The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

Government most:opportunely advanced for the bodily
salvation of those to whom a little while before that
salvation had seemed an impossibility. There was
immediately a prospective happiness for those who
had hitherto only beheld an interminable vista of
wretchedness ; there was active and certain employ-
ment for those who were unable previously to earn
the most beggarly wages. Money was not to be
doled out in miserable driblets. Labourers were to be
recompensed honestly, in proportion to their exertions
As we have already intimated, no less than twenty thou-
sand pounds had been already approved by those who
had the direction and distribution of the present-
ments. Just as this had been accomplished, just as
the redemption of the Irish peasantry from starvation
was on the verge of realisation, the saving hand has
been withdrawn, the plank which providentially
spanned the abyss hos been broken in twain—not a
single straw is left for the sinking multitude to
clutch at.

IVhat has caused this terrible react ion ? Ruffian-
ism, lawlessness, and cruelty. The Irish themselves
are effectuating their own destruction. The Irish
themselves will ultimately be alone answer-
able for the lives sacrificed in these days
of their national tribulation. By contemning
the laws, by despising the recommendations of their
more patriotic countrymen, by abusing all the sacred.
rights of property, and endangering the existence of
peaceful and unoffending citizens, these ruthless and
misguided insurgents are drawing upon themselves a
gigantic and overwhelming responsibility. They
are rendering the position q. the obedient and gentle
civilian equally precarious with that of the most
infamous marauder. They not only render a with-
drawal of pecuniary aid incumbent upon the Legis-
lature, but they invoke upon their unfortunate
neighbours the rigours of an extraordinary sur-
veillance. From the obstruction of the appointed
officers in the discharge: of their stipulated duties the
suspension of those duties is inevitable ; and from the
atrocities perpetrated upon private individuals the
endeavour to ameliorate the condition of the destitute
is altogether prevented. Instead, therefore, of re-
ceiving assistance from the Executive in their present
privations, the peasantry are subjected to others still
greater, and they owe this exclusively and solely to
themselves.

We cannot speak in language sufficiently
powerful for the reprobation of these great crimes. We
cannot express with adequate force the intensity
of our detestation of these public malefactors. We
call upon the better-disposed among the Irish
peasantry to deliver their evil-doers up to justice,
and to bring down upon them that condign punish-
ment which men never merited more entirely. We
adjure Mr. O'CONNELL to exert the great influence
which he has acquired by many years of mental and
bodily toil for the advantage of Ireland, we adjure him
to exert that influence in repressing the evil pas-
sions of an excited population. He never had
such an opportunity of proving himself the
Liberator of Ireland. Let him seize that oppor-
tunity, let him hurl his reprobation upon the guilty
insurgents, upon those banded ruffians who shoot men
in the twilight, who stab men in the dark, who
pillage wantonly on the highway, who intercept and
molest the agents of legislative benevolence, who
prevent the penniless from gaining employment, the
starving from obtaining food, and those who despair
from acquiring hope. No terms of execration can
define the heinous criminality of those enemies of the
suffering people ; and feeling this, we implore all the
right-thinking men in the island to co-operate with
the Government in ridding, the country of such pests,
and of restoring matters to their propitious position. It
is to be hoped that these things may be accomplished,
and that the aspirations of the Lord-Lieutenant will be
realised. Those aspirations are thus expressed by
Mr. REDINGTON

"His Excellency would hope that the good sense of
the people will resume its influence; that they will see
the folly and the crime they are guilty of, in thus wan-
tonly interfering with the means provided for the sup-
port of the destitute in this time of distress; and that he
will have the satisfaction of re,:eiving full assurance of
their return to a better course of conduct, of their cordial
acquiescence in the arrangements made for their em-
ployment, and of their determination to refrain from fur-
ther obstruction or injury to persons engaged in laying
out or superintending the public works."

Do not these occurrences sufficiently demonstrate
the relative advantages of the moral and the physical
force movement ? Do they not betoken the brutal

other ? Again we adjure O'CONNELL to crush these
brawlers and marauders once for all, and, by moral
means, to cause the physical liberation of Ireland.

