The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

MRS NOTICE! TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW, I$ NOW READY, And may he ha,lar all the Libraries. in 3 VOil. Weary Colbarn, Pubti , her, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATER ROYAL, ADELPHI, - nder the direction o , Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, Will be performed the popular Drama of MARIE DUCANGE. 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 PusLer, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs, Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John Jame+ Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THE DANaING BARBER. Lord )lincington, Mr. Boyce ; La ly Flitterly, Miss E. Harding. ASTLEY'. ROYAL AMPIIITIEEATRt. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. II ider the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In compliance with numerous requests at the Box-office, the po palar Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, will be pro 'aced with groat splendour _ . THIS EVENING, To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C In which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first Eiaestrfan talent of the -lay. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. tAv- mAn.zef, Mr 0 1 West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ENDIENSE ANT) UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. Herr Hermans, the Celebrated Bass Singer. Herr Ferdinand Sommer will execute a Solo on the Enphonio*. Grand Musical Melange, composed on the occasion of her Majesty's Visit to Ireland, introducing the most popular National Melodies. THE SEA SERPENT AT LENGTH.— This celebrated but hi herto apocryphal monster is no longer a doubt—he will appear on the nights above stated in a grand Pyrotechnic Representation. hlr. Southby will not vouch for the accuracy of the Portrait, but the effect will be prodigious. It will make its appearance on the Lake immediately preceding the Storming of Badajcz. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN ♦ND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public *pinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Vocal and Instrumental Con cert, Conductor Mr. Godfrey—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by the Misses Wells and Mr. George Tedder— Solos by Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately —and other at tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach by real troops —and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fight•." REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could be procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct pardon of the Gardens set apart, where RefreshMents may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock, ♦.x. ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY —lf:.rning, 0 min. after 4 Evening, 17 min. after 4 To-7. l ottaow -Morning, 32 min. atter 4 I Even: , ,,, 51 rrijn. after 4 THE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 20. THERMOMETER, Lowetc, 47 s Highest. 61; Noun, 54, BAROMETER. 30.5. Wind N.N.E.—dnll weather. asVH, ...:::::, 4k6 A. L .o , l ' in I •Ao 4 4 1 ~.C. . ..,. ' • ....,S „.......-.t- ,_...„.... k '-' —__ • ‘t c:,-C ,-- 8 -- ', - --.;-- „..z• a . a-",-' fir,' ) '3- ', ''r• i , ` ' Rout ' "' i-lit Wit i l tiTit aint LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1849, Recently, among the many distressing inquests held on occasions of sudden death by Cholera, it may have been observed that several Chartist prisoners have been destroyed by this terrible epidemic during the period of their incarceration. We would particu larly direct attention to these cases, because we regard these unfortunate men as having been subjected to very cruel and unjustifiable treatment—treatment which, inasmuch as it terminated in painful and pre mature death, we cannot term otherwise than as something very near akin to deliberate assassination. Let us take as a case in point, perhaps the latest instance of this melancholy ill-usage recorded in the public journals, the instance of ALEXANDER SHARPE, a person implicated with Wieriams, FUSSELL, and other Chartist agi tators. On the 12th of July, 1848, the time of his first entrance into the place of his confinement, namely, Tothill-fields Prison, this unhappy man, recently deceased, was known to be in excellent health, and would in all human probability have still continued in existence, but for the unjustifiable pu nishment to which he was subjected during his lengthened incarceration. From the particulars elicited before the Coroner, it would appear that up to the 11th of August, 1849, the prisoner was ex empted from the customary prison employment of picking oakum, in consequence of the payment of five shillings weekly by his relations. Since then, however, the usual pittance not being continued, he was required by the deputy governor to pick the ordinary allowance of oakum. On refusing to comply with this requisition, SHARPE appears to have been conducted as a criminal before the visiting magistrates on the 20th ultima, when those authorities, by some extraordinary perversion of the power entrusted to their keeping, ordered him to receive for the next six days as nutriment a cer tain quantity of water and on the average about I#lb. of bread per diem, and to receive this in a state of uninterrupted solitary confinement. Be it observed this was the decision of the visiting magistrates at the very time when cholera had appeared within the walls of the prison. The result was only what might have been naturally anticipated. The abrupt change from full diet and plenty of exercise to a wretched diet of bread and water, and solitary confinement, produced a violent attack of diarrhoea, which ended at last in death by Asiatic Cholera. - When these distressing, and we must add, most disgraceful circumstances were elicited from the different witnesses summoned before the Coroner, it was very pertinently inquired by one of the jury how it happened that the de ceased had either to work or pay for his exemption when his sentence did not include hard labour ? The reply given by one of the Inspectors of Prisons was to the effect that, for the sake of prison discipline, the local authorities were empowered to force such an alternative upon a prisoner, referring, in corroboration of his statement, to the Act 4th George IV., chap. 64, section 38. So ! for the sake of prison discipline, a supplementary punishment, apart altogeth-r from the decision of the court of justice, is at any time inflicted upon an unfortunate prisoner by the Inca authorities, and in the event of a refusal of com pliance is severely enforced by the visiting magis trates I If this be permitted to continue then are the sentences pronounced by judges in open court mere humbug. We insist upon the necessity for the abrogation of this 38th section of the 4th George IV., chap. 64. Until the law be modified in some measure the public will be liable to hear of repeated instances such as those of poor SHARPE and his companions —men subjected to treat ment so cruelly superfluous that they are driven into the jaws of death through the ghastly medium of the Asiatic Cholera. So imperatively neces=ary, indeed, is wholesome nutriment, or rather, we should say generous diet for the prevention of the spread of this destructive epide mic, that we do seriously believe it to be a duty required from us by the common sentiments of huma nity to supply with better food than ordinarily the wretched inmates of our places of incarceration. This, at the very least, we conceive to be a tempo rary duty forced upon us by the occasion, if we are not also imperatively called upon for such a relaxation of the confinement of the in mates of our gaols as would enable them to breathe more frequently and more freely than usual the invigorating air of heaven. So far from striving in this manner to ameliorate the condition of prisoners at a period when a terrible disease is deci mating the population, our local authorities are only diminishing the already paltry amount of exercise and nourishment. If our prisons are not the filthy and miserable receptacles of cri •me which they were in a previous generation, before the sublime philan thropy of the benevolent flowAan shed its purifying consolations into those lairs of sin, and d ens of afflic tion, these occurrences, which have of late saddened the heart of the community, show sufficiently well that there is still great room for i mprove. ment. They tell us that we must not boast prematurely of changes that are still incomplete. They demonstrate that our vaunted benefactions are up to this moment rather nominal than actual. They cry out in voices that are but too audible for that interference of the Press which has become the precursor of all the interferences of Parliament. Listening to these inarticulate but still easily cognizable appeals, rising from the silence and :r ~`~.