The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEM BER l4, 1048.

own bosom the supreme authority, and the stake has
ultimately become the crown of a perjured dynasty.

Is FREDERICK Wm:lElms° besotted that he cannot
recognise even at this eleventh hour the falseness of his
position ? If he had one spark of the perceptive genius
of the Great FREDERICK, he would perceive that he
is being rendered the silly instrument of th • rigorous
and now revengeful policy of CLEMENT, Prince MET-
TERNICH•WINNEBORG—that he is being impelled
blindly forward to a precipice, which will result in
his speedy destruction. Has he no inkling of a pro-
spective abdication ? Or will he drain to the very
dregs the deadly bowl of retrogression ? Before long
the consequence will be sufficiently manifest—the
current of events causing the people and the troops to
eddy with frightful rapidity to a collision. One con-
solation remains to Prussia in the midst of these ex-
traordinary dangers—the people are no longer the
victims of a dazzling and perilous deception. The
Diet is strong in its integrity, and the KING weak in
the revelation of his egotism.

Until Guildhall is restored to quiet after the fes-
tivities of Thursday evening, it must not be forgotten
that on that occasion the annual ball will be held for
the purpose of accumulating funds for the destitute
refugees of Poland. Despite the ungenerous and
almost incomprehensible opposition of some amongst
our Contemporaries, we are satisfied that the proceeds
of this charitable entertainment will be in some mea-
; sure commensurate with the wants of the unfortunate
exiles from Lithuania. In addition to the usual at-
tractions of the assembly, it will be observed that
Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., the newly-inagurated Lord
Mayor, has promised to attend the ball on Thursday
evening, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and a
distinguished party of the additional supporters of
the Association. Among these we must also direct
especial attention to the name of M. GUSTAVE DE
BEAUMONT, the French Ambassador to the Court of
St. James's, who has generously announced his in-
tention to countenance the charity by his attendance,
together with that of his two attachés, one of whom
is understood to be a nephew of M. DE LAMARTINE.
Under such auspices it is impossible but that the de-
monstration in behalf of the banished patriots of
Russian-Poland must prove eminently successful.
The hopes of Lord DUDLEY STUART and his noble-
spirited colleagues will not be disappointed, and the
volweary alms amassed by the committee of manage-
ment will assuredly be no longer grudged by any
portion of the English press, when the necessitous
condition of the recipients is calmly and dispas-
sionately taken into consideration.

