The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-23 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVEN— GARDEN. Potatoes, 5s to 6s per cwt.; French Beans, 13 3d to is 8d; Apples, is to 3s ; Pears, 2s to 5s 6,3; and Onions for pickling, 5s per h a lf- s i eve; W a l nu t s , 63 to Is p er hundred • - Greens, is 6d t o 2 s 3d ; T urn ip s , 2 3 to 2 s 8 d ; leek ' s, is 3d to 2s ; Onions, is 63 to 2s 31 ; and Carrots, 2s to 4s 6d per dozen bunches; Red Cabbages, 2s to 5s 6d; and White ditto, 83 to Is ; and Cauliflowers, 2s to 3s 6d per dozen; Pine Apples, 4 3 to 8 s each; Celery, sa to Is 6d ; and Horse-radish, is to 4s p er b undle ; Mushrooms, 4s to 7s, and 21 to tnglish IL:zel Nuts, 2 s 3d per b ushel; Hothouse Grapes, 4s; Out-door ditto, 33 t o 8 d ; 4d to 8,1, and Cob -nuts, 63 to 93 per lb ; Peaches and Necta- L i nes, 2s 6d to Gs per punnet ; Brocoli, 91 to is per un dle ; Spinach, is 6d to 2s per sieve. NZIR T GATE AND LEADENDA LL. The general demand was again fine at our quotations seef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 33 63 to 4s 83 ; v eal, 3s sa to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 53 23 per Blbs ueics by the carcase. Geese, 5s to 8s ; Fowls, 2s 3d to ; Capons, 5 t 6 d to 6s ; Chickens, Is 93 to 3s ; 2' 83 , Is 83 to 3s; R a bbi ts, 8 3 to is s d ; L everets, to 3s 6d ; Grou se, i s to is 3d ; Partridges, Is 3 1 to Is 91; Pheasants, 10 3 each. 3s to 4s; and Pigeons, 63 to Fresh Butter, 103 to is Id per lb. N V 4 71.02.T. Beef, fr om 2s 103 to 33 10 1 ; Mutton, 3s 61 to 45 81 ; Veal, 3s 83 to 4s 8:1 ; and Pork, 4s 23 to 5s 43 per Blbs. Beef, f rom 2 IXTR EL ITECApEra. s 3to 3s 8d ; , 6i to 45 83 ; veal, 3 s sa t o 4s 8 6d ; and Pork M , 4s utton, to 5, 3 23 per Blbs. DIEL LXNGSGATE. tTurbot s ; 8s to 173 Brills, 9 s to 8s ; Cd-fish, 3to s 63; Haddocks, 83 to 10d; Whitings, 4d o to Oil ; 3 and obsters, is 2d to 3s each ; Soles, 63 to 2s 93 per ; Thames Flounders Is 2d to is 83, and Fresh ~errings, 8d to Is 4der dozen ; Salmon, ; 103 to ls and 4 elst Gd to is per n. p UGR I For most articles EL , the su E ppl POßD. ies of which were season ably - • well Rood, the demand was steady, and late rates were tuppurted. f BRED. The priers of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are i r°4l 7i 44 d to 8d ; o f H ousehold ditto, 6d to 7d per 4lbs f. HIDE mannur. Market Hides 61b to 641 b, 23-d to 2'23 per Ib; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 24,l to ditto, 721b801b, 3ld to 3'ld; 4' •'; A d ! tt °l 8 01 b to 881 b, 30 to 443; ditto, 88ib 961 b, 41d to ',ld; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 54 Calf Skins (each). 2 58 6d to 6s 63 ; H orn H ides, 133; Polled Sheep, 2s 3d to 93 1 bents, 2s 23 to 2s 7d; Downs, 2s to 2s 63. M Hai lELICHETS. SMIT BFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 12i 63; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 8s to 1 / 1 2 Per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. ditto, CUMBERLAND —Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 31 15s ; Clover 3110 s to 41 13s; and Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 13s per 4(14,1 . A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. VNlTEctupEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3l 14s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 4/ 173; and Straw, 1/ 88 to 1/ 12s Per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL MARK ET.-FRIDAY. puddle's W. Hartley 19s 9d Carr's Hartley Chester Main 188 6d II asti ng's Hartley l9B 9d New Tantield 163 63 (\ Origi nal Pontop Redheugh Tanfield 17s Od Moor Wylant . ...... ... . Waifs End .. & Bell Robson c' Gosforth l9B 031 2 os Od 111°tsPur ebburn ........... ••••• 19s 3d 203 3d 79 arrival; Belmont 2ls Od Braddyll's Hetton East Hetton Haswell 2ls Gd lletton Keepier Lambton Russell's Hetton Richmond Szewart's Thornley Adelaide South Durham Tecs W. Hartley Netherton 193 9d Sidney's Hartley Is-68 sold. PERIODICAL MAPS. SHARPS 'S MODERN MAPS. Parts VII. and VIII. These spacious and accurate maps, constructed ul3°ll a system o f sca l e an d proport i on from recent _ ll a thorities by John Sharpe, and engraved on steel by Nilson Lowry, are proceeding with un di m i n i s h e d ex cellence.`When the intended number--fifty-four Peeshall b e completed, the work must prove one of the t valuabl e a tl ases ever published at a price so uliarly moderate. 112 a 1 0 . • OF CANAAN. Lithographed. By James With a Key. Part I. By Miss Jane Smart. As an illustration to the Bible, this map must pro ve (from it s remar k a bl e di mens i ons, exact i tude, end distinct ness ) i nest i ma bl e. I t represents t h e coun try (and surroundi ng p r i nc ip a liti e s) o f C anaan , co untry ( an d to God' s c ovenan t w ith Ab ra h am , I saac , an d ' J acob, being intended also to describe the Israelites w t , i 4 nderings i the Des e rt fr o m Egypt to the Land of 4 'Ornise. Th e re l at i ve pos i t i ons o f t h ese remar k a bl e P i kes, the proporti onate extent o f th e diff eren t tern- A: lies, and the geographical peculiarities of almost hery spot mentioned by name in th e S cr ipt ures , may Gdiscovered in a moment. Beyond a ll thi s , th e s c grapher to her Majesty has combined in h production breadth of surface and neat of execution. I n th e " Key to the ti of Cana an ," en titl e d "A unt J ane ' s Conversa jens with h er li ttle Nephews and Nieces about the rotnised Land," an attempt h as b een ma d e b y Mi ss e vents • Smart "to fix many i m p or t an t scr i p t ura l is ia on the m i n d s o f young children. " The writer already favourably k nown b y h er c h ronological i i l lge , naent of history, called " The Stream of her p resen t e ff ort i s more aspiring than any befit Of • reter Parley Ba's, and is as graceful i n manner as the Mrs. rbauld. 4 GR AVESEND, OCT. 22.—At the s itti ng o f t h e magis irate, here this morning, William Wilson, charged with l ' sv ing caused th e d eat h o f hi s reputed wife, was brought up ter further examination. The principal additional evidence was th a t o f M r . S anders, the medical man Failed in to see th e d ecease d , who repeated the testimony 11 0 bad given before the C oroner, and when pressed for s il opinion as to whether the blows the deceased re ceived from the prisoner had caused the apoplexy, said that he did not think they had. Owing to the indispo s_llion of one of the witnesses, and the consequent irnpos libility of completing the d epos i t i ons, the prisoner was a gain remanded. GAS COMPANIES. —On the motion of Mr. Hume, returns have been procured from the various gas com panies in the United Kingdom. These returns disclose some curious facts. The dividends fluctuate exceed ingly in amount, and on several occasions while they are Ss high as 10 per cent. one year, there are no dividends at all next year. The highest rate of dividend ever Paid was in the case of the Derb which y Gas Li g h t and Coke Cornpany, aid in 1841 th e extraordinary divi dend of p 35/. per cent. The rate of dividend it is now payin g is 71. 10s. The highest rate charged for gas is cons 4l s. per 1,000 cubic feet, and the lowest for ordinary umption 6s. Th ere is one of the companies men ., • cdieta in the returns whose profits are not received by v iduals but g o t owards a üblic ose. The M an profieater Gas Co mm i ttee of the Town ur Co p uncil applies the ts of th e company to the payment of the expenses Inc urred in car r yi ng out improvements within the town ship of M anc h ester. Its dividend last year was 151. 15s. Per cent, on the capital. SOOLOO.--RETUEN OF THE PIRATE S .— 13y y tthe tr ival at Si ngapore of the Velocipede from Sooloo, ar culars have b een received of the advent at that plac p e of three piratical pro ws b e l onging to the fleet which was Ipaattacked by the Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis at Ind of May last, when near the Bruni River, Borneo roper. • Of t h e six that escaped at Borneo three only Irl!rived in safety at Sooloo about the middle of June. l'he Velocipede has brought in two Chinese captives Who were taken by the pirates at Lingin, but managed hMto Swim off to the Velocipede whil e a t anc h or at Soolco. anill a man has also been br oug h t over, who with e assistance of a bamboo managed to saim off to the vessel after being in captivity two years. ‘....CAUTION TO PER SONS E MPLOYED ON RAILWAYS.