The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1848.

from home, his right to vote. At the last
general election for the city of Dublin it was
considered up not only to the eleventh hour,
but to the eleventh and a half hour, that the
Tory candidates, Mr. GROGAN and Mr. Quarter-Acre
GREGORY, would be permitted to walk over the
course. Not that they were by any means popular,
not that it was even pretended that of the 21,000
electors of Dublin even a fourth part would have
given them their support—but they were rich, they
were Tories, they were backed by the purse of the
Carlton Club—they knew that the expenses to
be paid to the sheriffs for: polling-booths and
officers would amount to 2,4001., and, with all
the self-sufficiency of purse-proud arrogance, they
defied the Liberals to oppose their return. Their
defiance was taken up by Mr. JOHN REYNOLDS.
All Dublin turned out in his support, and he was re-

turned,while Mr. Quarter-Acre GREGORY was rejected.
Dublin, the House of Commons, the whole of the
United Kingdom, were gainers by the change. Mr.
Quarter-Acre GREGORY was a bad specimen of the
Irish landlord class, a gentleman only known in the
House of Commons by his pertinacity in insisting
upon the adoption of the quarter-acre clause in the
Irish Poor-law Bill, thus turning that which was
intended as a measure of relief for the destitute poor
into an efficient instrument of tyranny in the hands
of the landlords. Mr. REYNOLDS, on the contrary, is
the most favourable specimen of the middle class
Irishman, the man of talents, of wit, of tact,
and, above all, of business habits, that Ire-
land has yet sent to the House of Com-
mons. He has acquired for himself a position
and a standing in the House such as no other new
Member, English, Irish, or Scotch, who was returned
at the election of 1847, has yet attained. His first
speech was on the currency question, and was the
most lucid and understandable that has for a long
time been made within the walls of the House of
Commons on this most intricate subject. It was
listened to with attention by the House, and the
Honourable Member was highly complimented
by Sir ROBERT PEEL on his Parliamentary
debi2t. Since that time Mr. REYNOLDS has fre-
quently addressed the House, but never except he
had something to say, and the consequence is that he
has always been listened to with respect and atten-
tion, and may now be considered one of the leading
Members of that House ; certainly he more entirely
possesses the ear of Parliament than does any
other Irish Member. The Plutocrats of Dublin were
galled to the quick to find that talent bad
beaten gold. To use the words of Mr. REYNOLDS,
"My opponents could scarcely believe the evidence of
their own senses, and went about, like political mad-
men, saying, 'ls it possible that this man is re-
turned ? They met each other with long faces,
asking the question, and the answer was, Yes, he
is elected.' Well, they became desperate; they did
not content themselves with saying it is a terrible
thing, and we must bear it as well as we can, but
some of them said, No, we will not bear it ;we
will put him down by a petition.' But on what
are we to ground a petition ? There is no bribery.'
They said, No, we admit that.' Then how will
you put him out ?" Why, we will charge his voters
with non-payment of local taxes ; we will crush him
by expenses ; we will break him down.' " And,
accordingly, all the powers of gold were brought
into requisition to break down the man of the people's
choice, and to render freedom of election a mockery.
Not only did the Irish Tories draw their purse-strings,
but the Carlton Club entered the contest, and the
large funds of the entire Tory party were placed at
the disposal of those engaged in the prosecution of
the petition. This petition proceeded on two grounds—
first, it was alleged that Mr. REYNOLDS did not pos-
sess the requisite property qualification, and, secondly,
that his majority was only colourable, inasmuch as
the voters constituting that majority had not paid
their taxes. When the Committee met, Mr.
REYNOLDS, who had summoned witnesses at an
expense :of 7001. or 8004. to support his
qualification, urged that the question of qualification
should be entered on the first, inasmuch as if that were
decided against him, there would be no necessity
to enter upon an expensive scrutiny ; but the Com-
mittee ruled that the petitioners might conduct their
case in their own manner, and the petitioners chose to
commence at once with the scrutiny, evidently with
the intention of endeavouring to ruin Mr. REYNOLDS
by the expense. He accordingly sent his witnesses
who were to prove his qualification back to their re-
spective homes, and prepared to enter on the scrutiny.
The history of that scrutiny we will give in Mr.
Reynolds's own words. At the dinner which was
given to him at Blackwall, to celebrate his triumph
he said—

