The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, t4MDAY, OCiIOiER 18, i 836.

keepers, men of fetters; artisans, and, in
short, fo the information of the whole of
the industrious part of the community, that the
Quarterly Review follows Mr. Gout.ntifor and
Sir R. PEEL in evincing ttn undeniable hostility td
Post•ofsce Reform. Every art is used, every
thought which Militated hatred to improvement
can suggest, is brought forward to discredit the
whole system of a uniform penny ptlBlhge with pre-
payment and rapid delivery. Mr. HILL'S plan is
ridiculed ; the merchants and shopkeepers who de.
sire it are taunted with seeking to tlettiV4
the public, while they only want to save
their own pockets; the danger to the revenue is
exaggerated, and all the arguments brought for-
ward, which can be mustered, to prove that the
Tories must not, and ought not, to permit a reduc-
tion of postage. It is denied that the Post-office
was originally intended principally for the conve.
nience of commerce. It is asserted that it was es-
tablished and regulated for the sake of revenue,
and for the sake of revenue the high rates are to be
kept up. The Tories continue true to their old
doctrine—" Perish commerce—perish the nation,
rather than that our means of squandering sixpence
should be lessened." Toryism is painted in the
Quarterly in its true colours, as equally hostile to
commercial improvement and religious toleration.
If there be just grounds for dreading that it may
be again carried into office by religious prejudice,
all dread disappears when we thus find it arrayed
against Post-office improvement. The love of
money may, in general, be relied on to overcome
religious prejudices, but when it is every day ap-
pealed to, as by the tax on postage, Priestcraft and
Torycraft will in vain strive against it.

they are rather disposed to be riotous and turbulent.
than energetit ili achieving their own deliverEtnee.
Theft. tot-laid ih relation to the Conventiontheit
prertrehee or chaitisth to Cori-Ida*
humbles their best friends. A bright spot in their
history are those numberless mechanies' instittitionsi
benefit clubsi And Vatiotis totietie§ Whith they ha4t
gablished for their mutual benefit, help, and pro-
tection. We say, with a feeling of deep sorrow,
that there is nothing now to boast of in the charac-
ter of the bulk of our population. Such is the
condition to which the unTiestioned dominion of
the aristocracy and the unresisted sway of the
prietthbd have reduced them. What more grati-
fication, then, can the Tories seek, or find in
exalting the aristocracy, and extending the
power of the priesthood ? To what depth
of degradation, for the honour of a system, are they
resolved to plunge the population of this empire ?
Against anything like democracy or equality they
rail with the fury of bedlamites. Every attempt of
the people to attain political power and improve-
ment they treat with unmeasured ridicule and scorn.
Supposing the Tories to succeed—supposing them
to be again restored to power—supposing them
again endowed with the legislative means of farther
aggrandizing the aristocracy and the priesthood, let
them tell us what depth of degradation; sub-
serviency, and meanness in the bulk of the people
will satisfy their towering pride and ambition ?
The principle of Toryism being to exalt the aristo-
cracy and the priesthood, it must of necessity cause
the degradation of the people; the principle of
Liberalism being to improve the whole, may not
succeed, but it proposes for' ts object to avoid the
degradation which Toryism inflicts.

nish Bondholders at Paris, has sent the fol!owing corn:
thdideadon to the 3lecle -•=..`‘ The president of the Corn-
ipittee has had the honour of seeing the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs and Finances several times. Marshal
Souk has dcelared that he has given to M. De Ru-
thigq the indst preCise instrtictions to watch over the
interests of the Opanish bondholders ; and M. Passy
has formally promised not to pettnit the quotation of
*dy loan for. Spain, unless our interests he pr#etly re.
giiialed. To COMPlete this system of defence, ono of
the Members of the Committee: hat been sent to Lon-
don to inquire of the Stock Exchange if It ersists in its
determination not to quote any new loan of the tioir ern,-
tii6ht of Madfid) tintil it shall have done honour to its
engagements. The iitisOet giten by the Stock Ex-
change is, that the decision in thin respect is positive,
and nothing can change it."

Attlla:BT OF AUGUSTUS BLANQUI.
At half-past six o'clock dti Mon4E.y Morning the
Burgundy diligence was on the point Gi Starting, and
the names of the travellers called over, when it appearz,..l
that one was absent ; after waiting some time, the latter
appeared suddenly and mounted the top of the coach.
The diligence was in motion, when four persons, who
were dressed like travellers, declared that they were
agentsof the municipal police, and had an order to arrest
the traveller who got up last, and whose name was
Augustus Blanqui, one of the persons implicated in
the May riots.
At first Blanqui appeared to hesitate, but reco.
vering himself, he called persons to his assistance, ex-
claiming " Aid, aid, patriots !"
All resistance was in vain, and the police were endea-
vouring to take him down from the coach when, with a
rapid movement of his band, he carried something to
his mouth, but, which, however, they were enabled to
prevent him swallowing.
At the same time five other individuals who were in
the office yard, where they had taken leave of Blanqui,
were also taken into custody. The six were put into
two hackney coaches, and conducted to the police-office.
In .fact for several days it has been ascertained that
Augustus Blanqui was in Paris, and that he was about
to fly into Switzerland by the way of Burgundy, taking
the steam-boat from Chalons to Lyons. From that
moment he was the object of a strict and general sur-

