The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-23 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1844.

insanity of the prisoner. It was in the common order of
things that where insanity was in a family that there
should be members of it in a perfectly sound state of

fined himself within his city, we should have bad war pro-
claimed against all England to teach him his duty.
The Debats considers that the shouts of Vire la
Reined' Angleterre, uttered by the French squadron,
was the faithful expression of the sentiments of
France. No I that is false ! replies the Presse, and
attempts, as follows, to prove it so. At the discussion
of the next address, it says, the Ministry will not
again talk of the entente cordiale, or if it does the
Chamber will modify the paragraph more essentially
than last year. What other answer can be given to
this than that the Ministry will again talk of the
entente cordiale , and that the Chamber would not
modify the paragraph more essentially than last year.
What will the Presse say then ? Why, if that hap-
pens, as we do not doubt it will, the Presse will say
that the manifestation of the Chambers is not the

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Sir C. F. WILLIAMS).
IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS FRIEND.
The insolvent, an appraiser, at Canterbury, applied by
his counsel, Mr. Hughes, for his final order, and was
opposed by Mr. Sturgeon, on the part of Mr. Delausuix,
a creditor to the amount of above 301. The circum-
stances were these. The insolvent had accepted two bills
of the respective sums of 201 and 101. in favour of a Mr.
Baker, and had upon these bills paid three instalments.
They had been, at a subsequent period, passed into the
hands of the opposing creditor in this case, who brought
an action against Mr. Friend in the Sheriffs' Court at
Greenwich, for the amount. The defendant entered a
plea that he had not accepted the said bills, but was cast
in the amount at issue, namely, about 151., with 191. of
costs. The insolvent was this day opposed on the plea
of vexatious defence in that action. Mr. Hughes said,
that if an adjournment were given he should prove by
the evidence of Mr. Baker, that the insolvent's debt to
him had been but 31, and that was, therefore, all the
amount the bills really carried when paid over to Mr.
Delausuix. All things considered, he did not think the
defence before the Sheriff a vexatious one; and were the
whole case properly sifted, lie did not doubt that the
Hon. Commissioner would come to the conclusion that
the insolvent was, in truth, an injured man.
Sir C. WILLIAms said, that iu order to give him every
chance, he should adjourn the passing of the final order
till Friday next, when they might produce Baker in
evidence.

mind.
Cross-examincd by Mr. CHARNOCK—Sir Ross Don-
nally was feeble minded though be was a hale old man.
1)r. Warburton—Had visited the prisoner six times
since the unfortunate event for which he stood at the
bar, and from those visits he was firmly convinced that
the prisoner was of unsound mind, and was so at the
time the transaction took place. Witness believed that
the prisoner committed the act when his mind was in a
state of uncontrol.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHARNOCK—Witness's opi-
nion as to the state of mind of the prisoner was formed
from his visits to him, and what he had seen that day in

Court.
Mr. CIIARNOCK replied.
Mr. Justice MAULE summed up, and
The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the ground
of insanity.
The prisoner was then ordered to be detained during
her Majesty's pleasure.

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sense of th© nation, as it now says of the manifesta-

tion by the squadron. The KING, the Ministry, the
officers of our squadron, or the Chambers, neither
of them represent, neither of them compre-
hend the national sentiments. Messrs. DE GI-
RARDIN and DUJARRIER alone represent and

NEW COUR7'.
(Before the CoMNON SERGEANT.)
Ann Smith and George Davis, the latter described as a
bootwakcr, and both of whom were remanded from last
session, were indicted with stealing a watch, a gold pin,
and 145., the property of John Horsford, from his person.
The prisoners were Acquitted.

