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most improbable. Even if it were true, the act of shooting wes proved not to have caused the death of O'Connor. A man who was at home when the intended victim called, when ;le must have been murdered, and who was there for a long time after, was doubtless the murderer. The re were three points upon which he felt it necessary to remark relied upon by the Crown, as showing that the woman was an accessory before the fact namely, the evidence with respect to the crowbar, the lime, and the shovel. The shovel was an ordinary dust or coal shovel, and it was absurd to suppose. that a hole could be dug with it. Therefore, he beheved the purchase of the shovel rather favourable to the accused than otherwise. Why, if she required to dig a hole, which could have been better done in :the garden than in the back kitchen, it would have been as easy to have purchased a spade. Being about her usual household affairs in the purchase of a shovel on the day before the murder was inconsistent with the fact that she was then con templating the murder. It would b 3 for them to say whether the lime was purchased for the destruction of the slugs in the garden, or for aidde gin the murder. The boy who took the lime, and oa/ded the next day for some halfpence for doing so, would not swear positively that the money was paid by the female prsoner. It might have been given to him by the charwoman. Then, with re svect to the crow bar, which was falsely called, as was in reality a chisel, commonly known as; a lipping-chisel, why, it was a common thing for per ions to say, when about to make a purchase, " I s sail send so and so home ;" and he might have said " 7 shall send a chisel home for some work I have to d o." Then Manning stopped the man who was carr;sieg it, and had it wrapped in paper, and being wrapped in paper Mrs. Manning might be utterly ignorant of what the parcel contained ; and the most innocent person might say that the charge was too high. How often did a person, when he went Jut in the morning, say to his wife or to his servant, "I shall send a parcel home—will you pay ha lf.a.crown, or some definite sum for it ?" A husbinnel had no right to shield his wife from the consequences of a murder which she had committed, but in this case the husband had thrown all the blame upon the wife. And when taken into custody, lifter he had had time to consider the course he should take, the first thing he did, like a low poltroon, was to accuse his wife in order to save himself. Then the spots of blood upon the dress were proved to be iron molds and not marks of blood. It was true there w ere marks of blood on the toilet cover, but there were a hundred ways of accounting for blood upc n such an article which they could account for. The stains of blood they would find were inside and not outside the dress, which doubtless arose from, natural causes. He ft It no delicacy in stating this, not withstanding the fe male listeners, who were mere spectators, and had no further interest in the c Ass, the important nature of which compelled Wm to be thus explicit. Indeed, wherever a murder was committed, if toilet covers and linen were carefully examined blood might easily be discovered. Before the murder took place there were the conveasations as to the influence of laudanum and chloroform, and the most tender part of the skull, and the purchase of the crowbar and lime by Manning, for he threw the shovel overboard altogether ; and then they found Mrs. Manning writing a letter to O'Connor on the day before the murder, inviting him to dinner. Now was it not possible that Mannin g, desirous to impli cate hie wife in the murdei., got her to write the letter of invitation, so that )so handwriting of his should be found on the body, raid might he not also have placed her in a position to take in the crowbar for the same end? Her statement to Walsh when he called, that she had invited O'Connor to dinner the day before and that he had not oo.me, and her cool ness and absence from all guile, showed guiltlessnes ; and when O'Connor became faint, and she bathed his head with eau de Cologne, did it not show that she was the most unlikely person to have committed the murder ? Why she would have recoiled from the titan whose murder she had determined upon. The most abandoned and callous woman—the woman who was the common prostitute of several men —nay, the most abandoned woman that obtained a wretched subsistence in the streets, could not act in this way if she had contemplated a foul suld awful murder. When Mrs. Manning called at the deceased's house on the evening of the murder she was observed to look pale. Suppose she knew the murder was about its commission, and that she should find the friend of her youth, the friend who had assisted her in her business affairs,:a corpse when she - went back, it was natural that she should look pale ; but they ought -not to convict her upon such testimony. The neat evening, when she came again , and might have known of the murder, she was said to have trembled. If so it only tended to show that she was an accessory after the fact. During the absence of the wife the husband might hv,ve committed the murder in consequence of a qmtrrel with the de ceased about his wife; and she, on her return, learn ing from her husband the dead Vaat had been com mitted, and knowing the nature of her connexion with O'Connor, :and that disgrace world attach to her, fled in fear. Mrs. Manning! had lived in the service of Lady Blantyre and other families of dis tinction, and had no doubt saved some money, and hence the conversation with O'Connor about invest ing a small sum of money in Sambre and Meuse shares, which she wished to possess without the knowledge of her husband. Shortly before the murder they found O'Connor purchasing Sambre and Meuse and Amiens and Boulogne ; and it was not unreasonable to suppose that the shares were purchased with her money ; also, that other shares bad been purchased with her money by O'Connor, depending on him, and not being able to depend upon her husband.; and that, in fact, the shares she took were her property. That a person, wleen told of the murder, as he suggested Mrs. Manning was told, would rush into the streets and at once betray her husband, or do her best to screen him, depended upon the tempera ment of the person placed in such a position. Was it not natural that a woman like her would leave her husband as soon as she could, and it was but natural that she should at once proceed to O'Connor's lodgings and obtain her property ? And it was shown that she had taken nothing but shares ; or she might have gone to see if there was the will of which they had heard something, and that O'Cononor in tended to leave her his property. The money re ceived: by Manning might have been handed to her by him, in order that she might leave town and meet bun elsewhere, and return it to him. Then they f ound her changing her name and seeking to sink into obscurity. Admitting that there were so me facts, not, however, clear, that she knew of the intent to murder, yet the balance. of facts tended the other way. The Learned Counsel concluded an elo quent speech, at four o'clock, , , by . imploring the jury t ° Weigh all th e f ac t s , and to give the p r i soner th e benefit of any circumstance or doubt that might Suggest themselves to them. The ATTORNEY GENERAL rose to reply. Mr. BALLANTINE rose and objected to the Attorney- General replying. Mr. PARRY said Mr. Bodkin, who often represented the Crown, did not reply in such' cases. The Came BARON said the Attorney-General at tended in his public capacity, and had the right of reply. Did Mr. Parry object to the right of the Attorney- General ? Mr. PARRY said he did. The CHIEF BARON said he could not let him raise the point, it was too late. Air. PiRAY appealed to the _Attorney-General not to avail himself of his right in this case, where the lives of two persons were concerned. His Learned Friend and himself had to compete against the great odds of two of the ablest Counsel at the bar. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL then replied, and said his great and paramount object was to evenly hold the scales in order that the two prisoners at the bar might have the fullest justice accorded to them. He Called upon them to dismiss from their minds all pre judice, and particularly some of the erroneous statements which the two advocates of the prisoners had thought: proper to introduce in their laudable zeal to their clients. It was admitted by both that the murder was committed on the 9th of August, and it was committed and carried out under Such circumstances that it was altogether im possible that one person could have done the Whole. It was evident that more than one must have been engaged in its perpetration, It was argued on the other side that the male pri soner had known nothing of the murder, but on arriving at a conclusion upon that point the jury must couple the statements of the prisoners with the evidence itself. The woman had stated that finding that O'Connor had not come to dinner, she went to Greenwood-street to see for him, Now it had been proved that Manning was seen somking on the garden wall till seven, when he jumped down. Was it not reasonable to suppose then that the female had returned from her search With the deceased, and that some signal was given to Manning when he left the wall to go and dress. Besides it had been proved that Manning was in negotiation With Bainbridge fur the sale of his furniture some days before the murder, so that it was not unreasonable to auppose that he was even then contemplating a Right. Be presumed, therefore, that the mur der had not been committed when the woman went to Greenwood-street on the Thursday, but there was a very important piece of evid ence which had not been touched upon by the defence. The jury would remember that when Keating ca ll e d 4 01 1 Mrs. Manning on the 12th, she said it was very strange O'Connor had not been there, as he was to llave dined there on Thursday. Keating said he had b een seen on London-bridge that evening by two i r , te uds, but mentioned no names. Oa the eatin g e uth, when Flynn called, she said it was very strange, b." Connor had been seen on London-bridge by 4. • and a friend. Now who told her that it /v as Zeating? Certainly not Keating himself. Why, -" Oh, oming ken ?" e they vas an I upon don to from I, was small a very isman, aile at :ement. him to on the id shot d think its was of find c about me two, anning. minds with female. en sur- ippearedi before ion that realities. Is all the ct to his . now t° what were THE then, was it not natural to suppose that O'Connor himself had told hear. lie ir.sisted that the evidence was conclusive against both prisoners, and he shou!d sit down in full confidence that the jury would think so to. