The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1845.

The division at present existing among the Liberal,
in Southwark is deeply to be deplored ; and if by any
chance a Tery should get in through Sir WILLIAM
MOLES WORTH and Mr. MIALL both going to the poll,
and if it be (as we are informed) that Mr. MIALL refuses
to submit to the decision of a majority of the Liberal
electors, as between himself and Sir WILLIAM MOLES-
WORTH, we are sure that no one will afterwards, when
the heat of the contest is over, and the time for cool re•
flection comes, regret more than Mr. MIALL the injury
which he will have done to the Liberal cause.

It is no good policy to shut one's eyes to any of the
possible results of the present division in the Southwark
Liberal camp. The Tories, deriving hope from division
among their opponents, may withdraw Mr. PILCHER
before the day of election, and put forward some can-
didate of greater mark and influence in his stead.
" FILCHER and Protestantism" may do very well as long
as a Tory has not the remotest chance in Southwark ;
but if the tacticians of the Carlton see a glimpse of vic-
tory, Mr. Protestant PILCHER will soon be jostled off to
make way for Mr. BARCLAY, or for some other influen-
tial candidate, who, if the Southwark Liberals persevere
in playing at cross-purposes, may get in.
Mr. MIALL differs from Sir W. MOLESWORTH on the
question of Maynooth, and is a " Complete Suffragist."
Which goes nearer to complete suffrage, Sir WILLIAM
MOLESWORTH or Mr. PILCHER? But then Maynooth is a
vital question. Would Mr. MIALL vote for anti-Maynooth
PILCHER against Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH? Unless
he would do this, he cannot consistently make May-
nooth a stalking-horse for perseverance as a candidate,
to the possible rejection thereby of another Liberal can-
didate, who agrees more nearly with himself than any
other Liberal politician that does not go the length of
Complete Suffrage ; and if he would vote for Mr.
FILCHER, why, then, it is quite clear that he ought to
withdraw to prevent the division of Protestant votes.
But we will not do the Editor of the Non-Conformist
the injustice of supposing that he would vote for Mr.
FILCHER. And, if he would not give Mr. PILCHER
direct support, we trust that he will have the good sense
to refrain from aiding him indirectly against Sir WIL-
LIAM MOLESWORTH.

Mr. MIALL'S objection to Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH
being that he does not go far enough as a Parliamentary
Reformer, we congratulate Mr. MIALL on the felicity of
his first appearance in public life. Mr. MIALL could
hardly alight on any constituency, represented by a
Liberal member or Liberal members, where ho would
not find a greater difference between himself and the
Liberal representative. If there is any man among the
Liberal politicians of the present day whom we should
have thought more secure than another against com-
plaints of not going far enough as a Reformer, that man
is Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII.

Mr. MIALL is playing Mr. PLLCHER'S game in South-
wark ; and see with what respect Mr. PILCHER'S
friends treat Mr. MIALL. A Mr. SHAW, who takes
the chair at one of Mr. PILCHER'S meetings, holds forth
as follows on one who is at present Mr. PILCHER'S chief
benefactor :—" His principles being public property, he
(the Chairman) would take the liberty of dealing with
them publicly. He had told them that he was a man
who had no public reputation—nobody knew anything
of him in the public line.—(Great laughter and

marks of disapprobation.) lie had got no rank
in society, no wealth, no property, no party connexion;
and therefore, he said, having nothing, I ask to be the
representative of the borough of Southwark, and I 9dvo-
cate, as a right, that no man who represents it ought to
possess any property qualification.—(Cheers, and loud
cries of No, no.') So much for Mr. MIALL.—(ti laugh)"
So much for Mr. PILCHER, Mr. MIALL should reply;
and that, at least, would be no laughing matter to Mr.
PILCHER'S

A gentleman of the harmonions name of GRISEN-
THWAITE informed the Southwark electors at the same
meeting that Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTIII was engaged
in editing an infidel work, the infidel work being
HolmEs's philosophical writings. Does Mr. MIALL
countenance this species of opposition ? We are curious
to know what account Mr. GRASENTHWAITE would give
of Mr. MIALL'S writings in the Nonconformist. Infi-
delity has a wide meaning in a Tory mouth, and some-
times means no more than dissent.

