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of these prices, and whatever embarrassments may Lave been produced by former changes, and however grievous the weight of existing burdens, fresh expe riments in the value of money, which must affect the price of agricultural produce, which might shake public confidence, and which must lead to the de rangement of all settled contracts, ought, after past experience, to be viewed by the Legislature with peculiar caution. Your Committee are of opinion that the present reluctance to purchase land, or to take it on lease, is to be ascribed to losses recently sustained in agricul ture, and to the uncertainty supposed to exist with regard to the present corn laws; and uncertainty on a subject of such vital importance, where stability and confidence are essential, produces effects hardly less disastrous than change itself. The price of wheat for the last five years, not withstanding several deficient crops, has not on the average exceeded 61s. Bd. per quarter; the highest price within tile same period was 765. 7d., the lowest 51s. 3d. Before the year 1790 there are no official returns of the prices of corn in England. The prices at ' Eton G diege have generally been quoted as affording the surest data antecedent to that period ; but they afford no just criterion of the average price through out England. In ancient times, when roads were few, the site of Eton on a navigable river gave it a local ad vantage in the purchase of corn, and the wheat is always stated to be of " middling quality"—a term too indefinite very safely to be relied on. The Eton College prices are by no means the average prices even of that market ; and the variations between the Eton and the Oxford tables prove the great in equality, and demonstrate a degree of uncertainty at taching to both which baffles all accuracy of induc tion or of safe calculation. It was not until 1797 that any approximation was made to accurate official returns of the average price of corn throughout England, yet quantities did not even then enter into the account, except in the maritime districts, and it was reserved for the new system of taking the averages, which was in troduced in 1821, to supply that more accurate information on which reliance may now be placed. The Committee of 1821 declared, " That they were not insensible to the importance of securing this country from a state of dependence on other and possibly hostile countries for the subsistence of its population." At that time the annual growth of wheat was by them considered equal to the annual con sumption. Your Committee have come to an opposite conclusion with respect to the present time, and find that a diminished supply of home grown corn, with an increasing demand, has rendered this nation now annually dependent for a portion of its supply on importations from abroad. The political considerations which weighed with the Committee of 1821 remain unchanged ; and if it be not prudent to run the risk of rendering the dense population of these islands in a great degree dependant on the supply of bread-corn from abroad, the protection now given to corn the growth of the United Kingdom may be justly regarded as an in surance against famine, and against the danger of that reliance on foreign countries for the staff of life, which might be found inconsistent with the safety and permanent interests of the people, and ulti mately fatal to our national indepence. In the century prior to 1793, according to the returns which it is admitted are imperfect, 50s. a quarter was the average price of wheat, and Eng land for a great part of that century was an export ing country. At this moment the average price does not exceed 545. a quarter; and in the last five years ending on the Ist of January, 1833, the importa tion of wheat from abroad annually averages 1,14.5,000 quarters. The present price of meat as compared with corn is high; but this has been in a great measure attri buted to an extensive loss in the flocks of sheep, oc casioned by rot, which recently prevailed among them for two or three years consecutively. On the whole, it must be admitted that the dif ficulties are great and the burdens heavy which op press the landed interests; but contracts, prices, and labour, have a strong natural tendency to adjust themselves to the value of money, once established, and it is hoped that the balance may be restored which will give to farming capital its fair return. Your Committee has endeavoured to trace the in jurious effects of past legislation ; and, to prove the caution necessary in future measures, it may be urged that they have stated many evils but have failed to suggest remedies ; it should, however, be remembered, that legislative measures once taken and long established, can rarely be abandoned with out danger, and that to retreat is occasionally more dangerous than to advance. In conclusion, your Committee avow their opi nion, that hopes of melioration in the condition of the landed interest, rest rather on the cautious for bearance, than on the active interposition of Par liament. Aug. 2, 1833. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 4. (From the Times.) The alarms of fire, so prevalent here last month, have changed into results. A dreadful conflagration has con sumed about one-fourth of this city. On Friday last, about one o'clock in tie afternoon, smoke was observed to arise from the large wooden building, called the gun-manufac tory, situate on the water edge of the Golden Horn in the bay, and opposite the arsenal of Galata. The wind was blowing rather fresh from the north. It being the hour when the good Mussulmans were busy at their weekly prayers, no attention was at first paid, but the flames soon spread, so that the devastation was extended over a circle of three miles. It was painful in the extreme to see thousands of human creatures forced from their homes to seek shelter i❑ the mosque's, er in the tents placed in the squares, taking with them the remnant of their property ; the old, the young, the sick, men, women, and children, flying from destruction, or huddled together on the shore. As the night approached, the blaze illumined the horizon for miles around, so that persons who were in an island twelve miles distant assured me it appeared like day. From the small Turkish burial-ground near Pera the spectacle was grand