The observations which Mr. O'CONNELL, according
to his invariable custom, offers every week to the
Repeal Association on the passing events of the day,
either viva voce, or by letter, were on Monday deli-
vered by him in person. We have so often expatiated
on the vast importance of anything falling from Mr.
O'CONNELL on any topic connected with Ireland, that
it is quite unnecessary to preface in any manner the
comments we may think it necessary to offer on the
subject-matter of his communication. It is, if pos-
sible, of deeper interest, and affords grounds for still
more gloomy reflections, than any he has lately put
forward. The picture he has painted is, indeed, a
sombre one ; but, happily, all is not dark ; there are a
few bright spots, on which we can repose with some-
thing of hope for the future. It has been said that—
" It is always the darkest the hour before day ;"
and we sincerely trust that when that hour of dark-
ness has pissed away, and sunshine is again restored,
all classes of society in that unhappy land may be
improved by the ordeal of affliction through
which they will have passed, and that they may prove
themselves fur the future to be wiser and better men.
The veteran patriot is manifestly deeply touched
with the unhappy condition of his father-land; he
states " that he had intended to address the Associa-
tion at great length with reference to the Cork reso-
lution, and to discuss, in many words, the position
of all parties, but that he was unable to du so,
for his heart was too full, and his mind too
much engaged with the misery of the Irish people,
who wanted food and employment." Alas ! the:e is
now no longer a doubt as to the extent of their suf-
ferings, of the depth of misery and destitution in
which they are plunged. The most incredulous
politician, the most thorough-going monopolist, the
most reckless perverter of the facts, could not now
venture gravely to assert that the cry of distress has
been got up for party purposes, or with the view of
deceiving the Legislature or the public, and obtaining
their sanction and approbation to the great doctrines
of free trade. The stern reality is now fully ad-
mitted—there is no longer dispute or controversy on
that point—and, whatever may be the differences as to

le means by which the difficulties may he encountered,
here can be no question as to their existence and
formidable character. Mr. O'CONNELL adds the
weight of his authority to the dark vaticinations that
have recently been put forward. He fears that we
are but at the commencement of horrors, and that the
next harvest will not have the effect so ardently de-
sired, of terminating the period of scarcity. He says,
"He knew the real position of the country well, he
knew her dangers, and could tell the gentry, and the
Government, that it was absurd to suppose that six or
eight months would see them over their difficulties.
That if a beneficent PROVIDENCE did not guide the
Government, it wasimpossible to say what the position
of the country might be in twelve months. Famine was
almost universal." This fearful announcement must
surely awaken all the sympathies, and bespeak the
most zealous exertions not only of every Irishman,
but of every British subject—of every man possessed
of the commonest feelings of philanthropy. The
sublimest precept of our religion—a precept acknow-
ledged by every Christian, of whatever sect or deno-
mination he may be—inculcates the duty of " feed-
ing the hungry and clothing the naked." We know
little of Englishmen if any persuasion is necessary to
induce them to co-operate in the work of charity
and beneficence. The simple tale of misery
speaks with greater eloquence than the
most accomplished orator could give expres-
sion to ; and, on the part of our country, we can
give the assurance that any step which may appear
advisable to the Executive will be sanctioned. No
matter how serious the expense, or how heavy the
burdens in which we may thereby be required to
participate—Englishmen, who gave twenty millions
sterling to strike the shackles from the slave, to re-
move the stain from the fair f.me of their country, the
blot from their statute-book, will, if necessary, divide,
their last crust with their Irish brother before a

single one shall perish for want of food in a Christian
land.

The gentry of Ireland, however, must be up and 1,
stirring ; they are placed in the van of battle,
the fiercest part of the contest, they are called
on to encounter. Why slumber they so long ? Why
is there not a national committee already assembled
in the Irish metropolis ? Why are there not sub-
committees in every district, to aid with their advice,
to render every assistance in their power to the Go-
vernment and the authorities ? The want of such
bodies, the material services they could render, are
admitted on every side, and yet prejudices have still
prevented that cordial co-operation of persons of
different parties that is so loudly called for, so ur-
gently required by their common country. This
will, this must, be termi-.lated. We have the gratify-
ing testimony of Mr. O'CONNELL " that the wretched
state of Ireland has been the means of circulating a feel-
ing that never before existed." He speaks of his personal
observation at the Fermoy meeting, where he saw
" clergymen of all creeds, and gentry of all creeds
and classes of politics, joining together to alleviate
the universal distress that prevails, and forming a
deputation to the Lord-Lieutenant to claim the suc-
cour of the Government." Fervently do we pray that
this better feeling may become universal. If this
should be the case the evils afflicting Ireland will not
be without their good effect, the dissensions and dif-
ferences that so long have disunited her children and
marred every effort made for her benefit, will be ter-
minated, and we may look for the greatest ameliora-
tion in the social and moral relations of the people as
the happy result, the first fruits of this great and
valuable change.
We have only space to say further, that Mr. O'CoN-
NELL has made the amende honorable to the Board of
Works for the attack on them at the Fermoy meet-
ing. A week since we stated our opinion that many
circumstances existed to prevent the board from act-
ing so promptly as they would wish for the people.
Already they have sanctioned presentments to the
amount of 800,000 Z. sterling, and set sixty thousand
labourers to work, thus providing for an average of
300,000 persons. They have even devoted their Sab-
baths to the pious work; and it would, indeed, be
hard to find a better or more suitable occupation for
the day. Mr. O'CoNNELL has gracefully acknow-
ledged the error into which he had fallen, the mis-
conception under which he laboured with respect to
the board ; and, we trust, that his statement may
remove the bitter feelings that have existed in the
country against the body. We hope that a little time
and consideration will induce him to make a similar
confession of error as to what he stated respecting
the liberal and enlightened Nobleman at the head of
the Government. We confess, that the observation,
with respect to the Premier, was the only part of the
speech we perused with regret, and could have
wished totally omitted. We shall, however, hope
that Mr. O'Costnnu.'s candour will induce him to
acknowledge his mistake, and that fully and speedily.