A letter from Magdeburg of August 20, in the Co-
logne Get:cite, says The day before yesterday public
tranquillity was troubled for some hou..s, in consequence
of an arrest effected by the police. A crowd increased
rapidly: it was first the intention to give a serenade to
the Commandant of the place, because he had mani
fested sentiments of humanity for the people, but the
police opposed it, in order to avoid the coming together
of two great a meeting of men. At eleven o'clock order
was restored. Nine persons were arrested."

A letter from Berlin, August 19, states that the King
of PRUSSIA has conferred the portfolio of Foreign Affairs
ad interim, during the illness of Baron DE BirLow, o❑
General DE CANITZ, his ;MAJESTY'S Envoy at the Court
of Austria.

Letters from Athens of the 10th inst. state that,
in consequence of COLETTI'S determination to swamp
the Senate by his recent creation of Senators, METAxs
hail resigned his office of Minister of Finance. Six
officers, charged with being implicated in the con-
spiracy at Nauplia, had been transported to tho Wand of
'Lea without trial.

Advices to the 7th have been received from Constan-
tinople. The Porte had communicated to the Ambassa-
dors of the Five Powers the measures it was about to
adopt to restore order in Lebanon. The Ambassadors
met on the 31st to consider the subject, and communicated
to the Turkish Government their approval of the measures
proposed. The disposition to re‘olt against Turkish
governors, manifested so frequentl3 of late, had showed
itself in various quarters. At Bagdad the sub-governor
had revolted against the governor, but was defeated and
forced to fiy into Persia. At Mossoul several Kurdish
Beys had risen against the PACHA, while at Vau an in-
surrection has broken out of a most serious character.

We learn from the Maltese papers that the Bey of
TUNIS is still apprehensive of an attack from Tripoli
where 3,000 Annauts are encamped outside the walls Of
the city. The Malta Meditertaneo, however, considers
these alarms to be merely the spec. of some consul who
wants to sell the Bey of TUNIS some gunpowder, as was
the case in April, 1844.

The American frigate Cumberland arrived at Tripo
on the 7th.

We have received Madrid papers of the 19th and
20th. The capital was quiet on the evening of the 20th
at nine o'clock.

From these papers we are enabled to give the follow-
ing history of the events of the iesurrection. On the

18th of August a meeting of the tax-payers was held, at
which nearly every class of society was represented, and
which was attended by more than 500 persoas, to peti-
tion the QUEEN against the new contributions. In the
evening some disturbances took place ; in the Las Vis-

tillas quarter there was a struggle with the police, and
some of the ringleaders were captured. On the 19th all
the shops were closed, and groups of unemployed work-
men, armed with sticks and knives, assembled in the streets.
The Ministers, who remained in consultation at the
Home Office, ordered strong patrols of infantry and
cavalry to clear the streets. Previous to these orders
being issued, those officers who had been found in the
streets unprotected were wounded with knives, it is said
mortally. The troops charged two or three times, and
about a dozen shots were fired. Several persons were
wounded. Two, it is said, are killed. Three mountain
guns were placed near the Post-office, and a bando was
issued by FIRMIN URTELA, the Political Chief, contain-
ing the following enactments :

" 1. Any person who, without special permission granted by
me to the contrary, shall not open to the public, within four
hours after the publication of this notice, his shop or other
establishment, shall be considered as an accomplice in the re-
bellion attempted against the execution of the laws voted by
the Cortes and sanctioned by the Crown, and shall be prose-
cuted accordingly.
"2. The commissaries of police of the different quarters
shall, after the publication of this notice, and after the delay
there set forth, visit their respective districts, and report to me
the names of all parties offending against the said order, that
the due proceedings may be instituted against them.
" 3. Shops for eatables and other articles of first-rate neces-
sity must open immediately, and those who do not do so will be
opened by the authorities, in order that the public may not be
deprived of their supplies.
" 4. Groups of people assembling in the streets are for-
bidden when the number exceeds four ; and those persisting in
remaining after summoned to disperse will be arrested."

