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FLANDERS MAIL AN]) DUTCH
PAPERS.

THE HAGUE, OCT. 13.—The latest accounts front
India, state that in consequence of the extraordinary
drought, the rice harvest has failed this year in several
parts of Java. This grain had also risen in price; but
the report that the Government had prohibited the ea-
portation is not confirmed. Sorge private letters speak
of a failure of the coffee crop in the central parts et'
Java.

Dr. Schwaner, member of the Comniittet‘ of Natural
History, has discovered considerable beds of coal in
Borneo, on the banks of the river Mertapoora, and like.
wise a very fine kind of iron ore. He has likewise a
great number of new and curious auixnals, and specimens
of 179 different kinds of timber, a hich are expected at
Batavia.
Our British neighbours in India are now more and
more sensible that the Netherlands Government makes
great efforts to suppress piracy. The Pocla Penang
Gazette announces that among others, forty persons,
natives of Penang, who had been sold as slaves by the
pirates, had been restored to liberty and sent home.
The residents at Riouw and the naval officers, by
whose means this was effected, have received the thanks
of the Governor-General of British Italia.

We see from the Java papers of last May, that our
Commissary Inspector has been appointed for Borneo,
an appointment which is probably connected with the
events that have lately taken place—the attack on
the two English vessels, with the death of Mr.
Murray in the river Koetie, the plunder of the Belgian
brig Charles soon afterwards, and the expedition of our
ships which punished the Sultan of Koetie by burning
his Chief Kampong, Tangarong. The country of Koetie
is a part of the residency of the south-east coast of
Borneo, and the Dutch Resident, who resides in Ban •
germassing.
AMSTERDAM, OCT. 12.—We learn that in the last
sitting of the Central Navigation Committee at Mainz, a
proposal was made by the Dutch Government entirely
to abolish, or at least considerably to reduce, the duties
on the navigation of the Rhine.
TAF 11=11E, OCT. 14..-.,We:.haveii-eceived the Java
papers of the 3d and oth,of ;July,. from which we hear
that on the 30th of June, the!—Dutch Kad Thiel,
Captain Chevalier, sailed
,frona Batavia on the annual
voyage to Japan. 4V.Dutcri squadron, which :had iir6de
in search of pirates to. the south of Sarribiss had :met'
with them, and sunk one of their bessels, spd `e4fitiq'd
eight others, with their crews,,wilich. lift& -been. brought
to Sambas.

BRussELs, Ocr:l9."TheMiiiedriNi;Tft4zzaidenne
.esterday afternoon..

The Monileur 'publishes the royal ordiikiiiiee With the
modification of the iinpo.rCautikt on;niaatir.es, on certain
chemicals, on dyed or printed calicoes;7or.-on•dyed or
printed silks, and on white dyed embrbiderett;
The duty on white or unbleached calieeesis :to:remain as
at present ; on dyed or printed ealicoes ,325 franca per
100 kilogrammes. Silks unbleached,. pr ibite, for
dying or printing, to pay
the same :duty Iv! ,at present.
Silks bleiiehed, dyed, or printed, including foulards (bat
net ribbonds, which are to pay as at present four francs
.
per kilogramme). 10 francs per ktktramme. Cotton
manufacture of French origin not tolAktUe additional
import duty for one year, nor those of.the Zoliverein, so
long as the treaty of the Ist of September, bt-tween the
Zoiiverein and 13.1gium, shall be in force:. French
!t) be fret: from the increase of duty its long as the eon.
vention of the 16th July is in force, and those of the
ZJlverdn till the expiration of the treaty of the Ist of
Stipternber.

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--- (1840) itsBN,
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Loan of City, 184:1, Four per Cent. ............ . ....... '. 102
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ............... „ 60%
Issue of 1841 —
—llrussels Papers. Oct. 15.
3)UTC;I 1-1;/</11.-41asTiCanA77, Ocr; 14..
.I,4ney, I“r,.
Actuot3 11;sht. `.3!..i p,.r rent............. 4 ....... .Viii, .60%
Jitt..:4,lctn ~:1 per et..t. „. „„. ,„„ ........ . ),+ !.4 ro
',41:12it :irr.dic,44 per cent
Pato, ditto. .11!•,,i Por cc.'" ,,` l% go
Cammereial Coloparly, V 4 For cent .....
Lc.::: 1i.137, 5 per cant. ...... ....... .. ......
i;xch.ii‘e •
on Looser. On:::nonth
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: annburgh, One in.iith ......
Two months, 33 37%
D,4tch Papers, Ost. 15,

We are authorised to state, that her Majesty hai
been graciously pleased to appoint Monday, the 2811
inst., tor the opening of the New Royal Exchange. Her
Majesty will enter the City at Temple-bar at 12 o'clock.
—Times.

