The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1844.

The Anti-Corn-law League is actively bestirring
itself again. After an apparent slumber of ten
weeks
—we say " apparent," for the sleep has been i ap-
pearance only, as we shall presently show—this great
national Confederacy has openly resumed the work of
vigorous agitation. On Thursday evening last it
held its first public meeting for the season in the
Free-trade 11211 of Manchester, and a more impor-
tant meeting—whether as regards the numbers, the

wealth, the intelligence, the influence, or the respec-
tability of those who attended it—never yet took place
in that great manufacturing capital. Mr. WILSON,
who as usual occupied the chair, opened the pro-
ceedings by some deeply interesting details respecting
the success which the agents of the League had met
with in their efforts to improve the registration of
Lancashire. " The result of these efforts," said the
Chairman, " has been to give us a gain of five hun-
dred and thirty-three votes for the Northern,
Division of the county, and to give us two seats
for the Southern Division ; and to leave the Mono-
polists three seats in the boroughs, or five out of the
whole twenty Members for the entire county ;
and I think you will agree with me, that there
never was, in the history of registration
so complete a sweep of a county as this
has been ! I have also in my hand a list of returns
for seventy out of the hundred and fifty boroughs
over which the League has exercised some influence,
and of these there are sixty-eight in which there has
been a clear gain on the registration ; in some a great
gain, but less or more in all." After a triumphant
statement like this, what becomes of the declaration
of the Monopolists—not once but a dozen times made
during the last few weeks—that the League was fast
losing its hold on public favour—that its funds were
exhausted, its energies enfeebled, in short, that it had
run its allotted course, and was already in the last
stage of decrepitude ? Why, it now appears that in-
stead of being in the debilitated condition alluded to
by its opponents, the League was in reality plying
the work of agitation more briskly than ever, and
quietly stealing a march on the Monopolists,
while they good, easy souls were hugging
themselves in the belief that, like Cardinal
BEAUFORT, It " was dying and making no sign ! '
Yes, at the very moment when the opponents of the
Anti-Corn-law League were congratulating them-
selves at their various agricultural meetings on the
" great fact" that this popular Confederacy was on its
last legs—at that very moment it was dealing them
the severest blows they have yet experienced at its
hands! " Look to the Register," said Sir R. PEEL
to his friends in the days of Tory despondency.
Well, the League has taken this advice—nam fas est
ab hoste doceri and the consequence is, that
they have already rescued Lancashire from
the clutches of Monopoly; and were a general
election to take place to-morrow, the probability is,
that at least a hundred additional Free-traders would
be returned to Parliament. What say you to this,
Messrs. Monopolists ? You may sneer, if you please,
at the assertion, and hold it in utter discredit ; but
we believe it to be as true, as your late statement of the
exhausted condition of the League is false. This in-
fluential Confederacy, indeed, has never been in so
healthy and vigorous a state—never exhibited such a
decided promise of a long, active, and prosperous
existence, as during the period when it was so kindly
and considerately consigned to the " tomb of the
Capulets" by its opponents. Though it made no noise
or stir on the surface—though it held no prize manu
facture shows, in imitation of the Monopolists'
prize cattle shows—yet it was actively working,
like the mole, under ground; and was never so ener-
getic as when to all appearance it was most lethargic.
We now see the fruits of its noiseless exertions, in
the thorough purification of the Register throughout
Lancashire, as well as in several other places where
the constituency has till now been corrupt, or if not
Absolutely corrupt, at least oppressed with torpor and
indifference. Of the speeches delivered at the great
meeting of which we have been speaking, the best was
decidedly that made by Mr. COBDEN, who being, like
Alercutio, in " a mirthful vein," read the agricul-
turists some pleasant sarcastic truths, better calcu-
lated, we suspect, to edify than to entertain them.
[Tow he lashed them for their fat prize-ox meetings !
What ridicule he cast upon their ploughing matches,
And their annual thirty shillings reward to him who
stood longest and worked hardest behind the tails of
two bullocks in an unploughed field ! Had an agri-
riulturist been present while this cutting exposition of
his favourite system was going forward, it must have
been as diverting a spectacle as mortal optics could
desire, to have watched the varying expression of his
prepossessing physiognomy, and the modest confusion
that must have been diffused over it, when the humi.
liating conviction—thanks to Mr. COBDEN—was first
impressed on him that he had been making a fool of
himself regularly once a year, since he first patronised
,attic chu s and ploughing waCelieb, as the best means
whereby to improve the condition of the labouring
classes.

it may suit NAaVAEZ' purpose to cut them short,
which will cause no regret.