At about two o'clock the crowds began to disperse.
The coffee-houses and provision shops were opened, but
almost all the other shops continued closed. The troops
continued under arms the whole day, but the public
tranquillity was not further disturbed. Thirty-seven per-
sons were arrested during the day, of whom, it is said,
three are to be shot forthwith. Extraordinary couriers
were dispatched to the various provinces to inform them
that the tranquillity of the capital had not been seriously
disturbed. During the evening 100 of the principal
tradesmen were sent for by the Political Chief and re-
commended to open their shops, which, it is said, they
promised to do. Several merchants were arrested in
the course of the evening. On the morning of the 20th
a permanent court-martial was established at the Post-office
for the trial of the prisoners. More than 70 persons were
arrested for refusing to open their shops; among them were
some of the principal tradesmen of Madrid. The doors
of the shops in the Calle Toledo were forced open with
swords and axes. One man was killed in this street in
the course of the day. It is stated that the new taxes
have been resisted in a similar manner at Burgos, Sara-
gossa, Toledo, and Seville. During the emeute on the
19th, the cries of " Viva la Regna," " Viva la Constitu-
tion," " Mueran los tiramios," were frequently uttered,
and in many places the cry of " Viva Espartero" was
raised.

The Heraldo of the 20th says, that tranquillity is
completely restored, and that the people begin to see the
folly of opposing the law. It states that several shop-
keepers have changed their mind, and purpose recom-
mencing business, and that for its conduct in doing so
Madrid deserves freedom. One of the prisoners taken
on the previous day in the act of poignarding an
officer was condemned to death by the court-martial,
and several others, to different terms of imprisonment in
a presidio. The same journal announces that General
BRETEN, Captain-General of Arragon, is appointed
Captain-General of Cata►onia, in the room of General
CONCHA, and that General MANSO succeeds BRETEN in

Arragon.

Don FRANCISCO DI PAULA and his family are about to
proceed to Pampeluna, to meet the Duke DE NEMOURS.
The Clamor relates a horrid act of barbarity com-
mitted by General SHELLEY, Captain-General of Se-
ville. An inhabitant of the city having in a moment of
intoxication shouted Viva la libertad, SHELLEY had him
seized and beaten to death. The poor victim has left a
widow and large family.
Two operations only in the Three per Cents., amount-
ing to 6,000,000 reals ; they close at 31- at 60 days.
Fives, 22/ at 60 days ; amount, 2,800,000 reals.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They
all comment on the recent occurrences at Madrid, and
the merits of die newly-appointed Members of the
Chamber of Peers, are the subject of observation in the
Opposition journals. The Legitimatist papers consider
these appointments as preparatory to a dissolution, but
the Constitutionnel says the object of the recent creation
of Peers is to secure such a majority in the Peers as will
enable the Chamber to resist the wishes of the Deputies
as to the conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock, and as
to the new law in the University.
A letter from Algiers, dated August 15, says :
" Military operations continued in the circle of Orleans-
ville. Two columns scour the country in all directions,
to pursue the bands of insurgents, who still hold out for
the Marabout who instigated the last revolt. It ap-
pears that on his side General BOUEJOLLY, at the head
of the movable column of Mostaganem, bas again ap-
peared in the Lower Cheliff. It is doubtful whether
the fractions of tribes that have taken up arms can be
brought under subjection by the month of October, the
period for commencing the grand operations. The heat
is now excessive, and water fails on almost every point,
so that it is impossible to venture far into the interior.
The movements of the small columns have generally for
object to give confidence to the tribes who have re-
mained faithful. The markets of the interior are well
frequented, which would lead to the inference that
tranquillity has returned."
The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS arrived at
Bayonne on the 20th, and were received with great en-
thusiasm. The Duke laid the foundation-stove of a new
bridge intended to be built over the Adour. Their
Royal Highnesses left on the 22d for Pau.
The ,Three per Cents. closed, at 84f, 30c. ; the New

