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London, England, 1849-10-17 00:00:00

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 reassembled on
Monday, M. MAILLARD, one of the persons implicates'
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 juges d'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-day.
The French fleet stationed at the islands of the
Hy eres 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. DE PERSIGNY has returned to Paris from
Vienna.

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
al, most all his available resources exhausted, JONES
agai„- waited on the secretary, hoping that his com-
passion would be excited by a recital of the deplorable
events th
at had occurred. His application was,
apparently, b'uccessful; the secretary appeared moved,
and informed i.iim that if the balance of 103. for the
costs, and 3s. on account of the debt, were forthwith
paid, further procedings would be stayed. The proposi-
tion was immediately accepted, 13s. were paid, and
JONES returned to his afflicted family in the full belief
that be 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 9/. ls., 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 50/. were sacrificed for
141. 15s. But the tender-hearted officials were not
satisfied with this wholesale destruction ; other
pickings 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- i
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 91. 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
his 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 hav'e
been revealed or brought under public notice, and
relief to him will not aid the innumerable victims whip
have been brought to ruin in due course of law.
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-
eerned. A searching investigation should take place
into the latter branch of the proceedings, which
should 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.

disappeared. As a proof that "no idea of vengeance
has occupied the mind of his MaJesry," we would
cite the infamous persecution (not one whit the less
infamous bedause 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 BOMA 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 fine, 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 ; he claims Sicily as his own by right of
conquest, and will, of Ms 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
to overstep their right, admitted the English media-
tion. That mediation, proposed by Bouna 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 Bosans. 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
b.) 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-
ublic on a different occasion, and in a different sense,
Il faut qua eela finisse."

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 bad 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 AUPICK, did
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.
BURON, optician ; M. DUVESMB, machine manufac-
turer; Messrs. Massorr, earthenware manufacturers ;
and M..Kursceit, cabinet-maker. The PRESIDENT was
accompanied by two orderly officers, M. FLavay and
M. LAITY. He first went to the mairie of the Bth
arrondissement, where he was received by the Prefect
of the S&ne, 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
fatibourgs.
The Moniteur 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-
ning establishment of M. Pratviel, Boulevard de
l'Hopital. 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.
lecture of Police, whore 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 Elys4e, announcing
to them that the sum of 1001. was placedat their disposal
with the treasurer of the Presidency, to provide for
the wants of the youth, until be 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-
sears' 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 wilt call on the Central Railway
Commission fur 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, TunsDA.Y, Ocr. 16.
The announcement in the Patric and Evenement, last
evening, of differences having arisen between M. Thiers
and the President, tended to cause the market to open
heavy to-day, and Threes were at one time done as low as
i4l. 90c., teid Fives at 86f. 80e. Beports, 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
55f. 30e. for Threes, and 871.25 c. for Fives. The market
closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 551. 20c.; for ac-
count, 87f. 25c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,330 f.; Spanish
Threes, 341.; Ditto Fives and Neapolitan not quoted.
RAILWAYS.—Railway Shart s have been rather offered
to-day, and prices are generally a shade lower. Orleans
closed at 7221. 50c.; Havre, 240 f.; Avignon, 2121.50 c.;
Vierson, 2901.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c.•' Strasburg and
Bale, 100 f.; Northers, 425 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3451.;
ITantes, 283 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Oar. 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, s%—Greatlndian Peninsula, Ski
—Northern of France, 3 dis. —Orleans and Bordeaux,
2X—Paris and Rouen, 20.

