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London, England, 1849-10-15 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 15 1819

possessions ' • 15 reals from foreign countries of which
it is the produce ; and 40 reals from foreign countries
which do not produce it. The cotton employed in
the manufactures comes under the second head, and,
therefore, has to pay 15 reals (35.) per 1001bs.
weight ; but this is when imported in a Spanish
ship ; in a foreign vessel it will have to
pay 20 reals more per quintal, the duties on the
three classes above mentioned being respectively 25,
35, and 60 reels per quarter under a foreign flag.
This re-charge on the foreign flag is considerably
higher than it was before, the duties under the
Spanish flag being nearly the same. The whole of
the difference goes to the Spanish shipowner, and
the effect is equivalent to levying a tax of 35 reels
per quintal on the raw cotton used by the Catalan
manufacturer. But there is another charge yet to
be paid on it, the " derechos de consumo,' of which
no mention is made in the Gazette, but which in the
previous tariff was generally from 30 to 50 per cent.
on the Customs duties. The whole charges on raw
cotton amount to a duty of ten per cent. ad valorem, so
that while protection is given to the manufacturer
on the one hand, he is made on the other to pay a
heavy tax on his primary material for the benefit of
the shipowner.
The Bolsa was closed on the 7th.

The Statuto of Florence states from Rome of the
4th, that the French troops, not witstanding their com-
plaints, had not been able to obtain comfortable lodg-
ings from the Papal Government in certain convents,
and that a French officer at the head of a party of
soldiers, gave great offence two days before by having
recourse to force in the Dominican convent at the
Minerva, in order to obtain better accommodation.
It would appear from the following paragraph,
which :appears in the Paris Ordre, that the POPE is
not a free agent, but is the prisoner of Austria and
Russia, the King of NAPLES acting as gaoler. The
Ordre says—
" A letter from Naples, of the 4th instant, informs us
that the Pope is rather embarrassed with the honours
paid to him at Portici. One day that he had gone out
alone to visit a convent, the commander of the guard
attached to his person got on horseback, and complained
that the Holy Father had not informed him of his going
out. Pius IX. could not help complaining of this kind
of surveillance. No stranger can visit him without
being subjected to very annoying police regulations."
The King of NAPLES, acting under Russian in-
structions, is violating every pledge he gave ; arrests
take place in Naples every day of persons who had
returned on the faith of the published amnesty. That
amnesty it now turns out was a mere snare, a delibe-
rate fraud on the part of the Neapolitan Bourbon, to
enable him to get those securely into his power, on
whom, for eighteen months past, he has been longing
to wreak his vengeance.
The French Journal des Debats, a journal cer-
tainly net prejudiced against the Bourbon King of
NAPLES, thus describes the state of the capital :
" The arrival at Civita-Veechia, Genoa, and Mar-
seilles, of several persons banished by the Neapolitan
Government, or flying persecution and prison, had given
birth to rumours of a revolution at Naples. The fugi-
tives, in announcing a re-action against the old constitu-
tional party, believed that they could predict that the
severities of the Neapolitan Government would soon
produce a rising of the people. From that point, the
realisation of the fact was jumped to without other in-
formation. We can now state, on the authority of
letters from Naples of the 3d inst., that everything was
then tranquil in that city, and that nothing appeared to
announce the probability of any disturbance ; but
it seems also certain that some disquietude
prevailed in consequence of the rigorous measures
adopted by the Government against the liberal
party. The following is a first list of persona condemned
to exile:—MM. Lanza, a celebrated physician of Naples
and his son; Mancini, ex-deputy; Pisanelli, ex-
deputy; Francisco Ruggiero, ex-Minister of Finance;
Conforti, ex-Minister of the Interior; Prince de Frasso;
the Duke Donato de San Biase; and Giordano, architect
and professor of mathematics, ex-deputy. They landed
at Genoa on the sth, and were to be followed by many
other fugitives of note. In addtion it was announced
that several ex-deputies had been arrested, amongst
whom were named MM. Scialoia, Marma, Avossa,
Centona, do Luca, and the two brothers Gaetan and
Andre Zir, cousins of Dragonetti. Another version
declares that the individuals named above as banished,
had been about to be thrown into prison, but
had been able to take refuge in time on board the
French packet. It is to be remarked that the ex-
Minister Ruggiero, does not belong to the same po-
litical party as his companions in misfortune, having
formed part of the Bozelli Ministry, called by the
liberals a reactionary Cabinet. It was under that
Ministry that burst out the revolt of May 15, 1848, at
Naples—a revolt of the ultra-democrats against the
regime of the Constitutional Monarchy, which was
scarcely beginning to act. The Ministry was bound to
put down that insurrection, and we cannot explain how
M. Ruggiero is at present proscribed by his Govern.
ment. However that may be, the services which he had
rendered at Naples to the cause of order recently called
forth a manifestation against him on the part of the
Maacinians at Civita-Vecchia, where the packet put in.
Scarcely had they learned that Ruggiero had alighted at
the ina of Orlandini, than they stirred up the people, utter-
ing dreadful menaces. The intervention of the French
authorities, and of a detachment of the garrison, were re-
quired to enable M. Ruggiero to re-embark in safety.
The Neapolitan Ministry, which General Filangieri,
Governor of Sicily, has refused to join, is at present
directed by M. Fortunate, who alone holds three port-
folios. A system of rigour and reaction has all at once
been displayed; whether it be that the Government has
the idea of completely abolishing the Constitutional
Charter and the representative system, or in order to
enforce it safely, it desires first to get rid of the ultra
party. The fact is, that intimidation is the order of the
day. It is said that the Government is about to resume
the judicial proceedings relative to the troubles of 1848,
that the King is about to withdraw to the fortress of
Gaeta, that Naples is to be placed in a state of siege, and
that the tribunals are about to act severely against per-
sons suspected or compromised.
The Piednsontese Gazette of the 9th states that
Count PItALOILNO, Minister Plenipotentiary of Sar-
dinia to the French Republic, has left Turin for Paris.
The elections for the Municipality of Turin have taken
place, and most of the councillors have been re-elected
The rentes lately created by the Chambers had been
negotiated at 22, and have risen to 86. ROTEIS-
CIIILD has taken 36 millions; capitalists of Turin
have taken 6 millions, and 4 millions have been sold
at Genoa.

