The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-05 00:00:00

THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS
CONSUMF:R' COMPANY.

Capital 150,0001., in 15,000 shares of 101. each (with rower to
increase the capital to 250,0001. when required by increased con-
sumption).

Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Viet., c. 110, and a deed of
settlement limiting responsibility of shareholders to the amount of
their shares.

DIRECTORS.
John Bradbury, Esq., Aldermaubury.
Franeis Bennoch, Esq , 78, Wood-street.
Georg. 11 Ii will, Esq., 19, Abc,iurch-lane.
Frank Clemow, Esq , Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street.
Thomas Das.in, Esq , 73, Kim William-street.
W. F. A. Delane, Esq., 10, Eaton-place, Eaton-square.
Thomas Gabriel, Esq , Ccmmerclal-road, Lambeth.
John Hunt, Esq., Monument-yard and Lambeth.
John 1 owe, Esq , Fleet-street.
Thomas H. Massey, Esq., 3, Devnnport-street, Hyde-park.
James Wyld, Esq., M.P., Park Villas West, Regent's-park.,
James Warren, Esq., 96, Hr,nndsditch.
Aunrroa —Thomas Howard Fellows, Esq., 1, King's Bench-walk,

Temple.
ENGlNEER—Alexander Angus Croll, Esq., C.E

SURVETOS —John 11. Stevens, Esq., ::urveyor of the Western District

Of the City,

JOINT Soucttoza —David William* Wire, Esq. ; Benj. Hardwick,

Esq.

CHEMICAL REFEBEES—Profes,or graham, F.R.S.. London Univer-
sity ; J Leeson, M.D., F.R.S., St. Thomas's Ilospita'.
(Inspector of Gas Meters to be appointed t y the Magistrates, the
Corporation of London, or the Board of 1 rade.)
BANEEas—Me.srs. C urrie and Co.. 29, Co. nhill.
Offices of the Company, No. 48, N' oorgate-stre t.

Notice is hereby given, that this Compa•.y are ready, at their own
expense, to supply service' and meters to the gas consumers in the
city of London. in the several streets, lanes, and courts in which
their mains and pipes are laid.

At an extraordinary general meeting of the Shareholders of the
Great Central Gas Consu ~ers' Company, at the London Tavern, on
the 4th of September, 1850,

1110_11.1!i GAIIXILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman, in the Cha:r,
the resolut on of the previous General Meeting was unanimously
confirmed, and it was unanimously resolved—
That the cordial than'ts of this Meeting be given to the Directors
of the Company, for the vigorous and judicious manner in which
they have pros,cuted the objects of the Company.
That, at the request of the Directors, an Acting Committee of
Sharrholders and Consumers be appointed to communicate and co-
operate with the Board in promoting the general interests of the
Company amongst their brother consumers.
An Acting Committee of twenty consumers from the different
wards of the City was then appointed, w.th power to add to their
number.

HIGH NVATLIt Al LONDON BRIDGE.

rim DAY —Morning 41 min. after 12 Evening 9 min. after 1
To-Moasow— Morning 33 min. after 1 Eveninx 17 ten. after 1

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SErramßEL 5.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
62—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night.
59—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.38.
Wnrn N.E.—light breeze and fine weather.

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endeavour, by yielding to the dictat(s of remorse, to
expiate the crimes of his administration.

