The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-30 00:00:00

1 MONEY and COMIVERCIAL CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, and prices were well supported. The sales were 4 500 bales, including 200 for (sport, and 500 on speculation. Railway Shares were higher on Saturday, but the great rise here was not then known sufficiently to cause an effect, and North-Western were called 107 to 108 k; Caledonian, Preference, lf dis.; Midland, 721 to 73k; South-Eastern, 214, &c. The Penguin packet from Rio brings aceounts of September 13th, when the exchange had risen to 23k. Trade was rather better, but still dull comparattiely to other periods. The Foreign Accounts are expected to be very inte resting this week, because of the apparent crisis to which affairs are progressing at Vienna, by the preparations for the attack. Some idea as to the tone of popular feeling in France upon the subject of the Presidential election is also likely to be gleaned within the next week or two. Mercantile affairs at Paris and in other parts of France are still represented as being dull. The two Brussels Banks had a total note circulation, on the 25th of October, of 39,911,000 francs, of which the Socid a Generale is put down for 31,911,000 francs, end the Bank of Belgium at 7,999,000 francs. The three discount establishments of Brussels gave accommodation from the 11th to the 25th of October on 3,247 bills, amounting to 4,233,377 francs. The Bank of Flanders, from the special fund advanced,by Government, loaned 31b,803 francs. The English speculators who have established the centre of their operations in the cantons of Tirlemont, St. Frond, Jodoigne, &c., were buying pigs six weeks old at 18f., and from these and similar purchases, the farmers were deriving an advantage which partly recom pensed them for the low value of grain. Potatoes also were cheaper, having been sold at 61. per 100 kilogrammes. The following is part of a report from Aris' Gazette upon the iron trade of the Birmingham districts:— " The cheerful feeling that a few weeks since enlivened every department of this trade, we are sorry to find, has given way to one of considerable anxiety ; and, wider the influence of some rogue apprehension, the opening prospect of more remunerative activity has considerably receded. The renewed outbreak of revolutionary dis position abroad, and the prostration of railway interests at home, have been promenaded as the most ominous objects of dread ; and we use the word advisedly, for we cannot learn that as yet any absolute depressive erects have been inflicted by either upon the peculiar transactions of the iron trade, be yond what such a sensation is calculated to pro duce. The demand for iron continues at present pretty nearly, if not quite equal to the make, and manu facturers of hardware articles of every description have yet orders sufficient to afford their operatives full em• ployment. That specifications are given with more hesitation, that some purchases are made even condi tionally, and that the low prices at which sales were ne gotiated by inferior manufacturers during the early part of last quarter, have been partially resumed by them, are but the natural consequences of the policy lately adopted." The English Stock Market has been firm again to day, although the advises from Vienna are not yet of a conclusive'character. Consols have been 854 to 86, for transfer arid time. The quotations are supported by the abundance of money, and the continued impression that the Bank of England will be compelled to lower its terms for advances. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 854 to and the Three per Cents. 841 to 85. Bank Stock has been at an advance to 186 and 188. Exchequer- bills have realised 425. to 455. premium for those of June; and East India Bonds 425. to 445. premium. The Foreign Stock Market has not been very animated, but the quotations have been without any particular al teration. Mexican have improved to 21+ for Money, and to 21i 4 for Account. Grenada bonds have been 12k. Brazilian small have been 72i. Spanish Active stock was at 11+, and the Three per Cents. at 22k. telgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 72k, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 45 to 45k. he Market for Railway Shares is influenced not alone by the causes existing on Saturday, but likewise by the arrangements for the settlement of the Account, which are now in progress. The marked improvement in prices which occurred during the closing days of last week is fairly supported to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock lBB 186 3 per Cent. Reduced Anzuities.....• ..85 84 3 / 85 84- 5 / 06 3 per Cent. Consols An ns B6 85 3 ,4 t New 3 , 4 per Cent. Arias. 3 5,0,04 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 BA, V2 India Stock - Do. Bonds, 10001 44 42 I+ ConsolifOr AcCoUnt Echequer 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 5001 • 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, fi per Cent _ ' . Ditto Small Grenada, 1 per Cent. . 51exican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 l l / 2 14% Ditto *the Account .. Ditto Small Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 22% Dividends on the above payable in London. • Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 45 45%4 - Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BITAINESS I , ONt. IN RAILWAY SIIAKEK AT 014 K O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAM. l'sx SaAaa. Aberdeen ~ 5O Anther., Nntting., 13oston, &c. 4 1 ,i — Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 17% .. .. Birmingham & Oxford Junct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 . 23% to Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ... .. Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., \Vol., & Stour Val. 131.14 a.... Birkenliea'd; Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO Bolton, Stand., /Se Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter . D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire... Caledonian Ditto, ljalf Shares Ditto, New 10/. Preference 5 Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 5O ..... 21% to 22 Ditto, Preference Clarence. .:.. 784 Do., la Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 • Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 54 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., aad L. & D Ditto, 181., E. & II lB Ditto, 34 10s., E. & 11... 3% — to Eastern Counties Do. New Gua rant. 6 per Ct. 7% 7 s to 8 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13e. 4d... Do., do N0.2,6/. 138.4 d .. Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... ........ ..... 12 %.... D0., New Es.stern Union, Clr A(1 ...., , iaas _ Sate E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Glass C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto ........ ......... 20 ...... - Ditto (C. & E. ), .5 per et. 2 1 4 — East Lancashire Ditto, New ... ......... .. 21 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares to East Lincolnshire ......... ..-.. 23 ...... 22 3 ii to Edinburgh and Glasgow OO Ditto, Halt Shares Edinburgh and N or th ern ... 25 Ditto, New p0rt..... ..... .. 13 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B4 65.8c1 — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 __ _ to Do. Preference Consolidated ..... to Great Northern Do. 14 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 33i. 3 / 4 % to Do. 14 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4 1 4 1 54 ... to % - Do. Extension .... 2 %.• ••• Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% ''')% 1 / 2 ... to Great North of England 100 217 Ditto, New 404 Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, New 30/. ......... ...... 30 ... Ditto, New 1b1......... ...... 14 ..-.. . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths ...~ Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. _ Ditto, Thirds lO Null and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares ..12 1 ,4 — to Lancaster and Carlisle—. ....50 Do., Thirds.. .. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ..-....... 6 1 4 — ... . to Ditto Thirds (Beg.) De., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 Do. Liverpool sad Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, . and Goole JO Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . N, to Do., Preston and `Pyre ... 25 ....... $4 do., --4 Do., Half Shares (A) 9% Leads and Bradford ...._ Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manchus. 50 - Do., Half Sh a r es - to ....• Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 21,i -•" ~., to - „,, to •••• Leeds and Think .. .. .• ... Ditto, New - to - to - - -... Do. , do.,P re t er ., 6 p er Cent. 3 1 h. ..... ....... k iyerpeol. Crosby, and S ou t h- ...... to ..... von. .. • .. .. .. to -. , s. , .Yerpool, Ma nc h es t er , and 0 Newcastle Junction...-7., . 2 ,4 -. ...... to to ...... - London & Bl ac k we ll (1/. 6s. 8d - Do. Extension ........ ..... 