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up, re marking that the Attorney-General, in his opening address, had properly and rightly explained the law. That definition of the law was also acquiesced in by both the Learned Counsel who appeared for the de fence, and he therefbre need not trouble the jury upon that point. The questions they had to decide was, first, whether the deceased came by his death from violence, and secondly, whether either or both priso ners inflicted it. Whether both committed the act, or only one of them, did not much matter, if the jury thought there had been any previous connivance between them. If they did, then the two prisoners were both equally guilty although only one of them inflicted the violence on the deceased ; but if they thought the act was committed by one, without the knowledge or concurrence of the other, then their verdict must only be against that one. There could hardly be a doubt that the death of the deceased resulted from violence ; but if the jury thought that neither of the prisoners hail any thing to do with it, he need hardly say that they must acquit them both. In deciding who it was that inflicted the violence, the jury must not be guided by minute circumstances, they must look rather at the direct evidence which bore upon the case; they must, therefore, not place too much stress on the evidence of the medical student, as there were some circumstances of a more im portant character, and it would better become them to consider. lie would not-go through the evidence in detail, as that had been done by the Learned Counsel who had defended the prisoners; but he should content himself by directing their attention to some of the chief circumstances which it disclosed. The male prisoner had admitted that he was present when the woman fired a pistol against the deceased, and as against him that was conclusive. There could be no doubt, after that, he was present The next point then for them to consider was, whether or not he was aware beforehand that the woman in tended to commit the act, and to enable them to arrive at a correct conclusion, they must look at the evidence of Massey and Bainbridge relative to the intention of the prisoner to leave his house and sell his furniture. If they thought those circumstances indicated that the murder was contemplated, then it would be their duty to convict him. With regard to the act itself there was only direct evidence that the deceased was found dead in the prisoner's house; the other evidence was purely of a circumstantial char • acter. The deceased was last seen alive on Thursday afternoon, the of August, and the evidence which they had to consider related chiefly to pro ceedings occurring subsequently to that event, such as the female prisoner's entering the deceased's lodgings, ' and his box, though locked, being afterwards found empty of anything valuable, the sale of shares which were known belonged to the deceased, and the flight and confessions of the prisoners. It would be their duty to well weigh all the evidence as men of the world, and if, after looking at it in a common-sense point cf view, it established the conclusion that the prisoners concocted and carried out, either singly with the connivance of the other, or together, a scheme to commit this murder, then they must find them guilty accordingly. It was their province, as men of sense and solid justice, to consider all the cir cumstance which the evidence disclosed, and to de cide whether it was within the scope of human events that this murder could have been committed by one prisoner without the knowledge of the other. Should they think that were possible, then they must acquit the one and convict the other; butif, on the other hand they did not believe it was, then they must find them both guilty. With these observat:ons he dismissed them to consider verdict, with the hope, and in the full conviction, whatever it might be, it would be founded in justice and truth. The jury then retired. Upon their return, the prisoners, who in the mean time had been removed, were again placed in the dock, when the rear and buzz of conversation which had previously prevailed at once ceased, and the court became hushed and still. The Jury having answered to their names, The Clerk of the Arraigns said, Gentlemen of the Jury, how say you, is the prisoner at the bar, Fre. derick George Manning, guilty or not guilty ? The Foreman—GUlLTY. The Clerk—How say you ; is the prisoner at the bar,.Maria Manning, guilty or not guilty ? The Foreman—GUlLTY. 7 The prisoners were then called upon in the usual form to state if they had anything to urge why judgment should not be passed against them. The male prisoner said nothing. The female prisoner, who spoke in quite a foreign accent, said, " I have had a most unjust trial, and if I had been tried by a fair jury, composed of some of my countrymen, I could have proved that the money which was found upon me was sent to me from abroad; and I could prove not only that, but that I have still enough of money in the Bank of England to purchase shares (as we understood her). The shares that were found upon me I could prove were bought for me by my friends abroad. It is a very shameful thing I have not been al lowed to have any witnesses called. I have known Mr. O'Connor for nine yoars, and be has been the only and the best friend I had in the world. I loved him dearly, and he would have married me to-morrow next week if I had been willing. hly husband, who always ill treated me, knew this; and if, in his jealousy he murdered him, why am I punished ? I have been many years in the highest family in the land, but still I have been treated in a manner that would have been disgraceful if applied to brutes and mild beasts in the woods, far less to a Christian. (She uttered this with great emphasis, striking her hand upon the edge of the dock.) I have had the judge against me, counsellors against me, and the jury against me, and instead of being treated like a Christian , I have been treated like a wild beast. Is it likely I would murder the friend I loved so well ? I have letters that would have proved, if they had been produced, what I state—that I was not the murdere;. The prisoner delivered the above fragmental sen tences with great passion and indignation. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL then proceeded to pass the sentence, the female prisoner frequently interrupting him with the exclamation that she had nut had a fair trial. They were then sentenced to be hung at Horse monger-lane gaol. The female prisoner again attempted to address the Court in a violent strain, but the Learned Judge ordered the prisoners to be removed. On leaving the dock she threw a twig of rue into the court, exclaiming, with great indignation and temper, " A shame for England." Manning bowed,"to the Judges on leaving the dock. [The following evidence was accidentally omitted in our Fourth Edition last night] : Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKiNs— O'Connor always kept his keys on his own person. When Mrs. Manning visited him she took tea. Could not say who made tea, but believed Mr. O'Connor did. His tea-caddy was u s ually locked, and the key was on the same bunch of keys. Could not say in which pocket he carried his keys , . Had seen Mrs. Manning frequently there. All the parties seemed on very good terms. The shop was underneath the first-floor room of Mr. O'Con nor. The back room was her parlour. A person might go up or down, but witness or her sister must have heard them. Saw that the right hand of Mrs. Manning was occupied, as if containing a parcel or bundle. On the preceding day did not receive the money for the article purchased. When she went into the room on the Friday before Mr. O'Connor was missing, the cash. box was on the table with papers. It was a tin box. When Mr. O'Connor was out his bed-room was always open. Had not seen Mrs. Manning in his bed-room when she was alone, William Massey, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENE RAL—Was a medical student., Had lived in the house of the Mannings about ten weeks. There was a servant occasionally kept there. Left on or about the 28th July, because the Mannings were anxious he:should do so. They told him they were going out of town on the Monday as he left on the Saturday. Was told so by one or bo.h. Knew Mr. O'Connor. Had