The Loris' Committee on the commercial distress
having shown the unexampled fluctuatir ns in the rate
of interest that followed the Act of 1844, as explained
in our impression of yesterday, considered the causes
to which these violent alternations were attributable.
When the directors were considered responsible for
their issues, they never under any circumstances
reduced the rate of discount below four per cent.,
although " there were occasions wb•en the value of
money on approved bills was only 21 per cent. in the
money market." The result of thi, system, accord-
ing to Mr. HORSLEY PALMER, WAS to "check that fall
in the rate of discount, when already low, which the
active competition of the Bank of England must have
produced, and, on the other hand, to check the ten-
dency upwards which would have been the result of a
reduction in the number of lenders, and ef a consequent
scarcity of money. In the one case the Bank was
kept out of the discount market, in the other it oh-
tained almost the command of the mark.-t. In both
eases the effi et vies to produce steadiness and dimi-
nish fluctuaehm." This salutary rule was, however,
abandoned in September, 1844. Immediately after ti e
Act received the Itoyal Assent, the Bank of Er gland
being " given to understand, 'that it had nothing to do
with the circulation," and that it was to look at the
banking account alone, at once reduced its rate below
the 4 per cent. that had been its lowest charge during
all former times, and entered into an active competi-
tion with the bill-brokers of Lombard-street. It no
longer preserved a uniform price, but announced a
minimum rate, which was varied according to circum-
stances, in fact it descended from its elevated position as
a great national establishment to a private concern,
the object of which was to obtain the highest profits
for its shareholders. The effect of this proceeding
was necessarily to diminish materially the value of
money, which in the latter end of 1844 was, accord-
ing to Mr. GEORGE CARR GLYN, "lower than in any
year within his recollection, as low as 1 per cent."
This extreme depreciation he very fairly attributed
" to the operations of the Bank of England in the
money market." " The railway expenditure" has
been by many blamed as one of the chief causes of the
crisis. We do not agree in that opinion, for as we
have already shown, that expenditure, whatever effect
it might have produced on individuals, could not have
affected the national prosperity. It sent no money
out of the country. It was merely a transfer
from one pocket to another, which gave increased
employment to a large number of persons, and pro-
vided additional facilities for traffic and intercourse, the
advantages of which to the community in general have
never been controverted or denied, except, we believe,
by the Hon. and Gallant Colonel the Member for
Lincoln. But let those who have so loudly com-
plained
of railways go back a little further, inquire
into the causes that produced that mania, and ascer-
tain whether the Act of 1844 was nut in a great
degree the cause of the excitement. Let the Lords'
Committee answer. They say—" The effect of a low
rate of interest could not fail to give a great addi-
tional stimulus to speculation of all kinds. It
could not but have augmented the facility of forming
joint• stock companies for railroads and other
purposes. In the former cases it so acted the
more (factually, as the Bank of late adopted
u practice of investting its capital in railway se-
curities. The sum of 2;481,0001 was so invested,
and these securities seem by the Bank to have been
substituted for the floating debt of the country. In
1844 the greatest investments of this kind took place,
and yet the Governor and Deputy- Governor could not
perceive the beams in their own eyes, although they
so clearly discerned the motes in their neighbour,'
when, in describing the causes of the commercial
distress, they informed the Committee, "one cause of
it is that many of those parties have been dealing in
railway shares." It is true that they may draw a dis-
tinction between the dealing in railway shares and
the debentures purchased by the Bank, but, as
the Committee justly remark, " it is evident
that the purchase of these securities by the
Bank must have given a high sanction
and an effective stimulus to those very undertakings
which the Committee find afterwards referred to

