The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1848

their respective barracks to the old cry of
Vice l'Empereur /—whispers on every lip of the
approaching doom of the Republic, and dreams of the
speedy proclamation of NAPOLEON 111., by the grace
of GOD, and the will of the people, Emperor of the
French. If there was little of the romance of 1815,
there was much of its forebodings. If there was an
equal dread of an imperial conspiracy, there was
hardly any tendency towards its accomplishment. If
the early flowers of spring could not, as of old, bloom
in the bosoms of the fair accomplices, if the eagles
and-the tricolours were not secreted in the cavities of
the regimental drums, if Queen HORTENSE was no
longer there, in the radiance of her beauty, to cast a
halo over the darkness of the preparations—it was
well-known that there was a live Princess in Paris,
who had sent to her upholsterer to have her
best bedroom re-furnished for the reception
of her cousin, the Adventurer. Well, all these tokens
of excitement are reiterated—day after day crowds of
the Parisians assemble in the neighbourhood of the
National Assembly—they have heard that the
Prince is about to make his appearance before
the representatives—they waylay every carriage,
they cluster round every horseman, they scrutinize
every foot-passenger in hopes of seeing the man whose
name is in every mouth, and who, if he had appeared
then, would have appeared at least invested with a
shadow of dignity such as might be compatiable with
the historical associations of his illustrious lineage.
He would have been greeted either with the awe of
silence or with the enthusiasm of acclamations. In
either case he would have saved himself from the
damning influences of the ridiculous. As it is, he
tarries, and tarries, and tarries, until expectation is
exhausted. Every one has gone homewards; the
city is humming with the routine of its daily occu-
pations, and suddenly Citizen Louis NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE (pruned of all his imperial
honours, and stripped of the prestige of so
many glorious souvenirs,) stalks through a side-door
of the National Assembly and sits down at the elbow
of his old schoolmaster. The effect is little less than
absolutely deplorable flatter than the flattest of
all flat- beer. "0, for an hour of old blind DAN-•
DOLO !" said the bard, who was half a Venetian.
" 0, for an hour of any one else than Prince Louis
NAPOLEON !" say we, in the painful sense of his in-
significance. It is positively wonderful to us how a man
who can think so soundly, and write so nobly, as the
son of Louis, King of Holland, can act so fool-
ishly, so frivolously, so ridiculously, as he has done,
again and again. - As the author of one of the finest
military works of ,ttie century, he has proved himself
worthy of his immortal name—but as a man who seems
to be destined to travesty all the glorious incidents of
the Fmpire, he is showing himself to be a mannikin
clad in the panoply of a giant, an ass covered with
the skin of a lion, a dwarf armed with the helm, and
the greaves, and the breastplate of a GOLIATH. The
most charitable construction which can be put upon
his conduct is, that the intellectual disease which
rendered his father a King of virtuous inefficiency is
hereditary. Let France view these incidents correctly,
and she never disgrace the records of her new
Constitution by electing the Citizen Louis NAPO-
LEON BONAPARTE as the first President of the Re-
public.

Preparation for war is the preservation of peace.
This is a truth which we beg to offer to the consider-
ation of Mr. COBDEN and Mr. STURGE, and the
members of the Peace Congress generally. It is a
sentiment which, had we been in the place of the
Hon. Member for the West Riding when the three
propositions for the Congress were submitted to his
consideration, we should have begged leave to substi-
tute for thiit startling:aßouncement conveyed in pro-
sition rei'OrimiceA iiiffa';Matter of primaiy
importance, general disarmament to the several Go-
vernments of Christendom." To recommend the
several Governments of Europe to lay aside their
arms, and this, too, as a matter of primary importance 1
This recommendation, gravely uttered and seriously
advocated though it be, falls upon our ears like some
fragment of the " Arabian Nights," or a paragraph of
the " Utopia," so extraordinary is it, and so entirely
unsuitable to present times and circumstances. Were
it pot- that we are well aware how marvellous
!ieli:rsicorts haunt the brains and warp the judgments of
, J'aenthusiasts in any cause, were it not for iliscon-
: iciun we should be inclined either to doubt the
4 tbos?. rod ecommendation,
'they ti-d:it:',l'itv''4l4;4l4zedulous
a the
sanity of those whom they address: But, as it

