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have in point of actual possession made absolutely no
gain. _

OVERLAND MAIL
INDIA AND CHINA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
MALTA, SEPT. 13.
There is little news from India.
The following is in anticipation of the mail by the
French steamer. The Ripon was to leave Alexandria
15 hours after her departure.
Senhor da Cunha, who so recently entered upon
the Government of Macao, died of cholera on Satur-
day, the 6th July, at 3 30 P.M., aged 53 years, and
was buried on the following evening in the chapel of
St. Paul's.
A letter from Shahabad, dated the 16th instant,
states that the indigo prospects are good, having had
heavy rains and a strong generous sun the latter part
of June, which will enable them to commence manu-
facturing on the Ist proximo.
The same letter has the following paragraph :
" Your readers may recollect a tragic affair that
occurred here some three years ago, when the cousin
of the head of the Bauleah concern was shot by one
of the assistants. That noted place has again been
the theatre of a still more tragic scene. A few
days since Mr. S—, accompanied by Mr. G--,
his assistant, and about 200 men, went to settle with
a village but too well prepared to meet them. Mr.
S— was in a palkee, which they smashed; and
they beat him most unmercifully, breaking one of
his arms. He received a deep gash over the right
temple, and many other contusions. Mr. G—
was knocked off his horse and similarly treated,
They both passed in palkees in a most deplorable
state, and I am sorry to add the latest news is, that
Mr. G is dead, and Mr. S—'s wound on the
temple rather ugly. This is an upshot of affairs not
unexpected in this quarter : from the continual
stretching of the rope, it has broke."
On the 13th of May last we published the depo-
sitions of Ensign F. Roome, of the 10th Native
Infantry, and Ensign John Carnegie, of the
28th Native Infantry, who were murderously
attacked at Penn by some frantic natives,
We hear that the charge against these men has
now been finally disposed of before the judge at
Tanna. Twelves natives were found guilty, and the
Sentences of the Court was imprisonment for one
year and a fine of 100 rupees, failing the payment
of which the men were to be imprisoned for another
twelve months. The trial lasted several days, about
one hundred witnesses having been examined. A
Mahomedan law officer, and Dadabhoy, the Court
Moonsif of Bhewndy, sat with the judges as asses-
sors. It is only fair to Messrs. Roome and Carnegie
to say, that it was proved on the trial that they be-
haved with great judgment after the attack was made,
and that their assailants received not the slightes
provocation to commit the assault ; and further, tba
the truth of every word of their depositions was sa.
ti4ictorily proved by evidence.

In the last session of Parliament, a Bill entitled the
Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill,
proposing very great, and in some cases some very
beneficial, changes in the law respecting indictments,
was introduced into the House of Lords by the pre-
' sent Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. On
the introduction of the Bill, it consisted of no more
than twelve short sections ; in Committee twelve or
fourteen sections were added to it, and in its ex-
tended form the Bill passed, but the measure disap-
peared in the Commons. The whole subject of cri-
minal pleading, it is quite obvious, if there were a
Minister of Justice, whose duty it was ma-
turely to consider and specially to prepare
all amendments of the law, would have been fully,
and carefully considered before the measure were sub-
mitted to Parliament, and, under the superin-
tendence of such an officer of state, would have passed
safely through both Houses. There is no greater evil
than the constant tampering which we see with the laws
affecting the administration of justice ; the most crude
and ill digested measures are brought forward by
persons of very little knowledge of jurisprudence Or
practical acquaintance of the law, and good measures
often lose much of their value by being dealt with in
detail, without proper regard to their relation to
other enactments, or to the harmony which should
exist between the various parts of the whole
system of law. " How long," demands Lord
BROUGHAM, " must we hold out a spectacle to the
world so fitted to excite pity, if not scorn, as that of
some half-dozen departments each manufacturing
laws by the score, without the least communication
among themselves, much less any common superin-
tendence—all pulling different ways—using the same
words in various senses, or various words in the same
—adopting contradictory provisions as well as terms
—each department ignorant of what the other is
about—all iittle acquainted with what had before
been enacted—now abrogating without intending to
change—now enacting without meaning to ordain—
in short such a Babel of confusion as tends to bring
the spectacle of a popular Legislature into contempt,
if not to place its very existence in peril." The
much-talked of division of the duties of Lord Chan-
cellor would enable the Government to remedy the in-
conveniences and pressing evils here pointed out, for if

a permanent Chief Judge in Equity were appointed
to preside over the Court of Chancery, the functions
of Minister of Justice might with great propriety be
confided to the removable keeper of the Great Seal.
Lord BROUGHAM supplies several other striking illus-
trations of the necessity of constituting a Minister of
Justice, and, in reviewing the failures of the session,
offers several valuable suggestions to guide the future
course of Law Reformers, the consideration of which
we must reserve for another article.