— We are glad to find that the Brighton Railway Com pany., are p ursu i ng a system which appears calculated to r di minish greatly the casualties attached to railway tra elling,—namely, in ever y case where a breach of the egulations occurs, of taking the case before the ma gistrates for adjudication. Last week, James Saxby, a Point and signal man, was examined before Mr. Simeon and other magistrates, at Croydon, on a charge of h ' a vinc., by ne g l ec t o f d uty, caused a collision between tvvo t r ains running in opposite directions. From th e evidence it appeared that on the night of Friday, the lost instant, a t f orty - e i ght minutes past ten o'clock,whenan up and d own tra i n were due at the Croydon station, the defendant, instead of being at his points, Was in his box on the other side of the line, in conse quence Of which the trains were on the same line of rails, and a collision took place. By the careful look out and prompt exertions of the engine-driver s on both trains, and the steam being shut off, the shock was not very great, and the injury was of a slight nature. 'Under these circumstances, and Mr. Acton .(the Super intendent of Police) and others having given the pri 80ner a good character, he was fined onlylo i s n . and e aosts.—Last Friday, Edmund Brown, a gauger, d e mploy of Mr. Hoof, the contractor, was ch_arge before . baron Tessier and other magistrates, at Epsom, with leaving some muck waggons on tho line near the Ewell St4tl ", without signals in the front aTd_ rctaz,winan.gcoonns 'lllequence of which the first up train ofc emipde-Yrable'mis. :hate the muck waggons, and did 8 alef, He was fined 40s. and cost.-- o O n n Monday,. six ,e n • , to the employ of Mr. Busbby, s at G t r h e e e n F w o i r e e i s l ,t withll i I l, 've t . bc , charged before Mr. Trail, at ' gdgently throwing passengers a M, ex wood across the rails, aerehy the lives of on the line were 1 :,? 8 ed to danger. It appearing, however, doubtful ., whe n"Cthe men had been made acquainted ‘sith the C orn g"Ys regulations, Mr. Trail suggested that they 4111ould he. discharged, and that Mr. Dilloway, the fore t ° 411 : should take their place. Mr. Dilloway consented sratno magistrate adjudicating without a summons ; t O proof having been given that he had been guilty of „u,,tiegligenee in question, he was fined 40s. and costs. ~,44riyhton Gazette. et a " POSE Y.—The Tablet, Roman' Catholic paper, ii i ( l t es that Dr. Pusey is in the habit of hearing confes diclis, not only in the diocese of Oxford, but in other of a c ,re B of England ; and that he is also in the practice ego s ministering vows to persons (females) whom he calls in"pB----regulating all the details of the convent (situated ''''iA'e m etropolis) with the authority of a lady abbess. liturch and State Gazette. 11,'"r4RlisTArLE.— Mr. R. Brernbridge, M.P. for Ittat:lltyPle, was entertained at a dinner on Wednesday asps, the members of the Devon and Exeter ' Attor blew ,-; üb, to borough. congratulate him on hi s re t urn to Parlia -4 or the _, THE SUN, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. - The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk on the Slopes. The Royal Family enjoyed walking and pony exer in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Iliemess Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. Ilis Royal highness was attended by the Lord in Waiting and General 13ovles. The Queen rcde out in a pony carriage this fore ncon, attended by the Lady in Waiting. The Equerry in Waiting attended on horseback. The Duchess of Sutherland and the Duke and Duchess of Argyle, took their departure from the Castle to-day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turned to town yesterday, from honouring Sir Charle s linightley with a visit, at his seat, Fawsley Park, Northamptonshire. A deputation from the Mauritius Association, con sistirg of Messrs. Barclay, Hunter, Guthrie, Gower, Steele, Clifford, James myth, Irving, Milligan, and Baker, accompanied by the Secretary, Mr. Rowland son, had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial• office. Sir John Burgoyne had an interview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation from Norwich, including the Mayor of Norwich, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Peto, ALP., and Mr. Skipper, had an interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-place. The Metropolitan Sanitary Commissioners held a meeting at Gwydyr House yesterday. Mr. More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, had an in terview with Earl Grey, yesterday. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, left town yesterday. The Marquis of Clanricarde has left town. TENANT-LANDLORDS IN IRELAND. TO 7'IlE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have but just seen in your paper of yes terday an admirable letter signed "S." The writer ap pears to be one of the few Englishmen who know or care about Ireland. He deprecates the tyranny of frieze-coated farmers and urges an improvement or remodelling of the con-acre system, so as to enlist the cotters against Captain Rock. The Irish have a re markable love of justice, and much of that passionate justice which is called generosity, but their resent ment of the smallest detriment to themselves is ex treme. Many years ago a poor woman called on the head landlord of her frieze-coated landlord ; the latter, being liable to ejectment for resolute non payment of rent after five years rent had been for given, was proceeding to eject all his cotters. The head landlord said to the woman he was sorry he could not interfere. By some accident, be sent for her back, and asked her how much rent she owed. After many excuses she confessed it was as much as half-a-crown. The head landlord offered to pay that much, and something more. The poor woman dropped on her knees and offered up a prayer, which seemed to pierce the clouds, in favour of the person who had consented to pay the half-crown, for nhi ch she walked sixteen Irish miles and back. Here is a fact stranger than fiction. Your excellent correspondent is aware that he must reduce his plan to system, and point out not only what is to be done, but who is to do it. For such purposes there are no green board tables, no prospectuses to be printed, no provisional committees, no permanent body of men interested in doing right. Dii facienles adjuvant—but " whoever freely takes up the cause of the wretched is left to feel the grievous pressure of the brethren. The obstinate folly of those h would fain serve, the apathy, the sinister opposi tion of professed coadjutors, the dangerous hostility of profligate power—and, above all, the secret mis givings of an exhausted spirit." I have the honour to be, Sir, &c., Oct. 22. HOP DUTY. An Account of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the Year 1847, for the under-mentioned Districts, distinguishing the Old from the New Duty. Districts. Duty. Barnstaple ... .. £8 12 Cambridge ... ••• 50 14 94 Cornwall .. 1 12 11 1 1 Derby ... .. 20 7 6i Grantham .. 8 3 7 Hants ... 4,672 4 11 Hereford ... ... 2,190 11 1 Hertford .. .. 306 19 6 Oxford.. ... , . 416 191- Reading ... 19 9 0 Salisbury ... 90 7 8 Salop... • • • • • • 311 Of Stourbridge .. 87 11 2-1- Wales, Middle... ... 6 8 10 Worcester_ ... 349 2 4 7,750 13 10 Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 4,244 14 4 8-20 New duty, at 3 , 8-20 „ ... 3,137 7 11,112 20 Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 368 11 6 £7,750 13 10 NoTE.—The above are the only districts from which returns have reached this office ; those for the other districts will be published as soon as received. L. S. LYNE, Accountant-General. Excise-office, Lomion, Oct. 22, 1847. It was rumoured in political circles yesterday after noon, that Sir Robert Peel had been sent for by the Queen, and that in consequence her Majesty had granted to the Right Hon. Baronet the honour of a private audience. We are not in a position to deny the truth of this report, but we confess we think it improbable. The Queen cannot have dismissed her present Minister, and n e are much mistaken in Lord John Russell if he should have tendered his resignation in the mere antici pation of danger of defeat. It may be, indeed, that the Noble Lord has suggested the calling in of his pre decessor as consulting physicion, though we doubt the willingness of Sir Robert Peel to " prescribe without a fee" now, after his expressed disinclination to do so in 1841.--Post. ALTEN MINING ASSOCIATION.—The annual general meeting of shareholders in this undertaking was held yesterday, at the Offices of the company, Winchester House, Old Broad-street ; Mr. John Labouchere in the chair. The report stated that the produce of the first six months of last year was considered highly satisfac tory, being 1,100 tons of ore, producing 63 tons of copper, which enabled the directors to recommend a dividend of ss. per share in October. In consequence of an inundation at Raipas, however, the produce of the last six months fell considerably short ; hence the produce of the year did not realise the expectations formed, but the results on the whole were satisfactory. From the report .of the manager, it appeared that dur ing the last few months not only had the quality of the oro improved, as well as its quantity increased, but that fresh discoveries of a promising character had been made. Yesterday the Lord Chancellor sent out his notice of the order in which business would be taken in his court during Michaelmas Term—that is, from the 2d to the 25th of November, inclusive; and a t t h e f oot o f t h e notice wer e th ese words:—" Except those days on which the Lord Chancellor may sit in the House of Lords." This saving clause looks, prima facie, like an early meeting of Parliament; but as Ministers can hardly be supposed to have made up their minds yet, on this or any other subject, the exception ought, perhaps, only to be considered as so much margin, of which they may possibly find it convenient to avail themselves, if circum stances should render such a step "expedient."