The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

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FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The Paris papers, which we have just
received, bring us the report of the trial and the sen-
tence of the now notorious Beauvallon. We need
not remind our readers that this man escaped a
capital conviction on the charge of murder, and that
on the recent trial of his accomplice for the perjury
by which such impunity had been secured, he ren-
dered himself again amenable to the law by returning
with abundant interest the false swearing which had
been so serviceable to himself. Nearly two months
have elapsed since this occurrence, and it having been
ascertained in the interval, by the preliminary inquiry
which in France supersedes the forms of our grand
juries, that a sufficient case existed far the prosecu-
tion, the prisoner on Friday last was brought to the
bar of the Court of Assize to plead to the charge
against him. We must beg of our readers to observe the
methods by which, in France, a person moving in
distinguished literary society, and professing to cor-
rect and inform public opinion, endeavours to exempt
himself from an inculpation, alleging that he had
been swearing and suborning false oaths in order
to shield himself from the penalties of murder. We
will not trouble ourselves to pronounce an opinion as
to the truth or falsehood of the circumstances on
which the defence is based—we simply pray our
readers to remark—what on either supposition may
be most plainly inferred—the ideas which must be
generally current in a society before which such pleas
as these are confidently urged by one very competent
to select those which promised best for his reputation
and his release. The original charge against Beau-
vallon was to the effect that he had laid a plot for in-
volving a troublesome rival in a duel, that he had taken
a treacherous and deliberate advantage of his inex-
perienced adversary in every particular, and that he
had at last coolly and circumspectly shot ninet eanugh
the brain with a pistol, of which he knew the exact
capabilities, and which he had brought hot to the
field from that very morning's practice. On this
charge he was acquitted by. the evidence of his
second, D'Ecquevilley, who swore that Beauvallon
had never seen the pistols before. For this evidence
D'Ecquevilley was tried as a perjurer in August last,
and after endeavouring to clear himself by chal-
lenging the witnesses against him, and asserting that
his family was ranked among the noblesse of Franche
Comte in the 17th century, was righteously con-
signed to infamy for the remainder of his life. This
judgment, therefore, decided that the guilty fore-
knowledge of the weapons had been duly proved. But,
as Beauvallon on this occasion swore to the contrary
on behalf of his friend, even as his friend on
the former occasion had so sworn on behalf of him,
he himself now became liable to a similar charge, and
the same evidence which convicted the second is
consequently brought forward to convict his principal
upon the self•same count. In due succession, there-
fore, the several witnesses appeared to prove that
Beauvallon had risen early in the morning to practise
at the target, that he had called to inform persons of
his intentions, that he had deliberately gone through
the exercise in the garden of his second while his
doomed victim was shivering in the snow, and that
the instrument was actually found black and smoking
from the discharge by the surgeon in attendance. To
all this Beauvallon replies simply by a contradiction,
which carries, of course, the usual weight of such
affirmations from the mouths of such culprits. His
grand defence rests upon the demolition of the evi-
dence tendered, by M. Meynard, which was
mainly instrumental in bringing the affair again
before the public, and which originated these two trials
of the second and his principal. The attack which is
to destroy M. Meynard's credit and restore Beau-
vallon's character is conducted as follows :—Beau-
vallon alleges that Meynard's entire testimony is the
invention of falsehood and the suggestion of spite,
arising from the fact that the latter had been defeated
by himself in a competition for the good graces of a
certain lady. In corroboration of this assertion, and
as witnesses to his own character, he adduces the only
matter which beyond his own reiterations, he has
hitherto employed in the shape of proof throughout
the trial. He produces in court, with apparent re-
luctance, the private letters said to be addressed by
this very lady to himself, immediately after that flight
to Spain by which he had eluded the fine im-
posed on him by law for the support of his
victim's widow. We trust that these effusions,
which will be found in another column, may be care-
fully perused. So singularly do they insinuate facts
in favour of Beauvallon—his compulsory participa-
tion in the duel—his distraction even after so blame-
less and inevitable a homicide—and, as if by pro
phecy, the persecution to which malice and envy
would subsequently expose him—that a suspicion as
to the pen from which they really proceeded could
not possibly be repressed. " Was not this letter
written for your own defence ?" asked the President
of the delinquent, observing that it had neither
post-mark nor other proof of authenticity. The pri-
