The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-21 00:00:00

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.

THE SOUTHWARK MEETING.
The folios/h.: letter
. from Mr. Cobden was received
on Monday evenog , too late to be read, by the
chairman to the assembly :

103, Westbourne-terrace, Nov. 19.
My Dear am sorry that I cannot attend the anti-
capital punishment meeting, but I congratulate you upon
the great progress you hare made during the lest week. Year
opponents are half ashamed of their comae, but they mem
not to be aware that when they denounce the sails of public
executions, they are abandoning the chief arguments with
which they have defended the halter. If they really thought
that the gallows was • jgood and useful public instructor,
they ought to be 'studied with the countless multitude of
pupils who flecked to the spectacle of Tuesday last. In
now calling out for secret hanging (which sounds to my
ears very much like private aseasaination). they have de-
livered themselves into your hands, and I hope you will
deal mercifully with them in your argument on Monday.
Be assured that, if hanging be acknowledged to be NJ un-
clean a thing, that it a U 3 longer to be tolerated in the
broad eau-light, the English people will have none of it.—
Believe me, taithigy 3.2nrsi _

ithisid)
Chu. OilVa, Esq.

RICHARD COBDEN.

The following is from a known correspondent :
I should feel obliged if you will allele to whit I fear is •
wilful aihruatement of the reporter of the Times in refer-
ence to the meeting. He says that" about SOO persons were
present, of whom • lug* number in re females," the feat
being that upwards of 1,000 persons were present, set one in
ten of whom wire females, and that at lent 500 persons
went away from being unable to otrain admittance. There
is in your own admirable report of the meeting one slight in-
accuracy. You sp. ak of a large number of the " Society of
Friends" being present,—there were not more than SO. It
is only worth noting, because I am duteous the el:settee
should appear, u it unquestionably was. an important maU.
&ration of the feeling of a fair representation of all clause
in Southwark afaitat capital pualehment.—l am, &c.,

MONEY MARKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'Cnocx.
The Stock Exchange is rather animated to-day, and t:
under the prevailing impreihion that the Bank will si
reduce their rate of discount to a nearer approximation 2
to the value of money in the =Att., the English ty
funds experienced • considerable advance. se
Consols opened at 943, and steadily rose to fs
943, from which point they receded again, se
and were last done at 943. They are now 34
quoted 943 to for money, and 943 account. The 14
Three per Cent. Reduced we. e don. at 92 and 33; so
the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., at 933, 3, and 94. I:
Exchequer Bills were done at 48s. and 50• prem. se
Indian Stock, at 258. is

The foreign market is exceedingly firm. Russian I:
Stock was done at 109, and Spanish Three per Cents. IS
at 361. The prices this morning fur actual
nem are:—Belgian Four-and-a-Ralf per Cents., at se
841. Two.and-a-Half per Ceuta. Dutch, at 541; 3,
ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, at 821 and a. si
Mexican (cx January coupon), at 26k, 27, and 261. 141
Peruvian Active, at 52. Russian, at 109. Spanish to
Five per Cents., at 17k and 1 ; ditto Three per Cents. too
at 361. Vein suit, at 231; ditto Dote,red, at 7. so
is
A considerable advance took place in the price of 30
the French funds at Paris yesterday. The closing 2
quotation of the Three per Cent. Bente. comes re- so
ported at 57.15 ; and the Five per Cents. at 90.15. ft

ENGLISH FUNDS.
lire Q. Ora Aso. It
pet OIL ON
Itiotoqut 47i. to 40a.