The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-14 00:00:00

DEATH OF DR. W. COOKE TAYLOR.

Dr. Cooke Taylor, the well known liffiratetrr died
of cholera on Wednesday seeming, at his reablenoe, Herbert-
no et, Dublin. He was a native of Youghal, la the county
of Cork, and in early life was engaged in the seholutic pro-
fession, having bon usher at the academy of Dr. Bell in
Tipperary. He poseseted gnat energy and industry, and
was a moat laborious camber of the literary body, his pea
having been spolied to a variety of subjects, critical, histori-
cal, and political. His first work is that which will peewit
moat credit on his name, " The Civil wan of Ireland," which
is a on, readable and vigorous dissertation an the history of
Ireland. His style, like that of most literary Irihmen, was
formed on a rhetorical model, and though making a parade
of levied method, was frequently verbose. The branch of
Wren to which his own taste would have led him, If he
could have chosen his subjects, was scholastic disquisition,
for which, with his great industry and powers of retouch,
he was not though it may be doubted whether he
had the subtlety required fur refined criticism. His under-
standing was remorkably versatile, and he rapidly steatored
the p I principles of any soignee to which he applied
himself. After many years Incessantly devoted to popular
literature, he had acquired a great variety of mis.
eidleneous knowledge. Of late years he applied
his pen to party politica, and a number of pamphlets and
letters (mat of them tsenden)mous) have bun not Moor-
reedy aitributid to him. One of the moat readable was
RAISiDill00151• a of Daniel O'Connell, by a Munster Far-
mer." He was a zealous writer in favour of the agitation
for free trade, and equally visions against agitation fee the
repel of the union. His death is much regretted by his

DEVON AND BRET= HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY....
The het exhibition ter the season was held at Nortkernbay,
on Friday last. The show of flowers, Matt, and vegetables
wee magnificent, bat the attendance of visitors this, in eon-
parison with former °cessions —DeeotssAiee Chronicle.
THE AMERICAN EXPILDITION TO CUBA.-.EI Pais
el Madrid has the following article:—" In our yesterday's
umber we inserted the text of a proclamation issued by the
President of the United States of America, GOIRTIII Taylor,
withAs object of denouncing to all the agents of tit; civil
eEd se= government of the tusk. the project of au
11111111111 twit against our West Indian possessions, or
yang ammo of the provisoes of Mexico, organised, it would
appear, by certain unoccupied adventeren. This proclama-
tion expluitty and energeticslly condemns any such project,
and orders its authors to be given up to the judicial tribu-
nals as guilty of a violation of the law of nations. This
conduct, which is highly honourable to the loyalty and fore-
sight of the Anglo-Amerieen government, thus affords the
most direct denial, the most complete and authoritative ex-
planation that could be given, to the rumours of the invasion
of Cuba by • foreign power, which have been for some time
past so extensively diffused and so generally accredited. Ass
cording to the proclamation before us jt swims possible—
and even without the proclamation it would always have
appeared to us natural—that amongst*. multitude of vaga-
bonds scattered throughout the vast dominions of the United
Cates of North America—and they are generally composed
of those who, proscribed in Europe, fly thither to escape
from the consequences of their crimes, or to seek a remedy
for the misery which persecuted them at bums—a few per-
sons should have conceived the Vandalic scheme of despe-
rately attacking our American poses...ions, like a phalanx of
banditti, We are not surprised to learn that those ad**
Wan, thinking to find in this enterprise more thane* of
honour and profit than La California, have renounced the Is-
bisnis supplies of gold offered by the sands of the Seeransento,
and proposed to seek their fortune by more kanardous
means. T. us Spaniards such attempts would not appear
worthy of the slightest attention value the government of
the union were to tolerate or to protect them; but from the
moment the latter condemns and prosecutes them so epos-
taneously and openly as General Taylor has dose, they lose
all their importance—apart from what they may derive from