seen him at Minver•place. Had seen him there three or four times. The male prisoner had spoken to him in the presenca of Mrs. Manning, who said that she had seen O'Connor take large quantities of brandy to prevent cholera. That O'Connor had shown her his will, by which he left all his property to her. Ile spoke of O'Connor as a man worth 10,000/. or 20,0001. He asked what drug would produce stupefaction or intoxication, so as to induce a man to put his hand to paper. He asked whether chloroform or laudanum would be best. He said he bad heard of drugs being used for purposes of that kind. Manning said ho should like to get O'Connor to sign promiFsory notes to a large amount. He said to him that O'Connor was very apprehensive of the cho lera. He asked witness to frigtiten him about cholera, and to persuade him to take brandy as a specific for it. He bad spoken of the head; asked what part of the head was most vital. Witness said he believed under the ears, because slight icjurits there were attended with fatal results. He once asked where the brain was placed, and witness pointed to the part. He asked whether witness had ever fired off an air-gun. Mr. Manning once talked about wax figures of Rush and others at Tussaud's, and Ishether he thought murderers went to heaven. Witness :told him, no. Witness had written a letter or two, at the request of the Mannings, to O'Connor. Crocs ined by Mr. Sergeant Mums—Those were topics of conversation. Witruss was a medical student ; th e p ro f ess i on was the tajcct of conver- SiVion. Mary Fells, examined by Mr. CLARKSON.—Resided at No. 4, RuFs.clp sir( ct, 13(rm(nthdy Was unmarried. Res!cled with her father, who was a uilder. Knew the l‘lannings• Recollected the mile prisoner coming to her father's house for lime, of which he purchased six pennyworth at the end of July. He said he wanted it SUN, LONDON to kill slugs in the garden. Witness asked whether he would have white or grey. lie said he would have that which would hula the quickett. They Lad no white at the time, and he said he would tako the grey, aid he wrote the direction where he wished it to be sen 4 De livered that direction to Richard Welch, who was sent with the lime. Cross examined by Mr. Sergeant Warams—The house was about five minutes' walk from Manning's. The servant was in the house. The lime was sent home two days after. No inquiries were made at the time. Richard Welch, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Was a boy in the service of last witness's father. Knew Min ver place. Carried lime there in July. It was the 25th when he took it home. Saw the prisoner Manning order it. When he took it to Minver place saw Mrs. Manning. Took it in a load. It was at Light. Mrs. Manning told him to take it down into the kitchen below. Manning went will him, and showed him a basket, into which he told him to empty it. Mr. Manning, the prisoner, told him to call next day, and he would see whether he could get a couple of halfpence for him. Called next day and got three halfpence from Mrs. Manning. - Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—Was present when the order was given. Could not read the written direction, but knew IN/Driver-place. Knew Mr. Manning lived there; heard him then give the name of the place. William Danby, examined :by Mr. BODKIN—Was a porter in the employ of Mr. Evans, in King William• street. Remembered un 25th Jay Mr. Manning order ing a crowbar. (A crowbar was here produced.) It was longer than that produced. It was one made for him; it was fire inches longer. It was sect hcme on the 28th by the witness, who took it. The price was to be half-a-crown, when it was ordered in witness's presence. Witness carried it in his hand, and was met by the pri soner Manning on the bridge about half-past four. He asked whether be was going to his house with the crow bar. He complained of a want of paper, which he said must be very scarce with Messrs Evans, as he did not wish everybody to see what he was purchasing. He turned back with witness • till they came to a stationer's shop, when Manning bought a sheet of blown paper, and the bar was laid in it. He then went to the earner of the Mazy, and directed witness to his house, where he said somebody would be to pay for it. A stout female opened the door. He bad the crowbar so covered es not to be seen. Mrs. Manning asked him if he had brought that from King William-street. He said " Yes." He gave her the crowbar and the bill. It was charged rather more than was agreed for at the shop. The charge was 3s. 6d. Mrs. Manning complained of the charge. Cross-examined by Sergeant WILKINS—Two or three persons were in the shop; Mr. George Evans was in. Had not known Mr. Manning before. Would not have known his address if be bad not written it. He paid for the paper; and said that paper must be scarce at Mr. Evans's, By Mr. BALLANTINE—Did not know whether it was calls d a crowbar or a ripping chisel. Could not way what it was called in the bill of parcels. Manning 's was about five minutes' walk from his house. Re-examined by Mr. BODKIN—NO communication was made about the crowbar after it was sold. PARLIAMEN TA R - 1 7 and FINANCIAL REFORM MOVEMENT. GREAT MEETING AT MANCHESTER. (mom OUR OWN REPORTER.) Last tight a crowded meeting of the Manchester Par amentary and Financial Reform Association was held in the Free-trade Hall; Mr. George Wilson in the chair. On the platform were the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson; John Bright, Esq., M.P.; A. Henry, Esq., M.P.; Jos , ph Brotherton, Esq., M.P. ; J. Taylor, Esq., Secre tary of the Birmingham Land Association, and a num ber of other leading men of the city of Mancheter. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that the present meeting was summoned to ask their sanction to the past proceedings, and their co operation in the future proceedings of the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association. At a former meeting held in this room, Manchester had heard explained the oLjects and the use of the Association, and he begged to ask whe ther a reduction of ten millions was an object worth striving fur ? They would hear this night, from Mr. Gibson and Mr. Bright, an exposition of the views of the Association with regard to Parliamentary Reform. There was nothing that more impressed him with the necessity of Parliamentary reform, than to look at the inequality of constituencies in England, and at the injustice of the suffrage—when the constituency of Harwich, with its 181 voters, negatived the opinion of Manchester, with its immense population—when such a number of men, sober, temperate, and honest, were deprived of all participation is the government of the country. With respect to the last topic which he should touch upon—registration—he could only say that it was one of the utmost importance, from the immense changes which were taking place continually in the voting hate, and which, in the constituencies of North Lancashire, had amounted to 56i per cent. Mr. Taylor would ex plain to the meeting a scheme by which every working man, by saving eighteenpence a week, would in course of time become possessed cf a vote for his county, and a very safe investment for his money he thought it would be. Ho would call on every class of the community to join them in this movement. - The report was then read by the secretary. Mr. HENRY, M.P., moved the adoption of the report. During two sessions in which he had sat in the house he had not derived any great respect for the Members of the House, because it seemed to him that most of them seemed to be cbiefly interested in a struggle as to who should be "in" and who "out." Most leading politicians seemed to him to be deficient in political honesty, and to bend all their efforts to class purposes; and if a Minister were honest his objects were frequently defeated by party selfishness. Mr. BROTHERTON, M.P., seconded the motion. The objects of the present association were wore deserving of the attention of the country, because they were in the hands of the people themselves. But there MS an allusion in the report which they had heard,to the aseistance which had been given to the movement by Temperance Societies ; and he thought that that would give them a hint by which they themselves could reduce taxation to the amount of twenty millions; which sum was the amount of revenue derived from tobacco, malt, &c., and by abstaining from which the people would reduce taxation to that amount. Tlee Right Hon. T. M. GIBSON, M.P., then came for ward, and nas received on his appearance by loud and repeated cheering. He said that it gave him great plea. sure to meet his constituency at all times, to give an account of his Parliamentary conduct. It was pleasant to him to observe how quickly this movement for reform was spreading over the country, and how men were gird irg up their loins in all parts, after the temporary lull which followed the repeal of the corn-laws. It seemed to him that the Protectionist party were somewhat beginning to change their note—that they were fast merg ing into Tories. They had begun to see how preposterous it was to think that this great country would retrace its steps in a matter of such grave import, and which had received such serious cc•nsideration as the repeal of the corn laws. Some of the papers he perceived, the Standard in particular, had begun to exult in the scarcity of the supplies of cotton, and this only confirmed him in his opinion that to widen the field of supply was the best method to remedy this deficiency. He had alluded to this point because there was a gentleman present who had sat during the whole of the last session upon a Committee to inquire into the best means to encourage the growth of cotton in India; and it seemed to him that while they had Indian wars on the frontier, while the system of prize-money prevailed, he thought it was the ne rest trash for any one to go about the country preach ing that land was worth nothing, and never would be worth anything, and that every thing connected with the agricultural interests was ruined. For his part, looking in an agricultural district he had not found anything beyond the reports in newspapers to justify such conduct. The Protectiocists had said that if more corn came in gold would go out; that had been a favourite cry of theirs, but look at the facts. In the current years, 18.16.