The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1848,

tion by options, which limited the losa in any case to
a certain point. However, it is sufficiently clear that
the mesa of the speculative operations in the same sense
had been prudently and gradually balanced before
hand, so that in reality the quantity remaining over
for adjustment to-day was but the minimum propor-
tion of the whole bulk of transactions which, upon
the prevailing idea of the market at the close of the
last settlement, had been embarked in upon the ex-
pectation of a decided fall in public securities. Con-
sols were, in consequence of the" bear " dealings thus
loft exposed, dearer for money than account, until
after 2 oclock, the regular hour by the prices of
which all outstanding accounts aro made up. They
were then quoted 831 to 4 for money, whilst for the
account then opened for the 9th proximo they were
called only 831 to /. Subsequently, however, prices
became more equalised, and Consols left off 831 to 4
for money, and 83/ to 4 for account. The time busi-
ness engaged in was not of much consequence, and
dealers as well as speculators were evidently inclined '
to wait for an event, more especially those habitually
viewing affairs on the darker side. Reduced Threes
were 821 to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 831
to 1. Long Annuities, 81 to 9-16. Exchequer Bills,
395. to 425. premium. India Bond 225. to 255. '
premium. Bank Stock, 189 to 192. India Stock,
229 to 231.
The dealings in foreign securities were extremely ;
scanty to-day. Peruvian did not maintain yester-
day's advance this morning, but in the after day
recovered to, and were again quoted at, 33 to 35.
Mexican remained 10 to 1. Brazilian, 66 to 70.
Spanish Fives, 12/ to 131; the Thrt es, 231 to • ,
Passive, 31 to 1. l'ortuguese, 171 to 181. Dutch 11
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 42 to 3 ; the Fours,
621 to :11. Russian. 85 to 90. A bargain in
French Three per Cents. was done at 49; exchange,
23 francs, 40 cents.
Foreign exchange ruled nearly the name as on last
poet day, but with rather a lower tendency. On
Amsterdam the negotiations were 12.1 to 1 ; on a
Rotterdam, 12.4', to 3 ; on Antwerp, no quotations;
on Hamburg, 13.14 to 15 ; on Frankfort, 1221 ;
on Paris (at short), 25.30 to 40; on Vienna, 11.30
tis
to 15; on Leghorn, 30.75 to :11; on Naples, no quo- S
tations; on Madrid, 411—ill at three months, except r
on I'aris. On Lisbon, at sixty dm a, 42.
The Consols account, of which the liquidation was
this d y operated, was opened on the 13th of April,
on which day the highest quotations for time bargains,
that is for to-day, were 821, the lowest 811. The
following has been the range of tlactuations since,
from highest to lowest, within the dates specified, and
specifying only the prices for the account ended this
day :
Anil 1 I and 15
o 17 to 19 ................

be good enough to relieve me from my responsibilities," that
he found himself almost incapable of taking a fair and
impartial view of a case so very unusuad
Thad es those where the
bankrupt only owed some 2,0001., anactually above
6001. of assets. At the same time Mr. Tegg's opposition
might be justified. lie, as an individual creditor, wet of
course unable to take a bird's-eye view of the whole case.
hid bankrupt had done the hest thing he possibly could; be
had throws himself completely into the hands of his
creditors; and, having acted as an honest man ought to do,
he had great pleasure In granting his certificate.
Before Mr. Comnilreloner Itelreyd.
CASE or WORKMEN AS CRROVTORN.—TbIe wax the day
appointed fur the last examination in the cased" Chreesand
Boyd," silk manufacturers, of Hew Churchyard. The court
was crowds d with creditors, chiefly silk-weavers, the basins ss
of the bankrupts having been conducted in the following
manner :—On putting out silk to weave, it was their custom
to require a deposit of 51 from each, as a security for the re-
turn of the goods, for which a written acknowledgment was
given, with en undertaking to Fry interest at the rate of five
per cent. The bankrupts owed about 1701. in these
emdl
BUM. Those weavers who had goods in hand of sufficient
value claim. d a lien upon them ; the others sought to prove
for their debt. Mr. Hudson, the solicitor under the fiat,
recommended that the meeting should be adjourned for •
month, in order that some arrangement should be made
whereby the holders of goods might Five them up to the ofil-
ci.l assignee, and in the expectauen that the bankrupt
Chrees, who bed not yet surrenthred (having absconded)
would do so in the interim. In the cue of those weavers to
whom small Sums were owing,
libertyho held no liens, his
Honour held that they were at iif they chose. to prove
for, and receive in full, 40e, as wag, R.-1f itimat..ly the meet-
ing was adjourned fora month. No balance-sheet has yet
been filed ; but it is thought the debts and liabilities will
eaceed 6,0001.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
name Mr. Cooled,.loner Ilene..
