The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-28 00:00:00

locking chain, 6 trace chains, 2 pole or trace chains, 1 priming wire, 5 bullock yokes, 7 unserviceable bullock yokes, 1 fuze holder, 1 carpenter's two-feet rule, 1 adze, 2 gimblets of sorts. N.B. No tangent scales or elevating screws to either of the above pieces of ordnance. H. DELAFOSSE, Major, Commanding A rtillery. COPY OF A LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT - COLONEL TAY• LOR, COMMANDING HER MAJESTY'S 9TH REGIMENT OF FOOT, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBY, ASSISTANT ADJU- TANT- GENERAL. Camp, Khoord Caubul, Sept. 13. have to report, for the information of Major- General Pollock, C. 8., commanding the troops in Aff ghatiistan, that, agreeably to his orders, I proceeded at half-past five o'clock yesterday evening with 250 men of her Majesty's 9th, to the support of the guards in charge of the public cattle feeding on the left of the camp in the Tezeen valley, which were much pressed by the enemy. On clearing the left picket I was joined by Major Huish with a small party of the 26th Native Infantry. I throw forward a strong body of skirmishers, who quickly +drove back those of the enemy on the plain, pursuing them to a range of low hills, where they made a stand till dislodged by our advance ; further on I found the enemy, in force from 500 to 600, had taken post along the crest and on the top of a range of steep hills, running near a mile from the northward into the Tezeen valley ; those towards the north were assailed by Captain Lush ington, her Majesty's 9th Foot, with the left support and skirmishers, whilst I directed the attack against their front and left flank, which being turned, I ascended the heights between two ridges which concealed my ap proach till close to the summit and within 20 yards of their main body, consisting of over 300 men. Collecting 30 to 40 men, with Lieutenants Elmherzt, Lister, and Vigors, I ordered bayonets to be fixed, and the enemy tq be charged, which was done with such resolution and effect, that the whole mass, taken by surprise, was pushed headlong down the hills, nor did they rally till out of musket shot. Their loss must have been very severe, as I observed numbers lagging behind to carry off their killed and wounded. As it was getting dark, I deemed it imprudent to pursue the enemy further, ordered the halt to be sound, and after remaining in possession of their position for half an hour, retired without molestation. It affords me great gratification to bear testimony to the spirit and gallantry displayed by officers and men on this occasion, especially Major Huish, 26th Regiment Native Infantry ; Captain Lush ington, and those concerned in the charge on the enemy. I beg to transmit a return of the killed and wounded. I have, &c. A. B. TAYLOR, Lieutenant-Colonel, 9th Foot. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR SKINNER, HER MA JESTY'S 31ST FOOT, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBYi ASSIST ANT-ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Bootkhak, Sept. 14. Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of the Major-General commanding the army in Aff ghanistan, that I ascended the heights above the Tezeen valley, in front of our camp, with the following de tachment :—One company of her Majesty's 9th Foot, one company of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, one company of her Majesty's 31st Foot, one company of 26th Native Infantry, one company of 35th Native Light Infantry, one company of 33d Native Infantry, 50 Br9ad foot's Sappers--on the afternoon of the 12th inst., and occupied the ridge till daylight next morning. From a communication with Major-General Sir R. Sale, G.C.B , I learned that I was to take the high peaks to the right of my position, and, having driven the enemy from them, continue to operate among the lower hills to the head of the Huft Kotul, on the right flank of the advanced guard of the army. These peaks were occu pied in some force by the enemy, will was, however, easily driven from them and cleared away to the higher hills on my right. I ascended the first peak, which, although the way was steep, was not very difficult, in two small columns ; the first, the companies of her Ma jesty's 9th and 26th Native Infantry udder Captain Bor ton, of the 9th Foot ; tne second under Lieutenant Sayers, of the 31st, composed of the two companies of her Majesty's 31st Foot and 33d Native Infantry, covered by the Sappers and Jezailchees under Lieutenant Orr. I detached Lieutenant Sinclair, of the 13th Light Infantry, with the company of his regiment and one of the 35th Native Infantry, to the higher peak on the right hand, and supported him by Lieutenant Orr and the Sappers (after I had possession of the first height), who ascended by a steep ridge that connected them. Lieutenant Sinclair attained the summit of the hill without loss, driving the enemy away, and held it until the main column of advance came in sight, when he led his column on my right over the hills at the base of the higher mountains. The height I gained descends to the high road by a succession of small peaks, each connected by a narrow ridge ; the enemy occupied with small parties each of these peaks, and was driven in suc cession from them. Captain Borton, at the head of a party of the 9th Foot, made a gallant charge upon a strongly posted party of the enemy, and drove them away ; he showed a great deal of boldness, however, and made repeated attempts to recover his ground, tak ing advantage of the necessarily slow advance of the supporting parties from the steep and difficult nature of the hills. After I gained all the peaks, and the enemy had fallen back, I continued parallel to the main column over the hills to some distance beyond the - top of the Hurt Kotul. Considering the great number that at one time opposed me until the appearance of the main column drew them off, my loss was not great, while the enemy suffered considerably. I beg leave to bring to the no tice of the Major-General the very good conduct of tte officers and men who were under my command. I have, &c., THOMAS SKINNER, COPY OF A LETTER FROM LIEUT.-COLONEL RICHMOND, COMMANDING THE 33D NATIVE INFANTRY, TO CAPT. PONSONEY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Camp, Bootkhak, Sept. 14. Sir,—Major-General Pollock, C. 8., commanding the troops, having intrusted me especially 'with the com mand of the tvvt-guard of the army from Tezcen through the Hutt Kotul Pass. on the 13th instant, ar.d staying placed at my disposal the troops detailed as follows : Her Majesty's 4th Light Dragoons lst.Regiment of Light Cavalry 295 Detached 3d Irregular Cavalry Sikh Cavalry 2OO Tctal sabres 750 Two 9-ponnderi, No. 6, light field battery. Pickets of her Majesty's 9th and 31st Foot 4th Company of the 26th Regt. of Native Infantry 310 Right wing of the 33d Native Infantry 129 35th Native Light Infantry Pickets of the 60th Regiment of Native Infantry 124 Sikh Infantry Total bayonets I have now the honour to report the operations of the day for the Major-General's information. Having made the necessary disposition of my force to protect the bap;:ago in the valley of Tezeen, and to secure the gorge of the pass, the different pickets were gradually with drawn to strengthen the latter. Soon after I observed a large body of the enemy collecting near the Fort of Tezeen, south-ectst of my position, and directed Lieu tenant Douglas, whose guns had been previously posted on a commanding point, to open on them. but the dis tance proving too great for shells the fire was discon - 'firmed. The enemy, I suppose encouraged by this, formed his cavalry in the valley to the number of about 600 men, with the evident intention