The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 18, 1849,

dable opposition has been exhibited to the enforcement
of civil bill decrees for arrears of rent. This fatal

movement, if not promptly and vigorously suppressed,
must consummate the ruin of the country. The last
hope of its social regeneration must vanish if its
childrep-should now combine for its destruction ; the
last plank of the shipwrecked vessel will be destroyed
by the hands of the surviving crew. How can it be
supposed that English capital can be drawn into the
country, that employment can be afforded to the
labouring population, the wastes reclaimed, or the
farms properly cultivated, when a general
combination exists to deprive the proprietors
of their just rights ? The landlord and tenant code
may require amendment. Full security should be
afforded to the occupying tenants that they will be
permitted to enjoy the fruits of their skill and in-
dustry by receiving adequate compensation for all
unexhausted improvements, in the event of the rents
being unduly raised, or of their being evicted from
their holdings. But can acts such as these, which
are now, unfortunately of every-day occurrence,
ameliorate their condition or warrant reasonable ex-

pectation of the advent of happier times ? Most
undoubtedly not. All classes are suffering deeply
and severely ; they are enduring embarrassments

and encountering difficulties of no ordinary magni-
tude, and it is incumbent on all, without distinc-
tion of rank and station, to co-operate zealously and

efficiently for the preservation of their common
country. But this requires not merely vigorous and
energetic, but also combined action ; if any
hang back—if, in place of striving for the
general ,welfare and prosperity, they not only with-
hold their own exertions, but even strive to mar
those of their neighbours, it requires no extraordinary
power of vaticination,to foresee the fatal termination
of the struggle.
The conduct of the conspirators is no less insane
and destructive to themselves than it is lawless and
criminal. It is as unwise and impolitic as it is un-
just and inequitable. It is similar to that of a mu-
tinous crew, who, while the storm is raging, break
into the spirit-room, abandoning all hope of safety,
and seeking only to die in a state of brutal and de-
grading intoxication. A heavy responsility will be
incurred by those who, in the present condition of
their country, preach up a resistance to rents as the
panacea by which her afflictions are to be assuaged
and her wounds healed. The popular mind is un-
fortunately but too easily excited ; and what can
be thought of those who recklessly apply blazing
torches to the inflammable material? The conflagration,
if once enkindled, cannot be so easily extinguished as
the incendiaries may imagine ; it will extend through-
out the length and dreadth of the land, involving all
—the guilty as well as the innocent, in one common
destruction. What do they imagine ? Do they for
a moment suppose that "repudiation" will be limited
to rents—that every species of contract or liability
will not share a similar fate ? The doctrine is too
convenient for dishonest debtors to be limited in its
application. If the law can be set at defiance, and
violated with impunity, in one respect, it will be so
in many others ; its obligations and edicts will
speedily be disregarded ; an age of rapine and
anarchy will ensue ; might will constitute right, and
there will be no peace or tranquillity in the land,
where the law of the " strong arm" is alone re-
spected. Cultivation will cease—the arts of civilized
life will fall into disuse—lreland will relapse into
a state of pristine barbarity—and the people who
have wilfully destroyed their own means of sub-
sistence will perish by myriads under the combined
operation of famine and its twin sister pestilence.
The fearful effects of the potato blight—of the fever
—the cholera, and the other diseases by which Ire-
land has been decimated, will be far exceeded by the
calamitous results of the moral pestilence that is
spreading rapidly throughout the land.
Already the conspirators are gaining confidence,
and acquiring fresh audacity by the partial success
that has attended their lawless proceedings. At first
they were contented to oppose "passive resistance" to
the officers of the law, or to carry off their crops sur-
reptitiously ; but greater violence is now exhibited,
and deadly weapons are fearlessly resorted to against
those who impede their progress, or oppose the re-
moval of the farm produce.
A conflict attended with fatal results took place on
Saturday night at Killaughy, in the King's county,
in which three policemen were killed or mortally,
wounded, and several others seriously injured. Se-
veral vollies were subsequently fired into the bar-
racks, whither the survivors of the constabulary had
been compelled to retreat, and the corn was carried
off in triumph by the misguided peasantry, with the
exception of one load, which was cast on the road-side
in order to make room for some of the assailants that
had been severely wounded in the conflict.
The desperate course adopted by the infatuated
conspirators appears perfectly inexplicable. There
was no attempt by the constabulary to seize the corn,
or to compel the party to carry it back to the farm
whence it had been removed. Constable Mimi the
leader of the police, merely required the party to
stop while be took down the names of those engaged
in a transaction so very suspicious. Jonis
lizirEs, the farmer whose crops were in course
of removal, expostulated, declaring that he had a
right to send where he pleased his goods which were
not under seizure, and added that "he would not be
stopped by him or the magistrate either." HALL,
however, continued firm in his resolution to take the
names of the party, when KEYES gave the order for
the " armed men to stand forward." A volley
was almost immediately fired, under which sub-
constable MORTIMER was shot dead, two police-
men mortally wounded, and others received
severe injuries. The police returned the fire,
and it is supposed with considerable effect.
The door and windows of the police barrack
were subsequently perforated with many balls, the
marks of which remain upon the walls. Many per-
sons charged with being concerned in this daring and
sanguinary outrage have been arrested, and still
remain in custody. The act itself, however, affords the
strongest illustration of the reckless determination of
the peasantry to go to any length in support of their
illegal Objects, and of their thorough confidence in the
general feeling of the country in opposition to rents,
which they hope will enable them to evade the penal
consequences of their fearful crime. A coroner's
inquest has since been held, and a verdict of wilful
murder returned, finding Jowl KEYES (who has
absconded), and a relative, named JOSEPH KEYES, now
in custody, guilty. Informations have also been taken
against other parties, also in custody, and there is no
doubt that the matter will receive a full and search-
ing investigation.
Acts such as these are calculated to awaken
feelings of deep sadneskin the hearts of the real well•
wishers of Ireland, who truly sympathise with her
afflictions, and who desire large and comprehensive
reforms in the landlord and tenant code. Under any
circumstances, however, the majesty of the law
must be vindicated, its transgressors made amenable
to justice, and the rights of property preserved
inviolate.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.
No detailed arrangements have yet been made with
reference to her Majesty's visit on the 30th to open
the New Coal Exchange, nor is it yet decided
whether the Queen will enter the City by land or
by water, but we understand that the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor proceeds to Windsor this day, when
his Lordship will receive her Majesty's commands
on the subject. In the event of the Queen preferring
the water route it is most likely the Royal party
will embark at Whitehall Pier about half-past one
o'clock, not in the Admiralty barge, but either in
the Queen's own barge, or one of the Royal yachts,
now at Portsmouth, ordered up for the purpose.

HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER
(From the Court Circular.)
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager remained yester.
day much in the same state.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
Walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined
with the Queen and his Royal Highness.
The Earl of Carlisle arrived at the Castle to-day,
and had the honour of joining the royal party at
dinner.

Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at
the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar.

Malice is the spur of wit, good nature the bridle
Eliza Cook's Journal.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The debate on the affairs of Rome had not come
on in the Assembly at the hour the post left. Up to
that period the Assembly had been occupied in dis-
cussing an election petition presented against the
return of M. SCHOLCHER for Gaudaloupe ; and it was
said that the discussion was purposely prolonged with
a view to prevent the Roman question from being
brought on, so as to give time for further negotiations
betwen the Ministry and the Thiers party. M. Duru
had a long conference with the PRESIDENT of the
Republic on Tuesday, and at eleven o'clock on Tues-
day evening M. TRIERS went to the Elysee, and
remained there nearly two hours. During this visit,
it is said, some approaches were made towards a
reconciliation ; and in the Constitutionnel of the fol-
lowing morning there appears a most cautiously-
worded apologetical article, deprecating any division
among the majority, declaring that the report of M.
THIERS is intended to express approval of the acts of
the PRESIDENT and of the Ministry ; and denying
any intention of insulting the PRESIDENT by
omitting all mention of his letter in the re-
port, because, (says this article of the Constitu-
tionnel) " the report makes no mention of any docu-
ment at all.;" from which we gather that M. TRIERS
does not consider the motu proprio of the Pors as any
document at all ; seeing that he comments on it, and
comments on it in a sense most insulting for
the PRESIDENT of the Republic throughout the report.
The Patric of Tuesday evening says, "At about
three o'clock this afternoon, some Members of the
National Assembly, who are generally well informed,
announced that the misunderstanding which gave rise
to the rumours of yesterday was about to cease, and
that the division between the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public and the majority of the Assembly—a division,
at which the enemies of order would rejoice, and by
which they would profit—would not take place. The
discussion on the credits for the expedition to Rome
will commence to•morrow, and there is every reason
to believe that the Government and the Committee
will be in accord in the appreciation of this grave
question."
The Eveneinent of Tuesday evening states that
General CRANGARNIER bad had several interviews
with the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and that when
M. TRIERS arrived at the National Assembly, a per-
son was waiting for him with a message from General
CHINGARNIER, after which it was rumoured that the
PRESIDENT of the Republic and M. 'lmam were on
the point of coming to an understanding.
The following appears in this journal :
" Several influential persons called successively this
morning at the Elyt6e for the sake of effecting a recon-
ciliation. To one and all the President replied—' I will
not yield to the policy traced out in the report of M.
Thiers, for it contradicts in a manifest manner the
policy indicated by me in two letters—a policy which
had, moreover, been constantly followed by my Govern-
ment. I will struggle with this Assembly, if necessary,
as I struggled with the Constituent in support of a
Ministry which had not the majority."
The Assemblee Nationale of yesterday moraing has
the following
"The whole of yesterday was passed in endeavours to
effect a reconciliation between the President and the
most influential members of the majority. It is to be
hoped that the grave crisis in which the Ministry have
thought fit to place us may not have a fatal result. This
crisis, however, yet exists. Union and firmness on the
part of the majority can alone put an end to it."
It is to be hoped that the PRESIDENT and his
Ministers will continue firm ; if they do their duiy
fearlessly, there can be no doubt but that they have
it now in their power to crush the Parti-Pretre and
the Orleaniets, and to consolidate the Republic. If
he does this, future ages will look upon Louis NA-
POLEON as the WASHINGTON of France.
The monster trial at Versailles continues to
" drag its slow length along."
On Tuesday M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN was ex-
amined as a witness, and declared that in his opinion
the Constitution had been violated by the Executive,
and that therefore there was no illegality in the mani-
festation of the 13th June, 1849.
The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from
Toulon dated 13, which says—
" The Thaare steamer was yesterday sent off to the
Levant with dispatches for the French Ambassador at
Constantinople. The Mediterranean squadron com-
manded by Vice-Admiral Parseval Deschenes, which
has been for some time lying in the anchorage at
Hyeres, has just received orders to sail immediately
for Smyrna, where it will, doubtless, meet the Eng-
lish fleet, which is to proceed to the entrance of the
Dardanelles."
PARIS BOURSE.—`vEDNESDAT, OCT. 17.

_
The market has been less agitated to-day, and prices
at the close were marked rather higher; Threes at
55f. 50c.; and Fives at 871. 70c. The market closed
as follows:—Threes, for cash, 55f. 75c.; for account,
55f. 50c.; Fives, for cash, 87f. 70c. ; for account, 87f.
70c. ; Bank of France Shares, 2,3451. s Neapolitan,
and SpanisVnot quoted.
RAILWATI3.—The Share Market has baen also firmer,
and prices are generally quoted higher. Orleans
closed at 7301. ; Rouen, 525 f.; Havre, 2401. ; Avignon,
117 f. 60c.; Yierzon, 290 f.; Strasburg and Basle, 101 f.
25c.; Bordeaux, 402 f. 50c.; Northern, 428 f. 750.; Paris
and Strasburg, 346 f. 25c.; Nantes, 285 f.
BUSINESh DONE 11`7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 17.
Dutch Rhenish, 114—Great Indian Peninsula, 51A—
Paris and Rouen, 20—Rouen and Havre, 9.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived.
Their contents are without interest.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 12.—Three per Cents
27i ; Five per Cents., 11.