Frequently during the last fortnight we have re-
ceived communications of a very violent character
relating to the rumoured intention of General
HAYNAU to visit this country. Our correspondents
have, we must acknowledge very naturally, expressed
their feelings of abhorrence for that Austrain soldier
whose atrocities had desolated the homes and hearths
of Hungary. Nevertheless, while recognising the
justice of these sentiments of execration towards an
individual so infamous by his cruelties, we have scrupu-
lously refrained of late from publishing any such
letters—remembering that it is the peculiar glory of
England to display her hospitility indiscriminately to all
foreigners without respect to their political reputation. A
distinction, no doubt, might be reasonably drawn be-
tween the position of such persons as come amongst
us in the character of bankrupt fugitives and such as
obtrude themselves upon our notice as merely curious
visitants, the one provoking criticism by the audacity
of their approach, the other protected as it were by
the panoply of their misfortunes. Yet while such
a comparison might reasonably authorise the com-
munity to articulate in some manner their detesta-
tion of any great political criminal, without in any
respect derogating from the fame of these islands as
the refuge of all foreign unfortunates—we are sa-
tisfied that a contemptuous and scornful indifference
would be more consonant with the national dignity,
and would be more expressive of the national loath-
ing, than the most vituperative attacks, or the most
opprobrious demonstrations. Such, however, is the
notoriety of the German officer before mentioned,
such is the abomination in which his career is held by
the people of Great Britain, so odious are his acts,
so villanous is his celebrity, so detestable and sinis-
ter are his illustrations—that on his first appearance
in the streets of this capital the feelings of the popu-
lation proved to be altogether irrepressible.
The desperate attack made yesterday upon
General HAYNALT, on the occa'ion of his visit
to a brewery in Bankside, proves the inten-
sity of that hatred which he has awakened to-
wards himself in the bosoms of all classes of English-
men by his dastardly and ferocious treatment of the
heroes and patriots of Hungary. At the mere sound
of his detested name the whole of the working popu-
team of the locality " turned out" together, dray-
men and labourers, porters, coalbeavers, and
scavengers, the whole of the motley sections of the
industrious multitude flung aside their occupations
on the instant, and rushed out en masse in pursuit
of the object of their execrations. The movement
was altogether without premeditation, and hence
its remarkable significance. It was the sudden out-
burst of that enthusiasm which has been aggregating
strength to itself now for a considerable period. It
was the utterance of sentiments as ardent as they
have been long suppressed. It was an abrupt and
spontaneous token of the sympathy with which the
masses of the English community have all along re-
garded the valorous struggle of the Hungarians, and
of the silent horror with which they have watched
the brutalities exercised over that illustrious
race by their Austrian conquerors. Had the
renowned KOSSUTH, the ex-Dictator of the
Magyars, appeared among the labouring men of
Bankside, instead of the cruel and pitiless HAYNAV,
we are satisfied that the former would have received
an ovation as earnest and vociferous as the onslaught
upon the latter was furious and energetic. The
British multitude are presumed by many to be in-
attentive to the movements taking place in foreign
countries, and to regard the efforts at emancipation
with a crass and stolid indifference. The outbreak
yesterday on the Surrey side of the river declares
loudly to the contrary. It was maintained, more-
over, for a long time that of those who at all took into
account the course of events on the continent, the
vast majority had their hopes concentred upon the
cause of the Viennese Government. The assertion
has often been reprobated and derided by ourselves.
Here, however, is its refutation. In these outrages
which, considering that he was a stranger on our
shores, we regret should have been committed on the
person of General 'away, may be discerned the in•
tensity of feeling with which the English multitude
have sympathised with the Hungarians, and have
loathed with the most utter abhorrence the crimes
and atrocities of the Austrian Government. Here is
a testimony, and it must be confess( d a rather
" striking " one too, of the truth of our oft-repeated
assertion, that the real sentiments of the English
people are expressed in the foreign policy of Lord
Yeeataaston. That any foreigner whatsoever should
have met with such treatment in the streets of our
metropolis we cannot but think, as members of a
civilized age and of a civilized country, to be a matter
of poignant sorrow however execrable bis
conduct may have been, and however irre-
trievable the infamies he has perpetrated. Lynch
law at all times we regard as more than merely un-
justifiable, as being, indeed, in itself an absolute
atrocity—especially and peculiarly so when it hap-
pens to be employed towards a foreigner. To our
thinking, in fact, the lex talionis is alone suitable to
a race of bat barians. Be-ides which, the sacred laws
of hospitality should never, under any circumstances,
be summarily violated, not even for the purpose of
indicating the detestation of great offences, committed
in the face of heaven against the supreme laws of GOD
and of humanity. Fur these reasons it is that we
cannot but deplore tie desperate atteck tnteh. yester-
day upon General 'herein b 3 the people ef Bank-
side ; although, at the same time, in eaten uation o+'
the conduct of the multitude, it must be coefessed
that scarcely ever before has the popular fhry been
provoked by more horrible or more preternatural
atrocities. If the Desolator of Hungary is solicitous
to escape henceforth from the recurrence• of such
scenes as that -which yesterday filled him A rith panic
and covered him with ignominy, we would re ommend
him to retire from England into the ignoble obscurity
which is alone m• lculated to protect him from the brand
of civic vengeance. Let him withdraw at I teast for a
while from the B.lsre of the public scrutiny,, :and there

among the causes of the commercial distress." The

fluctuation in the value of money may thus be clearly
' traced to the Act of 1844, and Mr. COBDEN, in
1840, when in toe full vigour of his intellect, b4ore
his head was turned by excessive vanity, and before
he had resigned himself to the delusive absurdities of
tke Peace Congress, declared, in speaking of the far
less violent fluctuations that had previously occurred
—" I.beheve great evils have been occasioned to the
trade and manufactures of the country, in
1836 and 1837, and the subsequent period, by
fluctuations in the currency—greater evils,
pecuniary, social, and moral—than by the
direct failures of all the banks of is,tri since they
were first established in this country." And yet that
very RICHARD COBDEN, eight years afterwards, gave
what may almost be considered a casting vote in fa-
vour of a law that enormously increased these al •
ternations, that rendered money when plentiful much
cheaper, decreased the rate of interest, and thus sti-
mulated the wild excitement and speculation which
necessarily led to a reaction, and
..then increased the
rates of discount so enormously as to transfer the
profits of those merchants and manufacturers who
were so fortunate as to escape total ruin into the
pockets of the capitalists, who lay by watching the
favourable opportunity.

ciple and a truth, although the whole world should be
armed against it. " A nation may," he says, " adopt
or not adopt the principle of legitinip.cy, as it is free to
decide the question of its form of government; hut if
the nation believes that it ought to return to the here.
ditary and traditional principle for sake of its security,
then the popular sanction cannot be called upon to
recogniie or certify that right. What one vote might
do ano her vote might undo, and thus the changing
law of majorities would open the way to adventures
and dangers. In e, there are things which cannot
and ought not to be discus-ed. A debate on the sub-
ject of an appeal to the people is dangerous."
This is a complete disavowal by the Count of
CHAMBOBD of M. DB LABOCHEJAQUELIN and his M..
lowers.

