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taxes, and the interest on borrowed capital, varied I
with the prices of their produce, it might be a matter I
of but little consequence what was the actual value of
money, whether the circulating medium was " ap-
preciated" or " depreciated," whether they received a
quarter of an cunce or an entire ounce of gold, one
pound or four pounds per quarter for their corn•
Twenty shillings would in the former case possess
the same command over the necessaries and comforts
of life, the same purchasing power, that eighty
shillings would in the latter, and the result would
be precisely similar. But, unfortunately, such is not
the case. The farmer has to meet heavy outgoings ;
he has to pay rent to his landlord, general and local
taxation, and possibly to liquidate debts.
For all these purposes he requires certain sums of
money, and if he has to give in exchange two hundred
quarters of corn for the quantity of coin, or bank-
notes, which he could formerly have obtained for one
hundred quarters, it is manifest that he is deprived of
one hundred quarters, which he would otherwise
have had for the use of himself, his family, and de-
pendents.
Now his rent was, most probably, fixed on the
scale proportioned to 80s. per quarter. During the
war, and until after the passing of the fatal Act of
1819—from 1794 to 1820—the average price of corn
was 871. 10d. per quarter. During this period no
less than 600,000,0001. sterling of debt was incurred
by the nation, for which the labour of the people
was mortgaged. Many leases were also made on the
estimate that similar prices would be maintained, and
the landowners acquired habits of expenditure
and encumbered their properties on the same
supposition. Even after the triumph of the bul-
lionists, and the appreciation of the value of
money, attempts were made to keep*up the prices
of agricultural produce. The first Corn Law of
1815 was intended to secure the farmer 80s. per quarter
for wheat, but it signally failed, for during the seven
years after its enactment the average price did not
exceed 693. lid. In 1822 another Act was passed.
The prohibition price was reduced to 703., but there
was to be a duty of 12s. if the price was under 80s.,
and .ss. between 803. and 85s. ; but the average never
reached the 705., it amounted but to 595. 3fel. In
1828 another meddling took place, by which wheat
was to be sustained permanently at 645., but again
the hopes of the farmers were disappointed—the ave-
rage for fourteen years only amounted to 58a. 10id.
Then it was discovered that 563. was the proper
price, and the Act of 1842 received the legislative
sanction; but even that failed, and justly and
properly failed, because the attempt was made
to sustain the farmers from the natural
consequences of the enormous increase in the value of
money at the expense of the rest of the community,
who were doubly sufferers, until it was finally swept
from the national statute-book, amid the acclamations
of the indignant people ; and now the farmers have
435. or 445., and even this will be diminished if the
" moneyocracy " be permitted to carry on their game
with impunity much longer.
It will be observed, that during the former period
there was no " protection" save that afforded by a
circulating medium adequate to the wants and exi-
gencies of the country. Every man able and willing
to labour was sure of obtaining employment, of get-
ting a " fair day's wages fur a fair day's work.''
The farmers were able to pay their way—to enjoy
every comfort suitable to their station—to meet land-
lord, tax-gatherer, or creditor without terror, and to
lay by some provision for a rainy day. But with the
advent of " protection " times changed. From the
period of the corn-law they obtained but fitful
glimpses of prosperity. And why? Because, at the same
time, they permitted a tampering with the currency.
which produced a continued " appreciation" in the
value of money, which has ultimately proved fatal to
themselves as to the industrious classes generally—
manufacturing as well as agricultural. The six
hundred millions of debt, which at the time it was
contracted could have been satisfied for one hundred
and thirty millions of quarters of corn, or even much
less, if we take the average price from 1809 to 1815,
would now require three hundred millions of quarters
to liquidate, and all public and fixed charges are in a
precisely similar condition; for even where rents have
been abated, they have not been reduced in
_anything
like a fair proportion.

guardian and protector, the Surrey magistrates have
shaken off the apathy in which they long indulged,
and are beginning to take active measures for the
protection of life and property within the portions of
the county beyond the radius of the Metropolitan Po-
lice. At the General Quarter Session, held at Kings-
ton, on Wednesday, a committee was unanimously
appointed to consider and report upon a plan for the
adoption of a rural police in the hitherto neglected
districts, where the habitual ♦iolators of the law car-
ried on their nefarious operations without fear of dis-
turbance or detection. That this step has not been
taken without an urgent and pressing necessity may
be gathered from the fact stated by the mover of the
resolution, that since March last "there had
been no less than eighteen cases of burglary, accom-
panied with violence, in the Godalming district." It
is painful to reflect that the offenders
in any of these cases would, by an easy transition,
have become murderers; that they were prepared for
any degree of brutality to have ensured the coveted
booty; and yet, during that entire time, while the
more remote localities were handed over to the tender
mercies of gangs of lawless ruffian nothing prac-
tical was done, no suggestion was offered calculated
to bring this untoward state of affairs to a conclusion.

LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1850.

As a strong illustration of the growth and progress
of the spirit to which we have alluded in the early
part of this article, we would invite the public atten-
tion to the proceedings of the " Market Bosworth
Farmers' Association," reported in a recent number
of a respected provincial contemporary, the Leicester-
shire Mercury. The members commenced their au-
tumn session by considering " how the currency affects
the interests of the agriculturists of Great Britain,"
an excE edingly pertinent and proper inquiry, which
will, we trust, be entered upon by every farmer's so-
ciety throughout the kingdom during the ensuing
winter. The members of the association were so for-
tunate as to obtain the assistance of a gentleman who
has closely studied, and is thoroughly acquainted with,
the subject, the Rev. JOHN TWELLS, with whose
name our friends and subscribers must be well ac-
quainted. Mr. TWELLS possesses the happy faculty
of making himself clearly understood, of rendering
the subject he has undertaken to elucidate compre-
hensible by all persons of ordinary capacity. There
were no specious fallacies, calculated to bewilder the
brain or deceive the mind, contained in his brilliant
address. He showed clearly and distinctly the happy
results that invariably accompanied a judicious s 3 stem
of currency, with a sufficient supply of the represen-
tatives of value, and explained that similar effects
would again follow similar causes if they were in
operation. He entered into a history of prices, show-
ing the cause of each variation, and tracing it to the
state of monetary affairs, as the natural result of the
unjust and inequitable Acts of 1819 and 1844. The
Reverend Gentleman then gave in his ad-
hesion to the " national taxation money," to
which we have repeatedly directed the public
attention, which he described as " a system similar
to that which we had during the war, but better, im-
proved by all the suggestions which experience and
philosophy can present ;" with which "the prosperity
and happiness of the country might be increased to
an extent scarcely yet contemplated."
In pointing out the mode in which this currency
would increase the national wealth, the Rev. Gentle-
man was peculiarly felicitous ; insomuch so that,
although we have already exceeded our ordinary
limits, we cannot refrain from making one quotation.

A spirit of inquiry has arisen among agriculturists
which, if we are not grievously mistaken, must lead
to most importankresults. Many intelligent persons,
wh) have embarked their capital in the cultivation oc
the soil, are at length becoming convinced that it is
utterly useless to hope for a restoration of protective
imposts ; that the corn monopoly is indeed defunct,
and that there is no possibility of the resuscitation of
the unsightly monster. If any reasonable doubt could
have existed on the subject the recent speech of Lord
STANLEY, at Bury, must have dispelled the pleasing
illusion. The Noble Lord encouraged the tenant-
farmers to " go on boldly and improve the land," not
by any promise of a new bread-tax, but because there
is yet " room for the profitable investment of capital
in wheat cultivation." That was no rash or
hasty speech, delivered without premedita-
tion or forethought. It was put forward
advisedly, after ample and mature deliberation ; and
its object was to show that he, the acknowledged
leader of the Protectionists, would no longer maintain
the hopeless struggle—to show to the agriculturists
that other means must be adopted for the amelioration
of their condition.

" It would," said he, " replace a very expensive me-
dium of sxchange—GOLD, by a very cheap one—PAPER.
The fifty or sixty millions of gold which are now sup-
posed to be in circulation, and which are merely used as
counters, would be then replaced by notes. Here at
once would be a saving of more than two millions a year,
by converting this large amount of dead stock into active
productive stock. Suppose a farmer had been taught
that it was necessary to use a golden ploughshare, worth
1,000/., and a man came to him and said, • I will make
fur you a ploughshare of iron for 100 pence which will
do the work just as well;' it is plain that the farmer
would have the difference between 1,600/. and 100 pence
to employ as active capital. He would improve his land,
drain, manure, and what not, when he had substituted a
cheap ploughshare for a dear oce."

He also pointed out that it would benefit the nation
by " rendering our circulating medium independent
of foreign exchanges," and " that we should obtain
a circulating medium capable of expansion, a money,
in which prices would be able to rise as taxes are im-
posed, so that taxes might be added to the cost of pro-
duction, and a remunerative price be obtained. And
further, as our population increased, and our commo-
dities increased also, in other words, as our buyers
and sellers increased, and the things to be bought and
sold increased, money, the medium of exchange
between man and man, might increase in due pro-
portion."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