is, we believe them to be enthusiasts—enthusiasts in a
good paßse7-and consequently we at once understand
the method of their madness, and make due allow-
ance for its vagaries. They are enthusiasts in a good
cause, in a most holy cause—the cause of universal
peace—a ceu* in which we beg to assure them they
are not one jot more interested than ourselves, only
we happen .to differ from them in their mode of pro-
gression. We, too, are no less anxious than Mr.
COBDEN for the advent of the day—
" When angry lances into scythes shall bend,
And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end;"

or, according to the yet happier definition of a more
modern poet, for the day—

" When man to man the world o'er
Shall brothers be and a' that."
We are solicitous for the advent of such a day, and
what is more, we believe that such a day will arrive
—it will arrive when civilization shall have consum-
mated her yet but half-accomplished task. We,will
even go a step further, hand-in-hand with Mr.
..,,knd admit that the Peace Society is ani-
mated with laudable motives, and may, perhaps, be
productive of beneficial results; but here we must part
company. We cannot concur. with the champion
of free trade, in approving the
_propositions to be
submitted to the Peace Congress at their meeting at
Brussels.. The third of these propositions, which we
have already quoted, excites our unmingled astonish-
ment, an astonishment which is considerably increased
by the " fact" that a man of Mr. COBDEN'S practical
sense should listen to it calmly and approvingly.
True, Mr. COBDEN brings to the support of his cause
the fundamental truths of Christianity. He may say
with justice, that he is " contending for a principle
based upon truth, and sanctioned by the law of GoD,"
but that fact in no wise enforces the "recommenda-
tion." Peace is enjoined in the GOspei, it is true, and
iti the same way murder and stealing are positively
forbidden ; but, because an anathema is placed upon
those crimes, would Mr. STURGE or Mr. COBDEN be
inclined to leave their doors without a fastening or
their money without a lock ? Not so ; they admit the
enormity of the crime, but they are also aware of the
depravity of human hearts, and therefore they deem
it right and necessary to take all possible precautions.
In the same way, say we, let us extol the blessings
and enforce the duty of peace, but at the same time
let us take measures to preserve it and ourselves. To
be prepared for war is the true way to maintain
peace, that is in present times and circumstances.
Not so ! exclaims the Peace Congress, and not so !
re-echoes Mr. COBDEN. Let us lay aside our arms.
Let the good and the peaceably-disposed (for only
such will obey the summons) lay aside their arms,
and put themselves and their cause .in the hands of
the evil-disposed. Let the Governments of Christen..
dom lay aside their arms, and let anarchy and am-
bition triumph. But, impressed as we are with a
sense of the impracticable and pernicious nature of
this, their proposition, in arguing against it we seem
to be fulfilling an ungracious task. We seem
to be arguing against a cause of which we are our-
selves warm advocates. But we oppose not the cause
but its misjudging friends—its misjudging friends—
who, stepping across that indispensable boundary
which separates sich wide extremes, plunge from
the sublime to the ridiculous, and enunciate maxims
of heavenly wisdom in a tone which excites for them
only scorn and derision. It is not in this way that
universal peace must be promoted. To our thinking
the Anti-Corn-law League, which abolished mono-
poly and extended commerce, did more, infinitely
snore, towards the propagation of peace than will
ever be accomplished by the Peace Congress, and so
it will be to the end of the chapter. As Necessity
is the mother of Invention, so is Commerce the parent
of Peace. By international commerce, nations become,
as we have so often been tauntingly told, " dependent
upon foreigners." blay commerce extend, say we,
until all nations be so dependent upon each other that
peace becomes not a golden dream, hut an absolute
essential.

