a gradual though very small increase in application, compared with the great increase in the arrivals. From the 13th January to 13th April, there landed at Liverpool, from Ireland, 63,153 men, 34,79 G women, 21,105 I children : total, 119,054. " The progressive increase of this vast immigration will be seen from the following statement: • VS/ ARRIVALS. From Jan. 13 From Fob. 13 Fran March 13 to Feb. 13. to Mann 13. to April 13. Men !!!"93° Chiklran 1 Total Persons . i.iii 27,960 i;i 3 j 33,N5 55,103 " During the same periods there haws emigrated to Canada, the United States, or elsewhere, the following numbers of persons, nearly all of whom are Irish : ma J.. 13 to Ittoot Feb.l3 to tram March 1 Feb. 13 Mirth 13. I to April 13. 11.934 I 16.333 " The arrivals from the 13th February to the 14th April, deducting the emigrant., leave a number, mostly destitute, much exceeding the increase in the number relieved; and this excess, which has been apparent ever since the change of system of relief, has greatly influenced the proceedings of the committee in regard to the destitute Irish. " All the parts of Liverpool habitable by the Irish have been densely filled by them for some time. It is possible, however, that an increase has been gradually going on, up to the pretest time, and that even new the crowding of the dwellings of different descriptions to which the Irish retort has not quite reached the extreme limit. In the latter end of January I personally inspected several streets, with the courts leading out of them, occupied by Irish, and every where the houses and cellars appeared to be full of inmates. In one small house I reckoned 41 lodgers. Since that time I have heard of instances of more excessive over crowding. " In the meantime, however, the difficulty of procuring lodging has had the effect of rendering it necessary for the great balk of the Irish to quit Liverpool nearly immediately upon their arrival. And this fact partly accounts for the comparatively small increase in the relief. " The fresh applications for relief from the Ist of March to 30th of April, both inclusive, were on an average for 207 in- dividual. daily, exclusive of the sick ; the largest number on any one day being 342, and the lowest 147. During the same period the average number of persons arriving from Ireland was 1.654 daily ; the highest number on any one day being 3,704, and the lowest 230. The number of Irish relieved with bread and soup on Istof March war 8,563, and on 30th April, 8,214. The largest number relieved on any I one day, in the interval between those two days, was on 10th April, when 10,84.5 persona received bread and soup. These facts do not indicate a rapid change in the persona receiving relief; and they are also inconsistent with a growing accu mulation of destitute Irish in Liverpool. As a large portion of the Irish relieved have been receiving such relief for some time, the moat correct c-inclusion probably is that the change in the persona relieved has taken place more amongst persons newly arrives' and unable to procure lodging. " As it became apparent that the want of lodging accom modation produced the effect described, the suggestion of providing temporary lodgings in sheds, &c., fur the immi grants, which was thought advisable at an earlier period, was abandoned. Fur it was evidently to be feared, that whatever number were accommodated In buildings appro• printed or erected specially for that purpose (and which accommodation must be finite), the residue of the immigrants who could not obtain such accommodation would resort to the lodginrebotries, cellars, die., in parts of the town now occupied by the Irish, and that the presence in Liverpool of a greater number of Irish would be occasioned than by allowing them to simply occupy the lodging room the town already contains!. Whether, therefore, as a purely econo mical question, or as a sanitary question to avoid the ill effects of an overcrowded town, or as a means of more effectually relieving the Irish immigrants, the plan of pro yi extra laden acoommoissues. fi d e! " The oomw.sttee, from its earliest meetings, bestowed a considerable share of attention upon the subject of relieving the sick amongst the Irish immigrants. Dysentery and ' fever, in a mild form, were by no wears unfrequent as early as Christmas • but taking into consideration the large influx of Irish subjec t: to the various disorders occasioned by priva tion and exposure, the mortality amongst the destitute popu lation of the town, during the month of January, did not much exceed that of January, 1846. On the third week of January, 1846, the number of cams relieved, exclusive of Irish, out of the workhouse, was 3,280, and the number of coffins supplied during th at month by the parochial autho rities was 91. In the third week of last January the num ber dosses relieved, exclusive of Irish, out of the work house, was 3,984, and the number of coffins supplied during that mewls by the parochial authorities was 261. In Feb ruary, however, the number of deaths became sensibly in creased. In th at month, in 1846, the number of coffins sup plied by the parish officers was 95, and