SUNDAY TRAYELLING.—That it should be a day of
greater leisure than other days, and of the suspension,
so far as it may be, of the common business of life, I
quite allow ; but then I believe that I should have much
greater indugence for recreation on a Sunday than you
might have ; and, if the railway enables the people in
the great town to get out into the country on the Sun-
day, I shbuld think it a very great good.—Dr. Arnold.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
A further improvement occurred this afternoon in the
• value of Consols, the closing bargains being 1001 for
Money and Time. Exchequer Bills were 755. to 735.
prem. ;, the, New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. re-
mained-asdnathe morning.
.-The'Foreign Securities continued very dull. Spanish
Five per Cents. were 238 to 24, and the Three per Cents.
358 4 ; Portuguese Old Bonds were 84, and Mexican
Deterred 151 ; Dutch Five per Cents. receded to 988 R.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 81 ; Chester and
Holyhead, 28 ; Dublin and Belfast, 21 ; Ely and Bed-
ford, -I- ; Great Western, Fifths, 141 ; South-Western,
324 to 33a ; London and York, 18 ; Lynn and Ely,
to 2 ; Manchester and Leeds, 45 ; Midland, 8 ; Northern
and Eastern, 121 ; South Devon, 3,,! ; Trent Valley,
81 ; York and North Midland, 58 ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 3 to 8 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 2i 1;
Paris and Lyons, 1 to 8 ; Paris and Orleans, 20 ; and
Paris and Rouen, 20 prem. Caledonian have been 1,
Eastern Counties 11+, Brighton 2i, and Midland and
Birmingham and D.,rby, 19 to 191 discount. Australasia
Bank Shares were 7, and London and Wk.stminster
premium. British North American 61-, and National
Provincial of England 1 discount.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6.000
bales, comprising 1,000 Surat, at 21c1. to 3:fd.; 400 Egyp-
tian, at 6d. to 81,1. ; 200 Pernam, at 50., to qd. ; 400
Maranharn at 41d. to 54d. ; 200 Bahia, at 54d. to 5,.1. ;
and the rest American, at 31,1. to 54d. per lb.—Shares
,vent not quite s 1 gond. Bristol and Gloucester, 44 ;
Chester and Birkenheal, 32 ; Eastern Counties, 138 ;
titto, Perpetual. No. 1, 725. 4d.; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Quarters, 151 ; Grand Junction, 2051 ; Ditto. Eighth-:,
118 ; Liverpool and Manehester, New, 50s. 9d; Londan
and Birmingham. 2121- ; Ditto and York, 38 ; Sheffield
and Lincoln, 21. 17s. ; ftlanehester and Birmingham, 51 ;
n,11,al (,7auntaa, lac.) Newer a atal Berwiek., 4
North linian, 124 ; Preston aad icyta, ia-a; Scottish
Central, 51s. 61 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 991 ;
South-Eastern, 40,1 ; Trent Valley, 8,; ; Paris aria.
Lyons, 28 ; Paris and Orleans, 394 ; Paris and Rouen,
:391-; Parts arid Strasbourg, 2 6,20 ; Orleans, Tours, and
lardeattx, ; Boulogne atilt Amiens 41 ;
Northern, 535.
A movemeat is to he made shortly among the
prin.
cip,ll agriculturists to get up mgs aetin to petition Par-
liament for a repeal of the malt-tax. At a meeting, held
at Alresford, in the county of Southampton, a memorial
was ialopted, to b:t presented in a day or ten to the
Commissioners of the Treasury, in which it Ir. stated--
cc That your memorialists have long seed. with great
C,11:.!.e1'71, The privations of the laboaring classes, ocea-
sioaed I,y the 'nigh duty en rsciit, which deprives them of
that old Eagli.sh haverage—good wholesnate laa.r, :so ne-
cessary to their health, strength, and happiness, and
which, hying the production of their native soil, is as
much their birthright as their bread.
" That your memorialists cannot conceive a harder
case than that the honest and industrious labourers of this
country should he compelled ter drink water when toiling
inn the harvest field, under a scorching aura from morning'
till night.