Isteol.ceNT Estt.--l'EuatistaTlON. -A Sedgwick, who
formerly held some appointment in the Oeneral Fost.oftice,
but who bad forfeited his situation in consetpumee of mi.-
conduct, was diacliarged out of custody upon sureties the dud
day of May. It had since bet n discovered by the clerk of the
petitioner's attorney, that one of the parties who had made
himself responsible ler the insolvent's appearance on the day
of hearing, hat personated another individual, and that both
the " had " were, in ftct, in insolvent circumstances. Affi-
davits to the above effect having been presented to the court,
the insolvent was ordered to come up yesterday, in order that
a strict hivestigation into the matter might be made.
ties t
evidence adduced, it appeared that both the
parties who were accepted u hail were nothing more
than lodgers, mud that one of them had admitted
that he had perso .ated his brother in consequnce
of the ill.health of the latter, but request' d that nothing
might be said of the matter, as it would be made "all right."
The insolvent stated that, while in prison, he became ac-
quainted with a person named Smith, to whom lie agreed to
give 41., provided bail could be procured fur him (insolvent).
Smith thereupon introduced to him two persons named
Jones and theenwood, who co..sented to become his sureties
upon the terms named; but any knowledge of the mean
condition of those two Persona was utterly repudiated by the
petitioaer.—The commissioner said it was perfectly clear that
the order in this cue must be vacated, and the insolvent
committed to prison, inasmuch an the bail had been
" hired."—At the urgent request of tho iusolvent, how-
ever, the case was allowed to stenil over to the end
of the day, in order that Mr. Sargood might give him the
benefit of his professional talents. As soon as the list was
cleared, Mr. Sargood moved for an enlargement of the rule,
in order that copies of those afiblavits already presented
might be made and counter-affidavits filed. The COlllfliii-
sioner appeared disinclined to censent tog te application
made by Mr. Sargood, but after • very ehnt and logical
appeal from that learned counsel, tending to show that his
client was altogether innocent of any charge of conrpracy
that might Ito urged against him, a rule was granted—re-
turnable on the 10th instant, being the day originally
appointed fur the first hearing.

Itigheot price. LOW price.
82, ......
St 111

POLICE.-YESTERDAT.
WORSHIP-STRBRT.— At.t.goeu ILLROAL tel OP
NAILER AS DIHECTOKS OE A RAILWAY COMVANY.
Mr. Thomas Fulkr, of 01, lierbertstreet, Bolton,
was charged with having, on the Ist of August, 1846,
and on sundry subsequent occasions, falselys as anddir unlawectors
-
fully advertised the names of divers realm nt
of • certain company called the Great Southern
Madras Railway Company, well knowing the same to be
false, why reby he had incurred for every such offence •
penalty of 101. A sec ad commons was also directed against
the accused fur hernia, as the promoter of the said cam.
pany, unlawfully faded to make to the Itegistry.ollice
the necessary returns of the named of the directors and
other particulars conneete l therewith, whereby he hail
incurred the further penalty of
201. The awe as st
tatheted
on the part of the prosecution, was The
'Abou
eriod when the most ex•
month of August, 1846, • p
travagant eepectattens were entertained me to the immense
advantages to be derived from the railway specula-
tions, met rid parlors started • company in which Mr. Ilow,
the prosecutor, unfortunately became a shareholder, do-
nominated the " Great Southern of Madras," andnu prolessiund
to run ttramNenapatam to Mezore via Trichipoly a
Paslghaut to Penning and Calicut, end it was also specified
that no shareholder should be responsible to a greater extent
than the mere amount of his deposit. Tee capital wee set
forth at 2,000.0001., ded into 40 000 shares ot 501. each,
of which 10,0001. were to be reserved for Wee in India and
the delimit money to be ss. per share. Ctain individuals!
