The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

Who would even dare to conceive the idea of a usur pation ? And, besides, do you not see that in giving to each citizen the right to choose his head, you give him at the same time the right to judge and to punish ? I now stop, gentlemen, not because I have exhausted the series of - considerations which I had to bring forward in support of the opinion I defend, but because the clock warns me to come to a close. .1 atop, therefore, declaring to you that for my part I have confidence in our Republic, in the rights which it has given to all citizens, and in the respect which they will feel in exercising them. For my part, I have thrown into this Repnblic my whole life—my whole soul—all that I have of strength and will.— (Rear, hear.) I firmly believe that all they who had 'the unspeakable happiness of proclaiming with me the republican era, will protect it with all their powers. If there are dangers in consulting the masses—if the multitude can be fascinated and led away, we shall perhaps perish.—(Cries of " No, no.") I say perhaps ; but should the Republic perish and We with it, we shall exclaim, with the conquered hero of Pharsalia, " Victrix cau sa dii s pl acu it, s ed v i c t a Catoni,' and posterity shall be our judge.—(Loud applause, which lasted for some time.) It being now past six, the Assembly rose. This speech is the subject of comment, of eulo gistic comment, in all the journals. The Bien Public thus glories in the triumph which has been achieved by its great leader— "At this moment, when the whole Assembly, carried (May in this torrent of eloquence, still vibrates with admiration of one of the finest victories that logic, that reason, inspiration and wisdom had ever achieved in any tribune, we feel all the reserve which our old friendship for M. de Lansartine imposes on us. Yes, we who have remained faithful to him through all the vicissitudes of his popularity, in his good and his adverse fortune, be cause we see in him the living idea of the Republic, we cannot give expression to the personal emotion which we felt at this speech, we can merely state the effect of it. The effect was, and we do not fear a contradiction from any one who was present, that that admirable discourse produced in the Assembly not only admiration, but con viction." The Debats says that the system of M. DE LAMAR TINE iS " undoubtedly the most in conformity with logical reasoning and republican principles—it is marked by a certain nobleness and grandeur. M. DE LAMARTINE defended it with a marvellous eloquence; and in particular was triumphant in his refutation of the contrary systems." The Presse thus describes the effect which the eloquent outpourings of the Poet-Orator produced on the Assembly : " The Assembly allowed itself to be led away by the eloquent language used, and when he said that the Pre sident, if elected by the Assembly, would only be the hand of the dial to mark its will and caprices, applause burst forth from every part of the ball. But M. de La martine went on to show how envy would attack the mo tives of the persons voting for the President —one, be cause he was a relative; another, a friend; and a third, because he wanted an embassy! 1 At these words shouts of approbation issued from every bench, and the Assembly, rising by an electric movement, rushed round the tribune, disputing with each other to grasp the hand of the eloquent speaker; amongst the most foremost we beheld MM. Duclerc, Garnier-Pages, and Pagnerre." The National thus explains the reasons which in duce the Government to support the election of the first President by the Assembly. It will be seen that those who are opposed to M. DE LAMARTINE on the present occasion only argue the question as one of expediency, they admit that in principle M. DE LA MARTINE is right. The National says— " Justly alarmed at the perils which may be caused to the young Republic by the immediate election of the President, we are disposed to accept a middle course, a temporary measure, which, as we have already said, con jures away without any compromise of principle the transitory dangers of the situation. We humbly admit that the weakness of our mind does not go the length of saying---' Perish the Republic rather than a principle!' We do not, in fact, believe that respect for principles should place in peril the Government which is the object • of all our views, all our efforts; but it it were true that such a circumstance should demand, in its application, the postponement of a proclaimed truth, we should resign ourselves to the case, as we have already done in other occasions. We have no other thought but to pre serve the Republic, because it is the most perfect form of government that we are acquainted with, be cause it alone appears to us to contain the safety of France for the present, and its development and pro gress for the future. The general interest is our only moving power, and if we are democrats, it is because our instinct and our reason have shown us that out of the pale of popular sovereignty, there is for nations only disorder or usurpation. What, then, do we seek in the difficult question of the presidence ? The conciliation of principle and fact. But there is nothing to oppose that conciliation. The Assembly decides that the Pre sident shall be nominated by direct universal suffrage, but on account of present difficulties in the interest of publio safety, it modifies, it temporarily adjourns the exercise of the right. We are quite aware that absolute minds reject these solutions de circonstance, but general good sense accepts them, and we consent willingly to be mistaken with it. It has been often said that reasoning carried to excess may lead to absurdity. In metaphysics an error is reparable—in politics it cannot be the same. 'lumen societies live by compromises; they tend to absol u t e goo d , b ut they are governed by relati ve roes i s bilities. Such is th e i n fi rm i t y o f our min d t h a t what true in principle, from deduction to deduction, when i terminates sometimes sometimes in the most dangerous falsehood Applied in all its logical rigour." If we may judge from the following, which appears in the Union, the besotted Bourbons of the elder branch are just where they were sixty years since— they have learned nothing, they have forgotten nothing : " M. de Lamartine might have abstained from putting into his inventory of pretenders, as candidates, the legi timate heir to the house of France. He might have dispensed, he was bound to dispense, with naming him, for all fear on this head is, to say the least, superfluous, not to say absurd. What, the heir of Henry IV. and Louis XIV. put forward as a competitor to M. Ca vaignac, or any other aspirant to the Republican Presi dency! The heir of Henry IV. and Louis XIV. de scending from the heights of monarchical principle, to have his crown stamped with the stamp of the Republic! There can be no serious fear of that. The Republic has nothing to do with the Monarchy; the Monarchy, in those who represent it, has nothing to do with the Republic. It was, then, to say the least, useless to place the representative of the true principle of monarchy on the list of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic." There is something exceedingly rich in the indig nant outbreak about " the heir of HENRY IV. and Louis XIV." being put forward "as competitor to M. CATAIGNAC, or any other aspirant to the Republican Presidency." It almost equals in its absurdity the pathetic complaint of the Queen of ETRURIA on the indignity to which she, a Princess of the House of Bourbon, had been compelled to submit, when, on one occasion during her flight from the revolutionists, she had been actually obliged to eat her dinner off a porcelain plate. . The Democratic Pacifique, while applauding the principles laid down by M. DE LAMARTINE, doubts the policy of carrying them out in their entirety at the present moment. It says— `.We appl au d t h e d eductions which M. de Lamartine drew from that formula full of the f uture —popularity is the entire power. Yes, the sympathy of a grateful and enlightened people will be one day the only consecra tion, the sole force of the powers, and the Government thus consecrated will be stronger than the best armed ti rannies. But we separate ourselves from M. de Lamartine when, Even without taking into conside ration the actual state of the country, he declares in favour of the nomination of the President by the electors. Citizens the most eminent, the most dis interested, and the most devoted to the country, may, without knowing it, submit themselves to the influence of personal situation. Did M. de Lamartine, in eulogis • ing the un d erstandings and the patriotism f the whole electoral body, think that he was himself one of the most worthy candidates for the Presidentship, and that this candidateship had less chance within the Assembly than out of it ? In getting rid successively of all the preten ders to that post, or of all who were suspected of being so, including M. Louis Napoleon, did he wish to clear the road for himself ? We can scarcely dare to think so, but there are many who will not hesitate to say it, they will even add that Providence, in giving to M. Thiers skilfulness and dexterity for strokes