We have repeatedly directed the public attention to
various defects in the administration of the criminal
law. The want of a public prosecutor has long been
deplored. In the absence of such a functionary;
whose duty it would be to investigate all charges that
might be submitted for his consideration, and to see
that all fitting cases (and no others) were put in a
proper train for investigation—there is not only a
probability that the most heinous offenders may
escape the consequences of their guilt, but also
that innocent persons may be involved in
serious inconvenience by being most unnecessarily
and wantonly subjected to the expense and
annoyance of a criminal prosecution at the mere
caprice of some malevolent or vindictive assailant.
The execution of the criminal law is, in fact, left in a
great degree to chance. But while this is the case,
we act as if it were impossible that any mistake could
be committed. We seem to think that our criminal
tribunals are absolutely infallible, that they cannot
err either in law or in fact. The British law guards
with the utmost jealousy anything relating to the
property of British subjects, but it leaves their life
and liberty comparatively unprotected. If a sum
of money be demanded every precaution is taken
to prevent the enforcement of an unjust claim ; the
defendant must be personally served with a writ in-
forming him of the nature of the demand and the
amount claimed;; four days are: allowed :in which
he can settle the transaction, or tender whatever sum
he may believe himself to be fairly responsible for.
If be does not choose to avail himself of this opportu-
nity the declaration may be filed at the end of eight
days. This document must be accompanied by a bill
of particulars, giving the fullest particulars of the
claim ; a certain time is allowed for pleading, which
will always be extended, if anything should
render such a course desirable. When the matter
comes on for trial (which cannot be until
due notice has been given to afford ample time for
preparation), either side may, if dissatisfied with the
result, more for a new trial, on various grounds ; for
instance, that the verdict was against the weight of
evidence, or that improper evidence had been ad-
mitted, or indeed for a variety of other causes too
numerous to mention ; or the decision may be alto-
gether changed, as the verdict set aside and a nonsuit
entered, and vice versa; and points may be carried
from tribunal to tribunal until the case reaches the
highest court of appeal, the House of Lords. Such
are the guarantees afforded for the enjoyment of
property, whether real or personal.
How different is it, however, if the charge against
a party should assume a criminal character. He ob-
tains no previous intimation as to the nature of the
accusation. Bills of indictment are sent before the
grand jury, but he is not permitted to be present, to
rebut or toi explain the charge, neither will any
witness on his behalf be examined. It is, therefore,
unnecessary to set forth cases in which bills have been
found on the most frivolous and insufficient grounds.
The practice is notoriously of every-day occurrence,
and is so frequent that it has ceased to excite
astonishment or indignation. When the prisoner is
first called up to plead—generally at the sitting of the
Court, and during the absence of his professional
adviser, a brief abstract of the indictment is mumbled
over in a legal phraseology of which he is most probably
wholly ignorant. He must, however, plead at once
without a moment's time being allowed for considera-
tion, or even his being permitted to see a copy of the
indictment on which he is charged, and which may
be pregnant with such fearful results to himself. The
trial may follow without a moment's delay, so that he
may be called upon to rebut matters of which he
knew nothing previously. These disadvantages are
undoubtedly of a sufficiently formidable character,
but as if to render them still more dangerous, no
adequate remedy is given against any mistake either
by Judge or jury. If his Lordship should wrongly
interpret the law; if he should give a
wrong direction to the jury, or admit improper
evidence, the prisoner has no means of correcting the
error. It is true, that if the Judge himself ehould
entertain any doubt, he may remove the case, and
bring it before the tribunal which has curiously
enough been termed, " The Court of Criminal Ap-
peal." He may thus take the opinion of five of his
brethren as to the propriety of his decision, but it is
wholly optional with him whether he will do so or
not; and the unfortunate prisoner, whose life may be
at stake upon the result, has no mode by which he
can have the question solemnly argued. The Judge
is infallible if he chooses to assert that infallibility,
and refuse to reserve the case, as it is termed.

But, as far as the jury are concerned, the matter
is still worse. Although the Judge should dissent
from their verdict, it is final and conclusive—no ap-
peal can be taken, even with their own consent. Her
MAJESTY may extend the royal pardon to the cri-
minal, but although the country may be satisfied thtt
he was unjustly condemned, and his innocence may
subsequently be made manifest, he must, to the end
of his days, be regarded as a convicted criminal. His
guilt has been declared by a jury of his countrymen
and the record is indelible—it cannot be altered or
set aside under any circumstances whatever.

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The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
whose duty it is to judge whether the circumstances
of the me are such as to merit the exercise of the
Royal prerogative in favour of the convict, is so occu-
pied with his other multifarious avocations that many
months may elapse before the matter can be taken
into his con,ideratioa, during which time so innocent
party may be suffering most severe ard undeserved
punii.hment. Take, for instance, the case of the man
BARBER, who was convicted more than four and a
half years ago (in April, 1844), at the Central
Criminal Court, as being an accessory before the
fact to forgery. Every person must be familiar with
the circumstances of a case which at the time at-
tracted the utmost attention. It has since been re-
peatedly brought under the public notice, the prisoner
himself having at all times most steadfastly asserted
his innocence of the charge, and succeeded in con-
vincing many of the authorities with whom he was

brought in contact and many others thereof. At
length the Home Secretary decided on the matter,
and the result has been a free pardon to the
unfortunate sufferer, and the expression of
Sir G. GREr's opinion, " that he now
believes Mr. BARBER to have been free from any
guilty participation in the frauds of which he was
made the instrument." Can a stronger illustration be
required of the evils of the present system, and the
necessity that exists for the establishment of a real
court of appeal, by which errors of fact as well as of
law will be investigated and decided on, and to which
a prisoner will have in every instance a clear right of
appeal before the execution of any part of his
sentence ?

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

The fete of the Constitution bas passed off without
the least attempt at interrupting the public tran-
quillity. The public offices were illuminated in the
evening, and yesterday there were public concerts
given in the gardens of the Tuileries, the Luxem-
bourg, and other public places, which attracted large
crowds ; who, however, seemed to have come merely
to enjoy themselves, and uttered no political cries.
The Members of the National Assembly held a
meeting on Sunday, at which they determined to
support the candidature of General CAVAIGNAC for
the Presidency. The provincial journalists, hereto-
fore supporters of BUGBAUD and CHANGARNIEB, have
transferred their support to Louis NAPOLEON.
The Reforme publishes the following from its cor-
respondent at Berlin, dated the 9th inst., relative to
the Duchess of Orleans :

" I can state to you in the most positive manner, for
I have it from an authentic source, that the Duchess
of Orleans has just addressed a letter to the King of
Prussia. You are aware that she has been for the last
six months stationed in the neighbourhood of Weimar
with her young pretender. She has never, while there,
ceased to intrigue in favour of her son, as well with
Russia, (through the agency of the Duchess of Weimar,
a Russian Princess,) as with the honnete bleu party of
the French Republic and of Claremont. In the letter
she has just sent to the King of Prussia, she says that
the propitious moment for action will be that when Louis
Napoleon is elected. Once more I repeat that I can
guarantee the exactitude of this news, which, joined to
the defeat of the people of Vienna, gives such courage
to the Prussian Camarilla."

This statement is corroborated by the fact that de-
tachments of Russian cavalry and infantry are
moving on Prussian Poland, and that it is believed the
Russian army has crossed to the left bank of the
Vistula. Thus Russia is supporting Austria on the
side of Hungary, in Wallachia, and Prussia on the
side of Poland.

To these intrigues the Metternich clique of the
English aristocracy are no strangers. The recent
visits of M. GUIZOT to all parts of England have not
been without an object.

The members of the Commission of Mercy went
on Sunday to the various prisons and liberated 149
of the insurgents of June, in honour of the promul-
gation of the Constitution.
The National Assembly met yesterday, and con-
tinued the discussion of the Budget.
The Constitutionnel of yesterday declares in favour
of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. _

THREE o'CLocK.—The Bourse opened to-day with
every appearance of firmness. The ceremony of the in-
auguration having passed off quietly, it was supposed
that public confidence would in some degree recover; but
the quantity of stock sent into the market on behalf of
small holders is so great that the Rentes gradually
gave way, and closed fully per cent. below Saturday's
prices. For the Account, the French Three per Cents.
have declined 20c.; Five per Cents. have fallen 30c.;
and the Loan, 35c. For Money, the Three per Cents.
have declined 25c.; Five per Cents. have fallen 35c.,
and the Loan 20c.; Bons du Tresor not quoted; Bank
of France Shares have declined 17f. 50c.; Belgian
Bank Shares are at 645 f.; Five per Cents. are the
same as on Saturday; Spanish Funds not quoted;
Roman has fallen 4 per cent. ; Rothschild's Receipts
are at 77. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 52k;
ditto (90 days), 25 40. Railway Shares remain nearly
the same as on Saturday.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, NOT. 13.
Boulogne and Amiens, s%—Namur and Liege, 53/4_
Orleans and Bourdeaux, 134—Sambre and Meuse, 2%.

S PAIN.
bladJid journals of the 6th and 7th have arrived.
It is said that on the 19th, the fete day of the
QUEEN, an amnesty will be published.
AI ITTLIR has, it is said, retired into France.

The average price of wheat throughout Spain, for
the last month, was 34 reels per fanega (about 365.
per quarter). The lowest average was at Salamanca,
where it was 24 reels, and the highest at Barcelona,
where it was 53 reels per fanega.
MADRID BOLSI, Nor. 7.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 194 cash, and were 7-16 to 4 buyers,
after the close; Five per Cents., 9k to 4 buyers, 4
sellers. Coupons were done at 5 cash. Passive Debt,
34 buyers, I sellers. Bank Shares, 40 buyers, 44
sellers; discount on notes, 2 per cent. Exchange on
London, 48 50.

the Magyars, at the head of 102,000 men, leaving
30,000 to garrison Vienna. JELLACHICH'S division has
already set out for Hungary. The Hungarian
army, which is concentrated at Pesth is eighty
thousand strong. BUCHNER is advancing from
the southern provinces, and NIGAU from Styria
to aid WINDISCHGRATZ, while, on the other
hand, the National Guard and Academic Le-
gion of Lemberg, 5,000 strong, with nine pieces of
cannon, are advancing to join the Hungarians. The
towns of Gratz, Brunn, Lemberg, and Inn;Truck
have been declared in a state of siege.