the circumalance that they afford an opiortuiity for a re-
Dewed testimony of the respect and loyalty with which a
friendly government views our fag in the American colonies.
it is certain that exclusive of those absolute and (10111110 ft du-
ties imposed on all countries by the law of nations, there
exist harms Spain and*, United States of Ameba cadent
ties of gratitude on the part of the latter, which they could
not forget without tarnishing their honour. On the other
head, no attack of our Antilles by the AngloAmerietus Colon
would be viewed with indifference in Barone, since the per-
manout retention of missies by the Spanish strewn I.
now one of the surest guarantees of an exist equilibrium
in the respective political Whims and mercantile relations
of the various European sad 4,meriesa stein. Thus it is
that neither name et*** her arguments of expediency
could ever urge the govineamin of the United States to ski-
lthat tate the teeritory of 41.1 u 111111181111•1 jls enfilidesbon t,
'iohowever,theeftf Psis* of nepseisa shoat havenised
in order is provoke a hood ildsillonisa through the me-
dian of the presided. We edeise at this deolaratioe,
which effeetaally disposes of all the swims eirculsted with
the notorious intim** of noiting apprehssalers on the
subject, and removes all pretext for lbw prolens sad *-
legate which never produce good resales."
HISTORT or AN ADVNNTI7I.II..—About 30 years
ego • lad of Creditor, named White, balso 00 pow
parents, being tired of living at bone, was dater to
gook hie fortune, and try what hoV Ire Idosell. Hs
first west to Bator, and offered himself to abdin, to be
that night be retsina. TM batting estploysd
:,I%.lkua gave bin small Ingo. Gni tin lei being Mindy, be
testioasel with his maw nearly two ran. Befog very
mist, he had by this doe oscustulased a mall sere of
nosey, po
nu • g rtly by his wain, and portly braistemenall soon Ova
hint by kis tor's wastsmen for his
bat he had not schistUMW to anyke to lettrisa;
where he was deans. of ping. flawiver, by the kelp of
Mends, he proonrod bisimmasy, and he went
to Leaden. Alva ramblfag shoat to some time be
west IA ihadireD, and hired himself to a bather,
with when be lived many years. At length his motor
died, and be set up_ for Won't He took •
a asap oe two, tali be son sold, and it was art thatibelt
Ave Who* o pod supply finest for his enstonses. at
b sous enniderably inettased. sad Am some ran
Mr. White was sae of the fret butane L ShadwelL He
had hosoght op a begs hoer, and. bblthleftiellt! Per-
einem" kat rualbsd a boodeerne ftWa" °al
sot Ina dim !DPW. He is sow alms se put his Ben in a
kegs hub= is the Ceaniniol-road, and Away is /ibis
biassolls dna MaigM enjoy the fruit of his Liar.
desirous weft hie relatives la Oredlion, lifthldr
and his yetiogen ma, left London eft Kathy lest,and st
h-
rived bm Meaty maim Mat stegieg with is
Monis s don doe he took a
alp to Torisap, "Kama
to Sense so Thursday oceans, when he feltedy ana
refired be rest very early. next monies he was takes
melee* als atats,,alol tha faaawial &Y.—Western Tines.
Masa saATHIM AND FelAVlftv..—( To Massa
pima Sar, BIM MO by de Tiner Corregpendent at
New Talk cat some gentsen, sonallore ob de lfmaobusmtte
Anti-Slavery Society, wait on New Maw in Borten,
and ask hint to 'toad saaibonary in niehembee ob de also
Hahn, of &hey in di British Win bib. Di coy ribber.
end Fader say no. 'Came try ? pulleys yea Snit his et
work it his Pledge end bin IPunp. His a bit ob it, mom
Dia de him tvow Wes sold wane ea abolishtut : Ho
abruptlyderlinelthe invitrstioe, ottenclog to the tiontitne
that he was sot werect any puny fa top
ketedgies
the mister es of slavery.' BeWs rodeo of Hera Ifectiow_,
de great divine, me tink den as possidge soosowhor dot MI
you whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,
ye Ivrea us to thew' How Fader Mathew him like to be
slabs ? Whoe•oWw, tink jw , him wish to be s—Your
humble estiont, Masao , Semno."—Psonh

DONCASTER RACES.
(THIS DAY.)
(By amble Telegraph.)
HANDICAP PLATE of Z7O.
Quitanette 1
Psalmaieger . 2
• •
TWO-YEARS-OLD STAKES.
Knight of Avenel . 1
Brother to Epirote ..
Won easy.
PARK HILL STAKES.
Lady Evelyn .. .. 1
Ellen Middleton
iORTLI OF ENGLAND PRODUCE STAKES.
geaii-Fran .. 1
B hal .. 2

