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MONE‘Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Co'ton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull
attleadricyllied rather heavily. Prices of American wire
per lb. lower than on Friday; all other kinds,
however, arc unchanged. The sales amounted to about
6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export, and
569 on speculation, and include d 4,000 American, at
1i,,(1
,to 7d; 350 P. roam and Maraham, at 5-.:id to 64d;
45,' Leyptiau, at ei Ito7d ; and 300 S'urat, at little
to
1(1. per lb.-li ilw, Shares were dull, with but little
easiness doirm 2 4
The six weeks average price of Wheet is 47s 4.1 per
"aller, and the sales in the provincial markets are ex-
ceedingly small.
Accounts from Rio de Janeiro of July 2 state that the
oerthern provinces were tranquil. The rate of exchange
on Eagl an d was 24iel• to 25d. Freight, was 405., and
tl
a,„Stx per Cent. Bonds realised 894.
The overland mail brings satisfactory news from India
fBPecLing trade. At Calcutta there was a good demand
for
textile fabrics, and native produce had been freely
inak"l to make return shipments to England, the
.they• for bills having occasioned an advance
41 rale to Is. 1041. and Is. 104 d per rupee. The
in°4eY market was very easy, and freights, after declin-
g' were again rather higher, A similar state of things
t
P revailed at Bombay, and there is, on the whole, as far
itis,Wia have yet learned, for it is too early to write posi-
.s., et.T, and private letters are the best guides, no reason
vcomplain.
f tied:tied
, Owing s from Odessa state that wheat has been much
foreign omarkets.to the abundant crops and the dullness
markets. Linseed was rather sought after,
and also wool.
Jhe Amsterdam Bourse on Tuesday was much more
umated for Dutch Stock, and prices were higher, for
all the home securities dealt in. The Two-and-a-Half
per Cent,. were 53 3-16. Austrian Bonds were in
:Your. The Frankfort Stock Mesaket on the 27th inst.
217 ka k 6133, and Austrian touched 83k. At Berlin on the
Wm lust. there was a rise in SteLke and Shares, and at
aria. also on the 25th. The Paris Bourse was, on
the
TeeetitrarY, little flat yesterday.
re "e Funds continue heavy, but there have been
batsales than yt sterday, and prices suffer mainly from
Paucity of business. Consols have been 924 4 for
%h Transfer and Account. The New Three•and a-
tarter per Cents, have realised 934 i, and the Three
ttee Cents. 924 Bank Stock has been steady at 1994.
elleVer-bills . have realised 40s. to 435., and India
ads i 39. to 755. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been inactive. Mexican
'47, ranged from 274 to 271.
ne Committee of Spanish American bondholders
bane resolved to leave in Messrs. Barings' hands the
z
tee necessary for obtaining some settlement of
41,e debt, and have published the following:-
bas The Committee, reverting to the lapse of time which
I occurred since it made any movement regarding
rie Buenos Ayrean debt, and learning, with much satis-
faction, that on the conclusion of peace, and the resump-
nl of friendly relations between Buenos Ayres and
