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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1819

suspended, and no further costs incurred. In the
interval, however, additional misfortunes visited the
humble dwelling of the wretched surety : five of
his family, himself included, were attacked
with cholera, and three of his children fell
victims to the fearful visitation. Under such
circumstances, it can scarcely be supposed that
his engagement to the secretary of the loan society
could be remembered. Such things, however, could
not move his inexorable creditor. The penalty of
the bond should be enforced, the " pound of
flesh" received without abatement or drawback. A
notice from the Palace Court was speedily served,
warning him that judgment would be entered up
within a few days unless the debt and costs were
fully satisfied. Notwithstanding the fearful catas-
trophe by which his energies had been paralysed, and
almost all his available resources exhausted, JONES
again waited on the secretary, hoping that his com-
passion would be excited by a recital of the deplorable
events that had occurred. His application was,
apparently, successful; the secretary appeared moved,
and informed him that if the balance of 103. for the
costs, and 3s. on account of the debt, were forthwith
paid, further proceedings would be stayed. The proposi-
tion was immediately accepted, 13s. were paid, and
JONES returned to his afflicted family in the full belief
that he was for the time saved from the tender
mercies of the Palace Court officials. The respite
was, however, brief indeed; the very next morning
an officer of the Palace Court seized his furniture
under an execution for 91. Is., and everything he had
in the world was swept away- The secretary was
again appealed to, but that functionary had resumed
his wonted composure. The tale of misery and
destitution fell upon listless ears. The ordinary
answer was returned—" The law should take its
course. The matter was out of the secretary's
hands, and he could not interfere." In a
few days the goods were brought to the
hammer, and what had cost the wretched victim of
the Palace Court more than 501. were sacrificed for
141. 15s. But the tender-hearted officials were not
satisfied with this wholesale destruction ; other
oickings must be obtained in addition to those sanc-
tioned by law. His bed, which he valued at eight
guineas, was withheld, and another of a very inferior
description substituted, which only realised 365. ; his
carpet and some minor articles were altogether made
away with. With considerable difficulty he obtained
the restitution of his carpet, the parties being pro-
bably afraid to brave the consequences of what could
only be regarded as an absolute robbery, but no
satisfaction would be given with respect to the bed
—the address of the purchaser could not be ascertained.
On applying also for the balance between the 9/. Is.,
the amount of the execution, and the 141. 15s. for
which his goods were sold, he was told
that the auctioneer had not yet made his
return, and that the balance would most
probably be absorbed in extra expenses. The
officers of the law manifestly thought it most strange
that any person should have the audacity to look for
any return from what had once got into their clutches.
In despair poor JONES laid his accumulated misfor-
tunes before the magistrate of his district, and the
accuracy of his statement having been fully confirmed,
he has, we are happy to say, received substantive
marks of public sympathy that will probably replace
nis pecuniary losses. His case is, however, but one
of many hundred similar instances of the glaring and
flagrant abuse of legal authority, few of which have
been revealed or brought under public notice, and
relief to him will not aid the innumerable victims who
have been brought to ruin in due course of /au,.
As we have already stated, a benevolent solicitor
has taken up his case ; an application has been made
to the Court to set aside the proceedings on the ground
that the plaintiff had settled the action, and that the
subsequent proceedings were contrary to good faith.
A. rule nisi has been granted, but we may form some
idea of the ordinary routine of cases when we find
the presiding Judge stating his opinion, that " in the
early part there appeared to be great leniency shown
to the defendant." If such be the notion entertained
of " great leniency," we should greatly desire to be
favoured with the Learned Gentleman's definition of
oppression and persecution ? It will be seen, how-
ever, that nothing has been said with respect to the
conduct of the subordinate officers of the court in
withholding a portion of the goods seized most pro-
bably for their own private use, or in substituting an
inferior article for one of greater value that should
have been sold for the benefit of the parties con
cerned. A searching ievestigation should take place
into the latter branch of the proceedings, which
,hould be conducted in a police-office rather than in
the Palace Court. The charge is practically one of
larceny, and should be treated as such.

