The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-06 00:00:00

TEL SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1819 strations. When I find among the great landed inte rests of England all classes alive to their own position, and to see the policy which may extricate them from it, I cannot doubt that we shall be successful, and that my country will be not a second-rate republic, but a first rate monarchy.—(Cheers.) I have treated this subject economically, because the opinion of the times is inclined to economy, and because that way of treating it is rather endured by us by our forlorn pos ition in conseq uenc the legislation which we ha ve had in the present day. e of Bat I never can consent t hat this great question of the land of England shall be argued on such narrow and limited considerations. In this age of perfidy and cowardice, I am not ashamed to say that I am prepared to uphold and maintain the c onstitutional preponderance of the land of England. Ido so because I recognise all the institutions which have made our country so eminent as having their root and origin in the land—that imme morial throne which reconciles the majesty of the law with the freedom of the subject—the sacred spires of that patriotic Church that has at all times guarded the popular privileges and formed the national character — the brave front of those high-spirited Parliaments ' that have educated the people of England in a com prehensive and practically enlightened freedom; be cause I recognise in the territorial principle the real and only source of stability in the State; because in the laws, the customs, the manners, the influences, the traditions connected with the land, I see the origin of that noble and indefatigable ambition that pervades all classes of the community —the true aristo cratic principle that has taught every Englishman —by the plough or at the loom—in the gilded saloon or in the ermined senate—that it is his privilege to aspire and his duty to excel. [The Hon. Member resumed his seat amidst prolonged cheering.] GEORGE BROWN, Esq., banker, of Colchester, proposed the next toast, namely, " The Members for the Northern Division of the County," which was drunk amidst enthu siastic applause. Sir JOHN TYRELL returned thanks. Major BERESFORD, M.P., also acknowledged the com pliment. After drinking some other toasts of a local character, he meeting 5eparate,........... there is a surplus in the Exchequer or not, but if a great man in public life tells us what be would do will if he ha lowd one, it equally shows his policy. That you al, with me, to be true. Now, what have you heard your selves of late? Yon have heard one Minister get up and tell you you must repeal the duties on raw material and also the duties on articles that enter into general consumption; another, that we must have recourse to direct taxation ; and another, that we must further reducekthe duties on timber or tea. But you never find any man get up and do that which I think is moat natural, certainly what is most honest, and, as I think I shall show you, what is by far most politic, most advan tageous for the country, and particularly advantageous for the agricultural body; and that is, to reduce the national debt. Every man thinks, when he has got a surplus, that he must take off the ditties on timber, or tea, or some other foreign produce, but he never thinks of dealing with the national debt, which is the debt of the nation, and the interest of which, if it is not reduced, you must continue to pay. In twenty-three years of war you increased that, debt 630 millions; in thirty six years of peace you have reduced the debt only one-eighth. I want to know how that is to end. It must be obvious how it will end. It must be obvious, that if on our present system we can scarcely make the two ends meet—if, the moment we have a surplus, foreign articles are admitted free of duty, which is so much gain to the foreigner—when the moment of difficulty arises, our resources can only be raised by taxing property; and as all other pro perty is in its nature evanescent, that f taxatio land n must u l t i m ately be raised from real property—rom the of England. My opinion is, that we ought to pay our debts before we take off the taxes on foreign imports. — (Immense cheering.) I am sure it would be more honourable, and I think before I conclude I shall be able to show—though I shall not venture to trespass much longer on your attention—that it will be more advan tageous to the peculiar interests of the land—and lam glad that what is of advantage to the nation is also in a peculiar sense advantageous to the land, because it shows that in your case, as in all others, honesty is the best policy.—(Cheers.) My opinion is that there ought to be u sinking fund, and I support the establishment of a sinking fund for three principal reasons. In the first place, if you had such a sinking fund you would put an end to all that tampering with the resources of the nation which has really brought us into our present position. Because, if this matter had been duly known to the people of England, they never would have allowed the corn-laws to be repealed, and we never should have found ourselves in the ter rible position which we have now to encounter. I support a sinking fund, then, in the first place, because I think it will terminate that system of tampering with the resources of the country, and put an end to that organized arrangement of what you may call political economy quackery—(Cheers)—which has brought this state of things about, that with an increasing population and a diminishing taxation you find as much difficulty as ever in meeting those engagements which you have to encounter. I support, therefore—and I hope I shall induce you before I finish to support the same idea; and ultimately I hope I shall be able to in duce the whole of England to support the continued action of a sinking fund, for I cannot doubt that if you once establish it you will have resolution enough to maintain it. I support it, in the second place, be cause it will be the bona fide action of a sink ing fund to reduce the interest on productive capital, and to make capital abundant and cheap for those who require it for the purposes of industry. In the third place, 1 support a sinking fund, because if you adopt it you will force on a reconstruction of the finan ciol resources of the country on a rational and national principle. I am anxious to obtain your adoption of this principle, and of the means by which it is to be carried. In some casual observations which I made elsewhere--which were much misrepresented—l ex pressed an opinion that we might obtain such sinkieg fund through the medium of the land, without the imposition of any new tax, but on cer tain conditions to which I then imperfectly referred — conditions which involved not only that the land should have fiscal justice, but that it should have salu tary and legitimate protection. Bat I shall not quarrel about the means, so that only I can obtain the end. The principle is the thing, not the moans by which we are to obtain it. If eon believe that it is of vital impor tance that this princiPle should be asserted, and practi cally secured—if you believe that it will put a stop to that tampering with the resources of the country which has proved so fatal—if you believe that by it capital will be rendered abundant and cheap—if you believe that its result will be a real diminution of the burdens of the people, then let us see whether we cannot this evening devise some popular, practicable, and just means by which we can obtain it.—(Cheers.) We often hear the argument used—Yes, the principle of a sinking fund is a good one, but how can you get it ? Now, let me tell you this in the first place. There is no man of mark in the House of Commons who will get up and say that this country cannot afford a sinking fund, and a sinking fund composed of millions. Can the Manchester school? Are they not telling us that the expenditure of this country is ten millions a year more than is necessary ? Well, they are not the men who will say that we cannot spare five millions for a sinking fund. Is it the late Government, or the present Government, who supported the late Government's policy, and who have since adopted their measures ? Between the year 1842 and 1846 the Government took off seven millions and a half of taxes, none of which were petitioned against, few were complained of, and many were never heard of.