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• - _ NOTICE! MRS. TROLL()PE ' S NEW NOVEL, TIIE OLD WORLD AND TTIE NEW, IS NOW NERDY, And may be had at all the libraries, in 3 yola. ltenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Ntarlber,,ugh-street. THEATRE BOYAL, Under the oirection of Madame THIS EVENING, Will be performed the popular Drama of MARIE DUCANGE. Princlpil characters by Messrs. Boyce, 0. Smiih, Wright, Worrell, and Madame Celeste. After which n new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick. Mr. Wright; Mr. Channt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedfordl; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Frnest 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 James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks. Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of THZ DANCING BARBED. Lord Mincington, Mr. Boyce ; Lady Flitterly, Miss E. Harding. keiT LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the P'-ctronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In compliance with numerous requests at the Box-office, the po puipr Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, will be pro duced with great splendour THIS EVE - SING, To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C fRCLE, in which Marie 3facarte will appear, supported by the fret Rinestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. -..eve Yammer, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, he: Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badaioz to he the Trost serf ct ant life-like. exhibition. Herr Hermans, the Celebrated Bass Singer. Herr Fer littaud Sommer will execute a Solo on the Euphonion. Grand Musical lielange, composed on the occasion of her Majesty's Visit to Ir land, 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 stove slated in a gran I Pyrotechnic Reprvsentation. Air. Southbv will not vouch for the accuracy of the Portrait, but the effect will be prodigious. It will make its appearance on the Lake immediately prece.tiug the Storming of Badajcz. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of tashionabie resort is open every MONDAY, TUEsDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to he the most pertect and life-like exhibition ever oresented—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 dnai 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 partion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had o' the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.x. ; feeding of the animals at Five : Pelicans and White Bears half-past diye ; Concert at Six ; Storminz of Badaioz, at Desk.—Admission One shilling. 11011 WATER AT LONDON BRUXIE. Tam Dar —Morning, 0 min. after 4 Evening, 17 min. after 4 'lO/mow—Morning, 32 min. atter 4 EveaM-. 51 intr. •itter 4 T WEATHFR.—SUN ()mcE, SEPT. 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 Highest, 61; NOM,. 54. BAROMETER, 30 5. Wind N.N.E.—dull weather. MIW A O. \ • 41' DIEU ' „ its I • Nt 0 Oltenino - - - - - - - - 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 IVlLLiams, 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, Tuthill-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 ultimo, 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 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 diarrlvea, 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 altogether from the decision of the court of justice, is at any time inflicted upon an unfortunate prisoner by the local authorities, and in the event of a refusal of com pliance is severely enforced by the visiting magis trates ! 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 necessary, 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 invi gora ti ng a i r o f h eaven . S o f ar f rom striving in thi s manner to ameliorate the condition of prisoners at a period when a terrible disease is deci mating the population, cur local authorities are only diminishing th e a l ready paltry amount of exercise and nourishment. If our prisons are not the filthy and miserable receptacles of crime which they were in a previous generatio n , b e f ore the sublime philan thropy of the benevolent HOWARD shed its purifying consolations into those lairs of sin, an d 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 improve. ▪ meat. They tell us that we must not • boast prematurely of changes that are still NrEWSlincatdplite. They demonstrate that our vaunted Z --)..-4 , Tans grans up to thin momen t rather nominal than'tieluill They cry out in voices that are but too audible forAbat interference of the Press which has 3.4 became the . precursor of all the interferences of Parliament. Listening to these inarticulate but still stagy cognizable appeals, rising from the silence and , 5%,..c ,..., THE StlN,r LONDON, TIIITRSDA Y EVES G, SEPTEMBER'; - .20,', 1349. la_ the solitude of our prisons, we feel that in speak ing a we now do we only acquit ourselves of a deep acid 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 p )ssiblE. in the approaching section, these sudden n d melancholy deaths from Cholera of several of the Chartist prisoners. Common j ustice, 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 suppose, 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 exertion 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 