in last February the number was 359. In March the mortality became still more marked. In that month, in 1846, the number of coffins supplied by the parish authorities was 74, and in last March, 503; end in April, 1846, the number of coffins supplied was 79, and is last April it was 586. " Until the recent addition to the number of district medi al °Moen for the perish there were giro( these officers; but towards the middle of December, owing to the increase of sickness in the town, they were allowed assistants when they considered it requisite. On the 25th March, agreeably to previous resolutions of the vestry, the number of medical officers was increased to twelve but they were to perform the vaccination, under the Vaccination Act, which had pre viously been performed by gentlemen who were not medical officers. Several of the new medical officers were, upon entering on their new duties, immediately allowed assistants to enable them to meet the rapidly increasing sickness of the town. And on the 30th Alril there were twelve medical officers and nine assistants attending to the out-door sick in the perish. By au early regulation of the committee each medical officer and assistant medical officer was to make a daily return to them of the number of patients under his care, distinguish ing cues of fever, small-pox, &e., from the more ordinary cases of sickness. It is to be regretted that, owing to the temporary illness of some of the medical officers, and the frequent appointment of fresh ones, their returns have not been made with the regularity that is desirable, and I am not able to make any complete or satisfactory abstract from them to annex to this report. "The most serious difficulty with which the committee have had to struggle, in providing medical relief, has been the want of unoccupied buildings in Liverpool capable of being turned into temporary hospitals. After the most care ful inquiries, conducted by separate members of the com mittee, the vestry have succeeded in securing only one build ing of the desired description in Great Howard-street. The premises were immediately fitted up at considerable expense for the accommodation of fever pabents, of whom there are now about 320 in it. A medical officer for the establishment was appointed with a proper staff of nurses, also a matron, superintending clerk, &c. " For some time before this temporary hospital could be opened, however, the accommodation at the workhouse for fever patients was very much enlarged. By great exertions en the part of the workhouse committee a considerable por tion of the new building of the workhouse was got ready for the accommodation of the inmates of the old part of the workhouse, and they were transferred there accordingly. There are now 500 fever patients at the workhouse, including thou in the regular fever wards. But with all this prepara tion the daily increase in fever cases at the workhouse made it manifest that more accommodation must be provided. On 31st March the Irish Relief Committee gave directions for the immediate preparation of plans for the erection of tem. porary hospitals for fever cues ; and on sth April the committee contracted for the erection of three large sheds, capable of holding 100 patients each, with all necessary accommodation for the attendants upon them, for 2,1001. The site selected for these sheds is on the ground within the wall of the workhouse • and taking into account the importance of a prompt supp ly of the different articles re quired by the patients, the immediate neighbourhood of the workhouse was, perhaps, the most desirable for the erection of the temporary hospitals that could be selected. Their position is in an open space ; and although some alarm hes been expressed by the inhabitants of neighbouring streets, there is no reason to apprehend any ill effects upon the health of the surrounding population. "The wards at the workhouse, including the newly erected sheds, with the temporary fever hospitals in Great Howard-street, accommodate nearly 1,000 patients. It is much to be feared, however, that this will fall short of what will be found to be necessary, should the warm weather, which in all probability will soon begin, aggravate the fever in the town. " The disposition of the vestry, however, is to meet the utmost emergency, and their unwearied exertions amply entitle them to the confidence of the town, which I believe they moat fully enjoy. " I have with some trouble procured a comparative state ment of the number of Irish relieved in the March quarter, 1846, and of the same quarter, 1847, from most of the unions of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the West and East Ridings of Yorkshire, comprised within my district. I annex the state ment to this report (No. 6). Three of the Ches iire unions are out of my district, but as they are in the neighbourhood of Liverpool I have included them in the list. " I hare, dm., " ALFRED AVSTIN." Prince Albert, attended by General Wemyes and Sir Edward Bowater. arrived this morning, at a quarter before ten o'clock, at the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, by special train front Slough. His Royal Highness immediately proceeded in one of the royal car riages to Buckingham Palace, and from thence, attended as before, to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, where his Royal Highness presided at • Court of the Stannaries. This afternoon the prince transacted business relative to the New Houses of Parliament, after which his Royal Highness took his departure by special train to Slough, so as to arrive at Windsor in time for dinner. THE CASE OP MARY HUNT.