The St. Petersburgh journals of the 24th October
contain the following from the seat of war :

were done at 34k. for cash, and 35 for paper; the
Four per Cents., at 211 ; the Five per Cents., at 211 ;
the Debt without Interest, at GI- ; and the Coupons
at 20.

" Accounts have just, been received from the seat of
war in the Caucasus. On the 26th September the
commander in chief arrived at the camp of Fortunga,
and inspected the new fortification. Thanks to the ex-
ertions of General Labinoff it is almost completed. The
army of this officer is composed of 7,000 men, and
during the whole summer he has only had 17 on the sick
list. Schamyl bad threatened to destroy the fort, but he
has not made his appearance since the 18th, and then
never fired a shot. The tribe of the Nehochanges resist
all the promises and offers made them by Schamyl to in-
duce them to join him.
On the 30th of August, Soliman Effendi, a priest
and friend of Schamyl, went over to the Russians with
all his family, and it is expected that in a short time
many more of his partisans will find it to their inter, at
to do the same. On the 15th September there was an
engagement between the Russians and the mountaineers,
in which the latter were completely put to the rout. In
southern Daghestan General Prince Argulinski keeps
the enemy in check, and is able to protect the tribes who
are faithful to Russia. The militia which had been or-
ganised there had attacked a large band of mountaineers
and put them to flight. The enemy had one piece of
cannon, and fought very desperately, but were repulsed
with loss. The plain of linmik is now cover.sd with
fortifications, and there is a strong reserve of cavalry."

NVe have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The Siecle, which has always boen opposed to the
entente cordiale with England, is even more firmly
opposed to the establishment of anything like an
entente cordiale with the absolutist Governments, as
recommenderby the Presse. 'We believe that the
following article, which appears in the Siecle of
Tuesday, may be considered as the protest of the
Odilon Barrot section of French Liberals against
anything like a Russian alliance : _ _

The Grand Council of Geneva met on the 28th
ult , and received a report of the Provisional Go-
♦ernment, giving an account of their proceedings
from the day of their installation, and concluding
with an offer from each of the members to resign

of any of their mea-ures. The Grand Council, after
eonbiOering the report, came to the following resolu-
tion, which was carried unanimously :

" Taking into consideration the decree of the Council
General of Alolard, the Grand Council does not accept the
resignation of the members of the Provisional Govern-
ment, but testifies gratitude to them fcr the services which
they hare already rendered to the country, and entreats
them to continue their functions." The Journal de rA in
had published a correspondence in which it was said
that at the time of the approach of the French troops,
the troops of Geneva at the same time took up a position
on the frontier with two cannon. The Revue de Geneve
replies—" This manner of announcing a simple measure
of police is altogether false; no cannon were sent. At
the most, 30 of the paid artillerymen were placed at the
two points of Meyrin and Grand Saconnex, and this
feeble detachment has since returned." The Council of
Basle adopted on the 29th ult., by an immense majority,
the proposition for a revision of the Constitution, and
appointed a committee of 15 members, to prepare a re.
port on the subject.

Intelligence to the 30th of October has been re-
ceivel from Lisbon. The QUEEN'S troops had been
victorious in two encounters with the insurgents.
The first victory was announced in the following
telegraphic dispatch, which was received at Lisbon on
the 30th of October :
"FROM SCHWALBACK, VISCONDE DE SETUBAL.

" I arrived at the camp of the Baron de Estrenoz a,
eleven on the night of the 27th inst., having been in-
formed by him of the union of the sth and 6th Casa
dores and 4th Artillery. The Baron and I marched with
our entire column at four in the morning of the 28th to
meet the enemy. We met them at half-past two o'clock
in the afternoon, in a strong position in the town of
Viana. I attacked immediately, and at five o'clock P.M.
we had completely routed them, they leaving in our
hands several cart-loads of ammunition and other effect,
with two pieces of artillery. I calculate their loss at 200
men, between killed, wounded, and prisoners. On our
part we have had an officer killed and two wounded,
together with some soldiers and horses. I will send you,
when time permits, more details of this day of glory for
the servants of her Majesty the Queen.
" VISCONDE DE SETUBAL.
" Viana, Oct. 29, 1846."
The second victory is thus announced in a letter
from the north of the kingdom :
" Baron Cazal, on arriving at Villareal, met the de-
mocratic forces under the command of Veiga, Ribello,
and Seixas. He defeated them completely, killing an
immense number, and the two leaders, Veiga and Ribello
died, the people of the district being struck with such
terror its consequence, that the province of Tros-os-
Montes need give no further concern. The Baron next
arrived at Penaful with the 3d and 13th Infantry and
6th and 7th Cavalry, and went in pursuit of Almargen,
who fled by Valongo to Oporto on the 26th. The
blockade of the Douro has been acknowledged by the
English Consul. The consequence is, that no money is
received at the Custom-house, which produces insubor-
dination amongst the insurgent troops, and despair in
the mob."