of moving towards my post. • I instantly decided on anticipating him, and as Captain Ah'xanler's (Horse Artillery) three guns were still on the ground, I availed myself of his services, by sending forward his guns within range of th e enemy, supported by the front squadron of her Msjesty's 3d Light Dragoons, under Captain Unett, one squadron of the Ist Light Cavalry under Brevet-Major Scott, and the detachment of 3d Irregular Cavalry under Captain Tait, with orders to charge the enemy if the ground proved favourable, and an opportunity offered. This soon occurred, the guns having made good impression, and the instant I observed the cavalry advance, the other squadron of Dragoons was hurried forward under Major Lockwood, as a support ; thus insuring the success achieved by the spirited and gallant charge of their com rades in front, Which completely dispersed the enemy who left about 50 men on the field, and a standard, the latter taken by the Ist Light Cavalry, the bearer of which was cut'down by Brevet-Captain Goad. Having accomplished all I wished, the troops returned to their original position in excellent order, covered by The very effective fire of the guns directed by Captain Alexander, and by a company of the 35th Regiment of Light Infantry, the latter ordered forward for the pur pose.. - As the enemy showed no disposition to molest us fur- Mier, and the whole of the baggage having entered the 'Niels, the Horse Artillery and Dragoons were permitted to commence their march, but before the latter had filed eff, the enemy brought two guns to bear upon our posi tion, which obliged me to place the remainder of the eavalry under cover of the high ground in the vicinity. These,guns fortunately did no harm, and were soon after either withdrawn by the evenly or silenced by the fire of round shot from Lieutenant Douglas's 9-pounder, ably directed by that officer and by Captain Lawrence, poli tical agent, commanding the Sikh contingent, who hand somely volunteered his services on the occasion. After allowing the main column and baggage to get well forward in the pass, I directed the remainder of the cavalry to enter, and followed with the infantry, the dif ferent parties of which gradually retired on the posts I had previously occupied, the enemy's infantry- closing in and opening a heavy fire, which continued till we reaced the top of the pass, a distance of three miles ; and, although I was compelled to hold my ground near the top 'of the pass for a long time, to admit of the guns and baggage passing over, I am happy to say that the enemy, though he pressed our several posts very warmly, (lid not then, or at any other time, obtain the slightest ad vantage, and at length desisted from molesting us, which enabled me to re-form the troops and continue my march towards my camp, where I arrived about 8 o'zlock P.M., with all the stores and baggage, except a few bads of grain ; also some camels and bullocks, unable to proceed, which were destroyed on the road, agreeably to orders. My best thanks are due to the officers and men en gaged, both Eu ro pean and native, for their cheerful en durance of fatigue under an intensely hot sun, and for their gallant bearing when in contact with the enemy ; the whole seeming animated with one and the same spirit, which enabled them to overcome difficulties of no ordinary nature, highly creditable to British sol diers and especially so to the Bengal Sepoys. I feel it saso just to notice the useful assistanc e afforded by the men of the Sikh contingent, under Captain Lawrence, wh o wok their full share of duty in the valley of Tezcen, mid in defending the different posts in the pass. I have the ho nour to forward a return Aocotapallying the killed and wounded, which I re j o i ce to observe is Viso • he4tvy its might have been expe c t e d f rom the na- Intstpf t huperations. I have, &c., A; F. RICHMOND, Lieutenant-Colonel, " -33 d Regiment of Native Infantry, Commanding the Roar Guard. i ' P.S. On reaching the top of the Huft Kotul pass, it was reported to Captain Lawrence. commanding the Sikh contingent, that Sirdar Akbar Khan was present in the Tezeen valley when the troops charged his cavalry. A. F. RICHMOND, Lieutenant-Colonel. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCE, C. 8., COMMANDING IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Camp, near Caubul, Sept. 16. Sir —I have the honour to forward, for the informa tion of the Right Hon. the Governor. General, copy of ray dispatch to the address of Major-General Lumley, Adjutant-General of the arm3r. I hive, &c., GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding in Affghattistan. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL J. R. LUMLEY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY. Camp, Caubul, Sept. 16. Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that on the 14th instant we marched from Khoord Caubul to Bootkhah I took the precaution of sending parties to crown the heights of the Khoord Caubul pass, but we met with no opposition. On the 15th I moved on to Caubul and en camped on the race-course. This morning I proceeded to the Bala Hissar, with the following troops :—a troop. of Horse Artillery under Major Delafosse, a company from each regiment of Infantry under Lieut.-Colonel Taylor ; the 3d Dragoons, under Major Lockwood • a troop of the Ist Regiment of Light Cavalry ; a rissa lah of the 3d Irregular Cavalry, with the whole of the Gene ral and Division Staff. The object was to plant the Bri tish colours in the Bala Hissar on the spot most conspi cuous from the city. The Prince Futteh Jung, who joined my camp at Gundamuck, expressed a wish to go with the party, to which I assented. On our arrival at the spot selected, the colours were hoisted, the band of her Majesty's 9th Foot immediately struck up the na tional anthem of " God save the • Queen," and a Royal salute was fired from the guns of the Horse Artillery, the whole of the troops present giving three cheers. I have left the colours in the Bala Hissar, to be hoisted daily as long as we remain. The Infantry also remain under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Taylor, but they will be relieved on the arrival of Major-General Nott by a Native Regiment from his force. I expect General Nott will reach Caubul to-morrow or the next day. Since our arrival here we have not been able to obtain any certain information of Mahomed, Akbar. It appears, however, that Ameen Oollah has separated from him. Neither of them have ventured to retm in the direc tion of Caubul. The following prisoners have come into the camp :—Mrs. Trevor, with eight children ; Captain and Mrs. Anderson, with three children ; Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell. Unless some very unforeseen circum stances occur, I expect to obtain possession of the re mainder of the prisoners in the course of eight or ten days, with the exception of Captain Bygrave, who, I regret to find, has been taken by Mahomed Akbar, and with him during the action of the 13th inst. I have, &c., GEORGE POLLOCK, Major -General Commanding in Affghanistan. Simla, Oct. 5, 1842. Honourable Sirs,—l received last night a private let ter from Major-General Pollock, dated the 21st ultimo, of which I inclose an extract, by which you will per ceive that all the European prisoners, excepting Captain Bygrave, are in our hands, and that Sir Robert Sale, at the head of a light force, was bringing them into Caubul, where they were expected to arrive on the 22d.