Councillor of State, Colonies ; Storm Von S. Grave-
sande, Member of the Second Chamber, War ; Marine,
not yet filled up; Van Bosse, Finance. The depart-
ment of Minister of Religion and Public Instruction
to be merged into the Home department.
The budget for the year 1850, as submitted
to the States-General by the late Ministry,
has just been published. The expenditure is therein
estimated at 69,996,412 florins, whereas in the year
1849 it amounted to 71,825,689 florins. The princi-
pal reductions are the sum of 450,000 florins in the
royal household, 1,017,000 florins in the budget of
finance, 145,185 florins in the budget of justice. On
the other hand the sum of 100 000 florins figures in
the budget for 1850 under the head of incidental
expenses; there is an augmentation of 324,352 florins
in the budget of the Interior, 224,797 florins in the
budget of the national debt, and 29,000 florins in the
budget of the colonies.
The Second Chamber of the States-General was to
have resumed its sitting on the 16th, but in conse-
quence of the present uncertainty in regard to the
Cabinet, it will probably be prorogued till the 23d of
the month.
We learn from Maestricht that in consequence of
the numerous complaints of the deplorable condition
of the Meuse at Limbourg, the Belgian and Nether-
lands engineers have been appointed to ascertain the
actual state of the case. Their report has completely
verified these complaints, and they state that unless
the works be immediately taken in hand, the rivers
will speedily become inaccessable to even the smallest
craft. Steps will, therefore, be at once taken to
effect the necessary repairs. The railway between
Maestricht and Aix-la-Chapelle is likewise to be pro-
ceeded with, and to be prosecuted with increased
vigour, so as to be completed as soon as possible.
The potato crop is now over in the province of
South Holland. In general it has been very fine,
and the damage caused by the disease has been to-
tally insignificant. Indeed, we have been signally
blessed this season in the crops of all the produce of
the ground. The harvest has been finer and fuller
than we have known for years.—Dutch Papers,
Oct. 16.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday continued
excited. The sales were estimated at 25,000 bales, of
which 10,000 bales were taken on speculaticn, including
16,000 American, 5,600 Pernam and Maranham, and
Bahia at 61d. to 7d., 1,000 Egyptian at 6/d. to Bd., 2,000
Surat at 44d. to 5d., and 150,Sea Island, 111 d. to Is. 4d.
per lb. American is quoted ish, Brazil Id., and Surat
and Egyptian id. per lb. higher.—Railway Shares were
very dull at lower quotations.
The six weeks' average price of wheat is 425. 7d. per
quarter.
The Hibernia steamer has arrived at Liverpool, and
we have an outline of her news per telegraph. This,
upon the subject of the :money and mercantile markets,
is very encouraging, the demand for manufactures
being brisk in most of the markets, and capital suffi-
ciently abundant for all legitimate purposes. The grain
markets were rather inactive, and cotton was quieter.
Freights were low. The rate of exchange on London
was 1e94 to 110.
The private advices, by the Lisbon mail, state that
neither the commercial nor monetary affairs were
flourishing, but the Government, nevertheless, seems
to be making some effort to collect its revenue more re
gularly. The laxity in this respect, hitherto, has been
very remarkable, but may be ascribed to the inherent
weakness of the Administration.
The continental accounts report, under date of
Vienna, the 13th instant, that Austrian Five per Cents.
were 95i. The Frankfort quotation on the 15th was
891. At Amsterdam on Tuesday the Dutch funds were
lower—the Two-and a-Half per Cents. 53 7 16ths.
Spanish and Austrian Bonds were in request.
In all quarters nearly the question now very naturally
asked is ",How much lower are Railway Shares going?'
for even among parties not directly interested as holders,
the daily record in the public papers of a decline in
prices, amounting in the aggregate to probably a hundred
millions or more, especially if we take the highest values
once paid, cannot but prove interesting, and to the un
initiated, startling too. The fury of speculation, it may
be conceded, has had a good deal to do with the rapid
alterations in share values,,but we question much whether
by a more gradual process, nearly the same results
would not have arisen without the intervention of either
Bulls or Bears, wherever a disposition was manifested by
the ruling powers to throw impediments in the way of a
full and fair investigation. A settled conviction exists
in many quarters that no permanent improvement can
be looked for until statements of the whole capital
account are made out under the uncontrolled
supervision of 'professional accountants ; for even
if such should disclose a very miserable
state of things, the worst of the present po-
sition would be known, and fair data would be
at hand for every one to form an estimate of future
prospects. The closing of capital accounts is a neces-
sary acccompanimeet, but as all the great lines are
under engagement to do this, it is only needful to keep
them to their promise. Looking to the development of
traffic, it is not in the'least unreasonable to affirm that
most of the trunk lines would have paid 8, 10, and
even 12 per cent.; and since, with a view to the public
accommodation, and at the direct instance of
Parliament, branches have been thrown out in
all directions, to the immediate injury, though
we may admit readily to the possible ultimate
profit of the proprietors ; it is very fairly a matter for
consideration whether the shareholders cannot, with a
good grace, come before the Legislature with a request
for higher fares. Every man who advocates the common
interest in preference to that of classes will be jealous
of any attempt to patch up private mismanagement at
the expense of the public ; but, in the first place, a very
limited addition to the fares—leaving Parliamentary
trains as they are—would serve to yield a dividend ; and
in the second place, there is positive danger,
if the very low maximum is enforced upon some
of the lines, that the branches will be virtual!),
closed. Any great enhancement of fares would
defeat its own object, and, by diminishing
traffic, cause the revenue to be as low as at present, but
a medium course should be advocated, and 5 or 10 per
cent. would be most likely all that is needed, allow-
ing for the certain gradual increase of tra-
velling as population nod trade increase. Whatever
may be done, the posture of affairs now is most
lamentable for thousands of holders and their fa-
milies. A wholesale depreciation of capital would
be bad enough, but when we have a serious reduction
of current income, the weakest are impoverished and
involved, and the strongest shaken.
Shortly, we hope, despite the present lowering appear-
ances, to chronicle the advent'uf better times. Already
there are some symptoms of improvement, and in the
Stock Exchange it is reported that the weekly traffic
returns to be published on Saturday will be better. Tho
North-Western, it is ascertained exhibit a decidedly
smaller off than last week, compared with 1848.
There has been a very fluctuating market for public
securities, the settlement of the account being the chief
cause; but the French Funds come better, and now the
Bulls have pretty well closed or made arrangements for
carrying over their speculations, prices are firmer. The
receipt of good news from Constantinople, and the assu-
rance of a reconciliation between the members of
Louis Napoleon's Cabinet, are the chief things wanting
to give a stimulus to prices. Consols have been 911
and 914 4 for Transfer, and as high as 92 for Account,
but are now 91i 4 for the former, and 91:4 for the
latter. The Untunded Debt continues:firm at 443. to
478. premium. Bank Stock is worth 197 to 197 i. Tho
New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 914 to
East India Bonds have been 81s. to 84s.
In the Foreign Market there has been a fell in
Mexican Stock of 1 per cent.; viz, from 27k to 261.
Spanish Thee per Cents. have been quiet at 33i, and
Spanish Five per Cents.,at 16. Portuguese Four per
Cents. are still in favour at 331 to 34. Russian Bends
are 107, and Dutch Four per Cents. 824.
Railway Shares have been at length assuming a more
favourable aspect. Great Western have been up to 54,
and since down to 51i and 50; North-Western have
touched 106 k and 1091; Midland, 44} and 45; North
Stafford are Ito 1 better. Caledonian are higher.
BRITISH FUNDS TBIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 1971,4 197
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8043414%
3 per Cent. Consols Arms 91% 1A34.
New 314 per Cent. Anne. 91%0/v3/a
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 7-16 8%
D 0.30 Years, Expire OctlO, 1859
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 9-16
India Stock

Do. Bonds, 1000/ Bl 84 p
Ditto under 1.000/
South Sea Stock —
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account, Nov. 14... 92 y 1 W%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. .2d.
March. June.
1,000/.
5001 — 44 47 p
Small — 44 47 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 80ni5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 82%
Ditto Converted, 1841
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... 107
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 16
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent......... Cent.........—
Ditto for the Account... 33%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ...
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates ... 8214
ZUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON O'CLOCK.
EAILWAIN. PAio. Paa SMARM.
Aberdeen
Ditto, Preference
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 6
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 26% .. ..
3erks and Hants Extension
(Gt. West.l'erpet. 5 per ct.) 6
Birmingham & Oxford J unct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ...
Ilii mingham,Wol., & Dudley,
calla duly pd, or with guar. 10 .....
Do., without a guarantee... 10
Birnsing., Wol., Ft Stour Val. 131.14 s —
Birkcnbead, Lancashire, and
Cheshir4 Junction... 2O
Boston, Stunt., & Binning...7l. 4s par ...... to
Bristol sad Exeter
Do~ Thirds
Buckinghamshire.._ 17% l5 ....... to
Caledonian
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 7%3/ to
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 5O .....
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 5% — -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 271,4 —
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
aad L. & D . .
Ditto, 181., E. &11 lB ... ..
Do, 31. 13a., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% —
Eastern Counties ....
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10
Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61.135. 4d
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... par x. d. to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Ditto, New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ......
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22% — to --
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20
East Lancashire ...
Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 25
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 6% — to
East Lincolnshire ... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New port l5
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% —
Exeter and Exmouth 2ls.
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 60.8 d — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated
Great Northern
Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12%
Do. 1/2 B 6 per Cent. ...... 71,4 —
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref.... ... 7%. .....
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 47% — to
Great North of England 100 ...... . .... to
Ditto, Now 40/.......... .. 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New 304 3O ••• • . 613 A to
••••••
Ditto, New 154-- ... ...... 15 ......
Groat Western 54 52. 5. 0. tt no 5-1.
100
Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 23
Ditto, Fifths
D 9. N 917 174 lO .. ~. 61/2..0,. to ...,

gull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25
Ditto,Quarter Shares . 121,1 — ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50
Do., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 .....
Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96
Ditto, ditto
Ditto 1181 f Shares ... 46
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto. Thirds
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 --.. to

Do., West Riding Union... 9 .... 1%34 ... to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 — -
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Think ...-...
Do.' do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent 5 . .... ..... to -•.
Do. Pref. Quarters 1838
Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth-
port.
r.ondon & Blackwell ......11/.65.3d —
Land., Bright., & South Coast 100
Do., New U, gua. 6 pr Ct.loo
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference
London is North Western.....loo 109% 107 108 to 1061,4
Do. New Quarters.
Do. Fifths 7 ..... 7% ...to—
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M 35 — to
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western....... 50
Ditto, New 504....... - ..... 42%...,..
Ditto, New 401 34
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Cent
Londonderry and Coleraine-. 25
Do. Half Shares - -•— .. ... to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 —
Do., Half Shares
Lswestc ff, guar. 4 Fer et 2O
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ......
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 5
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 23 ......
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12V2 ......
Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 10%% to
Ditto, Grimsby &:Sheffield 50 — to
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto ...
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22%......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ...
V1idtand......... .... ........ ...100 46 44 1,4 43% to 441,E
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo
Ditto,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 30 .., 7 %%... to 8
)1 idi and, Birm., and Derby...loo ...
Midland, Consol. Bristol, and
Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 .119
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... ..
Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... - to
Ditto,ErewashVal., ?ref-. 50
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
aington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
M idld. Great Western (Irish) 50
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......
Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... ..
Newmarket ..... ...., ...... .... 23

_ .
Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — to
Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 , — ... .. to
Norfolk 100
Ditto New 201.
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20
Do. Do. 51,4 per cent
Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 - ...... to ....
Northern Counties Union ~. 4
North British .. - ......... . 25 „.... 10% to
Ditto lialf Shares-- ..... 121%....
Do. Quarters e!..i 9 % ...... to
Ditto Thirds: 614 ... .. 3% to
Ditto, Preference
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 171,E
North Wales
North Western 13% — .... to
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., 8t Reigate 15
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central: 25 ... - 1534, x.i. to
Scottish Midland .... .......
Ditto, New... 221, — to
Shrewsbury and Birmingkam 12 ...... 414 % - Ito
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8
Ditto,' New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 4
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ...
Ditto, Uswestry lB% — .... to
Ditto ,New)...
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10
•Thropshire Union 5% ... ..
South Devon
Ditto, Preference 25 -
South Staffordshire BIA — ...... to
South Eastern ..... .. . 33 % 163/4 tit ... to
Dit t o , No. 2.
Ditto, No. 3. 10
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ....„,
Ditto, Scrip No. 4..
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole ,
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 14%...... ... to
Do. do. (South Div.) 5
. - _ __

Swans. and Loug.hor and Ca:
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7
Taw Vale Extension
Thames Haven Dock and

Railway ... 17% ••••••
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 474.....
Waterford,Weiford,Wieklw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... 5O ......
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do.
West Cornwall
QVhitehaven and Furness ls .••• ... —.. ..... to —.
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western l4
Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 — to
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 114. to
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8
Do.llartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100
York and North Midland .. 50 2l 191,43% to 19
Ditto, Preference
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian) bi/2 _.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 51/4... .. to
Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon)
aimerarn 171,4..... --
Dutch Rhenish 1 ..... . ...... to
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• ...... to
Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 1os.
Louvain si la Sambre ...,..... 71/2 — to —•
Luxembourg
Ditto
..._ _

PENZANCE, OCT. 16.—The wird having moderated
this morning, the windbound fleet proceeded. The wind
is now fn sh again towards night.