Loan at 84f. 45c.; the Fi 3 per Cent, at 121 f. 85c. ; Or-
leans Railroad shares, 1,",.1f. ;35c.; Roen, 1,125 f. ; Vierzon,
822f.50c. ; Havre, 91a. 95e. ; Aignon, 1,0337 f. 50c. ;
Basle, 285 f.; Spanish per Cets., ; ditto Pas-
sives, 674.
• The following are the quotatioinfor the new lines :-
' Orleans and Bordeaux, 2221. 50c. protium ; Boulogne, 1,15 f.
premium ; Troyes and Montereati, 52f.50c. ; Paris and Lyons,
(Latlitte), 37f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), If.; ditto (Ganneron),
16f. 25c. ; Northern Line (Laffitts), 50c. ; ditto (Rosa-
mel), 35f. ; ditto (Pepin), 22f. 50c. ditto (Decan), 35f. ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 17150 c. ; ditto (Drouil-
lard), 511 ; ditto (O'Neill), 7f. 50c.; (lite) (Jacques Lefevre),
41. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon (bcointe), 201. ; ditto
(Talabot), 401. ; ditto (Coimpagnie Aleridionale), 10f. ;
Bordeaux and Cettc (Mackenzie), :1. 50c.; ditto (Espe-
lets), 151. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 51. 50c. ;
ditto (Carette), sf. ; ditto (Colbert) 51. 50c. ; Paris and
Strasbourg (Ganneron), 161. 25c.; dito (Becher). 7f. 50c. ;
ditto (Il inguerlot), 15f.; Dijon and Mtlhausen, par; Dieppe,
421. 50c. ; Charleroy, 601.
MAItISEILLES, AUG. 21.-Marseille and Avignon 1,077 f.
50c. ; Boulogne, 625 f. ; Orleans and lordeaux, 710 f. ; Vier-
zon, 792 f. 50c.
LYoXs, AuG. 22.-Avignon and Narseilles, 1,0910, end
of August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,3 bf., ditto ; Paris and
Bonen, 1,117 f., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 813 E, ditto;
Orleans and Bordeaux, 725 E 50c. ditto.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN IAILWAYS AT TIIE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Arc. 26.
Boulogne and Amiens.. 11 .Orleans and Bordeaux 12
Bordeaux & Med it erran - Over I'ssel
Bordeaux and Toulouse 214 Paris &Lyons (Latitte) :3%
Do. and Cette Ditto (Ganneron's)., 21,z
Central of Spain .. Ditto (Calon's).... ~2 A
Dutch Rhenish -
Dendre Valley
Dieppe & Paris Juliet - Paris and Strasburg
Dijon and Mulhouse - ' (Ganneron't.) 2%
East Indian
Grt Northern of France Paris and St.. Quentin. -
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's) ... 3 Rouen and tavre -
Great Paris and Lyons. - illoyal North of Spain 21,4
Jamaica Junction Saitibre and Ileuse ....
Do. North Midland - •Strasbourg aid Basle . -
Louvain and Jemeppe 47.4 ;Tours and Nantes
I,voris and Avignon 3 I (APKenzie's)
x en) bourg h
-
Namur and Liege 6% .Verona and Ancona.... -
Orleans and Vierzon West Flanders 33/4

THE DUNSTABLE RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The first ordinary general meeting of the Shareholders
of this Company was held this day, at the office of the London
and Birmingham Railway, Euston• square, W. Mangles, Esq.,
M.P., in the chair.