—We understand that a few days since Sir George Grey, Bert., Secretary for the Home Department, Fare directions to three gentlemen, eminent in the medical proftssion, to examine the state of Mary Ann Hunt, now under sentence of death in Newgate, for the murder of Mary Stowell, In Marylebone, and that the result of their inquiry is, an unanimous opinidn that the venliet of the jury of matrons was wrong, and that the un fortunate woman is beyond doubt " quick with child." Of course, under these circumstances, the sentence will not for the present be carried into execution. COMMERCIAL er MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Clock.—We have had a more quiet market this morning in the funds, but with quotations not quite so good as at the close of business yesterday. Consols have scarcely varied from the rates at which they were first called to-day, say tvl, to money, and 841 to for the 14th, at which they still remain rather heavy, and the transactions altogether un important. Exchequer Bills are a shade better than yesterday, at 235. to 16a discount. In foreign socks we have little change to report, except in New Grenada Bonds, which are now quoted at the improved rates of 171 to 181. Mexican are lower, at 18; to 1. Peruvian, 29 to 32. Russian, 104 to 6. Spanish Fives, 171 to 181 ; the Threes, 271 to 81. Portuguese, 21 to 3. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 32 to 3. The Fours, 82 to 4. It is reported that the Bank has received a supply of 60,0001. in gold this morning, and that 200,000/. more is expected within a day or two, but whether from Paris or St. Petersburg is not stated. Letters from Hull are said to mention the failure of a great house at Hamburg, for 300,0001., occasioned by compromises with some of the firms which have recently suspended payment here. Accounts from Vienna, to the end of last month, re port a more easy and improved state of the money market. The embarrassments lately experienced there, which for a moment created a sort of panic on the Exchange, had in effect resulted from the injudicious interference of I he government with the course of Stock Exchange speculations. Seeing that the public funds were in decline, and railway shares daily falling in value, influenced by the corresponding depreciation of all such securities in London, Paris, and other great stock marts, the Austrian government had recourse to the expedient, for restoring and propping prices, of assign ing a certain sum to the state credit bank, to be em ployed in the purchase of railway shares at a fixed rate. So long as these purchases continued, affairs went more smoothly ; but when ,the sum applied to the operation became exhausted, and the purchases were discontinued, the natural consequence followed of a renewed depression of prices. The holders and speculators in shares had fallen into the delusion of supposing that the government had undertaken a task without limit, and on the strength of the error advances were freely made on shares by parties who calculated on securely receiving back the amounts loaned by sale at the fixed price to the government, in case of default of the borrowers. Great was the confusion when they came to be unde ceived, for a greater scarcity of money ensued as the grounds of confidence disappeared. To repair one error, the government conceived itself compelled to commit another. New funds were supplied to the credit bank for continuing its share operations, but with an intimation that with such assistance would cease soy farther official intromission with the coursed 'hare business. The great houses of Bina, Eskeles, ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, shut 3 per CL itett Anna., dint 3r.,ete.nety..g.-i 4 3 per Ct. Cons. Anus., 841 1 , 0itzio lLgaur Bills, Oa to 16e. die. sper Ct. Austrian Bonds, DI 6 11 par Cent. Grenada Ms., 174 182 44 per Ct. Belgian Boob, 811 90 Grenada Deferred DU., 34 32 per Cent ditto, 5 per Ct Mexion. 1846, 181 6 Ct. per Brazilian -13ds., 75 8 6 per Ct Peru. lan Bds.. 72 Ditto New, 74 7 Portuguese Cone. Ltd', 11 3 par Ct. humor Ayres Ms., 33 8 5 per CL Rued= Bda. 104 6 6 Ditto Chinon DM., 85 7ex die. Ditto Swath Bd., 17i 184 Ditto Columb. Def. Bd., 3 per Ct. riPardra lid.., 224 6 2 Columbian Equador ads., 143 Spantodi Deferred Rds., 13 14 3 pte Ct. Drioloh lid, 83 2ex dlr. Spanperidi Pamir., Ma, 4 82 Per t. Dutch Bd., 3 2 Ct. Wane:sok, lids.. 34 4 per Ct C . Cate ba 62 ck 62 4 Venenuela Deferrod lid.., 9 107 RAILWAYS.