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LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN)N6, OCTOBER 21, 1847.

triple sceptre of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla,
yet the subsidization of the Bavaro-Palatinate
has terminated ! The inane and effete intellect
of the descendant of the ex-Queen of ETRURIA
still proclaims to the world its inalienable stupidity—
yet the Spanish Bourbons no longer preside over the
destinies of the Lucchese population ! The Duke of
Lucca has not succeeded to any more brilliant establish-
ments—yet his principality is at this moment incor-
porated with the Tuscan possessions of the enlight-
ened LEOPOLD The cause of this surprising with-
drawal is obvious. The principles of social and poli-
tical liberation had been imbibed by the Lucchese;
the irresistible pressure of circumstances unfavour-
able to the maintenance of the Austrian interests had
forced a consciousness of peril and impotence into the
stagnant and saturnine imagination of its ruler; from
all directions floated to his ears the acclamations
of the surrounding Italians acclamations
fraught with disaster to himself and his Go-
vernment,--" Eviva Carlo Alberto!" attested the
predominance of Liberal opinions in Piedmont—
"Eviva Leopoldo Secundo !" proclaimed the joys of
Tuscany "—"Eviva Pio Nono T' announced that the

place in which the popular enthusiasm had been first
evoked was on the holy and historic hill of the Aven-
tine, and that the brows of the Sovereign PONTIFF
were crowned with the laurels of a Liberator, as well
as with the coronet of a Count, and the tiara of more
than an ecclesiastical Tetrarch. The streets con-
tiguous to the ducal palace resounded with ROSSINI'S
hymn—the hymn of Pius—the national hymn of the
Italian people I The cohorts of METTERNICH already
recoiled beyond the bank of the Po, before the
majesty of an offended and a manumitted race.
The gonfalon of the Peninsula already streamed in
the air. The National Guards already marched
under the national colours—red, white, and green.
Even the Romagnese, until recently the manu-
facturers of comfits for the carnivals, or the indolent
consumers of the tobacca of TOBLONIA, even the Ro-
magnese were rising like one man, under the
colours of the PONTIFF, under the gold and
silver embroidery of the labarum. Among those
classic acclivities, which of old gazed down upon
the legions of the Imperial C2ESARS, the helmets
of the civic soldiery were again visible, the
pillar of Trajan again cast its shadow, as it
were, upon the ranks of the Praetorian guard,
the princes of Rome were emulating each other as
leaders of the national army—they were aspiring
even to the dignity of being regarded as its centurions.
In the palazzas of Turin, of Florence, of Leghorn,
and of Bologna, there was a cry to which the hearts
of many millions responded—" Viva rindependenza
d Italia r Troops assembled under the windows of
the Quirinal ; there was a clamour amongst them—a
brief but significant clamour—" Huzza ! for the first
cannon shot !" Such were the startling sounds and
sights which enforced the emeutes of the Lucchese
themselves, and brought dismay and despair into the
councils of the son of the ex-Queen of ETRURIA !
Such are the circumstances which have com •
bined to impress him with a conviction of
his incompetence to withstand a movement
that is rendering immortal the present generation
of Italians, and that circumstances have at length in-
duced him to forestall the arrangements of 1815, and to
abdicate in favour of the good and sagacious LEOPOLD
of Tuscany. Glory be to the memory of GIOBERTI !
for he it was who first dreamed of the possible eman-
cipation of his countrymen. His dream is being
realised. Another portion of the Peninsula has just ,
been released from the thraldom of the Absolu-
tists, and the incorporation of Lucca with Tuscany
inspires us with a hope that a similar fate awaits the
other miniature principalities ; and that Parma,
Piacenza, Guastalla, and Modena, will, like the
districts of Borgo, of Fivizano, of Massa, of Petra-
Banta, of Castiglione, of Gallicano, and of Minnuc-
ciano, be merged into the larger territories, and be-
come ultimately the provinces of that regal confede-
racy which may, before long, ensure to the liberated
population of the Peninsula the preservation of their
independence and the perpetuation of their prosperity.