—1 have, &c., ELLENBOROUGH. The Secret Committee of the East India Company. Simla, Oct. 5, 1842. Since the public notification of the 30th ult., the Go vernor-General has received the gratifying intelligence of the safety of all the European prisoners but one, in the following extract from a communication from Major- General Pollock, C. 8., dated the 21st ult. MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. (Extract.) Camp, Caubul, Sept. 21, 1842 It gives me the greatest gratification to be enabled to state, that the whole of the European prisoners are now quite free from the hands of Mahomed Akbar, except Captain Bygrave. I will make my official report on this subject whenever they reach my camp, which will no doubt be to-morrow. I sent a lightly equipped force, under Sir R. Sale, to meet them, and the whole of the party is with him, with the following exceptions, who have already reached my camp : Major Pottinger and Captain Johnson, arrived this morning. Mrs. Trevor and eight children. Captain and Mrs. Anderson and three children. Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell. One European woman and four privates. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor- General of India, T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. LATEST NEWS FROM CHINA. We are indebted to our excellent Contempo rary, the Devonport Independent, for the follow ing interesting particulars from China : We have received by the Overland Mail, via Mar • seilles, letters from our squadron in China, from one of which we extract the following : r 1",,, Augu thin st nelleisle off Nankin. 30, iB4-. "A steamer started on the 20th of August, for India, with dispatches for the Governor-General of India, and to detain the next mail. We were all very much gratified at learning from a general order from the Admiral, that it had been notified to him by the Plenipotentiary, that the High Commissioners of his Celestial Majesty had so far acceded to the terms pro posed, as to justify him in desiring him (the Admiral) and the . General to suspend hostilities. The terms, we understand, arelst. The cession of Hong Kong to the Biitish Crown (a substantial apology for the in sult offered Captain Elliot). 2d. An indemnification .of twenty-one millions of dollars, to be paid by in stalments. 3d. The abolition of. the Hong. mono poly. 4th. Trade. sth. An Ambasiador. at Pekin. .The places we are to trade attire Canton, Amoy, Ningpo; ,Foo-choo-foo, and •Shanghae. The operations that have led to this consummation are- the taking of Tching, at the entrance of the Grand Canal ; block ading-the Grand and other Canals ; and the complete investment of this place by our troops. We want the ratification of the treaty by the Emperor; shauld he refuse to sign it, such is the position in which our troops and artillery are in, the city will be a heap of ruins in a very short time. It is reported that the Chinese are so pressed by the effects of the war, that they are rife for a revolt against the Tartar dynasty. We trust the treaty will be ratified, as we are anxious to leave this river—many a brave fellow has found his last resting place in it, and at present cholera, dysentery, fever, and ague, prevail to a great extent. Commander Richards, of the Corn wallis (flag ship) as deserving an officer as ever stepped, takes home the dispatches to the Admi ralty; he served on Captain Parry's expedition. Of course we all expect the same bounty and promotion as took place at Canton, with a small addition for finishing the affair. If the treaty be ratified and carried out fairly, Old England will soon reap more than the expenses of the war ; the abundance of Furs found fo the northward of Hong Kong, in the houses, leads one to expect an unbounded market for flannels, &c. ; in fact, in many branches it must prove a safety n h o i t p form or if m peace valve to th e mac hi nes of our manufacturers. We can not w e h o a n t el N u v d il e l d b . e d p o e ne n w et ith de t p h e e hd diff oh er m en y t and be i orthography of names of 1 p aces, nor try to pronounce them, or you may dislocate your jaw. " August 30th.—The treaty was signed on board the Cornwallis yesterday. Report accounts for the delay in this way—although the Plenipotentiary did not doubt the authenticity of the commission shown by the Chinese authorities, still he showed them that his commission was 'signed by his Queen, and that theirs must be signed by the Emperor. A rough draft of the treaty was then dispatched to Pekin, with a re quest for new powers under his own hand for the Commissioners. His answer arrived, assenting to the terms, and expressing his gratification at the com pliment we had paid him, in requiring his signature, showing thereby we had confidence in him alone. " The squadron is still very sickly ; the effects of sickness here are very great; it seems as if the con valescent cannot gain strength, and even those who have escaped actual illness are excessively debilitated; if the squadron is to be rewarded according to their sufferings rather than action, they will receive a large bounty. " The Cornwallis is lying close to the shore, in 150 feet water. What think you of that 250 miles up a river? I shall order a Canton and Hong-Kong paper, if pro curable in time, to be forwarded to you. I hope to be able to learn the destination of some ships by the time the next mail goes. Report has it that the Blonde will take 3 millions, Herald and Modeste and•Coluinbine 13 ; between them, of the first instal ment (six millions to England." We have also received a letter from an officer on hoard her Majesty's sloop Columbine, 18, dated Nan kin, August 31, 1842, which says :—" The Colum bine having been very judiciously placed at the en trance of the Grand Canal, by her vigilant blockade cut off all communication from the south side, pre venting a ll th e usua l supp li es o f gra i n, &c.,being forwarded to the north, which is very considerable annually ; this caused an almost rebellion among the people, and was the principal cause of the Emperor's so quickly wish ing to settle the terms of a treaty of peace. 'twenty Mandarins visited the Cornwallis for the purpose of arranging terms, and were highly gra tified with their reception, the officers being in full unform to receive them. On the 29th August the Imperial Commissioners went on board to settle and sign the treaty, which was confirmed by the EmpeL ror. The Chinese standard 'alt.; then hoisted at the main of the Cornwallis, and a salute fired on the oc casion. CHEAP MEAL, &c.—A correspondent from Banff shire writes us, that .oatmeal is s e lli ng for los. per per peck; beef, 4d. p e r lb.; eggs Bd. per dozen ; and coals, at Is. pe r b arre l. bOll - in Banff; potatoes , 3 d. —lnverness Courier, THE SUN LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER ‘2B, 1842 THE DECEMBER NUMBER OF C OLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST, EDITED BY THOMAS HOOD, ESQ., Contains, More News f.-or.thina. By the Ed toe. Tou' in Sev•-ch of the Picturesque. By Lamm Blanchard ; Esq. The Hot Water Cu-e. The Five Incumbents. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." No. 5. The Sub-Vicrr of Ditcbingly. The Persian Bend;t. By the Hon. C. S. Savile. Persons whom everybody has seen. By' Leman Blanchard, Esq. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. crning 2 minutes after 10 1 Evening NEW CHINA SUN, WITH A MAP OF CHINA. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, _THE 30th INST. WILL BE PUBLISHED, A NEW CHINA SUN, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CH W-F 00, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GLORIOUS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strana and of all News-Agents. :161 ,CZA 92 Ce. t M 0 ' 1 I; A n • ° ~~J'~7~E ~ZIIJ3, LONDON : MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1842. Whatever may be the case with the landlords, the tenants seem to be coming to their senses. At a recent meeting of the Coggeshall Agricul tural Society, Mr. FISHER HOBBES said : He agreed with Mr. Banbury that the times were looking dark against them. When they heard in various quarters that the Premier was saying no Minister could stand without giving up the Corn laws—when they heard in other directions that there were eight persons going over to America, sent out by the great house of Baring, to show them how to cure their pork to advantage for the English market— when they heard that something must be done in the,. spring of the year, it led him to think the saying of that great patron 'of agriculture whose health they had drunk was coming to pass, and ltat having got the end of the wedge in they would, drive it home. In travelling through the country he did not see a parish which might not be increased a coomb per acre, and that would more than find food for the increased population for years to come.—(Cheers.) But when they looked to the waste 'lands, and the miserable way in which their grasslands were managed, he felt that they might break up one-fourth of that grass land, and the : remainder if .well managed, would be sufficient to hi nd beef acrd mutton for the country. — (Hear.) Much hadbeen said about drainage and long leases, but let the Briti—h farmers do what they could, they must have some - protection. What they wanted was confidence.—(Hean) It could not be expected that if they had not confidence men would lay out one-fourth of the fee-simple of the land, which they must do to well cultivate it before they could produce a crop of corn to feed the population of the country. That being the case—the population depending on the land for the support of the poor and for tithes—he thought there ought to be some settlement of this unfortunate question, in order that they might be en abled to go on farming with success. He feared, if they went on in this unsettled state, they would feel the effects of it for many years to come ; for where was the manthat with justice to his family could go on and make the improvements that he did four years ago ?—(Hear, hear.) They saw where a man had the opportunity he was " whipping the land," and it must be so, for the landlords were afraid to give leases, and the tenants were afraid to take them ; and therefore there was nothing bnt depression and misery in agri culture. That is most important testimony. It shows that unde'r the protective system, which has in flicted such injury on every other interest, the land is but half cultivated. It proves that the cultivation cannot be, and will not be much im proved, till the Corn-law question be settled ; and it tells the public an alarming tale of coming depression and misery'; of landlords being afraid to give leases, and tenants afraid to take them, without which, the . most intelligent agriculturists say, there can be no improvement in agriculture, unless confidence be restored. That brings the question to a narrow issue. Can the Legislature, by any law, by any means in its power, restore or give that confidence except' by totally abolish ing the Corn-laws? Before answering that ques tion, let us lay before the public some more testi mony to the same effect. Mr. HOBBES spoke in Essex ; at a meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League in Manchester,. on Thursday, Mr. PRENTICE made this report of Cheshire : When the farmers were once fairly led to consider the question, they said, "No moderate fixed duty for us ; we have been humbugged long enough ;. we have been promised moderat e s lid es and jumps, and every change has.only made us worse. Do not let us have any more of this moderation. If there is to be a change, let us have it at once. Let us have total repeal—(Hear, hear)—that we may make fresh bar gains with our landlords, and start with a fair chance . of success." The energy of the League was doing much to convince them of the necessity of re peal, even where their lecturers did not go. Landlords and tenants were both getting tired of this eternal agitation, and they said, " These Manchester people are so determined, that they will . never stop short till they get the whole of the Corn-laws swept away.—(Applause.) The League has made things a great deal worse for us with this constant agitation; we are tired of it, and cannot do with it any longer; and as these men will have total repeal, let them have that, and have done with them." Then these men were astonished at the idea of 50,0001. being raised in a few weeks ; and when it was explained that our tracts were bound up in every missionary and other magazine, Whig, Tory, and dical ; that one at least would be sent to every free holder and elector in the kingdom • how the lecturers were going into all the agricultur a l districts, and how the country was to be agitated with tenfold energy of purpose,—they said, "We cannot stand it ; let us have done with it."—(Hear, hear.) So much for the Cheshire farmers. Here is a report of what a farmer, in the south of Somer- setshire, said— Why, gentlemen, it be no farer gone than a fort night, since the proprietor of a large estate down our way sent for me to come to him. Well, I went. He know'd I farmed a good bit of land ; he know'd I had money to lay out; he know'd I had laid out money on my land; he know'd I grew the best corn, and turnips, and worzel in the county; he know'd I was reckoned an improver of land. Gentlemen, I am one that tries to make the most of my land. This landlord know'd it. He said. "Now tell me what you will give for such a farm, if I give you a lease, with liberty to improve it as you like ?" Says I, " Sir, I am much obliged; but tell me first what the p r i ces o f my corn and cattle will be when I have improved your farm, and I will tell you the rent I can pay." To this the gentleman replied that the question of prices was now in a manner settled; the Corn-law was settled; the tariff was settled; and prices would soon be settled. " Corn-law settled ! tariff settled ! prices settled !" says I. " Why, the whole three are unsettled ; we have had nothing but unsettled prices since we had a Corn-law, and I sup pose never, will have. You won't let the Corn-law alone, and you can't let it alone ; and it won't settle prices if it were let alone. No, no, Sir," says I; "no taking of b ases with matters as they ar e now ." S o to this the gen tleman replied, " Well, but it i s y our ..„;.,;„„ +l,,,*i„„ri enunot he prop er ly farmed without a lease, is it not ?" my opinion, sure enough, and my experience too ; but land must be badly farmed, or go without farming, afore I touch it on a lease in such times as they we now live in." That I did, gentlemen. I told this landlord my mind; I ben't afeared to speak to nobody; I pay my rent and my taxes, and my debts, and care for nobody. So as I said alr ea d y , c h eapness i s a relative term. Things don't be too cheap for them as buy, ma:yhap ; but they be too cheap for me." There is not only panic, therefore, there is dire confusion, amongst both tenants and landlords ; the : latter cannot. 