— (Laughter.) Two-thirds of that revenue would give a sinking fund of five millions. My opinion is this—the case is urgent—Parliament ought scarcely to be a week assembled without all England praying for the institu tion of a sinking fund; and my opinion is, that the best and most practical—many as are the suggestions that have been made to me, many as are the means which have occurred to myself—my opinion is, that the best and most practical way of obtaining it is to do that di rectly which the process I formerly indicated would have done indirectly, namely, to lay on ad valorem duty on all articles of foreign import whatever.—(Loud cheers.) That is the weapon, the charmed weapon, with which we shall win the battle. Put that weapon into the hand of any knight you may elect to win your battle, and I stake my political reputation upon it he ca nn o t fail:Look at the ease which will redound to the country generally by this arrangement. What will be the result? There must, if there be a bona fide sinking fund—there must result a gradual but certain, and every year a diminishing, amount of burdens on the country. It will not be the commercial section of the community, or even, per haps, some one commercial house, that will gain the ad vantage of this measure; but every class in the com munity will, by the action of the sinking fund, obtain relief. The next effect it will have is on the price of capital—the interest of money—a subject of great importance to the industrial classes. Now these advan tages you will obtain : you will have capital abundant— you will have every class feeling their' burdens dimi nished. How are you to do it ? Why, by making the foreigner pay a toll on his commodities.— (Cheers.) I have told you the first measure which I thought necessary, though its effecta however certain, will not suffice as a complete remedy for all the evils which you have encountered. I said it was based on justice. No doubt the equalisation of the burdens on real property is founded on justice. But the principle of the second measure which I have menticued is not only just, it is also honest. You see with what great measures sod great principles the great landed interest of the coon try, in all its ramifications, tends to associate, itself. First of all, you ask fur equal taxation; and no one with a feel ing of justice can deny your right to it. And the interests of this great party—for it is a great party, notwithstand ing all that has occurred, and while this country lasts it will ever remain a great party—are thus associated with justice. Sc, with regard to the maintenance of public credit. You do not ask for peculiar advantages, you do nut demand exceptional legisle lion. There is no class legislation in a nation paying its debts. There is no peculiar privilege in paying taxes for other people.— (Great laughter and cheering.) Now, am I right in supposing that the yeomen of Essex will adopt these principles?—(Loud cries of " Yes, yes.") Bat am I right in supposing that the yeonien of Essex mean to act upon them?—(Tremendous cries of " Yes, yes," and laughter.) Because we live in times when cheers round a convivial board will not save the country.—(llear.) In old days we assembled to commemorate the victories we had won and the foes we had bailie& But we meet now in the hour of difficulty and danger; and we meet to no use, unless we can devise some plan which we shall follow up with a confirmed resolution to con quer.— (Loud cheers.) If you resolve to act upon these principles, permit me to tell you, not as a model, for you do not require such an incentive, but rather as an instructive hint, what we have done in the county in which I live. Impressed with the two great principles — first, that taxation should be equalised, and, secondly, that public credi should be maintained—(Loud cheers) —we have formed a society for the relief of real property, feeling convinced that real property never will be re lieved except on the policy of these two principles which I have laid down. I ask you to do the same. From your society petition the House of Commons for equal taxation, to which you are entitled—a justice which no one denies; call upon Parliament to cease tampering with the fiscal fortunes of England which has been too long indulged in—make up your mind to pay your debts —establish the same rule of morality for a nation which exists for individuals—(Cheers)—and the certain and inevitable consequence will be, that you will not only introduce a principle of fiscal morality, which has been too long absent from the counsels of the Legis lature, you will not only make capital abundant to those classes who require it, and who have a right to ask for it—and to no other classes d o I re f er —b u t y ou w ill do mo re than this, you will place your ancient and noble industry i n a just and legitimate position. I have been to ld t h a t th e agricultural interest don't know what they want—that they have no motto upon their banners. Write upon your banners " Justice and Honesty"— an d depend upon it the nation will sympathise with you. It will rally round such profession,, backed by such prac tice as you counsel and recommend. I feel persuaded that if the county of Essex shall act with spirit, and drive heme these two points—if they demand from the Legislature equal taxation, which now, so far as reason and argument are concerned, is a settled question—if they will counsel in an admonitory voice imperial morality, that the first and greatest principle of finance is the di minution of the national burdens, and that the only legi timate mode of doing this is by diminishing the public debt, and that the essiest, the most obsious, the justest course to do that would be that the untaxed foreigner should coatribute his quota—(Cheers)—l am convinced that that is a policy which must govern the country, if in deed the country he worth redemption.—(Loud cheers.) I have known in the course of my life—all of us have— thet truth does not always prevail, because truth is not always supported by power. I have known also, occa sions on which authority has been baffled, because authority is not always established on truth. But a union between truth and power ! Who can doubt the result of such a combination?—(Cheers.) They figure not as moral quantities, but as mathematical demon- THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. lir. B. Webster, %a le Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOn. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. Webster; Charles Courtly, Mr. Howe ; Mar Coolk Meddle, Mr. Buckstone ; Max Harkaway, Mr. Tilbery ; , Mr. Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Dazzle, Mr. James Wel lack ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Grace Harkaway, Miss Jane Mordaunt ; Pert, Mrs. Caulfield. After which the highly successful and laughable Farce, called an ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. On MONDAY, Oct. 8, Mr. MACREADY will make his first ap pearance in London since his return from America, and commence his first series of his Farewell Performances previous to his retire ment from the stage at the end of June next. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and .N. The Box-office will be oxen on Thursday, under the Mrs. direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. • racier the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the popular Drama of MARIE DUCASGE. Principal characters by Messrs. Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, Worrell, and Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Passer, Mr. Boyce; Ernest hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a novelty in the shape of A MOST UNWAB RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright to the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with ANIMAL BL.iGNETISf_... ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ruder the Management of Madame VestriE. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a comic Drama, called THE GARRICK FEVER. After which, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To be followed by the Musical Drama, entitled THE SENTINEL. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress 1_!oxel, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; G.:llery, la. NO alr-rice ti any nart of the house. Applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Al'croft, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATR Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVA.N.TI. To conclude with a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST NIGHT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL ANIPIIITELEATRL. proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. rider the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Mentos Prince Albert, Bc,c. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TEE CIRCLE. by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Pox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. - --- TO CORRESPONDENTS "J. P. 11., Manchester."