The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-07 00:00:00

ing is as near to " publishing an address on such a
subject" as can well be imagined. But the further
this precious document proceeds the more unconsti-
tutional it waxes :
•

stricted to the utterance of contemptible personalities,
the delivery of panegyrics upon an individual whose
most memorable achievement was to turn sulky in
the House of Parliament, and to pass a most
wordy resolution of an eulogistic character,
having reference to a wild and almost incendiary
publication. Only a few days previously to this exhi-
bition of self-sufficiency on the part of a political fac-
tion, a woman had dropped dead from famine upon the
high-road of Ballycastle, in the county Mayo.
During the inquest held upon the corpse of that
wretched creature, evidence was given by a respect-
able witness that deceased, at the period of her death,
was carrying about a pint of meal which some
generous person had given her, and that she was, to
all appearance, making her way as rapidly as her
enfeebled limbs would enable her to the nearest
dwelling .house to get it dressed. The verdict of the
coroner's jury was to the effect that " the death of
BRIDGET TOMISII was hastened by the want of
sufficient food for a length of time." Is it seemly
that such assemblies of the physical-force men should
be convened in the capital of Ireland, while the people
of Ireland are perishing like that in the provinces ?
The instance adduced is unhappily no solitary occur-
rence ; others have already fallen victims to the
dearth of provisions. It would be well, however, if
the Young Ireland party would reflect more upon the
necessities of the BRIDGET TOMISHES than upon the
personal characteristics of the SMITU OTRIENS, if
they would strive to alleviate the miseries of the
former instead of pandering to the egregious egotism
of the latter.
Other evidences of the continued wretchedness of
the Irish people have been afforded. A mob, num•
bering upwards of four hundred souls, is described
as having entered the town of Kinsale, for the pur-
pose of sacking its provision stores ; and the bakers,
with the intention of preventing yet more calamitous
proceedings, actually handed the bread into the
streets themselves. Can anything be more significant
of the poverty by which the peasantry are there

were rife in Madrid. It is evident that there is ,
much intriguing going forward to bring about this
change, and that Senor MoN is mixed up in the in-
trigue, but whether it will end in his victory or dis-
comfiture it is impossible to conjecture; for while one
report states that he is in disgrace with the Court, and
will be at once dismissed, another declares that Senor
ISTURITZ will go to the wall, and Senor Mozr be pro-
moted to the Presidency of the Council.

" I beg to state most unequivocally, that if the party
are of opinion cither that I have in the slightest degree
injured or neglected their interest, or that such interest
would better thrive without my interference, I trust they
will explicitly say so, and I will interfere no further."
Again, after expressing a desire that his old friends
should be fairly represented, we find the following:—
" If that desirable end can be achieved without my
assistance, I will do that which is the wish nearest to
my heart—viz., to cease from all meddling or interference.
But if I still possess the confidence of my former coadju-
tors, if they think me still worthy to take an honourable
position in their councils and operations, and chum at
my hands the assistance which I have heretofore given, I
will not desert them, and they shall have it, even though
it entail on me more gross and abusive personalities than
I have (if possible) hitherto experienced."
The hint is significant enough ;—" continue to do
as you are bid, and I will continue to assist you with
money." Further remark were needless. We should
state that Mr. G. BERKELEY, having left London, did
not get his circular, but was in Gloucester, and re-
quested to be admitted to the meeting, which was,
however, refused. This was comical treatment. As
their actual Member, desirous of explaining his
conduct, he had a right to a fair hearing, though,
upon constitutional grounds, the Earl clearly had
not. Three resolutions were passed : the first, de
claratory of their independence; the second, of their
dissatisfaction with Mr. G. BERKELEY'S votes on the
game and corn-laws; and the third appointed a com-
mittee to secure a more correct representation of the
county in future. We recommend the electors, when
they next meet, to carry two resolutions—one, that
they will receive no more pecuniary assistance from
the dominant Earl ; the other, that no member of the
BERKELEY family will be returned by them to Par-
liament. Until these resolutions be carried, the
honour, integrity, and independence of West Glouces-
tershire will remain under a cloud.

The Gageta publishes a circular letter from the
Minister of Justice to the Presidents of the Tri-
bunals, declaring that it is the QUEEN'S intention that
the amnesty, decreed on October 17, should extend
to all political offenders, whether in prison or not, or
whether under prosecution or sentence; that all per-
sons accused of offences against the laws of the press,
whether condemned or not, by the tribunals created
by the decree of the 6th of July, 1845, shall be dis-
charged, and that the said tribunals shall be dissolved ;
that all persons comprised within the amnesty shall
be, if in custody, at once set at liberty, without pay-
ment of any fees or other charges; that the amnesty
shall be applied ex officio, and without requiring any
application from the parties interested ; and, lastly,
that lists of all persons comprised in the amnesty shall
be sent by the tribunals to the Minister of Justice.