It was as if a well-stocked preserve were thrown open
to a body of poachers, the caretakers and game- I
keepers being prudently sent out of the way.l
What materially enhanced the danger was, that
there was no such negligence in the adjoining coun-
ties of Hants or Sussex. An efficient body of police
were maintained in these more distant shires; while
the wealthy inhabitants were left without protection.
The plunderers were thus induced to carry on their
depredations in this favoured district, where they were
at the same time assured of a handsome booty and
reasonable time to make their escape before any im-
pertinent inquiries would be instituted as to their
innocent amusements. If they trespassed in this
quarter, patrolled by the Metropolitan Police, it was
certain that there would be a speedy and energetic
pursuit, that the scent would be actively followed up,
and every point in the trail closely observed, so that
if they even escaped conviction they would still be
marked men, kept under close surveillance, and subject
to arrest on every occasion when any reasonable sus-
picion could be entertained. The same might be as-
serted of Sussex and Hampshire, but it was very dif-
ferent in the lower portion of Surrey ; that was the
land of promise, to which the gallant souls who
scorned to be bound by legal trammels flocked when-
ever the neighbourhoods which they had previously
patronised became too warm to hold them. The
number and magnitude of the offences are, therefore,
by no means so surprising as that the inhabitants
should have so long remained contented, without
making some effort to obtain the much-required pro-
tection. A simple fact in connexion with the Frimley
murder will explain the entire state of affairs—
" from the want of proper authorities on the spot, no
less than sixteen hours elapsed before any policeman
was engaged in endeavouring to detect the guilty
parties." Under such circumstances the refusal to
appoint a rural police on the ground of expense
must be acknowledged to be of a piece with that
policy which is generally denominated "penny wise
and pound foolish."
It must not be supposed that the appointment of such
a force would alone be sufficient to protect the inhabi-
tants. Offences will occur in the best-watched districts
Reckless and desperate men will seize on every op-
portunity that may offer for crime; even in the busiest
and most carefully guarded localities outrages of the
most formidable character will be attempted, and fre-
quently with success. All that can be done is to en-
sure prompt attention to every case, and a strict and
vigilant search after the offenders, so, as far as prac-
ticable, to abridge their chances of escape. No pains,
no expense, should be spared to detect the criminals,
and make certain punishment attend on guilt. But
this is the duty of the authorities, and not of the par-
ties injured—of the public generally, and not of indi-
viduals. It is too much the habit to consider that the
whole duty devolves on the person previously ag-
grieved. He is expected, whatever may be his cir-
cumstances, to offer a reward for the apprehension
and conviction of the offenders, and to take
upon himself the onus of their prosecution
If any deficiency 'should occur, he is censured ; and
what should be regarded as a great act of public
justice, degenerates into the gratification of private
vengeance.

It may be said that in uses of magnitude there will
be public prosecutions. Undoubtedly so, where in-
dictments for murder or capital felonies are preferred;
but petty cases of robbery and offences against pri-
vate property are comparatively disregarded, and the
offenders are but too frequently suffered to evade the
penalties due to their crimes, through the apathy,
incompetence, or careless good nature of those whom

they have injured. Many, alas ! too many, persons
have bczome practised hands, going through the
several gradations of crime, until society has been
horrified by some sanguinary murder, which
can only be expiated by an ignominous
death upon the scaffold, through the impunity
that followed their earlier offences from the want of
an efficient public prosecutor. For this society is
often nearly as much to blame as the wretched cri-
minal who may be strangled in due form of law, upon
the scaffold.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
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M. TEIEL, the ex-coachman of Louts Paimrrr,
ambitious of the fame of M. CUENI.T, hds published
what appears to be a police-concocted narrative,
showing "as how " the members of the Provisional
Government rode about in the royal carriages, and
after übir,g them for twelve months, returned them
much in the state in which a carriage might be well
supposed to be after twelve months' wear and tear.
Seeing that after the fall of the monarchy these
royal state carriages, which were no more the private
property of the Sovereign than is the state coach of
the city of London the private property of the Lord
Mayor, became national property, we certainly cannot
see any impropriety in this being devoted to the use
of the members of the Provisional Government.
However, the narrative serves to amuse the gobes-
mouches, and its publication at the present moment by
the monarchical intriguers is evidently a piece of
" red herring trailing," but which will scarcely be
successful.

NI &eV
Who can say that Mr. HOLLEST would not now
have been in full vigour of mind and body, in the en-
joyment of health and strength, if the Surrey magis-
trates, dreading an additional farthing rate, had not
reported against the appointment of a rural police ?
May not the fearful event that has harrowed up the
feelings of the community, deprived Mr. HOLLEST of
life, and converted ordinary robbers into blood-
stained murderers, be owing to this fit of economy on
the part of the worshipful justices ? Did they place
the temptation in the way of the burglars, and must
they not in some degree be responsible for the result ?

It is said that the Orleanists have split into two
factions ; the first the " rump" of the " conspirators of
16 years," has for its organ the Journal des Dibats,
the second the Thiers and Odilon party, as the party
of the Regency, has for its organ the'Ordre.
The carpenters who struck for higher wages at
Liverdun have been sentenced by the Police-court of
Assize of Toul for coalition to periods of imprison•
ment varying from two to six months.
The price of the 41b. loaf in Paris has been re-
duced to 56 centimes, in consequence of the decline
in the price of flour.
PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 16.—Latest Prices.—Five per
Cents., 92f. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 55f. ; Bank
Actions, 2,300 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, 814—Dutch Rhenish, 31A—Namur
and Liege, 8 L Northern of France, 14%—Paris and Stras-
bourg, 71,i— Rouen and Havre, 10—Tours and Nantes, 3%.