Count BOMFIN has escaped from Lisbon, and has
joined the Count DAS ANT.4B at Coimbra. The Diario
de Governo of the 30th contains-
1. A decree, by which the Queen, at the recommenda-
tion of her ministers, assumes the exercise of absolute
power as long ai the present rebellion lasts.
2. A letter from the Queen to Count Das Antas, in-
viting him to make his submission.

3. His answer in the negative.
4. A decree, depriving Count Das Antas, Count de
Mello, the Marquis of Loule, Viscount Sada Bandeira,
and Baron Algodres, of all their titles and honours, for
having taken arms against the Government."

The British squadron, under the command of Sir

W. PARKER, entered the Tagus on the 30th. The
squadron consists of the Hibernia, the Trafalgar, the
Albion, the Rodney, the Superb, and the Terrible and
'Nattier steamers.

" To console themselves for the imminent ruin of the
English alliance, our Ministers flatter themselves, or
rather boast, to have regained at Vienna and St. Peters-
burgh all the ground that they have lost at London. For
our parts, we do not perceive the trace of this happy
progress, unless there be given to us a pledge of the
benevolent dispositions of Austria in the efforts which
she is snaking to have a cut at Switzerland, and to give a
finishing stroke to Poland. On all sides the interests of
this power are opposed to the interests and sympathies
of constitutional France. Before forming an alliance
with her, our Government should commence by betray.
ing her. We are well aware that for M. Guizot that is
neither an insurmoun'able difficulty nor an impossible
condition ; but even supposing this alliance realisable,
what would be the advantage of it ? Of all the states
of Europe, Austria is perhaps that of which the power
is most menaced. She has jalidifficulty to live that her
action is neither formidablegglier enemies nor of service
to her allies. Italy, that slave always quivering, as one
of her poets calls her, gives to the Nestor of the Holy
Alliance too cruel anxieties to allow him to be at leisure
to join in the diplomatic dreams of our Minister of
Foreign Affairs. It fears that at Venice the winged
lion of St. Mark may respond to the Roman eagle, but
inefficiently lulled to quiet, and the 50,000 bayonets
which line the southern frontier of Austria scarcely
suffice for her security. By pressing on Poland, felled
as she is to the ground, she with difficulty restrains her
fatal convulsions. Let her abandon her prey for an
instant, and at once the victim starts up to struggle with
her executioner. In Bohemia and Hungary the spirit
of modern liberalism unites with the anarchy of the
middle ages to excite continually renewed embarrass.
ments against Vienna. Occupied in watching her indo-
cile subjects can she exercise a high influence on the
destiny of her neighbours ? In Germany an adroit and
persevering rival is displacing the centre of Germanic
unity ; Prussia, by means of the Zollverein, constitutes
a great business feudality, of which she declares herself
the suzerain, leaving to the self-entitled heir of the
Cmsars a shadow of a power which soon will not exist
except in a vain ceremonial. Pressed or menaced on
all sides, invaded by the advanced posts of constitutional
opinion, penetrated by parts of other states which
destroy the cohesion of her territory, Austria, even
supposing her to possess the will, could not have the
power of giving an impulse to public opinion in Europe;
her part is inert, and her policy negative. Is it to
this power, now in a dying state, that our Ministers
are about to hold out the hand ? Do they hope to
fill up by such an alliance the chasm which the disap
pearance of the English alliance would leave in our foreign
relations ? They boast also with an indiscreet vanity
of the unhoped-for advances which the Cabinet of St.
Petershurgh has, they say, made to our Government.
The Czar, the Ministerial journals lately declared,
deigned to invite the Charge d'Affaires of France to a
family dinner. The whole importance and bearing of
such an event are at once felt! Who can possibly doubt
after that of the good dispositions of Russia? Does not
Providence offer us, with a wonderful opportuneness,
that consolation to diminish the bitterness of the divorce
which separates us from England? Anxious to pay the
dowry, even before the celebration of this new union,
our Ministry lowers the customs tariffs in favour of the
produce and vessels of Russia, without waiting for the
ratification of the Czar to permit our flag to enjoy a like
favour in the Muscovite ports. It is well known how we
regard the Russisn alliance as far as the interests
of liberty are concerned in France and Europe. We
should not advise a French Ministry to seek an ally
so far, by passing over the body of unfortunate
Poland. But, besides, is such a scruple the only
obstacle which opposes the realisation of this project?
Does there exist any point of contact between the
petty spirit of our Government and tl:e enterprising
genius of the Romanoffs? The status quo is the system
of the one, conquest is the object of the other. Only an
offensive alliance can be contracted with Russia; it was
possible, perhaps, immediately after the revolution of
1830, now it is only a chimerical idea. What pledges
would our Government receive ? What part would be
given to it in the profits of this association ? Whilst
under favour of the assistance or of the neutrality of the
French Government, the Russian arms invaded the East,
where would there be found compensation for France ?
Is it in Belgium, which has been declared neutral and in-
dependent? Or in Germany, on the banks of the Rhine,
where the powerless and cold diplomacy of our Ministry
has almost caused the French name to sink into oblivion?
Can Poland at present rise up again ? Will Russia
offer to reconstitute with the ruins of that unfortunate
nation a state which shall re-establish in Europe the
:.ctuilibrium that has been destroyed ? Russia has not
conceived a sufficiently high id( a of the energy of the
French Cabinet to purchase its alliance. She will pur-
sue her destinies in her formidable isolation. If by
chance her eagle unites with foreign colours, has not
It 9g, howilAtiat.it!s to march against France or her
• diplomacy pushed to its last shifts. At the moments of
&diger the Government will find itself alone between the
contempt of courts and the distrust of nations. Such is
the consequence and the chastisement of the wretched
policy which it practices."
The Republicans, as represented by the Nation ii, and
the Thiers party, as represented by the Constitutionnel,
are equally opposed to an intimate alliance with the
absolutist Governments; and we believe that there is
not to be found throughout Prance a member of any sec-
tion of the Liberal party who would not oppose to the
utmost of his power the formation of any such
entente cordiale.
The Univers, the organ of the parti pretre, rejoices
embarrassments of the London says over the misfortunes of Mexico, because it fancies
that those misfortunes may tend to embarrass
the uner
rassEngliavnd;
‘ Thent
vsio mn Mexico,"
that the American Ca "tendb`iet.o llatst n
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theo e
Go-
vernment is intent on the conquest of Mexico. The
menacing situation of Ireland, and the misunder-
standing between the Cabinets of St. James's and the
Tuileries, are circumstances whiCh the Americans
will turn to account. The revolution of Portugal
is additional complication. T A
Lord P.ILMuRSTON
amidst those difficulties, appears to the Washington
statesmen much less formidable than to the rulers of
France. The occasion is certainly favourable to for-
ward our national interests. Nevertheless, and not-
withstanding the instructive example set to us by
the Government of the United States, everybody
anxiously inquires if the honour and industry of
France are to expiate the success of our dynastic
diplomacy. The strength of the United States lies
entirely in the knowledge of the situation of Great
Britain. The moment we shall prove to England
that we are aware of her difficulties, and that we also
mean to have a will of our own, the harshest exigen-
cies of the cordial understanding will vanish of them-
selves. The experience of late years has but too well
demonstrated that the purchase of the friendship of
England at the price it has hitherto cost us would
compromise it seriously and for ever."