—A considerable quantity of share stock has been offering this morning for money, which has rather depressed the market, although generally money may be reported more easy. North &affords, which yesterday were i to I, are now i to 4 ; Reigates lower, at 1 discount; FAst ern Counties York, are 14 discount; Shropshire Union are tolerably good, at 255. per e hare : Madrid and Valencia, 9a. 6d.; Chester and Holyhead heavy, and dull of sale ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 10 die. BAL/28 EPPECTED UP TO TWO sum DAY 1N LONDON. (Vostordara priers will bo /semi Is last page). &Inn., Wel., & Dudley, 144 Le g g Walt . 67 Caledonian, 33 k 4OB. Do. Haves, 3 * d Mimi (CossoLol IS Bk. E. Anglian 31. 10s., P.. k H., 14111 11* E. 13000110 a, 161 4 N Woad" * Do. Per. 3 par Grad., No. 1, par N . Do. York Eaten., 30 I =2. .1. 4 7 1 1 ENS Llaeoloahive, ki Oohed, Wm:l . k ore., 111 Gt. Nor th ern, 3 2( & Rekl 4 . l e, 7 4 1 GL North of England, 220 2 ti ß t=ris Weal GL Western, 98 8. P.. and Dow Do. Fifth., 221 Do. do. 1, 17 Do. New 171. rah IS Do. do. No. ), Ili - - aisle' ..,. No. 4), 4 Uncut's & Catlisle Thirds, 12 Lan. &Yak. (U.& L),82 Do. Quarter., 12f Do. Firths, 61 7 Do. 81steent.M., Do. Preston and Wyse, 34 Leeds and Bradford, 84 Leeds and think, 14 Lon. & Blackwell, S Da New, No. 2, 2 d Lat. and 14. Western, 132 3 Do. Qrs. New, 9 9 Do. lot. sh., M.& 8., A, 9 Do.lol. & 8., B, 8f LIVEILPOOL 111 Do. do. -,, 4 1 oath Wake, 5 6 7ork, New-, & Berwick, 31 11 Do. (Orig. Newe. & Ber.), 1S Do. Extension, No. 2 (Nowa. t Do. G . 1.1, thirchwie, 91 York k N. Midland, 711 70 Do. Pref., 15 41 Do. E. & W. Riding Est, 201 Dutch Rhenish, 21 1 Nor. of France, 101 / Paris and Lyons, 41 Birk, Lane.. i Psi" die7hireJi.ll (late Otst. & Birk Lan. & York. Fifths,(pen.), d Do. (late W. R. U.), 21 4 Load. Sr N. Western, 153 23 Do. M. & B. Qrs., A, 31p Do. Qrs., B, p Midland, 11l Do. 46f. eh., 41 Do. Halves, par j p MANCHERTER Bitten, Lan., lk Ches. J., 5 3.16 Great Northern New, lf d Lane. le Yorkshire, W. R. U., 2f f d London la N. Western, 133 Do. 31. & B. Qrs. (A', 31 Do. do. (B), 313.16 Do. do. (C), 31 I p N. Staffordshire, 3-16 p BIRMINGHAM B LES, ()trona 6. 8. E. and Dover, 30 281 Do. No. 1, 21 d York, News., and Ber. (G. N. E. Purchase), 14 p Liver., Crosby, & South., Ira N. Staffordshire, p Shrews. & Mr. (61. 128. ad. sh.,B, 2d Shrews., Omen, & Ches., 44 d Dutch Rhenish, 14 d ALltti. Ch. - MEEK 6. Mane., Sher, and Lin. (Sher. and Lin.), 44 d North Wales, 22 Shrews. & Bre. (A), 3I d 8. E & Dover (iss. at 101.), No. 1, 24 146 d York, Newco&, & Bee. Es. No. 2, 1 P MSS. 01 " ,0666 6 . N. Stalfordshiie, p Shrews. & !Arm. (A), 34 it , 4 9 6 : 38.. Midland New, N. Britifth, 25 4 - (Ma at 32/.), Do. do. (II), No. R. 3 d Shropshire Union, 2j d Do. New (isa at 331.65. 64.), 8. atalfordahhe, 36.. 3d. d No. 2, 28 d York, Newt. & Ber. (late Newt. Bir., Wole., & St. Val., 16s. 3d. d & Berwick), 284 LEEDS BALES, Ocmaaa 6. Great Northern, 51 d Arahergatca, 11 d E. Lancashire gra, 235. 11 d Carlisle Extension, 2s. Bd. d West Ilidmw Union, 21 53a. 6d. d N. British Qrs., 211. Cd. d Leeds & Thirsk, 181 d N. Staffordshire, 34. 6s. p Do. Pref., 354. d Newt. & Berwick New, 11 p YORK SALES, Gerossa 6. Gt. Northern, 31. 21. 19s. N. British Extension, Bs. 6d. Ipswich it Bury di-Edmund's Ex. I York, Newt . & Bt.. (late Newt. Sc. (lute Cam. & Ely), 21 and Ber.), 261 Man., Bug., Matlock, lk Mid., 11 GLASGOW SALES. Gerona 5. Dir. Bom. & Madras, la 3d. 6d. Glasgow KBEs., and Ayr New, Dun. & Perth Qrs., 475. 41s. 362. 12 . 5. 6d. Man. &South., 7. 6d. U. N. British Thirds, 304. ed. 9d. PRODUCE.—MiNctra-LiNE, Half-past 7100. The Sugar market does not show any material alteration to day, but the public sales have bees confined to foreign Java and Ilavannab. There are again large sales of Mauritius advertised for tomorrow (Friday). The refined market has been dull, and prices with difficulty sustained. — Coffee has gone off without spirit —Rice . 1,000 bags Madras sold in public sale at 11 s. so 12s. 6d., which were rather lower prices —ln other articles no alteration ; and the general cha racter of the market does not show any improvement. There is great want of activity in all article' except the large home consuming ones. PRICES CURRENT. Emma, per curt. DOW ram. W. India,B.P.bwn.lss O&38% Od Yellow at Grey Si 8...44 Mauritius, DrOws 30 0.. 36 Yellow 3B 0...43 Fine l3 0...17 Bengal*. 'Madras, b 3l 0...36 Yellow 37 0...39 White 43 0...49 Foreign, brown 34 0 43 0 Yellow 241 0...40 0 Grey and white 4O 0...49 0 Refined, ilandiro • 62 0...68 0 Lumps 54 0...57 0 Corn, in Bond. West India, ordi nary 23 0... 35 0 Good. Pow 65 0 130 0 Ceylon, good ordi nary 34 8 3.5 0 Fine ordinary 30 0... 40 0 Fine 4O 0 80 0 Moehaoroed toane Si 0...83 0 Costa Ries, ordi nary to tine 35 0... 32 0 Sumatra and Pa dang 2l 0 28 0 Toe, at per lb. Congou.coromon 0 93... 0 9 Ric; at per cwt. Bengal whit. l3 0... 18 0 Cargo l2 0... 13 0 Sara. . 1 .1 9 • . 1 . 7 . ? Pis& II& L CO 0... 0 SW. ll 15 0 = Cardiff bar 9 0...0 II 3... 0 Lams, at per ton. ark sheet lB 10... 0 19 8... 0 Bien 22 0... 0 Mast rho. 2l 0... 0 red or mink= Bpelter 2O 0...01 1 One, pa. 232 Imp. pl, d.p. FM, 6t pale 2B 10... 0 straw 27 10... 0 brown & yellow 23 0.. 26 64 0...83 rEte7hiatter B6 0...157 Cad 27 10 .. 0 Booth ties 23 0...27 1 frilve,OalkpolLp.ton 48 0... 