--Post. APOTHEOSIS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.--011 Sunday evening not only was the Hippodrome at Lyons overcharged, but the whole of its environs densely crowded with people, to witness the exhibition of a spectacle announced as the " Apotheosis of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine, conducted to the skies by two guardian angels." By means of cords and machinery, a car con taining the prototypes of the Emperor and Empress, with their genii, was raised from the area of the Ilippodrome to the height of about thirty-five yards. At this mo ment the car broke under its superincumbent weight, and the great Emperor, represented by a waiter of a coffee. house who was remakable for his supposed resem blance to Napoleon, and who was invested with the well known three -cornered hat and green uniform, came headlong to the spot from which he had risen, in the terrified sight of upwards of 10,000 spectators. He lay senseless on the ground, and was carried away in a hopeless state. In the meanwhile the Empress Jose phine was seen suspended in mid-air, by a cord fastened round one of her legs. Whether thus caught accident ally or previously fastened by precaution is not known. She, however, after remaining in this awkward position for about ten minutes, was lowered gently to the earth, and at last stood erect on her feet without any material injury.—Galiynani. SERmus ILLNESS OF THE BISHO P OF LONDON.-- 11re regret to learn that the Bishop of London has been suffering under a severe attack of illness, at his palace at Fulham. The malady, we understand, was a sort of paral}sis, painful sympt oms o f ner vous with'gohsale Right Rev. Prelate h as b een quite aralydesibsi, debility, attended The R,i all performance of official duty in adjoining Cheltenham, was sold by public consequence.iT'a incapacitated G t 'l r t o e' v d Grove field e o 1 1 ; estate, landed proprietor of the district. to Mr. Butt, a wealthy building land were offered at auction, by Mr. Robins, on Tuesday last, Several farms and lots of FALMOUTH, OCT. 21. * gates San the same time, and met w— itl f r h e e ad s y aßi p ,ed u ri r an c iid l a t i a n, se f r r s i Michel, Commodore Mamali, and Captain Mil port, and, it is from Copenhagen, still remain at this p leechie, accompanied by the Mardo tran'port brig, all supposed, aro waiting orders. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTIOI RAILWAY. (FROM OUR MN REPORTER.) It will be in the reco Ileetion of our readers that the half-yearly meeting of this company was held a short time ago, and that 1, was adjourned by arrange ment until yesterday, wis en it was held at Dee's Royal hotel; P. 11. Aunt::, Esq., in the chair Th. CHAIRMAN stated tl iat this was an adjourned meeting, held pursuant to an arrangemer.it made on the 13th of August last. Mr. E. MOZLEY said he • perfectly - understood the terms of the arrangement, .and so far as the dissen tient shareholders were concerned., be would under take to say that it would be observed to the letter. Had it not been for circumstances - which had recently occurred he should not have felt it necessary to make a siegle remark, but in what he was about to say he ;)egged it to be understood that h 4 did not wish to cast any odium upon the direct , )vs. It would be in the recollection of the sharehol ders that at the last meeting he took the opportuni zy of suggesting that the directors would not press for any call until the disputes which •were now pending in the courts of law had been det3ided. He, regretted, how ever , to state that that co urse had not been followed, and legal proceedings Against the shareholders had been taken on an extended scale. He felt the most ag grieved at the manner in which those proceedings had been carried out, Anything more offensive than the way in which :those proceedin gs had b een dissentientt't is s share as from w first commen c ed it w a s impossible t o crlneeive, but he noapprehension begged the the t part to o f understand then holders of the weakness of their case that induced him to make these remarks. He made them because he entertained a sincere conviction that these pro , and were c h E i . g e d h i l n y g e s a l h eu a d i at e b d e e to n e s t r i e ly as e o t h m e m i e r n r c i t e a d hi:, ty which naturally prevailed amongst the dissentient share holders. He did not wish to derogate fpm the cha• ratter of the solicitor of the company., but he must say, that either their orders had been. f,rossly misun• derstood by their agents, or they not have been carried cut in a manner so offensiv e as they had been. In the town of Liverpool inen 'Jf the first character had been served publicly by bz.iliffs with writs. Mr. WHATELU Y (the solicitor)—No, no. Mr. MOZLEY--Mr. Whiteley might say so, but he (Mr. Mozley) had stated a fact, and he was prepared to prove it, He was not aware that the writs were in Liverpool until they had been there for several hours, and the first intimati on h e rece i ved was through his solicitor. He asked his solicitor what was to be done, and the answer was, that the best course to pursue was to go to Mr. Frodsham, the agent of Mt sirs. Whateley, and give an undertaking to ar pear to all the writs. Th e y accordingly he did so, 'nit Mr. Frodsham started an objection to t Inv l _iertaking being given, and wan t e d to k now for who: in i t w as t o be given. Mr. Bargewell, his (Mr. 1 ;:tozky' s ) soli citor, replied that they were for all ttbe Persons who had received writs, and Mr. 133 r gq's'vell. was then required to produce his aut tionty, which Mr. Bargewell consented to d o if ' le were furnished w ith , the names of the partie s • against whom writs had nam said he could do no such tbheienno.,isas and d u . ole l\ s l s r. l\ 7oo _, Bargewell could produce his autliority, he har - _. no other course but to follow his orde•:s and se" ve the writs in the usual manner. Now he (Mr. IV . .ozley) believed that this conduct was con trarN to the usual courtesy which prevailed in the pr ofessien, and the consequence was.that it had pro- Onced. considerable excitement amongst the share holders. Mr. Lowndes, a professional gentleman, and Mr. Swift, one of the solicitors to the London and North-Western, both declared that such a cir cumstance had never occurred in the course of their practice. Mr. Swift was served at his own house, and he remarked at the time, " Surely Mr. Whateley knows that this is all unnecessary, for he knows that I would have appeared to the writ had he sent me word that it was issued." Another gentleman was served in his carriage, and several gentlemen whom he knew were served on 'Change publicly.—(Cries of " Shame.") These gentlemen, in defiance of the undertakings which had been offered in their behalf, were served in the public streets, and several ladies, for whom Mr. Bargewell was prepared to appear, were served in the same manner by a common bailiff. Mr. WHATELEY—No such thing, they were served by a gentleman from the office. Mr. MOZLEY said that Mr. Whateley might have sent a gentleman to Liverpool, but there was no doubt that the writs were served by Mr. Frodsham's orders. Mr. WIIATELEY said he was not responsible for Mr. Frodsham's actions. If it were true, as Mr. Mozley stated, it was contrary to Mr. Frodsham's instructions. Mr. MOZLEY wished to know who was responsible. Mr. Frodsham declared that he acted according to instructions, and yet Mr. Whateley said he was not responsible for the manner in which those instruc tions had been carried out. But there was another act of which perp l en h ae e t h oon a f d s t t hf o oer c mp o m ao3s, p ti n lain.ce curious rt i oo M uf s r t p . h l oe V s tc h ea a rl ps e ,Itesyt,h added aint to makinghis letter t a t was ever penned by any man. One of these letters was addressed to a Mr. Garnet, to which was this postcript :—" We think it right to mention that Mr. Glyn, Air. Mozley, and several other gentleman acting with the last gentleman, have paid their calls." Now a more gratuitous addition could not have been presumed ; and it did not reflect much credit on the judgment of the solicitors. He spoke thus openly, because the shareholders who had been dealt with in this matter