Upon the Exchange of Madrid on the 18th, the
Three per Cents. were at 26, ready money, and 26/
at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at 201, at sixty
days.

The Journal des Debats publishes a summary of
the Bill presented by the Spanish Government for
remodelling the Constitution, and prefaces it with
this significant remark :—" We confine ourselves to
publish it to-day without comment." It will require
some time and some ingenuity for the organ of a Go-
vernment, which has encouraged this inroad upon
Spanish liberty, to make this outrageous attempt sup-
portable even by the adherents of the French Court.
The outline published by the Journal des Debats
differs in no respect from that which appeared in The
Sun on Friday. The Republican journals of France
display the highest state of excitement on the occa•
sion. The National is furious, and calls for a general
rising throughout Spain to put down the despots. A
correspondent of that paper thus writes from Ma-
drid :—" Rest assured that a counter-revolution is
proceeding, escorted by the representatives of Eng-
land and France, and that M. BULWER greatly out-
runs M. BRESSON in this race towards perdition.
Rest assured, also, that at the end of this month, or
the beginning of the next, the Cortes will have disap-
peared from Madrid—that the Chambers will be
closed, and that MARIA CHRISTINA will remain abso-
lute mistress of affairs, either with the consent of the
Deputies, or by the means of a coup d'etat." A cor-
respondent of the Siecle says :
" I do not know what day the conflict will commence,
but there certainly will be a battle. The Spaniards could
not, in fact, without forfeiting the esteem which their
national character has acquired, suffer with impunity the
insolent and ridiculous re-action sought to be imposed
upon them. A Bonaparte might effect an 18th Bru-
maire, to which a nation might submit without abdicat-
ing their dignity ; but that a Narvaez, aided by men all
remarkable for the insufficiency of their talents and the
impotence of their character should dare to say :—‘ Re-
nounce your national sovereignty, which broke the chains
forged by monkish and monarchical despotism ; give me
unlimited authority to make laws by ordinance, and I
answer for all '—such conduct is intolerable, odious, and
absurd. The Minister has, however, presented his plan
of reform, and is determined to support it, if necessary,
by military force."
Queen CHRISTINA'S paper, of course, is delighted
with the bold scheme, asserting that it is absolutely
necessary for defeating the disloyal intrigues of
" Young Spain." " These young men," says the
Presse, " are neither Royalists, Conservatives, Pro-
gressives, nor Republicans. Between a party of Monte
at the Cassino, and a dinner at GEVIE'S, they have
picked up a certain jargon of Atheism which they call
philosophy, and it is in the name of this philosophy
that they mock at all political movement," Notwith-
standing the unfavourable aspect of Spanish affairs,
the French Funds slightly improved.

THE BOURSE--THURSDAY, OCT. 24.

Tint Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per emits • . 118 40 .. 118 50 .. 118 40 •• 118 45
Fours 107 25 .. 107 25 107 25 .. 107 25
Three per Cents..... 82 25 .. 82 25 .. 82 25 .. 82 25
Bank of France
Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ..1120 ..1120 ..1120
5,000 f. Sharesso4s ..5045 —5015 —5045
Belgian Bank .. • • • • • • • • • • .• 657 50 • • 657 50 .. 657 50 .. 657 50
Belgian Fives, 1831.
Spanish Passive 5l .. 5f •• 51 .. 51
Active ••••• • • • • 321 • • 32f • • 32/ • • 321
Threes •••••• • • • • .. 34; • • 35 • • 31f • . 35
Portuguese Five per Cents • . 50f .. 50; • . 50f • • 50;
Neapolitan • 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50

Roman •• ••
RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, R. 8... .... •. • 390 • • 390 .. 390 .. 390
L. 8.......•• 287 50 . 287 50 .. 286 25 .. 286 25
•.1037 50 . 1045 ..1037 50 ..1045
Rouen to Havre....
Orleans 1025 ..1028 75 —1025 ..1028 75
al Strasburg to B e•• •••• 278 75 .. 281 25 .. 278 75 . 280
Avignon to Marseilles.. •••• 780 . 788 75 .. 780 .. 788 75
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT. OCTOBER 31.
Verssilles,B.B.— 390 .. 390 .. 390 .. 390
L. 8.....—•••••• 286 25 .. 287 50 .. 286 25 .. 287 50
Rouen •• •• •• •...
Rouen to Havre.
Orleans ••••........ ..... ..1025 ..1030 ..1025 ..1030