—We believe that in the East India Company's service the highest of the native commissioned officers are ranked lower than the lowest grade of the European commissioned officers in the same regiments. Our correspondent had better apply, however, for all military information to some profes sional organ. such as the United Service Gazette. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. I nza DAY —Morning, 1$ min. after 4 I EVeliing, 35 min. after 4 o-mOSll.O , il —M. 'liming, 5a min. after 4l Evening, 19 min. after 5 211111 WEATIIKEL—Bou Urines, Our. 6. THEALIOMETER, Lowest, 40; liigheat, 43; 1 4 100 n, 47 BAMONLETEB, 29.81. Wind S.S.E.—dull foggy weather. Ct i tZ dt_t. • ,011 sr, 1.4%f t i! i m p , - E • M. 0 . t DRO . 4 on the stage in propria persona as the hero of a burlesque. Neither the Provisional Government nor General CAVAIGNAC thought it worth their while to notice these attacks, indeed the General himself fre quently attended the theatres, and laughed as hear tily as the rest at the witty malice of the rogues. While the attacks of these gentry w ere exclusively directed :against the Republicans, they were petted, and praised, and hallooed on by the reactionaries, who thought " liberty of the theatres " a very fine thing indeed. At length they were caught in a trap. A piece entitled Rome was produced at the Porte St. Martin, in which General OUDINOT and the POPE, and MAOZINI, and GARI BALDI were introduced. The piece had been written with the intention of making it the vehicle of a demonstration in favour of the parti pretre. The Evenement says :—" The Minister of Public Instruction had placed in his hands the scenario of the piece entitled Rome ; and after having read it he addressed to the Director of the Porte St. Martin the most Illvely congratula tions—they might almost be termed thanks ;" the boxes were well packed by priests and their agents, and they all applauded the POPE and hooted MAR %IN; but the public in the pit and galleries were too powerful for them, and the result was, that notwith standing the efforts of the parti-pretre and the police, ' MAzzINI and GARIBALDI were applauded to the echo and Pio Norio and his priests soundly hissed ; and, now these worthy gentlemen, finding that this pretty plot has failed, call out for the suppression of the piece and the re-establishment of the Censorship. The piece has been suppressed, but be it ever remem bered that M. DE FALLOUT aided and assisted in its production. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE was examined in the Bill Committee on the subject of his motion relative to the amnesty to the family of the Bourbons and the June insurgents. He entered into a lengthened development of his proposition, of which the following is a resume:— " The assimilation between the exiled Bourbons and the insurgents of June does not result from the propo sition, the only object of which is to repair an act of in justice in our code without distinction of parsons. The necessity of proscriptive decrees no longer exists, and the pretenders, once returned to Paris, would be no more than simple citizens. Should the Count de Chambord refuse to return, it would be a death-blow to his future prospects. The Assembly by voting the proposition would give a proof of conciliation, without creating any danger or embarrassment to the Republic." This argumentation was not to the liking of the Committee, which, judging the proposition bad in its form, declined a discussion of its bearing. The Legitimatists, especially, strongly opposed it, declaring that the very existence of a Republic was a proscrip tion against the Count DE ( Republic M. DESJA BERT was appointed reporter of the Commission. M. MOLE has been appointed President and M. BEUGNOT Secretary to the Commission appointed to examine the credits demanded for the Roman expe dition. It was considered in Paris that Russia and Austria would persist in the ultimatum which they had pre sented to the Porte, as it was the wish of the Abso• i lutist Powers to provoke a war with France and England. If such be the case we can assure these crowned woman-floggers that England is per fectly ready to accommodate them, and we have no doubt France is ready also. PARIS BOURSE.—FRIDAY, OCT. 5. The market has been rather heavy to-day, and at the close prices were marked a shade lower ; Threes at 55f. 55c.; and Fives at 88f. sc. Tko market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 55f. 55c.; for account, 55f. 55c. ; Fives, for cash, 88c. ; for account, 88f. 5c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,315 f.; Spanish and Neapolitan not quoted. EAILWAYS.—Shares have been also heavy, but prices are not generally quoted lower. Orleans closed at 730 f.; Rouen, 525 f.; Havre, 250 f.; Avignon, 213 f. 75c. Vier• zon, 290 E; Strasburg and Basis. 101 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 402 f. 50c.; Northern, 427 f. 50c.; Paris and Stras burg, 3481. 75c.; Nantes, 2871'. 50e. BUSINESS DONE ET FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TGE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Our. 5. The only transaction to-clay was—Northern of France, as in morn favoured localities; there is as deep dis tress among the labouring population, even the farmers and holders of land are not in the most flou rishing condition. The complaints of agricultural distress, of the gradual diminution of farming capital, are as loud in Kent as in Hampshire. But still a charge amounting to 400,0001. per annum is levied upon them exclusively, while they are liable to every other tax and impost for which the agricul turists of other counties are responsible, This is neller just nor equitable, politic or expedient. It is in direct contradiction of the fundamental rule that every subject should con tribute to the national expenditure secundurn statum et facultates. It has been truly said, " that no prin ciple can justify the taxation of one portion of the community alone." How, then, can the hop duties be defended, duties that fall upon certain portions of four counties only, while the remainder of the United Kingdom is free from the tax ? The rapid abatement of the cholera is producing very general and very natural satisfaction, but the diminution of the disorder must not produce a cor responding decrease in the vigilance necessary to trace out the causes, and in the resolution required to prevent the recurrence of that fatal epidemic. Public attention must not be suffered to relapse into its former culpable quiescence. A matter that concerns everybody is too often treated as if it concerned nobody, and such has hitherto been the fate of the public health. It is unnecessary again to recapitulate the nauseous and often-enumerated catalogue of nui sances which, in London especially, convert the very elements of life, the air we breathe and the water we drink, into so many channels of poison. It is unne cessary to recapitulate them, but it is necessary to allude to them again and again, as we have hitherto done, until they shall be finally put an end to. It must not be, in this instance, as it has been in too many others, that the removal, and perhaps only the temporary removal, of a dreaded danger, effectually puts a stop to the many contemplated improvements and precautions which the recent cause of alarm seemed especially intended to suggest. If the pesti lence of 1849 be not followed by some very speedy and very comprehensive sanitary reform, a yet heavier calamity will in all probability be the result, and who shall dare to say that it will not (in such a case) be richly merited ? Who that now cavils at precaution, and loudly declaims against the closure of burial grounds and similar necessary enactments, shall venture to say that he himself may not be the first victim of the returning pestilence ? This is the point of view in which the question must be regarded. It is useless to talk to interested men of the duty of caring for their fellow- creatures ; their charity begins at home a n d this is assuredly a most legitimate opportunity for the exercise of that charity. All are equally con cerned, for this is to every man a matter of personal concern. Had the matter been looked on in this light, how uncalled for would have been our reiterated strictures upon the poisoned atmosphere of London ! Long ago every burial•ground would have been shut up, pure water, clean domiciles, and well-drained streets would have been as numerous as are now the wretched receptacles of filth in which the poor of London live and die, less cared for than the beasts of burthen. Complaints have recently been reiterated respecting