had felt highly indignant at the course the directors were pursuing, and they had personally applied to him to give expression to their sentiments. He would now move that the meeting be adjourned to the 16th of September. Mr. MOZLEY resumed his seat, but immediately rose again and said he would make one more remark. Already sufficient damage had been done, and there could be no object served in putting enormous sums into the pockets of the solicitors. He begged to inti mate that the shareholders were anxious to have the question settled by the trial of one or two actions, and they would be perfectly content to abide by the result, and Le called on the chairman to consent to such a course. He (Mr. Mozley) would publicly state that an application would be made to-morrow to the proper tribunal for carrying out that object. Mr. ABEL PEYTON, in seconding the motion, said that at the last meeting he had been misunderstood. He then stated that the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly had been taken, and it had proved adverse to the case of the directors. On that occasion Mr. Spooner de clared that no such opinion had been taken. It was true that the directors had not taken the opinion,but the at the That had, and it T was t otopitnn wase ffecthioen n thatoofite confirmed last Mr. Parker, Mr. Charles Crompton, and several other gentlemen connected with the Chancery and common law bars. The CHAIRMAN said he would explain in a few words how this matter stood. The directors had never taken the opinion of Sir F. Kelly, because they knew that he had been retained by the dissentient share holders ; but they had taken the opinions of the At torney and Solicitor-General, and of Mr. Talbot and Mr. Godfrey, and their opinion was, that the directors ought not to rotate, because their tenure of office was for twelve months from their election. He deeply re gretted that anything further should have occurred to increase the irritability of the shareholders, but the directors were compelled to have recourse to these legal proceedings. for the purpose of procuring funds to keep the company in existence. They must raise a certain sum of money by Christmas, to enable them to purchase certain land at Leamington, the compul sory power to purchase which would expire at that period. The directors, therefore, had no alternative but to resort to legal proceedings to enable them to preserve the line in its integrity. Mr. WUATELEY defended himself from the charge of having violated the etiquette which usually pre vailed amongst the legal profession, and declared that he had acted upon the advice of high legal au thorities in refusing to accept of the undertaking of Messrs. Colborn and Beale, the solicitors to the dis sentients. Those gentlemen applied to him to have all the writs forwarded to their offices to be endorsed with their undertakings ; but, acting on the advice Of eminent counsel, he declined to comply with their request, unless they gave him the names of their clients. It was sufficiently clear that he had pursued the most prudent course, for since then undertakings had been given by several gentlemen to other so licitors. Mr. AIoaLEY said that all this irritation and excite ment might have been avoided had the solicitors to the company supplied Messrs. Colborn and Beale with the names of the parties against whom they had issued the writs. He was glad to say that Mr. Crossthwaite, who was connected with the Great Western, entirely repudiated all participation in the irregular manner in which the writs had been issued. The CHAIRMAN again deeply regretted the course they had taken, but he thought that some of the par ties must have laboured under misapprehension. A SHAREHOLDER inquired if letters of apology had not been sent to certain parties who had been served Mr. WIIATELEY said he was not aware that there had been any. lie must express his regret that any thing connected with his office should have given rise to ill-feeling amongst the proprietors, but he could assure them that his instructions were to use the utmost courtesy in serving the parties with the writs. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously, and the meeting separated. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From t'ze Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUEM/AY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. The East .Anglian Railway, from Lynn to Ely, will be opened throughout on Monday. J. H. Parry, Esq., the barrister, and one of the unsuccessful candidates for Norwich at the . late election, was entertained by a soirée held in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, on Tuesday. About 1,000 parsons sat down to a well-served tea, with cake and other eatables, which wore placed in sixteen rows of tables. 'LOINDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1847. sale. The bul of this quantity consisted of Madras and Kurpabs, which were partly sold and partly bought in at 4d to 5d discount on the last sale's prices. Pro prietors have bought in 237 chests, leaving 700 sold. About 600 chests remain for sale on Monday. CocrurtEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with little attention, and 189 bags of Honduras silvers at auction sold at a further fall of 2d to 3d, low to good went at 3s 9d to 4s 7d; 20 bags black sold at a similar decline, • viz., at 5s 7d to 6 s 5d f or m i ddling to fine. SALTPETRE.—HoIders of rough are not disposed to submit to any further reduction in the value, and they have refrained from offering any at auction. Privately, however, only a limited demand has been experienced from exporters or the home trade. English refined is only in limited demand, and there is a desire to sell at 32s 6d to 335. Nitrate of Soda has been in brisker de mand, and prices are higher. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 18 tuns Sperm Oil sold at 811 to 821 for tine, 60/ for low, and 821 for good Headmatter. 34 tuns Southern 231 15i tJ 251 for middling to good. 14 tuns liumpbacs 24/ 15s to 26/. 32 tuns brown Seal taken in at 221 15s to 231. TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales went off heavily, and at easier rates : 248 casks Australian only in part sold at 41s 6d to 445, very low 37s to 33s 6d. '5O casks Taganrog 42s 6d to 44s per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of October, 1847 ISSUE DEPLETMENT. Notes i55ued........ 21,989,600 £21,989,600 X. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,981,900 Gold coin and bullion G,899,485 Silver bullioß • • 1,090,115 ,reaty. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, lIALF•PAST FOUR. We have two arrivals here to-day from the United States, the Oxford f1•om New York, and the Wyoming from Philadelphia, both bringing American papers of the Ist instant. Their political and commercial con tents are highly important, the political giving further accounts of the movements of the American and Mexican armies, by which we learn that the attempt to make peace had failed, that the American forces were fighting in the city of Mexico, and that during the conflict one of the American officers, General Worth, was badly wounded. The news was commu nicated to Philadelphia by telegraph extracted from letters which had arrived at New Orleans. These letters state that the propositions made by Mr. Trist were rejected, or at least one portion of them, and that hostilities had recommenced on the Bth, in the afternoon, and that a battle had been fought on that evening by a few hundred men of General Scott's army, and four of the picked regi ments of the Mexican army, viz., the 11th regiment of the line, the 3d and 4th regiments of light infantry, and one regiment of the national guards, all com manded by General Leon, that the enemy's forces had been badly used up, and that their loss exceeded 2,500. The letters say that Mr. Trist's propositions were these : That the citizens of the United States would not have anything to claim from Mexico for damages occasioned by this war; that the United States would have the privilege of establishing two factories in Upper California; and that the Mexican Govern ment could, after that time [the time is not given in the dispatch], if it choose, renew this article of the This was not accepted. Then Mr. Trist, unclothing himself of his official power, remarked to the Mexican commissioners that he thought that it would be much better for Mexico to cede the whole of Upper California to the United States, for which that Government would certainly pay fifteen or twenty millions of dollars. This would probably have been agreed upon, if the following article had met with the assent of the Mexicans, that the Texan boundary line would run along from the mouth of the Rio Grande, from the left side to the right side of the Rio Gila. But this last proposition was rejected ; the Mexicans would not yield one inch of ground the other side of the Nueces. The commissioner, Mr. Trist, then asked for forty eight days' time to consider, as he said he was not authorised to accept such a proposition ; but the Mexicans replied that they would give but five days, and no more. On the fifth day of the conference, the ith inst., a letter was written by General Santa Anna to General Scott, accusing him of breaking the armis tice on some trifling pretext. General Scott replied, making similar charges against Santa Anna. On the Bth instant, in the afternoon, a body of a few hundred men of the American army were sent to attack Chapultepec ; they there encountered a large force of the enemy's best troops, and a terrible fight ensued, in which the Mexicans recived, as usual, a good thrashing. General Leon, who commanded the Mexicans, was wounded, and General Balderis, of the National Guard, was killed. The small number of the Americans, who, accord ing to the Mexican report, fought like devils, retired to Tacubaya, leaving five waggons behind them. Some of these had no wheels, while others had no horses. 