- 49, this country had imported 4,332,646 quarters of wheat, and more than 6,000,000 quarters of other grain, amounting to 11,177,572 altogether, and yet during the whole time a steady increase of bullion had flowed into the Bank; as corn came in gold came in too. Then they had been told that as corn came in gold would stop, and in 1839, under a Protectionist system, the Bank of England bad gone to the Bank of France for a loan of 2,000,0001.; and be believed that the returns for the year 1849 would present a] more favourable appearance than had been seen for many years. With respect now to financial reform, the greatest opponents to it were the county Members ; as to them often fell a large share of the loaves and fishes of the system ; but it was requisite to strike at the root of the system. He would say, that in the face of this assembly, no reduc tion could take place in the expenditure of the country, except they reduced the armaments of the country, and there was plenty of room for this. Sir John Stirling had told a Committee of the House that they had 8,000 officers, when 4,000 would have been more than suffi cient for a more numerous force than we at present maintained. The excess of officers maintained by this country cost as much as would be sufficient to keep up a force of 20,000 seamen. The finance reform in these branches would be the enly mode in which to forward the peace movement. Government would not be able to pay for such amusement. People would not pay taxes for war, and would Government get loans easily? What had become of the Austrian loan, by the way? He saw by the Times of to-day that it had fallen 1 per cent., and ho did not think that one shilling had been got out of this country. Now, with regent to this system of buying freeholds, which was to be introduced to them to night, he very much approved of them. He believed that the conviction was abroad that the landed interest would much prefer universal suffrage _than to have established in every county a number of small independent 40s. freeholders. By this scheme much more could be effected than financial reform—a full and entire purification of Parlia ment would take place, an extension of the suffrage must follow, vote by ballot, and shorter duration of Parliaments.—(Hear, hear.) These changes must come speedily, and with them would come a firmer basis to the liberty and happiness of the country; teed he trusted that he should always be found cordially cc-operating in this course. Mr. BRIGHT, M.P., then came forward amid much cheering, and said that he regal ded the present meeting as an evidence of sound political feeling in this town; for it was met together to promote a movement which was calculated to advance the happiness and prosperity of the country. Looking over Europe it did not seem that liberty was in " very high feather," and journals of high standing and repute had been found to sympa thise - with acts of t}ranr y and wrong. and there did Lot seem tny reason w by they would not do the swine if it were sa'e to practise them in this country. lie should to-night confine himself entirely to the cenoition of Ireland,which it did not need much ingenuity to show had much to do with the present movement. He would suppose for a moment that the audience had never heard of Ireland FRIDAY EVEN 'NG ) OCTOBER 26, 1849 and few present had any idea of the wrongs and suffer. ings of that country.. Suppose they were told that an island of 20,000,000 acres of most fertile soil lay within four hours' steaming of Holyhead, with harbours and rivers admirably adapted to all kinds of commerce, with great cities and 8,000,000 of population, which bad been for many years under the mysterious blessings of " our glo rious constitution"—this meeting would expect a model of an island—a picture of industry and happiness. But he would tell them what Ireland was ; and ho would lay the scene before the famine, and they should see where the real blame lay. Sir R. Peel's committee stated that in 1844, in the county of Down, 24 families out of every 100 lived in houses unfit for human habitation; in the county of Kerry 66 families lived in a similar man ner; it stated that there was no such thing as industry, that a great proportion of the population lived for most of the year without labour, there was no rate of wages in the country. Outrages, too, were very frequent in every county. The committee too bore testimony to the submissive and patient manner in which all these hard ships had been borne by the people of the country. That was the condition of Ireland before the famine; and was the condition of Ireland anything but aggravated ? We here knew not what famine was ; hundreds of thousands had been there stricken down by it ; in some districts one-third of the population had been removed by it. Emigration too had taken place in great numbers. He had seen many of the union workhouses of Ireland; they were almost the largest houses in the country. In June of this year there were 237,000 men, women, and children in the workhouses of Ireland, besides 7E8,000 receiving almost permanent out-door relief. The eviction system had added its horrors to the scene, he believed that more than a thousand men had died from the consequenons of evic tions unjust and mercenary. If then any man seeing this horrible state of things, and understanding the cause of it, could put forth his voice and point it out to the Government and show the remedy, would be but doing his duty to his country and his religion. The Irish character and the Catholic religion had been op posed as two great arguments against all proposi thins for relief of Ireland. Why, then, did Irishmen succeed so we ll i n A merica ? What faith did the inhabitants of Belgium, of Lombardy? Do maintain these two arguments. The real cause of all these evils was the crimes and plunder of the legislation, These might be traced back to the time of Elizabeth, James, and Cromwell, under each of these rulers exten sive confiscation had taken place. After the revolution, William confiscated more than 1,600,000 acres of Ireland. Cruel and severe laws had been promulgated against the Roman Catholics. There was no atrocity which could be described or imagined which had been practised by one party or another upon this country ever since the time it came under the British constitution. In Ireland there was a monopoly of land in the hands of a few pro psietors, so hampered by mortgages and judgments that they could not sell ono acre, end the consequence was that the people of Ireland, though living on the soil, had no property in it, they were sojourners and pil grims in it. He believed that the reason why so many outrages occurred in Tipperary was that the population of that county was more hardy and less disposed to sub mit to oppression. And now for the remedy, he would have every law as regards land, which had for its object the bolstering up of monoply in land, repealed, land should be made as free as any chattel, to buy and sell like a horse in a stable. There was an insecurity of tenure too felt by every tenant in Ireland, every landlord in Ireland was in the habit of appropriating whatever improvement their tenants made upon the land. He had visited Skiberecn—a town which every ono had heard of—and there he had seen a scene of misery which would strike a feeling of horror into every man of the meeting if he had time to go throueh them. A new system of legislation was needed for Ireland ; the first duty of the Parliament, when it met next session, ought to be to pass a measure which should give to every Irish tenant every security and compensation for every halfpenny that he spent on his farm ; and he hoped that this would only be the first of many beneficial acts of legislation for that afflicted country. The Hon. Gentleman then sat down amid repeated cheering. Mr. TAYLOR, of the Birmingham Land Society, then briefly proceeded to explain to the meeting the principle of the Forty Shilling Land Society, and the numerous meeting then separated with a vete of thanks to the Chairman. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN- OFFICE, OCT. 25, 1849. The Queen has b-en pleased to appoint Sir Edward Stuart lsaynes, K.C.M.G., late her Maj es ty' s C onsu l at St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Agent and Consul- Ge - eral in thy--Regeney of Tunis. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles East land Michele, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at St. Petcrsburgh. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Josei Giugeppi as Consul, at Trinidad, for the Republic of Venezuela. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 26. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Veterinary•Sur geon Opie Smith, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, Oct. 26. Ist Dragoons—Sergeant-Major William Scott to be Quartermaster, vice John Partridge, who retires upon half-pay. Oct. 26. 