In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin
of the Bth, MM. DESPINE, CnisELLx, and other depu-
ties, severely censured the Minister of Finance, for
having, as they said, taken no measures
for allowing the provinces to have their share
i n the loan, as all the rentes reserved for Turin had
been sold before the provinces could send their orders.
Minister NIGRA replied that he had no alternative,
that the contract limited the days of emission to six,
and that the operation had been extremely advanta-
geous to the State, and enabled him to meet all diffi-
culties. lie begged the Chamber would suspend its
opinion till he had presented his account of the opera-
tion. M. ROSSELINI then moved an order of the day,
implying a censure on Ministers ; but M. PESCATORE
proposed another order of the day, worded as follows :
—" The Chamber, judging it expedient to defer its
judgment on the sale of the rentes in question, till
the whole operation of the Minister is explained,
passes to the order of the day. The Minister of Fi-
nance accepted this wording, and the order of the day
was adopted.

The kforina of Lucca of the 6th states that the
treaty fur the Tuscan loan has been concluded, and
twenty-five days allowed for the ratification, but
that fears were entertained that it would not be
ratified.

The Corriere Mercantile of the Bth announces the
arrival at Genoa of General PEPE, from Malta.

By a decree of the 3d, the limperial Commissioner
MONTECUCCOLT, at Milan, allows the exportation of
corn, maize, and flour, which had been suspended
by a decree of the 13th of February, 1847.
The Messagero of Modena, of the 3d, officially
announces that, the Grand Duke of TUSCANY having
given up all pretentions incompatible with the rights
of the Duke of MoDEsta, amicable relations have been
recommenced between the two Governments.