Strasburg to Bale •• •••• •• • • 278 75 .. 281 23 .. 278 75 .. 281 25
Avignon to Marseilles...... 782 50 .. 787 30 . 782 50 .. 787 50

We have perused, with much interest, the valuable
tract just issued by the publisher, Mr. S. Clarke, of
Pall-mall East, entitled the " First Report of the
Committee of the Society for the Emancipation of
Industry, bringing down their proceedings to the ter-
mination of the Parliamentary Session of 1844." It
is a document every way worthy of the careful labours,
the unwearied zeal, and the undaunted spirit of a
body of individuals who have rendered so much good
service to the common weal by their sustained efforts
to enlighten public opinion, and to enlist the
public voice against the disastrous fallacies in-
corporated in the monetary system of the Bullionists.
A more complete and unqualified case was
never established, upon inferences more logically
drawn from incontrovertible premises, than is proved
in this able and temperate paper against the monster-
mischief known as Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter
Bill of last session. It makes its appearance, we
trust, in good time to invigorate and inspirit those
somewhat tardy, but determined efforts, which the
agricultural, commercial, and banking interests of
Scotland are now making, from Jedburgh to John
o'Groat's House, against the threatened administra-
tion to their now thriving country, of the Premier's
quack nostrum—the golden pills—which, notwith-
standing all the skill he has heretofore taken credit for
exhibiting, as consulting physician to the State, have
produced absolutely nothing but disorganisation and
disease in her constitution. We warned our brethren,
North of the Tweed, while the meditated mischief
had been as yet but briefly announced, as kindly in-
tended " for England, only," that the apathy with
which they looked on at the " Doctor's" " magnetic
passes" on their southern kinsmen, would soon be
converted into the alarm consequent on the fact of
being themselves the next patients selected for expe-
riment. Our words have proved " ovvre true" almost
sooner than we expected. The banking interest of
Scotland certainly exhibited, pending the last session,
a degree of moral timidity in not running to
the rescue of their neighbour whilst the fire
had not yet scathed their own roof-tree. Now
that the incendiary intention of making them
submit to the same disaster, is fairly announced,
we trust they will be all "up and doing,"
and prepared for efficient resistance and defence
before the next session commences. In a day or two
we shall return to the Society's " Report." The sig-
nificant statements of our City Correspondent, corro-
borated, as they are, by the statements which appear
in the " Money Market" articles of all our Contempo-
raries, are but too likely, we fear, to involve the in-
dications of an approaching re-visitation of some of
these evil influences which have periodically developed
themselves since the passing of Peel's " Currency"
Bill in 1819, as its unquestionable and necessary
results.

The speech of the Lord Chief Justice of the
Queen's Bench, on the memorable Writ of Error in
the case of " O'CoNNELL and others," ha 3 always
been considered, by those who had the good fortune
to hear it, a magnificent effort of forensic eloquence.
[t may fairly be admitted—without the slightest dis-
paragement to the readiness and tact evinced by the
Parliamentary Reporters and the London Press, in
sealing with the multifarious subjects that enter into
the composition of the debates which they report—
chat legal judgments form a rare, but necessary, ex-
:eption to the class—the very extensive class—of de-
,:laimed orations which they transfer from their
speakers to the public, and to posterity, with such
astonishing spirit and fidelity. But a prepared legal
judgment, in addition to its more maturely-con-
sidered composition, which excludes and rejects, not
merely a surplusage of words, but even a redundancy
of thought, in favour of a direct, severe, condensed,
Ind logical train of reasoning—shaped accurately to
the elucidation of abstract principles of law, and the
illustration of their bearings on the case in hand, in
reference to the modifications of statute, common, or
municipal law, and the legitimate authority of usage
ind custom ;—such a judgment carries with it, as a
perhaps indispensable and an universal element, a
degree of technical elaboration which the Reporter
cannot, in fairness, be expected fully to represent
upon his notes. For this reason, mainly—and we
could suggest others—we have been well pleased to
find that Mr. D. LEAHY, one of the Counsel engaged
in the memorable cause upon which this Writ of
Error issued, has published the " Judgment of Lord
DENMAN," as delivered by that distinguished lawyer
an the 4th ultimo in the House of Lords. Mr.
LEAHY, as we learn from the brief, but sensible,
preface which he has prefixed to the "Judgment,'
has been enabled to usher into public notice this
authenticated version of it, under circumstances of
unusual interest and importance. Lord Chief Justice
DENMAN " was pleased, in the most obliging manner,
to comply with the request" which Mr. LEAHY had
made to him, "to be favoured with certain state-
ments to which his Lordship had alluded," in the
course of his judgment, as "having committed them
to writing, but which he did not propose to address
to the House." The public are much indebted to
Air. LEANT for having shown such commendable
L'oresight in obtaining, and such industry in
ranging, materials so precious in the just apprecia-
ion of a question of vast constitutional importance and
interest. On another occasion we shall give the whole
of Mr. LEAHY'S preface, entire, as it presents a real
and accurate resume of the principal distinctive fea-
tures which that question assumed, both in the Court
below, and on the appeal before the House of Lords.

