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' 4 t , ---.0, ,;:- • vS . 4 CR* Ina - - 7- Ant LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1849. All classes within the dominions of her Britannic MAJESTY, with two extraordinary exceptions, have some direct court of appeal to which they may submit their individual grievances with the reasonable expectation of having an extravagant punishment mitigated or an unjust sentence reconsidered. These two exceptions, `wonderful to relate, are the members of the naval and military professions. According to the existing system the finding of a naval or military Court-Martial is to be considered altogether ultimate and irrevocable. However glaring may be the cruelty of its decision; although the whole country may ring with the voice of indignation ; though the organs of every party or of every phase of public opinion may coincide in pronouncing the decision of the court to be atrociously harsh and undeserved—that decision must, nevertheless, be regarded as final, and its victim must submit from sheer despair to all its evil consequences. Every effort to demand a revision of the sentence is treated as an infringement upon naval or military discipline ; and supposing any one to have sufficient temerity to forward a " Memorial to the " most reverend, grave, and potent seigniors ' at the Horse Guards or the Admiralty, ten million chances to one but what the document is returned unperused, with a note of the most polite tenor but of the most insolent brevity. Hence there remains not the faintest possibility of com pensation, unless the journalist proclaims the necessity for a revision through the medium of the Press, or the legislator forces that revision upon the authorities by an ex posure of the abuse in Parliament. So far as this responsibility for exertion reposes with ourselves, we have endeavoured, and shall unceasingly endeavour, to agitate for a change in the present organization of Courts-Martial; and, thanks to those principles of justice which penetrate everywhere throughout the conamuni-y-, there is every prospect of the matter being brought, shortly after the open ing of the next session, under the consideration of the Imperial Legislature. Out of the misfortunes of individuals will arise in this, as in so many preceding instances, :the general advantage. So far we are sanguine as to the beneficent result of the present movement. Our anxiety as to the ulterior removal of the enormous evil now pressing so heavily upon our two heroic professions has almost entirely been dissipated. What, in that particular, continues to be the sole object of our soli citude is the uncertainty whether, in the prevention of future injustice, the rectification of past injustice may be overlooked—that in the destruction of a general system, so far as it affects large classes of the population, our national defenders, both land and maritime, the administration of solace to the victims of that system may be regarded as unnecessary and superfluous. Supposing the present system of Courts-Martial to be destroyed—as destroyed it inevitably will be by those triple vindicators of justice, the People, the Press, and the Parliament—its downfal at this particular period will be attributable to the indignation excites] by the wrongs endured by Captain DOUGLAS, late of the 16th Regiment, and by Lieute nant GRAHAM, late of 11. M. S. Childers. But for the monstrous sentences pronounced upon those offi cers, one by a naval Court-Martial, the other by a military Court-Martial, the preposterous evils of the code regulating, these arbitrary and almost irre sponsible tribunals might have remained for yet a con siderable time longer unobserved and consequently unassailed. Fortunately, however, for their gallant professions, but most unfortunately for themselves, these gentlemen have fallen under a despotic and in competent authority, which, as at pre sent organized, should long since have been obsolete. In referring, however, simultaneously to the case of Captain DOUGLAS and Lieutenant GRA HAM, it must be remembered that we do not thereby wish it to be understood that we regard the absence of culpability is both instances as equivalent. For, NOLile it is indisputable that the late Lieutenant of the 'Childers was guilty of the high crime of desertion (a desertion, the heinousness of which was no doubt materially diminished by the desperation to which he had been driven by his tyrannical Commannder), the charge laid against the late Captain in the 16th Regi- meat was not less contemptible and frivolous in its character than it was glaringly false as an accusation. We refer simultaneously to the two cases, therefore, not because we recognise any parity in the complete innocence of the accused, but because we regard both as instances of extraordi- hary hardship—one of them showing the necessity for reform in the nftval, the other in the military regime, That Captain DOUGLIS should have been tried at al upon such idle and paltry imputations, unsupported as those imputations were by any admissible evi dence, is to us matter of serious astonishment. But that Lieutenant GRAHAM, having demonstrated the accuracy of his statements as to the provocation received from his Commander, by con ducing to the expulsion of that person from the service which he had disgraced by his cruel ties --that Lieutenant GRAHAM, we say, having veri ed his assertions to the satisfaction of the Court- Martial lately sitting at Ply mcuth, should still be allowed to remain in the Exeter County Gaol, classed among felons and subjected to a felon's punishment, is to every generous heart in the community a subject of profound indignation. The nature and tendency, therefore, cf our solicitude in reference to Captain DOUGLAS, to Lieutenant GRAHAM, and to the general question of Courts -Martial, are olvious. That the latter tribunals, a 3 they have been hitherto or: ganized, are doomed we regard as an abco- lute fact. They are doomed by the will of the People, by the word of the Press, and by the __ _ approaching deuce of the Parliament. Our solici- tude, therefore, in that regard has become null, has given place to a sentiment of sustaining confidence. We are no longer solicitous upon that point, because we view the existing system as at this moment virtually r,TTIP, is tri l4, LONDON; annihilated. All our feelings, therefore, have merged into a deep and earnest anxiety lest, in looking to the end of thisore-organization, the means should be unobserved, lest, in looking at the mark to which the arrow of reform is being propelled, we should lose sight of the bow which has been the medium of its propulsion, lest, in bear ing in mind the general injustice of Courts- Martial, we should forget the individual injustice wreaked by those execrable institutions upon the two unfortunate gentlemen we have particularised. Hence we would recal these two remarkable cases to the attention of the Noble Lord and to the Honourable Representative who will at the outset of the next session bring the subject of Courts-Martial before both Houses of the Imperial Parliament. When will Irishmen learn that the welfare and prosperity of their native land can only be attained by good faith and integrity on the part of the people, and the cordial co-operation of all, without exception, for the benefit of their common country ? So long as class is arrayed against class, so long as those whose interests are one and indivisible shall aim at out witting and defrauding each other, there can be no hope for unhappy Ireland. However auspicious the auguries that may be afforded, however favourable the legislation, there can be no beneficial results until the relationship between landlord and tenant be placed on a better foundation, and a complete and cordial union be established between them : divided they are 'powerless. No good can arise from the most earnest and zealous exertions of either party so long as these efforts are not only not participated in, but opposed and rendered nugatory by the others. The best land lord can scarcely be expected to expend his capital on the improvement of his estate, if the tenantry will not avail themselves of the opportunities placed within their reach, and if he cannot entertain at least a rea sonable