The Minister has suffered a defeat in the election
of President and Secretary of the Council General of
Paris. Hitherto the Ministerialists have always obtained
a majority, but on Monday M. ARAGO was returned
as President by a majority of 20 against 17, the
number for M. AUBE, the Ministerial candidate.
M. LEJEMFTEL was elected Secretary by 22 votes.
" This result," observes the Si&le, " was the more
significant, as the Prefect of the Seine had used all
his influence to prevent the nomination of MM.
ARAGO and LEJEMPTEL."
According to the Presse the bakers are selling
bread in Paris at less than the market price of flour.
It adds that flour is extremely scarce in the Paris
market, in consequence of the flour millers on the
Seine, the Marne, and the Eure, not being able to
grind during more than three days in the week, their
supply of wheat being short. The stock of flour in
Paris has diminished during the last eight days by
more than 6,000 metrical quintals. There remain at
present in the stores but 10,414 metrical quintals.
The average price of wheat in France, which on
the 30th of September last was 25f. Ic. the hecto-
litre, had risen on the 31st of October to 26f. 36c.
the hectolitre. The rise still continues in the depart-
ments of the east and in the neighbourhood of Paris.
The price continues nearly stationary in the southern
and western provinces. It is to be hoped that the
price will speedily be reduced by the import of
foreign grain, large quantities of which have arrived
at Marseilles. The Journal des Debats gives the fol.
lowing extract from a letter written in that city on
the 29th ult. :

The military impressment still continued in Lisbon,
an embargo was laid on all houses, and workmen
were employed in putting the lines in a state of
defence.

Madrid pape,!s of the 29th ult. have arrived.