of political address, and in endowing M. de Lamartine with frank ness, generosity, and poetry in his heart, and with an honourable want of tact, has notwithstanding given to the latter the better portion." What the Democratic at the conclusion of this ar ticle hesitatingly insinuates the Republique "openly and advisedly" says, viz., that the speech was intended as an electioneering address. "M. de LAMARTINE," says the Republique, " was powerful, and rarely has he ever reached and supported such a height of elo quence. It has been said of M. TEIERS that he made ID:nisterial speeches; may it not be now said that M. DE LAMARTINE made a presidential one. It is a manifesto of candidateship hurled from the tribune. Assuredly, if generosity of ideas, grandeur of forms, and all the seductions of oratorical art were sufficient to make a political man, no one would have more legitimate right to our votes than the poet-orator. Unfortunately these brilli an t qua li t i es are not enough for the necessities of the present state of things. It is necessary to have a man of idea and action, of vigour the and of s e lf-d en i al, to place at the head ot Republic ;_ it is a man o f pr i nc i p l e t h at i s !equi re d . M. DE LAMARTINE cannot be that m an ; he is too easily acted on, too variable ; he is like the - a r . .olia n harps, which send forth their sounds no matter fr om which side the wind blows." question. This magnificent oration has finally settled the Several blembers of the Assembly who :a ere wave rer's, announced th a t, conv i nce d b y t h e 414 stquence and the lo g i c o f M , PE LAMARTINE they °4 . Vote With him, THE SUN, LONDON, At the conclusion of the sitting on Saturday, it was determined by a majority of 602 to 211, that ' the President should not be elected by the Assembly, an amendment proposed by M. GEVRY to the effect that there should be no President of the Republic having been previously rejected by a majority of 643 against 158. There still remain upwards of eighty articles of the Constitution to be voted. It is supposed that they will be voted in about a month, and that then the election of President will take place. The Union, in its number of Friday, having stated that Lord NORMANBY had had a long conference with General CAVAIGNAC, in which the intentions of the English Cabinet were completely explained ; that Great Britain had come to an understanding with the Cabinet of Vienna ; and that the Italian question was decided on in a sense not in accordance with the engagements of General CAVAIGNAC towards the ;National Assembly, the lifoniteur of Saturday says— " The Union has published an account of a pretended conversation between General CAVAIGNAC and Lord NORMANBY. All the details given by the Union are completely false." The ilioniteur adds—" The Go vernment cannot take on itself to contradict all erroneous assertions ; it will be, therefore, wrong to infer that because a statement is not contradicted it acquires a character of authenticity." A letter from Perigueux, of the 4th, states that 200 men of the 35th regiment of the line and a brigade of gendarmerie had that morning marched to St. Pierre-de Chignac, where fresh disturbances had broken out, in consequence of the collection of the 45c. tax. The Pro cureur o f t h e R epu bli c an d an examining magistrate have also proceeded thither, to institute inquiries. The Committee on Al ger i a , on F r id a y, ex amined a proposition relative t o th e crea ti on o f d e p ar tment a l colonies in Algeria, which has been referred to it by the Assembly. Every department would be called on t? found in Algeria an agricultural colony, farm, or village, which should bear its name. The Council- General would determine the number of persons it should contain, and regulate its internal organization and its chiefs, securing to it, by means of subscrip tions from private individuals, towns, and from the department, a sufficient capital to support it for eighteen months. The author of this proposition, M. BRUNET, developed his plan before the Committee, who received it favourably, as completing the Bill on colonization just voted by the Assembly. The Prase, speaking of the place to be fixed for the negotiations on the affairs of Italy, says : " The difficulty of reconciling the views of the belli gerent powers has suggested to the French Government the idea of proposing as a place of meeting for the Con gress, a territory which is entirely neuter, namely, Rome. If we are well informed, it was in the council of Ministers held the day before yesterday, at the residence of General Cavaignac, that it was unanimously decided to propose this choice to England and the belligerent powers. The same evening couriers were sent off for London, Turin, and Vienna, to get the adhesion of the respective courts, whose answers we shall know by-and bye. In the meantime we know from good sources that England and France wish to restrict the diplomatic ne gotiations to the proportion of Ministerial conferences, which differ essentially from the meeting of a congress. Thus the separation of Belgium, the question of the East, and others, were regulated by means of confer ences specially established at London between the British Cabinet and the powers most deeply interested in the question. In such a case it is the habit in diplo macy that the final result should be simply brought to the knowledge of the other courts of Europe, not to ob tain their sanction, but merely to give them the infor mation." which is to be removed to Schleswig, is to be con stituted as! follows :—MM. PREUSSER, BOISSER, BLUM, VON HIENZE. Count REVENTLOW also is to act ad interim, and a fifth member is to be chosen by them as President from among the neutral party, nominated by the Kings of DENMARK and PRUSSIA. Dr. STEDMANN is to introduce the Government here, which is to be recognised by the Assembly, which will probably be prorogued immediately after. According to the assertion of M. VON RIEDTZ the immediate commission is to be set aside. BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 7. THREE o'CLocK,—The business done at the Bourse to-day was very limited, but the Funds maintained their prices pretty well. The Railway Shares, how ever, continued to droop, which is hardly to be won dered at, considering that money can be invested in the Funds at prices yielding a higher rate of interest than anything that could be hoped, even in ordinary lines, from these speculations. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have risen 10c.; Five per Cents. are the same as yesterday; Loan has risen sc. For Money, the Three per Cents. have risen 5c., Five per Cents. 10c., and the Loan 25c.; Bons du T i e s o r are at 23 to 22b discount. Bank o f France Shares have risen sf. Belgian Bank Shares not quoted; Five per Cents. have risen If. Spanish Active is quoted at 134; Three per Cents. remain at 23i; Passive is at 2i. Ro man remains without any change. Rothschild's Iteceipts have risen 4 per cent. Exchange on London (30 days), 25f. 40c. ; ditto (90 days), 251. 20c. Railway Shares continued very weak. Orleans have fallen 7f. 50c., Rouens 2f. 50c., Havres 2f. 50c., Vierzons 21. 50c., Strasbourgs, 21. 50c., Nantes If. 25c., Northerns, Mar seilles, and Lyons maintain the prices of yesterday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, OCT. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, s%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), s%—Paris and Lyons, 418—Sambre and Meuse, 2A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d and 3d inst. have arrived. Senor PIDAL, the Foreign Minister, intimidated by the haughty position assumed by the American Minister:(fortunately for the United States there are no great landholding Protectionists ready to sacrifice the honour of their country to keep up their rents on the other side of the Atlantic), has truckled to the " stars and the stripes," has apologised in the most humble manner for the proceedings of the police agents, who are to be punished and dismissed, and has exempted FERNANno from military service. NARVAEZ, it appears, was aware that America had neither a House of Peers nor a Lord STANLEY, and that not even M. GUIZOT himself could bamboozle an American Senator, and therefore he wisely gave way in time. The Gazette of Madrid, of the 2d Oct., publishes the weekly account of the Bank of San Ferdinand : —2,925,800 reals of notes had been paid off, leaving the amount in circulation, 115,570,000. From the 25th to the 30th ult. there had been exchanged for cash 3,559,600 reals of notes. The Carlists in the Northern Provinces and in Catalonia are receiving daily reinforcements from France. MADRID BOLSA, [OCT. 3. Three per Cents., 191 paper;. after Bolsa, 19 cash. Five per Cents., 10i paper; after Bolsa, 101 cash. Passives, 31 paper ; after Bolsa 31. Coupons, 6 paper. Bank of St. Ferdi nand, 44 paper. Exchange on London, 90 days, 48 20 cash. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND CROATIA. The most contradictory reports are circulated as to the state of affairs in Hungary. The Breslau Gazette quotes, from Vienna, a bulletin, which it says had been published there, of a battle between three regi ments of Hugarians and a body of Croats under JELLACHICH, near Stuhlweissenburgh, in which the Croats are said to hare been repulsed. According to the bulletin, however, the battle was not over when the accounts left. The Cologne Gazette, on the other hand, quotes a letter from Vienna of the Ist instant, mentioning a report that the Austrian Ministry had received news of the surrender of Buda to the Croatians, after a bombardment of two hours. The following is the bulletin alluded to by the Breslau Gazette, it is dated Sept. 30 : " Battle of Stuhlweissenburg.—The whole garrison of Pesth advanced towards Stuhlweissenburg. Three regiments of hussars attacked the Croats. With heroic courage these brave hussars rushed upon the enemy ; blood flowed in torrents, and many corpses strewed the ground. The army of Jellachich was driven back. The battle still rages, and the victory is still un certain." VIENNA, OCT. 3.—The widely -spread report of the entry of JELLACIIICH into Ofen is not confirmed up to this moment. Our latest accounts from Pesth, dated Ist inst., state that he has made a lateral march with the main part of his army, and is already at Voroswar, consequently about a league and a half from Pesth. It is confidently asserted that the Hungarian troops have retired towards Pesth. On 'Change to-day it was stated that the Hungarians had concluded an armistice of three days with the Croats. The last accounts from Pesth give a me lancholy picture of the state of that city. B aron VERG is appointed the future President of a new Ministry, but it is doubted whether he will under take the formation of a new Cabinet. The new manifesto of the EMPEROR is now looked for in Hungary. It is said that it is to be conter signed by F. M. Baron KRENS, who is also to be a Minister. It appears that the combined department, Agriculture and Trade, is to be separated, and the latter confided to the Governor of Styria, Count WICKENBURG. A Vienna correspondence of the 2d, in the Berliner Nachrichten, says that JELLACIIICH has been appointed by the EMPEROR General in Command of Hunga ry . The Pesther Zeitung, of the morning of the 30th ' announced that the decisive battle had co mmenced. The Allgemeine Oesterreischische Zeitung asserts that a courier had announced to the people of Pesth that the Hungarians had triumphed at Veleneze, and that the Ban had retreated beyond the Platten Lake. It is asserted, too, that ESTERIiAZY and PEREZELT at tacked the Croatians with 12,000 National Gu ar d s, and contributed to the " victory." The Breslau Gazette, under the head, Pesth, 29th September, says, "The city is perfectly tranquil; Kossunr, NYARI, PATAI, and ZEMBERI, gover n ab solutely in the name of the Commission for th e Defence of the Country. The situation of Baron JELLACHICII is becoming desperate; the Croatians desert en masse, but as we have less to do w ith hi m than with the Court, an armistice of four days has been granted him, during which we shall receive the answer to the ultimatum of our Government. SC HLES WIG-HOLSTEIN. Km, OCT, el.—The Provisional Government, BADEN. The Posthampt Gazette of Frankfort, under date of Friburg, lst, says that for the purpose of protect ing STRUVE from the fury of the soldiers of that place, he had been removed to the fortress of Rastadt. The soldiers, to the number of four hundred, assembled before the place where he was confined, and de manded that he should be delivered up to them, that they might execute him. The officers on duty dis played the greatest courage snd energy, declaring that STRUVE should not be taken without passing over their dead bodies. In order to calm their fury, it was necessary to take STRUVE from his bed, and make him lie on straw. The next morning he was removed to Rastadt. FRANKFORT. Letters from Frankfort of the sth inst. mention that the state of siege still lasts, and that the troops were reinforced that day and kept ready for action. The city was in a state of great excitement. PRUSSIA. The following resolution, proposed by M. ROD BERTUS in the Prussian Assembly, has been carried by a majority of 275 to 17. " The National Assembly declares that it must elicit an assurance, that in conformity with the law of the 28th of June (Frankfort), relative to the establishment of a Provisional Central Power, his Majesty's Govern ment will strenuously, and as in duty bound, co-operate with the Provisional Central Power and German Na tional Assembly in all such resolutions as they may adopt in regard to the threatened complications of the Danish question." This resolution involves the principle of submission on the part of the Executive of Prussia on every occa sion to the .Provisional Central Power ; in fact, it makes of the King of PRUSSIA. a mediatised German Prince. According to an official return just published, the otal amount of voluntary loan has reached 104 mil ions out of the 15 millions demanded. BAVARIA. Fresh assemblages of the people took place at Munich in the evening of the 27th ult. They were dispersed by the cavalry, and several of them wounded. S WEDEN. STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 29.—Yesterday being the an niversary of his MAJESTY'S coronation, he held a grand review of all the troops. The whole of the Royal Family were present to witness tho ceremony, and the weather was most propitious. The health of the capital is perfectly good. HAMBURGH. HAMBURGII, OCT. 4.—The electric telegraph com menced its operations to-day. This morning the names of the steamers which had gone to sea were telegraphed for the first time, and made known on Change. The speed and accuracy of the communica tion leaves nothing to be wished for. The Hamburgh papers make no mention whatever of the health of the city.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Oct 5. SWITZERLAND. The following is a note from the Ambassador Of Austria to the Federal Directory of Berne : " The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary, &c., has had the honour to receive at the same time as the letter of the Federal Directory of the 24th, the copy of the note which that authority addressed to the Minister of Foreig❑ Affairs at Vienna. Conformably with the desire expressed by the Directory, the undersigned has done all that depended on him, with a view of re establishing, as soon as possible, international con nexions and good feeling between the Lombardo-Vene- Lion kingdom and the Swiss confederacy. Such has been the object of his correspondence with Field-Marshal Radetzky, and his communications with Vienna, for if he be fully convinced of the loyalty of the intentions of the Federal Directory and the Confederation in general, the same conviction should also exist at Vienna and Milan. Marshal Radetzky has expressed his regret at the in terruption of good understanding, and admits that the later decrees of the Swiss Diet have been well inten tioned. As soon as the Marshall have the certitude of these decrees being acted upon and executed, he will revoke his orders. And this certitude the Commissioners of the Tessin can speedily procure him. (Signed) " B. DE K AYSENFELD. " Zurich, Oct. 1." ITALY. TUSCANY. The differences between Leghorn and the Tuscan Government still continue. The Patria of the 30th ult. says—" We had hoped that legal Government would have been re-established at Leghorn, but it seems otherwise. The new Governor and authorities have been refused admittance at Leghorn and have returned to Florence They have made an official report to the Minister of the Interior, it which they state that so soon as they had arrived they found the Gonfalonier, who announced that their entry at Leg horn would certainly lead to disorders—that some of the most influential of the people had assured him that resistance would be offered to their reception, and that the people were coming armed to conduct them as prisoners to the fortress. The banker ADAMI, who bad promised to supply the ,necessary funds to the municipality had, from 'the fear of disor ders occasioned by th e ir p resence , w ithd rawn hi s promise. The chief of the municipality'had gone to Florence to prevent their coming, and to communi cate the actual state of affairs to the Central Govern • ment. The new authorities had therefore returned to Florence for new instructions. The new Gover nor, who was thus rejected, issued a proclamation, in which he says that he came to re-establish order, fraternity, and respect for the law. That he had f p o r r e e s e e , n a t e n d d himselfoffered r ed without on the being ac part of comp the r a r n i i n e o d e by a o o a ni n 37_ plete amnesty." Perfect tranquillity reigns at Leg horn, and it is said that a deputation will be sent to the GRAND DUKE to endeavour to bring all differences to an amicable arrangement. LOMBARD Y. The following address, says the Augsburg Gazette, has been issued at Milan, in the name of the Austrian Government : " In the hope of speedily beholding tranquillity re stored in all the provinces of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and animated by the desire of causing their populations to participate in all the liberties enjoyed by the other provinces of the empire of Austria, we consider it right to at once make our intentions in that respect known. We have already accorded a com plete amnesty to all the inhabitants of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, for the share that they may have taken in the political events of the present year; we have ordered that they shall be neither prosecuted nor punished, attention being paid to certain considerations at which it may be deemed necessary to stop in the confirmation of public employments. Our will at the seine time is that the inhabitants of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom shall receive a Constitution, suited not less to their nationality, and to the wants of the country, than to their union with the empire of Austria. To that effect, as soon as order and peace shall have been sufficiently ensured, we shall convoke in a place to be hereafter designated, representatives of the nation, who shall be freely elected by all the provinces of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom." NAPLES. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 2d, mentions a rumour of a new insurrection in Calabria, and particularly in the provinces of Cosenza and Catanzaro, where a sort of political brigandage has been organized, in which the property of the Liberals is respected, and the Royalists only put under con tribution. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES.—In this branch of commerce but little novelty has been produced if placed in comparison with the gigantic efforts made in favour of cotton, its great modern rival; indeed, since the days when Alva and other Spanish persecutors drove the in dustrious Flemish artizan to our shores, causing us to be manufacturers instead of exporters of the raw material, but little progress can be traced; however, an entirely new make of cloth for Paletot purposes has been recently manufactured in this country for an eminent London firm, the Messrs. Nicoll of Regent-street, and else where; the principal advantages appear to consist in the amalgamation of foreign wool, to which the Vicuna and other members of the Llama tribe seem to have been chief contributors. The specimens now offered in the market are evidently intended for winter use, and present an unusual arrangement for a de fence against inclement weather, by means of the back of the cloth or that part when it is made into a Paletot which is not seen. This was suggested by, and made from, nature's model, for like the feathers of a bird or the fur of an animal, the several particles are attracted together upon the application of water, and the body is thus kept dry and warm. The injurious effects arising from the use of waterproofed materials may thus be obviated.—Gloucestershire Chronicle. MYSTERIOUS FIRES.—On Saturday Mr. Payne, Coroner, held a Court of Inquiry, respecting two very mysterious fires which occurred during the nights of Wednesday and Thursday last, upon the premises be longing to Mr. Samuel Jackson, an oil, colour, and varnish maker, No. 75, Blackman-street, Borough. The first fire was pretty clearly shown to be accidental; but with regard to the second it was ascertained that a quan tity of paper had been fired in one of th© cupboards, but by whom was a mystery. At the request of the jury the inquiry woo adjourned for additional evidence, MONDAY EVEMING, OCTOBER: 9, 1848. MONEY and COMMERCIAL .NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, on Saturday, was steady, but quiet. Sales, 4,000 bales.-In Railway Shares very little was done. Prices generally were much lower again. Intermediate dates from South Australia to the end of April, advert again in the highest terms, to the progress of mining pur su i ts. The South Astralien Mining Com pany, during the nine months ending the 7th of March, had paid five dividends, making 600 per cent., upon the paid up capital, an d it was the intention of the directors to pay 200 per cent. on the first day of every third month, being equal to 98,560/. per annum. Besides this company the Greenock Creek, and others, were doing excellently, and copper was found only a few feet below the surface of the ground. Most valuable clay had been discovered in stratum at three different places, and it had been declared by com petent judges that it could be worked to the finest con sistency, so as to vie in quality with any of China manu facture. A statement of the foreign trade of France during the eight months of this year, compared with the correspond ing period of last,!shows a great falling off in the num ber of vessels employed. The arrivals compared with the like period of 1847, were less by 779,568 tons, and the departures by 164,544 tons, an extraordi nary decay, even allowing for the extraordinary circumstances that occasioned it. - In the stocks of pro duce in the French Government warehouses, there was at the end of August, notwithstanding the diminished arrivals, a very great increase, the strongest possible il lustration we can have of the derangement of business and its effect upon consumption. The Moniteur Beige denies that a new loan is about to be brought out by the Government of Leopold. The vessels arriving from Hamburgh being now placed in quarantine, the attention of Government must be immediately directed to other places on the continent whence the cholera may reach us. It is evident, for in stance, that a traveller from Hamburgh will now come over yid Ostend, and as there are reports this morning of the disease having appeared on board a cattle ship, there is no time to lose. Still alarm, we think, need not be entertained. It is precaution that is needed. The knowledge that the revenue returns for the quarter closing to-morrow will be more satisfactory than could have been expected, and that there will be a decided increase upon the corresponding period of 1847, has not counteracted the feeling of anxiety which is ex pressed at the approaching election for President in France, but a more direct cause, we conceive, may be the belief that the Ch ance ll or of the Exchequer will have to sell stock, as the public deposits in the Bank are greatly below what they Were in October, 1847. The rapid depreciation in railway property will likewise compel sales of other securities better maintained in the market, and upon which, therefore, the sacrifice will be less. Consols opened at 861 -I, and upon sales being attempted, have dropped suddenly to 85-. Time bar gains have been made as low as 85i; Bank Stock is worth 192; Exchequer-bills of March have been 325., and those of June 295. to 325. premium. The Foreign Securities have been more dealt in than English Stocks; but sales are being pressed, and the quotations are lower generally. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 24 to 241; Brazilian Old Bonds, ex-dividend, 731; Mexican, 18i i; and Peruvian, 32. Spanish Five per Cents. have b ee n 111 to i f , and the Thr ee p er C ents . 231. Danish Three per Cents. have been 66} ; Belgian Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 72; and Dutch Four per Cents., 691 ex- dividend. The Railway Share Market is worse now than at any time this year. Sellers, both real and speculative, are vieing with each other in forcing their securities upon the reluctant jobbers, already oppressed by the weight of Railway Stock brought: forward during the last eight or ten days ; and since there is no longer any reasoning upon the subject, we must assume that holders aro either under, the influence of panic or suffer from want of pecuniary means. Even parties-and the badness of trade makes them numerous-who anticipate a probable want of cash a month or two hence, are swelling the stream of sellers which, until arrested, will affright the man of means who otherwise would buy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official Liat.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 86 % 14 85 3 4 Bank Stock for Account 192 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2cl. March. Juno. 1,000/. Small 33 35 p - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ....... 73 3 / 4 x d Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... 66% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent...... 18% Ditto for the Account ............ 183 i% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent......... 32 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent...... - Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account ....... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent........, 23A Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent ... ...... 72 Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild ..•„• 4514 1 ,( Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ... 69% x d BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pis SHARE. Aberdeen - ...." to - - 5 , tau., Notting., Boston, &e 4 14 - to - k yrshire and Galloway - to - iiwlfast and County Down .. 17% .. .. - dirmingham & Oxford Junc... 20 - 3irmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... . - I.3irming., %Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.14a.... ...,. to liirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO ...... ...... to —. Joston, Starnt., & Binning 5 ...... —. ..... to I iristOl and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ~. ..... ... 2 8 ?, - fiuckingbamshire l4/. 4s 'a ledonian Ditto, Half Shares ......... 8%..... - Ditto, New 10/. Preference 2% 1 1%... t, 74 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - to - ~: h ester and lloiyhead.... ..... 