The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-18 00:00:00

ITA L 1

The Gcrzetta Popolare of Cagliari gives an account
of a curious combat wnich took place on the 22(1 ult.;
b.,tween two prieAts in the sacristy of the church of
Itiri. The cause of their quarrel appears to hive been.
the result of the communal elections, in which both
the cwrinatanti had played a cosspicuous part under
different colours. The (older pries., aged 70, bad given
his brother of the cloth, a young. man of 30, a
coupe of vigorous auffg, which the latter having
return: d, he was kr.)cked down by his venerable an-
tagonist, not content with such victory, took up
the heavy cross used in proce.i,ions, and would have
dashed out the fallen man's brains, had he not been
stopped by the timely interference of the sexton and
other people, whom the noise had attracted to the
spot. Stili the valiant Nestor did not relent, but re-
turned to the chugs with a ponderous chandelier,
v.ss with • difficulty wrenched out of his
hands. I,l,?antirne the younger priest had ral-
lied, and pronounced an excommunication against
his terrible antagonist. The Bi.hcp was "after-
wards appealed to -by both parties ; the old
pri=,st wes syspendtd a divinis on his con-
f,ssing the facts ; es for the excommunication, the'
hushh-o had to write to Rome, as he tied no pswer to:
quash it. The same journal mentions a dispute which.
has arisen between the syndic of Simi and the
superior of a convent of mendicants, on account of
the former having forbid those friars -to ask alms, on
the ground that the laws against mendicancy were to
be enforced without distinction of persons. The
superior has announced to the syndic that he has in-
currei excommunication in cJntiequenoe of such pro-

The San journal states that the Provincial
Coaioil of ilfuovo (Sardinia) closed is sittings on
the 20:h tilt.' after having voted an Eddress to the
Goviarnmerit for the abolition of convents, the reduc •
tion of bishoprics to three, and the mobilisation of
church property.

. .
The Gonfilon'.en of Leghorn has convoked the
electors of that town for the third time, fur the
eleci-in of members of the Communal Council, to
take place on the 15th, there not hiving been a tuffi-
cient number eft votes at the last election.

CJunt Ferdinand Bartholommei, one qf the com-
munal councillors of Florence, was absent from that
eity at the time the address for the revival of the
constitution was voted by the Council. He Kas mow
addre,sed a letter from Turin, dated the 11th, to his
colkiguea at Florence, declaring his adhesion to their
vote, end highly commending the conduct of S7gnor
Fecuzzi, which had cau.4ed his dismissal from office.

ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS
IN RIO JANEIRO.
We have just received the following letter from the
capital of Brrail:—

"Rio, July 9.
" I avail myself of the sailing of a vessel for Lis—
bon to write a few lines to inform you of the state of
things here.
" I inclose a paragraph from the Jornal do corner-
di() relating to the operations of the Cormorant steamer,
mid have only time to add a few faets illustrative of
the public feeling among the natives of Rio, and the
arming predicament in which British subjects are
planed.
" The populace are furious, and a matar os Ingleses'
is the cry in every street of Rio de Janeiro. Several
Englishmen have already been beaten and ill-treated ;-
amongst others Captain. Hennington, the owner of A n
English merchant vessel in harbour. An English
gentleman of my acquaintance had a narrow escape
on the evening of the 7th, a large stine passing within
a few inches of his head. The Government, of course,
will try to stop this sort of thing, but I much fear
ttey will not have the power.
"In the meantime, no single step has been taken
to secure the persons and property of British subjects
here ; and it is stated that the Cormorant has gone
out to attack the fort of MacahCi. This will nee:a-
sarrly ads fuel to the flame.
" The Emperor went ire person this morning, to
inspect all the forts of the harbour ; and ammunition'
has been sent on board all the Brazilian vessels of
war. We have only the Southampton, the Lily brig,
the Packet, and ene steamer, the Harpy. Tne two,
other steamers are out cruising. .
" Altogether the aspect of affairs is very ugly, and
we feel ourselves anything but comfortable. The in-
dignstion of the people i 3 thoroughly roused, and God
kaovrs what will be the result. With such a populace
As that of Rio we have the worse to dread. Surely
such measures are imprudent, let them emanate from
Nrhrm they rnly.
"In exchange nothing is doing. Our coffee mar-
ket L- • improved ; the whole stock was sold at an
advance is price, and we have not 5,000 bags in the
marks,.