The SECRETARY (J. Long, Esq.) having read the advertise-
ment convening the meeting, the seal of the Company was
affixed to the register of shareholders.
The SECRETARY then presented the report which, mention-
ing with gratulation the fact of the Bill of the Company
having received the royal assent, stated that the works were
in a forward state, and the line, in al probability, would be
opened to the public in the ensuing summer; that Mr. George
Stephenson had been elected chairman, and that a tranch was
projected by the London and Birmingham Company from
Watford to St Alban's and Luton. Mr. Charles Anstead and
Mr. Edward Ellis, were appointed audi4ors, and Mr. T. Long
secretary, at a salary of 50/. per annum. And the meeting,
after passing a formal vote of thank to the chair, separated.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Vice-Chancellor of England sa: in his private room, in
Lincoln's Inn, to-day, for the purpose of hearing two or three
cases that had been appointed for to-day.
His HONOUR, upon the admission of parties and counsel,
addrebsing Mr. Teid, said that that wis the last day during the
vacatioh that he intended sitting there ; if, therefore, counsel
had any applications to make that premed, they would have the
pleasure of a trip to him in the country.
CONTGHAME V. LORD ELDON.
This:case came before his Honour on the petition of the
grand-children of the first Lord Thurlow, praying for the ap-
pointment of a new trustee in the place of the late Earl of
Eldon.—The Court granted the prayer of the petitioners.

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DAMER V. LORD PORTALLINGTON.
This case came before tke Court upon motion for an injunc-
tion to restrain the defendants, Blount and others, from pro-
ceeding, with certain suits in the Court of Chancery in Ireland.
His HONOUR, at the conclusion of the arguments, which
occupied some time, granted the application.

BAZALGETTE V. BAZALGETTE.
The Court then proceeded to hear this petition in private.
His HoNova, upon an application being made to him to
hear upon a future day a motion for an injunction, stated that
he should leave town to-morrow ; that on Friday and Satur-
day he should be in the Isle of Wight, probably on Monday in
London, and afterwards in the county of Durham ; and the
parties, therefore, if they thought proper, might attend him at
any of those places.—(A laugh.)

SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER')
FURNEAU V. SMITH.
A DELICATE AFFAIR.—This was an action to recover the
sum of 11/. Ws. Bd. for rent.

Mr. THOMAS, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the
defendant was a partner in the firm of Payne and Smith,
bankeri. The action was to recover the amount of rent of
apartments. The defendant had pleaded that he never
was indebted, payment, and set off. It was difficult
to say which defence would be depended upon,
but he understood the real defence was, that he
was not liable, that the apartments were occupied by a female
who passed as his wife, but who was not so in fact. It was,
however, clear that in law if a person allowed a female to pass
under his name he was responsible for the debts she might
incur. ' He (the Learned Counsel) trusted that, for the sake
of honour and decency, such a defence would be repudiated by
the jury.
Mr. Scale deposed that a Mrs. Heathcote lived at plaintiff's
house in Pratt-street, and afterwards in King-street, Camden-
town. Pefendant used to be there four or five days a week,
and lived with her as his wife. He used to ask if his wife was
at home. They always conducted themselves in a very be-
coming manner. The house was a very respectable one, and
he had pot the slightest idea that they were not married.
HARRISON then addressed the jury for the defendant.
He did not deny that there had been an intimacy between de-
fendant and Mrs. Heathcote, whose real name was Cousins,
and contended that she took the lodgings herself, and therefore
that the defendant was not liable ; that plaintiff knew very well
that the woman was not married, and even that the defendant's
name was not Heathcote but Smith, and had actually bor-
rowed money of him, and signed a promissory note for
the amount, promising to repay him in the name of Smith. As
to the raw of the case, it had been held by Lord Ellenborough,
that to 'render, a person liable the;female must not only pass
under his name, but reside under his roof as one of his family.
In this case it was clear that the woman had never passed un-
der the' name of Smith, and that the defeodant was only, A
casual visitor, for an immoral purpose, with the knowledge of
the plaintiff. _

Catherine Isabella Cousins was then called, and swore she
took the lodgings herself, and paid the rent. She was in arrear
when she left, and had been called upon several times to pay it,
and believed she had paid all. Mr. Smith used to call about
twice a week. She never lived with him as his wife. Never
passed as a married woman, but it was not a fair question to
ask who had supported her. Plaintiff knew her before she
went to live at his house, and must have known she was not a
married woman.
Mr. THOMAS contended that the plaintiff had no knowledge
of any impropriety, and that the plea of payment had not been
made out, even if the witness had spoken the truth. He consi-
dered the defence, under any Circumstances, was very dis-
creditable. _

The Learned SECONDARY left the ease to the jury, who gave
a verdict for the amount claimed.