22%. ..... - - - Load., Bright., & Sout' 4 c oamt so 28 Do. Guaranteed 5 on, c en t. 9 . - .. - DittDe. Pret. Cony.. 4 per Cent. 50 ...... - .. - o, ditto ...... ..... 185" 50 ..... -- - D o. , New , guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... 4 1 / 4 -14 I ondon a',(l Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... -. .., „ t - , - „ .... 1)41:4 Preference ......... 18/ 178 2d... __ o':.cton & North Wes tern..... 100 ..17 118 114 to 116% •' o. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 .. ..... . t o - D% NOW ... ................. . 7 .. 8 -; .... r ...... I A... .0 ..., THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY EV_EN 1 NG, OCTOBER 30, 1048. Do. Fifths Do. 40, & M 25 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . 10 to Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 ..... Do. 10/. ... 51. and B. (C.) 1 Le,,ton and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 50/. Ditto, New 401........._ .. •. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 .... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditt.,, Third; l3l. 68. 8d ... 4 dis. to 5 dis. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls 1/. 13s. 4d.... IA db. to ._ London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 Londonderry and Enniskillen 27 1 ,E — ..... to L.westoft (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 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 10 ...... Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto Grimsby . Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto . - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 12 1 ,x Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 17 1 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25.... Midland.... • Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 50/. Shares... 2O ' 9 .. ... to 8 ... Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. Ditto ditto 14/.185... Midland, Leices. and 3wan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . %I idld. Great Western (Irish) 42 1 / 2 to Middlesbre' and Zedcar. 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares .... ...... to Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s — Newport Abergy., and Here. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostreyor ..................• 20 Norfolk ...... Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 Do. do. Wareney Valley... 3 Northern Counties Unien ... 4 - to North British '2s I S I4 14 1 4 i to 15% Ditto Half Shares...-. ..... - 12 1 ,4 7 3 /4 !4 ..._to Do. Quarters' 6 1A...... 3% ...... to Ditto. Eitension Ditto Thirds .... - North and Soath-Western... 2 .... North Staffordshire-. - ...... 15 -.9% 94 8% to 9 1 / 1 North Wales North Western )xford, Worcester, and Wol yerhampton Reading, Guildtd., & Reigate 10 - to Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 .._ l% to Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... -- 25 Ditto,New 17% — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .. 7 1 ,4 ...... -.... to ..- Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ..... Shrewsbury and Birminglaara 9 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. WW. Liin.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. . ... to -- Ditto, Oswestry Ditto ,New).... 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 Shropshire Union 4 ... - %N... to South Devon .. ... ... 50 ...... Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 South Staflordsliire ... - .. to South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. Ditto, No. 2........ ........... 22 ...... to Ditto, No. 3. 25 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales :2B South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans, and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% to Vale of heath Waterford and Kilkenny 17%...... Wraterford and Limerick..... 45 ... .. Waterford,Wexiord,Wieklw, _ and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. - do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .. 9 West Cornwall West London.. .. Ditto, First Class 2O .... Ditto, Second Class 26 ...... ...... to Whitehaven and Furness ll ..... ..-. ..... to Windsor, Staines, and Soutk Western .. .. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 26 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 Do. Exten.No. 1 (7. &N.) 15 ..... 13 1 %... Do. do. No. 2, .New & B. 15 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Prof. S York and North:Blielland ~ 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and estßiding . Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 6% to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) Ceylon .. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . [latch Rhenish .. 7% — - East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Louvain ala Sambre ......... 71,„ — ...... to Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege 2O ..... Northern of France Orleans and Boi deaux ... .. T Paris and Lyons Do, Do. Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 2O Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 9 ..-.. ..... to Rouen an4llavre 2O - Sambre and Meuse :• , trasbarg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 l'ournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Hanelt West Flanders g , to •••• JOINT STOCK , JUNKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... .......- ........... 25 ..... . to Commercial of London London Joint Stock ...»..... 10 London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 - Ditto, Ne NationalNationl of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia - ..... to Ditto, New.-- 21...... ...... to Union of London ........ ..- lO Union of Madrid - MINES. Anglo /lexicon lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... Australian 2% Blaenaryon Iron and Coal ... 50 Maws Scrip British Iron - ..... to —. Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24% — •...• to •-• Ditto Cocoas and Cuialsa... 30 Ditto St. John Del R e y ... 15 - Cobre Copper General Mining ... 2O ...••• to Real del Monte, Un reg i s t ere d ..... ..... to Do. Black D e b en t ures _.— ..•••• to Do. Red Debent ures ........—_ Santiago de Cuba ...... .... ..... 10 - United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—{THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 3 0.—Wind S.E., moderato - breeze arid dull hazy weather. DEAL, OCT. 29.—The Dove, Janes, from Denia to London, got on the Goodwin Sands last night, and was abandoned; crew saved and arrived here. The Faros Habanera, Neal, which arrived in the Downs to-day from Havannah, experienced a severe hurricane 27th ult., in lat. 67 W. of Cadiz, and lon. 31 N., from S.E. to N., and whieh continued from eight A.M. until midnight; on the 2d instant, in Ist. 36, lon. 61 W. of Cadiz, picked up the crew of the American brig Logan, Grove, which vessel had been dismasted in the above hurrir..ane; on the sth took on board the crew of the Amer:, can wh a li ng ship Fairy; Cook, for Boston, Unitgla States. The Lady Douglas, Ritson, which arrived in the Downs to day from Faro, was in oont:•.ct this morning with the Labuan, for Port Ptiiip; the former sustained material damage, arid Las been taken in tow for the j iver; the latter s' asta i ne d d amage to hull, boats, &c. 6. Arrd. Adol't,ha, Coast of Africa. 28. Forrester, Steele, Monte Video ; Enterprise, Porto Rico. 29. Puma Habanara, V eal, Havannah for Hamburgh. Put back, Lebuan ,Port Potentato, Launceston. 28. S ted . fast, Srate•i, New South Wales; Tropic, St. Helena; Brit ish Tr.r, Jamaica. , C " - AT'dOUTII, OCT. 29.—The Balfour, Gauvin, from to Londo n, has been assisted in here with f our Asi, water in her hold, and with sails split, loss of bul , 'narks, &c. SWANSEA, OCT. 29.—The Eagle, Richard, of .Aberyst with, from Portcawl to Aberdovey, in Mumbles Roads, on the 26th instant, struck on Mumbles Point, and went down immediately; crew saved. BEAIMARIS, OCT. 28.—The smack Henry Holmes, of Douglas, was driven from her anchors last night, and went on shore on the rocks near the Friars, where she now lies, bilged and full of water, and must discharge. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27.—The ship Michigan, Maine, of Brunswick, was abandoned in lat. 44, lon. 47, thirteen of the crew saved by the .Joseph Anderson, of Newcastle, from Saguenay to London, which was spoken (out 21 days), in lat. 51, lon. 28, supplied with provisions by the Challenger, arrived here. The captain, his wif e , c h;,, mate, and three seamen of the Michigan. The Free Trader, Bill, from Sr to Cork, was fallen i" ...re drovvned. unn's, New ilrtinswicit) with 12th instb, ifl lat , 44,10 n. bO, choked, and with several feet of water in nold, and the crew and passengers taken off by the Washi ngton Irving, Upton, arrived here. The Gerardine (Dutch ship), for Batavia, with rudder datuaged, and in tending t o p ut i nto Rio Janeiro, to repair, was spoken 4th inst., in lat. 18 N., lon. 26 W., by the Guttera, arrived here. 29th.