THE Eccivereirricei, Commismortzes are about
te make an inquiry into the present condition of all the Ca-
thedral school. throughout the kingdom.
THE LATE RIOT AT ST. BOSWELL'S FLIP. OS
Tuesday last, a man was apprehended Ia the bush boarbeod
of Belford, enspeeted to Imams been the moms trio gm 101
fatal blow to the murdered shepherd in the lags 144 t at St.
Boswell'elmen ; end information of the ansut knit 'g bees
forwarded to Mr. Stevenson, procurator fiscal of the a oust/,
that gentleman, with 144 neemeary animism of la loses,
pneseded to Belford, and conveyed the mare Men as to
Jedkurgh. We understand, however, that epee hi ther
in sky, it is more than doubtful if this be the reel oak grit
he whom the authorities have been so long on the leak e ut.
• malformation atone of his feet, ensweriag to the pabliele ed
•Nimiption of the supposed murderer, appears to have Is d
In his mut The man himself asserts that he had no Mal •
la the riot, and that he will prove an alibi. There are not
either 16 or 17 of the riotors in Jedburgh gaol, two of whom
are suspected of having had a direct part in the death
William Lander, shepherd at Whitlee ; and they will pre+
bably beput on trial for murder at the approaching circuit:
court. From what we have recently learned, it appears no%
unlikely that the prieipal murderer has been for some weeks-
in custody.—Border Adeerfirer.
SHAMEFUL PEOCEEDISOS OP A BURIAL SOCIETY;
—On Tuesday a poor woman appeared Won Mr. Rushton,
the magistrate at Ltverpool, to prefer a charge against the
officers of the Loyal Philanthropic Society, for refusing to
pay her the bonne upon the death of her child. She stated
that sloe months ago she entered her child as a member of
the burial society, and had paid up the subscriptions. A
few days since her child died, and she applied for the benefits
of the club, to which she was entitled. The officers refused
to pay her, and she now sought to recover her demand. One
of the Miens of the society said the child was an unhealthy
one, and had been sick and unwell at did times previ-
ous to Its adraisdoe. The rides, which had been enrolled
according to Act of Parliament, would not allow of paying
the money. The woman said she had stated the fact of the
child's previous sickness to the secretary before she entered
it as a member, end he said it would not matter. The rules
of the society were handed up to the bench, and it appeared
that an unhealthy child could not be entered, and the secre-
tary was liable to a fine of 2e. 6d. for accepting such a mem-
ber. Mr. Rushton, in dismissing the case, said the rule az-
empted the officers from payment in this ass, but it was Cs-
armsful to take the mosey of the poor woman in the shape
of ooctributioas, without the possibility of her receiving a
return. Such prim-maw were not creditable to the alms
of the society, because the poor people paid their money in
ignorance, but he hoped the publicity given to this cage would
make them more mishit how they entered such philanthropie
burial societies as the one brought in question that day.—
Ltmnooi Timm

MONEY MARKET.