0 Cocoa Not NI 0...62 Bred, R. 1., Part per tan 37 10...28 Lanseed 26 3...26 1 Paommons, per cwt. Butter—Cork, Ist 9l 0...92 2nd 0 0 9 3rd 0 0... 0 Ilublin, lat. 0 0... 0 Limerick, do BB 0..90 Carlow, Ist 9O 0..:.16 Newry, let Waterford 0 0 0 88 0-92 Beef, India, per tierce ......._... o 0.,. o 0 22 0.. 24 0 protlw . .. 26 0...30 0 Prime Yes 0 0 0 Pork. ',rummers B2 8...85 0 Beroi:Pork, Lout 180 0 • • 82 I Da, Mast Bran, Waterford, a r a rrt. 65 0...76 0 0 a.. 0 0 I l d e ig ,,, Bei tAP2 . ! 130 0...56 0 Ditto Bladder American Thum, 01 and Co., at per lb. B. A. and M. Video, 04.34 06 71d Vlod 0 3 ...0 31 Brazil, dry 0 41...0 6 Drysalted 0 4...0 dry 41 0 q .o 51 Luna & Valp. dry 0 5 ...0 6 Were bid* dry.— 0 4 ...0 5 Salted 0 31 .9 41 East India 0 4 ...0 101 sip, B.Ares, dry 0 7 ..0 Russia, dry 0 111...0 Atuer.llorse, per hide 6 0.-11 8 Russia, ditto 6 0... 3 6 Dra Wooas, at per ton. Lorrood, Jamaica-93 0... 5 II Honduras ...... „ 5 5... 5 111 Campearly 7lO 516 Pante, Jamaica 5 10.., 0 10 Piloareerm, large and goad 9 0..26 6 Small Lima 10 10..16 15 Salon 10 10. 15 0 Bed Sanders. 3 0... 6 10 .99 10 In el Bradt 16 0.-50 0 Rum Le at per gall. eward Wand Proof 2 3 ... 1 4 Demerara, 26 to 30 per cent O.P. . Jamatt it; 30 per oent. O.P. • 3 10 ... 4 Favourite marks — 4 6 ... Brandy, let brands 4 6 ... British spirita, d.p. 11 0 ... 0 !Rohn Irish ll 0 ... 0 FL.., per ton. Riga, P.T.R. L 43 0...22 St. Petersburg, 9 head 0 0... 0 Dutch and Flamlali 33 0...83 Friedland Han, at pee ton. St.Petersburg,eisanX3B outshot half eloan Riga, Rhine 18 0..40 outehot pews 36 0...881 I Pant India Scan l6 0...18 Bombay lB 0...24 Jute TIN, at per cwt. Bane' B4 0 0 Straits Coen. in Meeks BB 0... 0 Low, at peluwl. CORN.—BasiNosroxe, Oct. 6.—Wheat was sold this day at, for the finest white, 151. per load; beet red, 141. 10s, ; some good samples offere at 131. to 131. 10s. ; in ferior samples, 121. Barley sold freely, at an advance of 2.1. per qr., maltaters being large purchasers ; the best fetched as much as 38s. per qr. ; some good selling at 361. ; moderate, 331. to 31s. ; inferior, 235. to 30s. Old Malt scarcely asked for. Best new Beans worth 2s. per qr. more money ; some good old made 565. per qr. Peas, boilers, 48s. per qr. ; maple, 445. Oats, a good demand for best qualities, pnees between 24s and 301. per qr. Rye, 20s. to 21s. per sack. New winter Tares, 7s. 6d. per bushel ; old, 7s. Boßrow, Oct. 6.—Our supply of corn at market to-day is only moderate. Wheat was a ready sale, at 2s. per qr. ad vance on Saturday, or 4s. on this day se'nuight. A few fine new Deans, small but handsome, sold at from 435. to 462. Oats le., and old Beans 2.1. per qr. higher. Wheat, red, 60s. to 645. ; fine, Ns ; white, 525. to 665. ; fine, as. Oats, 20s. to 251. Beans, new, 435. to 46s ; old, 535. to Ms. CHicHEarza, Oet. 6.—We had to day a tar supply of both Wheat end Barley for the season of the year. The demand exceedingly dull, millers being unwilling to porchue more than sufficient for their immediate wants. What few parcels were sold were _placed at about 29. per qr. higher thap last market day. We hue no alteration to notice on the price of other grain. Seed Wheat, 665. to 609. per qr. Millers', 629. to 665. Barley, 30s. to 349. Oats, 23e. to 26e. Beane, 48s. to 625. Pets, 42g. to 445. Flour, 42a. per sack. Cinancsersn, Oct. 4.—This being fair-day, the trade in Corn was not very brisk. Wheat met a slight improvement. Barley being in more inquiry, higher terms were demanded and given for the best sorts. Oats in fair demand at im proved rates. Wheat. 131. to 141. 10*. per load. Barley, 28e. to 38s. ; Oat., 235. to 325. ; Beans, 48s. to 56e. per qr. Dart .... Haalawourn, Oct. 6.—We had a moderee attendance. Wheat was a slow sale at an advance of Is. to 25., and Bar ley in demand at Is. per qr. more money. Beans and Peas particularly scarce. White Wheat, 60.. to 67a. per qr. • red, 481. to 635. • Barley, 28e. to 345. ; Beans and Peas, 40s. to 465. ; Oats, 28s. to We. NEWCARTLE, Oct. 6.—After a drought of unprecedented duration, the weather has at length changed to wet, which cannot fail to prove of essential good to the country. At our market this morning we bad a good supply of Wheat from the farmers, but the arrivals coastwise being trifling, a clearance was early effected at an advance of 2s. to 3e. over Saturday's rates, whilst at the same time the few parcels of new South Country on sale realised an improvement of fully 2s. per qr. For a small cargo of coarse Norfolk red, weighing 6211..., but made 631 b. per bushel, we made 625. per qr. to day, and for a parcel of new foreign, weighing 631bs. per bushel and upwards, 635. was obtained. Fin* old was also in improved reque6. wad commanded la. la 9a per qr. more money. Plow ectremaly sari% end bad diem been any in the market it would have been taken off quickly at Is. to 2s. advance. In Rye there is little change. Malting Bailey more inquired altar, and as our malting will be in full opera tion in tne course f ten days, shipments may be freely en couraged. Malt rather dearer. Beans unaltered, but hoiling Peas oontinue to tend upward. Oats the turn dearer. DI:BLIN, Oct. S.