THE STAR STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—The an-
nual general meeting of the proprietors of this company
was held yesterday at Gravesend. The meeting was nu-
merously attended. James Harmer, Esq., the chairman,
said that he had great gratification in being able_to congra•
tulate the proprietors upon the prosperous condition of their
affairs during the season just passed, notwithstanding the
great difficulties they had to contend against. The audi-
tor's report was then read, from which it appeared that the
gross receipts for the year amounted to 19,7291. 17s. 2d'
and that the gross expenditure was 17,806/. Os. 5d.. leaving
a balance to the credit of the company of 1,923/. 17s. 9d. for
appropriation by the proprietors. Mr. W. F. Dobson, secre-
tary to the company, read the directors' report, which, after
referring to the difficulties before alluded to, recommended
payment of a dividend of 51. per cent. out of the balance
to the credit of the company, and that a further payment of
1,000!. out of the same be made in liquidation of the balance
of 3,0001. still due by the company for their new boat the
Jupiter. After those payments had been made a balance
would still remain to be carried over to the next year's
account in favour of the company. The reports were
adopted unanimously. The existing board of directors, the
auditors, and the secretary were re-elected, and votes of
thanks were passed to those officers respectively. The meet-
ing then separated, in evident good humour with the pros-
perous condition of the company's affairs.
Loss OF THE SHIP CORsAIR.—We are sorry to
state that the fine ship Corsair, of 700 tons burthen, Nance
master, of this port, belonging to Messrs. Price and Co.,
timber merchants, has been. totally lost. The intelligence
which has reached home is meagre ; but it would appear that
the Corsair was laden with iron rails, and bound for Quebec.
In leaving England the weather was thick, and no sights
could be taken until the vessel was found to be close to the
Azores islands, and of course considerably out of her course.
On investigation, it was ascertained that the compasses of
the ship had been deflected 213} points by the attraction
of the iron forming the cargo. The vessel was boarded by
a pilot at the entrance of the river St. Lawrence, and at that
time the compasses were wrong, but on nearing the land
they got right again. In the narrows of the river, how-
ever, the attraction returned, and a course was shaped
which it was thought would clear the land, but during thick
weather breakers were discovered a-head, The helm was
immediately put down 'bout ship, but before the vessel's
sails filled she struck violently, and stuck fast. The vessel
was bilged by the shock, and it was believed would even-
tually go to pieces. The sails and great part of the stores
had been saved, and it was thought the cargo would be also
caved. It is stated that two other vessels laden with iron
are also on shore within thirty miles of the wreck of the
Corsair, and the master of the latter reports that he passed a
brig laden with iron in the same predicament that led to the
loss of his ship. The ship we hear was uninsured, but the
cargo was insured.—Gloucester Journal.
ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY AT A CLERGYMAN'S.
—Yesterday evening information was received at Scotland-
yard, that the parsonage-house of the Itev. W. Mudge, at
Pertinhall, near, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, had on Tues-
day night been burglariously broken into by agang of
armed ruffians, disguised with their shirts over their cloth -
ing, and their faces blackened. The fellows made use of
horrid threats, and having secured the family in one of the
upper rooms, proceeded to ransack the premises. The fel-
lows also regaled themselves with bread, meat, fruit pie, and
several bottles of port wine, carrying off 2001. worth of sil er
.late, some money (amount unknown), and a church mis-
sionary box, which has since been found in the churchyard
broken open and rifled of its contents. The thieves effected
their entrance through the larder window.

The same opinion has for some time been gaining
ground among the more intelligent and clear-headid
agriculturists, while some of their number are still
shouting lustily for a corn-law, and draining
bumpers pottle deep to the memory of the good old
times, when the rest of the community paid tribute
to the farmer. Others, far wiser, are examining the
question in all its bearings, in order to ascertain
whether a fitting substitute may not be found for
" protection"—one which, being based on justice,
would enlist the popular sympathies in its behalf, and
thus become easy of attainment, and which, if once
established, would not speedily or easily be subverted.
To these persons, and there are many such, who ap-
proach the topic without.prEjudice or bias, the close and
intimate connexion between " corn" and "currency
will soon become apparent. They will discover the
error of looking only to what they have to sell—
" corn," and totally disregarding what they have to
buy—" money."