The Costituzionale of Florence quotes private cor-
respondence from Leghorn, stating that five English
Protestant Propagandists have landed at Leghorn,
and inundated the town with DIODATI'S translation
of the Bible. It appears that Protestantism is making
great progress among the country people, where the
Propaganda displays the greatest activity ; but that
equal activity is displayed on the side of the Jesuit
party, who have imported loads of Father Cuaces
pamphlets against GIOUERTI and Italy.
One of the last acts of the Municipality of Venice,
previous to the surrender of the city to the Austrians,
was to present the following address to General
PEPE :

" Venice, which has ever shared with you her
privations and her sacrifices, considers you always as
a brother and as a friend.

" She has ever acknowledged that the active and
powerful interest you have devoted to her on all
occasions has been equal to your noble designs.
You have always sustained and consoled her with a
devotion felt only for a beloved country. You
have ever acted towards her with a generosity un-
equalled.
" Venice has, therefore, devoted to you the most
sincere and profound gratitude.
"In these last moments, when the heart painfully
seeks to relieve itself by the expression of its feelings,
permit, General, the representatives of Venice, the
faithful expression of the devotion of the whole city,
to show her affection and her heartfelt wishes for
that happiness to accompany you which you so de-
servedly merit."
To this the General replied as follows :
" Representatives of the Municipality of Venice,—
From my childhood, in consulting the annals of Venice,
I endeavoured to compare and even to find them superior
to those of Greece and Rome. In later times, finding
myself at the head of an army, seeing the danger of the
city which had always been the object of my admiration,
I did not hesitate to cross the Po and to come to its
succour, with a handful of men, who from love of glory
and of their country have dared to defy the misery of ;
exile. During the 15 months that I had the honour to
be intrusted with the defence of the estuary, I could not
but perceive that misfortunes had not changed the cha-
racter of the Venetians.
" In short, it is not to the superior forces of a great
empire, or to a formidable artillery which has carried
ruin into two-thirds of the city, or to the ravages of
cholera, but solely to hunger and to the want of provi-
sions that the cessation of hostilities is owing.
"And this resistance is not only to be attributed to the
desperate courage of its brave garrison, but to the sacri-
fices and constancy of its admirable people.
"To so many virtues, that of a rare courtesy must be
added; and of this your address of this day to me,
Gentlemen, is an honourable proof, but at the same time
a most painful one. Yes, since you call me by the name
of Brother and Friend, such I shall ever be to every
Venetian as long as I have life. For generous men,
such as you;:my constant misfortunes will only be a
stronger reason to appreciate my deep affection. n
GUGLIELNO PEPE.