gt occasions us much regret to learn that whilst
the Imperial Parliament, and some of the principal
municipal bodies of the kingdom are making the most
praiseworthy and hemvolent efforts to provide for the
labouring classes of the people, in a more especial de-
gree, places of healthful resort, public walks, parks,
&c., the Commissioners who preside over the adminis-
tration of the estates of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, which are the hereditary pro-
perty of the Duchie3 of Cornwall and Lan-
caster, are pursuing a precisely opposite course. They
have chosen, too, a season which has been remarkably
distinguished by the prevalence of those disorders
which arise from the overcrowding of tenements in
densely-peopled and ill-drained localities, to hold out
a premium for the profit of his Royal Highness's
rent-roll, to the further indulgence of that spirit of
brick and mortar investment, which is the local curse
of all the suburban sections of this capital. Kenning-
ton- green—a small plot, heretofore a common " green"
(as its name imports)—afterwards usurped as a market-
garden, and in either destination forming an open and
cheerful space between the Vauxhall and Kennington-
roads, at their junction near Kennington-cross, is now
let out for building leases. No greater nuisance
to the houses on the east and west sides of the green,
or the said two roads,!respectively, can be imagined:;
but the question of health to the operative and indus-
trial communities who reside in, or habitually fre-
quent this vicinity, is, of course, of para-
mount importance. The contemplated nuisance
is attempted to be justified on the plea that
it is expedient to reduce the present charge
of managing the revenues of the Duchies, to one of
which the land belongs. The reduction of the salary
of the Chancellor or the auditors would be equivalent,
we should say, to the fee simple of twenty such plots,
and would be unattended with one particle of that ill-
feeling which the execution of this notable project is
calculated so justly to excite. We had hoped that
the time had gone by for this species of land-jobbing,
at the cost of the comforts of the poor and the health
of the public.

We have also determined to transfer to our columns
the very important matter which it was the Learned
Chief Justice's intention, as we have already noticed,
to have incorporated into the judgment actually de-
livered by him. Mr. LEAHY has interposed a pre-
liminary statement before these "Additional Ob-
servations," which clearly and succinctly explain the
motive for their separate appearance. The pamphlet,
vith its "Notes, Preface, and Additional Observa-
tions,".is a compact and invaluable record of that
constitutional and legal " Speech " on which was
mainly founded the decision of the House of Lords,
reversing the judgment of the Court below against
the pat ties arraigned under the recent State Prosecu-
tions in Ireland.

Madrid journals of the 16th have been received,
from which it appears that great interest was dis-
played on that day by the inhabitants, to ascertain
the new measures of the Government. The Cham-
ber of Deputies and all the galleries were crowded
with anxious spectators. Several of the Foreign Min-
isters were present in their official costume—among
others, Count BRESSON and Mr. BULWER, and also
the Duke of GLUCKSBERG and M. DE BROGLIE, and
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Sir James Graham arrived in town to-day from
IVindior Castle, where, it is understood, the Right
Hon. Baronet had been to make arrangements for the
royal visit to the City on Monday next, on the open-
ing of the new Exchange.
Lady Peel arrived in town this morning.