It is almost unnecessary to add that Mr. TWELLS
carried conviction to the minds of his auditory—
that resolutions were unanimously adopted in favour
of his views, the object of which, as he truthfully and
eloquently declared, was " to extend commercial en-
terprise—to restore to agriculture its just remunera-
tion—to insure to the rich ma•.n the safe enjoymeat of
his abundance, and to the poor man the just reward of his
labour"—"to promote the greatest possible happiness to
the greatest possibl number, with the least possible
injury to the least possible number ;" or that the pro-
ceedings were terminated by a rapturous and en-

thusiastic vote of thanks to the Reverend Gentleman,
whose efficient and energetic exertions in the cause of
monetary reform have merited the gratitude of the
community in general.

Startled by the melancholy and fatal catastrophe at
Fernley, which deprived an amiable family of their

THE DUKE OF NEwcArrix.—The health of hii
Grace continues in much the same state. Great anxiety -is
manifested by all the members of the Noble Duke's family,
who still remain with him.—. Derby Mercury.

If they bad no fixed payments to make, if rents and

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1850.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday %lore
estimated at 5;000 bales, of „which 500 American were
taken for export. 'fbe matlie% was heavy and prices
were rather in favour of buyers. The sales comprised
600 Pernam and Maranharn at ',id. to 8:1-;?., 150 Bahia
at 81d.. 400 Egyptian at 81d. to Ild., anti 500 Surat at
sd. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares were in good demand
and generally at highor pram
The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 15th instant
was more animated. Dutch Two and-a-Halt per Cents.
have been 561 to 9 16.
A merchant writing from Bolivar for the information
of American capitalists, states certain facts that
may be useful likewise here. He mentions that
" A commercial house of one of the English
Antilles has asked here for a sample of the gold
which is found in the river Yurnaro, with a view to send
it to England, and by this means encourage an exploring
expedition in the interior of Opata, and then to found
an establishment on a large scale. The sending out of
the above-mentioned sample,' however, has been delayed
for some time past, in order that tEe United States
might have the start in this undertaking, for the
clutches of John Bull aro objects of no small fear
here, as it is by no means uncertain that
he would not, before "iorg, seek to become master of
both rivers and country. It would, moreover, be a
matter of considerable inconvenience to the North Ame-
ricans, masters as they already are of the navigation of
the Oronoco, to have ouch unpleasant fellow-workmen
as the English, whose earnest desire has long since been
to get possession of the Oronoco; its colonies in the
Antilles having, for a long time back yielded them
nothing. They see, too, the immense tract of country of
which they would become masters in South America,
were they only in possession of this river, which by
means of its branches holds immediate communication
with two of the greatest and most industrious re-
publics, viz., Venezuela and New Granada. They
would have, moreover, a water communication
which would enable them to invado even Brazil,
by the union of the Casiquaire with the Oronoco and the
Amazon, by means of the Rio Negro.
" Through G—, who bas arrived at Granada, I have
been apprised that Mr. Beeler and others are about
seeking to obtain from the Government of Casanaire the
privilege of navigating the river Meta, and that
they will even lay this petition before the Con-
gress of New Granada. If this privilege of navi-
gating the Meta be granted to persons uncon-
nected with the company of the Oronoco steamers, the
interests of the latter company will suffer greatly; or it

is a fact important to be known that the provinces of New
Granada that will patronize the Meta enterprise are almost
as important as Venezuela itself; while many of the
traders with the products they have for sale, who are
now unavoidably obliged to make:use: of the Magdalena,
will employ in preference: the; navigation of the Meta.
By means of this they will convey their products and
fruits to Oronoco with less risk, in less time, and at a
lesser cost than by the Magdalena to Carthagena and
Santa Martha, the old route to the greater Antilles and
to Europe.
" Were we to take into account solely the mules that
would be sent down the Meta, we would find that the
sums paid for these would amount to no less than four
thousand dollars annually—say 800 at 5 dollars each.
Besides these, there is the leather, the cotton, the wool,
the wood, in fine, numberless articles, which at present
go either through the Magdalena or Lake Maracaibo;
cattle, too, would, beyond a doubt, soon be convey, d
by this route, a result the mote important from the
fact that from the Oronoco to New Grenada, these
are an object of universal speculation. The over-
land route, which is now pursued, is one
of extreme difficulty and loss, from the great number of
rivers and mountains that have to be crossed. If, in-
stead of pursuing a course so manifestly disadvanta-
geous, those engaged in this traffic could send their
cattle to the plains of San Martin by means of the
Meta steamers, they would do it with joy. Remit-
tances would be less uncertain and more expe-
ditious, the expenses of conveyance would he
less, and the whole trade would be bene-
ficially influenced. What is beyond a doubt, how-
ever, is, that the trade of the Magdalena would be
transferred, by means of the Meta, to the Oronoco, a
thing which, as is well known, was done some ninety
years ago by the former inhabitants of New Granada.
The foundation of Cat thagena being of a more remote
origin, and its inhabitants more numerous, the commu-
nication with Guiana, by means of the Meta and the
Oronoco, was prohibited by the Spanish Government."
The English Stock Market has been very firm again
this morning, but there is rather less business doing.
Consols have been quoted 97A for Transfer and 97
for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cenit,.
have been 99 to /. Bank Stock has realized 2091 to 2lof.
and India Stock 268. Exchequer-bills have been quoted
665. to 70s. premium, and India Bonds 88s. to 91s.
premium. The attendance at the Bank of England for
the receipt of dividends is comparatively large, and
there is the more inclination to call thus early for them,
in consequence of the greater opening that exists for
the employment of the proceeds in railway and other in-
vestments.

