The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1846

" The Count has, since his arrival, kept a very
strict incognito, being denied even to his must de-
voted followers. General CARRERA. has, however,
had an interview with the Ambassador of a European
power. It is said that a proclamation, issued since
that which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, and
which has not yet been publicly circulated, has
greatly disappointed the Exaltados, who look upon
the courting of ESPARTERO as a dereliction of prin-
ciple. It is also said that ESPARTERO is exceedingly
averse to enter again upon Spanish politics."
According to the Presse, the Count will not appear
in Spain until he has combined his plans with the
Carlist chiefs, several of whom have also effected
their escape from France.
The Minister of Marine set off on Saturday to in-
spect the ports on the west coast of France. Such a
visit has not been paid since the expedition against
Algiers was fitting out in 1830.
With regard to the marriage of the Duc DE MONT-
PENSIER, the Presse, in allusion to the protest said to
hare been made against it, as contrary to the Treaty
of Utrecht, devotes three columns to controverting
this proposition, contending that the object of this
treaty was mainly to prevent the King of FRANCE
from being at the same time King of Spain, but not
to prevent other members of his family from inherit-
ing the Spanish crown. It continues thus :
" As far as regards England, we believe that, without
doubt, it will be annoyed to see this affair (the mar-
riage) concluded ; but England is too reasonable and too
prudent to endeavour, without any of j ct, to give it that
opposition which the revolutionary parties in France
and Spain expect, and patriotically solicit from the men
now in power in that country. She is too reasonable to
invoke the treaty of Utrecht against an event which in
no way militates against that treaty, too prudent to
break, for an object which assuredly she will not
dare to avow, an alliance which has not been of less
service to her than to us, and a peace which alone
supports to-day her prosperity. England will, therefore,
either be quiet, or will, at all events, merely protest as
to the future. We are told that the rivality between
France and England is about to re-commence. What!
has that rivality ever ceased to exist? Is it not perma-
nent and universal? For our parts we prefer that it
should be frank and avowed, rather than tortuous and con-
cealed, under the external appearance of affection the
most false, as every one must now acknowledge that it
has never ceased to be. We have been told that it would
cost us dear, and that our Government will pay, by
enormous concessions on other points, the tolerance which
England may be pleased to show us on this occasion.
For our parts we have no apprehensions of that kind, for
the press and the Chambers are always ready to restrain
in that respect the feelings which are supposed to actuate
some of our statesmen. We shall take care that we
shall not pay on one side what we get on the other. We
are not, thank God, of those people who see nothing in
the great act which our diplomatic agents have just ac-
complished but a matter of private interest to the Royal
Family of France, but for the very reason that these
interests are mixed up in the affair, it is important
that the country should see that its own interests are
not sacrificed."
It will be perceived from this extract that the
Presse no longer speaks in " the King CAMBYSES
vein," in which it was wont to indulge with regard to
England.
It was reported in Paris that King Louis
PHILIPPE had written a deprecatory letter of twelve
pages to Queen VICTORIA, detailing the progress of
the MONTPENSIER marriage, and praying her MA-
JESTY to acquiesce in it.
The departure of the Duc DE MONTPENSIER is now
fixed for the 26th. This postponement has taken
place, it is said, in consequence of the arrival of a
messenger from Madrid with a copy, of the instruc-
tions sent to Mr. BULWER by Lord PALMERSTON, a re-
port of what passed between Mr. BULWER and Senor
ISTURITZ on communicating:those instructions, and
dispatches from M. BRESSON, Queen CHRISTINA, and
M. ISTURITZ.
The France, the Legitimatist organ, which says that
the Austrian Cabinet regards the Spanish question in
precisely the same point of view as the English Go-
vernment, has the following as to the effect likely to
be produced on the Spanish marriage question by the
escape of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN

" The departure from Bourges of the Prince, the suc-
cessor of Charles V., his proclamation full of the grand
idea of the union of parties, and the arrival of Cabrera in
England, complicate in the most serious manner the
question of the Spanish marriages. Great events are on
the eve of production on the other side of the Pyren6es,
for all parties give unequivocal signs of discontent and
disapprobation at the same moment that the entente
eordiale between England and France is violently broken.
1 The Doctrinaire Government has thrown itself headlong
into all this mess for the sake of a fine dowry and of a
semblance of influence in Spain. This is a fine policy
which displeases at once England, Austria, Prussia, and
Russia, excites Spain against France, and defeats the
treaty of quadruple alliance, without any other advantage
besides bringing to Paris a Princess in possession of a
large dowry."
The Funds continue to fall. The Three per Cents.
were done on Sunday in the Passage de l'Opera at 83f.
85e.