in the extreme. Abstraction made of the cal culation of human misery procured on the occasion, the panorama of a fiery circle of more than a mile in breadth, was most imposing. To a painter it would form a superb subject. Imagine an amphitheatre of gently sloping hills, over a river of three-quarters of a mile in width, and in the midst houses and mosques with their beautiful mint - - rots; and the tall:cypress trees, the whole glowing in fire which cast a fearful glare over the high [mosques called royal ones, as large as the greatest churches in London, and for which great apprehension was entertained. The moan was full, and shone in eastern splendour. At midnight, on the side of the bazars, there was one line of fire of at least a mile in length, moving again at the breeze from one wooden building to the other. Amidst the smokey ruins the windows of some lofty buildings were occasionally reddened by the glare from within. The minarets, built of stone, resisted the fire, until the lead on the round roofs melted and emitted a white blaze, looking like lofty tapers with which, in other countries, the dead are conducted to the grave. When the devastating element had gained the top of the ridge of the seven hills on which Constantir.ople is built, it seemed to crown the whole, for it had passed through its very centre, from the Bay of Galata to the Sea of Marmora, and the old Roman aque duct, formerly concealed by the houses, has been visible i❑ bold relief. The principal destruction weal was caused among the town wealthy residences of the yfamilies, who had beautified and prnam great ented them with taste. o Several hundred such Lenses, and some thousands at f poorer classes, have mu,. The Turks are proverbial fortheir patienc e , y e t ao me victims have b e en sacrificed to the rag e of th e mu l t itude. The dis s a tisfacti on of the G o verntnent io be lieved to have produced the peopl e with the b eeconflagra tion, for the inten tion of the incendiaries of before. Two inhabitants of the Greek islands, spoken as Franks, were ca u g ht with bundles of clothes for which they could not account satisfactorily ; the accusation was made that the Franks had set the city on fire, the unfor. ) ;unate prisoners could not explain themselves to the mob, t h e ,:r hands were tied behind th eir backs, and they were thrown into the flames.. At 4 o:Cl,ock in the morning the destruction had e ex tended &can n :ar the mosque of Sultan illahomet, in e west, to tbat of ''oleynaan, in the east, and from the Bay of Galata to the place flevastated four weeks before by a k. ... e4 ) 11'6 aim) i kr accident, near the Sea of Marmon. The wind then went down, and, fortunately for the eastern part of the Seraglio, the blaz , 3 ceased before it reached the bazaars. The Vizier, and the great officers of the Court, th' Seraskier Pacha, the Capitan Pacha, &c., were present, and exerted themselves to stop the progress of the con flagration. Formerly the Sultan used to attend, and on such occasions the Turkish women did not hesitate to assail him with imprecations against his ministry or such persons as were unpopular. But at this, as well as at all fires since the abolition of the Janissaries, the Sultan was not present. The threats of further fires still continue. I have been assured that a ❑otice has been found stuck up in Pera, where the Franks reside, with the mark of a five piastre p'ece on the top, and a statement that, as that sum has been deducted from the pay of the soldiers, the destruction of Pera might be expected. At Arnaout Kioye, a village on the banks of the Bosphorus, combustible matter, shaped like a bottle and a fusee, has been thrown into some houses. Two were burnt on Thursday night, at Bebeck. The disturbances in Cyprus still continue. Troops have been sent thither from Asia Minor, and also several corvettes from hence. In Allsanii, one of the disciples of the late Ali Paella of Janina holds the orders of the Porte at defiance. In Greece the divisions in the Government are far from being removed, and great dissatisfaction is said to prevail. King Otho, taking advantage of an epidemic among his troops, has removed the seat of his Government to Athens. The departure of the British and French squadrons has, it is publicly affirmed, been indefinitely delayed. Rumour has been busy during the last eight days in asserting that the Sultan, in conformity with the provision in the recent treaty, has applied for protection anti aid to quell every disturbance, to his newly-acquired friend the Czar of Russia. The belief of the application is current, and it was even said that the Turkish steam-boat had gone up the Bosphorus and Black Sea for that purpose. As the latter circumstance has not occurred, the former rumour may also be unfounded, hut the state of Turkey is suffi ciently disturbed to warrant the application. Mehemet A!i, having visited Candia, is now stated to have the intention of going to Rhodes, with all his fleet. His object in bringing such a large armament among the Turkish islands looks suspicious. N. GERMAN PAPERS. Mumeir, SEPT. 20.—1 t is reported that our Minister of Justice, Baron Von Sehrenk, will shortly retire, and be succeeded by Baron Von Weld en, President of the High Court of Appeal. Only 120 men are now wanting to complete the corps of troops for the Greek service, and these will certainly be enlisted in three weeks. Some detachments will set out on the 25th of this month. This column will consist of 706 men, and is to go to Trieste by way of Brannau, Steyereck, Gratz, and Laibacb, which is 35 leagues longer than the road by way of Salzburg, and cannot be favourable to the troops at this season and weather. The second column, of the same number of men, will set out by the end of October. The conduct of this new corps is almost, without ex ception, admirable, whatever calumny may say to the contrary. This may be expected, both from the judicious conduct of the officers and the composition of the corps ; since, besides many young men of good education, five sixths of the men are artisans of various de,criptions, who leave their country in hopes of bettering their condition in Greece. In enlisting the men, the greatest attention is paid to good moral character. A bad character will now and then get in, but such are always punished and expelled from the corps. Some students have lately been released from the arrest under which they were placed for political offences. The investigations respecting some others continue. Letters from Augsburg say that the account of the pro ceedings of the Court of Assiz,.. at London, published by Ritter, at Deuxponts, have been seized in the booksellers' shops at Augsburg. This pamphlet, which was furnished by permission of the magistrates, and submitted to the censorship, is publicly sold here by all the booksellers, and is found in all the reading-rooms. M. Jaquet, a bookseller of this city, has engaged to ob tain direct from Greece, and in as short a time as possible, the Journal called the Helios, published at Napoli di Romania, in the Greek and French languages, under the auspices of the Regency, which treats of political literature and commerce.