The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1845.

There are some circumstances attaching to the condition
in which this country is likely to be placed—if she be not
already involved—by the ascertained deficiencies of the last
corn harvest, and the perhaps unprecedented failure of the
potato crop—that have no parallel, we are inclined to think,
within the memory of living men. When the " famine
price," as it is still emphatically termed, which wheat was
fetching in the year 1801, was spreading far and wide the
empire of actual privation and the panic of apprehended
starvation, there were aspects of encouragement in the con-
dition of other great agricultural countries of Europe which
are not to be detected at the present moment. There were
no such stringent corn-laws as now exist, and have for thirty
years past existed, to scare from our ports the surplus
produce, whatever it might be, which the foreign
producer, in that period of general Want, could
spare for exportation to the market of British
consumption. The potato crop, which had already
become—and fatally, we repeat—the main staple of Irish sub-
sistence, proved, by a merciful dispensation of PROVIDENCE,
abundant as to quantity and superior as to quality. Though
a prolonged experience of all its valuable properties as a
substitute for cereal products, properly so called—as a " bread
stuff," in lieu of bread—was then wanting, the instinct of ne-
cavity had made this root most largely nbotsfyitat tp the

purposes of the deficient grain. It is now beyond all doubt
that mildewed and unripened,wheats, diseased ryes (still more
terrible in their deleterious effects upon the human system);
germinating barleys (fraught with the influences of that
hideous vitality which may be termed " the life of corrup-
tion," in contradistinction to "the life-sustaining principle"),
and all the manifold adulterations of flour, meal, and bran, which
the " devilish cunning of human cupidity" has, in periods of
scarcity, always been too successful in devising—swept off
hundreds of thousands of our unhappy countrymen at that
time, from whom the organised vigilance of a much more
recently established sanitory system would have averted the
untimely fate which the general destitution of wholesome
bread conducted them to. The war still closed the ports of
some of the principal corn-growing countries of Europe
against us, or that destitution would have been far less mis-
chievous. Yet even then, the ample resources of a sound
potato crop rescued not thousands, merely, but millions of
our countrymen in Great Britain and Ireland from the
disastrous scourge of famine.

In 1845 the condition of things is, to some extent, the
reverse of that which we have been describing as existing in
1801. The potato crop is a vast and hopeless failure : the
supplies of foreign grain have been large, and, under any
scheme of corn-laws less absurd or clumsy than Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S vaunted sliding-scale, might have been far more
abundant and cheap. Let us, for a moment, measure the
impending scarcity that now approaches us by the multi-
tude of those whom it most nearly and directly affects.
To do this,—to calculate the intensity of the evil with which
we shall have, in the dead months of the fast- approaching
winter, to contend—we must multiply the sphere of the
suffering experienced in 1801 by the increased number of the
masses who will come within its operation in 1845. We have
no doubt that that suffering will be more severely felt in Ire-
lanai than in Great Britain, judging from the scenes which
were witnessed in the former country in those several years
of scarcity, 1814, 1516, 1822, and 1831. Of course, the
rapid progression of her population since the latest even of
these dates, although it forms a favourite subject of declama-
tion and rejoicing at popular meetings, is intrinsically
fearful element in the aggravation of the calamity within
the verge of which she is already brought. That
scarcity, which was all but intolerable to a popu-
lation of from four to five millions, will be • fearfully
destructive, indeed, to it, when its numbers are increased
by two or three millions more of human beings, unless that
be the fact which no man in his sane senses will venture to
infer—namely, that the agricultural production and produc-
tive industry of Ireland have meanwhile expanded them-
selves in a similar proportion. But if Great Britain suffered,
and was far less exhausted by the deficient crops of the four
years we have adverted to, her present relative position is
not so much better than than that of Ireland as might at
first sight appear. Tried by the same test, the progres-
sion of population, her danger is truly formidable. In 1891,
according to the most careful calculations of the late Mr.
RICKMAN and of Mr. Coraluttoux, in verifying the Par-
liamentary Census, of the day, the aggregate population
of England, Wales, and Scotland, was but 10,943,000. It
is, now, at least 22,C00,000. Our Governments, for the
period of 30 years which have elapsed since the general
pacification of Europe, have been without any excuse for
their neglecting to establish the trace in corn on such sound
and stable bases as the possible wants, and the occasional
actual demands of a population, whereof the tendencies of
increase were so extraordinary as in our own, so impera-
tively demanded. Year afte'r year the " Census" has been
so much improved as to leave them in no want of incontrover-
tible data on which to assume the fact of this gigantic in-
crease in the native demand of •the two islands for the
staples of subsistence. What have they done to secure a
permanent and ample supply of these staples? Let us lot
be accused of unfairness if we hold Sir ROBERT PEEL, of
all men living, responsible for the selfish and unstatesman-
like anomaly in legislation, which is dignified by the name
of a corn-law. Whatever other Ministers may have done or
devised, he has challenged this position of unenviable
responsibility. But not a brief lustrum has yet elapsed
since Sir ROBERT PEEL introduced, expounded, and car-
ried against all opposition that Act for the regulation
of the corn trade upon a" sliding-scale," in virtue of which
exorbitant prices for bread have been ever since maintained
in this country, and by reason of which the very sources of
foreign supply that, had we consented to receive them un-
burdened with the duties in question, would have completely
anticipated the scarcity of the present season—have bean
largely dried up by our own act and deed. If we had any
wish to signalise the triumph of our own opinions on this
subject over the principles advocated by Sir ROBERT
PEEL, on those occasions, MI might here repeat his
own words on commending his last edition of
the sliding-scale to the sanction of Parliament.
But it is needless to cite particular expressions from a speech,
the sum of which, divested of all the Right Hon. Gentleman's
accustomed egoisme and self-laudation, was to challenge for.
his plan the power of obviating, as far as human foresight
could do so, all danger of deficient supply, and of scarcity-
prices in future. Ho ridiculed the apprehensions aroused by
those who were for either absolutely making the trade in corn
free, or for legitimatising imports Of foreign grown wheat at a
certain fixed duty per quarter. ' He turned a deaf ear to all
remonstrances on the danger which our continued discourage •
ment of foreign corn, in order to give the home-grower a mo-
nopoly of the home market, was incurring of largely diminish-
ing the cultivation of the wheats grown in the vicinity of
the Baltic, and is the countries along the banks of the
Vistula. What is now the condition of things with respect
to these countries, and the probable demand for their pro-
ducts before the closing in of the winter? At the moment
we pen these lines no Order in Council has been promulgated
on the subject of opening the ports; but it is considered in
many well. informed quarters that such an order must be im-
mediately promulgated. In the interim, we affirm, without
hesitation, that the history of this country does not exhibit a
case of mere stupendous and self-convicted failure in the
policy of its Ministers than that which has been manifested
by the corn-law blundering of the Premier. He has incurred
by it a frightful responsibility, and is bound to apply what
remedy can yet be administered without a day's unnecessary
delay.