Our report of the dinner given to the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, at Portsmouth, on
Wednesday, will be read with pleasure. The spirited
defence of the Government, pronounced by Mr.
BARING, against the ridiculous charges of the To-
ries, for appointing one or two Roman Catholic
Gentleman to office, is a convincing proof that the
never ending declamation of the Tories has
not produced the smallest alteration in the
sentiments of the Ministers. Had Mr. Wyse,
instead of being a polite, well educated,
enlightened Catholic gentleman, the distinguished
advocate of the most extensive education, been an
ignorant, blubber-eating Esquimaux, or even one
of the fraternity of Thugs, the Tories could not
have more vehemently condemned his appointment
to be a Lord of the Treasury. Mr. MORE
O'FERRALL is one of the most assiduous, unas-
suming gentlemen that ever sat in Parliament;
had he been an empty chatterer, like Colonel SIB-
THORP, the appointment would have deserved the
reprobation of the Tories. To object to him be-
cause he is a Catholic, is to repudiate the glories of
our HENRYS and our EDWARDS. The Tory
principle might deprive the State of the ser-
vices of the fittest men for office. So again
the Tories hare condemned the appointment
of Mr. SIIIEL because he is a Catholic ; as
Mr. BARING observed, they would not have said a
word against him, had he been an infidel. Then
he would have been like many of themselves, who
wear religion as they wear their jewellery, and
some inconvenient garments, not for their own ease
and comfort, not from a conviction that they are
useful and proper, but for fashion's sake. For in-
fidel Tories, for libertines and scoffers, to object to
a man that he is honestly convinced of the truth of
Roman Catholicism is, we admit, quite natural ;
but the hypocrites should not pretend a regard for
religion. Mr. SHIEL'S views of Christianity may
be erroneous, but if on that ground he is to be
excluded from office, how few persons will other
men think worthy of power ? We are glad to see
that Mr. BARING spoke out on this subject, and
on the government of Ireland by the Marquis of
NORMANBY. His admission, too, that he is in-
debted to his constituents for his power, is in the
beet spirit of an holiest and faithful representative.
Admiral FLEMING, it will be observed, was pre-
sent at the dinner, and was enthusiastically re-
ceived. Such is the effect of Tory vituperation,
which points out to the people who are their honest
friends. The Times is already nearly frantic with
disappointment, because its_ powerful writing has
not yet driven the Ministers from office; and
we must warn the public not to evince any more
approbation for the victims of its malice, or that
Journal will become quite mad, and cease to afford
them the amusement of the daily outpourings of its
wrath.

Last year we received numerous communica-
tions from passengers landing at the Custom House,
complaining of the needless delay and annoyance
to which they were subjected by the jog-trot, self-
sufficient, and inefficient functionaries who pass
the luggage, and had reason to believe, that, owing
to the general outcry raised against the nuisance,
instructions had been given to the officers to adopt
a new system. If such were the fact, they have
again relapsed into their old indolent habits. The
evil is now as rife as ever. Passengers are
detained five or six hours for carpet bags and port-
manteaus, which, with common activity, could be
cleared in as many minutes, arid the useful time of
men of business is sacrificed at the whim and
caprice of these well-paid public servants. This
is a subject which well deserves the attention of
the new President of the Board of Trade, and
which might acquire for him a degree of credit for
consulting the interests and convenience of the tra-
velling as well as the trading community, to which
his predecessor was an utter stranger. If he ex-
pects those dignified gentlemen, the Commissioners
of Customs, to move a step, he may wait till the
Greek Kalends.

Upon their arrival at the police office, the prisoners
were scparated. Blanqui alone was conducted to the
Conciergerie. On examining his person they only
found maps of different departments, an itinerary of
Switzerland, two passports in different names, and a
small sum in money amounting to 400 fr.
The five persons arrested at the same time as Bian-
qui are mimed Honore Breton, printer, Theodore Win-
turon, lithographer, Aristides Bouvet, a doctor, Alexis
Dubois, rentier, and Augustus Costis, engraver, who
were locked up at the Prefecture of Police.
It appears that this arrest will hasten the convocation
of the Court of Peers, in order to proceed with the trial
of the second category of the May rioters.—illessager.