~: THE STIN' MONDOM TrruitsnAY EVENING, SPA PTENII3I7.II, 18t the solitude of our prisons, we feel that in speak• , ing, as we now do we only acquit ourselves of a deep and heavy responsibility. And earnestly do we trust that the Members of the House of Commons will per form their part in the beneficent labour a innovation, by bringing under the con sideration of the Legislature, as early as possible in the approaching session, these sudden and melancholy deaths from Cholera of several of the Chartist prisoners. Common justice, common decency, common humanity, call for some speedy interposition, so that the community may not be pained by a recur rence of such calamities. If prisoners are to be re quired to labour during the time of their incarcera tion, then, in GOD'S name, do not ridicule the majesty of the law and set at naught the sanctity of justice by sentencing them to imprisonment without hard labour, yet rendering them liable at the same time to be compelled to work, or, in the event of their re fusal, to be so bitterly punished as to perish prema turely ! The new principles enunciated by Mr. DISRAELI at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Bucks Agricultural Association, and which, we supposo will henceforth be inscribed on the Protectionist banners, are alike characterised by justice and expe diency. " Equal taxation" is the demand of every sincere reformer of fiscal abuses. It is not merely the enormous amount of the national taxation, the intolerable burden of the public debt, or the vast expenditure on the existing establishments, that excites the indignation and elicits the complaints of ti e people. Englishmen will readily make any exerticn that may be required for the maintenance of the national honour and the national safety, provided the burden be fairly and equitably apportioned upon all, according to their means. But the inequality of the assessment, the partial and oppressive manner in which the amount is levied, are indeed felt to be in tolerable grievances, and the" people can never be contented or satisfied until adequate and suitable remedies are applied; and they will gladly support and sustain those who honestly come forward to amend the existing system. But the reform to be acceptable must be of the most enlarged and comprehensive characte r. It wi ll not be sufficient to expose and remove some minor grievance, bearing on a particular c lass or party. The amelioration must be genera l, affectin g the entire body of the people, and leaving no abuse untouched or uncared for. The Agricultural and the Manufac turing interests must be alike regarded, and no ad vantage sought for on either side that will not be equally beneficial to the other. Let Mr. DISRAELI and his coadjutors act on this equitable principle, which is so broadly laid down in the new motto Equal taxation," and they must ultimately command success, for they will have arrayed on their side the voice of public opinion in all its irresistible and mighty power. When, in the early part of last session, Mr. DISRAELI directed the attention of the popular 1 branch of the Legislature to the local taxation borne, not by the agriculturists exclusively, but by the owners and occupiers of every description of real pro perty, we acknowledged the justice of the complaints but unfortunately the remedy proposed was by no means adequate to the evil. He did not suggest that there should be a general revision of the:fiscal system. He did not call for the abolition of indirect taxation, and an equitable arrangement of the public burdens. All be demanded was that a moiety of the local charges should be transferred to the Consolidated Fund, by which the class he more especially repre ,ented would be benefited pro tanto, at the expense of the remainder of the community. He did not then put forward the golden rule, " Equal taxation," in the clear and distinct form it has now assumed ; still he established a case of hardship, demanding in quiry, and showed that the agriculturists (in common with the industrial classes of all denominations) were deeply injured by the present system. Injustice and inequality pervaded every branch of the subject. One class were " protected" at the expense of the rest of the community, who were subjected to a most grievous and oppressive impost —a tax upon the chief necessary of life ; and the monopolists, in re turn, were compelled exclusively to bear other burdens. By a sort of retributive justice the support of the poor, who were pauperized through the opera tion of the atrocious bread-tax, was chiefly cast upon those for whose especial benefit that tax was imposed. The expenses attendant on the prosecution and sup port in gaol of persons who were driven to crime devolved upon the party whose unholy profits led the miserable offenders into temptation, and stimulated them to violate the laws of their country. So long 4s Protection was retained, so long as a hope remained of its restoration, the agri culturists wilfully closed their eyes to the glaring abuses that might be found on every side. But Protection has been withdrawn. Monopoly has received its death-blow. Tribute is no longer paid by the overtoiled operatives to the proprietors of land. There is no prospect that Parliament will retrace its footsteps, or again so widely stray from the paths of rectitude. And therefore the farmers have at length discovered the injustice of " Unequal taxation." In the language of their eloquent champion, they feel that " having been deprived of protection they should at least ue allowed to enjoy the right of not having to submit to taxation from which other classes of the community are exempt." We shall not, however, inquire too curiously into the reasons for this change of sentiment, whether the alteration has been produced by a conviction of the unquestionable propriety of the prin ciple of " Equal taxation," or whether it is ascribable to a less exalted motive, and that self-interest may be regarded as the moving power. It is sufficient that the converts now profess doctrines in which we cordially concur. We hail them, even at the eleventh hour, and gladly ex tend the right band of fellowship to the new corners. Let Mr. Diseezm apply himself to the task of pro• during a great and comprehensive plan of fiscal re form, by which all the public burdens, not only the interest of the national debt, and the support of the national establishments, but also the maintenance of the poor, and every other local charge shall be fairly and equitably apportioned, and we promise him a support more potent, a higher and more en- during. influence than any which could be acquired by the most adroit tactician within the walls of Par- liament. Let him devote his brilliant talents to the cause'of the people, to carrying out fully and com pletely the glorious principles—" Equal taxation and cheap capital." Let him no longer " To party give up what is meant for mankind," and past errors will be forgotten—bygone differences will be for ever cast aside. He will obtain office and retain power with the unanimous approbation of the people, and he will ultimately achieve the highest object of a noble ambition, the " Monumentum are perennius"— the undying fame belonging to a high-minded, an honest, and a patriotic statesman. 