It is a great relief to persons compelled to read the political
discussions of hostile parties, and the articles in French and
English journals, so often disfigured by violent and senseless
national antipathies, to find now and then something like
fair play exhibited, and full justice done to the merits
of opponents. We have, therefore, read with moll
satisfaction some remarks made by a French journal, the Paris
Constitutionnel, on a work just pubished by M. DUVERGIER
DE HAURANNE, describing the present situation of political
parties in England, and estimating the respective characters
of Whig and Tory leaders. To Sir ROBERT PEEL full justice
is rendered, more, it is admitted, on account of the excellence
of his measures than of the questionable means by which
he was restored to office. The writer has sketched
in a skilful manner a picture of the history of the
two last sessions, so full of striking features, whether as re-
gards the policy of Sir R. PEEL, at direct variance with the
opinions of many of his adherents, or the noble conduct of 1
the Opposition, especially that of the Whig leaders, who, in
contempt of all the alluremtnts of place and pensions, main-
tained their:principles with undeviating and honourable-
firmness. On the latter subject the Constitutionnel justly
remarks :—." When have the English Liberals shown
themselves great and truly worthy to govern their country ?
Was it not when Lord Joins RUSSELL, putting far from him
the idea of overthrowing the Ministry, came forward honestly
and unconditionally to give Sir ROBERT PEEL the support of
all his friends? Was it not when Mr. MACAULAY, resisting
the threats of his constituents, declared in Parliament that
he would, if necessary, sacrifice his seat, and employ his fu.
ture life to sustain a political adversary ?" This is the truth,
but not the whole truth. The Liberal party have not
only supported the measures of the Conservative leader, by
their votes and their speeches, but they have taker no
advantage of circumstances to throw obstacles in his way,
or stir up opposition from quarters which might have en-
dangered the stability of his Cabinet. Like men conscious
of the integrity of their purpose, and anxious to see the
grievances of their country redressed, they have sunk every
personal consideration, and strengthened the popu-
larity of their opponents, both by speeches in Par-
liament and addresses to their constituents. They
have even risked their seats in the House of Commons, be-
cause they preferred toleration in religion and justice to Ire-
land, to the applause of misguided electors, and, above all, to
the threats and entreaties, and even the hostility of a vast
proportion of the Dissenting clergy, long their avowed and
most efficient supporters. We can find no instance in the
history of England where a whole party exhibited such
proofs of real patriotism, and sacrificed their interests for
the good of the community. This is a noble trait in the
character of political parties, and forms a gratifying contrast
to the selfish opposition made by GREY and WELUNGTON and
PEEL to the Cabinet of the persecuted CANNING. But let that
pass. We occupy ourselves only with the present position
of affairs, and with the altered tone which certain political
writers in France display, when alluding to the proceedings
of Parliament for the last few years. The, article in the
Constitutionnel exhibits sound views and friraidly feelings to-
wards England, and we, therefore, transcribe with pleasure
the fallowing extract as a specimen. Atha- adverting to the
contents of M. DE HAUTLINNE'S work, the writer adds :