comprising Daniel Rhodes, Enj., of Intake, Mental. ;
Capt. Rutledge, of Claremont square, and late of Madras;
and a varety of others, all purporting to lie f sta-
tion and i
condition, were set forth the director,. The
original promoter. of the ,cheme were the dere:idea, Full, r,
and two others, whew: names were duly entered at the Re-
gistryoffice, in pursuance of the 4th section of the act
and the capital and shares were, at the same time,
specific dat the amounts before mentioned. It was also their
duty to register the name* of the provisional directors from
time to time as they might be appointed, but t
had never been lultilled ; and it bed been fully ascertained
that, with scarcely a single exception, the parties repre.
seated in the advertisements as the directors an prAnotean rs
of the scheme had never in any way patronised it, d
were wholly unconnected with the transaction. By the
terms of the act the pros n.ional registration only enured for
a twelvemonth, when a f. ash one, with the nem • o
firs f tfhe
committee, was required to be enured; but the aff o
the company continued to lie carried on by the defendant
and his twe associates till October in the following
year, when it appeared that the eel olc of the Nag-
p ire, TtichinoPoly, and Calieut line beca
theme quie
tly
centred centred in the single Pc
of pr
Mr. Fuller, who was aloac entered at the next re-
gistration as representing the entre company. The de-
fendant abo at once reduced the capital from two millions to
half that amount, and the shares from 40,000 to 20,000; so
that, supposing the entire number of Mieles to have been
circulated, wi,ich was believed to be the came, he thus con-
trived at • single swoop to get into his own hands the pro.
duce of halt the number, as out a single farthing had ever
twee received, nor the slightest bent lit derived, by the tow;
fide holders of the shares.— It was contended for the
defendant that the court hail no jurisdiction in the
use, is the statutory term of nix months had more
than expired since the alleged commission of the offence.—
Mr. Arnett, expressed a decided opinion as to the validity of
the objection, and ordered the summonses to he dismissed.—
The defendant's counsel then n iid that he was instructed to
deny, in the most poeitive manner, every allegation that had
been made upon his client by the compliinant's counsel.
1 Ile had acted I rom first to last with the strictest Rood faith;
and so anxious were all the parties connected with the un-
dertaking, that everythin4 shuule bo carried out correctly,
that they had taken the advice of emin • nt counsel, whowere
of opinion that a railway stern dor constructed at Madras,
or any other East Indian presidency, was not subject to the
provision. of the act re gulating those in the United Kingdom.
Roth the summonses were then formally discharged.
MARLBOROUGII.STREET.—Itutimenv oe ewer.-
LERY.—Gcorge MetraYi• was charged with hiving rohbeil
his employer, Mr. William Charmen, jeweller, 63, Berwick-
street, of jewellery and °the r property valued at nearly
2,0001.—The prosecutor said he made the discos' ry of the
prisoner's delinquency in consequence of finding a fraudu
lent entry made by the prisoner of some enulr boxes de•
livered, which it turned out had been pledged by him at a
pawnbroker'n in Prince's-street. The stock was then exa-
mined, and a large quantity of valuable property wee fennel
to have been abstracted.—lmpector W hall and Police Ser-
geant Gray stated that they were at preiseiit making an
investigation into the case, and further time was required to
get up the evidence.—Mr. Bingham adjourned the case till
&turday.
AaKAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—f.. Caißla/1 was charged
with rissaulg police-consteble Bird.—The policeman found
the defendant on the previous night lying un his back in
Argyll-street, Weep. Ile pulled the oefendant up, and
placing him against the wall, told him to remain quiet while
he went to pick up his hat. While the constable was en-
gaged in these friendly offices the defendant suddenly
rushed at him, and dealt him a blow on the neck, which
caused him to full, and to dislocate his arm near the elbow.