soner's advocate adroitly demurred to such a ques-
tion, which the reader will perhaps answer for
himself after perusing half a dozen lines. "Believe
me," says the writer, " it is not necessary to have
done people harm to be detested by them; it is
sufficient to be superior to them in every respect.
Do you believe, for example, that you will ever be
forgiven your success in the world, your position
at the head of a widely-circulated journal, your book
so much applauded, and those honourable decorations
which you have obtained at the age of twenty-four ?
Listen !—I tell you that in less than three months
you will pass—you, so good, so upright—you, soft-
ness incarnate—for a bully, with a hard heart and a
pitiless hand." But, the true force of the whole
allegation will not be felt till the reader arrives at the
intimation that this lady, who administers consola-
tion, who deprecates treachery, who cheers the spirit
and confirms the piety of the exile, who so rejoices
at the intelligence that he is improving his " fine
qualities " by the example of a Spanish Ministry,
and his mind by the libraries of the Escurial,
whose confidential devotion is exposed, and whose
second-hand praises are repeated in order that the
latent virtue of her beloved correspondent may be
made known to the world—is the wife of another
man ! That high sense of honour which murderere
and adulterers never lose in France precludes, of
course, the disclosure of the lady's name, and M.
Beauvallon throws himself with confidence on the
delicacy of his countrymen in relying upon the un-
attested letters of an anonymous adulteress for esta-
blishing his unsullied innocence and clearing his
clouded fame. We hope so bright an appreciation of
himself, and so just a calculation of his audience as
is shown by his selection of such a mouthpiece to
proclaim his merits, will not be lost in this
country. That they were not made without a
little encouragement may be gathered from the
following fact. M. Granier de Cassagnac, whose
name figures with most equivocal credit in this
nefarious murder, who is the brother-in-law of the
assassin, and the owner of the famous pistols which
were lent for the deed—who, at the late trial, endea-
voured to intimidate the witnesses by challenging a
dangerous deponent in the witness-room, and whose
conduct; was rebuked in open court by the Pre-
sident, has so far retained the favour and confidence
of his former gossips in high office that he has re-
cently been dispatched on a Government mission to
Rome, there to represent in some sort the French
nation, and advance French interests at that pivot
of Christian politics. With such countenance to his
friends and party, how hard it was of the Court of
Assize to sentence M. Beauvallon to eight years'
imprisonment
HERALD.—The defenders of the " Peel system
of currency," who are now falling into a wretched
minority, are very fond of speaking of their oppo-
nents as " the Birmingham sect ;" meaning thereby
to delude people into the notion, that, excepting a
few followers of Messrs. Spooner and Att wood, the
whole commercial community are well satisfied with
the present beautiful system ! Yet, every now and
then some broad and undeniable fact comes to light,
'bleb, utterly destroys this illusion ; and then, all
that these
fact by a •
papers can do, is to try to evade such a
convenient silence. Thus, we expect, will
they deal with the following admirable resolutions,
unanimously
adopted, last week, by the Chamber of
Commerce of
That the
is city of Edinburgh :--
Chamber has observed with regret,
but without surprise
barrassment, and loss, thetgreat inconvenience, em-
munity of this country has been whiche the commercial com-
en exposed through the
recently operation of certain laws ntiy enacted for regu-
lating and controllin th
Great Britain and Ireland.e
business of banking in
" 2. That the effect of this legislative interference
has been to prevent the conversion at the proper time
intow the. of the requisite proportion of capital
con-
venient and necessary form of a currency h
pass from hand to hand, by basing it partly onigehold—
ean
an article of commerce which may be exported to
foreign countries in the course of trade, at the very
time when a free and unrestricted currency is most
required at home—the result of which, under any
circumstances, necessarily is to impede every branch
of commercial and manufacturing industry ; and
when the export is large, to cause embarrassments of
the most alarming description.
" 3. That, in the opinion of this chamber, no satis-
factory reason has been adduced to show that the
banker or money-merchant should be more severely
checked and hampered in his transactions than the
merchant whose dealings are only in money's worth;
or that the free and unfettered action of the one is
not as indispensable to the healthy state of an in-
creasing commerce as the other.
" 4. That Parliament having given its sanction to
the formation of so many railways, and at the same
tirr?' ha4ing afforded every facility for the free im-
portation of articles of food, has acted with manifest
inconsistency in interfering with and shackling the
monetary system ; for with the right hand Govern-
ment gives the greatest possible encouragement to
domestic railways, and does everything in its power
to extend foreign trade, while with the left it fetters