80 URSE.-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16.

first

Highest Lowest

Price Price. Price- Price.
French 5 per Cents llO 55 ... 110 60 ... 110 51) ... 1.0 60
4 per Cents lOl 40 ... 1, 1 411 ... 101 40 ... 101 40
3 per cents Bl 60 ... 81 55 ... 81 60 ... 81 60
Sank of prance 2BlO —.28.0 _2BlO ...281'i
Latfitte Bank I,ooof. Sh lO6O ...106 ...1060 ...WO
5,000 f. 8h 5205 ...5207 50 ...&245 ...5207 50
Belgian 5 per Cents ca. div lOl X ... 1013, ... 1011% ... 101%
3 per Cents 7l 7...... 71 70 ... 71 70 ... 71 70
Bank 760 ... 71.0 ... 760 ... 760
Spanish Ac ive 32% ... 32% ... 321{ ... 324
Passive B% ... Bs(., ... 8% ... 8%
New 0( ferred
Old Deferred 9 ... 9 ... 9 ... 14
Portuguese 3 per Cents
Neapolitan

Roman 1033y103% ... 1C43%
RAILWAY SHAREO.

St. (;ermain
Versailles, II B 517 50 ... 517 50 ... 515 ... 515
•L.B 2114 ... :10'2 50 ... :193 ... 302 50
Havre - 991 25 ... 99! 23 ... 991 25 ... 991 7,5
4ulhausen to Thann 3Bl 25 ... 3il 25 ... 381 23 ... 381 25
Orleans .. 442 51 ... 442 50 ... 442 50 ... 442 5)

A letter from Athens, of the 29th ult., F tates
that the proposals of WRIGHT and Co., for the
establishment of a Bank in Greece, have been re-
jected by the Government, more favourable terms
having been offered by some Greek merchants in
Syra. The accounts received of the state of
Greece are very deplorable. Peculation is the rule
of administration in all the public offices ; and the
KING, who has no more notion of the duties of
a representative Sovereign than he has of the
principles of the Newtonian Philosophy, is daily
in the habit of committing some outrage against
the public liberty of his unfortunate subjects.

LONDON MORNING NEWSPAPERS.
W. H. Smith, Newspaper Agent, 192, Strand, Lon-
don, begs to inform his numerous customers and the
public, that the Morning Newspapers are delivered three
hours earlier than by the morning mails.
In Birmingham, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Liverpool, at 41 P.M.
Manchester, at 44 P.M.
Derby, at 12 45 P.M.
Sheffield, at 5 P.M., &C. &C.
Orders are received by the Agents in each town.