—Wind S. 29th, Arrd. 27, Uliza, Thomas, Rio leaky, pu,- Grande. 28th, Bee, Muir, Quebec; Seraphina, Goble, Pernambuco; Ann, Johnstone, Maranhain; Onward, Chars, New York; Centurion, Smith, New York; St. Patrick, Waterman, New York; Eldorado, St. John's, New Brunswick; Zelland, Bannerman, St. John's, New Brunswick; Hartley, Richibucto; Challenge, Shediac; Washington Irving, Upton, Boston. 29th, Gatteras, Cockburn, Bombay; Phoenix, M`Knight, Antigua; Olive, Olive, St. .John's, New Brunswick. 28th, SW. Fortuna, Ititchie, Buenos Ayres; Dettmar, Otten, St. Thomas; Packenham, Barbadoes; America steamer, New York; Cora, Newfoundland. 29th, Nile, Valpa raiso; Pink, Demerara; Courier, New Orleans; Queen Pomare, Savannah; Charles Joseph, Savannah; Wa terloo, Savannah; Thetis, City Point, V.; Portland, St. John's, New Brunswick; Reward, Boston; Elizabeth, Newfoundland. Off port, Charlotte Harrison, Montreal. YARMOUTH, OCT. 28.—The Meldon, Brown, of and from Newcastle to Malta, at anchor off Winterdon, has received damage to bowsprit, &c., and was obliged to slip from an anchor and chain, after being run into by the Aratus of Sunderland ; the latter lost part of main rigging, &c. • bT. IVES, OCT. 28.—The Louisa, Evens, of and from Nantes for Cork, has put in here, with loss of bulwarks cargo shifted, leaky, &c. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 29.—The Prowler, Cumming, from Labrador, arrived here this morning, with damage to rudder, having been on shore on the Batten.reef. BOACHURCII, ISLE 07 WIGHT, OCT. 29.—During all yesterday it blew a strong gale from W. by S., with heavy squalls of rain. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sett,—A revision of the calculations, and of the principle upqn which the estimate of weekly tr3flic required to pay a dividend of 7 per cent. upon the total capital when called up, of 21,047,7471., has made it appear that the nominal addition to the capital stock in the adjustment of the terms of amalgamation with the Grand Junction Company, 1846, was, by an omission, regarded as an asset available for reduction of loan; and, on the other hand, that working ex penses at 40 per cent. have been charged upon a por tion of the income to which, being net, such expenses do not apply, viz , rents from houses, &c., and interest upon bankers' balances, arising from revenue. These errors the directors hasten to acknowledge, and in • struct me to request that you will publish in your paper of Monday the following corrected statement : " From the summary it will be seen that the total ultimate expenditure is expected to be 25,862,0121. " The account will therefore stand thus : " Dividend upon total share capital of X. X• X. 21,047,7471, at 7 per cent... •• • • .. 1,473,341 Loans, 5,779,141/., at 4% per cent. .. 260,061 Less interest at 3% per cent. on 4,545,1311. assumed return on capital invested on subsidiary lines, as per schedule 3 .. 173,083 In erest on bankers' balances, as per re ports year ending 301 h of Jnne, 1848 .. 22,270 Rents, net receipts, ditto • . • • £13,867 Estimated increadc by year 1852 4,000 per ann. 17,887 --:-- 213,240 Working expenses 40 per cent. on gross receipts from traffic 46,52 1,520,163 .. .. .. .. 1,013,442 2,533,605 "Average per week to pay 7 per cent., 46,723/. from trade. " The gross revenue fer tbe year ending 30th of dune, £, 1848, was • • • • • • 2,194,093 Average, 42,1941. per Week. Deduct Dividend, Lan caster and Carlisle .. 17,900 Interest upon bankers' balances . .. .. . 22,270 Rents (net receipts) .. 13,487 ----- 54,057 2,140,016 Average, 41,1541. per week. " It therefore remains for the shareholders to con sider whether the k)recedin g calculations are sound and moderate, and if so, whether there is a reasonable probability of the gross revenue of the company front the traffic of the main line, and branches to be opened, increasing to an extent of 7,5694 per week by the year 185'2, when all the capital will have been called up, and the subsidiary lines in operation." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ' CHAS. E. STEWART, Sec. Euston Station, Oct. 28, 1848. RAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am requested by a large body of share holders in Exeter, to return you their sincere thanks for the prominent part you have taken in suppressing the system of " bearing." Many families have been re duced to extreme poverty in this neighbourhood by that system, and we expect Exeter is not alone. This system has brought railways into the present degraded position, and the parties who have direct e d me to write this letter, feel satisfied, if the Government will place an ad valorem duty on all and every transaction in and out of the Stock Exchange, the evil will a once be remedied.—Yours, Sir, &c. Exeter, Oct. 28, 1848. HENRY VATCHER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me to suggest that an ad valorem duty be placed on all and every transaction in and out of the Stock Exchange. The gambling system of " bearing" will then be soon at an end. Not one transaction in fifty pays the stamp duty at present, although the successful operators pocket their thou• sands yearly, while the poor shareholders have their 'ast shilling wrung from them. Your obedient servant, OBSERVER. Exeter, Oct. 28, 1848. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l was obliged by your insertion of my last note, of the 21st instant, and as a railway proprietor, not a speculator, I once more thank you for the very constant and straightforward way ,in which you have advocated the unjustly attacked and depreciated rail way interest. You may remember the point I arrived at in my last communication, namely, that shareholders should not be frightened out of their pro perty by the "Bears ;" and I ventured to give certain prices which I predicted three or four leading lines would stand at on the 30th of June next, challenging any party to show cause against my assumptions. We seem to be improving already, and if only there be nerve, " pluck," and sensible determination on the part of the holders, we have seen the worst, and " a better time is coming." I venture to ask for a portion of your columns, to address a word to my brother shareholders on another point, and it is this: Do not let thepresent improvement throw you off your guard, or, to use your own em phatic words in Saturday evening's paper, "they must not sink into apathy because a change has taken place." Let there be no relaxing in constant, and, as far as is practicable, combined efforts to strike out something which shall sensibly and permanently im. prove their property. What is this to be ? I can only occupy your room by giving general hints, leaving it for you or others to amplify. Ist. I am satisfied that an endeavour should be made to promote a meeting of the chairmen of every railway company in the United King dom, who should (after appointing a secretary) go fully and frankly into the financial position of their respective companies so as to arrive at the sum t o t a l of their liabilities for unfinished works, and when this is settled, I would recommend an interview with the Government, and a strong though respectful demand for public assistance towards the completion of their works without further present calls upon the proprietors. I believe that if the Government would advance on loan to the leading companies of the United Kingdom sufficient money to go on with the best of their works gra dually, confidence would be restored, hundreds of families rescued from ruin, and a serious blow averted from our staple interests and commercial credit. It is useless now saying railway men were mad, let them bear the brunt. It is too late to say this. Mischief is done, and more will be done, unless prompt and energetic measures be taken to arrest the plague. 2. Let shareholders call upon the directors to publish clear, intelligible accounts of their position, one liabilities, and prosp ec t s, b ased upon the model of the from the London and North-Western, now evenings paper, I do .not doubt, at your office, for this e 3. Let vigorous efforts be c on ti nue d t o put a stop to bearing, by doing away with time bargains. Let the Stock Exchange committee clear themselves of imputations which, justly or not, rest upon them, of affording improper facilities to gamblers. Let seven days be the extent allowed for the delivery of shares, and we shall have a deal less doing of that fictitious character now too prevalent. 4. Let an effort be made to do away, or have materially lessened, the transfer duty, and a complete alteration in the principle on which companies are now assessed for parochial taxes. But I must stops 'The hints may be worth follow ing. o ut. As regards the first, I am quite sure that GoVornment ought and, sooner or later, must come to the rescue, and I have good reasons for beli ev i ng t h at they are not indisposed.