'agland, which cannot now be long delayed, there
" every prospect of a resumption of the pay-
-1141,43 of the dividends, consider it better, for
'0 sake of all parties concerned, to leave the
ratter,
for the present, entirely in the hands of Messrs.
Iting, the respectable agents of the loans."
vv, e only hope that in this matter Messrs. Baring will
El,uisposed to do mere than other contractors have done
-.Jere them.
1.,41ad0r Stock has been marked 3i, Peruvian bag
Cell supported at 53 to 53,1, and Brazilian Small has
Fa en done at 85. Russian Stock has been at 108, and
ljerY firm. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted
~ ' II the Passive Bends 34. Dutch Two-and-a- Half
S •
61. Cari ents. are 53,1.
hares are heavy again.
tee J„ ONE O'OCLCK. tILrSING
sitlik-,- or , RlTlsti L'slls TRICES.
a ~ Cent.
BPp''r v,ent. Reduced Anns .. 9234 % 92%
4: goet. Consols Annuities 92%% 92%
top, 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... . 933/4%% 933/4
irrins. to expire J an. 1860
ItidiaTi 30 Yearr, Jan. 5, 1860 B.'a 8 11-16 8 11-16
~,, . onds, 1,000/.
.',llt-0 under 1,000/. • • ...... •-• '" 921472 p
12-•_ sols for Account % 92%
--eenequer Billie
June
sraeool/. June
1,00041,: ,
, g•June 43 p 40 p
43 40 p 40 p
4013
pr:ziie:ans
Bends O'CLOCK.
t UNDO. 43otp
Moshe.,
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
rj)l.tto• Small - 86
I,..esaLlititatno.l33onds 6 per Cent •
85
per Cent -
_ 54
e.' _sh 1i0nd5,1825,3 per Cent - -
B &he Bonds.. - 101
Igio!. Bonds
l'aoxican 5
b„ , . per Cent. 1846, with Coupons- -
b!Lto, Ex Coupons
p uto, Account . -
eruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents - -
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active.... 52% 53 53%
?Ditto, Deferred - 14%
uguese B per Cents. -
Dittol3:44zipisjitanto:B4Coponnedrvsceretnetd, 5 per Cent -
-
..... 108
5 per Cent. 1840.
Do. -
Date, Passive
' enezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent -
Ditto Deferred 7
„ Dividends on the above payable in London.
hutch 21,E per Cent., 12 Guild 53% 53%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates - 83%
CRICPS OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
ke-I..NVAY SHARES. PAID.
AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
,erdeen
up •••• 50 - •• ••• ......... -
,_e-rrreference - -- . •••••• 6%
-"'2„ • IsTott., Boston,
B4Eastern Junction 6 •••••• - "•
aste and Galloway.. 7%
•- -'
o& County Down 25 ...... - -
ka.,„ce Hants Extens.
11' "eat Per. 5 6
Ifteinghaul ind'er4) -
Zl,,,Junc., calls duly
Tu ,?r wit h a guaran.
-
tirreilllttho...utguarantee 20 . ... 231 e 233A
isediji
_, vVolverlelon,
pd. eeau.leY guarantee
tN"'.wttla lO . -- - -
ir,., without guarantee 10 . • - "...... --
.44:111$•,Wolverh'pt t;. e Stone V 0 - °ll'
-
13o8"aenhead a...ey 13/. 148... -
~ „, , lancashire, "t4`: kateshire June._ 20
kill. tplii' Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. -
- ........ ..••••• --
-
1, Ditto' au,d,
_Exeter 9O ... .. 63
V441114411%13 .... ..... 27% -
elecie!4, arathire . .... 17% -
Ditto' Quarter Shares 5102%
uitte
-
Oitto,elv,
-
'4ter el
and 3:u,,eadale June 50 - -
cluitte:Fr btf olyhead.- 50 ...... 12% 13