—The deft ndant had nothing to urge in extenuation except
that hc was intoxicated, and knew nothing of what had me
curred.—Mr. Bingham was at first disposed to send the de-
fendant to the sessions, but ultimately he sent him to prison
for one month.
lIAMMERSMITIL—ASSAULT. F.dward Callaghan
was charged with having violently assaulted and attempted
to stab his wife Margaret Callaghan. • The defendant and
his wife lived in Garden-row' Walham.green, Fulham. On
the previous afternoon the defendant came home drunk be-
tween four and five o'clock, and beat his wife in a moat
dre,,elful manner, as indeed he was frequently in the habit
of doing. Thos eighbours, alarmed by her erica seat
policeman Siggto the house, and 1e found her with
her head nn d neck all covered with blood. Just as the
, policeman had entered the room, the defendant rushed
in with a knife in his hand, and tried to stab his wife, but
sot was prevented doing so and taken intone stody. The defen-
Mee dint was fined 40s. or a month's impnment, and at its
cre- expiration to find two sureties to keep the peace.
with

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4 Do. ..
•- E. octo;usitH on London : NoVansintion.
Delgtan 0.1x140....; 1.,74 Honey Naples Baur- I 70 Money.
Do. 6, 1642• •..i •. .. 1 Itocan Lava .
Do 4 t ....... .. .. Treamuy Bond. 1 all „
lie. 24 ....... .. .. Bank elretrot .. 1 14ai
14.0r.n., MAT 3, -71.ree per Can
734 acct. ; Fire
open Ceuta.,
141 paper ; Venice% 55 paper . Coupon., 9 paper ; Bonk t. Ferdi-
nan, ex dir„ 96 cash, tun paper. Exchange on London, at lio day.,
411. After Igo per Cents., 235 paper ; nee per Ceuta., 145
car); rasgive.. 51 4401 b•
Mal .1.1...,. MAT 8.-Loan 18401 ciDitto, 1644, 6.3# ; Dank of
lilghno. fin ; lame of 1041. 90.-Exehange o 1 London. 25 05.
Asr a ear. MAT S.-ExehOnfre no London, 23.674 25.65.
V Hoak, Man 1.-Fire per Ccolo., a.; Four per CenD.. frt ; Three per
Cent., 41 , Two and a llalf per Cent., 11l , Loan, 1434. 105, lb.. 1611.
67 , 11000 Silas, 1071'

MONEY MARKET.
Tt ENDA Y ETPINING.
The principal business of the day in the Stock Ex-
change was the settlement of the monthly account, as
now established, in Consols. From results it is now
clear that several of the speculators for the fall at
lower prices had postponed their arrangements to the
last moment, and were placed therefore at the disad-
vantage of buying in, and making up at nearly the
highest quotations of the account. Some were no
doubt encouraged and protected in this procrastina-

-.1
20 and 25 B2
21 to Di
'• 27 to 28
9 1 Dr., .10., 7111,14 .. 4 Mrsipaaire Moon .. n‘,
M.ty 2to 4
•• A uti4l 8
~ ll4 . ..... MS 1241 Do. :tarp....... 11 811. re &WA Sh•lrortisAant.. 35 3,4,
9, to 2 o'clock for money ...
174. Do. Jo. a Noonan el 1.... de5...... :No.l in
From highest to lowest the direct difference of ui: ~,,,,esco„kieee De. do. 20, eta,
price has been limited to 21 per cent. The interme- to itancryi:"&cerues.l
pm. 111. De. denn:,..irl•.: !? M.
diate fluctuations from day to day, and on each day ol • ",,,:„,;;:k.asidkie se: ii,;:,, le„1,7„. _.. it 13,„
eeparattly, would show however a considerable mare 41 II 1::: ‘Li,.....:::::: IZ il 1 7.,,uritfil; 1,t1e,01,,,,
1.