..,1-tl'4 Si' N i'
_I-l'ire have dates from Monte Video up to the I7th
~
:_s
~,t4,peterde.port that yellow fever was raging there is
a....14:._ , ~:\.'lll4:r.aragra h from the Jorval do Comercio re-
p.,
.i1V.... faiiti: td in the above is au follows : -
tr.
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uto7lith., ham we announce that a new outrage
ci
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____ . enekbla tt an any that have preceded it, has
am
...;;.. A ukisu-perbetrated by an English cruiser in the port of ,
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Paranagus. We will endeavour to state the proceed-
ings ex4crly as they occurred :
The Engli,h steamer Cormorant went from Cabo
Frio to e port of Paranagua, entered it, and pro-
ceeded to overhaul the Brazilian shipping anchored
there.

" It had barely commenced this operation when the
fort opened its fire, but as the steamer was out of
range of, its small guns no effect was produced. The
Cormorant then took possession of four of the vessels
it had visited—the Leonidas, the Astrea, the Serea,
and the Anna—took them in row, and began to drag
them out of the harbour.

" The fort again fired on the steamer in passing,
killed one sailor, and wounded two. Immediately
the steamer cast off the vessels it had taken in tow,
took up a position, and opened a fire on the fort, which
did not cease till it was dismantled. The steamer
then took the vessels it had released again in tow, car-
ried them out of the port, and, as we are informed,
burned them.

"In the absence of any official report, none having
yet been received, vk e are obliged to stop here in our
narrative of a transaction which cannot fail to create
a profound sensation throughout the whole of our
country.

o We are ignorant of the fate of the garrison, but it
is to be feared that in part, at least, they h:ve fallen
victims in the discharge of their duty.
" It is e.,:rtain that the Council of State is holding a
meeting."—Daily News.

THE DOCKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—There has appeared in your paper the fol-
lowing paragraph, purporting to come from a corre-
spondent:—
" There are upwards of sixty landing waiters, weighers,
lockers, and gaugers taking stock in the vaults and ware-
houses of the SL Katharine's and London Docks. In
some of the warehouses there are tens of thousands of
packages to be examined. There is a great mystery ob-
served about the stock-taking, but the Custom-house
authorities appear confident that when their labours are
completed they shall be able to make revelations about
the practices in the above-mentioned docks which will
astonish the commercial public. At present there is no
idea that the directors of the docks themselves are at all
implicated in any improper transactions."
As the Superintendant of the London Docks, I beg
to say that a taking of stock by the officers of the
Customs in the warehouses and vaults of the London
Docks has been in process since the 28th September
last, during which time, and up to the 14th inst., 61,000
packages of dry goods have been unpiled and restowed ;
70,977 packages of dry goods were taken account of as
they lay—Total, 131,977 packages of dry goods.
19,427 casks of wines and spirits have been examined;
521 casks of wines and spirits hare been dipped; 7 casks
of wines and spirits have been bored—Total, 19,955
casks of wet goods. And that up to this moment the
examination has not produced a single case in which
the revenue has been- damnified to the extent of one
farthing. This taking of stock goes forward in the
most open manner. There is no mystery about this
or any other proceeding in the London Docks.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS CHANDLER,
Superintendent of the London Docks.
London Docks, Oct. 16.

REMOVAL of the LIVERPOOL POST-OFFICE.
A committee of the Chamber of Commerce had a
conference with the sub committee of the Council
on Thursday in reference to this subject. The pro-
position of the Chamber was that the Council
should fix upon the site, and erect a suitable build-
ing, the Government to pay a fair rent for the
accommodation ; and the intimation was given
that for this course the Government was prepared.
The plan, it is said, has the approval of Mr. William
Brown, who will use every effort to carry it into
effect. A special meeting of the council of the Cham-
ber of Commerce was held on Monday, Mr. William
Brown in the chair, when it was communicated that
officers from the Treasury, Post-office, and Inland De-
partment had been appointed to proceed to Liverpool,
for the purpose of meeting a deputation, in compliance
with memorials from this Chamber, on the subject of
the removal of the Post-office, as well as with the
resolutions passed at the town's meetings, and that on
Tnursday they would be ready to receive them. It
was agreed that Messrs. William Brown, M.P., C.
Robertson, R. A. Macfie, and James Stitt, together
with the president and vice-president, form
the deputation on the part of the Chamber,
and that they confer with the committee of
the Town Council on the subject, and the Dock
Committee, for the purpose of procuring their co-
operation by appointing deputations to join that
from the Chamber. An adjourned special meeting of
the council of the Chamber was held on Tuesday,
when it was reported that the deputation appointed on
Monday,: with respect to. thel Post-office site, had ar-
ranged a time for meeting the committee of the Town
Connell and the Dock Committee, on the subject.
Mr. Hester, the Secretary to the Treasury, was ex-
pected to arrive at the Adelphi Hotel last evening,
and will to-day have an interview with the Council
of the Chamber of Commerce and a committee of the
Tir.vn Council relative to the intended site for the
Post- l` C P.-Liz:el-pot,/ Times.