We understand that Sewell and Co., of Old
Compton-street, Soho, silk-mercers in ordinary to the
Queen, purpose closing their establishment on Monday,
in consequence of her Majesty's visit to the City.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 24.—The Senate had a short sit-

ting yesterday, in which the draft of an address, in
answer to the King's speech, was brought up. The
draft was, as usual, an echo of the speech. The Chamber
of Representatives chose for its President M. Liedt, who
had 62 votes, the number of Members present being 67.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ETENING, OCTOBER 26, IM4.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

MONEY AN)) COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
_

The sales of Cotton at ti;erpoofTesterdayN;eie6,6oo
bales at previous rates.—Railway Shares continued dull
except Duvers. Chester and Birkenhead, 31-a ; Direct
Northern, 51; Grand Junction, 205; Ditto, Half, 102+;
Harwich, 11 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 321 ;
London and Birmingham, 212 ; London and Brighton,
One-Eighth, 24 ; Midland Counties, 105; North Union,
1291; Sheffield and Lincoln, 2 ; Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, 31 ; South-Eastern, 431 ; Ditto, New, 161 ;
Trent Valley, 8 ; Lyons and Avignon, 46 ; Paris and
Lyons, 2i ; Ditto and Orleans, 29i ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 4*.
The truly absurd clause in the regulations issued by
" My Lord Mayor Magnay," prohibiting parties even
from attending to their own business, within the pre-
scribed limits, noted by us yesterday, now creates dis-
gust, as well as ridicule. A host of letters have been
addressed to the " Home-office," on the subject, and
sans doute, the higher powers, will control the vagaries
of the Civic authorities, on the subject referred to.
The following letter was posted at the North and
South American Coffee-house this morning :
" An outrage of a serious nature, nearly attended with
loss of life, was committed this afternoon, about four
o'clock, upon Captain Woodhouse, the respected com-
mander of the New York packet-ship Queen of the Nest
At the hour mentioned, Captain Woodhouse was leaving
his vessel in the Prince's Dock, when passing through
the gate he was assailed by a tall powerful man, in a
sailor's dress, who, without a word, sprung towards him
and struck him a tremendous blow with an iron ball or
stone slung in a cotton pocket-handkerchief. The blow
took effect on the forepart of the temple, near to the eye,
and laid him at once senseless on the pavement. He was
picked up by a few persons who witnessed the attack,
and carried to the Northern Hospital, where he received
immediate attention from the house-surgeon, who reported
that the injury, although of a most serious nature, did not
amount to fracture of the skull, which was no doubt the
villain's object. The assailant, on seeing Captain Wood-
house fall, uttered some expression not distinctly heard
by those who witnessed the attack, took to his heels, and
in the confusion escaped. He is known, however, and
cannot long escape detection, He is one of Captain
Woodhouse's own crew, amongst whom a mutinous feel-
ing had existed during their late voyage from New
York, though with this man Captain Woodhonse, we
understand, never bad an ill word. Two police officers
have been placed on board the Queen of the West for
the protection of the mates, stewards, &c."

In the public Securities this morning scarcely any
business has been transacted. Consols for the Account
have been quoted at par. For the first transfer day next
week an improvement from 991 to 100 has just taken
place. Bank Stock has advanced to 202, and Exche-
quer Bills arc at 735. premium. The Reduced Three
per Cents. are rather heavy at 99.
The firm of Messrs. de Rothschild, Brothers, have
taken a contract for 3,894,415 Belgian Two•and-a-Half
per Cent. Rents, placed at the disposal of the Govern-
ment of llollaad, pursuant to the recent treaty between
the two countries. The certificates will be granted at
592, and to be entitled to interest from Ist January next.
The payments are to be made as follows :-20 per Cent.
on the 4th proximo; 20 per Cent. on the 2d Dec.; 20 per
Cent. on the Ist Jan. ; 20 per Cent. on the 3d Fel .;
and 20 per Cent. on the Ist March, 1845. The Exchange
is to be calculated at 25 francs per pound sterling, and
a discount of 3 per cent. is to be obtained for payments
in advance. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been firm, this morning, at 63. In Belgian Bonds
there have not been any bargains effected. Spanish
Three per Cents. are at 342 1 ; Portuguese Converted
at 52!, for the Account ; and in Mexican Bonds only one
bargain has been made, at 34
In the Railway Shares a slight improvement has
taken place.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.
COVENT-GARDEN.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List)
Bank Stock ..... .......

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 9144 4 99
3 per Cent. Consols. Anne
New 314 per Cent. Annuities lOl% 102 101%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860............ I 2 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India 80nd5,1,000.......................—...”- 92
Ditto under 1,000. ...... ... ......................« 9O
Bank Stock for Account 202
Consols for Account ......... ....... lOO
Exchequer Bills. Ilid. I%il
1,0001. ..• - ----- ... 73 •
5001.-

'73 71

....•••••.•••••••••••••.••••• •••••....•• 1;i.) . pm
Ditto ••»•«..... pm.