It is much to be regretted that the note presented to
the Government of the King of NAPLES by Mr.
TEMPLE, on the 16th September, 1849, had not been
presented twelve months earlier, and backed up
by measures calculated to force the bloated Bourbon,
who now misgoverns Naples and Sicily, to observe
the conditions on which alone he has any right to the
throne of Sicily. He has no right divine to the Crown
of that island ; his predecessors were called to the
throne as emphatically constitutional as contradistin-
guished from legitimate kings ; the preserva-
tion of the Sicilian Constitution was the
condition on which they reigned ; and as the obser-
vation of that condition had been guaranteed to the
Sicilian nation by the British Government, Lord
PALMERSTON would have been acting strictly in
accordance with his duty had he, in 1848, interfered
by force of arms to compel the observance on the
part of the King of NAPLES of those conditions. He
did not so interfere, because it was alleged, falsely
alleged, we believe, that such interference would
involve us in a war with Russia. Have we escaped a
Russian war by our neglect to do our duty to Sicily ?
and shall we not enter upon a Russian war in 1849
under much more disadvantageous circumstances than
we should have done in 1848, and that in consequence
of this very neglect ? In 1848 Sicily would have
been our ally ; her ports, open to our shipping, would
have been closed to the shipping of the enemy,
NAPIER having the ports of Sicily open to him, as
they were during the last war to NELsos, might
have fitted out his fleet there and have proceeded to
the Dardanelles, as NELSON did to the mouths of the
Nile, and have annihilated the Russian fleet,
as NELSON destroyed the French fleet. had
the English Government done its duty in 1848, Sicily
would have been the outpost of England in the Medi-
terranean against Russia. As it is—garrisoned by
35,000 Neapolitans, the slaves of that Bourbon who
is in his turn the slave of the Emperor of RUSSIA,
Sicily is now the advanced guard of that Cossack in-
vasion destined to destroy the liberties and uproot
the civilization of Western Europe. Much as we
regret the apathy of the English Government of
1848, we cannot but express our admiration of the
note of Mr.
~TEMPLE, of the 16th September,
1849. It is a solemn recognition on the part
of Lord PALMERSTON of the guarantees given in
1812 to the Sicilian nation by Lord WIL-
LIAM BENTINCIL and the Marquis of WELLESLEY
on the part of the British nation, and an
official protest against the flagrant and repeated per-
juries which hare been committed by the successive
usurpers of the Sicilian throne. The presentation of
that note has been also useful, inasmuch as it has
elicited the answer of the Chevalier FORTUNATO, than
which, document more mendacious never emanated
even from the Austrian Chancery, but which, never-
theless, contains some most important admissions, of
which it will hereafter be the permanent record. With
regard to the mendacity of the document, a few
passages will be sufficient to show the jesuitical
fashion after which the Neapolitan Foreign Minster
palters with the truth ; for instance, the Chevalier
FouTusrATo:says—"No idea of vengeance has occupied
the mind of the Government of his Masawrr in the
island, and your Excellency must be informed that up
to this hour no execution has taken place for political
offences." That no person has been executed for the
commission of a political offence eo nonsine is, perhaps,
correct, but the Chevalier omits to inform Mr. TEMPLE
that persons guilty of political offences have been
arrested on trumped-up charges (such, for instance,
as the unlawful possession of arms), hurried before a
council of war, sentenced without form of trial, and
shot within twelve hours; he also omits to-state the
number of persons who have been arrested and
secretly. put to death in the dungeons of
Palermo. Since the ,island has been in possession
of the Neapolitans the arrests have averaged 100 a day,
and of the persons thus arrested the:great majority have