The Gazette announces that her MAJESTY has been
pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr.
EDWIN LANDSEER. Always excepting the fact that
it is knighthood, and not a baronetcy, which would
have been more becoming both to the appreciation
of the giver and the merits of the recipient, the
honour conferred upon the eminent Academician
cannot fail to receive very general approbation.
Small as is the boon, we gladly welcome it as a token
that some movement is being taken in the right
direction by those who have the privilege, not of con-
ferrin, but of recognising distinction. The poet,
historian, novelist, or artist, who is worthy of his
name wins for himself, undoubtedly, a far higher
honour, and a more enviable distinction than it is in
the power of Crown or Minister to bestow. A
popular favourite is, in these days of democracy,
justly felt to hold a prouder place than a protege of
Royalty. Greatness that is "achieved" is immeasur-
ably superior to that which is inherited, or " thrust
upon" its possessor. Yet, while we cannot but
deem SCOTT, the novelist, or LANDSEER, the
artist, to be fully as honourable titles as those
of Sir WALTER or Sir EDWIN, such appellatives
are at least gratifying evidences that real merit is not
always unrecognised in high places. And we need
some such satisfactory evidences, scanty and few and
far between as they are, to oppose to the long-con-
tinued indifference and neglect which men of genius
have encountered from the legislators of this country.
The records of other nations tell a different tale. In
few places can we find a match for the disproportion
of our pension lists, in which thousands upon thou-
sands are lavished upon the descendants of some royal
favourites of centuries back, and our literary fund, in
which a pitiful twelve hundred a year is provided as
the nation's sole offering to its noblest benefactors.
These and many other similarly disgraceful facts
render us doubly gratified by even such a trivial
gift as that just bestowed upon the eminent
artist whose inimitable pencil has so frequently
attested how skilfully and happily art may rival na-
ture. While congratulating Sir EDWIN upon this
Royal recognition of that genius which has long since
so deservedly obtained for him the popular applause,
we venture to anticipate that the recent announce-
ment in the Gazette is only the prelude to many more
of a similar kind, and the initiation to a system
which, by giving honour to whom honour is due, will
prove " twice blessed" in its effects, ennobling alike
the recipient and the donors.

FIRE AT THE "MARK-LANE EXPRESP-OFFICE
(THIS DAY) —Shortly before nine o'clock this morning a dis-
covery of tire took place at the printing-office of Messrs.
Rogerson, Norfolk-street, Strand. It appears that the men
noticed a strong smell of burning in the store•room on the
ground-floor, where thousands of volumes of books were de-
posited, but the cause of alarm could not be ascertained till
an extensive closet had been broken open, where the fire was
found to be making rapid progress amongst piles Df books.
Assistance was soon at hand, and the brigade en-
gines and firemen under Mr. Colt', the chief officer, were soon
in attendance, but, fortunately, the services of the latter were
but little required. The portion of the premises where the fire
occurred had not been looked at or entered for some years
past, so that the cause of the fire could not in any way be as-
certained.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF MEATH.—The death of
a Chief Justice in one week has been followed in the next by
the unexpected decease of a Bishop, whose elevation to the
episcopal bench took place only a few years since. The
Right Rev. Dr. Stopford, Lord Bishop of Meath, expired at
the Palace, Ardbraccan, late on Tuesday night. The de-
ceased Prelate was elevated from the Archdeaconry of Ar-
magh to the see of Meath during th) Viceroyalty of Earl
de Grey. Dr. Stopford had been long labouring under the
effects of disease of the heart, but had recently, consider-
ing his time of life, been in the enjoyment of tolerable
health. His Lordship was a member of the Privy Council in
Ireland.

THE LATE BALLOON ACCIDENT.—The Courrier de
la Gironde of Monday says :—" Yesterday at the Hippo-
drome of Vincennes, an ascension for the benefit of the
family of the unfortunate aeronaut Gale took place. The
impression cause 1 on the spectators by the fatal catastrophe
of the previous Sunday prevented our population from going
en masse to the Hippodrome; for we regret to state that very
few people responded to this charitable appeal. The benefit
of the poor orphans will be reduced to a small sum ; scarcely
did the receipts amount to a tenth of what they were the
week before. The director of the gas establishment reduced
his charge for gas one-half, and if he had not had the gene-
rosity to do so it is probable that the expenses would not
have been covered. The ascent of the Royal Cremorne bal-
loon took place at four o'clock. The car was occupied by
Mr. Goulston and his son, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford. The
balloon, driven by a south wind, went iu the direction of
Blanquefort and S. M6Jard, and descended near those two
communes."

THE BOARD OF HEALTH'S REPORT ON CHOLERA.
—The report of the Board of Health on on the epidemic
cholera of 1848 and 1849 was issued yesterday. There is
little new matter in it, as that part with regard to the course
of the epidemic has already been made public, whilst the
preventive remedies have been described in the reports of
the Metropolitan Sanitary Commissioners. The board speak
very highly of the public Health Act, and the Nuisances Re;
moval and Diseases Prevention Act. -
THE IRISH NEWSPAPER PRESS,--AIMOSt
slntul-
taneously with the appointment of its founder and pro-
prietor to the lucrative post of Collector-General of Taxes
has ceased the publication of the _Dublin Weekly Register, the
once favoured and accredited organ of the late Daniel
O'Connell. The last number was issued on Saturday last;
and of the " old stock " of Repeal journals the Freeman
is now the only survivor, the Pilot having long since quitted
the scene of its former popularity.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Bonapartists have commenced reprisals against
the Legitamatists, and the Pouvoir has a furious on-
slaught against those who seek a "solution," either
at Froshdorf or Claremont, instead of seeking it in
the towns and villages of France, the inhabitants of
which elected Louis NAPOLEON.
The Journal des Dibats has the follo wing :
"111. Dupin, President of the National Assembly, wbo
has been in Paris since the day before yesterday, visited
this morning the Salle des Conferences. M. Dupin being
immediately surrounded by his colleagues, and interro-
gated by them upon the situation of affairs, he declared
that his arrival in Paris had no political object; that for
his part ho felt no anxiety on the score of public feel-
ing, and he added, as the expression of his profound
conviction, that no sedition would have success against
the constitutional power of the President; but on the
other hand the same might be said of any sedition at•
tempted in his interest."
General CHANGARNIER and General LAMORICIERE
are both in Paris, and regularly assist at the sittings
of the Committee of Permanence. The most cordial
good understanding appears to exist between them.
At the next sitting the Minister of the Interior, M.
BAROCHE, will be called upon to give explanations re-
lative to the society of the 10th December. He has
refused three applications made to him by M. CAR.
LIER, the Prefect of Police, to dissolve the society.
General CHANGARNIER has declared that the society
is illegal, and has remonstrated with the PRESIDENT
on the subject, but without effect; and M. Dom.!,
when in conversation with LOUIS NAPOLEON, on
Tuesday, said to him—" The club in question is sedi
tious. It is true that sedition can do nothing against
you ; but believe me, also, that sedition can do nothing
in your favour."

General PLAT, the President of the Society, has
addressed another letter to the Journal des _Mats,
declaring that it has no political objects.
The Siècle alludes to a rumour of approaching
changes in the Cabinet. It is said that M. Ducos
will succeed M. DUMAS as Minister of Commerce,
and that M. DE PERSIGNT will succeed M. DE PAR-
RIEU as Minister of Public Instruction.
General CAVAIGNAc has arrived in Paris,and has given
notice of his intention on the meeting of the Assem-
bly to address interpellations to the Minister on the
subject of the illegal conduct of certain Councils-
General of Departments in meddling with political
matters by demanding a revision of the Constitution,
and that he shall move that all the Councils-General
which have so misconducted themselves shall be dis-
solved.

The PreBse has the following in allusion to the
rumoured "fusion" of the two branches of the
Bourbons :

"A few days ago several Frenchmen finding them-
selves in the neighbourhood of Richmond, thought it
would be only good taste to send in their names to the
Duchess of Orleans. They were immediately invited to
the presence of the Princess, who, leading in her son by
the hand, expressed her gratitude for such testimony of
respect and sympathy with their grief. One of these
visiters t ;ok advantage of the occasion to asure the
Duchess of Orleans that France desired earnestly the re-
turn of the dynasty of July, and would be happy to see
the C ,unt of Paris enter the Tuileries once more as the
heir of King Louis Philippe. On which the Duchess of
Orleans answe.ei with emotion, May Go 3 grant it, and
moreover may such be the desire of France.' It is from
une of the witnesses of the scene we have these details,
which do not seem to prove to us that the negotiation
undertaken by M. de Sslvandy has much chance of
success."

M. CASSAL, representative of the people, has just
been suspended from the mayoralty of Altkirch by
the Prefect of the Bas Rhin for three months for
having opposed the revision of the Constitution in the
Council-General of his department.
The steamer Eclaireu has returned to Toulon from
its trip to the lonian Isles. It had not fallen in with
the Turkish squadron, whose movements it was sent
to watch. The Cerberus arrived on the 12th at
Toulon from Civita Vecchia with letters and pas-
sengers.

The Constitutionnel says the Minister of Foreign
Affairs has approved the conduct of the French Consul
at Pernambuco, and that there is no doubt satisfac-
tion will be granted by the Imperial Government.
PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 19 —Latest Prices—Five
per Cents., 93f. 60c.; Three per Cents., 58f. 15c.;
Bank of rance, 2,310 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 19.
_ _

It is just on entering into life, that we anchor by
the passions and affections, and if the ground does not hold
us, we drift away hopelessly.—Eliza cook's Journat.

Boulogne and Amiens, 7% ex div.—Namur and Liege,
6'c,—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% —Paris and Rouen, 24%—
Rouen and Havre, 10;i—West Flanders, LIA.