'let, and the former will not length of time. No man will, ta tl k i their ra leaseland fotirl till a h n e y ca n tell what the price of corn will be; and no man can tell that, because no man believes that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S settle ment of the question will last a year, or, if it do last, that pricei will not fall lower than ever they were before. The single question now is, put ting humanity, justice, right and wrong, starv ing or feeding the people, out of view—the single question ofCan the Legislatur e put an end to pAedtin. C ey i s , orrilaw agitation, and as exnie sure landlords and farmers that any law it can make will last five years? We are sure that it cannot. Omnipotent as it foolishly boasts itself to be, and as people still more foolishly believe it to be, it can only put an end to Anti-Corn-law agitatiask t _ a ' e confidence and security to both fame tenants, by totally abolishing the law. The slid(' 16 , .., is universally condemned. Can the Whig nostrum of a fixed duty, however moderate, be substituted for that ? It cannot. The Parliament may enact it—the Parliament cannot maintain it; that is beyond the power of Parliament. Sir ROBERT PEEL himself has declared that the first dearth would extinguish it. But at present our ma nufacturers are everywhere exposed to a keen competition, which they canno sustain, under a heavy load of State taxes and a tax for the landlords. It is impossible, there fore, for them to cease agitation against a fixed duty. In every season of distress it would be renewed. The farmers would be perpetually harrassed by doubts and uncertainty, and a fixed duty can no more be maintained than the sliding scale. To the farmers themselves such a duty would be a great injury. it would enhance all the ex penses of cultivation. They are now too, and _ _ would be still more then, exposed tocompetition. If the community had food enough with foreign supplies in a bad season, in an abundant season it would have a great deal to spare. The farmers would want to export they would En a short time th ey wou ld c l amou r f or th e repea l and they would suffer deep distress. be unable, of a duty which kept their produce from com peting in the foreign markets with the produce of other countries. We take it for ... granted that the public will never consent to a b ounty to compensa t e a fi xe d d uty, though that has been recommended by one of the most celebrated political economists of the day as its indispensible accompaniment. But if neither sliding scale nor fixed duty can settle this important question, put an end to agitation, and allow both f armers an d l an dl o rd s t o ma k e thvir bargair.s l"-those permanent relations of cost, of supply and demand, which determine prices with th e ; regular i ty o f a l aw o f na t ure, what remains but the total abolition of tl.e un just law ? The sooner that be effected, the sooner i • ••••• - will landlords be able ••• p e rmanently to let their lands; the sooner will leases be taken, and the sooner will thos e i mprovements b e ma d e , w hi c h , on the testimony o f Farmer HOBBES are neces- nary, and can be made. By the abolition of the Corn-laws, which cannot much longer be averted, we shall gain a great deal more than free trade__ we shall gain a full and complete knowledge that the power of th e law-maker is much more li mited than th e public supposes, an d we shall thereafter endeavour to ascertain what he can accomplish before we tolerate his perpetual med dling with thing:lend. s be does not coiny e he Niger exp e di t i on? The Times c onta i ns a good article, a propos of ou the folly of those pre. lenders to - philauthropy who set about promoting improvements at a railroad pac'e, as if it were the manufacture of some new species of cloth which can be multiplied at pleasure. T .It exposes with out mercy the shall ow delusions propagated by well-meaning empirics and quacks, who, make the benefit of others the stalking-horse to the gratification of their own yearn ings after- distinction. It leaves no rag to cover the nakedness of the-, "conceited enthu siasts," who plan. fine schemes to civilize man kind. But our Contemporary, to whom incon sistency seems so delightful that it opposes in one column what it advocates in another, has a second article on the Anti-Corn-law League, in which the subscribers at the late pub lic meeting to the League Fund, such as Mr. MUNN and Mr. ThostAssosi, are taken sharply to task for discarding all pretence and all humbug, and boldly avowing that they _subscribe the money to serve themselves. They see their property melting away under a restric tion on the supply of food, and on their trade, and they openly give their money as a means of ,getting rid of that restriction, and saving them selves from decay and ruin. Can any thing be more straightthrward and honest, and more praiseworthy ? . for it is every man's first duty to help . himself. But the League does not act on the advice of the Times, and cares nothing for the ease of that party to which the Times is the slave. It de spises the empty words that bide principles; it resolves to do its best to get rid of a vile law, in spite of the sacredness of the Constitution, which is now always invoked to protect political iniquity ; and therefore the Times, in its second leader, advocates quackery and empiricism, just like Sir F. BUXTON and Sir G, STEPHEN ; talks with unctuous cant of promoting "humanity, jus tice, and religion," and treats with scorn the honesty and fair dealing of the mem bers of the League. We bad learned from our Contemporary in his vigorous days, and from some observation of the motives which usually actuate men, that they are to be much distrusted when they disavow those self-seeking purposes which are the main-springs of all human actions, and pretend, to have nothing at heart but to promote the good of others, and the success of justice and humanity. These 'are the pre tences on which priestcraft builds its altars; these are the pretences on which tyranny erects its thrones. These are the pretences on which self seeking legislators enchain the human race, and make liberty an unknown blessing. It is all for the love of justice and the promotion of humanity that the landlords pass Corn-laws, and daily torture the half-starved multitude. It is all for the benefit of the poor, and the advance ment of . religion, that the Church extorts from the public several millions a year, and that its Archbishops and Bishops wallow in luxury at the expense of the very classes whose welfare they pretend to promote. We delighted in nothing more at the meeting at Manchester, than in the honesty with which the gentlemen there cast aside all false pretences, and boldly and openly avowed that they subscribed their money and sought the repeal of the Corn-laws to benefit themselves. That is, perhaps, the only motive for all human exertions, and it is proper to avow it. Nothing can more strongly prove. the twaddling imbecility that sometimes comes over our Contemporary than thus to find the once bold and manly Times become the opponent of an honest avowal of motives, arid the maudlinl i advocate in one column of the empiricism and the quackery it exposes to ridicule in another. We have received a great number ofletters re specting the origin and justice of the war with China, some of our Correspondents blaming the British Government for carrying fire and sword among a defenceless people to maintain an odious traffic, and others justifyi ng them in equally strong terms. The . only letter for . which we can find room is the following, and we trust our brief reply will satisfy other Correspondents, .who join with the French in reprobating a sys tem of policy which will confer great good, not only on England, but China. " A great dif ference of opinion," says ourL C.rrespliiiderrr,-- who styles himself a " Barbarian," " exists re pp...reiiiii the justice of the Chinese war ; if you can conveniently insert a short account of its origin in the columns of The Sun, you will greatly oblige a number of your. Bradford readers." The answer to this question is very simple. For many • years the opium trade with China had been carried on at Canton, and, notwithstanding occasional proclamations 1 against it, was sanctioned by the official authori ties, the regular duti es were paid, and the impor ters therefore confidently believed that they were justified in carrying on the trade'as usual. Sud denly, hoWever, an edict