disappeared. As a proof that "no idea of vengeance
has occupied the mind of his MAJESTY," we would '
cite tha infamous persecution (not one whit the less
infamous because it was unsuccessful) of Prince
GRANATELLI and of Signor SCALIA. before the criminal
courts of this country, on a charge which there was
not one tittle of evidence to support ; the arrests,
which are every day taking place in Naples, and
which have elicited a strong expression of disapproba-
tion from even the reactionary correspondent of a
reactionary journal, who has hitherto, through evil
report and through good report, supported the cause of
the King of NAPLES ; the detention in the prisons of
Naples, in violation of the amnesty and contrary to the
law of nations of those unfortunate Sicilians:who were
captured in British waters by a Neapolitan ship of
war which had hoisted the British flag; the forced
exile from Sicily of many hundreds of persons who
were included in the amnesty, that amnesty, be it
remembered, being no free-will offering on the part
of the KING, but a condition of the capitulation of
Palermo, so that the arrests and banishments are so
many express violations of a solemn treaty. Verily
King Bomn S. is as magnanimous as he is brave, and
his mind now is " no more occupied with the idea of
vengeance" than it was at Velletri with the idea of
fear when he ran away from GARIBALDI.
Mendacious as this document is, however,
it contains some valuable admissions—admissions
which at some future period cannot but be of infinite
service to the liberal cause in Sicily. We take note
more especially of the following passage :
"In tine, after having had the honour to establish the
principles which regulate the condition of all nations,
and shown that the efforts of the Sicilian insurgents
yielded before the victorious arms of my august Sove-
reign, and the loyalty of the majority of the population,
I have the satisfaction to add that his Majesty is still
well disposed of his own free will to establish such forms
of administration as are suitable to that part of the
kingdom, and are desired by the inhabitants themselves."

It will be seen here that the KING completely ig-
nores the existence of the Constitution, in virtue of
which alone his grandfather was called to the throne
of Sicily ; be claims Sicily as his own by right of
conquest, and will, of his own free will, establish the
forms of administration. This open rejection of the
ancient Constitution (which had subsisted for 700
years), on the part of the KING, at once releases the
Sicilians from the necessity of fettering themselves
by observing constitutional forms, and when the

blow for liberty shall again be struck, when the
Neapolitan troops shall be again expelled from the
island, we trust that Sicily will at once proclaim a
republic, and not suffer herself to be again bam-
boozled by any mediation into months of inaction,
but, following up the blow, pursue and destroy
her oppressor before he has time to recover from the
shock and rally his scattered forces.
In 1848 the King of NAPLES appealed to England,
as having guaranteed the Sicilian Constitution, to
mediate between himself and the Sicilians. At that
time it appears he waived the right which
he now claims of " regulating the internal adminis-
tration of his own country according to the inspira-
tion of his justice, without creating any prejudice to
other nations," and the Sicilians, in their anxiety not 1
to overstep their right, admitted the English media-
tion. That mediation, proposed by BOMBA in a spirit
of bad faith, and solely with a view to gain time, lost
the cause of Sicily. We are rejoiced, therefore, to
find that King BoMBA has in this note furnished the
Sicilians with such an excellent reason for refusing
to listen to any future mediation, and our advice to
them, and to all nations similarly _ situated,: is :
When the time shall arrive, which most assuredly it
will, and that ere long, when liberal principles shall
be again in the ascendant, and the oppressed shall
once more hurl their oppressors to the earth, consent
to no mediation, listen to no promises, enter into no
negotiations, but think of the past, and learn wisdom.
As was said by the PRESIDENT of the French Re-
public on a different occasion, and in a different sense,
" 11 foul que cela finisse."