--I am, Sir, yours obediently, Sheffield, Oct. 28, I_B_4B„._ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. inniartial remarks upon the state of the Railway Share Market embolden me to call your at tention to the necessity 'of some alteration taking place in the mode of conducting business in this vast property. It Seems quite preposterous that the chief, indeed only, market s hould b e the Stock Exchange, whete the doors are closed, and the greatest caution adopted to allow none but members to enter; The owner of railway securities is obliged to con fide his business to a noth er (perhaps i n f er i or) management, and to listen to a secondhand version of matters affecting his nearest interests. There ought to be an open railway share market established under a proper committee as to admittance and bye-laws, but accessible on easy terms and general facilities. Railway shares would then undergo less violent fluctuations, unless occasioned by merit, and the public would hold their property with more confidence, both as speculators and investments, unless this mode is adopted, or the present Stock Exchange opens its doors, investments will materially decrease, since no prudent man will leave to his family securities governed, as it were, by men with closed doors playing their own games. Sir, an open Exchange would prevent ti panics," and tend greatly to promote the interests of this com mercial country. Asking your attention to the subject, I remain your obliged and CONSTANT READER. Oct. 27, 1848. STOCK - JOBBING ACT AND "BEARINa" nr _ itAILIVAY STOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You did me the favour to insert my letter on this subject in your newspaper of Monday, 23d inst., but in a subjoined note you expressed a doubt as to this most salutary Act being applicable to railway stock. The words of the Act, however, expressly include " any public or joint-stock or stocks, or other public securities whatsoever, or any part, share, or interest therein," which expressions humbly appear to me amply sufficient to cover railway stock. lam quite aware that the Act has been found not to apply to Colombian bonds, as being neither public, British, nor joint-stocks, but railway stock seems to be both, being of Parliament, public ,constituted under British Acts which expressly declare such companies to be " joint stock" companies for undertakings of a public nature. Moreover, the Act itself is, I believe, generally held to have been declaratory of the common law in so far as regards the illegality of the practices there prohi bited, and has on that ground been frequently ex tended to relative transactions of a similar kind, though not expressly named in the Act.—l am, Sir, A LAWYER. October 25, 1848. [We gladly give insertion to our correspondent's second letter. It would indeed be a matter of the deepest importance to railway proprietors generally if the view he entertains were correct. We fear, however, that it is " too good to be true," and that the, Stock- Jobbing Act does not apply to the sale of ;railway shares—for the reason that we have already stated—namely, that it is a stock that has been created subsequently to the passing of that Act, and that when it re ceived the legislative sanction there was no stuck " ejusdem generis" in existence. And our correspondent, as " a lawyer," must be well aware of the well known rule of law, which renders a statute inapplicable to circumstances, that have arisen since its enactment. We have also a distinct recollection of a decision of one of the superior Courts, " That railway shares were not within the statute, although at this moment we cannot immediately refer to it.-- ED. Sun. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. CHUKCH-RATES OR NO CHURCH-RATES. Pursuant to an " Admonition and Injunction" from the Rey. Joseph Cotton %Vigram, Arcinieacon of Win chester, a vestry of the parish of Northwood (in which the town of West Cowes is situated) was held in the Parish Church on Thursday last, and was numerously attended. The chair used to be regularly taken by the Rector, but in this instance neither the Rector nor Curate at tended, and a layman was voted to the chair. The admonition stated, " That at a visitatioi held on the 25th of July last, the Archdeacon admonished the several parties concerned of the following defects, which he enjoined them to repair, and to return a certificate that the same had been done accordingly before the Ist of January next 1. The wall, &c., of the church-yard to be repaired. "2. A drain to be dug round the church wall to drain it. "3. The roof of the tower, with all timbers beneath it, as described in the specifications prefixed, to be thoroughly repaired. " 4. New oak-sills to the windows, &c. " 5. The Bible to be repaired or renewed. " 6. The churchwardens' instructions to be attained and observed." Two or three attempts have been before made to make a rate to pay certain expenses incurred, and to effect certain repairs, but adjournments have always been carried, and thus virtually the rate has been refused. The Rector and his parishioners are at issue about the tithes, which have been increased from about 5001. per annum to about 7501.; and not the poorest cottager's garden is allowed to escape untithed. The Dissenters muster, and move adjournments which the members of the Church that attend the vestries (principally agricul turists) do not oppose, and the edifice is fast going to ruin. On the churchwardens being requested to state what it would cost to effect the repairs, &c., ordered by the Archdeacon, they could not tell, nor what amount of rate they wanted. One thought one shilling, another a two-shilling rate, but, it appears, suspecting that they should not obtain a rate at all, they had not troubled themselves with any calculations. One of the parishioners then moved the adjournment of the question until the Easter vestry. This being too pointed an opposition to the Arch deacon's order to do his bidding by the Ist of January, it was arranged to adjourn the vestry sine die. It now remains to be seen what the Rector and the Archdeacon will do next. CHOLERA AND QUARANTINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am so ebtuse-headed that I cannot for the life of me comprehend the reasoning which declares the cholera to be not contagious, and which abolishes quarantine. Mercantile interests are certainly of very high importance, but life is more important still, and I consider that the probability of the cholera spread ing is, to say the least, rendered much greater without quarantine than with it. There was no cholera in Hull until a ship from Hamburgh took it there. There was none in Leith until the same event occurred ; and, supposing tho poor sailor whose death was reported yesterday had remained on board the Ganges, at Sheerness—would he not have been alive now ? Had the assistance which he rendered in towing the Justitia nothing to do with his death from cholera ? The cholera is in deed a mysterious disease, and they go too far who say it cannot be propagated by contagion. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Boston, Lincolnshire. M. H. C. S. THE EX T ROTAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.-OR Satur -- day her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Claremont from Windsor Castle to visit the ex- King Louis Philippe and his amiable consort, the Queen of, the Belgians, and the members of the ex-Royal Family now assembled at that royal residence. The family circle comprises the Duke and Duchess do Ne mours, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and Prince and Princess de Joinville, and their youthful children. The ♦isit of the Queen and Prince Albert was of the most pri►ate character, the maids of honour to the Queen and the usual equerries alone accompanying her Majesty. On the royal carriage reaching the entrance f the mansion, Louis Philippe, the Duke de Nemours, the Queen of the Belgians, and the several members of the exiled family came forth to receive her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Her Majesty and Prince Albert remained nearly three hours, and partook of luncheon while at Claremont. The Queen of the Belgians shortly returns to Brussels. The health of the ex- Queen of France is delicate, but Louis Philippe and all the members of his family are enjoying uninterrupted health, and apparently good spirits, considering their fallen state. POLISH BALL AT GUILIHIALL.--It WI.S, we under stand, erroneously stated in the report of the proceedings of the committee of that entertainment, which appeared in our impression of Saturday last, that some few months ago 700 Poles were receiving weekly allowances from the Treasury —it should be some few years ago. Various towns having already presented petitions for the application of the Public llealth Act to their respective localities, the General Board of Health have appointed four civil engineers to be superintending in spectors, to commence the preliminary inquiries pre scribed by the Act. The gentlemen selected to fulfil the responsible duties of the office are Messrs. George Thomas Clark, Edward Crecy, Robert Rawlinson, and William Ranger. Mr. Clark has served much in Eng land and in India, where ho has been engaged in drainage works. Mr. Crecy is the author of the "Encyclopaedia of Civil Engineering," and gave valuable evidence be fore the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission. Mr. Raw linson, formerly engineer to the Bridgewater Trust, has been employed in works of sanitary improvement in several of the northern towns. Mr. Ranger has directed drainage works in Essex, and is lecturer on civil en gineering at the royal engineer establishment at Chat ham, and at the P u t ne y C o ll ege .