erenet, e erence ...... 15 ...... -
-
Dobo. Ist ci
................ 781,4
D - 2,1e17.`a, 6 per Ct. 10 _ -
ernes per Ct. 10 ...... -
birea4tper cenent Loan,
......
_
Le„e ........ 10 •••••• _
hela, onth '`'°ll & Ports-
aolie atici ................. 51/4...... - ........ -... .
eeedallt eeuelfaet June. 40 ...... -
`ltst 4 '!‘ Enniskillen 22% -
ughan, 25/. L. and L. , &
De. le,,and D,..... 25 - -
e/3 ee, E. & H ~c, -
a% (3''3i• 10 - ic' telt, „_ s., Pref.- 3% ..... -
De_
..N. ''oltaties... ..... 20 ...... 8 ..... .....
_
:litttoeldw:_st!nusa-io6npSer cat; 10 - ••••...
Deellte No.l ' P
N. ..... .. 6/.135. 41••• - -
-.61. 13s. 4d... - ... - 4'°' Norta:e, o'
1)6
iPte Cent. - Eastern.. . ... 50
to-_ per Cent.... 50 - -
bit!. - ••• •••••••••••
b °' 'A Shares
°' New . -
aBteril
cilia ....... di .....ass .43 - ••• -
D'(lata B. U. Shares) 25
-
beitt°' Class A, ditto... 31,4 -
_
tli'e! Class B (I. & B.) 25 -
b ‘l,O, Class C ditto... 221' -
testlSaticrlP c
.6 per cent.) 20 ...... 18% ..
bit, caseura 25
- ••• •-•-.... •• ...-
rittr' New - ......... ...... -
.1) 0, New Quarters 614 - • .••••••
°., 6 per Cent. Pre-
I,
feren ce Quarters ... 6IA - ......."..... -
Lincolnshire ...... 25 - -
t 't
dlllburgh and Glasgow 50 ..-.. 38 38% .•
kpitto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. - .•• ---
0H- burg ii and Northern 25 - -
Fe, to, Newport -
p eter3YeoVil. & Dorch 2% - -
tii:,ter and Exmouth... 21s. - -
0
~n\v, Dumfries, and
% -T"ale 8/ 6s. 8d.... -
eBe ....... ..... . 004 ..
bebv,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... - -
(4e -Preference Consol. - ...... - . ....... • ••• '
bat Northern
Do'' '"2 A Deferred ... 12%...... -
1)," Z 26 per Cent... 7% -
fireai' B Per Cent. Pref. 5 - •-•••
I. (lreiZh• and West.
~,
rte
ai. tt, t c'e:i,v
Natl\e, / ............. 47% - •-• ••
-
Dittoe"„,rthef England.loo ......222
tiliittwweor.n,.3l.o.s.../.1......-. .....
3350
kiittr'''eW, 401...... ... 40
-
-..-...-
-
. ~.te, e. , -
-
bitte' ............ 10(51 - ••
7-23/4 7234
Ditto fs Shares
itte: At 13. ares ...... 28 .. ... --
bbitto: Vials ...... ...... 20
' it:and
1;11 1
oltl,
,:tults..ol at t
,tal South,ll
Ipc
11,1,rrti.
lawrrtti a a
rl7eal. . .
.(,, .
.A.. ..) .
...
... . 12152: 4... . . i 914. ...... . . . . . . 9LA
bitt -,•?elhy .. ...... 50 ...... 954 .........
tbe c,zneealf Shares ... 25 •••••• - -
aqttAle_arter Shares... 12% - -
Lane L'ittes and Carlisle... 50 ...... -
).aatilo.reisrailYor.isTi.;elolo° --•--
-
Dltt°' ditto : 4 B"' 96 -
b tto, 14 slur- ......... 95 ..... -
IP. %sateen 48 ...... 46 ... ..
1),,° ,tiflhs. ..
.."'°' "ev&91.1-/sr••an-le-e•d• 15
...••
-
1\ - i 114,131. ....... •••• 10
10.06a.11(1;a:e‘,8ri
:it .4gd•
et
J.
r•is.. i
1..
e• ; ... 10 ••••• • - ......
...
"..•
•
it to ed' and Bury 46 -
D°•j (W°lleff')•• . - .• ••
yre.). 25
IQ
eedb frhanirdf&skorWd.l°....n...s 55900 - - 1-31
......
......
" ..-
, -
elandbt:::ob,..lsiraefewr., .
6...p.e..r..c..t... 55300% : - ......... ..•••• -
-
•• ••.
...... -
-teee,pc;`:ll-civar,lBlB 9 - -
,Crosby and.
' C'" :1
'l/4
- " r;g.otelitpswt°.7llpl.:l licri:;:c•:.lt ...
t•:(1..... 5551 i 01A1
1-7
..•••• - ... •••
o. .
..... MI
I