Fives Wh . loWet than oil the vevietts dliy. in moot df tho
principal railway shares, especially the Paris and Rouen, a
decline has taken place, from a scarcity of money required to
meet other engagements. The Paris journals contain a
variety of intelligence not without interest. The Jour-
nal des Debats contains an account, however, from its
Macao correspondent, which forms rather an excep-
tion. The letter extends to more than five columns,
and furnishes details of the ratifications of a treaty be-
tween China and France, in which we find nothing new
respecting the treaty, or the manners and customs of the
Chinese. " The ceremony," says the writer, "took place on
the 24th October, 1844, near the Bogue, in the village of Tai-
pin-Hieou, and in the house of the Chinese Admiral who
commands the naval forces on the station. The treaty
having been signed on board the Archimede steamer, that is
to say, according to the laws of nations on the French terri-
tory, it was by a feeling of just reciprocity agreed that the
exchange of the ratifications should be made on the
territory of the other contracting party. As the
Chinese, however, will never be behind hand in politeness
with any body, it was arranged that on the evening before
the day fixed for the ceremony, the Imperial Commissioner
himself should pay a visit to M. DE LAGRENE, on board the
Cleopatre, in the roadstead of the Bogue." Another letter
from Macao, of the 31st of August, announces that M. DE
LAGRENE was preparing to visit the five ports of the north,
and that he will return by Saez to France, where he is ex-
pected to arrive in April.

According to accounts from Paris the rise in the price of
provisions began to create alarm. "Provisions," says one of
the journals, " are every day becoming dearer in Paris. Po-
tatoes are now double the price they were a month ago. The
price tf other vegetables rises in the same proportion. Poor
families are already beginning to feel severely the effects of
the bad harvest. If this rise in the price of provisions in-
creases in the same proportion for only one month, the neces-
saries of life will become beyond the reach of the indigent."
The accounts from the country are of a similar character, and
preparations were in progress for relieving the poor in case of
a dearth. The Municipal Council of Strasburg, following
the example of Mulhouse and Nancy, had voted money for
the purchase of 7,000 metrical quintals of wheat in foreign
markets. The wheat is to be stored, and should a rise in
price take place it will be retailed during the winter to the
poor at prime cost. These instance of humanity are
honourable to France ; and we therefore regret to find
in one of the Paris journals a spirit displayed of
such a malignant character, that, were it generally adopted
Frenchmen, would excite universal indignation. The
Presse, the faithful representative of Queen CHRISTINA'S
sentiments, taking for granted that the English Govern.
ment is about to throw open the ports, calls on the French
Ministry to be on its guard, and prevent the English from
coming to France and carrying off food to satisfy their
hunger. After some introductory remarks about the diffi-
culty of regulating the price of provisions, it says :

"Ten laws have been enacted on the subject since the year
1841, not one of which has received a definitive solution, as if the
most general interests were those worthy of the least attention;
and now, in :the midst of that abundance with which Providence
has been pleased to enrich us, in the midst of general distress,
a measure about to be adopted in a foreign country me-
naces our security. Will this fact be considered a suffi-
ciently grave warning for our improvidence ? Our labouring
population must have bread and employment. We have, thank
God, both one and the other this year. Let us take care of them,
and for that reason let us prevent the English from coming to sa.
tisfy their hunger at the expense of those gifts which God has re-
served for us. This is a sad necessity, no doubt, and at which our
humanity ought to lament. It would be more chivalrous to sacri-
fice ourselves for our neighbours, but good policy is not always
consistent with chivalry. The French Government aught to take
care of the French population, before, it melts into pity for the
sufferings with which Ireland is menaced. England is, moreover,
sufficiently rich, and has too many modes of acting in the two
hemispheres, to be seriously embarassed in supplying the deficiency
of her crops. It is not for us, who have only as much as we want
for ourselves, to supply her. We repeat, therefore, if the mea-
sure in contemplation in Englar.d be carried into effect—if England
open her ports to the free importation of corn, our Government
ought to close ours. It is the right, as it is the duty of that
Government."