was issued from Pekip, ordering the seizure of all the opium at that place, and the Commissioner sent to carry it into -effect imprisoned the English Plenipotentiary, who was guiltless of all blame, and threatened him and all his countrymen . with death if opium to the value of nearly three millions ster ling was not instantly given up. A considerable portion of the opium was in ships out of the Clii- nese waters, and all the rest bad been ad mitted in the usual form. There was no plea whatever, therefore, for pretending that it was smuggled. But even admitting that the trade was contraband, the Chinese Government acted contrary to the laws of nations, and insulted the Sovereign of Great Britain, by imprisoning and threatening to put to death her representative. We may add, that to the best of our belief, no foreign writer, however hostile to England, has justified this atrocious outrage on a public functionary, whose character is held sacred among civilised States. The grand public dinner given on Tuesday last to the late Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Al derman O'CortzfELL—by the bye, how strangely sounds the meek, dull, pacific word, "Alder man," when coupled, with that synonym for fiery, ultra-Radical agitation, " O'CortivEu. ! " the dinner given to this gentleman by a great majority of the Dublin Corporation is another of those marked signs of the times which may well bear a word or two of comment. The Irish me tropolis has, it is well known, been remarkable ever since the memorable year 1688, for the fiery zeal of its Protestantism, its attachment to the English connection, and its inveterate hostility to the Catholics. Among its members are to be found the names of some of the most desperate political bigots in the empire. No expense has it spared—no labour has it grudged —no sacrifices has it hesitated to make—in order to show its ram pant loyalty and uncompromising High Church principles. As for listening to any speeches in fit votrr ofa repeal of the Union, we firmly believe Ella t there is not a Protestant member of the Corpora tion who—but a few years ago—would not will ingly, if he could, have hanged any man who should have dared even to suggest such an hypothesis. But how are the mighty fallen ! How are the. bullies tamed, and the zealots so bered ! The late Municipal Reforms have completely cowed! the spirit, and broken the strength and unity of the Dublin Corporation; and accordingly they listened to a long speech of Mr. O'CONNELL, in favour of a Repeal of the Union, not merely with calmness, but with de cided approbation ! " The spirit had gone abroad," observed the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, " the sound bad gone forth on the wild winds of Heaven; it was scattered through the land ; and every' heart in Ireland throbbed more or less t o restore t h e i r b eloved country to her national dignity ls' 'When we sa, that this exulting language was welcomed with loud cheers by a great public body, always foremost to toast the " Glorious, Pious, nd Im mortal Memory ;" and to wish the detested aid persecuted Catholics a speedy departure to "'fell or Connaught ;"—when we say this, and state in addition, that Alderman BERESFORD of pitch-cap and triangle notoriety, was 'a favourite and leading member of this body —we have said, we conceive, quite enough to justify our assertion that of all the political revolutions now pressing forward in this most revolutionary age, this ultra-Radical one in the sentiments of the once ultra-Tory Corporation of Dublin, is without ex ception the most astounding! We have received intelligence from Madrid to the 20th instant, with Barcelona papers of the 17th and 18th, giving ample details of the out break in that town on the 13th. ESPARTERO, on receiving the news, made a formal communica tion to the Cortes on the subject, and at the same time announced that he would set off next day, the 21st, for Barcelona with an escort of three battalions. The Cortes immediately voted an address to the REGENT, and- at the same time expressed their determination to support the Government against the insurgents. The fol lowing telegraphic dispatch sufficiently explains the object of the insurgents, and confirms the re port in one of the French journals, that the ma nufacturers and monopolists of Catalonia were the ringleaders (if the movement. Justice and pro tection for national industry, in other words, " no commercial treaty with England," is the order of the day. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. BARCELONA, Nov. 19. THE FRENCH CONSUL TO THE MINISTER FOE FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The head-quarters of Van Halen is at San Felipe, at two hours' march from Barcelona. He maintains full communication with Monjuich. Hostilities are suspended with the city. The following is the programme published to-day by the Provisional Junta : " 1. Down with Espartero and his Government. " 2. Constitutional Cortes. "3. In case of a Regency, but one Regent: ".4. In case of a marriage of Isabella 11., a Spaniard. " 5. Justice and protection for national industry." A Consulting Junta was about to be forthed, con sisting of the most respectable persons in the city, without distinction of party. It appears that on the 15th the insurgents were victorious, and the troops retired to the citadel. During the night, and the whole of the thllowing clay, the forts of Monjuich and the citadel cannonaded and bombarded the town. The Junta, it would appear, is composed almost entirely of workmen and small traders, whose cilia objects are better trade and higher wages, and prohibition of foreign manufactures. They are, in fact, imitating the example set by the French delegates, with this difference, that the French monopolists adopted constitutional means for protecting their interests, while the Cata- lonians have madly resorted to violence, and are attempting to overturn the Government. There never was a more insane or hopeless conspiracy. They have opposed to them the established Go vernment, the Cortes, the army, and all the agriculturists and wine producers. What hopes of success can one province have against such united power? The fbilosving is a brief account of what took place on the 17th : A person named Garcy, belonging to a manufac tory, was appointed President of a Junta of nine members, which assumed •the title of Provisional Directing Junta of the People ; and a second one, having a consultative chaiacter, was on the point of being formed. Before the appointment of the Junta, Gamy published in his own name a proclamation, congratulating his heroic fellow-citizens on having obtained their liberty, and beaten down the military despotism which a foolish Government had imposed on them—a Government which destroyed their ma nufactures and trade, and desired to render them slaves by reducing them to want. He then addresses the workmen who had fought in the insurrection, and promises to indemnify them for their perils apd severe priVations. He terminates by inviting the battalions of the National Guards to nominate each a repre sentative, to form a superior Junta. 