47% ..... - to - Ditto, Preference ........... 15 - to - Clarence. ..... .............. WA _ - .. to - Do., Ist Class; 6 per Cent.... 10 - * '. t Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent:. 10 - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 - • to - Dublin and Belfast J unct i on.. 30 - to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 - to - East Anglia, 251. L. & E,, and Is &1) ... ........... 25 - Ditto, Ditto, 34 18/. OsE. fit. &LI ..... 18 l ' ., E ii..,. 3% 2 3 4...." to :astern Counties H. ........ 20 Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 71A B %l to 8 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13..4d... % dis to - D0.,N0.2,64 138 do Do., Northern & E astern... 50 .4d. to - - -- ...... to - Do., 5 per cent. ......... ... 50 - Do., Quarter .... . ...... _ .. 12 , h - Do., New ............. '' . 34 ' L.- .. ---- Eastern Union, Class A ...... to - E. U. Shares) ...... . .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 ..... , - - .....• to - Ditto, do, Class B I . &B) 20 - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto.„ 171.4 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) to- - to - Ditto, ditto ...... ............ 20 - Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 21 / 2 ...." -- to - East Lancashire ............... 25 - to - Ditto, New ... .......... .... . rs . ...... - kit ..... 10 to - - Do., New Quarters ....... 61 . ''''" .. I t ...... - - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares ........... 414 East Lincolnshire ........... .... 23 ...... to to - - Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ........ 15 ....... 38 2 %" to - Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% . . - - to - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ..... - to to Ditto, New ..... .. ...... ...... 64 - Ditto, New port.. ... ....... 13 Ditto, ditto, New ........ .... 33,4 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2g .... _ Giasg .,Dumfries, & Carlisle -8/. 6 5.8 d ... .. - - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... _ - Ditto, New - Do. Preference Consolidated .... - 15 . Great Northern 12 % ...... 2 ...•.. to -.- 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ...... 3% to 3 Do. Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% - ..... to Great North of Eng land 100 224 - Ditto, bow 401 40 - ...... to - 15 Ditto, ditto .... - Ditto, bee 304........»....:t0 - Ditto, New 151......... .... __l4 :7 7 - . - . ... to - Great s uu o ....... 17 76 73 • 74 to 72% Western Ditto, Half Shares ..... - .... 2 ..... - .... to - Ditto, Quarter Shares - ... to . -_ ......... to - - Ditto, Fifths 13 - ••• 91 4 to Do. New 171. ............. -- Huddersfieldand Manchester 2 8 •• -• ...... to_ Ditto, Thirds.. 5.7) ...... ...... to - Hull and Selby to _- Ditto, Half Shares .. 40 ...... to Ditto, Quarter 5hare5........ -. 12 % - Lancaster and Carlisle.... • . 50 'Do., Third 5................... . 19_ ..... ...... to - ...... to Lancashire and Yorkshire .: . 93 86 Ditto, ditto ................ .. „ - Ditto Half Shares ..... - . e 1„ , - ...... t o _ Ditto Quarters ..... .. ....... ii_ ye ............ to - Ditto Fifths ........... - ..... ?, ~....• 4 ..• . to 3% Ditto Sixteenths .....- •••• I ° 3 -4 Ditto Thirds (Reg.) .... 5 Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. ~ 4 %%... to - Do. Liverpool and Bury.. . 1: ..... Do. (Iludders. and SbefEJ Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, f A and Goole. ...... .. ...... oy ? .... . --- 1 i ...... to -- Do., West Riding Union.' 5 . 0 '. .... -....: .......... ...... t t t o o o -....--. Do., Preston and Wyre ••• " 1 i Do., do. Half Shares (A) 9Vs Leeds and ' Bradford ............ ..... to - • Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. s_o_ . ..... ...... to ... Do., Half Shares ........... 2 2 b i , ...... to -. Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... ..• .. .q).72 - ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...»... .... '4 O . Ditto, New . ..- ..... "., 1/. ....- •••••• to - Do., do.,Prefer , 6 per Cent. on •••• ••-• to -. Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h- ~i , port. ............................ issa - •• •• to - Liverpool, Manchester, and _. , .- Newcastle Junction. ...... ... vii .... . to - London 23i Blackwell ...•••131.65. RI-- 4% ..... to 4 Do. Extension - ..... 22% .... to ..... Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ... 261 / 4 2 5 3 / 4 26 to 25% De. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 •••••• Si 4 ...... t o - De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 - ~, ... to - Ditto, ditto ........... 1852 50 .. - ...... to - Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 - London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d - 1:: :: t'z' to -.... Ditto Preference .........1811 0 1 0 7 . 8 .. 2 10d6-%703102 ( o ) 703% London & North Western.... Do. Qua r t ers (L. and B.) 22 - ...... to - D,. New ..................... 7 55% 4% to 5 Do. Fifths M ""' 4 ••••.. to 3 Do. 40/. Sha res .....L. & 25; -••••-• ..... to - Do. 10/.... 51. and B. (A.) w •••• •-- ...... to - Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 ..... -- ...... to - Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - ..... to - London and S. Western.-- 50 37 3 5 to 36 Ditto, New 504....... "••••• 42% --. ...... to - Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 34 - ..... .to - Do. Tenths (C o nsolidated) 50 D Tenths (Consolidated) 40 ..... , .. „.„ ti ) ~. Ditto, Thirds ... .. ..... .111. 13s. 4d 6 dis..., to 5 3 % dis. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls. 1/. 13s. 4d % dis. to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,E — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8 ...... Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 — - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 —.... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, 1 A Shares (No. 3 )... 10 Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 9 5 ,i to Ditto Grimsby 35 ...... Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... —... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 1VA."... Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Mid1and........ ............. —.lOO 79 79% 76 to 78 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... 54 Midland, Consol. Bristol and L. Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 11 4 14 to 115 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. Ditto ditto 14/. 18s. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 42 1 2 — Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. to Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...„. Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 - ...... to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ........ 20 Norfolk Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,4 per et. 5 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Unien ... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares-- ..... 12 1 % Do. Quarters 6ti ...... 3% to Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 8 1...... 4%A to North and South-Western... 2 .. .. - North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 ...... 8 North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - --,, .... .to Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 10 Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% - Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... Ditto, New..-....- ........... 17% — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7% — ...... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. inn.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. • ... to Ditto, Oswestry..... l6 Ditto ,New)... ........... ... 1 ...... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref.-- 10 Shropshire Union..., r 4 ••• .. South Devon Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 South Staffordshire.... 514 - .. .. to South Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 24 Ditto, New, No. 2 22 — to ' Ditto New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.......... 6 -.. - Taw Vale Extension ........ 6 ...... --. Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7 IA to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17% ...... Waterford and Limerick ... . 45 „. .. _ to Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, . and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cont Guaranteed 42 3 %...... ' to Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .. 8 ... West Cornwall 6 . • —_ to West London Ditto, First Class .. 20 ..... Ditto, Second C1a55......,,. 21 ...... Whitehaven and Furness IS ....• ~... to _. Windsor, Staines, and South Western 3% — to Wilts,Somerset,&Woymoutli 40 ...... 19%.. to 20 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .. .. 24 .... to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ....... 22% to 21% Do. Exton. No.l (Y. &N.) 15 ..... 11% to 11 Do. do. N 0.12, Neril& B. 15 Do. G. N. E. Pur. •or Pref. 8 - fork and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... Central of France ( Orleans . - 17 ...... 5% to and Vierzon) Ceylon ... q — to Demerara. . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .." . Dutch Rhenish 74 .... . East Indian „. Ell .... - Great Indian Peni nsu l ar u ...... ...... to Louvain ii la Sambre 13 4 ( t o ..... ".. n Luxembo urg Madrid and Val e n tia ....... Nam . to -_ur and Liege ..... 