12ih - Light Dragcons—Lieut. Thomas Cockayne Maunsell to be Captain by purchase, vice Sutton, who retires, Oct. 26 ; Cornet and Adjutant Charles Marr to have the rank of Lieutenant. Oct. 25; Cornet Georgp Fearaley Whittingstall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maunsell, Oct. 26. 2d Regiment of Foot—Captain Thomas Barnes Lord Cochrane, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vi ce Gil lespie, who exchanges, Oct. 26. 18th Foot—Captain Alexander Gillespie from the 2i Foot, to be Captain, vice Lord Cochrane, who exchanges, Oct. 6. 34th Foot—Captain Benjamin Barlow, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Charles Ferdinand Her vey, who exchanges; Lieutenant Edward Frederick Agnew to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barlow, who retires; Ensign David Steuart t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Agnew, Oct. 26. 42d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Bligh Sinclair to be Captain, by purchase, vice Farquhar Campbell, who re tires; Ensign James Erskine Paterson to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sinclair, Oct. 26. 57th Foot—Captain James Goold, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain (repaying the difference), vice Henry Gahan, who exchanges ; Lieutenant William Inglis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Goold, who re tires ; Ensign James Franklyn Bland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Inglis, Oct. 26. 74th Foot—Ensign Arthur Henry Dillon, from 67th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, ap pointed to the 59th Foot, Oct. 26. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Johns, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Lieutenant, vice Eager, who exchanges, Oct. 26. Ceylon Rifie Regiment—Andrew David Hays, Gent:, to Le Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ciiffe, pro moted, Oct. 26. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant Henry McMahon Eager, from the 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Johns, who exchanges, Oct. 26. MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Gentleman ap pointed to an Ensigncy in the 56th Foot, on the 19th October, 1849, are Walter Fitz Gerald "Kerrich," not " Kerrick," as previously stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. _ _ George Frederick D'Arcy Earl of Durham to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Oct. 9. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton. North Hants Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart. to be Major, vice Sir William Heathcote, Bart. resigned ; Thomas James Willis Fleming, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice the Hon. George Anson Byron, resigned, Oct. 9. BANKRUPTS. Francis Lonsdale, grocer, Bermondsey-street, South wark, to surrender Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Dingwall, Token house-yard. _ James Kitchner, scavenger, Gravel-lane, Southwark, Nov. 7, at two, and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Chester, Blackfriars-road. Samuel Groo - cock, batter, Leicester, Nov. 9, and Dec. 7, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Nottingham; Stevenson, Leicester. James Kievil, jun., draper, Bristol, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Brittan and Soas, Bristol. Hutu Sydenham Bolt, wine merchant, Plymouth, Nc v. 6 and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Hine and Robinsen, Charter house square; Little and Billing, Devonport; Stogdon, Exeter. Frederick Palmer, wine merchant, Bristol, Nov. 9, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. MOLASSES.—In 'Vest India a good business has been concluded this week, and all sorts have realised rather higher rates; supplies also continue to get smaller, and with every prospect of a continuation. Bengal Treacle met with a more active sale at 14s 6d to 15s. COCOA.—liolders cf West India have refrained from submitting any to public sale this week, and by private treaty only small purchases have been made, whilst prices still tend downwards. Trinidad, good and fine red can be purchased at 43a to 48s, other sorts 383 to 42►; Grenada and St. Lucia 36s to 433. There are few buyers of Foreign, and 253 61 to 283 is the value ac cording to quality. TEA.—In scented Orange Pekoe operations have been upon a more extended scale this week at from is 3d to is 7d, for scented caper the demand is also better at is 3d to is 6d. Holders of Congou are not disposed to accept lower rates, yet dealers have made purchases with caution; low to good ord at 8-id to 9d, mixed blackish leaf 9d to is Op, ditto strong is ld to is 2d, fine and Pekoe flavour is 2id to is 9d. For flue and good sorts of Green there ere few buyers, and sellers arc willing to accept former terms; in low and medium sorts operations are upon rather a larger scale at previous rates, and holders evince more firmness. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was an extensive demand for Ceylon:Coffee, andihe large public sales went . off at stiff rates whilst the whole offered fovnd buyers. Of Native 2,000 bags were disposed of at dls Gd to 42s 6d for good and real good ordinary ; 2,100 begs and 300 casks Plantation, fine 655, low middling and middling 5 . 4 s to 56q, fine fin e o r di nar y 49 s 6d to 53 5, b ut t h e chief part fetched 56s for middling. Of Mysore 126 pkgs realized 41s to 43s 6d for good, and 51s Gd to 53s 6d for fine fine ordinary. 3,651 bags and fine fine or di nar y and 198 boxes Costa Rica, gcod 42s to 46s per c i wt. RICE.—The market for East India assumed a quiet appearance, and holders are not so firm. The rates ac cepted are rather under those current on this day week. By private treaty the business concluded has been much smaller than in the former week for all purposes. At auction 2,353 were only in part disposed of ; Ceylon, geod cargo at Bs, l ow and mid pearl barley, .7s to Bs, Madras good ditto Bs, Bengal good mid white 9s 6d to los, mid 95 to 93 6d, ord 8s 6d, good cargo 7s 6d to Bs, Manilla mid and good yellowish white 8s to 9s, ord and mid cargo 78 6d to Bs, and Penang low 8s 6d to 9s. The value of fine white Bengal is 101 6d to I Is, and of pinky white Madras 8s to 8s 6d per cwt. Only moderate sales have been made in Patna at 125 to 20s, broken lOs to lls per owl. Arracan 10s 6d to lis 6d. Carolina town dressed 22s to 265. SPICES.—To-day at a public sale 12 boxes Jamaica Ginger were sold at 417 s to 6175 for middling to good ; 26 bags Barbadoes Ginger at 36s per cwt. SrlitiTs.—There are several buyers of Leeward Island Rum, but holders asking higher rates, caused the busi ness done to be small, and: Is 6d to Is 6d is the value proof. East India met with a lair sale, and 200 hhds were sold at Is 3d to is 3,4 d proof. In Jamaicia a good business has been concluded to supply home and export orders whilst former rates are well supported. The sales are 550 hhds at 2s 4d to 25 10d for plain and mid quality 30 to 40 per cent over proof, and small !parcels of better sort at 3s to 4s. In Demerara operations are upon a large scale at stiff rates; sales of 30 to 40 per cent over have been made at 2s Id to 2s 4d. Brandy has been dealt in with caution, and prices keep on the decline ; there are sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 at 4s 3d to 4s sd, and 1847 ditto at 4s 10 so 5s per gal. COCHINEAL.—The supply is less plentiful, especially of the better descriptions, and former rates, are well sup ported for black and silvers. A public salo of 70 bags Honduras went at from 3s 6d to 3s 9d per lb for ord to good mid silvers. 2 bags Mexican black 3s 10d. There is no prospect of any demand taking place in the home or shipping demand. SAaTPETßE.—lmporters of Rough have displayed firinnes; this week, and supplied the market sparingly, still only small purchases have been made by private treaty tor home use or exportation. At public sale to day 632 bags Calcutta wore taken in at 28s 6d to 26,. 6d to 31 to 4i per cent refraction of fine quality. The market for British Refined is quiet at 30s Od to to 31s per cwt,: _ Ls.—To-day at auction 82 tuns Sperm Oil went al 811 to 834 inferior 781 15s to 791; and 2 chests of Cey lon, 5015 s to 601 10s. TALLOW.—To day at auction 612 casks of Sydney Tallow want at 33s 6d so 36s ; 1,170 packages South American, 33s 6d to 355; 15 casks fine Cape, 325. ST. MARY-LE-STRAND VESTRY ' * CLERK ELECTION.—(THIS DAY.) During the whole of this morning no slight excite ment has existed in this parish for the election of the " fortunate" candidate as Vestry Clerk of the parish. By eight o'clock the friends of all three candidates— Messrs. Isaacson, Yonge, and Murrough were " up and doing," and certainly they did not leave a stone un turned for success. However, by eleven o'clock, the time for taking the vote at the Vestry-room in New Church-court, it was pretty evident that the first candi date, Mr. Isaacson, had but slight chance, and the rest of the contention for the honourable post was left to Messrs. Yonge and Murrough. It ought to be stated, that nothing but good humour prevailed with both parties, and at eleven o'clock the numbers stood thus : ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Mr. Yongo ... ... .., Mr. Murrough ... .., TWELVE O'CLOCK. _ _ __ Mr. Yonge Air. Murrough ... 58 ... 29 ONE O'CLOCK. Mr. Yonge .. Mr. Murrough TWO O'CLOCK. ... 94 ... 49 ... 115 ... 65 Mr. Yonge :: Mr. Murrough _ ... 131 ... 