'lbis Junta, which has been thus appointed, is composed princi pally of small traders and workmen, completely un known up to that day. It issued on the 17th a pro clamation, addressed to all Catalonians, which would seem to indicate that the insurrection is to spread over the rest of the province. After some general phrases on the triumph of the people, the Junta takes care, as President Garry had previously done, to an nounce to the workmen that their condition is about to be deliberated on with the ut solicitude. After this proclamation came a dec for establishing something like order amongst iTi the armed po pulation which thronged the city. In consequence all the Commanders of the National Guards and the Alcades of the town were summoned to attend the Junta of the peoplekto receive instructions. The -Gmcf. and Officers of - the National Guards were to unite to small bodies all persons in arms who did not form part of the regular battalions, and were to assign them a fixed post. Whoever should be found guilty of theft, or any other culpable excess, was to he judged and punished summarily. The Junta has accorded a capitulation to the regiment of Guadala jara, which was shut up without provisions in the University, and has given it permission to leave the town. Similar terms have been granted to the garri son of Atarazanas. During the night, the troops Nhich were in possession of the citadel evacuated i and it is at present occupied by the National Guards and the people. The troops are in possession oily of Fort Monjuich and the port, with the marl time faabourg Barcelloneta. The French Consul has offered protection to a great number of persons, and sent them on board the Meleagre. Amongst the fugitives are; it is said, the seven constitutional alcades, the five daughters ; of the Captain-General, and the wives of the. Governor and the political:chief. Madrid was perfectly tranquil on the 20th, and manifested not the slightest sympathy with the insurgents. Three projects of laws had been pre sented to the Cortes. The first is a loan of 600,000,000 reals (about 12,500,000/.) guaranteed by the entire revenue of the State. The second project provides that all the inte- rest of the consolidated interior debt of 4 and 5 per cent., and also of the active 5 percent. foreign debt, due or coming'due before the Ist of May, 1843, inclusive, be capitalized. The third project stipulates that the debts due arid not paid since 1835 be satisfied by certificates under the name of ", Notes of Arrears of the Treasu►;y," which shall be admitted at their full nominal value, and to the exclusion of every other class of paper, in the purchase or redemp tion of mortgages on property belonging to the nation. The'Three per Cents. were done at 21 15-16 I, at 60 days, and the Five per Cents., at 261 for cash, and 26 15-16 f, at different dates. The Paris papers contain no news of interest, and generally abstain from all comments on the recent accounts from Spain. The Constitutionnel, however, is an exception, and makes the follow ing just remarks. Our readers can be at no loss as to the party who have instigated the revolt : The events which are passing at Barcelona will grieve all the sincere friends of Spain—all who desire to behold repose, order, and liberty prevailing in that unfortunate country. No advance can be made in civilisation by trampling on the laws and the prin ciples of civil equality. It is well known that the principal grievances of Catalonia cons.istin the strange demand it has made to be freed from the law impos ing the recruitment on all. See to what an extent -the Government of Espartero is oppressive, which will not consent to sacrifice'the rights of the whole of Spain to the demands of . a province, and .which desires that all public charges, even that of each man's blood, should weigh equally on all ! A disturbance originating in such motives cannot come to any thing. Whatever may be its momentary chancel of success, and whatever quantity of blood may have been spilt to obtain the victory, the revolt of Barcelona will prove an abortion, because it has nothing just to uphold. Everything appears obscure in this de plorable affair. We have seen by the telegraphic dispatches how the insurrection first commenced, and the various incidents which it passed through, but no one yet knows precisely what political it.terests• are at stake, and what party has put the insurgents in-move ment. It is true that the people of Barcelona, nt the commencement of the rebellion; rushed to the prison to deliVer the editors of the Republicam ; but it would be, in our opinion, a gross error to conclude from that fact that the capital of Catalonia is anxious for a republic, and that it has taken up arms to over turn royalty. Catalonia, though more unsettled, more stormy, and more prompt in action than the other provinces of Spain, is not, notwithstanding the jour nals published at Barcelona; more republican than the rest. But its leanieg towards insubordination, its aversion to all measures which tend to constitute a central . power, render it more accessible than any other part of the kingdom to the schemes and intrigues of the factious. There are, besides, in this manufacturing province commercial susceptibilities which are entitled to much consideration, and which have not always been paid attention to. In such a condition of things, and . in this state of feeling, political intrigue could easily act on a people worked on with so little diffi culty, and imagining themselves wounded in their privileges and interests. We accuse no one ' • but if already last year, we saw at Madrid an d i n the Basque Provinces attempts made to produce revolt,. which happily were put down, and we are warranted at pre- I sent in turning our suspici ous to the same side, and believing that those who placed arms in the hands of O'Ponnel, and made a conspirator of Diev have not remained strangers to the troubles whic h have just agitated Barcelona ? There exists in Spa,ire or rather out of Spain, a wretched party, w hich clings not to • ideas, but to persons, calling .itself mode," rate, but acting only by violence, declaring that it is friendly to order, and appearing only to cause dis turbance, affirming that it is monarchical, but ready, in order to satisfy its rancour, to compromise the Or narchy. This party rejoices at all the evil , that bar pens to Spain, as if it could profit by such events. Leon, There is no expedient to which it would not have re course to create embarrassment to the Government of Madrid. We have seen it treat with the ReP u . Beans, and submit to the Inimiliation of their disdain' and we should not be in the least surprised if it he 3, at present attempt e d t o t urn to account the disconte n t of Catalonia, in uniting with what is most is opposi tion tomonrehic to excitealidea suspicions, sThe pastconduct of tl' i party is sufficienta if suspicions be no t wellfounded, it musatnid,e' that they have been merited by its conduct. BOURSE—PA THURSDAY, is, _URSDAY, NOVEMBER 2.. t First Highest Lowest Pri 1•!11 Price. Price. Price. lb French Five per Cents. 119 15... 119 25... 119 15... "9 1 40 3 F Fo r E ro p co e ee r n Ce ts. n . t . s 329 1 8 0 59 1 01 4 45 0 . . : • .3„,20.:8 1 Bank of 5500 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1057 50 . ..1057 50...1057 5 0 •••''' . 25 Belgian Bank Belgian Fives 103% inn ... 1032 ••• r 3 a 1841 .... 1065 801 25:1065881 25:::1808651,25;:18°C,b51i 1840 lO4 104 1 ... 104 1 ..• '? 2 : 3 1 Spanish Active 2 2), 23 22% •-• 3 f P O a ld n D iv e e fe • r • r . e • d •• 3 3 t ::• 331 • 32 ... 32 32 w Neapolitan .. lOB 95... 108 95... 108 9.5... 104 10:n ... 104 ... 1031 ••• RAILWAY SHARES. , „, e 32 5 ? 1 32 832 50... 832 59... F 32 "",-* 91 2J Portug uese S OßSll : r r . In i ? s aa b nnne u : ; e g za Bale ondi v. Fives 2 55 0 8888 75... 75. 2 55 0 5 8881 boo b ' 7° on The Convocation of the Scotch — clergy br ok e Thursday, after continuing their sittings,l`^ d osed • ed, doors, for seven days. As far as can be asc er tar o f the meeting resolved to adhere to the ,Prn ci P c e r n- Non-Intrusion, to transmit a memorial to the ment the their views, event of this request n ot bein onog cnec plied with, to withd raw an d break off their m en tion with the State. Th e t o t a l number of *e r g y n5O present was 470, and of these not more t„ii an rt h o f were established ministers, being about one'' ~,n u. ",. Dr. the Church. At the conclusion ' of this en 3l ' d a b- C hla rent e dvl m e e r resg, themselves.r D et r. to bl l Farlane and the Moderator, ha that a fiarren'bypapers last night, 2,500,000 florins—about 200,000 . 