Civil war in Switzerland now seems inevitable
The Grand Council of St. Gall has determined by a
majority of three in favour of coercive measures
against the Sonderbund. A letter from Berne, of
the 15th, says—

" Loud shouting this morning at the post•office
greeted the intelligence brought by the mail from
Zurich of the vote of the Grand Council of St. Gall,
which, by a majority of 76 to 73, closes the series of
cantonal instructions relative to the Sonderbund in
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Gall, did a question
interest. During the three days that the struggle
lasted, the building where the Grand Council held its
sittings was besieged by a compact crowd, which not
being able to find room in the public galleries,
affronted with a resignation without example the tire-
someness of a long attendance. All the canton of Swit-
zerland, without exception, were represented in the
crowd of spectators whothronged the galleries. On both
sides the speakers did their utmost to oisfain the victory.
All the arguments for or against the decision which
was at last come to were brought forward over and
over again without public attention being fatigued.
The length of the discussion was equal to the vivacity
of the combat. Having been recommenced at eight
o'clock in the morning of the third day, it continued
without interruption until three the next morning, or
nineteen consecutive hours. I doubt if any parlia-
rpentary assembly in any country in the world can
offer an example of such perseverance, and what is
not less characteristic is the steadfastness of the two
parties in their respective political views. Although
it is notorious that attempts at indirect corruption
were made in order to weaken the ranks of the
Liberal party, these could not be moved ; the Ra-
dicals, the Liberals, and the Tiers-parti voted toge-
ther as a single man against the ultramontanes. A
Liberal Deputy, gravely indisposed, got himself
carried to the sitting to vote, and the town of St.
Gall received with manifestations of the most
lively enthusiasm the news of a result so long
doubtful. The federal commissioner sent to Neuf-
chatel returned from Berne last evening, bringing
to the Vorort a letter, by which the Neufchatelese
Government engages formally to take fitting mea-
sures to prevent all passage of arms and ammunition
through its territory for the states of the Sonderbund.
A new incident has just arisen relative to this kind of
convoy. The day before yesterday there were
seized a cargo of seven cases, filled with arms and
ammunition, at Rheinfelden, in the canton of Argau ;
this cargo, which, it is said, came from Strasburg by
Bale, was addressed to the Custom-house of Zurich,
without doubt to elude the vigilant 100k-out that is
kept ; for if it be shown that it is really the
communal council of that place which commanded
these arms, it will be responsible for such an
act to the Government, but it is generally
supposed that the intercepted cargo was intended to
be carried to the primitive cantons by the aid of conser-
vative employes at Zurich. The news from Morat an-
nounces that all the militia of that district repaired
yesterday to the Prefecture to declare that they re-
fused to accede to the summons sent them to go and
swell the numbers of the Sonderbund troops. This
determination has caused a great irritation in the
ultramontane party, and the most violent measures
have been proposed in the Council of State of Friburg
by the deputy at the Diet, Fournier, for the purpose
of overcoming the resistance of the district of Morat.
The Federal Council of War (the highest military
authority of the Confederation) has been sitting for
the last two days, and is busy in devising means to
place the federal army in a state to respond to the
appeal which will be made to it by the Diet. Ac-
cording to letters from Vienna, the Austrian Cabinet
has given orders to concentrate on the frontiers of
Switzerland an army of from 20,000 to 30,000 men.
On its side, the Gazette de Bale announces that, on
the French frontier, orders have also arrived to pre-
pare military cantonments in several localities of the
department of the Haut. Rhin."

Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived—

The Heraldo gives the following, which may be
considered as the official account of the reconciliation
of the QUEEN and her husband, and of the reception
of the latter at the Palace on the 14th :

" When the present Cabinet arrived at power the
first object of its efforts was to bring about a result
which the situation of the country urgently de
mended. To attain that object, the influence of the
Nuncio of his Holiness, whose sacred character gave
him great authority in a matter of the kind, was,
among other measures, employed. The efforts of
Mgr. Brunelli, in conjunction with the removal
already effected of some of the principal obstacles to
the reconciliation, completely attained the desired
object. His Majesty the King heard with the bene-
volence which characterises him the reasons which
were urged by the representative of Pius IX., and
did not delay to accede to the ardent desire of all
Spaniards. Her Majesty the Queen having been in-
formed of this happy result, deigned to concede her
royal permission for the return of her august.
Consort to the Palace of Madrid, and in the morn-
ing of yesterday the President
of the Council of