1 1 11 E FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. We find the following in the Constitutionnel : " The liberal policy which our Government follows at Rome meets with the approbation of all the Powers. Spain openly supports it; England approves highly of it ; Austria seconds it with her good offices. It is easy to understand that the Cabinet of her Britannic MAJESTY should give its full and unreserved assent o a line of policy which defends the cause of liberty in Italy. The attitude which Lord PALMERSTON has assumed is nearly analogous to that given to our Government by the publication of the letter of the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The English Minister could not but contemplate with pleasure a manifestation so nearly resembling those which he himself delights to make. He naturally highly ap proves of the sentiments expressed in this letter. As to Austria, it is as may be easily imagined, less from a liberal disposition than from an earnest desire for the re-establishment of peace in the Roman States, that she gives her assent to the line of policy which we have adopted at Gaeta and at Rome. The Austrian Cabinet is too wise not to desire the establishment at Rome of a Government which shall be reasonable and consequently durable. The little Court of Gaeta is altogether a Court of Emigrants ; it has all the passions and all the blindness which emigration causes. The Holy Father has excellent sentiments and some weaknesses, he bears some re semblance to Louis XVI. in character, but his situation is different. The terror which he expe rienced during the existence of disorder in Rome causes him to lend a willing ear to Absolutist and interested counsels. But his personal sentiments, seconded by the advice of all the Powers, must eventually bring him back to the path of liberality and prudence. Whilst we insist, with the respect which is due to the chief of Catholicity, the venerated prime mover in the cause of Italian liberty, Austria advises, she warmly supports the majority of our demands ; she desires not one whit more than ourselves a Pontifical Restoration, which would speedily destroy itself by its own faults, and thus, perhaps, procure for Demagogy its hundred days. ' The semi-official Patric publishes a letter from Rome of the Bth, which says : " Affairs will be arranged, and that quicker than you perhaps imagine. Already they begin to say at Gaeta thatthe difficulties are not insurmountable. Three means have ever been pointed out in the most recent conferences which I will recapitulate. The first, and that which best suits the ideas of the Sacred College, consists in a congress to be held at Bologna, at which all the powers would be represented, and where questions might be discussed in presence of the Holy Father. The authors of this plan (is it necessary for me to name them ?) think they would have the majority in such a congress. Besides, they add, it would be a manner of gaining time and of wearing out the revolution. M. de Rayneval warmly opposed this project, and I have reason to think that it will be abandoned. The second means which the advisers of the Pope propose is, to refer the matter to the arbi ration of Austria. This plan would be less dangerous than the former, inasmuch as for some time past Austria has shown herself to be animated with really liberal sen timents, and in more than one instance has supported the efforts of your ambassadors. It cannot, however, he concealed that the adoption of this'plan would be a check for France. Up to this time it is she who in the Roman affair hasstood foremost. If she should accept the arbitra tion of Austria, people would not fail to say that she had somewhat fallen. The third means, and that which their liberal Roman party would wish to see succeed, is an entente cordiale with France. Certain cardinals loudly declared a few days since this would be an impossibility. But whether more mature reflection has enlightened them on the subject, or the reserved attitude of the powers on whom they thought they might rely the most Armly has changed their opinion, they now speak in a much less positive manner. I !think I can even affirm that' M. de Rayneval is less doubtful than evsr of obtaining a result, and that by taking as the starting point the letter of the President of the French Republic. I am well informed, and although little in accordance with what are called the religious journals, I am con vinced that all the Powers, without any exception, are impatient to see the affair brought to an amicable con elusion. lam able to state positively that the King of Naples himself conducts himself in this affair like a wise and skilful Prince, and that he gives excellent advice to his Holiness. Thus at present, and in consequence of this advice, the Pope would willingly accept the Consulta which existed previous to his departure from Rome. There would be, certainly, some modifications in the members of it ; but as its name indicates, it would only be a Consults—that is to say, its ad vice would only be consultative, without any obliga tion on the Pope to submit to it, if he should be of a contrary opinion. The question of the mode of assessing the taxes would be examined by this Consults, which would be composed of secular members. It would be the same with the majority of the Ministry, ~nd the greater part of the higher functionaries. On these different points, the parties are already agreed, as they also are on the subject of the amnesty, which is to be on a very extended scale. The difficulties which yet remain to be overcome relate to the re-organization of the magistracy, and the adoption of a general system of Tiew judicial laws, or what your President calls the Code Napoleon. Here, lam bound to say, the obstacles are great, though not insurmountable. In fact, you are aware that the principal provisions of that code are already. in vigour throughout almost the whole of Italy. !'hey have not, it is true, been admitted without being subjected to important modifications, and it has required several years to organize them, but, in fine, they in part xist. Wnat is now demanded is an amelioration and a progress. The Pope does not refuse this, but he demands time. The last difficulty relates to the or ganization of the army. A commission, composed partly of Romans and partly of French (the latter are in the majority) are engaged about this or ganization, examining the claims of officers, and up to this time it has maintained almost all the ranks con ferred by the Republic. On this point the Pope ap pears to consider it his duty to resist. He is not willing to admit into the army, or near him, men who, in his opinion, only wait for the departure of the French army to unite with the revolutionists, and again overthrow his power. His Holiness is desirous of not having an 3 army of his own. He wishes to have a numerous body of caribineers (gendarmes) carefully selected, and two Swiss regiments, and to have left with him, only for a few years, from 6,000 to 8,000 Spanish troops. In thi. arrangement Franca would occupy Civita Vecchia. Such is the present state of affairs, and you thus see that things are not far coming to an understanding. I told you three months since that Russia would assist the Pope with money, and the journals have confirmed what I then said on that subject. I will add to it by saying that the loan will be effected on conditions very favourable for the Pope, but it will not take place until all other difficulties have been removed. Hitherto it has been the King of Naples who has , from his privy purse, provided for the exp e nses of th e Holy Father, and that he has done in the most liberal manner." M. D et hr E se F ox : t L i hn L ei o s r u t ea a rr w ifao a r nr s e Fn sufficiently mffi r at recover ed as t ee o vs ed r ra e ayi c m e e i n e evening. The T Parliamentary Committee of the Conseil d Etat, consisting of the members of the reactionary party, is about to resume its meetings. M. JuLas PAYEE will defend some of the accuse d of the nth of June i n th e approach i ng trials at Ver sailles. The rumo ur t h at M . L EDRU ROLLIN intends to surrender and take his trial is revived. The de fence will be a justification of the conduct of the accused on the ground of the previous violation of the Constitution by the Government, by their conduct in relation to the Roman expedition. General RANDON left Paris yesterday for Metz, to resume the performance of his duties as Inspector- General of Cavalry. The French army is to be reduced by 80,000 men. The Patric states it is the intention of the Govern ment to liberate the military contingent of 1842. The Moniteur contains a decree from the PRESI DENT of the Republic declaring that as the ordon nance of Feb. 2, 1848, which permits the temporary admission into France of foreign oil-seeds destined to be converted into oil for re exportation, has had the effect of injuring the culture of oil-seeds in Algeria, inasmuch as oil enters the colony as reduced duties, it is now enacted, that from September 15, 1849, oil manufactured in France from foreign seeds shall, when imported into Algeria, pay a duty of 12f. 50c. the 100 kilogrammes when coming