-01 server . A DANGEROUS MISTAX.E.—On Monday last collier, working in the Pentrefelen pit, near Llangafelach, nearly met his death under the following singular cir cumstances. He had brought with him a supply of food for his meals--among other things a pot of good strong tea—that famous 'plans " which cheers but not inebri ates." In a similar pot he had with him a more danger= ous companion, a pound and a half of powder—not the tea called gunpowder—but good rock powder, used for blasting purposes. At the usual hour for the meal the canny man took up the pot and set it on the fire. It was the pot of powder, not tea. The result may easily be imagined—an explosion, which burnt the man and a boy, and five who were at the time in a shed near the oils with. Fortunately the injuries received by the sufferers, though severe, are not such as to endanger their lives—a circumstance which they owe, in great part, to the shed being open, and the roof, wo believe, partly uncovered.— Weklnan. Lord John Russell is at his lodge, Richmond Park, whence he comes to town daily to attend to business. The Baron Rothschild arrived in London on Sa turday afternoon by the steam-ship Triton, from Ostend. Vicountess Moncorvo has returned to town from Brighton. The Noble Viscount is expected to return from Lisbon in the course of next month, to resume his diplomatic duties at the British court. The Countess of Darnley and the Ladies Bligh have within the last week left Cowes, Isle of Wight, for Sandgate, Kent. KiirinAL.—Exmostom or POWDER MILLs,—On Thursday morning last, about four o'clock, the throe powder mills at Sedgewick, near Kendal, were totally destroyed by an explosion; the report was heard at a distance of forty miles, and mistaken for thunder. For tunately no person was present, so that no lives were lost; the mills were the property of Messrs. Wakefield, of Kendal.—Lancaster Gazette. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN SWYNET, OF THE 63D REGIMENT.—On Saturday morning this un fortunate gentleman destroyed himself in his apartment, No. 8, Cecil-street, Strand. He had for a long time past been given to acts of excessive intemperance, which had brought on delirium tremens. He was lately observed to be in a most excited state, in consequence of which 1 1 gentleman residing in the house had anxiously watched his movements. Being left alone, however, for a few minutes, ho locked the door of his room. It was frames diately forced open, and the deceased was found lying on the floor with a severe wound in his alidti. A regimental sword was lying by him, the point of which was covered with blood, To have , effected his object he must have 6 ,, _ el t; of the sworn on “1 f ;`,: fl fifiti fore ed himself forward upon its point. A surgeon was sent for, but the unfortunate gentleman expired before his arrival. SUCCESS OF SHEEP V A CCINATION.—At the Launditch Association meeting, on Wednesday, Mr. H. Overend reported that the ex p eriment he had tried in vaccinatin g sheep, on account of the disease to which they are at present subjected, was crowned with complete success. DECAY or STONE.—We regret to say that the work of the French Church, St. Martin's-le-Grand, the New Hall, Lincoln's-inn, and the New Houses of Par liament, is in a state of rapid decomposition, What have the architects and builders been about?—Trade Protec• Lion Circular. AURORA BOREALIS.—This beautiful phenomenon h as b een v ery visible several evenings during the past week.—Manchester Courier. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (Prom the United Service Gazette.) THE VACANT COLONELOIES.—Tbe Colonelcy of the 80th Foot has been conferred on Major-General Sir Edmund Keynton William, K.C.8., an officer ,of high distinction, who has frequently been wounded in his country's service. Sir Edmund entered the army in 1799, and immediately proceeded to Holland, where he served in the actions of the 2nd and 6th October. He was subsequently present at the battle of Maida in 1806, and the taking of Ischia in 1009. We afterwards find him in the Peninsula, sharing in the battle of Busaco, the I siege of B a d a j oz , th e b a ttl e of Salamanca, the siege !of Burgos, the battle of Vittoria, the actions at Tolosa, the siege of San Sebastian, the passage of the Bidassoa, the battles of the Nivelle and Nive, the passage of the Adour, and the investment of Bayonne. The Major-General received six wounds, the one at Salamanca being very severe. Since the peace, Sir Edmund K. Williams has held the command of a Division of the Madras Army, and enjoyed the respect of all who served under him. He has re ceived a Cross and one Clasp for his services in the Peninsula. Major-General Sir Guy Campbell, C. 8., commanding the Athlone District, has been appointed to the vacant Colonelcy of the 3d West India Regiment. It is a just reward for distinguished services in the Pt ninsula, where he commanded the 6th Foot. Sir Guy is a " Waterloo hero," having served the whole of the cam paign of 1815. THE STAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—The follow ing removals and appointments have been made, conse quent upon the resignation of Captain Mullen, of the Glasgow district, and Captain Paget, of Ipswich:— Major Crompton, from Cork to Dublin; Major bivan, from Dublin to Nottingham; Major Campbell, from Nottingham to Glasgow; Captain Stewart, from Salis bury (a lieutenant's district) to Cork; Captain Henry, from 55th Regiment to Salisbury; Captain Ready, from Waterford (a lieutenant's district) to Ipswich; Captain De Rinzey, from the 83d Regiment to Waterford. FORTIFCATIONS OF MALTA. —General Sir John Bur goyne arrived at Malta, oa the 10th inst., by the Penin taller and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, to inspect the fortifications of this island. The following day he visited the dockyard, an d i n company with Admiral Harvey, the Rear-Admiral Superintendent, and princi pal dicers of the yard, viewed the dockyard, new dock, and the new factory buildings rapidly progressing to wards completion. Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, commanding the Bombay army, was, by the last accounts, about t o quit Poona on a tour inspection into Guzzerat. The Admiralty have issued orders to the respective harbour masters at the ports to the effect that all changes in rivers and harbours, artificial or natural, are to be reported, immediately they are discovered, to their Lordships.- The Admiralty have ordered that empty shells for all vessels shall be supplied to the ships. The shells having bottoms without fuses. CAPE COAST.—No medical man is at this station; two have left for England with the colonial surgeon, and the one left to do the duty is since dead. The Governor, Captain Winniett, R.N., was to leave for Ashantee the end of August, with presents for the King. He expected to accomplish his mission in about four weeks. Captain Winniett was at Ancona on the 31st of July, in excellent health. THE COMPASS DEPARTMENT.-WO stated last week that the Admiralty had called on the authorities at the ports to suggest what course may be adopted to save the great expense of surveying her Majesty's ships. We have since heard that the duties are henceforth to be performed by the Masters of the flag ships. -..~.;a. --~`-= MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 27.) &WAIL—To-day importers of raw Sugar exhibited greater firmness, and a further decrease was apparent in the quantity brought to market, of both free and slave labour sorts; the tendency of prices are also upwards for all kinds, West India was in excellent request for home consumption and realized an advance of 6d per cwt on former rates, whilst the quantity sold was 720 hhds, &c. At public sale 74 hhds of Barbadoes were taken in, fine yellow at 40s to 41s, middling and good 36s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. The market for Raw Sugar closes with a firm aspect, and the sales of West India for the week reach 2,999 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were dealt in with greater freedom for home trade purposes, and realized better prices, brown grocery lumps were sold at 47s Gd to 48s, and Standard lumps 49s per cwt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar there is no variation in the state of busi ness or in prices. Mecninus.