The Heraldo notices a rumour current in Madrid
of a serious outbreak at Malaga, for the purpose of
contradicting it.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 30.—Three per Cents.
3443 money, 34i paper; Four per Cents., 211; Five
per Cents., 2111 money, with the current Coupon ;
Debt without Interest, 64 paper; Non-Consolidated
Vales, 8 money ; Coupons, 20.

We have received aris papers of Wednesday,
the political articles oVrch are almost destitute of
interest.

For want of some more exciting subject the Oppo.
sition papers comment on a bit of gossip relating to
the English Consul at Bayonne, which appeared in
the Constitutionnel of the preceding day. The fol-
lowing is the story, as related by the Constitutionnel

oppressed ?
Even where assistance has been nominally afforded
to the destitute, circumstances have sometimes ab-
stracted from the advantage of the boon. The la
bourers upon the public works at Kerry, for example,
are spoken of by the local newspapers as having been
engaged during nine or ten days in arduous toil, and
have, nevertheless, received not one farthing of wages.
It is such a circumstance as this which would, more
effectually than anything else, tend to bring a Go-
vernment into discredit, and to remove from the po-
pular mind all confidence in the Executive. It must
undoubtedly originate in some oversight in the su•
bordinate agents of the Bond of Works, but it is one
of those matters requiring instant and active interfer-
ence. If; indeed, this procrastination in the payment
of wages be traceable to any individual culpability,
we mean distinctly to assert that such culpability
merits some summary and extraordinary punishment.
Examples should be made wherever any personal de-
linquency appears to threaten the effectual distribution
of Government moneys. Without some such an ex-
ample we fear the peasantry will be subjected to yet
greater privations. One man has already perished
from a similar oversight : we would on no account
hear of a repetition of this official manslaughter.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
A vigorous but necessary step has been taken, a
severe but salutary example has been made. The
cautions, the warnings that have been held out to the
misguided peasantry, who attempted by violence and
intimidation to overawe and interfere with the officers
of the Board of Works, to dictate the manner of their
own employment, and the mode and quantum of re-
muneration, having failed in their effect, and proved
quite insufficient to restore peace, and bring the
people to a sense of their duty and of their real in-
terest, more active measures became inevitable. No
alternative remained for the Executive but to put
down with the strong arm the system of insubordina-
tion and outrage that endangered the lives of the
officers and overseers, and deterred the more
peaceably disposed from labouring at the
works provided for them. We have already
pointed out the dangerous effects of yielding
anything to violence, if it were once submitted to.
A reign of terror would commence, illegal confede-
racies would be formed, and neither person or pro-
perty would be safe within the disturbed districts.
Great mischief had been occasioned by the apparent
success of the outbreak at Youghal, the first of what
may be termed the food riots in Ireland; but there
some excuse existed for the people—their peaceful and
humble remonstrances were slighted, their pressing
exigencies disregarded. Neglect and apathy prevailed
amongst those whose especial duty it-was to provide
for the wants of the people, who had. funds in their
hands, and yet saw the people suffering the pangs of
hunger, without any effort for their relief being
made. The natural consequences followed such
proceedings. The people were exasperated to
the utmost degree. They took • forcible pos-
session of the town, plundered the bread shop,
and provision stores, and, after a scene of the greatest
turbulence and confusion, which continued •for two
entire days, they were rewarded by an unconditional
submission. The works that should have been pre-
viously commenced were, at the eleventh hour, put
into operation. The necessary relief was wrung from
the fears of those who could not be acted on by mo-
tives of humanity:
What, however, could then be done ? No means
had previously existed by which the necessities of the
poor could be supplied; and although the danger of
the precedent was manifest, and it was morally cer-
tain that its success would lead to similar acts in
other districts, where no apology could be offered on
behalf of the rioters, we could not disapprove
of, or object to, the submission that was then
made. Had a refusal of employment been
persevered in, it would have involved the innocent in
one common punishment with the guilty, and help-
less women and noffensive children would have expi-
ated the misdeeds cf their husbands andfathers. The
disturbance, too, was occasioned by a want of any
means of subsistence or livelihood, and not by an
objection to the manner in which that subsistence
was to be earned and obtained. The event, however,
rendered it doubly incumbent on the Executive to
act with firmness and decision whenever any attempt
should be made, by persons -more favourably circum-
stanced, to disturb the public peace and tranquillity.
In the barony of Tipper Tulla, county of Clare, the
promptest relief had been administered. Large
presentments had been passed at the extraordinary
sessions, and an expenditure of more than 200,0001.
had already teen sanctioned and approved of by the
Board of Works. Operations were commenced and
proceeded with, and it might well have been hoped
that the present employment and the prospect of con-
tinued support during the winter, would.have secured
the thanks and gratitude of the labouring population,
and that all disturbance would be averted from the
locality. The hope, however, was vain ; the system
of task work, by which the industrious man, ready
and willing to give a fair day's work for a fair day's
wages, could earn larger wages than usual, was
objected to by the idle and dissolute ; they obstructed
the officers, used the most threatening language, and
it was feared that the lives of those acting
for their benefit, and honestly discharging the duty
they owed to the public, would be seriously perilled.
Those disposed to work were compelled also to join
the disaffected, and nothing remained for the Execu-
tive but to. suspend the works until the people should
be restored to their senses. This course Lord BES-
BoßouGa has adopted. His address to the inhabi-
tants of the barony will be perused with much in-
terest, and cordially acquiesced in by every unpre-
judiced and well-disposed person. In this instance
the people must emancipate themselves from the con-
trol of their turbulent leaders ; they must offer an
immediate and unconditional submission, and a full
assurance that if their past errors be forgiven, and
pardon awarded, they
.will for the future pursue a
different line of conduct, submit to the regulations
imposed on them, and render in all things a ready
obedience. Should this be the case, it needs not the
promise given at the conclusion of the letter to satisfy
us that his Excellency would gladly direct the imme-
diate resumption of the works, and preserve the
people from the destitution and ruin which a perse-
verance in turbulence and outrage must inevitably
produce.