It was reported that Count MUSSON was about to
leave Madrid 'on leave of absence. According to the
Heraldo, the Government has received information of
an intended Carlist rising. The decree dissolving the
Cortes was -to appear in the Gaceta•pf the 30th•
Rumours of 'a modification of the Ministry were again
current in 111adrid. i

"There arrived here yesterday 145,154 hectolitres of
grain of every description, of which 138,498 hectolitres
were of wheat, 4,764 of barley, and 1,892 of maize. Of
these 145,154 hectolitres of grain,' 30,662 arrived from
the kingdom of Naples, by nine Neapolitan and one
Roman vessels; 1,220 hectolitres from Genoa, by one
French vessel; 6,885 from the Wallaehian ports by one
Greek and one lonian vessel; 15,102 from Turkish ports
by three Greek, one Russian, and ore Austrian vessels;
in fine, 91,315 hectolitres arrived from the Russian ports
of the Black Sea by 26 ships, of which two were Russian,
one Neapolitan, one Turkish, two Austrian, nine Greek,
and 11 Sardinian. The number of vessels which ar-
rived in this port in one clay laden with grain amounted
to 44. Accounts from Constantinople announce that
between the 2d and leth of Octeber there pasted bane

The Ports Iguese news contained in these papers has
been anticil 2ated by the later ir.telligence nhich we
have receii ed from Lisbon this morning. The move-
ment at Saragossa was completely repressed.
214unuis Bones, O. 29.. .The Three per Ceuta,

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 11446

that port 140 vet,sels laden with grain coming from the
Blat.k. Sea, and bound for Marseilles and Toulon. Those
140 vessels cannot have had loss; than 500,000 hectolitres
of grain on board. More than 300 other vesseN are ex-
pected."
Admiral DUPEREE died on Mon3ay of a disease of
the spine. The gallant admiral was in his 72d year.
The Portefeuille states that there will be no change
in the Ministry before the meeting of the Chambers,
but that until that period, at all events, Marshal
SOULT will continue President of the Council.
The cause of free trade is rapidly progressing in
France. The Dibats states that at a meeting of the
Association du Libre Echange, which was held on
Saturday, the President of the society announced
that M. D'HaussorivlLLE, Deputy for Seine and
Marne ; the Marquis DE La VALLETTE, Deputy for
Dordogne ; M. NICHOLAS KcscuLLN, the largest ma-
nufacturer in Alsace; Messrs. JEAN and FREDERIC
ZURER, who conduct immense manufactures at Mul-
hausen ; and M. BOSSON, the proprietor of the im-
mense spinning-works at Boulogne, who employs
1,700 workpeople, had joined the Association.
The Moniteur contains a fifth ordonnance, granting
money cn account of the losses caused by the inunda-
tions. A sum of 200,000 francs is allocated to the
Minister of Finance, to provide for the derangement
of the Post •office service, and to aid the postmasters
in their efforts to secure regularity in the dispatch of
the mails.

The National estimates the damage caused by the
inundation at one hundred millions of francs--four
millions sterling.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues-
day at 82f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 75e.; the Or.
leans Railroad Shares, 1,2351. ; Rouen, 905 f.; Havre, 682 f.
50e. ; Great Northern, 6631. 75c.; Avignon, 877 f. 50c.;
Vierzon, 5751 ; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Basle, 217 f. 5Ce. ; Fam-
poux, 400 f. ; Dieppe, 355 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 482 f. 50c. ;
Tours and Nantes, 485 f.; Paris and Lyons, 497 f. 50e. ;
Lyons and Avignon, 4901: ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4751. ;
Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 56; Spanish Domestic
Debt, 331/4.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 4.

Boulogne and Amiens, 14% —East Indian, .3,4 —Luxembourg, 1
—Namur and Liege, 3y6 —Northern of France Constituted, IA
Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s—Rouen
and llavre, 27.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

(From The Sun of Last Night.)

The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was again
rather dull. Sales 5,000 bales, including 500 American
fur exportation. American qualities were about ltd. per
lb. lower than on Friday last, viz. 4d. to 6:12-d. per lb.,
Pernams 60. to 711, Surat 4d. to -lid., and Egyptian
7d. to 'lid. per lb. Shares have been better.
A number of merchants and others, of the first stand-
ing and wealth at Liverpool, have formed themselves
into a company for carrying out a line of railway be-
tween Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. The sound-
ness and utility of the project is sufficiently attested by
the names connected with it. From its locality and
cheapness of construction, the line has every prospect of
being highly remunerative.
As a matter of interest to the manufacturing classes,
and having been asked to give publicity to the following
resolutions of the merchants, brokers, and others con-
nected Kith the important trade in Indigo, we give the
resolutions recently passed at a meeting of the parties
interested. Our country readers will thus be enabled
hereafter, with safety, to make their arrangements for
attending the periodical sales if they think fit. It was
unanimously resolved (Sir George de 11. Larpent in the
chair) as follows:-
1. That the periodical sales should take place on
The second Tuesday in February,
The second Tuesday in May,
The second Tuesday in July, and
The second Tuesday in October.
2. That no indigo be included in either of the sales,
but such as has been on show six working days previ-
ously to the commencement of such sale.
3. That the new and old goods be kept distinct in
separate catalogues, and that, as far as circumstances
will admit, separate days be allotted-to the sale of each,
commencing with the new goods.
4. That goods previously bought in by, and still in the
hands of the importers, but not otherwise, be considered
as new goods.
5. That goods previously withdrawn be considered as
new goods.
6. That on the day after the deposit prompt of the
sales in February, May, and July respectively, the
brokers meet to draw lots for their respective stations in
the following sale, and to declare their quantities; and
that for the February sale the like meeting take place
six weeks befbre the day of sale.
The commercial advices received this morning from
the West Indies are of a most satisfactory character.
The rains had been most abundant, and should things
go on well, sanguine expectations were entertained that
ihe crops of sugar for the season 1846-7 would make up
for all the deficiencies of the last two or three years.
The market for money nas light, especially in Jsm-iica
and Danerara. Much caution was used in making ship
ments, except to first. rate houses. .