The Earl and Countess of Munster and family
have arrived at the Hotel des Reservoirs at Versailles.
SUICIDE AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE. This
morning, a little before one o'clock, a young woman,
dressed like a servant, threw herself from the bridge.
There were no boatmen at the stairs at the time, and as
the tide was running rapidly down she was speedily car-
ried out of sight. She came from the Surrey side, and
having passed the toll at the north end of the bridge
she wished to return without paying, but the money-
taker refusing to let her pass she paid the money, and
in a few minutes afterwards jumped into the river. The
body has not been found.
COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—On Thurs-
day a Court was held for the dispatch of public busi-
ness. After some conversation regarding the Royal
Exchange Committee and the office of the City Police,
Mr. Woodthorpe, the Town Clerk, informed the Court
that he had caused copies of the lists of qualifloations
and testimonials of the several candidates for the office
of Commissioner of the City Police to be circulated
amongst the members of the Corporation. The election
will take place Thursday fortnight. Lord Dudley
Stuart and Mr. M'Kenzie appeared in the Court as pe-
titioners for the unfortunate Poles, and were received
in the warmest manner. The Poles' petition having
been read, a motion for granting to them the use of the
Hall, so far as the Corporation was concerned, for a
Benefit Balt, was unanimously adopted. A long discus-
sion then took place about the contested election for
the gown of Portsoken Ward. Afterwards Mr.
Wheeler's motion for leave to bring in a Bill into the
Court, to reduce the number of Common Councilmen
returned from Bridge Ward, to such a number as will
be more in proportion to that which the relative num-
ber of houses and amount of rateable property therein,
bears to the number of houses and amount of rateable
property in the City at large, was appointed to be taken
into consideration on the next Court day, and to take
precedence of all other motions. Mr. Anderton gave
notice of a motion to the fallowing effect :—That the
freedom of the City be presented to Rowland Hill, Esq ,
for his important and valuable services to the commer-
The
sudden arrival of M. THIERS at Paris, the cial interests of
thatthe cthouenvt
oryte obtaininginofsuch freedom be en-
arrest of M.BLANQur, charged with being an actor en-
graved apvoedt postage,
'a
and
piece
in the riots of the 12th of May, and the state of and presented to him at the same time.—Adjourned.
THE. WEATHER.—Ad good,h deal of rain fell last
the French revenue, are the principal topics of dis- a reduction
night in and about —on on. e morning was g °my
cussion in the Paris Journals of Tuesday. - M.
THIERS, we have learned, has no political object and the wind having now got round more to the south,
together with the indications of the barometer, we are
in visiting the French capital. His mother-in-law, led to apprehend more rain. We have, however occa-
to whom he is much attached, was recently seized sional gleams of sunshine. In Dublin, as will seen from
with a severe illness, and his journey to Paris is
the following notice of the Mail, penned on Wednesday
coniinAUNanceffe•ESTE
evening, the weather cannot be very highly praised for
thus very easily accounted for. As to the arrest of fineness :—" We regret to say that no favourable change
has taken place since our last ; but that, on the con-
, M. BLANQUI it is a subject of no moment out of
and constancy,
the rain continues to pour with a perseverance
France. The Government, however, would have
acted more prudently had it suffered BLANQUI to six
months.
ll e
metropolis though
was yesterday visited by
escape to
hat
honepaseew
tfhwualhtost.tohrem professdoi
sfpttehorus nihndege r,
,o
weatherat itdheli lightning
clouds,t andnwiinsgea;”nd tii seo expressedmoteh
other
possible the revival of the recollections of the 12th
May. The deficit of the French revenue, when meteorological phenomena pertaining to the electoral
examined with regard to tile estimated expenditure fluid, would have had the effect of clearing the atmo-
for the current financial year, has revived the cry spere, and be productive of fine weather. Alas ! it
has rained the” whole day, and with every prospect of its
of the Opposition Journals for the conversion of the
Rentes, which would effect a saving to the country to
R AND LEES AILAY.— the amount of twenty million of francs per annum. HIGH PR FITS FROM L
This measure, to which some of the Ministers are _ow FARES.—After Wa
resolu-
tion authorising the Directors to borrow the sum of
pledged, and supported as it will be by the majority 216,0001. had been agreed to, the Chairman said, in
making the comparison between the Manchester and
of the Chamber of Deputies, is at present Liverpool Railway and their own, in reference to the
hopeless from the determined opposition of
the KING who is leagued with the fund- that theywhich induced a greater
bad a low class.of fares,
of
number of passengers, the shareholders would be aware
number to travel on their line, and who course, holders against the taxpayers. The rentios creased the duty paid. But it would be highly in-
Theresatisfac-
is a 'remarkable and striking difference be- are his MAJESTY'S warmest supporters, and he tory to the shareholders to know that travelling at a
cheap rate yielded it biper profit than travelling by the
tween the professions of the Liberals and the requites their fidelity by compelling the nation to
Tories. The former say they. first-class carriages. The reason was, there was so
desire the improve- continue to pay exorbitant interest on a debt which much less dead weight connected with the third-class
ment and well being of the whole community. it is willing at any moment to liquidate. carriages, and the carriages themselves weighed so much
ioerperiigeehtofpetlnicce
They may be mistaken in the means by which they T 1 ' 41b loaf in Paris is fixed at 17 propose to attain their ends. Their own party may sous, less. dr. Brown said that was a statement which the
public would not believe at present. The Chairman
said, he was certain his statement was correct, from
deceive them, and they may, in reality, only seek The French Papers publish letters from Alexan- calculations he had made. Taking a first-class carriage
wealth and power for themselves. Neveltheless, dria, dated the 26th ult., which states that all po- and a third-class carriage, and assuming that they were
three farthings.
they profess to seek the improvement and per- litical business is at a stand there in consequence of each two-thirds full, he found that the !atter yielded a
higher profit per ton the mile than the first class, the one
fection of all. Not so the Tories. They deride the alarming •ofthe PACHA. We have, being
io• illness
b
this great and noble aspiration, except in subservi- however
ency to something else. They avow that the , seen a private letter of the same date, Mr. Gill added that this was independent of the outlay y want which asserts that MEHEMET ALI was quite re- for the carriages. The first-class carriage weighed four
tons and carried 18 passengers, whilst the third-class
to preserve and enrich the aristocracy. They seek covered on the 26th, and had gone to amuse himself • carriage weighed about two and a quarter tons and
to extend its power. They demand more wealth, for a few h N.l his - carried 90, and sometimes The cost
100 passengers.
days on t e le, physician having
influence, and dominion for the priesthood. They commended a change of air. From Constantinople of a first-class carriage was 4501., and of a third-class
150/. ; so that when a first-class carriage was worn out,
are for Church extension, and education placed the letters are of the. 27th ult., the same date as
cost as much to replace it as would purchase three of
under the control of the clergy. If in subserviency those received 1 They state that the in- it
third Taking points into view,
yestercay.
the class. these
to these the welfare of the people can be promoted, fluence of the Paris Cabinet is on the decline at the third paid better than the first class.
well and good, but they are the primary objects Por',e, and that from the immense military forces FIRE AT THE C -- LARENCE CLUB-HOUSE.
proposed by the Tories. In attaining them they collected by Russia at every point from which a At an earlyt hour this morning a fire was discovered
the Club-house in Waterloo-place,
may crush the bodies and souls of the people, still sixedy communication could be opened with Con- raging
Pall-mall,aand,
from Clarencethe dense volume of smoke that
they rejoice in the success of their system. The st antino lentertained that NICHOLAS poured forth, it was feared that the most disastrous pe, fears are —lcHcmAs P
raised by some
con-
aristocracy and priesthood fatten in opulence and 'll
v nit not allow the winter to pass over without sequences would. accrue. The alarm was
and
of the domestics belonging to the establishment,.
flourish in power,
making Turkey aware of what she has to hope the police who were on dut in the neighbourhood dis-
At present
the degradation of the bulk of from Russia • As for the fleets, patched information offire to the fire stations of the
the .
Russian protection. they
street and
the people is extreme.
Co. unty, and those of the brigade is Chandlos
. lgnorant and starving, cannot remain much longer at Tenedos, owl to
A v
brought
to
in the agricultural districts, the labourers are hum- , -the hi ' ng
Kurg-street, and engines were very spee...l j
the flames
gh winds, wretched anchorage, and want of to the spot, fortunately in time to subdue .
bled and stricken to the earth, k
serious macmitude.
now nothing of in- , provisions ; and it comes an important question before they had extended to any _ ~_ dependence and are both depraved and degraded. where are the Ad Fels to winter, if it be refused The damage is wholly confined to the beat l
them num
first
favourable.
burnt, and a great number
In the manufacturing districts their number .which is stated to be much _ ,
gives to take advantage of the wind ,of valuable books and other property destroyed. It
them a sense of independence, they-are better fet I 1 canal)]of carrying into the Sea of M
e
than the peasantry, they are not so ignorant, bq 1 M. Paradis, the President of the Committee of Spa- ; insurances in the Imperial and other Fire-offices.