On Wednesday morning the Invalides roused Paris by the
firing of twenty-one guns, for the safe accouchement of the
Princess DE JOINVILLE, which took place at St. Cloud. The
Princess was delivered of a son, who had received the title of
Duke DE PENTHIEVRE. The accounts in the afternoon stated
that both the Princess and her son were as well as could be
expected. According to the Journal des Debats, the Duke
of BORDEAUX was about to pay a visit to the Emperor of
RUSSIA, at Palermo. We learn from the Marseilles journals
that Counts BELTRAMI, Buixcou, PAST, and VITELLANI'
Dr. ANDREINI, the Advocate RIENZI, and Signor GRUNDI,
chiefs in the late insurrection in Romagna, who bad been de-
tained in the prisons of Tuscany, have been set at liberty, by
order of the Grand Duke, and have arrived at Marseilles by
the Levant packet the Sesostris. Such conduct does great
honour to the Grand Duke, and is a marked reproof of the
wretched system of Government persevered in by the Court
of Rome The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
,continental papers :
" The State Gazette of Lucerne of the let instant contain, the
following:—' Last evening S. Muller, of Stechenzain, confessed
that he had assassinated M. Leu with a fowlibg.piece, in which he
had placed a carbine bullet. He told where he had hid his wee.
pon, which was found where he pointed out. He acknowledged,
besides, that he had twice watched M. Leu for the purpose of
shooting him. This confession agrees with the result of the
official investigation. He declares, also, that he did not act
through a spirit of vengeance, but from being promised a sum of
money by M. Leo's political enemies. Dr. Casimer PlyWer was
arrested immediately, by order of the Judge d'lnstruction. Other
arrests have also taken place, and great agitation reigns in the
town. Troops have been sent for. The Grand Council is con-
voked for the sa ;fletft.t. It, is belicvml that this confession was
extorted from Muller.'

" In consequence of a decision of the Board of Health at Naples,
dated the 17th and 20th ult., on the occasion of the Eclair, the
entrance of French produce which has traversed the ocean has been
refused to captains of our ships. Our Ambassador has thereupon
made strong remonstrances to the Neapolitan Government. The
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the
Prince de Scilla, made the same answer to N. de Montebello which
he had given the day before to the English Ambassador, viz.—
`That his Government was an entire stranger to this measure; the
Board of Health at Naples, as well as those at Genoa, Nice, Leg
horn, Civita Vecchia, and the other ports of Italy, was completely
independent.' Notwithstanding this system the Ambassadors per-
sist, and it is hoped that the Board of Health will submit to the
opinion of the King's Government.

" The Augsburgh Gazelle has the following from Constanti-
nople, dated the 15th ult.:—The news from Syria has caused great
agitation here. It is reported that the day before yesterday the
representatives of the foreign powers met in conference at Count
Sturmer's. When M. de Bourqueney received the account of the
acquittal of the Druse Chief Abou Neked by a tribunal convoked
by Chekib Effendi, his indignation was extreme. He was on the
point of requiring an audience of the Sultan to demand that this
judgment should be annulled, and if he met with a refusal to make
preparations for his departure. The strong representations of his
colleagues, and particularly of the Austrian and British ambassa-
dors, succeeded in inducing him to renounce this determination,
that could only have produced serious results, which, under pre.
sent circumstances, would not have been justifiable. The position
of the French ambassador is peculiar from his having to exercise
an extensive protection. There are in bria twelve convents, the
Catholic religion having been established there from the time of
St. Louis."