BANK OF

(From this ni
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7
the !V eckending on Saturday,

ISSUL Di
X.
Notes 26,69.1,405

£29,G98,405

Dated the lith day of October,

ENGLAND.
fight's Gazette.)
Rh and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, ter
the 12th day of October, MO.
?AaTMENT.

Government debt .. 11,91:5,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Geld coin and bullion 15,198,520
Silver bullion • • •• •• 199,885

I X 29,698,405
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1,350.
OETAIITXEN T.

BANKIDas D
£•
PrOprietOreeSpital.. 14,7,53,000
It~xt. ........ 3,059,734
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, sav-
ings-banks, snd Di-
vidend accounts) .. 10.694,649
Other deposits .. .. • • 8,850,071
seven day and other
bills.. .• • . .• • • • . 1,31 ,576

Government seenrl.•
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity).. 14,443,637
I Other securities •. .. 13,194.789
Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 10,231,025
Gold and silver coin.. 606,645

X 28,476,036

Dated the 17th day of October,

£38,476,095
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1850,

COURSE OF EXCH

11.11;:zoroarn •• .. 11 18%
Ditto, t liree months .. 11 19%
gotterdam •• •• 11 193,,,
kntwcrp .............. 25 45
..... 25 45
Elarnburgh .... • • :11.8. 13 9%
Paris, 3 days'sight 25 22%

NGE.-(THIS DAY.)
IGeghorn ........ •• •• 30 90
Iliemoa •• .• •• 26 95
Venice • • • • ....
*Naples ............ 41,4
l'alermo, peroz ........ 1:3•7(
Messina 12314
Usbon• . • • • • • • •• •• • . •• 63%
.)porto ........ • • .. •• b 3%
Itio Janeiro •• ••
lisuenoa Ayres
New York, 60 dayesight
ehlladelphia ..........

Ditto. 3 months .... 25 45
Arseilles ............ 25 4:34
Bouniestax ......... .
Frankfort on Mena.... 119%
...... .......
Vienna, efee• tio •• •• •• 12 10
Trieste, 12 12
Petersburgh, ail. Rblo.. 37%
itcadtfd ••........ 49%
Clatc •• •• • • •• •• • • •• •• 493 s
B•• • • •• • • .• .•

PSICICS OF BULLION, TEE ON.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
-ipaniih Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars .• . 0 4 10%
Silver in bars ...... •• 0 b

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current, Oct. 17.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was less diTosition evinced
to operate in West India Sugar; still holders were firm,
and would not sell Grocery or Refining sorts but at fully
former rates. At auction 98 hds Jamaica went at 333
to 40s 61 for ord to good yellow; and 50 brls St Kitt's at
37J 6d to 39s 61 for com and mid. The purchases are
447 hds; and for the week 2.5.59 hds and tierces. For
public sale next week only 150 hds Barbadoes, and 500
bgs Bengrl Sugar are at present declared.
REFINED.—TO day Refined Sugar is in fair demand
fur home trade purposes; and Brown Grocery lumps
realized 51s 6d to 52s per cwt; the market has also a
fi,m aspect. Crushed Sugar sells more freely at fully
former rates.

MAURITIUS.—This afternoon a public sale of 1,391
bags and 14 casks Mauritius went at firm rates; fine•
yellow at 41s 6d to 428 6d, ord to good 36a 6d to 403;
mid to tine brown 343 to 365; ord and low 303 to 333
per cwt. _