2, .
of per ceutage difference on the aggregate. Hs, Do. ifhatiff ..• ... 111„, 17: 'Tllsa.masflarns,//-11 4;121
fhe highest rote of premium on Exchequer Bills tt,' i 3.0": Xto."*.ii;:•••• eBf Ls 4wv...k.;‘,1,,....„i,,..,.....2.3,
was 40s. on the 13th of April, the day of the last set- 13 I Do. 7 herair Kr9;1.,1t lid. 7 W oi. Vaa.drd. fi!ts •
dement, and the lowest Sib. premium. On the 22ed !!, i I::l4ll,,,l,l'',4„rfsi's'ed'lsk
of April the premium reached 455. as the highest, and ts._, 21,0.y.tvi...d...1... 0. Isr!v•rrelicii:AH't'Nuclawsiaki'..l:l`' ." .fitlt'i i
425. as the lowest rate. So they remained until the ir r„.).-,;...z„„,„,,„A - Deal SIT.Cor..r Pr.. ~,4 *
27th of April, when they declined to 13s. and 40e. A idr.d.e.tbdir=f;;:4l.l2 r It ,Terirkw.ps...oTlb,„,,..m.,idulad.. _ 11,1,31 gi
respectively ;on the 28th and 29th recovered to 445. 45 Leeds and fairs* ... FAA. 25 Do.B.e.W.'Grig.s.l_ 3it i I
and 415.; declined again on the 2ud inst. to 435. and 11. I,l•Z‘ii.de„.irril'
:ills. ;on the 3rd inst. to 42a. and 395.; on the 4th st Lb.. mwor.ca..h. .
~ VOIeION RAILWATe
inst. to 41s. and aim rallied on the 31.11 inst. to 420. 11, Mg••,.,'„'"lllits,lll4 r ti tt.;17.9,..t.,,,,,..111,,;;,-6,!,,,.
and 3tis , and so remained till to-day, when quoted 425. el Da. Are, -.fie. 212 12.1. . 7 Dmsy,k mc,,,aa 1,4 Go.
* • 10 . Loa.. laiddam. B.th IBM iia 31 &al Ispluu.
as the highest to 395. as the lowest, raw of premium. su o o„, cons, Westin-1112 1 I. 4 Lourow ain Sarah, ;0 oie
The l'ortuguese bondholders arc, it is understood, ~,v, ', 17,,,,:i4f,..er;:breLi,
i t imemboars.• •I
its Namor Lout Lifte 1144 14d.
I lir rarekr".Y"atik'r. .j"..." i11t2,144d.
about bestirring themselves in the matter of their in- so I cable 18,2 •..... n 46 ;to ,5•„,•ti0.,,, of 1.4.,,,,,,,.,41 c.t,L
Ureter', now that the government at Lisbon are Sc- 2111171.74.,,,fg.,,,.. •
tually proceeding to enact and dictate the conditions a. Lena. nk :..I'frs4cM 133 5 10 Parfe end iSeeee 'q to.
upon which they will condescend to acknowledge so °2 D„.°•• i4.1„4,,"..r" i-e 6 7.1. .0,, 1.a7,r,,',„'"*„.'"4:4.• ;IA •13
much in the ponnd only upon their legitimate debt, .1. 110.::,d.t..i.::iii, at
-ii rseit tsrp.ifbeti, rp t..sid•
without, however, paying any proportion of the corn- ti, re".ea,,,_st lll 2 24p. 20 B.,,;.„MaZs. 1,46,
pulsory compromise in money, or money's worth ; for fit Itfitt.
...fa bell 211 s , 4grgrge.ts,l4l.44. • Vittind.