:HE 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 cui lumen
ademptum,"
which calls itself, upon the lucus a non lucendo prin-
ciple, the party of order, and in which THIERS, the
Voltarian, is found working in unison with Moral-
LEMBERT, the Jesuit, MOLE, the any thingarian, DR
BROGLIE, 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-
sons; have 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. THIBRS, 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 MILLIBAR, support him—and there
•annot be a doubt but that he will have 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 Pattie 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 M. Fal-
lout 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 arrakement between MM. Thiers, Mole, de
Broglie, and their friends in the majority of the commit-
tee, and the Hon. 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 sustain the policy expressed in his report, in
the name of that committee. '
Tke Evenement has the following :
" In the Council of Ministers, which was held this
morning at the Elyse.), 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 Moniteur, 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 tomorrow morning.
M. de Falleux, on being informed this evening that the
Council of Ministers had adhered to the resolution of
the President, immediately sont 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 perfide
Albion, Protestant England-Shine lachrymce) which
alone prevents the restoration of a sacerdotal despo-
tism on the continent, and therefore is Protestant
England denounced by the organs of the Inquisition-
loving M. DR FALLOUX.
At a dinner given at the Elyse(' on Monday the
Bureau of the Assembly and the minority of the
Committee on the credits were present. The Fluor-
DENT thanked M. V. Hugo for having supported his
letter before the Committee. The reply of M. V.
Thine was, " I am disposed to defend it also iu the
tribune, but will you follow me as far as that." " I
willnpeß 01311;f:00bl
elßoeurilwre:
istyhooiesucl
ihusatsthnienegpareem, 'ah'elii.st said the PRESIDENT, " and
his
determination, infi
tiene e
to
but inducehe t
hashe
been unsuccessful.
The President has written an official letter to M.
ODILLON BARBOT, announcing his determination to
maintain the principles laid down in his letter ad-
dressed to M. EDGAR NET. TheLegitimatist journal,
the Opinion Publique, of yesterday contains a furious
attack on the PRESIDENT, as does the journal of M.
DE FALLOUX 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 have himself reimbursed out of

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 hacked 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 NELSON, 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 't►s 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 PALMBESToR of the guarantees given in
1812 to the Sicilian nation by Lord WIL-
LIAM BENTINCIE and the Marquis of WELLESLEY
on the part of the British nation, and an
official protest against the flagrant and repeated per-
juries which have been committed by the successive
usurpers of the Sicilian throne. The presentation of
that note has been also useful, inasmuch as it has

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived.
Their contents are unimportant.
The Bolsa was closed, as the 11th was the QUEEN'S
birthday.

elicited the answer of the Chevalier FORTUNATO, than
which, document more mendacious never emanated
even from the Austrian Chancery, but which, never-
theless, c ontains soma 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
FOB.TUNA.TO:says—" No ilea ofvengeance has occupied
the mind of the Government of his MAJESTY 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 nomine 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, fur 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

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17.

1819

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20,000 bales, of which speculators took one-half. Prices Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25
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• Ditto, ditto 6
the workings of the mine must be either abandoned, or Ditto, % Shares ...«. 46 .....
the greater portion.' Do. Quarters .... ..... 22% l2 ............•..
" This statement the circular goes to disprove; but Do. Fifths...
nevertheless, it is perfectly true. Do. Thirds ....-........ 15 .....
"The great mortality is among the under-ground ne- Do. New Guaranteed
groes —the Borers, Kibblefillers, &e., therefore it is not 6 per Cent........... 10 ---• •••••••••••••••
correct to take a rate of 5i per cent. on a population of Do. Liverp. and Bury 46
1,106. At the time the directors issued thic circular, Ditto (Huddersfield
the deaths of male adults amounted to 43, out of a popu- and Sheff.) SO
lation, more or less, of 170 Borers (the free Borers are Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .....
not included ; Kibblefillers, Sm., perhaps 96 more. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
D 0.% Shares (A)... 10
[Since the publication of the circular, latter accounts ...
Leeds and Bradford 5O
have been received, and the sickness still continues as Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50
great as ever, and several deaths have occurred.] Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 5 ......
" But of the above forty-three deaths, five men were Do., Pref. Quar.,lBl3 9 ...... ---
killed from accident. It is nut stated, however, that Liverpool, Crosby and
one of these five negroes met his death thus:—He was Southport lO
sent to the surgeon by the manager of the blacks, who London & Blackwall...lll. 68.3 d 3
stated that the man's sight was defective, and that he London, Brighton, anct
ought not to be sent to work. The surgeon's reply was South C0a5t........100 ...... 6914 68%
(and I have a copy of it) that he could not find anything Do., New 5/. guaran-
the matter with his sight. The negro was sent to work; teed 6 per 'Cent....loo 122%
Do.Guarant. 6pe ct.. 9 ..****
and, not being able to discover objects properly, he Do. Prefer. 5 percent. 50
tumbled down the ladder, going into the mine, and was Ditto, ditt0...... 18:,2 50 .....
killed. LondonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d... 93/4 ... ..... .
" I firmly believe —and there are many persons here Ditto, Preference .. .20
who will corroborate what I say (two of whom are very London and N. Western 100 10% 107%105% 106
recently arrived from the mines)—that the negroes are Ditto, New Quarters.. 12
worked to such an extent that they die from exhaustion. Ditto,Fifths 7 ... .. 7%%11.111.•••.••••
Two medical gentlemen have examined into the medical Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 35
1)o. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., 214
reports from Morro Who, and one, if not both, is of
Lend. &S. Western ....• 50 - ... 284, 27% 29
this opinion. Ditto New 50/. .... 4254...... 24%
" The directors talk of the mortality of 1847 being . ••
Lai.New 401. 34
only 2 6-10ths per cent. They might also have said Do., New Scrip, 1848,
that the first six months in 1848 were very healthy, and Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5
the great sickness, or " epidemic," so termed by the Londunderry&Coleraine 25 - „.
medical officer, did not commence until the new thirty. Do. 1/ Shares .. 3% —
six head-stamps were at work. Londonderry and Ennis-
" This is the strongest argument they can use against kitten 25 •••••• •-•
their so called ' facts. Do. 1, Shares sln 1847, the returns from the—
mines averaged about 15,000 octaves per month, and Lowestoft'
per ct.) guar. 4 per ct 2013
..... •••••• •• ..
----- •••••• ........
.
there were very few Negroes hired. In 1848 and 1849, Ditto (6
Ditto (6
after the new 36 head-stamps were erected, every exer- Matlock.— .......... 1
tion was made to get force; and the Negroes, from break- Manchester, Sheffield,
ing 19 to 21 tons of stone per man per month, gradually and Lincolnshire...100
reached 28k tons of stone per man per month ; and the Do. Qt.le.rters..(No,l) 23
. .