comprehend it. Is not the Presse the representative
of the nation, at the rate of 48f. a year a head ?"
The reconstruction of the Polytechnic School, which
excited considerable interest throughout France, has
not yet been finally decided. We may infer, how-
ever, from the following remarks of the Journal des
Debats, that the severity with which the ardent
spirits of that establishment was threatened will be
greatly mitigated, and perhaps a general amnesty
granted. The youths of the Polytechnic had a hand
in the days of July, and were the foremost in every
attack upon despotism :
" Several journals have announced that the commission
aapointed to re-organise the Polytechnic School proposes
to exclude a certain number of the pupils sent away in
August last, some saying 70, others 20 or 30. We do
not believe this news to be exact : we do not think the
commission has had any occasion to make a proposition
of the kind, and we are of opinion that a partial exclu-
sion would be but little just, and not handsomely done.
The Polytechnic School is not to be decimated : deci-
mation is not the custom of our time. The fault, for we
acknowledge that some existed, was common to all ; the
measure of exclusion ought therefore to be general. But
that would, in truth, be to punish with a rigour which
belongs neither to our epoch nor our Government. It is
just to add besides, that except the passing infringement
of discipline, of which the pupils were not perhaps the
most culpable, the conduct of these young men was ad-
mirable. We persist, therefore, in believing that the
school will be re-opened to all. If there are to be any
changes to make either in discipline or in the system of
studies, let them be made ; that will be good and useful,
whereas it would be unjust to make some bear the fault
of all, and cruel to punish 300 families and 300 young
men full of promise, for a moment's error. If the school
needs an amnesty, never will an amnesty have been more
happily applied. A journal makes this remark, and weewillingly adopt it."
The Constitutionnel contains the following biogra-
phical and political details of the new Austrian Am-
bassador to the Court of St. James. Whatever sub-
ject this journal writes upon, England is sure to be
mixed up with it in an invidious sense :
" Count Maurice Dietrichatein, who has just been ap-
pointed Ambassador from the Court of Vienna to that
of London, belongs to one of the highest families of the
Austrian empire. His father, at one time Minister of
Francis IL, was the Governor of the Duke of Reich-
stadt, and with whom the new Ambassador passed the
days of his youth. Count Maurice is still young for the
eminent post to which he is called, being only forty
years old at the utmost. He for several years was
Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of King Leopold, who re-
ceived him into his intimacy. His nomination may be
taken as a symptom of the decline of the influence of
Prince Metternich at the Court of Vienna. The father
of Count Maurice is, in fact, on the line of aspirers to
the political succession of the Prince Chancellor, with
whom he, in a measure, stands in rivalry, since the
Prince has refused to give one of his daughters in mar-
riage to the new Ambassador. For a long time Austria
has had no Ambassador at the Court of Queen Victoria.
The policy of England, whether the Tories or the Whigs
be in power, will always be to give checkmate to France,
by opposing to her the fasces of the great European
powers. Austria is at this time making advances to the
British Cabinet, of which it will not fail to take advant-
age, in spite of all the cordialities of Windsor."
The Siècle gives the following statements respecting
the new French loan :
"It appears the Minister of Finance is determined to
dispose immediately of the second series of the loan,
and that it is to be made by a creation of Three per
i
Cent. Stock. The sole question to be determined is--
whether the amount of the loan is to be 150 or 300
millions. That will depend, probably, on the courage of
the contractors. The immediate conclusion of the loan
will have the unpleasant consequence of adjourning
the conversion of 'the Five per Cents. for two or three
years. We `deplore this bitterly. The immediate re-
mission of 81:4000,000 Dutch Rents in Two-and-a-Half
per Cent.--Stock is announced. Between French and
Dutch Stock the Stock-Exchange is about- to have an
abundant harvest, which will no doubt calm the senseless
taste which has arisen for new shares, or promises of
new shares." *,
The Madrid mail of the 15th, had not reached
Paris at the usual hour of post. Some attributed
this to bad weather, and others to a rising of the
Carlists. Letters from Perpignan state that Generals
AMETTLER and SANTA CRUZ, together with filki
Captains of the Progesista party, had been arresf,4
by the French Douaniers just as they were about to
enter Spain.
THE BOURSE---MoNDAY, OCT. 21.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
FrenelVive per Csnts.• •• •• 118 25 118 40 •• 118 2.5 118 40
Fours..•• •••••••••• 107 25 .. 107 25 .. 107 25 .. 107 25
Three per Cents.•• •• 82 05 .. 82 15 .. 82 05 .• 82 10
Bank of France • 3057 50 •.3057 50 ••3057 50 "3057 50
Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ..1120 ..1120 ..1120
5,000 f. Sharesso43 75 ..5043 75 ..5042 50 •.5042 50
Belgian Bank ..• • • •
BelgianFives,lB3l.. ....• • • . •• 1011 •• 1011 .. 1011 .. 1011
1840 •. 1031 .. 1031 .. 1031 -. 1031
1842........ 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051
Spanish Passive • ••... 51 • • 51 .. 51 • . 51
Active • . 321 .. 321 .. 321 •• 321
Threes...• ••...... 351 .. 3-51 .. 351 .. 351
Neapolitan• ..... ..•••• . 98 65 .. 98 65 .. 98 65 .. 98 65
.•.• 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051