surely an issue of Three per Cent. Bonds, to pay off RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
over-due dividends on a lour per Cent. stock, must be GROUP 5. Roust 28.--Wnteeford, Wexford, and Wicklow
More worthless than the FWD' per Cent. Coupons al- -preamble proved. Chester and Holyhead-case opened, counsel
ready overdue and disgraced. !qr. Richard Thorn- be4rd•
tur, IBC, yi.L,L.....A,Nr.14S N EWS.-TrrtEltg d.A1.113
this
1011, as chairman of the former arid still apparently
ember erection. • An-
irtprgvement Innt°l7.e structure of tbethent tilts toe
standing committee, has been applied to by many of
the bondholders to call a public meeting been adopted, by which seklitional safety will be ehaured, both for the
of those interested, with a view of urging ll:tr,i",crurirpriT,T,,fgett:,..,l'.'llre":4.?,imi''lbt..elurCiocngt of ••
Lord l'almetston, by memorial, to interpose strutted of etrsight loga of wood, according to the original in.-mewl,
strongly in the enforcement of their claims, and .te"ere tisiec::::..Ve',b,i'd'i i:olll7l:l;aen'esa:il'ilitesi""•tuft. oelt %Viol:Pr:Meet-
against any further sacrifice of their interests, in bend that the net provides that tru-ro steal be tire vicar net between
respect of the unpaid dividends, three of which Will the bottom of the lowest timbers tf the budge and the highest known
be due on the Ist of July next, which the faithless ,it:,:,'el; Sen•,e.irsi'c'etsit;.Piti7 rraiilisi Paeerelcuri;l e:•L'iu•emcetti%he„tildirea!
government of Portugal proposes to deal with on the small outsider:l4°u when a large body of water ie rushing rapidly
principle of confiscation beforo referred to. The thr''ugh IL
bondholders, it may be observed, have already sub-
mitted to more than one nefarious operation of the
sort by the acceptance, iu one instance, of a four per
cent. stock, instead of the five per cent secured to
them by formal contract, to the due fulfilment of
which all the revenues of Portugal were pledged.
Their easy yielding in these instances has therefore
only ended in a project of renewed spoliation.
Hopes are entertained in the City of a speedy ad-
justment, or adjournment under mediation, as the
Cabe may be, of the Schleswig-llulstein iiiihroylio. It
may be stated as a fact, derived from quarters which
should be well informed, that a considerable contract
for many thousand stand of arms ordered here for
account of the Danish government has been counter-
manded, a small proportion only having been de-
livered. It is naturally inferred from this that a
, cessation of hostilities will have been negotiated by
the mediating powers, England and Russia, the re-
sult of %%kelt would be the raising of the blockade of
the I'russian and, where established, German, ports,
with the restitution of captured ships, by the Danish
' government on the one aide, and on the other the
withdrawal of the I'russians and the lianoverians
from Schleswig, if not from both the duchies. I low
far these inferences may be justified by events is not
to bu said, but the fact of the arms being counter-
'. manded may be considered as entitled to credit.
In reference to the unfortunate position of Sir Thos.
I Brancker's affairs, as reported in this paper yester-
day, we learn from our Liverpool correspondent that
his brothers, who are very wealthy, are, rt is said,
about to interfere beneficially fur all parties. It
was known long since that Sir Thomas had lost an
ample fortune in Royal Bank shares.
ENOLINII FUNDS.
Rank Stock, 191 1 flll 91 In.lla Stock, 231 29
3 per It lied. Aim-.. 821, 17 1 4 Drain Ducts. snider etOO. 15 6
3 per Ct. Console. Am.'., 831 434 j South Sea Stock, v 2
no 9.1,3! i 7
1 Sil
Now 34 per Ct. Anne.. 83 145 Dltt.o, Ohl Anna., 7t
Lone Anaultio•onp.fah.lati..lBo, Coissila for Acct.,
87 7•16
i i
Do.. 30 Years, esp. Jan. 5, 1660, Esenegucr Bills, ,Cl,OOO, 271 and
811-1 r 3,1 .41 2 11 mu.
FOREIGN FUN Ink
5 per C. Brazilian Bonds, . 4 13 per Ct. Swinish Bonds, 231
1.11 true Ct. I.om.lur Bond., 2; Do. Ant. .ay 16. 2.11
8 pee et. Perustai Boni, 33 3 per ('L French licutm, 49f. Es.
pm Ct. P;irtugu,o Bends, Lei Ij. 410.
Dear Ct. Portuniere Bonds, 181 II 2/ per Ct. Dubai Esch., 12 guild ,
Deer CL Spanidi lhouP, 11v. Baru 42514 3
N. s. loW ,I::
4 pm Ct. Dutch CCrii., 637 If
Do. i'arwlso'llds, 35
EXCIIANOES AND STOOKS ABROAD.

FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Mika Correopooding
WorkeilL week. 1917.