In the Foreign " House" Peruvian Bonds take the
lead, and they have borne very high prices, the Four-
and-a-half per Cents. being 814 to 824, and the Deferred
371 to 381. Mexican Bonds have been at 311. Spanish
Three per Cents. have realised 38.1 The advices from
Lisbon are considered to be more favourable, but this
has not stimulated speculation in Portuguese Securities.
Russian Four-and-a• Half per Cents. have been 97 to 974.

The Railway Share Market has been very brisk agairi,
and prices range higher fur several of the principal
lines. The reduction of the stamp duties has already
been found to operate most beneficially, and the number
of real purchases made in consequence has greatly
increased.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures, as under:-
1850. 1849
Great Western
North-Westt rn
South-Western 11,361 ... 10,392
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
North Statibrd
Caledonian
QUARTER TO THREE.

Consols ••• .. ...
Ditto Account ...

... 97i

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 210 209% 210%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 - 96%
8 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 31,4 per Cont. Anns. 9914 99
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860
2677% 7 13-16
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 .. 9l 85 p
Ditto under 1.0001
91 88 p
South Sea Stock —
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
March. I%cl.
June2d.
LOU/. .. — 69 66 70 P
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.2.'
Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 90%
Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto Account ' 31%
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B2
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred 3B 371,4 381 A, 374
Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent...
'
Ditto 4% per Cent. 97 97%
Ditto, Small
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent _
Ditto _ 1849 121/2. ,
,

Ditto Passive 80nd5..., 3:/;74
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o
Dividends on the above payable in London.

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SUARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.

-V berdeen
Ditto, Preference
jmber., Notting., Boston, &c. 8 % — to

au, 4•1.- _
kyrshire and Galloway 7% to
Reifast and County Down .. 32 .. .. -
3erks and Hants Extension
tGt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6
Rirmingliara & Oxford Junct.,
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
Birnaing., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s —
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 26 -
Bristol and Exeter
Buckinghamshire
.',aledonian
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ......
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
'Mester and Holyhead..- 5O ..... 10141/2... to
Ditto, Preference .....
' larence ... ... 78i
Direct London & Portsmouth 5,14 —
Dublin and Bet ,•stJunction.. 45
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 -
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
gad L. & D .. 25 ...... 1N.... to
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... - ...... to
Do, 3/. 13A.,6 p. Ct. Pref..- 3% —
Do., do. (51.) 7 per Cent.
Preference
Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref
Eastern Counties - to
Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d % p to
Do.. do N0.2,61. 138.4 d.. p to
Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 -....
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Ditto, New ....... ..... .. 43 . .... ...... to
i_astern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares)
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 •
Ditto, ditto, B & C - .... . 25
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20
East Lancashire .....
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares
East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per
Cent.... .
4' dinburgh and Glasgow
R.dinbur,h Perth. & Dundee 25 , ,
Ditto, New port l5 - ...••• to
R.xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% —
~
... to
....

Exeter and Exm0uth......... 21d.- —...-:: tO- _
3r!asg., Dumfries, & Carlisie..B/. 6s.Bd — ..
.... to _
r;lasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated ..... ....,
to --
Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 16 ...... _
.....
Great Northern •
Do. 14 A Deferred ......
Do. 14 B 6 per Cent.
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 1214 — to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50
Ditto, Eighths 214 .....
Great North of England 100 -

Ditto, New 401.... ..... ... .. 40
Ditto, New 301. 3O .•• •• ••••• •• • 0 to -
Ditto. New 151 l5 ...... -
Gress Sfaa ter u ........ .. .. ...lOU 7214% 72 to 71%
)c. Nkr.v• 171 ... -
ill, sad Soilv rio
Ditto, lialf Shal-03 .. ...... 25 ..... ... ••• to
Di ao,Quarter Shares ... 121
I.vicazter %Ind Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds
Zameashire xnd -Yorkshire ...100

Ditto Quarters...,,. 23% — .. .. to
Ditto Fifths lO .. ...27/83/1 34 to 27i
Ditto. Thirds
Do., Now Guar. 6 per cent. 10 -
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50