On the day of the entry of the Duke and Duchess of
MONTPENSIER into Bayonne the Consuls of the
different nations hoisted their flags, as is customary
on occasions of public rejoicing. There was, how-
ever, one exception —the Consul of England. The
Sous-Prefet of Bayonne called the attention of the
British Consul to this subject, and the Consul replied,
"That he was acting in accordance with the instruc-
tions received from his Government, and that he could
not receive suggestions from the civil authorities."
The next day, on the occasion of the regatta,
the Sous-Prefet had so arranged matters
in conducting the embarkations of the dif-
ferent nations as that the English flag should
be nearest the shore, that is, that it should be placed
the last, which would have been considered as an
insult, and it is said that the Consul demanded his
passport to leave Bayonne. Such is the story told
by the Constitutionnel. It adds, however, that none
of the Bayonne journals mention the circumstance•
The Commerce, while speaking in severe terms of the
rude and intolerant conduct of the English Consul, in
refusing to comply with ordinary usage in a matter
of mere ceremony, reprehends the conduct of the
Sous-Prefet of Bayonne in the following energetic
manner :—" If the conduct of the English Consul,"
adds the Commerce, " was offensive and reprehen-
sible, the laws of diplomacy offered sufficient modes of
obtaining a reparation such as the most justly sus-
ceptible national honour would have been satisfied
with; but to change the punishment merited by a
Consul into a kind of insult, addressed to the flag of
an entire country, is one of those faults which_no zeal,
not even the desire of paying court to a Prince, can
excuse." The Courrier Francais, observing upon the
affair as having really occurred, does not seem to think
that the proceeding of the .Sous-Prefet, censured by
the Commerce, was improper. It says it is assured
that the French Charge d'Affaires in London has
been instructed to demand the recal of the English
• Consul at Bayonne, and is angry that a more ener-
getic mode has not been adopted, namely, the with -
drawal by the French Governmerit of his exequatur.

A meeting of the independent electors of Wes
Gloucestershire took place en the 3d instant, at the
county town, to take their present political position
into consideration. The meeting was convened by a
circular, which was signed by twelve gentlemen, and
extensively distributed. It seems to have been pre-
viously determined that Earl FITZHARDINGE, the
nine gentlemen who attended the meeting held in
Gloucester on the 15th of last month, and their own
representative, should be, one and all, precluded
from being present at the intended deliberation ; but
that all these parties should be apprised, by post, of
the assembly in contemplation, to which they were au-
thorised to address written communications, if they
thought proper. It also appears, from what fell from
the chairman, Mr. JoSIAH HUNT (who, for the sake
of impartiality, ought never to have been suffered to
preside, seeing that he is charged by Mr. GRAINTLEY
F. BERKELEY with having "published a violent
letter" against him), that a distinct understanding
was come to that no gentlemln on behalf of the
press should attend ; but that, upon his own responsi-
bility, he had procured the attendance of a gentleman
from Bristol to take notes for the assistance of the
meeting afterwards, it it should be necessary, but
with the distinct pledge that the notes should not be
published, except it was the desire of the meeting.
Anything more objectionable than the entirety of
these arrangements we cannot well conceive. Nothing
stamps the proceedings more unfavourably than the
precautionary resolutions in relation to the
press. It looks as if they dreaded some
exposures affecting their electoral independence,
which would not bear the light, and were, therefore,
decided upon preserving the power of suppressing the
publication of their conference if matters did not go
off to their satisfaction, or, at any rate, of controlling
and moulding any statements that might be submitted
into a shape the least obnoxious to themselves.
The public naturally regard any such arrangement as
this with grave suspicion. Again, nothing shows
more clearly the sheer stupidity, or gross ignorance
of their duties, or truckling subserviency to the domi-
nation of wealth and rank, than the fact of these
worthy electors having been at the pains to intimate
to Earl FITZHARDINGE that he could not join their
counsels, though he might write to them. What
was this but admitting that his Lordship had
intermeddled with their political functions, and
that their deliberations might be influenced
by the views, or statement, which it might please
a Peer of the realm to submit to their reflection !
Could any admission be more glaring or degrading,
could conduct be more unconstitutional ? A fortnight
ago we protested against the notion of any member
of the Upper House foisting his influence, through
the medium of his purse, upon a body of electors.
appointed to return Members to the House of Corn
mons,as well as against the breach of political faith
committed by those who submitted to receive such
improper contributions. It may be that- a consti-
tuency is wholly immaculate, pure as the driven
snow in their motives, and thoroughly inde-
pendent in their conduct ; but it will be
quite impossible to persuade the public that