At the time when Mr. ROWLAND HILL first pro-
posed his plan of penny postage, he intended it only

as one part of a great scheme of postal reform, which,
if adopted in its totality, would have increased the
revenue while it diminished the rate of postage.
That Prince of Bunglers, LOYCI:MONTEAGLE (the most
miserably inefficient financier that ever mismanaged
the exchequer of a country, in comparison with whom
Sir CHARLES WOOD is a paragon of excellence, and
Lord BEXLEY an actual approach to perfection)
adopted one portion of the plan only, and that with
a very bad grace, and left the subject of reform in
the management of the Post-office quite untouched.
The subject was of course unpalatable to the Post-
office authorities, and was consequently tabooed, and
it was not until the Marquis of CLANRICARDE be-
came Postmaster-General, and re-instated Mr. Row-
LAND HILL in his former position, that the subject of
general Post •office improvement stood any chance of
being regarded. Although not entertained by the
higher Post-office authorities, there were some in a
lower official position who felt convinced that the
consideration of the subject of Post-office improvement
could not be much longer delayed, and who devoted
themselves to the study of the subject. Amongst these
the most diligent and the most successful has been
Mr. WILLIAM JAMES, Messenger in the Inland Office,
whose recently published "Suggestions for the General
Improvement of the Post-office," should be attentively
studied by every postal reformer. The improvements
in management, which he therein suggests, would, if
carried out, not only give satisfaction to the public,
but would benefit many of tke employes of
the Post- office, and injure none. Mr. JAMES
proposes to obtain his objects by a consolidation of
the General Post and the London District Post-offices,
and by a consolidation of the Foreign and Ship Letter
Post offices, and fortunately Mr. JAMES is enabled,
from his position and his intimate acquaintance with
Post-office business, to meet his adversaries (if
adversaries he should have) upon details, which is
generally the strong ground of the opponents of
administrative reform. We hope, however, that
there is every reason for believing that the sugges-
tions of Mr. W. JAMES will be adopted. Mr. T. S.
DUNCOMBE, that indefatigable shower•up of Post-
office abuses, recommended the suggestions to the
Marquis of CLANRICARDE, as " well worthy" his Lord-
ship's attention. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE bears
his testimony to " the zeal with which Mr. JAMES
has devoted himself to the study of postal affairs, and
to the good character which he bears in his depart-
ment," and Mr. ROWLAND HILL considers that the
suggestions evince "great industry and considerable
talent and knowledge of the subject." Under these
' circumstances we trust the day is not far distant
when the public will enjoy the advantages which
' must accrue to them from the adoption of these sug-
gestions, and when Mr. Jesus will reap the well-
merited reward of his labours. •

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes the following official para-
graph :
Several journals have published the following para-
graph :—' The French Government has sent orders to
our diplomatic agents at Naples, and to our navy, to put
a stop to the hostilities betweenn Sfeily and the Neapolitan
Government.' This note is incorrect, in so far as it
gives room for the supposition that the French Govern-
ment could have given, indirectly, orders as well to Sicily
as to the Neapolitan Government. The Republic could
not interfere in such a case, excepting in the name of
humanity."
The Presse gives the following as the substance of
the reply of the Austrian Government to the offer of
mediation by England and France in the affairs of
Italy
The note," says the Presse, "establishes three prin-
cipal points, viz.:—
" That the war undertaken by King Charles Albert
against Austria, not being justifiable by any principle of
international law, cannot establish in favour of the Crown
of Sardinia the least pretension over any part of the
Lombardo-Venetian kingdom.
"2. That Austria, in maintaing herself intact in
possession of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, is far
from pursuing territorial aggrandizement, and claims the
accomplishment of the guarantees established in her
favour by the seven Powers who signed the final act of
Vienna, guarantees whieh find a new support in the
right of conquest, since Marshal Radetzky, in driving the
Sardinian army beyond the Tessino, re-established, in
fact, the strict statl4 quo, such as it was before the war,
and such as it has been taken as the basis of the armis-
tice concluded at Milan. on the 9th of August last, be-
tween the two belligerenepowers.
" 3. That the mediation offered by France and Eng-
land cannot, in any case, have for its object to alter the
system of the political equilibrium of Europe without
the co•optration of the Powers which have founded and
guaranteed it.
" This being laid down, Austria, while she renews in
the most formal manner her reserves as regards the pos-
session of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, proposes
to convoke a general Congress, at which, by a common
accord between all the Powers of Europe, the most pro-
per measures shall be concerted on the one hand to in.
sure the national and independent administration of the
Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; and, on the other hand,
to consolidate in a durable manner the tranquillity of the
Peninsula beyond the Appenines. Without laying down
in a precise manner her ideas on this point, Austria ap-
pears to wish to propose to the Congress to attach Lom-
bardy and Venice to the Imperial Crown, by bonds simi-
lar to those which, in the original intention of the Em-
peror Alexander, were to have united the Grand Duchy
of Warsaw to the sceptre of Russia—that is to say, by
the bonds of its own constitution."