1. out in Batavi a ° t of of August, which destroyed property to the v brokethe Dutch on;ceeivecif MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NE (From The Sun of Saturday Evening' ) - Still we are all bustle, both here and the ,de r no nce yinces, on account of the China news ; and e° 1 :. 41 if hi in a better commercial future is springing °P ob' enchantment, where previously nothing w— but feelasticity y The servable gloom and dndenc of public eling surprise es s P e o ven th e Merchants saes theni se pt selves, the most cautious of whom feel nevertheless irresistibly carried away bY it r' n uirf all low priced articles of produce, briSk 41'11511 10Wer t haw exists in Mincing-lane, anti as cotton is last year, there are free buyers for this also. 1110 0° At Liverpool yrsterd a y, the sales amou nted to Pn•ere bales, at firm prices. C ommo n and mid. Sura t3 n d r' in id. per lb. higher than yesterday eci tut . most other qualities a - similar a d va nce bad (I n Railways were much the dame. South E• Eastern Dover, New, 184 ; Grand Junction, 133 81; Counties, New, Mt ; Great W e stern, Fi fths ' all Liverpool and Man c h es t er , 183 ; and B irmingba Thirds, 63. fweea The following romis th issorye result Notes of a cocirculate'mparison din the be the the uoi return of Pin United Kingdom duri ng th e four week s en 12th inst., and the previous gtatement to Oct. 15; ; 0 0 Bank of England __N ow . ........ X20, 0 3 ' 0 00 -• Last time.... 5 601 : 00? Increase. • 6 48 8,661 Private of England . . ....Last time. ..... / 434 ,80 Now.. ....... 53, 839 Joint-Stock o rl :7';Oand a fi 064, 539 Las w t . t . ime. ..... 1g ,425 ...NoDecrease... .. ,565 Increasc.• • Chartered and Joint-stock of Scotland. Now... ...... Last time...... 3,04 1, .----! Private and Joint-s tock of Irela i ri n cl 1 21,01 Increase... e .. a s se o . ri .. ‘,...0 ,12 6 : _B , s '2 4 . Last time. ••••• 4, ~.--• v 24 , 0 ,45 ON 9,907 , m0 9,90117_, ----- Papers of September 5 from I°6'°l9.° :es con This morning therehav no news of any .importance. god purcbf° been , e in Consols at 94a, and more would probably i l' 3 ,`„ver s. taken The but that the price advanced to 9 4 Z , - 60 t have beienntchsreoe some s ll' e u ia . u . r i t A t rate now, therefore, is 944 94i for Or qu er rfinsfer day, and 95 for Account : ' Ex cll ii , e v ieri are ' - v is beingßills have been brought to market, and thedearer,and Reduced, 1004 1 to 1001 • and the Three per iAt hs• 93-1,- to 98; Long Annuities ' 124 to 12 9`" t are the c " Mexican Stock . is recovering a little from , tec ilf un duly firm treme depression of yesterday, though the over-issue of about 800,0001. by the pie, of Lizardi and Co., sanctioned by Al• I , t rp r s ican is G a severe blow to the credit of the ''' - i pat' ter openly which might have managed the „ r O3 openly and fairly without violating the Al °W ell ' of its contract with the foreign bon-,.,,ba1. and imitating the ignoble trickery of joie all tlii:4 h Had recourse been had to an open loan ti. Ac tice umiliation might have been spared. The financ ial' roeEckasiaotti to SOY Bonds are 308 to 31k. The grant the scheme of Spain is now out, an", wed to cent,. opinion of the dealers may be f t - the from the fact of the Bonds -having advance' " a • enormous extent of i to a per cent. on time li g : l b: . Another 6,000,0001. is wanted, in return for cr them have more promises to pay, &c. If capitalists Ili on (11 selves will furnish the money, well and °f the but in pity, say we,_ spare your fleecing ° der public. A. loan to China would be a far -The spec, t to our mind, if we only took it out in ten. i 0 ,,c1 the Three Cents. have been 174 to 18 for Accoun',„s,eo, e per Cents. 231 to 22k; Portuguese : e ' r ted Five 3 per Cents. are 374 to 374, and the Con'.._ 6 6 4to 318, being an amendment. Brazil Stock l' o . to 66f ; Dutch Two-and The R • ailway Shares are firm. Brighton have.. i 3. dig.' touched 14i ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow 't,„ 95 Great Western are 204 premium; Birmingba"'• e /Iwo premium ; and P • arm and Rouen 4 premium. -a-Half per Cents. brouglit' Bank of London Shares are 4 discount. ,5 .--W a MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, N ° l ' . -- Jaf• cannot report any alteration in our market to- ~,, South Eastern, New, 19; Edinburgh and Gla s g 69 Quarter Shares, "5 3-16 ; Manchester Not eeds: „, 4 to 70; Ditto Halves, 294 to 291; tini°"-' 654 to 66. Increase. Bank of Ireland Now.. ....... Last time•••• • IncrQlse. Bullion in Bank of England... Now. . • • • Last time• CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. ro Bank Stock ......0 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94 Ditto Bonds ....... .•••• ...... 3 per Cent. C0n5.... ...... 3i per Cent. Red 1001 Ditto New A nn uities: l : 54 P'l New 3h per Cent.. loli Ex. Bills, 1,00 01 •••* 2 . 541 111 ' Ne Yr 5 per Cen'-' — Ditto 5001• •• •• f ,4 ro Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small •"". Jan. 1860 ...•••... 12 9•16,8ank Stock for Acct. nc. , Oct. 1859 - 7 5 . Jan. 1860 l2 13-16 Consols for ON. • ..... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. ••*". Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditt0......... ....--- Brazilian Bonds. pet cent. . ...... ";hilian, 6 per cent Ditt o , Metallic ...... . •••• lis - 'olomhian,.6 per cent — Spanish, S per cent....•• ...... Ditto, 1824 Russian, Buenos Ayres 6 per cen t — i ....... Ditto, Deferred...• ....... ...... e. Danish,Cuba r 6 : e per nt cent. 79 .... E, French , xchag s e ... ................ ....._ f. r . • ..:.. Cc . Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. '— French, 3 p er LC I • ...,, Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, '5 per 'en ~ ••• I g Peruvian, 1625,6 per ct. SHARES. 9h Eastern Counties (23 paid)... ............. -** Il i 2 . . 04. 5 Dutch, paid ). . .2 . . i . .p . ... r . . e . ........... .. 5 ... 5 . . . 0 5:4 1 4_ Ditto New (—paid) ........................ ...• ~c t Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ••• •• 'a Ditto New Shares ( Great North of England Railway 000 p ,„. Great Western, (6.5 paid) ..................... 7...!, Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ............ 0,0 Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ...... ... ...• ...... „ . . i ? London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ...... ••••••• ,'.,.. i l London and Birmingham (90) . .... .• • • I ,c,'„a Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid. ) ... ........ .!. 0 6 '; London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ............ .•••:, Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) ........................ 2k Paris and Rouen (20 paid) . ..• ........ ••• 23 i South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... •••••• .„L Ditto Scrip (20 paid) ..................... ...• 0 York and North Alidland (50 paid) ••• ..... • . 274 Ditto New Shares ( 20 pai d • .....••• '4. m.P•i al ' 1181 tb -- ----- CIIARBOROUGH PARR.---E• brax, Esq., , on permitted his park to be thrown o p en to the'pu"r',,,,. Tuesday next, to witness the lion. Grantley, Berke' ley's celebrated match, which excites 60 much ilit44' in the sporting circle& %891, 8 5 74 3,79 148,0 70 20 0 „n rfai.pv NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " PAUL PRY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., PHINEAS QUIDDY; OR, SHEER INDUSTRY. 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