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 16.—Marseilles and Avignon, 947 f.
50c. ; Northern, 732 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBEIi 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, 15—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Afackenzle), I%—Central of Spain, %—llutch Rhenish, s—East
Indian, %—Great Western Bengal, % —ltalian and Austrian, 2
Luxembourg, I%—Lyons and Avignon, 1% —Namur and Liege, 2--
Northern of France Constituted, 13% —Paris and Lyons Constituted,
G—Sambre and Meuse, 3.

. A ROBBERY FRUSTRATED THROUGH FEAR.----The
Excise-office connected with the Loehrin distillery in
Gilmore-place was surreptitiously entered on Wednesday
evening last, by means of breaking some panes of glass
in one of the windows. Having gained admittance in
this way to the outer apartment of the office, the thieves
next forced open two doors, which enabled them to get
across to a room in which some boxes, containing wear-
ing apparel and other articles, were deposited. These
they appear to have at once removed to the outer room;
and, while looking about to see if anything else could the
added to the plunder which they had collected, before
:raking their exit they would seem to have been attracted
by a large package, securely wrapped up, and appa-
rently- placed with great care in a quiet nook of the
apartment. Curious to know what was in it, they im-
mediately unloosed the cords and unfolded the sheetinr,
when, to their extreme horror and alarm, the pale
visage of a human form was revealed. Without waiting
another moment, they appeared to have darted out or
the window, perfectly terror-stricken at the sight, leav-
ing all their booty behind. It turns out that what ex•
cited their alarm was the model of a statue, which an
artist had left for safety with some of the officials con-
nected wsth the distillery, while he was on a short tour
on the continent.—Scotsman.

THE TURKISH FLEET.--SALONICA, SEPT. 3.—The
Capudan Pacha, with the Turkish fleet, consisting of
three three deckers, two frigates, six brigs, two schooners,
two cutters, and one steamer, entered ti i i port on the
Ist iustaut.

1843 overthrew M. Olozaga, and compelled MM. Con,
tina, Serrano, Madoz, and Lopez to retire from the
political arena. The most eminent, most respected, and
most popular members of the Moderado party, MM.
' Pacheco, Manuel Concha, &e., now form an ardent
opposition to the small number of intrigans who have
entrenched themselves behind the Government.
The moment will arrive, and sooner perhaps than is ex-
pected, when the Puritan fraction of the Mudcrado
party will make common cause with the Progressist
party. And then, if the north of Spain is in a flame
through a Carlist insurrection, and if England should
make the slightest demonstration on the coasts, what
means has the Camarills to resist such a formidable
coalition? Let reaction, infatuated by its easy triumphs,
blindly enter without looking back on the fatal path
into which it is impelled by personal ambition. We
believe we know something about Spain, and we
affirm that Maria Christina might be one day or
another as easily and as rapidly got rid of as was
ispartero in 1843. Maria Christina no longer re-
members certain nights at La Granja, and days of Sep-
tember at Barcelona; she wants another fall, after which
there would be no longer any possibility of return fur
that evil genius of Spain whose influence has never been
hitherto marked but by catastrophes and revolutions.
It may now be understood how a party so discredited as
the Carlists may strike a decisive blow in Spain. This
party can do nothing for itself'; and one must be the
Gazette de France itself, or, in other words, be entirely
ignorant of the existing ideas a.d feelings of Spain, to
believe that the intelligent part of the population—those,
in fact, who change the political face of a kingdom, can
rally; round the Count de Monternolin. Nevertheless,
in whatever discredit it may be, the Carlist party
will not the less give the signal for a struggle in which
all the advantage will infallibly turn on the side of the
rrogressist party. Nothing is assuredly more natural
than that the Progressist party should take advantage of
the movement; but for us, who under every circum-
' stance like candid and frank situations, we should see
with regret a formal accord establish itself between both
parties, between the soldiers of the ancient regime and
those of the constitution of 1837. The Progressists have
Spain in their favour, they could riot in any way enter
into a compact with the men who for seven years so
deeply desolated her. We have a firm hope that Spanish
liberalism will come out victorious from the crises which
are announced; it is important that in the day of triumph
it should again find entire that authority of principles,
in virtue of which it now claims a future."
CABRERA, who it is said, embarked on board an
English schooner which had been for two days hover-
ing off the French coast, arrived in London on Friday,
and was joined on Sunday by the Count DE MONTE-
MOLIN. The following intelligence on this subject
is from the respectable correspondent of a morning
paper:—
" General CARRERA arrived in London on Friday
evening, and the Count DR MONTENIOLIN, who had
been expected on Saturday, reached town on Sunday
morning.