Ministers hastened to convey to the Pardo the august
words which sealed the reconciliation, and which
put an end to that painful state of things, which by
the mediation of God has just disappeared for ever.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 13th, the
Duke of Valencia, in company with Mgr. Brunelli
left Madrid to place themselves at the orders of the
King, and to accompany him to the aroyal palace;
and in a little time after his Majesty c me away in a
carriage with the President of the Council of Minis-
ters, and the Nuncio of his Holiness, followed in
another coach by his suite, composed of the Marquis
de Alcanices, the Marquis de Castelar, and the
Marquis de Palacious. In the meanwhile the Cap-
tain-General of Madrid, with an escort of cavalry,
was waiting for his Majesty at the Puerta de Hierro ;
and the political chief was waiting with an escort of
the civic guard on horseback at the royal residence
of Florida. At the latter place two of the royal
carriages were also waiting, awl his Majesty en-
tered one of them with the two personages who
accompanied him, and the other was occupied
by his suite. At about four o'clock the King
entered Madrid followed from the Puerta de Hierro
to the royal palace by some persons, who greeted him
with repeated visas. The attendance of the curious
was, however, not numerous, because the event was
so unexpected that there were few persons at Ma-
drid who knew of it. On the entrance of the King
into the palace, he was received by the guard with
all the honours due to his elevated rank, and he was
joined on the principal staircase by the other Minis-
ters and the high dignitaries of the palace, who had
been waiting for him, and they accompanied him to the
door of the royal apartment. Her Majesty the Queen
was in company with the Infanta Duchess de Sessa,
cousin and sister-in-law of her Majesty, who imme-
diately retired, and their Majesties remained alone
together for some time. At length the President of
the Council of Ministers was called to their presence,
and shortly after his Majesty the King retired to his
own apartments."
A Madrid letter of the 14th states that Queen
CHRISTINA and the Duke DE RIANZARES arrived in
that city at five o'clock on the morning of that day,
having accomplished the journey from Paris in four
days and a half. They had only a single domestic
with ;them. At one o'clock in the afternoon they
went to the Palace with General NARVAEZ, and at
three o'clock they were still in family conference.
The KING had not left his apartments, and up to that
hour had bad no interview with the members of the
Royal Family.
It was only on the night of the lath that Queen
ISABELLA was informed that CHRISTINA was expected
in Madrid.

The Eco del Comercio announces a conspiracy
of the Afrancesados to depose the QUEEN.
_ . _

The Espanol states that there is no truth in the
rumour of the appointment of General CHACON to
the Governorship of Madrid.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 14.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 27 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
17 ; the Debt without Interest, at 51 ; and the Cou-
pons, at 13f.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday,
and judging from the appearance of an article on
England in the Journal des Debats, we should
imagine that M. GUIZOT has either received some un-
welcome intelligence, which he wishes to keep from
the public as long as possible, or that he is medi-
tating some coup d'etat—some fresh attack upon the
liberties of the French people, or the perpetration of
some outrageous job. Whenever such is the case,
the Journal des Debats trails a red herring in the
shape of an attack on England, in order to lead the
French
public off the scent, and in the Debats of
Tuesday we find a long tirade against the people of
England, anent the Irish poor-law.
Probably M. GUIZOT may be meditating the adoption
of more active measures in support of the Jesuit re-
bellion in Switzerland, and may wish to draw
off attention from his. proceedings in that quarter,
but France will never consent to become the catspaw
of Austria in Italy and Switzerland, not even to pur-
chase the Spanish crown for the younger son of "the
best of Republics." France has not, forgotten the
barricades of July, however convenient it may be to
others to affect to forget them ; and that France will
not quietly submit to have her resources squandered
in support of a re-actionary, ultra-montane, and
Jesuitical movement, the universal voice of the
French press, with the exception of the Ministerial
organ, unanimously declares. Indeed, if the fol-
lowing statement, which appears in the National, may
be depended on, M_ GUIZOT already perceives that he
is standing on the verge of a precipice, and is medi-
tating the possibility of retracing his steps :
" When it was discovered and revealed to the pub-
lic that the French Government made clandestine
expeditions of arms and ammunitions to the revolted
m
cantons of the Sonderbund, in order to facilitate
e. •
their ea tha the Diet, the
iusnisteriarr Journals pretended that the arms were
those which had been set aside as unfit for use; that
the Government is accustomed to sell these arms
every year to commerce and that the emissaries of
the cantons might purchase them as well as any
other persons. The Ministerial journals impudently
imposed on the indignant public. The following is
the truth on this odious episode of the 'great
the Council of Ministers, gave orders to the
m
commandant of the artillery at Besancon to deliver
scioo n policym
ofa' :—General Trezel, without doubt on a deci-
-5,000 muskets in perfect conformity with the regula-
tions, and moreover a certain quantity of munitions
of war. The manner in which this delivery was
effected gives a formal contradiction to the ver-
sionthe Ministerial journals. When
condemned arms, an adjudi-
rfetoeharmtemioosnvismefitaaxgt:hidneebid3eyairbirns
is Proceeded to according to certain
te regulations, and the purchasers
by their agents without any
mystery. But in this case the arms were taken from
the arsenal, and packed up by the artillerymen, as is
done with arms destined for any public service. In
order, however, to dissimulate their destination, this
inscription was placed on the carts which were to
convey them : ' Machines and mechanical oljects.'
However the fact of these clandestine expeditions
soon transpire at Besancon, and notice was given on
the road they had to pass. The Prefect of the Doubs
informed by public notoriety, and a witness of the
emotion produced by the news, visited the com-
mandant of the artillery, who showed him his orders.
At Baume-lea-Dames the mayor was desirous of
stopping the first convoy ; but on the representations
of a deputy,he permitted it to proceed. When the
second arrived
he renewed his opposition ; and in-
structions were demanded from the Government by
the telegraph. Meanwhile the first convoy which had
passed the frontier had been discovered by the
patriots of the canton of Neufchatel, and delivered
to the authorities of the canton of Vaud. The French
Government reconsidered the matter, and the other
convoys were countermanded. Such is the informa-
tion which we have received on this dark and odious
affair, from
a trustworthy person in a position to be
well informed.