—We continue to have good supplies to our oom market. To-day all descriptions of grain met rather a languid demand, and though early in the day prices of Friday were maintained, yet towards the dodo they could only be realised for the best qualities. The inferior descrip tions of Wheat must be quoted la, and Barley 6d. to 9L cheaper. Oats and Bete bad also rather a tendency down wards. Indian Corn very difficult of sale, and we reduce our extreme quotations Is. per quarter. Wheat, white, 23e. to 295. ; red, 20.. to 275. 6d. ; Barley, 14s. to 16a. 6d. Bere, I ls. to 124. Oats, old, 13s. to 145. ; new, 10s. 6d. to 12s. Gd. per barrel. Oatmeal, 1.51. to 17s. Flour, seconds, 17s. 6d. to 20s. per cwt. Indian Corn, 265. to 375., per 480 lb. - BELFAST, Oet. 4.—The weather continues fine, but rather cold. Our market, on Friday last, was well supplied with all descriptions of grain. Oats were fully 6d., and Wheat 3d. per cwt. cheaper. The supply of Oatmeal was small, and former prices were fully maintained. The demand for Indian Corn and Indian Corn Meal has not been so brisk since Friday . last, and prices have given way fully 10s. per ton. American Flour is also in less demand, but we have no changes to note in price. The following are our quotations: Indian Corn, white, 91 ss. to 91. 10s. per too; yellow, 81. to Al. 10s. Indian Corn Meal, white, 101. to 10/. 10s. ; yellow, 91. to 91. 10s. BaresaLe, SEPT. 28.—From the 20th to the 25th of Sep tember 22 rowels, laden wholly or in pert with prori.iona entered the port of Antwerp. The importations were : Wheat, 2,976,140 kik*. ; rye. 1,092,030 tulog. ; barley, 5,000 klieg. ; rice, 637,490 tibg. ; total, 4,710,480 kilog. HOPS.— BOROUGH MARKET. Two o' Clock.— Mesas. Patteaden and Smith, hop factors, report that the market and duty remain the tame. New Mid k E. Kente 41. oto U. 5 Yearling Kent, D. cwt. 21.1 G to 31.1 New Weald of Kest, 3 oto 4 4 I Yearling eitawei 210 to 3 3 New Soma ........ 2 Iti to 3 101 Old 1 Vto 2 BASINGSTOKE Oct. 6.—Picking being entirely finished, all are busy in the villages within a few miles of Odiham and Alton getting their produce off for Weyhill fair next week. It is thought prices will be lower. Woacxersa, Oct. 6.—There is a fair supply of new and yearling Hop at market, but the monetary crisis which exists prevents business. No one will buy except from hand to mouth, and prices continue to decline. Planters will do well to grub up and grow Wheat, which is now paying, and likely to pay, much better than Hops. WOOL.--BRADFORD, Oct. 4.—There is no im provement in the demand for Wool, and late prices are maintained. The business doing is extremely trifling, in- deed such a total absence of all animation eras scarcely ever experienced before. Exrrita, Oct. 6.—lt was a pleasure to notice that this article recovered, even though in a trifling degree, from the extreme state of depression that characterised the market on the preceding week, as for fresh lots of Yolk Wool, 7d. per lb. Aim offered • and this article must be quoted at from 61d. to 7d. per lb. ROCHDALE, Oct. 4.—The Wool market has been much the same as on the two previous weeks, without any altera tion in price. HAY.—SMITHFIELD, Two a' Clock. —Meese. Cooper and Davin, Hay and Straw Salesmen, report the following prices : Prfte Meadow MIN. to 80. Royal ... —F. to —al &raw t, 3ft. Inforkar OA. to tt.in. j Clover *le. to B.L. CATTLE, &c.—EXETER, Oct. 6.--The supply was still ler than on the preceding week, and a falling market, but more especially so for Sheep. For fat Bullocks the quo tation must be stated at from 53e. to rather over 60s. per cwt., or from 9e. 6d. to 10.. ltd. per score. Of butchers' Calves there were eulfirent for the demand, at from 51d. to 61d. per lb. Fat Sheep sold, on the overage, at from 51d. to 61d. per lb. Of store Sheep, a fine lot of Wethers were bought at 365. a piece ; and a lot ditto, at 35.. a piece, the quotation. being from 245. to 365. a piece. The quotation for fat Lambs must be stated at from did. to 61d. per lb. - - CALLINOTON FAIR was well-supplied, particularly with Sheep; but buyers were rather scarce, except for Cows aad Calve., which were much inquired for. Fat Bullocks sold from 565. to 60s. per cwt. Fat Sheep, Old. per lb. BALLINAOLOE FAIR, Oct. 4.—This day the Sheep fair commenced, and with as fine a show of stock as had been witnessed for the last 10 years at least. The numbers were decidedly far above the usual average, while the condition of the flocks very generally exhibited a marked improvement over that of many preceding fairs. But the morning past, noon came, and, literally speaking, no business whatever was done. It was after 12 o'clock when an odd inferior lot might be seen driven out sold—the prime articles remain ing perfectly unnoticed until about one o'clock, when the buyers, " few and for between," began to make their appear. suer, and business might be said to commence, but on a most partial scale, and at a serious decline of prices. The fall in rates may be fairly averaged at, for prime lots, from 41.6 d. to ss. 6d. a head, while second and inferior sorts fell from 75. to 104 a head. Even on there terms the amount disposed of was an immense disproportion to the quantity