BOW-STREET---(THIS DAY)
John Scott, a well-known fighting and betting " man about
town," was charged before Mr. Twyford with stealing a watch,
six sovereigns, and some other money, from John Fox, a
broker, living near Long-acre.
It appeared from the statements of a multiplicity of wit-
nesses, that the prosecutor and a friend of his, by name Wm.
Merry, met the prisoner at the bar of a public-house in Bow-
street, and went with him to a coffee-house in the same street,
where they had some coffee. The prosecutor and his friend
fell asleep almost immediately, from the effects, u they asserted,
of some drugs which had been mixed with the coffee, and, on
waking up, the by no means cunning Fox found
that he had been robbed of his watch, six sovereigns,
and some silver, the prisoner having decamped. The two
friends immediately stated the case to the waiter, who knew
the man, and directed them to a public-house which he
frequented, and at which he was found. On being taken to
the station-house, he was searched, and 3/. 15s. found upon
him. It was admitted by the witness Merry, that the prisoner
did not sit next the prosecutor, but that he was between
them.

Mr. TWYFORD said that there was no proof that the
prisoner was the person who had drugged the prose-
cutor and his friend, and it seemed hardly possible that
he could have put anything into the cup of one person when
another was between them ; he should therefore discharge the
prisoner, but recommended the prosecutor to give him in cus-
tody again if any further evidence could be got against him.
The money found on the prisoner was returned to him, and
he left the Court in high spiritt, therein affording a striking
contrast to the discomfited prosecutor.