SPAIN.

(From the Times.)

The Royal Children all went out this afternoon in
the pleasure grounds of the Castle.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal
Highness the Princess of Prussia, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the Chevalier
Bunsen, Viscount Palmerston, the Lady in Waiting on
the Queen Dowager, the Countess Haack (in attendance
on the Princess of Prussia), Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Denbigh, Viscount
Clifden, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Robert Grosvenor,
Count Puckler and Count Witzleben (in attendance on
the Princess of Prussia), and Colonel Wylde.
The band of the Life Guards attend during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in
the Castle.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, attended
by the Countess Haack, the Earl of Denbigh, and Count
Puckler, left Marlborough House, at eight o'clock, yes-
terday morning, for Cashiobury Park, Herts, the resi-
dence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
A deputation, headed by the Marquis of Sligo and the
Earl of Lucan, had an interview with Lord John Rus-
sell yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-
str eet.

The Earl of Powis had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, trans-
acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
A deputation from the General Ship Owners Society,
consisting of Mr. Duncan Dunbar, chairman ; Mr. George
F. Young, deputy-chairman ; Mr. William C. Harnett,
Mr. J. L. Heathorn, and Mr. N. W. Symonds, had an
interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the
Office of the Board of Trade.
The Attorney-General had an interview yesterday
with Sir George Grey at the Home-office.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday, from
his seat, Broadlands, Hants.

ENFIELD AND EDMONTON
RAILWAY.
The first ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the
Enfield and Edmonton Railway Company took place yes-
terday at the London Tavern, the Act for incorporating
the company having become law, and requiring that
the first ordinary meeting should take place within two
months after its passing.
Captain Owen took the chair at half-past twelve
o clock, and the preliminaries of a first meeting having
been gone through,
The SECRETARY then read the report, from which the
following are extracts:—" The first steps taken by the
provisional directors on promoting the undertaking was to
place themselves in communication with the Eastern
Counties Railway Company on the subject of their
assent to it, and with regard to the co-operation and
support they might expect from that company. In re-
plying to the application of the provisional
directors the Eastern Counties Company expressed their
readiness to support any Bill promoted by an
independent company for making the proposed
branch, and their desire, when the company should be
incorporated, to make the best practicable arrangements
for working the branch, and accommodating the traffic,
and sutssquently that company repeated their anxiety
to give the Enfield Company their cordial support, and
to afford every assistance and co-operation in forwarding
the measure through Parliament. With these assurances
the provisional directors felt justified in prosecuting the
BilLEstimates were made by Mr. Borthwick and Mr. Ste-
phenson, which were fixed at 36,0001., which formed the
capital of the company, and which was divided into 1,800
shares of 201. each, of which number 525 Aar( s were sub-
scribed for by the Eastern Counties Railway Company.
After a fruitless opposition, the Bill was car-
ried at a small expense to the shareholders.
The original intention of the Company was
to cross the turnpike-road at Lower Edmonton on a
level, but this intention being strongly opposed by the
Metropolis Roads Commissioners, the engineer suggested
a diversion of the present turnpike-road, and the rail-
way would now be crossed by a bridge at the rear,
instead of the front, of the houses on the line
of the present turnpike road. This arrangement had
met with the sanction of the Metropolitan Commis-
sioners. After paying their :Parliamentary agents
and solicitors sums of money on account, the
directors had a balance in the hands of their bankers of
2,0661. 4s. 9d.
The report of the directors, on the motion of Mr.
T. Bralsford, seconded by Mr. Richardson, was unani-
mously received, adopted, and ordered to be printed and
circulated among the proprietors.
Mr. SMALL, in moving the re-election of the present
directors, complimented them on the economy they
had exercised, in obtaining the Act, and stated his
belief of that economy being unexampled in the history
of railway companies, especially one in which they had
met with such unexpected opposition as the pr( sent.
Mr. RICHARDSON having seconded the re-election of
the directors, the motion was declared to be carried I
unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. Smale, seconded by Mr. now
it was unanimously resolved, that 250/. a year be appro.
priated to the directors.