• pe.
produce of gold averaged as high as 20,000 octaves per
month, and latterly 22,000 to 23,000 octave's.
" 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 lour 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
negroos 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 uegroes.
" 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 flat
again this morning, and the intelligence from
Constantinople of the preparations making for
war, together with the unsettled state of the
Ministry at Paris, and the arrangements for the
adjustment of the speculative account, which is
decidedly Bullish, have all tended to keep down
prices. Consols have been 91i to 921 1 for
Transfer, and 921 to 1 for November 14. The
quotations now are 92 to 1 for Transfer, and 921 I for
Time. The New Three- and-a- quarter per Cents. have been
921 1, and the Three per Cents. 91 to it. Bank Stock
is worth 197 to 198 f. Exchequer-bills have been
marked 44s to 475, and India Bonds 81e. premium.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Five per Cents, have
been marked 161 to 1- ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 331;
Mexican 27 to I; Grenada Deferred 31; and Peruvian
63i to 54. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been 531.
Railway Shares have been worse again. North-
Western down to 6 and 51 premium; Great Western
49 to 50 discount; Midland 55 to 57 discount; Caledo-
nian 39 to 39i 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 211 and there is a good deal of excite-
meat in the market. For money the values are 911
0-45 O'CLOCK. G
'I?I,7F.Ft OF IiRITISH iI:TNDS YRICES.
Bank Stock
3 ; is,- Cent. Reduced Aims ... 91 90;4 991,4
per Cent. Consols Annuities...... 9214 91% 921/2 9158
New 314 per Cent. Anus.... ..• 921,11,4 91% 921 i 92
Long Anus. to expire Jan.lB6o 8 7-16 8 7-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
!ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Consols for Account, Nov. 14 92%
lis
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d

Ditto ditto (NO. 2)... 25
D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12►4 —
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 1014
Ditto, Ut. Grimsby ... 50
Ditto ditto . 19
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 22'. ••• --
Do., Grimsby Dock 25 .....
Do., Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.2 x.
idand ....... 100 43% 46 43 43%
Do. ConsobthitedPref.loo
Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ...
Do. Birm., and Derby 100
Do.Consol.Bristol and
Birming., 6 per et.... 100
Ditto, Briat. & Glocstr. 42
Ditto ditto 22!. is...
Do.,ErevrashVal.,P ref. 50
Ditto, Lei€est.& Swan-
nington, 8 per et. guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastle and earliale.loo .
Quarters
Newmarket
Do. Extension
Newport, Abergavenny,
und Hereford . 6 ea••••

8 9-16
81 p
91%

1,000/. June 4147 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds 1825 3 per Cent. .. 721,4
, -191 A,