the unhealthy state of the metropolis, but those complaints have produced no consequences. It was vox et preterea nilal. Must it continue so? Have our graves been heaped with cholera victims in vain ? Will the voices of alternate lamentation and alarm, which have for the last few months re-echoed through out the length and breadth of the land, subside into apathetic satisfaction ? Never was apathy more out of place. A vigorous, an immediate, and a persevering course of energetic action is re quired to remove the Augean impurities of the magnificent metropolis of the commerce of the nineteenth century. Such a course will never be even entered on, and most certainly it will never be satisfactorily carried out, unless public attention re main keenly alive to the dangers by which we are encompassed, and unless public opinion stimulate and encourage the indifferent energies of those to whom i t the guardianship of the public health is consigned. There is a fair opportunity to test that force of public opinion on which we, as a nation, so much pride ourselves. Never was there a cause which had so much claim on the unanimity of every individual of the great community, fir every individual is here personally interested. As, thanks to PROVIDENCE, the violence of the pestilence abates, let our anti pestilence precautions not abate, but rather let us at once co-operate in bringing about that better state of things which shall not only ward off any fresh at tacks of the same enemy, but which shall render the recent calamity a source of future blessing. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. General NARVAIZ has returned to Madrid, and it was said a Cabinet Council would be held, at which the question of the tariff would be considere d. The Bolsa was closed on the 30th. support of two amendments proposed by him, the House adopted, without coming to a division, the first and second passages of the first paragraph proposed by the Committee, that " Freedom of religious profession, the association of religious societies, and the exercise in common of domestic or public re ligious practices is recognised : the enjoyment of the rights of citizenship, or of national citizenship, is independent of religious profession." The House then went to a division upon the last words of the same paragraph, " and in the participation in any religious society whatever," which was rejected by 104 to 9. Professor WALTER and eight other Catholics voted in favour of the words being retained, as the rejection tends to open the door to the exclu sion ,of the Jesuits and of other religious societies. Then came on a short debate on the last passages of the first and the whole of the last paragraph, " the duties incumbent upon citizens and national citizens cannot be evaded by the exercise of religious freedom : religious societies and spiritual societies which do not enjoy corporate rights, can only obtain their rights through special laws." Professor WAL TER terminated the debate somewhat in these words : "It is unwise thus to put an end to religious and spiritual associations. The Trappists in Bel gium and England cultivate the land. As regards the Jesuits, they have been driven from Italy. Yet FREDERICK the GREAT, who cannot be accused of excess of devotion, favoured them as best suited to educate youth." Notwithstanding the defence of M, WALTER, the House voted without coming to a divi sion. The last passage thus renders it necessary for the Society of Jesus and other monastic orders to ob tain legal authority from the Chambers ere they can establish themselves or exercise corporate or collective rights. The Cologne Gazette says that at a Cabinet Coun cil, held on the Ist October, it was decided that Prussia should persist in the convocation of the Diet of the empire, and in case of need invoke the arbitral decision of the Federal Tribunal against Hanover. It appears that the constitutional party at Dresden is quite appalled at the intention of the Saxon Govern ment to withdraw from the alliance of the three kingdoms. The chief hope of this party is fixed upon Prussia, whose steady perseverance in the line of policy which she has adoiqted, will finally compel the other German Governments to adhere to the basis of German unity. Rest ... 28,292,200 ... 45,700 ... 3,583,647 Increase ... 3,131 9,068,559 539,611 8,801,393 311,569 1,013,446 30,312 14,385,582 30,723 11,511,145 - 789,555 ..._ _ Notes ... ... ... ... 10,161,135 Decrease ... ... ... 652,600 Bullion ... .... ... ... 15,254,383 Increase ... ... ... 139,507 Active Circulation ... ... 18,131,065 Increa4 . . ... ... 698,300 The foreign exchanges were quoted yesterday after noon at higher rates for 90 days' bills on most of the principal cities of the Continent. Antwerp was 25.85 to 87i, Paris 25.72 i to 77k, Frankfort 1221, and Trieste 10.45 to 50. Amsterdam was a shade lower, being 12.41 to 4i. It is stated in the accounts recently come to hand, that a firm at New York had received, by steamer, " a package of tea which came to San Francisco in the Rhone, from China, thence to Panama in the California, thence over the Isthmus, and thence by the Empire City to this port. This is the first package received from the Celestial Empire by the new and important route. In a very short time our whole commercial communication with the Pacific will be over the Isthmus. Our shipping in the Pacific will then remain there." The exports of the precious metals from London amounted during the week, to Thursday last, to about 340,000 ounces of silver, all to Belgium and France, and 237 ounces of gold to the Mauritius. The monthly Board of Trade return to September has given great satisfaction. The increase of 1,815,9951. in the exports, to the sth of that month, compared with the like date of 1848, is satisfactory proof of the vitality of the country under the free-trade system. The accounts per Washington, from America, are but a few hours later. Further accounts have been received from Au stralia, but they are of much the same date, viz., to the begin ning of June. At Adelaide, South Australia Burra Burra Shares were quoted 162. The report of the Amsterdam Bourse for Thursday states that business bad been dull. The Two-and-a- Half per Cents, were quoted 534. Russian and Austrian maintained their value. At Frankfort, on the 3d inst., Austrian Bonds realised 911. The Bank of France re turn for the week seems to indicate more employment for money. The English Stock Market has been rather lively as regards money dealings and the purchases made; Con sols fil m at 92i 1 6 ., when business comratncL d, though the present values are only 92ii 1, the Russian question still occasioning a somewhat uneasy feeling. The failure of the potatoes in Ireland, and the unsettled state of Canada, have bad some effect also with the speculators, but they operate guardedly. Exchequer bills have been quoted 393. to 425., and India Bonds 803. to 81s. premium. Very little is doing in Foreign Stocks. Spanish Five per Cents. are 16i 1,-; and the Three per Cents. 331 to 34. Brazilian New Bonds have been at 85; Mexican are nominally 26 1 1 to 27; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. are 53 to 54. In Railway Shares there has been some improvement, although the transactions have been exceedingly re stricted. North-Western have been about 11. better. Great Western have risen about 103., and Midland 103. ,o 11., with some others in a corresponding ratio; but he market would evidently not bear large sales. Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits Decrease Seven Day and other Billa Increase ... Government Securities ... Increase ... Other Securities ... Increase ... BRITISH FUNDS TEUS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 92%%%4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 8% India Bonds under 1,000/ Bank Stock for Account 201 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2d. March. June. 39 42 p 39 42 p 39 42 p 1,0001. 500/. Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Small Ditto, New, 1843 Ditto Small, 1001. & 2001. B2 Equador Bonds - 3 1 ,E Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lß4o Ditto Ditto Passive Bonds 3 li Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 34 33 3 4 Venezuela Bonds Ditto Deferred 67 Dividends on the above payable in London. uIfSINZSS DONE IN RAILWAY MARES AT oNE O'CLOOlit RaLwAys. l'AilaL PER SHARE. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference .. ... ...... 6IA ...... . to Amber., Notting., Boston , &c. G Ayrshire and Gallaway Belfast and County Down .. 2 6 k /2 .. •• --to 3erks and Rants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per et.) 6 - Birmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birreing., `Vol., ti Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... 