Mr. Dow and Mr. Chambers were appointed auditors,
with a remuneration of ten guineas each a year.
Thanks were voted to the chairman and directors,
and the meeting broke up.

.001' DROWNED.—On Monday evening an inquest
was held before W. Baker, Esq., at the Bunch of Grapes,
Broad-street, Ratcliff, on the body of John Digby, a boy
aged ten years. James Winn deposed that he and an-
other boy were with the deceased on the Thames in a
boat on Sunday afternoon, about half-past four. The
deceased had his hands against a barge pushing the boat
off, when he lost his balance and fell into the river.
Charles Bigg, a Waterman, stated that having been told
a boy had fallen into the water, he went to his assist-
ance ; but as he had disappeared he could not recover
him without the aid of the drags, and as there were i • ie
near, to his knowledge, he pulled across the river to
obtain those which are kept there, and immediately re-
turned and succeeded in bringing the boy to the surface.
He was quite dead. The boy had been under water 20
minutes or so. He felt quite sure that if there had been
drags near the spot he could have saved the boy's life.
The jury considered it very desirable that drags should
be kept at the " New England Lighthouse," and the
Coroner said he would write to the Humane Society on
the subject. Verdict—" Accidental Death."
Loss OF MAIL BAGS.—On the arrival of the mail
cart from the Swindon station on Sunday morning, it
was found that the bag containing the I. tters, &c., for
Aldermaston, and other places around here, was missing.
Immediately the man was dispatched Exec to snake
inquiries, when no tidings could be had of the samr.
Several large dealers were at the Hind's Ilead Aldermaston, awaiting the mail, which should arrive at
ten o'clock, when it did not arrive till one o'clock, and
then without the letters and papers so anxiously looked
for. It is feared the loss will be severely felt, as to:
morrow (Monday) being the g; eat Reading horse, beast,
and cheese fair, many of the large cattle dealers stop at
this place, Aldermaston, the day before, it being ten
miles only from the fair. At this
.place the stock rest,
and money, with orders, are transmitted to the dealers.
Sir Howard Elphinstone and party, and Captain
Macdonald and party, left Blackwall on Sunday in the
General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho,
ft 4 ()stmt.

MADRID, SEPT. 16.
The Infante Don Enrique had addressed to the
Presidents of both Chambers of the Legislature a
protest against the marriage of the Infanta Luisa with
the Duke de Montpensier. He had done so as a mem-
ber of this royal family:of Spain, and as such interested
in the question of the eventual succession to the
throne, decreed to his family by the constitution, in
case of the failure of direct issue from the daughters of
Ferdinand the Seventh.

A telegraphic dispatch, dated Madrid, 18th in-
stant, announces that the Cortes adopted on that
day, unanimously, with the exception of one vote,
(159 to 1), the address in reply to the message from
the Queen.

It was believed in Paris that the Duke de Broglie
was about to leave for London on a mission from the
French Government.

The departure of the Duke de Montpensier was
said to be fixed for Saturday.
The appearance of the English fleet at Cadiz on
the 11th was the principal cause of the fall in French
securities.