The Frew adds that it is proposed that the Con-
gress should meet at Innapruck, and that this note
has been communicated not only to France and
England, but to Russia and all the other Powers
which were parties to the Treaty of Vienna.
The trial of Colonel CONSTANTINE was brought to
a conclusion on Tueiday. He was found guilty of
having taken part in the insurrection of June, and
sentenced to three months' imprisonment, to be
cashiered from the army, and to be declared incapable
of service in the State, `either in a military of civil
capacity.
Among the few " Red Republicans " who, in the
National Assembly on Tuesday, voted against autho-
rizing the prosecution against RASPAIL for his
connexion with the affair of the 15th of May, was
M. LEDRU ROLLIN. He was saluted with cries of
" Oh, oh l" from all parts of the Assembly, and
seemed somewhat disconcerted at his reception.
The general debate on the 20th article of the Con-
stitution was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday by
a speech from M. DUPIN. The consideration of the
amendment of M. DUVEROIER DE HAURANNE in
favour of two Chambers will be the next subject for
discussion.

The Prince arid Princess of CAPUs have arrived at
Marseilles.

In the National Assembly, yesterday, the discus-
sion was commenced oni the amendment of M. ROUEN
to the 20th article of the Constitution. The object
of this amendment is to,suppress the article as origi-
nally proposed, and to substitute for it another, esta-
blishing two Legislative Chambers. M. DE Leman,-
TINE opposed the 'amendment, and eloquently con-
tended in favour) or orie Legislative Chamber. M.
ODILLON BARROT rose to reply to him, and was speak-
ing when the post left.
The Committee on the Constitution have deter-
mined to postpone the 2sth article, relative to the
mode in which the elections of representatives is to.
be conducted, and to bring it forward as an organic
law.

BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27.
THREE o'CLocx.—The Bourse was exceedingly agi-
tated to-day, first, by the news brought by the London
papers, that the house of Devaux and Company had
undertaken to raise a loan in London for the French
Government; secondly,by a report that the Government
party and the Moderates in the Assembly had come to
an understanding by which General Cavaignac was to
be elected President of the Republic for two years; and
in the :third place, by the incident of M. Louis Napo-
leon Bonaparte having quietly taken his seat in the
Assembly, which is considered favourable to public
tranquillity. Both Rentes and Shares continued firm
during the whole day, and after two o'clock the demand
for Rentes was very brisk, and a great deal of busi-
ness was done. The Railway Shares were also firm.
For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have
risen 50e., and Five per Cents. have risen 75e.; the
Loan has risen 85c. For Money, the Three per Cents.
have risen 35c.; Five per Cents. have risen 57c.; and
the Loan 75c.; Bons du Tresor are at 22%1 dis.; Bank
of France shares have risen 5f.; Belgian Bank Shares
not quoted;. Five per Cents, have risen If per cent.
Spanish Active are quoted at 14, and Three per Cents.
at 24; Passive not quoted. Roman has risen per
cent. in consequence of the news of the formation of the
new Ministry. Rothschild's Receipts are without any
change. Exchange on London (30 days), 25f. 32ic.;
ditto (90 days), 25f. 17ic. Railway Shares for the Ac-
count, settling of Sept. 30:—The only business done was
in Strasburgs, at 314 f. 25c.; for money, the Versailles
(Left Bank) have risen If. 25c.; Ilavres, 21. .50c.;
Bordeaux, If. 25f. The Orleans, Rouen, Marseilles,
Basks, Vicrzons, and Lyons remain as yesterday;