—Frankfort Papers, Sept. 23. CASSEL, SErr. 18.—The Assembly of the States, in its yesterday's sitting, resolved to renew the accusation against the Minister of the interior (Hassenpflug) for various alleged violations of the Constitution. The first application made to the High Court of Appeal on this subject was rejected by that Court for a defect of form. This defect Las now been re medied, which is comprised in five beads, and is to be re ferred to the Court of Appeal. POLAND.-Felix Bregaz,ki and Silvester Racinski, two members of the armed band which, on the 3d of May, pe ❑etrated into the province of Kalisch, under the command of Faust Salmirski and Leopold Polocki, killtd two de fenceless Russian soldiers in Szadeck, and afterwards con cealed themselves, have been taken, sentenced to death by the military tribunal, and shot at Sz 'deck on the 19th of August, in_ the morning.—Nuremburg Correspondent, Sept. 22. VIENNA, SEPT. 19.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 921; Four per Cent. 82-1 1 -; Bank Shares, 1193. The Allgemeine Zeitung and the Austrian Observer of the 18th have no news from Turkey. ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—The Elgin Courier, in allusion to the rumour of their Majes ties' intended visit to Scotland, either before winter or early in the spring, states that workmen are already em ployed in making preparations at Dalkeith Palace for the reception of the Royal party. The Earl of Aberdeen does not quit the Priory at Stanmore for the north until to-morrow. His Lordship's baggage was embarked on board the Aberdeen steam vessel on Saturday last. Lord Haddo, eldest son of the Noble Earl, a young Nobleman in his 17th year, ac companies him to Scotland. Jamaica Papers to the 17th ult. have been received via New York. On the 16th Lord Mulgrave prorogued the General Assembly to the 3d instant, for the purpose, doubtless, of allowing a sufficient interval for the members to receive and consider the Slave Abolition Bill. No mention is made in these Papers of the story respect ing Lord Pager. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE TWO OF lIIS MasEsves MINISTERS.—On Monday afternoon, shortly after the guests had sat down to the agricultural dinner in Mr. Lucas's Repository, a person named John Griffith Evans presented himself for admittance at the side door, which leads from the yard to the Repository, and was then open, almost opposite where the Right Hon. E. G. Stanley sat, surrounded by a number of distinguished per sons, among whom was his Grace the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Derbyshire stood at the door, and Evans inquired of him where were Mr. Stanley and the Duke of Rich mond, as he wanted to see them. Derbyshire very pro perly refused to admit him, and Evans became resolute in his determination to enter. Some slight confusion arose, on which Mr. Wilson, the constable, come up, searched Evans, and was abut carrying him off to bridewell. Evans resisted, and pulled out a loaded horse pistol. Of this weapon he was instantly deprived, on which he put his hand into his pocket, and produced two knives rudely formed from " superannuated " razors. These were also taken from him, and he was conveyed to Duncan street Bridewell. While he was being booked, a drunken sailor laid hold of the pistol, and accidentally discharged it. It so frightened Mrs. Lythgoe, the keeper's wife, that she has been confined to her bed ever since. It appeared, o n inquiry, that Evans had repeatedly called at the Golden Lion Inn and the Cattle Show-yard during the early part of the day, inquiring for Mr. Stanley and the Duke of Richmond. This, coupled with his conduct, and the fact of his carrying deadly weapons about his person, naturally led to suspicions of the worst kind. On Tuesday he was brought up fiat private examination before the ma gistrates, and remanded until the next day. He then stated, in defence, that his sole object was to present a letter to Mr. Stanley, as Colonial Secretary, respecting some claims to the amount of some hundred thousand pounds, which sum he alleged was due to his late father by Government. He attempted to explain the fact of carrying a loaded pistol with him, by stating that be was in the habit of practising at the Shooting-gallery, which we believe he was. Under all the circumstances, the Magistrates felt themselves justified in holding Evans to bail (himself in 5001. and two sureties in 2501. each), in default thereof, to he committed for 12 months to the borough gaol. Bail w is was not fo r th com i ng , an d h e was remove d t o prison, her well e knownheisl uponikelyto t c n o w n n tin b u y e t . he l Evans ength is o f a N h V is elc h h e m at a d n, an h t e i his eccentric habits. His father was a legal officer abroad, and at his death is said o a have left all his property to a woman with wh om h e l i ved. It is said that since that changed event, which so materially ge . d Lia de p ed rospecta, the pri soner has been mentally deranged that he has been confined in Mr. Squires we . have heard lunatic asylum at Walton.