PRUSSIA.

IMPEACHMENT OF THE MINISTERS BY
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-REFUSAL
OF SUPPLIES-REFUSAL OF THE BUR-
GHER GUARD TO BE DISARMED.

Accounts from Berlin have been received up to nine
o'clock on the day of the 11th, at which time the
public tranquillity remained undisturbed. The
National Assembly and the Burgher Guard and
people had determined to oppose a passive resistance
to the reactionary designs of the new Ministry, and
not on any account to give them an excuse
for letting loose the troops upon them. Hitherto the
Assembly has acted with the greatest prudence and
firmness ; by a continuance of that line of conduct
they cannot fail eventually to triumph. After Count
BRANDENBURG had quitted the Assembly on the
9th, the Assembly voted itself en permanence, and
called in the Me Battalion of the Burgher Guard
for its protection. The Commandant REMPLER ap-
plied to the Ministry to know whether it was their
intention to employ force to prevent the continuance
of the sittings of the Assembly at Berlin ? to which
the answer was in the affirmative, accompanied by an
intimation that if the Burgher Guard refused to obey
the orders of the Ministry the military would be
called in. The officers of the Burgher Guard then
held a meeting, at which it was agreed to inform
the Government that the Burgher Guard would
protect the Chamber as well as the Government
from all violence on the part of the people, but
that, should the military enter and attempt to expel
the members, the Burgher Guard would close
round the building, and stand with ordered
arms between the soldiers and the house, and
should the military then advance, in defiance of
the protest of the Burgher Guard and President,
the former would then retire, and take no part in
the proceeding. Shortly after this the Government
addressed the following questions to the commander
of the Burgher Guard 1. Is the Burgher Guard
prepared to expel the National Assembly by force
if so required? 2. What will be the conduct of the
Burgher Guard in the event of military being em-
ployed ? 3, Is it true that the Burgher Guard have
compelled the President and the members of the
House to continue their deliberations?" To this the
Burgher Guard staff replied 1. Two powers in
the State are now opposed to each other—the Crown
and the Legislative Chamber, neither of which powers
are entitled to employ force against or to constrain
the other ; and even inasmuch as the National
Assembly is not authorised to require the Burgher
Guard to act against the Crown, so is the Crown not
entitled to require the Burgher Guard to act against
the National Assembly. 2. The functionaries of the
Chamber were detained by the President himself,
who alone holds the right of enforcing discipline and
obedience within the Chamber. 3. The Burgher
Guard will only present passive opposition (to the
troops). The rest must depend upon circumstances."

In the meanwhile the Diet, under the protection
of the Burgher Guard, continued its deliberations,
and .at eight o'clock the following declaration to the
Nation was agreed to by the majority :
" The country is in danger. In despite of the almost
unanimous opposition of the Assembly, the Brandenburg
Ministry has been installed, and has commenced opera-
tions by a coup d'etat. The Assembly of National Re-
presentatives has been prorogued, to meet hereafter at
another place. Fellow-citizens—The National Assem-
bly, assemblW to represent your sentiments, can neither
be adjourned nor transferred elsewhere against its own
consent. We are firmly resolved to oppose this act of
force with all our energies and by every means in our
power. Confide in us. Unite one and all in defence of
the liberties we hare conquered, and bear in mind that
resolute courage always triumphs over peril.