" The scrutiny into my election lasted thirteen weeks,
and at the end of the twelfth week they succeeded in
striking off ninety of my votes for non-payment of taxes.
The expense attendant upon the taking off of those ♦otes
for non-payment of taxes was, upon my part, about
7,0001., while upon the part of my opponents it was pro-
bably 10,0001.; and, if my defence had not been managed
economically, as well as being conducted in a very
talented manner, it would have cost 20,000/. But it is
a singular fact in the statistics of elections, that in taking
off ninety votes for the non-paymeut of rates, 17,0001. of
money was required to be expended. To show the
grievous nature of that opposition, I need only state that
the amount of taxes due by those ninety ♦oters was not
quite 50l.—(Cries of Shame.') To strike off ninety
voters 17,0001. of hard money has been expended, and 1
will not say what an enormous amount—l will not call it
perjury, but of hard swearing.' To aggravate the
calamity, the men who lost their votes by this hard
swearing had no opportunity of defending themselves.
for they resided in the city of Dublin, nearly 500 statute
miles from the place where the jury sat to determine
their case."

At the end of the thirteen weeks the petitioners
were beaten on the scrutiny, they had exhausted
their objections, and Mr. REYNOLDS still maintained
a considerable majority, but when the scrutiny was
over, they revived their objection to his qualification
for the mere purpose of involving him in an addi-
tional expenditure of 7001. or 800/. to prove it. In
this also he succeeded, the Committee having unani-
mously decided, without clearing the room, and without
hearing all his witnesses, that he had succeeded in
proving his qualification. It is true that Mr. REY-
NOLDS iS now Member for Dublin, but it is also true
that his opponents have inflicted on him a fine of
7,0001. without cause, and without pretence. Surely
this state of the law requires alteration. It is en-
couraging corruption, and corruption of the worst
sort, to give the monied man this tremendous
power over his less wealthy rival. Of what
use is the registry, if it is not to be final
and conclusive ? Of what use is it, under
the pretence of diminishing expense, to confine the
polling to one day, if after the polling is over it is in
the power of a Parliamentary Committee to go into
a scrutiny which may last thirteen weeks. As was
justly observed by the talented Member for Bodmin,
Mr. WYLD, at the Reynolds' dinner, "it would be
better to abolish all appeal to the House of Commons
than to permit it to continue subject to the gross and
grievous abuse of which it had been recently proved
capable."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The polling is over, but so neck and neck has been
the contest that no one ventures to give even a guess
at the results. A much greater number of electors
have voted than on any former occasion. Paris con-
tinues perfectly tranquil.

The members of the club of the Rue de Poitiers
have-determined to offer no opposition to the re-elec-
tion of M. ARMAND MARRAST as President of the
Assembly.
According to the Reforme, Prince Louis NAPO-
LEON has been returned for the department of the
Moselle.

The sitting of the Assembly on Monday was only
remarkable for a singularly ineffective speech by the
Count MONTALEISIDERT, in favour of what he calls
liberty of instruction, but which is in reality giving
to the priests the exclusive monopoly of the education
of the kingdom. It was a rechauffee of the common-
place laudations of the Jesuits, which the ex-Count
was in the habit of pronouncing once a year with great
eclat, for the edification of the ex-Chamber of Peers.
It, however, produced no effect on the Assembly, and
so chilling was the reception of this champion of the
parti pretre that he stopped in the middle of his speech
unable to continue, and requested permission to con-
clude it on the following day.

Since the above was written we have received in-
telligence from Paris to Tuesday evening. It appears
probable that Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON and Messrs.
RASPAIL and CABET, the Socialist candidates, have
been returned fqr Paris. The result, however, will
not be officially known until Thursday. From what
can be gathered from the partial returns already
made, the tricky EMILE DE GIRARDIN and the
crotchetty Abbe DE GENOUDE are the lowest on the
poll. Louis NAPOLEON has also been returned for
the department of the Orme and of Charente In-
ferieure.