from France, and 15f. 50c. when coming from other countries; the said duties to be raised to 17f. 50c. when the oil is imported in foreign vessels. The breach between the Government and the Le gitimatists is complete, and the latter are now resort ing to their old tactics of endeavouring, by painting the state of affairs in the most gloomy colours, to prevent a restoration of confidence, and thus to create a confusion of which they may take advantage. Ever since 1830 the Legitimatists and the parti-pretre have been assiduously engaged in the amiable endea vour to ruin their country because it refuses to submit to their grinding tyranny, and to render all government impossible, since they are no longer permitted to monopolise and to abuse its powers. We warn our readers not to attach one particle of credit to the gloomy accounts of the stat's of affairs in Paris which they will henceforth read in such journals as the Univers, the Union, the Gazette de France, the Opinion Publique, and the Assemblee National. They are written with a purpose, arid are in a great measure reprints of similar articles which have appeared in journals of the same class from time to time during the last nineteen years, whenever the course of events seemed to oiler a chance of obtaining credit for the " enormous lying " which the parti pretre has long since organized into a system. The Gazette du Midi, of the 15th, contradicts a rumour which had been afloat at Marseilles that the plague bad made its appearance first at Fiume and afterwards at Trieste. No intelligence of the existence of the malady on the shore of the Adriatic had been received at Marseilles either by the consular body or the Intendans-de Sante. What has given rise to the report is the appearance, in a village near Fiume, of a disease called scarluppo, a sort of cancer which attacks the face, and which the people of the country call plague. The horror inspired by such a malady causes , a sanitary cordon to be established, and by that means it , loes not go beyond the locality where it first breaks out. PARIS BOURSE.—WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19. The market has been somewhat firmer to-day, and prices have improved, without, however, any very large share of business doing. For the account Threes lett off firm at 56f. 50c.; and Fives at 89f. 15e. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 56f. 45c.; for account, 56f. 50c.; Fives, for cash, 89f. 5c.; for account, 891. 15c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,345 f.; Neapolitan, 87f. 75c.; Spanish not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share market has been also firmer, but without any material change in quotations. Orleans closed at 755 f.; Rouen, 5321. 50c.; Havre, 2621. 50c.; Avignon, 225 f.; Vierzon, 3101.; Strasbourg and Basle. 102 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 405 f.; Northern, 441 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasbourg, 355' . .; Nantes, 3051.; Montereau, 113 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, San. 19. Namur and Liege, 514—Northern of France, 2 5 ,4 dia.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 31 ex div.—Paris and Stras bourg, 51(i. ,iION.EY an,t COLVittiEliCi AL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of C,lton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 hales, of which:l,ooo were ta k en on specu lation and export. Prices of all kinds except American, which was barely supported, were unchanged. Railway Shares were firm, and prices had an upward tendency. There are no accounts of importance from any quar ter, and the continental mails furnish but little. At Berlin, on the 17th instant, the quotations of stocks were lower; and at Vienna, on the 15th instant, there was less doing. The Five per Cent. Metalliques were quoted 97k. At Amsterdam, on the 18th instant, the Dutch Funds were lower again, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 541 to 5-16. The Bank of England proprietors have held their quarterly meeting to-day, and have again bad rather an animated discussion upon the subject of the dividend. The amount declared, as is contended by many, might reasonably be increased, but, as :usual, there was so much difference of opinion on the subject that the proposition of the directors, viz , for the pay ment of 3i per cent. for the half year, was adopted. As to the propriety of reducing the Rest we shall not at present enter into any discussion, although we think the proprietors may fairly turn their attention to the matter, and see whether the assertions of Mr. Parry de Winton are correct, viz., that there has been a great addition to the capital within the last few years by the falling in of part of the dead-weight annuity, and also they might investigate the figures of Mr. Fielder, who states that on an average of sixty years the Bank has earned much more than 7 per cent. per minute, and could pay at least 8 per cent. Mr. De Winton says 9. The importance of maintaining public confidence in the solvency of such an institution as the Bank was ad mitted by all the speakers ; but then comes the question what amount is requisite for the purpose, and is three millions too much? The dividend warrants will be ready on the 11th of October. The sales of home Grain in the markets of the United Kingdom are increasing. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. Id. per quarter. The English Stock Market has been quiet, but very firm again this morning. Consols have been quoted 92i 1 for Transfer, and 921 4 for Account. Exchequer bills have been 375. to 40s. premium; and India Bonds, 725. to 755. premium ; East India Stock is worth 272. In the Foreign Market there isno alteration of any moment. Spanish Five per Cents, have been 17i ; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 29 to Brazilian Small Bonds have realised 87} ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 541 ; Mexican Stock has been heavy at 271 to 271. The Railway Share Market is in such a depressed condition that the speculators as well as the holders really seem not to know what will be the result or where the decline will end. The South-Eastern report is unsatisfactory, and this, with the calculations of Mr. Hutton as to what the Great Western can pay, have a damaging effect. Prices generally are lower, as our list will show. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 7ndia Stock 272 India Bonds under 1,000/. Consols for Account ... •••••• 92 1 i% - ;xchequer Bills. L AO- 2d. March. June. .1,0001. Small 37 40 p 5001 37 40 p :MCP OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 86 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 49% 48% Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.— 76 Mexican 80ne5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto for the Account . Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto. 4 per Cent., Active 5 6 14 57 56 Do. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent IO 6 IA, Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account . 17% Ditto Passive Bonds Dividends on the above Payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 1311SINFts , S IRliqr, IN RAILWAY SHARES AT iJNE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEE , tirctiaen Ditto, Preference ..... 6! ,1 ken tea., IN otting„ Boston,Sic. 6 ~ yrshire and Galloway - elfast and County Down .. 26% .. .. - - 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 - .... .. to - ~ ,iraingtiam& Oxtord J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 , - to - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... .. - - :Armingharn,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ...,. - - Do., without a guarantee... 10 - Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14. e - - i.irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2O - ...... to - tioston, Stunt., & Birming...7/. 4s - ...... to - Bristol and Exeter - 9O ...... - - Do., Thirds - ...„„ to - L;ucktrigharnshire..- - 17% - - 'illedonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%..... - - Ditto, .N ew 10/. Preference 10 .... 9 3 / 4 7 8 5 4 to - Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 - to - Chester and Holyhead.- ..... 50 ..... 114 to - Ditto, Preference .:larence. - ...,.. to - Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - iirect London & Portsmouth s!i - - i)ublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - - Jundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%...... - - ';:ast Anglia, 251. L. & E., sad L. & D . 