expectation that they will punctually and honestly perform the contracts into which they have deliberately entered. On the other hand, the tenant will have no adequate motive to increase the fertility of the soil or to bring his holding into the best pro ductive condition if subject to be ejected therefrom at the mere caprice of his landlord, o r his agent. The one must be satisfied that he will in ordinary seasons receive the amount of rent agreed on to be paid; the other that he himself or his children will be permitted to enjoy the fruits of his skill and industry, either by being continued in possession of his farm, or receiv ing full compensation in money for the value of the unexhausted improvements. When these conditions are performed, both landlords and tenants will really have a community of interest that will lead to the most beneficial results. Hitherto, save in some dis tricts in the northern province, these conditions have not been fulfilled in any part of Ireland; and the me lancholy consequences are but too plainly perceptible in the rude and defective system of agriculture, in the barren and unproductive condition of the soil, and in the sufferings and misery of the inhabitants. A mere cursory inspection of the farms in the south and west of Ireland will afford the best evidence of the absence of a proper understanding between the owners and occupiers, while the flourishing ap pearance of the various holdings in many parts of Ulster will show that there, at least, the great problem has been satisfactorily solved, and that the solution has materially advanced the interests of all parties concerned, as well of landlords as of tenants, and of the labouring population residing in these more for tunate localities. Recent accounts from Ireland prove beyond the possibility of doubt that there is, at least in some of the southern districts, an organized conspiracy to defraud landlords by carrying off the crops, and leaving them without any adequate remedies for the recovery of rents. There is, in fact, in Tipperary and some of the adjoining counties, an anti-rent move ment going on that must lead to the most deplorable consequences, unless speedily arrested in its progress. The produce of the lands has in many instances been completely swept away in a single night, by large and well-drilled parties, who come in sufficient force to overawe and defeat any opposition that can be offered by the police of the vicinity, while the main body hurry off with their plunder to the haggards of some sympathising neighbour, from whence it may subse quently be borne to market. A detached corps will keep the constabulary in check, and distract their attention from the real object of their pursuit, while the baffled and defrauded landlords are not only deprived of their rents, but left respon sible for the large arrears of poor-rates, tithe rent charge, and other taxes payable in respect of the denuded tenements. A similar operation is performed night after night in different localities, so that there are few proprietors who have not been victimised in turn. These atrocious pro- ceedings naturally excite general distrust, so that even the really honest and well disposed tenant is unduly pressed and made answerable for the back slidings of his neighbour. His crops are seized, and legal expenses accumulated before any opportunity is afforded for the legitimate disposal of his produce. Injured and aggrieved by the apparent hardship of the case—although it is merely an act of self preserva tion on the part of the landlord, who cannot discrimi nate between the innocent and well-disposed tenant and the reckless and dishonest conspirator—the man, who would otherwise feel disposed to act fairly, enters into the movement heart and soul, and becomes a willing agent in the agrarian outrages that dis grace his district. This system, so disastrous to all concerned, so con trary to public policy, and subversive of the best interests of the nation, can only be checked by a judicious alteration in the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, by giving the occupying tenant full com pensation for his outlay in all unexhausted improve ments of a permanent and lasting character; in fact, by extending the custom of " tenant-right" to the entire kingdom, and giving it the force of law. Even in the North itself it is essential that the custom should he legalized and rendered compulsory upon the landlords, in place of being a mere voluntary grace on their I)• art Even in the most favoured districts the salu tary custom is subject to daily encroachments by needy and embarrassed landlords that threaten its existence. We have long and zealously advocated this cause, which we believe to be of the most paramount importance to the sister kingdom, and which, if not affording a panacea for all the evils by which she has been so grievously sfflieted through ages of mis. government and oppression, is at least one of the chief remedies by which her maladies may be healed and new vitality restored to her almost paralyzed energies. We rejoice to find that the ques tion is brought prominently for ward by a society established for the purpose of defending the custom of" tenant-right" where it already exists, and of introducing it into districts where it has not hitherto been recognised. Mr. S. M. GEER, the secretary to the Coleraine Tenant Right Association, has published two adini. rable letters on this all-important subject, which have been given to the public through the columns of a respected provincial contemporary, the Coleraine Chronicle, and which discuss the disputed points with the utmost clearness and ability. Four letters have already appeared, and we trust that, when the series is completed, it may be published in a separate form, so that the English and the Irish nations may be made thoroughly 'acquainted with the real merits of the question, in which the best interests of Ireland, and through Ireland, of the United Kingdom, are so deeply concerned. ELECTION OF LORD Meiron.—The election of Lord Mayor for the city of London will take place on Saturday next, being Michaelmas.day. The number of aldermen who have not passed the chair is ten, all of whom will be put to the choice of the livery. Thomas Farncomb, EN., of Giffin's-wharf, Tooley-street, elected alderman of the ward Ba,:sisshaw, in 1841, being the next in rotation, if returned to the Court of Aldermen, will be declared Lord Mayor. The choice rests between him and Aldermen ,Musgrave and Hunter. LORD BROUGHAM.—The Noble and Learned Lord completed his 71st year on Wednesday last, and on the occasion of his natal day, a large party assembled at Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. The Duke and Duchess of Bean ort, and Lady Henrietta Somerset, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Douro, lion. Mr. Fane, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brougham, &c., have been amonng the recent guests at the Hall. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. --The royal mail steam ship Canada, Captain Judkins, departed f rom the Mer sey at two o' c l oc k to-day, for Halifax and New York, with the usual mails for North America, and about 80 passengers. The ho meward mails, & c ., per t h e Cale donia, Captaia Leitch, which would leave Boston on the 12th, and Halifax on the 14th instant, may be expected to arrive here ou Tuesday. THE FRENCH REP ÜBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. It would appear that there is an intrigue on foot to restore to power M. DE FALLOUX, and the parti pretre, and to drive from the Cabinet not only. MM. DUFAURE, PASSEY andlDE TOCQUETILLE, but even M. ODILON BARROT himself, who is considered not sufficiently reactionary for those who would fain bring back the days of the Ministere deplorable of Charles;X., with their infamous laws of sacrilege, their cruel perse cutions of Protestants and Liberals and their odious supremacy of the parti-pretre. The " Council of Bishops and Priests," now holding in Paris, was assembled for the purpose of endeavouring to oust from the Ministry all but the most obscur antist of its members, in order to give to the parti•pretre the monopoly of po litical power. An endeavour has been made to keep the proceedings of this Council a