ruE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday
-- - - - - -

The PRESIDENT of the Republic is now fully aware
of the base manner in which his interests, and those
of France, have been betrayed by that
" Monstrum, horrendum, informe ingens cul lumen
ademptum,"
which calls itself, upon the lucus a non lucendo prin-
ciple, the party of order, and in which TRIERS, the
Vol'arian, is found working in unison with MoNTA-
LEMBERT, the Jesuit, MOLE the anythingarian, DE
13aocum, the Orleanist, and DE FALLOUX, the Le-
gitimatist ; the object of each being to restore a
regime that shall give him the same chance
of plundering the people of which he was deprived
by the revolution of February, 1848. These per-
-ions: hive now thrown off the mask, and, spe-
culating on the gross and crass ignorance of the
peasantry, which has been well exploited by the
priests, for support, they have, in the report on
the Roman expedition, drawn up by M. TRIERS, in-
sulted the President, ignored his letter to Colonel
EDGAR NET, and placed him in such position that he
must henceforth be either their tool or their enemy.
The PRESIDENT has adopted the bold and manly
part which is befitting a BONAPARTE, and has deter-
mined coute qui coute to maintain the principles of
his letter—his Ministry, with the exception of DE
FALLOUX and RULLIERE, support him—and there
oannot be a doubt but that he will hare the support
of the army also, in which case he may safely set the
priests at defiance. All the journals speak of an ap-
proaching Ministerial crisis.
The Pairie says—

" The most unpleasant rumours were current to day
at the Assembly. It was said that the President of the
Republic had made a declaration amounting to an open
rupture with the policy indicated in the report of M.
'Thiers on the affairs of Rome, and adopting, as the
only policy in unison with the interests, honour, and
dignity of France, the policy of the letter of the Pre-
sident on this question. It was added that the Council
of Ministers adhered to this opinion of the Presi-
dent. A letter was spoken of from the President of
the Republic to the President of the Council, expressing
this resolution. It was also rumoured that A. Fal-
loux had given in his resignations—
The same journal says—
" Some representatives, who have hitherto formed
part of the majority, met this evening with a view to
attempt an arrangement between MM. Thiers, Moth, de
Broglie, and their friends in the majority of the commit-
tee, and the lion. Members who adhere to the policy of
the letter of the President. M. Thiers is said to have
declared as the organ of the committee he could not do
other than sustai❑ the policy expressed in his report, in
the name of that committee."
The Er enement has the following :
"In the Council of Ministers, which was held this
morning at the Elys43, it was decided that the Govern.
ment would follow exclusively the policy laid down in
the letter of the President on the affairs of Rome, and
that the policy of M. Thiers is contrary to interest, and
to honour, and to the national dignity. It was said at
the Assembly that a note had been written by the Pre-
sident of the Republic himself establishing a complete
rupture with the policy of which M. Thiers is the organ.
This note was even sent to the Moulton-, but was with-
drawn in order that it might be inserted in another form.
We think we can affirm that the manifesto of the Presi-
dent will appear in the Moniteur of to-morrow morning.
M. de Falleux, on being informed this evening that the
Council of Ministers had adhered to the resolution of
the President, immediately sent in his resignation. At
about four o'clock in the afternoon about ten represen-
tatives, avowed partisans of the policy of the President,
met in one of the committee rooms of the Assembly, to
endeavour to bring round MM. Thiers, Mole, and
Broglie, to this policy. The latter are said to have for.
malty declared that they will adhere to the conclusions of
the report of M. Thiers."
The journals of the Parti-Pretre are filled with
ferocious denunciations of England. It is perjfde
Albion, Protestant England,(hinc dlcclachrymo3) which
alone prevents the restoration of a sacerdotal despo-
tism on the continent, and therefore is Protestant
England denounced by the organs of the Icquisition-
loving M. DE PALLOUX.
At a dinner given at the Elysee on Monday the
Bureau of the Assembly and the minority of the
Committee on the credits were present. The PRESI-
DENT thanked M. V. llcoo for having supported his
letter before the Committee. The reply of M. V.
HUGO was, " I am disposed to defend it also in the
tribune, but will you follow me as far as that." " I
will follow you there," said the PRESIDENT, " and
no obstacle shall atop me."
M. DUPIN is using all his influence to induce the
PRESIDENT to change his determination, but he has
been unsuccessful.