Madrid Papers of the 9th inst. announce prepa-
rations on an extensive scale for the joyful celebra-
tion of the birth-day of Queen ISABELLA 11. on
the following day. The Cories were in high glee,
the Senate on the 9th having unanimously adopted
the vote of the Deputies for granting the. fueros.
A change in the Cabinet was confidently expected,
unless ESPARTERO succeeded in routing, on the
first onslaught, the troops Of CABRERA. The
QUEEN REGENT, however, to testify her respect
for M. DE CASTRO, the President of the Council,
had presented him with a copy of one of RA•
PHAEL'S pictures, taken by herself—painting
being one -of the favourite amusements of her
MAJESTY.

On the 9th instant ESPARTERO'S head-quarters
was at Fuentes de Ebro, a small town in Arragon,
about four leagues from Saragossa, where he was
prevented from marching by a violent storm of
thunder and lightning, accompanied with heavy
rain. He expected, however, to s't out early on
the following day in the direction of Morella,
where CABRERA was strongly entrenched, await-
ing his approach. ESPARTERO, on entering
Arragon, issued a proclamation offering pardon to
all who surrendered themselves. The people were
flocking to him in thousands, throwing down their
arms and imploring his protection, and an assurance
that peace would be restored to their country.

The pestilent Orange faction of Ireland have
been, ever since Lord EBRINGTON undertook the
Government of that part of the kingdom, trying hard
to twist his Lordship's words and actions into such
a shape as would favour the idea that he disap-
proved of the course pursued by Lord NORMA NBY.
They have, through their acknowledged organs of
the press, been so base and wicked as to fawn upon
and flatter the new Lord Lieutenant, ostensibly on
this ground, which they knew to be utterly false.
Their object was to injure him in the opinion of
the Liberals, for they know well enough that he
could not deserve their praise without forfeiting the
confidence of all true-hearted Irishmen. Their
well-merited hatred of Lord NORMA NBY may also
be supposed to have formed an - ingredient in their
plan. How much foundation they had to build
their fine castle upon may be gathered from the
whole consistent tenour of Lord EBRINGToN's'
conduct, which they have taken such pains to mis-
represent, and in an especial manner from the answer
given by his Lordship to the address of the inha-
bitants of Barnstaple last week, a copy of which
will be found elsewhere in our paper. It will be
seen that he went out of his way to pay
to Lord
NORMA NBY the highest compliment that ever was
paid to a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by attributing
to his " judicious administration" the restoration
of "peace and tranquillity" to a country to which
these blessings had been strangers from time im-
memorial. How do the Orange clique relish_this
tnorsel ? Will they now pretend to believe that
the Lord Lieutenant has any hankering after them
or their policy ?

THE MAtiKETS:-(THIS

CORN EXCHANGE.

Small arrivals this week of all descriptions of Grain, and
not much Flour. Little done in the Wheat trade ; old parcels
fine, but new hardly maintained Monday's prices. Barley met
a slow sale. Beans and Peaa unvaried. Oats rather dearer,
but the buyers complies with reluctance. There has been a
slack trade for Flour this week. Considerable sensation has
ocenrred here, in consequence of the failure of a large firm in
Hertfordshire, in the mealing trade.

ARRIVALS
wheat. I !•, ur
English
Irish
Foreign

1,450

1:30 t)r Is.