left unsold, and of course for to-morrow's fair. How matters may go off to-morrow, it is hard to say ; but no small degree of appre hension prevails here on the subject; indeed, such are numbers remaining on the show grounds this evening, that doubts are entertained whether the regular fair-green will be sufficiently ample to conveniently contain them. The ceases of this great depression are attributed to, in the first plat*, the shortness of grass, in consequence of which very man of the Leinater graziers (the principal buyers at Ballinaeloe) have still large quantities of Sheep in an unfinished state on their hands. Again, it is reported that a failure to a large extent has taken place in the turnip crop, and thus blighted the prospect of the winter keep,—• matter of the last importance to purchasers at this fair. But, above all, the disastrous state to which public credit is re duced, has filled the minds of both buyers and sellers with apprehension and dismay, and driven business in the present instance, it may be said, to a " stand still." It is a remark able fact that at rather an early hour in the afternoon several flocks were driven out of the town unsold, a circumstance very seldom, if ever, witnessed before by the persons in charge of the " customs gap." The cause of this it is not difficult to guess. Subjoined is a list of prices obtained per head, as far as they were able to effect sales, by the most eminent stockmasters in this province : Mr. Robert d'Arcy's top lot of 200 Wethers, sold at 21. 10s.; second lot of 200 Ewes, 21.95. ; Mr. Burton Persse's second lot of 200 Wethers, 21. 2s. ; Captain Burke, M.P., a lot of Wethers, 21. 24. ; Charles Blake, of Tuam, top lot of Wethers, 21. 24. ; last year Mr. Blake sold his second lot at 21. is. ; Mr. E. H. Blake, Marble-hill, a lot of Ewes, 1/. 125.; Mr. Bernard Balfe, Lesdurne, 130 Wethers at 21. Its. ; and 100 at 21. 81.; Pierce Blake, Corofin, top lot of Wethers, 21. Is. • Major Mahon, Strokestown, '2OO Wethers, 2L 2e. ; Nicholas ' Balfe, South Park, 100 Wethers, 21. 7s. ; second lot, 21. 54.; Burton Pere, re e, top lot of Waftu, 100, 21. 24. ; Mr. Richard Irwin, 220 Wethers 21. ss. Return sold this day, 34,809. A great number passed through the gap unsold. For Yesterday's Markets me lad pogo. SHIPPING._ MATTA ARRIVED. Dublin,' 2 ; Waterford, 1; DOWlff hadee,l; French, 1; Flanders, 1. LONDON, Oct 7.—Wind this day at noon, 8.8.8., light breezes, and cloudy. DLit, Oct. 6.—N.N.W., sm.; 8.E., p.m.—Arrived: Cora, Si. John's Newfoundland. Arrived from the river and sailed : Clar a Catherine, fit. Thomas's; Perseverance, St. John's, N. 8.; Wave, Magadore. Sailed Theodore, St. Thomas's. PORTSMOUTH, Ott. 6.—E. to S.S.E., mnally.--Stag, Port Philip. PLYMOUTH, Oet.6.—E. to S.E. rtrong.—Arrived: Tuscan, Shangai ; Pomona, Rio Jane ir o . : Sir Edward Parry, Australia. The Margaret, of Bideford, Carniff to 83 ria, was abandoned on the 30th ult., in let. 60, long 7 ; mew saved. - - Br. Mswee, Oct. 4.—Arrired : Crew:eat, Porto Rico. Off port 3rd, John Key, New York, for Hamburg LONDON, TIIURSDAY, OCT. 7. TnERE is not on record any portion of public policy, at least in our times, which has been so guided by individual caprice and self-will, against every prudent motive and rational opinion, as the conduct observed both by France and by England in the affairs of the Plata. Many years back we very wisely interfered to pro tect the independence of the province of Monte Video against the ambitions designs of Brasil. Why, or how, such a convention should have been wrested into a stipulation that we were to defend the complete in dependence of this little state, even against forming a very salutary and federal link with the other provinces of the Plata, we are quite at a loss to comprehend. To establish the absolute independence of the Uru guay became, however, a monomania of M. THIERS, who saw in it a Basque and semi-French colony, in capable of national self-subsistence, and consequently forced to lean upon foreign aid. M. 'NIERS resolved that France should furnish that foreign aid, and that the Uruguay should be to France what Portugal was said to have been to England—a subservient ally—a port of disembarkment, and a convenience for int( r tering with and influencing the politics of the coun tries round. In this precious scheme M. TIMID; found a warm and determined opponent in Loris PHILIPPE, who had more important views nearer home, and who protested against being drawn into the politics of the Plata. M. THIERB, however, was determined, and threatened to resign. Rather than be entangled by this eschlndre, which would have given popular im portance to Monte Video, Louis PHILIPPE acquiesced. France interfered, and England interfered, in order not to allow France to interfere alone. The abortive result of our interference is well known; M. THlEits himself, frightened at the pos sible results of a breach with England in consequence of the events of 1840, recalled the French force, and suspended the coercion of ROSA& M. TRIERS, however, is powerful even in opposi tion. And M. Omar, anxious to gratify his political antagonist at least in one point, and depnve him