_
Do., West Riding Union.— 104._ . ... to
Leeds and Bradford ....._a.... 50 ..... 91 to
Leeds and Thirsk ...—... ...... 50 ...... .... to
Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 .....
Ditto, ditto...
Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9
Liverpool. Crosby, andSout h-
port
1,,,nd0n & 81ackwa11......111. 65.3 d 6%34 ... to
London, Briphten,& S. Coastloo
Do. Guarnteed 5 per Cent. 9 .....
us., Prefeential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... -
Ditto. dito 1852 50 .....
Do.,New, gua. 6pr Ct.... 100
Loudon and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto Preference
London Es North Western.....loo ......117 4 to 116%
Do. New Quarters..
Do. Fifths l2 ..... 14%..... to
Do. 101. ... M. and 11. (C.) 1
London and S. We5tern.......100
Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42% —
Ditto, New 46/.
Do., New Preference
Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - *me* to
Do. Half Shares . ..... ... 5 ..
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Do., Half Shares 7% — ...... to -..-
L oarestoff, guar. 4 per ct 2O
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... _
Blanch Buxton, & Matlock 51 to
Illanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 1,4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... .. t)
Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... to
Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union V. 2s. ...
Mid1and........, ...... ............100 ...... 45 to 44th
Ditto, Conso. Preference...loo
Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 35
171fidland, Birm., and Derby...lW ... ..
Midland, Congo). _Bristol and

Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 to
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 46 .....
Ditto ditto 291.165. 6d
Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 . to
'AI dld. Great Western (Irish) 471 i —
iliddlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar.
gewcastle and Carlisle lOO ......
Ditto Quarter Shares . 25
Newmarket ...... 23
Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s
Newport Abergy., and Here. 6
Newry and Enniskillea ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and

.
Rostrevor .......... 20 .. to --
Norfolk lOO .. to
Ditto New 201....
Do. Extension .. ........ 20
Do. Guar. 51,E per cent... 5 x.i ... to
Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2
orthern Countuis Union .~ 4
North British .. . 25 _.... to

Ditto. Preference ... 5 --i.a... 'o
North Staffordshire........... 17%
North Western
fxford, Worcester, and Wol-

. .
verhampton
Preston and Wyre
Do. Half Shares (A) 10% — to
Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 18
Roystoo and Hitchin ..... .. 614 .— ..... to
i )o. Shepreth Extension... 11,
..... to
Scottish Central
)c,ttish Midland .. ....... 25
Ditto,Naw 2214
Shrew sbury and Birmingham 13's — dis.... to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9% ...
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
-4irewsliury and Hereford .. 5
SY.rewsbury and Cheater
(Nor. W. kin.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 10 ... ..
Ditto, Oswestry 2O ...... 8
Ditto (New )...
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 .. ...
Shropshire Union 6%..... KA:— to
South Devon f 5O ...... ...... to —.

Ditto, Preference ...... ... 25 - —.—.:to --
South Staffordshire... BI,E 4% to
South Eastern ..... ... 30 .....213% x.d.... to 21
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10
.iouth Wales . -
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole ls
Fleflield, Rotherham, and
boolt (N. D) Gua. 5 per ct. 18%...... ... to
Do. do. (South Div.) 6

Swans. and Louihor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal .... . 10
raw Vale Extension ... ••..•• to
Thames Haven Dock and

Railway .... 17 ►l4 --to
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ..—.• 3t,(...... to 8
Waterford and Limerick ... • 47124... .•
Waterford,Weaford,Wieklw,
and Dublin - .... .to --
Wear Valley, 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed NMI 5O .••••• • 00000 to
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do.
West Cornwall 7% — to
Whitehaven and Furness 2O ... ..
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western—. .. .............. .... 14
wilts,Soinerset,&Weymouth .S 0 ..... ."
rork, NEweastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 18 17:Y4 to 18
Do. and Neweaatli Exten. 20
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9
Dc. do.
Do. do.
no. Hart lepool T tic. St. Rly 100
..... .._

BRISTOL, OCT. 16.—Wind I;.W.—Arrd. Serenader'
Ex:bitison, Mauritius; Charm, Younp:„ Nevvinundland• ,
UNDELL AND, OCT. 16.—Wind W.IST
Mlry Gruham, Itiebibucio; Quebec.

MARKET Nkt;WS.—(Tilis DAY.)
2"0: AZ; D L Z±NrEi.o....i• I" Iv
The general demand rukd vury reactive, at b3re
atationaq from 2s to 33 4.1; Mutton. 2; 4
to 3 81; Ved, 33 2d to 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per
Bibs by the carcase.

DIMAT 14
SOUTHALL, OCT. 16.—Our market has been vle,P
supplied with each kind of stock, in which only 5 'I.
mited business was transacted, at barely last week's clue,:
tations.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3, ,_1"
4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 35 6d; Pork, 3s to 3s 8,1 per 810'
to sink the offal.
RoMFORD, OCT. 16.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were
scarce, and quite as dear as last week, otherwise the ae•
mand ruled heavy.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutt 8'
3s 2d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s to 3"
per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; and Quarter
old Store Pigs, 17s to 23s each.
LEWES, OCT. 15.—The general demand is very
active, tut no material change has taken place.ii,
prices. —Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 43'
Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs.