1 The loss of the Americans is said to be compara tively small. A proclamation or manifesto, as they call it, was issued by General Herrera, Governor of the city of Mexico, recommending% the citizens, men, women, and children, to collect stones and carry them to the roofs of the houses, and thence throw them at the Ame- ricans if they entered the city. The annexed is from the correspondent of the 310- bile Herald, stationed at Pensacola : " Pensacola, Sept. 23, 1847. "The brig Osceola arrived at the Navy yard last evening, after a passage of five and a half days from Vera Cruz. " She has brought late and unfavourable news from the army of General Scott. " It seems that hostilities were renewed on the Bth inst., Santa Anna and General Scott mutually charg ing each other with a violation of the armistice. AC - cording to the last accounts our troops had pos session of two streets, and had driven the principal part of the Mexican force in or towards the Plaza. Our troops had suffered greatly from the fire of the enemy, stationed in windows and on the roofs of houses, and General Worth was badly but not mor tally wounded. "Our loss since leaving Puebla is estimated at 3,000 men. " The proposition of Mr. Trist for the cession of a portion of California for a consideration of twenty millions of dollars had been agreed to by the Mexican commissioners; but another proposition, axing the Rio Grande as the boundary on this side, was pe remptorily refused. "It is said that General Paredes is on the road between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico with a large force of guerillas. "The Sun of Anahuac, of the 16th instant, says that troops have been arriving in great numbers from the Brazos for the previous five or six days, and it does n©t doubt but that in the next five or six days there will be from two to three thousand men ready to march into the interior. " These accounts are derived from the Sun of Anahuac of the 16th instant, and brought by the Osceola, and from verbal communications from Mr. Dimond to the captain of the Osceola at the moment of leaving, I have no doubt of their accuracy. " The news reached Vera Cruz by the Orizaba route." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 30. Great caution is observable in the movements of capitalists and merchants, produced by the uncer tainty which prevails as to the extent of the revulsion in Europe, and the duration of the war with Mexico. That the former is more disastrous than was at first supposed we have abundant proofs. In the case of Prime, Ward, and Co., we regret to learn that the assets are not likely to realise more than 200,000 dolls., while the liabilities are 2,000,000 dolls. Ten cents. on the dollar, it is believed, will be the largest amount realised by the creditors. The sudden and overwhelming destruction of English houses has pro duced this painful result. y we F re lo s u e r tt s le te d a t d oy. . day Ge fo n r es B se ,o e o a o t brls., 11 8 . v l e c. C ra b le o i n n t Contracts which No vember t th at e t p s ri dolls. . 5 62 dt c l s ; 6 t 2 h c i s. to implies old dolls. 75 w e . h e l a v t h , e f or is in demand, and rather better in price. Cotton has been steady, and 1,200 bales sold to-day. Mess Pork is quoted at 14 dolls. 50c., and prime 11 dolls. per barrel, but there were sellers at lower rates. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 30. Flour is held firmly, with a fair demand for city use, and light receipts. A few hundred barrels fresh ground Pennsylvania were taken for export at 5 dolls 75c. For city use, sales at 5 dolls 75c. to 5 dolls. 78ic. for common and good fair brands, and extra at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. per barrel. Rye Flour—A further sale at 4 dolls. 121 c. per barrel. Corn meal is held at 2 dolls. 871 c. to 3 dolls. Grain—Wheat is scarce, and in request. A sale of fair white at 1:doll. 24c. ; prime old Pennsylvania red is held at 1 doll. 25c. per bushel, and Southern at 1 doll. 21c. Rye—A sale at 75c. Corn is in better request. A sale of Southern yellow at 70c., and 1,200 Pennsyl vania yellow at the same price. Oats—A sale of new Pennsylvania at 42c. Cotton—Prices are steady, with sales of 90 to 100 bales. HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS FROM MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT. By the) arrival of the Sarah Sands :we have just received New York papers of the 6th instant. She has 14 passe ngers , and 40, 0001. in sp ec i e, and some of her passengers say, that the Henry Clay is bringing over 240,0001. This intelligence will be very wel come to the commercial public in this country, as it is but reasonable that we may expect back a portion of the great quantities of gold which we shipped hence in the early part of the year. The accounts from Mexico are very important. We subjoin full particulars, by which you will see thit Jonathan has had hard work in the Halls of the Alontezunias, and lost a great part of his army in try ing to conquer the Mexicans in their own capital. The steamer James L. Day arrived at New Orleans on the 25th ult., with the most important intelligence yet received from the seat of war. L From the Picayune of the 2Gth, received by the ,New 50rNT-STOCIE 11ANILS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Pric e Annum. Share. Australasia .......... £ s. d. £ s• d. 0 0 40 0 0 16 BritshNorth American Si. p e r Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - :iomnsercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - :!olonial.. •• .• •• • SI. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. par cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - iletropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. St. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New .......• ...• 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - !cational of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Pro , "ncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Dint), New.- •• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 o 10 0 0 (Minn of Australia- .• 6/. per cont. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - CANALS. • Names of L. Dividend Price. Names of s, Dividend per Price. Companies. , per I v Annum. Annum. ishtn& Oldb 97'51.55. pc 70 Monmouthsb 100 10/. - Ishby-d-la-Z,113 4/. Mntgernrysh 100 51 . 5 Barnsley.... !160, 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ...... 100 251. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 83 Nottingham. 150 12/. - .Dromford.... 100, 141. - P eak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's.... 33 1/. 45. 20 Derby .. •• ,100 61. 63 R ochdale.... 85 41. -4 Ellsmre&Chs I 133 4/. bi Shropshire.. 125 8/. - Erewash .•• 1001 324 - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth &Clyd 100, 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 U. P. c. GrandJunetn:lo4l 6/. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 S 2 134 S S h e t r v r t e e f r:d B o b a n l n l r d A Y I I . •• 1 2 7 2 6 0 5 11 • 15110.S * G in r a an ni cl org U n nl s o h n . l l l 7 oo 2 , 11. 13 s lO i s . . 4istr&lirkly,loo, - Ita i i r l :} 50 1 : 0 8 1. s. _3O 3rantham Huddersfield - Kennt &Avu, 39 Is. 6d. 5X Trnt& Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 305 Lancaster .• • 47 1/. 10s. - eey Leeds&Livrp l loo 341. 505 Thams &if ed 19 - Leicester .... 140 1 10/. 75 Worcstr & 3 Leicstr &Nth 78 21 . 41% 83 1 41. 36 Binning. ::oughborogh ,142, 70/. 530 Wilts & ks 67 IL 11 ' _:.------ INSURANCE COIYIPANZES. Name of Company. Divid end Amount .------ per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ------ --- ----, X s. d. -_, Albion .... ..... ••• • • al. 10s, £s.d. I 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 p er cen t . 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas • .• .