72 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The passage in which the Apostle of the Gentiles has prohibited Sabbath-keeping, may use fully be made the eultject of more remarks. How ever an Anglican bishop by his proprio nwtu may set his foot on the Apostle's claim to know anything about the matter, the pagan Longinus will be found right in his opinion, that Paul of Tarsus, (though like the bishop he abnegated his authority), was a master of his weapons in any cause he undertook. The words of the Apostolic direction, after more accurately rendering one or two not very happily given in the common translation but about which it is apprehended there will be no dispute, are these: " Let no man therefore judge you, in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths. 'Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."—Coloss. ii. 16. Ilolyday as the common translation has it, gives little or no idea. The Apostle's word is " feast," being the term constantly used in the New Testa ment for Jewish celebrations. And "judging you in respect of a feast," clearly means, "setting up to be judge over you, to decide that such or such is a feast you ought to keep." What then were the Jewish celebrations which came under the title of " feasts" ? And now to see the clearness of the great Hebrew, who ,was as much at home in his native religious law, as an Anglican bishop knows little of his own. Is there a peasant well-read in the Bible, who does not see that the Apestle had in view the passage in Leviticus,— " The feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. " Six days shall work be done : but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation ; ye shall do no work therein : it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. " These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy con vocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. [The others, mark, were things of constant occurrence, and therefore did not want " proclaiming in their seasons."] " In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. " And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread" [and so goes onto enumerate other feasts and their regulations.]—Lev. xxiii. 2 to 6. It i,a difficult to know what an Apostle, or a Council, or an Article in a Creed, could do to say more dis tinctly, that sabbath-keeping, along with the observa tion of meats and of new moons, was struck out of the roll of Christian observances. It is undeniable that the Apostles, in 301110 way or other, found themselves possessed of great power in the way of countermanding Jewish observances. With this it is not our business to cavil ; for, but for this, we should have been subjected at this hour to the most onerous of Jewish rites. The presumption must be that they were ordered for particular families or parti cular races. Circumcision is three times over declared to be " an everlasting covenant ;" (Gen. xvii. 7, 13, 19) and yet, principally or entirely through the inter ference of the despised Apostle, we are not circum cised. The Passover, the feast of Unleavened Bread, the sprinkling the door-posts with blood, the offering of first fruits, the feast of Pentecost, the day of Atone ment, the feast of Tabernacles, are each severally declared to be statutes for ever. And yet we keep none of them, simply upon the strength of the dis pensing power of St. Paul. These we are to be al lowed to dispense with on the Apostle's authority; hut the other we shall not; and it shall be put back into the orderly-book because it suits the purposes of priestly domination which St. Paul repudiated, and we shall be abused and black guarded (I purposely use the gross term, as the only one that is descriptive) it we presume to resist the sacerdotal falsehood of our own day, as cur fathers did in theirs. Fancy new, that at the period when some bold and good man took to pieces at St. Paul's-Cross the image which goggled with its eyes, and showed the multi tude how the whole was a sacerdotal fraud, dependent on springs and wheels which he handed about among the crowd,—fancy that a morning paper of that day, if there had only been such a thing in existence, had published a letter to the Lord John Russell of the hour, beginning "My Lord,—Are you a Christian or an infidel ? Do you or do you not believe that the Church has power to make images which can goggle with their eyes ?" Or suppose it had taken this other form, "My Lord,—Are you a Christian or an infidel ? Do you or do you not believe that the Bible gives authority to the Pope to dep o se kings ?" Or suppose it had been this third—" My Lord,—Are you a Christian or an infidel ? Do you or do you not believe that the Bible authorises the Church to sell the forgiveness of sins for money ?" Had any of these half insolent and half insane addresses been directed to the Premier of our bluff Elizabeth, I leave it to admirers of ancestral virtues, to paint as their imaginations may suggest, the cool concentrated scorn with which the fling of the feeble animal would have been received, and retorted only by more vigorous action against the clumsy fraud. But the Lord John Russells of all times must take care of themselves ; and whether they do or not, the matter cannot stop where it is. Every grown man in the country has been insulted, who feels himself capable of resisting an impostor who presents himself with a falsehood in his hand and claims obeisance to it. If lords and gentlemen cannot be roused to face the ecclesiastical hobgoblin, the appeal must be to the peasantry who have the Bible in their hands, and to those working classes universally whom one object of the falsehood is to mislead and keep in sub jection. Point, then, to the powerful religious establishments in England and in Scotland,—Church, Dissenters, Methodists, and all,—and cry aloud to all those millions who have got one eye open to the necessity of political and religious improvement, and say to them, " See what these establishments are for, and what they do. Weigh them, as your fathers did, by the honesty with which they can quote to you what they maintain to be the written rule. Have not you the Bible, as your fathers had not at the time of the Reformation ? If they tell you the truth, give them credit for it. If they are found lying prophets, then see what the machinery is for." If in this there is anything too severe, the leaders of the Church, the Dissenters, and the Methodists, have the power to turn it into good, by coming forward like honest men and of a good courage, to avow and support the truth. Why does not the calm and dignified Primate it was my good hap to listen to only a few weeks ago, summon his wandering younger brother and the schismatic priests and dea cons who have had the hardihood to present them selves to Lord John Russell with a heresy, to answer for it to the Canons and printed Ordinances of the Church of England ? Is the Church of England a mouse-trap, that allows free passage one • way, and only snaps up those who would go the other ? 'Why do not the honest men among the Dissenters and Methodists, of whom there are many, avow the truth as Watts and Wesley would have done if the book of Scripture had been laid before them and they bad been charged to tell us what was there and what was not ? And how long will the Scotch people, so ready to take to the hills again if any attempt were made to make them acknowledge that the Pope's right to depose kings was proved by Scripture, allow themselves to be made the active tools of a grosser and more palpable falsehood than ever their fathers contended against, because enforced in the face of positive words in the Scriptures appealed to, whereas in the other case it was nowhere written in precise words that the Pope bad no such right. So, however, the case stands. On which, in con clusion, it remains only to say, that however the Nebuchadnezzsr of a false religion may rage and frown, and whether political leaders may think it worth while to stand by them or not, there are still those who have no answer to make to the mendacious tyranny, but " Be it known to thee, 0 king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hest set up." ONE WHO BELIEVES SABBATICAL OBSERV ANCE PROHIBITED TO CHRISTIANS. MARRIAGE IN THE ROTHSCHILD FAMlLT.—Wed nesday last was appointed for the wedding, at Frankfort on-the-Maine, of Baron Willi a m d o R ot h sc hild, son o f Baron de Rothschild,, of Naples, to a grand-daughter of 13. Solomon de Rothschild, of Vienna. Nearly all the membLrs of the houses of Rothschild at Vienna, Naples, London, and Paris came to Frankfort to attend the solemn ceremony. Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore were also present. The bridegroom is very young and hand some. It is most remarkable, however, that he attends very little to business, but is mostly engaged in religious study and in the affairs of Jerusalem. He is a punctual attendant at the synagogue twice every day of the week, and wherever he goes is accompanied by his Hebrew tutor. Indeed, his incessant devotion to the religion of his ancestors has secured for the young Baron a universal reputation.—Jewish Chronicle, THE SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF LONDON.—As a part of the original intention of this society, established for the practice of the ancient and noble science of archery, and the encouragement of Scottish national sports and pastimes, the first of its evening parties took place last evening, at the Club-house, Hanover-park, Peckham, when, in addition to q uadrilles, and the other pop u l ar dances of more recent introduction, a very select, but at t h e sa me time, a very brilliant company indul ge d i n t h e st ill more exhilarating Scotch reel and s trathspey. pacing commenced shortly after eight, and was kept up with unflagging spirit until long after midnight. It is intended to close the seo.s , Ja with a full-dress and fancy costume ball at Willis's Rooms, on a day which the oom mittee will shortly advertise. Lord and Lady John Russell returned to Pem broke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday afternoon, from - Windsor Castle. A GOOD SHOT.