would punish with death any mason or workman who
should assist in rebuilding the fortifications.
The Carlist band of Gammedi have succeeded in
surprising the city of Caspe, where they seized the
public treasury.
The Gageta contains the following proclamation
from General BRETON :
" Don Manuel Breton, Conde Ribay Picamoxons,
Visconde de Val de Sales, Lieutenant-General of the
Army, and Captain-General of New Castile, &c.
" Considering the peculiar state in which the pro-
vinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo are at present. and
the necessity of invigorating the action of the military
authority, in order to put an end to the evils produced
by the bands of robbers, who, sheltered by the inequali-
ties of their mountains, sow alarm and agitation among
the pacific people, whom they threaten with their lawless
proceedings, I have decreed as follows:--
" Art. f. The provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo
are declared under martial law.
" Art. 2. The authorities of the different branches of
the State shall continue in the exercise of their functions,
though dependent on the military authority.
" Art. 3. The Brigadier Don Job Maria Sanz, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the province of Ciudad Real, who
commands the forces of -operations, remains charged
with the execution of this decree, and to dictate the pro-
visions requisite for producing the desired effect.
_ " MANUEL RRETON.

" Madrid, 20th September, 1848."
MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 22.—Three per Cents.
were at l9f buyers, sellers; Five per Cents. 101
buyers, sellers ; Coupons, 6 sellers; Passive Debt,
32- buyers, sellers ; Bank Shares 49 to 50 buyers,
54 sellers; Exchange on London, 49f. 80c.

GERMANIC

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

BADEN.

The insurgents have torn up the rails between
Darmstadt and Weinheim, and two locomotives and
some empty carriages have in consequence been pre-
cipitated off an embankment and smashed to atoms.
Some skirmishing took place between the insurgents,
the 24th at Berken-
anedthe troops on the night of
him.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady.
Sales 5,000 bales, of which 4,500 were American at 3id.
to 6d.—ln Railway Shares there was very little done,
and prices were almost invariably on the decline.
The accounts received from the continent this morn-
ing state that business was dull in various places, but at
Marseilles there had been some activity in sugar and
similar product:. At Amsterdam the exchange on
London was 11 19.
Accounts from Dutch East India, dated Batavia, the
26th of July, advise us of all being quiet there, though a
renewal of the war was expected.
It is stated to us that " The advices from Canada, both
public and private, still continue to narrate the unset-
tled state of things commercial and social. The
Government, if such a term can with propriety be
applied to the gentlemen now holding office, and
swaying the destiny of this most important and valu-
able portion of the British possessions, seemed deter-
mined not only to carry extraordinary measures, and
exhibit utter incapacity to conduct public business, but
are resolved to convince the Governor-General that he
is not to play first fiddle, but to moderate his tone
and pretensions to a very low key, and one
degrading to the representative of our Lady
the Queen, who would most indignantly de-
nounce a Minister daring to express a wish that her
Majesty shOuld violate a written promise. But it ap-
pears by a correspondence published in the Montreal
Gazette, of the 2d instant, that Lord Elgin has shown
such a want of firmness, and of the dignity due not only
to his high position but to himself as a gentleman, that
he has, at the instance of his constitutional advisers, with-
drawn a written appointment without a shadow of
grounds. It appears that on the 10th January, 1848, E. A.
Meredith, assistant-secretary, wrote an official letter to
Mr. P. Stewart, appointing him Sheriff of the Eustace dis-
trict. to which situation be was highly recommended by
all the influential persons of the country, to whom his
qualifications and fitness for the appointment were
known, as he had discharged the duty of Deputy-Sheriff
for many years. The appointment is accepted; he gives
the necessary bonds and securities, enters upon his
duties; but what' follows? On the 21st of March he re-
ceives a letter from Mr. Sullivan, the Provincial Secretary,
cancelling the appointment, and stating, lam com-
manded by his Excellency to inform you that, under
present circumstances, his Excellency has come to the
conclusion that the public service requires the appoint-
ment of another gentleman, instead of yourself, to the
office in question.'
In another letter from the secretary (for the corre•
spondence is very long) he states that nothing dero-
gatory to your character was the cause of the
change in the appointment.' It appears that the
appointment was cancelled without reason, to make
room for the friend of one of the Ministers 1
It is quite evident, from the present state of things,
that a man of more stern mettle must succeed Lord El-
gin, and that quickly. Commercial affairs are bad, and
political excitement is on the increase."
These are the sentiments of a private writer, and as
such we give them.
The determination of the Bank of England proprie-
tary not to divide more than the current profits was
announced yesterday afternoon after the ballot, and
gives satisfaction generally, although the question of
the " Rest" will, no dotibt, be hereafter mooted,
The dullness of business in Public Securities has at
length produced an • impression, and prices are lower.
Consols 85k to .864 for Transfer, and 86 to 864 for
Account. Exehequer-bills have been 295. to 335. pre-
mium for those of March.
In the Foreign Market business is excessively dull.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 114, and: the Three per
Cents. about 22i to 23k. Portuguese Old Bonds have
been at 70. Mexican Stock is 17 to 174.
Railway Shares have been heavy again, and the values
are lower generally.