than the demand for some of the body of Douaniers for
this purpose.
" It is necessary, in truth, to belong to the editing of
jowr als inch as the Ltruttore of Turin, and the
(]rivers, in order to s,:e any cunnexio:, whatever be-
tween the latter which bears my signature and that
signed C,panna, of which I can explain nothing.
"To speak of nzoveuble columns, organised to commit
assassination, in the midst of a bes.ieg. d town, is simply
absurd. To explain the words impo)tunt operations, as
ihe murder of a person inimical to the GoNertiment of
the Republic, decreed by the Assembly, invested with
the supreme power, ar:d in a town in which everyone
okieted us with enthusiasm, is absurd and uvyust.
I. Zlrubianchi has said 1,, he has lied, and those who li-
ueratid him should have required him to speak to the
exoros order which he mentions. It be did not say it,
the calumny which has been launch, d with so much
t.erseverat ce against the government of a people, which
has been again plunged by brutal force into the horrors
of an unlimited despotism, is a thing for which there is
no name. If there bad been a spark of honour in the
minds of these who committed the crime, or were the
witnesses of its accomplishment, our defence w. old
leng since have been heard with a cry of indignation
t: ihe mouths of MM. de Gerando, Astier, Leone, and
other persons helongitz to the French embassy, and
aho r. mained at Rome at liberty and protected, whilst
cannons and bombs were dew()) ing cur brave mein
" Besides, the accusation is not a new one. For some
,ime past it has systematically sullied the re actionary
press, concerning me. The calumny and the calumhitt-
fors deserve from me nothing but a profound contempt.
I gi‘e it them. It is not for them—fur men who have
sold themselves to a Tarty which is steeped to the elbows
in blood, and which numbers in it. ranks such mmn us
del Carretto, Nardoni, Windischgriz, and Ilaynati—
that I write those lines; it is for those of our friends
who are weak enough to attach any importance to such
sccusa. ions.

" I &dare upon my honour, and once for all—
" That I have nevsr ordered or promoted, s• cretly or
publicly, the assassination, or the e.pital punishment of
sny one.

" That I have always maintained, contrary to the exi-
gercies and in spite of the suspicions of some patriots, the
right of liberty and of personal safety for the five or six
known enemies of the Republican Government at Rome.
•• That the only act of energetic repri scion which
took place during my administration was the placing
Ancona in a state of siege, which was confided to
the commiss6ry of the triumvirate, in consequence of some
assassinations committed by some wicked or misguided
met,.

That I was generally reproached by my compatriots
for what they called an excess of mildness and modera-
tion towards the enemies t f our national cause.

"That I am well-known for the boldness of my
opinions, and that I always dare to acknowledge what I
have done.

" That I respect the formula of our ancestors; Sales
populi suprema lex esto, and that if I thought that terror
could produce the emancipation of my country, I should
not for a moment hesitate to organise the terror, but
that I am firmly convinced that terror never has ad-
vanced, and never can advance a good cause; that it bas,
in general, fear for its mother, and re-action for its
daughter; that we are not called upon to kill kings and
their satell,tes, but to destroy royalty and corruption,
and that the way to succeed is not by blood, but by
thought, courage, devotedness, truth, and logic.
" That in lusty, the national party has no enemies to
fear but foreign bayonets.
" That those factions which exist by calumny are
everywhere, in my opinion, near their dissolution..
"That we shall not calumniate, but that we shall
conquer.
" Not depending very much upon the impartiality of
all those journals which have attacked me. to obtain the
insertion of my letter, I beg of you, Mr. Editor, to have
:he kindness to lend ine the publicity of your journal.
Receive, Mr. Editor, my fraternal salutations.
" JOSEPH MAZZINI.
"London, August 23, 1860."