of that one source of complaint and declamation, offered to renew the offensive operations against Buenos Ayres, provided there was any chance of success. As M. GUIZOT WAS anxious to humour M. TRIERS, Lord ABERDEEN was anxious to humour M. GUIZOT and the French, and to show that, at least on this point, he bad restored the entente eordiale. The two statesmen would, nevertheless, have shrunk from the Quixotic expedition, unless they had reason to hope for its prompt success. General O'BRIEN, an Irish gentle man, who was a proficient in blarney, and for that reason had been sent over as envoy from Monte Video, persuaded M. OUIZOT that it was the easiest thing in life to crash the monster ROSAB, of whom he told and disseminated stories that made the columns of the press and the hair of the readers' heads stand on end. The expedition sailed, and proved in a very shin t time that General O'BRIEN was one of the cleverest humbugs that Ireland and diplomacy could have pro duced. Whilst his respect for the English goverr - meat, whom he doped, has been shown the other day by the General's af f ixing a public placard in the mar ket-place of Monte Video, insulting to our envoy and our admiral. We all remember the promises and feats of the " little war"—the opening the Parana, or rather the vain attempt to open it—the inglorious action with the batteries of Roses—the sack of Colonia by the mercenaries of Monte Video. To cut short the narrative, the French and English governments, mutually ashamed, agreed as to the necessity of putting an end to this,—they tried the sending of an envoy, in the confidence of both. They then recurred to the project of sending two, both eminent and able men, who might act according to circumstances, without the necessity of continually referring each to his court. Unfortunately the French choice fell on Count WALEwsm, a natural son of NAPOLEON, connected, indeed, by marriage and social ties with England, and accustomed to live with Englishmen, but still strongly inoculated with TRIERS' exclusive predilections. Lord HOWDEN was selected by the English go vernment Nor could a better choice have been made for an envoy, who was to use his own dis cretion. At the moment of the envoy's starting, the untoward event of the Spanish marriages came to disturb the good feelings between the governments of France and England. And so much sullenness prevailed on both sides, that Lord 110WDEN west over himself to Paris in order to come to a clear un derstanding with M. GUIZOT and Count IVAtEwsni, as to the joint object of their mission. The Daily News, alone of all the London journals, at the time announced that Lord HOWDEN had failed to establish a clear and good understanding with the French government, as to the object of the mission. And we foretold, in consequence, that the joint mis sion would be productive of no satisfactory result. It would have been better to have delayed sending the mission, as two such envoys leaving their re spective governments, imbued with mutual discon tent, were not likely to improve their harmony in La Plata. It would, however, have looked too like a breach to have countermanded the mission. The Count and Lord HOWDEN went out. And we learn the result—they quarrelled. We admit that what Lord HOWDEN proposed was little less than abandoning all the long cherished aims of France. The setting Monte Video free to elect its chief, would probably have led to the elevation of ORIBE, the exile of the foreign mercenaries, and tho dissolution of the French legion. The navigation of the Parana under the Argentine flag, though all that should be required, was not what European arrogance hitherto insisted on. In short, whilst we uphold that Lord Hownes'e proposals were the only rational ones, we still admit they must have been galling to the French envoy, who was the friend of M. Tutees. Accordingly Count WALEWBEI has hied home in a hurry, where, if cast aside by the minister, he and M. Tutees may get up no trifling_ agitation against the infamy of abandoning th e Monte Videans, and the allowing England to settle the affairs of the Plata in her own way. M. Geizor would rather spend half a million and equip a fleet, than expose himself to such an outcry, with the session about to open in two or three months. Our own government is probably divided upon as upon one or two other questions, and espe cially as to the merits of diplomatists. Whilst Lore PALMERSTON would probably support to the last the spirit of Sir EDMUND LYONS, Mr. HENRY BULWER, and Lord HOWDEN, other members of the cabinet, whilst admitting the worth and excellent conduct of those envoys, still think it prudent to rocall them, and, in Lord HOWDEN'S case, even disavow. This is impossible, however the Miles may hint at, and even sanction it. If an envoy was wasting to was policy, not sod ihe o e b e n v y oy M to . nt h E v u s e ' c f h n ose e n n d,. 'l4 llis folirdo l w o i rdsh i°uwp i D p paSE ia Nt a diplomatist quite capable of cautious judgment and spirited action, and what he has done lie has well done. Let us abide by his decision, and imi tate the Americans in declaring, that non-interference is Od. d