The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER were
expected to arrive in Paris on Wednesday evening.
No rejoicings were to take place on the occasion.
The King and Queen of the BELGIANS left Paris
on Tuesday. The fact of King LEOPOLD having
quitted Paris the day before the arrival of the Duke
and Duchess of MONTPENSIER gave rise to many
speculations in the political circles of Paris. It was
confidently reported, that the King of the BELGIANS
did not approve of the conduct of Louis PHILIPPE,in the Montpensier affair; or, at all events, that he
did not wish to take any active part in it. It was
also rumoured, that Louis PIIILLIPPE had requested
King LEoroLn to use his endeavours to bring about
a revival of the entente cordiale with England.
The illoniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, con-
ferring forty-one crosses of the Legion of Honour
on the officers, soldiers, and seamen who were
wounded at Otaheite, " in the five encounters that
took place with the natives, between the 19th March
and the 30th of May last."
The Courtier Francais states that the Prince DE

which is equal to that of Field-Marshal.
There
JOINVILLE will be promoted to the rank of Admiral
of
be but two Admirals of France in time of
pc
the vacancy which is to be filled up by the
e ae,France,an
cand
Prince DE JOINVILLE is occasioned by the death of
Admiral DUPERRE. The Prince appears to be inde-
fatigable in his efforts to improve the navy of France.
The Presse says—
" A report, addressed by the Prince de Joinville to the
Minister of Marine, at present excites mu.2h attention in
iaval circles. This document, worthy of the author of
the Note on the Maritime orces of France,'
treats, it
that this measure be adopted the
F
is said, of the establishment and arming of large vessels.
The young Admiral demands that a reform be es:ab-
-74
lished in the vessels called 100 gun ships, when in reality
'intshtroetr3;cehtiaoi)ves promptly,o
onflyt idandasmuci as we have on the stocks con-
iis kind, which it will be necessary to do
away with afterwards.. The report in question has born
submitted to the Council of the Admiralty, which named
a commission to examine it, and the conc!usions of this
body are in its favour.
The squadron of the Antilles, under the command
of Rear-Admiral LA PLACE, was at the Uavannah
on the 23d of September.
A letter from Mascara (Algeria), of the 23d ult.,
says :

" Notwithstanding the dreadful weather and the ex-
cessive cold, all the troops are ordered to march imme-
diately to the border of the desert, where Abd-el -Fader
is said to have re-appeared at the head of a large force."
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wed-
nesday at 82f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 90c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,236 f 25c.; Rouen, 905 f. ; Havre,
687 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 665 f. ; Avignon, 877 f. 50c.;
Vierzon, 575 f ; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Boulogne, 4551. ; Troyes
and Montereau, 350 f.; Basle, 217 f. 5Cc. ; Fampoux, 4001. ;
Dieppe, 356 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4821. 50c. ; Tours
and Nantes, 490 f.; Paris and Lyons, 496 f. 25c. ; Lyons
and Avignon, 4901. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4751.; Belgian,
2 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 33.
MARSEILLES, OCT. 30.-Marseilles and Avignon,B92f.soc.;
Northern, 690 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOBEIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NovEMnea 5.
Boulogne and Arniens,
2h-East Indian, N
Great Western Bengal, iii-Luxembotirg, 1;4-
Namtir and Liege.
3%-Northern of Nrance Constituted, 111-Orleans And Bordeaux,
74-Parts and Lyons Constituted, 5-Paris and Rotten, 55K-
Sambre and Meuse, 5.
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they are possessed of these ennobling qualities
so long as they suffer a Peer to defray their electoral
expenses. But if anything were wanting to render
manife-st the extreme impropriety of the untoward
influence which has overshadowed the electors of
West Gloucestershire, it is supplied by the letter itself
of Earl FITZHARDINGE, -which was read at the meet-
ing in question. His Lordship boldly writes—
" I believe it is known to most or all of you, that ever
since the contested election of 1832 for the western divi-
sion of this county, the entire expense of the registra-
tion of voters, and of defending their votes when objected
to by the opposing ,party, has fallen on myself alone.
And I am not aware that the fact of my endeavouring to
secure for a man the mere right of voting for his represen-
tative in Parliament can necessarily entail on me a moral
or political delinquency.''
We are quite at issue with the owner of Berkeley
Castle. For the reasons we have now and previously
urged, a moral and political delinquency, of a very
serious nature, has been perpetrated. That Earl FITZ..
lIARDINGE has considered the drains upon his purse
by the electors to have conferred the privilege of his
dictating to the constituency just as he pleased is