—This afternoon there was n good de mand by private treaty for all sorts, and a public sale of 233 bags went at better prices, fine yellow 39s 6d, mid dling 35s to 365, low 34s 6d, and washed 34s 6d to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA..—This afternoon there was an increased demand for Madras Sugar, and 4,514 bgs at auction sold at stiffer rates, good yellow 37s 6d, middling 35s to 36s Gd, low 33s 6d to 34s 6d, damp and washed 333 to 36s 6d. Of Bengal several parcels were taken by private treaty. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and by private treaty the operations for the week are a cargo of white Bahia at 19s, one of Pernambuco 15s for brown, and white 19s, 400 chests of low to fine yellow Havannah, duty paid, at 37s to 42s per cwt. MOLASSES.—Prices have ceased to decline for W. 1., and purchases to a fair extent have been made this week, a less quantity is on offer. Low to fine quality is from I4s to 17s. Of Cuba 200 puns sold at 16s. In Bengal Treacle a large business has been concluded, but at the low rates of 15s to Iss Cd, and exporters were the chief buyers. For Honey, prices remain the same as on this day week, and there is not a larger supply. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was more demand f6r Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and at public sale 2,599 brls 97 csks all sold upon full terms, good middling 53s to 555, low mid and mid 40s to 48s, fine and fine fine ord 30s to 395, other aorta 21s to 295, Native kind 275, pea berry 503 to 503 6d, and damaged 20s to 425. Of Rio 445 bags were offered, good ord 24s to 24s 6d, and da maged 18s Gd to 23s per cwt. TEA.-There has been no public sale, but privately an increased quantity is on offer, the demand continues to diminish for all sorts. Congou is offered rather under former rates, dealers operate with reluctance; ordinary is to be obtained at 7d, good ordinary 7d to Sd, middling 9id to 11d, good middling and good I lid to is lid, fine is 2d to is sd, pekoe flavour is Gd to is 10d. Souchong met with little atten tion, and sellers are willing to accept 8d to 9d for com mon, Is to is Gd for middling and good, and is 8d to 2s Gd for better sort, The value of Pouchong is 4d to 8d few buyers are to be met with. There is much dull- nese in the market for Green, whilst quotations tend downwards, SPICES.—BIack Pepper met with less attention even than last week, whilst prices tend downwards, as there is a fair amount on offer. At auction 1,560 bags of Sumatra, were offered sound, was nearly all taken in at 2d for good clean black, and at 21d for grey, but da maged sold at lid to 21-d; 389 bags went at 2d to *I for ord sound dust and stalky. White Pepper is worth from 4d to 9d according to quality; not much demand ex perienced this week. The value of Cayenne is 10d to 2s, and of African Pod 30s to 60s per cwt. Prices con tinue to rule under that time. Of Pimento the supply is extremely small; there are several buyers, whilst the rates paid are 4id to 5d per lb. Of Cassia Lignea there is still scarcely any here, and prices are nominal at !Os to 1 lOs per cwt. Cassia Buds find a dull sale at 68s to Ns. The quarterly sales of Cinnamon will take place on Monday, when 981 bales and 50 chests will be offered. The market has a very quiet appearance, and prices generally tend downwards. For Cloves there is an im proving demand. For Mace there is more demand this week at Is 10d to 2s 6d, and fine 2s 8d to 2s 10d. At auction one case of wild realised is 6d. In Nutmegs several purchases have been made in the private market, and at firm rates. For Ginger the market is quiet. Of Jamaica 83 pkgs at auction were disposed of. RICE.— There has been rather more disposition mani fested to make purchases in all sorts of East India during the last few days, and full rates have been paid for white Bengal, but other kinds must be quoted a little cheaper. By private contract a fair extent of business has been done. At auction, 384 bags were dis posed of 1,848 bags Madras were in part sold, mid- ' tiling and good pinkey white Ss 6d to 9s ; 797 bags of Singapote And Penang found buyers; fair cargo is to 75 6d. 1,621 bags Ceylon, mid and good Pearl Barley 8s to 8s 6d, and damaged 7s to 8s per cwt. Patna finds a more ready sale at 125 6d to 19s, but Carolina mot with a dull demand, town dressed at 255 to 28s, and Ameri can at 22s to 23s per cwt. On Thursday 2,200 bags .Madras will be put up to public sale. FRUIT.—To-day the public sales of 6,589 pkgs Valen tin Raisins wont at lower rates, and a small part only sold at 55s to 888 per cwt for new. CocumgAL.---Prices are not lower this week, but the home and export demand has not increased. Of 202 bags offered at auction a part only sold at 3s 6d to 4s for Honduras silvers, Mexican black 4s to 4s ad, and silvers as &I per lb. SPIRITS —For Jamaica Rum prices must be quoted rather lower, on account of the reluctance evinced by exporters and home-trade buyers to do business with a large supply. For the week the sales are only 100 puns at as to 3 s 2d f or f a i r quality, 32 to 38 per cent over proof, and small parcels of mid to fine 5s 4d to 4s 4d, Demerara is cheaper, and the sales for the week amount to only 100 puns, 33 to 35 per cent. over proof at 2s 2d to 2s 3d, and 36 over 2s sid. East India has fallen to is 4d to is 5d proof, and at which only small parcels have been sold. For Leeward Island there is much dulness in the market, and Is 5d to is 6d is the nearest value of proof. Thera are further arrivals of Rum, but the low prices occasion large de liveries. Bordeaux continues in excellent demand, and former rates are well kept up ; Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 selling at 48 10d to ss, ditto 1847 at 3s 10d to 4 s• inferior marks 3s to 3s 6d, aid brands 28 :2il to 2s 4d. Eer 9eneva the market is dull at 2s to 2s 1(I for common, and 2s 8i1!0 3s 6d for fine. Of British made Gin several parcels have beeri taken for exporta tion this week at 3s to 38 3 d proof , uns;:"awned casks inaid4d, SALTPETRt.-g4O-day rough Saltpetre was less in de • wand, and 2,155 bags at auction went 6d per cwt lower for ihid kinds, whilst ord a nd the beat real ized full rates; Calcutta, ord and mid grey 6to 11 per cent. realized 24s 6d to 255, good 41 to 51 per cent 26s to 26s 6d, fine 41 26s 6d to 275, middling and good yellow 7 to 5 per cent 25s to 25s 6d, and Madras not refracted 23s per cwt. A public sale of 1,300 bags of Saltpetre is declared for Tuesday. Cocos.—West India is offered rather under former rates; there is also a larger supply, and only a limited demand. At public sale 530 bags of Grenada were dis posed of, For Foreign the market is in a dull state, and prices keep on the decline. At public sale 769 bags of Para were taken in at 29s to 30s. Ou.s.—To-day at auction 85 tuns of Southern Oil went at lower rates; fine at 26/ to 261 lOs good 251 to 251 loci low and paid 23l 10a 19 241 10si 80 tuns Qi *4l, Oct Aberdeen .. • • .. Amiens and Boulogne . • • •• • • • • •... • • Belfast and Ballymena •• •• • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Caledonian.— • • • • • ••• • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • .... • • Cockermouth and Workington. — Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • •••• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •• • • •• •• East Ang1ian........................ Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • • • • • • • Edinbnrgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and _North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • ..... •• • • • • Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ;,390 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greeneck • • •• • • •• • •• • • Great Southern and Western • • •• •• •• Great Western,&c•. •• • Kendal and Windermere • • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• • Londonderry and cnniskillen........ London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall.... • • • . • • .... London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • . • • London and South Western ......... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) . • • • .. 772 5,071 1,642 79 817 726 617 3,535 1,807 16,046 1,541 1,430 2,605 960 4,304 20,120 10,958 2,555 142 43,047 665 9,920 10,21 2,845 Newcastle and Carlisle • North British .. • . • ..... Paris and Rouen . • • Rouen and Havre.. • • • • • • •• Scottish Central .... .. Shrewsbury and Chester South Eastern and Branches ••• • • • ,South Devon ..• ............ Taff Vale ........:: 'Waterford • and Limerick.... Whitehaven Junction • Wishaw and Coltness..• •• • York and Newcastle . • York and North Midland.. 22,390 1,216 832 2,580 5,678 1,971 1,040 1,340 10,204 1,563 1,983 801 291 202 13,123 6,109 3,746 722 14,203 928. 1,110 2,914 1,172 2,042 19,759 9,680 1,419 116 41,918. 