—Liverpool paper LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER SO, 1833. Earl GREY is said to experience a good deal of opposition to his views of English Church Reform, not only from the Tory party, but also from many whose professions on the question of reform generally have been such as to warrant a belief that they would make some sacrifice for the public interest. The Noble Earl, however, stands too deeply pledged to Church reform to allow any sort of influence to deter him from bringing it forward next session. It would, besides, be impossible for him to remain in office if he were to disappoint the expectations of the country on a subject of such importance, parti cularly when it is considered that some of the most influential of his opponents on general questions have declared Church reform to be indispensable. Not a day passes without the occurrence of some circumstance showing the necessity of change ; and even the Church pluralists themselves have the decency not to defend openly what they are secretly labouring to perpetuate. Intrigue, how ever;and perhaps some portion of Court influence, will not be spared ; for the Church has hitherto been such a convenient mode of providing for the younger sons and dependants of great men, that we must not expect such fine things to be re linquished without a struggle. Take the follow ing as an instance of the mode in which the Aristocracy provide for their relations by Church patronage. There is, within a few miles of the metropolis, a rector not thirty years of age, the younger son of a Duke, whose living is said to be worth nearly 2,0001. per annum, whilst the curate receives about 1001. for performing the duties ;• and this Noble Lord holds also another piece of preferment, the value of which we have not heard, but which, as he is the son of a Duke, is probably considerable. Can such things be suffered to continue by a Reform Ministry ? Further accounts have been received from the Hague, fully confirming what we stated on Sa turday as to the obstinacy of the King of HOLLAND. It remains to be seen whether the British and French Cabinets will attempt any thing new in the way of coercion. M. de TALLEYRAND said before his departure from London that force must be used (qu'il fallait des coups de canons), but it is not improbable that Louts PHILIP, abandoned as he is by the liberal party in France, who brought him into power, but whom he has by turns neglected and persecuted, may find enough to do at home, if he is anxious to retain the sovereignty of the French nation. The King of HOLLAND is aware of the difficulties of the French King's position, and has, therefore, sent deputies to the absolute Sovereigns to entreat that they will insist upcn further procrastination. The Dutchman, however, appears to have overlooked the consi deration that LOUIS PHILIP may open his eyes to the absurdity of a reliance on the professions which the despots have made of their readiness to serve him in the event of his using all his influence against the Republican party in France, and that he may, as the only means of preserving his Crown, throw himself into the arms of the Movement party, in which case the people of France would bid open defiance to the Allied Sovereigns, and commence a war of principle, one of the results of which would be the annexa tion of Belgium to France, or at least sucha con nection between the two countries as would not only put an end to the hopes which the King of HOLLAND entertains of again possessing Belgium, but also make him tremble for the territories which stiil acknowledge his sove reignty. By the French Papers of Friday, we learn that the French Government is everywhere on the alert, as tie report that the Duchess of BERRY was on the eve of making a second in vasion of the South of France was gaining ground. The Alberto steamer had been twice seen off the coast, under suspicious circum stances ; and it was even said, that chests of arms had been landed at several places on the southern coast. The same Papers confirm, to the fullest extent, the report of the late tremen dous conflagration at Constantinople, the origin of which, whether it were accident or design, is yet a mystery. In Spain, the cholera still con tinued to commit the most deplorable ravages. It is stated in the Court Journal that Colonel EvANs, who lately left Falmouth for Lis►ion, (lid so on the special invitation of Admiral NAPIER, one of his oldest friends, and that his visit has nothing to do with the contest now carrying on between Don PEDRO and his brother. It is quite true that Colonel EVANS has gone out on the invitation of Admiral NAPIER ; but we have no doubt that he will be consulted by the Constitutionalists as to their military operations. The Gallant Colonel had at one time nearly entered into an arrangement with Don PEDRO, by which he would have assumed a prominent part in the warfare ; but his election for Westminster has entirely put an end to all idea of an engagement in foreign service, however honourable. Colonel EVANS had declared that so long as the electors of Westminster honour him with their confidence, he will remain at the post in which they have placed him, and his return from Portugal will take place at least two months before the Parlia mentary campaign shall have commenced here. It is not probable, however, that the Portuguese Constitutionalists will neglect the opportunity of consulting a man whose military services, and excellent judgment, are so fully appreciated by all who know him. The Leicester Corporators and their Tory Recorder, Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN, are in volved in a curious and distressing " emer gency." A conglomerated mass of corruption and corporate mal-practices has transpired, and although the perpetrators are striving to avoid complete detection by the Corporation Commis sioners, they will fail in their palpable purpose of concealing illegal and nefarious Acts unparal leled in the annals of Corporations. The Lei cester Self-Elect enjoying a brazen character, and heretofore protected by the good opinion and power of Lord LYNDHURST and Sir ROBERT PEEL, who vouched for their muni cipal integrity and trustworthiness, have mort gaged the public property of the burgesses for the private and party object of securing the return, in 1826, of two high-flying anti-Catholic Members of Parliament, in opposition to 11r. EvANS, and the present Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Sir THOMAS DENMAN. Although temporarily successful, they are now in a fair way of being tried and convicted at the bar of public opinion, and elsewhere, for their scandalous offences. The misappropriation of ten thousand pounds is an act of political violation of municipal trust not to be lightly passed over by a Reformed House lof Commons ; and the canting and falla cious