20 12 ...... ..... Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Lyons .. 11 Do. ---: Do. ' lO ...... ... .. to Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg to Rouen and Havre 20 — to Sambre and,,Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 ..... to Tours & Nantes .. . Tournay, Jurbise, L an d en, ••........•• to and Hasselt .. 20 .•.... •••••• tO -- West Flanders 8 3 4 ...... ...... .-- JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia to British North American .... 40 .... Colonial ..... ............ ........ 25 . . to Commeicial of.Lo a d on ....... 20 London Joint St oc k ...... .... 10 —' . to Loadon;and W es t m i nster ... 20 .......... 20% -- to National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% ..• •• to . Provincial of Ireland 25 .. to Ditto, New ...... ... 10 ••••• ....•• to Ditto, New Union of A us t ra li a Union of Londo n ...... .. .. .... 1 0% to to MINES. Union of Madrid ............... 99 - Anglo Mexican ICO ...••• Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... Australian 2% — ...... to Blaenarvon Iron and C oa l ... 5 0 •••... to British Iron Bolanos Scrip .....•..... •...e. Brazilian Imperial ....• .. ••• 24% to —...... Ditto Cocae- and Cuiaba... SO Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper ... 9$ •••••• ••• me to General Mining ... ... 20 ....... —•.... to Real del Mo n t e , U nreg i stere d . .. ... ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Deb en t ures ..... .... 'Santiago de Cuba. .............. 10 United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIP PING—(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, Oc T 9.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. DEAL, OCT. 11,1—Wirld W.S.W.—Arrd. Marmion ship, Sydney, New t._outh Wales; Standerins, Algoa Bay; Lavinia, Lima; Leonora, Rio Janeiro; Norden, New York, and sailed for Stockholm; Thomas Wood, Que bec, and sailed for Hull; Duke of Manchester, Jamaica; St. Croix, Honduras; Lydia, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Margaret, Quebec; Somersetshire, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, 7th, Bally, Algoa Bay; Trafal gar, Adelaide, S. A.; Belfast steamer, Vincents; Jane schooner, Westward; Bth, Harbinger, Sydney, New South Wales; Thomas and Joseph, Cape of Good Hope; Amigos, Demerara; Camcena, Rio Janeiro. Sid. Bth, the outward bound. OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND, OCT. B.—Henry, New Orleans, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 6th, Looshtank, Bombay ; Sir Robert Peel, New Orleans; St. Leon, Mobile; Mount Pleasant, Baltimore; Bolton abbey, Quebec; Margaret, ditto; 7th, Charlotte, Bom bay; Herculean, ditto; Ma Somerville, Calcutta; En dymion, ditto; St. Vincen t Planter, Mazatlan; Cou rier, Callao ; Thomas Uckor, Pernambuco; Athole, Macao; Margaret, Laguna; Elsinore, New York; Speed, Quebec; Ben Nevis, ditto; Herald, ditto; IBona . Deo, ditto; Taskar, Cal cu tt a; T em plar, Calcutta; Clumbo rago, Valparaiso ; Mercutio, Buenos Ayres ; Joseph Wheeler, Barbadoes; Sarah Bridge, New Orleans; Ge neral Taylor, New York; Osciola, St. John ' s, New Brunswick; Roe, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Bth, Dryad, Calcutta; Warrior, Bombay; Lord Dufleur, Bombay; Samuel Hicks, New Orleans; New York, New York; Hannah Maria, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld 7th, Princess Helene, Sydney, New South Wales; Thane of Fife, Rio Grande; Currency, Gibraltar and Valparaiso ; Standard, Demerara; Lord Maidstone, New Orleans; Robert Fulton, Baltimore; Enterprise, New York; Niagara steamer, Boston; Bth, John Bright, Valp ara i so; John Parker, Boston. Off port, Cressida, Cal cutta; Bal four, Bombay; Veracity, Princess Alice, St. George, and Augusta. The New England, Robinson, Liverpool and Cardiff to Boston, was abandoned 22d ult, in lat. 47, lon. 19; crew taken off by the Kitty, Carter. arrd here, and six of them put on board the Chester, tor. St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF SUNDERLAND, OCT. 6. -- Isabella, Honduras; Mary, Quebec; Mayor, ditto. MILFORD, OCT. s.—The .Cambria, Sh a ddi c k , from Quebec, has ten feet of water in her hold, and is water logged. PENZANCE, OCT. 6.—Arrd. Marquis of Chandos, Colanoo, Quebec. NEWPORT, OCT. 7.—Arrd. Thea, Alimonde, Rio Ja neiro; Glenelg, Demerara. MUMBLES, OCT. 7.—Arrd. Elizabeth Adnett, Thomp son, Dalhousie. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has returned to Dublin to resume his command of the district. His Royal Highness, on his arrival, was ac companied by his Serene Highnese Friel! Edward of Sate Weimar. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. An extremely small supply of English Wheat was received up to our market last week, coastwise as well as by land carriage. The receipts of all other articles of home produce, including Flour, were trifling, yet of fair average quality. Scarcely any grain reached us, either from Ireland or Scotland; neither is any worthy of notice expected to arrive hither for some time hence, as our market offers no temptations to the producers. The foreign importations, though not so extensive as in the previous week, were large; viz. 23,671 quarters of Wheat; 12,539 ditto of Barley; 10,701 ditto of Oats; 755 ditto of Rye; 783 ditto of Beans ; 1,594 ditto of Peas; 49 ditto of Tares; 13,025 ditto of Linseed; 751 . ditto of Rapeseed ; 2 ditt o o f B ran ; 137 ditto of Mustard-Seed ; 1,082 ditto of sundry other Seeds ; 1,402 barrels and 6,226 sacks of Flour. Fresh up this morning, we received a very moderate quantity of English Wheat from Essex, Kent, Cam bridgeshire, and the various other counties. The con dition of the principal portion of the supply was inferior, and unfit for grinding purposes, without a larger ad mixture with foreign parcels. The attendance of both town and country buyers was by no means large. Se lected parcels of home-grown Wheat moved off readily at fully last Monday's quotations. The middling and ill-conditioned samples, however, were a very dull in quiry, at a decline in the prices of last week of fully is per quarter, and at which a total clearance was not effected. Notwithstanding the supply of fine foreign Wheat was large, the best descrip tions commanded a steady, though not to say brisk, sale at full rates of :currency. In all other kinds, ex ceedingly little business was doing, at, in some instances, a de cline in value of l s . p er quar t er . Th e p r i nc ip a l portion of the sales effected to-day were for inland con sumption. No English Barley was at market, and the supply of foreign was far from extensive. Fine malting parcels were in steady request , at f u ll rates o f currency. Grinding and distilling sorts were dull, and ls. per quarter lower than on this day se'nnight. Scarcely any foreign Barley is now under lock. Although the supply of all kinds of Malt was small, that article was very slow in sale, at unaltered qnotations. Comparatively speaking, the supply of Oats was small. Really fine dry Corn moved off steadily, at late rates. In all other kinds exceedingly littl e was d o i ng , an d , i n someinstances, the rates had a downward tendency. The sale for Beans was far from active, at last week's prices. White boiling Peas went steady, but other kinds of Peas were neglected. I n di an C orn an d M ea l went quite as dear. In Flour we have no change to notice. The demand for it was slow. CUREENCT PER IX Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red. .... • • • • 44$ to 583 Dltto,White, New 483 62s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red... •. 455 56s Ditto, White • • • . • • 483 60s Irish, Red • • • ..• • • Ditto,White...• • • —5 —5 Rye—Old ............ —5 New....... • • .... 32s 35s Barley—Grinding..... 27s 30$ Malting . ...• .... 30$ 32s Chevalier .... 328 338 Halt—Suffolk and Nor folk.. •• 585 60s Brown ......• • ... 48s 56s Kingston and Ware 60s 61s SMITE 'ERIAL MEASURE. (Di alt--Chevalisr.... • 6ls to 62s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 20s 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, Black . .... • . 128 198 Cork, White ... • • 198 22s Scotch, Feed..... 245 25e Beans—Tick . •.• • .. 348 37s Pigeons Peas—Grey , 365 38s Maple. •• ••••.• .. 40s 428 White. •• • • • • . 405 428 Boilers ...... . 42s 445 Flour—Town-made .• . 45s 60 3 Suffolk .. .. • . 405 43 3 Stockta & Norfolk 40s 43, rxELD. Last week's imports of were as under:— foreign stock into London From Beasts. Sheep. Rotterdam 255 ... 1,343 . Ostend. .. Antwerp Hamburgh Nieu Diep... 49 ... 374 ... ... 35 Harlingen Amsterdam Lambs. CalveL Pigs. ... 133 14 50 ... - ... 4 Total 5Ol 3,112 Corresponding week in 1847 664 ... 3,549 ... 89 ... 237 43 240 14 Difference ... 