THE ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB.—The mem-
bprs.of this club have been honoured by the President of
France with a most polite acknowledgment of the honour
done him by his election as a member. The President says
he is truly sensible of the value of having his name re-
corded in the list of the club; that he accepts it with plea-
sure, thanks the members for their wishes of prosperity to
France, and joins them sincerely in the hope of a lasting
union between the two nations.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived.

of the public peace that the civic guard had withdrawn
from their posts.
On the 16th the lector and his Ministers had a
long interview with the Austrian Minister at Frank-
fort, who, it is said, promised them the support of
Austrian and Bavarian troops.
The arbitral tribunal of Mecklenburgh -Schwerin
has suppressed the fundamental law, and absolved the
functionaries from their oaths to observe it.
A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated on the
afternoon of the 15th, announces the publication of
the new law for the political organization of Hun-
gary, according to which the land is to be divided into
five comitats, or districts, according to the old distri-
bution, namely—Pesth, rresburg, Oedenburg,
lias-
chau, and Grosswardein; the whole to be under the
administration of a viceroy or stadtholder.
The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 15th says there is
an increasing indication that Austria will come to a
direct understanding with Prussia, as advised by
England and Russia.

A letter from Hanover of the lath says the dis-
turbances which took place here in consequence of
the arrival of Baron IlAarriAu have determined the
police to desire all householders to keep their servants
and apprentices at home after eight o'clock in. the
evening. The public-houses and cigar shops are to
be closed by ten o'clock, and very severe measures
will be adopted against any who shall attempt to
disturb the public peace. Among the 38 persons
who were arrested on the 11th were some subalterns
and privates.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Copenhagen papers say, in regard to the re-
port of the accession of the Duke of OLDENBURGII to
the throne of Denmark, in the event of the abdication
of the KING, that neither the GRAND DUKE nor any
aits
Ldounbidoonus
hwandetrheeferretnheoenteogothtieatsinono!
other Prince has been recommended by the great
powers; arnldaciet
othesasitoton.ok

THE DANUBIAN PROVINCES.
The Weiner Zeitung publishes a letter from
Bucharest, of the Ist, which says—
" Travellers from Moldavia assert that the Russian
troops are constructing batteries and entrenchments on
the main road of Adiad, about two leagues from Fok-
shan. Many hundred labourers ard: actively engaged
on the works. The country people are obliged to fur-
nish wheelbarrows and other requisites. The entrench-
ments and batteries lie on the River Patna. The Rus-
sian troops of Bucharest ha►e located themselves in an
encampment at jielentina for the purpose of making
their autumn manoeuvres; whether they will take up
their winter quarters in the capital is not known."

' BELGIUM.
THE SEPTEMBER FETES.

The annual fetes will take place at Brussels next
week, commencing on Monday, the 23d, and ending
on Thursday, the 26th. These fetes are held in
celebration of the 20th anniversary of Belgian in-
dependence.
The Brv,ssels Herald gives the following summary
of the proceedings :
" MONDAY, SEPT. 23.—At ten o'clock, a funeral ser-
vice will take place in the cathedral church of Sts.
Miche and Gudule, in memory of the citizens who died
fur the country. The civil and military authorities will
be invited to attend.
" At twelve o'clock a public sitting of the class of fine
arts of the Royal Academy.—Exhibition of the agricul-
tural produce of the first agricultural committee of Bra-
bant. At eight o'clock, grand military retreat by the
drummers of the civic guard and army.
" TUESDAY, SEPT. 24.--Entry into Brussels of the
different clubs, which will compete for the prizes in the
various shooting matches and other sports. At twelve
o'clock, awarding of prizes to the successful competitors
in the universities and public schools, in the Temple des
Augustins. At six o'clock a grand concert will take
place on the Place de l'Hotel de Ville. Dramatic per-
formances at the Park Theatre, by the Brodermyn en
Taelyver Society of Ghent. The tickets of admission
will be delivered at th 3 Town-hall of Brussels. At seven
o'clock a popular ball will take place.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25.—Laying of the first stone of
the monument intended to commemorate the Congress,
and in honour of the Constitution. A special programme
of the details of this ceremony will be issued. Review
of the Civic Guard and the army. Banquet offered by
his Majesty in the Palais de la Nation to the members
of the National Congress and the Legislatures which
have succeeded it. Banquet of the Blesses de Septembre,
under the presidence of the Burgomaster of Brussels.
Illumination of the Place do l'fiotel de Ville, Place
Royale, Place des Panoramas and Rue de la Loi. F'dte
at the Botanic Garden, given by the Philharmonic So-

"-rHURSDA.T, SEPT. 26.—At elevon o'clock, distribu-
tion of the medals of honour for acts of courage and de-
votion at the Temple des Augustine. All persons wear-
ing the order of Leopold, the Croix de Fer, the medal
for acts of courage and devotion, and the medal fur
agricultural and industrial labourers, are invited to at-
tend this ceremony. They will be admitted into the
reserved circle without cards.