the hands by which these undertakings are to be car- '
ried on, and renders the very causes which require an
augmentation of the currency, the certain means of
ruinously contracting it.'
" 5. Thatan,so fax as the existing monetary laws
neutralize the excellence of the banking system of
Scotland, this chamber has always viewed them as
directly subversive of the best interests of the coun-
try. Free competition in banking, a numerous pro-
prietary, unlimited responsibility, and a paper cur-
rency convertible into silver or gold on demand, has
been by long experience matured into a system better
suited to the wants and trade of the country, safer in
itself, more economical and convenient, more impli-
citly relied on by an entire people, than any system
ever devised by any state for the service of its sub-
jects ; a system which no state can give, and which
no state ought to be allowed to mulitate or take
away.
" 6. That in the opinion of this chamber no effec-
tual remedy for the evils existing in the monetary
affairs of this country can be pointed out short of the
repeal of the various Acts to which these evils can be
clearly traced."
A more crushing and unanswerable exposure of
the atrocious follies of the present system it is impos-
sible to conceive. And we should be glad to see the
Chancellor of the Exchequer compelled to give a ra-
tional reply to it. Meanwhile, however, the car of
our commercial Juggernaut rolls on, daily crushing its
victims ; and the multitude, awe-struck or terror-
struck, do nothing to arrest its course I The Govern-
ment journal of last evening quietly says, " The pro-
perty
of many substantial, or at least solvent, houses
is being daily frittered away, however, by these sus-
pensions,
and the chance of one or two additional
failures increases with every preceding stoppage.
Some parties conceive that when all the corn paper
and the bills of the other largest insolvent houses
have arrived at maturity, the worst will be over ;
but this is tantamount to saying what we apprehend
is too probable—viz., that unless some unexpected re-
lief is afforded, there will be firms dropping of weekly
until Christmas." This is much the same thing as
admitting, that by the time we reach 1848, half the
merchants and wholesale traders of London will be
in danger of bankruptcy. For, by that system of
mutual dependence which always grows up in a com-
mercial community, every man largely engaged
touches a dozen others ; and, however safe his posi-
tion may have seemed, the fall of three or four of the
number almost inevitably shakes his footing. Such
is the present state of affairs in the metropolis of corn.'
merce ! Is it necessitated by any bygone events ?
Surely not. But why, then, do the merchants of
London endure it, without imperatively demanding
the removal of the cause