On the Paris Bourse on Wednesday the Three per Cents.
closed at 82f. 40c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 70c.; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,182 f. 50e.; Rouen, 1,007 f. 50c.;
Havre, 800 f. ; Avignon, 997 f. 50c. ; Vierzen, 727 f. 50c. ;
Bordeaux, 641 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 550 f. • Troyes and Monte-
reau, 501 f. 25c. ; Basle, 267 f. 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 56f. ; Spanish Actives, 36 ; ditto, Domestic
Debt, 34).
The following are the quotations for other lines :-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), '221.50c. prem. • ditto
(Calon), 4f.; ditto (Ganneron), 71. 50c.; ditto (La Pinson-
niere), If.; Northern Line (Laffitte), 70f.; ditto Rosamel),
35f. ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 26f. ; ditto (Decan Lebeuf),
26f. ' • Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 18f. ; ditto (llin-
guerlot), 14f. ; ditto (Bechet), sf. ; Aymard, 10f. 50c. • Tours
and Nantes (Mackenzie), 21f. ; ditto. (Drouillard), 4f. ; ditto
(O'Neill), 12f.; ditto (Lefevre), sf. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon
(Talabot), 30f.; ditto (Lecointe), llf. 55c.; ditto (Compag-
nie Meridionale), 5f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 2f. ; ditto (Es-
peleta), 12f. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 31.;
11 ditto (Carette), 10f.; ditto (Colbert), lf. ; Charleroi (Ky-
saens), 151. 50c. ; Dijon and Mnlhausen 4f.; ditto
(Allegry), 21.; Caen (Delamarre), 4f.
LYONS, Nov. 3.-Marseilles and Avignon, 998 f. 75c.
Paris and Orleans, 1,202 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,020 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 6.

Anglo-Belgian
Boulogne and Amiens 914
Bordeaux &Mediterran

Madrid and Valentia 174
Namur and Liege 4
North Jamaica . . —

Bordeaux and Toulouse

Orleans and Vierzon .. 17

Do. & Cette (Espeleta)
Do. (Mackenzie's) l3/4
Central of Spain .. —
Demerara

Orleans and Bordeaux 104
/4
Over Ysael •••
Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 2%
Ditto (Ganneron's).

Dendre Valley ...... ...

Ditto

icuf writer are precisely our own. But we more p
" It is needless for us to observe that the vien a
Ithareiyil
jleuisntrwioituhs
him in the praises which he bestows on the noble ;conduct of the
e
justice he renders to the English nation Itself. It
principal English statesmen of all parties, and to thei. hfuaylleshalawreayosf
believed that it was a bad defence of a good cause to make an appeal
of
to national or perty prejudices, and that the
advocates
libcral ideas ought to show themselves worthy t l•fheir doc-
trines- t
in
by leaving to others the task of awakening and bringing
play old hatreds and passions. Is not the knew), :11 ge of howto
o
render justice to one's adversaries, and even to on, is enemies, the
most worthy and the best means to assure to on
es own life and
t
acts an equitable and impartial judgment, and to , conquer esteo:m
in default of power ° We cannot dissemble or: sYnr.athies
as to the struggles of th• English Parliament, , but ill offering
up our wishes that both in England and in Fran el s the doctrines
of
quarrel complete liberty and equality may progress, , ;e espouse no
, particular rivalry, and, particularly, wr % cannot refuse
our admiration to the illustrious chief of the F Wiglish Cabinet,
when we see him boldly lead his party in the path sof reform, and
so nobly risk his political destiny to secure the ti !iumph of ideas
which he believes to be useful. We decirre lou idly that we be-
lieve, with M. Duvergier de Hauranne, that Engla tad has just pre-
sented to the world a grand and fine spectacle, and we feel the
less
pain in admitting it, as we reckon on the same jus tics for France,
when our Government shall merit it."

The accounts from Paris of the prices of stoc ks and shares
are unfavourable. A further depression took p lace on Wed-
nesday, caused chiefly by the fall in the Lor ;don Money.
market, For cash the Three per Cents. closed at Ijsc, and the

Dutch Rheni;h 73/4
Dieppe & Paris Janet
Dijon and Mulhouse —
East Indian ....... 274
Fampoux & Hazebrouk
Grt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's) 34
Do. (Le Boeuf)
Do. Pepin Ic Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons —
Great Western Bengal
Jain aica S. Mid. Junction
Do. North Midland —
Do. Extension
Jersey -
Louvain and Jemeppe 2 tfz
Lyons and Avignon —
Luxembourg

TRH` SUN, LONDON, FRADAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1845.

3dth tie titidtatione appeated ifi the Official bulletin, but in a
note the editor gives the following gicE§!--.-The Three per
Cents. closed at 35 for cash, and 3514 at a short date ; tie
Five per Cents., at 2.0,4 cash, and 24% for time ; the Coupons,
at 251 A s ; and the Debt without Interest, at 8 and 814.