• - British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6% Ilerici,Med.& Gen. Life ' Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20% County .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Brown • ..... •••• • • • • 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle • 6s. 50 0 0 5 8 0 - Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 European Life • • .... 531 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' . Globe ............... 6/. per cent. Stock. _ - Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45 Imperial Fire .• ••• • • . 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 210 Imperial Life ... •• • -12 s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine •• • . 11. sh.& bs. 100 0 0 513 1 Law Life............ 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Landon Fire .••• . • •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine .. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Inviid& Gen. Life 4311. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life.... Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Phcenix - _ Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 3s. Provident Life ........ 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life ............ 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - - dun Fire.. - - - Ditto Life . • • - - _- Victoria Life • . - - 4 0 0 - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' purcEs . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid, ' Price. Annum. Share. -- ----- --., £ s. d. X 8 . d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 167 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 149 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank •• - 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr eent. - 50 0 0 87 Western Bank.... -• • 8/. per cent. - 50 0 0 74 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale Bank•• - - 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% Eastern Bank.. ... •• • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 lii. Os Caledonian Bank ...• • 731 Lpr cent. - 210 0 4/. 8s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 61. 7s City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 12/, Os Scottish Union Ins. Co. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 38 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 8% North British Insur. •. 5% 1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 23% Caledonian Fire Insur. MI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin.&Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pers. 50 0 0 50 0 0 47 Ditto, 34 Shares •• • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. - Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 - Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. - Viasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18% Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Dundee & Arbrothßail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Standard LifeAssurnce.l 51. per cent.l 50 0012 10 0 93L ettrb MZettton CHARING - CROSS BRIDGE COM - - - - PANY.—(TIIIS DAY.) At a special meeting of this company held to-day, and which lasted nearly the whole of the afternoon, Mr. W. Hawes in the chair, resolutions were agreed to to the effect that the contract with Messrs. Jackson should be rescinded, and that the directors should be empowered to raise 20,0001. by new shares, for the purpose of discharging their liabilities. The Hun gerford Market Company, on the understanding that the new shares should only be used as security for the money so to be raised, and not disposed of to the depreciation of the old shares, had consented to with draw their opposition on this matter; and both Mr. Hawes and Mr. Stutely (the chairman of the Market Company), expressed a confident hope that all mis understandings were at an end, and that both com panies should proceed in harmony together, their in terests being identical. (We ;hall give a full report on Monday.) - - BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 22.—The sales of the week are again very limited, and priees have further declined is. per cwt. In rum there is nothing doing.— Bristol Mercury. THE MONETARY CRISIS IN SOUTHAMPTON. -It iS but just to the large mercantile and trading firms of Southampton, that we should notice the mischievous, though happily unfounded, reports that have crept into circulation affecting the stability of establishments of long standing, and of individuals of abundant means to meet their engagements three-fold. The banks of the town have acted with considerable liberality wherever required — but in no case have their judicious and valuable services been improperly asked for; and we believe we may point to Southampton as singularly favoured at this extraordi nary period of monetary pressure. Business seems to have been conducted with a provident forethought which has rendered the storm that has shattered so many old-established houses in London and other ports, com paratively inocuous at S outhampton,—.Hampshire Ad. vertiser. , exporters for MARKET (From the London iNT firmer appearance trade evincing rather SUGAR.—To-day the New market Price Current of Oct. 22.) a Raw Sugar presented as well as the home the part of merchants there desire to operates_ whilst on they offered a less quantity was more confidence, and nearly all sorts of Colonial or sale • in the value of ment took place. West Indiaand Foreign an improve was sought after both for the Muscovado of all kinds insisting upon an advance scale and pan, but holders cwt, operated against business, former rates of 6d per only 170, making the quantity The sales amounted to hhds and trcs. Prices Close Y sold for the week 1,440 day last. much the same as on Fri day refined tention from the home trade; goods met with little at offered at 51s, and to pass the standard at 525. Bonded crushed Sugar was sold to a fair 7d. For Loaves the demand is active. at 28s 6d to 29s EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at Ire. of Bengal Sugar sold with more public sale 819 bags rates—good strong yellow like MaurPitir iti it, and at stiffer middling 39s 6d to 40s, damp 395 to Mauritius at 41s 6d, 39s to 40s per cwt. All other sorts weres, and washed de mand privately, and fetch better prices. more in more freely, and at stiffer rates. Madras sold MAURITITJS.—This afternoon the quantity , , public sale amounted to 3,184 bags, and 3 „,ouerea at Mauritius; the demand was brisker for all ii. casks o the whole sold at an dvance on former rates ,inds, and Is. COCOA.—This afternoon there was not much sition evinced to operate in Trinidad; a t a pub u ,fh dispo sition bags, a part only sold, and at rather 1 tic sale of viz , good dark red at 44s to 465, and good lower rates, 43s grey at 42s raopreorte:LLlGENCE. supplying stateipvhig for thel to ._ .A. de T sc E ri A itro T ns h o e f m ß —a l r a k e 7 k Teahas beenhis ine e ; merchants al have been desirous to realise, and plentifully p market, produced a further a e pression in th e va l ue. Al though the rates acceptetdfowrCk a dull ongou have been previously whilstsc a fall in the for low and middling, id to Id for the better sorts, d to id under those thatpurecxhiasstiendg still all kinds have been operated in with caution pri vtkaotellyn;w trhsetestowthnstapnrdevcaoiul,ntnroyt trade, notwithstanding made in all kindsslowly more than their immediate wants require. Souchong met with a dull sale, and a fall in the value of Id has taken place d rc , h for fine, and id for other sorts. Pouchong sells value of Id to 2d has taken place for Hy of at Gr 4 e d en to hav i e d. bee T u ll i e tni p te u son, and other sorts can be obtained upon rather lower terms. Pekoe Teas are little required, and ca n be had i d t o Id per lb under form er quotations. The public sales went off with heaviness, and of the 12,145 offered, the small portion of only 1,250 pkgs were sold. RICE.—To-day the business concluded in East India Rice privately was to a small extent only, an d 1,307 bags at auction only in part sold at 6d per cwt decline. SPICES.—To. day the public sales of 18 cases Penang Nutmegs were only in part sold at barely former rates. 20 casks Dutch limed, for export only, were all taken in at 3s 3d for good bold, and at 2s 9d for middling. of Mace 3 cases Penang were sold at 2s Ild to 3s Id for middling to good midding, as chests Cassia Lignea went at stiff rates. 923 bags Batavia Pepper were all taken in at 2id for good light greyish, but a little dusty, which is the full value. INDzao.—To-day, during the progress of the sale, 47 chests have been withdrawn ; 937 chests have passed the 21,989,600 M. MARSUALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 21st day of October, 1347. RANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital.. 14,53,000 Rest • .