THE RIVER PLATE.—News is said to have been
brought to Cadiz by a vessel which sailed from the River Plate
about the middle of June last, whereby we are given to under-
stand that General Roses had acceded to the demands of the
English and French Governments, and had consented to with-
draw the Buenos Ayrean troops from the territory of Monte
Video. The terms of the pacification are said to be—that both
the rival candidates for the presidency of the republic of Uru-
guay, Generals Oribe and Rivera, should be passed over, and
that a new election for president should take place immediately.
The authenticity of this news is more probable, inasmuch as it
agrees with the terms which England and France have proposed
and insisted upon It was also represented that the Govern-
ment of Monte Video had issued a general amnesty to all
parties who would come in and submit themselves within
twenty days. The report further adds that Government paper,
which had been so much depressed, was rapidly rising in value.
Chronicle.
APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE.—A package arrived a few
days since by the Dutch steam-ship Batavier, from Rotterdam,
containing a silver cup, as a present from Mr. A. Ahlers, jun.,
of Amsterdam, the owner of the Dutch ship Jan Hendrick,
recently wrecked on St. Paul's Rock, to Captain Roxby, of
the ship Chance, as a small token of his estimation of the
praiseworthy and heroic conduct displayed by that gentleman,
by which a portion of the crew of the first-named vessel were
saved from a watery grave. A certificate of her Majesty's
Consul at Rotterdam accompanied it, declaring to the contents
of the package, the reason of the shipment of the goblet, and
the purpose to which it was intended to be applied, and a re-
quest has been made to the revenue authorities to allow it to
be delivered, imder the circumstances, to the recipient free of
duty. So distinct and appropriate a reward of merit is
equally honourable to Captain Roxby and to the gentleman
who so kindly and justly appreciates the gallant conduct of our
countryman.
.The cup has inscribed on it an appropriate
dedicative description of the cause of its presentation, &c.
ESTATE OF KELLY.—If proof was wanting to
show what an extraordinary increase has taken place in the
value of land in this country during the last half century, we
might point to the great price which the sale of each successive
estate brings that is put into the market. In the Scot's Maga-
zine of 1792 it is stated that the estate of Kelley, in Renfrew-
shire, was sold in that year to Jchn Wallace, Esq., for 10,7501.
The same estate, when sold the other day, brought 65,0001.,
although denuded of a valuabe part of the shore-ground,
which has been retained by the late proprietor. There is no
other commodity in this country which is at all to be compared
to land for an increase of value, especially if that land has
received proper attention in agricultural improvement similar
to the estate of Kelly.—Glasgow Saturday Post.
Colonel Fitch, civil engineer, and Mr. G. L.
Taylor, architect, both of Louden, and who represent an Eng-
lish Company, proposing a direct railway between T ermonde
and Chatelet, have just had an audience of our Minister of
Public Works...Le Monitetir Bilge—Government Paper.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Liverpool market yesterday the sales of Cotton were
6,000 bales, including 1,200 American on speculation. Prices
were very fully supported, more especially for the middling de-
scriptions, which were becoming scarce, and the demand was
chiefly for those sorts. A good business was done in shares,
and generally at improving prices.
The following are some interesting items respecting the
state of the Island of Ceylon :—" Accounts are now ar-
riving from Europe of the prices realised by the different
samples of list year's coffee, and, upon the whole, they must
be deemed satisfactory, considering the unfavourable season.
What shall we do tins year ?
" Speculators have now fine opportunities for the invest •
ments of capital, several fine ready made estates are already
advertised, and we hear of a splendid property which is
shortly to be offered without reserve to the highest bidder,
under circumstances promising a rare chance to capitalists 4
despite this, new pieces are being commenced in all directions,
and each year adds thousands to our list of coffee acres.
" Since the commencement of the present month theweather
has again become dry and settled, and there seems a pro-
bability- of a few days continuance of it, when we may ex •
pea useful showers. Coolies are in fair supply, as sickness
is abating. The central province is barren of news."
As to produce transactions, they are described as being at
the very lowest ebb, and likely to remain so for some little
time. Nearly- the whole of the remaining portion of plantation
crops had been shipped off ; and though there were still a
few odd parcels of that description,.as well as of native coffee,
in the Colombo Godovi-ns, the season's crops might fairly
be considered to have left the island. They had
turned out much earlier than those of last year;
and, although up to the date of our advices, the
exports somewhat exceeded the shipment, in the like period
of 1844, it was supposed that on the entire year ending Oct.
5, the exports would be found about on a!par. Freights con-
tinued steady at 51. ss. for coffee, and 61. 6s. for cinnamon,
with only two vessels in the roads. The Ceylon Observer
statea:—
"As yet no spice has found its way into the hands of
dealers, the peelings having not long commenced ; the cut-
tings of plantation cinnamon promise tolerably well, but
there appears every probability of the peelings from jungle
bushes turning out far short of the past year. We do not
hear any more of the petition for reducing the shilling ex-
pert duty on the spice. How is this? We know not a
better time to urge it on our Legislature."
The English Stocks have been quiet again, and there is
no buoyancy in prices, with the exception of Bank Stock,
which is up to 2111,1 and 2121,0. East India Stock has
been at 271 to 272, being a shade lower. The New Three
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 102% 1,1, and the
Three per Cents., 39% aj. Ou Exchequer-bilk the premium
is 495. to 51s. The Government broker is still a buyer of
stock.
There is as limited a business as ever doing in Spanish
Bonds, but prices remain about the same as previously. The
Five per Cents. are 271 , and the Three per Cents. 304 1/2.
Mexican Bonds have been worth 343/4 to 3it for the Active,
and 18% for the Deferred. Columbian Stock is steady at
181/, and Brazilian at 89.
The Railway Share market is lively for the scrips at im-
proving rates, but the old lines seem generally to be rather
flatter, because in some measure they are neglected. Among
the favourite scrips we notice London and York, Staines and
Richmond, Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, South
Midland, and Manchester, Buxton, and Midland, Manchester
and Southampton ; and one or two others not yet officially
quoted are also at good premiums. .
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.'
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 212 2111,2 2121/2 2111/'
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 993/4%
3 per Cent. Consols Arms 991.8
New 314 per Cent. Annuties 102%%

Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860... 11 7-16%
India Stock 2711 272 2711/
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 11/ d.
1,0001.
5001. ........ ..... 52 49 pm.
Ditto Small
eRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9
Columbian Bonds. lBl/2
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. -35 3434
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred Stock lB%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840
Ditto 1844
Ditto Passive Bonds 63/4
Ditto 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 214 per Cents
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE