The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

FEARFUL MORTALITY AT LISBON.

A letter from Lisbon, dated Oct. 19, says :—" 1
regret that I am not yet able to notice a change
for the better in the course of the deadly epidemic,
which continues to ravage this capital. The disease
now appears to be spreading, instead of confining
itself, as at first, to the parishes of the Se and Mag-
dslena. The movement everywhere, and among all
&asses, is to get out of the town and into the open
country. So many people have left Lisbon, that
the altered state of things is obvious to everybody.
There is no appearance of life, no business, the
shops are shut up—no carriages wake the echoes
of the silent streets • on 'Change it is the same,
hardly a dozen merchants are to be found at the
hours of business, few bills are negotiated, and
everything in the shape of trade is paralysed. The
government has begun to provide encampments in
squares and open places for the gallegos, or water•
carriers, who live in close dirty houses, where they
are greatly overcrowded and unable to pay proper
attention to cleanliness. The average mortality is
about 60 daily, and the upper and middle classes of
society have hitherto suffered most. The Count
cis Casal, the Baron de Rezende, and Signor Sea-
zedello are among the victims of note who have ree
cently been carried off. The faculty still continue
divided in their opinions about the nature of the
toyer ; and are by no means unanimous in classing
it as yellow fever. There can, however, be no doubt
that many cases of yellow fever have occurred, but
the balance of probabilities seems to turn to the side
of those who maintain that the disease is a species
of typhus, highly contagious, and very fatal in its
effects.

" Among other things may be mentioned the fact
that the Cardinal Patriarch, the head of the church
in Lisbon, has seized this time to visit Santarem,
where he persists in remaining—praying, but at a
distance, for the welfare of his flock.
" I bear, besides, of some cases of husbands aban-
doning their wives and children who are attacked
by the fever and flying away into the open country.
But in opposition to this we may set the conduct of
many members of the medical protenion who man-
fully maintain their posts, although many of their
number have succumbed to the destroyer. The
King is also assiduous in doing everything in his
power to calm the terror of the people, and is fre-
quently to be seen riding about the streets.
"As a natural consequence of the stoppage of
business, there is a great scarcity of money, and.a
monetary crisis is feared in the commercial commu-
nity. I hear already that bills upon some of the
wholesale Portuguese houses in the dry goods line
have been protested, and that the Bank has refused
to discount paper. _ _

' • The Peninsular and Oriental packet Granada
arrived only on the 13th instant. She did not com-
municate with the city, and received the mails for
the south made up in tarred boxes, which the
Spanish sanitary code declares not to be infectious.
Tee Tyne left this for the Brazils on the 14th
instant, taking a very large mail for the. various
Brazilian ports.

"Political news there is none, all questions
being now merged in the absorbing topic of the
post,

"In foreign exchanges the transactions both in
Landon and continental paper have been vex"'
limited, owing chiefly to the want of buyers.. The
quotations are as follows :—London, 33 ,days,
53i ; 90 days, 54i ; Hamburg, 48i ; Paris, '527 ;
Genoa, 526 ; Amsterdam, 42g.
"The stock market is also very dull,. and tha
quotations may be considered nominal-; they are
as follows :—Three per Cent. Coupons, 464 to 47 ;
Deferred Stock, 28 to 28i. Bank of Portugal
shares, lit to 12 per cent.• premium. Bank of
Oporto, 22 to 22i per cent. premium.

Country Markets.

DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—OcT. 22.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior
235 Wheat 73s Oct.47s Od
1335 Oats 33s 0.1 2ss 9d
975 Barley 4ls td 32s Od
9 Peas & beans 52s Od —s 0 d ....-3 Od

HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—On. 23. .
wusA.T. I BARLEY, I OATS. I MLA S.
First 7os Od 43s 6d 32s Od 50s Od
Second 563 4d 1 363 7d 1 263 lid ) 453 4d
Third 36s Od 1 27s Od 1 213 6d 145 6d
Total quantity of wheat in market, 574 qrs., 444 sold
OP 111, barley „ 838 qrs., 791 sold
PP , oats ~ 396 qrs., 346 sold
ID SP beans „ 30 qrs., 24 sold
r AVERACIEB PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
Wheat, 2/. 16 4 0-12ths 1 Barley, —V. 16 7 6-1204
Oats, ... 114„6 11. 7-12ths J Beans, 21. 8 4 6.l2tbs

A.BERDEEN—OcT. 23.
Potato oats ..........23s Oct to 24s vd
1 401bs per Unshel
Common 0at5........21s Cd to 22s Od --
Bere 298 Od to 31s Od 53 1 Ibs
, Barley 29s Od to 31s Od
Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od 1 „
621bs , white 3ss Od to 50s Od
Oatmeal 18s 3d to 198 lid per boll.
Flour .....42s Od to 43s Od per sack.
...
PROVISION MARKET.
Beef, per lb lid to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od to 1s id
Mutton, per lb fid to .9d I Eggs, p doz. Os 9,1 to Os 101
Lamb, do., Os 6d to Os 9d 1 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 61
Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d I Chickens,do.ls 6d to 2e 01
Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2e 61
Salmon, per lb .........0s Od Dacklings,do Os Od to 2s 6'
Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 4s 61
Tallow, p stone, Os to —s O 1 Potatoes, pr peck, .0d to 10
1
Rabbits, each Od to Od.
Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 106 s to 1061
Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen - dto 8d

RETAIL MOE s.
Flonr,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 4d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 20 04
Oatmeal Os Od to is lid „ dust, ..... Oslo 0,310 a
Beremeal —.Os Od to is 10d , per lb 2d to 2i
Poasemoal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sid d
e, 7d

Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6cl
4-lb. 10af...8d. I 2-lb. 10af...4d.

DUBLIN. OCT. 23.

Our market to-dat was vbry moderately supplied. A
ready sale for wheat at about Tuesday's rates. Malting
barley supported that day's prices ; grinding samples Ed
to is higher. Indian corn advanced about fid in onilAti
transactions.

White wneat, 30s Od to 33s Od ;• red ditto, 28s Od to 31'
01; ditto now, 30s 6d; barley, malting, 17s 6d to 220; grin"ing, —s to —s ; oats, old; 15s Odto 180; ditto, new, If;
6,1 to 143 6d ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 16s; bere, new, 15s to lv"
6d ; rapeseed, 28s Od to 30s Od per brl ; bakers dour, 181
01 to 24s Oct per owt ; Indian corn, 368 01 to 37e SOL Pet
180 lbs.

LOCAL SHARE MARKET& .

iiIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.

STOCK EXCHANOE.—The tone of the market has been
showing a downward tendency, and there is little businoss
doing. Caledonians, 393 a--Midland, 811 Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 92 -Great Western of Canada,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38 --South Eastern.
19—Eastern Counties, 10.13.9—North British, ilk--
Grand Trunks, 9 i—London and North Westerns, 95i
—North Union B, 220—Birkenhead, Lancashire ,and
Cheshire, 65—North Eastern, Borwicka, 22,—bitch
Rhenish, 5 d.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 24. .
STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market was exceedingly anil
to-day, at yesterday's prices. Eastern Counties, V::
Dovers, 19— East Anglian, 4i—East Lancashire, .
Great Western of Canada, lB—Midland, K net—Leeds, 7'
Grand Trunk of Canada, 9/. 13s. 6d.