SMITHFIELD.
The supply of Cattle very short, chiefly the unsold of Mon-
day. The Beef trade dull, at 4s. per stone. Mutton and Veal
sold freely at an advance of about 2d. Pigs found ready pur-
dasers, and remained unaltered in rates. Beef 3s. 45.; Mut-
ton 4s, 411. to 4s. ; Veal 43, 4d. to ss. 2d. ; Pork 43.
6d. to ss. 6d, Head of Cattle at Market—Beasts, 495 ;
Sheep, 3,530 ; Pigs, 503 ; Calves, 226.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.

Supplies were good, trade lively, and prices lower. Turbot,
St. to 30s, ; Cod, 2s. 6d to 10s. ; good Salmon, ls. 6d. to
2s. 6d. per lb. Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s.
per bushel ; Whitings, Gd. to I.!. ; and Haddocks, Bd. to 2s.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

V 1 tJg 1. , Barley. (.I'4lo,

S.

P,..r Quarter s. to is. N. s. S. to S. S. to
Bath
lilandford ~^6B SI 143 41 21 30 40 50
OrMfictrt 68
(1.1 aril 60 80
'lO 75
Exe er
Guildford
Newbury 34 80
Reatling.,— 155 84
Salisbury „.,..—, 72 8
78
SheptOnMalleti (0 81
Uxbridge
Wirtnioster —I !411 14
Winchester 64 70
Yeovil 163 78

40 48 22 21 4S 56
45 48 SO 31 41 43
27 34 21 28 40
38 38 30 33 42 44
32 80 21 32 42 52
a 47 3 34 40 53
40 50 30 24 44 58
38 46 26 30 42 48
39 54 30 34 52 58
37 42 24 32 -
20 ,55 '27 M 50 58
- - - - -
36 511 2Cv 3n 46 50

DEVIZES CORN MARKET.

P,.-se

40

38 46

_._____.... ........_.
Per SaCk. s~ d. s._ d. Per. Quarter. s. d. s. d
First Wheat 4O 0 to 42 0 9ats O9 0 to 36 0
Second 34 0 3'7 6 Beans (per sack)... 24 0 CB 0
Third ' 9 0 32 0 ',lour (per bag) 0 60 0
Barley 36 0 53 0 Bread (per ga11.)... 1 6 0

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY,--We
have had a fair demand for Cotton to-day, and prices
arc frilly maintained. Tne sales were 4,000 bags, in-
cluding 500 for export.
The Liverpool Papers received this morning state
that the accounts received of the state of trade in the
manufacturing districts are most unfavourable. At
Manchester crt the last market day, neither
cotton piece goods nor yarns could be sold ex-
cept at low prices, arid the demand was extremely limited
and so discouraging are the present prospects, that
many spinners have determined again to resort to the
expedient of working short time, unless a decided change
takes place for the better.

The flouras, from Calcutta, arrived at Liverpool,
passed the Cape about 11th August, and experienced a
succession of bad weather.

From Cape of Good Hope Papers, received to the
28th July :
" EMIGRAIVT FARMERS.—The following disastrous
intelligence has been transmitted to us by a Correspon-
dent at Colesberg

'• Preternaritzburg, June 2.

" Sir,—lt is with great grief I have to acquaint you
with the following awful calamity, which took place
yesterday in the camp of Commandant Jacobus Pot-
iever :—A hut belonging to Thomas Steenkamp caught
fire, the flame of a candle having communicated with
the thatch, and it was speedily reduced to ashes.
There happening to be a greis quantity of gun-
powder in the centre of the camp, self-preservation
became the ruling passion, and every on: attempted
to escape by the best means that presenter; itself,
saving an' thing from the destructive element vvos
out of question, and the whole encampment is now
almost without clothing ; but alas ! it is with poignant
sorrow that I have to communicate to you that the at-
tempts of several unfortunate beings to escape from
the raging elements were ineffectual, and they fell a
sacrifice to its devouring ravages. The names of the
persons who thus perished are Potgiester, Sen., Her-
man Steenkamp, Jacobs, Christoffel Steenkamp, Janz
Borend Van der Venter, two children of Christoffel, Jor-
dan, and three coloured persons ; besides these there
are several still alive who are literally half burnt.
When we heard of the explosion at our camp we con-
cluded it to be an attack of Zoolas, and prepared our-
selves accordingly. It has since been proposed that
two thousand rix-dollars of clothing be purchased at
six months' credit for the use of the sufferers, and that
a subscription be opened immediately to defray the
expense of the same."—Grahant's Town Journal.

The rest of the Paper is filled with English news.

We have received Pernambuco papers to the 27th
August. The Exchange was 31 for 1,000 ries.

The private letters received from Holland state that
the people arc greatly against the marriage of the King
with a Roman Catholic, in consequence of which he
cannot obtain from them those heretofore voluntary
supplies in respect to finances, consequently he is obliged
to raise a loan of 20 millions of guilders.
We also understand that the Dutch and Belgian
Commissioners, who have met for the settlement of
their respective claims, could not come to any arrange-
fnent, and consequently the Belgian quota, as fixed by
the Con.r!,lrence, has not yet been paid to the Dutch
Government. This obliges the latter to make a fur-
ther provision for the dei.licncy.
We have received the Hamburg Papers of the 15th
of October by the mail, which brings the Exchange on
London 13 3 ; Gold, 4311 ; Metalliques, 1051 ; Bink
Shares, 1,510.

Yesterday was the by for the weekly meeting of the
Bank Directors, in consequence of which various re-
ports were in circulation, which, after the meeting broke
up, fell to the ground.

TAE FUNDS.
Consols, which closed at 904 1- for Money, and for
the Account 9-1 opened at 901 for Money, and for
the Account at 901 s ; they have improved for Money.
Exchequer Bills, 4 to 2 discount s in India Bonds no-
thing done ; Bank Stock, 179 180 ; India Stock, 245 247.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has rather
improved, left off at 304 4, at present 30i e ; Portu-
guese same as they closed, 361 ; Brazilian, 72i 73 ;
Belgian, .1024 103 ; Colombian, 32,i ; Mexican, 31i
324 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 52i- a; Five
per Cents., 100 i 4, the Dutch Stock having given way,
owing to the report of a Dutch loan, as well as they
having come lower from Holland yesterday , Spanish
Deferred, 13i-14 ; Passive, 7i- 8.
Money continues easy in the House at from 5 to 51-
per cent. for a short period ; among the Bankers at 6
per cent.
PiIIUES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock 179
3 per Cent. Red. 11'.%;04
3 per Cent. Cons.
i 1,9 per Cent
Ditto Red. 97%
New 3 per Cent... 9BN ik
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire

Jas. 5,u1860 l3-14
Oct. 10, 1115 D
Jan. 5, 1860

DAY AT ON:7. O'CLOCK.
India Stock
Ditto Bonds
South Sea Stock
Old Annuities
New Ditto
N per Cent. Annuities, 17-,1 -
Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ‘.? 4 rt s.
Ditto 500... 2 dis. par

Jan. 5:1880
April 5, 11180
Jan. 3. 1870
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds

.
Ditto Sma
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised

Bank Stock for Account
India Stock for Account -
Condos for Acc0unt........ 9074,
THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCIi.
, Peruvian Booth

Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Fh-azilian Bonds

Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds
Ditto Accot. t.
Columbian Bonds — r Ditto Account
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds, 1824. --, Spanish Bonds !:01i'6Tir
Ditto Account `3,)%14% , Ditto Account 3 'ti 74,
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account — De-I-red
i 14 13.‘
Greek. Bonds —l French, 5 per cent. -f. —c.
Ditto Bonds, 1825 —l --- 4 per cent. —l. —e.

Ditto Account -
—I --- 3 per cent. - --- -•
f. —c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. 25 --- Exchange. —f. —c.
Ditto Account — I Dutch, 2i per omit.
Ditto, 6 per Cent....... ...... —, Ditto Account 5'2.4 3
Ditto Account l2 IX ,' Ditto. 5 per cent ICO%
Neapolitan Ditto Ace0unt........ ......
FRICES OF SHAKES THIS DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Paid. _._. __-
Great WePtem Hallway Company fts
Ditto New
London and Blackwall Railway
k candor) and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 140 1
British North American Bank
HALF-PAST O.2VE.

Per Share.

Up to the present hour we do not hear of any feature
either in the British or Foreign Markets worth noticing,
and during the whole course of the morning little busi-
ness has been doing of any consequence.
Our arrivals this morning are so few as to cause a
death of intelligence. In the course of next week we
may expect some important information from Spain.
Consols continue steady at 90 :4- for the Account,
Money 90k same as in the early part of the morning ;
Exchequer Bills, 2 4 disc. ; India Bonds, 1 prem.;
Bank Stock, 179 ; for Account,lBol.
In the Foreign Market Spanish, 30,is
; Portu-
guese, 34 have been 36i ; Three per Cents., "Ni
25 ; Brazilian, 72i ; Colombian, 32,1-, have been 3-)f.
Mexican, 25 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
53 ; Five per Cents., 1003 ; Spanish Passive, 7 4 De-
ferred, 134
No reports or any further arrivals.

THE LATE MI:S GIBSON.—On Thursday
this lady, a worthy daughter of her benevolent father.
Jabez Gibson, died at Walden, in Essex. The loss will
be most severely felt by the poor, the afflicted, and the
destitute, for her charity was only equalled by tho
ampleness of her means to bestow it.
LANDOWNERS.—If the supporters of the Corn-
laws, with which England is cursed, ever read the daily
record of crime occasioned by their favourite impost—
if they see accounts of suicides and robberies and of all
kinds of crimes committed by persons wanting bread—
we think the perusal of one part of their newspaper at
least must give rise to the compunctious visitings of.
conscience. Of this we are quite certain, that the
landowners who shut their eyes to these frightful facts,.
and close the avenues of their hearts to the misery of
the many, incur a heavy and a most serious responsi-
bility.