The President has written an official letter to M.
ODILLON BARROT, announcing his determination to
maintain the principles laid down in his letter ad-
dressed to M. EDGAR NET. The Legitimatist journal,
the Opinion Pablique, of yesterday contains a furious
attack on the PRESIDENT, MS does the journal of M.
DE PALLOUX and the Parti-Pretre, the Assemblee
Nationale. This latter imputes to him as a crime his
maintenance of the English alliance.
During the course of the debate on the Bill autho-
rising the payment of the dowry of the Duchess of
Orleans, the following amendment was on Monday
proposed by M. MAGUIN :
" Nevertheless the payment of the dowry cannot be
effected except upon the express demand of the Duchess
of Orleans. Immediately after the payment the Minister
shall take measures to hate himself reimbursed out of

the property of the late King Louis Philippe, the real
debtor."

The debate, which was adjourned, was yesterday
brought to a conclusion, and the Bill as originally
proposed was passed by a majority of 239, there
being, for the Bill 423, against it 184.
The High Court of Versailles re• assembled on
Monday, M. MAILLARD, one of the persons implicated
in the affair of the 13th June, but who had taken to
flight, surrendered, and was placed upon his trial with
the rest of the prisoners. M. MAILLARD, like the
other prisoners, refused to answer the interrogatories
of the court, and declared that he would give full ex-
planations after the evidence of the witnesses had been
heard. The sitting was not of much interest, having
been nearly all occupied with the reading of the inter-
rogatories of the prisoners before the jug es cf instruction
M. PAPA complained that he had been Irregularly ar-
rested, but the Procureur•General having denied it,
the court expressed itself satisfied. The examination
of witnesses commences to-flay.
The French fleet stationed at the islands of the
Hyeres have received orders to sail for Ourlac, in the
Gulf of Smyrna. The fleet is composed of five ships
of war, and is under the command of Admiral PAR-
CEVAL. On its way the fleet will be joined by the
two large frigates the Iphigenie and the Pammone,
besides several smaller vessels and steamers.
M. DR PERSIGNY has returned to Paris from
Vienna.

The Constitutionnel says—" For the last two days
a good deal has been said of a pretended reply sent
by Russia to the collective notes of France and Eng-
land, relative to the demand for extradition made to

the SULTAN. The persons who gave this news have
not reflected that however great may be at present
the rapidity of communications, a reply could not
be yet had from St. Petersburgh, supposing even
that the notes had been dispatched as soon as the
incident was known at London and Paris. But that
was not the case; a letter, which we receive from
London, informs us that the English Government,
without hesitating an instant to approve of the line
of conduct followed at Constantinople by Sir S.
CANNING, in accord with General AUPICY, d:d
not, however, think that it was necessary to show any
haste, so that it is not more than five or six days since