LIVERPOOL; OCT. 17.—Wind S.— Arrd. Benjamin
Boyd, Jenkins, Cameroons; Esther Ann, Hunter, Per-
nambuco; Centurion, Ricker, New York; Joseph Hub-
bard, Prince Edward's Island; Bohemian Girl, Cron-
stadt, with loss of bowsprit, head, stanchions, &c.,
having been in contact with the Diaz Caroline, from
Quebec, at anchor in the river—the latter received but
little damage. Sld. Condor, Port Philip; Cosmopolitan,
Africa; Wilson, Buenos Ayres; Preston, Curacoa;
Freeman, Jamaica; Columbia, New York.
GUERNSEY, OCT. 16.—Wind E.—Sld. 15th. Halcyon,
Punta Arenas.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Mcdway
steamer, West Indies; Pucha sic amer, Gibraltar, &c.
DEAL, OCT. 17.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. moderate.—
Arrived from the River, Sybella, Coleman, Adelaide,
South Australia ; Lyme Regis, Mansfield, Honduras;
Zira, Claydon, Algoa Bay; Tropic, Russell, Sierra
Leone ; Jane Ray, Couch, Buenos Ayres ; Tuscan,
Tillman, Jamaica ; Felicity, Moore, Jamaica. Sailed,

Indian Chief, Ceylon, having put back last night. Put
back, Martin Luther, for Bombay; David Lyons, for
St. Helena; Tweed, for Cape Coast Castle; Sophia, for
Trinidad and Jamaica; Calypso, for Jamaica.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
NEVJGATEI AND LEADENDAML.
These markets were heavy for each kind of meat, and
prices were with difficulty supported. Beef from 2a 8d
to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and
Pork, 3g 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs by the camas.
NAY MARICETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 12s; Clover
ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 lOs per
load. A full average supply, and a sluggish trade.
CUMBEALAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 13s; Clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lis per
load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 103;
Clover, ditto, 310 s to 4l 14s; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 10s per
bad. Trade dull, at our quotations.
MEAT MA/ MEETS.
SOUTHALL, OCT. 17.—Although the supply of fat
stock was by no means large, the general demand ruled
heavy, and in some instances prices were a shade lower.
Beef, from 35 to 3s 10d; Mutton, 38 2d to 4s; Veal, 3s
to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3i 10d per 81bs, to sink
the offal.
RON/FORD, OCT. 17.—Prime beasts commanded a steady
sale, at fully last week's quotations. Otherwise the de-
mand was in a sluggish state. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s;
Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; and Pork,
3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18 sto
255; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mikh
Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each.
LEWES, OCT. 16.—Our market was flat to-day, but
no material change took place in the quotations. Beef
from as 4:1 to 45 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Vera, 3s
4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORI
For the Week ended Oct. 11, 1849, made up from the Returns fifths
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS, I RYE. I
BEANS. PEAS.
PRICE .. 413 4d 28s Od 1 17s 2d 24s sd, 283 lOd 3ls 8d
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS.
Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od 1s Od

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
This Court did not sit to-day, but the regul.sr sittings
will commence on Thursday next, at eleven o'clock.
Notice—Undefended causes will be taken at Ile sitting
of the Court.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the Senior Commissioner EVANS.)
IN RE SCOTT.
This bankrupt was described as of Tunbridge Wells,
tavern keeper.
Mr. DUNCAN now applied for the bankrupt to be al-
lowed to pass his last examination.
The Solicitor to the assignees opposed on The ground
that the accounts were not satisfactory.
Mr. DUNCAN urged that the bankrupt's examination
had been adjourned two years, and the bankrupt had
been unable till now to raise the means to come up.
Bankrupt had kept the Castle Tavern. It was true that
the accounts were very imperfect, but it swas by no
means a peculiar case that victuallers were lax in account-
keeping.
The Solicitor to the assignees said they were not sa-
tisfied, and must ask for a further adjournment w ithout
protection.
His Horrouu said that if the assignees ohject,sd be
could not allow the bankrupt to pass.
Adjourned sine die, without protection.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —A miserably-attired, wrvtt'hed'
looking man, who refused to give his name, was &Waged
with attempting to commit suicide in St. James's-mall.

Police-cOnstaislo A 97, about a quarter beforo two
o'clock this morning, observed the poor fellow its the St-
James's-mall, staggering as if in a state of into-ideation.
Several times he attempted to pass up the Duke of York
steps, but fell backwards on each occasion. While he
was thus engaged something was seen to fall from his
person, and a man who happened to be going by at the
moment picked up a small empty phial which, had con-
tained laudanum. The constable suspecting wh at he had
done, questioned him as to whether he had. /ant taken
poison, and he at once admitted that he had, rsilding that
he was sorry the dose had not taken effect.
Mr. HALL, perceiving that the prisoner hrid. evidently
seen better days, asked him if he could give any espies'
nation of his conduct? The prisoner said he could give
none, but admitted that all that had been sta./..ed against
him was true. Poverty and distress had driiten him to'
attempt the rash act.
Mr. HALL asked him what parish he br longed to?
The prisoner was not award that he belonged to ail;
and latterly he had slept in fields and doorways.
Mr. HALL wished to know what he had been? all°
prisoner declined giving the information.
Mr. HALL asked him if he had any objection to go
into the workhouse? The prisoner said that he bad,
remarking that the worthy magistrate knew not what °'
workhouse was.