25 - Ditto, 18/., E. & U lB ... .. - - Ditto, 31. 105.,E. & H... 3% - - E %stern Counties .... 2O 7 l / 2% x.d. to - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. - - Do., do N 0. 2 -, 6/. 13s. 4d... 1 / 4 p... to - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 - Do., Quarters.... . ...... ...... 12 1 / 2 _ - - to - Ditto, New - 43 . .... - ...... to - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... -25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% - to - Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 25 . - - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22% - to - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 - ...... to - East Lancashire ..... - Ditto, New - - Do., New Quarters - to - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares - East Lincolnshire 25 - ..... to - _ _ Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New p0rt..... l5 - •••••• to .-. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Exeter and Exmouth... - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6,48 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Do. Preference Consolidated ...... - to Great Northern Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ... 1214 — Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent ...... 714 — ...... to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 7 1 ,, (lt. South. & West. (Ireland) 4r 1 4 26% to Great North of England 100 ...... ..... to Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. 4O Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 10 ...... . to ... „rest. Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares 5O 28% to Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O - ... to Do. New 17/ Elull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares 1214 — ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... 50 — to D0., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire Ditto, ditto, 51. B. & B ... 96 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares , _ 46 ...... Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths lO 3 % 14 x.d. to Ditto. Thirds Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 - •••••• to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 9 .....21, x 1 % x.d to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 98 ...... to Leeds and Thirsk .. -... Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 5 . - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and South port. London k Blackwall ... ..... . 12 1 ,E Lond., Bright., & South Coast 100 Do., New Si., gua. 6pr Ct.loo ...... .... Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 ...... 91 4 10 to 9% Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 .._.. -- Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. - London and Greenwich... 121.15 e. 4d... Ditto Preference 2O London & North Western.....loo ..,.,.11212 to 110 Do. New Quarters. l2 ...... 12 Do. Fifths Do. 40,. Shares.... L. & M 35 •••••• - Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...-. 50 ..... 33 to 33 1 4 Ditto, New 504 «..... 42 1 4...,.. Ditto, Nuw 40/. 34 - ...... to •-• Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct on Calls ._ . 5 ..~ Londoode,rry and Coleraine... 25 ...... --- ...... to Do. Half Shares 3%,.... -- .. ... to irmndondorry and Enniskill en 25 Do., Half Shares 5 ganch, Buxton, & Matlock 5 - ...... to to 31inchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo -•... to o ... itto 14 Shares( No. 1) ... 23 . Ditto, ditto (No. 2) ' is ...... ...... to Ditto, ii, Shares (No. 3 ) 1 2 14 _ ,to Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... _ to _ Ditto, Grimsby BL.Sheffield 50 ...... Ditto, ditto. ..... .. . l9 ...... -- •••••• te 1 itto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22 1 4,_„„. __ Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 44 2s. .. Midland.-- .... ........ -.100 6114 10 ex.div to 50% Ditto, Consol. Prelerence...loo ...... Ditto,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 80 ...... 10 3 4 Midland, tlirm., and Derby ...100 ..... 28 ex.div to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 ..... 123 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ._ •„ _ Ditto ditto lB/. 12s. 6d .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref.., 50 ...... -.. ..... to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 ..... —. li. i did. Great We:•f ern (lrish) 5U 7 yliddlesbro' and Refloat.. 6 per cent. guar. ......... ..... 50 Newcurie and C,,ir hole lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ...... ... ........., 23 Ditto Extemlion Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 1 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... .............. 20 . .. to Norfolk ......... .. ........ ..... 100 Ditto'New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. I., , westott (guar.4 p ct.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 20 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... ...... .. 25 Dtto Walt Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 ,E 5% to Do. Quarters Ditto Thirds:,..... Ditto. Preference - t North 'Staffordshire— .. ...... 17% North - Wales North Western fxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 4 1 , __ to cottish Central cottish Midland ... Ditto, — New... Shrewsbury and Birmingltam 11 ....~ Ditto, ditto. Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 : , hrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. 1N . ~i n.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... , Ditto, Oswestry 1 8%...... ...... to Ditto ~New ). . Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 - ,hropshire Union... .outh Devon Ditto, Preference 25 - South Staffordshire.... B% — ... .. to South Elsterr Ditto, No. 1. Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3. 3O Ditto, Reg:stered No. 4.... 10 ...,.. 570/ 4 to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. Smith Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole .. ... Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 14% — ..• .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 7 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway - 17 IA — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 4714 —. .. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 pox Cent. Guaranteed .. • Do. do. do. ......... 25 Do. do. do. ...... l5 ... . west Cornwall Nhitehaven and Furness l6 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western... . Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 I urk, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 . Do. Hartlepool Tik. & Rly. 100 York arm North Midland .. 50 ... 2114 i 8 to Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS, knglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 6 14 — Boulogne and Amiens 2O - ... Central of Franco (Orleans and Vierzon) ... Demerara. ...... Dutch Rhenish .. -.. 8 East Indian ... 3 1 4 — to Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... ...... to Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 10s. Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France 14/ Bs.. ... 2% dis... to Orlean. and Bordeaux ... 7 . — x.div to Paris and ()mans Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 11 Rouen and Havre ..... 20 4 ambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 11 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders 8 34 Ditto ... B% — to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial .... Commercial of London 2O .. ••• ..... London Joint Stock ..... Loudon and Westminster... 20 ...... National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 Ditto, New .. 2% — to Union of London ...... ........ 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... --- Asturian Australian' Burma Range 2Bs. Blaenarvnn Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrio British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. Ditto Cocae3 and Cuiaba Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 . — Cobra Copper ......... ~...... 40 General ... ... .. ..,.... 20 Real del Monte, Unregistered - Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba lO ...... .. to United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 20.—Wind this day at noon N.E. moderate breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Aurora, Ryan, Calcutta ; Charlotte, Affleck, ditto. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Panama, Sydney, New South Wales; Blond, ditto; Desire and Tully, Liverpool, and St. Thomas; Jane, Jamaica. Sld. John Campbell, Bombay, and not the James Campbell, as reported yesterday. LIVERPOOL SEPT. I9.—Wind N.—Arrd. Ann Blair, Antigua. Sid. Sultana, Jacmel; Ringfleld, Bombay; Eu, Lima; Mary, St. Thoma s; A nton i o , H avanna l s , Ulysses, Vra Cruz; Queen Dowager, ditto; Symmetry, New Orleans; Lady Sale, Charleston ; Abbey Land, Savannah; Chaos, New York; Kate, ditto; Guy Man flaring, ditto. Off Port, W. H. Harbeck. OFF BEACHY BEAD, SEPT. 18.—Aurora, Ryan, Cal cutta; Charlotte, Calcutta. RYE, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Moseley, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.— Arrd. Henriette, de Grote, St. Thomas, for Copenhagen. OFF TORBAY, SEPT. 18.—Belle Alliance, Bombay. FAL3lOurit, SEPT. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Bro thers, Reed, Bahia. JERSEY, SEPT. 18.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Agondria, Monte Video; Adelaide, St. John's, Newfoundland; Gulnare, ditto. PILL, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Englishman, Africa. MARYPORT.—Arrd. Henderson, TR entyman, Quebec. NEWPORT, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.E.—Sld. George Thomas, Boston; William Carson, Bermuda; Thomas and Joseph Crisp, Ceylon. SWANSEA, SEPT. 19.—Wind N. to E.—Sid. Douglas, Fernando Po ; Chelydrey, Panama ; Grenfells, Co quimbo. QUEENSTOWN,'SEPT. 17.—S1d. Effingham, New York. DONEGAL.—A'rrd. Blanch, St. John's, New Bruns wick. BELFAST, SEPT. 18.—Wind N.—Arrd. Widow, Weighill, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Kesia, Clyde, and Panama; Brierly fill, Liverpool, and Rio Janeiro; Maria, New York. DOVER, SEPT. 19.—The Lanchester. from Odessa, put i❑ to-day, with bowsprit and fore) and sprung, upper works strained, cargo damaged, and much heated. SWANSEA, SEPT. 19.—The New Phenix sailed henoe 6th inst., for Sierra Leone, and put back to. day, leaky, and must discharge. NEWPORT, PEMBROKESHIRE, SEPT. 17.—The Sarah, from Quebec, parted both chains in a gale here 13th inst., and came down on the sands at low water; is much strained, and leaky. BEAUMARIS, SEPT. 17.—The Eliza, Liverpool to Newry, has put in here, very leaky, and with loss of part of keel, forefoot, and sternpost, having been aground. BRIDLINGTON, SEPT. 19.—The Stafford, Sunderland to St. Petersburgh, assisted in here yesterday, with loss of mainmast, sails, &c. OFF WARELIAM.—DeriVeIIt, McPherson, Portland, New South Wales. CLYDE.—Arrd. Leven Lass, Al'Donald, Tobago; Malabar, Quebec. DUNDEE, SEPT. 18.—Sid. Arethusa, St. Jago de Cuba. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY•) NEWGATE 11.1NTD ME.ADZIIII.II.I.X.. These markets were rather flat to-day, on the follow ing terms:—Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 33 to 4s Od ; Lamb, 43 Od to 45 8d ; Veal, 33 Od to 38 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 43 4d ptr Sibs by the carcse. OAT IVLEIMEGE 21 7 s• 103 to 31125; Clover SNITEIFIELD.--M eadow Hay, litto, 3/ 03 to 41 154; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per oad. A moderate slit ply, and a sluggish demsnd. C BERLAND.--Meadow Hay, 21105 to 3/ 153, Cl over ditto, 3[ 53 to 41 10S ; and Straw, 1/ Ss to 1/ 14s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECEIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2t 8s to 31 13 i; Clover, ditto, 3/ 5s to 4l 16s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 123 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off heavily, at barely stationary prices. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, SEPT. 19.—Prime Beasts and Sheep commanded a steady sale, at full pri ces . I n a ll ot h er kinds of stock, only a limited business was transacted. Beef, from 3s 21 to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4.1 to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 6d; and Pork, 33 4d to 3s 10.1 per 81bs to sink the offal. RONFORD, SEPT. 19.—Our market was by no means active t6-day, yet prices were well supported. Beef, from 33 2d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s Od to 4s 10; Veal, 3s 2d to 3a 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3a 10d THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The lndependance Belge publishes the following. It does not give any authority : " The insurrection in the Island of Cephalonia has gained ground since the last accounts. The troops sent to quell it hare not proved sufficient. The Lord High Commissioner proceeded there in person, and had a narrow escape of his life. A soldier was shot dead at his side. Martial law is in full vigour; seven of the in • surgents have been sentenced to death and executed. A portion of the English squadron stationed at Malta is under weigh for Cephalonia, and it is hoped that tran quillity will soon be re-established." On Tuesday last the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress paid a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Laurie, at their beautiful residence, the Marshalls, near Romford, in Essex, upon the interesting occasion of chris tening the infant s o n of the ex-sheriff, who received the names of " Francis Duke," after his sponsors, the Lord May ur and Lady Frances M•Naghten. The ceremony was performed by the Venerable Archdeacon Grant. A large party a ft erwar d s j o i ne d t h e f am il y circle at d inner, to meet the Lord Mayor and Lddy Mayoress, including Archdeacon and Mrs. Grant, Lady M'Naghten, Mr. and Mrs. Miles, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Battescombe, Sir Peter Laurie and Miss Laurie, Mr. and Mrs. Masheter, and many of the neighbouring gentry. BISHOPRIC or NORIVICIL—We are informed that Dr. Rind, Dean of Carlisle, has been appointed to the vacant Bishopric of Norwich, and the Rev. James Aspi n!ill, M.A., of Althorpe Rectory, Lincolnshire, is to be his successor at the deanery. .Lord Panm ure h as feued to Capt. Wemyss, Lord- Lieutenant of Fite s hi re, a space of ground, about an acre in extent, among the Birks of Ardoch—situated in the Glen, near his Lordship's shooting lodge at Mildens —on which delightful spot a summer residence is to be erected by the Lord-Lieutenant. —Montrose Standard. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th hare arrived. On that day the new Minister of Public Instruc tion, SEIJAS Lozallo, entered on the performance of his public duties. The non-publication of the - new tariff occasions con siderable uneasiness in the public mind. The Clamor Publico says :-- " The report was circulated with confidence last week that the new customs tariff would be published on one of its s. It appears now th a t i t h as to b e discussed day afresh in the Council of Ministers. In the meanwhile commerce suffers the natural paralyzation in its affairs, and the losses occasioned are incalculable. On the other side, again, the arrival of Senor Orlando, and the lan guage of the monoplist journals of Catalonia, give room for the most alarming reports. It is necessary for the decorum of the Government, for the interest of com merce and industry, to say what is the state of this matter," Sze. _ The Epoca says, with reference to this subject, that reports were circulated at Cadiz that Catalan agents were recruiting at Marseilles and other points for Carlists and Revolutionists, that they might stir up the war in Catalonia again ; and also that consi derable sums had been sent to Madrid, in order to paralyse all progress in the tariff question; and it was feared that all these efforts might produce fatal results; but the Epoca trusts that these fears will have been dissipated, and that the question will be set at rest by the speedy publication of the tariff. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 14.