M. MARRAST has been re-elected President of the
Assembly by a majority of 527 votes out of 670.
The National publishes a letter from Pesth, dated
Bth Sept., which announces that the Hungarians had
totally defeated the Croatians.

fensive treaties concluded under METTERNICH were
to be maintained, and that if the Ministry declined
entering into further explanations pending the nego-
tiations, the instructions sent to HARTIG, RADETZKY,
MONTECUCOLI, and SCHWARZENBERG, should at least
be laid on the table of the Chamber.

WESSENBERG refused any further explanations;
it was in opposition to constitutional eustona to do so
pending the negotiations.

As the Assembly was on the point of adjourning,
the Minister of War, Count LATOUR, rose to say
that he had just received the information that
a stormy meeting was assembled in the
Aula of the University, and that it was
their intention not only to turn out the Ministry, but
to declare the dissolution of the Diet. The Com-
mandant of the National Guard had demanded the
assistance of the military. LOENER then rose and
moved that the Diet be declared in permanency,
which was unanimously adopted. GOLDMARK was
against any steps being taken by the military till
more authentic information had been received. A
lively discussion ensued, which was interrupted by the
entrance of SCHWARZER, the ex-Minister of Public
Works, who announced that a deputation of National
Guards and students, headed by Professor FUSTER,
had just waited upon the Ministry, demanding the
re-establishment of the Commission of Safety, that
their request had been refused, that the military were
fraternizing with the National Guards, and that a
body of workmen had deliberately loaded their
muskets. It was necessary to act energetically.
The Diet was still deliberating when the post
left.

VIENNA, SEPT. 14.—The disturbances at Vienna
have happily terminated without any serious affray
or bloodshed.

The city is perfectly quiet to. day. The anarchists
quite overshot their mark yesterday, and have been
made sensible of their weakness.

The demonstration in the Aula appears to have
been restricted to the desire for the re-establishment
of the Committee of Public Safety.
In consequence of the emeutes, the Ministers have
issued a proclamation, in which all assemblages of
persons for the purpose of offering resistance to the
powers that be are threatened with the most severe
punishment, graduated according to the extent of
their misdemeanour, from six months to twenty
years' imprisonment. DOBLHOFF, in this proclama-
tion, exhorts the people to keep the peace, as the
only legitimate guarantee for the maintenance of
liberty.

turned home, but several of the other Generals are
still at Altona.

At a meeting of the Diet at Kiel, the Deputy PE-
TERSEN urged the Provisional Government to adopt
energetic measures for removing the obstacles which
are placed in the way of the navigation of the Schles-
wig-Holstein vessels. By an amendment it was
decided that they should be permitted to hoist the
Danish flog. This led to an inquiry on the
part of some of the Members as to the
actual position of Schleswig-Holstein in re-
gard to Denmark, whether the armistice was
settled. Deputy OLSRAUSEN said that they were at
open war. REVENTLOW considered that the armistice
obtained de facto, and exhorted the members to a
calm and deliberate discussion. This advice was
received with general disapprobation. A letter from
the Under-Secretary of State, VON GAGEEN to the
Minister of Public Affairs for Rendsburgh, says,
that the speculation cf VON KLAusEN, in the
Secret Sittings of the Diet of Kiel, would have the
less weight if VON OLsHAUSEN had not left the Pro-
visional Government, which greatly increased the
excitement, and it was to be apprehended that the
Schleswig-Holstein question would depose Germany
from that high position which she had assumed in
regard to foreign Powers.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle,
Sept. 16.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT.

The following appears in the .11oniteur du Soir (the
French official paper) of last evening :
" The report has bee❑ spread that Marshal Radetzky
has declined the proposition for a prolongation of the
armistic. According to our information, Marshal Ra-
detzky has declared that he would submit the question to
the Cabinet of Vienna, but that ho would continue it in
point of faet, and would break it only in the event of his
being attacked."