DESPERATE AlrAt K UPON
UENERAL HAYNAU.
_

Yesterday morning, shortly before twelve o'clock,
three foreigners, one of when was very old and wore
long mous.tachies, presented themselves at the brewery
ef Messrs. Barclay and Company, for the purpose of
inspecting the establishment. According to the re-
gular practice of visitors they were requested to sign
their names in a book in the office., after which they
crossed the yard with one of the clerks. On inspect-
ing the visitors' kook the clerks discovered that one of
the parties was no other than Marshal Haynau,
the late commander of the Austrian forces during
the attack upon the unfortunate Hungarians. It
became known all over the brewery in less than
two minutes, and brfore the General and his compa-
nions had crossed the yard nearly all the labourers
and dreymen ran out with brooms and dirt, shouting
out " Down with the Austrian butcher," and other
epithets of rather en alarming nature to the Marshal.
A number of the men gathered round the Marshal as
be was viewing the large vat, and continued their
hostile manifestations. The Marshal being made ac-
quainted by one of the persons who accompanied him,
of the feeling prevailing against him, immediately
prepared to retire. But this was not so easily done.
The attack was commenced by dropping a truss of
straw upon his head as he passed through one of the
lower rooms; after which grain and missiles of
every kind that came to hand were freely bestowed
upon him. The men next struck his hat over his
eyes, and hustled him from all directions. leis
elothes were torn off his back. One of the men seizsd
him by the beard, and tried to cut it off. The
marshal's companions were treated with c qual vio-
lence. They, however, defended themselves man-
fully, and succeeded in reaching the outside of the
building. Here there were assembled about .500 per-
sons, consisting of the brewer's men, coal-heavers,
&c., the presence of the obnoxious visitor having be-
come known in the vicinity. No sooner had tha
Marshal made his appearance outside the gates than
he was surrounded, pelted, struck with every avail-
able missile, and even dragged along by his moustache,
which afforded ample facilities to his assailants, from
its excessive length, it reaching nearly down to his
shoulders. Still battling with his assailants, he ran
in a frantic manner along Baukside until he came
to the George public-house, when finding the
doors open he rushed in and proceeded up-
stairs into one of the bedrooms, to the utter astonish-
ment of Mrs. Benfield, the landlady, who soon dis-
covered his name and the reason of his entering the
house. The furious mob rushed in after him, threat-
ening to do for the "Austrian butcher ;" but, for-
tunately for him, the house is very old-fashioned,and
contains a vast number of doors, which were all
forced open, except the room in which the Marshal
was concealed. The mob had increased at that time
to several hundreds, and from their excited state
Mrs. Benfield became alarmed about her own pro-
perty as well as the Marshal's life. She accordingly
dispatched a messenger to the Southwark police-
station for the assistance of the police, and in a short
time Inspector Squires arrived at the George with a
number of police, and with great difficulty dispersed
the mob and got the Marshal out of the house. A
that.de
police galley was at the wharf at the time, into which
he was taken, and rowed towards Somerset-house,
amidst the shouts and execrations of the mob. Messrs.
iaatrtsahc k. I
et re w apaPnea aridse.
Barclay have suspended all hands, in order to dis-
coveral
n tehl;
camp and an interpreter. He had presented a letter
of introduction from Baron Rothschild, who had
ni ndcai
up
tasl s
of t h
therein described him as " his friend Marshal
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Haynau.
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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The following is the official account of the depar-
ture of the PRESIDENT tor Cherbourg :
"The President of the Republic took his departure
yesterday morning about halt•past nine for Evreux, on
his way to Cherbourg. He was accompanied in his tra-
velling carriage by the Minister of the Interior, and the
Prefects of the Seine and of Police. Four other car-
riages followed, containing the Ministers of Justice, of
Foreign Affairs, and of Marine, M. de Nieuwerkercpre.
the orderly officers of the President, Dr. Conneau, M.
Mucquart, the chef de cabinet of the President, the
aides-decamp of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of
Marine, anti the Secretary of the Minister of Justice.
General Excelmans was on horseback by the side of the
President's carriage. Generals Changarnier, Pyat, and
Canrubert, and the Ministers of War, Public Works,
Commerce, and Public Instruction, came to bid the
President adieu. Commandant Fleury preceded in
a cloise-de-poae the President by about an hour. As
tt e travelling party drove off the crowd on the outside
of the Ely: oft," cried, ' 'Jive Napoleon t The prefects of
police and of the Seine accompanied the President to
the limits of the department. The President was to ar-
rive at about hall-past one at Meulan, near which place
M. Baroche has a country house. The President was to
stop there fur a short time, having agreed to partake
of a collatkn provided by the Minister. The President
will stay three days in Cherbourg, in place of two. In
consequence, he will not be back in Paris until the 13th,
instead of the 12th, as first stated. The Princess Ma-
thilde de Demiduff, the President's cousin, is to proceed
to Cherbourg, and will be present at the greed ball
which that town is to offer him.
" M. Rancher will continue, during his journey with
the President, to sign papers as before. M. Mauroy, his
chef de cabinet, is charged to send him every day all
such papers of his own department, and of that of Public
Instruction, as may require his signature."
Intelligence has been received of the arrival of the
PRESIDENT at Evreux, at six o'clock on Tuesday
evening. He was well received by the people.
The National notices as a significant fact, that
whenever a telegraphic dispatch announces that any
of the Councils-General of Departments have agreed
to resolutions in favour of the revision of the Consti-
tution, it is published in the llioniteur ; but that when
the announcement is that no such resolution has been
come to, it is not published. The Bonapartists, how-
ever, are not quite at their ease in regard to these
resolutions ; it is true that resolutions have been come
to in the majority of instances in favour of the revi-
sion of the Constitution, but it is equally true that in
the majority of instances the resolution goes on to
express a wish that the revision should take place in
a legal manner, a species of revision to which the
most ardent Republican dues not olject; while in
only three instances has any resolution teen adopted
in favour of a prolongation of the powers of the
PRESIDII%T. This state of affait s is considered both
by the /1' utional, the organ of the lttleepuetrigliechasnse,t and
e
byl e 8 thei tirnAustis,etr:.h,baieseaAcTahteicoknatlee,tohneeLoif3
The 'ejection of the appeal to the people by the
Count of CHAMBORD is now no. longer
.matter of
doubt ; he stands upon his. " right chyme," and
is.ndw.uhßichhohnee,sahsass
haughtily refuses all compromise. AI. POUJOULAT, the
formally
disap-
preves—asthei
t
,fith;:etndhse
addressedLiti mt
s tieerutehriosfcotnhsetißtu7netsh,'
is r
e in thhiaargdeedpabrytmetthite thl);:tintice to e
right—
all appeal to the popular sanction, which, howeyer,
being contrary to his hereditary j
let. and proper as regards a republican. constitutio.
canaot be applied to a right which subsists as a prin.