the note was sent to Paris to be forwarded to St.
Petersburgh in company with that of France ; but the
French note had been already dispatched. We are
assured besides that both are conceived in terms per-
fectly agreeing with the counsels given to the Porte
by the two Ambassadors."
The PRESIDENT of the Republic went on Monday
to visit the principal factories and workshops in the
Faubourg St. Antoine, particularly those of M.
BORON, optician ;M. vesmE, machine manufac-
turer; Messrs. MAssos, earthenware manufacturers ;
and M,KRIEGER, cabinet-maker. The PRESIDENT was
accompanied by two orderly officers, M. FLEURY* and
M. LAITY. He first went to the mairie of the Bth
arrondissement, where he was received by the Prefect
of the Stine, the Prefect of Police, and the Mayor.
The PRESIDENT entered into long conversations with
the heads of the different establishments, and met
throughout his visit with the warmest welcome from
the workmen, and from the inhabitants of the
faubourgs.
The !t[oniteur publises the followingletter,received
from a workman of Paris :
" The President of the Republic on his last visit to
the 12th arrondissement came unexpectedly to the spin•
uing establishment of M. Pratviel, Boulevard de
l'Hopitbl. A young workwoman at that place
solicited' the pardon of her brother, 17 years of age,
who had been transported to Belle-Isle. The Presi-
dent received her very kindly, asked for the name
of the prisoner in writing, and gave it to the
mayor of the arrondissement, Some time after the father
and mother of the young man were sent for to the Pre-
fecture of Police, where the most delightful surprise
awaited them. Their son was there. He had been re-
leased, and left the Prefecture with them. Their first
care was to thank him who had restored their child to
them. They received a letter from the Elysee, announcing
to them that the sum of 100 f. was placed at their disposal
with the treasurer of the Presidency, to provide for
the wants of the youth, until he could find employment.
' I shall preserve that letter, writes the father, for my
seven children, as a lesson of labour and of duty; and
if some day my son should be called under the colours, as
well as his eldest one who is now in the 3d Horse-Chas-
seers, it will redouble with him the sentiment of honour
by that of gratitude.'"
The Committee of Finance deliberated on Monday
on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill, and rejected
by a large majority the provision tending to carry the
line only to Chalons, deeming it indispensable to have
the whole line executed. The Committee has decided
that it will demand explanations from the Minister
relative the stations of La Guillotiere, Perrache, and
Vaise ; also that it will call on the Central Railway
Commission for its opinion relative to the passage
through Lyons. Delegates from the different com-
panies are to be admitted before the committee to
give explanations.
PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, OCT. 16.
The announcement in the "'aerie and Evenentent, last
evening, of differences having arisen between M. 'rhiers
and the President, tended to cause the market to open
heavy to-day, and Threes were at one time done as low as
i 4 f. 90c., and Fives at 86f. 80c. Reports, however, be-
coming current that an arrangement was probable, a
little rally took place, but prices did not come up to the
closing quotations of yesterday, the last calls being
551. 30c. for Threes, and 87f. 25e. for Fives. The market
closed as followst—Threes, for cash, 55f. 20e.; for ac
count, 87r. 25c.•, Bank of France Shares, 2,3301.; Spanish
Threes, 341.; Ditto Fives and Neapolitan not quoted.
RAlLAAYS.—ltailway Shares have been rather offered
to-day, and prices are generally a shade lower. Orleans
closed at 722 f. 500 ; Havre, 240 f.; Avignon, 2121.5&x.;
Vieraon, 290 f.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c.; Strasburg and
1311 e, 100 r.; Northers, 425 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3451.;
Nantes, 2831. 755.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Orr. 16.

Boulogne and Amiens, sX—Greatlndian Pent's'la, 04
—Northern of France, 31 dis. —Orleans and Bordeaux,
2%—Paris aid Rouen, 20.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 11th hare arrived.
Their contents are unimportant.
The Boise was closed, as the 11th was the QUE 131415
iiirthday.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