BOWSTREET•-(THIS DAY.)
Two little boys, named Evans and Jones, who are
known to the police, were brought before Mr. Jardine,
charged with having two valuable jewel-cases in their
possession without being able to give an account of how
they came by them.
The officer saw Evans in St. Martin's-lane showing one
of the cases, which was elegantly fitted up, and covered
with crimson velvet, to the ether prisoner. Suspecting
that it had been stolen, lie took them to the station-
house, and upon Jones being searched the other case was
found upon him. The cases were not at all soiled, and
there was every reason to believe that they had been re-
cently stolen.
Mr. TwvFoRD said lie had no doubt that the jewels for
which the cases had been made had also been stolen.
The prisoners, in their defence, said that a man had
given them the cases to hold.
They were remanded till Saturday.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
At ten o'clock this ,morning Mr. Justice Maule and
Mr. Baron Rolfe took their seats on the Bench.
THE SLAVE-TRADING CASE.'
The COURT gave judgment to-day upon the points
raised by counsel on behalf of Captain Jenkins, the
commander of the vessel supposed to be a slaver, in con-
❑exion with which the trial of Mr. Zulueta took place
some time ago at the Old Bailey, and decided that some
of the counts were good, and that the trial must take

place.
THE CASE OF THE HON. WM. ROSS TOU-
CHET, BROTHER OF LORD AUDLEY.
After the above case had be©n disposed of, the lion.
Mr. Touchet was !placed at the bar, charged with shoot-
ing at Mr Thos. Smith, on the 6th of last July, with in-
tent to kill him.
Mr. Charnock conducted the prosecution ~ Mr. Clark-
son and Mr. Bodkin were retained for the defence.
Mr. CHARNOCK having briefly stated the case, as de-
tailed in the following evidence, said in conclusion, that
he understood the defence in this case would be
that of insanity. If that were so, the jury
would require to be satisfied on that peint, and
it would not be enough that the prisoner was
insane at that time—it should bo shown that he
was so at the time he committed the act fort which
he
was brought before them that day. He felt it due to
the prosecutor on this occasion to say that he was not
actuated by any vindictive feelings ; and however cala-
mitous the occurrence was to him, he did not harbour
any ill feelings towards the prisoner ; but he thought it
a matter due to the public that the subject should be
investigated in a court of justice.
The following evidence was then adduced :
Thomas Smith, who seemed to be labouring from the
effects of his wound, was the first witness called and
sworn—l reside at 288, High Holborn. I keep a shoot-
ing gallery there. On the 6th of last July the prisoner
came to my premises. I was in the gallery. That is a
place where persons practise pistol and rifle shooting. I
had a son. His name was Alfred. The prisoner asked
me if be could be accommodated with a brace of duelling
pistols. I said you can, sir. I gave him one pistol. It
was loaded with ball. I loaded it myself. He fired
that off. He complained that the pistol threw off too
hard, and wished for one that would go easier. I
gay.H
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said
the second pistol, which
off he
too
elso fired.easy.
off
he then asked for one loaded as the first, which I gave
him ; ho fired it off and hit the mark. He was distant
thirty yards from it. I then gave him a fourth pistol.
I loaded it. I proceeded to load a fifth, and stood about
two yards from him. I did did not feel anything till I
was shot. I fell down, and said " Good God, I am shot,"
and could not speak any more. A medical man was sent
for • the ball was extracted five weeks afterwards. I am
still labouring under the effects of the wound.
Alfred Smith, the son of the last witness, was called—
I saw the different pistols fired. My father was standing
in the loading-ring. I saw the prisoner turn round and
deliberately shoot my father. My father fell, and said,
"Good God, I am shot in the back." My father said,
" You rascal, why did you shoot me ? " He said, " I did
it on purpose, I wish to be hanged." I went for a
policeman.
Adolphus Lonsdale, a police constable, proved that he
was called into the shooting-gallery.. He saw the pri-
soner leaning against the bench. I asked him why he
shot Mr. Smith. He said he was tired of his life, and
wished to be hung.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—He stood with
his arms folded when I went in.
George Royde, house-surgeon to Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, examined—Thomas Smith was admitted into the
hospital on the 6th. The wound was in the right of
the spine and above the loin. I probed the wound, and
found at hard body. ' On the 6th of July a small
piece of bone was extracted, and also a bullet. On the
14th of July apiece of cloth came away of its own accord.
He is still labouring under the effects of the wound. He
is not altogether outiofdanger. He is not fit for bUilineks.
This being the case for the prosecution,
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury for the defendant,
and said that he did not mean to dispute the facts which
were adduced in evidence. His object was to show that