27
281,4
108
17%
10%
3%

814
4%
31/4

3,7

371%

Ditto, New 51., guar,
6 per cent. -. - -
Lon don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... - ...... -.. • ••• -
D.tto, Preference .. . 20 - -
Loado.:. and N. Western 10.) ......126 125. 125
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 14 141/8
Ditto,Fift .... - .. 6
Do. 401.5hmw(L.7.4.) :,=0 -
Do. 101. (M. & 13.) C. 1 --3%. ..... -•
Low'. & S Western ..... 50 ..... 34
Ditto, New 50/. ...... 421/i...... -
1 ~. New 401. .. 34 -
Ditto, Thirds l6/.135.41.... - dis. ..... ......
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. ou Calls ... -. 5 - ..... ..... ...
Lcucicnilerry&Coleraint 25 - ---
Do. % Shares .. 33/4 -
ndonderry and Ennis-
kiAen 25
...... -. ••• .. ...... •••
Do. % Shares 5 -
ManchE,Aa,liu.2.-ton,and
Matlock... -
11.nchcster, Sheffield,

, .
and Lincolnshire...loo
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 - ••..
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 4 —
Do. New 101. Pref lO ...... 10%
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50
Ditto ditto . ........ 19
Ditto
o ditto
andtoe 11% — ...... ........
D

Lincolnshire ...... ... 221.
~,
Do., Grimsby Dock... 25
Do., Manchester and

Lincoln Union..... 41.2 a. —
Midland .................100 ...... 61 601/2
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do., do., 501.. Shares 30 ...
Do. Birm., and Derby 100
Do.Consol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100
Ditto,Brist. & Woestr. 40
Ditto ditto ......181.125.6d.... ......
Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 5U
Ditto, Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per et. guar.loo
Midland Great Western _

Irish
4714 —
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle 100 . —
Do. Quartors
Ncwmarket

Do. Extension
el,vi?ort, Abergavenny, _

3%
34

10%

60%

11%

1 25%

and Hereford- 6 ......
Newry and Enniskillen 7 11111=1
Newry, Warrenpoun,

and Rostrevor 2O -
Norfolk ............ ..... ....100
Do. New 201.
Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 -
Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 — —
Do. Lowestoft(4 per et) 20
Ditto (6 per ct.) ... 13
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
N rthern Counties Union 4 ...... we
North British ...- .... ... 25 ..... ..
Ditto, Halves .. ..... 12% SNI4
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 81/4 .. .. .....,
Ditto Preference . 3l,
North Staffordshire ... 171 r, 106% ...
North Wales . 3% —
North-Western ....
Oxferd, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 50
goading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 4 4.....
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New
Shrewsbiu y and Binh—. 11
Ditto ditto, Class B. 7
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 3
Sqtewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) lB
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 .....
Ditto Oswestry ...... 18;i2. —
Ditto New .. ... ...... 1 .. ...

Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
Shropshire Union -
3outh Devon
Do. Preference
So ith Stailbrdshire BLA —
Jouth Eastern
Do., No. 1

Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 ...... 30
Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... •••• •••
Do., Scrip No 4
South ‘V ales
South 'Y orkshire, Don-
caster,and Goole lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, &

Goole Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent. ... 1414 —
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-

meron's &lir. C0a1.... 7 - ••• .. ........ .
Taw Vale Extension ... 8
Thames Haven Dock

and Railway ..... ... 171% —
Vale of Neath ... .. 8
Waterford and Kilkenny 20 .
Waterford and Limerick 47% -
Naterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw

2%

11%

21%

and Düblin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... ...... 50 ......
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 15 .. .....
West Cornwall ..... 6 ...
N hitehaven & Furness 16
Windsor, Staines, and
South 'Western ..... 14
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-

mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ......... 25
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20
Do. G.N.E.Prefennce 8 31/2%...
Do. Hartlepool Dock
and Railway .. 100
York and North Midland 50 24 2414 23% 24 24
Ditto, Preference

18%
1234
3%

FOREIGN RALLWAY6
Luglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... 5
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 20
Demerara — ..•
Dutch Rhenish ..... 8 . ...
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 5
Do. Do. ... 10s.
Louvain 1. la Sambre ...
Luxembourg
Ditto
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege . 20 ..... .
Northern of France l4/. 85... die. —die.
Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ...... 27 3
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 11 ...... .••••—•
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ......
Sambre and Meuse 2O .....
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nante5........ 11
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Ilasselt ...... 20
West Flanders 83% •.. ...
Ditto Bl4 —
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

6%

Australasia ,
British North American 50 ...... „..... ..... .
Colonial 25
Commercial of London 20
London. Joint Stock lO
London & Westminster. 20
National Prov. England. 35

20%
9%

Ditto New.. l 0
National of Ireland 221,2..... •••• 00000000 •••
Provincial of Ireland

Date, New ..... ..... 10 ....
Union of Australia

Ditto,New...••••••••• ••• 2%•••••• •
Union of L0nd0n..„..... 10 •••••••
Union of Madrid 4O