=PARIS, SEPT. 21.—Three per Cents., awed on *a Paris
Bourse at 83t. 75c. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 45c. 10c. ;
Spanish Domestic Debt, 33k ; the Orleans Railroad S'iares,
1,275 f.; Rouen, 955 f. ; Havre, 7151. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c. ;
Bordeaux, 560 f. ; Great Northern. 732 f. 50c. 720 f. ; Stras-
burg, 500 f.; Tours and Nantes, 5051 ; Lyons, 5221. 50c.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SEPT. 22.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
accompanii d by the Royal Family, and the Royal suite
arrived at the Castle at half-past one o'clock this after-
noon, escorted by a party of Life Guards, under the
command of Lieutenant George H. Cavendish, from
Osborne House, Isle of Wight.
The Royal party occupied five carriages and four.
In the first carriage were the Queen, Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. In the
second carriage were the Princess Alice, the Princess
Helena, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. In the
third carriage were Prince Alfred and the Lady in
Waiting, the Viscountess Canning. In the other car-
riages were the Maids of Honour in 'Waiting, the Lord
in Waiting (Lord Waterpark), the Groom in Waiting,
the Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty (Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. Charles Grey), and the Equerry in Waiting
to Prince Albert (Colonel Bouverie).
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent came to
the Castle from her residence Frogmore House, to pay
a visit to her Majesty and her Royal Consort.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal
Highness the Princess of Prussia, arrived in the after-
noon from Cashiobnry Park, Herts, on a visit to the
Queen. The Queen Dowager was attended by her
Lady in Waiting and the Earl of Denbigh. The Princess
of Prussia was attended by the Countess Haack and
Count Puckler.

The following are expected to arrive at the Castle this
evening on a visit to her Majesty. His Excellency the
Chevalier Bunsen, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Clif-
den, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Robert Grosvenor,
and Colonel Wylde.
Baron Witzleben, in attendance on her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Prussia, is also expected to arrive
at the Castle.

CLOSING
PRICES.
953
95
22 p
1051/2
94
210
9558

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 951%
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
India Bonds, 1,000/ ... . 22 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities .
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account... 953/4 5/8
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11,4 d.... 14 11 pm. _
Ditto 500/. ... 11 pm. 14

ME
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto. Account 24%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 37
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Account —
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 264 y,
Do., 1838-40, dir. frm. Nov., '4O
Do., 1346 2O
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred . . 16%
Ditto, Indemnity
Ditto. 3 per Cent —
Ditto. Account 374% 37%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Ditch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 9434 94%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%....., 2
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% .....
Belfast & County Down 2% ....
Birmin. and Gleucester. 100
Ditto New 172 — •••• ... ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 23/ —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter 75
... ............
Ditto, New
.......
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 , ........
.......
Bristol and Liver. June . 2% —
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian .. 20
Ditto Half Shares,...,, 22 — ..
Ditto Extension ...... 2% —"'.. . ...
......
Cambrian & Grand Jane 428
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% l%
Central Kent
Chester and Holyhead 27% — ...... ....... .
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction l5
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 22
Cork and Waterford ... 12 —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 21/ —
Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% •••
Derby and Crewe 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford,and Sheffd. Jane. 2% —
Direct Manchester

CLOSING
PRICES
891/

(Remington's)
Ditto (Rastrick's)
........
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich ........... 1
•
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 ...
....
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
.......
Dublin and Galway... .. 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 71,
Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... :218% ......
Ditto New lO/. 16s. —
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1.......6!.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % p
Do., York Extension.. 10s. ......
EastDereh'm andNoech 1
Eastern Union 35 .
Ditto, Quarter Shares 83% —
Do. Exterr.(llarwich) l
..
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2
..... ..
East Lancashire _ 14

-
1571;

14

14
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,E ......
Edinburgh & Northern.. 121 h, ...............
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ..
Ely and Huntingdon ..• 71,x
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — ...............
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 514 — ...............
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50
......
.........
Ditto, New

. . . . . .
34

Do., ila Shares (5 per

cent. guar.) .. .. : 12% ...... .--- Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and ""••••••••••.
Central of Wales 1%...„. —. Goole, Doncaster, &c 42s.
...... """'•'•••••...............
Grand Union ( Notting-
and Lynn ...
Great Eastern &Western 2%......
....
.... ••• .... —.. •••••• ..
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field ..................... 10
•••• • ••••••••
Great South. and. West.
(Ireland) ............... 27% —
Great Munster 2% —
Great North of Scotland 2%......
Great North of England..loo 229
Ditto New
... 5
Ditto, New . l5 Ditto, New
1 ..
Great Western B5l/2
—_
Ditto lh Shares 5O
Ditto ,;,i Shares lO
Ditto Fifths 2O
Ditto, New
_.
Harwich and Eastern
Counties Junction ... 2
Hull and Selby 5O
..... --
Ditto 14 Shares
...... 50;14
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% ......
Do., do., and Norwich 2%.•••
Irish North Midland ... 1% ......
Killarney Junctions ll4
Kendal And Wimlermeze 11/2 —