• v.rthern and Eastern
I Ditto Scrip

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yestert. were 3,000
bales, including 350 Carthaginian at 3d., 150 Alaranham at
5%d., 200 Surat at 21/2d. to 314 d., and American at 3d. to
514 d. per lb. The market was steady. Shares were very
flat again.
In the Third Edition of The Sun of last evening appeared
an intimation of the following notice from the Bank of
England. It was issued at too late an hour to have appeared
in the Afternoon Edition :
" The Bank of England has advanced the rate of interest
on bills at ninety five days, discounted by them, to 3% per
cent.''
Of the importance and necessity of this step no doubt can
exist. The Bank Directors wish to make money for their
proprietors, as well as provide for any material alteration in
the exchanges that may occur, should a material alteration
be effected in the corn-laws. Not a doubt is entertained but
that some change is imperatively required, and the modus
operandi is what is required to be known in the City. There
is but one feeling among mercantile men, as to the delay
that has already occurred on the subject of the issuing of the
Order in Council, as it checks business in many of its im-
portant branches, and, if much longer continued, will entail
many difficulties in conducting operations for a considerable
length of time.
The Funds are affected by the increased value of mosey,
and there is a disposition to exercise the greatest caution in
doing businass. Consols have been 951 A to 95 for present
transfer, and 95% to 95 for Account. Exchequer-bills have
been quoted 275..t0 245. premium. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 96% to 95%, and the Three per
Cents 93% to 9414. Bank Stock is down to 203 and 202.
The market for Toreign Stocks has been very dull, but
Spanish Bonds are better again, the Five per Cents. having
touched 28 and the Three per Cents. 373/4. Mexican Stock
has been steady at 311/2. Brazilian has declined to 82 and
80. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realized 59
to 58q.
Shares are generally lower.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 203 202
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9414 93% 94
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 9414 1/2 95%
New 31% per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO%
Do. 30 Tears, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 IO,A
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO 13-16
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11/2d.
1,000/.
500/. ..
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent lO9
Brazilian Bads, 5 per Cent Bl% 80 82
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 31%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%3
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent 373/4
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen

Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush
Aylesbury and harne l%
Belfast & County Down
_ ,

Bideford and Tivistock .. ... 1i.....
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ..... 124% to
Ditto New Shares
Birmingham and Oxford
Junct ion
Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s
Bridgewater and Minehead... .....
Bristol and Exeter 7O
Ditto New 2 ..... 8% to
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liverpool Junct. — to
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Ditto, New 1%.....
Cambridge and Oxford l% to
Canterbury and Dover 1%..... ...... to
Chelmsford and Bury ..
Chester and Holyhead ls
Chester and Manchester
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2
Clydesdale Junction
fork, Blackrock, and Passages 225. . ... to
Cork and Killarney ... 210 --to
Cork and Waterford

Ditto Quirter Shares
bitto &if .
North Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2% to 3%
North Staffordshire ..... 425.
North Wales 3% — to
North and South Wales and
Worcester
Norwich and Brandon l6 .....
Ditto New ditto
Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenhatu ..... -.. .....
Nottingham and Boston l% — ... .. to
Notting.,ErewshVal.,&Manc. 1%
Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. to
Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth,
and Southampton 425.
Oxford and Worcester
Oxfrd, Witney, & Cheltnham IN.. ...
Perth and Inverness
Pilbrow Atmospheric
Portsmouth I nrect
Preston and Wyre 5O
Ditto, Half Shares
Readir, g, Guildford, & Reigate
Richmond
Rugby and Huntingdon
Scotti: h Central ... 21,4 l5l/2- to
Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 1% 3l/434 ... to
Sheffield and Manchester ...100
Ditto 1, Shares 8
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 % ...... 4
Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ... ..
Shrews , Herefrd &N. Wales 2%
Sligo and Shannon
Somersetshire Midland
South Devon
South Midland 225....... 334 4... to 314
South Staffordshire Junction 2%
South Eastern and Dover ... 3343-- 35 to
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, No. 2
Ditto New, No. 3. 2% 3% to
' Southampton Macchester,
and Oxford Junction
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction
Staines and Richmond........ 1
Staffordshire and Shropshire 23% — to
South Wales
Tean and Dove Valley l% 1%...... to
Trent Valley
Trent Val. & Holyhead Junc. IX
Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 51% ...... to
Vale of Neath
Warwick and Cheltenham ... 1%
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — to
Waterford and Limerick N..• .. __
Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Waterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley
Welch Midland
West Cornwall iq — to -
3,

• _
West 'Yorkshire
- -

1 • • •• • to—

Cornwall ..- .. 5
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
.and Leicester 1 IA l3/4 to

Derby, Gainsboro', and Great
Grimsby ..... ...... to
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2%......