MONEY
and COMMERCIAL
NEWS:
(From ?hp.44tliz ofLast Night.)
There wall a dull and flat market for t,3otton at Liver;
pool yesterday, and prices were Ad• to la' per lb. toter
tlmn last week for American. bales 3,000 ; all to the
trade.—Shares Were again firm.
At the sale of railway shares) peterclay, at Messrs.
Lamond and Co.'s, prides were pretty steady, and a fair
business was elotse. The following are e, Nw of the
principal sales
Arms b, Colehint% ih'd. Portrush £o 6 0
East indiAn . : • • 9 1.5 4
'§hrottrehire UnionandCanal •••••' '' • • ' 1 17 6
London and York (8410' ~, 2 2 0
Namur and t,eltt • ' j • • • 3 1? 0
Clonvivtll and Devon Central . ... • '
'''''' '''"' I so 0
Loa
, don and Mane-best& (RtMington's) 0 9 6
Leicester and Bealctd • 0 17
North British, Halves -- . • lft 1'4,0
Calohnlan, Halves • '.""`" 2 6 0
Yak and Carlisle ..
Manchester and Southampton,' 1847, '''''
Taw VOlO Extension and Dock .....“...• 0 18 6
Botton,Stamford,andßirmingliam (scrip) 0 19 6
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset 3 5 0
Direct Bombay and Madras 0 lb 6
Leicester and Bedford
Great Luxembourg
There seems no longer a doubt as to the intention, if
not the actual determination, of the Zollverein Con-
ference to raise the duties upon several articles, but
especially cotton yarn.
After a long period of distress; and probably much
mismanagement in the conducting of affairs in the
West Indies, it is satisfactory to find that capitalists are
turning their attention to this fruitful source for the
eci.ployment of capital. Nobody can doubt but that i
with energy the produce of the soil in those dis- I
tant parts may become much more pr,ductiv, thin
has hithtrto been the case ; and in order to give
every advantage which engineering skill affords, a
Company was formed some months since, and is now '

The Augsburgh Gan& publishes a letter from
Turin, dated the 26th of October, which contains the
following passage :

"1 have the honour to inform you that the marriage
contract between his Royal Highness the Duke de Bor-
deaux and Princess Theresa of Modena was signed a few
days ago. Their marriage will be solemnized on the
30th of this month." -

plainly deducible from the entire context of his letter.
His Lordship complains that his brother made re-
peated demands for money, and threatened, un!ess
these were satisfied, to accept the Chiltern
Hundreds. This, by the way, is a pretty
s'rong- demonstration of the servile state in
which the brothers respectively considered the consti-
tuents to be in with reference to the Castle. Under the
above circumstances his Lordship innocently remarks
" what course, then, had I to pursue ? The return of
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY to Parliament seemed to
me not only inexpedient, but almost impossible. Tet
what steps could I take ? It was not possible for
me, in my own person, to convene a public meeting'
or to publish an address on such a subject, and I
determined in the first instance to call together a few
of the most influential gentlemen in the Liberal in-
terest." What business, indeed, was it of Earl FITZ-
IiARDINGE'S at all, unless he considered, as he must
have done, that his brother was his mere P uppe t—
and, notwithstanding what we have just
convenequoted, his Lordship did virtually convene
the meeting of the 15th September, and
we must observe that the letter we are now
discuss-

A letter frOin Berlin, dated the 26th of October;
says— .

"On Sunday morning the Abt6 Ronge received
orders to return to Breslau immediately, and two gens-
darmes were sent to conduct him to the railway station."
The Nuremberg Correspondent announces the dis-
covery of a new plot in Austrian Gallicia. The same
paper confirms the report that Russia had joined
England in its expression of disapprobation of the
conduct of the French Government in relation to the
Montpensier marriage.

An announcement that the railroad from Berlin to
Hamburgh will be opened throughout the whole
length on the 15th December, appears in the Frank-
fort Gazette des Poster.

Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have been received.

The Minister of the Interior read on that day to
both Chambers of the Cortes a decree closing the
session, and the decree announcing the dissolution of
the Chambers was expected to appear on the follow-
ing day.

Rumours of an impending change in the Ministry

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, Ib4C)

sanctioned by the Legislature of British Guiana, for
laying down a line of railway in Demerara. The names
which appear upon the provisional committee give very
good earnest that it is intended promptly to carry out
this useful measure. For further details we may refer
our readers to what has appeared in the advertising de-
partment of The Sun.
If we were desirous of multiplying proofs in regard to
the certainty of cur obtaining ample supplies of
food, we could occupy from day to day successive
columns of. The Sun with the information
daily transmitted to us from the most disinterested
sources. Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, however,
raise in their report for the present month a question as
to the effect of the imports upon the bullion of the Bank
of England, which we consider has not been diminished
so much by imports of provisions, as by the demand for
money in the provinces, where railway works are most
actively prosecuted. The following are one or two ex-
tracts bearing upon the food question:—" It appears by
the London Gaza*, that since the beginning of
September, the quantiy of wheat sold at
country markets exceeds by 22 per cent. that
of last year during the same period, which,
with about 4,500,000 quarters of foreign (including flour
and meal), brought into the market for consumption
since Ist July, shows that the supply in the granaries
throughout the kingdom must be very large; and this,
with from four to five million quarters expected from
America and Europe, where the crops have been abun-
dant, excepting in France, the Netherlands, and the
south-western parts of Germany, including a
part of Prussia, will derange our money sys-
tem, by draining the Bank of England of
several millions of bullion and coin ; indeed,
1,427,715/. have left the Bank in the last eight weeks,
and we look for its going at much about the same rate
during the next nine months, from the number of ships
already chartered for corn to various parts of the world.
" By the last letters from New York we learn that the
superabundance of wheat, barley, and maize is be-
yond their requirements to the amount of twelve
million quarters ; but that the cotton crop
will be little more than one half of last year's quan •
tiay ; it is variously estimated from 1,200,000 to
1,900,000 bales; should the frost :et in early the former
would most likely be the result ; on the contrary, the
latter number of bales might be near the amount. It is
expected; however, that about 150,000 tons of shipping
will be thus released, and find employment in the flour,
corn, and provision trade. There is a marked improve-
ment in the demand for dry goods, which we hope and
believe will materially benefit the manufacturing districts
in this country."
There is still an improving market for the Public
Securities, and Consols have touched 94ij for Money,
and 94'1 'l,- for Time. Exchequer-bills have been at lls.
to 13.. prem., being fuller quotations likewise. Bank
Stock is worth 2041 to 205. The New Three -and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 95 to 95k. Money is easy in
the Stock Exchange, and there is a better feeling
generally.
The Foreign Investments:are for the most part still
very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. bring 261 and
the Five per Cents., 37-i Brazil New Bonds are 84.
The suspension of the agency for the Republic of
Mexico, although the conversion is to be pro-
ceeded with, has not had any particular effect upon
the value of the Bonds, which are marked 214 to 221,i.
Dutch Two aed-Llelf per Cents. have been 59i, and the
Four per Cents. 91,i
Shares are looking up still. North Staffords are in
decided favour again.

Mit
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
tank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5........ 93%%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 913/45/Bj4
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 95!2%%
Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 97/8 1;;-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 101/4
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account 943/4
Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 11/2d.... 13 11 p
I iiCo, 5001
Ditto, Small
o:NE
O'CLOCK

CLOSING
FRICES.
2041,i

95X
9 15-16
10,,8
94l
94%
14 p
14 p
_ _

fRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Ditto, Account . 2174 22 Vs
Ditto Small
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account .• 2.10 000000
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 261/2

CLOSING
PRICES
8514

Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent 37%
Ditto, Account - .. 37%
Dividends on the above payable.in London.
French, 5 per Cent —f. —c. 117 f. 50c,
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 75c
Dutch, 21 per Cent .
Ditto, 4 par Cent. Certificates 9134% 91-X4
raicEs OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
,iAILWAX SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. I'RICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.. 23i 3 '2/...••• 27i3
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Belfast & County Down 43/ —
Birmingham and Dudley 42. i......
ilirmia. and Gltueester..loo •
Ditto New 17%

Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 23/4
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. -
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..... ....... .......
Bristol and Liver. June 21,c......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 271,'
C4urnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltezham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 21/2 - -
Cork and Waterford ... 1%
Cornwall

Ditto, Half Shares ... ......•.......•
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2% -
er by and Crewe 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Shetld. J.:Ale. 25/ —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% .
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublip end Galway.:... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. '223/4 %
Ditto New
Ditto Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1. 6/.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 33/4
EastDereli'ai andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union

Ditto, Quarter Shares 87,:t —
Do. Exten.(llarwich) 114, — .........
Do., Canab. and Ely.. 214 —
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)...
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •
Ditto Half Shares 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% l5 ........
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon 13 1214
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21 ....
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 514 ...... 3%•••••••••••••••
Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ..... .
Ditto New .. 15 . .....
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) . ......