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
Sugar offered at public sale was large, and amounted
to 6,422 bgs; still all sold at full rates; good and
fine yellow like Mauritius at 40s to 43s 6d, mid 39s to
395 61; yellow rather grainy 45s to 45s 6d ; soft yellow
365 to 40s 6d. Or Madras 6,975 hgs realised former
prices; white like Benares 423 6d to 46s 6d; yellow
like Mauritius 38s eo elys; soft 32s to 375; brown 31s
to 325; and very ord 30s to 30s 6d. Of Jangery 225
cases sold at 9s to 9s 6d fur export.
FOREIGN.—Tc-day there was no public sale of Fo-
re7ga Sugar, and privately less business was dune, still
holders were firm. A cargo of white Bahia has been
sold at 234 6d per cwt.
MOLASSES.—The improved rates of last week are
well supported for West India, and a large business has
been conluded; the quantity on offer is also less than
for some time past, other sorts are wanted. At auction
60 hds Bengal Treacle realised 123, and 51 casks Mo-
lasses from Sydney in bond 5s to 53 6d per cwt. Of all
kleoianw.sdlesrmthriedarteezli;ssimatiodlafm6aru3ngaol
ilegfrev; stock than last year by 2,500
puns; but deliveries exceed those of that period by 600
puns, and imports continue upon a smaller scale.
CoFBEE.—This afternoon the biddings were languid
at the public sales of Plantation Ceylon Coffee ; of 490
casks and 349 bags offered, a small part only sold at
good
other went
sorts at
55634
tot o
617503. Idnci
15'ynIrsipaatgoret 5
55300,13,d
at
aontdst
the
a.
dSo4use4tla
tmloi iicd5a25158., Z2gN2oabotadi
vgaesn were eefiyr
fine
eoonn lordiys
cheaper, and the private sales to-day are confined to
1,000 bgs at 57s to 57s 6d for good ord.
TEA.—Thero is no further advance for green, but id
the lest week large parcels have been taken by townand
country dealers. Scented and Pekoe Tea finds a ready
sale at former terms. Congou continues in good de-
• wand with much,firmness on the part of holders, ord and
good ord realised is Oid to is Id, medium is 2d to
is 343, and better kinds Is 34d to is 7d per lb. Pouchong
is wanted at ltd to is id, but few parcels are on the
market. To-day the public sales of Tea went off at full
rates, and of 4,693 pkgs offered 1,000 sold at full rates,
common Congou realised Is Oid to is Old per lb.
RICE.—Ot 6,981 bge u$ sale about half sold, mid and

good pinky white at 93 to 9s 61, low 83 to 8s 6d, but
chiefly at the former rates; acme paroles were taken in
at 101 to lOs 6d for fine white. For Pe:lgal the market
has a quieter aspect, and rather lower rates have been ac-
ceded to for inferior sorts, but good and fine are held for
late terms. Privately only 3,300 bgs have been disposed
of, and at auction a part only of 3,731 bags 994 pkts
found buyers, fine white at 12s to 12s 6d, good mid
and goal lOs 6d to 115, mid 103 to 105 6d, and common
broken 93 per cwt, whilst fine cargo was bought in at
9s, being above the value. In the private contract
market Pearl Barley and Arracan can be obtained at
8s 6d per cwt. Cleaned Patna is still in good re-
quest, but prices are not higher, and rule at 12s to 18a
for low to fine, and broken at, 103 6d to Ils 6,1. Caro-
lina is not much wanted, but town dressed is held for
22a to 28s. Of American 20 bags at auction real z-d
20s 6d. To day the market is still quiet f"-,r East India
Rice, and former rates are barrly support, d. At auction
301 bags mid white Bengal sold at 103 to lOs 6d, and 150
bags pinky white Madras at 9s per cat.
6PrcEs —To-day at eale 4,246 bags Batavia Pepper
were taken in at 3i 1 for good, being rather above the
va'uc; but 238 bags white sold at 6d to 71d for ord to
good. Of Cloves 48 bags realised 8d to 81d for Batavia;
100 brie Jamaica Ginger, 69, to 91a for ord and mid;
42 bags Pimento, 6id to 6id for good ord and mid.
SALTPETRE.—Tu-day at public sale 1.100 hags Cal-
cutta were taken in, and withdrawn at 273 to 28s fur 5}
to 6i per cent. refraction.
UuCLIINEAL —A much better demand has been expe-
rienced this week, and prices have advanced Id to 2d per
pound although the market has been more freely supplied.
At auction 360 ba4B were all sold, and the latest rates ob-
triad were for Honduras Silvers 3r 9d to 4s 2d fur ord
to good, 43 6d to 4s lid for mid to good Black, and
33 8d to 3s 10 for Mexican Black, and Silvers. Some
lots of Garblings realized is 7d to Is 9d par lb. There
has be.n no arrival cf Cochineal this week, but stock
exceeds that of last year, still deliveries continue upon a
larger scale.
INDlao.—The quarterly sales of East India finished
yesterday. The whole quantity put up was 13,692 chests
in the A, and 3,408 in the B catalogue; total, 17,100, of
which 978 were not printed, leaving the quantity for
sale 16,122 chests. The spirit of speculation in
Indigo, which bas been remarkable throughout
the year, particularly tince the month of May,
received an additional impetus by the unfavour-
able accounts from Calcutta of the Bth and 21st
August, estimating the crop at 110,000 to 115,000
maunds; on the receipt of this last mail an advance of
7d to 9d on the prices of July was currently paid by the
apt culators, who were known to be the owners of a very
considerable proportion of the quantity put up in this sale;
the general expectatiOn was,therefore,that the withdrawals
would be unusually large. The first marks in the cata•
logue were generally limited at 10d to Is advance on
the July rates, and as the export and home buyers ap-
peared at first unwilling to come forward, a con-
siderablo proportion was bought in, speculators
taking about one-third of the quantity which
passed the hammer. As the sale proccdded, bow•
ever, considerable parcels being almost hourly with-
drawn by the proprietors, it became evident that the
proportion intended for bond fide sale could not exceed
7,000 to 8,000 chests; exporters and home consumers,
therefore, acted with more confidence, and paid readily
the advance which had been partly established in the
beginning. As compared with last sale's prices, we now
quote ord to fine Bengals 10c to is Id advance; the good
consuming and middling shipping qualities being the
most in demand. and boating the greatest advance. The
quality of the Kurpahs was generally good, and the de
mend having been very active throughout, an advance of
10d to is was also realized—dry leaf Madras,
however, has been comparatively neglected, and
only a small proportion found buyers at about
9d advance on last sale's prices, proprietors
buying in the remainder. Of the total quantity put up
(17,100 chests) 9,816 have been withdrawn, and 1,855
bought in, leaving 5,429 chests sold in the room, and
about 1.500 of the bought in and withdrawn parcels;
total 7,000 chests, of which 1;500 are supposed to be for
home consumption, 3,500 tor export, and 2,000 for specu-
lation and re-sale. Of 400 stns Guatemala Indigo at
auction this week, a small part sold at 34 8d to 5s 4d
per lb.