As a proof of the spirit by which France is ani-
mated, we give the following extract from the &ode,
the organ of the ODILON BARROT party, a party
which has hitherto professed, and professed sincerely,
sentiments of the greatest loyalty to the dynasty•
" Courage," says the Siecle, addressing the Govern-
ment, " courage. Go on to the utmost. Show the
world to what extent a Government of Parvenus can
carry their passion for apostacy. These excesses
were, perhaps, necessary to bring back the whole of
France to one unanimous sentiment of reprobation
and contempt. Go on—one step more—and, as a
great orator has told, the light will shine forth, and
justice will be done."

In commenting on this passage, the National calls
upon those who have hitherto supported the dynasty
to awake from their dreams, and thus explains the
motives which induce the French Government
to aid the Sonderbund. " A powerful interest
alone," says the National, " could have induced the
Government to violate the neutrality of Switzerland,
which is guaranteed by treaties. Most assuredly it
is not in the cause of justice that such violation is to
thet interestsakeplace ;
ofth the
erigdhytniassty are to be considered beforeon the side of the Diet, but
justice, and as the Siecle justly observes, that interest
has prevailed. The system hostile in its domestic
policy to every idea of reform or of progress, is forced
in its foreign policy to be the adversary of every
approach to a liberal movement, or a democratic ten-
dency. Its reactionary policy would fain destroy
for its own private profit the rights of other nations,
and our own liberties. Absolutism abroad, and
tyranny at home, these are its objects and its aims."
A reform banquet was to have taken place at Cosne
on the 17th, but has been postponed for a few days,
in consequence of a disagreement between some of
the persons engaged in getting it up. In order, as it
was supposed, that the KING'S health should not be
given at this banquet, it was proposed by some of the
members of the committee that no toast unconnected

with electoral and Parliamentary reform should be

given. The proposition being rejected by the ma:
jority, M. GAmeoN, one of the minority, and a

Judge of the Tribunal of Cosne, published a letter,
in which he charges the majority of the committee
with having resolved on giving the toast objected to
by his own party, to prevent the leading reformers of
Cosne from attending the banquet. This disagree-
ment has led to the postponement of the manifesta-
tion; and we learn from the Moniteur that a prosecu-
tion has been ordered by the Minister of Justice
against M. GAMMON for breach of discipline in pub-
lishing the letter in question.
The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 16th instant
contains the following notice issued by the Chamber
of Commerce of that city :

" Marseilles, Oct. 14.
" It follows, from a decree of the Supreme Magis-
trate of the Board of Health at Naples, that spun
cottons, imported from England, France, or Austria,
will not be admitted to free pratique unless they be
accompnied by a certificate of the superior authori-
ties of the district, proving that the said cottons were
spun there. The certificate, moreover, must be veri-
fied by the Consul of the Two Sicilies, attesting the
signature and character of the agent by whom it was
delivered. In the absence of such a document the
cottons declared at the Customs'-office shall be re-
moved to the lazaretto to be purified, according to the
regulations in force, and agreeably to the decree
issued on the 30th of June last, in consequence of the
appearance of the yellow fever at Vera Cruz "

It is said that CABXEIA was at Nice last week,
where he remained two days, and from whence he
proceeded to Genoa.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bi►urse
on Tuesday at 75f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents.,
1141. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,153 f.
75c. ; Rouen, 897 f. 50c. ; Havre, 507 f. 50c. ; Great
Northern, 5221. 50c. ; Avignon, 515 f. ; Vierzon,
6321. 50c.; Bordeaux, 453 f. 75c. ; Troyes and
Montereau, 245 f. ; Dieppe, 241 f. 25c. ; Basle,
150 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 388 f. 75c.; Tours and
Nantes, 370 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 380 f. ; Lyons and
Avignon, 472 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents. 28.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OcroaEz 20.
Boulogne and Amiens, 131—Paris and Lyons, 4%
Sambre and Meuse, 5%.

PORTUGAL.

By her Majesty's steam frigate Sidon, Captain
Henderson, C 8., which anchored at Spithead this
morning, at half-past 9 o'clock, we have advices
from Lisbon to the 14th inst. inclusive.

Count Bomfin and his companions in misfortune
were landed at Lisbon in safety from the Terrible,
without any demonstration having been made either
by the Cabralists or Putulea parties.
Our letter contains full particulars of the delivery
of these gentlemen to Captain Ramsey, and of the
outward and home voyage of the Terrible.
The meeting of the Central Election Committee,
presided over by Count de Thomar, which took place
on Sunday, was attended by 3,000 well dressed and
respectable looking persons.
The registration, whether by fair means or foul,
is going so hard against the Septembrists that their
committee have formally protested to the Queen,
and they are discussing the propriety of recom-
mending their adherents not to vote at the approach-
ing election.

Lisbon was perfectly tranquil, but reports of riots
having taken place at Oporto are current.
The Sidon did not see anything of the Howe, with
the Queen Dowager, on her passage to Spithead.
Discount in paper money had advanced to 37i.—
Times.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 2

The Clyde steam-ship arrived this morning from
the 'West Indies with the usual mail. She brings
twenty-five passengers and a large cargo. Matters
were still the same in Jacmel. The rebels had taken
possession of the palace and the forts about the city,
with the avowed determination of exterminating
the whites and mulattoes, only waiting a fitting op-
portunity to put the whole to the sword.
Seasonable rains had fallen throughout the islands.
The young canes were looking well. The House of
Assembly was to meet on the 19th of October. The
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce published a long re-
port on September 13th, on the Sugar Duties Ques-
tion; and had sent circulars to each of the islands,
proposing that a convocation of delegates be held at
St. Thomas's, in order to resolve on a combined
movement in support of the declining interests of the
West India colonists. Business was in a most de-
pressed state, in consequence mainly of the intelli-
gence recently received thither from England.—
Herald.

OPENING of the DUTCH CHAMBERS
SPEECH OF THE KING OF HOLLAND.
The Dutch Chambers were opened for the session
on the 19th inst. His Majesty stated, in the Speech
from the Throne, that the abundant harvest this year
in nearly all the productions of the earth, induced
the hope that the Netherlands would be preserved
from those evils which are the consequence of dearth,
and from which they suffered so much last year.
The state of the finances is favourable, and it was
probable that, in the course of the session, the reduc-
tion of a part of the debt might be proposed. No
event of any importance had taken place in the
general state of the country, which continued at
peace at home and abroad. The necessary measures
for the introductioi of a new legislation into the
East Indies, and which was as nearly as possible in
harmony with the mother country, had been com-
menced at Surinam. The exchange of paper
money for cash was in progress of being
carried into effect. Commercial navigation,
and the moral interests of the country, con-
tinue to be in a favourable state. It was in-
tended to propose a general law on import duties
this session, as well as a project of law for the relief
of the indigent. Likewise projects of law to modify
some regulations relative to the different branches of
medicine, of the police, of agriculture, and the con-
struction of the fortresses.
His Majesty further stated that after what passed
last session in the deliberations on the projects re-
lative to the rights of vote and election, he had re•
flected maturely on securing the maintenance of
Articles VI. of the fundamental law. He consi-
dered that it would be a useless work again to endea-
vour to reconcile in a satisfactory manner the diverse
opinions, which had been manifested on this subject,
and he was convinced that there was a positive neces-
sity for giving greater clearness to the dispositions of
the fundamental law, and the right of election. He
should, therefore, propose these modifications in the
course of the present session.
His Majesty then declared the session to be opened.
—Dutch Papers, Oct. 20.