Ditto Advertised.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ........
Ditto for the Account ' ........ 34%
Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent.. ......
Ditto Converted' 51%
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent
Ditto Three per Cent. .....»....«.«.».».«.« 34%
Ditto for the Account 34% %
Dutch 234 per .......... 13
Dutch 5 per Cent 5.•......... ....... ....... 98%
PRICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester....., 100 ....JOl3 to 1(234
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..... 43 ' ...... to
Caledonian
Churnet Valley
E tstern Counties .•••••••••••••••••••• 25 13,6% to
Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... 50 .....».. 5-D%
Ditto ;i Shares 1234 15
Great Western '75 .........137 to
Harwich
!% to

Although we had an unusually large supply of both
Fruit and Vegetables, a very extensive business was trans-
acted at full prices :—Potatoes, from 2s 9d to 4s 9d per
cwt ; Turnips, 2s to 3s ; Carrots, 4s to 68 ; Coleworts,
or Greens, 2s to 3s 3d ; and Leeks, la 3d to 2s per
dozen bunches ; Common Plums, 2s to 3s 3d ; Apples
and Pears, 2s 3d to 4s ; Spinnach, 8d to is 6d ; Onions,
Is 6d to 2s 6d ; and French Beans, is 6d to 2s 3d
per half-sieve ; Pine Apples (English), 5s to 7s 6d ;
Out-door English Grapes, 4d to 8d; Hothouse ditto,
4s to 5s ; Foreign Grapes, 4d to 10d ; Filberts, 8d to
Is; and Cobb Nuts, 8d to 10d per lb ; English Melons,
2a to 4s ; and Foreign ditto, Is 6d to 3s each ; Red
Cabbages, 2s to 5s 6d ; and White ditto, 8d to 2s per
dozen ; Horse Raddish, 2s to ss; Brocoli, is to 2s 6d; and
Celery, 8d to 2s per bundle ; Mushrooms, 8d to is per
punnet ; English Hazle Nuts, 4s to 5s per bushel ;
English Walnuts, 8d to is 3d per 100.
N E VTGATE AND X.E.A.DENHALT.

The prirnPst Beef and Mutton commanded a steady
inquiry at full prices; in other kinds of Meat very
little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton,
2s 8d to 3s Sd; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d
to 3s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. We had a very large
supply of both Game and Poultry, owing to which the
demand ruled heavy, at very moderate prices. Fowls
sold at from Is 9d to 3s ; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s ; Geese, 5s
to 6s; Hares, 2s; Partridges, Is 3d to is 6d; Pheasants,
3s 6d; and. Grouse, 25 each.

London and Birmingham. lOO 214-.... to
London and Brighton ............... 50 47%
_... to
London and Croydon .......... ..... 13% 1634 to
London and York. .... ...........—.. 2% 3%..... to
Midland ........«. ......
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct.. 21 ......... 44 .
North British
•
Ra.. 1.44. L' ... a 1->v•r/ •••• ..... /06 , ...... A 4.4
Ditto New ........ .........—........ 4 ... ...... 16%1
Trent Valley
York and North Midland .....«.. 50 1073
Central of France (Masterman's) 2 _ ••• ••••• 4 %
Ditto Constituted
Boulogne and Amiens 2 ......... 4% %.. to
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ......... 3%% to
Paris and Lyons 2 ......... 238.......,, to
Paris and 0r1ean5........,............ 20 ..... •••• 39 •••••• to ....
Parisand R0tten•....................... 20 ••••••••• 40 % ... to
Patis and Strasbourg
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, OCT. 24.
3 per Cent. Consols 993(
Three and a Quarter Stock~..
Ditto New, 1530 —
3% per Cent. Debentures
Lo, g Annuities
Bank Stock
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
Royal Canal Stock
4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures —
4 per Cent. City Debentures
Kingstown Railway Debentures lO2
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARK.
Dublin and K. Railway
Drogheda Ditt 0...
Great Southern and Western 5
Dublin and Cashel ditto
2214 ..... 4%
Dublin and Belfast Junction
Athlone Railway .. 2% ...... 3$
Hibernian Bank 25% 32
Royal Bank
National Insurance 25 34
Patriotic ditto •• 9
:10
Milling Company of Ireland. ........... 7
Wicklow Copper Mines ............... 5
...... 100 ....
50 52%
Ditto Difto, 1836 .„.. .......... 50
52
British and Irish Steam Company ~, 50
CitypofitDtoublinDSittroam Company
Steam Ship Building Company . S 0
52%
Limerick Extension Railway ......... 2%
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 25.—We can-
not report any improvement in the state of our market
to-day.—Caledonian, 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2A- ;
Churnet Valley, 3i ; Huddersfield, 41- 5 ; Lancaster
and Preston, Three-Fourth Shares, 451 46 ; North Union
Ditto, New, 1161 ;
s;ter, Bury, and Ros-
LSteoecdks Bs
n,
d 731); e
wSosubuthr3-.E,
7as;teri‘nl,
anchster,
n 44 :re'
sendale, 51 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 15-16 2 ; Central
of France, 4.