—Last week as Mr. Gill, of Wil liam -stone, was hunting for a woodcock in the banks adjoining his residence, he sprung a rabbit, and at the same moment a large blue hawk darted from the thicket in pursuit of it; but just as it was in the act of pouncing upon its prey, Mr. G. levelled his piece , and with the contents of ono barrel kill e d th em both,—.Dumfries Courier. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending October 23, 1849, is 245. Bd. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Oct. 26.) SUGAR.—To-day West India Muscovado Sugar was in fair demand for home trade purposes, and stiffer rates are paid, making the advance, as compared with last Friday's prices, 6d, and in some cases 15 per cwt. The purchases amounted to 460 hhds, &c, including a public sale of 100 hhds 65 trcs and 51 barrels Jamaica, which went at 36s to 36s 6d for ordinary yellow, and at 37s to 37s 6d for middling. BEFINED.—To-day Refined goods were in excellent demand for home-trade purposes; good brown Lumps were not to be obtained under 47s 6d, and fair grocery 48s 6d. There are several buyers of Bonded Crushed, and the market is firm at 27s 6d to 28s 6d per cwt. A I AURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was sought after iby private treaty, and the ,public sales of 960 bags went fully 64 per cwt above the rates of the last auctions ; middling and good yellow realised 38s to 38s 6d, washed 37s 6d, grainy 39s to 425, and inferior 37s to 38s 6d, EAST INDIA..—This afternoon the public sales of Bengal Sugar went off briskly at an advance of 6d to is per cwt on List week's rates; Bermes, fine white realised 41s 6d to 42s 6d, good 40s to 41s, middling 395 to 39s 6d, damp 38 s t o 39 s 6d, fine and superi or ye ll ow, l i ke Muuritius, 393 to 40s 6d, middling and good 36s 6d to 38s 6d, ordinary 35s to 36s 6d, and good to fine brown ditto 33s to 34s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but a fair business was ceueluded by private treaty at stiffer rates. The purchases fur the week are 4,000 bags clayed Manilla at 18s 6d, in bond; 2,000 chests yellow Havannah at 205 6d to 222, and 2,000 bags brown Pernams, chiefly at 165 6d per owt. Majority for Mr. Yonge —59 COURSE OF EXCHJ Arnsteraam ...... •• • • 12 3 1 ,4 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 13.6 Rotterdam .... • • .... 12 4i Antwerp • • ............ 25 80 Hamburgh ..M.B. 13 14 Aliona• • ........ • • .... Paris, 3 days'sight ,• 25 52% NGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar•••••••••••••• Leghorn • • .... 31 lb Geaoa .. • • • • .• • • • • • • .. 26 35 Allan ................ Venice .......„ Maples • • 40% Palermo, 121 N Messina . ...... 122 Lisbon.... • • b 3% Oporto. . Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York,2ldays'sight -- Philadelphia „ TRICE'S OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars • • .. •• 0 4 10 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 1134 Ditto, 3 inontha 25 75 . Marseilles 25 77% 80urdeaux......... . 25 77% Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Feteraburgh, Sil. Ebbe.. 36% Berlin.. • • • • • •• • • • • Vienna, effec. flo 11 0 Trieste, ditto.. ... • .... 11 0 Madrid • • ............ 49% Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49% Biibao.. •• •• •• .. •• •• •• Barcelona •• •••••••••• Be7111e..•• •• •••• .• •• •-, BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fer the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of October, 1845. ISMS DEPAZTMEKT. Notes i55ued.. ...... 28,2,"52,330 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. .• '2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,975,253 SUYer bullion .• 277,077 228,252,330 I X 28,5hie252,r.330 M. MARSHALL, Chief Ca Dated the 25th day of October, 1849. BANKING DEPAZTKENT. Proprietorecapital.. 14,553,000 . . Rest .. --..••• • • • • . 3,130,540 Public deposits (In chtding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di- Government securi ties (Including Dead Weight Anntiity)•; 14,228,068 Other securities •• 9,824,113 Notes •• •• •• •• •• •• 9,204,250 Gold and silver coin.. 787,790 vidend accounts) • • 4,738,700 Other deposits •• • • • • 10,495,719 Seven day and other 1)111s•• •• •• .• •• •• •. 1,126.262 434,044,221 £34,044,221 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1849. Dated the 25th day of October, CENTRAL GERMANY. The Kolner Zeitung contains the following electric dispatch : •' The Committee of Administration, with the excep tion of the representatives of Hanover and Saxony, are agreed that the elections for the German Parliament shall take place on the 15th of January. Baron Wan genheim and Baron Zeschau, Plenipotentiaries of Hanover and Saxony, have informed the Committee of Administration that urgent business will in future pre vent their attending the sittings of the said Committee. " In the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament the King's Commissioner, Baron Radowitz, replied to a question which has lately been put by M. Beckorath. In spite of the protest of Wurtemburg, Bavaria, and Hesse flomburg, the Prussian Government insists on fixing the 15th of January, 1850, for the general election of members for the German Parliament. The Parlia ment is to sit at Erfurt." The Hannoverische Zeitung publishes a declaration of the dissentient Plenipontentiaries of Hanover and Saxony, protesting that any decisive steps, such as the Convocation of a German Parliament, must tend to increase the difficulties and divisions of Germany. AUSTRIA. VIEISNA, AUGUST 21.—The Wiener Zeitung of this day, in an article dated Stettin, the 17th, says that Dr. John Jacoby quitted that place on the 16th for Konigsburg, where he is to take his trial. Field-Marshal Radetzky has been definitely ap pointed Governor-General of the kingdom of Lombardy Venice. Before setting out for Milan, for which place he left by a special train, the veteran General had the honour of receiving a farewell visit from the Emperor and the Archdukes. Lloyd says, that General Haynau is still civil and military Governor of Hungary. The journal which had announced the dismissal or deprivation of the General, says that Coura Grame, aide de-camp to the Emperor, has been removed from attending his Msjssty, for not having accomplished his mission after the siege of Arad, of prosecuting the prompt execution of military justice. General Haynau, during his stay at Vienna, did not speak of the in tended executions at Pesth and Arad. The Emperor and the Ministry did not hear of it till afterwards. CONSECRATION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DERRY,--On Sunday the Rev. Mr. Kelly, P.P., was consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Dary, in the room of the Right Rev. Dr. Maginn, deceased. The Most Rev. Archbishop Mullahs was the consecrating bishop. The Londonderry Journal says, " 'The Right Rev. Dr. Kelly is the most youthful prelate in the Irish Roman Catholic Church, and Was not more than eighteen months a parish priest." THE COUNTRY MARKETS. - . BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 25.—At Gloucester and WOrCeS. ' ter market, on the 20th, the wheat trade ruled dull at rather over the currency of the previous week. Barley is improved in demand, and fully as dear. Oats scarcely maintained the currency of that day se'nnight. Beans ' and peas rather dearer. During the present week the transactions in the trade have been on a very limited scale, and to have effected sales a reduction on wheat must have been submitted to; but holders being gene rally firm, little has changed hands. Barley nominally unaltered. Oats are taken in retail at former prices, and the same remark applies to beans and peas. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers, and the trade ruled dull at a decline of is per quarter. On Barley the turn was in favour of the buyer. Oats maintained their value. Beans realised quite as much money, with a more limited demand. UPPINGHAM, OCT. 2 4.—Wheat 38s to 445; barb!" 266 to 295; oats 16s to 225; beans 32s to 37s per qr. Ltutter 9d to 9id per lb; eggs 18 for Is. LOUTH, OCT. 24.—Wheat 36s:to 41s; barley 23s to 265; cats 13::. to 17s; beans 30s to 35s per qr. LONG SUTTON.—Return of sales for the week ending Oct. 20—Wheat, 653 qrs, 2 bush, 1,3381 12s 3d (average 40s 'lid); barley, 36 qrs, 42118 s (aver. 23s 10d); oats, 00 qrs, 001 Os (aver. 00s Od); Peas, 2 qrs, 4 bush, 3/ 2s 6d (aver. 255). ALFoaa.—Avereges for the week ending Oct. 22 : Wheat 39s 114 d; barley 24s Sid; Oats, 13s lid per qr. LYNN, OCT. 23.—Wheat, 36s to 383, fine 40s to 425; barley, 24s to 265, fide 28s 29s to 31s per qr. OARHA.M, OCT. 22.—Wheat 37s to 425; barley 26s to 295; oats 18s to 21s; beans, 33 s to 37s p er qr . (liAissnououctr, OCT. 23.—Wheat 41s to 45s Od -244 qrs, 519/ 13s 6d (aver. 42s 7d); barley, 100 qrs, 1321 2s Od (aver. 263 sd); oats, 20 qrs, 19/ 10s Od (aver. 19s 6d); beans, 00 qrs, 00/ Os (aver. OOs). SLEAFORD, OCT. 22.--Wheat, white 41s to 43s ; red 38s Od to 42s Od; new Os to Os; barley 24s to 265; oats, 14s to 18s; beans, 34s tO 365; peas OOs per qr. NEwarix, OCT.. 24.