WORCESTERSHIRE AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.
WORCESTER, SATURDAY.—The annual meeting of
the Worcestershire Agricultural Association was held
here yesterday, and considering the decline which has
been noticed in many of the provincial agricultural
associations, this meeting was a very successful one—
in some points it exceeded all former meetings of the
society.
The proceedings of the day consisted of ploughing
matches, digging matches, exhibition of stock, roots,
corn, fruit, and agricultural implements, closing with
a dinner in the evening.
The ploughing matches were not well contended,
and in the show-yard there was observed a falling off
in the number and quality of sheep and pigs exhi-
bited. The agricultural implements, however, were.
first rate, and were the largest collection ever got
together here or at any other neighbouring meetings.
The chief premium for the best collection was divided
between Messrs. Proctor and Ryland, of Birming-
ham ; and Messrs. Webb, of Worcester. Lord Ha-
therton, Sir Thomas Winnington, late M.P. for
Be wdley ; Sir John Pakington, M.P.; Mr. Foley,
M.P. ; General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, M.P., and
many eminent agriculturists, attended the cattle and
implement exhibition. Among the bulls shown was
one which took a prize at the Royal Agricultural So-
ciety's meeting at Southampton.
About 2-101. was distributed in prizes for cattle,
corn, roots, fruit, implements, and in rewards to agri-
cultural labourers for long and faithful servitude.
The dinner took place in the evening, at the Crown
Hotel. About one hundred and fifty gentlemen sat
down at half-past four o'clock, Mr. C. E. Hornyold,
of Blackmore Park (president for the year), in the
chair. Among the company were Mr. Foley, M.P.,
Sir Thomas Winnington, Mr. James Taylor, Hon.
General H. B. Lygon, M.P., Mr. H. Lechmere, Hon.
and Rev. W. W. C. Talbot.
Mr. P. V. Onslow occupied the vice chair.
After the usual toasts had been given from the
chair,
The Hon. WILLIAM COVENTRY gave the health of
the chairman, to which that gentleman responded in
a brief speech. The " Members for the County"
(replied to by General Lygon and Mr. Foley), the
" Members for the City," and other local and appro-
priate toasts, were afterwards given and responded to,
hut nothing of interest transpired until—
Mr. T. G. CURTLER rose to give "The Health of
the Members of neighbouring Agricultural Societies."
In the course of his remarks introducing this toast,
Mr. Curtlet urged the necessity of increased exertions
being made by the farmers, in these altered times,
to increase the produce of their farms. It behoved
landlords, also, he said, to aid their tenants —(Hear,
hear.) They were now thrown upon their own re-
sources, and the time was arriving when the landlords '
must go without their rents, unless the produce of
both corn and stock could be considerably increased
beyond what it now was in that county, for it was
impossible that they could go on as they now were.
—(Hear, hear.) It was, however, impossible that
any considerable incrase in the produce of the land
could be obtained unless the landlords took mea-
sures for assisting and encouraging their tenantry.—
(Hear.) Unless this was done when the effect of the
present position of the agricultural interest should be-
come to be fully felt, in the course of three or four
year? time, the land must of necessity to a consider-
able extent, and especially the heavy land, go out of
cultivation.—(Hear, hear.) He cordially concurred
in the remarks made the other day by Lord Lyttleton
at the Stewpony meeting, on the subject of the ridi-
cule which had been attempted to be passed by a
certain portion of the press on the rewards to agri-
cultual labourers, and contended that much might be
accomplished through the instrumentality of these
associations to advance the condition of the agricul-
tural labourer, and especially if the Legislature would
assist in that worthy object. The lot of the honest
labourer was very deplorable, for after all their long
and faithful service they were left in their old age to
share the common lot of the most despicable of their
class in the common workhouse. He thought that if
the parish had the voluntary power of erecting a num
ber of cottages by degrees throughout the country—
a certain number of cottages to a certain extent of
land—and spreading the cost over a number of years,
they might by these means rescue the honest la-
bourer by degrees from that fate which awaited him
in his old age, the common fate of paupers.
Mr. FOLEY, M.P., in replying to this toast, said he
concurred in Mr. Curtler's remarks.

Mr. F. WOODWA.RD (one of the guests at Drayton
Manor a fortnight ago), also replied to this toast.
After some remarks on the application of chemistry
to agriculture, Mr. Woodward addressed himself to
the question of tenant-right. Generally speaking,
he agreed with the system of leases, but there were
exceptions to it, and, therefore, he was for the
adoption of the principle of remunerating an offgoing
tenant for the improvements he had effected, and
the money he had laid out on his farm. Under the
present system he might take a farm, and in the first
two or three years lay out as many thousand pounds
in improvement, but his landlord might at that time,
if he chose, turn him out without a farthing of com-
pensation.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, that
this question would be taken up by the farmers, and
pressed upon the attention of the Legislature in the
ensuing session.—(Cheers.)
The CUASUMAN then gave "The tenantry of Wor-
cestershire, and may they ever meet with a corres-
ponding liberality on the part of the landlords."
Several other toasts were given, but nothing fur-
ther of general interest transpired in the course of
the evening. Mr. Foley, M.P., offered a premium
of 51. for the best crop of Sweep turnips of not less
than six acres.