Mr. HALL thought he would be more comfortable is!:
workhouse than sleeping in the street and fields; and
offered to speak personally to the overseer in his bells,'
if he would go in.
The prisoner felt grateful for the offer, but hit, Pre.
judices would not allow him to accept it.
Mr. HALL asked him if he bias aware that a rsts‘n bful
no more right to take his own life than that of astv other
man? The prisoner said that might be the law, but he
did not agree with it.
Mr. HALL doubted whether the prisoner wash lane. ,1
The prisoner, however, insisted that he was, and said
the police were in a situation to know that h was 01
perfectly sound mind.
The constable said a well-written paper W 29 found 011
him signed " A Suicide." . _

Mr. HALL said, as the prisoner objected to g o into the
workhouse, or to refer to any one who could tike charge
of bim, it was his duty to order him to enter in to his own
recognizlnces for 201,, and to find one surety of 101, to
be of good behaviour. If he could not find "this bail be
would be committed ; and if, on examination by
medical man, he was found to be insane, hio would be
removed to an asylum where every care wo►a]Ld be taken
of him.
The prisoner was, of course, unable to comply with;
the terms of the decision, and he was accord ingly cool
milted.

HAY MA RKET THEAT:RE.
Mr. Macready repeated the character .of Macbeth
last evening, and the house was crammed to suffocV
tion long before the rising of the curtain. The tai°
for the legitimate drama is, we are happy to. End, revir
ing, as is witnessed by the crowded state of the "
theatre in the Haymarket" every evening since the
commencement of the season. Mr. 'Webster has est
been the staunch friend and upholder of the legi tirna'si
drama, and has always placed on his stage ti be:
plays in the best style, and performed by the bet
company that could be procured. He has neclr
suffered the llaymarket Theatre to be turned. s 510
,10
from its legitimate purpose, and he is now reap in g.P
reward—a reward which no man ever exerted WO
self more to deserve than Mr. Webster.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTTO
This home for many sciences is indeed a t heatre°
wherein are displayed at once the most entort
and ingenious contrivances, which from timer to 6,,4 1)3
have arisen as the offspring of the inventive Lai ;entli,l
of man. How many are the wonders herein con tamed
How much is there to interest our minds and rivet opt
attention with feelings of wonderment and -surpris
It is hardly just to attempt a description of" so nitleb
„
art and skill, unless time be given to ex anaine the
beauties of the various inventions for which. this pltio
is so noted; we will confine ourselves, the:refore,
the interesting points engrossing the public rail
during the period of our visit. The popular subject'
of the lectures delivered by the professors of the insti'
tution are unusually interesting, comprising a serie!
of admirable lectures by Dr. liachhoffner on electrre
city, which is treated in his usual popular Itiowi
manner. The lectures on chemistry continue, as usllPii
a point of considerable interest and attraction ; the
various beauties of the elaborate branch of scielae"
are being discussed by Mr. Ashley, who, in his co•ors.,
of lectures, embraces all the most interesting topic
of this inexhaustible study. The process of oxiclaiti°er
the theories of affinity, and the explanation of Tall°l,,
facts which in common life are hardly observed, roufd
less investigated, because of their frequency' "d
familiarity. These facts, as the lecturer observe;
were those of ull others which, in the hands of tt
observant philosopher, assumed important feature 1,,
tracing in the wondrous works of the Great Create!,
the undivided dependence in which all things were!
created. We cannot help reverting to the well-111,e
adage, " Knowledge is power," and at no time do ..
more forcibly become impressed with the truth o°_„0,
tained in these words than when observing the (gni
tinuous link in the one great chain comprising tLii
beautiful creation, when the reflective mind of ma° „4,
led from the contemplation of nature's works to P° "
der upon nature's God.

ELECTRICITY.—The exact velocity of electriylti.;
along a copper wire is 288,000 miles in a second; I‘s.
calculated accordingly that we could telegraph to 0;4
antipodes in rather less than the 500th part of 000 50C
of time!