47 p
OLOSIN
PRICES.
721,4
99
163/4

Newry and Enniskillen 7 -
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor 2O
. .
Norfolk ...••• Dole 0000000 ••••400
Do. New 201. ... l5
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. ,20
Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 fil
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ..«
Northißritish ........ —25 ..... 103/4.« ......
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters IOM ......1---. «
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8;4 .. .. ••••••
Ditto Preference 5 —
North Staffordshire ... 17% Bl4 % 000000 ..•••
North Wales ... ...... .... 3% —
North-Western . 13% —
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ..... 50
Beading, Guildford, and .
Reigate l5 elm.. 151,¢14 %MP me PIP
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central ...... •25 ....•• - •••••••••••••••
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New - ........ ......
Shrewslury and Bina l2 «.... 4%.• .. ........
Ditto ditto, Class B 8
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and Uerefd. 4 ...« —
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) lB
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ......
Ditto Oswestry ...... 18%
Ditto New -
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
Shropshire Union
South Devon
Do. Preference - «.. •••• ••••
South Staffordshire B% -- •••• ...... - •••
South Eastern
D0., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 • 01•• .• ••.... 30 ••..••
Do., Registered No. 4 10 ......
Do., Scrip No 4
South Wales - ••••• •••
South 'Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole l2
Skeilield, Rotherham, &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent. :... 14% 12%....
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 -• ......"
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7

Ditto 5 per Cent. ...• 9
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred
Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46,.with Coupons
s"— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...
Ditto, Account •..... —?
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto,4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 16%%
Ditto, Passive 3 LA
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 533/ 53%
Ditto. 4 per Cent,. Certifieates 8244 82
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SILA.RES. PAW' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES ..
:kberdeen 5O ......
Do. Preference 11.61A 6% r
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6 ......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% —
Belfast & County Down 261 h ...
Berks & Hants Extens.

Vaw Vale Extension ... 8
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath .. 8

(Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford J unct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, without guarantee 20
Birming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, cr with guarantee 10 .. ...
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14s ...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
_ and Cheshire Juno.... 20

Vt aterford and Kilkenny 20 .6666. ..-
Waterford and Limerick 47% —.
Waterid,Wxfrd,Wicklw
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...
Do. do. do. ... 25 « 26%.............•
Do. do. do: ... 15
West Cornwall ... 6 ...
N hitehaven & Furness 16
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 14
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ' ........ 45
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. ................ 25
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20
Do. G.N.E.Proference ......
Do. thrtlepool Dock
and Railway .. 100 ..... . .........
York:and North kidland 50 ••• 19% IS%
Ditto, Preference....... 10
FOREIGN RAILWAYb.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... .••
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ......_—

Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) 20 .........
Demerara —
Dutch Rhenish 8 ..... 114
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 5
Do. Do.
Q... 10s.
Louvain 1. la Sambre ... 71,4 ...............
Luxembourg
Ditto
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...............
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ...........
Northern of France l4/. 85... dig ............
le Zd Bord

. - .....
Boston, Stamfd & .7L 4s.
Bristol and Exeter 9O ......
Ditto, Thirds
6uckinghamthire
Caledonian ...... 11 50
Ditto, New 10/. Prof... 10 -
Di tto,Clydesclale June 50
2hester and Holyhead... 50 10 11
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
C:arcnce ............... nth
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 40
Dundalk & Enniskillen 271
East Anglian, 25L, L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do. 18/., E. & 18
Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 314 -
Eastern Counties........ 20 6%
Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ...... 11
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... p... ...... .
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cot.

Orleans ant Lsordeaux.. 7
Paris and Orleans ...... 20
Paris and Rouen 2O ...... .. .............
Paris and Strasbourg
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ...............
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes n WIS.. - ...............
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasn't 2O
Westlslanders B3A, .. ." ...............
Ditto
81/2. .........N•••
MINES.
Anglo-Mexican
Barossa Range ......... 2Bs.
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50
Bolonos Scrip ...... ....
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial
BrazilianCocari&Cuiaba 30
Do. St. John Del Rey 15 .;: — . ..............
Cobra Copper ...

The Presbytery of Inverness have 0P,7004
Thursday, the Bth of November next, to be itAl i
°
within their "
bounds as a day of thanksgivinf ;wrOgg
mighty God for his bounty in the harvest.
Courier.