profound se cret, and it has been so far successful that as yet no regular report of their sayings and doings has been published. A letter, which appears in the Semaine of Saturday, gives us, however, an inkling of the objects of this Synodal Council. " The only question," says the writer of this letter, " which is seriously consi dered in Council, is how we may best turn to profit the presence in the Cabinet of that dear son of the Church, M. DE FALLOUX ;" and, as one of the means of turning it to profit, he is to be urged to give to the clergy the monopoly of education, so that the priest may have, as he had in the time of CHARLES X., the power of shutting up any school in his parish; that is to say, of depriving Protestants of all school education for their children, unless they choose to send them to the schools conducted by the Jesuits ; and in return the priests will pay the greatest attention to the state of opinion in the various families in their respective parishes, with a view to further the cause of order ; that is to say, they will organise a system of espionage in the bosom of every family, and report the results to their excellent friends in the Ministry. This notable intrigue is already begin ning to bear fruit. The Univers, the organ of the Jesuits, declares with much complacency, that there is a probability , of the Roman question being satisfac torily settled. M. DE FALLous, the state of whose health may be considered as the barometer of the prospects of the parti-pretre, is convalescent. " The third dose of the quinine has quite subdued the fever. The patient passed a very good night." Such was the 1 ulletin issued on FridO, and in the Evenement we find the following significant notifi cation : "M. Mold, it is said, has manifested to his friends his willingness to accept the Presidency of a new Cabinet, if the members of the different moderate portions of the Assemby will enter into an engagement to bring about the dissolution of the present Ministry." The unpopularity of the proposed income-tax of M. Pas Sir among the proprietary . classes has encouraged the parti pretre to make this bold stroke for power. That which they falsely asserted of the Red Republicans in May is true of themselves in September. They are intriguing at Rome against the honour, the dignity, and the interest of France, and they rejoice at every check that their country receives. The following letter from Rome, which appears in the Journal des Debats, will shew the abject state to which the intrigues of the parti-pretre has reduced the influence of France in Rome : " ROME, SEPT. 14. " We are still expecting tho decision of France in reply to the notification of the 23d of August. The boat Gearing it appeared at Civita Vecchia on the 11th, from whence it made its way to Naples, where M. de Cor. cellos still remains. " By the courier of the 12th General Rostolan received a dispatch from the Ministry, which he immediately communicate dto the three Cardinal Commissioners. It is said that this dispatch was relative to the official pub lication of the President's letter, which has not yet taken place. lam forced to confess that the publicity given to it by the Piedmontese and Florentine journals, and the agitations that it has caused amongst a certain party, induce the fear lest its tendency should be to adjourn a friendly solution. Justice requires me, however, to ad mit that a rupture seems to me fatally necessary, seeing the extreme point to which the daily relations between the French authorities and the Government of Rome have come. Nay, more; some of the moat influential members of the Pontifical Administration seem to act according to a pre-arranged system; and Mon signor Savelli is mentioned as one of those who is engaged in that path. Monsignor Savelli, Minister of the Interior, is a Corsican, and he perhaps desires to show his new nationality by embar rassing his own country. Be that as it may, since his assumption of power his acts, his words, and his ten dencies have been hostile to us; and this is the more extraordinary, as the Government Commissioners suffer, without approving of it in iota, the oh iraio conduct of the Minister. Is it possible that he is more than any one else the personification of the ideas of Gaeta and Portia? This is not impossible. The error of our expedition has been to count on a moderate party which never existed, and which is not now in existence; which we shall never succeed in cr ea ti n g, whatever efforts we may make. The population of the Reiman States is divided into two well-defined factions—the red and the black. No doubt there are shades between; a little red in the black here, and a little black in the red there. But the intermediate party does not exist: there are but two figs, on one of which is written Destroy all,' on the other Re establish all.' France seeks to unite them. The task seems to me a difficult one. Let us hope that it will succeed. Sympathy and cordiality between our officers and the Roman youth are making progress, though slowly. There have been, indeed, some scenes in coffee-houses and theatres which may be regretted, and which elsewhere might have led to conflicts much to be regretted. But thanks to the measures taken by the General-in- Chief, all that was done there was to shut up the theatres for three nights. M. de Corcelles will, it is said, arrive here to morrow. Ilis_presence, whilst it gives more unity to the action of France, will perhaps enable us to get out of the endless lane into which we had entered. The personal esteem in which he is held by the Pope is of a nature to facilitate his relations with the papal agents here. It is said that, fur reasons of health, General Rostolan solicits his recall. If our Mi nistry grant his request, Rome will regret this general whose rectitude of mind and energy all here have had an opportunity of admiring for some time past. The Tkioniteur publishes a notice of the reduction of interest on Treasury Bills, to commence from Saturday, to 4 per cent. on bills of from three to five months ; 5 per cent. on bills from six to eleven months ; 6 per cent. for bills of a year's date. The effect of this will be to turn the attention of specu lators more to stock, and so give elasticity to the Funds. The Moniteur also publishes returns of the exports and imports of the last eight months, as compared with the corresponding periods of the years 1847 and 1848, from which it is evident that trade is steadily improving. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, SBPT. 22. East Indian, 33—Great Indian Peninsula, s%—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3la ex div. —Tours and Nantes, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Their contents are not of importance. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 18. —The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, on the 18th instant, at 28 cash; the Five per Cents. at llf paper; Coupons, 7 cash. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The conferences for the settlement of the affairs of Hungary commenced on the 18th, under the Presi dency of the EMPEROR: RADETSKY, JELLACHICII, VON llEss and Baron GEKSINGOR were present. HAY NAU was prevented from attending by indisposition. The Slovacks have petitioned to have their country erected into a separate crown-land, independent of Hungary, The Russian and Austrian forces are assembling at Raab, for the seige of Comorn. On the 14th the garrison of Comorn made a successful sally, in which they captured an immense number of scaling ladders, and other materiel of the besieging army. The Imperialists were very roughly handled, and great numbers of wounded arrived at Vienna on the 15th. A frightful hurricane burst over Pesth on the 13th, accompanied by hail and lightening. 