CABINET DINNER.—The Marquis of Clanricarde
entertained the members of the Cabinet to dinner last
evening at his family residence in Carlton-house-terrac
There were present Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Auckland,
the Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Morneth,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Campbell, the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Sir John
Cam Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, and
the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay.
ENTERTAINMENT TO MR. W. D. CHRISTIE, M.P.,
AND COLONEL FREESTON, M.P.—These gentleme❑ were
entertained on Tuesday last at a banquet at Weymouth.
The Sherborne Journal says—" there was one particular
feature in the meeting which distinguished it from all
that have gone before it for many years past, perhaps at
any time—the presence of the ladies. On the Continent
we are told that the practice of mixing the sexes at the
dinner table and at the social board is not of rare occur-
rence, and it has always been attended with the happiest
and best results." Both Members delivered elaborate
addresses, which were enthusiastically cheered.
ROYAL FREE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday evening a
general meeting of the Governors and subscribers of the
above Hospital was held in the Boardroom of the insti-
tution, in Gray's Inn-road ; E. Halswell in the chair.
The report stated that during the past quarter 6,337
destitute sick persons were admitted and relieved, being
a considerable increase, and that 3421. had been paid off
the large debt invirred by the Charity. Since the in-
stitution in 1828, upwards of 250,000 patients, without
letters or recommendation, have been received.

SWANSEA DOCK COMPANT.—Yesterday there was
an extraordinary general meeting of this company at the
Guildhall Coffee-house, at which Colonel Cameron pre-
sided, when, after much discussion, a resolution was
passed for reducing the number of directors from 17 to
9 (seven in London and two in Swansea), and another
for rescinding certain bye-laws made by the directors at
Swansea without the sanction of the London board. A
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, when the
meeting adjourned.
Sir Peter Laurie has given notice for the next
Court of Common Council, that the freedom of the
City, in a gold box, be presented to Mr. Brooke, the
Raja of Sarawak, in testimony of the admiration of
of the Court of the courage, zeal, discretion, ability,
and disinterestedness displayed by him in the Island of
Borneo in the Indian Archipelago, and in the peaceful
establishment of order and good government at Sarawak
in that island,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL 2JEWS.
CITY, QUANTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was
rather lower. Sales, 2,000 bales, including 500 on
speculation. Prices were rather lower.
In Railway Shares there was a continued decline, and
we suspect that this may arise from the forced sales
likely to be made by any of the banks which have
advanced too largely.
There was considerable inquiry for shares at Messrs.
Lamond's public sale yesterday, and a great many sales
were effected. Prices, however, still rule very low. The
following are a few of the principal sales :

East Indian, Reg £l 0 0
Louvain ala Sambre
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston...— 0 14 0
Buckinghamshire'... 4 9 0
Northern Counties Union 0 6 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 5 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension.....— 7 11 0
Royston and Ilitchin
North Staffordshire
Great Northern
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. 0 17 6
Birmingham and Oxford Junction ..... 17 15 0

The appearance of the Money Market is again rather
satisfactory, for notwithstanding the impression pro-
ducrd by the reception of the Liverpool deputation,
there is still a hope indulged that some relief will be
afforded. It is said that a deputation has gone up to
Lord John Russell from the Bunk Parlour respecting
the assistance solicited by a large cotton house at Liver-
pool, the difficulty probably being that, in the first place,
it could not spare the amount, and, in the second place, it
would be giving power to those who speculate for a rise
in this important staple. We should rejoice, neverthe-
less, to hear of something being done fer the Liverpool
people, because their energy and talent well entitle them
thereto, and it is to the common interest of all parties
that something should be done.

Accouats from the Cape of Good Hope of the 20th of
August state that on the frontier nothing of importance
had occurred.

The mercantile advices from India are rather favour-
able, and there was a better business doing in piece
goods.

The papers by the West India steamer are expected
in town this afternoon.