CLOSING
PRICES.
85X

ONE
PRICES OF isitITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities B6 86% 85%
India Bonds, 1,0004
Ditto under 1,0001.........3!p
Consols for Account, Oct. 17
Kxchequer Bills 21,4 d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ...... 33 29 p 29 p
1,000/. June 26 29 p 29 p
5001. June
Small, March .. 30 33 p 33 p
Small, June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS oNE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 17% 17 17% 17%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 7O
Ditto, 4 per Cent —•
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.

32 p
86

11%
23
23th

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen 5O
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 33/4
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% —
Belfast & County Down 174
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..
Birming.,Wolverh'pton;
and Stour Valley 13/. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 10
Boston, Statnfd & Birm. 5 ..
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds
buckinghamxhire... 141. 4s.—
Caledonian -
Ditto, Half Shares ......
New 10/. Pr0f..... 24..... 2
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 47% — .......
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30 — ...
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 —
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 —
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31.105.
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent........... 71:4•••••• .14••••••., ..... •••
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/. 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
Ditto, Class B (L &
and B.) 2O
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 171.

Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10— — . ...... .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent.-- 2%
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 6%...... 3%...............

12%

34

Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- ...
ference Quarters .... 4i,4 . -
East Lincolnshire ...... 23
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50

Ditto,—Half Sharei... 15 .. —
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, New..
N .6%

. ..
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New 33/4. .... .--
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% ..... — --
Ditto, New ... ....... 25,13 ..... -
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... .............••
Ditto, New --........ 40
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%
great South. And West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England.loo ...—.
Ditto, New, 404 ..... ... 40
Ditto, ditto l5 ...... ..
Ditto, New, 30/......... 30
Ditto, New, 151......... 14 ..
Great Western 9O :.. .. 80 77
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O ...... 45
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O -
Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. 9% 10
Huddersfield and Manch. 28
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby ........50 ..-..
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ..... -
Ditto, IA Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... .... ...............
Ditto, Thirds' lO ...... ...............
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 • ..... --

4%

Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares ....... 43 ••• -
Do. Quarter Shares... 171/.2 ...... .......
Do. Fifths.... ... . .... ... 9 ...... ... ....
Do. Sixteenths ....... .. 61,4 ...... —'
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ....• ... .........
Do. New, Gua.6 perct. 5 ...... 5
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ......
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 43
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... ............
.....
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A)... 9% — ••.. —
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ......
Do., Half Shares 25 ..... ...
Do., (blue) Scrip 21,4......
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New ..... ........ 30 -- •• ••...
Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% — ....... .. ...
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . 3142 —
Liverp., Manchester, and .
Newcastle Junc6on... 2%......
London &Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 4%
Do. Extension ..... ... 22%... .. ---
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O
Do.Guarant. 5 per et-, 5 ••—•
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ..
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 -
Ditto, New Si., guar.
6 per cent. .. 4
LondonandGreenwich 12/1584d... 8 •••.••

. 26%

Ditto, Preference... 18/ 173 2d...
London and N. Western 100 109% 109 110... 110
Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22
Ditto, New ' 7
Ditto, Fifths ..... .. ... 2
Do. 401.Shares(L.M.) 25
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 ..... - .. ..... . .......
Do.
1100!. (11. & B.) B. 9 -••• ••• • ....... Iri
"...
PQ, 191. (bly & By) Qt 1 SIMI ".. f ........ •••111

6
43/4

Lon€l. & S. Western
Do. New 50/. .....
Do. Now 40/.
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto ......... 40
Ditto. Thirds ....- 111. 13s. 4d —
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls ...11. 13s. 4d —
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ...... -
Londonderry&Coleraine
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 25 .....
Lowestoft (4 per ct.)
Ditto (6 per ct.)
bianzhester,Buxton,and