objections of the Leicester Corporators to the presence of the " unwashed" (as the Leicester Journal vulgarly and indecently calls the anxious and indignant burgesses who at tended the examinations of the Town Clerk by the Commissioners), will not successfully protect the Corporators from a full inquiry, and final retribution. A more illegal or scandalous expo sure never met the public eye ; it demonstrates the necessity of municipal reform, and illustrates the corrupt state of the self-elect " in and in breeding" Corporations. Mr. Sergeant GOUL BCRN.S " valuable advice and assistance" is likely to commit the Corporators, and to bring them up to the bar of the reformed House of Commons on an early day next session. We rejoice in these exposures. It was high time that the public nuisance of close Corporations was abated. Insecurity of property indeed ! Assuredly property is insecure, while irrespon sibly intrusted to such abusers of public trusts. We observe instances in all the country papers of Corporators alienating the public property, and creating little municipal debts, in envious imitation of the great national incumbrance. We boldly aver that this Commission will do no good, unless in its results it clears the roost by recommending that the pre sent Corporators vacate their situations, as the Boroughmongers were compelled to do, and submit to the ordeal of popular election in the choice of honest and competent persons, to whom the burgesses can safely trust the admi nistration of their municipal affairs and revenues. Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN'S law and advice will be dearly purchased, if the Corporators determine to act upon such stuff. The Learned Gentleman should begin de novo his legal education, and then acquire a little more worldly sagacity, before he again plays the part of RECORDER. As owls dread the light, so the Leicester Corporators appear to shun publicity. If they do not make up their minds to show the inside of their coun try house, they are likely to visit London, and lodge in a place not far from the Old Bailey ; and if the unfortunate mortgagee of the public property ever sees his 10,0001. again, it must be by an extract from the private purse of the Cor porators. Such a shameless and corrupt trans action never before oozed out, and the barefaced objections of the Corporators and the Town Clerk against further public examination aggra vate their offences. We almost wish that they may continue contumacious. Probably the ends of justice will be ultimately more fully lanswered SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. 29.—Wind S.W.—The Corsair, Royal George, Demme, and others, outward-bound, passed on Friday evening. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28 AND 29.—Wind N.W.— R Arrived ope tr a t n h s e p o V r e t s , t from a D r s p ri tsf,ofrrdo;miL Majesty'sis for St. ship Helena; p ee: from Milford, and sailed for Chatham ; his Majesty's ship Lightning, from Milford ; and Ocean, Arundel, from Cadiz. Off port the Lady Goderich, Walker, from Gre nada. Put back the Bolton, Driver, fur Madras and Bengal. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27 AND 28. —Wind S. W.—Arrived the Leeds steamer, from Dublin, and sailed for Bordeaux ; and Enchantress, from Cadiz. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27 AND 28.—Wind W. to W. N.W , fresh. —Sailed the Lady Miry Pelham packet, for S:. Domingo, Jamaica, Mexico, and flivannah ; Spey packet, for the Leeward Islands ; and Confiaoce steam-packet, for Oporto and Lisbon. Cowls, SEPT. 29 —Arrived the Panama, Freeman, from Havannah. BRISTOL, SEPT. 29 . —Arrived the Caledonia, Ains worth, from Jamaica. SErT. 29.—Arrived off port the Emma, Fiost, from Quebec. CoRK, SEPT. 27, —Arrived the Margaret, Anderson, from Cadiz. NEWGATE AN!) LEADENHALL 1%1 A /MEI s. At per atone, by the Carcass. a. d. to a. d. Eleet, inferior - middling 2 2 2 4 - middling.. - prime large 3 2 3 4 - prime - prime small 3 4 3 8 Pork, 1arge..........., Veal 3 0 4 6 -small Lamb 3. d.tos. d. 22 2 4 .3 4 3 6 . 3 8 4 2 . 3 6 4 C . 4 8 5 0 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bombay papers to May 30, Montreal to Sept. 4, and Quebec to Sept. 3, have been received at the North and South American :3offee.hou•e. (From the Bombay Papers.) We have heard that orders have been received from home for the abolition of the offices of assessor to the ma gistrates, and the third stipendiary magistrate of the Mahim district. The same account states that in future no civil servant (the Members of Council excepted), is to receive an allowance exceeding 30,000 eels per annum. We learn that Sir Charles Malcolm has quite recovered his health, and may be expected here about November. (From the Montreal Papers.) The design of separating the Peninsula of Prince Ed ward and the adjacent country from the Middle Land dis trict, and converting it into an independent district, is, we hear, to be speedily carried into effect. (From the Quebec Papers.) _ _ KINGSTON, UPPER CANADA, AUGUST 18.—We men tio❑ it, as a remarkable instance, that on Saturday last there were twelve steam boats in the harbour of Kingston at the same time. The telegraph announces seven ships, eight barks, and 22 brigs. Part of them are expected up this evening. EMIGRATION. —Since we last mentioned this subject, emigrants have continued to land regularly at this port, though not in great numbers, but of a very respectable description. So few of the labouring classes hive landed at this port that the want of them is much felt in the town, and applications have been made in vain far servants and labourers, by persons who reside twenty, thirty, and fifty miles off. (From the American Papers to the 10th inst.) NULLIFICATION IN DOMINICA. A letter from a member of the Legislature of this Island indicates that the inhabitants are about to appeal to arms to resist the Bill of the Ministry. It is dated the 13th July, and alludes to a memorial to Parliament. The writer adds :—" As we cannot get any arms from the King's arsenal here, we have ordered muskets and accoutrements to the amount of 4001. sterling with all possible despatch." Accounts from Tampico inform us that the insurgents had taken Victoria, but had not entered the city of Tam pico. All business was at a stand, owing to the disturbed state of the country. PKICES OF STOCKS THL' DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Sank Stceic — New 5 per Cent. per Cent. lied. --India Stock 242 3 ,per Cent.Conc SSIA IA Ditto Bonds Pm. N per Cent. Ditto Red --Old Annuities ............ ... w , Tew 3% per Cent. 1 per Cent. A nn . 1716 .... -- kfl per Cent. Ann. 17 51 .... 4 per Cent. 189.6 - -;Ex. Bills, £1,00...44 45 46 pm. Bank Long Ann. to expire !Ditto ..... .......500 ...... --45 pm. Jan. 5,186 P — Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 —lDitto Commercial.... Pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l7 1-16 % Ditto Advertised ......... pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account ......... April 5, 1880 —l India for Account ..... ... Jan. 5, 1870 !Cons. for Opening ......... f 8 4 FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds q 4 !4 Ditto Account Q 5 Brazilian Bonds 69%1i THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ............... Portuguese Bonds ....... Ditto Account ....... ...... Reg. Scrip 19x V, 14 pm. Ditto Acc...20 193 201 , 1 pm. Prussian Bonds ................ Ditto Bonds, 1822 Russian Bonds, IS2/ IOIX Ditto Account ............... 10•2 New Loan 10214 Spanish Bonds, 1821 ....• ` 2I M4 Ditto Account ...21 X Ditto Bonds, ISI/3 .........193,4 Ditto Account -- I Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 2'2 Ditto Account Danish Bon.s. Ditto Account Nreek Bonds Ditto Bonds , !8•?5. Ditto Acco .............. . French Rentes, 5 p. c. 1021 —c. ---- Exchange `2sf 60c. 3 per cent - - c. - Exchange - -e• Dutch, 9.1 p. c 4514 % Ditto Acc0unt...........' . .. 4Sys Ditto, 5 p. c.... .......... 9414 % Ditto Account ............... 94 14 French Scrip 0..; pm. Ditto Account Rfexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account..." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...`-*' minutes after 3. 1 Evening... 3 7 minutes after 3. T HE MONTHLY MAGAZINE for OCTOBER. Contents :—Joint.Stock Banking—Hints to Archers, by Captain Cram, h. p., R.H.M.—Copy of an Autograph Letter from Allan Ramsay, author of " Gentle Shepherd" —Mr. Bulwer and his Book—Recollections of Brazil— The Widowed Wife—Meeting of Munehengratz ; three and the deuce !—An attack upon the " Rights of Man"— The man with the bless him !—Scenes on the Neva—Origin of the " People" —Triumph of Taste—Life and Letters of Pope Pius ll. Notes of the Month, &c. &c. Tilt, London. Toor ;57;:. ei ir Oi r tiN txp-1414 THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all descriptions of grain last week were mode rate. There was considerable dullness in the trade generally, and a tendency to lower prices. This morning there was a fair quantity of new Wheat fresh up, and a good supply of Barley, chiefly thin ; abundance of Beans, and a moderate exhibition of Oat sam ples. The millers purchased very reluctantly this morning, and the factors found so much difficulty in making sales, that they submitted to a further reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr., at which a fair extent of business was transacted, leaving chiefly the tender samples unsold. The finest parcels of malting barley have obtained last quotations, all other sorts are Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper. Boiling and Grey Pease have each declined Is. toes. per quarter. The quantity of Oats for sale being moderate, such as are good maintain! last weeks terms—other sorts are heavy in sale. The Flour trade is dull at the terms of last week. PRICES ON BOARD ON SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) - White (old) 46s. 645. ----Red 1833) Fine sos. 545. ---- Superfine sss. Wis. ----White (1833) 4ss. 50s. ----- Fine s ‘ ,s 565. ---- Superfine sBs. 60s. --Foreign free 425. 655. Rye Barley ---- Grinding 27s. 295. - Malting 33s. 365. Malt 44s. 50s. - Fine New Ms. 625. Pease, Grey New 34s. 365. - Maple New 37s. 38s. - White - Boilers Beans, Small (new) —5. —s. —s. —s. Tick (new) ‘2As 30s . • (old) 335. 345. Harrow (new) 325. 355. (old).. 355. 375. Brank Oats, Feed ISs. 225. New Poland 20s. 245. New —5. —s. Potatoe 235. 255. New s. —s. Scotch o4s. 265. Irish l7B. 208 225. Flour Town (per sack) 46s 53s Seconds 425. 458. North Country 40s. 445. Bran ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. From Whence \ 2 5 r. ---- Qrs. Aldhormigh 3433 Arundel Boston Bridport Clay Dartmouth ). Colchester '' . Harwich .(i Leigh Maldon Exeter Hastings Hull Ipswich Kent Lowestoft Lynn Newcastle Newport Poole Rye Southampton ' Spalding Weymouth Wisbeach Woodbridge Yarmouth Aberdeen Banff Berwick Leith Cork Dublin Limerick Londonderry Waterford Youghall FOREIGN. Amsterdam Bremen Callundborg Dantztc Hamburg ...... Rostock Rotterdam Sondeberg Total .. , AGGREGATE It ye, C--Tares, : 152 372 214 941 65 437 Qrs. Qrs. 283 0 r.J Qrs. .7 . 14.36 2310 1249 1620: ITY 0 inseed, itard, 4DS 0: ;eed, 1579. j PU LS I Scks. 100 :, 0- - - - - 170 2616 11774 :2677 F OTHER RI , 4136--Itape o—Seeds, 46. SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply of Beasts was great, and of somewhat im provediquality ; of Sheep, LambsZ Calves, and Porkers, mode rately good. The trade with prime small Mutton, Veal, and Pork was somewhat brisk„ with other kinds of meat dull, at nearly Friday's prices. PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. I Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 2 Second quality ditto 2 4 2 10 Prime large Oxen 3 8 3 10 Prime Scots, &c. 3 10 4 0 Inferior Sheep 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 SouthdownWethers 4 6 4 8 B.d, s.d. Large Lambs 4 0 0 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 5 4 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto , 4 2 4 8 Large Hogs '3 4 310 Small Porkers 4 4 4 8 Suckling Calves 12s. to3G, each. Quarter old Pigs 12s. to 18p.each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK ' S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. I Pigs. I 3,091 20,690 149 220 About 1650 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 600 up the other northern roads; about 150 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts; about 120 from Nor folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 200 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. THE FUNDS. The Funds continue in the same state of inactivity as they have been for this week past ; and Consols opened at the price they left off at on Saturday, 881, buyers, for the Account. _ We are much disappointed this morning by not having any packet or steamer from Portugal, but ship-letters are announced from the above places in the Post-office List. As yet we cannot ascertain the dates of them, or if they are old or new arrivals. In the Foreign Market nothing doing, except in Por tuguese Scrip at 194 premium. We have this moment seen a letter from Lisbon of the 17th inst., by which it appears that no fighting had taken place up to that date. It states that the Lord of the Isles steamer, which carried out French officers, had been taken by one of Pedro's ship., and carried into Lisbon. Also a sloop with shot on board for Miguel. HALF-PAST ONE. By the arrival of the Lord Nelson at Gravesend from Lisbon, several letters have been received from the above capital of the 17th instant, and by them it appears that no further fighting of consequence had taken place to the above date; all was tranquil there. The letter we saw states that the Lord of the Isles, with another vessel laden with stores and ammunition for Don Miguel, was captured and carried into Lisbon ; but as yet we have not been able to ascertain if the French officers and money on board the Lord of the Isles were landed previous to her capture; therefore we must await the arii val of the packet for further particulars. Consols are at present Stil for Account, with little doing. This is settling day in the Foreign Market. All is going off well at present, but nothing doing except in Portu guese Scrip, at 191 to 20 pm. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 881. ..115548 QUA N. PORTUGAL. (From the Hampshire Telegraphs) 'PouTsmourn, SEPT. 25.--The Orestes, 18, Captain Glascock, arrived on Thursday, in eight days, flow Oporto, off which city, and exposed to the fire of the con tending parties, she has been lying in the River Douro for one year and two days; during which time Captain Glascock, by an eminent display of ability, temper, and firmness, has strictly upheld the neutrality he was ordered to observe, and effectually secured the British property 0 f which he became the protector, notwithstanding the asser tions of both Pedroites and Miguelites that he favoured their opponents;' and in fact this very charge is a strong proof that he effectually and faithfully did his duty. I.le Castor, 36, and Nautilus, IS, w ere l e ft outs id e th e Oporto Bar, and the Nimrod, 18, was lying in the Douro' We get no nett s from Lisbon by this arrival, even of ° late a date as we published last week, but we derive the fact, that so long as either Miguel or Pedro remains in that country it never will be in a state of quietude. 11313 following letter from Oporto exposes the alleged syste° l Pedro is pursuing towards the British merchants, whh' h our readers will estimate at its real value. OPORTO, SEPT. 18.—The Orestes will be off for Spithead to-day, and I hasten to give you what news th° now peaceful city affords. We are still surrounded by Miguelite troops, but they do not annoy us ; and 01 offer no impediment to a full supply of provisions coming, into the city, even to such an e xt en t, th at b u ll oc k s as', other supplies are daily shipped an d sent o ff f or t h e us e °I Lisbon. We have force enough here of the P e droite persuasion to keep possession of the city for the youag Queen ; but Stubbs, the Governor, cannot venture f ar into the country, as the force that could be brough t against him in the open field would be more than a match for him. The shipment of wines goes on slowly, owing to the dishonest and unjust impositions which Pedro wishes to exact from the British merchants. Our great crime has been in daring to remove part of our stock of wine from the imminent danger they were daily expose d to during the siege; and though furnished with a license from, and having paid the duties to, the Government of Don Miguel, then, as you are well aware, in actual pas' session of Villa Nova, where the British property i 3 general is lodged ; this is one of the reasons alleged W refusing to allow us to move a pipe of our wine from the lodges now, and of course stopping our shipments ; but *iv is not all; for were this difficulty got over there is another equally great, which is an oath exacted that we have shipped no wines, either north or south of the Douro, without paying duties to this Government. It is wel l known that English houses have long been established et Viana, from which port wines are shipped, paying th e duties, of course, to the authorities there, viz., the Govern' meet of Don Miguel, and no other has been acknowledge d there - up to this hour. Under these circumstances Ou r merchants are at a loss to know on what principle they pre tend to legislate for that place, and retropectively toe I The Directors are kind enough to offer to allow us to go on with our shipments, on condition that we sign a dots' anent, " admitting the illegality of what we have done' and engaging to abide by any decision of his Imperial Majesty on the question." Rather than place ourselve s thus at their mercy, many have resolved to submit to the no trifling inconvenience of suspending their busine 9 (to say nothing of the danger to which the property is still exposed) until the case can be laid bef°" our own Government, feeling confident of their protection in a case of such flagrant injustice and tyranny. In fact, Don Pedro wants to exac t payment again of the duties on all wines which 1 208 been shipped since hi s a r ri va l i n th e country , an d whiep , duties have already been paid to Miguel in right of his being de facto master of the country where the wis e ' were both stored and shipped. The batteries of Virtade'' Sena, and Vittoria, on the North side of the Douro, in their filing at the battery denominated D. Leonor, Villa Nova, did considerable damage to some of the svi° o lodges, and one merchant lost fifteen pipes of wine in one dty ; he, with others, was compelled to be at the expense of transporting his wines by carriage to Aveiro, a' which port it was shipped. This mode was too expet'_ sive to be acted upon with wi nes i n greater com parativ e _ safety, and yet Pedro n ow i m p oun d s t h ese w i nes to cove r his unjust claims upon wines tong since bonded in Esr land, or perhaps drank in that country. The forces re' maining here are 2,000 Portuguese, of three different re: giments, with 400 of the Scoteb, and 300 of the English brigades. The large gun called the John Paulo has bees elevated as a trophy in the Plaza Don Pedro, formerly called the Plaza Nova. By the way, I should not forget to say that intrenchinents were forming round Villa Nova . by the Pedroite forces, to prevent any surprise on rb s ' place. (From the Portsmouth Herald.) H. M. S. Orestes, 18, Capt. W. Nugent Gissc" k ' arrived from off Oporto on Thursday, where she had bit stationed nearly twelve month s , a ff or di ng protection to British interests. She left the river Douro on the 1 instant, and has brought home the following passenge r '' viz., Com. John Shepherd (b), Mr. Rees, Midshipma c n ' and Mr. Dunn, Master's Assistant, all of H. 31. 7 1 Donegal, invalided; Li e ut. Di c k, M r . Dalway, Mate, al the Carpenter of H. M. S. St ag; Mr. Harrison, Ma! of H. M. S. Talavera ; Mr. Lowe, Mate, and Mr. VielE 4 "; Master's Assistant, both of the Fair Rosamond, echo°, e (which vessel had left for the c o as t o f Af r i ca ), a n d thirter o invalid seamen and marines f r o m th e sq uadron. T b docked, came into h ar b our yester d ay a f terno on, O vr Orestes having touched the ground on the daY departure from the Douro. Corn. Sir William Die' s ' Bart., appointed to the command of the Orestehbo expected to join her in a few days, vice Glascock, wh ° e d been promoted, for the firmness, energy, and seal e lif : i i o r by him in the arduous d u ti es i ntrus t e d t o hi m a, 13 ,, e , ff officer in the Douro, and whi c h h as b een notice" former number of the H era ld. Th e O res t es bring' o n d later intelligence from Portugal, with regard to the g r ti 3 o J point of interest, Lisbon, than that which will be f ° io o ender our foreign head; but we fear that the inforol t be of which she is the bearer as relates to the interests 0 .00 wine trade, threatens the absolute ruin of the Dr' - to merchants concerned therein. Great offence APP ear s t rio have been taken by Don Pedro that the British 1 1 , o f Companies have dared to remove any part of their sW e r to wines in order to secure it from the imminent da o b7, l ;► which it was daily e xpos e d, alth oug h f urn i s hed s Yl i ; license front, and having paid the duties to, the men tof Don Miguel, who was th en i n ac t ua l pos—'l of Villa Nova, where the wines were lodged. (From the Devonport Telegraph.) tR Pr.vmouTii, SEPT. 28.—The authenticity of one c) %heil important portions of the intelligence which we pub" t he last week, from Portugal, has been much canvassed rarity London journals. We can only say, that our autheos was a good one, and worthy of ever y re li an ce. We ti t he been especially caeeful, since the contest between b oi brothers began, to obtain our information from th e sources. We have never trust e d to th e re p orts o f 0 1 ' 1- :re seamen, or interested partisans. Our correspontlen t ldr of a different stamp, and we h ave no h es i tat i on in 1/ vie ing ourselves for the general correctness of whatever ja• may publish from that quarter. In the review of °9r d telligence last week one grand error has been comcn itte , the the journals. They have taken it univ,rsally propositions from Don Miguel were officially con cated to our Government, which was not the 4 ; 0 . nor was it stated as such in our account. Th e Oa" munication between 13ourmont and the English aOitiit, rities was simply for the interposition of the F e r , Government, to effect a settlement of the q u vog b k r The terms were sub m it te d t o D on Pedro "' I, s's the medium of Colonel Hare, who, thoug attache of Lord Wiiliani Russell's, was not undersfe 13 'r.tob this instance to act officially as an agent of the 130‘ Government, but simply as an individual neuttl l 'oallY exchanged between Don Miguel and Don we re-assert with confidence that propositions were ° h og' we do not pretend to be acqu tinted with the pree hnto e of these propositions. The Echo certainly came instructions to guide the British authorities in tl .a rtil i ; We thus created by the negotiations between the d t r afe e We do not pretend to say that a formal A t ilbase 4 ; o ol o ,l ; sent by Bourtnont to implore the mediation of rsia but a cointnunicatioo to that effect was undoubteoti7e petit, P e dro, t", t ore to Lord William Russell. This we know to lae a diag and it appears most likely that Don Miguel , n o ftie j the he' h b at opia o l d his efforts to recover Lisbon abortive, and hc i f g ait ee e ° , 4 that lie can never obtain the countenance of Fr anc England, which have both recognised the p reP e j Maria, is now anxious to make the best of b ~ s i n for'', ) oo position. This is the opinion of some of of our correspondents, and we acquiesce in t . . b ; e ct, the "_L et f i l l A few days will throw more light upon the nest arrival will, we confidently predict, in corroborate our statements. • taco ----- itIJ Her Royal Highness the Princes . _ 3 oo ,, w eot has been graciously pleased to become` joint pa' i c ip loya! ep t her illustrious mother, of the Agriultural - Icl f takes so lively an interest. A e. Institution, in the success of which the Duchess 0- is' THE ARNIY----.GENERAL. c oot- , b o_ e neral order has been issued by Sir HusseyNiivnifirs'eato ing the nuked thanks of the Marq uis i 9 stay army, for their general conduct during 0" country.—Dublin Morning Register. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE ciTtocir. Paid. Per Share. Alten Mining Company £4 % I P m • Anglo Mex. inM. AA). (Bs. at 51. pm ) £lOO 1/54 Bolanos Mining Company ..£l5O 130 Brazilian Mining Company £s I% Brazilian Imp. MM. Co. ass. at 5/. pm ) £2O 58li Ditto National 2O 235 i Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 1% Cata Branca Mining Company l% 454 British Iron Mining comnany £5O 27 '2 Nt Columbian Minim, Co. fiss st 5/. pm ) 5 1 % ) English Mining Company 1234 27Ni General Mining Association l2 10 . Hibernian Mining Co. £lo 4 11 Mexican Mining Co. £4B 54 Real del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 60 I rated Mex. Min. Co. ass. at 21. pm ) 40 13 3 4 Ditto New Scrip 5 16 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 1156 Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. l3 13 National Provincial Bank of England 5 4 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 96 . I.b e t ' 111, 41 ,I),`_,e '~r~~sic ~ , 06 44, t Ho f ,b Ittt , f '64gl