BELFAST.—DINNER TO D. R. Ross,. ESQ.' On
Thursday evening last a numerous and respectable party
of the personal friends and supporters of the late repre-
sentative of Belfast, D. R. Ross, Esq., entertained that
gentleman at a public dinner, in token of his past ser-
vices in Parliament, as well as of his consistent advocacy
of the principles of civil and religious liberty. The en-
tainment took place in the Music Hall, and about 150
gentlemen were present.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We an-
nounce with much regret the death of Mr. Whiteway,
banker, of Newton Abbot. He was out shooting at
Kingsteignton on Thursday afternoon, and while in
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graphic announcement, "no communication for fog."
There have, indeed, been occasional glimpses of
sun-
shine, but only sufficient to make its absence the
more
felt. At the time of our going to press the wind was
southerly, and there were no indications of the weather
clearing up.—Liverpool Albion.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The steamer Antelope has
arrived off the port, from Brazil.
THE LATE MADAME ALBERTAZZL—The Queen-
Dowager, with her usual liberality and benevolence, has
sent a donation of 101. to Mr. Frederick Beale, 2al,
Regent-street, for the benefit of the children of the hate
favourite vocalist, Madame Albertazzi.

DOCR.S.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
.. - -.
Commercial •• ••
' 4 -5. d.
-
East and West India • 61. pr cent. : Stock. - -
East Country •• •I 11. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
Landon ••• • • • - 101
St•Katharins •• • • .... 5 per cent. ; Stock. - -
Southampton •• • • .... 21. per cent. '5O 0 0 0 0 0 -
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. 8.
albion .... ••••• • • • .• 31. 101. 500 0 0 50- 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17%
Ditto Marine.• • .... 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Atlas . •• • •
British Commercial • • 75. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Clericl,llled.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20%
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11
Eagle ...... ...... •• • • 61. 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
European Life ••• • • • 531 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Freemasons' ..• • • .... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe ..... .. . • ...... 61. per cent. Stock. - 124
Guardian ...• •• • ....• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4634
Imperial Fire ••• • - -6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 210
imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Indemnity Marine - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 -
Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Legal- and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
Landon Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
Marine -'.• • • • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Med. Invlld& Gen.Llfe 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 231
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life ••• • - ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Pslladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Phcenix . 31. p. et. & bs. - - 185
Protector Life •• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s.
Provident,Life • • •..... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Rock Life .. .•••• • • . • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 431
Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 181
3un Fire • • - - -
Ditto Life . • • • - - -
VicLria Life • • - - 4 0 0 -
LIST Or SCOTTISH COMP.A.NIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 ! 167
Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 1 150
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 00 1 200
Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13%
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88
Western Bank.. •• • • - 50 0 0 79
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6%
Clydesdale Bank••• •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 12%
Eastern Bank.. ••• . • • 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 111. 5s
Caledonian Bank • • ..• 7311. pr cent. - 210 0 4/. 85
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 61.9 s
City of Glasgow Lank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 121. 8s
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 22
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. ;100 0 0 10 0 0 1251.
Insur. Co. of Scetind• • Si. per cent. I 10 0 0 All paid. 8%
North British Insur. • • 5141. pr cent. '2OO 0 0 10 0 0 23
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. percent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18
Edin. & Glass. Railway 11.10 s. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5034
Ditto, 3 Shares 7s. 6d. p. 3. 12 10 0 All paid. 13
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 -
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. i5O 0 0 . All paid. , -
qlasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent., 25 0 0 All paid. 18%
'ilsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 39
Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 39
r.tandard LifeAsserncej 51. per cent.! 50 0 0 I 2 10 0 9
WATER-V/ONRS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. : per of i Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
- -
£ s. d.
East London. ..... •• • • 81. 100 0 0 - 195
Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90
Kent ••••• • • • • • .... • . : 31. 100 0 0 - -
Vauxhall ............ 100 0 0 - -
West Middlesex .• • Si. 15e.prent. 63 12 9 f - 111

COURSE OF EXCH
linsterdarn 12 12

Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 8
Rotterdam .... • ..... 12 12
26 40
ilamburgh .....•M.B. 14 6
altona• • .
Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 26
Ditto, • • •• •....... 24 30
Marseilles • . •• • • • 26 40
• • 26 40
Frankfort on Maine.... 125
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... ••
•.. —
Vienna, effec.fio• ••• •• 10 18
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 18
Madrid •...

LNGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar•• •••.•••• ••••
Leghorn ..
Gemoa .....
Milan ,.....
Venice ..
Naples ......•••• •... 39
Palermo, perm. .. .... 119

..... .. Sl%
Oporto .... • ..... IN
Rio Janeiro . ...... 2t •
Buenos Ayres ........
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia

Cadiz • • ............. 48%
Barcelona
Saville•• •• •• .... • . •

PRICES OP BULLION, PIA OZ,
Foreign Gold is bars.. X 3 17 9

New Dollars •• .. • • 0 4 9%
Portugal Gold Coin 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
ISUver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11%

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Oct. 12.)
SIIGAR.—To-day there was not much inclination
shown on the part of the home trade to operate in Raw
Sugar, whilst there was a falling off in the export de-
mand ; merchants appeared desirous to sell, and a de-
cline in the value of nearly all kinds took place; the
purchases made by refiners and grocers were upon a
small scale only in West India of all kinds, although
there were sellers upon rather lower terms ; at public
sale 125 hhds of Barbadoes went at a decline on former
rates.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was not much de-
sire evinced to operate in Bengal Sugar ; and at public
sale 1,947 bags went at barely former rates ; 9 hhds 1
trc Trinidad went at 36s for low yellow : the total pur-
chases to-day were only 470 hhds and trcs, and the
market closed with a dull aspect for both free and slave
labour Sugar.
MAIIRITIErS.—This afternoon there was a large public
sale of 9,435 bags 298 casks ; the whole found buyers,
but merchants were compelled to submit to a reduction
on former rates of 6d for the better, 6d to Is for inferior
yellow, and Is to is 6d for brown sorts.
REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were operated in
with caution by the home trade, although further re-
duced rates were taken ; we quote standard lumps at 53s
to 53s 6d, and brown grocery at 52s to 52s 6d per cwt.
Bonded Crushed Sugar was only in limited demand,
first sort at 28s to 29s per cwt.
FOREIGN. This afternoon there was little desire
evinced to operate in Foreign Sugar privately, either for
home consumption or export ; and at public sale 84
hhds Porto Rico were only in part sold at barely former
rates ; fine yellow at 46s 6d to 47s 6d, good 43s to 455,
middling 40s to 42s 6d, and low at 38s per cwt.
MOLASSES.—In West India only a moderate business
has been concluded, although lower rates have been ac •
cepted ; Dominica selling' at 18s, St. Vincent's 16s, and
Montserrat at 163 6d to 17s per cwt. The market is
well supplied, and the stock is much greater than it was
in 1846 at this time. East India Treacle is wanted, and
wt.
British
thecocratoeAs.—obAtailtnheoduhgahvethbeereen lisBsatdoels9irsepetroc
Plantation upon further reduoed terms, still the pur-
chases made have been to a small extent only in all sorts
by private treaty, and at public sale 333 bags Grenada
were only in part disposed of, good bright red at 44s to
455, middling dark 425, low 39s to 40s, damaged 38s to
40s; 27 bags of Trinidad were disposed of, good dark
red 44s 6d to 455, ordinary and middling 40s to 41s.
For Foreign full rates are asked, but there has been
little passing privately, and 48 bags of Bahia at auction
were taken in at 40s for good red.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon was only
in moderate demand, and at public sale 1,630 bags 138
casks were only in part sold, at a fall on former rates of
2s—mid coloury 48s 6d to 535, low mid 47s to 48s, fine
fine ord 45s to 465, fine ord 43s to 44s 6d, good ord and
ord 37s to 41s, pea berry 54s to 61s, sea damaged 43s to
44s 6d, and triage 29s to 33s per cwt. By private treaty
sales have been made at 333 to 336 6d for good ordinary
native. _ _