FEARFUL ACCIDENT IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD.—
This forenoon, shortly before nine o'clock, a party, consisting
of two men and a female, were returning home from Barnet
fair i❑ a four-wheel chaise, along the Waterloo-road, Lam-
beth, when, owing to the unskilfulness of the driver, through
intoxication, he was unable to maintain the least command
over the animal, and the moment it had cleared the York-
road, it dashed down the public thoroughfare at a furious
rate. A young woman was knocked down near the Hero of
Waterloo inn, and a man with a barrow laden with fruit had
his stock in trade spoiled by the chaise overturning his
barrow. The cabmen on the Waterloo-road rank were
obliged to remove their vehicles to the opposite side of
the road to prevent the drunken party from driving
against them. The driver at length pulled the reins
of the animal so tight on the near-side, as to pull
it on to the pavement at the entrance of the Water-
loo-road terminus, when the chaise struck the lamp-
post at the gate, which it shivered. At the same instant the
persons in the chaise were pitched out by the force of the
collision. The horse continued to dash along the Waterloo-
road until he reached the front of the Victoria Theatre, when
he was stopped. The parties who were thrown out of the
chaise were taken to Mr. Brooke's surgery, in the Waterloo-
road, when it was found that the head of one was severely
cut. The wounds having been dressed, the two men and the
chaise were removed to Tower-street Police-station, both
men beieg so drunk as to be incapable of taking care of
themselves. One is named Jesse Pitt, living at 88, Corn-
wall•road, and the other is named William Waite, and resides
at 3, Flask-row, Pimlico. The female escaped uninjured.
The interest of an old debt is often paid in bad
language.-- Eliza Cook's Journal.
CAUTION To Tini PUBLIC.—The following notice
to the public has been issued by order of the Postmaster-
General, which,;it is to be hoped, will be generally adopted :
As it is not safe to transmit letters containing coin through
the post, persons having occasion to remit small sums are
earnestly recommended to make use of the Money Order-
office. Money orders for sums not exceeding 51. are granted
and paid,in every post town in the United Kingdom, and 4
the principal receiving-houses in London. Persons who may
desire to remit bank notes or draughts payable to bearer, or
other valuable property, may register the letter on payment
of a tee of 6d. in addition to the postage. In the case of bank
notes or bank post bills being sent, the numbers, dates, and
amount should be carefully taken; and the safest course will
be to cut such notes, &c., in halt; sending e..ch bait by a
separa e post. With the great convenience thus afforded for
sending sums at so low a charge, and the poser given of
registering letters, it is to be hoped the public will in all
cases in future avail themselves of these methods."

The Douglas Mill, belonging to Messrs. Gilroy,
at Dundee, was destoyed by fir, on Tuesday morning. Nothing
but the bare walls remaui.

Workmen are engaged in forming new walks in
the Green-park, in consequence of the improvements in front
of Buckingham-place. A portion of the ride up Constitution-
hill will be curtailed, and the railings carritd back into the
park. One of the walks form a mall between some flue trees,
and seats will be on each side.

The subscriprions of the working classes at Bolton
for a Peel park amount to 701.

The Bishop D .signate of Lyttelton has appointed
Mr, C. IV. Calvert his secretary.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1850

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Cl7'Y, TWO O'CLOCK.
_ _

Tho &ales cf Cotton at Liverpool yeAerd,y were esti-
matt.d at 6,000 hales, of which 2,000 American were,
taken f,r ExpGrt. The markr.t eh.cd ht avily with a
downward tendency.—The Share Market was F.teady.
These is a public sale in the Market this
morning of rifined sugAr from Holland, very unusual
here.

The letters by the steamer Pacific, from the Unit‘d
States, were delivered this morning. The accounts
given of the state cf trade are encouraging, and the Ca-
Ilion:ia intelligence is excellent.
The idlowing are some r. marks concerning the pro-
ceedings of our ships of war, off the Brazilian coast,
made by an American writer :

" In c, rnmentieg upon all this, we are very well aware
of the diffieultit a in the way of a just judgment with re-
spect to the vessels destroyed. The coast of Brszd.has
harboured so many notoriously bad charact.rs—has been
engaged in such a system of piratical adventure upon a
pi mon of the world—and has given so many evidences
of cruelty against the African race. that vessels are sus-
cted—snd v. ry properly too—of being engaged in the
illegal slay- trade. Under these circuinstanct 5, to dis-
eliminate between the honest merchant vessels and il.e
pirates, is a matter much more difficult than a stranger
w(.uld be led to suppose. Where there is a gre't chance
for ungodly gain artifice is most niast, rly in its inge•
nuity, defying even lynx-eyed authority, and the speed
of the armed marine.

"In Rio Grande on the 24th of June all was quiet.
Th.. Government had comprotni,ed with the Baron of
Jticuhy, who lot for Rio on June 22d. Ti:e Baron wee
,u‘peeted of having the wish, us it appeals it was
thought he had the power, of either causing a revolution
or embroiling the country with Buenos Ayres. Captains
of vessels arriving at Rio Grande, would do well to be
particular in their manifest-i, as they are r. quirrd to de
liver both of th-tr, at the same time, &elating whethtr
the tranif!sts and stores assimilate, and every article not
enutuera•ed is seized.

" Ihe AltrQd Hammond spoke, off Rio Grande, her
Britannic Majesty's steamer harpy, six flays from Monte
Video, who reported that the French fleet at Monte
Video was sutlering dreadfully trom the lever. The
authorities had refused to allow the sick to be landed.
Nothing new from the River Plate."
_ _

The 'English Sock market has remained precisely in
the sane condition as yesterday. Consols have been
964 for transier4 and 96k to k for account. The
foreign intelligeece has not been of a character to in-
fluence the quotations. Fur the New Three-
Quarter per Cents the rates have been 981 to 99k, and
for the Three per Cents. 97 to k. Exchequer-bills
have been marked 655. to 675,, and India Bonds 84s. to
87s. premium.
The feature in the Foreign market was a rise in
Mexican Stock, upon the publication of the details of
the plan drawn up by the Committee of Congress. The
outline was made known some time since under this
head, and the great hope of something tangible arising
from it is, that the recently installed Finance Minister
acted on the Committee, and being responsible for its
suggestions, is bound to use every exertion to carry
them out. Probably his hands will be atrengthentd
by the presence of M. Falconnet as the agent
of the bondholders, and the obtainment of a
portion of the indemnity money is clearly a matter
worth battling for, while it will be of the utmost impor •
tance to settle definitively what amount shall be paid
out of the next instalment. We have had, and still en-
tertain, apprehensions that the temptation to replenish
ttie Mexican treasury will be so great as to prove
almost irresistible, it it be nearly as exhausted
as is represented, but perseverance on the part
of M Falconnet, and the assistance cf the British
Ambassador, may go far to ensure at least a penis' pay-
ment. The Bonds opened at 30, but have wen done
since at 291 1 because, in reality, the details have been an-
ticipated. Ilse accounts of July 27 from Mexico, received
this moreing, state that the canvass for the Presidency
was pr••gressing rapidly. Spanish bondsare rather heave,
the Five per Cents. having been done at 191 ie The
Passive are at 4k, end the Three per Cents, at 37k.
It would appear that there are many Passive
holders who by no means like the proposed
settlement if their claims, but really we think
tney will consult their own interest 1y acquiescing.
One party writes us that the new plan involves
" a direct ereach of faith with the eassive holders, insist;
much as at the previous meeting it distinctly pledged
itself to claim an amelioration of the terms offered
Senor Murillo in an equal ratio for both Active and Pas-
sive Bonds alike. Baron Rothschild, the then chairman
and a member of the committee, after giving the above
assurance, to prevent the possibility of any misunder-
standing in this respect, iiluttrated his meaning in the
following terms:—' Assuming that by the Spanish
scheme Active Bonds would be worth 20 and the Pas-
sives 5, then for every 41. additional which we shall
claim fir the former, we shall demand 11. for the latter.'
In what way has this pledge been redeemed? By the
scheme referred to 350/. Passives would have been equi-
valent in value to 1001. Active, together with
arrears of interest thereon, whereas by the
plan proposed by the committee the latter
would be worth 450/. Passives; and when a
gentleman then present proposed such a modification
thereof as wonld have made it more consistent with the
pledge before given by the committee, the latter did nut
hesitate to oppose it and to procure its rejection by the
majority of those present."
We would simply remark upon this that Spanish
finance questions are to be judged of by no rule that
would apply to other countries. There seems an impos -
sibility of obtaining lull justice, and therefore the natural
inquiry is, will not the bondholders act wisely to accept
a compromise, even at a great sacrifice, for the sake of an
uniform arrangement. Even taking the terms as
proposed, the Passive stock muse rise in the
market, should toe Government at Madrid
acquiesce. • Portugue-e Fur ter Cent Bonds
have been 334 to 34, and Brazilian lather flatter
else at 91k. Dutch lwo and-a-halt per Cents. bring
57-k