38 t 4
27

Matlock •
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...loo
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% —•—•••••• ...
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 - •••.•••• .......
Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 35
Ditto ditto . ......... 11
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and

Lincolnshire 12%. ... -
Do., Grimsby Dock... 171,4 —
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s
Midland .... ..... ........100 ..... 83 83% 82% 82%
Do. Consolidated I'ref.100
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 20 ... .. 9% . 9%
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
D,..Consol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......
Ditto, Bnst. & Glocstr. 38 ......
Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 14/. 185....
Ditto,Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo -
Midland Great Westem
Irish
Biiddlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
NewcastieandCarhsle...100
-
Do. Quarters 25
Newmarket ... ...20 _

Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 ....•• ---
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpomt,
and Rostrevor 2O
Norfolk ...... ..... ....100
Do. New 201. :... lO
Do. Extension s:p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed 51,4 pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
Northlßritisb:........ ... 25 .. ... 173 A 18 17%
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters - 4
Ditto, Extension O% —
Ditto,lThirds .... .. .. 84 .. .. 3 dis 3l/ dii
North & South-Western 2 —
North Staffordshire l5 .... . VA 1A
North Wales . 3%
North-Western . lO
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton —.... 50
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate ' 10
Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ..•••
Scottish Central .... —. 25 .—...— .........
Scottish Midland..

Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.)
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 -
Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 2

17%
734
3%

-
9A

1%

Ditto ditto, Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) l6 ......
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 .....•
Ditto Oswestry ...... 16
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref
Shropshire Union
South Duvon
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 5% - ..•...........
• onth Eastern
Do., No. 1 24
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3 ............. 25 e 1434
Do.. No. 4:Thirds ... 10
South Wales .. 2B
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6
Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ••• •.. ..... .. •
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ..... ...... in it —
Vale of Neath ... .. 4

Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick 45
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 9
West Cornwall
West London ....... .
Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20
Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20
Whitehaven & Furness 13

143/4
63/
4

Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 91,4 —.
Wilts, Somerset,& Wey-
mouth 4O — -
York, Newcastle, arid
Berwick. .... ... ........ 25 — •.. .. ... 27%
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25
""Do. Extension No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 15
Do. G.N.E.Prelerence 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10

Do. East and W est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAY.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... 414 —
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzou) ... 17
Demerara l2l/2
Dendre Va11ey............ 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. . ...
Dutch Rhenish

East Indian 3 !4 ...... .
Great Indian Peninsular 2,4

Louvain I, la Sambre ... 7-q —
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentia 2 ......
Namur and Liege 2O .•
Northern of France l2
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... %
Paris and Lyons ll
Do. Do. .
Paris and Orleans ...... 20 .....
Paris and Rouen ...,..... 20 ...-..
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 ...... —•••-••••••
Rouen and Havro
Sambre and Meuse 2O ............ ••
Strasbourg and 12115122..z22._=

25

3.4
414

1%

LLOYD'S SHIPPI.NG—(THIS DAY.)
osoffn Lundy, frOlll
LONDON, SEPT. 28.—Wind N.—Light breeze and
dull hazy weather, with rain.
hi
n ore,Aaa l
wtveii CARDIFF, St
o this zrT 27.—TheporviMarythi
ro sua
20th inst.; crew saved.
RRYL, SEPT. 26..--The sloop Sarah, of Liverpool,
coals laden, was picked up off the Point of Ayr in a sink-
ing state, and brought in here.
WICKS, SEPT. 25.—The brig Margaret Scott, Watson,
came on shore at Dunbarth, in Lathrop Bar, yesterday,
and is likely to become a wreck; part of the cargo (her.
rings) saved in a damaged state.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. 26th,
Mary Harrington, M'Fie, St. John's, New Brunswick.
•
Sld. 27th, Bergman, Wakeham, Lima ; Ellen, MiLach-
ltaonr
aS, Savannah
New York; 2Elus, Driscott, New Orleans;
; West Point, Allan, New York Vie.
Asia, Hannah, Mobile. Off port 27th, Sarah Sands
steamer, lifew York .