From Mexico we learn that Santa Anna had
placed himself at the head of the army, but setiously
speal.ing it was held to be but a ruse. There .havo not
been received any remittances by arrival for
„,„. . _

Connected with East India aff:tirs, it may be men-.
Honed here that the report that is current that the
directors of the Last India Company have all but unani-
mously agreed to concede a grand trunk line, has given
much satisfaction among parties connected with the India
trade; and the belief is in all quarters, that the East
India Railway Company will have the preference, as
atnong its directors there appears the names of most in-
fluential persons who are engaged in the. trade to India
and China.

Consols for the Account have been firm this morning,
at 94a 1, and for Money at 94i 4. The premium upon
Exchequer-bills has improved to 12s. ; but India Bonds
are heavy at 18s. premium only. Bank Stock is at 2041.
Only a few bargains were made in the Foreign Funds
this morning. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been
heavy at 39 to 40. Mcxcan are at 22 ; and the Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 584 to 59.
The Share Market is firm.

ONF.
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 20414
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93141%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% IA :%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 951/4.1/2
Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 9 1f:-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 9 11-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 10 3-16
India Bonds, 1,000/

CLOSING
205
f.3IA

9
9 11-16
10 3-16

Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 22 18 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities ... 94%
Consols for Account
India Stock for Account
Exchequer Bills, 100 W. 1%d.... 12 8 12 13 p
I )ico, 5001 ... 11 12 9 p
Ditto, Small
ONE
O'C LOCK

23 p
1037(.2
94
94?
256
13 p

CLOSING
PRIDES
2134
221,
22%
391/,
40

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Ditto, Account . 22
Ditto Small
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 39% 39
Ditto, Account ..... ..... 39 40
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
•iAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2% 3 2%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Theme.. 1%
Belfast & County Down 43/4
Birmingham and Dudley 425. ...
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo
Ditto New 17%....•. ..
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2%
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... —..-...
Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%......
Buckingharnshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 2% 2%111 ...... ..... 214
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Chester and Holyhead.- 27% — ......... .....
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425. -
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 — •
Clydesdale Junctio- ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages -
Cork and Killarney ... 2%
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares
Cornwall & Cant'l Devon 2% ...
I ierby and Crewe 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford,and Sheffd. June. 2% —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc 12%
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublip. and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 22%%
Ditto New l2/. 16s Ue P ,
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... ..... . ...
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%
EastDereh'pa andNoech 1 —
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 8%
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21
......
East Lancashire I. l4 18%.
Ditto. New - .
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)...
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 78 ......
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 191/0
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% —
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — .
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 514 3%
Glasgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, NM
',it. . 15 ...... oe HIM

261;2

129

1%

22%
7% p

1814
8%

76%
20%
19%

12%

_
a li,i

Do., IA Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Giotto. ,Ab el ystw ith, and
Central of Wales 1%...... ••
Goole,Doncaster, &c... 425.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn l%
Great Eastern &Western
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.

10 - •••• • •««•••

(Ireland) - .
Great Mun5ter....,....... 2% —
Great North of Scotland 21,1 x —
Great Northd England..loo
Ditto New 5 —
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western 85
Ditto 14 Shares 5O —
Ditto 14 Shares
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2
Huddersfield h Manches. 13 ...... -
Ditto, Extension 3
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto 1% Shares
Do. Half Shares 25
rpswich & Bury St. Edm. 11%
Do.flir , and Norwich 2% _
Lancas-er and Carlisle... 50
On. New
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and Bradford SO
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. - ••• •• •