at the time of this accident Mr. Touchet was of unsound
mind, and he could not but help thinking that when the
jury had heard the evidence they would be of that opi-
nion. The first thing that would strike the jury in this
rwas that there was no earthly motive why the pri-
,er should have committed this act, nor could it be
itCounted for on any other principle than that he was
t of sane mind at the time. If he was to be believed
himself, he committed the act in order to be hanged.
But he would not rest the case on that point, however
strong., but would call before the jury the persons who
were best acquainted with the prisoner. He would call
Lord Audley himself, and several physicians, who would
describe the state of the prisoner's mind. The prisoner
was the second son of the late Lord Audley. He was
now little more than twenty years of age. The late Lord
Audley had entered into speculations upon his estates in
Ireland, the result of which turned out to be most
unfortunate. Theva
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the circumstance that the family could not hold that
position in society to which their rank entitled them.
The prisoner was the descendant of Sir Ross Donelly by
his mother ; and there was no doubt that he was a con-
firmed lunatic. He mentioned this to show the proba-
bility that the prisoner might have inherited this malady
from his maternal grandfather. He had declared that
ho would commit a similar act again, and said he could
not prevent himself from doing so.
Lord Audley was then called and examined—The pri-
soner is my brother. He will be twenty-three next
November. Before my father died, his property was the
subject of considerable litigation ; practically it was
adverse to my family, and has left them in very em-
barrassed circumstances. The prisoner has been from
his youth a person of a susceptible mind. I recollect the
loss of a young friend of his, named Weston ; it seemed
to make a very strong impression on him—stronger than
on persons generally. The circumstances of the family
weighed upon his mind, and disposed him to notice
things which other persons would not. I saw him fre-
quently in 1842. He came to London in 1843. I was
in Ireland ; I did not see him till April in that
year. From that time to the period when
the present occurrence took place he was living
with me. He was generally of a reserved dis-
position. Sometimes he was cheerful, but he was
usually silent and reserved, and wished to evade conver-
sation. I have observed changes in his countenance, but
the expression of it was generally of a very austere and
settled character. He appeared dreamy. He com-
plained of persons.opposite to where we lived watching.
I do not consider that we were watched. He used to go
to one or two places in particular to dine. He com-
plained of being known there, and of the people making
observations upon him. I went to see whether it was so,
and found that he was not known. He did not show any
disinclination to walk the streets, but on some occasions
I used to observe a singularity in his :walk. He showed
a disinclination against walking in a particular direction,
and seemed to be annoyed if I stopped at a window. He
would not look at the window, but on the ground.
Lord Audley, brother of the prisoner, was then called
and examined by Mr. BoDKIN, and gave evidence as to
the insanity of the prisoner. He was continually com-
plaining of ill health, agony of mind, and giddiness in
the head, and that he could not pay attention to his
affairs. Witness advised him to consult a physician, but
he seemed careless about it. Witness looked into a box
of the prisoner's, and found there poison and morphine.
Witness had noticed an alteration in the dress of the
prisoner. He was formerly neat ; latterly he had left
off shaving, and became very slovenly.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHARNOCK—Witness thought
the prisoner highly eccentric.
Mrs. Charlotte Lawley stated that prisoner lodged at
Hheeawda;s he
her house in Weymouth-street, Portland-place, from
January, 1843, till July, when the present charge was
there.brought
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first cleanly, but latterly he did not change his clothes
for a week. He was formerly very communicative, but
latterly he avoided it. Witness had noticed the peculiar
turn of his mind since last November.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHARNOCR—The prisoner
always behaved like a gentleman, although at times ho
was eccentric.
Joseph Lawley, the son of the last witness, corrobo-
rated her evidence.
Dr. Munro—Was Galled upon by Lord Audley to
visit the prisoner in the month of July, and had also
seen him yesterday in Newg:ate. On many of the occa-
sions ho had been accompanied by Dr. Sutherland. He
bad also attended Sir Ross Donally, the grandfather of
the prisoner, who was in an insane state of mind. The
first time witness saw the prisoner was in Clerkenwell.
He then told him that ho was melancholy, and had been
brooding over murder and suicide for years, and that he
was sure he should soon attain the great object
he had in view—that of being hanged, and that if
ho had a pistol he would shoot the first person
he saw. Witness had no doubt whatever of the