839 8,977 9,005 2,214 22,765 894 2,457 8,114 3,179 602 9,846 11,738 8,095 THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Her Majesty's packet Penguin, Lieutenant Leslie commander, arrived this morning with the Brazil mails. She left Rio do Janeiro on the 13tb, Bahia the 23d, and Pernambuco the 29th September, and brings about 35,0001. on freight. The Penguin left at Rio her Majesty's schooner Spider, which arrived on the Dth of September with the River Plate mails; and her Majesty's ships Crescent and Alecto, the American frigate Brandywine, the Brazilian cor vette Berenice, and the French corvette Alemane. The Brazilian frigate Constitution and the French corvette Expeditive were also at Bahia, the Brazilian corvette Dona Francisca at Pernambuco. This packet brings no :political news of importance. Business was very dull at Rio, with no prospect of an early amelioration. Coffee had hardly experienced any alteration except the prices of superior qualities, which had receded about 100 reis per arroba in consequence of late unfavourable news from the,United States. Tho quotations were for superior 2,600 reis to 2,700 reis ; first good, 2,400 reis to 2,500 reis ; and second good, 1,903 reis to 2,000 reis ; stock, 35,000 bags ; sugar (white), 2,600 reis to 2,800 reis ; brown, 2,100 reis to 2,200 reis ; hides, light and heavy, 125 reis to 1351 reis per lb. Some attempts had been made at Rio on the 7th and Bth of September to disturb the public tranquillity on account of the elections, but nothing serious had taken place. The baptism of young Prince had been de terred in consequence of the indisposition of the Em peror, but was expected to take place on the 19th of September. Exchange had experienced a considerable improTe ment, and about I 0,000/. had been effected by the Pen guin, at 234. Stock, 6 per Cent., 84 to 85k. EXECUTION. GLASGOW, OCT. 27.—The murderer, 111`Wheelan, condemned to death at the recent Ayr sessions, for highway robbery and murder, on the person of James Young, at Forty Acres, near Ardrossan, expiated his dreadful offence on the scaffold at Ayr gaol, on Wednesday last. The unfortunate James Young, it will be recol lected, was an honest, inoffensive, hard-working young man, not more than 17 years of age. He was returning home from his father's residence, when he was waylaid by M`Wheelan, and most savagely mur dered fur the sake of the property the poor lad had about him. During Tuesday night the scaffold was erected, and, at a quarter-past seven o'clock, yesterday morn ing, the magistrates and other authorities had arrived at the gaol to see the awful sentence carried into effect. On being prepared to proceed to the drop he shook hands with the Governor, and said, "I bear anger to no man. I owe no man any ill will. Fare ye well !" and, with great firmness, he ascended the scaffold, and permitted the executioner to arrange the rope, cap, &c. The wretched culprit then, with a calm whisper, prayed fervently to be reconciled to God. He was distinctly heard to say— " Lord, take me to thyself ; oh Lord ! do not let my guilty soul die in sin." He required not the least support, and much horror was occasioned amongst the crowd by the culprit standing so long under the fatal beam without dropping a handkerchief, which had been given him by the authorities as a signal for withdrawing the bolt, which held him in existence. For nearly half an hour did the culprit remain ,m the state described, and there appearing no likelihood of his giving the signal, the magistrates determined ors directing the executioner to immediately comply with the awful sentence. The order was instantly carried out, and the unhappy man, after a few violent struggles, ceased to live. The body, after hanging the usual period, was cut down and buried in the precincts of the prison. The culprit was 32 years of age. On the night before his execution ho confessed to having com mitted the murder. TII E ATTORNEY AT TOE DEATH-BED SIDE.— Speaking of the sudden emergencies which demand the energies of the legal man, Mr. Warren says:—" Take e case which I glanced at in a former lecture; your being sent fur in haste, to prepare the will of some one sud denly seized with mortal illness, or who has suffered some dreadful accident, hurrying him to a premature death-bed. It may be a person of great wealth, whoso property, both real and personal, is in a complicated con dition—whose business transactions are extensive and intricate—who has a large family to provide for. Ile is suddenly bidden, by the Supreme Disposer of events, to turn his pale face to the wall. Haste! Haste! Life is ebbing fast away: his family are weeping around him; but he is waiting for—is thinking of—you, in his agony and alarm: be has but an hour or two—it may be less time to live: be has, with fatal imprudence, delayed making his will till this terrible moment, and you are now suddenly summoned, as the nearest professional man accessible. Writing materials are at band: the medical man has ominously whispered that you have not a moment to lose; and he leaves you for awhile with his dying patient. As you look on him—as you listen to hint—are you flustered and bewildered? Does your ill regulated, turbid mind, fail to follow your unhappy client, so that you do not distinctly perceive his inten tions and wishes—intelligible though they really are— for the disposition of his property; do you feel a sicken ing consciousness that you cannot carry them into effect; or do you, perhaps, imagine that you can, when you really cannot? You draw up, however, a document, professing to secure the interests of many tenderly beloved children, and other dear afflicted beings depen dent upon the testator, and their very sobbings may be audible to you. Having caused that instrument to be executed, you quit the apartment, assuring your client almost at the last gasp, that as far as regards his worldly affairs, he may die in peace ; and you depart with his feeble thanks in your ears, the pressure of bis feeble fingers on yours;—and yet, the instant that the will comes into operation, it explodes, as it were, like a shell: shattering every interest which it touches! It plunges everybody and everything into inextricable confusion; involves those whom your poor client best loved, in ruinous and sometimes malignant and interminable liti gation; your blunder is proclaimed, canvassed, and vainly sought to be rectified, in Court after Court of Law, and Equity; you are unable to bear the agonizing but un availing reproaches of those on whom your ignorance or incapacity has entailed such lamentable evils. You dare not go near the grave of him whom you have so dreadfully deceived and wronged!— Warren on Attornies and Solicitors. POST- OFFICE ARRANG EMENTS.—Arrangements have 1) ,:..en made by the Post-office authorities for the convey ance f the Tavistock and Launceston post from London and the iptermediate town, by the London mail train to Plymouth, whence they aro forwarded to Tavistock by a two-horse conveyance, arriving in that town at half past eight, railway time. The coach returns in the afternoon with letter; in time for the London mail, thus giving the Tavistock people the advantage of answering their London communications by the return of post. The Cornish mail in the afternoon still continues to run via Tavistock.—Devonport Indep endent. nt• TREATMENT OF PRISON ERS.—We observe that a prisoner who died of cholera in Milban Peni t e nt i aryPenitent had been deprived of his dinner (as a p it.aaltkalin seizure.gin coming The unfitnesst r from c h should c fb h es )ucfourobvious P at this time, day s tent,n e his the privation of a mea l when it is necessary to maintati sts hhavlthy e been d eApressly a state as possible. Lon g a n as ea an vigorous me ntioned as a predisposing ck a e use th o e f m d a is p e a a r s t e, o and how then can it he justifi able to pr i sonma \' of discipline?ho pe orders will be given to discontinue the punishm ent i withholding nourishment as cruel and dangerous in present preseeircumstances, and, very question- able at any time.—Examincr. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Justice MAUL& and Mr. :justice WIGIITMAN.) SENTENCE ON MULLINS THE CHARTIST. On the Judges taking their seats at ten o'clock, George Bridge Mullins, the Chartist, who was con victed on Saturday, was placed at the bar to receive the sentence of the Court. The prisoner, on being asked what ho bad to say why the sentence awarded by the law should not be passed upon him, said that he intended to have said a great deal if he had been allowed, but by the advice of the Counsel, who had so ably defended him, it was not his intention to say much. There was one thing, how ever, with which he was charged that ho must allude to, and that was with respect to the plan that had been pro duced. It had been stated that he drew up that plan. He denied most solemnly that he had not done so, and to the best of his belief he had never seen it. That plan, he believed, was drawn up by a person who had either gone to France, or was about going there. He had also to state that he was not acquainted with a person of the name of Dalby, with whom it was alleged he had acted in concert. lie did not deny that he was a Chartist; he believed that the Charter was essential for securing the rights and liberties of the people, and he was willing to lay down his life in defence of its principles. The prisoner concluded a short address by thanking the Court for allowing his witnesses to character to be called after the trial had concluded, by thanking Mr. Cope and the authorities of the gaol for their kindness towards him, and the jury for their attention to his case, and their recommendation of mercy, which he hoped the Court would give effect to. Mr. Justice MAULE then proceeded to pass sentence. The jury had found the prisoner guilty of a most mischievous offence to carry out a design, which, if effected, would hayed occasioned a great sacrifice of life and property. No person who had heard the evidence could entertain a doubt of the prisoner's guilt, and al though witnesses bad given him a good character before he joined these parties, with whom he bad been asso ciating, and although the jury had recommended him to mercy, still the Court could see nothing in his case different from that of the other persons who had been tried at the last session. He thought the education the prisoner bad received was an aggrava tion of his offence. The crime the prisoner had com mitted had not been done in the heat of passion, but deliberately, day after day, and week after week, and if it had been carried out, would have occasioned the most alarming results. The prisoner and his accom plices had not considered the force that would be op posed to them—namely, the well-disposed portion of the community, who would not passively submit to have their throats cut by a gang of ignorant ruffians, for such they were. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner should be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. The prisoner nodded most impudently to the Court and left the bar. MURDER.—TELE WALWORTH ABORTION CASE.— Spencer Linfield, 66, widow, Richard Orpin, 35, car penter, and Mary Ann Dryden, 53, widow, were indicted, Linfield with the wilful murder of Eliza Wilson, and Orpin and Dryden with being accessories before the fact., Mr. Ryland was for the prosecution; Mr. Ballantine was counsel for Linfield, and Mr. Parry for.Orpin. Dryden had no counsel. Mr. RYLAND having stated the case to the jury, called the following witnesses:— Mr. S. Elyard, a magistrate of the county of Surrey, had taken down a statement made by the deceased on Wednesday, the 20th of September. He had seen her on'the previous Sunday. He was asked to go there by . the Inspector of Police to take down the statements of a dying woman. He did not take down the statement on the Sunday, but went again on the Wednesday, when he took down the statement produced, the young woman telling him that she believed she was dying. The following was the statement : " I am in my thirty-second year, and having had cri minal connexion with Richard Orpin, and suspecting myself in the lawily-way I mentioned my suspicions to him. Ile replied, Stop till Monday, and we will go together to a woman in East-lane, Walworth, and that I need not not trouble myself for three or four months.' He went with me on Monday, Sept. 4, to East-lane, but we could not find out the woman, and on the following day I went by myself, but did not succeed in finding her. I saw Mrs. Dryden, who resides in York-street, Wal worth, to whom I mentioned that I was in the family way, and informed her I wished to get rid of it. She said it would be all right if I would pay her 45., which I gave her. She then gave me a box of pills and a bottle of stuff which did nct have the expected effect. Mrs. Dryden then went with me on the Wednesday to Mrs. Lin field's, in Prior-place, East-Lane, Walworth, a herb shop. Mrs. Dryden said, I have got a friend of mine come to see you. Mrs. Linfield, without asking any questions, said, ' I will take her upstairs directly, and shortly afterwards did so, and told me to lie on the bed on my left side. I did so, and she then performed an operation with some instrument. I went again on the 9th, and she used the instrument again, say ing - I slept there that night, and paid Mrs. Linfield 21. 10s. on the first day, and she gave Mrs. Dryden a few shillings for taking me there, I went to Mrs. Linfield's again on the 11th, when she again used the instrument, and when I returned home I was very ill. I told Dirs. Linfield that my father thought I was ill, and she s a id, ' Non sense, you are all right.' Richard Orpin promised to calledpay th 21.e mr 3. I L O i s i , fi but od has not wa sdone presentso . 'h on e each c 3h. occasion. o ung an I went, and was perfectly aware of, the business which , I " ELIZA WILSON. , was on. The deceased died at half-past three o'clock on Friday morning. September,ly a l s n s takenc t d oawndn Alison—Sap bya h mr e da kaen deceaseddth himself. statementon the 2 whichoth of (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) Mr.heard MARLBRU-STREET-(THIS DAY.) John Walker, a seaman belonging to the Devastation Hardwick,steam-sloop, and George he former e o charged le ha rgeed, with were fightingplaced rid beforee creating t Mr. i n g a disturbance, and the latter with having attempted to rescue him from the custody of the police-constable. Police-constable, 66 C, stated that about one o'clock this morning h e was on d u ty in O x ford-street, when his attention was attracted to several persons who were fighting in Market-street. He ran to the spot and saw the defendant Walker fighting with another man not in custody. Witness parted them, and persuaded them to disperse quietly. Walker refused to do so, and persisted in following the man with whom he had been fighting. Witness laid hold of him for the purpose of detaining him till the other man got away. The prisoner, finding his object frustrated, became exceedingly violent, and struggled to get away, and in the scuffle threw witness on the ground. The prisoner Lee then came up, and, laying hold of witness's collar, said " You ----, let go your hold." Witness, however, maintaie e d his hold till some other constables arrived, whea l both the prisoners were secured and conveyed to station. In defence Walker said h e was proceeding quietly home when a man wine up and struck him. He was merely acting in :,elf-defence, when the constable came up and colla , :• e d him. He denied using any violence. Lee s^fid he had hold of the constable for the purpose of ,fitting off Walker, who appeared to be suffering violently from the pressure of the constable's knees. Mr. IlanDwlcx said, as there did not appear to be much violence used, he should fine Walker 105. and Lee 5e.--The money was paid. DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Saturday an accident, by which nearly thirty persons were deprived of life, was occasioned by an explosion of fire-damp, at a pit on Wynie Hill, Cleaton Moor near Whitehaven. More than twenty bodies were brought up the shaft in a dreadfully mangled condition, and ten more were undiscovered, of whose existence in the pit in the morning there is the clearest evidence, namely, the statement of the only survivor, who managed to ascend the shaft, leav ing below several others ready to follow him, but whom the fire-damp suffocated instantaneously. The bodies having been identified for the purposes of a coroner's inquest, which will commence on Monday, the 30th, were removed in carts from the spot, which presented a frightful spectacle from the dead placed around, scorched and disfigured—the piteous cries of the wives, children, and friends of the deceased, as the blackened remains of each were brought up from the pit—the utter appearance of desolation which the works themselves exhibited, and the continued fall phaelalvyyLish rain Rom' , and hail. e^ The poor " _ ~iows were princi -- ../atnolics, and have left their fami __., 4L, great distress. The cause of the catastrophe is attributable to bad Ventilation. Lord Palmerston left Town on Saturday after noon to visit Lord Melbourne at Rocket Hall, H er t s . His Lord s hi p i s expected to return to town to•day. nit CIIOLERA.--- WooLwwir, OCT. 29.—The Medical report up to 12 o'clock to-day, gives one new case since yesterday's report, being the only one since Monday last. The total number of cases is, 44 at tacked, 14 deaths, 14 recoveries, and 10 convalescent, all CQUiC ts. ~.__ fine straw 25/ 10s, yellow 241 to 241 10s, brown 23/ 10s. boiled Seal 181 to 21/ ss. Potbead 221 to 244 18 tuns of Sperm sold at 771 to 771 lOs for Sydney, and which are better prices; 119 csks 15 tons of Cocoa Nut in part. sold, Sydney 35s to 475, Ceylon 40s to 41s. TALLow.—This afternoon Tallow was in excellent demand, and prices ruled firm at 45s to 45s 3d for fine new P. Y. Cl.ndl© on the spot. At auction 467 pkgs South American sold at 42s 6d to 46a 3d, and 212 csks New South \Vales 40s 6d to 44s 3d; 33 csks Italian. 42s 9d to 44s 3d. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— Week ending 4. 11 ar 0 ff• pp NAME OF RAILWAY. Last week. €29 ? K ~ 716 881 1,617 901 s - ' . i ~ lii 11 I' rt Ni 1 111 i I 1 4(