THE EXPLOSION AND LOSS Or LIPS IN 13/11i-
MONDsEY.—Nothing new has transpired to-day with
respect to the awful explosion and loss of life in Brook-
street, Bermondsey. The parties injured, who are at
Guy's Hospital, are going on favourably. The inquest
on the two adults and the two children, who were un-
fortunately killed by the explosion, was expected to take
place to-day, but the warrant of Mr. Carter. the Co.
hga fixed it IQX $9.149U9W,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was
again very brisk, tho sales being 25,000 bales, including
10,000 on speculation. Prices were stiff, with an ad-
vancing tendency. The sales comprised 12,000 Ameri-
can, at sjl. to 7d.; 5,000 I'ernam, at 61-d. to 64d.; 1000
Bahia, at 60. to 64d.; 7,200 Egyptian, at 6}d. to 744.;
500 Surat, at 411. to 444.; and 50 Sea Island, at 1 ld, to
114 d. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull at lower quo-
tations.
The Corn Market is firmer today, and wheat is t p
about ls. to 2s. per quarter.
The accounts delivered this morning from the United
States are not of much interest, and we are in hourly
expectation of later advices by the regular steamer.
The political intelligence is regarded as favourable, and
the Nicaragua dispute is likely to pass off almost with-
out further comment.
The llamburgh advices of Friday last state that not
much had been done in exchanges. The Funds were
firm. The quotation for bills on London was 13 10,
and gold at 437 i. The advices upon the state of trade
in the principal towns are upon the whole favourable.
The following is a report of the iron interest, as re-
ceived from Birmingham to-day:—
" The quarterly meetings just concluded, were
throughout the week of a lifeless character. At Wol-
verhampton, on Wednesday, we observed an assemblage
of anxious faces, rather beyond the usual attendance ;
but it was evident that a very trifling business—and that
with difficulty, was transacted. The confidence of the
trade does not seem to have been much assisted by the
late continuous account of increasing exports. That
they should have exceeded those of the previous year,
under existing circumstances, affords no criterion of
returning prosperity, and every day experience proves
that large sales may be made with other objects in view
than that of realizing large profits. It is from the
still remaining symptoms of over production, not-
withstanding the recent serious contraction of operations,
by which so large a field of employment for the labour
of the district has been lost, and from the absence of
any probable stimulant to the restoration of remunera-
tive prices, that the impressions of the week seem to
have been furnished. On Thursday the attendance
in our Town - hall, though considerable, was
not so numerous as upon former similar oc
cssions ; and the absence of some of the re-
presentatives of London houses, and other dealers,
was remarked. In manufactured iron few sales were
made, buyers being very shy, and expecting much
lower quotations than sellers are in a position to offer.
The prices previously obtained were indeed pretty well
supported, and varied little from those nominally ar-
ranged at the preliminary meeting, except for common
bars, which must be written at 5/. lis. No disposition was
manifested by makers or holders to press sales, or to
take large contracts, ncr, on the other hand, by pur-
chasers to offer inducements. This unwillingness to do
business must be accounted for more from want of con-
fidence than from scarcity of means, as the settlement of
accounts was in general well met, and it is known
that in some instances orders were reserved.
" In Pig Iron, both on Thursday and on Saturday even-
ing, at Dudley, where the chief transactions in that
branch are usually negotiated, a very limited business
was done; although it i apparent that stocks of that
article in the hands oT manufacturers are wearing
low, and, in a short time, under the present re-
stricted make, it must become more in request. The
average price of good Staffordshire pig seems to have
been about 60s. per ton. The sudden death of Mr.
William Ward, the highly respected proprietor of
Priestfield Works and Furnaces, from the prevailing
epidemic, formed a subject of deep regret on Saturday,
and contributed to restrain any exhibition of spirit.
The Shropshire ironmasters continued firm at their last
quarter's figures, and decline entering into any addi-
tional engagements.
" The disputes with the colliers 'as yet remains un-
settled, and we are sorry to have to re-
port that their mine getters seem now in-
clined to join in their unreasonable demands.
It is stated that in the neighbourhood of
Bilston and Wolverhampton, this class have given notice
that they require an advance of ninepence per day; but
there is not the slightest amelioration, either in the pre.
sent condition or prospects of the trade, to justify the
ironmasters in giving an increase of wages, and
the attempt will doubtless be resisted by the most deci-
sive measures that can be adopted ; indeed it is considered
that it has been induced entirely by the weak and inju-
dicious concessions of the coalmasters around Tipton
and Oldbury. Coals still command an easy sale and
good prices, and it seems probable they will maintain
that position throughout the winter. Ironstone is giving
way a little, and hollers are more desirous of selling on
account of stocks growing heavy. In limestone no alte-
ration has taken place."
A somewhat better tone Prevails in the Stock Ex-
change, but we do not learn that, as yet, the dividend
payments have led to any decided increase of money
business. Consols have been 92:1. to 4; New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. ex-dividend 92f to 4. Bank
Stock is marked 1964 to 1974. Exchequer-bills have
been higher, viz., 435. to 465., and India Bonds 80s. to
83s. premium. South Sea Stock is 1024.
In the Foreign Market there is more speculation.
Mexican Stock has been at an improvement to 271
owing to a report in the Stock Exchange that a large
amount of dollars been received for the dividends.
Peruvian Stock has been 53f to 534. Brazilian New
Bonds have been quoted 83. Portuguese Four
per Cents. have been marked 321 to 33. Spanish Five
per Cents. are 161. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been about 534 to 54.
The Railway Share Market has been rather lower
again for the principal lines, and there are continued
sales of Midland, North-Western, York and North-
Midland, &c.