" That the farmers are prevented from growing and
making Barley for their labourers, by having to pay 30
heavy a tax, amounting to nearly WO per cent. on the
Barley so malted, and that the labourer has the mortifi-
cation to see the Barley produced by his industry con-
sumed by animals, and himself and family compelled to
drink water.

" That the farmers would be much benefited by the
greater consumption of Barley, the labourer more able
and willing to perform his work, and all the industrious
classes made much more happy and comfortable.
" That all other taxes have been greatly reduced
during the 29 years of peace, but that the war-tax has
been continued on Malt, to the great injury of the farmer
and labourer."

The Government ought to grant the relief required,
and in many quarters there is a strong opinion enter-
tained that Sir Robert Peel will in the ensuing session
concede a reduction, if not a total repeal of the malt-tax.
There are no arrivals to-day.
The public securities, which rallied at the close of
business yesterday afternoon, have supported tint
improvement to-day, and stock is rather scarce.
The settlement of the account . is going
off tolerably well, as money is not dear. Consols have
been looa to loot for Money, and 100 l toi for Account.
Exchequer Bills have been marked 735. to 765. premium,
and India Bonds 935. to 945. premium. Bank Stock is
better supported at 205 to 206, but India Stock has re-
ceded to 287 k. The New Three-and-a-Half . per Cents.
have been 1021 a. and the Three per Cents. 99a a,
The opening of the Cortes and the speech of Queen
Isabella have made Spanish Stock firm; and an influential
broker has been buying, but it is difficult •to learn,
beyond the fact of tranquillity prevailing, what there
is particularly favourable in the Madrid advices. The
Five per Cents. are 234 -a, and the Three
_per Cents. 351
to 35 ; Portuguese Converted realise 50-/, and the Old
Bonds 844. to 83f ; Mexican are 34a k, and Brazilian,
New, 82i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain
62a to a.
The Railway Shares are firm generally, but there is
very little doing. except in the French lines, which CAl-
"me to rise, being in active demand.
PRICSE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
xek.g ........ 206 205
3 per Cent. Reduced: Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. AIM,
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 102%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1880
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India Stock
India ...............
Ditto under ..... ..... ...... 93
South Sea Stock.

Bank Sto

Ditto Old Annuities - 913"1
Con,ol. for Acc.ount ....-1111„ 0000000 •••••••• 00000000000 1004 3,,
Exchequer Bills. 114 d. • 11/4;d.
I,OOX. 000000000 t•IM••••••1146:41 .... 1111„11"11.... 76 73 pm.
Dittn SmalC.... — ........... 76 75 pro.
Ditto Advertised —
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent........... ...............
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 82%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ...... .... „,.„ 34%
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent..........„....
Ditto Converted .. ..... ...... 5n%
Ditto for the Account 50%
~,,,anish tiloods, Five per Cent 1340...........1111 237 y
Ditto Passive Bonds ...... ........ . ..... ......
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.... ................
Dutch 2% per Cents 62%%
Dutch 5 perCcnts • -..... 98%14
Ditto for the Account. 98%
PRICE:, OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK:
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pim SWAMI.
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ........ 44
Caledonian
Chur.iet Valley
Eirr.....rn Counties
Great Southein and Western/ 5 ...... ... 13% ...... to 12%
(Ireland)
Great Western .... ........ ... ..... ... 7.i
Ditto % Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham. !no ...,
Lindon and Brighton 5O ~...... 47%
London and Greenwich
London and York 2% 3%... to 4
Midland Counties lOO .........104 ......... to
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New — 2%4 ... to
South Eastern and Dover ..... .. 32% 40%% ... to
Ditto New ..... ................. 4
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich 2O 26% ~.... to 27
York and North Midland
Ditto ;4 Shares...—. . . .... . ..... 25 ..
Ditto Scarbore' Branch ..«..... 10
Ditto Selby Scrip •....•....•... ..«..... 47
Central of France.... ........ ...... 2 ... 3% 4% to 4

Boulogne and Amiens

2 7.. to

Orleatis, Tours, and Bourdeauxi
1 .....N.. 3X
(d'Anthouald's Company)