••••• • • • • • 3,495,432 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -bank s, and Di- Government securi ties (including Dead _ . Weight Annuity)" 11,083,877 Other securities . • • • 13,963,326 Notes ... . . • 2,630,115 Gold And silver cola.. 441,100 viaend accounts).. 8,496,883 Other deposits .... • • 8,674,584 Seven day and ether bi 115.............. 903,519 433,123,418 £33,123,418 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1547. Dated the 21st day of October, GLORIOUS NEWS FOR BIRKEN HEAD. ADVANCE OF MONEY BY GOVERNMENT. The tide of fortune is again setting in towards Birkenhead. The docks, and the important works connected therewith, which were almost spurned by the Liverpool Dock Committee, the other day, are about to be completed at Government expense. Yesterday, a proposal was received from Govern ment. The Dock Commissioners were summoned at three hours' notice, and thirteen of them attended a meeting at three o'clock. At that meeting the proposal of Government was laid before them. It is to this effect :—The Government is to resume possession of the piece of made land on the north side of the entrance to the great float, and on con dition of that land being recovered to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests, they engage to pay the expense of completing the sea• wall, reserving to them selves the right of making any use they think fit of the land, and to make as many slips and sluices as they may require. It is supposed that this stipula tion is made with the view of converting a portion of the land into an arsenal. The amount already expended on the sea wall is 21,0001., and it is estimated that, to complete it, 44,0001. more will be necessary. This amount Go vernment offers to give, on the conditions above named ; and, in addition, to advance 150,0001. for the purpose of finishing the great float and embank ments, so as to bring the dock into condition for business : not to do all that was planned by Mr. Rendell. The Government are to receive, in part, as collateral security, township bonds to the amount of 65,000/. It is further proposed to remodel the Trust by an Act of next session. Instead of the present. board, the Dock Trust will be placed under the direction of thirteen commissioners, six to be elected by the rate payers of Birkenhead, three by the rate-payers of Wallasey, three by the dock bondholders, and the Government to have the right to nominate one, who shall be chairman of the board. We understand that these proposals met with general concurrence, and that a favourable answer, signed by ten of the commissioners, was dispatched to London last night. The reply of the Government is expected in a few days, and then the bargain may be said to be complete. This will, indeed, be glorious news for the land owners and others interested in property in the splendid, but at present almost deserted, town of Birkenhead. We may expect now to find the town ship every day improving, and we hope the day is far distant when any further check will be given to the increase of the trade and commerce on either side of the Mersey.—Liverpool Mercury of yesterday. REPORTED STOPPAGE OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, Oct. 22, 1847. SIR,—A report having been circulated in the City respecting the North and South Wales Bank stop ping, I beg leave to say it is without foundation. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. S. lIIGLEY. SUSPENSION OF THE NEW CASTLE UNION BANK. We regret to announce that the Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-stock Bank has been under the necessity of yielding to the pressure of the times, and suspending payment. This event took place on Thursday morning, when, it would seem, some assistance from the South had been expected, for on the receipt of the London letters without the required aid, the managers came to the determination of suspending, and accordingly about twelve o'clock a notice, of which the following is a copy, was poste d on the door : " The Union Banking Company, in consequence of the extreme difficulty in obtaining discounts, are under the painful necessity of suspending payments. —October 21, 1847." The intelligence quickly spread through the town, ' and the bank was soon beset by the holders of their notes, who continued to crowd the street during the hours of business. This bank has for many years carried on a very extensive business in this town. It was commenced by the Messrs. Chapman, and continued as a private bank until 1836, when it was:converted into a joint-stock bank,under the ma nagement of W. Chapman, Esq., as general director, assisted by a board of seven directors, chosen annually by the shareholders. It has always issued notes, and for some time has been the only local bank of issue in this town. According to the Act of 1844, its issue was not to exceed 84,1301., and we see by the last return published in the Gazette, that its average circulation for the week ending October 9, was, 75,0051. The shares of the bank were of the value of 101. each, one half of which is paid up ; and according to the list of shareholders, published in this paper, on the 19th of February last, the number of shareholders was then 451. The bank has branch establishments at Aln wick, Berwick, Durham, North -Shields, South Shields, and Sunderland, and has always' ,had'the ap pearance of being a very prosperous concern, having never, we believe, since it became a joint-stock bank, divided less than ten per cent. per annum. At the annual meeting of the shareholders, held the 25th of July last, the following report was pre sented by the directors, and adopted by the meet ing : _ _ _ _ "The net profit of the past year, after paying all current expenses and the income-tax, and placing a sum to the bad-debt account, amounts to 20,5081. 6s. 7d., on which the directors paid a divi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 31st December, 1846, and they now recommend a simi'ar dividend to be declared to the 30th of June, 1847. The directors also re commend that the surplus, after paying the dividends, amounting to 5,2681. 6s. 7d., shall be added to the guarantee fund, which will then amount to 60,4441. 15s. 10d. Notwithstanding the general re striction on trade, the business of the bank has in creased, and has been of that legitimate character as to afford the prospect of continued advancement." It hence appears that the bank was in a flourishing state only a few months ago, and there is:consequently every reason to hope that its embarrassment will be only of a temporary character. From the above re port we also learn, that the paid-up capital of the company is 152,4001., and the number of shares is consequently 30,480. The suspension of this bank at the present time cannot fail of being produc tive of very serious inconvenience to this dis trict, though the great number and respectability of the shareholders are amply sufficient to secure the public from any ultimate loss, let the resources of the bank be ever so deficient. We cannot, how ever, believe that the deficiency can be very great, and we would fain' indulge the hope that the bank may soon be enabled to resume its payments. At any rate, we trust some arrangement will speedily be come to to cash their notes, as the consequences may be very serious to many poor persons who happen t be holders of them.—Newcastle Chronicle. WHEAT FROM VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.---The vessel Lyd ford, arrived in the St. Katherine's Docks from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, has brought, besides a cargo of wool and other merchandise, 2,710 bags of wheat, the produce of the place ; and the Sydney, from Launceston and Sydney, has brought 720 bags of wheat, and 50 bags of flour. York Sun's Pony Express, we extract the foll.tuva, 3" particulars : The Arco Iris had received letters from Mexiox) under date of the 9th September, stating that on the! 7th the Mexican Commissioners declared that the: propositions made by Mr. Trist were inadmisSble_ In consequence of this General Santa Anna convoliNt a council of generals who decided that notice should. be given to General Scott that the armistice was at an end, appointed the 9th for the recommencement of hostilities. On the 6th September General Scott addressed a letter to Santa Anna from Taeubaya, accusing him of having violated several articles of the armistice. One of the violations was in not allowing the Ame rican o army to obtai n supplies from the city of Mexic. General Scott demanded an explanation and full reparation, and concluded as follows:—" If these are• not given, I hereby formally notify you that if I do not receive the most complete satisfaction on all these points before twelve o'clock to-morrow, I shall con sider the armistice terminated from that hour." To this letter Santa Anna replied at considerable length, and with great severity. He accused General Scott of having violated the terms of the