4.5
Week Last a g 4
.0;
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. .:-.0.'
' t; b.-
c .
£ £
Oct. 19 Arbroath and Forfar . • . ....
18 Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • • • • • • • 2,729 2,035
- Brandling Junction . . • • - 628
19 Bristol and Gloucester • • • • • • - • • • • • • 1,153 -
18 Chester and Birkenhead . • • • .. bl 6 455
17 Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • ........... 635 -
22 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 881 656
20 Dundee and Arbroath . - ............ 299 231
19 Durham and Sunderland .• • • • • ....... 907 705
19 Edinburgh and Glasgow . . • • - • • • • 2,208 2,338
20 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 4,692 4,129
19 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • 1,469 1,268
1:1 Glasgow and Greenock. • • • • • .. • - .• 821 801
19 Grand Junction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8,551 8,487
19 Great North of England • • • . • •
20 Great Western . • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • 17,151 15,046
18 Liverpool and Manchester • • • • • • • • • • 4,943 4,096
19 London and Birmingham . • • • • . • • • • • 16,983 17,565
20 London and Illackvvall- ....• ...... . 812 760
19 London and Brighton ......... • • • • • • 5,173 4,395
22 London and Croydon .......... ..... 1,525 250
24 London and Greenwich .. ... . 773 711
20 London and South Western . • • • • • • • • 6,869 7,000
17 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 939 788
19 Manchester and Birmingham • • - • • • • 3,488 3,055
19 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc• • 7,292 5,987
19 Midland Counties . ... . .
19 Newcastle and Darlington ...... • • • • 1,068 --
20 Newcastle and Carlisle... ... ... .
20 Newcastle and North Shields • •
18 Nortli Union and Bolton and Preston 1,525 049
21 Paris, Corbel], and Orleans . .....
21 Paris and Rouen . .......... • • • • • • • • 5,557 4,532
13 Preston and Wyre................ - 222 306
19 Sheffield and Manchester • • • . • .
24 South Eastern •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • 5,176 3,867
19 Taff Vale ....... ......
20 Ulster .
. • • • • • • •
20 Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • • • • • • • 241 -
19 York and North Midland . • • • . • . • • • • 2,645 -2,242

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.....(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 26.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breeze, and
cloudy.
DEAL, OCT. ..25.—AX. Wind E.N.E., moderate; 10 P.M.
m Wind N.W., moderate.—Sld. Emerald Isle, Cape and
Madras ; Brothers, Ceylon ; Catherine, Cape of Good
Hope ; New Phoenix, and Clarendon, Ichaboe ; Sea-
witch, Gambia ; Cleopatra, Demerara : Dorothea, Gre-
nada ; Miranda, Antigua ; Prince Albert, Jamaica ;
Napier, New York ; Avon, St. John's, N. B.
GLOUCESTER, OCT. 25.—Sld. Solway, St. John's, N.B.
NEWPORT, OCT. 24.—S1d. Kingston, Jamaica.
SWANSEA, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Commodore, Wetheick,
and Countess Bective, Cuba.