"At one o'clock, a concert in the Park. At four
o'clock, a balloon ascent. At six, a grand instrumental
concert on the Place des Panoraoaas. Fete given by the
Royal Society of the Grande Harmonic,. At ten o'clock,
fireworks at the Scharbeek gate."
These fetes afford an admirable opportunity for
seeing the Belgians in their best aspect ; and Brus-
sels, always an interesting capital, will be still more
so when crowded with the country people in all their
picturesque costume, and brilliant with every kind of
gaiety. The facility of communication from England
by 06tend enables the pleasure-seekers, at very little
trouble and expense, to take part in these grand na-
tional rejoicings.

Negotiations are on the point of being opened be-
tween Spain on one side, and England, France, and
Holland on the other, by which the three latter en-
gage to protect Cuba from invasion, on condition that
Spain shall pay the debts due by her to English,
French, and Dutch claimants.
It is said that Senor Mom will be elected President
of the Chamber of Deputies. He will be the Minis-
terial candidate for the office, the functions of which
he has already performed with credit.
There is talk of a sort of indirect protest that the
extreme Radical deputies who have been re-elected
desire to make against the elections; with the view of
causing it to be believed that the elections have not
been free, it is asserted that they intend to resign
their seats collectively. On the other hand, it is ru-
moured that the journals of the Radical and Moderate
parties are concerting to suspend their daily publica-
tions, and to present a respectful address to the
QUEEN, praying the re-establishment of the censure
as preferable to the liberty of the press at present
existing.
A trial has been made of part of the railway from
Aranjuez to Madrid. Senor SALAMANCA gave a
grand dinner to the director and engineers on the
occasion.

MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, SEPT. 19.—Owing
to the non-arrival of the Atlantic, now overdue, our market
to-day has not been so lively as on Tuesday, all parties hold-
ing off till the tenor of her advices is known. Although the
business has been trifling in amount, there is no appearance
of weakness in prices.

Orders have been sent to Cadiz to prepare the Co-
lumbus to take 600 soldiers to Cuba in all baste.
MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 14.—Three per Cents.,
34k ; Five per Cents., 14. Exchange on London,
50 40 money.

_ .
Do., West Riding Union... 11 .... . --- to
Leeds and Bradford ~... 50 ..... 92 x.d.... to
Leeds and Thirsk ...- ..... 50
Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 .
Ditto, ditto... No. 2 17
Ditto, ditto ..... ~. No. 3 5
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9
Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth-
port.
London & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d — ... „ to
Lond., Bright., & South Coastloo ..... 83% to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ....
De. Preferential, .5 per Ct., 50 ~.... ..... to --
Ditto, altto 1852 50 ..... ...... to
Do., New, gua. 6pr Ct.... 100
London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto Preference 2O
London & North Weztern.....loo ......113 xd ‘o 11314
Do. New Quarters.. l 7
Do. Fifths l2
Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1
Lo idon and S. Westera .......100
Ditto, New 504.-- - ..... 4214.., _...... to _
Ditto, New 401 34
Do., New Preference
Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 ...... ..
Do. Half Shares
..
...
.._
..•... to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
...
Do., Half Shares 714--.. ..... to
to ....
L zwestoff, guar. 4 per of 2O ......
Ditto (guar. 6 por cent.. 13 ...... _
blanch Buxton, & Matleck 5A.,,,,, ~I, to

The people of Boston ate about to establish a free
public library.