The massacres still continue at Pesth. A priest,
named GANzzKY, was shot on the 9th, and a Jew was
shot with him. A letter from Presburg states that it
is not true that PULSKY'S children are confined in the
castle of the city, but that the children of KOS'IUTII
and of GUYON are imprisoned there, and are in a state
of such destitution that HAYNAU was afforded an
opportunity of insulting their misfortunes, by doling
out to them a paltry alms of 101., which was
left with the Governor of the fortress so
that they were evenave, afforded an opportunity of
expressing their MlLtempt for him by the rejection of
his dole. Madame PERczef,"and the Baronesses
SPLISNYE are also prisoners at Preshurgh.
A great sensation has been created by the appear-
ance in public of ASSERMAN'S f'fl-tnale Aide-de-camp,
who is included in the capitulation of Comorn. This
secOnd JOAN OF Anc, who is only twenty years of
age, has fought, in fourteen pitched battles against the
Austrians.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was an active market for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday, and large sales were again effected, viz,
20,000 bales, of which speculators took one-half. Prices
generally were stiff; and Brazils, which are greatly
sought after, were a shade dearer. Among the transac-
tions were 10,000 American, 3.500 Brazils at 60. to
7jd., 500 Egyptian at 6/d. to 7d., 2,000 Surat at 4d. to
5d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. 4d. to ls. sd. per lb.—ln
Railway Shares there was but little or no alteration;
but the market closed more firmly.
There are no late ship arrivals to-day with news of
any interest. At Amsterdam the Stock market on
Monday was generally rather quieter, but Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were in some request at 53 9.16.
Spanish were supported, and Portuguese animated.
Some very curious circumstances are stated in
relation to the question so much disputed as to
whether the St. John del Rey Mining Company can
be fairly charged with employing slaves on their
property, and at a great sacrifice of human life. As
an English company, it has been contended that such
labour ought not to be made available, or :at least only
under very special circumstances; but without entering
into the merits of the question at present, since it must
come before a meeting of the proprietors or a court of
law, and in the meantime we give a portion of the
circular letter sent round by the secretary of the com-
pany, who has taken a decided stand against it. Mr. W'
Routh states—
" Circumstances which have lately arisen force me to
address you. To most of you, I° have the honour of
being personally known; and I trust you will read with
attention what I am about to write.
" The directors of this company have thought fit to
issue a circular, which you will all have read. This ap•
parently contradicts what I have often stated to those
shareholders with whom I am in correspondence, and
would lead you to suppose, if not answered, that I have
been deceiving you.
" What I have stated is this—' That the mortality
amongst the negroes is so great, that in a short time
the workings of the mine must be either abandoned, or
the greater portion.'
" This statement the circular goes to disprove; but
nevertheless, it is perfectly truo.
" The great mortality is among the under-ground ne-
groes —the Borers, Kibblefillers, &c., therefore it is not
correct to take a rate of 51 per cent. on a population of
1,106. At the time the directors issued thic circular,
the deaths of male adults amounted to 43, out of a popu-
lation, more or less, of 170 Borers (the free Borers are
not included ; Kibblefillers, &c., perhaps 96 more.
[Since the publication of the circular, latter accounts
have been received, and the sickness still continues as
great as ever, and several deaths have occurred.]
" But of the above forty-three deaths, five men were
killed from accident. It is not stated, however, that
one of these five negroes met his death thus:—He was
sent to the surgeon by the manager of the blacks, who
stated that the man's sight was defective, and that he
ought not to be sent to work. The surgeon's reply was
(and I have a copy of it) that he could not find anything
the matter with his sight. The negro was sent to work;
and, not being able to discover objects properly, he
tumbled down the ladder, going into the mine, and was
killed.
" I firmly believe —and there are many persons here
who will corroborate what I say (two of whom are very
recently arrived from the mines)—that the negroes are
worked to such an extent that they din from exhaustion.
Two medical gentlemen have examined into the medical
reports from Morro Velho, and one, if not both, is of
this opinion.
" The directors talk of the mortality of 1847 being
only 2 6-10 the per cent. They might also have said
that the first six months in 1848 were very healthy, and
the great sickness, or " epidemic," so termed by the
medical officer, did not commence until the new thirty-
six head-stamps were at work.
" This is the strongest argument they can use against
their so called facts.' In 1847, the returns from the
mines averaged about 15,000 octaves per month, and
there were very few Negroes hired. In 1848 and 1849,
after the new 36 head-stamps were erected, every exer-
tion was made to get force; and the Negroes, from break-
ing 19 to 21 tons of atone per man per month, gradually
reached 281 tons of stone per man per month ; and the
produce of gold averaged as high es 20,000 octaves per
month, and latterly 22,000 to 23,000 octavas.
"This is sufficient iu itself to show that the Negroes
are overworked. It is said they work twelve hours
under ground instead of eight. The four hours are
called " over time;" but the Negroes do not work over
time of their own free will, they are obliged to do so.
It may be observed, also, that the work performed by
the Negroes is " task work;" that is to say, they are
obliged to bore in the stone (which is of the hardest
nature) two holes of a certain depth. Some Negroes
may perform their task in eight hours, and then do other
work; while other Negroes, who are not so strong, will
require ten, eleven, or twelve hours, perhaps, to finish
their holes.
" The great mortality has ensued since the erection
of these new stamps. And to obtain more force to pro-
vide stuff for them, the superintendent at Morro Velho
strained every nerve. At first, by reason of hiring the
negroes for six years, and paying for them whether they
lived or died, he succeded.
"I have stated that it was now impossible to hire
more blacks. The circular states that they have hired
six men; but it does not state that nine have been re-
moved, and that when the term of years for which the
negroes are hired elapses, their owners will remove
them, at least those who will have survived, and they
bitterly regret ever sending them to Morro Velho.
" From the above statement of facts, the shareholders
can readily form their own opinion as to the cause of the
great mortality among the negroes.
"Some of the shareholders have expressed a wish
that free labourers should be sent out from the Tyrol to
Brazil, but the expense would be enormous, and they
could not stand the work."
The English Funds have been exceedingly fiat
again this mernitik, !id the intelligence from
Constantinople of AIN' preparations making for
war, together with"' the "'unsettled state of the
Ministry at rtir.N;;lii.lifi. 'l"be iliTiiingeraents for the
adjustment of spettiiaßi4 .) acddunt, which is
decidedly Bullah, ' have 'all te'ria6cl to- keep down
prices.' Consols been 9I = to 921 for
Transfer, and to f, Tor November 14. The
quotations now are 92" to 1 for Transfer, and 92* for
Time. The New Three- and-a=qtrarter perCente:have been
92* and the Three per Cents.'9l' to 1. Bank Stock
is worth 197 to 198 g. Excne4ftier-bills have been
marked 44s to 475, and India Bonds 81a. premium.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Five per Cents, have
been marked 16f to ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 331;
Mexican 27 to 4; Grenada Deferred 31; and Peruvian
53i to 54. Dutch-Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been 53.1.
Railway Shares have been worse again. North-
Western down to 6 and 51 premium; Great Western
49 to 50 discount; Midland 55 to 57 dscount; Caledo-
nian 39 to 39! discount. South-Eastern, Brighton,
North Stafford, and other similar lines of admitted sta-
bility, suffer with the rest. At Liverpool people are
selling shares to go into cotton.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Upon the report that the English and French fleets
are moving towards the Dardanelles, Consols for time
have fallen to and there is a good deal of excite-
ment in the market. For money the values are 91i
BRITISH FUNi)S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock l9B 197 198%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
8 per Cent. Consols Ann., 92M 91% 9214
New 3M per Cent. Anna. 92,A1,( 9134 92%
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860._ 8% 8 7-16;
_ Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 8 9-16