EVENI.NG

PALACE COUltis.—( fHIS DAY.

FITZGERALD v. ROBSON.
This was an action for the sum of N. 17.1.9 a., the
balance of an account for timber delivered to the de-
fendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff carried on the business
of a timber-merchant, and the was a wheel-
wright. Timber had been furnished to the defend.'"
to the amount of 181. 178. 9d., 1,5/. of which had bees
paid by the defendant's brother, on whose guarantee the
goods were delivered.
For the defendant it was contended that credit had
been given to the def:ndant's brother ; but.the plaintiff
insisted that Charles Robson having only become secu-
rity for goods to the amount of 15/., and the defendant
having bought goods to the amount of 31. 17s. 9d. be-
yond that sum, he alone was liable for the balance.
Henry Fitzgerald, the plaintiff's son, proved that
the defendant had perchased goods to the amount of
18/. 17s. 9d.

On his cross-examination he stated that credit was
given in the books to the defendant's Brother fur the
whole amount.

The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

SOU I'HWARK SESSIONS•

(THIS DAY.)

These Ses3ions comme~_ n d to-day, before the Lord
Mayor, Sir Peter Laurie, the Recorder, Mr. Ali:ler:Dan
Fare brother, the High Bailiff, &c.
The Grand Jury having been sworn, were chArged by
the Recorder. The Learned Judge stated that open
a perusal of the calendar, lie did not. discover any ease
which would be called to their attention requiring all
particular remark from him. Their duty would be ex-
ceedingly light, in consequence of the heavier cases being
transferred to the Central Criminal Court.

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN 'BROOKS.
This case came before the Court upon appeal from
the conviction of Sir Peter Laurie. The apPslia" is
an orange merchant, carrying on business in the Borough
Market, and on the 30th of August last, lie w's stir'
moiled by Stowell the informer, before Sir Peter Laurie'
for allowing five casks to stand before his door, thereby
obstructing the pavement. Upon the case being hear
before the worthy Knight, he convicted Mr. Brooks in
the penalty of 40s. and costs, and from that decision ths
present appeal was brought.
Mr. Payne appeared for the appellant.
Stowell did not appear.
he as
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER inquired if --
been s rved with any notice of the appeal. rty
Mr. Payne said it was not necessary ; the only pa t
to whom it was essential to give notice being the blagii.
trate who had convicted. •
Sir P. LAURIE felt no doubt that it was not the
for
tention of the informer to support the confliction,
he could state as a fact that out of 646 cenvictll,nad
only 92 had been defended by the informers vih°
obtained them. ers'
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER said that the
never brought any of their cases before him, as they
not appear to like the manner in which he had fortoer •
di
dealt with them.
The conviction was then ordered to be quasb.„,tor
.iWary Motion was convicted of assulting r-"—b,er
Moltor., and ordered to pay a fine of lt.oPn for
husband entering into his own recognizances 2°l'
her good behaviour for 12 months.
kVIVaI
IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE BOLWELL 9`" gl
SELLING SPIRITS IN THE SALOON Of 1114 ell" it
THEATRE.
Our readers will recollect that in June last halo
Davidge, the proprietor of the Surrey Theatre' be
convicted before Mr. Alderman Venables, upoo.cog
complaint of an informer, named Wyatt, of PerPlitilial
spirituous liquors to be sold in the Surrey theatrelpie
was fined 40s. and costs. Mr. Davidge appealed far
that conviction, and that appeal was appein% of
hearing to-day. Mr. Davidge and several melnee.
his ,^orps dranzatigue were in attendance-
tz.,AaicsoN, who appeared for Mr. Davidtef;n
ea
the case being called, stated that he had been Weir do
that it was not t,t2e intention of. Wyatt to suPP°l.ht be
conviction ; he bad, i:;2erefore, to ask that it tolg_fflbeeat
quashed, all the requisite,: of the Act of Parli'vr
with respect to giving notiet:
to the Magistrates
had convicted, having been complied with. Of,
The RECORDER said as the idot.mer. did not DPP it
the Court was bound to quash the c„111viet,011; bet tbe
must be understood by all parties that
Court decided nothing. hay of
Mr. CLARKSON said that he attended. o'n beta be
Mr. Davidge, fully expecting that the
tried ; and he was prepared to justify the course its
and prove
had been pursued by Mr. Davidge,
legality.
.nece,!;
The RECORDER said that if it was
sary to proceed further, it would become .a
the Excise.
-' Id be
Wou much
Mr. CLARKSON said Mr. Davioge no tints
more happy in having such respectable opPone
common informers.
The conviction was then quashed.
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fe) question
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