....
24%

10%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Ana 30. —Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.,
light airs and dull hazy weather.
PILL, Ana. 28.—A French lugger, bound to Glou-
cester, is on shore on the Hook Sauda beneaped.
PETERHEAD, Aua. 27.—The Esperance, of Conrselles,
has put in here leaky and with loss of rudder, and will
partly discharge.
DEAL, AUG. 29.—Wind W.S.W. to S.—Arrd.,
British Tar, Quebec. Arrd. from the river, Catherine
Jameson, Hutchinscn, Sydney, New South Wales;
Asiatic, Waddell, Adelaide, South Australia; Indefati-
gable, Marwood, Coquimbo ; Reliance, Finlayson,
Zinzibar; Cochituate, Berry, Boston.
MIDDLESBOROUGH, AUG. 27.—Arrd• Zephyr, Quebec.
SHIELDS, AUG. 29. Wind N.W. to S.E.—Arrd. 28th,
Joy, Byers, Resticouche; Dorothy, Stephens, Quebec.
PENZANCE, AUG. 28.—The Harmony, bound to Wales,
in ballast, struck on the Ryeman Rock, between St.
Michael a Mount and Penzance pier, this afternoon, and
remains; but is expected off on the flow, with very little
damage.

BELFAST, AUG. 26.—Arrd. Industry, Walker, Quebec.
Sld. 27th, Warrior, New York; 28th, Arab, ditto.
A vessel, either a schooner or sloop, apparently new,
and about 100 tons register, bottom upwards, not cop
pered, and painted lead colour above the bends, was
passed, Cape Finitterre bearing S.E. 50 miles, by the
Brilliant, Newton. at Southampton.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
NrAVGATZI AND LEADENHALL.
These markets were in a very inactive state, at barely
stationary prices. Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton,
2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 38 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, as Od to
3s 6d; and Pork, 35 Od to 35 10d per Sibs by the
carcass.

SAY MAIMETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 21 18s to 31 12s ;
New ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ Os;
Old Clover, 41 Os to 4/ 15s;
New ditto, 3/ to 4/; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per
oad. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 2! 18s to 31 15s;
New ditto, 21 5s to 3103; Old Clover, 3/ 168 to 4/ 12s;
New ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ Os; and Straw, 118 s to 1/ 13s per
toad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 3112-;
New ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ Os; Old Clover, 4/ Os to 4/ 15,;
New ditto, 3/ Os to 41 Os; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 12s per
load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at the
above quotations.

MEAT MARZETB.
SOUTHALL, Ilto. 29.—The supplies of stock on sale
to-day were good. Generally speaking, the demand
ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2i 10d to
3s 8d ; Mutton, 35 to 45; Lamb, 45 to 4s 10d; Vet],
3s to 35 6d; and York , 3s Od to 3s Sd per Sibs to sick
the offal.

ROMFORD, Auo. 29.—Beasts and Sheep moved cft
heavily, at drooping prices. In other kinds of stock

next. to nothing was doing. Beef, from 33 to 3s 101;
33 to 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to ss; Veal, 3s 2il to
3, 6 s Pi!lc, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling
C,kes, ISs to 2.4; Quarter-old Store Pigs, I6s to 20s;
and Mitch Cows with their small Calf, 14!. to 181. each.
HAILSIIAM AUG. 29.—We hal a very dull inquiry for
iitoek, on somewhat lowtr terms. Beef from 32 to

10d ; Alutton. 3s to 4s ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 4s 10.1 ; and
Veal, 3s to 3s 6i per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, AUG. 28.—Very few buyers were in at-
tendance ti,-day, and pric:s had a downward tendency.
Beef from 3s 4d to 43 ; Mutton, 36 2d to 4s 2d; Lamb,
4s 4d to ss; and Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, AUG. 29.—Our market was very in-
active to-day, and prices were lower. Beef from 85 2d
to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 41; Lamb, 4s 2d to 4s
161; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6,1 per B:bs. Suckling
Calves, l3s to 235; and Mich Cows, with their small
Calf, 141 to 181 5s each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
or the Week ended Aug. 23, 1849, made up from the Returns of il-e
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
I WHEAT. I BARLEY.I OATS. BYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAT.PRICE •• I 44x 8d 126 s 4d 1 18810 d 1 I 26s 5d 1 32s 2d 1 283 8d

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I STE. I BEANS. YEAR.
is Od is Od Is Od Is 01 is Od Is Od

THE LATE CHAPLAIN OF COVENTRY
GAOL AND THE LATE MARY BALL.
We copy the subjoined documents from the Coventry
Herald and Observer :
"TO THE EDITOR OF TUE COVENTRY HERALD AND

OBSERVER.