Direct Manch. (liemington!a) 2.'
1A...
to
Ditto (Rackstrick's)
Virect Northern ..
Direct Norwich

West London, Old Shares ... 20
West End & South. Counties 1% — to
Wexford and Carlsw
Wilts, Sonvlrset, & Sthamptn 1%...
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 2%...... 4% to 5
Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe ljn. 1% — ... .. to
Worcester and South Wales.. 425. IA dis. to
Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20
Di:to, New... ............ .. ... 14 . — to
York and Carlisle
York and Lancaster
York and South Connecting — to
York and North Midland .. 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Scarboro' Branch
Ditto, Selby 2O
Ditto. Extension - 26 ...... to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... 33,i to
Boulogne and Amiens 8
Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Mackenzie's) . 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
( Espelete'.B )

- to --.

Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders
Central of Spain

English ..
Irish . .....
Foreign

Beasts.
821

Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Dijon and Mulhouse
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 2
Great Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 ..„.. to
Ditto (Peppin le Hfilleur) 4
Ditto Ditto (Le Boeuf ).... 2
Great Paris and Ly0n5......... 2
Great Western Bengal ss.
Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland ...... 1
Ditto •Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe ..... —.. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege......... 4 ...,.. 3%4 to
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ...—. 1014 to 93%
Over Yssel 413 s 4d....
Paris and Lyons ( Laffitte) ... 2
Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ....
Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 .
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasburg(Gannern's) 2
Do. (Compe de L'Est) ...... 2
Ditto (Aymards) 214 — to
Paris and St. Quentin 2
Rouen and Havre lB
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale l4
St. Laurence and Atlantic....
Tournay, Jurbise; Landent,
and Hasselt ...... ...... ... .. 4 .... . to
Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 2
__ _ .

Dublin and Armagh .
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2% -

Dublin and Galway 4— to
Dundalk and Enniskillen...... 2% — to
Eastern Counties
Do. New 4l. 16. 6l/4043/413 to
Do. Perpet. 5 per 0 No. 1. 61.138 4d p to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ''. 13s. 4d.... p to
East Derehatn and 1. _ . .ch r
Eastern Union - ...... to

Ditto 1% Shares... ...... ..... 21A .....
Ditto Extension
Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 1) — . .... to
Ditto Extension to Norwich 21
Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2%2 — to
East Lincolnshire 1
East and West of England... IN — ...... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. .. to
Ditto 14 Shares l2l ......
Ditto New 11 Shares ... 5

Ditto Ditto (I.efebvre's)..-. 2

Do. (O'Neill's) ....... 2 ......
Verona and Ancona 3
West Flanders
MIKES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster. .. 20

Edinburgh and Northern.-- 114 — ...... to
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely . and Huntingdon 5

Enniskillen and Sligo ......... 21A
Essex and Suffolk l% — to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 23/4 to
Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central of \Vales 1 V — to
Goole and Doncaster 425.
Grand Junction 100
Ditto 1/2 Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25

GrndUniOn(Notting.g/Lynn) IN 2%...... to lys
Great Eastern and Western.. 214
GreatGrimsby and Sheffield... 23/4 — to
Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 ...... 20
Ditto Extension
Great Munster 2% — to
Great North of Scotland ...... 2% — to
Great North of England...... 100
Ditto New .
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares ......,.. 50
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fareham, Portmil/4 21% 2% to
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto Quarters .
Inverness and Elgin
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yar-
mouth
Irish North Midland
Isle of Axholme 2%
Killarney Junctions —•....
Kendal and Windermere 11,4
I.aneaster and Car1i51e........, 30 ......
Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena
...... _.to
Leeds and West Riding June. INI —
•..... to
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s.
/ 3/4% p to
Leicester and Tamworth 425.
/4
Liverpool and Manchester... 100
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters ..... ...... ... 25
Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% — ...... to
Liverpool, Manchester, and
NewcastleJunetion .. 2% 4%..... to
London and Birmingham 100 215 216% 214 217 to 213
Ditto Thirds
Ditto 14 Shares
Ditto .xtension
London &Blackwall... 161. 13s. 4d B3/1 to
Do. New l% 4 ...... to
Do. Extension —
London and Brighton
Ditto Consolidated Bths 35
Ditto, Sixths 01,2
London and Croydon 131. 133. 9d. 19% 19 to 20
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8
London, Cheltenham, Oxford,
Gloucester, and Hereford... 1%
...... to
London and Greenwich... 121.155.4 d 9
Ditto Preference ..... —lBl 17s 2d...
London, Tlounslow, &Western 2 . •••• 14-- to
London and South Western.. 41%.• ••• 71
Do. New consolidated 8t113., 20
Ditto New ..• ...... ..,, „.. .. 2%.....
Do. New..!.. ...... 2 ......
London and Soup,' Essex
to --
London and. `;0rk......... ...... 21,i
...... —4%1/214 to --
t,O ---
LT 011dP. and Windsor ......... 1 ••••••
2% 4
, :on.,Warwck, Kidderminster 21 ••• - • •
..-:.
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2%.••••• --
441 to
Londonderry and Coleraine.. 4
Londonderry and Enniskillen .5
1
. to
Lynn and Ely
. .
Lynn and Dereham'! 5
...... ••••41 to
••••-•.
Manebe-iitu and Leeds 76 •• •.' '—
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
.. .. „ i.... to =--
Ditto SiXteentlis ~.. ... - •'- 16 '-:-
Manchester and BErmiegliatti 40k/...••• '''' ••• .. tO
Ditto Quartelt ;•,‘ - •• " to
Ditto ";ew Quarters ... 2 ...... to _.
Do. Continuation & Welsh
Junction 1%•••.., --- bee .•• to ..,...
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 225. ...., 3 -•• to .:-.--
Manchester,l3irtnlngham, anti
Mould June ti0n...,:. ...,,, t. --. te ••• •
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Midland, [firm., and Derby...100
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2%
Do. Extension (No. 1) ... 2:":4
Newcastle &Darlington 'tune. 25
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ....•• --to
Newcastle, Durham, and Lan
cashire Junction l% — to
Newport and Abergavenny .2% —'
New Rosa and Carlow 225.
Newry amyl Enniskillen ...... 21/4
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2Ns 25; 7it• . to
North British ................ 15
Ditto New
North Do.= ..................... 2