York and North Midland 50 ......25%% 25 to 2596%
Ditto. Preteroacu

FOREIGN RAILWATS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
s.nd Austrian) 6% — to
Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 ..... 8 Vg... to
ueutral 01 ffrance Orteaus
and Vierzon)
Demerara.
Dutch Rhenish ........ . 8
East Indian

Ditto ... 2O .. ..
Great Indian Peninsular 5 ....•• ---
Do. Do 174 — -
Louvain Ala Sambre ......... 71/2 — ...... to
Luxembourg ... 8 ...... . ..... to --
Ditto .... 10 • ••• ••• ••• to .•••
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege.... •.. 2O ...
Northern of France
Orleani and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... .. 23/4 to --
Paris and Orleans.
Parts and Ronen 2O
Paris and Strasbourg ... ...... 14 ..... .. to
Rouen and Havre 2O •••••• •••.• •• ••A° -
Sambre and Meuse
...... ......• to
Strasburg and Bale ..... ..-- 14 -
Tours & Nantes ... ••••••• •14 ...... -- ...
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hassell .... 0, 28 ....•• ...... to ---
West Flanders 834 — ••..... to ---

MMES.
Anglo Mexican lOO ".••• ..... to

Asturian -
Australian ...

Barrossa Range 338. ...... . .•...• to
Blaenarvon Iron wad Coal - ...«. to --.
Bolanos Scrin

British Iron '.. 1314 —

Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 245 ..... to
Ditto Cocaes and Cniaba... 30

BAY r.1.4,3117iL15T2.
SMITlmELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 15 ; Mor'
31 Os to 4/ 4s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 6s per looi"
A moderate supply, and a dull trade.
C UMBEILLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 12a to 31 15s ;
Clover, 3/ Os to 4145; and Straw, 113 s to 1/ 7s per lad.
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
WHITECIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 I5Sc:.
Clover, 310 s to 4145; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 Gs per 104
A full average supply, and a heavy demand.

Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15
Cobre Copper
General
Real del Monte, Unregistered ... to
Do. Black Debentures —
Do. Red Debentures.........
Santiago de Cuba lO to
Tin Craft..
United Mexican

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50 to
Colonial .. ........ ........... 25
Commercial of London ...... 20 ...... 2414 to
London Joint Stock ~... lO
London and Westminster. 23
National Provincial of Engld. 85
Ditto, New
National of Ireland «..... 224 — to
Provincial of Ireland
_lto --
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New
Union of London ........ 10 -
Union of Madrid ......... 40

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 17.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze
and fine clear weather.
YARMOUTH, OCT. 15.—The Xanthus and the Indus-
try, both of Sunderland, were in contact yesterday even-
ing off Hasborough, when both received some damage,
but will proceed on their voyages.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind S.—Arrd. Unity, La-
bradore. Sld. Duke of Wellington, Adelaide, South
Australia; Sir Edward Parry, South Seas.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Harbin-
ger, Cundlish, Callao; Hebbert, M'Coy, Buenos Ayres;
William Russell, Shelford, Pernambuco. Sld. Cham-
pion, Valparaiso; Old England, ditto; Tyrer, ditto;
Ivanhoe, Havannah; Pacific steamer, New York; Loch-
maben Castle, Staten Island; Symmetry, Newfound-
land.
GOTHENBURG, OCT. 11.—The Earl Bathurst, Lunds-
wall to Southampton, has put in leaky, and with rudder
disabled, having struck on the Skaw Reef 9th. instant.
IioTTERDAM, OCT. 14.—Tha Meta, K ougsburg to the
Ntz-, was lost on the Westplaat this morning; crew
saved. The Frauwina, Stienhuysen, London to Am-
sterdam, has put into Helvoet leaky.
LYNN, OCT. 16 —A great quantity of square timber
was passed 9th Oct., lat. 55, long. 3 E., and on the
11th a wreck, supposed to be that of a foreign vessel,
with mast head out of the water, Flamborough Head
bearing N.W. by W. about 60 miles.
FRASERBURG, OCT. 14.—The Agnes, Eastdale to
Stirling, went on shore this morning two miles to the
southward during a heavy gale, and is expected to
become a wreck.
DEAL, OCT. 16.—Wind W. to W.S.W. moderate and
fine.—Arrd. Admiral Tromp, Maes, Batavia, for Am-
sterdam; Queen of the Isles, Le Lecheur, Punta Arenas.
Arrd. from the River, Lucy Bright, Valparaiso; Mo-
narch, Punta Arenas; Cleopatra, Demerara; Janet
Willis, ditto.

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