TsA.—On the part of merchants there has been a
desire to sell; all descriptions of Congou since Tuesday
last, and a further decline in the value has taken place.
Although prices have given way during the last three
weeks id to id for low and middling kinds, and Id to 2d
per lb for good to fine; still the purchases made have been
upon a small scale in all sorts; the town and country
trade only purchasing sufficient for their present use low
as prices are, and large as the consumption is. Pou-
chong is dull of sale, but in the value we have little vari-
ation to make known; the tendency of prices is down-
wards. Souchong is little required, and can be obtained
upon rather lower terms; whilst there are several parcels
on offer. Green is in large supply, and is offered at a
further reduction in prices, making the decline

during the last three wcel;s id. to id. on
sommon, and 2d. to 3d. on the better sorts:
still :the purchases made have been to a
limited extent only in all kinds. For Pekoe Tea the
market has a dull appearance, and there are sellers upon
low terms, whilst there is a plentiful supply. None has
been submitted to public competition since this day
week, and during that time none was received—whereas
duty was paid on 498,6761bs at this port. Prices are
low in comparison with those of former years.
RICE.--To-day there was no public sale of East India
Rice, but privately there was a much better demand,
and the rates obtained were 6d to Is per cwt above those
of Friday: several parcels were sold—Bengal, low to
fine sound white 13s to 16s, Cargo 10a to lie, pinky
white Madras lls 6d to 12s, and yellow Ils to lie 6d
per cwt.
SPlcits.—Black Pepper, of all kinds, has been operated
in with caution by private contract. At public auction
2,000 robins of Malabar Pepper were nearly all taken in
at 2-id for half heavy quality. White is offered at 3id
to sid, but there are few buyers to bn met with. Pi-
mento is much wanted, and in consequence of the small
supply buyers are compelled to pay the stiff rates of sid
to 54d for ord to good. For Ginger prices remain much
the same as those previously current, but there has been

little passing privately. Of Cassia Lignea the supply is
small, and prices range high, as there are several pur-
chasers. Nutmegs are wanted, whilst the supply is less
plentiful, and prices are firm. For Mace the market is
firm, and there is a good demand existing, whilst the
supply is small. In Cinnamon there has been little
passing, although there are sellers upon low terms, and
the supply is good.
SPIRITS,—To day sales were made in Leeward Island
at is 10d for proof strength, a❑d East India at is Sd to
is 9d. Jamaica met wite little attention, and low to fine
quality can be obtained at 3s 4d to 4s 8d for 30 to 39 per
cent. over proof. Demerara of strong quality is dull of
sale at 3s 2d to 35 5d per gallon. Of Brandy there is a
large quantity offering for sale at low prices.
INDIGO.—The extensive quarterly sale of East India
commenced to-day, and the quantity declared amounted
to 17,920 chests. Previous to the opening of the sale a
proposition to lower the amount of deposit to 51. on all
chests amounting to less than 301. having been made and
carried by a large majority of the trade, it was agreed
that the subject should be represented to the Importers
as a reasonable request, considering the present low
value of the article. Before the opening and during the
progress of the sale, 334 chests were withdrawn. 867
chests have passed the sale this day. The effect of the
present state of commercial distress and of a scarcity of
money, without a parallel, has been severely felt on this,
first day of Indigo sale. The attendance of both export
and home buyers was very small, and throughout the
biddings have been very languid.
OILS.—For Cocoa Nut there has been much inquiry,
and in consequence of the scanty supply buyers have
been compelled to pay much higher rates. At auction
10 casks of fine Cochin were sold at 70s to 70s 6d,

and 40 casks of repacked from tanks at 67s to
70s 9d per cent. There are several orders in the

market unexecuted, but the home trade are almost the

exclusive purchasers. Palm met with little attention.
Although Linseed Oil can be obtained upon further re-
duced terms, still the home trade operated with caution,
and the export orders concluded have been of little mo-
ment, whilst the supply has been plentiful. Rapeseed
Oil has been only in moderate request.
TALLOW.—There has been little desire manifested to
purchase Russian on the spot, since our last report,
whilst on the part of merchants there is less firmness,
and they hare taken 46$ 6(1 to 47s 6d for fine P.Y.
Candle, which rates are rather under those that

existed previonsly. For forward delivery only a limited
business has been concluded at 45s 6d to 463 3d.