163 less. 437 less. 55 less. 3m. 291. At Hull and the other northern outports about 2,000 head of stcck have come to hand, in, for the most part, average condition. Comparatively speaking, the supply of foreign beasts on offer here to-day was but moderate. That of Sheep and Calves was smaller than for some time past, and of very middling quality. The primest of each kind of stock moved off steadily, at full prices; but all other qualities were somewhat easier to purchase. About 1,000 head were landed from the Dutch steamers this morning. There was a considerable falling-off in the number of home-fed Beasts on offer here to-day, and their general quality was by no means prime, the time of year considered. As the dead markets were tolerably well cleared of their last week's arrivals, and the attendance of buyers—especially of those residing in the country—was good, the Beef trade was steady, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday last, the primest Scots producing from 4s to 4s 2d per Sibs, being an advance in the quotations obtained on Friday of 2d per Sibs, and at which a good clearance was effected. We seldom recollect to have seen so few really prime Scots in the market at this season as to• day. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, including the Western and Midland counties, we received about 1,000 ;Scots, Herefords, runts. Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from the northern districts, 1,200 short horns ; from other parts of England, 350 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 40 Scots. Although the number a sheep were on the increase, compared with those exhibited on Monday last, the supply of that des cription of of stock was very moderate, the time of year considered. On the whole the Mutton trade was in a very sluggish state, at a tall in the currencies of 2d per 81bs. The general top figures for the best old Downs ' rated from 4s 10d to 5s pvr 81b. With Calves we were scantily supplied, nevertheless the Veal trade was rather heavy, at prices about equal to those paid on Friday - . Primo small Porkers moved off steadily at late rates , otherwise the Pork trade was in a very sluggish state. Per albs, to sink the offal. s. d. to e. d Inferior Beasts-- 2 3 210 second quality •. 3 II 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...• ••3 10 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Prime small ditto •• 4 0 4 4 iuckling Calves ..17 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep . 3 4 3 6 s. I. to s. o. Second quality ditto 810 4 2 Coarse-weolledditto 4 4 4 0 Southdown Nether 4 IS 5 0 Ditto eutof the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs •••• ••3 10 4 3 Small Porters ••• • 4 8 5 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 a 23 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 1 3,635 22.670 i 184 390 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 1 Sheep. I I I Calves. ?igs. 2,340 10 — Beasts. 562 NEIXTGLLTE AND LZADENBALZ. Our markets continue to be well supplied with country-killed Meat. During the past week we received upwards of 200 carcasses of Beef, 600 carcasses of Mutton, 220 carcasses of Veal, and 700 carcasses of Pork from various quarters. The supplies on offer, slaugh tered in the metropolis, are tolerably good. Prime Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork have been in mo derate request, at full prices. In the middling and in ferior kinds exceedingly little business is doing, at barely late rates. About 800 carcasses of Foreign Meat have appeared on Sale. At per stone by the Carcase. J. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Beef,inferior• •.•• • 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 6 - middling .. •• 2 8 210 middling.. 3 8 310 - primelarge .. 3 0 3 2 - prime 4 0 4 4 - prime small .. 3 4 2 6 Pork, large.... ••• • 3 6 4 6 Veal.• ••••••• • • • •• 3 2 4 21 -- small ••••• • •• 4$ 3 2 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. Small cargoes of Potatoes have arrived coastwise during the past week in middling condition; while the imports from abroad have been liberal, viz., 183 tons from Rouen; 200 ditto from Antwerp; 100 ditto from St. Valery; 2.50 ditto from Rotterdam; 120 ditto from Bamburgh; and 350 ditto from Hamburgh. The de mand is steady on the following terms:—Yorkshire Re gents, 120 s to 140 s; Wisbeach ditto, 100 s to 105 s; Bel gian Whites, 90s to 95s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Our market is seasoably well supplied with new Hops of good colour. Selected parcels moved off slowly, at somewhat improved currencies; while the ♦alue of the secondary qualities is well supported. Yearling and old Hops are almost nominal in value. The duty is 205,000 L to 210,000/. New Hops—Sussex Pockets, 45s to 50s; Weald of Kent ditto, 48a to 565; Mid and East Kent ditto, 50s to 105 s per cwt. WOOL. The imports of Wool into London last week consisted of 51 bales from Buenos Ayres; 158 ditto from Mar seilles; 2,000 ditto from Sydney; 150 ditto from Ham burgh; and 100 ditto from various other quarters. The demand for English, and the best qualities of Colonial Wool, continues steady at fully last week' s quo t at i ons. In all other kinds, exceed i ngly little busin ess i s d o i ng, at barely stationary prices. TALLOW. The continued heavy importations and the rapid in crease in the stock have produced considerable heaviness in the Tallow trade, at a further decline in the prices of fully Is per cwt. P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted at 458 9d to 46s per cwt. For forward delivery exceedingly little is doing. Town Tallow, 45s per cwt net cash. Rough Fat, 2s 7d per 8 lbs. W ORSHIP-STREET -(THIS DAY.) Two cases of robbery on the Eastern Counties Rail. way were this morning brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt. The first delinquent was a foreigner who gave the name of Hanway, and it appeared, from the evidence of Merton, an assistant police-inspector at the terminus, that at about half-past nine o'clock on Saturday night he perceived the prisoner lurking about the platform, and watched his proceedings. A train arrived, which for a moment obscured the sight he had of the pri soner, who, however, had also been noticed by a gentle man. A box, which was understood to contain a huge amount of valuable property, and which had beer. brought up by the train, was deposited upon the plat form, which the prisoner no sooner saw than ho called to a porter, and pointing to the trunk said, "Take that immediately to a cab." The porter was hastening away with the property, followed by the prisoner, whose pro gress was, however, arrested by the gentleman, and he was taken into custody by witness. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the trans action, was remanded. _ _ Tr. e next prisoner was named Bastow, charged with stealing two great coats from ono of the first-class wait ing•rooms, at the above terminus, on the afternoon of Saturday. He had been watched by Kennedy, one of the employen of the company, who followed him into the street with the property in his possession. 'Witness asked him where he was going with the coats. Prisoner replied that be was going to take them to the " Lost Property Office." Witness then took him into custody. Mr. George Richardson, chief superintendant of the line, said he had been watching the prisoner for some time lurking about the platform previous to the robbery. The prisoner was remanded, in order to give time to wake inquiries respecting EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) Mr. Fish, the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for the Eastern Division of the County of Surrey, held his Court to-day, at the Horns; Tavern, li.mnington, for the purpose of revising the list of vote :re for the parishes of Streatham, Lambeth, and Claphumt. Mr. Meymott appeared as the agent for the Conser vatives. Mr. Corner and Mr. Jeans were in attends.nee to pro tect the interests of the Reformers, and Mr. R. Russell attended to protect the interests of the Free Traders. The revision of the lists of voters for the parishes of Streatham, Lambeth, and Clapham did not; possess single point worthy of notice. The consideration of the case of Dr. Byber, who claimed the right of voting on account of receiving the pew-rent of a district chapel at Roehatnpton, and which v. as adjourned from Wandsworth to this place was pro ceeded with. Mr. Russell, on the part of the Free Traders, ob jected to the doctor's vote, on the ground that the receipt of pew-rents did not constitute such a qualification as was required by the Reform Act. Dr. Byber attended the meeting, and stated that he had been six years incumbent of the chapel, and was greatly surprised at the objection that bad been made to his vote. The Rev. Doctor produced his licens e as perpetual curate of the chapel, the Gazette in which the chapel was registered, and the Act of Parliament un der which he claimed the right to vote. Mr. Russell submitted that, under the Act pro duced, Dr. Byber had no right to have a vote unless he could clearly show that he had a legal right to let the pews in the church, and that it was incumbent upon parties to pay the rents to him. - Dr. Byber said that her Majesty's Church Commis sioners had directed him to appoint church wardens to collect the pew rents, and that that was pretty clear evi dence that he was entitled to them. Mr. FISH said he would read the documents produced by Dr. Byber, and when he had done so he would de cide the point. Dr. Byber said that two years ago he had been ob jected to by a man at Wandsworth; he was now objected to by a man at Mitcham, and be felt convinced, unless the party objecting to his vote was visited with costs, be would be subjected yearly to the annoyance. Mr. Fan postponed his judgment. NEWMARKET RACES. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. (First class) 50 sous. Plate.; T.Y.C. Cby Colwick, dam by Agreeable—f by Bay Middle. ton, out of Mustard—Belmont—sister to Giselle—Rosa. by Gilbert Gurney—Turban—Rodney—Ortez. (Second class) 50 sows. Plate; T.Y.C. Irish - jig —Jelly-fish—Grief, by Bay Middleton, out of Jubilee—Teflis—c by Voltaire, out of Mecca—Nina — Newport—Glenalvon. Sweepstake of 10 sous. each, winner to be sold for 2001. T.Y.C. The Traverser, 5 yrs—Kangaroo, 8 yrs—Lady Mary % 3 yra—Pottinger, 4 yrs—Cardinal's Niece, 4 yra—Philcp. sopher, 4 yrs—Blackbird, 5 yrs—Circus, 3 yrs--Paul tons, 6 yrs—Whitstone, 3 yrs—Cocoa Nut, aged— Blackcock, 4 yrs. _ . _ 501. Plate. A.F. M, by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 6 yrs—Colling wood, 5 yrs—Wanota, 4 yrs—Sylvan, 3 yrs—Sword player, 3 yrs—Dough, 3 yrs—Camphine, 3 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs—The Fiddler, 3 yrs. Handicap. T.Y.C. Collingwood, 5 yrs, 9st 71b—Wanota, 4 yrs, Bst 71b— Vice Consul, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Administrator, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; Clarendon, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—St. Anne, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Elimea, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Carissima, 6 yrs, Est 121 b Volley, 3 yrs, Est 91b—Archness, 3 y rs , 6 st 7 1b —Slug, 3 yrs, 6st 61b —Wilmot, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Circus, 3 yrs, 6st 41b. Six declared forfeit. Matches—Sotterley receives from Minto, and the f out of Rhodanthe from the Miss Twickenham filly. LATEST BETTING. _ _ THE CESIREWITCH STAKES.-3 to 1 agst Surplice -11 to 2 agst The Cur-20 to 1 agst Fern (taken)- 25 to 1 agst Inheritress (taken)-25 to 1 agst Tophana (taken)-30 to 1 agst Hagley-40 to 1 agst Tartar. Lanesborough, Halo, Justice to Ireland, Miss Whip, Minto, and Reflection are scratched. Inheritress, Ellerdale, Escape, and Winesour arrived. this evening. Lanesborough was scratched at eleven o'clock. ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT WINDSOR.— Yesterday afternoon (Sunday), about four o'clock, a dis tressing accident occurred on the river at Windsor, ad jacent to the Castle, causing the death of one individual and the imminent danger of a second. A man, named Saunders, employed in the Castle as a painter, and re siding in Clewer-lane, had, with his son-in-law, engaged a boat for an excursion, and despite the warning of the boatman, incautiously ventured in that part of the river below the bridge where the current runs strong, and to the unskilful is always attended with danger. In this instance, the parties, on approaching this spot, lost all control over their direction, and impelled by the impe tuosity of the stream, were hurried with fatal and irre sistible speed towards the weir here crossing the river. Their screams and distracted cries for assistance on per ceiving their inevitable danger were most piercing and incessant, sadly and gratingly contrasting with the joyous operatic air at the instant performing on the Castle-terrace by the cavalry band. Sympathising crowds were soon attracted on the bridge, along the banks, and upon the Castle walls, and some boats, punts, &c., were hastily put off; but all their praise worthy efforts were ineffectual, and the wretched men, iu the sight and amidst the muttered prayers of hun dreds, were hurled over the obstruction—one of them, as the boat disappeared from under them, hastily clutched a part of the frame-work, and retained his hold until rescued from the shore. The father, uttering one tuiploring but unavailing cry of " William :" was carried away by the stream, and for some distance was seen convulsively splashing, till at length he :wholly disap pearcd, leaving a lamenting wife and family. At a late hour in the evening the body had not been recovered. Such catastrophes are not unfrequent, and it should be for the consideration of the authorities whether some repressive regulations should not be adopted. A case of affiliation was heard at Hull on Thursday, in the magistrate's private room, before Mr. Cookham and Mr. Palmer, justices of the borough. It was a com plaint preferred by Mi , s Ellen Gaskill Chapman, calling upon Lord Frederick Peter Charles Beauclerk, why he should not be adjudged the father of her illegitimate child, born at Hull in April last. She said that Lord Frederick for the last two or three years had sought her company, and that in the course of October last she unfortunately submitted to his caresses, which resulted in the birth of a female child in April last. The de fendant did not, we understand, deny having spent many hours in complainant's company, but added his assur ance that he was not the father of the child. Ile was not at Eull at the time the complainant alleged the in tercourse to have taken place. The magistrates, after some discussion, agreed to adjourn the case, so as to hear several witnesses which the noble defendant wished to have examined. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.—Of the quarter's re venue, which is to be completed on Tuesday next, it may be said that it bears favourable comparison with the corresponding quarter of last year. There will, probably, be a net increase on the quarter of more than half a million; the chief source of which is the Ex cise, and, in a less degree, the Customs. There is a falling off upon stamps of about a quarter of a million. THE MISMANAGEMENT or HORSES.—On Satur day an inquest was held at the Tulse Hill Tavern, Tulsa Hill, Lambeth, on the body of Mr. James Hill, a cow keeper, aged thirty-seven, who was killed under the at fol lowingdreadful circumstances:—The deceased Brixton, and on Wednesday had gone to the cemetery at Norwood, for a load of grass, with which he loaded his cart, and was on his return home with a neigh bour, who accompanied him. When the cart reached Tulse Hill, ; the deceased took the reins, an d got on: the shafts to keep the horse up in the descent, which is very rapid, but he fonud the weight in it forced the horse on, and he was unable, by mere pulling, to keep him in. He then most imprudently, in order to obtain a greater purchase, put both his feet on the rump of the horse, but no sooner was this done than the animal commenced kicking most violently, pitched the unfortunate man off into the road, and, before his friend could render any assistance, the wheels passed. over his head and crushed it in a frightful manner. The horse could not be stopped until he got into the hollow of the hill, near the above tavern i • surgicat aid was promptly obt a i ne d f or t h e deceased, but it was. of no avail. His death was almost instantaneous. It was stated that on that day eight years a brother of the deceased had lest his life in nearly a similar manner, on. Clapham Common. The Coroner and jury remarked on. the singular fatality which had attended the two brothers. by their management of horses, and a verdict of " Acci dental death" was returned. SALE AT STowE.—Saturday was the concluding: day of the sale at Stowe. The amount produced up to , the end of the first catalogue was 71,3031. 3s. 3d. In addition to this, Tuesday produced 2,4714 105. 6d.; Wed— nesday, 3211. 15s. 6d.; Thursday, 4591. ss. 6d.; Friday,. 5341. 9s. 6d.; Saturday, 475/. 101., making the sunk realised 75,5641. 148. 3d. The only habitable portions of the mansion at this moment are two or three rooms used by the Marquis of Chandos when at Stowe. They chapel has not escaped in the general wreck. The altar piece and the organ have both been sold, but the colours of the Royal Bucks Militia, bequeathed by the Marquis of Buckingham to the care of his descendants, which. hang over the gallery are yet untouched. What is to. become of the mansion and estate nothing authentic is, known, though a variety of reports are in circulation. VALUE OF LIFE.—In the West Indies, a colone was ordered to disembark his corps tl attack one of th islands. In stepping into a boat he fell overboard, t) ie current carried him rapidly from the ship, when an hon est tar jumped after him, kept him afloat till a boat was Ws patched to his assistance, and put him safely on bciard. One of Jack's messmates observing the colonel put some thing into the hands of his deliverer, stepped up to him, exclaiming, " Demme, Jack, you are in luck to-day;" and eagerly opening his hands, expecting to share in a can of grog; but on discovering the reward, a six pence, the tar uttered a prayer, and whispered his mess mate, " Never mind, Jack, every man knows the value of his life best." An imposition was recently practised upon an unsuspecting clergyman, in the United States, by a couple cf graceless scamps, one of whom was attired in petticoats. The minister performed the marriage cere . many for them, and they completed the joke by givin .g a counterfeit bill. EDINBURGH.--TRE PREMIER.—Lord John RIM Ae ll and Lady arrived in Edinburgh on Thursday after 400 , , from Stirling, and are staying in Douglas's Hot consequence of the unfavourable state of the wee r, the Noble Lord did not leave the hotel clu ei th e ing • • —Edinburgh Paper. _,....0•111d..... i''''' IMP :11 a ling lost hat -om five tnie ay Auld yffit this rive sus, you )me, rs, a loud had tself .11 at lrn ! Wi it r of t 1