31
51A p

50X

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Son of Last Night.)
The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was
kept up with considerable animation both by the trade
and speculators. Sales estimated at 10,000 bales, of
which 3,000 were taken on speculation. Prices were
fully supported to a slight advance. The sales consist
of 1,500 Surat, at 31d. to 4id. ; GOO Egyptian, at 61d.
to 711 ; and American, 41d. to sd.—Shares were not
active.
The Overland Mail brings more favourable accounts
respecting the condition of the money and mercantile
markets, although the political intelligence from the
Seikh territory is of a somewhat less tranquil tenor.
As respects the very decided movement making here
for the abolition of the salt monopoly, there is a point
of view, independent of that, affecting the comfort of the
poorer class of consumers in India, which concerns
greatly the mercantile community in England. We al-
lude to the employment which the transport of the
article will afford to British shipping. An eminent
merchant ire tf :
" When we regard an article so adapted for the pre-
sent exigencies of the British shipowner as an outward
cargo, and consider that, were India to draw her supplies
from this country, employment would be afforded
British shipping to the extent of 165,000 tons annually,
I certainly think the present bonding system for salt
now in force in Calcutta, whereby this would be ef-
fected, resolves itself into a question that concerns
the shipping as much as, if not more than the salt ma-
nufacturer's interests; and no exertions, no means,
should be spared to effect an object so desirable to
the shipping and commercial intercourse of this
country.

" Tice requirements of export tonnage to Great Britain
direct considerably exceed the number that arrive out
straigl t from this country; the difference that have been
dispatched hence with outward cargoes to Australia,
Ceylon, Bombay, Singapore, and other ports in the east-
ern seas, and which are induced to proceed up, seeking
home freight from Calcutta on account of the higher
rates and quicker dispatch generally to be met with at
the seat of the Bengal Presidency, but which would all
have proceeded out to Calcutta direct had it been pos-
sible to have procured a profitable and remunerative
outward cargo.
The disposition in London and Liverpool to speculate
in corn and cotton makes money a little tighter here,
without any actual pressure, however, as the private
firms cannot greatly enhance their rates while the Bank
of England acts liberally in accommodating the mercan-
tile community.
The Portuguese Bondholders' Committee have deter-
mined upon memorialising the Government of Donna
Maria upon the subject of the mulcting process so
shamefully attempted with the foreign creditors, and we
only hope that if the memorial does not meet with
proper attention, there will be such a public meeting as
will convince the Lisbon insolvents that they may try
their game of chicanery " once too often." There are
many large capitalists here who feel so highly indignant
at the scurvy treatment experienced after the many sa- 1
crifices they have made, that they would probably not be i
slow to revenge themselves by making a loan in aid of
the Miguelites. The ingratitude of the Portuguese Go-
vernment could scarcely be too harshly repaid, little as
we should feel disposed to approve of this course.
The Public Securities have been flat and declining
again. Consols are 951 for present Transfer, and
95- for Account. Exchequer-bills are I Is. to 14s.
' premium. South Sea Stock is 1051.
The Foreign Investments are heavy likewise. Mexican
have declined to 244, owing to the question mooted as
to whether in the event of Santa Anna again attaining
his former position, he will be disposed to recognise the
last new arrangement of the debt. Spanish Five per
Cents. have been 26e 1; and the Three per Cents. 371,3,
being rather steady. Brazil Bonds have been 89k, and
Peruvian, 37. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 594.
Shares have been dull.
The sale of railway shares today, at Messrs. Lamond
and Co.'s, went off very well, and prices generally were
steady. The following are a few of the principal sales .
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot £0 6 9
Great Western of Bengal 0 8 0
Great Southern of Madras ..
Leicester and Bedford
Goole and Doncaster
Staines and Richmond 1 3 0
Cornwall and Devon Central
York and Newcastle, New
Caledonian, Halves
Louvain ala Sambre
Northern and Eastern, Quarters
Yale of Neath 1 0 0
Manchester and Southampton
Italian and Austrian .... .. .....
London and York, Halves ... 1 7 6
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 0 17 6
Direct Northern 1 14 6
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
London and Manchester, (Rastrick's) 0 11 6