—Three per Cents., 21 ; Five per Cents., 111, both for account. Exchange on London, 51. G +'J Ait AiN AND THE NORTHERN STATES. CENTRAL GERMANY. Bavaria has declared her adhesion to the compact which proposes that the Federative States should be represented by Prussia, and the rest of Germany by Austria. ip a t e r A c e T D o v i h u ßo e n Tu t zs s V i AUSTRIA od i y e f.a n yt n hl a ei nn j o rth u heoj r eno n oi a ceu l v s rnegon o sfi f nwtgh t h h eti eheaherlrswi took vhoaool a ei r ne e p tavfiyc place was Vienna nsn w aot i nk t o h eef blaze of light. The EMPEROR was slightly indisposed. The noble family Zicnr, of Hungary, intends, it is said, to commence a criminal prosecution against General GEORGEY, for having in October last ordered the exec u ti on of dount OED.IEN ZICHY. The Osservatore of Trieste contains a notification, dated the 11th, by which the provisional political chief of the Austro-Illyrian provinces, lIERBERSTEIN declare s th e s t ate of siege to be raised in the city and territory of Trieste, in the Margraviate of Istria, and the principalities of Goritz and Gradisca, the civil Government resuming all its power. It is stated in a letter from Berlin, addressed to the Independance of Brussels, that the Austrian Go vernment intends to break up the Hungarian army, and to incorporate the soldiers and officers, up to the rank of colonel, as private soldiers in the Imperial army. There will, says the letter, henceforth be no Hungarian regiments, but the whole army will be composed of natives of the different provinces, with, as far as possible German officers. By the incorpora tion of the Hungarian prisoners, the Austrian army will consist of 600,000 men. HOLLAND. OPENING OF TEIE DUTCH CHAMBERS.—THE KING'S SPEECH. On the 16th inst. King WILLIAM 111. opened, in person, the ordinary session of the States-General, with the following speech : " Gentlemen,—l rejoice to see you assembled around me, who now occupy the place of my august father of imperishable memory, to open to your labours a new session, in which you will be called upon to devote with me your scrupulous attention to the dearest interests of our country, and to carry out the execution of the funda mental law to which we reciprocally took oath in the preceding session. " We may congratulate ourselves on the happy posi tion of our relations at home and abroad, which have progressed favourably since my accession to the Throne. "We are at peace with all the other powers. The troubles which distract other countries have not crossed our frontiers, and the divisions which in some measure separate other states from each other, do not touch us. W e are on friendly terms with all. The embarrassments which it was for a moment feared might arise out of the Limburg question, have been happily obviated under the safeguard of treaties. We have good reason to hope that this situation, founded on right, will receive a con solidation or a solution equally equitable. " The victory gained by the bravery of our troops (by land and sea) at Bali has cost us some distinguished warriors, and we have especially to deplore the loss of an excellent general; but, at this sacrifice, respect for our domination, and tranquillity and order, are assured to the Indian Archipelago. " Our marine has rendered great services, which cannot fail to bo profitable to our West Indian pos sessions. `• The army has been a great source of satisfaction ,0 " My well-loved compatriots are in the enjoyment of the most desirable prosperity. Commerce has resumed its activity; the manufacturers have furnished, especially at the recent exhibition, remarkable proofs of their de velopment. Th e sale f our colonial produce has given profits, which, added to the satisfactory results of the taxes, and the considerable reductions made in the public expinditure, have greatly contributed to ameliorate the state of our finances. The failure, however, in one branch of our agricultural produce, and the numerous victims swept away by a dangerous epidemic, have been a subject of sorrow and grief to us. Both evils are, however, on the decrease. " Under these favourable circumstances, Gentlemen, you are called together to give your attention to the affairs of the country. Numerous important labours, prescribed by the constitution itself, and demanded by the circumstances, await you. " These labours will not be confined to the examina tion and appreciation of the projects of law exacted by the modified fundamental law. You will also be occu pied with a new budget of expenses and receipts of the kingdom; important questions, touching the material interests of .the nation. You will also have to exa mine the measures which, in presence of the actual development of the commercial policy of Europe, shall be deemed apt and proper to encour, , ge navigation and commerce, to re-establish or ameliorate the principal sources of our national prosperity, and, if possible, to create new ones. "To this end I wish you to proceed with wisdom and firmness; to this end I invoke your co operation, your union, your impartial solicitude. " The happitiess and the prosperity of that estimable people, whose welfere it is our duty to cultivate, depend for many years to come upon the acts which, under the present important circumstances, we shall pass with com mon accord. " May the country reap the salutary fruits of our labours. "May the Almighty, in whose hands are our destinies, shield us with his blessing. "It is with these sentiments and wishes in my heart that I declare the opening of the States-General." The KING was loudly greeted by the people as he paused through the streets to the palace. He was ac companied by the Princes HENRY and FREDERICR of the Netherlands. TURKEY. The rebellion in Bosnia, which was fomented by the intrigues of Austria and Russia, has been com pletely put down by TAEIIR PACRA. Letters from Constantinople of the 14`11 say that KOSSUTH, PERCZEL, DEmBIN"; MESAROS, and others have been shut up in the castle of Widdin, and the PORTE has ordered VEYSI PACISA to proceed to that place and guard them until further measures are tilien. It is stated that they are to be confined at Brussa. ITALY. _.—.......--. Prince ORSINI, the Roman Minister at War, issued an order of the day on the 10th for the reorganiza tion of the army. GA RIBALDI returned to Genoa on the 14th. At Legh orn, be tw% en the ar me d troops and some of the popu l ace who were singingon the 11th, an affray took place Rep u bli can songs. Two of the people were killed,evening. The Mil an and s evera l arrests were made in the Gazette says that A.TANIN, TOMASSEO, and other refugees from Venice, who had been al lowed to land by the lonian Government, are about to leave for London. General PEPS is going to Paris, and others of the refugees to Constantinople and Alexandria. We are happy to say that the Duke of Northum berland is at p resent expending a sum of 20,000/. 111 i mproving the cottages of the tenantry on his estates. . - per 61bs. Suckling Ca.. 18. to 255; Quarter•ola Store Pisa, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows with their small Cult. 161. to 181. each. LEWES, SEPT. 18.—Our market was steady, on the foPowing terms:—Beef, from 3s 6cl to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3,6 d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 81; Pork, 35 4d to per 81b3. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN * _ for the Week ended Sept. 13, 1849 , ma d e up from the Returns D i m ., Impectors in the different Cities and Towns in England andWit lss per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. ' OATS. RYL. BEANS. I rIAS., PRICE .. I 43s Od I 27s Id 188 6d l 26s 7d l 30s 8d 1305 1 " DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I BEANS. I rug. Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od is Od Is Od BANK OF ENGLAND-( THIS DAY•) A half-yearly general court of the proprietors was held this day, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of considering a dividend. This also formed a quar terly general court appointed under the charter. Th e attendance of proprietors was large. Mr. Prescott, the Governor, took the chair. The minutes of the preceding meeting having been confirmed, The GOVERNOR said—l have now to inform the court that this is one of the quarterly meetings of the proprietors appointed to be held by the charter also a half-eearly general court appointed by the byes laws to consider of a dividend. I have further to inform the court that the profits of the half-year have exceeded the usual dividend of 3i per cent. by 14,5221.; that the amount of rest, out of which the dividend is to be declared, is 3,567,328/. 