The directors of the Aberdeen Railway Company
have, with their usual excellent management, just suc-
ceeded in borrowing 200,0001., by which they will be
enabled to complete the entire line, and open it to the
public v‘ ithout making any farther calls on the share-
holders. The line from the junction with the Arbroath
and Forfar to Montrose, a distance of sixteen or seven-
teen miles, will be opened next week, and it is confi-
dently expected that the entire line will be ready for
opening by July next.

The funds have been buoyant to-day. Consols have
been quoted 798 to 80k for present Transfer, and 80} to
818 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been 798 to 808. Bank Stock is 1791 to
1811. Exchequer-bills are 30s. to 245. discount. The
public are still said to be buyers, but rather a large sale
just made has caused a little reaction.
Not much business has been done foreign
market. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 20,
and Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 274 to t.
Mexican Bonds are 174. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been 524 to 531.
Railway Shares have been better, the low prices
having induced purchases.

btrl) 42tuttort

CITY, FIVE O'CLOCK.

The Bank of England :have assisted the Liverpool
House with Stock (applied for yesterday), which, having
been thrown on the Market, sent Consols down i per
cent.

THE FUNDS.-(CLOSING PRICES.)
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne 781,4 79' " 79
_

3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Boli 79% 805/R% 793/4
New 314 per Cent. Anns .,, . 8014 79% 80% 80
i‘ong Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 ... 8 3-16 8 1-16
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... ...... 7 15-16 7 15-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... —8%
India Bonds, 1,0004 .. .. ..
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... —.... 30 40 40
Consols for Account 803g%1/2 811,E 80% 80%
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
... 3O 25 29 24 dis 24 dis
5001
Small
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK PRICES

RICF,S OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds
Do., New, 1843 ..........
Danish Bonds. 1825, 3 per Cent... 7914
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred 3
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 17%
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent. 2O 90
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild 531,, 523/ 5314 5314
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 80 81 803% 80%

PRICES OF PAID. BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 25,4......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21/2
Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .... ........
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... ..
Binning., Wolverlepton,
and Stour Va11ey..... 8 ......
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 6%
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire B/. 4s — ....... ........
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares..... 33A %n
Ditto, Clydesdale June 40
Chester and Holyhead... 371/2
Ditto, Preference
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20
Dundalk & Enniskillen 15
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D....... 25
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31.105., E. &H. 1
Eastern Counties 2O ...... 1534% %16 ... 15%
Ditto, Per petual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... 4 dis
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6d 13s. 4d... % dis ... l/2 dis
Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 77/8 75,E
Do., North. & Eastern 50 ..... .
••. ••
Do., Quarters
•• ••
Do., New 23
Eastern Union 5O ..
•••
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 13s. 4d
east Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do., Exten. Scrip 14
Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ••••••
Ditto Half Shares ... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2
Edinburgh & Northern.. 20
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport 7

Ditto; ditto, New . .... 1 l.h —
Edinburgh and Perth... 2
Ditto, Extension lO3.
E x eter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and _ .

Carlisle Bl. 6s. 8d
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New .. 35 .

Do. Preference Consol. 121,1 —
Great Northern 8
Do., London and York 21A.. ...
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Great iVorth of England..loo .212 .
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, New 30/. 30 —
Ditto, New 15/ lll — .
Great Western

1%

Ditto, 14 Shares .. 50
Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 15
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 171
Huddersfield & Manches. 22
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 5O .. ...
Ditto, Half Shares 25
Ditto, v, Shares..... .. 12% — ...
Ipswich Bury St. Edm. 15
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely)... 21/ — ...............
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
OW°, Thirds .. 10
Lancashire & Yorkshire 82
Ditto % Shares . ... 38 ......
Do. Quarter Shares.- 141/2 .....
Do. Fifths ......... 6%.....
Do. Sixteenths ...... .. 61% —
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. Is. ... 76% dis. 6% die.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34
Ditto 1 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-

521,4
14
211,4
6%

-
5%

fract. & Goole ----
471,! — ••• ...... ••••• "--
Do. ( W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. 1/ Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (B) ... 1%
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedford... 16s
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% --------.•
Do., Branch 1/ Shares 121/ ......... ... ..
Do. New Branch( blue) 2%
Do. Extension (green) 2%.. ...
Do. NewExten. (pink) 2% —
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New 17% . ....... ...... •—•
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. Sq. — ...,„.., .....
.._.