Leicester and Bedf.i-rd... 22s -
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22%
Do., Branch ( Blue) ... 2% _
Do. Extension(Green) 21/2- •-•- --
Leeds and Thirsk 17%
Ditto, New
Lpool., Mnchstr &New-
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury - ..
Leiden and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 914
Do. New - ...... .......
Ditto Extension ....• 7 % ..... - .. ........ ...
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 59%
Ditto, Fiftks
Irmion and Croydon
Guaan.s per cent - 9 - •.... •• .. -
London and Greenwich 121 15s 4d -
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d -
London, Hounslow, and
Western - .
London and N. -Westernloo l9B 199
Do. Quarters . 2 -
Do., ao., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% - ,
Do., Ne., 14 Shares
(G. J.) ... - -
Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) 8 - -
Lord.;& S.Western 411 6s 10d 68% 67 x n .. 673/x
De. New Consol. &Ifs 40 - -
Do. New - -
Do. New - -
London and York 2l/ 2% 2.......... 2
Do. % Shares - -
London and Windsor . 1%... - -
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry Mk deraine 15 ...... - ...... -
Lcndonderry and Ennis-
killen ... ..... .. 15 - -
Lynn and Ely - -
Lynn and Dereharn :5
Manchester and Leeds... 82
Ditto % Shares
Do. Qlfartqrs
Do. Fifths 3 . . 8%
Do. Sixteenths 614 - . .
Do. Extension 42s. - p
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters (A) 5 .. .. 1234
Do. Quarters (B) ... 5
^ /4
Do. Quarters (C). 1
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... 1 07,„ 114 P•••
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..... - ...... -
Mancliest. & Southampt. 2 •••••• 11/s
Midland
Do. Fifths 2 -
Do. New -
Ditto, New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo -
Midhad& East. Counties 2%...... -
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and Berwick 20
Do. North Shields ... 25 -
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo -
Newmrket &Chest erfrd 5 - ..
Newport &Abergavenny 2%...... -
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... .. ... ........ 1%.. ... - ... ........ ..
Norfolk ...100 -
Do. Half Shares ..... 7 -
Do. Extension -
North British ... ..... ... 25 ...38 373/4 3814 37 IA
Do. Half Shan s ll ... .. 165/8%
Do. Fifths 5 - ... ....... .. .
Do. Quarters
' Do. Extension 5
A 134%
Northern and Eastern... 50 -
Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 -
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% -
Do. New -
North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2111% p
North Wales
Northern and Southern
Connecting
-
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham -
Oxforo_ xv------,,r, and
el( olverhampton
02C ford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..,, -
Portsmouth Direct 3:!i -
Preston and IVyre
Do. 14 Shares ..... ... 4% - -
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 3'. 128.
Richmond - -
Royston and Hitchen ... • 1% ll4 x in l7g,xin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12% - ... -
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek
Potteries, andCrewe... 1% - -
Sheffield & Manchester 100 - ••
Do. Quarter Shares... 8 - ...
Do. Lincolnshire June. 114 -
Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 -
Do. do.. Extension 425. - ...... .... ....
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 ....
Shropshire Union
.....
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsh. Jane. 21% - .. .
Sligo and Shannon lg -
South Devon.... 35 -
South & Midlands June. 425. .....
South StaffordshireJunc. 2% .
South Eastern & Dover. 33% - _
Do., No. 1 2O - ••• ...... •....
Do., N. 2. -
Do., No. 3 - ..... •-• •••I
Do.. Ne. 4 - ...... .... ....
St.Alban's, Hatfield,and
Hertford Junction - ........ •••••
Staines and Richmond.- 1 ...... ......
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% ____
South Wales..... ...... ... 5 ...... 4
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 .....• - ... .
.....
..
Taw Vale Extension ... 2 - ••• •• •. ......
Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke -
Vale of Neatly 2 - •• .. ..... •••
Wakefield, Pontefract, &
Goole - ... ......... ..
Warwickshire & London 425. -
Warwick and Worcester 425. •, -
Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . -
Waterford and Limerick 22% - .•
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin -
W aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia -
Waveney Valley ... 2 -
Welsh Midland -
West Riding Union ...••• 425. l% p......,,..,,
West Cornwall
WestLondon,Old Shares 20 -
Wexford and Carlow ... 21/ - ............ .
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ........ ......... 10
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby -
York and Carlisle ••
York and Newcastle 25 ... . 4314 44
•.•.....
Ditto New 5
1814 173/ 18%
Do. Preference ...... 2 ..... . 6% 14 IA
York and North Midland 50
Ditto % Shares
..
..

.. l4 dis.

23/4

9i)

14 di

1% p

44
18%
614.

48

_ ..
.:5
__
Do. Selby 4O
Do. Extension
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAY.
Anglo-Belgian... 4
Barbadoes 1
Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21/2
Boutogne and Amiens... 16
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ...
Do. (Espelete's)
..... 2 .... •
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond
Harbour .... 7s.
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast 1 ..
Central of Spain ... . ... 2
Ceylon
Demerara 2l
9 ;
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 6 -
East Indian... ..... ..- ss• ~,
-,'-i
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 -
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada-. 314 ...•..
Italian and Austrian.... 4 -- .-
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Jersey ...... •••• 1 "...

8614
41%
10%

20y

....
14%

1%

Louvitin ala Sambre 6 ... . ...... .
Luxembourg 4
Lyons and Avignon 2 —
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and
Arcot % — .. .... ...
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
Mauritius 1
Namur and Liege
Nn of France Constituted 5
North Jamaica... ...... ... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 731/2 .. ......
Over Yssel
Paris &Lyons Constituted 5
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Cgmtituted - ........ ...... —...

35i
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