7s. 101; and that the court of directors propose that a diva' dend of 31 per cent. be made (if this court think fit), out of interest and profits for the half-year ending the 10th of October next, without any deduction on account of income-tax. After the payment of a dividend of 3f per cent., th e amoun t of the rest wil l be reduced to 3,057,973/. Upon the preceding state.. ment I beg to move that this court do order a dil l ,: (lend to be made of 31 p e r cen t. i n t eres t an d pro"'' for the half-year ending the 10th of October nest, without any deduction on account of income-tax. Mr. DE WINTON rose to move an amendment, and in doing so said he wou ld s t a t e some f ac t s /r r ' could neither be disp u t e d nor con t rover t e d. Whati he wished to pro ve was thi s —th at t h ree m illions c rest, in the present alt ere d pos i t i on o f th e Ba nk, w as neither required as ca pi ta l nor as a protect i on ne any loss which might h ave t o b e susta i ne d. What, in the first place, was the position of the Bank pre vious to the passing of th e 7th an d B t h Vi c ., in Jill 1844. The capital was 14,553,000/, o ut of whi c was to be deducted the loan of 11,000,000/. to the . country, upon which they received interest at 3 P er . cent. There was then left a working only of .3.553,0001., which, added to the r es of 3,000,0001., gave a result of 6,553,000k r That was not, however, their position 111 '," d the Act of 1844, which he might saY, been passed by the first of statesmen, and enabled them, under a liberal Government, to bear up gloriously through an ordeal of unparalleled difh... culty, whilst the whole continent of Europe th e ' e capitatt convulsed. What, then, was their position under Act? They could issue 11,000,0001. banksne,esi;o td: which was in fact so muc h ca pital, and t e issue 3,000,000/. more up on securi ty o n their of that, with the rest, made a working cap ital 17,000,000/. Now, was so large an amount of rest required? He should show that during the months it was not required, and had not ilsbt . e ,_ e s il e employed. The average Government and otntes securities for the last six months weee 15,000,000/. Now, as an old banker, and e o , was sure that all bankers would be the same opinion, that at least one•thiso of the liabilities ought to be kept in the till, and .. they had con ver tibl e secur i t i es w hi c h were eas t *: disposed of in the market, he thought they did But want any more f o r thi s purpose t h an 500.0001. IP what was the amount of capital unemployed during the last six months ? No less a sum, in notes and IF cash, than 1 0,000,000/., which, be submitted, was 5,000,000/, t oo muc h. Th e hi g hly effleie° board of directors was the best guarantee against axe loss being sustained i n th e wor ki ng d epa rtment. 1°- thought, therefore, th e t wo great po i n t s , that th is surplus sum was neith e r requ i re d f or ca pital nor f or loss, bad been proved. Under these circuit'' stances, why could no t th e y agree to dol that which belonged to them ? and he would remark that they were not only acting for themselves, bu t that they had to protect the interests of widows an d orphans, whose existence depended upon their receipts from the Bank. Having then alluded to the operations of free trade, the Honourable Gentleman observed that corn was cheaper in our markets than in any part of the continent or in America, the consequence of which would be that no importations would be made into this country, and no diminution of bullion would take place in the coffers of the Bank. Exchanges were in favour of this country at New York and on the continent, and the Bank of France had a deficit of 300,000/. sterling. Then he would ask what were likely to be the results of the discovery of gold in California ? He took his information from the Times, which contained the soundest information, conveyed in a style worthy the pen of Addison, Steel, or Gibbon, and with reference to the other leading ripen, he might say they were contradicted in a way highly honourable to the country. From a letter which appeared in the Times, he found that last year the gold collected in California amounted in value to 50,000,000 of dollars, or 10,000,0001. sterling' What effect would th a t h ave upon the price of gold in L on d on , w hi c h was the centre of the industrial wor ld ? Why, he shou ld o not be surprised if, inst ea d o f 15,000,0001., they vsnu. l ? have to issue 20,000,0001., which of course esoua make a great reduction i n their capital. The arbe, trary price of gold here was 3/. 17s. 9d., but if reduc e d . to 3/. 10s., there would be a difference of 10 per cent He would not detain them longer, but simply say that he thought he had shown sufficient groun ds reducing the rest to 2,000,0001., and leaving the of b e 1,000,0001. to be added to the dividend, o r to that of given to the proprietors in the shape of He concluded by moving an amendment, of the rest of 3,574 861/ , a dividend of on the bank capital be paid to the proprietors t 10th of October next. Mr. DE WINTON, jun. seconded the amendment.. took discussion The GOTERNOR said, ' before any d express an place on the amendment he begged to e to the not agree earnest hope that the Court would 41 peroncenhte. the rest, the division, when 300,0001. was taken amendment.—(Hear, hear.) At ttlinast directors at the request of the their opinion that the rest could n then brought. below the amount to which . The directors con ') r ° c• t be sa fel y expressed assentduc eodf That opinion seemed to recesveittirgieetnill the proprietors—(Hear, hear.) had then expressed, believing tinued unanimously to be of thtehaotpiannioyn • of duction of the rest would endanger, see ly sorrry to 5 the proprietors would be extreme the re not be the dividend below 31 per cent., a circumstance which furtheruot whichi o n t hdeey brought about; indeed it was one which cuolduldo.hserve, too much deprecated. The rest, he would for the was not only a guarantee fund to important of possible losses, but constitutedprital aofengot importaet part of the working of the capital years Bank.—(Hear, hear.) It had been so 50 a p t as t t h , e ar p d re t s t a ie nt re m st on h l a e d nt. sca ß rc e e t l w y ee e n ver lB b 3 e o eno a s n o d lo i o w B tb t a i the rest appeared to be lower than atd amount of period, in consequence of the estimate . they would ba d lost notes not having been included; but if th been added to the published rest, its amount have reached nearly the amount of the rest at hispresent. He felt that it would be unnecessary to follow Hon. Friend through all his details. He was wrong in stating that the Bank had more available means than before 1844, for the issues being restricted _neY... the Act, the Bank had less available m eans than bo, fore. The reserve arose from the redundancy money in the money market ; and all of them were not re.a . doubt aware, from their experience in c ommercial redundancy might give place tor i oe d eer o ci f ty. ttm ( e lle t i l i s r l matters, in how short a pe Most gladly would their d_( irecHtoernsr,phroepaoose—abuhtigthhoeyr dividend if they cou ld do so could not at the prheospeendt hmyomjeundtioiaosussenttoany increase, but theymanage ment, o could not say to propose a anuetr)r_e_t be occasion, enabledh e i7ih—dividend out of t h e profits of the Bank; bu t g e h n er pL a (Laughter)—to to be constantly making up dividends out of capital might lead to dangerous and disastrous consequences. --(Hear, hear.) No one, he was sure, who had a due regard to the welfare of the Bank would propose or sanction such a proceeding. He hoped, therefore, his Hon. Friend, whose good intentions towards the Bank he did not wish in the least to question, would upon mature d e lib erat i on see proper to w ithdraw his amendment.—(Hear, lifer.) Mr. CooKE regretted that Mr. De Winton had not given the proprietors notice of his intention to bring on the motion he had to-day, as they would have been better qualified to discuss it in detail. Ue . believed, howev e r, th a t th e s t a tement of the Gover nor _ was the best answer th a t could be given to the speech of Mr. De Winton. When they bore high and honourable position whicht he held in mind in the eyes of the world, he thought they had much reason to thank the directors forhavinagition. brought lie their affairs to their present satisfactory position. was decidedly opposed to the amendment. Mr. DE `PISTON said he had given the directors notice of his intention. A PxoPß►Erou said they ought to be glad that they were enabled to receive 3i per cent. Mr. CLARK opposed the amendment, and said the reference of Mr. De Winton to the state of the continent during the past six months was peculiarly unfortunate, since there was a stoppage of all cora roercial intercourse in consequence of capitalists Pre' ferric send the 1 prier of re Meet cons for busi the) Lesi ever cour in 1 it w 2 3 0( the two belt? crea and tica afte Clai up i 'I larg the rest Wol r ut tri c the