Faris to Rouen (April 9to 15)
KWIC% to Havre (April 9to 13) N ... 1,097 ...
(Bawls to Bordeaux (leo. I) (Aped 37
to 11.7 3) — 7 l 2,335 ... 3,026
Northern (April 22 to 23) in 4 7,05 ... 10,121
Amalie to liouloopio (we. 11l (4401 24
211
to 31),

I,ln ...

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
PRODUC /Immo LANE, MAY 9. The sugar
marLer strain opened with a decidedly improved appearance, aflll
flits
continued show of ctothleace ou the part of buyers is very important
in so large all ankle, that has been so loog depressed. To day bte
extreme priers of Friday last, to Gd. advance, have been freely paid,
and a Large amount of business gal, s
and
say 610 hhas. West India.
t,500 begs Main it 9,000 bags Bengal, and 2,50 I age Mating" were
sold. lb fined firm ; standard quality, buyers at 550.—Coffee has
been tolerably steady, but importers bane bought in freely to mistain
the mutter.
Veil ;cod ordinary Ceylon is bt at 310.-9altpetre is
dull, and prices unsteady ; the 2,500 begs offered in public sale were
withdrawn for want of buyers at previous rates ; a small parcel sub-
sequently sold at 310. 9d. ; refraction about ii.—lndiga : The guar-
terly salecoumienced to-day, embi acing f ,360 chests • the buyers were
few and cautious. Prices of Ikmmil declined 2,1- to fah, Kurpat 2d. to
&1., Madras 2.d. good and line qualities salaamed the greatest
fall. —Tea The public sales, amounting to o,imo packages, went off
well ; 3,000 were) sold. A large on
ronsiced of good and fine
al, en-, and comimuided full prices ; other sorts at lot sale aeurrency.
• -Tallow has declined to GcL —Cotton inactive.—Hum dull. Gam-
bier sold No. Gd.,.,93.—5ag0 dour, Gd., 165.—Itice dull, without alte-
ration in prices.

COTTON.—LivEgrOot, Ms t 9.—The sales to-day were
3,000 Ude.% at t reduction of of id. This was partly owing to the
heavy imports this d ,y—vix. 70,000 hake, ano the anticipatioou r-
u
100,000 within the next fortnight, should flea ti
wnd continue favof
able. Prices: New Orleans, Sid. to 51d.; Bowed Georgia, 34j. to
1 d. • Surat% 2:d. to 31d.
MANcHYSTEU, MAY 9.—Our market is, upon the whole,
rather quieter than it was on Tuesday taa:, which is easily to be lac-
counted for from the aepect of affairs in the north of Europe, es well
as from the heavy failures announced within the last few days. We
were prepared, however, to expect trade to be worse than it has ac-
tually bent to-day. Continental business may be quoted as worse
than ever, while it is satisfactory to be able to state that the home
trade has been bri•ker within the last few days, is 000 a deal of buei-
nos having been done in domestics and yarns for home coneump-
thin. For the Eust sonic lair transtiettons have taken piece in
low madapollome, but yarns for the same market hove been in
rather less demand of let?, and prices coniequently drooping.
The Greek buyers have been operating a littlif more freely, and
low 7-6 printers have been rather worse to buy ; but this dee. intim
of cloth has of late been so unprecedentnlly depro,,d, that a
slight improvement was to be anticipated whenever inty disposition
to glee out ordure beyame apparent. We have found a considerable
diderence of opinion to-day as bi the extent of bodiless doing (or the
home trede, as well es for the Levant, India, China, he. ; but the re-
sult of our inquiries has been such so to satisfy us that the state of the
market is, upon the whole, better than could have been anticipated,
and that but for thej recent unfavourable news from the north of
Europe, we should have had to report a continued improvement in
the tone of feeling here. Prices are undoubtedly very irregular, is
too many awes being dependent solely upon the immediate aud prem.
ing requiremenbf of the seller. Bus:trees to et considerable extent can
be done where parties are willing to submit to extremely low rates.