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27. —Wind E.N.E., fresh breezes.
—Arrd. 26. Daring, Port le Bas.

DEAL, SEPT. if.—Wind E. Arrd. Agamemnon,
Crawford, Callao; Charles Saunders, Shippegan; Alice,
Denis; Vria Yrienden; de Coyn, Amsterdam, and sld.
for Batavia ; Daniel Neamann, Gefla, and ald. for
Rio Janeiro ; David Carnegie, Wallander, Gothenburg,
and sailed for Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the
River and sld. 27. Camilla, Canney, Jamaica.
DOVER, SEPT. 26.—The Wave, from Pugwasb, has
been in collision with the Chieftain of Whitby, when
the former lost main rigging and sails.
HARTLEPOOL, SEPT. 26.—The Laborians, of Sunder-
land, was spoken yesterday, ten miles off Whitby, mak-
ing much water the day before, but had taken up again
the following day.
MILFORD, SEPT. 26. Sld. Marquis of Hastings,
Sabeston, Sierra Leone.
GUERNSEY, SEPT. 22.—S1d. Lily, Pernambuco.
OFF PORTLAND, SLUT. 24.—Jeantine, Surinam.
OFF THE WIGHT, SEPT. 25.—George, Heinrichoen,
Singapore for Hamburgb.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
1173EINVGILTB AND ratADEMISAI.zi.
f
Our markets were well supplied with eachoknionwdino
meat, the demand for which was heavy, on the 3,
4d to
terms :—Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Muttonti;
2d
r4sor6kd, ;38L8admtob,5338p8edr
8t oth4ss
blyodt
the
cVeal,arca carcase.
MEAT ME.A.T TILEAMICZTO.
" Our market was homy and
SOUTHALL, SEPT. 2i.—
f which was on the in-
each kind of stock, the supply
tßoe4efs, froodm;
in-
crease,
to
e4.saindmpurtitcenns,
4d to 4s 8d per Sibs to
Pork, 4s
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ; and
sink the offal.
0 Prime Sheep and Pigs moved
ROMPORD, SEPT. .7.--
h3as had
tdoo4w- sn lliador ;d Lt eanmd be n,
cis.
Otherwise the demand was
from 3s to 4s ; Mutton,
4s 10d ; Veal, 3a 6d to
ionff
astesaldngilgyisaht
sfutalltep.ricßese.etof,
4s 10d per 81ba ; Suckling
quarter old store Pigs, 16s to
33: Bidodt;oasnss•
Pork, Lamb, 4 4ss
to
an,d
Mutton,prices w3serieodnotot supported. Beet,
4s 4d
2Claslveeasc,hl.Bs to 245; and
HAILSSAM, SEPT. 27.—We had a very heavy general
6d to 4e; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d
demandto
yteoa-dl,s3ys,
per
was dull, with
ARUNDEL, SEPT. 26.—Trade generally
sfriobms. 3s 4d to. 4s•
a full average supply of stock on offer. Beef, from 3s 4d
to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal,
3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, SEPT. 27.—We had a full supply of fat
stock to-day. Prices were lower, with a fair demand.
Beet, from 3s 8d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 31 8d to 4s 8d;
Lamb, 55 to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s
to 5s per 81b. Suckling Calves, 20s to 30s; and
Quarter Old Store Pigs, 16s to 185 each, - -

NAY T.&ZZETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 3/ 14s; New
ditto, 2l 8s to 3l 7s; Old Clover, 414 s to 5/ ; New ditto,
31 lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 5s to 1/ 9s per load.
Trade dull, at barely late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 3/ 15s;
New ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 4/ to 41185;
New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 las
per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at tho
above quotations.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 3/ 13s;
New ditto, 2/ 8s to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 414 s to 5135; New
ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 .5s to 119 s per
load. Supply good, and trade very dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Sept. 28,1848, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale*
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BARLEY.' 1
OATS. RTE. BEANS. 1 TEAS.
I
PRICE .. 525 4d I 33s 7d 21111 d I 32s Od 375 lld 378 lid
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. 1 AYE. 1 BEANS. I TEAS.
is Od 2s Od Is Gd 25 Od 25 Od 21 Od