. _
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 Bl p
Consols for Account, Nov. 14 92A %
Exchequer. Bills. Mlarc%d. 2d.
h. June.
1,0001.
FER,: OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds 1825, 2 per Cent.... 72%
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . —
Do. Deferred 314
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 5174 54 53%
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840
Ditto Passive Bonds 314
Venezuela Bonds 2i
Ditto Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21A, per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
211r6/NESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAY/. fins. Pea SKARN.
Aberdeen ........................ 50
Ditto, Preference 614...... 6%..... to
ttaib•r., Notting., Boston, &c
kyrshire and Galloway -
Belfast and County Down .. 261 h .. ..
Barks and Rants Extension
(Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6
6irmingnam & OxfordJunct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., without a guarantee... 20
Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 .....
_ _ _ _ to

Do., wig-wilt a guarantee... 10
Birraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s —
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 20 -
Boston, Stamf., & Birming...7l. 4s — ...... to
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 27% — to
Buckinghamshire.. 17% ...... to
Caledonian
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ......7sy, %.%la to
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and H01yhead......... 50
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 -
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 51,4
-...
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ..... .
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
and L. & D .
Ditto, 18/. ,E. & H 1.3 ... ..
Do, 31. 103.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% —
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10
Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. pto
Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... . to
D.,., Northern & Eastern... 50

_ .
Do., 5 per cont. ... 50
Ditto, New ..... ..... .. 43 . .... ...... to
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 34 to
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 26
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto., 22%