UNION-HALL.--(THIS DAY.)
Ann Ryan was charged before Mr. Traill with
striking llosina Connor with a flat iron, and seriously
injuring her.
The complainanf,whose face presented a shocking spec-
tacle, stated that she went home on the preceding night,
and finding the prisoner there with her husband, she de-
sired her to quit the place. The prisoner, however, re-
fused to go, saying that she had as much right to com-
plainant's husband as herself. This language caused a
dispute, which ended in a scuffle, during which the pri-
soner procured a flat iron, and, placing it in a handker-
chief, struck the complainant a severe blow in the face,
which knocked her down, and rendered her completely
insensible. It was stated that had the blow been a little
higher up, it must have killed her.
The prisoner said that it all arose out of jealousy on
the part of the complainant, and denied she struck her
with a flat iron, but that she pushed her down, and her
face striking against the fender inflicted the injury upon it.
Mr. TRAILL, at the request of complainant, dealt sum-
marily with the prisoner, and in default of paying the
, fine, committed her for 1•t days.

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRUSSELS, OCT. 20.—A letter from Leipsic informs
us that on the 7th of this month the first meeting of the
German merchants took place, conformably to a resolu-
tion adopted at the fair at Easher, and that between 150
and 200 persons were present.
The assembly resolved unanimously :
" That with regard both to quantity and quality, our
linen manufacturers can no longer refrain having re-
course to the spinning of thread by machinery. That
this should be encouraged, both by a more extensive and
careful cultivation of lax, and then by an import duty on
English thread, and a bounty on the exportation of
linen.
" A proposal was laid before the meeting on the ne-
cessity of improving the condition of the working classes,
and of zealously turning their attention to the means of
effecting that object."
The assembly resolved to offer a prize for the best
work on the following question :—" By what measures,
the execution of which may be practicable in the pre-
sent state of things, and which shall promote the interest
both of the manufacturers and the workmen, may a du-
rable improvement in the situation of the latter be
ef-
fected."