" Berlin, Nov. 9, 1E48." -
This declaration was published, and met by the
following protest of the minority :
" The protest of the constitutional-monarchical De-
puties, in regard to the transfer of the National As-
sembly decreed by the King : The undersigned De-
puties hold themselves bound to explain to the country
and Assembly their motives for not attending the
further sittings of the Chamber, either this day or
hereafter, at Berlin. The law of the Bth April, which
convoked the Chamber fur the purpose of framing
a constitution, makes no mention of the place where
the Assembly is to be held. The selection of this place
is left to the will of the Crown. It exercised this right
when it convoked the Assembly at Berlin, and it exer-
cises a similar right in removing it to Brandenburg. In
our opinion, it not only possesses the right, but its duty
is so to do, since the adoption of this measure is the
only means of relieving ,us from the terrorism that is
exercised against us, and of restoring that freedom of
discussion which is essential to the dignity of the Assem-
bly. The prorogation of the Chamber is naturally and
intimately connected with this step ; otherwise the Go-
vernment would tall into a palpable contradiction with
itself, were it to permit any longer this abridgment of
our liberty. In our opinion, the right of the Crown to
issue the decree of this morning is indisputable, and we
consequently hold the Assembly bound to submit.
Should it not do so, we consider its proceedings to be
illegal, and will take no share therein. If, notwith-
standing this, the Chamber should continue its delibe-
rations, we protest against their resolutions, and declare
that we neither consider theca as binding upon us or
upon the country.
Sg n er
IbBy4Bab.,,out sixty Members.)
" Berlin, 9th November,

At five o'clock on the following morning, the Na-
tional Assembly re-assembled, and the President, M.
UNRUH, announced to the Members present (who
amounted to 240) the following communication which
he had received from the Minister :
" You have communicated to the State Ministry to-
day that several resolutions had been passed by the
National Assembly after its removal had been decreed.
I hold it my duty to inform you that such resolutions
are illegal, and to be considered null and void, and that
the deputies who have passed them have made them-
selves guilty of a violation of supreme rights, and of the
constitution.

" I request you to communicate this order to those
deputies who have thus committed a transgression of
the law, and have disobeyed his Majesty the King,
and beg you will consider that you and the deputies
who have been guilty of an infringement of the rights of
the Crown will be responsible fur the serious conse-
quences which may attend such an unlawful proceeding.
"Count Von BRANDENBURG.

" Berlin, Nov. 9.
" To the President of the National Assembly."
The President also announced to the Assembly
the following communication, which had been ad
dressed by the Chief of the Police to the Corn
mandant of the Burgher Guard :

" Berlin, Nov. 9.
" Whereas a portion of the National Assembly has
continued its deliberation, after that its prorogation had
been decreed by his Majesty, and as they have thereby
encroached upon the rights of the Crown, the Com-
mander of the Burgher Guard is requested to prevent
any further deliberations of the National Assembly.
As the said members intend to meet again t?-morrow
morning (this day, the 11th), the Commander of the
Burgher Guard is called upon not to grant them admit-
tance into the House, but not to prevent those within
the building from coming forth. A reply to this com-
munication is expected before six A.M. to-morrow morn-
ing. Should the reply contain a refusal to this demand,
the President of Police will take such measures as may
be deemed advisable.
(Signed) " B A RDELEBERN, President of Police."
To this the Commandant of the Burgher Guard
had returned the following reply
The Commander of the Burgher Guard, in perfect
accord with all the chiefs of battalions, begs to state that
the duty of the Burgher Guard is to protect constitu-
tional freedom and legal order ; end although no con-
stitution has yet been framed, it is clear from the decree
of the Bth of April that the National Assembly was ex-
pressly convoked at Berlin, the capital of the country.
The Crown having deemed it advisable to issue a decree
proroguing the Chamber, and removing it to Branden-
burg, and as it persists in this resolution, in opposition
to the protest of the majority of the Chamber, the Bur-
gher Guard cannot act in opposition to that freedom
which it is bound to defend, or comply with the demand
made to it, without violating the resolutions of the
majority, which it has resolved to mein tain
If the Burgher Guard were not withheld by
these considerations, it would be prevented from
complying. with your desire by the 63th section
of the Burgher Guard law, wherein it is expressly
stated that the Burgher Guard is bound
,to turn out for
duty upon the requisition of the representatives, of the
municipal authorities. or of their delegates, functionaries
belonging to the communal authorities.' The 128th see.
further declares that the Burgher Guard can only be
called upon to act in virtue of a resolution of the district
authorities, and ara not bound to attend to the orders of
individual members of these authorities, unless sanctioned
by the Council; still less are they bound to obey the
orders of individual police functionaries. This being
the ease, the staff of the Burgher Guard regrets that,
in thus placing itself upon strictly legal grouuds, it
cannot comply with your demand, nor can it abstain
from protesting against the employment of military

force for the purpose of restricting the free deliberations
of the Chamber, or for that of infringing the inviolabi-
lity of the people's representatives.
(Signed) "1-11:NI1'LER, Commander of
the Burgher Guard.
"Berlin, Nov. 10, two A.M.'