Glonc.,Ab erystw ith, and
Central of Wales ...... I% ......
Goole, Doncaster, &c... 428.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn ............... I% ...... .. ......
Great Eastern &Western 2 %...... ••• ••
GreatGrintsby and Shef.,
field
Great South. and West.
Ireland)
..... •
_ . g

(hell,.
Great 'Alla-aster 2FA ......
Great North of Scotland 21A......
Great Northof England 100 ......
Ditto New
Ditto, New . - •••
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 .... 139
Ditto 1.e4 Shares ...... ... :50
Ditto >i: Shares::.....,, 10 ...••• 1914 •••• •••
Oitto riftlia ........... • 110 . ...
Ditto, New : ...... ,a- . .1. 2 •• A... ••••• ‘• . .
IllidClerStid iili IganelleS. 18 .4:.:. -,- •44. i i ..... i..
Ditto,- hxtetiLioli • 6 .u.,,.-4: . „
Hull and Selby • 50
Ditto lit Sli,dres • • 124 ••• -- . •
Do. Hair SilaieS
IpsWia & Bdry St. Edtn: 11% • ••••.• • • •
DO.; do:, Mid NofWith 24 -- • . -.. •• • .
Lane:asier eina Cliflige sd • ;.._ m . .1,,„
Do. New
Lame, Belfast-, and Bal-
ij•trienh . • •4# .44.4, ."..
Leeds and Bra.dfdrd - - 34 . •• •- 'P43/475 ~"
Leeds ai:d Qailisle •;:ut 24::Iii. z." .siia; . ::. :.'..'
.
Leicester & ifi --rraingham 2s.
..... ..,;.•

Leieestpr and Bedfird... 224. - l.
LaMs; Do;rAbury4 &e.... 4214 -
vo., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ... .....
..... .
. -

Do.-Extensio ) 1/..• enn(Gre 22. ...
.& .. —
Leeds and Thirsk ' - it%....::: -L. :4;.;;i14.i5.4:
n!lto, 1.-•.'7
Lpool., Machstr &New;
castle junctioh
llvernon: and Dory .ii 14 .. .i• -,= .. •14..,..,iii
London and Blackwall.l6/.135.4d• -'=-- •
Do. New - :f ... .• 514 .... .. .......
Ditto Extension ;...: Vii....:. .•-•-;-- .. :.s .:: . . .:.
hindoii; BrirriitOrn and
South Coast
Ditto, Fifths
L9ndon and Croydon
G'iaan.s per cent 9
•.•••
LondonandGreenwich 12/ 15s4d — ••• •...
......,,,
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — ... ~,
London, Hounslow, and
Western
London and N. Westernloo
...... 1981,4 1071Ai .!
' •••
Do. Quarters
Do., no., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G.. J.) 121/,

Do., New Shares
(Gr. J.)
Du 40/. Shares (L. M. ) 8 —
Lone!. & S.Western 411 63 10d
Do. New ConsoL Bths 40. ......

2974, xu

Do. New
Do. New -• lB ... .
London and York 2% . 21, ..... .... .... •
Do. % Shares
London and Windsor . 1%....
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ~....... ........ 2%......
Londonderry&Coleraine 15 ......
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... 15
,Lynn and Ely ... 15
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds... 82
Ditto 36 Shares
Do. Quarters
Do. Fifths 3 ... 814
Do. Sixteenths 614 .
Do; Extension 42s. — p
Manchester and Birmin. 40 —
Do. Quarters (A)
Do. Quarters (B)
Do. Quarters (C)
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... PAIN p...
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..... —
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 —
Midland lOO .....133 134.. .... .....
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Ditto, New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo lO7
Midlnd& East. Counties 2%......
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and Berwick 20 -331404 33 xin
Do. North Shields ... 25
Newcastle andCarlisle...loo
Newmrket esChesterfrd 5

Newport &Abergavenny 24
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... .. .. ..... 1%
.... .• ••• ••• ........ ••
Norfolk ......... ......... —.lOO —

Do. Half Shares ..... 7
Do. Extension
North British ...•....... 25
Do. Half Shan a ll 3/4.......•....