and at which there is a desire to sell. Home made met
with a good demand at 47s 6d to 48s 6d nett cash, but
at which there is a desire to sell, as the supply is good.
Other sorts of Tallow met with little attention, and
prices bavo slightly given way. At public sale 406 cks
of Taganrog were sold.

THE LONDON GAZE I TE,

(THIS EVENING.)

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 11.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to
be Second Lieutenants—Samuel Digby Wright, vice
Greville, promoted; Augustus Young Earle, vice S. R.
B. Swinney ; Honourable Leonard Allen Addington, vice
Bent; Arthur Vandeleur, vice Glanville, promoted;
Andrew Spotswood Orr vice Jervis, promoted ; Charles
Rowland Hill, vice Atkinson, promoted ; Patrick John
Campbell, vice Dumaresq, promoted ; Francis Corn-
wallis Maude, vice Tupper, promoted ; Arthur William
Twiss, vice Heyman, promoted ; Reginald Curtis, vice
Dew, promoted; Allan Sievwright, vice Robertson, pro-
moted ; Frederic Southcote Seale, vice East, promoted ;
John Boulton, vice Hoste, promoted ; John De Luttrell
Saunderson, vice Taswell, promoted ; Montray Anketell,
vice Winterbottom, promoted ; Philip Dickson, vice
Singleton, promoted ; aEneas Clarke, vice Reilly,
promoted •, Francis Place, vice Saunders, promoted ;
Edward Jackson Bruce, vice Smith, promoted ;
William Powell Richards, vice Fitz Hugh, promoted ;
John Edward Hope, vice Moody, promoted ; Henry
Walpole John Dashwood, vice Hardy, promoted ; Al-
gernon Brendon, vice Bolton, promoted ; James de
Havilland, vice Lugg, promoted ; Sidney Carden, vice
Fraser, promoted ; George Allix Wilkinson, vice Lam-
bell, promoted ; William Windham Augustus Lukin,
vice Soady, promoted ; William Walker, vice Dyneley,
promoted, Oct, 1.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be
Second Lieutenants—Alexander Ross Clarke, vice
Wrottesley, promoted; Edward Bainbrigge, vice St.
John, promoted; James Murray, vice Gordon, pro-
moted; Georke Ranken, vice Porter, promoted; Francis
Horatio De Vere, vice Wilson, promoted; Henry Ray-
mond, vice Dawson, promoted; Bobert Mann Parsons,
vice Crofton, promoted ; Frederick Brine ; Arthur
a'Court Fisher ; George Montagu Stopford ; Edward
Bridge ; Henry Reynolds Luard ; Montagu Stopford
Whitmore, Oct. 1.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
Vere Poulett, commonly called Viscount Hinton, to
be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan,
Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ' • Sir Peregrine Palmer
Fuller Palmer Acland, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., to
be Deputy Lieutenant ; William Miles, Esq., M.P., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John Batten, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenani, Oct. 1.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire
The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeo•-•
manry Cavalry—Frederick Smith, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Edward L. Cresswell, resigned, Sept. 18.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Rid

ing of Yorkshire.

First West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter Thomas
Spencer Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain, vies Martin,
deceased; William Barafortb, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
v ; Thomas Taylor, Gent., to be
L
Naylor,oted promoted; Samuel Jackson,
iiceeu Lieutenant, Stanhope,
vic promoted; ro m
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bamforth, promoted; Thomas
Barff, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Drake, resigned, Oct. 7.