2O ame Boston, Stamf., & Birming...7l. 45 — ...... to Bristol and Exeter 9O - Do., Thirds ; 4 B u ckinghamshire..• 17% ....... to 8.. Caledonian .` 1 .% ) Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ......9 1 /0 8 x. i. to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 . . _ . Closter and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference ;larence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 par Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 54 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Aberdeen Amiens and Boulogne. .• ..... •• • • Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Bristol and Exeter • • .• • • • • •••• " " •• ! 3 I Caledonian.— .• ••••••••• •• • • .• •• Chester and Holyhead... ••.•• • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• •• • • • ••••• • • •• Dublin and Kingstown • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • •• • • • • East Anglian.— • • . ••• • • • • • • • • • .• • "• Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ••• • • • Edinburgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire •• • • ...... • • •••• . • Eastern Uni0n...................... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock. • • • .....- Great Northern and E. L. • • Great Southern and Western • ..... Great Western, ••••••• • • • • • • • ....&c Kendal and Windermere • • .... • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • ....... Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport— • • Londonderry and Enniskillen .. • ..... London and North Western, &c..•.•. London and Blackwall.• • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western . • • • • • . • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • • • • Midland Great Western (Irish) • Monklands . • • • • • • • • ..... • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle . • • ........... North British .. ••••••••• • • • • • .. • . Paris and Rouen . • • • • .......• • • • • • • 572 1,603 1 1,1 475 1,114 437 2 4,106 - 7,151 5,0 2,008 1,9 762 7 872 1,0 1,006 9 Oct. 2 Sept. 29 30 - 729 3,831 4,3 2,431 2,c 14,962 15 3,405 1,613 1,4 3,024 2,'", 1,053 1,1 Rouen and Havra .. • • • • • • • • • Scottish Central . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester . • • • ....... South Eastern and Branches •• • • • • • South Dev0n...................... Ulster . ...... • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • Waterford and whitehaven Junction . • • • • York and Newcastle . ........... York and North Midland •• •••• • • • 3,411 19,659 243 3,195 20,915 4,039 2, 5 192 -- 127 1 43,564 45,4 761 9 12,451 10,9 10,587 10,C 5,293 3,C 23,480 24,@ 1,179 1,( 3,187 7,539 2,974 1,464 1 333 12,835 1,456 2,235 729 223 13,146 7,828 13,:57 9,046 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% lust Anglia, '25/. L. & E., and L. & 1) Ditto. 181., E. & U Do, 3/. 103,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% — E %stern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - ..... to Do. Exten.,s per et - 1'4.1,6/.135. 4d Do., d 0.... .......... ..N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d ...„„ Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per mt. Ditto, New _ F.estern Union, Claes A (late E. U. Shares) ...... 25 _ . Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — Ditto, do, Class B (1. &B) 25 ..„, — Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22 1 4 ll2 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ... Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 IA ...... East Lincolnshire 25 — ..... Ediflburgh and Glasgow 5O — Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. Ulasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 65.8 d,„ ..... .. .... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ...... _ " •„ Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% Do. %B 6 per Cent. ...... 7% — !..... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ... ... 71, 5 V s % .. Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 47 1 / 2 28% Great North of England 100 ...... • •.. Ditto, New 404 ..... .. 4O Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 ... ...... 30 ... .. ..... Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 115 ...... . .. Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 Flull and Selby 5O •..• Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ....,. _ Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% _ Lancaster and Carliele.... ... 50 Do~ Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO ..... 65 ..... Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Sharea ,.. 46 to to to to to-- to to to •-• to to-- to to to —. to to --• to -- to to to to ...” to . to to ~ tO to to PRIVY COUNCIL AT OSBORNE HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) —This morning, at a quarter to nine o'clock, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Grey, Lord Campbell, Sir George Grey, and Sir Francis Baring, left the Waterloo bridge terminus by special train for Gosport, en route for her Majesty's marine palace Osborne, where the Queen was to hold a Privy Council at one o'clock, for the purpose, it is understood, of further pro roguing Parliament, which stands prorogued until Tuesday. The Ministers and Clerk of the Council in waiting, Mr. Greville, after partaking:of a dejeuner I at Osborne, will re-embark in the Fairy, and return to town this evening. The Earl of Carlisle drove to the station in a hack cab, the driver of which disco vered, as soon as his Lordship had discharged him, that he had given him only a fourpenny bit instead of sixpence. A porter told cabby to follow the Earl, as the train had not started. The cabman accordingly bolted after his Lordship in time to have the mistake rectified. One of the Ministers coachmen refused to drive out at the usual gate, saying he should go out the way he came, and it was only on one of the porters proceeding to stop the horses' heads that the man drove out the usual way. PRIVATE TREATRICALS AT WINDSOR CA'STLE.— His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Charles Kean with an interview, at Osborne, on Thursday relative to the private theatricals to talce place at Windsor Castle next Chr istmas, by command of her Majesty. Ditto Quarters ^22 IA Ditto Fifths lO ...... 3 14 : 3:1 • Ditto. Third. Do., Now Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 Do. (lludders. and Shelf. 50 Do., West Riding Union.. ) . 9 Do., Preston And W,re ... 25 ....., ~.... .... ' Do., do. Half Shares (A) 10 L ee ds and Bradford 5O ..... 90/ 2 .... Leeds and Thirsk 5O Do.' do.,Prefer., 0 per Cent. 5 Do. Pref. Quarters,.lB4B... 9 - •••• Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. London & 81ackwa11......111. 6s. Ed.— — .... Lord., Bright., & South Coast 100 Do., Now 51., gua. 6pr Ct.100 Do. Gruaranteed sper Cant. 9 ••• Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 e ••• ..m . •••• London and Gr':;enwich... 121.1.5x. 4 ... .... Ditto Preference London is North Westtrn,....loo ll3 EA .., Do. Now Quarters Dv. F/41 1 8. 7 .•..• -..., ..•• THE BISHOP or LIANDAFF.—We are gratified to learn that accounts are received from Hardwicke near Chepstow, which convey more favourable news of the Right Rev. Prelate's health. Most sanguine hopes are entertained of his ultimate reiteration to health,— .Edclowes's Journal. to to to t 0... ... to ... to to to to ... to ~. to . to ... to to -- IVIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Do. 40i. Sharei.....L. &M 35 ...... CITY, QUARTE I ? TO THREE. Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 to Condon and 4,a. Western...—. 50 32% to The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wer e ditto, •• New 50/......•• 40 00000 4 9 % • ••• •• ...... 5,000 hales. The market was very quiet.—Railway Ditto,Se 40/ 31 - Shares improved slightly, and the market closed firmly. D o ., w . New Scrip,lB4B,Prer. There are more favourable accounts to-day from 7 poi- Cent Leeds and Halifax respecting the state of trade, and Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 in the hosiery districts a fair trade was doing , but t here Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... VA..... .. to has been a flat market again at Manchester. Londondon y and Enniskillen 25 — The Bank of England return for the week to th e 29th Do., Half Shares 5 -- ...... to ultimo is very favourable. There is an increase in the cir- Ltwestoff, guar. 4 per ct...... 20 x.div to culation of notes, which, with the diminution of private __Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 - vianch, Buxton, & Matleck 5 — to balances, certainly tells of fuller employment for cash. Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo . — to We hope, nevertheless, that this employment is legiti- Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 23 „.... mate, and does not arise from participation in foreign Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to loans. The accumulation of bullion is the result of the Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%.....• continued imports of silver. An item that will justify Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 10 1 4,6 to pleasant anticipations concerning the revenue is that of Ditto, Grimsby Bs:Sheffield 50 — to public deposits, which stand now as high probably as for Ditto, ditto. -•-••• to some years. A comparison with the previous week's Ditto, ditto 11% to • s t a tement gives the following results: — Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22%...... .. Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - Notes Issued ... Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4t. 25.... - Increase Midland...sit .... ........ •••100 Ditto, ConsoL Preference...100 Ditto,".so/. Shares ....• ...... 30 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 11% to 11 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - WE dland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. - Ditto ditto 221.75. .. .. - Dittn,Erewash - Val., Pref... 50 - .....• to .--• Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....ion .... . _ - Midld. Great Western (Irish) 50 — to --. Middlesbro' and Itedcar. 6 per cent. guar........... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ... „ .. 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s — to Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... Z Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... ............. 20 -- ••• .1 to -- Norfolk ....100 Ditto New 201. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ••••• - Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .• ... ...... . 25 „.... x.d to Ditto P all Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 ,4 — to Do. Quarters 6 14 ••4••• - Ditto Thirds: 6M ..... Ditto, Preference 8 1,4 — - North Staffordshire... North Wales 3 14 ..... ..... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Centro): 25 ... .. Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto,New 2 2 1 /2 — to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ..„,..: to —. Ditto. ditto. Clasa B. 8 Ditto.: New Guaranteed 8 ...... . to zhrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 - Shrewsbury and Chester ( Nor. VV. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. - Ditto, Oswestry lB% — ; b ... tO Ditto ,New)... A Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref..-- 10 — to Shropshire Union 5%..... 2% . ..... to --- South Devon - Dibt.o, Preference South Staffordshire B%. to South Eastern: 33% Ditto, No. 2.: Ditto, No. 3. 3O - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. - South Wales „ 43 — to South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 per ct. 14%...... ... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 7 Yaw Vale Extension - .•..•• to Thames Haven Dock and Railway -., 17 1 / — to Vale of Neath ... ........... ~. 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 47%..... Waterford,Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l6 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western...... l4 - Wilts, Somerset,&Weymoutla 45 — to Y ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... ... Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref. 8 Do.Hartlepool Lk. & Rly. 100 - to York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5 14 to Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. elle ..... et* .• to - Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ... - ....••• to Demerara. ............ ........... 17 1 ,4 — Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular .5 ...... . ...... to Do. Do los. Louvain ala Sambre ....... 7% to . Luxembourg to Ditto Madrid and Valentia • ... to Namur and Liege 2O ... ~ to Northern of France 14/ Bs.. ... d's... to Orleans and Bordeaux; ... 7 ... .. Paris and (Means..~ Paris and Rouen 20 Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 11 Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse 20 - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - Tours & Nantes ... ... ..... ... 11 Tourney, Jurbise, Landon, and Hasselt . .„ .. 20 .•.... —.••••-• to -- West Flanders 8 34 - ....„ to Ditto ... 8%•• ••• ••••• - JOINT STOCK BANKS. _ Australasia .._• •..• —ex.div to British North American Colonial ..... ........... 25 •••,• .... . Commercial of London 2O ...... London Joint Stock .......... 10 -. London and Westminster... 20 N ational Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New - ... .. to Provincial of Ireland ; ' 25 „ Ditto, New ..... ...... Union of Australia ....... Ditto, New ... 2% - to Union of London Union of Madrid 4O MINES. to .. to to , . to ... to .. to ... to ... to to 112 1 ,4 ..to-- tO Anglo Kexican lOO ..•••• - Asturim ........ ..... ... ..... 15 ...... . to Australian ..... Barrossa Range....... . 285...... - Blaenarvon iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Sarin ...... ......... ... British Iron . l2 - Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24%...... Ditto Cocßei and Cuiaba... 80 - Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15 Cobre Copper ....... 4) General Real del Monte, Unregistered -..— .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiairo de Cuba. United Mexican .. ..- 28% 3 3 /4 . to COURSE OF Amsterdam , •... 12 4 Ditto, r.t sight • • .... 12 2:1 Rotterdam .... • ... .. 12 4)A Antwerp.............. 25 90 Ilamburgh 13 141 4 Altona ••••••••• • • • • • • • Paris, 3 days' sigh t.. • . 25 55 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 77 1 _ .......... 25 80 Bourdeaux.... . 25 80 Frankfort on Mains..,.. 122% Petersburgh, Sil. Rblo „ 36 Berlin.... • • ...... • • • • VieLna, effee. flo•• •• •• 10 55 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 55 Madrid •• ........ 90 1 4 Cadiz .• ............ 60 % Bilbao.. • • • • .. •• • • •• Barcelona • . • • ........ SeVille..•• ............ et( t"- Ring :'-7;1111, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1849, The answer of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the numerous and influential deputation of hop planters, which waited upon him on the 28th ult., praying for a postponement of the collection of the instalment of the hop :duties payable within the present month, is now before the public. It contains a peremptory refusal to accede to their reasonable request, and states, that " the necessary orders will be given for its collection at the appointed time," but intimates that " further time may be allowed for payment of the duty payable in November." We confess that we are by no means astonished at this result. The Right Hon. Baronet has exhibited on many occasions too great an indifference to the state ments of distress and difficulty that have been placed before him, to induce him to listen favourably to any representations having for their object the relief of any class or body of her MAJESTY'S subjects from the embarrassments and ruin to which they may be subjected by a strict enforcement of existing imposts, however onerous and inequitable. He has too se e erely reproved the " ignorant impatience of taxa tion," that has occasioned so many pressing remon strances on the subject of fiscal reform. " Jour BULL is a tax-paying animal," and he must submit to all the burdens which the wisdom-of Parliament may have placed upon his shoulders. He may grumble, for that privilege is still allowed, but he must pay to the uttermost farthing, although his own ruin and that of his numerous dependents be the inevitable consequence. His lands may be thrown out of cul tivation—his labourers driven to the union workhouses —his family may be compelled to forego all the corn forte that, from long habit, have become almost the necessaries of life, but so long as he is reduced to beggary, in due form of law, for debts due to the Exchequer, he can hope for neither sympathy nor assistance from Sir CHARLES WooD. There may possibly be some common-place expression of regret at the unfortunate state of his affairs, but that excellent Minister will most probably express himself unable to comprehend how these untoward circumstances have arisen after the great blessings experienced under Whig government; and some pompous platitudes will be uttered to the effect that relief to him would increase the burden upon other tax-payers. Such i s the usual character of the replies to all similar memorials, and that to the deputation of hop-planters does not in any degree vary