A copy of the above was at the same time en-
closed to the President accompanied by the following

letter :

"Berlin, Nov. 10, Three A.M.

" Sir,—l have the honour to inclose to you copy of a
reply of the Burgher Guard staff to a requisition of the
President of Police, and respectfully request your con
sideration of its contents. I have earnestly to request
you, Sir, to summon all the members of the Chamber to
return an answer thereto this morning before five
o'clock, as this will be the easiest means of enabling the
Burgher Guard to lend the requisi►"te protection to the
Assembly, and thereby to avert a sanguinary collision.
(Signed) " REMPLER.
" To the President of the National Assembly."

The President explained that on the receipt of
these communications he had issued summonses,
cAling the Assembly together at five o'clock in the

MO 'N ~fl,l IA L
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was
steady, and prices were well supported. The sales were
estimated at 5,000 bales, and comprised about 4,000
American at 2FI. to 6d.; 400 Pernams and Maratih.ims-,
chiefly at 4kl. to 41d.; 100 Egyptian at 50. 64d.; 200
Surat at 2id. to 20.; and 120 Sea Island at 64d. to is.
—For Railway Shares the market was dull, and prices
were declining.
The Niagara steamer brings later dates again from
the United States. The rate of Exchange on Lon Con
continued much the same. The imports being on the
decline, it will probably yet go lower. The English
creditors of Illinois will be glad to read the following.—
" There is no State in the Union increasing so rapidly
in wealth and resources as Illinois. Chicago is the
principal shipping port of that State, and the growth of
that city is a fair index of the growth of the State. The
completion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal has given
an impetus to the agricultural resources of the State
which has long been required. Its financial affairs have
wonderfully improved. Five years ago it was officially
announced, in the Governor's Message, that there was
not money enough in the State treasury to pay the
postage on public documents in the Post office at the
seat of Government, and they were obliged to remain
there. Since that time, a new loan of 1,600,000
dollars has been made, the canal completed, a part
of the interest on the entire debt of the State
paid semi-annually, the whole of the interest on the
new canal loan has been promptly paid, amd one
hundred thousand dollars on account of the principal.
Sales of canal land to the amount of 500,000 dollars
have been made, the whole of which will, at the expi-
ration of the year, be paid and applied to the liquida-
tion of the new canal debt. This will reduce it to less
than one million of dollars. The revenue from the
canal this year will be more than 100,000 dollars, which,
with the portion of the one-and-a-halt million tax, now
appropriated to the payment of interest, will go towards
the payment of the interest on the whole canal debt.
Three-fifths of the one-and-a-half million tax, are now
appropriated to the payment of interest on the entire
funded debt of the State. This pays one-fifth of the
whole interest, or twelve of the sixty dollars annually
accruing. The new constitution of Illinois, adopted
by the people last March, authorises the levy of a tax
of two millions on the taxable property of the State, for
the payment of the interest on the internal improvement
debt. It has not yet been ascertained what the actual
amount of this internal improvement debt of the State
is, but it is sufficient for those interested to know that
the two million tax, and the three-fifths of the one-and-a-
half million tax already levied and paid, will give a
revenue large enough to pay the full interest on that
portion of the State's indebtedness."
The statement of the revenue of Canada for the year,
ending July 5, is rather better than might have been
expected, seeing the general commercial dulness that
has prevailed in Europe. A portion of the official
table may be quoted as conveying an idea of the resources
of British North America : _

• • V..... A.. Va. Ir.. •••••• •
Year ended Year ended
July 5, 1847. July 5, 1845.
X. s. d. £ s. d.
Customs ... ... 390,698 11 9 395,664 18 7
Excise ... ... 29,386 18 8 29,361 9 0
Public Works ... ... 73,756 19 7 76,699 12 11
Territorial ... 24,009 18 2 26,974 0 5
Bank Imposts ... 15,618 7 8 14,717 911
Light-house and Tonnage
Duty, C. W. ... 830 510 970 511
Fines and Forfeitures ... 2,932 18 7 1,630 14 10
Miscollaneous ... 2,99419 2 10,730 6 1