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausens, OCT. 20.
Actua Debt, 4yy per Cent, 6O
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lO2
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent OB%
Three per Cent...........
Millions, ditto ...... 76;
(IMO) 103%

Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent lO3
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent —
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6OX
Issue of 1841 0000000 •••••••••• 0000000000000 000000000000 ••••
—Brussels Papers. Oct. 21.
AUSTRIAN FUNDX.—Vntrct, Orr 14
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Ce:As
Bank Shares 000000 ............. 1600
JUgemeine Zeitkng, Oct. Ig.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. SU
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull,
at previous rates. Sales 2,000 bales.—South-Eastern
and Dover Shares were supported, but other railways
were dull. Bristol and Gloucester, 421 ; Caledonian, 4 ;
Chester and Birkenhead Junction, 71. 18s. 9d. ; Ditto
and Hob head, ; Dublin and Drogheda, 70; Eastern
Counties, 13; Grand Junction, Half, 1021 ; Kendal and
Windermere, 5i- ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 13i ; Liver-
pool and Manchester, Half, 994 ; Ditto, Ormskirk, and
Preston, 24 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares,
354 ; Ditto and Brighton, 47 ; Manchester, Bolton, and
Bury, 125 ; Manchester and Leeds, 111 ; North British,
54 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/. 18s. 6d. ; South-Eastern,
4 i ; Dittos New, 1 44; York and Selby, 452 ; Lyons
and Avignon, 2 6-20 ; Paris and Lyons, 21 ; Paris
and Rouen, 392 ; Ditto and Strasburg, 2 1-5 ; Orleans,
Tours, and Bourdeaux, 34- ; Boulogne and Amiens,
4 1-20.
Each day's post from most of the principal parts of
Scotland brings additional information of measures of
opposition to any interference with the Scotch banking
system by the Government, being in most active pro-
gress. The Premier will have, therefore, no easy task
to perform in inducing a majority, such as he would
wish to have, to pass any Bill for the suppression
of the 1/. notes, and otherwise interfering with the
banking institutions on the other side of the
Tweed. No concessions will be received. The reso-
lutions that have been passed at the meetings of tiie
Chamber of Commerce, by merchants, brokers, and
traders, unconditionally assert that any—the least—in-
terference with the present system, must be fraught with
the greatest injury to all her Majesty's Scottish sub-
jects. However, on this side of the border, very different
opinions are entertained ; the leading bankers and
capitalists holding the fate of the small note
circulation of Scotia, as already sealed. The
proceedings in Parliament upon this subject will be
vigorously conducted by the Scotch Members, almost
to a man, and no doubt by a fear of the English and
Irish representatives. It is understood that some weeks
before the session is opened the delegates of the Scotch
bankiig interests will reach London, to frame a mode of
proceeding the best calculated to maintain in tact the
present system of banking and currency of Scotland.
The general result of the recent important public
sales of colonial wools and of indigo has been already
noticed in the usual market report of The Sun. A word
or two of remark is worthy a place under this head. It
is with regret that, as winter is fast approaching, we find
the employment in the woollen districts of this country
is rather falling off than otherwise. To this circum-
stance may be ascribed the fall that has taken place in
indigo, which amounted all round to full fourpence per
lb. ; and of what was really sold, full two-
thirds of the samples were bought for exportation,
the manufacturers on the continent being better em-
ployed than those of this country. As to the recent
sales of colonial wools, the lower qualities fell slightly;
the purchases, however, of the finer samples were made
with much freedom. As there will not this year be any
further public sales of wools from the colonies, ample
time will be afforded to work up most of the present
stocks. For the spring trade a good demand is looked for
on United States' account.
There are accounts from New York to October 4.
The cotton market was dull, and the exchange on Lon-
don continued high. The papers are filled chiefly with
electioneering proceedings.
The amount of business transacted in the Funds this
morning has not been considerable. The price of Con-
sols fur the Account have been at one-eighth and at one-
fourth per cent. over par. The Commissioners bought
10,0001. Reduced Three per Cents. at 994. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been again doge
at 2 per cent. above par. In most of the public secu-
rities a good amount of business has been transacted
to-day. Old South Sea Annuities have risen to 981
Exchequer Bills are flat, at 71s. premium, and India
Bonds at 91s. premium. Bank Stock is rather flat at
2035.
Not a single bargain was quoted in the Spanish Bonds
to-day. Portuguese Converted have advanced from 502
to 514 ; Belgian at 104/ ; and the Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 63. Russian Bonds have rallied to
1184. Mexican may be quoted at 15/ 4, and Colombian
at 144.
Much fluctuation has taken place in the Railway
Share Market this morning. The Great Western shares
have just receded about 41. per share, being at 137.
The Midland are at 6' to 7 premium, the York and
North Midland are at 57 premium. The French lines
are scarcely as much in demand as they were 'yesterday.
The Real del Monte Unregistered has 'been sold at 44.
The Joint-stock Bank Sharei are nominally the same as
yesterday.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK..
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 203
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Annuities 102% 01% 3 per Cent. Co. Anna
New 314 1
Combs.
02
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. .....
India Stock
India 91
Ditto under .....
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account 1001 h%
Exchequer Bills

INcl.