TALLOW.—To-day at sale 780 cks Sydney only in
part sold at 353 6d to 338 fid; 640 pkgs South American
33s 6d to 33864.

OILS.—A much better demand has been experienced
for Linseed Oil from shippers and home consumers
This week; prices are higher, and rule at 32s 3d to
326 6d on the spot. Fur delivery several contracts
have been completed at 32s per cwt, and there are
not free selers. In Olive a gcod deal has been
done, and last week's rates are well supported,
Spanish, and Gallipoli realizing 441 to 451, other sorts
421 103 to 431 10s to 431 10s per tun. Of Rapeseed Oil
many parcels have been disposed of, and rates are firm.
Foreign Pale at 383 3d to 38s 6d, British 37s 6d to
38i, and Brown at 36s 6d to 373. In Cocoa Nut
operations have been small with sellers of Cochin,
and Ceylon at 293 to 32s 6d per cwt according to
quality. Palm mit with increased attention, prices are
still on the advance, and range :at 303 to 303 6d
for fine. Previous advanced rate are supported
for Seal with a good demand. Pale realised 39
103 to 40s, Straw and Tinged 371t0 381 10s, Yellow and
Brown 351 10a to 361 10s. Southern has been sought
after and realised from 341 to 364 lOs for ord
to fine quality, but there will be a much better supply
at market shortly. Cod is higher, 381 to 391 having been
obtained, but at these rates buyers do not operate freely.
Sperm in good demand, and prices are on the rise, fine
quality selling at 841 to 851, there is not a larger quantity
on Orer. Ileadmatter is selling at 881 to 921 per tun.
To day at auction 70 tuns Sowliern Oil sold at 361 to
361155; 45 tuns Newfoundland Whale 3415 s to :.341153,
and 26 tuns Pale Seal 38/ to 381 10s.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS E VENIN G.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, OCT. 18, 1850.
Orders for the Court's going into Mourning, on
Sunday next, the 20th instant, for her late Majesty
the Queen of the Belgians, viz.—The La,lies to wear
black silk, fringed or plai❑ linen, white gloves,
necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans
and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full-
trimmed, fringed or plain .linen, black swords and
buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday
the 3d of November next, viz., the ladies to wear black
si:k or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with
black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and
black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and
s.lver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and
buckles. And on Sunday the 10th of November next,
the Court go out of mourning.
Commissions by,the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.
William John Blake,.Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Francis Frederic Lovell, Ebq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
Oct. 8.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Ribblesdale to
be Deputy-Lieutenant, Oct. 5.
2d West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Captajn Henry Edwards to b 3 Major, vice Moore, de-
ceased; Lieutenant George Thomas Pollard to be Cap-
tain, vice Edwards, promoted; Cornet Joseph Priestley
Edwards to be Lieutenant, vice Pollard, promoted,
Oct. 10.

WHITEHALL, CCT. 17.
The Lord Chanctillor has appointed Benjamin Bloom-
field, (.1 f Kildate street, Dublin, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery, in that
part or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, called Ireland.