character. It some not be sufficient to expose and r emo ve minor n The amelioration h r e e grievance, ameliora tio b n ea m ri u n s g t o b n e a gpeaerteircaull,araffcelasetsieogr ptharetye. noe nabusethe untouched3,ianufac o h r od u y ne o e f re th d e fo p r e . opl l e, be an A d g l r e ie a Agricultural and 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 6' 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. DIsRARLI directed the attention of the popular 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 complaint, but unfortunately the remedy proposed was by no means adequate to the evil. Ile 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 he demanded was that a moiety of the local charges should be transferred to the Consolidated Fund, by which the class he more especially repre sented 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 impo3t—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 chi-fly cast upon these for whose especial benefit that tux 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 as 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 " Unequa taxation." In the language of their eloquent . champion, they feel that " having been deprived of protection they should at least oe allowed to enjoy the right of not having to suumit to taxation from which other classes of the community art 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 hand of fellowship to the new corners. Let Mr. DISRAELI apply himself to the task of pro clueing 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 abide. 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 ere perennius"— the undying fame belonging to a high-minded, an honest, and a patriotic statesman. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The 17:dependance 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 have 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 wpigh 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, iu Essex, upon the interesting occasion of chris tening the infant son of the ex-sheriff, who received the names of " Francis Duke," atter his sponsors, the Lord Mayor 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 c i rc l e at dinner, to meet the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, including Archdeacon and Mrs. Grant, Lady M'Neghten, Mr. arid Mrs. Miles, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Battescombe, Sir Peter Laurie and Miss Laurie, Mr. and Mrs. Masheter, and many of the neighbouring gentry. BISHOPRIC OF NORWICII.—We are informed that Dr. Hind, Dean of Carlisle, has been appointed to the vacant Bishopric of Norwich, and the Rev. James Aspi n!dl, M.A., of Althorpe Rectory, Lincolnshire, is to be his successor at the deanery. Lord Pa nmure h as feued to Capt. Wemyss, Lord- Lieutenant of Finishire, 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. TaE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. 1, We find the following in the Constitutionnel : " The liberal policy which our Government follows -it Rome meets with the approbation of all the Powers. Spain openly supports it; England approves highly it ; Austria seconds it with her good offices. It is • isy to u nderstand that the Cabinet of her Britannic MAJESTY should give its full and unreserved assent to 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 hare adopted at Gaeta and at Rome. The Austrian Cabinet is too wise not to desire the establishment at Rome of a Government which shall ba reasonable and consequently durably. 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 Patrie 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 that the difficulties are not insurmountable. Three means have ever been pointed out in the most recent contereuces 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 alt 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 ot 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 fur France. Up to this time it is she who in the Roman affair has stood foremost. It she should accept the arbitra tion of Austria, people would not fail to sey 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 impossibilitje 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 ever of obtaining a result, and that by taking as the sterting 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 clusion. lam able to state positively that the King of N.,ples himself conducts himself in this affair like a wise and skilful Prince, and that be 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 oblige tion on the Pope to submit to it, if he should be of a contrary opinion. The question of the mode ot 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. and 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 ot new 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. They have not, it is true, been admitted without being subjected to important modifications, and it has required several years to organize them, but, iu fine, they in part exist. Wt at 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 any army of his own. He wishes to have a numerous body of caribincers (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 this arrangement France 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 en conditions very favourable for the Pope, but it will not take place until all otter difficulties have been removed. Hitherto