200,000 panes of glass were broken, the cattle grazing in the neigh bouring fields were killed, and all the vineyards round about Pesth and Buda utterly destroyed. The German Gazette contains a letter from Turna Severin, of Aug. 2, stating that Generals BEM, GUYON, and STEEN, arrived there with 25 officers, 1,500 men (infantry), and 1,800 cavalry, and had sought the protection of the Turkish troops stationed here. They had been sent to Widdin. It is not said what is to become of the soldiers. The Austrian Correspondence gives the following as the leading points of the letter said to have been addressed by Prince CZARTORYSKI to General DEM. BI SKI on the subject of Hungary and Poland : — "Paris, June 5, 1849. "Honoured General,—l believe that Poland, which has been oppressed by so many losses, and enchained by so many mishaps, must be left in the rear as long as possible. May the Poles fight under the banners of the ilfsgytas, but the kingdom of Poland itself should be kept in reserve for the dealing out of the last blocs, and not utterly ruin herself by partial and i!l-prepared in• surrections. We know that even in Russia the germs exist of discontent and convulsion. These would be de stroyed, were the Poles to rise before the proper mo ment. They have now merely the Hungarian war in prosp :ct. It is necessary that the requisite time shoultl be allowed to them for forming their own con. clusiot 4 Warlike expeditions to Lithuania and into the Ukraine must be expedited, before we can th ink of insurrection in the kingdom itself, and the rest of the country. The Reusses of Cra cow auto Gallicia also should not rise before the regu- MONDAY r.Yrriciwa, grrTrmririt in4o PRUSSIA. Several communications on the subject of the Prussian in'ervention in Baden have taken place be tween the Prussian and Austrian Governments. On the 13th July the Count VON BRANDENBURGH sent the following instructions to Count VON BERNSTOFF, the Prussian Minister at Vienna : " The report of your Excellency, of the Bth and 10th inst., have safely reached me. " Your Excellency, for instance, mentions the excited feeling created in the mind of the Austrian Ministerial President, Prirce Schwarzenberg, by the intelligence, that H. R. H. the Prince of Russia had protested against the auxiliary aid o f Austrian troops in Baden for the protection of the Wurtemberg frontier. " This not a just mode of viewing it, and I doubt not but that Prince Schwarzenberg, on being better informed, will see that nothing was designed to wound or offend the Imperial Austrian Gc vernmeat. " In order to give your Excellency complete informa tion of the facts, I transmit to you herewith the copies of a letter from Prince von Wittgenstein of the 2d instant, and of the answer from his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia on the 3d inst. " The motives for declining the proposition made by the Prince von Wittgenstein are already explained in the last. " They are based on the adequacy of the troops pre sent in the Grand Duchy of Baden to fulfil their task, and on the position assumed by the King's Government towards the existing provisional central power. " It needs, therefore, only to be taken into considera tion, that the proffer of auxiliary aid could only be con sidered as tendered, not by the Imperial Government, but by the Ministry in Frankfort. The protest—in so far as the declining of a material, but not necessary co operation, can be called a protest —was not directed against Austria, but against the Ministry of the provi sional central power. That a proffer of co-operation made by the latter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia could not be accepted, necessarily results from the position so assumed, and as Prince Schwarzenberg will assuredly himself admit. " The King's Government did not enter the Grand Duchy of Baden at the request of the Central Power, but at that of the Grand Duke himself. This was the ground which the commander of the King's troops could not surrender to Prince Wittgenstein. Practically, not the slightest necessity prevailed for summoning a greater number of troops than what was already disposable there. The complete pacification of Baden, as well as the protection of the Wurtemberg frontiers, could be adequately effected by force at the disposal of his Royal Highness; neither from Baden nor Wurtemberg was any doubt raised, or a wish expressed for an additional auxiliary force. " The Prince of Prussia could hence do nothing else save decline in his answer the attempt on the part of Prince Wittgenstein to mix himself up in an affair which we could necessarily only regard as a question purely between o urse l ves an d the Government of the Grand Duke of Baden." Prince SCHWARZENBERG'S instructions to Baron PROKESCH in Berlin, dated Vienna, July 22, 1849, ran as follows : "In the in c l ose d copy o f a di s p a t c h t o C oun t Bern storff, of th e la t h i nst., the Prussian Government ex ' presses the wish to explain the motives to us which in • duced the Prince of Prussia to decline the offer made to him on the part of the Ministry of the empire, relative to the co-operation of an Austrian corps for putting down the Baden insurrection. " The proffer of the :co operation of our troops pro. ceeded from the Provisional Central Power, under whose disposal we had placed these troops. Consequently the declining of that offer does not affect us, and we could consistently recognise therein neither a protest issued against Austria nor any other unfriendly design. " The Baden Oberland (highlands) up to the 11th in stant, when the Prussian troops entered Lorrach and the vanguard of the Imperial troops Constance, were ex posed to hardships by so much the more aggravated, inasmuch as the inhabitants had testified their devotion to the just cause; the leaders of the insurrection have nearly all of them escaped the arm of justice, and have found a refuge on the Swiss soil, where they are preparing new misfortunes for the German Fatherland, about to dis seminate by so doing new seeds of discord between Ger many and the Swiss Confederation. "How serious the dangers are which threaten us all from that quarter, the Prussian' Government has,itself already recognised, for it has invited us through the medium of Count Bernstortf to forestall such danger by energetic steps against Switzniznd. The President of Ministers, Count von Brandenburg, judged it even ex pedient to express the ardent 'a ish to your Excellency that we should fcrthwith take military occupation of the Swiss frontiers. " This evil might have been obviated, if our well equipped and disciplined army carp; had entered on the 3d instant the Grand Duchy, occupied the Swiss frontier, and cut off the enemy's retreat. "if we are compelled to lament from these grounds alone, that the essential advantages have escaped us, which so well combined a plan of operations would in fallibly have . presented, we can also lament besides, that at the same time this so fa voura bl e an opportunity was neg lected of proving to foreig n countr i es, as well as the i revo lutionary party n Germany, th a t P russ i a and Aus tria, in spite of their d i fference o f v i ews still existing as to questions on certa in principles, were nevertholess in perfect accord when it is requisite to act against the common enemy. " This opportunity would have been most welcome to us, since we are convinced that the moral impression of that unity of the two po wers, as evinced by such joint operations, would necess ar il y b e of importance and of great effect for the good cause. " The ministry of the empire, acting - from powers en trusted to it by the Vicar of the Empire, most assuredly contemplated only the good cause, without coupling with it other intentions or objects. " We are by so much the more justified in this assump tion, since the acceptance of this offer by Prussia would not in the slightest degree have deranged its position with regard to the central power. " On the breaking out of the insurrection in Baden, the Grand Duke applied, first of all, to the provisional central power for assistance. In order to afford it to him, the Imperial army corps at that time concentrated in and around Frankfort-on-the -Maine immediately took the field, for the Arch -Duke Vicar of the Empire, at the urgent request of the King of Prussia, Entrusted the chief command of it to a Prussian officer, Lieutenant-General von Peucker. " This Imperial army corps it was that first prevented the revolutionary bands from trespassing beyond the confines of Baden; and thus it rendered a great service to the rest of Germany, when, hereupon, the appearance of the Russian columns on the field enabled the Imperial troops to assume the offensive. HOLLAND. Triu HAGUE, SEPT. 21.