Paris and Lyons ,
Paris ..nd Orleans 2O 39%% . to
Parisand R0uen.•..•..•.....•..•..• • 20 ••••••.O. 39% to

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 16.—We
have had a steady market, and a fair amount of business
has been done. Prices close firm.. Barnsley Junction,
5 9-16 ; Accringtons, 3i.; Churnets, 41 i ; Eastern
Counties, 14 ; Kendal and Windermere, 5 ; Leeds and
Dewsbury, 73- • London and York, 4 ; London and Bir-
mingham, 321. Shares, 361 ; Rossendales, 51 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 511 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
5 3-16 -!,- ; North British, 5i ; Preston and Wyre, 19i
20 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 24 15-16 ; Southport and
Exton, 3i ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4 7-16 1.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Batik Stock ...... ......ex die. 206 , Indian Stock ...... .......„ _
3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds pm.
3 per Cent. Cons.
316 per Cent. Red — Ditto New Annuities ...
New 316 per Cent. 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... 73 pro.
New 5 per Cent. — 1 Ditto 5001.
Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small 73 pm.
lan, Is6o 1.2% Bank Stock for Acct. „„
Oct. 1859 l2 Consols for Act. lOOl6
Jan, IWO. ...

FOREIGN FUNDS.
DPoitrttou,gsluepswe,Agetor..C..z.n..t...., _B4
Brazilian Bonds ..„........... Prussian, 5 per Cent
tiuenos Apes, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent
aAetttiraina,hs.
,;bilian f: per Cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... .. ..... ......
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Jitto, 18'24 ................... ..... Ditto,'3 per Cent 35%
51,epre rCe.
Cent............... ::
Cub, Bonds, 6' per Cent...—. Ditto, Deferred.. .........
Danish, 3 per Cent
.......... e.
ti reek, lB[s, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —r.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, t+ per Cent., IRI7 — 'Dutch, 2)i per- Cent
Permian; DV), 6 per Cent — Ditto. 5 C ...,...
per ent .... PS%

SHARES.

Bristol and Exeter (70 paid).~...
Chester and Holyhead (fi paid)
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2!..i paid 5
'l.4,strrn Counties
,(*-23 paid) . 133(
'C real Western (-.5 paid)
Ditto Fifths, 1..) paid
Lancaster and Cal ii.,1.•,, 10 paid
Ltinion and Brighton (50 paid)
Londua and South Western (41/. 6s. Md. paid) 75
London and York, 214 paid 3%
Lynn and Ely, 14 paid
Manchester and Leeds Ito paid.
Midland Counties (100 paid) IOS%
Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid 8:04
Northern anti Eastern (45 paid)
South Devon, 5 paid. el4
fr,outri Listern and Dover (332 s 4d paid) .....
Ditto New shares, 4 raid
York r'nJ North Midland (50 nairl) lOB
&nil°, ne and Amiens, •.! paid .......... ..... .... .., 5%
tirlea•is, Tours, and Tifiurdeaux, 1 paid
Pails and Lyoos, 2 paid ........ ....... ...i.
ii,..ri54112 Gleans ;:!,..1 p,,id) .... ...............
l'i.lria and ll,itam. 2.0 mid

• ir STATUE .p. HE o OF, 'WILLIAM TV. The beautiful
pedestal, whidh is intended for the statue of William
TY!, was on Monday raised to its full elevation (25 feet);,
.and in a few days the statue will he placed thereon. The
sitl
'
of the statue is most commanding, and will, when
jeo plied, not 'Only form an-excellent point of rkiftige at
th( e immense thoroughfarest King William-street, Ar-
thu, -street, and Graccchurch-street, but will also. form
tan nieresting ornament, particularly when seen from
Le don-bridge. The statue itself has been already de-
-1 scr ed, and the whole will be erected under the direction
Of Ir. Chadwick, by whom also the tasteful sculptural
de rations of the pedestal have been executed. The
eel mn or pedestal is the frustrum 3f, a cone, formed of
tar e circular blocks of Hayter granite ; encircled at the
lo er part of the base is a massive, chastely sculptured,
ttni ue design of a chain cable. In the centre of the
pil ris a noble Grecian scroll,'and immediately beneath
th capital is a circular wreath of oak leaves; with acorns
.Ta hese designs there is splendour as well as novelty.