"Sir,—You will, I presume, favour me with the in-
sertion of the following medical certificate. The
italics are Mr. Laxon's own :

"' I hereby certify that on the third day subsequent
to the slight injury inflicted on the late May Ball's
hand, by the flame of a candle (no evidence of mis-
chief remaining), I directed the covering to be re-
moved from it.

" ' WILLIAM LAXON, M.D., Surgeon to the Gaol.
" Coventry, Aug. 21, 1849.'
" There is an inaccuracy in the deposition of the
chief witness, where the singular is substituted for
the plural number, viz., "a hundred years" for
" hundreds of years ;" and also an important omis-
sion. My words were to this effect :
" What is this compared with the flames of hell,
where your whole frame will be in torments for hun-
dreds of years, if you depart this life without making
an acknowledgment of your guilt ? '
" RICHARD CHAPMAN."
COPY OF A LETTER FORWARDED BY THE LATE CHAP-
LAIN OF COVENTRY GAOL TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

" August 10, 1849.
" Right Honourable Sir,—Although an official no.
tice from the visiting magistrates of Coventry Gaol,
respecting my suspension from the duties of the
chaplaincy, and my consequent resignation of the
office, may have already reached you, I have never-
theless thought it not inexpedient to trouble you with
a brief account of the circumstances which led to such
an unfortunate result. The condemned prisoner,
Mary Ball (who was executed yesterday), 1 had at-
tended privately for several weeks prior to her con-
demnation; and from the time the sentence of death
was pronounced upon her until the Saturday before
her execution (i. e. for the space of a week), I was
unremitting in my exertions to prepare her for the
awful fate which awaited her. No pains, I assure
you, were spared on my part to awaken her min d
to a sense of her condition. But I had to contend
with an obtuse intellect, a lethargic temperament, a
moral sense exceedingly debased, and a conscience
apparently benumbed by long-continued habits of
vice. The proofs of her guilt had been clearly
established at her trial, but no acknowledgment
of it could I extort from her. On the contrary,
her protestations and assertions of innocence were
repeatedly conveyed to me from her lips in the
strongest language that she had at her command. I
trust that, as a Christian gentleman, you will make
every reasonable allowance for a clergyman anxious
for the salvation of a human soul, and in a state of
perplexity how to secure it. On the morning of
Saturday, the 4th instant, I read and explained to
her several of the parables of our Blessed Lord, which
inculcate the necessity of repentance ; I also read to
her the gospel account of the penitent thief, and en-
deavoured from these instances, and from other pas-
sages of Scripture, to prove to her that repentance
without confession, or an unreserved acknowledgment
of guilt, was necessarily imperfect. I then pointed
out to her, as plainly as I could, the dreadful conse-
quences of departing this life without having com-
pleted the work of repentance ; and read to her some
passages from a work of Jeremy Taylor, on the nature
of eternal punishment in hell fire. Having expatiated
thereupon at some length, I implored her, in the
kindest and most soothing accents, not to incur the
wrath of God by persisting in the assertion of
her innocence, and requested her to kneel down
with me in prayer. After these religious exer-
cises were finished her manner seemed to be
rather subdued, in spite of a little sullenness which
now and then betrayed itself, and an unwilling-
ness to be communicative. On revisiting her in