The Sunday excursion trains from London to
Brighton carry on an average 2,00) passengers.
Cheap trips are not confined to England, nor even
to Europe, for the American papers contain announcements
of several from Montreal to Beaton.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1850.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken
for export. The market closed tamely with littlevaria-
tion in prices.—ln Railway Shares a good business was
done, prices, in some instances, rather lower.
The produce markets have been brisk this week, and
holders by their firmness have succeeded in establishing
a further rise in Sugar, Coffee also being dearer. Tho
export orders are satisfactory, and the home consump-
tion is large. In Te a there has been no improvement,
provisions have had a good sale, and Rice has been in
request because of the firm tone of the corn markets.
Tallow has been maintained. The Indigo quotations
are fully supported, and a further quantity is declared
for the forthcoming auctions. The Wool sales have
concluded, and very high prices have been obtained.
Cotton also is once again in the ascendant upon the less
favourable report of the crop.
Further information has been obtained by express
concerning the contents of the Overland Mail dispatches,
but there is nothing important. The weather was more
favourable for the Indigo crop.
The steamer Atlantic has arrived from the United
States, but we have only an outline of her news by tele-
graph. The letters will probably be delivered in town
to-morrow. Commercial affairs were prosperous, Bread-
stuffs quiet, Cotton active and dearer. Exchange on Lon-
don, 110 to 1104.
The Hamburgh mail of Tuesday last brings the rate
of exchange on London again a shade lower—viz.,
13 4. Not much was doing in bills. Coffee was still in
brisk demand, and rather dearer. Grain was dull.
In the Amsterdam Bourse, on the Bth instant, Dutch
Stock was not quite so firm, being 578 for the Two- and-
a-Half per Cents. Spanish Bonds were active, at about
previous rates. Mexican and Peruvian Bonds were in
demand, and dearer
The Mexican correspondence in reference to the debt
is rather active just now, and a communication we have
received from the Committee of Bondholders shows how
great is the necessity for vigilance. Up to the end of
July 200,000 dollars have been paid to Messrs. Manning
and Mackintosh on account of tobacco duties, and yet
not a sixpence has been remitted by them, He they
have also received 73,000 dollars for the Cotton licenses.
A partial remedy for this neglect has at least been found
by the removal of the agency. The following will bet-
ter explain how matters stand at present:—
"Committee of Mexican Bondholders, London,
61, Moorgate-street, Sept. 19, 1850.
" The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have re-
ceived bill of lading for 10,202 dollars, shipped by the
Great Western from Tampico, where, on the 18th ult.,
13,095 dollars 8 cents more appear to have been pend-
ing for account of the Bondholders. The Great Wes-
tern, therefore, brings from Tampico and Vera Cruz to-
gether 50 761 dollars 7 cents, but no remittance from
Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh in Mexico. The
agents in Tepic advise the receipt of 6,906 dollars 18
cents from the Custom-house of San Blas, for account
of the bondholders. Mr. Manuel Escandon, of
Mexico, writes in reply to a letter from the committee
tba', up to the 31st July last, 200,000 dollars have been
paid to Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, in Mexico,
out of the tobacco revenue for account of the B
holders, and that the Government has provided that the
payments from that revenue shall in future be paid
monthly, and direct to the Bank of England. With
respe3t to the cotton licenses, Mr. Eseandon as yet ap-
pears to rely on the formal character of their sale to him,
observing that he has already paid to Messrs. Manning
and Mackintosh two amounts of 25,000 and 48,000
dollars on account of them."
At the meeting of the South-Eastern and Continental
Steam Packet Company held this day, a dividend for the
half-year at the rate of four per cent. per annum was
declared, leaving a !salami& of 4,3061. to be carried to the
reserve fund, increasing it to 19,531/. The report was
adopted.
There is a very quiet but steady market for Public
Securities, and the value of Consols is still 968
for Transfer, and 962 8 for Account. Exchequer-bills
are 645. to 675. premium.
Foreign Securities are supported. Spanish Three per
Cents. have been done as high as 37i and 38. The
Five per Cents. are 19 to I. Mexican Bonds have
realized 30;1, to 31, and Peruvian 82. Buenos Ayres
Stock has been at 58 to 592. Dutch Two-andsa-Half
per Cents. have been 574.
Railway Shares are again rather flat, and upon the
recent advanced prices th,re is a reaction.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols ... ... 961
Ditto Account .. 96i
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- 9674
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 96V4
Now 314 per Cent. Anne. 99%
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 —
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 —
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 8
Consols for Account 96%%
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
March. June.
1,000/.
5001 — P
Small 66 64 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...,,, 591, fig
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent....
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto Account . ......
Peruvian Bonds, 41,1 per Cent B2
Ditto Deferred
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41Q per Cent
Ditto, Small
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent l9
Ditto Passive Bonds 4
Spanish Bonds,3 per Cent,1840
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. ph. ID. PER SW AIM
t berdeen
Ditto, Preference
I„mber., Notting., Boston, &e. 8% 136- to
tyrshire and Galloway 7l/2 to
3eilast and County Down .. 32 .. .. -
3erks and Hants Extension
lGt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6
4irmingham & Oxford J unct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., without a guarantee... 20 .
Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd. or with guar. 15 ..... ...... to
Do., without a guarantee.~ 15
diming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s —
,3irkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction
Bristol and Exeter lOO ...... ...... to —.
3uckinghamshire
Caledonian - ...... ...... 50 ....• 7% 34 ... to
Ditto, New 10/, Preference 10 ...... 5 l4a
.4... to
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
)heater and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... .....
Ditto, Preference
larence
Arect London & Portsmouth 514 — -
Dublin and Be, ,st Junction.. 45
-)undalk and Enniskillen ... 30
E Ist Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
axd L. & D ..
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... ..
Do, 3/. 10A.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% —
Do, 71. 175., 7 par Ct. Pref. 2
Eastern Count iO3
Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... —p. to
Do., do N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d.. p..... to
Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cont. ... 50
Ditto, New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. 11. Shares) ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 .
Ditto, ditto, B & C .....• • 25
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20
East Lancashire .. .
. Do., Now Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares .. . . 6!4: —
East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per
Cent.... . •
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 25% to
Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 25
Ditto, New port
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to
Exeter and Exmouth 2IB.
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6s.Bd — ..„.. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to —.
Do. Preference Consolidated .... to
Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 14
Great Northern .
Do. 1/2 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3% to
Da. 14 B 6 per Cent. ...... 111,y N..... to
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12%
3t. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 ...... x.d to
Ditto, Eighths ..... ...... ... 2%......
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 404... ..... .. •• 40
Ditto, New 304 3O ... . ... .. to
Ditto, New 151......... l5 ......
Great Western 100
Do. New 17/ . 15 ..
Elul' and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25
Ditto,Quarter Shares ~ . 121/2 — ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50
Do., Thirds
r.ancashire and Yorkshire ...100
Ditto Quarters 23% — ...... to
Ditto Fifths lO .....
Ditto, Thirds
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10
Do. ( Hudders. and Sheft) 50