—Wheat, red 42s to 445, white 45s to 483, extra old 50s; barley, malting 27s to 30s, extra quality and weight, 31s; oats, new 19s to 20s, old 23s to 245; beans, old 33s to 355, new nominal; peas, 30s to 325; tares, 40s to 425; malt 54s to 56s per qr. - ROTHERHAM, OCT. 22.—Beef, 4s 2d to 5s Od per stone; mutton, 41d to skd per lb; stock sheep, 00s to 00a per head. DERBY, OCT. 23.—There was but a limited supply of fat beasts to day. The attendance of purchasers was considerably less than usual, and there appeared but little doing throughout the morning. The number of sheep was not so large as it bas been for many preceding weeks, but the supply was more than equal to the de mand. There was a great falling off in the supply of fat pigs, which had a tendency to advance the price. Fat calves were somewhat more plentiful, but they were not much inquired after. Beef made from 41 to sd; mutton, 44- to sd; veal, sfr per lb; Pigs, 7s 6d to 8s per score. Rough fat, 3s Gd per stone:of 141bs. hides, lid per lb. Calf-skins 2d to 31d per lb. GLASGOW, OCT. 24.—Our supplies consist Principally of 17,042 barrels of flour, namely, 11,790 barrel: from Canada, and 5,252 barrels from the United States %.,f America, and of 6,102 quarters of oats from Ireland. Of other grain they have been insignificant. At Grange mouth only 1,450 quarters of wheat and 20 quarters of peas, have been reported from abroad. A fair business was dono in wheat and flour, fine qualities of which be coming rather scarce, realised fully last Wednesday's rates. Other articles experienced a moderate consump tive demand. This day's market was thinly attended, and the sales effected were in retail, without quotable change in value. EDINBURGH, OCT. 24.—The quantity of wheat brought forward this day was 1,282 qrs, being 186 qrs more than last week. Top price the same, and 2d up on the average —420 qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought for ward was 2,261 qrs, being 599 qrs more than last week. Price on the top the same, and the average is Id down -564 qrs unsold. Of oats we had 1,020 qrs brought forward, or 150 qrs more than last week. Top price Bd, and the average 2d down-30 qrs unsold. The quantity of beans was 82 qrs, or 2 qrs less than last week. Price on the top is down, and the average 3s Id up-51 qrs unsold. Top of wheat ... 64-ilbs 56s Od ... Barley ... 5541bs 29s Od • Oats 4241bs 23s 4d • Brans 6341bs 34s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE • MARKET, OCT. 24.—The supply of cattle this morning was 491, bring 105 less than last week. Sales also exceedingly dull, particularly for secondary and inferior sorts, and prices down 3d per Dutch stone. At the close a clearance was not effected. The top price of the best beef 7s 6d ; current 6s 6d to 7s; middling and inferior 5s to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. The supply of sheep and lambs this morning was 4,829, being 1,600 less than last week. Nevertheless, the supply far exceeded the demand, as at the close of the market nearly three-fourths of the number shown were unsold. Top price of the best mutton 5d per lb; cur rent, 4d to 4id; inferior, 3d to 3d. DUNDEE, OCT. 22.—Wheat, 46s Od to 49s Od; foreign ditto, 47s Od to 508 Od; barley, 22s Od to 23s Od; oats, 18s 6d to 19s Od ; pease and beans, 23s Od to 25s 6d. DUNBAR, OCT. 23.—Wheat, weighing 43f1bs, brought 45s Od, and prices to 34s Od ; barley, weighing 54i1bs, brought 22s 9d, and prices to 20s Od ; oats, weighing 441bs, brought 21s Od, and prices to 19s Od; beans and pease, weighing 001bs, brought 00s Od, and prices 00s Od. CORK, OCT. 24. Flour—First 13s Od to 14s Od ; extra 15s ; seconds, 12s to 12s 6d ; households 9s to I Is; thirds, tis t• 7a per cwt. Oatmeal9l6d to 10s; Indian meal 7s Od to 7s 3d; wheat meal, 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 6110 e to 61158 per ton. Bran 31 i Os to 3/ 15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s 0d to 325; average 28s; dealers 32s to 36s Od; average 34s per ton. Straw—Farmers 13s Od to 25s Od; average 20s; dealers 25s Ott to 27s 0s1; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 611 ; household loaf 5d to 56d per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to 9J per lb. Eggs -5s 8d to be 10d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lyda ey 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13$ per ton. Tallow 39s Od to ON per mt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to Sid; veal 4d to Od; pork 4id to sd; bacon 7d to 8d; sausages rsd per lb. Hops Si lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ Los For ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8110 s; Valonia 141 to 01; Froosia 7110 s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 125 per stone. Hemp 34/ to 35/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 21s to 00s; real ditto 25s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ 00s to 00/ pet ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24e1 per lb. Potatoes, white 6d to 8d ; Minions 10d to 00d ; Guano— Peruvian, 11l 10s; lchaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was very dnll to-day, and but little business was transacted. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 12 1 A dis. LIVERkOOL, OCT. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very firm to-day at the quotations. The transactions were as follow : Caledonian, 13 1 ;4—Ditto, Preference, B%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 60—Ditto, Quarters,t, 10 1 % dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 6/. lls. 3d.—London and North-Western, 112—Ditto, New Quarters, Bs. 9d.—Midland, 46%—Ditto, Halves, 217, 4 dis. Ditto, Consol. (B and D), 23% North-Western, 10% dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, dis.— Ditto, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 15—South-Eastern and Dover, 18—Ditto (No. 4), 6% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 5/. 13.3 d. MANCHESTER, Ocr. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, p. —North Staffordshire, 8% dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6% dis. —Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 9 1 ' i c.—East Anglian, 6 per cent. Preference, I—Caledonian, 123 y Ditto, Preference, 8 9-16—West .Riding Union, 6%—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 6!. OCT. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Soon after the commencement of the market there were symptoms of a fall, but before the close it recovered its tone. Thu sales are—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Preference, 2 p.—North Staffordshire, 8 1 3 dis. YORK, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions tc-day were as follow :—Caledonian, 13 1 ,E—Great Northern, 7N —York,New castle, and Berwick, 17 1 4—Ditto (Newcastle Extension), 11 —York and North Midland, Preference, 63i. GLASGOW, Ocr, 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. --- The transactions to-day were as follow :—Clydesdale Junction, 5934—Monkland, 5 per cent, guaranteed, 50s. 6d.—North British, Quarters, 506. SONTAG.—For the last two months Madame Sontag and the distinguished artistes who accompany her have been making an uninterrupted musical progress through the country. Their success has increased as they have proceeded. Within the last fortnight they have experienced an enthusiastic reception from crowded audiences at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liver pool, Plymouth, Exeter, Worcester, Bath, and Bristol. The great prima donna, if she has astonished her auditors by her marvellous powers of florid execution, has created still more sensation by the classical purity, simplicity, and pathos with which she delivers music of sentiment. She has shown herself an ad mirable exponent of real feeling in opposition to ex aggerated passion, which, from bad taste, or to cover poverty of natural vocal resources, is now so often e mployed ; and in this tournte her singing of " Home, sweet Home " has created as much enthusiasm as her unparalleled execution of Rode's variations. The party is at present at Norwich, where two concerts are announced. A RED EMPEROR.—We have bad a Sixteen•string Jack. It is not the fault of the precious young Emperor Francis Joseph, that the Austrians have not a Sixteen string Emperor. lie has a great taste for hanging; but was baulked in his delight by Count Batthyany, whose self•inflicted wounds rendered such mode of death im possible. Whereupon, he was shot; and Haynau licked his tiger lips. Hungarian women of the highest classes, we are told, endeavoured—but were not permitted—to steep their handkerchiefs in the blood.of the murdered man. But the blood did not sink. It helps to dye the Emperor. And, as it is with a certain insect, that " the finest red" dyes the " deepest black," so with the Em peror's, the purer the blood that is shed, the blacker the stain that is left. —Punch. On Monday evening a man was observed to walk deliberately into the Collingwood Dock, and before any assistance could be rendered he was drowned. His body was recovered shortly after the occurrence. An inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict in accordance with the facts returned. The body was not recognised...- Liverpool Times. CISTERNS—PURE WATER .. —A correspondent of the Builder says—" Allow me to suggest what I think would be a remedy for the fault found in y our last number with the conical• shaped cistern, having the tap at the bottom. Let there be a tap there, but let it be a waste tap, and have another a little way up the side of the cistern. By this means the cistern could be kept clean, and no eedi ment would snd its way into the tap used for supplying water for 119 . 0491 d purp9ito." pen she file the. end nd, He was It in