La Suisse confirms the intelligence that Russia has
addressed a note to the Cabinet of St. James's, de-
claring that it recognizes Austria as the sole and le-
gitimate possessor of Lombardy, and that any inter-
vention, if such be contemplated, can only have for
its object, not the spoliation of Austria, but the se-
curing to it the greater part of its Italian possessions.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the loth announces the
arrival at Ancona of the Sardinian fleet on the 9th,
with 2,000 men of the Piedmontese garrison of
Venice on board. Major-General DELLA MARMORA
is among them.

MONEY add

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firmer.
sales, 3,500 bales. American realised 3id. to 50. per
I b.—Railway Shares were dull and lower.
There are later accounts to-day from New York,
Canada, &c., but we have only the papers received by
express at the North and South American Coffee-house,
the letters not haviag been delivered up to the
hour of our writing. The exchange on London
was 109 to 1091, with very little doing, but this is a
rate that will pretty nearly balance either
imports er exports of specie. Cotton was steady,
and flour had improved in value, although it became
quiet before the steamer left. As giving a stimulus to
shipments to Europe, the rise that had occurred in
breadstuffs is not to be regretted, though it is not de-
sirable, and it is hoped not probable that it will go
further, owing to the recent marked improvement in the
weather.

A Quebec journalist remarks:—" A heavy blow to
the commercial prosperity of Montreal is likely to be
inflicted, we are sorry to say, by allowing goods to pro-
ceed to Upper Canada without being warehoused and
paying the duties in Montreal; so that the importers
will no longer be under the necessity of employing
agents, commissioners, &c., there. But such things
must be submitted to for the general good. The fol-
lowing is from the Toronto British Colonist, of the
15th instant:—' The steamer Beagle, Walker, master,
arrived at this port on Saturday last, having on
board, among other cargo, eighteen cases of
brandy, ex-ship Conquering Hero, from London
which were passed on from Montreal to be entered for
duty at the Custom-house, Toronto. It is now settled
that under the new Customs' law goods intended for
Upper Canada can be forwarded direct, without the
necessity of bonding or paying duties at the port of
Montreal, as was formerly the case. All that is re-
quired is that the vessel taking goods ex-ship at Mon-
treal for Upper Canada must take a clearance at Mon-
treal, which is not attended with any delay or expense.
For this boon to the trade of Upper Canada the mer-
cantile community are indebted to Mr. Mitchell, of the
firm of Ross, Mitchell, and Co., through whose repre-,
sentation at the proper quarter the concession bas been
made. Among the numerous advantages which will
result to the trade of Upper Canada under this ar-
rangement will be that our merchants can transact
their own business free from the burdens of agency,
bank commission, difference of money, &c., &c., and
another will be that parties importing large quanti-
ties of goods in the fall for the winter and spring
trade can warehouse them at Toronto, and release
them from bond as they require them on payment
of the duties, whereas, under the former system, the
goods would have to be entered and the duties paid at
once. The same regulation will of course apply to other
ports in Upper Canada.' "
The English Funds have again to-day exhibited an
appearance of firmness, and there is a more sanguine
feeling, although the impetus to speculation has not yet
been given. Consols have been 86 to 86i for Transfer,
and 86k to 864 for Account. At present they are about
86k for money,: and 86k I for time. Exchequer-bills
have been 295. to 325. premium. East India Stock has
been at 234, and India Bonds are sOs. premium. The
news of Louis Napoleon and the Socialists being elected
has checked the market.
The Foreign Securities have been quite neglected.
Mexican Bonds have realised 161; Chilian Three per
Cents., 46; and Russian, 99; Spanish Three per Cents.
are nominally 22/ to 231-; and Portuguese Four per
Cents. 21 to 22; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
about 44 to 45i.
Railway Shares have been very fairly supported in
comparison to the extreme heaviness lately experienced.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Console Annuities...... 86%14 861,ii
LongAnns. to expire Jan. 1860 ...
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 11-16 % 8%
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,000/. ....... ...... 3O p 30 p
Bank Stock for Account ... ...... — 195%
Consols for Account, Oct. 17
Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ......
1,0001. June ...... ..........
500/. June
Small, March 32 p
Small, June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS

MTE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.

Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent
Ditto. 3 per Cent 46
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 167i3
Russian Bonds ... ...... ... 99
Dividends on the above payable in London.
PRICES OF PAID.
BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O ..... 161/ l6:-A
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 33/4 ......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%42 —
Belfast & County Down 17 4
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... -
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Jane.— 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...
Bristol and Exeter B5 . ..
Ditto, Thirds .. ..... 25
Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
Caledonian .. ... 50
Ditto, Half Shares .. ei
Do. New 101. Pref..... 21h.....
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 47%...... .......
Ditto, Preference l5
Clarence 'l/

78 —
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 1014
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 30
...
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 . —
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 .....
Do., 31. 105.
Eastern Couaties...
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 64 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
I Wino, Class B (I. &
and B.) 2O
Ditto, Class C, ditto—, 17%.

Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent 2I,E •..
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614......
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters -
East Lincolnshire ...... 23
..
......... .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
......
..
......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/ —
...
. "•
Edinburgh and Northern 25
..........
Ditto, New 6.!4 ...... . ...
Ditto, Newport _............ ..
13 ...... —.
Ditto, ditto, New ••• ............ --
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 23' ................ '-
.... _ .... ...
•• •• -
. -

Ditto, New ... 2
Glasig9w, Dumfries, and

3%

Carliele
—B/. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 ............
..... .
Ditto, New .. 40

••• •
Do. Preference Consul. 15 ...... . .... •• ••
.
Great Northern
..... 61/814 •' •••••••••
Do., London and York 2%.
... ...............
heat South. and West
(Ireland)
.........
_
Great North of England.loo
............
Ditto, New, 401, . 40

614

_ ..-‘, . ...... ••• -
Ditto, ditto l5 - ...........
Ditto, New, 301 3O
......
Ditto, New, 151.........14
..,
...........
treat Western 9O ... 75 ...... .......
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
...
Ditto, "4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O ......
Ditto, New 171 171 13 ... „
Lluddersfield and Manch. 28 ..... Ditto, Thirds . . ....... 9 ..... -
Hull
and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto,
Half Shares ... 25 ......
Ditto, '4 Shares .... 121/2.--
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds ......... 10
Lancash: & '

30%
7514
421/2
16

-ire Yorkshire 93 —
Ditto, ditto ............ 86 ..... 62 x.d
Ditto, 1/2 Shares ...... 43 .•• •• ..'"
..•••• ..
••
•• • ...
Do. Fifths... ..
5 54 x.d •5l x.d.
Do. Sixteenths 61,4 4l/2
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ....•
Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 21/2
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ......
Ditto 1/2 (late Hod-
dersfield and Sheff.) 43
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract, and Goole) ... 50
Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 .. ... -- -- .....
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. 1/2 Shares (A).— 914 •••• —
Leeds and Bradford 5O
.....
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 52 .

Do., Half Shares —
Do., (blue) Scrip 23(... .. —.
Leeds and Thirsk ....
Ditto, New ...... ....... 30
Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% — ....... ........
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . —
Liverp., hi 342 —
Manchester, and 1
Newcastle Junction... 2 A.,.... _
LoDndoo.
n
E lk x
tßenlascioknw.a.ll.......l. 3.
12.628%
London, Brighton, and. 8.1....... ...... :
_--_--
South Coast
Do.Guarant.s per ct.., 9 ~, _
... .
..........
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 ..
..
Ditto, ditto..-.. 1852 50
.....••• ...... ......
Ditto, New 5/., guar.
6 per cent. .. 4 ...... 4 4
London aanpnrddeGNferr.eewenneewesiei.c.rnhilBl2/00/1175.5.5.24..dd.1....0..9 -iii.
108
...
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110 4
Loppiitttnto:
New
............ 7
:::....:
_6.14 6
radoners (L.& B.) 22
...............
/Fl..ifthS(hßaisr.e.B,;(*Bi.:7. L 3 25 ........... —491,4341./.2...............-1
....... 296 ii
DDD
000 Ditto,:.* 4ll
00
/. (M . & B.) B. 9
Do. loi. (Bi. & B.) C. 1 .
....:*.. **
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