-
Nlanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to -
Ditto 1,4 Shares (No. 1) ... 25 - .. t, -
Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 - ..... to -
Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s - di5..... to -
Midland . lOO ...... 33;4.-- to -
Ditt 3, Cense. Preference -100 - ... to -
Vitt°. 501..-hares ..... ...... 35
,lidland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... - -
Midland, Canso). Brietei and
Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 .....125 ~ -
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 46 ... - - -
Ditto ditto 291. 15s. € d .. - -
Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - -
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 47% - to -
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar. 5O - to -
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - -
Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 «.., - -
Newmarket ...... ... • ..... ..... 23 ..... . -
Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. - -
Newport Abergy., and Here. 6
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 'I
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor .............«.... 20 - ... .. to -
Norfolk -
Ditto New 20/.
_. 15 - ...... to -
Do. Extension
Do. Guar. 5% per cent-. 5 - -
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Northern Counties Union ... 4 - -
North British .. .. ...... .. . 25 ...... 6%1 to -
Ditto, Preference ... 5
North Staffordshire... ........ 174 -
North Western -
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton - ...... to -
Preston aad Wyre - x.d... to -
Do. Half Shares.-- (A) 10% - to -
Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 18
Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 614- -
Do. Shepreth Extension... % ..... - -
Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 - ...... to -
Ditto,New... 2214
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 13% - dis... to -
Ditto, ditto. Class B. 9% - die.... to -
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - •• •• to -
Shrewsbury and Cheater
(Nor. W. MM.) - ...... to --
Ditto Halves. Ditto lO ... .. - -
Ditto, Oswestry 2O ...... - -
Ditto (Now)... -
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 ... - -
S'sropshire Union 6%
•- .. - -
South Devon f 5O ...... - -.... to -
Ditto, Preference ...... .. - .... to -
qouth Staffordshire
... ..
to -
south :Eastern
Ditto, No. 3. 3O - -
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 -
South Wales .. 5O - . ..... to -
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole l5 - ••••.. to -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goolt (N. I)) Gua. 5 per ct. 18% - ... .. to -
Do. do. (South Div.) 6 - ...... to -
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Sim. Coal ..... .... . 10
raw Vale Extension ........ 9% - ..-.. to -
[lames Haven Dock and
Railway .... 17% - ...... to -
Vale of Neath ,.. 13 - -
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O .....7
Waterford and Limerick-. .. 47%..... - -
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw,
and Dublin .. 3
Wear Valley, 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...... ...... 5O ...... - ...... to -
Do. do. do. - to -
Do. do. do. ...... .15 .... - -
West Cornwall 7% - to
Whitehaven and Furness 2O ... .. - -
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western... ... -
Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 50 ..... - ... -
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 161% x.d to -
Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... - x.d -
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9 - to -
Do. Hartlepool Itk. & Rly. 100 - -
York and North Midland ... 50
Ditto. Preference lO ...... 71 to -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
,Inglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian) 6% - to --
Boulogne and Amiens 2O .....7%% x.d ta -
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon) ... . - -
Demerara. ....- ..... 17%. .... - -
Dutch Rhenish ........ . ...-- 8 -
Ditto ... . .20 .. - -
Great Indian Peninsular..... 6 ... to -
Do. Do I% - to -
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to --.
Luxembourg
to -
Ditto
to -
Madrid and Valentia - . '... to -
Namur and Liege.... ....... 20
Northern of Prance... ....... 16
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... -
Paris and Orleans.- ........... 20
Parts and Rouen -
Paris and Strasbourg - -
R.ouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse . .. - ...... to -
Strasburg and Bale l4 ..... -
Lours & Nantes ... .......... 14 -
rourney, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hassell .. ...... ...... .. 20 - ...... to -
West Flanders
814 - ...... to -

MINES.
Anglo Mexican lOO .....•
As. uri an
Australian ... 4
Barrossa Range . 33s.
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 - •••... to
Bolanos Scrio
British Iron • 1314 — -
Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 21%...... —.— to
Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15
Cobra Copper .. 40
General . 2A ...... —.... to
Beal del Monte, Unregistered . .. .. ... to
Do. Black Debentures — — "••• to --
Do. Red Debentures ..... ....
Santiago de Cuba. lO
Tin Cr ft ...... to
7 .•.... ...... to
United Mexican