THURSDAY EVINIDO.
The fluctuations which took place in the EogliaL
funds to-day were in part ascribed to the settlement
which took place in the share market. Consols
opened at 921 to 1 for money, and at 921 to 1 for
account; they then gave way an j, but subse-
quently they rallied, and closed at the opening price.
The Three-and-a4l carter per Cents. were done from
93/ to 94, opening and closing at the latter figure.
The Three per Cent. Reduced, Bank Stock, and
Long Annuities were shut for the dividend, and con-
sequently no hominess was done in them.
Zxcbequer Bills continue as yesterday, at 38e. and
365., premium. India Bonds were done at 71s. and
764. ; ditty, under 1,0001., at 71e. and 765. premium.
In the foreign securities the dealings were again
on a limited scale, and without any novelty. The
actual business was the fullowing :—Buenos Ayres
Bonds at 48. Chili= Six per Cents., at 98; ditto,
Three per Cents, at 58. Danish Three per Ceuta.,
1826, at 731. Grenada, at 161. Mexican ex coupons
at 27/, 28, and 1. Peruvian Four per Cents,lB49,
at 644. Portuguese Five per Cants., Converted, 1841,
at 27i. Spanish Five per Cents., at 171; ditto,
Passive, at 31; ditto, Three per Cents, at 341. Two-
sad-a-Half per Cents., Dutch, at 54 and ; ditto,
Four per Cent. Certificates, 841.
The rumours of foreign loans about to be contracted,
and, if such be the case, the great probability that
they will be offered for negotiation in this market,
induce us to recommend our countrymen to ponder
well the put history of such securities, ere they em-
bark in them. We would refer them to the history of
the Mexican a-d South American bonds, to that of
the Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek loans' which are
daily the objecta of speculation on the Stock Exchange,
rather than of investment by the public. We speak
generally, and not with particular reference to the
new Neapolitan loan, which it is reported is about to
be negotiated by Messrs. Rntbsohild and Co., and
which, if such be the case, will in all probability be
offered in our market—it is, however, an undisputed
fact, that during the last few years the expenditure
of the kingdom of Naples has greatly exceeded her
revenue, notwithstanding the large revenues which
she has stolen from the church ; whilst since the revo-
lution in Sicily her resources have become dimi-
nished, unless new imposts are levied, which the
swag could scarcely bear, or the people tolerate.
We also hear it reported that the French government
have applied to a well-known firm in the City foe the
temporary accommodation of little more than half a
@Anion sterling.
An instance of the careless way in which the
aecoants of some of the railway companies are kept
hes, we understand, just come under the notice of the
members of the Stock Exchange. The North British
IRailway Company have issued a printed notice, claim-
ing sums of money from 2.. 6d. upwards, for fees on
the transfer of shares effected es far back as 1845. As
the usual ours* is to remit the fee in postage. stamps
at the time the transfer is sent, the claim in moat
oases can be proved to be unjust. What confidence,
it may be asked, can be placed in the more intricate
accounts, when a simple one of registration fees is
allowed to run on for four years without being
checked
It will be observed in reference to the share list
that a decline in value took place in moat of the lead-
ing lines to-day. This was occasioned solely by the
settlement of the account, which proved to be
"bullish • one, and consequently a good deal of rail-
way stock wee pressed upon the market, whisk caned
the prices to give way. A great many of these ope-
rations were, we understand, on Liverpool account, at
white place this description of stock as a medium of
opnaki, is mash in vogue, if we may believe a
Liverpool contemporary, who has the following pithy
ftilßW on the sawed :
The Men market lase bees ehitsd this week with a degree
et pads he whist mese an asseunt, sag various amours
have esesegasatly bees sismaa, way of which are
wiihtni tasiation. Whim the rage for shares intend
the public was edemas operators, end their credulity
anis& handsome norms he the members ot the Us&
Itashasera; now the pskbe side utter ash alarms that
OM fee imamate/ item are In a great messes avoided,
r sad the jobbers:tattled et greyieg alien the public se fee-
eownweasaiet other.e simiitgeweg flatfo
rt h:s
iiin thmid ilessessiess (I.e thee; jobbers .re &nerd obese:Wei;
bean the desbe astanlly is, to had miss ono to bet, The
nth% theatres.; is eaten • prices become &peened.
The market hails; mina this decided tura, war attar-
floe must now be diverted from the jobbers to the easy-
scriveners other terms, the lenders of messy apes
shares with margies from ten to thirty per eat As these
wens become miaowed, the leaden naturally respire the
borrow's' to cash up the differones sad pallid, a sacrifice et
a portion of the shares is the result, a farther tumble in the
markets know', and then rumour, over busy, bat seldom
true, biota at "cooked accounts," " egad mom"' "-
C 100,11," &e., till thi public are imbued with a special horror
of sll railways, said; believe that the divideads will tapir of
to a mathematical point, " which bath no parte." Shares
as an investment, and sea medium of 'perianth:ln, are two
distinct things. The one is purchased whit surplus toads,
the other with bosomed capital; the one WI to the real