the afternoon, a thought struck me that an application
to the senses of a person who was inaccessible to reason
might be attended with the desired result. I called
for a lighted candle, and requested her to give me
her hand, which she unresistingly placed (or suffered
to be placed) in my own. I then held it over the
lighted candle, and asked her if she suffered pain, to
which she made no reply, but presently began to
struggle, when I instantly released her hand. This
operation did net occupy more than two seconds, or
three at the most, during which she never once cried
out. I then inquired of her if she would venture
on another trial, and proceeded to take her hand for
that purpose, but perceiving her disinclination, I did
not persist in my attempt. Whereupon I addressed
her in the following or similar words Do not
imagine that 1 have been influenced by any feelings
of cruelty towards you in thus placing your hand
over the candle, I have done this to teach you the
value of your immortal soul. If you flinch from such
a trifling amount of pain as this which I have been
inflicting upon you, how will you endure the torments
of an eternal fire hereafter, which will inevitably be
your portion unless you make an ample confession o f
your guilt before you die?'
" I regret very much to state that the hand of the
unfortunate woman was slightly blistered by the
flame ; but two days before she suffered I received
intelligence of its entire recovery, and that she had
almost forgotten the circumstance.
" Perhaps it may not be unimportant to mention
that she subsequently confessed her crime, and ad-
mitted the justice of her sentence.
" I have thus endeavoured to give you as clear a
statement as possible of the transaction which occa-
sioned my suspension. The possibility of the other
prisoners entertaining a prejudice against me, on their
coining to a knowledge of this circumstance, has doubt.
less influenced the decision of the magistrates and this
consideration will, perhaps, account for the apparent
harshness of their resolution. Erroneous and exag-

gerated reports relative to this affair have been circu-
lated, some of them too ridiculous to be credited by
any person of intelligence. I hare, therefore, thought
it advisable to write to you myself upon the subject,
not forgetting to mention that, by the advice of my
friends, I have forwarded my resignation of the
chaplaincy to the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"R. CHAPMAN."

A Greek, a German, an Irish, an English, and a
Scotch naturalist, are at present in the Orkneys, each on
a scientific tour.

LONDON PRICE OF BREAD.—The general price of
the best bread in London is 7d. and 74d., second quality
from sd. and 51d. to 6d. and 6id. In the neighbourhood
of Somers Town bread is selling at sd. and sid. The
master bakers of that district have Leen endeavour-
ing, for some time past, to obtain a living profit on their
bread, and succeeded, after great exertions, in putting a
stop to that unfair competition that bad so long existed
among them. After the whole of them had been for a
short time at one price, and each came to be reduced to
the trade to be done in their own immediate locality,
one of them made an excuse that he would no longer
continue to sell his bread at the same price as the rest
so long as one or two in the neighbourhood made second,
or rather bread of the third quality, and immediately
commenced selling under the agreed price, whereby he
advanced his trade considerably, to the injury of his
neighbours, who have been obliged in consequence to
sell their bread at the same rate as he did in order to
retain their customers. Similar accounts may be given
of other parts of London.—Bakers' Gazette.
SUDDEN DEATH. Father Dominic, of Poplar
House, Westend, Hampstead, has been suddenly removed
from his earthly labours, and his death was accompanied
by most untoward circumstances and peculiar suffering.
Ho left London in good spirits on Monday morning by
the 7.30 train on the Great Western Railway, accom-
panied by Father Lewes, on his way to Stroud. When
very near the Pangbourno station he was suddenly in-
disposed, and upon being removed from the train symp-
toms of a choleraic character appeared. The attendance
of a medical gentleman (Mr. H. Muggridge, who hap-
pened to be travelling) was immediately given, and his
complaint ascertained to be disease of the heart. Reme-
dies were applied, and application made to the inns for
admission, but no room could, as it was stated, be af-
forded. The unfortunate sufferer was then removed to
a cottage and laid upon some straw on the brick fljor for
upwards of an hour. Upon the arrival of the up-train he
was lifted in and brough to the Railway Tavern at Read-
ing. The prescriptions of the medical gentleman were
again applied, and temporary ease was obtained. The
spasm at the heart, however, returned with violence, and
he expired at three o'clock the same afternoon. The
medical gt naeman certified that death arose from natural
causes. Father Dominic was very generally known to
the Roman Catholic community, and particularly to the
rlelve, gentlemen who have seceded from the church of
England.
it he Trieste papers quote the exchange on London
at 11 52 to 11 53, on receipt of telegr.phic news
from Vienna; money was in continued demand, and the
rate of discount was four per cent. The value of the
English sovereign Wall quoted at 11 40.