TRALEE, OCT. 22.—The Palmyra, hence 18th instant,
in company with the Industry and Abeona, put back on
the 20th, having been on her beam-ends.
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 23.—S1d. Codrington, Antigua ;
Dart, Madeira ; Tagus, steamer, Lisbon, &c.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind N.—Arrd. Royalist
and Mary Ann, Labrador.—Off, Adele, Martinique, fur
Havre; Rachel, Duchatu, New Brunswick.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind N., fresh and squally.—
Arrd. Caledonia, Menheinet, Havanna, sld. Bth ult;;
Emmeline, Gibbings, Ichaboe, sld. Aug. 30, St. Helena,
10th ult. Sld. Enterprise, Ichaboe. Off, Chandos,
Wighting, Honduras, and sld. for Portsmouth; Cornwallis,
Davis, Quebec, and sld for Shoreham; Auxiliar, Do.
BRISTOL, •-^ °s.—Arrd. John Jardine, MO ore,
Quebec, and ski. tor Ghorenarn.
LIVERPOOL. OCT. 25.—Wind variable and light.
Arrdai Denison, King, Antigua; ,lohnßentley and Robert,
S. Johns, New Brunswick; Importer, M•Laren, Quebec.
Sid. Ambrosine and Laidmans, Cape of Good Hope ;
Agamemnon, Columbia River; John Brooks, Porto Ca-
bello; Magnificent and Oakland, New Orleans; Symetry,
St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Sphink, Ichaboe;
schooner, Africa, with palm oil ; Hartland, Princo
Edward's Island. Arrd. Budson and Ann Hall,
CLYDE, OCT. 22.—S1d. Fame, Calcutta ; Rainbow,
Trinidad. 23. Liverside, for Latham's Island ; Eger-
ton, for Cape of Good Hope ; Iris, Ichaboe ; Moun-
taineer, Demerara. 24, Lady Howden, Ichaboe.
HULL, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Countess Mulgrave, Quebec.
25, Venerable, Quebec. Sld. Bethel, St. John's, New
Brunswick.
WATERFORD, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Ann Black and Dis-
patch, Quebec.
LIMERICK, OCT. 24.—Thetis, Hugill, Miramichi.
DROGHEDA, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Oh No, Quebec.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO TUE ClTY.—Official
notices have been issued, stating, that on the occasion
of her Majesty visiting the City, on Monday next, to
open the Royal Exchange, the Treasury and the other
public offices will be shut, and the day observed as a
holiday.
BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS RAILWAY.
The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway was com-
menced on Wednesday last by Mr. Wythes, the con-
tractor, on the Earl of Chichester's land at Palmer, the
heaviest works being on that portion of the line. Every
arrangement is now making for the purchase of the land
for the remaining portion of the line ; and in the course
of a few weeks the whole of the works will be in active
operation,—Brighton herald.
At the Suffolk quarter sessions, held at Bury, on
Tuesday last, it was decided, on the motion of Mr. Bevan,
to introduce the rural police into the western division of
the county. The numbers were—for the motion 29,
against it i 6.—Chelmsford Chronicle.

Many of the merchants are expressing great un-
easiness at the order issued by the Lord Mayor to the
eff,2ct that no person will be admitted into the Poultry,
Mansion-house-street, Cornhill, Bartholomew-lane, or
Threadneedle-street, after nine o'clock on Monday next.
With respect to bills of exchange, as has already been
stated, there is no law to distinguish Monday from any
other day, and yet the above order will render the pre-
sentation of them fur payment absolutely impossible in
all the principal streets of London. Had the time been
limited to ten or eleven o'clock, the dissatisfaction might
have been less general, but the merchants do not receive
many of their letters until nine o'clock, and therefore a
day is entirely lost, though there is nothing in the law
of the country to provide against the consequences of
such an occurrence. The feeling in the city is very
strong on this subject, and certainly some steps should
be taken to relax an order that, if enforced, may lead to
great inconvenience in the commercial world.—Tinzes.
DREADFUL DESTITUTION.—Mr. Wakley yesterday
held an inquest on the body of a man named Hall, who
had died in Marylebone. His widow stated, that after
having pawned every article they possessed, she was
compelled, he being too ill to work, to apply for parochial
relief, but it was refused her, and he died from actual
want (it appeared) in a few clays afterwards. The Co-
roner declared he could see the poor woman herself was
literally starving at that very moment. She said her
children (four in number) were in a similar state. Some
medicine had been given to her husband, but they were
told that if they applied again for relief they would be
"passed" to their parish, which they did not desire, as
their only chance of employment was where they were.
The Coroner expressed his disgust at suc'h a horrible
state of things, and adjourned the inquest for a post
morte►n examination, meanwhile giving the poor woman
bme silver for her inappdiato

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.)
IN RE ALFRED TULLY.

Mr. Wm. Nash, a wholesale grocer, near London-bridge,
was this morning examined at considerable length, as to
his trade transactions with the bankrupt, the well-known
proprietor of fancy bazaars in London and its neigh-
bourhood. The examination was carried as far back as
1842, at which time Mr. Nash was a creditor to the
amount of 3761. ; and the bankrupt then, as security for
payment, granted a warrant of attorney on certain lease-
hold property at hackney. Failing in his payment,
judgment was, in September last, entered up against the
bankrupt, an execution was put into the premises, and a
fiat issued against the bankrupt.
The examination was further postponed.