—1 n the sitting of the First Chamber of the States General this day, the PRESIDENT said the commission appointed to draw up the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, bad sent it in, together with the observations of the committee. The Address was then read and adopted unanimously, with two amendments. In the sitting of the Second Chamber, on the 21st, M. VON G OBERLEIN accepted the pres id ency o f t h e Chamber, t o w hi c h h e h a d b een nom i nate d b y th e KING, and deli vere d an appropr i a t e speec h on th e oc casion.—Staats C ourant, Sep t. 22. The Nieu we Rotterdamsche Courant of Sept. 22 says —" W e l earn that among o th er con f erences which took place yesterday, there was one between M. DIRK DONKER CURTIUS and M. J. B. THORN "KE, and L. D. STORM, and also between M. D. DIRK DONK ER C URTIU S and N. F. A. VAN HALL. it is said th at these con f erences re l a t e t o th e constitu tion of the, new Cabinet: According to reports, N. J. B. REMPEER h a s declined entering into the new Ministerial combination, and that M. J. F. THORNDEKE has been charged with the formation of the new Cabinet. Frequent conferences had lately been held at th e countr y se at of the Minister f o r Fereign Affairs, between that Minister and the French Ambassador to the C . ourt of the Netherlands." The exact cause of the Cabinet's resignation is not yet known, but it is believed to be connected with the recent election of the President and Vice-Presi dents of the Second Chamber from among the ranks of the Opposition. The present financial embar rassment may, however, have operated to produce this resolution on the part of his MAJESTY'S late advisers. The election of M. VAN GOLSTEN as President of the Second Chamber has receivEd the Royal confir mation. The Prin cess F REDERICK o f t h e N et h er l an d s h as taken h er d eparture for Berlin with her two daughters. DEDEL, th e N e therlands Ambassador at Hanover,of hi s M a j esty ERNEST AUGUSTUS, who conferred has plac e d hi s l e tters of recal in the hands upon him on this occasion the cross of the Guelphic order. Chevalier CoormAN, the Danish Charge d'Affaires to the Netherlands Court, had the honour to receive from his MAJESTY, in a private audience the day before yesterday, the order of the Elephant. Fifty-three fishing boats are being equipped this year in the port of Scheveningen; five of them have already put to sea. A MSTERDAM, SEPT. 21.—An alarming fire broke out here l ast n i g h t, at h a lf- past s i x, at a sugar refiner's, and in half an hour the flames gained such ar ascendancy that there was no possibility of Win- ar Hur,garian tronps enter there, at their own good time, and not prematurely. The most vigorous rising against Russia however, because this is least of all conjectured, would be an expedition into the Caucasus. Polish ofilers have been sont in numbers to the Cauca sus. There an understanding must be come to v.ith them and the Cossacks. The funds can alone be fur wished by the Magyars. YOU have thought of that already, General, and show, that they will pay to your signature some tens of millions. The w hole difficulty consists in the manner of getting these funds converted into ready money. It appears that Hungarian paper circulates only on the spot and in Vienna. Could not some millions be sent here by way of experiment? I would try and get them cashed in England, or get, up a loan on them. I adjoin a special note respecting the concessions, that must inevitably be made to the Slaves, if they are to join the Magyars. I must mention to you tbat the Croatians have sent to me, and declared their wish to separate from Austria, but that 25,000 carbines must be sent to Ancona for them. They thought that France would furnish these, but which could net even be spoken of here. This is so important a subject, that it would be worth while laying out the Hungarian money ou them. You can send them the arms by Fiume. " CziRTORYSKI." guishipg them ; 24 fire-engines were speedily on the splt, and the most prompt e.nd praiseworthy assistance was rendered by the soldiers. Happily the wind, which was very high and strong at the commence ment, changed, and thus the opposite houses, which were ready to ignite, had time to cool, while the inhabitant s of those i n the oppeite direction had had sufficient time to make effective arrangements. About eleven o'clock the fire was got under. The property that was thus destroyed was insured for 20,000 florins.—Amsterdamsche Courant, Sept. 22. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22—The Prince of CALLIMACHI, the Turkish Ambassador to the French Government, who is to be accredited to the Belgian Government, is expected here next week. He is now at Paris awaiting the arrival of his credentials. EGYPT. The Sharkee arrived at Alexandria on the 23d August. ItionAmmEn BEY, her commander, has been superseded by the PACITA, on account of the enormous sums he expended upon her outfit in England. %iuNLY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Titre was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool on S,-Itticelay, and the sales were estimated at about 5,000 bales, including 4,000 American, 150 Pernam and Maranham at sed. to 61d., and 300 Surat at , ttl. to 4' 1. per lb. The market closed eteadily at former price 2.— The market for Railway Shates was better at a con siderable advance in prices. In Mark-lane to-day there is a steady trade, and prices are fairly supported in every instance. The steamer from the West Indies brings advices which in some respects may be favourably interpreted. In Jamaica the attention of the planters and others was more than ever directed to the cultivation of staples, which will pay better than sugar, and are now obtained almost exclusively from foreign parts. There are complaints made that the Europeans are too aristocratic i❑ their notions, and too little inclined to work themselves, or to instruct others in new branches of ugricultnre. Sugar and coffee have hitherto engaged their almost undivided at tention. Even the ercoles had been taught that it was disgraceful to labour. The weather had been very dry and sultry, and agriculture had suffered in consequence, but before the packet left fair rains had fallen, which, if they continued, would be productive of much good. The people of Trinidad were being stimulated by Lord Harris to the improvement of their estates. His Excellency had offered premiums for the best essay upon the mineral and vegetable capabilities of the island. The inhabitants expected to obtain, more than any of the other colonies, an advan tage form the alteration in the navigation-laws, being well situated fur trade with the Spanish Main, and ex• pect a vast increase in the commerce carried on with the • adjacent continent The colony of Demerara was still unsettled by the disputes between a portion of the Combined Court and the Governor as to the estimates, &c. A Bill bad been intrroduced into the Legislature to enable the Demerara Railway to borrow 50,0001., and there was a project for a joint stock company, which was intended to introduce the ❑ew system of culti.• vation, with drainage, &c., by means of cattle and machinery. Several of the colonies had petitioned for the more energetic suppression of the slave-trade, and had re ceived favourable replies from the home Government, and an intimation that the recognised independent State, Libetia, would assist materially in suppressing slavery along an extensive coast. The Hamburgh mail of Friday last brings the rate of exchange on London at 13 being higher again, and with bills in request. Stocks were firth, but shares gene rally lower. The report of the Leipsic fair to the 18th inst. is exceedingly favourable. The business for the eastern trade had almost been concluded, and for years there had not been such a large attendance of buyers from Moldavia and Wallachia. A great deal had been done in German silks and English textile goods generally. The Poles were extensive purchasers; and altogether it was long since such extensive sales had been effected, or such full prices realised. We learn from Vienna that bargains had been made on the new loan, deliverable a month after the issue of the scrip, at 85k. The Stock Market is extremely quiet, but there is the same firm tone as was perceptible on Saturday, and the advance then realised is fully maintained in expectation of some demand for re-investment upon the opening of the Transfer-books. Consols have been 92i- to 92i for Transfer, and 92k to 93 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 355. to 38s. premium, being about Is. lower. India Bonds have realised 74; Consols now are about 92i to 9'24 for Money, and 924 to 92j for Account. The Foreign Securities have been rather fluctuating, principally as regards Mexican, which have alternated from 27i to 274. The remittance of over 90,000 dollars received for the dividends is another earnest of good in tention; and whether the recent proposals of Mr. Ro bertson arc agreed to or not will be of little importance, provided the money comes. It is said that Messrs. Schneider have had part of the money forwarded to them in order to complete the payment of the dividend which they had commenced. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 29 to 29k, Brazilian small, 864; and Buenos Ayres, 481. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 171 t. Belgian Four-and•a-Half per Cents. have been film at 88i. The Railway Share market has been decidedly higher this morning for both the old and new lines, with more doing. The Aberdeen Company's arrangement with the Scottish Midland will yield, it is said, a profit of 5,000/. to 6,000/. per annum to the former. It is ascertained beyond a doubt that the Bearing in shares is very exten sive, and the outside speculators have quite as much to do with it as people in the house. 0 s;E o . oeLc K. oLrsu G •,I, rs (1 , - RITISH 9 inu)s FRICES. 3:per Cent. Consols Annuibes 927g % 92 3 / 4 Lmg Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 yearn, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 8 India Bonds, 1,0001 ...... .. 74 p Ccnsols for Account .. .. ..... ...... 93 92% Exchequer Bills. I;4d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 35 38 p 5001. June 3B p PRICES OF FOREIGN FITND3. cYNE O'CLOCK. CLOSII 0 PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 8 6 3 /4 £6 3 / 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per C en t. 48 3 / 4 43 3 / 4 Ellexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons.— Ditto, Ex Coupons ..... 27 3 / 4 27 3 / 4 Ditto, Account 2 7 1 /2 %% 27% Ditto, Small 2 7 3 /4 27 3 / 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 4 per Cont. Active Ditto Deferred — Portuguese 5 per Cents — Ditto 5 per Cent , Converted 28 1 4 28 1 / 4 Ditto,4 per Cent 29 1 ,i 29 29 1 4 Ditto, Account... ..... . ..... panish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange —2.5 f. 50c. Beligan,4 l / per Cent.... ..... .....• 88 1 A 88 1 4 Butch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild... 51% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 85 PRICES OF , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY' SEIARES. PAID BUSINESS AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Do. Preference 'Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71,4 — Belfast & County Down 26 1 / 2 ...... .... Berks & slants Extens. (GOVest. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford J unet., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 . ... Bir,ning, Wolverh'ton, and Dmlley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds i':ueltiughainshire ...... 17 1 / 2 l6 ... .... ...... 16 Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 ...... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... ... Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarench Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ..„.. Dundalk & Enniskillen 271,4 gag Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ...... Do., 3/. 10s., Pref.,. 3% j.... Eastern Counties........ 20 ..... 7 %3‘, x.d 7% x.d Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... 1 4 p ......... ... Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 1 / 2 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22%..... 2 1 / 2 . Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... .. East Lancashire 25 — - P Ditto, New ... 25 ...... ......... ..•••• Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — .. 9is 11 1 / .. P 2% Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 64 — East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... .. Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. 13 ••• Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport l5 .• ... .., Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Gla...gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern _ Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 h...... Do., 1 ,2 B 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,2 4 l /2 ........ b .. . . Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 7 1 / 2 ;rest South. and West. 54 % .. ......... .'' (Ireland) ... 4 7 14 29 •••••• ..... •••• ~,,2 „ 9 , Great North of England.loo 209 ... • ........... `l' Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New ,15/... ...... 100 ..»•• 59 60 Great Western gS . .. ..... — l2 l / 2 ::: .. .. ... .... ... .. :: 20 Ditto,Dii)iDitto, t o o t ll 4 / , i i f t Shares h 3. ar . . es .. . ... —.. : ... ... .. HullandDitto,New Selby 171..... .... ...... 5 15 0 ......7% ... . . . ... ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares... 12,4 — •....• ...... ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds - ....... ••• Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. Si 8... 96 ...... Ditto, ditto , Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares ...... 46 ... .. _ Do. Quarters ... 22.1,, 4 — x d Do. Fifths... ... 10 3% 4% x.d•• •• 4% x.d Do. Thirds ....... ...... . 15 ' Do. New Guaranteed ••• --- 121/ s 11:54 7:7/8 6 per Cent........... 10 Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 Ditto cHuldersfield and Sfieff.) ....... .. .. 50 •• •• Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .. x.d.... D o . (Preston & Wyre) 25 p9 ,1 / 2 Shares(4)... 10 ITALY. " Therefore you must— " Draw the inference for yourselves, and if you will not remedy the present state of affairs, at least permit us to do it. "Down with the Government of the priests." THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EVENING. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Trent, Captain W. Clarke, arrived here at five o'clock this evening, with the usual West Indian and Mexican mails. She brings on freight 90,712 dollars for account of the Mexican bondholders, and 1,152,862 dollars on mer chants' account, and the usual cargo. Our Jamaica advices by this arrival are to the 22d ult. The general elections were progressing. Up to the time of the packet's departure thirty-five members had been returned, of whom twenty-three were advocates of retrenchment ; and there was no doubt the final result would show a considerable majority in favour of the popular cause. Two new daily papers had been started in Kingston, advocating retrenchment principles. The weather bad become rather more agreeable, and some fine showers had fallen. The crops promised fair for 1850. The island was rather unhealthy, and some deaths by dysentery and yellow fever are reported. The commercial intelligence is again generally un favourable. Business in all departments was very dull. Sugar was quoted 19s. to 225. per 100 lb. Rum was also in active demand. We learn from Demerara that :the Tax Ordinance for 1847.48, which expired on the 30th of September last, had been revived by the Combined Court for three months from the Bth of August, imposing the old scale of duties fur that period. The effect of this measure was to throw the market into a state of confusion, and an advance in some description of articles resulted._ The weather was more favourable, and produce was expected to become more plentiful. Our accounts from Barbadoes are to the 25th of August. Agricultural affairs were in a highly gra tifying condition. The sugar crop for 1849 was finished and exported, and fine rains having pre vailed during the past two months, an excellent yield was expected in 1850. The brig Lilly, from Newport, laden with coals, was wrecked on the 19:h ultimo, on the rocks in Long-bay. Trade was rather depressed, and transactions were chiefly for home consumption. In Antigua the weather was very dry, and in some parts of the island the distress for want of water was very great. Agricultural prospects were in conse quence of a disheartening nature. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. 22, 1849. REMOVAL OF TIIE COURT TO OSBORNE 110 USE— . Majesty, Prince lbert, and suite are ex pected to arrive at Osborne on Friday. The stay of the Court in the Isle of Wight was originally in tended only to be fa a wEek or ten days, but in con sequence of the appearance of the cholera at Windsor, the Royal Family, it is now expected, will remain here some weeks, probably till nearly the middle of November. SAILING MATCH FOR 200 GUINEAS.—UN FORTUNATE ACCIDENT. About half-past eleven o'clock this morning (Sa turday) the two yachts Tartar and Drift were started from off Cowes Castle, with a fresh breeze from the eastward, so fresh indeed that all thought that there was no chance for the little Tartar; but she showed the knowing ones how easily even they are to be deceived, for in beating up to the Nab she weathered the big 'un, and but for standing too far in would have continued ahead, but on rounding the light vessel she was 3i minutes astern. In running for the Noman she gained a minute on the other yacht, though the large one had her gaff topsail set : in attempting to set the Tartar's, the topsail yard got foul of back stay, and one of the hands attempting to clear it, fell from the masthead on to the deck. He pitched on his shoulder and side—a most terrible crash—breaking his ribs, &c. The yacht immediately bore up and ran into Portsmouth harbour. The unfortunate man is still living, but senseless : so great was the fall that the deck was splintered. His name is said to be Munday. SEPT. 23. SUICIDE.--A lad by the name of Godsell was taken up this morning and placed in the station-house for stealing a coat. On the policeman going to the cell this afternoon he found him dead. He had hung himself with his braces. He was an old offender. TIIE PUBLIC HEALTLI ACT....-Many who would gladly avail themselves of the benefits derivable under this Act are deterred by their fears of the probable expense of obtaining and working it. It, therefore, cannot be too generally known that the having a superintendent inspector dow n , if the Act, after in quiry, be not adopted, would be no expense to them whatever, as no charge would be made to the place ; if it were adopted, the expense chargeable would be the time of the superintendent inspector, an engineer, at the rate of S guineas per day, and of the report— probably from 401. to 501., or perhaps 801., while a bungling local Act would cost 8001., - without any examination, engineering, plan, or report, and from which not one-half of the benefits could be derived. The usual estimate, the maximum estimate, for com plete drainage, including the abolition of cesspooli, and the substitution of a soil.pan apparatus, is about 51. per house, payable by a rate of about 6s. per annum, or a little more than a penny per week, which is 'cheaper than the emptying and cleaning the cess pools. When better known, we have no doubt but this Act will be generally adopted ; by it the inha bitants of towns may obtain a better and cheaper supply of water than by any other means. Mono polists naturally oppose its introduction. THE SOUTH-WESTERN (WINDSOR) RAILWAY...-. By a recent arrangement the system which was adopted on the first opening of the Windsor extension of the Richmond Railway for such of the trains as were not to proceed to Datchet, has been abandoned, and the whole of the trains from Waterloo on the Richmond and Windsor line prcceed beyond Richmond, such of the trains as do not prcceed to Datchet making Twickenham the terminus, where an extensive depot is being formed for the reception of the trains on their arrival at that pace. In consequence of this alteration in the arrange ments Richmond is now only a station, although the mcst important one on the line, and the branch rail which led off the main line into the Richmond terminus, as well as the original terminus itself, has ceased to be of present public service. The new station at Richmond on the main line is handsome, includes every requisite for the con ven i ence an d comfort of the i public, and is n every way in accordance with the im portance of the place. COLLECTION FOR SUFFERERS BY THE CHOLERA.- The collectioi s in the Scotch National Church, Crown court, yesterday, after the solemn services of the day, amounted to nearly 100/, which Dr. Cumming all nouncrd Rai to be divided among the medical praca cioners in the congregation fo r di str i bution at t h eir dis cretion among families known to them who have suffered by the endemic._ INCENDIARY FIRES IN FRANCE.—A letter from Montargis states that incendiary fires are becoming of alarming frequency in the department of Loiret. On Saturday lust two farmhouses at Artcnay, with their offices and a vast quantity of agricultural produce, were totally consumed. Assistance was afforded by tho troops in the neighbourhood. On the same day a farm-house was burnt at Oison, and property to the, amount of up wards of 20,000 fpncs totally =mined. The following placard was extensively posted at Rome two nights after the publication of the letter of the French PRESIDENT to Colonel NET :---- " We have read the letters of the President to Colonel Ney; it is vet) , good; it is excellent. But now for the facts! "Do you aid, yes or no, in the re-establishment of the Holy Inquisition? " Do you aid, yes or no, in the re-establishment of the tribunals of the Vicariate of the Sacred Consulta, and of other exceptional tribunals? "Do you aid, yes or no, in the institution of a Com mission to make a judicial inquiry into the religious and political opinions of every citizen? " Do you aid, yes or no, a Government formed by priests, tor the exclusive benefit of priests, and which is opposed to every idea of progress, of liberty, and of civi lization? "Do you, yes or no, afford active assistance to a Gregorian police, to a commission of Cardinals, among whom is one who is a personal enemy to Pius IX. and to his family, whom he prosecuted at the time that he was Bishop of Pesaro? " The letter of the President is very good, but the facts are very bad; therefore your flag is draggled in the mud. ... . - - - - -- --- es!l Leeds and Bradfo r d 50 .... Le ds and Tl.irsk ...... 50 1)o.. Pref er ., 6 p er Ct. 5 - ...... .. Dc , ., Pref. (?nor., 1818 9 . - Liverpool, Crosby and •-• Sotalno*t. . lO - .... ' ondon & Llackwall...ll/. Cs. 3d... - London, Bright" and 71 1 i South Coast.- __ilk . ) Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 f.er Cent..... 100 - ....- Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... - ...- Do. Prefer. 5 per ce n t. 50 - ..... Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 ..... - ..- London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... - ... ...... • ••• ...- Ditto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. NVetern 100 ....114 115% 113 12%i Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 - 89i Ditto,Fift'rri Do. 40/.Shares(L.m.) 15 - . .............. 24 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., 2:3 : 1... ...... ••••• 33'* Lon,l. & S Western ..... 50 .. ..„, Ditto, New 50/. ...... 42 1 ,i - 1)o. New 401 ... 34 --- ..... .. ........ Do., New Scrip, 184 i, PI ef. 7 per Cent. ... 5 - ........... Lon l , -y oniie&Ccluraine 25 - ... ....... ......... Dc'. 1 ,,' Shares • •• 3 iii --• ........ .. ..... n dor, ft erry and Ennis killi•r‘ 25 »....-. ... ........... Do. i i .', Shares 5 ...... -- Lowestoft' guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 13 -• ~.,..,••.•• ••• Al anent:l4c r.Buxton,and Mat10ck...... Winchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 . - .... ........... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - ,........• ,........• D 0 . 14 Shares (No. 3) 12% - Do. / New 10/. Pref..... 10 ...... - ............... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 - ,„„...• ...... Ditto ditto . ...-... 19 - .......••••••" Ditto ditto ... 1 1 7% - ,••••••• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2 0;2. ... - ..... .. ........ Do., Grimsby D oc k 25 --- ... ............ Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union. -.41. 2s -- ........... ••. Nlidlan,iA... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - ........... DJ., do., 50/. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., andberby:loo - ex. div ...... Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et... 100 126 ... ............ Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 - .......... ... Ditto ditt0;.......... 22!. 7s.f - . .......... Do.,ErewJshVal.,Pref. 50 - .......... ..... Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar. WO - ............. Midland Great We s t ern Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. /mar. 50 ...... - ....... .. ...... Newcastle anandCarhsle.loo - .............. Do. Quarte rs --- - .. .......... .. Newmarket Do. Extension - ........... : ... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• '. .............. Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ........ .. ..... N ewry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O - .....••••• Norfolk .... ........ -.100 - ex. div.... •• 1)o. New 201. - ............... Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 - .............. Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,i 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney 'Val. 2 - .. Northern Counties Union 4 ...... - ........ ••••• North British ........ ... 25 .... , - .........•... Ditto, Halves .. ..... 12% - ........... .... Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. Ditto Preference 3% 34... ........ - North Staffordshire ... 17% lO%l/4% 10 .. North Wales . ... 3% -. • .............. North-Western .... - ... 111 _ %. .... Oxird, Worcester, and Wolverhampton .....- 60 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ....... . ••..• Royston and Hitehin -- --- - "-- , scottish Central - ••• —, ... ........ .... Scottish Midland - . ....'''.. ..•,... 22 1 / 2. --- " Ditto, New .. ..... Shrewsbury and Pirtn ll ...... .. .. Ditto ditto. Class B 7 Ditto, New Guar an t ee d 8 Shrewsbury and Jl ere fd. 4 .. ..... ........... Shrewsbury Zit Chester • ' (Nor. W. Min.) lB .... . .. ••• ••'•" .. Ditto Halves ... ditt o 9 Ditto Oswebtry ...... 181/2 — ...................... Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref l Ol .. ... -- '''''''''''''''' '''' '''' :: P2A Shropshire Union '''''' 5 1 / 2 . 2 4 3%....." ..... ...- < uth Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire B l /2 South Easters ... ..... ... 33 1 / 2 Lio., No. 1 IPA 18 3f, ................ 3 1 1 : 1 : 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ..... ~....... 30 DoR ~ egistered No. 4: 10 ..., 6 ... •••••••• • " Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales ... 43 South Yorkshire, Don- .... caster, and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed ..... 5 per cent. ... 14 1 / 2 .............. ..., Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 -• ............... Swans. & Loughor & Ca .... meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• ••• ..... •• • Thames Haven Dock .., and Railway ..... ... 17 1 A — ..-- Pale of isieath ... .. 8 ... Waterford and Kilkenny 20 ~ — ..- ... Waterfurd and Limerick 47 Waterfd, Wxfrd,Wicklw ... aiiii Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. ...- Guaranteed ... .. 5O ...... .... .00 Do. do. do. ... 25 ..... Do. do. do. ... 15 West Cornwall ...... ... 6 ... - . .............. ~ ,%' hitaaven & Furness 16 - ............... ... . ... _ Vindeor, Staines, and So - ath Atiestern ..... 14 Wilts, Somerset, & ',Vey- .... mouth - ••••.. ... '''' ' York, Newcastle, and 17 3 4. Bei wick. ... ........ ... 25 n t 12 1 ,44: Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 D. G.N.E.Preforence 8 ... 3 L i fi ..•... ••• • " 21 1 / 1 York and North Midland 50 2 l l / 9 3 /4 34 ''''''''' 6 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 B A o n a g i l o o g l n t e a , l a i n a an Ama ti F ee O nis ß toa. E . (l liars and Austrian). ... 5 1 2 G 0 N RAILWAYS 1/4. '''''''''''' ." .•.•• ... 6 6 '''''' Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 - .............. , Demerara ••• 17 1 / 2 - •••.... Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ".. East Indian ...., Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... Do. Do. ... -..- 10s• Louvain it la Sambre ... 7% - ............... Luxembourg Madrid Ditto and Valentia 1 0 27% :: : :. ....... — 11;11: .......................................... 4:54 Nunur and Liege ..... - •• ........ add Northern of France.-- IV. 85... dig ..... '.: ....... 3:1/ a Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ...... VAN ea. 0 . 1 . v 7 '....- Paris and Orleans - •" ........ 21 Paris and Rouen 2O •••••• -- *". ......... 5 5 .......... ..... ••••• Paris and Strasbourg -- .. .. ....N••• Relic: and llavre • Sam;,re and Meuse 2O ••• '• -- ... . .... Strasbourg and Basle - ...... Tours and Nantes ll ...... 243 .............. fournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Llasselt - .............. ....._ \V est Fl an d ers 8 lit ••••• ....... .. . . ... -- UnDiointtoof.A-u-s.t.r.. a : l i i . O . a . lN . T STOCK 0% . K . ' 1 .. ...................... .. ................ .. ..... F 0 • Ditto,New.. 2% • ...... .. ••• Union of L 0n d 0n ........ 10 •••••• 10% ..... ...... , Union of Madrid ...... ... 40 - ..............• AsturianA ngl o -Mexican Miningex ican C 0 m . . . 1201811150 s MINE. ___- .:" ... 1 . 1 ... ........................ ..... B A a u r s o t s r s a a lia l l nge ... . ... 4 •••••• 61 h"* . ... • '''' Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 . . .-- ...... Bolonos Scrip ...... .... -- - ........... British Iron - .... Brazilian Imperial - ............... BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 - .........91 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ow. ............... Y'l LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(TH I S - DA Pir LONDON, SEPT. 24. s Wind this day at noon, -• S. 4 light airs and dull hazy weather. HARWICH, SEPT. 23.—The Trident of Gerci.,n3geirt; United States, from Amsterdam to New York, has P" pr With damage, having been on Cork Sand. The Berg-r, Jarl, Christiana to Dieppe, has been assisted in, wu te logged, &c., having been on Long Sand. oe to WIVENHOE, SEPT. 23.—Tbe Commerce, Kroger _, Havre, got on the Sunk Sand las t ni g ht, filled, and v": abandoned by the crew this morning, who, with passeu gets, are all saved. The Margaret and Emily, S e sion 3 London, a fo n r dpart o e a c is ke sa d ve o d n . the Gunfleet Sand. Crew C HES TER, SEPT. 3 i.—The Oporto and the Dart (tha t) are aground in the River. 23.—Wind23. — Wind m is ate w r r i BELFAST. _ski., Annie, Charleston, South Carolina. LONGHoPE.—Arrd., Naiad, Quebec. COWES, SEPT. Dc O U F F ga S r c t r e L L Y l ! ' — va A nl th ah ens, Pilsburg, Virginia. DEAL, T CLYDE — s A Ep rrd . ., 2 A 3 r . gyle, Campbell, Porto Rico. Sid., Flora Kerr, Bombay; Katandin, New York. Chadwick, Beck man, Ceylon; Lloyds, Pearson, SingaP° r° OFF DOVER.—Avenger, Colby, Rio Grande. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 23.—Wind E.---Arrd. Trani', West Indies. ARRIVED IN THE CHANNEL.—C3rIos Hai ane:o,n,ll°' Have.nnah, for Hamburg. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY*,,,,, Our accounts from the North state t hat nearly Pro whole of ;he outstanding crops have been sec ured. 0° general quality of the new Wheat is represented as treacly tine. The country markets held on Saturdari were a ltr.bly firm for the best Wheat and Oats, aqua prices; but other articles appear to have cominallue,o very little attention. Letters from the continen tare 0% thu effect that good Flour may be bad on board I°lol DS 30s per 2801bs. About 30 , 000 q uarters of Wheat li jo been sold at Dantic at from 405 to 43s per quarter. .; to our market last week the receipts of English Gr.gige: taken collectively, were somewhat on the i„acr u e. ":,t; From abroad we received 20,256 quarters oats;Pueisij 20,594 ditto of Barley; 33,738 ditto of to o f ditto of Rye; 405 ditto of Beans; 2,207 lt . s is Peas; 98 ditto of tares; 9,007 ditto of Liase el l. 26 ditto of Rapeseed; 175 ditto of Mustard Se41;100, ditto of sundry Seeds; and 50 sada; of ants oi Fresh up to our market_this mornin, the le ge ' 71 p 1)23A 38 p 38 P 17 . 0 ' -- $.. 53r;:' d 5 .3 ai4 los 6~ "24 Ili