Do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
Do. Extension %...... 1%34
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
Do. New
North Staffordshire 425....... 3143% 314 p...
North Wales
Northern and Southern
Connecting

Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham 2 —
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Portsmouth Direct 3311 —
Preston and Wyre
Do. 1, Shares -
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 3/. 12s. •— dis.
Richmond 15
000000000 ••..••

Royston and Hitchen ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12%
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek
Potteries,andCrewe... 1%
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Do. Lincolnshire J unc. 114 —
Do. & Great Grimtby. 10
Do. do. Extension 425.
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 ....
Shropshire Union
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsh. Janc. 214
....• ••
Sligo and Shannon l%
South Devon 35
South & Midlands Junc 425......
South Staffordshire June. 2% 23/4 .
S mth Eastern & Dover. 33% 38%
Do., No. 1 2O
Do., 1%14.2.
Do., No. 3
Do., Ne. 4 - 2%- — ...... •••• ••••
St.Alban's, Hatfield ,an d '
Hertford Junction ... 425. — ........ •••••
Staines and Richmond... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 23/4
South Wales .... ... 5
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ...... ... ...... .•
Taw Vale Extension ... 2 - ••• •• •a• .....
Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke
Vale of Neath
Wakefield, Pontefract, &
Goole 221/4 ... ......... ..
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. IVA P
West Cornwall ...... 2 ... ..
WestLondon,Old Shares 20
Wexford and. Carlow ... 2%
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
York and Car1i51e......... 23/4
York and Newcastle 25 ... . 441/A 44 .. .....
Ditto New 5 ...... 1 18 ..... ...
Do. Preference
York and North Midland 50
Ditto % Shares 25 ...... 50 49
Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Selby 4O
Do. Extension 2O ...... 41%3A
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes
Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21A ....
Boulogne and A miens... 16 ....
3ordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ....
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond
Harbour .......
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast 1 .
Central of Spain ... •
s. ....
Ceylon
Demerara ... ........... ....
Dendre Valley ......... 4 ....
Direct Bombay and
Madras .................. ss. •••
Dutch Rhenish ............ 6 •••
East Indian... 58. •-•
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 ...,
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great WeAern Canada... 314 ...,
Italian and Austrian. ..• 4 ...
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ...
Jersey
Louvain it la Sambre ... 6
LUXernbourg...... ..... 4
Lyons and Avignon •••••• 2 ..•,
Madras ............ 'a
1 ...
Madras, Nellore, and
Arcot ....................
Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ...
Mguritius ............. 1
Namur and Liege ...... 8 ...
Nn of rrtniceConstituted 5
North Jamaica r
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .„
Orleans and BOrdealllC... 6
Over Yssel ............ 4/ 3s 4d
Paris ec Lyons Constituted 5
Paris and 0r1ean5......... 20 •.•
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Bale
oci-
TSTtoosd.uutLerirntnsau,u ratanyenne,dndd
jc
Het:Tr.asagrgeBe7tt.l:aLc.
▪ an-
Trinidad
.
21'
•West Flanders ......
JOINT STO

... -
~. 14(4.%

21. i

••• .... •• .••
1•4 51/8 • ••• •. •
•... .....•• .

3Zi

• --- •••• • • •
~. 11A

- -
Australasia
National Prov. Engla. 35
Union of London..„ lO
MD

Real del Monte Unregd --
COURSE OF EXCIIA
Amsterdam ......C.F 12 6
Ditto, at sight • .
Rotterdam 21J l2 634
Antwerp..~
Ilamburgh .... • •11,11, 18 13
&Rona. . .
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 85
Ditto, 3 months 26 10
Marseilles .. •... •• 26 5
26 5
Trankferrt o 8 Matna.. 122%
Petersbutgri, 3 Us —
Berlin • ......
Vienna, effec.flo.• •• • • 19 9
ftitte, ditto lO 6
Madrid • ... •• • 35%
Cadit • • •.. 36%
Bilbao.: •• . • • •
Bareekal,l . • 4 6 6 i •
.... • ....

• ••
..
- .••• .....
75/8..

~. 27

;X BANKS.

11%
TES.

—.
% ... . 4
NGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar.. .... ••
Leghorn ........ ••.. •• a 0 55
Genoa. .. 26 10
Milan .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Venice........ • • • • • • ••

Naples ...... • • .... • •
Palermo, per 119%
.. 523
Oporto •.. • •• .. • • 52
'4
Rio Janeiro • • ........ 24%
Bahia ...... • .........

Buenos Ayres .. ••• • • •
New York, 21 days sight

irhiladelphia .. ••• • • .
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 02,
ForOgn Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 101/4
Spanish Doubloons .. 3 17 5
Silver In bars .. •••• • • 0 0 0

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, fstinnent to the Act the3lst and Bth of
of Victoberctoria,, cap. 32, for
the Week ending oil !Saturday, day O 1846.
issut pEFAaTMENT.
Z.

Notes issued•.•••••• 28,309,895

oovernme2t debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities . 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion !1,793,084
Silver bullion 2,516,811