Railway Share Market is very lively, and a re-
markable improvement has accurred in Great Western
and South- Westin, while Brighton, Midland, Great
Northern, York and North Midland, and must others
are belt: r. French shares have teen more dealt in.
United Mexican Mine shares have tutichccl 54.
The list week's railway receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:—

1850. 1849.
Nurth-West4rn 51,212 9 9 . . 47,028 10 1
South- Wc►tern
Midland
South•Eatt-ru
Cakdonian
North Stafford
Blackwall
QUAI?TER l'O THEE,..6.
Consols ... .. ... ... 9641 f

Ditto Account ... ~. ... 96} i
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
From t tie Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Console Anna
New 314 per Cent. Angie...
Long Annuitiez, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8,4( 8 5-16
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B%
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.- S
India Stock —
Do. Bonds, 10001 B7 84 p
Ditto under 1.000/
South Sea Stock —
Ditto New Annuities
Console for Account
.ilxchequer Bills. I iiii d. 2d.
March. June.
LOGO& — 67 65 p
500/. — t 7 65 p

Small

67 iS -p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 911,4
Ditto, Small 29%
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Mexican 8unet5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto Account . ......
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted, 1841
Ditto 4 oer Cent.
Ditto, Small . ' 34 3414
Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent —
Ditto 41,41 per Cent
ltpannstt Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive Bonds 4
Spanish Bonds,3 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account ......, 3714
Dividends un the above payable in London,
Dutch 21,4 per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 tier Ceit. Certificates

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PRE. .SHARE.
hf <<. -

Ditto, Preference .. .. . - dm... to -
•.puher., N otting., Boston,&c. B'/ -.• .... . to -
.y rshire and Ualloway - to -
eifast and County Down .. 32 .. .. - -
3erks and Hants Extension
LGt. West. Yerpet.s per ct.) 6 - ••• .. to •••••
•=inniugnaru be OxfordJumt.,
calls duly pd, or.with guar. 20
Do., without a guarantee... 20 -
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd. or with guar. 15 - -
Do., without a guarantee... 15
- . .•• to -
dinning., Wok, & Stour Val. 131.143.....- -
13irkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.., 26 - ...... to -
Bristol and Exeter 100 ...... 64 x.d. to -
isuckinghamshire -
:aledonian . - 8 i4l/6••• to -
Ditto, New 10/ Preference 10 ...... 5% to -
Ditto. Ciydesdale Junction 50 ......
:;hoster and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... 8% to -
Ditto, Preference -
lareuce
Direct London & Portsmouth 5% - to -
Jublin and Bel et Junction.. 45 -
' >undaik and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... - -
E‘st Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
..ad L. & D . 26 -
Ditto, 181., E. & U l9 . .. - -
Do, 34 1"J5.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% - -
Do, 7/. 175., 7 por Ct. Prof. 2 - to -
E %stem Couni h. -
Du. Exton., o per ct. No. 1,6/. 136.4 d p to -
Do., do. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d.. - p to -
Do. NOW Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10

, •
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 -
Do., 5 per cent. ... 50
Ditto, New .
E‘stern Union, Claus A (late ~
E. U. Shares) .... .. -

Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6

,
Dirt,;, ditto; 13 & C ...... . 25
Ditto Scrip ;gulf. 6 per ct.) 20
-.eat Lancashire .. •
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Ceut. Preference
Quarter Shares
:Bast. Limo inehire, guar. 6 per
Cent.... ..4 !O. ••• ......... r••••• 25