IM,

1 0001. ••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• 73 71 pm.
73 71 pm.
Ditto ***** 73 71 pm.

Ditto Advertised. — ........ ..... -
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent „........... ....... „.. 104 U,
Columbian 80nd5...... 4 .......... ............. 141
Mexican Bonds, 1837 ........ ......
Ditto Deferred Stock, sPer Cent.
....
15%%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........ „..........
Ditto Converted 5l 50% 51%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 112,,',4%
Dutch 2% per C..ent5........................ ....... •••••••••• 62% r 3
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .........
Ditto New 17% 25% ...„. to
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Chaster and H01yhead.............. 5
Churnet Valley
Ewen C0untie5.......... 25 ......... 13%%
Edinburgh and Glasgow ........... 50 .....«.. 62 .....
Great Western ............"............ '75 l4l ..
Ditto % Shares „..................... 50 ••••••••• 55
Ditto Fifths ..... ...• •.........„ 12 ••••••••• 25%3( ••• to .-
London and Birmin.Eira ..m..... .. i.. 100 ..., ..... 212 to 213
London and Greenwich 12% ...... 9%
London and South Western ...... 41% .....• 72 ... to
London and Croydon ...........»... 13% ......1636 % ... to
London and Y0rk.......„—......... 2% 35/.% to
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ..... .... 51
Midland Counties ......... ....... „.. 100 .........107 . •
_ . North British 5

.1, a,/, ••••• /Net,
Norwich and Brandon ...... ...... 6
Ditto New — I%T. ... to
South Eastern and Dover .....»..32%
Ditto New. ~....... ....... ......... 4
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ......... 50 .........148 ...
Ditto Scarbore' Branch ......... 10
Ditto Selby Scrip
Central of France...' ••• 2 .......• 3N% ...'to
Boulogne and Amic05....... ........ 2 ...:.... 4%.:....... to 4
Orionis, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ......... 5%;4 to
Paris and Orleans
Parisand R0uen........................ 20 .....
Paris and Stra bourg
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 22.—There is
less activity in the market to-day, without much varia-
tion in prices. Barnsley Junction, 5 1-16 ; Accringtons,
3,5.8 ; Churnets, 4i--1- ; Windermere, 5} ; Dewsbury,
61- ; London and York, 3,1- ; Manchester and Bux-
ton, 2 ; Manchester and Leeds, 110 ; Manchester, One-
Sixteenth Shares, 3 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52 ;
Sheffield and Lincoln, 2* 4 ; Manchester and Liverpool
District Bank, 10 9-16.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
CHESTER OCTOBER MEETING-TUESDAY.

The Military Challenge Stakes of 10 sovs, each, h ft,
with 50 added. Grosvenor Course.
Capt. Boyd's The Dog Billy, 3 yrs (Hon. S. Erskine) 1
Capt. France's Brenda, aged
Capt. Bigge nd Catharina, 5 yrs
A fine race with two.

The Dee Stand Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, if de-
clared, with 50 added; the second saves his stake,
Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Mostyn's Alamode, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Duffio) 1
Mr. King's Yarrow, 3 yrs, 4st 71b 2
Mr. Flintoff's The Elbe, 3 yrs
Mr. Thompson's Hudibras, 6 yrs 4
Won easy.
_ _ _

The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats,

the Grosvenor Course.
Mr. Robinson's Wasp, aged (Hopwood) 3 1 1
Mr. Ilalford's Pickwick, aged
Mr. W. Scott's lleslington, 6 yrs
Two others were distanced.