ONE O'CLOCK. CL,r,l' G
••••:I,:s or :cRITIBEI FUtil S PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Arms--
per Cent. Consols P nnulties 92,4% 921/„
N, w 314 per Cent. Ann 5....
Long Anne. to expire Jan.l860
7-16 8 7-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16
Ditto 30 year-, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 8%
fndia Bonds, 1,0004 ....... ......
Ditto under 1,0001... ...... .- SO p 80 p
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 112%14 1,4 92%
Exchequer Bills. liAtd. & 2d
1,0001. June 43 46 p 46 p
5001. June
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS oxE ()Lost', o
O'CLOCK. 'PRICES.

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent.

Ditto 5 Der Cent. ... — 99
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
51exican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons... 27IA -g7l 26%
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent

Ditto, Account. 531 lA
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.

5334
]9M

Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds

Spanush 5 per Cent. 1840 l6l/ 16
Ditto, Passive...
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 21A per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.

BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
ttATLWAY SHARES.
PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
__

tben, een ... 50 -
Do. Preference ••• •• . 614 •• •
Amber. Nott., Boston,
rid Eastern Junction 6 ..., — dis ... ..... dis.
Ayrshire and GE, noway.. 7%
Belfast & Coun;, 7 Do% a -96 % ...... .
Berks & Hants ~Lxtens. _

-...-- ---
(GZ.Wes+ Per.s rlr c ) 6
iii-mlno,tam r-u.. Oa-
ford urrct., erns duly
paid, or with a gann.. 20
Do, v. AY out gu qrantcs 20 ......
Birir'-v,. Wolverh'ton,
andl tdlc-r, cr':a duly
pd, or a:ta gar rantc3 10 .....
Do. Ns _thoat guarantee 10 -
B;-ro'ng„Wolveih'ptca,
and Stoar Vr'ley 131. 14s ...
Bi-ker',ead, Lane:-a'''-e,

and Chesl're June.... 20
80-ton, Stlipcd & B; ..n. 71. 4s
Bristol rid Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thil is .... 00000 27% .. ... .
Bueltlightv-I,;re .. .. 17% - ......
Cale(' -n2;nn
D:'.: to, Ne .v 101. Pref... 10
Ditto,Clydese -'e June 51
id:OeSter end Ilolyl.- - -I.— 50
Dit4l, P.eferenee l5 ...... -- ..
Cie-ence
Do. Ist C'lss, 6 per C. 10
Do. 2d Cinss, 5 per C::. 10 ...... . ... —
Do. Gove-..iment Loan,
4 per Cent.
Dirt. lt Loneon & Po:. s.
month ..... -
Dublin and Beast June. 41 ..,
Dundalk & Ern:4-;11en 27%...... -
East A nglian, 254, L. &
I§E. and L. and D...... "5
Do. 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31. 10., Pre!... 3% .....
Eastern Cmaties... ..... 29 ...... 7% 7 6%
F.,‘„Do. New, Gue 6 per et. 10 ...... 11
Ditto,Exten4ion, 5 per
emit., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p — P
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61.135. 4d...

Do. N0.,.h. &Ea ern,
6 per Cent. -
Dit: ).'5 per Cent.. 50
Do. New
Easteia Union, C's-9 A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, (utt )... 3% — *************** 4
Do., Circle B (I. & B.) 25 ****** 4
Ditto, Clem U, ditto... 05 . .... ....
r
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ..„••. .......
Est Lanceen:~a
Ditto, New ......... ... 25 ..•... ...•.. —.
Ditto, New Outrtera 6%.....• ..
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quai,ers •.. 61 — ••• •••••• ..... --
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow f 9 ...... .... .
Ditto, Half Shelve ... 2c .. .. ...
....
Edinburgh andNorthem 25 _
Ditto, Newport.
....
Exeter.Yeovii, & Dorch. 23,1 —
Exeter end Exmouth... 21s.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle -
Glasgow,Kilrear.,& Ayr 50
Do.Preferance Cmsol.
Great Northern - 20 .. 7
7
Do., Is 2 A Deferred ... IN 3L4 314
D0.,141 B 6 per Cent.... 7% 4l4— ....... .... 414
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 71/2. PA %.. .••• .•• 4%
'treat South. and WeBt.