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

The arrivals of English Wheut for our market this week
have been on a full average scale; hence the show of sam-
ples here to-day was good. The attendance of buyers being
small, the demand for all descriptions was heavy, at a re-
duction in prices of fully is per quarter, and very little pro-
gress was made in sales. Free foreign was held at
full prices ; but the amount of business passing in
it was very small. Bonded Wheats, though the im-
porters demanded higher rates, were a mere drug.
[he supplies of Barley being considerably on the increase,
the trade ruled heavy, at drooping prices. The same obser-
vations may be applied to Malt. We had a fair show of Oat
samples; the best parcels sold at full prices, but other kinds
were Gd cheaper. Beans and Peas were dull, and the terms
lower.

Wheat.
7,190 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
Barley. I Oats Flour.
6,080 qrs. I 4,900 qrs. 7,700 sks
10,090
5,600

Milt, 5,200 qrs.
srarrnrxz

Although the supply of Beasts here this morning was not
to say large, the Beef trade was in very sluggish state, and
previous quotations were barely maintained. About 150
foreign Beasts were on sale, in excellent condition. The
numbers of Sheep were small, viz. 3,260 head, while the de-
mand for them was somewhat active, at prices quite equal
to those paid on Monday. Prime small Calves sold freely;
other kinds of Veal slowly, at late rates. In Pigs only a mo-
derate business was doing, yet prices were well supported.
Mitch Cows sold at from 16/ to 191 each, including their
small Calf.

Per Blbs. to Si
s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts •• .. 2 4 2 6
Second quality ditto. 2 8 3 2
Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 8
Prime Scots .•• • • . 3 10 4 0

ink the offal.

Large coarse Calves 310 4
Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5

s. d. to s.
Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4
Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8
Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0
Ditto out of the wool

Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0
Inferior Sheep •• • 3 4 3 10.
SUPPLY AT

Large Hogs ••••.. 3 10 4 6
Small Porkers ••.. 4 8 5 2

Quarter old Pigs •.16 0 21 0
Lambs .... • ..... 0 0 0 0
MARKET.

I Sheep.
3,260

I Calves.
182

I Pigs.
318

NEWGATZ AND MEADENNALL,
The general demand was in a very sluggish state, on the
following terms:—

-
At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior.. ••.. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8
--- middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. 310 4 2
- prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime ••.. 4 4 4 6
- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 1 Pork, 1arge........ 310 4 6
Veal.• ••• • • • ...... 310 410 1 - small ••••• • • • 4 8 5 4

Lamb. Os Od to Os Od.
BOROUGH HOP !Hal

The best parcels of Hops, both old and new, continue in
good request, at very full prices. In other kinds, only amo •
derate business is- doing. A few new bags have appeared on
sale. Picking is now over, and the duty remains at 160,0001.
NEw Hors.—Sussex pockets, 6/ lOs to 71 5s ; Weald of
Kent, ditto, 61 lOs to 7/ lOs ; Mid Kents, 71 to 9195.
YEARLINGS.—Sussex pockets, 6/ 6s to 6/ 15s ; Wealds
6/ 103 to 71 ; Mid Kents, 6/ 15s to 7110 s.