JOINT STOCK RANKS.
lustralasia -
British North American .... 50 ......
Colonial .. .. ..... .- 25 •...., •• •• to
Commercial of London
London Joint Stock ~... ..... 10
London and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of Engld. 35
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 22% — ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia .......
Ditto, New - to
Union ol London .. 10
Union of Madrid

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, SEPT. 20.—Wind at noon E., light breeze and
dull hazy weather, with min at times.—The Sally, Dun-
dee to St. Petersburgh, struck cn Felsand Reef, near
CE srl Island, 27th August, and was abandoned next day
with :even feet water in her hold ; crew and materials
saved.
OFF TORBAY.—Queen, Quebec.
OFF THE START.—Messenger, St. Lucia.
IN THE CHANNEL.—Arrd. Sir Harry Smith, Rio Ja-
neiro.

BRISTOL, SEPT 19.—Wind S.E,—Arrd. Spartacus,
Crui s, Ilavannah.

COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 16.—The Capital, of Aberdeen,
Cronstadt to Hull, sprung a leak on her passage, and
put in here 14th instant, to discharge and repair.
IlJonisto, SEPT. 6.—The Gustav, of Dantzic, from
Aberdeen, in ballast, has been wrecked on the welt
coast of Denmark; crew saved.
DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Wind S. to S.S.E., cloudy.—Arrd.
St. Leon, Lufkin, New Orleans, fur Antwerp. Arrd.
from the River, Reserve, Jamaica. Arrd. from the
River and sailed, Jane Anderson, Ceylon; Zetus, Bom-
bay; Princess, Bahia; Daniel Huntley, B )ston.
PENZANCE, SEPT. 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Savage,
Harvey, Hayti, and sailed fur Hamburgb. Off port,
Thomas Arbuthnot, Sydney, N. S. W.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. Susan, Law,
Buenos Ayres; Hannah Salkeld, Downward, Calcutta.
Sld. Alabama, Acapulco; Salum, Mobile; Excelsur,
Apalachicola ; Isaac Wright, New York ; Chamore,
Newfoundland, &c.
YARMOUTH, I. W., SEPT. 18.—The Claret, Bordeaux
to London, got on shore near Brook, but eame off and
proceeded without apparent damage.
WEYMOUTH, SEPT. I3.—Wind S.—Sld. Lavinia,
Quebec. The Palka steamer was lost near the Maetre
Isle, off one of the Minques Rocks 16th April; crew and
passengers, 49 in all, saved and landed at St. Malo.
FALMOUTH-, SEPT. 19.—The French barque Colum-
bine, abandoned, going steadily to the N.W. under fore-
top sail and jib, her port quarter and long boats gone,
with maintop-sail and her mizen sails unbent, was
boarded 20th July, lat. 10 S., long. 32 W., by the Ma-
donna, arrived oft here from Rio Janeiro for Hamburgh.
Arrd. Agathe Catherine, Rothman' St. Thomas, fur
Copenhagen. Off port, Mangosteen, Pentreath, China.
DARTMOUTH, SEPT. I 9.—Arrd. Valo, Roadie, Buenos
Ayres, for London.

PILL, SEPT. 19.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Ophelia Ann,
Meramichi.
QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 18. Wind S.S.W.— Arrd.
Dusty Miller, Lewis, Beyrout; Lucy, Wright, Buenos
Ayres; Rainbow, Scott, Pernambuco; Hotspur, Robb,
Porto Rico.
OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Mary Ellen, Porter, Jamaica;
Margaret, Newfoundland.
MALDON, SEPT. 19.—A large Scotch schooner, iron
laden, is on shore near the Black Tail.
WHITSTABLE, SEPT. 18.—The Good Intent, of Scar-
borough, is leaky, having struck on the Red Sand.
OFF QUEENSTOWN.- James Alexander, Calcutta;
Gonaives, Hayti. The Sovereign schooner, of Liver-
pool, N.S., was towed in here a derelict, by the Maree
Caroline, from Havre. The Alice Haveland sailed hence
for Liverpool, put back with five feet water in her
hold, but has stopped the leak and procecthd.

THERE MUST BE MORE TITAN ONE SEA SERPENT.
—An American paper says the serpent was seen at lienne.
bankpoit on the 27th of August, by two seamen, with 80
feet of corpus out of the water.

WELSH SALMON FISHERY.—The general complaint
of the extreme scarcity of salmon this year is not confined to
the English and Scottish counties. We find that through-
out Wales the same scarcity has prevailed, and to an extent
almost unprecedented. The oldest and most experienced
fishermen remark that they never remember so great and
general a dearth before, especially in the river Tivy, and
that they are totally. at a loss to account for it, though va-
rious are the speculations afloat. It is, however, gratifying
to observe that there appears an abundance of young fry
which swarm in the breeding streams and upper portions of
the large rivers, and that there is every appearance of most
successful fishing next year.