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and rimming prespeste of the line, the ether to the
tempsemy nukes vela. *My. Is 160, speadethig epos
heenseed mead is &gees ene's ova re" sad wearies
sees ems Mooed.
Yesterday's dates from Amsterdam report the sr '
timid semnities Arm, sad without change. Austrian '
were somewhat Amer. The operation' at the does
of the bourse were for messy: Integrals, Two-and-a-
Hallper Cent., 641; Three per Cents., 63 16-16 ;
lour per Ceuta, 841. Rag India Composy Bras.
Foir-and-a-Tlslf 166. Nothalned
Share* 161). 271.' Barden Plve per
Coats.. 104) to ; ditto Four per Cent., 061.
Polish Four per Cats., 77) to ). Forturtess, Law
don, Four per Cents., 31). Panel= Peer per Coats.,
62). Antrim Montaigne., Mrs per Not., 841 to 6;
ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 43) to 44). French
Three per Cents., fa). Radians on Leaden, 12.2)
for two mouths
Advlees from Antwerp of yowtorday Mato that, not-
witheteadieg the news of the decline ea the Paris
bourse, piers generally were well ',stained. Little
business, however, took place. The Five per Cents.
marked 95) money ; the Four-end-a-Half per Cents..
88) ; the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 49). Loan of
1848, 941. Austria' Five per Cent. Metalliques,
88), sad last 88. Assails " of 250 ff., 660
money. Spanish Ardoin, 11) ; ditto Interior
Debt, 371.
The picas of the funds at Brame* on the llth,
was es follows, via.: Belgian Throe per Coats.,
1838. et 64, mosey; Ditto, Five per Cents., 1840, at
96), sermey ; Five per Cent. Loan, 1842, at 95),
money; Four-esd-a-Halt per C.A. Loan, 1844, at 88,
mArales4 Banpk, of Belgium, at 71), paper. Spanish
pa.
Oa thelll Boars, at Berlin, oa the 10th, priced were
riiihei weak es*, the early part of the day, but
subsequently Ineasse Inner. Prussian stocks were in
demand at better rates. The market for foreign secu-
rities nes not getter so buoyant, but still not destitute
ateMmation. The messy prim were : the Three-
aed.u-Half per Oat Obliga (Rothschild . Maritime
Solisty, 101), paper. Remis's), 1091.
Yoluatary Loaa,lo6l,
Letters hum Frankfort of the 11th, state the South
filermas stooks telly maintained previous prises, whilst
littetrias Metalliques had given way nearly 1 per
cent. 'The mosey prices at the close of the Bourse
en the 10th, were for Austrian Metalliques, Five per
Cents" 88); Fear per Cents., 71; Three per Cents,
531 y Two-and-a-NW per Cents.. 481; Lots 2508.,
103); Lots 6006.,161. Bank Shares, 1,334. Prus-
sian Three-and-a-Half per Cents,, 87). Reagan
(Steiglits) Four per Cents., 83). Bavarian These-
and-a-Half per Cents., 84. Baden Three-and-a-Half
per Cents.. 79. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
64. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per. Ceuta, 89. The
exchange was on London 120) for two months; on
Perk, 85/ shat
At Vienna, on the Bth, the business transacted on
the Bourse was the .following, via.:-The Five per
Ont. Metalliques, at 98). Iran of 1834, at 167).
Loan of 1839, at 116. Bank Shares .at 1,217.
Northern Railroad at 114. Milan Railroad at 80).
The advice' received from Trieste are to the 6th
inst. They inform us that the great inatustioos io
thierchanges, and the heavy supplies, had asked to
limit the transactions in colonial produce. Coffee
nevertheless had experienced the best demand, and
sales to the extent of about 10,000 bags are reeorded,
namely Rio at 1918. to 23)8. ; St. Domingo at 228.
to 238.; Java at 2711. ; St. 'ego at 338. to 398. pee
100 tbs. The stack on hand was 96,200 quintals. The
, stook dootton was reduced to 12,300 bake American
and 10,400 bake Egyptian. Mako had been sold at
3M. to 388. ; American at 39d. ; Smyrna at 33411. to
368. per quieted. The supplies of sugar during the
math bad been particularly large, and the rocks
ware larger than at the same time last year. They
were coropteed at 221,200 eentner. Sales hid bees
effected of Havanna Muscovado at 1415. ; reflood at
235. to 2418. ; crushed, at 20)1. to 21)8. Cocoa was
without inquiry. Hides, spices, and dyewooda were
in regular demand. The rock of black pepper was
reduced to 14,000 quintals. In exports very little
was doing, and freights in ooesequence were very
dull. The exchange on London was 115. 17 to
1111 16 ;on Vienna, sto 51 per cent. Money was
rather in demand, and discounts were done at 4) to 3
per cent.
The free harbour of Venice now extends no father
than the borders of the island of St. Georgia Mag-
giore. Goods warehoused elsewhere must be removed
to within the Hirai wi'bin three months, or they will
have to be ietrodsesd for consumption and pay the he-
rd duty.