Total Ordinary Revenue £540,229 0 0 £556,748 17 8
On the year 1848 there is an increase in the Customs,
but on the quarter to sth July the decrease is large,
viz., 38,6721. Indeed that quarter contrasts very un-
favourably with the like period of 1847. We may hope
that our Canadian possessions will not find their re-
sources even temporarily impaired by the fiscal changes
rendered necessary here. In September the Welland
Canal exhibited signs of commercial activity,33o vessels
having passed through, of which a large number were
bound to American ports, showing the extensive
development which free trade might yet give to the
internal commerce of Canada and the lake traffic.
The settlement of the Consol Account has been in
progress to-day, and bears out the impression that the
speculators for a fall are the losing parties, although
by dint of borrowing stock, carrying over, and other
contrivances, well understood in the market, they have
kept prices from rising much upon them. Consols
have been 86* to 864, and are now 86* 864. The in-
telligence from Berlin has served to keep the market
steady, and there is no " continuation" be-
tween this and the next account day, De-
cember the 12th. The " Bears" look now for
excitement and uncertainty in France upon the question
of the Presidential Election, but they may yet he
disappointed, although in such cases events are always
occurring to agitate the public mind. Money being
abundant and trade insufficient to absorb it, we have no
doubt that there will be a strong inclination to purchase
stock should political events look at all favourable, but
much will depend upon the policy of the Austrian and
Prussian Governments which seems now to tend decidedly
and dangerously towards reaction. Exchequer-bills are
40s. to 435. premium, and India Bonds 355. to 375. pre-
mium. The New Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 854 to 8511 Bank Stock is worth 187} to 189.
The Foreign Stock Market has been quiet again.
Spanish Three per Cents. are 234; Portuguese Four
per Cents. about 23} to 244; and Mexican 214. Russian
Bonds have been at 98-il Dutch Four per Cents. 694.
Railway Shares have been flatter to-day, and prices
generally range lower. Scottish Central are better,
however, and the York lines keep up pretty well.
ONE CLOSING
PaicEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES.
Bank Stock 1874 189 189
3 per Cent. Reduced Arms Bs'4 85 8514
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities-- 86% %14 8614
New 34 per Cent. Arena.... ..• 855/[3l/04 85%
Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 % 81/2
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 00000 •••••• 8 3-16 8 5-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001... .- 34 37 p 37 p
South Sea Stock —
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account, Dec. 12 86%% 8614
Exchequer Bills. 21/2d• & 2d.
1,0001. March ......
1,0001. June 3B 40 p 40 p
500/. March 4O 43 p 43 p
5001. June
Small, March... .. 40 43 p 43 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOsni to
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2ll/2 21%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 33 36%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent — 23%
Ditto, Small — 25%
Russian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred — 8
Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild —
Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 694 69!/:,
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen. 5O . ....
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 414......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7
Belfast & County Down 19
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguaraotee 20 .
Birming, Wolvertt'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd. or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. withoutguarantee 10
1 Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... •••
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June;.... 10
Boston, Stamfd & Rirm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire... 14/. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 8% ......
Do. New' 10/. Pref..... 5 ...... 4%% 45,E
Di tto,ClidesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
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 _
_514 — ...... .......

Dublin and Belfast June. 35.
......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ......
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 43/4
Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18
Do., 3/. 103.......... 3Ye , . •••
Eastern Couxties... ..... 124

Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent .....
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2 6/. 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 (I. &
and B.) 2O

Ditto, Class C, ditto.— 20 . —
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent............ 21,4 ..„,
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614 —
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 61A — ... ..
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Edinburgh and Northern '25
Ditto, Newport l5 —
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Glagow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar ,& Ayr 50

Dii.Preferenee Consul.
Great Northern
Do., .1/2 A Deferred ... 121/x...... 41,i3 4.
Do., ', B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 41/2
Do. Extension 2th —
ireat South. and West.

22%

43/4
3

12%

84
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(Ireland) -
(-lreat North of England 100 ••••••
Ditto, New, 401. ..... ... 40
Ditto, ditto 25 - ••• —
Ditto, New, 301
Ditto, New, 151