it has been the King of Naples who has, from his privy purse, provided for the expenses of the Holy Father, and that he has done in the most liberal manner." M. DE FALLOUX was sufficiently recovered to re ceive ,the Minister for Foreign Affairs and several members of the Parliamentary Committee on Tuesday evening. c P on a s r i l s ia ti m ng en o ta r r t y he m Co e m m m be i r t s tee of otfhethreeactCioonnsare reactionary arE T t h a e t, party, is about to resume its meetings. M. JULES FATES will defend some of the accused of the lOth of June in the approaching trials at Ver sailles. The rumour that M. LEDRU 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 _aerie states it is the intention of the Govern. ment to liberate the military cuutingent of 1842. The Moniteur contains a decree from the PREn. DENT of the Republic declaring that as the onion • 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. 500. 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 mg 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 state 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, and 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 offer 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 had 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 establi,hed, and by that means it does not go beyond the locality where it first breaks out. _ PARIS BOURSE.—WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19. The market has been somewhat firmer t o -day, and prices have improved, without, howev e r, any v er y l arge share of business doing. For the account Threes left off firm a; 56f. 50c.; and Fives at 89r. 150. The mark-t closed as f•dlows:—Threes, for cash, 56f. 45e.; f. , r account, 56f. 50c.; Fives, for cash, 89f. ; for account. 89f. 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 r.; Rouen, 5321'. 50c.; Ha vre , 262 f. 50 c . ; Avignon, 225 f.; Vierzon, 310 f.; Strasbourg and Basle, 102 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4051:; Northern, 441 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasbourg, 355 r.; Nantes, 305 f.; Montereau, 113 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Swr. 19. Namur and Liege, 51 4—Northern of France, 2 5 ,6 die.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3 , A ex div. —Paris and Stras• bourg, 51i. .140 NE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of C .tton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5.000 Wei ' of whieh: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 971. At Amsterdam, on the 18th instant, the Dutch Funds were lower again, the: Two-and-a-Halt par Cents. being 541 to 5-16. The Bank of England proprietors have held their quarterly meeting to-day, and have again had 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 31 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 annum, 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 1 ith 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 921 for Transfer, and 92i 4 for Account. Exchequer bills have been 375. to 40s. premium; and India Bonds, 72.3. to 75s l _premium_; East India Stock is worth 272. In the Foreign Market there is,lno alteration of any moment. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 17i ; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 29 to Brazilian Small Bonds have realised 81 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, are 541 ; Mexican Stock has been heavy at 271 to 27a. he 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. ONE O'OCLCE. oL , sING piticlfs olr ~R TTIFIll: vrisTl)S PRICE". per Cent. Consols Annuities 92%% 92% India Stock 272 272 India Bonds, 1,0004 — Ditto under 1,000/.. ....... 72 75 p Consols for Account ..... 92 3 / % :xcliequ er Bills. 140. & 2d. 1,0001. June 37 40 p 5001. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS O7NE. O'CLOCK. 75 p 92% 40 p 40 p 40 p (MOPING PRICES. Brazilian Bones — Ditto, Small 8 7 1,4 87% Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 49% 48 'A t 48 1 ,1 E Danish Bonds. 1825,3 per Cent Do. Bonds.. — ICO Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — 17 1 ,y Ditto Deferred 111 exican, r; per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account 275% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent — - Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active... Ditto, Account • ••• 57 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 81 Ditto, Converted, 5 per Cent — 28 1 Ditto, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account,' Russian Bonds ..... 106% 106% 6, panisb 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account l7 T Ft Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch.2 l 4 per Cent., 12 Guild... 54 3 4% 54% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSLNO HALLWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O — — Do. Preference - 000000000 000.. - Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ..... dis ....... dis. Ayrshire and Galloway 7% Belfast & County Down 26% Berks & Hants Evens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Oa f, rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 loDo,withoutguarar tee 20 ... i3ii ming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 .. „.. ... Do. withoutguarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... ......... ...... Ditto, Thirds ... uckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, New 101. Prof... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 , ;hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence _ _ _ Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Aindalk & Enniskillen 27% — East Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and. L. and D...... 25 Do. - 181., E. & H.... 18 27 1774 3% 34 1 / 2 34 - 13% - P 15% 9 1 ,4 ..... 1114 Do., 3/. 103., Pref... 3 1 / 2 Eastern Coutates... ..... 20 7 1 / 2 % x.d 7 x.d. Do. New, Gus. 6 per ct. 10 ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 133. 4d... 1 4 p........... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. .... ... 50 ...... Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New ... - I A P Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 - ••• Dee 000000000 - Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22% Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... .-- East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6% — .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 A East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... .. 35 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. ........ Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport — Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2% Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is. Gla-gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... ..8 /. 6s. 8d.... ... •••• Glasgow,Kilmar., Sr Ayr 50 ...... -- Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., ,i, A Deferred - Do., ;4 1 8 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,4 2 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 7 , -/ 2 -rest South. and West. 7 1 4 4M 5% (Ireland) ,:' roat North of England.loo ...... ..... Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, N ew, 30/ 3O Ditto, New.ls/... ...... 15 „ .. Great Western 100 Ditto, j Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifth* ..... ....... 20 Ditto, New 171. ..... 15 - 7 1 4 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ...... ..... .... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo ..... 65 Do. do. M. B. Se 13... 95 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 46 ... .. Do. Quarters .... ..... 22% 1 3 3 /4 x.d.........13 3 / 4 x.d. DD. Fifths... ........ —.. 10 Do. Thirds .... ... l5 ..... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.. - Do. Livcrp. and Bury 46 Ditto (Huddersfield and Shea) Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .. ... 2 1 / 2 1 .4 x.d.... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ...... Do. 1 / 2 Shares(A)... 10 ...... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 ...... De., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 -.. Liverpool, Crosby and couthport . ()Eldon &Blaekwall . 121 /s 3 l / 2. 3 l /2 ',uncton, Brighton, and South Coast... ...-10 ) Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 I, ‘,.e tuaranc. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... 9 3 / 4 10 9,,i, "' 10. Prefer. 5 her cent. 50 I,itto. ditto..-.. p , : 250 .. L , donandUreenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d — .. Di tt4 . ...... .... , Preference .. . 20 1 (melon and N. Western )(4). .., 1111,, 110.., 109% Ditto. New Quarters.. 12 ...... 12 12% .. 12% I) , *to, Eiftl - e. ..... ...... 7 ..... 9% I :O. 401.Sharee(L.141.) 35 • ....••• ...... _ iro. wt. (M. ,13 B.) C. 1 ...... Low' & S Weatern ..... 50 ..... 3'3 33! 4 Ditto, New 501...... 42 %...... -- ..... / .o. New 40/. 34 .... .-- Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calle Lon-toi , ,ic.rr y& Co lerain e , 25 ...... Do. 4 Sharers .. 3 3 4 ...... .--. ......... ...... iid.,fiderry and Ennui ktilc,,, ••-•• 25 OW ••• ....• ••• VD ......... ''." Do. 1., Sharers.. - ........ 4.... !" Meinchegter,Buxton,and Matlock.., II .., 11 0. ...... . .... ,1 , 1 incite*ter. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire -100 Do. Quarter* (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 121 i Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ... .. Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 19 Ditto ditto . - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire -•.• 22%. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 Do., Manchester and. Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. — ... ........ ••• Midland ... .. ..100 -.51% 50 50% x.d.. 49 1 ,. c x.d Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do., do., 50c. Shares 30 ... .. 10 3 4 11 ... Do. Birm.. sand 1 / 4 .0)y 100 Do.Consol.Bristol and lialattli s ., ti pur et- ...100 ..... 125 ... 126% Ditto,Brist.& Gloc i tr. 42 - Ditto ditto .. .18 .123.6 d.... Do.,Erew , shVal.,Pref. 5u Ditto, Leieest.& Swan ningtoti, 8 per et. guar.l.oo - Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redear, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo , — Do. Quarters Newmarket - Do. Extension 2 . .. . 1. 125...- :9..4. "' ~..' cwport, Abergavenny, ,nd Hereford 6 .•.... Newry and Enniskillen 7 N ewry, W arrenpoint, and Rostrevor ...... .. 20 ...... .. ......... ... Norfolk ... —lOO ...... ex. div.... Do. Na w 201. .... ...... 15 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed s%p c . 5 ••• Do.Lowestoft(4 per ct) 20 Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 2 0 - Do. du. Waveney V a l. 2 ~.... . \ xtbern Counties Union 4 ...... —. North Brita.th „. .... 2f.• .. ,12 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........8 1 4 .. Ditto Preference 3% B% ..... North Stahordbhire ... i7-,y 9ji 10 9N..... orth Wales . 3 1 4. — North-Western .... Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhauiptou ._ . .. 50 a ntding, Guildford, and Reigate iWyston and Hitehi n ... 4 %.. ... .. .. ...... .••••• zi ......... euttish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Ditto ditto_, Class • B 7 . ..... . Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and lieretd. 4 ...... Sarewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditt o 9 ... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Sarupsuire Union ...... 5% .-.. . ....• ...... .. auth Devon .. .. .... "'Do. Preference 25 So nth Staiturthhir e ...... 814, — ..... nt. , utla Eastern _ l 9 •• uo., .2•0. ............ Do., N 0.2. ............ 10 •• •• Do., No. 3 .- U. ..... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 .•• • 5 • Do., Scrip No 4 ...... 10 South h ales -,auth Yorkshire, Don- aster, and Goole ...... 10 ::41effield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 14% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... --- -tvv ans. is Loughor & Ca ineron's Still C0a1.... 7 !. w Vale Latension ... 8 names Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Natertord and Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Li meric k 4 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw slid Dublin 3 ."• • Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ••••1 Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall hitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and Suutii;Western ..... ... 14 ilts,Somerset,tk We.) - mouth ........ ......... 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. Do, Newcastle Exten. 20 •••••• .int.... Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 .. 3% 3...... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ..... . . York .Midland 50 ...... 21!, ; ( Ditto, Preference 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYo Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). 5 1 4 noulogne and Amiens... 20 ••• •• ........ • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara l 7 l /2 — Dutch Rhenish ..... last Indian ..« . Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. .. 10s. Louvain I la Sambre ... Luxembourg .. Ditto . Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur arid Liege Northern of France l4/. 85... 2 5 / s dis 2 IA dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... ex. div. x.d Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O 21 ... • ... Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ....• Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ll ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt W est Flanders 8 34 .. .... Ditto ... B% MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Corn... 15 Australian 13arossa Mange 28s. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..... British Iron Brazilian Imperial ...... 241/2 BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 . Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... Cobre Copper General Beal Del Monte, Unreg. - •• Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba... lO ...•••• ..... United kexicau . 28th 4 „.. ..... ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia , British North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 Londou.Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & WestrninstQr. 20 ...... ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. ; LONDON, SEPT. 20. Wind this d a y at noon N.. moderate bret ze, and cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Aurora, Ryan, Calcutta ; Charlotte, Affieck, ditto. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Panama, Sydney, New South Wales; Blond, ditto; Desire and Tully, Liverpool, atd St. Thomas; Jane, Jamaica. Sld. John Campbell, Bombay, and not the James Campbell, as reported yesterday. LIYEEPOoL SEPT. 19.—Wind N.—Arrd. Ann Blair, Antigua. Sld. Sultana, Jacmel; Ringfield, Bombay; Eu, Lima; Mary, St. Thomas; Antonio, Havannah, Ulysses, Vera Cruz; Queeu Dowager, ditto; Symmetry, New Orleans; Lady S a le, Ch ar l es t on ; Abey Land, Savannah; Chaos, New York; Kate, ditto; Guy Man nering, ditto. Off Port, W. H. Harbeek. OFF BEACHY HEAD, SEPT. 18.—Aurora, Ryan, Cal cutta; Charlotte, Calcutta. UYE, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Moseley, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.— Arrd. Ilenriette,de Grote, St. Thomas, for Copenhagen. OFF TORBAY, SEPT. 18.—Belle Alliance, Bombay. FALssovra, SEPT. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Bro thers, Recd, 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. MARTPORT.—Arrd. Henderson, Twentyman, Quebec. NEWPoRT, SEPT. 19.—Wind N.E.—Sld. George Thomas, Boston; William Carson, Barmuda; Thomas and Joseph Crisp, Ceylon. SWANSE&, SEPT. I9.—Wind N. to E.—Sld. Douglas, Ferna❑do Po ; Chelydrey, Panama ; Grenfells, Co quimbo. QUEENSTOWN,PSEPT. 17.—S1d. Effingham, New York. DONEGAL.—Zrrd. Blanch, St. John's, New Bruns wick. BELFAST, SEPT. 18.—Wind N.—Arrd. Widow. Waighill, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Kona, Clyde, and Panama; Brierly Hill, Liverpool, and Bio Janeiro; Maria, New York. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATZ AND LEADENZIAL. These markets were rather flat to-day, on the follow ing terms:—Beef, from 2 s 10 d t o as 6d; Mutton, 33 to Od to 4s Od ; Lamb, 4s Od to 4 s 8 d ; Veal, 3s 35 6dl and Pork, 3s 4d to 45 4d per 81b5 by the earcse. JAAIr SMITHFIELD.-IVleadow hay, 21 103 to 31125; Clover ditto, Si Os to 41 154; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 125 per oarl. A moderate supply, and a sluegibh demand. CHMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15.. Clover ditto, 3/ 55 to 41 106; and Straw, 11 Ss to 11 14s per toad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITE CHAFEL.—Meadow Hay, 2. 8s to 31.133; Clover, MU°, 31 5s to 41 16s ; a nd Straw, 116 s to 1/ 123 per ',, a d. Both Hay cud Straw moved off heavily, s t a tionary prices. at barely MEAT MARZETB. _ _ SOUTHALL, SEPT. 19.—Prime deists and Sheep commanded a steady sale, at Lull prices. In all other kin of stock, only a limited business was transacted. Beef, from 33 2d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 2d; Lamb. 4s Od to 4s 8d; Veil, 3s Od to 3s 6d; and Pork. 3. 4d to 3s 10d per 81b5 to sink the offal. RoMFORD, SEPT. 19.—Our mark e t was by no means active to-day, yet prices were well supported. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4. 2d; Lamb, 4s Od to 4s 10; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 38 10d SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. On that day the new Minister of Public Instruc tion, SEIJAS LOZANO, 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 It appears now th at i t has to be discussed afresh d res a ir the Council of Ministers. In the meanwhile commerce suffers the natural paralyzation in its affairs, and the losses occasioned are incalculable. On the other s id e , 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 iodustry, to say what is the state of this matter," /sc. 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., 271 ; Five per Cents., 112, both for account. Exchange on London, 51. GEI-tiM.A.N Y 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. STIA The Vie nna jour n a l s of t he 15th are filled with accounts of the rejoicings which took place on the previous day in honour of the arrival in Vienna of R ADETZEY. In the evening the whole city was one blaze of light. The EIMrEROR was slightly indisposed. The noble family Zicny, of Hungary, intends, it is said, to commence a criminal prosecution against General GEORGE Y , for having in October last ordered the exec u ti on of Count OEDIEN ZICHY. The Osservatore of Trieste contains a notification, dated the 11th, by which the provisional political chiefof the Austro-Illyrian provinces, HERBERSTEIN declares th e s t a t e of s i ege to b e 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 THE DUTCH CHAMBERS.-THE KING'S SPEECH. On the 16th inst. KingWILLIAM 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 ycu will called upon to devote with me your scrupulous attention to the dearest interests of ~ur country, arid 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. We 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 di mivation, and tranquillity and order, are assured to the Indian Archipelago. " Our marine has rendered great services, which cannot fail to be profitable to our West Indian pt..s army has been a great source of satisfaction to m e. 1 he oe4n% "My well-loved compatriots are in the enjoyment of the must desirable prosperity. Commerce has resumed its activity; the manufacturers have furnished, especially at the recent exhibition, remarkable proofs of their de velopment. The sale of our colonial produce has given profits, which, added to the satisfactory results of the taxes, and the considerable reductions made in the public expenditure, have greatly contributed to ameliorate the state of our finances. The failure, however, in one branch of oar agricultural produce, and the numerous victims swept away by a dangerous epidemic, have been 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 encourilge navigation and commerce, to re. establish or ameliorate the principal sources of our national prosperity, and, if possibh, to create new ones. "To this end I wish you to proceed with wisdom and firmnees; to this end I invoke your co operation, your union, your impartial solicitude. " The happiness and the properity of that estimable pßopte, whose welt'rre it is our dury to cultivate, depend tur many years to came upon the acts which, under the present important circumstances, we hhall pas* 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 passed through the streets to the palace. He was ac companied by the Princes HENRY and FREDERICK. of the Netherlands. TURKEY. The rebelli on i n B osn i a , w hi c h was fomented by theintrigue s of Austria and Russia, has been com pletely put down by TARE. PACHA. Letters from Constantinople of the 14th say that Kosstrru, PERCZEL, DEMBINSKI, MESAROS, and others have been shut up in the castle of Widdin, and the PORTE has ordered VETSI PACHA to proceed to that place and guard them until further measures are Hien. 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 reorganizi tion of the army. GARIBALDI returned to Genoa on the 14th. At Leghorn, on the 11th, an affray took place be tween the armed troops and some of the populace who were singi ng Republican sungi. Two of the people were killed, and several arrests were made in the evening. The Mil an Gazette says that MANiN, TOMASSEO, and other refugees from Venice, who had been al lowed to land by the lonian Government, are about to leave for London. General PEPE 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 expen di ng a sum o f 20,0004 m im proving the cottageo of the tenantry on his estates. per Bibs. S , .;ekrrg C , ,lves, 18.4 to 255; Quarter °. Store Pis, 16,, to 20s; Any Cast, 16/. to iBI, ca4l.AnyMilvh Cows with their sma ll LEwEs, SEPT. 18.—Our m:.rket was steady, on th' 3 r,flow,rig tertus:-I.3ert, twill 3, 6,1 to 4s 4d ; Aluttou, 3s 6:1 to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4' per 81b::. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN' 7 , or the Week ended Sept. 13. 1849, made up trout tn. Returns Inspectors in the different Ci t i es and Towns in England and W" per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY.' 1 OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEA'' PRICE .. I 4.11 Od 276 Id 18s 6d 26s 7d l 30s 8d J3os ld DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. I l' 211 :i is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od le 0 BANK OF ENGLAND-( THIS DAY•) A half-yearly general court of the proprietors was held this day, at t we l ve o ' c l oc k , for the purpo se of. considering a dividend. This also formed a qu,,''L terly general court a pp o i n t e d un d er the charter. .-L''', attendance of proprietors was large. Mr. Prescni" the Governor, took the chair. The minutes of the preceding meeting having be en confirmed, The GOVERNOR said—l have now to inform t l l- court that this is one o f th e quarter l y mee ti n gs ° the proprietors appointed to he held by the charter; also a half-yearly general court appointed by the bY' laws to consider of a dividend. I have further t° inform the court th a t th e pro fi ts o f t h e hell-Ye ar have exceeded the usual dividend of 3j- per cent. bY 14 5221. ; that the am oun t o f rest , out o f w hich tb e dividend is to be de c l are d, i s 3 , 567 , 324/ . 7s. 1,°1; and that the court of' directors propose that a euv ; " (lend of 31e 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 payment deduction ° fleet rlltit of income-tax. After the ,-,t of 11 * dividend of 3-i- per cent., th e amoun t o f the rest w' be reduced to 3,057,9731. Upon the preceding state' merit I beg to move th a t thi s court d o or der a °I I " (lend to be made of 3i p er cen t. i nteres t a nd profi t . % for the half-year endi ng th e 10th o f October next, without any deduction on account of income-tax. i Mr. DE WINTO N ro s e t o move an amen dment, O h ' in doin so said he would stat e some facts wh ie d could neither be disputed n o r con t rove rted. liTh"o-f 1 iTh " 0 - f he wished to pr ove was thi s — t h at t h ree millions a-a rest, in the present alt ere d pos i t i on o f th e Bolt' ".. w ns t neither required as ca pit a l nor as a protec tion sti lb a i at, any loss which might h ave t o b e susta i ne d. I' re „ in the first place, was the position of the BaelY bi vious to the passing of the 7th and Bth Vic., in Juice 1844. The capital was 14,553,0001., out of wi" was to be deducted th e l oan o f 11,000,000/. to t e r country, upon which they r ece i ve d i n terest at 3 dal cent. There was then left a working e e P T es t only of 3,553,000/, which, added to the ~rO/. of 3,000,000/., gave a resu lt o f 6,5 53 °__v Aag That was not, however, th e ir position Il e r, a d the Act of 1844, which he might Sa bad been passed by the first of statesmen, ae" b e ar enabled them, under a liberal Government, to „. up gloriously through an ordeal of unparalleled des culty, whilst the whole continent of Europe , 0 er tv convulsed. What, then, was their position und _t e , , s , : Act? They could issue 11,000,000/. bank-no which was in fact so much capital, and, r tnf . i.sue 2,000,000/. more upon security 00 the! ..n r a f flat, with the rest, made a working cer, refit 17.000,000/. Now, was so large an amount or ' required? Be should show that during the .obeen months it was not required, and had t i° othe r employed. The average Government and , hs were securities for the last six months e o f 15,000,0001. Now, as an old banker, and b mf was sure that all bankers would eb.re. least one d i a the same opinion, that at of the liabilitie s oug ht t o b e k e pt in the till , and :ee they had convertible securities which weredrs"i d n o disposed of in the market, he thought they . . n ,, t want any more for this purpose than 500,0001.url'o's what was the amount of capital unemployed 6 in the last six months ? No less a sum, in notes and submitted cash, than 10,000,000/., w hi c h, he sulicient was 5,000,0001, t oo muc h. The highly e , any board of directors was the best guarantee agains t d e loss being sustained in the working department. this thought, therefore, the two great points, that ror surplus sum was neither required for capital no n ' to , loss, had been proved. Under these al cir,.vida stances, why could not they agree to _rk that which belonged to them ? and he would rem that they were nut only acting for themselves, v_ud that they had to protect the interests of widows !ill,, orphans, whose existence depended upontheirreeeTe from the Bank. Having then alluded to I'L L operations of free trad e , the Honour an ; Gentleman observed that corn was che l l be in our markets than in any part of . b continent or in America, the consequence of whl ° ,,, would be that no importations would be made ill," this country, and no di m i nu ti on o f b u llion woo take place in the coffers of the Bank. Exchaori were in favour of this country at New York and on the continent, and the Bank of France had a deficit of 300,0001. sterling. Then he would ask what were likely to be the results of the discovery of g old in California ? He took his information from the Times, which contained the soundest informati on . , conveyed in a style worthy the pen of Addison, ste el or Gibbon, and with reference to the other leading papers, he might say they were contradicted in a w . al, highly honourable to the country. From a lette r which appeared in the Times, he found that la st y ear the gold collected in California amounted in value t 0 50,000,000 of dollars, or 10,000,000/. steruto4 What effect would that have upon the price of gold in London, which "suld centre of the industrial world ? Why, he would not be surprised if, instead of 15,000,000 1 , they _ tl id have to issue 20,000,0001., which of course wyrbi, make a great reduction in their capital. reducedTfet trary price of gold here was 31. 17s. 9d., but i to 3/ 10e, there would be a differeece of 10 per. cent. He would not detain them longer, but ail:D ads for that he thought he had shown sufficient grotuheos other reducing the re et to 2,000,0001., and leaving or a be 1,000,0001. to be added to the dividend,f b o n us' given to the proprietors in the shape o t, He concluded by moving an amendmen4 ef the rest of 3,574,8611, a dividend of . t k or P s __ D the on the bank capital be paid to the proprietors u 10th of October next. t. the amendinen Mr. DE WINT.oN, jun., seconded . tussion took The GOTERNOR said, before any ells express ea d to place on the amendment he base not theratc;tit.t the last halt-yearly amendment.—(Hear, hear.) Aileke from the rest, the earnest hope that the Court d not agree to the division, when 300.000/. wa s ta . director* at the request of not be safely reduced their opinion that the rest cou ld below the amount to which the general assent of the proprietors, expressed Th directors con the That opinion seemed to rhecehive the proprietors—(Hear, hear.) tinned unanimously to be of tit was then brought; had then expressed, believing that anyreduction of duction of the rest would endanger the circumstance which the dividend below 3k per cent.'acircumsorrrY to se e the proprietors would be extremely s he opinion fwurhtihcehrthdeey. brought about ; indeed it was one which coidulduhnsoetol):, too much deprecated. The rest, hew the was not only a guarantee fund to provide ted a 11 ' 34 contingency of possible losses, but constituted of th e important part of the working of the capitalteso Yeers Bank.—(Hear, hear.) It had been so for 50 low a s past, and the rest had scarcely ever be o en and 184 3, w(L for the at the present moment. Between 183 other, the rest appeared to be lower than at anY ount 0. , m they b ed period, in consequence of the estimatedhut ifa lest notes not having been included ; been added to the published rest, its amoutntrwe(64ll,.d. have reached nearly the amount of the rest a fo f .ow eL; He felt that it would be unnecessary to way wrong " b i n , Hon. Friend through ell his details. flewa means than stating that the Bank bad more available . rne t thei)a n A b e e t f:o rtehelßB4a4n,kfihiradtbleessi,sues availablebe being g meansrestdrtarhcnateend be tore. The reserve arose from the redundancy werey no' doubt aware, from their experience.d money in the money market ; andall o i f n t o f time that matters, in how short a penile c ommercial H place propose a higher Most gladly would their directors (Hear, hear)—but they redundancy might give to scarcity.—(ear.) dividend it they could d increase, but they . could not at the present bmyomjeundtioiaosussentnataonsagney. a future occasion, he could not say meat, on (Laughter) —to be enabled to propose A higher dividend ou t of the p rofits of the Ban k ; but t o be constantly making up dividends out of capital ren— might lead to dangerous and disastrous consequence s. —(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 deliber a ti on se e proper to withdraw 1)1s amendment.—(blear, hear.) Mr. Cooxa regretted that Mr. De Winton had not given the proprietors notice of his intention to hay bang e on the motion he h a d to-C.ay, as they would e been better qualified to discuss it in detail 1.1 believed, however, that the statement of the Governoreee was the best answer that could bed the of Mr. De Winton. When they bore M Bank held in high and honourable position thewhich they had much iven to thls:p n the eyes of the world, he thought reason to thank the di re ctors for hin ßi their affairs to their present satisfactory aPv os g b on roughHte was decidedly opposed to t he amen th e directors Mr. DE WINTON said b e had givendment. notice of hig intention. A PROPRIETOR said they ou ht to be glad that th e y g 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 com mercial intercourse in consequence of capitalist's Pre" 10 1 , i - x.(I x.d 12 51/2 16 3 / 4 ac..i 21% 6 10% 2;.3 4 th 10:!4 4 1 / 4 16 BE ev co in it 2,1 th aft CI ur