This in:lining the better feeling that generally prevails te to our fie
tore cospecto ; a hew weeks ago the consideration of price could
scarcely induct operations. By the official report of the state of em-
ployment in the borough of Manchester, male up to this date under
Ibe inspection of Capt. Willis, it appears that there is an intense
In
the number of hands working full time in the mills engaged in t 977
he
cotton trade, so compared with last week, of 1,252, a
working short time, and a decrease of 277, iu the number entirely out
of employment. The general result in mills of all kind% including
those in the cotton trade, is as follows: an increase
of 923 on lull time ; a decrease of 378 on chart time ;
and a decrease of 315 in the number out of employment.
From Bolton we learn that trade has en improving aspect, nearly all •
the milts being now on full time, and the remainder expected to be
speedily in full operation. Several extensive orders are also under-
stood to have been recently received by the ironfoundere, whose trade,
like that of the planners anti manufactueen% has been for a long time
in a mos. depressed condition. In Bury and its neighbourhood there
are also rheas of improvement; more ,otton Inn anived during the
hist few days than for a coneideralde time past, and a general feeling
of ce is beginning to manifest itself. At one machine shop
l'aurs Boy Har..—oREVIEW UP THE Naafi.—The funds
the hands are fully employed, and some of them arc working over-
have varied but little. Railway. have fluctuated its little with the time.—•Manc4"".l":"ra"'".'•
WOOLLEN CLO B.—Lanne,2l.sY9.—The attendance
exception of o,letn., which have fallen 52f. 30e. The opening of
the National Assembly has been the great event of the week. It has of merchants at our clothipalls this morning was no larger, as we
swallowed up :linnet all oilier topic% The mutters that usually have receurly observed, and the transactions were propoi notelet),
occupy attention have been in some meaeure Icet ei;ht of before this. limited in point of extent, the sales effected beiag mull fewer than
The isoorsr, like the capitol, 1010 remained quiet. The statement to we have lately boa to report. The goods were principally of the liner
be made by M. Garner Pages will put an end to this stagnation. The and middle qualities; ludeod, there is only a small demand tor low-
liest part only of the important document ban been made public at priced flew* which Mime time ago were the principal articles going.
the tribune. The Jtosifrar will probably publish the rest before the Pikes weetfille,
next ,itting. Until we have fuller information we cannot form DIAN ti.ETS.-12ECKMONDW I XE, MAX B.—The attend-
any opinion en the amount of the deficit or the means once of merchants was, In point of extent, much as it has been for the
of pi wiling for it. Besides providing for the deficiency, last few weeks past; and the business transacted in the lia:1 remained
other problons of birth impairtance remain to be solved. as we have recently reported. Notwitbstandiug, there ie a tolerable
The railway question requires as eteedy a solution at possible. There trade doing to order for exportation. Prices conUnued dem•
Is not one which omureist more vast Interests. It is important that
the eh:ire:elders should know the value of their securities. The on. CORN.—Ltynnrooh, May 9.—There have been fair
eertviatv which preV.olo as ter this places many thousands of ma- supp'des of wheat cuts, flour, and oatmeal from Ireland since Toes-
(tenni 'and sm capitalists in the meet absolute uncirtainty as to day last, and good quannues of wheat, beans, and Indian corn from
their to,ition ;It is Injurious in different ways to the restoration of abroad. The expert of Indian corn =doom meal to lreLind continues
credit and the circulation of capital. We hope, therefore, that the on an extensive scale. Dirtier have been paid at this port from the
'sweatily feel the importance of a speedy decision, at the same 29th April to the 6th May, inclusive, on 1,104 qrs. wheat, 850 gni.
time that it will not lose sight of those prinetples ot justice and pbli barley, 1,422 qrs. beans, 131 qrs. peas, 21 qrs. oats, 2,623 qrs. Iniaav
good faith which Be at the base of this question between the elatee corn, 12 brls. flour, 86 Orb. Indian meal. The trade in Prunes rek. Pri we wag punished by en
and thy conapanies. Gold and elver begin again to circulate freely, street during the past week has been very dull, and prices generally coy ea wee% preen.
thanks to the tranquillity which reigns. Hank notes are may have been scarcely supported. There was a thin attendance ol huyers sew iusetners.—Was. assist