from the ordinary routine. There is, perhaps, no impost more unfair or un equal in its operation than the hop duty, so justly complained of by the parties liable thereto. One of the first and best recognised principles of finance declares the injustice and inexpediency of subjecting native produce to any charge or tax. It is the duty of a paternal Government to encourage production to the utmost extent, and not to interpose any difficulties or impediments to the growth of the crops. The fields of the farmer should not be exposed to the constant surveillance of the exciseman, or his agricultural operations checked or restrained by fiscal regulations. If through the bounty of PROVIDENCE his soil i 3 of extraordinary fertility, he should be permitted to enjoy the fruits thereof without let or hindrance, and without being restricted as to the nature of the crops that he may choose to sow upon it. There can be no reason why one description of produce should be heavily taxes while others escape scot free. Why should hops he subjected to an enormous duty when wheat or oats, fruit or vegetables are exempted ? Why should the farmers of Kent or Sussex, of Hereford or Worcester, be rendered liable to burdens from which their brethren of Yorkshire, Lincoln, Derbyshire, or Nottingham are wholly exonerated ? There is no such extraordinary prosperity in the hop-growing districts as to justify peculiar imposts. The poor-rates are as high GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY cii.ANGE OF MINISTRY. A letter from Vienna, dated OCt. Ist, says— , " The dissensions which have long prevailed in the Cabinet have at length reached a crisis. Schwar7.en burg and Bach are said to have declared their intention of resigning. The questions which have set Ministers at odds are the Hungarian and German questions. The portion of the Cabinet expected to go out is the most liberal, and represents the principles of the March constitution. A courier started to-day for London with dispatches to Colloredo, who is invited to accept the ministry of foreign affairslin the new Cabinet. Schmerling is talked of as president. The new policy will be to sink the constitution of March 4, and to assume a very decided attitude on the German question." The Swabian Mercury says the concentration of great masses of troops in Bohemia and Moravia has created great apprehensions at Vienna, as indicative of a Prussian war. This corps of observation has been formed at the request of Archduke JouN, Vicar- General of Germany. It is asserted that Prince SCHWAETZENBURG has received a very strong note from the Prussian Government, protesting against ' the presence of so great a force in Bohemia, and threatening that unless it is reduced, they will send forces to double the amount to the frontier. The Breslau Gazette states that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has ratified all the conditions of capitulation granted by General HAYNAU to the garrison of Comorn. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY has quitted Vienna on his return to his dominions. The Lloyd says that it has received the following particulars relative to the Hungarian refugees in Turkey from unquestionable authority :—" The nar rator was at Widdin on the 23d of September, where he saw the camp of Hungarian prisoners, to the number of about 5,000, lodged on a vast plain" Among the prisoners he observed a great number of hussars. The entire camp was surrounded by Ot toman troops. The Pacha was at Kalafat, with 1,500 men. The troops who have guarded the frontier th ro ughout the Hungarian war were to return to Braila. The Pacha announced to the narrator that KOSSUT LI, BEM, the two PERCZELS, MESSAROS, D EMEIN SILT, and the other Magyar chiefs, were lodged in a fortress." The Wiener Zeitung of the 30th contains the following official announcement : " The treaty of surrender, on the part of the Comorn garrison, was signed on the 27th, instant. On the 28th Field-Marshal-Lieut. Nobili, accompanied by officers of the artillery and engineer corps, and the army commis saries, proceeded to Comorn, to make the necessary preparations for a regular occupation, and possession will be taken on Monday, Oct. 1." PRUSSIA. The following is the proposition of the King ol PRUSSIA, for the formation of a German central power : PRUSSIAN PROPOSITION FOR THE FORMA TION OF A CENTRAL POWER. "I. Austria and Prussia agree to an interim, and lay it before the other States, whereby the central power for the German Cenfecreration is entrusted to the five mentioned Powers until 26th May, 1850; that is, should a definitive power not be constituted before that period. " 11. The object of the interim is the maintenance of the German Confederation, as a lawful national union for the protection of the independence and inviolability of all States belonging to the Confederation, and for the maintenance of the internal and external security of Germany. (Final Acts, Congress of Vienna, Art. 1.) "111. During the interim the question of the German Constitution, and more especially the formation of a more intimate Federal State, shall be left to the free acepto.- don of the States. The same belongs to the questions to be decided in plenum, according to the 6th article of the Acts of the Confederation. " IV. If at the expiration of the interim, the question of a Constitution, and especially- that of a more intimate union, shll not be settled, then Gern Governments will co © a to an accord as to the further existence of the present union. " V. The affairs hitherto entrusted to the Provisional Central Power, in so far as they come within the com petency of the more intimate union, according to the principles laid down in the laws of the Confederation, shall, during the existence of the interim, be entrusted to a State Committee, to which Austria and Prussia will e ach furnish two members , and which will have its seat equality the Govern tytween of votes, the deci sion Mayence. " VI. This State Co mmission will conduct the affairs independently, u nder res p onsibility to those accordin g l a n ce c a b s y e o4e r u d a m eats of Austria and Prussia, which, in case of need, it fnul willl powe rs. take p l will issue a decree of arbitration. The affairs now conducted by the State Ministry (Frankfort) will be made over to distinct departments, of which the superior management will be divided between the members of the commission. " VII. So soon as the assent of the Governments (Austria and Prussia) has been obtained to this plan, his Imperial Highness the Archduke John will re sign his rights and duties, which he was instructed to hold as national property, into the hands of their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia. The First Chamber, on the 2d October, resumed the debate upon the 11th article of the Constitution, touching liberty of conscience, freedom of religious practices and observances, &c., &c. After a long debate, in which Professor of Theology WALTER, of Dom), a stringent Catholic, took a prominent share in THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday, The Censtitutionnel has the following announce raent :—" The Governments of England and France have agreed to approve of the conduct followed at Constantinople by the Ambassadors of the two coun tries. We are assured that they have sent a collec tive note to St. Petersburgh, and that they have ad journed their answer to the questions put by the Ambassadors, in the event, which is fortunately not at all probable, of a violent rupture between Turkey and Russia, until after the answer which the Russian Government will make to the representations which have been addressed to it in favour of the indepen dence of the Ottoman Porte." The following paragraph, which appears in the Presse, confirms this announcement : Yesterday evening M. de Tocqueville received through Lord Normanby a communication of the inten tions of the English Government, and M. do Toeque vine replied that the French Cabinet would follow the same course as that of London. Before sending defini tive instructions to Sir Stratford Canning, the Cabinet of London wished to act directly on that of St. Peters burgh. A note, conceived in energetic terms, has been sent by Lord Palmerston to M. de Nesselrode. A simi lar note has been sent by M. de Tocqueville. It is pro bable that the affair will end in the exchange of these notes. By letters from Constantinople of the lath, Rus sia has already greatly lowered her pretensions. We do not think that much importance should be attached to the paragraph in the Marseilles Courier." The paragraph from the Marseilles Courier, to which the Presse alludes, says news from Alexandria had been brought by the Medina. The Merlin had been sent from Malta to Corfu to Admiral Sir WIL LIAM PARKER, with very important dispatches on the affairs of Constantinople. The whole of the English fleet is to proceed to the Dardanelles. The Turkish Ambassador in Paris had an inter view with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs en Thursday, and which lasted for two hours. It is said that the Legitimatist portion of the Cabinet will immediately retire, and that M. DE FALLoux will be succeeded by M. PISCATORY, and General RULLIERE by General BEDEAU. The PRESIDENT has at length become aware of the object of the intrigues of the Legitimatists, whole only aim is to bring about a restoration of the elder branch of the House of Bourbon by Russian bayonets. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday morning, which was attended by the Minister of the United States, who presented a note on the subject of the conduct of M. PoussiN, which was couched in very strong terms. The Moniteur publishes an official an nouncement of the appointment of M. Bois LE COMTE as Ambassador to the United States, and of LucIEN MURAT as Minister at Turin, to succeed M. BOIS LE COMTE. The Presse, alluding to the differences which have arisen between the French Minister at Washington and the American Government, says—" Some expla nations of the affair are necessary. The French Go vernment demanded an indemnity for the losses caused to French subjects by the war in Mexico. This de mand having met with some difficulties at Washington, the French Government charged our Minister, M. GUILLAUME TELL POUSSIN, to an nounce to the American Government that the indem nities claimed would be kept back out of the an nuities not yet due of the 25 millions of francs, for which we were the debtors of the United States. It appears that the letter written on the subject by M. Poussier was couched in rather unsuitable language, of which the French Government, while maintaining the claim, has expressed its disapproval." The Evenement says We are assured that interpellations are to be ad dressed in the National Assembly to the Ministry on the subject of the suspensian of the piece entitled Rome, at the Porte St. Martin Theatre. If we are well informed, M. Dufaure intends to reserve the question of the liberty of the theatres, and to stand upon the ques tion of municipal police and public security." The history of this drama is remarkable. The Provisional Government of February abolished the Dramatic Censorship which has never been restored. During the whole time the Provisional Government was in power, its members were the subjects of con stant attacks by the vaudevillists and farce writers. General CAVAIGNAC and his Ministry were also unmercifully ridiculed during the whole time they were in power, and after the advancement to office of the present Ministry, M, 1 3 ROUDIION was produced ITALY. On the 26th ult. the Cardinals issued a decree an nulling all the nominations made by the Generals FERRARI, DURANDO , PEPE, and Z UCC HI, and by Cardinal AMAT. Those signed by the Ministers are alone acknowledged. This decision completely de prives of employment more than 2,700 persons. It is said that the POPE is to have a body guard of 2,000 Spaniards. The list of the proscribed was to be published on the 29th. The Chamber of Deputies of Turin in its sitting of the 30th ult. authorised the Government to create 600,000 livres of rentes, in addition to the two millions and a half authorised to be created on the 16th of June. AMERICAN NEWS SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY AIORNING. The United States steamer Washington, Captain Floyd, arrived off Cowes this morning from New York, which place she left on 20th ult. After land ing mails and passengers for Southampton the Wash ington proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. She has a small quantity of specie and a full cargo for Bremen. The news is of ore day's later date than brought by the Niagara to Liverpool. Mr. Robert Walsh, the United States Consul in Paris, has been superseded. Advices from liavannah to the Bth September state that all was quiet throughout Cuba. The Courier and .Enquirer publishes the follow ing " MONTREAL, SEPT. 19 " We have just teceired intelligence of a bloody rencontre between the Tory and Reform partie3 in Bytown. " The Reformers called a public meeting on Mon day last, for the purpose of adopting a con gratulatory address to his Excellency the Governor- General. " The Tories went to the meeting in full force, and finally succeeded in completely breaking it up, and forcing the president to vacate the chair. " Both parties were armed, and in the course of the fight seven or eight persons were severely wounded ; two of them so badly that they are not expected to survive. " The Tories, having taken possession of the room, passed a resolution condemning Lord Elgin and the Ministry, which gave a renewed impetus to the disturbance. " The military were called out, and, after consider able difficulty, succeeded in restoring order." The New York. Stock Market was rather more active, and prices slightly improved, but the market was very weak, buyers being fearful to purchase in consequence of the French dispute. Large sales of railway shares have been made. Produce, cotton, and exchange steady. The Cambria had not arrived. The new American Minister to Turkey sailed from New York on the 20th ult. for Havre. 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 are made, together with the receipts of the s we,t-lt in tha previous year:— Weak ending Last I R . week. T.: NAME OF RAILWAY. Sept. 29 EXCHANGE. Gibraltar .............. Leghorn ........ •• .. •• 31 15 1 Genoa .. • • • • • • .. •• .. 26 20 !Milan .. .. .. .. Venice........ Naples .......... 40% Palermo, per0z........ 121 Messina . •..• •• •• •. 121% Lisbon.— • • .......... 53M, 0p0rt0................ 53% Rio Janeiro • ....... •. Buenos Ayres -- New York, 21 days'sight .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PEI CZ, Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 0% Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT, 6.—Wir tl W.S.W., light airs and fog. LIAL, OCT. 4.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Wal demar., Rasmusser, Porto Cabello; Miles, Jacobs, La guna, both for Harnburgh; Helena, Henderson, Bengal, for Flushing; Ariel,. College, Ceylon; Tasmania, Rio Janeiro ; R am bl er , H u t c hinson, Jamaica; Prince Albert, Meyer, New York; Sarah, Cook, St. John's, New Brunswick; Albion (ship), Richebucto; Countess of Arran, Henderson, Quebec ; Thomas Baker, Qu e b ec; Prince Albert, Freeman, Quebec; Grampion, Grange, Quckc; Jane Hammond, Vaughan, Quebec ; Sarah, North America. sth, Arrd. from the River William Wooley, for St. Kitts ; put back, Henry, America. LivErtrooL, OCT. s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Jane, Potts, Quebec; George Buckham, Matches, Bombay; Mazeppa, Corisco, Warrior, Bagnell, Buenos Ayres; Hunter, Payne, Macao; ,Deneson, King, Antigua; Hark away, Pesend, New Orleans; Lapland, Simpson, New Orleans; Avon, Johnstone, St. John's, New Brnswick; Transit, Maxwell, St. John's, New Brunswick; Satellite, Markham, Qut bee; City of Lincoln, Quebec. Off port, E'eanora, Callao; Lady Mona, Beunos Ayres; William Russell, Pernambuco; Dcvonport, Apalachicola. APPLEDORE, OCT. 4.—The Betsey, Newport to Ply mouth, is wrecked here; crew saved. DUNDEE, OCT. 3.—A vessel, of about 300 tons, on fire, and almost burnt to the water's edge, was passed on the 25th ult., lat. 59, long. 9, by the Princess Charlotte, arrived here. A brig was supposed' to have passed some time before and token off the crew. ST. NIAWES, OCT. 3.—Arrd. Trident, G any, Havannah for Ilumburgh ; Landes, Quebec. CARDIFF, OCT. 4.—Sld. Istvan Hertzag, Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 3.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Arezaber, Beatson, Bonny ; Fortitude, Mitchell, Buenos Ayres; Adeline Cann, Cann, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, OCT. 4.—Wind .E.—Arrd. Emma, Rogers, Miramichi. CLYDE, OCT. 3.—Arrd. Sesostris, Pictou. FALMOUTH, OCT. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Mirror, Fleetwood, Rio Janeiro ; Sawyer, Lang, Rio Janeiro ; Burgomaster Soradt, Volkman, Rio Janeiro ; Jane Lo 4 den, Savannah ; Fattima, Wilson, Bahia ; Shannon (s.), Dublin, and sailed for London, after receiving about 20,0001, on freight. Off port, 4th, Magdalena, Ha vonnah, and sailed. for Uamburgh. sth, Arrd. West 132 oreind, Conway, Bahia, and eailed for ilanaburgh. I 3 Vey 1 Lc towe wrec Joh I Nap wan laid( for and tabl w p l y no Gre to bra( to 3 for to * TUT Hot 8d; and and per 6d C DuL 2s 9 is C But E Vec Bri Is ste. Flo and 721 801 961 Lai Sh(