armistice in refusing to allow flour from the mills in the vicinity to be brought into the city; and he says that the American waggons were driven out of the city ore account of the objectionable conduct of the officer& accompanying them. Santa Anna also charges General Scott with having sacked the Mexican towns in the vicinity of the capital, and robbed and desecrated the churches, stealing and destroying articles held sacred by every Mexican. Santa Anna concludes as follows :—" I flatter myself that your Excellency will be convinced on calm reflection of the weight of my reasons, but if by misfortune you should seek only a pretext to deprive the first city on the American continent of an oppor tunity to free the unarmed population of the horrors of war, there will be left me no other means of salva tion but to repel force by force, with the decision and energy which my high obligations impose upon me." On the 7th, General Herrera, as Commandant of the city of Mexico, addressed the clergy, exhorting them to exert all their influence to incite the people to arm themselves and prepare to resist the American army. On the Bth September, General Scott attacked the Mill del Rey, or King's Mill, in the immediate vici nity of Chapultepec, and according to the Diario del Gobierno, and the Boletin published at Athie°, our army was repulsed after a short conflict, in which we lost about 400 killed and from GOO to 700 in wounded, and fell back upon Tacubaya. The account of this affair, given by the Boletin, represents the battle to be the most bloody and se verely contested of the whole war. This, however, is a Mexican account, and concludes as follows : " At 11 o'clock the enemy commenced a retrograde movement, and by two in the afternoon withdrew all his forces to Tacubaya, abandoned the two points he had occupied and blowing up the house of Mata, although some say it was set on fire by a bomb front Chapultepec." It is believed that Generals Twiggs and Pierce directed the attack, and that they put in motion about 8,000 men. It is certain that the fire was more intense and brisk than at Chumbusco. It is impossible to ascertain the loss of either side. Ours dues not amount to 100 killed and 250 wounded. There are a few missing —nearly all not killed or wounded retiring to Chapultepec. The enemy, according to the confession of an Irish man, who came over to us in the evening, carried off 400 dead and GOO or 700 wounded. They lament the loss of General Leon, since dead; that of Colonel Balderas, of the valiant Colonels Huerla and Geleati, and of the determined Captain Mateas of Puebla. A Mexican letter announces that Riley and his Legion of St. Patrick, seventy in number, were ordered by the court-martial to be hung. The sen tence was approved by General Scott, and on the 8W the whole legion were hung in presence of the army, as also of the enemy. The Diario del Gobierno says —"At half-past four o'clock this morning the Ameri cans attacked the position of the Mill of El Rey, close to the fortress of Chapultepec. This numerous and brave column were, however, repulsed three times by valiant soldiers, who this day gave brilliant proofs of their patriotism and bravery. More than a thousand of the enemy remained on the field of battle, and on our side the loss has been less than one half that number—having to lament the death of the gallant Colonel John Lucas ; Balderas and General Don Antonion de Leon being wounded, together with several other distinguished chiefs and officers. The " traitor" Santa Anna commanded in person the column which forced the Americans to retreat; taking with them, without doubt, the conviction that this only brought rivers of blood, that they cannot pene trate the city of Mexico, and that at all events they will there find their sepulchre." We translate the subjoined letter fr.= Jalapa to the Arco Iris, without vouching for its correctness : " When General Perez abandoned the Mill El Hey, a bomb discharged from Chapultepec fell among the munition waggons of the enemy, in the yard of the Mill, causing four of them to explode, by which 300 Americans are said to have been blown up, including General 'Worth, who, according to the accounts, had not been seen or heard from, the following day, at Tacubaya." The next accounts we have from the capital come in a letter to the Arco iris, dated the 10th September, of which the following is an extract :—" The Mexican Government has taken three hundred thousand dollars which were being sent by a commercial house to the camp of the enemy. General Smith has expired. By the enclosed slip you will see that the Americans mutilated and cruelly assassinated the unfortunate Irish who were taken at the battle of Churubusco." Another letter from the capital, under date of 11th and 12th says, "It appears that the enemy is con vinced of the improbability of reducing the city by any other means than bombarding it ; because he has lost 900 to 1,000 men, who were placed hors de combat by the action of the Bth, and among them thirty-seven officers and three colonels were killed, and one colonel wounded. It appears that the death of General Pillow is uncertain." They have expelled from their houses all inhabi tants of the village of Mixcoac in order to establish their hospitals and heal-quarters. On the 1.) th of September, at five o'clock in the morning, the bells awoke us by the announcement of an alarm. The batteries of San Antonie Abad and the corresponding battery of the enemy opened upon each other. We have seen discharged by the enemy a multitude of bombs, the greate s t num b er o f w hi ch b urst i n the a i r long before they reached our trenches. At the same hour a firing commenced at Chapultepec, on the right side of the town, and in the mountains from whence came the attack. A short distance from the enemy were stationed our forces—infantry and cavalry— swixhofrowmerteh; b a a t C t h t r fl y g o t f h e G foe. a W o f re ß o e p ie e n n , ed o r a t -past a f- y pa b s e t from that starting from the end of Bacco Nuevo, which is situated in the angle formed by the cause way leading to the villages of La Piedas and Tacu baya. This brings us to the 12th, but at what hour of the day the letter was closed we are not informed. Of the eventful denouement, says the Picayune, we have only a brief account, but sufficient to assure us that the Americans have achieved a brilliant triumph, and that our army is revelling in the Halls of the Montezumas. The only reliable account we have of the last struggle before the capital is in a letter addressed to Mr. Dimond, our collector at Vera Cruz, from Orizaba, as follows : ‘ " I have th e h onour to O a f r o i n z anb you , 0 u Sep. th t a t l9 a , n l e B x 4 p 7 r . e s s arrived here this evening from Mexico, which brings intelligence that General Scott was in the city of Mexico ; that on the 13th the American troops took Chapultepec and the Citadel, and went into the city that night. General Bravo was killed, and General Santa Anna was wounded in The arm and has retired with the remainder of hia.. troops, Which have suffered much, to Guadaloupe.—Your friend, Sce: (A letter, from a creditajale source, tonfirms all that is said in the above, and only disagrees with it in stating that the city was carried by assault on the 14th.) The Sun, of Anahuac, has it on the 13th the heights and forts of Chapultepec were carried; on the 14th and 15th the city was bombarded, and that a part of our army entered it on the morning of the 16th, the balance remaining at Chapultepec. In regard to the American loss the Picayune says —" As to our loss before the army entered the city, we have nothing authentic. We fear this new vic tory has not been achieved without great loss of life. The Mexican accounts show that active hostilities commenced on the Bth, and were continued with more or less activity until our army took possession of the city." A passenger by the James L. Day, informs us that it was reported among the Mexicans at Vera Cruz that we lost 1,700 men in killed and wounded, but he could trace it to no authentic source. An other passenger estimates General Scott's loss at a quarter to a third of his army. We now come to what has been looked for with so much anxiety—the basis upon which Mr. Trist and the Mexicans proposed to negotiate, from which it would seem that there was no disposition on the part of the Mexicans to treat from the first. The propo sitions are farcical in the extreme. I annex i‘ a synop sis. The first proposition we come to isfrom r. Trist a s A s o r o t n i c l as e l t h . e T t he re r a •e ty shall be a firmand is ratified by bothparties.universal 2. All sidesprisonersFfrbaotitfiehdiy ) sthhaell United bere State, all soon as the treaty is all towns captured by Americans shall be given up, except such as are comprised within the limits of the United States by article 4 of this treaty, without the